St Andrews Presbyterian College - Lamp and Shield / Bagpipe Yearbook (Laurinburg, NC)

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MAKE MORE MONEY WITH McHAIR C I I I U! ! S 2 -- : r -;■ - ■ B M2NAIR Laurinburg, with the accent on the drawl ... a town of textile men, gen- eral stores and countless banks, home of Norma ' s and Tony Spaghetti, Springs Mills, Johns-Manville, Mor- gan Mills; the names attest to the in- dustry of the town. Cotton dots the fields annually, forcing recognition that in this part of the South cotton is still king. The citizens claim Laur- inburg is a progressive town now; her economy is expanding, and unem- ployment is at a lower level than ever before — the mills are full. This is Laurinburg ' s bid to join the New South, but there are those who claim Laurinburg has no bid to make. In- tegration is often of the token variety, and we doubt that the All American Selection Committee saw Washington Park. Her struggle to become part of the New South is hampered by backward vestiges and incongruities. The city fathers point proudly to Scotland High, vociferously pro- claimed a monument of progress . . . yet the Bond issue that would have provided $1,000,000 more for educa- tion in the county was voted down in October, 1968. The South will move forward, but her rate of progress is often erratic.