********* ♦LOCAL* ******* * i George W. Gardner left Monday for points in KatWm Carolina. Rev. Eugene I. Olive l> ir l2r>-nn» boro to attend a aerie* of Irrlnree. Mr. and Mia. Glenn Pope, of Cloy ton. were here yesterday. Postmaster Eugene T. Lee attt nil ed the Masonic grand lodge m Ral eigh this week. Mrs. Hrnry Mickty. of intLin Salem, is here as a iiium of Mn. Eugene Parker. Jli« Sallye Htimd to:, o! L aulo.l, was here thil week vlsirtiv her sis ter, Mrs. V. B. Morgan. Mina Maude Upchurch rvtu.nco Sunday from a vinit to rili-tlvflu* at Bui*« Crock nnil Lillmutoi* G**orjfo L. Catiiiad; rnivl D. C. FuomII returned tie. we< I: from a lour of Georgia and Florida. W. B. Johnson attended a meeting of Jlctropolitan Itmirnnce Company agents in Wilming'i.ii this week. Robert E. Surl. >. I.*< 1*. Furies, John C. Phillip* anil Thoms* Proc tor spent (sat Sunday at South*!:> Pinas. Mr. and Mr*. A. J. Broughton ami little son of Kenly, spent the week end here with Mr. and MrV Sam Broughton. Oliver Perry Shell, of Kinston, ir here to visit his mother, Mrs. M. V. Shell, who has be, n very sick loi several day*. Dunn was well represented at th' at the home of the bride's mother, °tB ?" ^ t. Mr. McDcnnhl i>- it lb the Dunn post office. His onae is one of the most popular young women of the Dunn district 25® “ * sister of Lcvandcr Parker. They will make their home in Dunn. J lines II TV—J- t_ i Arm will henceforth be koowTao Ka noy and lac. Mr. fee he* been , 5*ft5 t5S an excellent teem and ham beenvirv mcmwM. ThtT *'<> o53uS3 oflee* »nd aalewnnin. In u»c mLv rmltb Building, South Railroad nue. and ha*. ■Mml them up handsomely. They hare a largo »tock of bath room fixture* and «<-co»*oriC. and plumbing rupplire generally, ond will atriee to croete on* or th., 1*—. e*t plumbing concern* in Ea„tcrn Carolina. BOX PARTY ' “ Thate wiB be a l*o* party at Jon**, boro oebool houee three mile* from Dunn. Friday night. January 23rd. The public h invited. "" SPECIAL MEETING All member* of Mingo Lump, 303 M. C., W. O. W are rrauretvd to be proaont January SI. IMO. at 10 o' ' *■ W.‘ H. 8TR1CKLAN D^Clork Daughter* of tho Cenfedmaey The C hicora Chapter, Daughter* of l hr t'onfadrracy. mat in thr Presby terian church Monday afternoon to celebrate the birthday of Rohm E. !<*••. . The following program wa. ren jtuird: 1 Thr Star Spangled llttnner. I Sketch of tne life of Lee—Mr*. R. M. Pearsall. Sketch of life of Jackaon—Mr* J. ; C. UIHTord. In Justice to the South—Mr*. Far uuhjird Smith. A short huainesx session wai then held. Mrs. L. J. Rest read a letter from Mr*- F. Harvey. State IVeai .'o i. A Ktl< r from Mr.-. Anderson of Fayetteville win read also. The meeting adjourned with "'Aeh rice” «•: unisr n. . • Tuesday Aftrraoon Book Cluh Mr*. P. A l,rr w»* ho*tea* Wudnoa day afternoon to thp Tuesday after noon Book Club The house wa* attractively decorated Wlth potted plants and narrU*u» \ short Hu*, ints* miriini? was held at which the IVmdir:. -*lr*. A. L. Newberry pre | inlcd The rtiMr were entertained at four tabien of gamer. After Ih* game- Miar Hester i: .noted Mra Lee m forcing delicious refreshment* Tim members present were: Mre dumps J. It. Smith. Z. V. Snipe*. Marvin U Wad*. (1. I_ Wilooa, E. '■ ^oblci. J. H. Barnes, Wallace B. f oUrar... Pool C. Hood, John P. Joh'esia. Nathan M. Johnson. P. A. Lcf, A L. Newberry, Clarence D. Mnln. The invited guests were: Misses Iiro-h My*It, Hester; Me.claim* R L. Wans* and Earle Barefoot, MRS. FLORENCE JACKSON Mr* Florence Register Jarkeon, "i" » n'Nuvui i'unn ior x "umber nf years paused away Sat urday, January 17th. at t'ayuttevil)*, M. when' .-he had gone for treat ment. Ml*. Jackson was born in Clinton. ti C., where she grew to womanhood. KxHy in lif. ehc gave her heart to ' tet nod united with the Methodist • hutch in which the nerved as a faith tut ei..l devoted member. After her man'age »h>- Joined the Christian hutch When olio remained a faith ful r.r.d useful member until her 'bvt'h. Throughout her life she waa a wo man of Ann q-.litlrs On April 13. 1VU3 she »u married to Thomas J. JarVscs. to whom she made a faith ful a. d devoted wife. Really her de .*o*'C;i bne.-ifne pathetic when a few > -.* ago hi was taken away by -I- nth and she was never able to over v -me hi v grief at h'a departure. Aa i mother, ahe was sacrificing and da vutisI, u« a friend, unfaltering, and I might be said that ahe spent her if.* fir other*. On the death of her husband, he ro g left with three children, she ihou’dered the responsibilities thrust upon h patient, but her frail '•oily had atood all it rould and alowly the end i xnu . Two of her brothers, her husband 1 rad mother piveeded her to the grave, tier aged father, four sinters, three brothel*, ar.d her three children with 'T--rr.us friends are left to mouro her ■cv.ua. A lunge arsed gathered at her home Sunday aflrrnoon to !'") their last tribute of reapeet to his After funeral service* conduct- ■ i ll by )U-V. J M. Daniel and Rev. J. ! l-i irston. loving hnnds tenderly loiti hot to reel beside her husband . in Oieei.wood eimcury. She is gomi but her loving memory will long be cate-med by those who knew her. j CAMPBELL HURT IN AUTO WRECK Peculiar Chain of Accidentl to Buie’* Creek Student* and President 5k-vcn hour* after twelve-year-old l.illian Ferrell had accidentally ehot •»d killed Allen Swalm, Wlnaton Saleni riud- nt of Bair* Creek Acad emy, at Buie* .reck. O. S. Ferrell, father of the girl, drove hi* Hudson •’UWl* *ix into o Ford Sedan four mile* from Raleigh injuring all Ita oa vnKcn. Buie* Creek, head hurt, ear lacerated, body bruited. J- Creech, Smithfteld, band madied and knee hurt. T. F. Jordan, Krankllnville, badly scratched and bruited. Crw-k, hand end head injured. Spurgeon Brlgman, St. Paul*, aide hurt. Charlc* Cade, Winxtan-Salsm, scratched and bruited. C. S. Ferrell. Buiet Crook, scratch ed and bruised. last night all the injured except Prof. Campbell and the two students, J. T. Creech and T. F, Jordan, h| hern dm barged from tile hospital, rmd (hue* three were retting well. Fear* of concussion which expreaeed when Prof. Campbell waa carried to Urn hospital wore diesapated by an X-Ray examination which disclosed nnither fracture nor concussion. Prof. Campbell had rogmlned contciousncnt and when Informed that member* of hi* family were harrying to Raleigh. •.ey px vo uic uenro to eec hl« lam Hy phytieiaa u wall. Sheeting of Sweim "he aborting of Allen Swalat took ptar* in the bona of moved to Role* Crook recently from aoar Raleigh to pat hi* «hlC oroe.In at'hool. Mr*. Forrrn. accord 'Nr to tho atory told by atudente at I no hojpitnl yeaterday afternoon, '»rtad about bar ban rework before the 7.!,Vd°r> «*ny1ng a p«tal lato .v* ’'I1*"" wil*< her for protection *f bar hodiead. Young V* boarder, cane lata tba tb^T.i^??1 ^•‘faat tine, rmoved ml i1??d*** fro* tba revolver, fcoy AftX JL* **■ »PP'«f ^ Farrell H«M»»*trta» with Mr. *rr-' «bc aaa of tba woo pan I in an emergency he re-leaded *n placed It on a shelf. Dlda't Knew It Was Leaded Twolvey«ar-oid Lillian Fcrrel. Ii an adjoining room, beard ths eon vermilion and the snapping of tb pistol She came into the room, tool the weapon from the shelf, polntn it directly at Swmlm and pullad lb trigger. She didn't know It was load cd. The ball struck the student in tb right breast. He staggered acres the room, toward his room-mate, say ing: “I'm shot. I'm going to die. 8en« for my father and mother.*’ In forty ninatee he wee dead Allen Swmitn was the ion of Rrv V. M. Swalm. pastor of Sooth Bid* Baptist Church, Winston-Salem. Hi was rixtaen years old. The tragedy overwhelmed Mrs Far roll end her daughter and threw i )oak of sorrow about the academy Kcither the fnthar nor the mothei of the doad boy eoald come to Boie’i Creek nnd Professor Campbell made arrangements to accompany the body to Raleigh, where It might be placed on the afternoon train for Winston Salem. Accompany Body Ta Raleigh The Philologist! and EuUophlan Literary Societlta of tbs academy ap pointed representatives to pccomp sny the corpse. Those were Charles Cude. Winston-Salem; Sporgeon Bngman, St Pauls; S. N. Lambo, Buie's Creek; T. F. Jordan, Frank linville; J. T. Creech, SmithfleM: Le Roy Martin, Elkin; J. W. King, Smilhfleld. At l:«5 the party left Buie's Creek, Prof. Campbell end five rtu dents in bis Ford Sedan first, with ■ ria mars* driven oy i. u Haicaer, and In-anng tha body arrompanied bv two students. S. W. King and 1. U Hatcher, following. Tha Smcsh up Four miles from Raleigh, with Prof. Campbell's ear maldng about twenty miles an hnur. according to tbe story vosi-hrd for by the student*, a Hud son ear anproarhod. Prof. Camp bell kept his car to the right aide of ihr road, heading toward Raleigh Tbe approaching car. on the same aids rove no sign of turning, and moving at a speed calculated by thr students *1 Twenty.Ave miles, crashed head on nto ihv smaller automobile Just aa Prof. Campbell turned further to ward the right. Prof. Campbell crumpled up la the bottom of the car and the students looped up in the 8edan war* hurled egulnst the scat and showered with Ihv rplinterrd windshield. Both car* were smashed, but Prof. Campbell’* machine wan almost a total arreck. Only Prof. Campbell was knocked unconscious. Those of the pSrty who were least injured, got thr other* out >f tbe muchine to a mwr-by farm louse and called for an ambulance. It was then that they learned that he driver of the other ear was G. S. Farrell, father of the girl who had hot Alien Swaim. He was scratched ind bruised but not seriously hurt. Mr. Farrell waa on his way from Petersburg where he had been on a business trip, to hla home in Bui*’* Creek. Ha had not beard of tha .ragady in his own borne. In tha farm house. Prof. Campbell x-rolcoasciou* teamed only concerned ibout the share of his responsibility 'or the accident. "Was it my fault) Did I do wrong)' 1* asked repeatedly, but was assured ay his students that he wne on the propor aide of the road and could sat nave avoided tha accident.—Maws ind Observer. Report of the condition of THE STATE BANK A TRUST CO. it Dunn, in the state of North Caro ii.u. at the close of business Decem ber 31st, 1919. RESOURCES Loans and discounts ...$161,008.68 Demand loans_..... 80.20 Overdrafts, secured_ 229.43 United States Bonds and Liberty Bonds_... 6,646.00 All other stocks, )>onds and mortgages. 3,126.00 Banking House, furniture and fixtures ..._ 15,748.27 Cash in vault and net a maunts due from banks bankers and trust com panies ... 86,034.64 Cash items held over 24 hours_ 47.00 Checks for clearing_ 1,448.69 Total.$213,302.69 Capital stock paid in ...$ >6,008.00 wMwtTiwwv piv'iM I ex mm current expenses and taxes paid. 8.189.87 Certificate* of drpoei* representing money borrowed_ 6,846.00 Deposit* subject to check 109,758.86 Time certificate* of de _ Pf*1* .. 87,848.77 Sexing. deposit*. 27,887.89 Cashier's checks out standing _ 2408 10 Certified check*. 2^90.01 Total .8818,202.89 State of North Carolina, Const* »f Harnett. 1, T. V. Smith, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my know lodge and belief. „ T. V. SMITH, Caahier. Correct—Attest: WALTER JONES M. C. BUTLER R. L WARREN , Director* , ,a°tacrJbed and sworn to before me, ihie 22nd day of Janaary, 1920. JAMES PEARSALL _ Notary Public IRON SATES TIRE AND BURO lar proof. A1J .two—single and doable doors. Box 887. Cold* boro, N. C. i-| FOB SAL*--NEW DODGE BROS touring car. Run less than 200 mile*. L. 0. Hicks, Bank of Her nett. Duke, N. C,_It pc FOR RENT—A ONE-HORSE FARM two miles aorthwest of Duan. Will fumiith atoek. Bxcctlfnt land. 8m *d.tonoe. Moms Tripp^Ihm, F°* SALE—SAFE WEIGHING 1. 000 Iba Practically new. Rea sonable price. So* P A. Parkei nr can at Dtspateb etBee lt-pd OOOO FARM FOR RENT—WELL cotton and com. Alaa twe good “*»• far sale on oasy terms. J Q. Layton, Dunn. N. C, It 6ALE4MEN WANTED TO SOUCH and paints. Salary or MgMlMtea Addrcaa the Todd OH A Paint Ca. Clevelaad, O. ®WJJ^DWFATCH^JAIjL^M^»VO ■* * * * ♦ ♦ » * , * BUSINESS LOCAL * ' STORE YOUR COTTON—SEE a 0. Townsend. i FOR SALE OR RENT—FINE ONE kon* farm between Btma* Level A Lillinrton, N. a Thirty-oru acre* with dwelling and outbund 1 5“Jf tama. Jamcj Boat, Dunn. N. C. *TOBE YOOR COTTON—SEE B. O. Townsend. ————————— IF TOO ARR INTERESTED IN town property see George L. Can nadey. CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE.— Cabbage plant*, all leading varl etiee, now ready to ship at 25 ceata per hundred. Mn>. Bailie V. " ret. Route «, Dunn. N. C. 15-4t-pd FOR SALE—ONC WOLF ROLLER Hoar mill, with modem equip J1*®*/ Srint mill, ono James l*®** r®g*n®- Fer further infor mation SOLID CAR ru P*mo“* Mollno Stalk Harrow*, Riding £s tefm'ul 8t>r»ad»r*. etc. 8ce u thaTT U •*R*»»l*d fer .Dri» *** •"* we win **' Bros. tt, Nb0cn“* ^^*^*A* COATS FOR ml*. W, H. ParrlRi. Dunn, N. C. if you are interested in ^proper,, ^ George L. Can °?SSf T?li5,,?c CA*Fo* 9ale cheap. Farri.H-tMv.r Company. ^J^ssnss. at i^*>,4*'^** Building in JSmVitS* * c "zs/srjp*-* have a few b hwkr .khJl|d *>in* w<><>d “wed N. pTr—*| d *tove l<'n*th'- R •ffiL :^*EHCE. HAYNES, tion withT?' ,n rncsllmt condi SSp,&tTL,ia —SiVw.ra J-OTS IN DUNN— Choice location, Moderate price* Good tonne. C