THE DOWN DtSPATCHp
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY
AND FRIDAY.
April lit, 1*14. at the poot aDco
A Out, N. C, win tha act o*
Match a irr».
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! IN AND ABOU1 i
!: IHITOWN j
p—-— .3
A Gardner, owner of Fairriew
Farm at the edge of Un, la the poe
neaaor of a cow which, ha aaya, la
some UT roaw. Ha began milking
the beaatip on April 4 and a-aalling
af her Bilk. Up to oaa day laat
weak ha had aoid $$*.$$ worth of
her product and had coaaoaood at
homo another $1* worth. 8bc ia a
boot $100 a Booth cow at that rata
Up to thb time of Nr. Gardner*# re
port the animal had yielded ocer
ISC gallons of milk—and then are
. no ptunpe coaceaiaat to the cow
Dr. Vance McGougan. one of the
gsw-Memed Macs, will invade Har
nett Wednesday night la the inter
est ef ear HannibeU candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for the
office ho mw occupies. Doc will
mesh in Duka Wednesday night.
He Is a mast entertaining speaker
aad should ha created by a large
crowd.
Oar Hannibal, by the way. has boon
bnrmng tbs wind hare of laU.
From ovary quarter of the district
ha ia receiving promises of support
where it was not expected. He is
confidext that Saturday sight will
me Inm the victor over Homer Lyon
Harnett, wa believe, will give aim
the largest vote ever cart in a pri
mary. "Owe, there will .be some ia
the county against him. but they
will Mt count for much. Harnett
owes it to him to give him as great
a support as ia possible.
A win from Baa this morning
informs ns that Hoary Loo has tak
er) unto kimssif a fair bride from
the Pacific Coast cesdiy She is
—or was Him Holes Moylaa. al
Portia ad, Oregon, where Henry.
Boa and Bessie Howard have been
wooding a weak with the Bhrioaru
The wadding octal rad In Lea An
nies last sight on the tp octal train
that is bringing the Tarheels back
to the load of the long leaf pine.
The Oasis Tample Band, in which
Bud aad Henry are playing, fur
nished senate for the occasion and
_ the carom any was witnessed hy tbs
9 entire Caretina delegation.
Mr. lad Mia. Mm will arrive her
jest la time ta ms Dunn's big lads
pendente Day Celebration aea
V - ' - ... •-■ ^
“•meat there. Since the news e
■ the wedding cam to town It deval
ope that a few at Hearts friend
«“»w that he wee to marry on tkl
trip. It waa a real surprise to hi
people here, however, whene the]
were Informed ef the event by Tb<
DUpatch this morning.
w Mr J^VU Squim ant
Mn Ktdredge Lee end a brother oi
™MM*r lyi T. Lee. Me li
* mi of tilt firm of Xioov uhI
Lee and le one ef the town's imod
pepalar young man.
Old PUT is again oat ef tke shot
after a aorta mal trteart thru oat
«Mkh As came oat Mcoad EZ
with a giant cyprem down on the
•to *na eenatry. «• behaving
moat admirably. Wa bad bar oar
Saturday night and met with oar
"*•»<*• UlrasM Page—he el
tbs white cap and the big gun. Ta
pewve that were firmly planted os the
inter wagon, we volunteered to taka
the shipper heme. Jest m we arrtv.
ed at bus dear, aa automobile laden
with a few cnBad gentlemen and a
bkycle drove qp to the corner. One
of the gentlemen lighted, moaatod
the cycle sad started away. U waa
after midnight end the cyclist had
to Hghtn That was against the
shipper's rules, as well as against
town ordinance. He celled to the
rider ta Map. Bat he did net obey.
Old FHv then came to the rescue.
*« retook the bey near the Pint
■apUet Church. He war era red
rito. bat while Page argwto w.tb him
he ■ammeaed eeuragv enough to
«#•* As eyrie and attempt to an.
rapa Before FI hr started again the
boy had spriai.d e blech, Unewa the
eycto aside aad started a feet dew.
* side street. We caught him agato
r,cr totoml toriMtog. aad
brought him to City Rail.
'PC SPOMieaed there he said
•■to the car be came ia ea had
**!*• tt*t <*• m arm har/'to
Vrt a tfaetor far • frland «fca Hrr4
Mfr CnU Altar ha M mUM
Oa kay n parmkU4 to ahaaa
••*•»■** ban Pita ant U had.
n»r ajid I want la March .af tfca «an
dMMa wfca waa 4rtrfcw tfca naan
ssjuwsS?*’ *-4 “*•
ff^rSTLi
*«*• TWy «w Irma tha lanai af
ZS? &«£•■*’ T. W.bM
** •* dMaB wwa
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gwdJwmk and building up B gveWf
«•»••■ for uh Daaa^spcm.-f
Pother Watkins, that good priest ■
vh« presides ever tha Htue Catfeulici
Jock fesie, paid os bis tint visit this!
vaaa, aMnoagfi we nsd known end I
Ifcwd the good tetlovr sipco s tew
idye niter otr amral leat (all. With’
Sim he bcodcbt a Dag of excellent
pen cum iae tires pscned Iron feu
gartMn adjoining bin church. hntfeei
<atg cast ne oie not coaae to tee at
iMtener because be was afraid we
weaid think he was hunting publicity
—• tmag that he has sever asked us
tar. Mow that ha has broken the ice
—end especially since be bu such
dne peaenct—we trust be will come
around as often at do tbe reel of oar
ministerial irlends. And we thank
ami tor the psachin
Charles U. Randall was last nght
.Jeeted captain of the Dunn bene ball
club. John W. Draughon woe elected
captain of the lhina baseball club.
Jobs W. Draughon was sleeted busi
ness manager and WtHiasn Jaoheea
was clecteo assistant buisneW mana
ger. Kendall's election fellows close
upon tbe team’s wretched showing
ui Its last two games, wherein it se
cured two bits—one against Camp
tfragg and oae against Pour Oaks,
it, of course, lest both game*—tail
ing to score against Pour Oaks el alL
To see Rands 11 back on a Dunn
hall team takes us way back to the
“fly day of Dona soon after ‘Rusty:
tended here with a theatrical troupe.
““ ™ K0UU7 «u rexpoD
abb lor hi* stay boro. Ernest Young
and n fsw other of the young buss
ne*» men of Dunn were backing the
game than, and Mr. Young “fell for*'
Money. He oven built a telephone 171
tea* to keep the fellow in town.
They were good old day* whan the
Jordan*—"Little.” who war Winnie,
nnd “Big” who wmi John—and all
the ■ eld tuners made Dunn’s team
famous throughout the East. Fah
Shell. Bunk Lane, Big Jordan and two
or three ethais need to do the pitch
ing, and Rusty waa at the receiving
end—nnd he was soma catcher. Hit
knowledge of the gaese will be great
help to Dunn’* youngsters and we es.
nect t* see them win some yuan
from now out.
SUMMER TOURISTS SWARM •
TO “LAND OF THE SKY”
Asheville, N. C. June 27.—Since
the inauguration of special summer
passenger train service to the “Land
of the Sky” by teh Southern Railway
system, such streams of tourists have
been pooling Into Asheville and th<
Other raeo.ta of tho mountains of
Wester* North Carolina that pas sen
for officials are predicting that tra
vel this season win even surpass that
of lam year when the Southern
brought In over a hundred thoumad
tourist* during the' rumir season.
Jam how tins army of tourists wm>
bandied to and from the Western
North Carolina resorts in told in a
article reprinted from the Aahovilk
Cities a to which the Southern Is rfe
lag a Wide distribution, sot on!
! throughout the sooth hat also ia otho
’ aaetieaa of the eeantry.
: , TU( Vflfli shows the Souther
» "T “V uumg the U10 summer sea
sob and that in addition to those i
: aaeeaaary to run 1'7 extra sleep
. ■* caw into Asheville and 414 ex
S? •*<*?*“* «•" oat ef Aihevfllc
; The Urge number of oatbouad tar
nocoaeasy bacaoao the bome-boum
movement was largely confined to i
f" »«** ta September and October
AddlUooai regular facflltiaa hav.
boon provided to take care ef tfai
largor flow of tourists which is ex
puotod this year and Asheville and el
tbs other mountain resorts are mak
tag greater efforts than ever before
to provide entertainment and amuse
■sent for their guests.
Faddists who don overalls have ran
son to bo elated. They at least kav«
the appearance af working.
Profiteering? Piffle! How ran suet
It” aow?^e wh*“ "•vol7body'i doing
^Some people wait until they are
door to a torn, and then turn over
to be done again.
In rending many of the pointed
Paragraphs of the day we And them
ail there bat the point.
■ A secret remains a secret as long
“ * woman can find nar one in
whom to confide.
»■»** l» safe for demo
rraey, but democracy appears any
thing but safe from itself.
.At the present cost of sugar some
°* •» “>■** "uUdeni should bring
a high price In the market of oseela
tory sweets
There as a measure of commenda
tion due to the person who serenely
hopes for the best, but there’s a deal
eomiag to the one who goes out
and rustles for It.
h le iatereetino to note the a.
*“• 4Mn«M In Um mabn nf key
Mw oinoc the country wont dry. Oi
gJ^jM^Uto "7**i**rt ,f >»■■•»«* (a
-4 •^'ntlWMlit convoy* tho
«Urtliny Information tout Mlk Mock.
iSfLf7* •f*1** Mm. Shockin',
Moklnr-kut wbofoT
■°f> TtT** ** Amorieaa* hare to
"• “f* • flttta bod.
ft* connotation to Urn thought
«Mm« l«o rood oar noa^ttlncmVrom
Jr
W hit "noWlky" .^n u
l^y «*t •< Ifc* klif u4 not «f Ut
L *rfc?2i**f,TT "*•" ♦**•» ay ik« rtady
|*f yalMUal iew|i w will ih*«
“*r* **——y —d I—» ym««.
rmbMa Ud DM cWtkUr and
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UtfUKAMCE COMMISSIONER
DECREASES FIRE LOSSES J
Raleigh, Jan* IT.—Insurance
Cotnmiaaionar Yeung haa on file a
neet eahutbla bln* print of tbe per
capita lira leeaaa bp Statae for th*
pears 191«, 1817, 1918, issued bp tba
Actuarial Bureau of tb* National
Board of Biro Underwriter* Tb# fig
ure* are baaed upon report* actually
lecelved bp tb* Bureau, and da not
include all tb* fie* loaaae sf the re-1
epee live State* The chart1* renter,
piece ha* tbc per capita fire loaa of I
lb* United Stele*, tb* legend colon |
•bowing tbc per capita 1***. tbs
rtrictly preventable and tb* partly'
preventable proportion far each of
tb* year*. 1919. 1917. IB19. Thee*
statistics expreeecd in dollar*, while
•bowing a pro grew ive Increase In Are
Ion, in reality th* Hoc af eahiaa coo
•Idared, they clearly indicate improve
ment.
Tbc United State* par capita fir*
Ion in 1718 ie given at $8.88. Of
this, 92 canto of tb* lorn waa strictly
pi ever tabic and 61.S8 was partly
pruvanteble, leaving only 89 cort* of
the $9.68 lorn af an unknown nature
Commissioner Young eaya that this it
a tremendous tool this country ie
paying for carelaaeaea*. not to speak
of the death* and Injuries to men, wo
men and children.
Tbe same color *ehcm* ie carried
out far each State, making tbc map
r.n Illuminated ready reference fire
destroying lexicon. North Carolina
makes a good record on this chart, de
noting indisputably the value of the
Hie preventive and safety first cam
peigns of Ok inauraneo department
Her par capita leas for 191* of $1.29,
as compared with the nation nt ii 68
shows up well Bdt her 22 exits of
itrietly preventable' and *V cants of
partly preventable loa* make* even
sacra pronounced h* • advanced steps
towards greatsr care. The Sou.berr.
Stati-r in the v..itb Carolina clear
make this pialr Ui »».'••» with tl 35
;e* ,-npi.n has 7 a ias « |»r» vi-ntal>l*
tod partly pravantable loss: Alabama
91.67 with 91.04 avoidable; whlli
Virginia with a 92.24 per capita hue
baa a $1.27 preventable loss, or rear
Iv tha entire m capita lota of North
Carolina. It fair to state that
tha entile Mp of States. Sooth
Carolina Imp only North Carolina,
with atiieti^preventeble loss of 16
cents, partly preventable of 41 cents
•nt of a par capita loss of 91.04.
According to an official tabulation
by the North Carolina State Depart
ment of Insurance, tha domestic Fire
Insurance Companies I me leased their
bumnoee af gross risks written In
1019 over that of 1918 hy 60 per
cent, mnee the gross 1919 total was
9 ISO,886,319.80 against 991.780.
781.06 in 1918. sod 977,691.988.00
for 1917. This increase of nearly 100
per cent of bona Bra companies busi
es m in North Carolina alone in two
■mi a. Insurance Commissioaer
Young says, reflects great credit on
‘he management and their agents,
since they exceeded tha ratio of in
crease of all the big national and in
ternational Fire companies Tha ag
gregate -Off all groaa risks written by
sll companies, stack and mutual, .of
this and other countries is $1,682,
249,389.64. for 1919, showing great
-■ -wmww Ik. 1.4.1 II AdA Aifl .
449.74 for 1919.
Tho not premium* received by lb*
( combined compute* ^ were 88,840,
WeeM Tee Welt For PneluiM 7
Whet do ypu think of having to
telephone for pormimtoa to run fro a
t flock of bear*—and than having
yoor more or tom palpitating propoaal
turned down T
That i* what happened ^to J. W.
Hodge, a Are guard on the Shenan
doah Nation*) Forest, a few dayi
•f®.
Hodge era* stationed at the lookout
'owcr on Hanker Mountain. It war
bis job to scan the skyline and u
make expert dlagoni* of far away
tmoke smudges or any other indica
tion of fire in the forest. This par
ticular morning when he went to die
lookout tower on the mountain top
he failed to attach hia gun to his per
•on. It wa* a more formality, any
h°w—and guns are cumbersome
“l"f> to carry around.
Well, ha got Into hi* lookout bo*
*°d began searching the dim blue di»
tancca that look like the farther frin
ge* of the world. He waa very burn
it that for ■ while. Then bis tree
came back cltSpr borne, and erhat be
*aw made bliAwlah for a* airplanr
to take him iXsediatoly to one of
thoee far fringe Three beam were
browsing around Wily a Attic distance
from hi* lookout tower. They were
not apparently giving him any
bought, but bo did not know bo4
"on t^oy might become hungry
]“•" being no airplane at band, he
decided to oee his tog*
. ‘"'T. **• remembered be could nut
leave his poet withoat penulslson, so
S* IMrtriet Ranger Shank
i**? Hn* ease before him, and rv
F4nnl*aion to go for Ms gun
He was promptly Wid that the thing
The forest* were dry
and fire might start anywhere at any
[j**■ P**n or no hear*, it wee
Hodge s buetaem to slay ia the look
box. Being a perfectly good for- ,
a*4 guard, ha staywi. Fortunately an
l“FF«»«d U listen In ,
the telephone conversation and 1
succeeded in nouding help to Hodge. I
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE oTsALE OF LAND
Under and by virtu* of an ordoi
»f talc mad* by Clerk of Supertei
-curt o! Harnett roomy, la a (peel*
proceeding*; on titled O. R. Simpeon
A drain iterator of It L Williaxnt do
rtaaed ▼*. Lillie D. Speeitaan, Georgv
B. Williataa *t ala., being No. lMt
»2 Ute Bpeeial Prooeedlng* Deckel
of mid county. The undesigned com
mimion.re, appointed by the court
will on Monday Jaly »th. at It o'
clock M.. at tba court bouao door it
LUliagton, N. C., oxpoao to alt It
the hlgheet bidder for rath, the fal
lowing deoerlbod tract or parcel 01
land, tltoale in Stawarta Creek Town
■hip, adjoining th* McAithur lend*
the land* of W. T. Smith and other*
and being the uunt tract of laiu
which formerly belonged to R. L
William*, bound and ducribed at fol
lowe:
Beginning at a ttake In th* cent*,
of the Dann and LUliagton road op
poeitc a large dead pine pointer, Geo
8. Smith'* corner in the McArthur
line, and ran* thence 8. 14 K. 2200
feet to ■ (take, McArthur'* and
Bailay'* corner in tho old plantation
load; throve S. 74 W. UJ f*»t to a
•take; thence N. 58 W. S20 font to a
•take and pointer*, a corner In
Hailey'a line; thence N. 8 1-2 E.
1012.4 fact to o rlake, Henry Devi*'
corner in E. Cameron'* line; thence
Ea*t 208.7 feet to ■ (take, Henry
Davie* corner; thence N. 8 1-2 E.
104S.fi fpel Am a ktakd Am ike aAnbk.
side of the Dune end Lillington road,
another of Henry Eteris' corners;
thence as the Dunn and Lillington
road East 649.3 feet to the beginning
containing 33 scree more or leu.
Time of sale; Monday July 6th, iS
o’clock M.
Place ol sale: Court bouse door,
Lillington, N. C.
Terms of sale: Cash.
CLARENCE i. SMITH,
R. H. DYE. • •
Commission* ra.
This 3rd day of June, 1930.
6-6-it.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
North Carolina—Harnett County.
George Z. Prince, mphtsr ax ecu Ur
of Sarah M. Andrews, deceased,
n
Janie C. Andrews, Rory Andrews an-l
• J. C. Andrews, jr.
Order *f Publteatie.
It appearing from th* affidavit •<
Georg* E. Prince in this action, tha'
Rory Andrews, one of the defend
ants therein, ia not to he found in
Harnett county, and cannot aft*' doe
diligence he round In the rtnt*. and
It further appearing that he i*,a
necemary defendant U this action
*xitts| againat him:
It ia therefor*, ordered that notice
of thl* nation be published once a
week for four wecua is The Dunn
Dispatch, a newspaper published in
Harnett county, setting forth th* ti
tle of th* action, the Purpose of the
sums, and requiring th* defendant,
Rory Andrew* to spps*" before th*
Clark of the Superior Ceurt of Har
nett county at his office to Lillington,
N. C, on th* 19th day of ju)r 1930,
and answer or demur to the edition
of tno plaintiff.
a. 4. McDonald,
Clerk of tko SupeQor Court.
Tfc>» Xugf^lOy. a
NOTICE OF JAUL
North Carotin* Harnett County
Und< r and by virtu* of *b order
of the Superior Cotrt «f Bamrn
county, made in tho Special Proceed
In* entitled W M McDougald and
Roxanra Cameron r* Archie
Doogald, H. W. McDougald, Wm. T
McDougald. Mary J. ttrPougald. Betl
tie McD. McLean, Chat w Cameron
John L. Cameron. Georg* W. Cam
eron, Samuel Cameron, gmileoa Cam
eron, Flora Cameron and Koxaaa
Cameron, the earn# being No
upon the Special Proceeding Docket
of aa<d Court, the underaigaed Cocn
ia Lee toner will, on the «8th day of
Juao-1920, at It o’clock noon at the
eourthoueo In Lillingtoa, North Car
olina offer for aalo to the higheet bid
der that certain tract of mad (vine
and being in Upper Little Hirer
Township. Harnett County, North
Carolina, and described at followe
Bcginning at a Make on the oonth
ride of Bear Branch, being the third
corner of a llfty acre trad 0f land
of Ann G. Smith’* and nai thene*
N. 1* chain* to a (tdko: thence E. 11
chains and 11 link* is Retake; thence
8. 19 chain* to a itake; thence to the
beginning, containing ft acre*
Said **le Co bo aecordmg to the
following to rn*: Coeh.
Th i (ale I* continued uatil Tuce
day July 6lh. 1920 at 12 o’clock
noon.
Thi* Mth day of May. 1926.
K. F. YOUNG, Coonndmioner.
M-4t
Something radically wrong south of
J*. This morning’) paper failed to
ecord the name of the now Mexican
rroaldont for the day.
Don’t try to craia a man’s knowi
ng* Into a child’s head, or later la
If* you may find a child’* knowl
edge In a man’* hood.
The king and queen of Belgium
iro becoming plebia* in their habit*
rbry travel from Bruuela to Eng
»nd by aeroplane.
MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND -
By virtu* and under the power* and '
ulhority contained in a certain men- ]
age deed executed and delivered by !
neon M. Lee and wife, Slnnl* Lee. '
t Sam peon County to Fred Jimgio ,
f Harnett County, on the 17th day
f August, 1918, and recorded In !
look 115, page 996. la the oAce of
he Register of Deeds of Harnett
oanty, and wbereai default has been
nad* in the payment of the bonds de
cked and contained in aaid mon
tage deed, the following land will
>* Kid to tha bigbeet bidder for cash
>n Monday, August 2nd, 1920 at the
courthouse door in UUinglon. N. C..
Harnett county, according to the
enm* of wid mortgage deed, to wit:
Being an* lot or parcel of land Just
outside of the corporate limits of the
Towa of Duan, on East Main street:
Beginning in Main Street, N. A. Bell's
corner; thence hi* line southward to
the colored Baptist church lot; thence
eastward parallel with lfain street to
Isaac Cox'* liac; thence northwest di
rection to W. M. Smith's line or cor
nT.rw'*v.Hi,W' ""••• ^*nce
* “,U 8tr«*! thvnc*
• the beginning, containing near one
**!?• F?f*ptin* h«»»var, the eatUrn
” i s •kov« described lot or par
tel of land. which eras conveyed by
Jason M. I-re end wife to Cleudo
Bryant
. {•!•: CoortiouM door in
Ullmgton. N. C. Harnett county.
™5f °* Monday, August 2nd,
“‘deck neon. Terms oi
•ale: CASH.
r»ED JERNIGAM, Mortgagee.
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I have a beautiful collection of cut rlaas end silver I I
■ for the pnde. Come and lets us show It to y0e. Com- I I
I plete seta or odd pieces. 1
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Shingles, Lath*, Plaster, Paint. Window and Door \
Frames Road y-tnade
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Ceiling and Moulding
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1 Have your |
I* AUTOMOBILE DECORATED '
V FOR .8
The Fourth of July Celebration I
| BUILDINGS FLOATS AUTOMOBILES f
| Decorated at Resonable Prices |
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j§ Cars will be decorated at Tobacco Warehouse Satui s
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“The Virgin Of Stamboul”
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White Way Theatre
- Wednesday, June 30th -
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“« r*e—* anootba. Prou common*. Aruu.l i .L “**• *• ••»«* our pitrena dur
PRISCILLA DEAN
of Jala tTArt r |W »•“ dlpptaya o Mobility of aoul worthy
loro of tho —m o| har^horoiau roaalta ia earing tbo ll/m and winninr th*