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THE DUNN 1 a^===SgSg:3aBg:ac=l' ■ ■J -1 ’ ' -t - --■! -■ ■——- ■■ i --- ^ ■ .. Volume VIL ■ ' Dunn, North Carolina, February 18, 1921. ROAD BILL PASSES UTTLE CHANGED BY BIG MAJORITY Vote Stand* 102 To 11 Ob Final Ho«M Read fa# WOMAN REPRESENTATIVE PRESIDES AT VOTING Template* Amendment le De feated—Tumult Of Shout fag Greets Victory Of Con nor - Bowie - Dough ton $50, 000,000 Road Bond Bill Now Before Senate. (Now* A Observer.) fal* Half the 22 member* of the op position to the Doiitfhton-Connor Bowie road bill surrendered when the measure came to Its f:nnl rot* in the House at 2:30 yastr day afternoon, and asty 11 adverse vntes wars cast the 102 polled in favor of the mflCeure. Matthews of Bertie and Fountain of Edgecombe, two of thnee who fought the bill vntad for it on its final leading, but Bsmes of Hert ford and Qulekvl of Lincolnton stood out to tho end. History was made in the last half hour of the session at which the mraeuro was pasted on Ite final mnd Injr. Speaker Grtcr surrendered the i tkwMInas nAeev’t akaU _ _ t_t . . Representative Kium Clement, thr only woman member of the C* -«rm I A nimbly, Representatives Houghton and MeBee conducted her to Iho d>as, and It warn ahe who put the question, and it Waa ahe who declared the 102 to It vote on the bill, ordered it en gToeaed and aant to the Sonata. Jubilation reigned throughout the House aad among the few score faith ful spectators who lingered long past the lunch hour to ace the measure paaa its final eonaidermtioa at the hands of the House. The tumult of •PpleoH greeted tha announcement of the vote was but the continnation of the demonstration that followed the calling of the roll, bursting Into an uproar whan Mr. Matthews an oounced that although tha bill did not yet meet his full approval, he waa nnerilling to ba recorded against a measure that waa headed in the right direction. Other matter* kept the House from the measure for morh than tvs boars it was past I —> reading clerk's dealt, and were as promptly killed, save some few agreed upon generally before hand. OnJjt one serious effort was made toward, altering the provisions of the measure and that came from Templeton of Wake. Rosser to Governor The Wake member wanted to take the authority to mako Anal decision on all matters pertaining to road building from the chairman of thr, Highway Commission and the mem bership of the commission and place it tn the hands of the Governor. He spoke at some length hi championship of his amendment, declaring that the Governor ought to be given power aa an accompaniment to hia duties. ‘It la what he asked for In hia message aad I think we ought to give it to (Continued on page 6.) woman • uiub bbow Will Be Big Event Fine Minetrel Talent Peeed Aan| Yeua| WoeM ef Dae.— Stage Attraction March 4 Rapidly *” Dunn theatregoer* learning of tho va*t amount of thea trical talent which ha* bon hidden in^ho depth* of thi* little city and i whldhtjir cartain go** up at th* He tropolitan Opera Hook the night of March 4th on th* big auDei'-vradoc tion, th* Waman’a Club Minstrel, th# Hou*a will no doubt be packed from pH to daoao. Tho proceed* of the performance will go toward* helping to poyaMfc tho playground equipment at tho achool, and tho iplondid women who form tho mo«t progrearlv* organiza tion In tho community hope that the respona* will bo excellent. Th* per formance Itoelf bid* fair to bo the hoot local talent chow ever ataged in Dunn and will run taro hour*, during which time a Mg minatrel first part with It’s funny and man (T), It’* popular conga and brand new Joke* and six raudevUU apaelaltic* will da light tho attendant*. The women be hind the gun* of comtdr are th* Mines laa and Waatrar Until* Jr* Ita "- 1 Dwaa*. W-a Janie Jackson and Lonnie Gaincv. Amongst the vaudeville numbers am some worthy of spots on a big time program. A quartette will be honed In elaser harmony selections, the Shrine erenaetra will intoroo’at* a number of mualaa] rent and solo ists will bo hoard In special features, the animated song sheet. one of the blegist of nevoKle* w!fl form a been tirul sotting for t ere tv* beautiful gbta, "Deep C." Green will be heard in his own original monologue entit led, “Get Away nines.” there will bo ^oeial ringing and doaelng sell arid the dtanunttlve comedian, Mr. CWlee Baker will be heard In a blach face monologue which Is mid to rival anything A1 Fields has ever attempt ed. The United 9**teo produces ainri copper than all ether nations comhin ad. The permaaiat snow Gelds of Al asks are taa than one per eeat o1 Alaska’s total area. ■ Newspaper Man Made Receiver For Stallion Franklin Brook. Will Co Ta Calif or.' aia Ta Toko Charge ml Vain aklo Animal New York, Feb. 16. — Franklin Brooka, formerly a Manila nrwspa per man, today wan appointed by Su preme Court Justico Ford receiver for the $2&0,t>00 stallion Friar Frock. Brooks was directed to proceed to the breading farm of John II. Roar tar at Santa Rosa. Cal., where the stallion is quartered, and Me that the animal is safely deliver Mi to the stock farm of John E. Madden near, Lexington, Ky., as orderad recently by Justice Ford in deciding a dispute between the two horsemen. The horse was sold by August mont to Matldrn who transferr ' Interest to Roseter. Thu cont I tween the two owners called [ turn of the atallion to the farm for the aeasons of 191 1B22 but Roaster retained p becajj# Madden would not sNF Rn^^ack at the end pRitit jrdlhL Holliday Calls Meet Of Implement Dealers __ f Senthem Hardware Merchants Hald Aaaaal Cowveatioe la Richmond Neat Mnih The annual convention of the Southern Implement Dealers Associa tion has been railed by I'resident MeD. Holliday, of l>ann, for March 8, tf, 1U, aod 11, Murphy hotel. Rich mond. Grant, Rice, editor. Dr. W. U. Taylor, soil experts and several other speaker! of a national reputation among dealers la farm implement* will be among those who are to deliv er addressee before the convention. This meeting according to Mr. Hol liday, will be the moat Important held by the association aiacc its r ganiaa tion. "With Southern farmers still suffering from the effect! of low priced cotton," he said, "the associa tion must frame some policy thiongh wh.ch it can be ef real help, to them." Most of the hardware and imple ment dealers of tho Southern States arc member? of the association. It is expected that hundreds of Ihtm will attend the convention. CONVICT FUTRELLtf IN WILSON CBl [ Jury Out Two Hour* Before Returning Verdict of Guil ty Of Attempt To Lynch WiUnn, Fsb. l«r—Th« trial of H. B. Futrelle, alleged leader of the mob that stormed the courthouae at Goldsboro on the night of December 3. 1920, went to the jury at 3 o'clock this afternoon and in two boors to, the minute a verdict of "guilty with prayer for mercy” was returned. The first poll of the jury was 10 to 3 for conviction, it is understood, and it eras generally believed a mistrial, would J>e the result. Mudge Calvert will not pronounce sentence until neat Friday at the request of Attor ney W. W. Pierce, Ivsrding counsel for the defense, in order that charac ter witnesses from Wayne county may have an opportunity to say some thing in behalf of the prisoner. In the meantime Futrslle's bond was inrreasrd from 93,000 to 95,000 and he was ordered to remain in the custody of the sheriff of Wilson coun ty until it is given. > When sentence is pronounced coun sel Ofor Futrelle will give notice of sppral. Put'.Clio was on trial for trad ing the mob that stormed the court house at Goldsboro In an endeavor to wrest from tho law five negroes, who wart to be triad for murder. The "Kd''T«nrvCVn, C. H. Thompson and Davit Wiggins will not he tried until the May term of Wilton Super ior court. 'The cate of the State against How ard and Will Bethea, colored, for kill ing James fluffln on June S. 1920, is now In progress H. B. FUTRELLE UNABLE TO GIVE BOND AND IS IN JAIL Wilmn. Feb. 17.—For failure to furn- sf his bond which eras Inrreasrd from *2.000 to So.000. H. B. Futrelle the Goldsboro mob leader, is behind Wilson jail bars. Sentence will be parsed on h‘m Friday afternoon, and 't fs generally believed here that not withstanding a plea for mercy was entered that Judge Calvert will make an example of him with the hope of breaking up the mob spirit. Another Warning From The Durham Ku Klux? Wiriinf Freeumably Fron du Klaa. He lam Hot Reply Durham, Feb. IS.—W. F. Walker, of Elfland. In a communication to a Durham newspaper, made public here today, raeealj what la apparently an other warning of the Durham klan of •ho Ku Klux Klan. advlelng Walker to “go straight.” The warning and Walk'.Va reply.follow: (Copy) Durham Ku Klid^^ui. Durham X C. Mr. W. F. alkor. Elfland, N A Dear 81) com all report* It aeVaa he leader of the boyfcf elT gambling and drflk J mutt And ft a pinanurWto do thli. f Teach Ihe boya better, aet if ex ample for them by going itgighl Thia la the flrat warning, thciM la no aeeond. X Youra for law and erder^V XT) — klud^ "With reference to the above, It la the opinion of myaulf and my frlaada lL.1 aL. IS_J_«e- _ wi eel . a I boring under • mlauppreheneion In scenting me u above stated. We are {at a loss to know why this accusation hat boon made. If the writer of the | above will kindly come out In the open like u man and handle the mat ter In a lawful way 1 have nu feat of the consequences. I would awgfesl that yon investigate more folly be fore trying to tell me what to do. "I would further sunset that II you have any evidence of any drink ing, gambling or any other unlawful {wactjceu,' that yen place the evld g ei In the hands of the proper aothorltlei and e>w the Statu of North Caro lina to aeaert its sovereignty. Thii la neither Italy nor Ruaa’a. "Yours for law and order, (Signed.) ”W. r. WALKER.” ("An ex-service man who did kb bit trying to make the world eafe fai democracy.”) Tha United State* has galnA la wealth by fifty billion dollars slnci . 1*14. Spec alists of the Department o Agriculture ntam'ned more than It, 004,400 cattle during 1M0. MRS. VARNER ENDS COURT TESTIMONY Counsel For Husband Refuse To Cross-Examine Woman When She Finishes Grnrniboro, Fob. 16.—Establishing « precedent, counsel for defense in trial of case of Mm. Florence C. Var ner. who Is- seeking to eecorc "reas onable rubslatencr" f.to bar bus ba.d, H. B. Varner, of Lexington, refused to cross - examine Mrs. Var ..or when Federal court rc-c-onvencd today. Conclud.ng her testimony begun late yerterday afternoon. Mrs. Var ner said the fait that "reasoaable •ubiiftence” would hr $5,001) a year and ohould bo allowed her from her husband's estate whose income, she dartsi t*d, was between $1,200 and $1,500 a week. Testimony in support of Mrs. Var ner’s denial of intimate relations with Baxter McRary, a negro, was intro duced Immediately after Mrs. Varner left the stand. Anna Mll'er. negro* servant for 20 years of the Varners, followed the plaintiff and was on the stand for one hour and thirty-five minutes, making a poor witness. A deposition, making a iu on --N A._._*»i_a_fl A_. a# .««._ followed. Beginning with a cool and w tar led air, Anna Miller unswayed unimportant -queetioat with compara tive ear*. but beesmr rs't'ad end tmrn* **,,:MiSS.M mmrnm, oped. She said the had been a servant for Mr. and Mrs. Varner for almost 20 years and hud slept in their house in Lexington at the head of stairs on tht second floor; that Baxter Me Ro ry, mulatto, would often ccmc to Varner’s home to toe either her or Mr. Varner; that McRary had void land for her (negress) daring the past year ard that tht and MrRary wrrt close friends; that McRar' vroold come to set her and spend usually two hours at a time and they would talk about rtllnous matters. She often cooked for Me Eery after hit wife died and at the request of Mr. Varner, she said. She explained that she and MrRary had been lifelong friends and that in addition to talking religious matters over with him they would discuss the’r childhood days. Mott of the statements made by Anna Miller corroborated in mb stance, thu testimony yesterday of Mrs Varner until counsel for the de fense fired a volley of questions at her and she becamo confused. Asked about the night of August 9, whan MrRary was alleged to have been found under Varner’s bouse a> bout 1 o’clock, she stated that she was there and witnessed most of the hap penings with the exception of alleged Hading of McRary. In a deposition, which was taken in a hospital la Cincinnati, Oh o, re cently, it was stated that McRary was *1 years of age; that ho was at time deposition was taken, lick in bed and seriously IB, being unable t* attend coart la North Carolina; that he had always lived In North Ca-atina; that ha had known Mr. and Mrs. Varner for 20 years; that ha waa friendly with them bath, at a whits man and colored man ara friends; that Varner had enee asked him to make an ad dress In hi* theatre In Lexington; that Varner had sent him hit picture which was exhibited at the reading and postal cards: that Varner allew ed him to hunt with his gun; that Var ner often ashed him to write articles for his newspaper, the Lexington Dispatch; that be waa accustomed te going to Varner’* home to to* Aant Miller, or Mr. Varner, at request ol w ^r. no nn i Valiter and they spoke to him In pub tile ee other persona did, aa “gooc morning, Baxter." When asked if he had erer had Ullelt relations with Mrs. Varner, do poe'tiea reed: "Before Ood; ne, never." FARMERS’ BULLETINS USED IN SCHOOL! (tepid development* ha agrieultun ere resulting la the im of Farmers Bulletins of U>o United States Depart ment of Agriculture for claeerooa use ia school*. Rrprelellj the fo ma Itlon of llro-etoek cluba among nehoo iehild an ha* oeeaaioued a dem-inJ fn information not yet covered by suit able* textbook*. Farmer** Bulletin Nc 1IS8. The Beef Calf, tta Orowth am Development, to mow bc'ng used ti the Xenma Agrleultural College li the regular beef-prod pc tian eoursei i In Ooargla and W. Virginia thr *am bulletin to need In instruction of bee calf club member*, la Weet VI gloli ’ It I* a*ed a!«o la Ibe regular fa: men sorTeepende-.ee and short couraea or or the BUta Loaded Heavily With Amendment* Fordney Tariff Passes Senate Four Republican Vote la Op position WbiU Nino Dem ocrats Support It Washington, Fab. IS.—Loaded down with more than a score of a f mend manta, the Partner emeigoncy tariff bill tonight passed the senate. , the vote was 4j to H0_ and the meas o.t was immrdialjy sent to confer* once. Action on the bill, designed and j. tubed through tbs house as an aid , to the iu.mor, cams alter a protract ed Mission dunng which four Itaputi ! i.ear. senators brake away from their | party alignment and two of them. Nidge, of Kcw Jersey, and Moses, of Now Hampshire, bitter, assailed the 'measure and its Republican support* [era. Likewise, solidarity of the Deato rnoic ranks could mot bs maintained UN Hill. The brotdride by Mr. Moita tem porarily unaaltled th* RapubUcan program, «> much to that tana a m.r.umvnt* offc.ad by Senator Lodge ho majority leader, were killed. F ore the erne (he vote wai called jua the Lodge amendment*, aU of I v.-hlch bad to do with protection for manufactured product* of wool, th* inmate rod* rnagb-abod over all jchange* proletrad. Bat it already had accepted n man* change* from th* foim In which tha aeaaiar* came from tha limine ‘-hat tha moat ardent aupportere picdictod trouble ia get tmy an agreement with, th* houne. The following eanetora wera ap pointee) aa th* conference committee to atu-mpt to Iron oat th* differ co ca* with the hounetPearoae, McCum ber and Smoot. Republican!, and ttlmmon* and William*, Democrat* It li expected th* comm it*# will be nbl* to ntart work with a aimilar com mittee from tha kaaec late loro or.-ow While the an not* wai lx th* throe* uf the hcatad debate oa th* emer gency tariff, tha hono* way* and mean* committed wai concluding open hearing! otaiwrUioa of tha per manent law. Will that work out of the way. Chairman fordary will leave to tomorrow fat another conference with P reaid eirt-eVa* Harding at 8t Augur line. It U.uudantood he will *4 tho nasi deaf executive for a definite uxpremiaa aa to hit view* on th* IcglilatK* program oatllnod by Republican kadeia and whether bo favored imamdlatc conaideration v Cnngr**.* of Tariff IcgUIation ra ber than actio a oa matter! of taxa toa. ; » --— Plo Agr«tenrf«n bnUred ' ■ ■ imkt TirSCmMcol D*U tangal Makes Flat P—Isl ml Mynter ioet Ajrsssint to Wipe Out War Mi St Augustine. Ha.. Feb. 16.— ' re dcrt-c lect Harding today finally rov'cwed h's rabini t decisions with his .-amnsgn manager and prospective ; o tmaotr • general, Will n. Hays, d received from a member ot Prea dent Wilaon’e peace delegation un qualified assurances that an agree mt’.’t far cancellation of the allied Tvar drbl way made at VamUlaa. The conference with Mr. Hayei sly Interpreted as conclusive evidence that the Republican national •hi:min it to hecoma a member of Mr. Harding*! official family, la un de rtood to haw covered every fea ture of the cabinet situation as wall var'oos qaretlona of policy. The two were together for several hours md although no formal announce ment followed, the president-elect mill their talk omitted none of thn problems facing the next admlh 1st ra tion. Details of what happeaad at Ver •taUIca In regard to cancellation of the ton billion dollar war debt were given to Mr. Harding by Thomas W. Lam nit. a member of the Morgan bank ing firm and a fiscal attache of the peace comm avion. la a statement af l-r hit conference with the President elect he made flat denial of recent !•»>>< of a mvater'oua agreement te wine tho war daht off the hooka, and said ha had assured Presidentelect his admlulstration would he "aa free a d untrammelled at air" in dcallnj with (he question. _1_-__ Treasury Department Continue* Collection fnflti Prate Sale af Capital At tail Still Ceuetfaeed Taxable Imm< A statement hat been received fra* (he Collector of Internal Rarcnui at Raleitrh. in which he aaya minor out inquiries bare raachad the Bu i-raa of Internal Revenue rolatlre U the decision of United State* THttrlr Court of Conaeelfeut hi tha Brewwte] cate, In which It was held that pain. m'H profit* reallaed from the talc al capital ameta la not tasahU income The United State* Attorney for Con nret'eut haa b*an authorised to pet feet an nppeal to the Saprama eoar of ‘ha United States for • review a *h« decision. Plrce coupreta, tfnder the provision of the Income tax Acta of lttl i 1016 and ISIS, haa directed the taw at'on at Income of each paint ani ' p oflta, the bureau will eontinao t , eqt'-oet the taa thereon, on lew an I a 'll the Supremo Court shall hoi ' th-t o-avirien of law to ho unconst ■ tatVlL The same queitlon la Involved t I ’ho K'dorsdo and-Rverson cam* wh'e i; wire arpard la tha fi ipromt Co‘»i i • -one w*i- »<m A d**laioo la th«w caeca undoubtedly will tcUl# th l . . -ft 0 -r t'or fa v**w of the er f *r*l pa-alt'ea nrev'ded by law ft i ,.4 c-idnl-ni income tax r< ’ turn, Uxpqycra are warred not < ■ r , . r«im *ho*r rrtnrnt for Ih* yrt ttSO nuch Kfi'nt a- d prafitc. r ' V Mr. Hodgw Celebrates Has 82nd Birthday “UmI." Bnrw.il He. Big Tub. Will Friend, nmd Relellvae Arswnd Him With about two hundred of hil frtande, hie eoni, daughter*, grmnd (hildirn, greet grandchildren, broth er* and sitter* about him Buneel • Hodgw, pioneer citiren of the Dunn ! District and one of tho most vigorous • of that Ciowd of men who helped to carve a great community out of the • wilderness, yesterday celebrated hie nghty-eeeond birthday at tha hajnc I of W.llie Monde, about two miles 1 from Dunn. Although hg is still suffering from Iihe effects of o stroke of paralyaie that occurred o few months ego, “Un cle” Burwell enjoyed the occasion | Immensely. He sat on the porch with Ibis brothers George Riley and Alex i end some other old erooieo and , watched the antic* of the younger j people while they swarmed about tha yards, and listened to the pretty ns • I t furnished by Mra Bussell Hodges, , rib mimic noo^ti inn rw uimjv Beater. _ Krv Angus R. McQueen. Mr. and I Mr*. Ransom. Pearsall, Mias Ballla Pardls and other Dans friend*, and ! practically all of the Dann kinsfolk I went out to pay their respects. Mr. McQueen eaid grace over the sump tuous birthday dinner which sms suf ficient to feed an army, and after dinner mode a brief talk la srhieh ha dwalt upon tha lift of the goad old gentleman who has played so large a pail In the development of the Dana District. » Mr. Hodges has saves living child ren, forty-three grandchildren and foar gi-eat-grandehiidren. All of those were present. His brother* and sis ters wars there, too. The sisters are Mrs. Major Danirl Lee, Mia. Richard Sorrell and Mrs. Nathan MeLamb. The birthday party was held at tha .horns of Mr. blonde for tha vaason I that Mrs. Burwell Rod gee has bean bedridden from rheamatiim for a number of years and has made her home Users. She, herself eighty-ene years old. qpjoyed the occasion as much as aayonc did, hut was unable ■ to leave her bed. All the visitors west io to pay their reapecte to her, aad she knew all whom tha had tear seen before. Uncle Burwell and his folk had a fine time, and all who participated ia the party are hoping that the lino eld fellow will he spared to have a part in many more each occasions. Bank at Demon Moves Jr*to It* New Building FMuFl^stori!!7t!L cm* 000. F»nMfi la Quaduy Ben 90 e, Feb. 19. — The Farmnra Commercial bank lo moving lata ita large, commodious bonding oa the !con mr of Railroad and Main otreota 1 hi* building is tho propeity of tha bank, of which M. T. Britt b preti d"nt, and will eoct when completed something over 9100,000. It la built lef Ind ent lim.jtore and ll four I. tov'es high, including the baacmcat, {which will be used for a rest room ■end for office*. The bullditq contain* 38 office*, besides tho banking rooms and a large store room to be wed by a mercantile establishment- The bonding Will be equipped with elec tric elevators and every modem con . venieitc" known in town much larger than Benson. The building is baaeti fel in nppearnneo and is probably the mart handsome as wall at tho most costly building in tho county. Judging from the statements of fstmora all ovor this section, bat very little fertiliser will be told here this spring. The farmer is la a quandary a* to what to do. A number ef farm in' meetings have been held here re lative to the matter of Just what to do about this year's crop, bot so far but vary little has been accomplished. The farmer feel* like he wUl not make anything Without fertiliser and the price 1* so high usttl ho fools that he will make nothing by a slag It. Cre dit* will he restricted this spring, to i Ilka the man ef old, "he ia resolving . _t_a. a> i* M Partnerships Required To File Reports Soon Mart Fill Oat Fatw l*H sad ISM Far Treasury Department By March IS The collector of Internal lovnM ha* given out the folia wing Informs 'lion with regard ta tha filing of In ' come tax reports: , "I doslro to impress a yon to ary I partnership, personal sarvias, torpor i alien, or fiduciary, th# Importance el filing Forms 10M aad 10S* with tin ! Commissioner of Internal Revenue / Sorting Section. Woohtngton, D. C ti These form* are required ta be ttc< F.iu Washington on or hoforo Marti 15, 12*1 by nay partnership, person .1*1 service corporation or fidaelar that paid to ony ladtvldaal partner ’ irhlp, po sonal service corporation o ' j Urine la ry daring the year 1*20, sal II ary, wage*, commission), etc., of II, , | *90.000 or more. Of coarse all ladl , vlrlnolr or corporations that paid ml : ririrs of It 000.00 or more during th 1 year 1020 are required to file form -1090 and I0M. I "In addition to reporting the pay i merle set forth ahovs, every partasi i rh'p personal aaevioo corporation an t fiduciary mast fUo a Form 10*9 fa s sarh member of tho partnorahlp o e parsonal service corporation so one >- I-onofMarv. showing the d at ibutiv r char** of tho momb< rs or beneficial *■ Isa, whether or not setesiiy d’etrlln e ted The amount* are required t# h r r-mrted on th. hatis of tho esloada year. r~—“I.I1 * ROUGH SKA CALLS FOR ¥ SEASONED SAILORS ¥ i ¥ Haro U a latter received ¥ ¥ hr a local concern. ¥ ¥ “Tit world'* commerce la ¥ ¥ point through tha firm of ¥ ¥ b—-I aow, hat It will coma ¥ * oat tempered aa steel. Tha ¥ ¥ cicada are black, hot thank ¥ ¥ God, there la sunshine behind ¥ ¥ and beyond these elands- ¥ Thmg* look pesmniaUe, mad ¥ |¥ temporarily tley are ae, bpt ¥ > ¥ ape in I my there ¥ hope and ¥ , : : ¥ kind, b1* a rough aaa with a ¥ ¥ lot of fair weather sailor* rid- ¥ ¥ lag it; also many seasoned ¥ ¥ veterans. ¥ ¥ “So it’s time for courage, ¥ V hope and tha will te standby ¥ ^yho ship. Ska's a good old ¥ ¥ ip, this skip mi commerce. ¥ ¥ As‘11 weather tha storm If ¥ ¥ S will hot help bar. Jut ¥ ¥ Skn tha wheel, keep tha rad- ¥ ¥ Mmr straight .with bar MM ¥ ¥ Hhaad on iate and across these ¥ 4 hot that fatrerealldhaaflmr^v. ¥1 of commerce must Hiker rise ¥ ' ¥ It® the occasion or ^Klown la ¥ 1 ¥ V« depths. ¥ i ¥ \Ris« is the test. Accept ¥ ; ¥ year responsibility, face yoar ¥ > ¥ problem, taka off you coat ¥ ¥ and work, y«», fight like b—I, ¥ I ¥ breaks* it’s a mens Jab and ¥ t ¥ you hays got to qualify to ¥ t ¥ survive this commercial ¥ 1 ¥ storm. ¥ . ¥ “U took neither a bright ¥ ' ¥ asan oar a cooragoous one to ¥ * l¥ prosper daring the boom Just ¥ ¥ past, but yoa must have a ¥ t ¥ back baa* new: yon must b# ¥ „ * a fighter to fight dean. ¥ " ¥ ^ft’s a Job worth wbOa, ¥ * ¥ friend: so orgaaiao yoar «v- ¥ e ¥ cry effort and go to it with ¥ h ¥ that bulldog detonaiaatiua ¥ t ¥ that knows a* fear. ¥ ¥ “Someens it baplag far ¥ * TOU HffVfi felt * *1 ♦♦MMMMIMMtMIMMIM I __ . t « Ninth 1 tl Afur J yielding, the general level ef coconut- , ditj price*, u ■eared by Dma‘1 t Index Noabtr ef vlwiaiU quota tions. i* 29.4 per eat below the high i*mi4 ef lot Key. The decline dur ' •* Jnurjr ni Nightly lager then •sn&srs sf i'jr^sh * moan, aad com pares with the meal- . mum recession of g.S per cat in No vember. A* i result ef lat month'* _ farther deflation. the February 1 te •a! of 1185,222 marks tha lowest * ro'nt racked In exactly four years, t and the advance over the pre-war ha- J rhvk at one time exceeded lit j per cent, ha narrowed to about 54 **-r rest. The index number hat, J therefore, lest considerably more than ' b-Jf tbs rise which occurred through J •he war period and afterward, aad Is : 24.8 per cent onder the figure of a ! rar age. when the price tendency j waa still upward. Dun s Index Nam- 1 her. it is Important to note is based on the estimated per capita ran lump- J •‘on af each ef the many articles in- J eluded la the compilation. With the exception of mats, which remained practically stationary, all of the seven divisions late which th* Index number Is separated were low er oa February 1 tha a month pre riouo. th* largest decline being on of 10.1 per cent in dairy aad garden products. Th* roeesnia I* brioJot irffi was alio of staabl* proportions. 0 moanting to (.8 per cent and the das* designated at “other food** yielded T.2 per cent For all food stuffs together, there wm a net de cline of T.6 per cent, while the doth lag group receded an addttieael > 8 per eat Th* downward tread ia metals, moreover, wm sharply de fined- reaching 7.4 per cat end the miscellaneous total ns lowered by 8.8 am cent la the cm** of hiead stud^TJt* index number 1* now at UWlowsot leeel tonche^dnce August Daisy SmsVv Allow Hot > mt Hniufi By An Atlanta Wmta lyettevflle, Fob. It.—Fifty thou Mhn iiatni wit awarded by a Superior coart Jury bora Ibis after noon to Mm. Daiiy Watson Smith for tba alisnatloa af bar husband's affae tions by Mra Tbaraaa Wamar, af At lanta. Oa. Mrs. Waraei'a hatband J. L. Warn , or, roelding in another ftala, was made a defendant la tba salt. 1 They nare Mm Smith §10.1)00 aa 1 rompenration for her suffering and 1 for the aUoaatiea of tba affection of r bar hatband aad Ifl.OOO punithre Mra. Wcmer formerly Ihred In Fay 1 atlevflle. cowing bora from Fttta ' banrh. and bar relatione with l. H. ■with, hothead of the pUIotiff. form ’ id the basil of the an ft. Which was ; for mo.ooo. !l The h'ariag began Monday, aad • tba cam wait to tba Jnry abortly af ter noon today. Tba a«w awarded " ; M— Sw'fb <• arobobW tbs largoat : amount over given aa damages by a ■liu y in this conoty. r »l The Fanat 10M will tbow pay el monte ladleidnaDy. and n summary -1 should be prepared aa form jom. hi T*ie forma wav bo saanrad fraw a the var'ous d'Vifon aSIcae in tba r rtnte at direct from my office at Ba letgb. COURT HOUSE MAY COME TO DUNN IF ASSEMBLY ACTS % Plan Vote Oa Iwml Hwi SOME TOWNSHIPS WILL .. BE SHIFTED IN MOVE X>UBTH0U8E ..M . Jl.Jt ■ Altboagh Dai has for the Una abaadoaad Us tayas «rkt ar tha eraatiea af Jerri* Cowaty rith Itself a* tha maty aaat, U ft at hoprahabl* that aa affart wll • and* to cat this legiolatosa to asnit tha voters af Hacaac^Oaaaty * cat this leyislsatr* ta rant; tha • etas* af Heowtt Canty Adftsida -hathae ar sat H ft their wish ta nva tha aantthaaa* lron UUuvtea la this mat U ft aha fvaftAl* ■at aaathar nsaaara. coatiayaat W 1U ha'rsqaMtad to'yarnU^aaaAar lection ta htUi a* ta tha M» hraatt tswiddya ta La* Canty aad *a ta Barnett. Sock aa mthwnl •aid b* satisfactory ta r~ •aid at tha taatlaa which E Aa turrosadiny \ ▼a if it ft ta ha givaa that i watts] to Us fall dsrslsawaat Thar* is UtUa doaht Aai tha ftrat oaatien would ho settled la Dan’s ■wor. One-third of the total a if ala oa of Baiaott Canty ft la ltarsi oro townAfr. Duka aad Qim iwoahips, which woald van wUh A* LstrauoUs. contain ♦ ratal > rive u omrwbolmlag victory. Aon «wM h* yncuMlly m oaitioa to th* tU aad *f tie m MatanV* • aaeaptabla to tha mac* habW Da iocrata who have bald that th* eta* iaa *f Jervis would add author Ba u hi lean unit. Dunn alow* baa a Da locratie strength sufficient to nw aa»* much of that the Poptall**** raid show la th* Sampaoa township* ad to* BtmaMlaaa veto la attar of »« township* that would rwmala in lamatt is nogMgflsU. Dumb, bawavrr, la net caaaaraud 0 much with to* political aspect of b* aituattan. Nor la it a* very aax >u* to became a county aaat that - 1 Mould aacrtfica to* public waal to yuttfy it* awn ambition. Th* prim* t>jcct af tho maw* i* t* treat* a ouuty that will permit fall daw*l«p Bant of to* Dana District which now mbraeas isolated aad aaaloctad me lon* of four co no tie*. Pram Dunn a Lffliagtan too distance 1* aigfctoan allaa by roads nasally bad; toKrith Idd th* dlotane* I* twenty mOa* by *H; to Cllntoa the distant* 1* thirty nil#* or or read* which for meat ad ha yeai ar* net read* at alL During to* Inst few moatha Doan nerebantt bam found K mroamry to •ay far road construction is *ur wuadlag countie* from theta^own Htrao*. und bar* gottaw v*^ Uttla w ild from toe officials of tha coaadlm Dunn, to* baa a courthooa* already >uilt to pceoanaodate to* tsmtj ok > !**. Tbit wiB b* gtvua th* saw cam rby tha tows pa law a price a* eon legally nh*rgu probably II It4 other valuta)* consideration*; he ether ml stale consideration* bo ng th* priviWgu to help in th* demt ipmaat of too sew nogioctod rural White Men Suing For Divorce From Negroes lay* WU* Ob A tHwahra Spaaa" TWa Warn P.r.aal.d Mb Tb Ob Maotb aad Many Mar DanriHa, Va. Fab. Id.—Aa aatloa for dhrorea wu iniUtaUd In tha Cor poration coart today by Jaha Fmltoa Uob fQad by Walla atataa that la Oc tabar, 18*0, whD» bo wu on a draa koa ipna ba waa pa mi ad ad by Load dado, bath bafclf raaldaata ad Dbb wllk for many yean, to go to PhUa datpbla with bar aad .ba marrlad Thay laft DanvOla tagitbar aad Krjwr'i.nraff&t sfe££jr£tjsrs&si stfgzr&ss arts than, ba aata forth, tha nma baa tbraataaad to caaaa to Durdb aad Sat with Urn and ba baga. aa tha sr^vaarwrawt: af Ita Wad oaar racardad la Ob Imal mrta • I
The Dunn Dispatch (Dunn, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Feb. 18, 1921, edition 1
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