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Vol. X. No. 25 November 21, 1942
Scotland County
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ilic* lanil where the “Macs"
predominate*, and they've done*
a fine job in building up one of
tlie most prosperous seetions
that you will find in the state.
SCOTLAND COUNTY was
named. of course, for the country
of Scotland. It is located in the
southern part of the state ami borders
on South Carolina. The adjoining
counties arc Hoke, Richmond and
RoU**on.
Laurinburg is the county .«eat. First
off it was named MeLaurinburg. but
that proved to be too big a tnoutliful.
Then they tried I.nurinhoro, hut that
didn't #uit cither. So finally they de¬
rided on Laurinburg, and the name
•tuck.
If you have any doubts relative to
why the people of that section should
have named their county Scotland,
all you have to do is to take a look
at the Laurinhurg telephone direc¬
tory. We’ve got one in front of us
here in the office. There are sixty-
three telephones listed for various and
sundry ‘•Macs," starting "iih McArn
and ending with McRae. Ill addition
there arc many other Scotch names
listed, such n- Graham, Blue. Hibson.
Bate. Dunbar. Stewart. Moore, and
so on.
Yes, sir; the folks down there are
really Scotch. Some of them can talk
Scotch, other- can sing Scotch, and a
few ran even drink Scotch.
A miobt distance from Laurinburg
i- a small community which is known
a- Stewartsville, and it i- here that
the ancient Stewartsville
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. tery is
located. Many of the monument.* arc
ornamented with designs of thistles.
We went out there last week in
company with Mr. Maxcy John, re¬
tired lawyer and well informed as to
historical data about Scotland County.
Mr. .lohn particularly wanted us to
see the grave of Rev. Colin Lindsay,
who was horn several years after hi*
mother died and was buried.
The inscription on the tombstone
read* :
Rev. Colin Lindsay
Who died Dec. I, 1817
In the 73rd year of his age.
Rev. Colin Lindsay’, mother lived
in Scotland (The country — not the
county). She fell seriously ill. Doctor»
apparently were unable to do any¬
thing for her. and she died and was
buried.
Two men at the funeral service-
noted some beautiful rings upon her
finger-. Soon as it got good and dark
that same evening, they went out to
the graveyard with some shovels, and
dug up Mrs. Lindsay. They opened
the coffin and tried to get the rings
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her lingers. It was rather hard to do.
so one of the men got out his knife
and started operating.
That woke Mrs. Lindsay up. When
one of the men saw that she was com¬
ing hack to life, he sold out. The other
one stuck around for a while. Mrs.
Lindsay begged him to help her home
and promised him that if he would do
so. she would never reveal his name.
Ho promised, and they went to the
Lindsay homestead, where the mini
left her on the front porch.
She called out to her husband.
“Who is there?" he demanded from
inside the house.
"It is Laura, your wife,” she re¬
sponded.
The Scotland County courthouse at
Laurinburg. The monument in front
is in memory of that grand teacher,
William Graham Quakenbush.
"Nay." he said, “that cannot be.
Laura died today.”
“But it i« vour wife." she insisted.
Mr. Lindsay hesitated a moment.
Then he spoke up and said: “If it is
the spirit of my wife, I know that she
will do mo no harm.” So he opened
the door and .-he fell into his arms.
Several years later. Colin Lindsay
was born. He came to America in 1792
and settled in the Stewartsville sec¬
tion.
Now we know you're going to have
