THE DUNN
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Volume VH . _• , _Dunn, North Carolina. Di
N. T. PATTERSON
KILLS SELF WHEN
HIS BANK CLOSES
Body of Farmor President Of
Coot* Institution Found
lit Born
WORRY OVER DISASTER
THOUGHT TO BE CAUSE
Wo* On* Of County's Most
Successful Mon, Officer In
Throe Bonks, Former County
Trooaurar And A Prominent
M*soo Fttnerol Todoy.
Telling on eloquently tragic tele
of his vats fight to stive oft the
failure of hi* bank thr V*<1 body of
K. T. PstSeiUon, formtr president
af the Bonk of Costa, vti found early
Monday morning on tho blood-stained
fleer of a hern behind hit pretty
home at Coats. A revolver bullet
through his heart, fired by himself,
according to the coroner's jury, wa«
th* cause of Mi death.
Houelimty Insolvent, even aftar
Mr. Patterson had sacrificed *11 of
his reel end personal property to cave
it, the Bank of Coots dosed Ha doer*
Saturday to open ne mors until such
time at the directors end etockhold
ers can meat in ea effort to etruight
en out the Intricate web which forced
lbs closing. Leons puds ha the hey
day of prosperity to men who would
have retired every obligation h*tf
condition! remained ea they were
then ere said to he reasons for tho
tenure.
Close friends of Mr. Patterson
stated Monday that they were not
surprised by his action For two
months he had been worried over tho
condition of the bonk. Of iota he hod
not been able to sloop. Lost wash be
resigned as president of the hank,
hut upon the insistence of the hoard
of directors he accepted the office of
vie* pcoeident end remained with the
betitation in on effort to save H
from ruin.
ntmu, uowever, u» »• mu
closed Criticisms of Ms manage
ment by mb who bad bean ntt
friends foUowod and preyed heavily
apea bia mind. Tbon ho told bis
Mead and business associate, former
Sheriff J. U. Byrd that bo did not
believe ho eomld boar the harden.
lyiag betweoa hit foot sad his
bead resting opon a shock of eom.
Mr. Patterson bad been one of
Manmu'a most successful men. He
bad Diver oacenntered failure before
and the sting of defeat coupled with,
the knowledge that other men would
suffer from the bank's failure is be
lieved unbalanced Ms mind. Although
be knew that no one coaid qneetion
bia latsgrity, ka assumed responsibil
ity far the loans that turned oat to
bo bad. Ha discussed this often with
hie friends but could never be dls
ewadod from taking this view of tho
matter.
Mr. Patterson was one of tho prin
cipal owners of tho Coats Hosiery
Mills which were destroyed by fire
about tore wacko ago. The Are added
-*> bio financial worries. Shortly af
terward tho bank was dosed for a
bay by order of the bank examiner
bat eras permitted to reopen after
Mr. Patterson and other directors bad
procured funds at thf expense of big
9*rsonal sacrifices.
Funeral arrangements bad not
boos completed late yesterday after
noon, bat H to preturned that the
ceremonial will be held in Coats, with
Masonic honors, Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Patterson wae a thirty-second de
gree Mason. Ha wae a native ef Har
nett County, treasurer of the county
from 1S14 to Ibid, and an oOcer in
tho bank* of Bulat Crook and Lining,
tea. Ho is survived by hi* widow and
seven children. HU oldest can U IB;
the yoaagoot about ton months. Ho
true about forty-two years old.
Woman's Club Take*
Up Homo Economics
Establish Kitehea la Boom Adjoin
it# CUnbcrs Com
■«w
Tha Hont Reonotnke Department
af tka Woman’! Club mat in tka
Ckamkar of Commorca Building Fri
day afternoon.
Thi* department win aaa aa a kit
chen tka roam adjoining tfco room
uaod by tbs Chamber of Commarea.
It la equipped with three oil atoraa,
table* eta., and tka women have de
cided ta fumiab thalr awn u ten fill
needed for each leeeon.
Mine Marian twain, county doaaen.
atratien agent gin a vary iaatrue
U*e leeeon in making paltry for piaa
Severn) of tha ladlaa made mince pie*
which ware vary much enjoyed bj
the elaan when tha loanan waa error
It waa dacidad ta hold tka next meat
lag af thll department on tha Oft*
Friday la December aa tka fowl)
Friday camee aa the day befool
Ch Hetman. It U hoped that wa wil
hava^a full attendance at tha acx1
’ It pay* to plant dliaaea-free pota
tea* aa many can taatify wka plant
ad uncertified mad iaat aeaian.
A good landlord keena la tauel
with HU tenant! throagkoat tha yaa
—ether* aaa thalr tenant! only t
touch them far tha rant.
"Float to (tart auy he tha Iaat »
ftnlah Uck eradication"—that'i who
they my about North Caroline wit!
10,(if gatn mllaa Min Infaetad.
Mountaineers Using
Banks For First Time
EgUmla of RAWiu Bring* Much
Hidden Men** I* Hickory
Benin
Hickory, Dec 6.—As a result of
report* of numerout holdups end the
sfleged murder and robbery of Glenn
Lippard near Hickory, a well-known
mountaineer and hie wife came into
Hickory and deposited in a local bank
the sum of |t,800, He had never
used a bank before and asked a varl
cty of questions, finally being convin
ced that any money be left with the
bank would (till be hit If ha was not
entirely convinced, he at any rate re
marked to tbe cashier that he himself
would be safer without the money
and he and hit wife want to work
loosening the greenbacks from a
•corn of small package* which were
fastened to their clothes.
Other men hare begun using the
bank* lately, but it is said that thou
sands of dolian are hidden away ia
the mountain section by people who
have not yet learned the im
portance of banking their money and
using checks
UPWARD TREND IN
PRICES OF COTTON
Teadeacy to React From Re
cfcsit Decline Shown on Mar
ket at Naw Orleans
New Orleans, Dec 6.—A rather
decided tendency to react from the
long decline warn *hown by the cotton
market last week, although it still had
periods of price depression and on
on* or two sessions there were fur
ther displays of bearish sentiment.
Highest price* cam* et the middle of
of the sreek and tt these levels the
trading months were 168 to 172
points over the closing quotations of
**»• preceding week, with Jnnuary up
to 11.72 and July up to 16.01. Clas
h'll price* were at net advances of
116 to 160 points, January cloting at
16.80 and July at 16.67. la the spot
department middling gained 26
points in the net results, closing at
16.26.
» Kntvut oeiicr lecnng in ui»
«ot department and its affect eras in
creased by the large expert move
meat, total clearance* for tho week
amounting to 201,410 bolt* against
243,043 this week leit year, and 120,
174 this week taro years ago.
Tho report on the sixth tuning go
af Vre. reason «u a factor of
bkf. —*j
movement ensued. This Indicated an
output for tha period of 1,140,000
baits against 1,340,000 tha some pe
riod last year, and 846,000 the same
period two years ago. The sixth gin
ning period carried the crop down
to the first of December and this Bes
son’* figures compare with 8,344,388
baits ginned to the same date last
year sad 0,611,414 two years ago.
Will Ask Congress To
Pass Reform Measures
laoladad la Tho Freys sal Is Legisla
tion Far Parpese of Rad as Msg
GemMiag
Washington, Dee 6.—The interna
tional reform bureau at Its 26th an
niversary boro December 8 to 10,
plana aa effort to secure at the spe
cial session of Congress new Imrista
tion to “Improve prohibition enforce
ment,’’ to ‘‘protect China against the
shipment of American morphia” and
to reduce gambling, according to a
statement given oat by Dr. Wilbur F.
Crafts, founder of the bureau.
Dr. Craft* believes that “public
indignation at the bribery of ball
players by ramblers’’ give* hi* organ
isation a “strategic opportunity to
knock nut" gambling which the world
war inertaasd, bo said.
The Randall divorce amendment,
a federal motion picture regulation
bill and others relating to child la
bor, maternity and immigration re
rtrictlon will be supported by tho bu
reau, which alto will urge measurer
to eliminate wholesale liquor dealers
The rpeclal session of Congress Is
“uc usually favorable” for pressing
those maaeuros. Dr. Crafts thinks,
“because Republican* are likely to
postpone many appropriation bills till
after March 4, whan they may have
a safe maiecity."
Mrs. Herman Smith Dies
From Shock of Tragedy
Widow W MU Killed We Soldier.
Fellow. Hoiked to
Gnn
Mr*. Rimn Slmth, widow of tk«
man who was killed two weeks ago
by soldier* from Comp Bragg, and
her two koar old child died at hoi
home yesterday. Her death ia
attributed to the shock occaMoaod
by her husband’. tragic end.
Baa huiband waa met aad Instant
ly killed Sunday morning two wooki
ago wkm bo Is allagsd to. havo berr
attempting to eoeape from a squad ol
man sent to arrait bias for doseetioi
from the army. Mrs. Smith was In i
: delicate condition st the time. Shi
neeer f«Ry recovered from the ahoel
of that, ocean-one*.
Funetsl services wore held frog
■ the heme yesterday afternoon. In
torment was mode basis# the gran
i of her ksuband In the cemetery a
r Hodge* Chapel Several assail ehll
i dr*n survive
i “I call that dram a ettea," laid M«y|
l Replied his stem sad strlf*.
i "Slop jswlag bow and hook mo nl
So ha fssUnod the erim* on hla wtfi
MAY CUT SOUTH’S
CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATION
First Gun in Battb to Rsdsos
South's Roprosontathan in
Congress Fired
REP. TINKHAM BRINGS
ISSUE TO THE FRONT
Will Introduce Resolution To*
day to Maka Inquiry Into
Extent of Disfranchisement
of Negroes in South; Would
Cut Representation.
Washington, Dec. 6.—The opening
tmn in the long imminent battle to
reduce representation of Die South
ern Sui* » in the House of Bopreata
tatives was fired tonight by Repre
sentative Tinkbam, Republican of
Massachusetts, who announced that
he had prepared a resolution for in
troduction tomorrow directing the
House censoa committee to maka aa
inquiry iato the agtent of dMn»
rhisement of nogroeo in tha South
and to recommend cutting down the
representation of those States ac
cordingly.
CiWa Eleven States
Mr. Tinkham’a statement declared
that eleven Southern States: Ala
bama. Arkansas. Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi. North and South Caro
lina, Tvnneasoe, Texas, Georgia and
Virginia—cast only about 6 per cent
of the total vote for President in tbs
last election, although bolding II
Sir ea.t of the membership of the
ouse.' .
Commenting on probable resppor
tionmsnt of Ucpresentatim in Con
crete a* a result of the 1*20 census,
Mr. Tlakham said that if the present
basil of representation were used 61
members would he added ia the
Hoase. This inersase, he added, could
bo ovoidod almost entirely by adher
ing to the same unit of representa
tion—one member far 211,877 inhab
itants—and by on fDicing the four
teenth amendment, which dlracta Can
gram to reduce repress station of
States where the right to rote is de
nied qoalified cltisens.
Ifr. Tlnkhun said that If a reap
portionment bin ware pssasd “which
is plainly unconstitutionally by aeaid
iag eaforeomsat of the fourtocatb
amendment,” ho intended to qaaotion
in tho courts the constitutionality of
_IBTHri
OF POLICE DUTY:
HANDLES STREETS
Langley’s Sorricae Arm Diapcrs
aod With By The
Board
26 PER CENT CUTS ARE
MADE IN SOME WAGES
I
Mon of Light and Water and
Street Cleaning Department!
To Foci Effect of Lowering
Costs—Vance Do— Double
Duty aa Cop and Fireman.
Policeman Hunt Is relieved of ell
pe'ice duty snd assigned to the street
cleaning department, the services of
"Detective” Langley, who served for
the glory of the business and without
regular pay, nre dispensed with,
Fireman Vangc is to duoblc in brum
buttons as an assistant to Chief Page,
and an nsofrrgute cut at about twen
ty-Avn per cent Is to bo made m the
wages of men employed in the
street cleaning and water and light
department si the result of action
token by the board of commissioners
In a special meeting held last night
Hunt is to have entire charge of
the street cleaning department which
Is entirely divorced by lost night’s
action from the police department
Ho is to be solely responsible to WD
ilam H. Newberry end* Loflln A.
Tart, who form the streets commit
tee of the board. Ho was notified lest
night that he would bo expected to
hoop the town clean. If he does net,
the committee will And the reeoeu
why.
Vance, who has filled the role of
paid Are department for the lost sev
eral months, has found little to do
since ho cleaned up the apparatus
snd placed it In shape to do what 11
was bought to.do- It was decided to
have him relieve Hunt as stopper in
those moments when he is not en
gaged in the buslaeoa of guarding the
town from Are.
Langtry ie a sen of the venemhls
snd likeable eld fallow who wee os
the night Shift of the poliee deport'
insnrt hure early In the pear. He h
night operator at the Coast Une de
pot He Ilkea to monkey around wilt
the coppers and ban boon of macl
insistence to Pegu. Upon motion el
Commissioner Ellis Goldxteln, how
ever, his service was dispensed wM
toeauoc ho "hod enough to de at Um
station.”
Cuts la wages grew out of a de
tire by the hoard to reduce expense*
i Negro laborers In the two depart
i menu are drawing from II.AO to f<
• a day. This- is iaeonatetent with tb
general wage for such work In tb
surrounding country. In view of tb
> lowering coot of Irving and the la
creased supply Of tuber, the cam mil
* sloners considered It not amiss t
k make the reduction.
First RmI Struck
Dotage tint’*
Ooneea, Dee. 4.—The
delegation'* withdrawal
cue aeeembiy thia
Ant reef Arnck
of the three
which had been
mrtef Miootkof
feg in the dJucuaaiw
mendmenU.
The independence
rio Pueprredoa In
poetgoneaent of e_
amendment*. aad_klo
laeqoes, of Perm
were regarded at
•onion, but the
tion'* extreme
wa* entirely «_
There are two
thli evening. On#
lag nind* of the ag
much neglected thl
■nailer power*
ptflny (ukimim
other it that tho
ha* boon too ]
There It BO_
er delegation* will
pie of Argentina; I
in Invar af Pat._
meat*, hat win Ut g* _
of withdrawing fren the
If they an not taken Wp
tion. Dr. Octevte, of the
delegation, aaid t '
infinite|y that tho
tion had fonad It
inch radical actioi
the withdrawal nf
from the enenbly 1
potnry.
AUTOMOBILE M
RATE NEARLfi
i
Wa#hingto*
MM p«naai
bil* »rrHnli
injune.
the Ccosm
la a etata
for traffic
bile accident
regulation! ta
tvar-ine reaping
viw
'Thu caU far
traffic regulation! la
one. Every one la
neeeadtr for tloer eat
greae when a crowd
c'.rce* tent and, eimilarty i
traffic mart be alawad dewa and csn
trollad until it bate -* .*
for traffic lmprnv*c*cat* tat'**"
Erection at atreet exuatage af
curbed eafety inland*, wfchb at tffia
moat dangerou* ipota, i t be very
cloae together.
Coaatruatleu af 1 creat
ing* la the middle af ta, where
autoaicibilaa can a pyre mm only
two direct)ena.
Demenetratiaa of great *Ot la
driving each machine Wave granting
a driver'* Ucaaa* far that machine.
Reduction of tha apaad Kbit, tape
dally at cropping*
Fine, revocation* of Ueaaaa, aad
I impriioament, aaeh ta have Ha ptaaa
a* an actual penalty.
_._-_£_
Enterprise Lumber Co.
At Mount OKrs Bums
Entire Plaalaa
Manat Olhra, Da
determined origin
laat might ahvat • i’a
with arratal baadrud_
of lumbar and, bnt for tbo
faithful work of tha ha
mill employes and _
plant probably would
atroyad. Tka Um la I __ _
ad at $100,900, partial aataaad hy
insurance. Tha pbatwn probably ha
rObnllt at aace.
Thla la tha aacnnd tlaaa a similar
loaa haa haaa scats ksed by Ola com
pany, tha faimar dra blislf *■
boat taro yuan age.
Woman Drowns HsrsnM
In Well At Duke Homs
no Nor Ltf<
Mrs. Ana la Morgan, artfh af O. 0
Morgan af Duka, hUad hmaalf hi
drowning ia tha wall at bar baati
Saturday warning. Bha had boom i
■uffarrr from pellagra far aarara
months. Her satertag la hrtlauaO U
haaa affected bar Wad. Pmmsrtm
exam I nation by Oaranar Arnold da
tarmtaad that Oa mat daadh bj
1 drowning.
Mm. Morgan waa 14 yaata aM am
i tha mother of tarn (hOdrun—ewe fou
i tbo other ana year aid. The ahNdrm
■ land bar hnfmd mrrfra. ns M
■ waa earrlad to her aid homo la Boa
> boro, where funaml oarrlam war
coadaatad Sand ay aftomaaa.
FOOD GOES DOWN
BUT FERTILIZER
MATERIAL IS UP
Npw York. Quotations Show
Big Slump la Things
To Eat
METALS HOLD OWN
AGAINST DECUNES
Building Materials Also Shaw
Tendency to Stay Abowe
Normal. Cotton Gouda Turn
Up With Other Commoditise
That Draw Front Farmer.
Iacreaeet approximating 8* ear
seat are shewn in the prices of fer
tiliser ingredients, building materiel
and Iran and steel products, aad da*
■teasse ef 18 ts iO par cant in feed,
leather, weal, rotten goods and other
commoditise in quotations is rood at
the clam ef last weak by Dan’s Be*
view. Tbs camps risen is with who le
ads prices an the Naw Tech mar*
Brick C*The*oajy item in building
material to register a decline, bairn
quoted at $18 against 118 a roar
age. Partland cement race from 1111
to **.!•, spruce laths from *7.78 to
lamp lime from *t.78 te
If aria te of potash was quoted at
*8 an an M par aent beats, nitrate
aada registered a 10 seats decline
torn **. hnd sulphates of potash aad
momenta were steady at the price*
of a year ago. Ground aad steamed
bailee, however, race from *18 to *48
or exactly 88 1*8 par cent
All motels showed big increases
•vee the prices ef a year age, hut in
sites instances registered a decline
from the quotations of weak before
hd: Them were pig Iron, wire, rads,
wire aaih, Useet metal, tin. tiaplate,
aluminum, copper, etc.
Foodstuffs showed big declines.
Fleur that coat IlMt a year age
was quoted at *8.6$. Choice marrow
tat beast were quoted at *• ageing
111.80 lag year Balt Mackerel was
deura to 188 from *88; sugar was
dawn to 8.75; tees ranged from IS
to 87 canto; coffee from 7 to 18
seats; butter from 8* to 78 coots;
these. 88 to St; dried fruits. 11
seats far apples, 17 14 far peaches
aad 17 1-8 fur prunes. Wheat sfaswed
h decline from IfJt 14 to *148 1*8,
km from *14* 1*8 to 84 8-4, aad
Ktom II te U 1-8.
|Mwcriww»
FOLDING OF CROPS
MTOCAROUNAS
rUnlllnrahiiawM
Harney lacwm is Hava*
maat of Cattam
GENERAL REVIEW OF
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
Period af Rood ywatsneaat During
Novara bar Markod by Gan.
oral Refusal of rwiwuoni to
Buy “Until Pyicoo Como
Washington, D. C.. Dea. I.-Heavy
Inerooae in the movement of cotton
wm reported by tbo Federal Xeserri
Board fca Its ravtew of buUoass een
dlUona for Novcmkor although, the
nport said, a tendency developed la
North Carolina and Sooth Carolina
toward a crop-bolding movement.
Continuation during November of
tbo ported of readjustment, which,
according, to the board, was accom
panied by o general refusal of too
■Men through out the country to
hoy “until prices come down," shew
ed no pronounced development In
Virginia, North and South Carolina
despite price reductions end Improv
ed transportation, white is Cworgin,
Florida, Alabama, Eastern Teonesooo.
Southern Mississippi and Southern
Louisiana favorable agriculture I eon
dltions continued, despite some
shrinkage la yield.
The portion of the board's review
dealing with the Southern states said
that larger quantities than usual ol
lew grades of tobacco were report
ed.
LOT I Bimi
Nora then arual af lb* law gain
•f tobacco «m reported dm La dam
ago af various kin da la Tcoaeseec
the color mi bad aad tha quality
rather law. Farmer* generally wan
"ported diaaaUefled with the price
which bed maaiiaited Hcelf la a tea
dency toward tlewer marhetiag.
Cotton picking had been complete*
la Florida, aad a early eo In Alabe
ma. South Carolina. Mluiwippi am
Lealalaaa. but fa* Upper Georgia am
ball weevil had lacreased r,o per cent
Coal production in Alabama wa
"potted as having steadily iacraas
ad deapita tha strike In that Raid
Plenty af coal far heme uaa wee re
ported la Virginia, North Carotin
aad Booth Carolina, although, pehll
i aUlitle* were reported on aarroi
Further chut-deami aad mere a*
' teaahre cartsUneaU of working ttm
la tha textile Industry warn report
I ad, cotton mills la New lagtaadoy
r crating from SO to 4# per cant a
I .capacity. Finishers af eettea fabric
r billed 44,188,000 yard* af wkHa. dy
■ |ad aad prinked fabric* daring Nc
I vambsr compared with 58,474 yard
la BipOrtbcr.
Priridwl Purim To
Go Me
i
fat wim l _ _ __
to dehver what will to tot U* aaae
•l ■—n to that tody. Ritowt
r»‘ h»w»*«T* a*d« law hia )to
«£Sii*3SSL"r“wsS
phyticiaa,profaa* ewplcto Ipartaiit
•< Mr. Wilton*■ derate* and It la ant
expected that to will make K knew*
until tof ere Coaprear ia ready to re
ceive tha executive awn aert
Tueeday.
Tboee la rlaae tenth wMh tha Trad
dent have atetod hia htoMh tod Im
proved ao rapidly in the la* few
week* that there war a* deabt ad hia
ability to go before Ceagraaa U to
deatred to do aa. Mr. WUma ceaaed
tuiny hia wheel chair mere ttoa a
weak ape- end It waa mid to wall
he able to pa to the capital with ret
thr aid ef either hia wheel chair *r a!
can*.
conflict. Tt»« Batter bay aUagoe Car
ter, white engaged ta aa argaawnt
with him msdo a mors aa IT ta draw
a gan froot hi* yatbt Thaa, ha add,
ha otebbod him. Carter aBagai that
h< had dona aothiag moro oaotawo
than to attempt ta draw a cap of
caff or whan Bailer lime satiated with
Mb sad at rack Ma with tha ksifo.
Big Robbery Reported
fin Cberlotte County
Pteatam* huh la KoiwWii V»_
Bahhad of Vste«hU.»--n*a
Das villa. Vs.. Dae. t.—AB laaoa*
lag trains aw tha tlihaiisl Soldo*
bp tha paltea today following ward
roeotrad thte mors lag that tha hast
la Kaywrflte, la Charlotte eowaty, eat
l fiva alaraa of that pteaa had bom tab
I h- - 1-*w_e- a-1- _ - -w- »
dm »y ujitve# aunag ut itny Mir
, of Batarday moral sg.
Planter** bonk waa ante rod u|
- white appeyawtip aa offort waa wwdt
. to blow tha mla, which eowteteod a
- good mm of epooia, ahawt Id cafot]
i riThit of ralaahia* pieced te thaa
ortebTi «hmoate"aoco »am rad probah
• ly after tha haah had ham jwMm
! tets^*a^rwarafr«S..Md
eLlah ho> J /*2be Mmtatlg
of agrtAdtaewi program ia M. «,
FUZE VINNERS
AT DUNN’S FAIR
ARE ANNOUNCED
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