I HE DUNN DISPATCH
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pee.iealiy Vary great u
•*OJ 31 31. 44.01 JuMtU oi Mr grow*
AAtA and comparative tree*
v.ui t.ca deal, Anuiu cam U1 if.
• *-<* At •Ata to tM advice of tbosa
. . — ■— *—***r.*n woo would hava her j
-‘A r »«>»i*.uLoo4 lor orar that might -
• *'* *»“• Ut MeU JCM.OiUy. I
^ s>h iYN«dtat *
" —waa v4 tAh pcacciai JmpbM j
»***■■« U boUoid to know
UCk .acre ie soaoeuveg eve surface !
i.u:.ca.i>><ia which prompt* the first
•° v»to the s my redaction m04lure
*‘-u the ado: to pan lor the aiightt
£— A»v/ co. tat oar Jt
*-* a Lt^tctc *ach is onto vie
. —iui.ui da *3« Kau.vs and hu ad
•'“* Aia tar item easy. 1 hey are
d<vrO««a 16 tlAI Z£U pa6itC into
c—i.d.uca, but in mats
•a« a policy I* liaj.-acticabBritU' I
-Hat they have iafonaatiea j
..acu ivadj them to believe Am4nee •
vc*u m .uj lighting vassalt and
o on*bit largo army. By proper*
i #hgamit inch V eventuality, it ia
^P-dbclile that the display of proper*
idr.aaa will deter a BY na*«tr that _.e> I
itiv* designs against us.
Caly n tew days ago the larger
r.OT.-ipaper* of tha counby published
a story from London to the effeet
•*I4S a d.itiah high ofleial had
np.ssonlntivaa of the a—~~.n press
tng.-thax to inform thorn that should
America continue her present course,
Y* ”* "•* impoasibU between
Orcat Britain and America. Of course
cn lbs following day some other
British high officials got together and
mrcioly reprimanded the flat official
- and denied that there waa any baals
far his statements.
War between tha mother country
and os is, of course, unthinkable. But
»• has boon every war. John BuO
resents the growth of American for
«•** trade, the depreciation of hit1
currency, the wealth of America sad
h bg merchant marine. Only /aster
. day ho. was charged with strewing
- »:opagaada through the country s
Saiust our merchant-‘tit and oth- 1
”■ thiagt, which ha feels through i
*?•** °* ““ “Premacy are against '
Wo aru far from alarmed. But It i
1a evident to os that the bom way to
curb the war-like tasdsoeies of na
tions who am greedy for our wealth !
U t. rhsw them that we are pr^mred !
to fight At any rata, wa would not I
• rko tha next conflict to find ns in 1
the state of uaprepurudnoaa tha lata !
uaplrpaanteem discovered.
Tv>* »»- - Wft. ... . ^ . _ 1
successor* Sad the .mad strength
ot *h« aatiaa ia better rendition than
Mr. Taft's administration left it
▼HE CHAMBEJt OF COMMERCE
Aboat tha sorest way ia tha world
ItJ**7* * £ody af man do something
yoo do net want them to do, is te
«tor oat side of the body or to nag.
leet attends ora npon its meetings.
Daaa’s Chamber of Coamteree Is
a wonderfully good little organism,
tloa. la tha faaa of all kinds of oh
staeloa It hi worked mack pod for
Dana aad tha gtarloas district sur
rounding as. Froqacntly it has ondtr
tsWm—or considered—marcs that
war# net entirety plena I nr to soma of
us. bat, tabes as s whole. Its work
been generally beneficial.
Jlihani't. ws trill admit, arena.
. plumed soar so modi os it is capable
of accomplishing. Tba fault la this
respect, though, is net that of tha
2 V?" **J'*"- Th» organixs'en hi a
boner of unlimited bona-power: the
more fuel wo pat under H. tW.
stsam we will stake.
Thera Is a# limit ta tha atgaalaa
tlea’s ability tars that of (ha -««—
h*md aad womanhood af tha comma
"Hr. Whh or cry u oekmmWl
edge* Daan bis basso aad la able to
MF tbo esseatUI dass a mambor af
(ha Chamber af Commerce, and arary
woman a member of tta Bator organ.
taotl«. tbs Wamaa's dab, the Idea
weald net bo wsrth a Uakersdam if
tbo members pa'd as mare attention
•“* *f at da to tha oMfgatteo
4 .-wee „
■wt, eo'iing eat all who do mat
bWlere ia ergaalaattras of this kind:
sB tbo dead wood, aad getting into
the aganliatlon that grant number
af maa and woman who belters fa
£j*? M»d here that Urn, ruinating <
•Pfclt of e owns amity lorn which ararr ;
F^d cittern knows be has gy„ the «
mra whs ass building Bm Chamber of !
Csmmsrii wlU hpato a* nutltattoa !
(bat wtn bo washing far Doan when
"wt af as ass forgotten. j
He Chamber af Cw
1 Miss1,
af tbo
win asm pass'!
pp>aaMu£mJsB|
"* ,— -of eo«rpr»h«rn.'vi
araaieipelowneTshlp u found In Wa..
c- • «*“• «••■ «f lew
than t.ompeopte,' an the Manu
Record.” That makes us
fool real proad, for wo ar* a nativ-i
of that reaaarkablo littlo town which.
“ tbo record geaa on to say, “a ra<l
oloctric plant, icc plant,
opts** Man, all owned aad nceits*
fWtjr operated by th* Municipal'!••
which Unbuilding * hotel to eo»t
»i40 000 and to bo Mid fer by »•
mnaieipal bond l«*u*.~
JJr*£r*oto? to • llu* oM w«ra. t\
edll always bclicre that it. hom<* ere
the most beautiful, its grass tie
puaaaiM. it* peopl* the beetTlU cli
™*‘c t^« a»o«t idea!, its sweet.. L.
lovlictt in ull th* world. Of eou.m w
groator progress bio ounif rinco th.
*®wn got rid of us, but we are proaJ
w Anyway.
The th'ng that strike- our fane;
in th* Record, emuca-atior. of th".
towns he'diagt aad aeWvitimM buw-i
ever, is the Tact th-.t a h H.-Up ,r, ba
budt With OUM'c'm! »n-fWV'K,. <-1
the light of whit ‘ —m> b .
ard in do'.re, a!i *:'■ ■ ■-.
that hotel which 1 mV
long? A "
Wamaton wat .■ a , -jAl • •
H^Aen Sbrrmaa *ud ^chcW wn-c
■jarclkg over the s.t* *1 ••hf is aau.
Mte-Rnd it had rboot » saaiv
popaUMn then that it hi lo-. v.'c
to *** D'se/x) daw
In that hind of growraiKi ;i ,
soald emulate the »MW;,.aiVi ic
rnaeo other respects, we would au
proach a littlo nearer to that .d>al l
wbtcb to many of our folic.
uwi quality was
kaowa a couple of decade* age—
Tu“:,,^r to omong the lost r.r!s.
TWs is brought home to me every
BO Bin/ of OUP
wfc0 to hr
tchoolcd la cvwry ait Except that of
bcingfl Ifiiubty conducting them*
•olvti toward their fellow men and
vomea in i way far from what wa«
tormod good maaatra a few yean
. And_manners pay w well—aside
f™" *•«* ,hal they give one at
{*■** **[• »PI»o*ranc. of good breed
•E*. There Is nothing so agreeable
u> man and woman of Oil elatsci as
bo'ng treated graciously, politely.
lUlssOy. And there is aothing so
rsro In this day when young men ap
*• ^L,nk that politeness is a
•» effeminacy. Good manners
tamr a fellow a long way and offc
r.jfc. pfddh>* .for * multitude of
ri®*^ in my ko,BO town I hsd a
mood who was an inveterate sot in
*“* *®y*tA waj *» court-1
t*™ nnd considerate, so Ches
orUeklian In his attitude toward all
sooplo, that ho was universally loved,
ie eases within two votes of beiri1
“W *f the town onto. .1
»h«» ho died a tragic death more
Ooumars followed his bier than bad
TT' *?“■•••«• to o- departed elt
**» of that town before.
Tho art of being mannerly en»
T?£** tEEt, courtaay, consideration
M°na ian‘t mannotly he
»1 that thing srhlrh we all hope to
hough the hides of some of ns are
that of soms othars. No
»an likes to havo hla physical or
PAT YOU* TASKS NOW
Poll and pa.eor.al taxes mutt be
pji:a at one*. They have been past
duo a. nee December. If i |'j r.ow
there will be no penalty added, but
•* ’her a -* not paid before the first
of March I wf.| be obliged to eollec.
tarough distress,
U. S. PAGE, Town Tax Collector.
moral Imperfections pointed out by
others In public, hut there are many
cf si who have not the coaside ration
to refrain from jo doing.
I avoid not undertake to attempt
10 school the co aim unity In manners.
There are bonks plated for that pur
pose. But, it must be admitted that
11 a community we have much to
•earn. VvV n-o hr.idly more than a
sr- eretion removed from the pioneer.
;r.d p'oaocrii g and good manners do
go Ha d In hand. I merely da
urr- to surce. t thot while our young
tdrn arc devolVg so much time to
attaining pc.fcct'on in th* matter of
Attire r.nd oilier thi (re which arc the
itardtnnidi of good appearance they
t if :-rut ic'ov that Although clothes
ruty maltc the man fall far short of
■J»ak ng the gentleman.
Ir. tu icce cf bad mannes are so
frequent that it is unnecessary for us
•o point Ihrm out Really we would
'.Itie io see some young woman who
Yrovri Sew start a school along this
c. After she had taught for some
me It might bo possible to revive
uthi? in thv part of the country
tv..tout colling out the poVce and fire
ic S'.rt.n-nte to p cvld* protection to
br-c ’ •no are worshippers of Terpai
rhrro in- rcarn-s other than those
hut provide opportunities for bmwls.
I MRS. CARRIE WILSON PRIDGEN
DEAD
| fW~?l service* for Mb. Carrie
‘Wilson Pridgen, who died ho re at the
Ihcmo or her sifter, Mr*. Alley |*
.Newberry, Tuesday afternoon, were
1 conducted from D-vine Street Meth
odl&t Episcopal Church Wednesday
sfi-rv.oo.i at 4 o'clock. Uev. J. B.
Buff'.Inc, pastor of Divine Street
.'!oihe«f »t church, and Rev. Angus R.
McQueen, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, conducted the forvice*. In
to nu-ot vi* made in Greenwood
Cemetery. •
Kra. Fridjen had been ill for acv
jcval month* and her death wna not
unexpected. She came here from her
I home at Norwood about three1
|mo»ths ago in the hope that hot!
; health would be Improved. The I
change. however, had no beneficial I
n . uLa, and she steadily grew worse. |
Sha was the youngest daughter of
the lute A. R. Wilson, a pioneer citi
’ sen of Dunn and for many yaars
poitjnaau-r here. She was born at
Bunn Level October fi, 1888, a daugh
ter of A. E. and Cornelia Wil
son. As a child she* moved to Duan,
whers her mother died a short time
afterward*. Early in life she bceame
» member of the Mnthodlst church
bvrv. liansferring her membership to
Norwood about two years ago.
On November 20, 1S1T, she was !
iB.irr-.cd to T. M. Pridgen. Immedia
te It after her wedding the left Dunn !
and had lived at points along the
W m Kt on-Salem Southbound Railroad
by which her husband was employed,
since that «w*. I
Mrs. Pridgsa was on* of the most ■
popular yaftmg worn** w* Dtnm. She 1
was active ia social circles up to the i
t-aae of her marriage end was eonstd- <
ered one of the most lovable af the 1
younger social set. That her popular
ity had outlasted her absence was ah- ’
**?**“ *»r*« number of beau.
I'ful floral offerings upon her bier
srif by the great crowd that atteaded I
her funeral. 4
She la survived by her husband. <
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to jtilnrs and Hr-; broths *. TV
• • so '■Irs. Newberry ark Mr.'
*>• • "c*. -■ r'.. ‘>11; . ••
* -Cud. \V. 3 d A l
■. , »f »'» rr J.V3 a Wl D
: ;•• «• -Si srv
r • b: J ■■ •;. « r.i ;v •
K-> c cor-.-tv J>4 here s-r 1
. J*c nun and f-<nli-: b.tt the » »r
rv-e-ty-tlve good negroes to ever
•'’»d on*. If this la t u«, It ia wkoil;
unfair and unjustif!abla to attriba:
to a raca as a whole the fault of tor
exceptional individual. But it it gm
tifying to know that the sensible me.
of the county aro not guilty of e-i<
ruch injustice to our negro pophla
lion. But thero aiv folk, white folk,
tovmtclveo lacking in tlthor gray maU
■*r or character, or both, who make
no di(crimination. Yot it tho white
race wo:t to be judged on the basis
of that ilk. it too would bo deplorably
wronged. But being white, they sup
pose themselves entirely qualified to
ia» judgment upon a whole . tact-,
lb c ugh lacking in both judgment and
chaiacter for such a decision. Such1
moo sis dangerous. For if there is
ever a raca riot In Sampson count;-,
it will bo Induced by too stupidity
and brutality of that ilk. As said a
bove, the great majority of the col
ored people of Sampson county are
peaceable and lawsbiding cititans;
yet the knowledge that thero exist*
ihie thought](as and brutish element
among the whites, as there does a
mong themeeWss, and .to# further
knowledge that when race prejudice ,
Sets full sway men of even average .
rain and character aro liable to bo,1
drawn Into tho vortex, la sufficient to
pat every negro of common sense-i
and prudence upon his guard. Accoid- ,
fhgiy, if you w«h to see every negro I
ia tho countfy armed to the tooth,1
the VtV Ha it <■ Ia dTMPUM lea 1
trss talk, cone the negro in general:l
for everything conceivable, and whea l
any crime ia committed by a mem-i
•her of the race, make indiscriminate '
j threats. That will do tbs bsslnem. J
'And there fora, if we wish peace and <
goodwill to abids between the races, j i
the thing to do ia to mosilo the big-;
mouthed, but Uttle-brained, scalawags I
who would never be accepted in a ;
court forJury service yet deem them 1
selves ioffleent to decide the fate of,*
a man without trial. The criminal ele
ment of the negro race Is dangerous!,
i but only aa individuals, aa is that of l
itho whits race. But the moat danger- ‘
ous clement of all are the big-momh- '
cd fools, incaimble of discrimination,
locking poise, eager for excitement
and notoriety, and yet totally una
ware that they are not normal whits
folk, but simpletons and perverts,
more or less. Musa)a these or con
vince them that they are fools, and
the danger of a race riot ia Sampson
county vanishes, if it should actually .
exist. The negro must feel that he ie
rafe so l?ng M he behaves himself,
or no om carl blamo him for being
on his guard lad he ia safe In this
county so long'as the good sense and
humanity of Bis better element of
whites are In‘the ascendant.—Samp
son Democrat.'
PAY YOUR TAXES NOW
Poll and petaonal taxee must be
paid at once. {They have keen past
doe since December. If paid aowi
abate.win b»-AR penalty added, but
if they are alTpmd before the first
of March I will be obliged to collect
tkrouch diititM.
UTS. PAGE, Town Tax Collector.
It.
A state wide rat eradication cam
paign In Texas will soon be launched;
against rata. The Bureau of Bk>to»i
eal Surrey has bean asked to detail I
A Hiaptllltt tn Al—** tKm AtUMHna I
^Reduce Your CottorTCrop Acreage in 'l921 andi^^i
Plant Long Staple Cotton
To Pay Your Old Debts !
Seed-FOR SALE--Long Staple
li.,~ p« -pu ^
LastSeason Long Staple Sold for $ 1.06
\Per Pound
V IT IS WORmNOW 20c TO 30c PER POUND
. , J.“^'d,C^Zebd.th1"l“ ahi*0‘”,‘50^'jh ”10' 200 "»>'■ »" 200 Thl. cotton
"»«>• —. “iKc^!i.f hS si ssssssr41 pl*"“d *°d *m
anstii- run£f rs “nr
ound a llSSet uK?2>w to hlf t '? U2 ^u"^,s to the bag. iEide each bag will be
he uae of only 550 po^nda of fortiltei "* P * COtt°n °" a” acPe °f land to 1921
•Up- —- 1 "
ttfisLnffisis wu*c! it^rt^rrjs *
RICE OF SEED $6.00 PER BAG OF 2 1 -1 BUSHELS; FIVE BAGS OR MORE $6.78 PER BAG.
i*iHSr£SFf"*'"“d
“V?^25mS5?-AIu!Jd8.*.ldm)’ p'“*ol b“i”“- •' '“*■ ““»•*
■jais £M stj5«sssk.. jasa,,r **'• - -*•
YOURS FOR BETTER TIMES IN 1921
B. O. TOWNSEND,
Dunn, N. G
Mr. Fanner!
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