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•LOCAL* MONDAY— George Walak In “HNS OB IWir~” “Lady Bellhop's Besret"—lunahln* Comedy. TUESDAY—Extra Extra Extra— DOTTO FAIRBANKS in “HI* Majao ty. fW American." WEDNESDAY—Nornaa Tnlmadg* In “SHE LOVES AND LIES." Bav. Harry M. North, of Raleigh, will preach ta Divine Street Kotfco-i diet church Sunday night. A cordial Invitation to hear him It ext*Tided tb* public generally. Every women In Dunn U invited to attoud tb* meeting of the bom* eco nomic* department of the Woman’* Club la tb* rooms of tb* ebambor of eonunorco this afternoon. H S. Freeman, manager of the Dunn Pond-Cola Bottling Co., waa In Raleigh Tuesday where he purchased a ear load of Pcpii-Cola bottle* They will arrive within the new few day* D. X DeVoto, of Washington, waa bora this week arranging for tha aala of “The Velvet Kind" Ice cream. Wllaon and Lee were a pointed agents for hie company and a aeries of at tractive ada were arranged for. Felix McKay, of Duke, postmaster, was here yesterday shopping He la one of the good Harnett farmers who baa recognised that now la the time to bodd new tenant bone** and to re pair old onca. He 1* doiag much con struction work on his farm- la Duke township. All oi th* playground equipment installed at the erhool yard through th* effort* of the Chamber of Com mon* and tb* Women’s Club is now la uao by the kiddies. And tbov are having a big time with the machine*. It la belter than a cirrus for tha chil dren and they arc enjoying It lmmoa only. Today (a the time sat for hearing opponent! of the new Harnett County rood bill Introduced la tha legislature by N. A. Townsend. The bearing is to be held In Raleigh. Bo far at The Dispatch has bees stole to lsera there is do opposition and it is evideot that the bOI win become a law. A young woman who la a great friend of The Dispatch oaks that at tention be called to tho vety vulgar habit of spitting an the sidewalks. Thin, aha aayi, Is meat unpleasant for the women ttho are obliged to wade through such filth when they come down tewa. Ralph Dowd has retlipod his posi tion as eltrh in the local pootoAce to tab* advantage of the offer made by tha army to give wounded ex-service mea vocational training. H* will leav* within n few days to begin bit school ing. Cooper Jackson, a so* of W. Sampson Jackson, ha* been eppointad by Postmaster Eugene T. Leo to fill Mr. Dowd's position. - Chi core Chapter, United Daugh ters of the Confederacy, will bold Ha monthly meeting la the room* of th* Chamber of Commerce Wednes day afternoon at IdO o’clock. Th* topic far study aa this occasion will far IfW* VSr lace Cottrans and Mrs. Jno. C. Clif ford will be hostess**. TUgbaua’s mill will resume work March 14, It was aanouncad today by Captain Granville M. Tilghman. The company wdl need about 3&Q men when Its plant Is started. Many of. the former operatives who were layed off In November ore still here and ready to return to work. About 200 others will he seeded, however, and Captain TQghman ia sending out argent calls for more labor. Several Assembly song books bav* boss presented to th* High School by th* High School Glee Club. Th* Ae ssssbly Bong Book is ens of the most universal hr used assembly song col lections. It contains every song that ia uaedad in general chorus work in high schools. Th* teachers and stu dents thoroughly appreciate this gift. Good results arc sura to be realised from its use. Equipment for the construction of brldgn orur Stony Run, the several branches of Mingo, Coharie and tha srrural other streams between hcra and Clinton ha* been unloaded here by the F. L Grant Construction Co., of Clarksbuig, Went Virginia. Tbii equipment wID be moved into 8amp sea County at once and a large force •f worker* will be given employment. The bridge* or* to be conducted el state expense along tbe recently graded highway between Dunn and Clinton. Bom* of tbe leaden in wertare Barnett an not even* to the removal of tha county seat to Dunn and the shifting of their townships to Los county, according to a former conn ty ofreial who ha* just returned from a tour of that part of the county Prom Representative N. A. Town send, however, it is learned that then I* practically no hopy for getting lh< aecemary legislation through thu session of tbe general assembly. Ii would be a gnat schema tf it wo ah work—but It appear* that then is f>< chance to gut ft to work now. Superintendent Porter end eoaneo for the Atlantic Coast Line Reihrej Company were ken Tuesday to ad the town council to give the company further extension of time to eonaidti the cotton yard removal project. The; wore given until Marsh 7. M*setim< the Worn**'* Club sad the Ohara b* of Oonimara* an gel eg ahead wit) their plan* for beautifying Lucknee Square, present alt* of the eottoi yard. It Is thought that a suitable lo cation for the new yard will be fpr nisfaed by the Durham and Soathen Railway la the event tbe Coast Lie dees not decide to cooperate with tb town In Its efforts to provide betts eottdls marketing facilities for far man aad a root park for farmtn woman folk. Tha Pint National Bank today on nouacos that manor le not ht oil tigh for the follows who have plays square with the banka Aay of thos eaa get all the accommodation the need to tide them ever tbe polo between now and the coming of aa other crop. The honk has tighten* ay as sO loan* that are not oasontli to tha woMaro of the community, be It Is randy to help ell legitimate. Helj ful enterprise*, ft elm announce* ths N yrarldn a safe and servletabi place for all thou* funds that wet wMhfrgua from baaka by tbe sunt sue folk lest fell, la this day an kdl dollar la a Masker dollar, aad tk fellow who control* aa Idle dollar Ml oeattdeiud a need friend to th tMMBvnHjr qbIim m miIm* \ F # ' put it where it Will do the most good. Local bonks ora tho bost pises to put dollam whan you want thorn to go to work for yourself gad tho communi ty- _ i Dunn's high school basket boll boys defeated those of Parkton in a fast (•me on tho local court yesterday afternoon. Tha score sms >S to lb. Alt of the local boys performed fins, Carl Wilson pulling the moat specta cular play whea he shot a goal from mid field in tho final quarter. Carl lad tho seer* for tho locals, throwing two field goals and three fool. West brook nod Clifford tied with tire field; goals each. Cleobourn Wilson throw j two field goals. Thomas Hood, though ; playing a fast game and blocking many of the opposing plays, succeed-) rd in getting the hall In the basket! only ones. Luck uma against Tom. Several tlmos tho sphere would play tho ring for him, and then booaec outside. Watson was tho star for Parkton. He scored twelve of bio team’s 16 points, placing the ball in the basket nix times from tho field. Moore was the only othsr Psrklomte to score from tho field. Tbomnsoon scored once on a technical foul. Parkton was penalised far threp personal and two technical fools; Dunn for one person ol and on* technical. Harper Holliday was refers*, Raymond Cromsrtir, time keeper, and Griffin and N*w- j berry, score res. Dunn is playing Salma on tha local ccort this afternoon. Tha hays ows that gang a basting, tin to Salas took their measure 22 'to IB In Selma last week. The girls' basket ball team playod Fayetteville at Fayetteville yesterday and were defeated. This was the first trip they had made from home this year, they played well and promise to win the next rarer. U— David Monroe. that good colored friend who h^s "portered” for hotel* here aad at Fayetteville since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. Is in hard luck—Page has found two quarto of perfectly good llkker in David's trunk, and David is under bond, stood by Charlie Balter for his appearance before Judge Smith to tell how come be ink it David In a victim of ciream*lances and Page’s nnhuman nose. While the chief or police was searching through the hotel basement for last believed to hove been' deposited there by D. Themes Bethea, a young negro who ■a alleged to have robbed Charlie Baker sf *US, be detected the aro ma of Hkkcr. Immediately he dropprd the chase far the loot and started for the hkkcr. The odor wan found to •minate from a trunk, which David acknowledged he ew^d. Pngs even ed tha thing and foundtwo full quart right thetfl Bnt Mr. Baker persuaded him to rasas in and see what the coart would do. Duvid is getting old. On the frosty mornings when hs trends bis way srrojs town to meat the early trains ht finds that his rheumatics is an uncomfortabls companion far old ..'J ban**. Then, he aye, hi need* • 111 nip te bouy him for the breakfast amen. Page, however, contend* that Dare has been "Puttin' out" to de> truTclin' genfman. After h* had nailed Dave’s likk*T f Peg* again toek ep tka trail of D. , Thomas. Ha found that this young ater had had a high old time for sev eral day*—ever sine* Mr. Baker had misted the $116. Be had bought a I banjo, a watch, mbs Ho'**, hired i about twenty dollars worth of Jitney ildee, .acquired a shiny bootblack ■tend, and dined suastaoualy with a party of friends. Still he bad tome few dollars left He win be permitted te tall Judge Smith bow com* all this next Thursday. Willi* Calaey ha* been arrested and a warrant hat hern Imutd for Junius Me La rah as * result of a mid on a whiskey still a short distance rait of town late yesterday afternoon It la alleged that the man were at the still when Officers Jomigan, Tur nage and Pag* mad* the rmiaTCalncy was found at his home, bis face badly scratched through, officers my, con tact with bushes when he ran. hfe Latnb has not been found. Tho still is one of the beat equip ped plants of Its kind found in this neighborhood for several months. It's boiler, worm and cap are of tol:d copper. All wire evidently made by hand and are similar to some others raoght in the surrounding country It is of about SO gallons capacity and was in full blast when the officers arrived. About two gallons of the finished spirts were found when the raid was made. Brownie, the fourteen year old bound dog owned by Ur. and Hi. Henry Pope, ia dead. HU pasting i* attributed to thr heartiest aet of some perverted person who could poi son so harmless a creature as he. Ar senic U believed to hare been given to him. Brownie was e faithful, loyal, love stilc old dog. Bt sea^abaaoliful ani mal In the sente thelfe hound^Um can be beautiful; a fine, fellow who was at one* the friend end the guardian of the family. He was the playmate of boys who are now man and eras their friend throughout his life. His advanced age had not dfmaoed his eye nor dulled h's senses. In the chat* he was a lea der of the pack. Jurt a dog, but a nobio dog; a friend triad and true. Brownie de served a better fata. On the tamo day that Brownie wn« poisoned, George, the pointer dog owned-by Worth Pope, alia was given arsenic—probably by tbs same per son who Is responsible for B-ownU’s death. Georg* waa a young dag, hat be had developed fla* traits and was highly regarded by Worth and Urn Pope. George was a frequent visitor to the Dispatch office sad bad beeemc tar friend. We are grieved by hie death. Revenue officer* aided by the team and county police are making a con certed drive against the elusive mqglffii WWrwi iinmi uu. iwvuu(HW During the week several alleged of” fenders have beta caught and on*. jfullr equipped distilling pis "l hat| been brought to town. Elf Jackson. | who had been sought for several months and was caught last week, has been, turned over to the federal The Jackson-Jarsictp cut which wow* oat of the i*ri<Vi caitinc of dud Hawk Jernigan e*J hi* ton Joe wo* continued te nest Thursday when it coat for trial bofos* Judge Clar enea J. Salth la Becerdar'i Coart yeeterdey. Joe JermJgma wee the More jerieaatar injured la feat recovering lFMntl'Wudl, VM |f>4 |Uf to attend yeeterdey** eaaiaa of the court. I believe that no man llvee wholly to himaelf; that the whole race In general and eath coamonity la par ticular U a brotherhood; and that the j b**t good of th« Individoal ia to be r*oli**d only through • tho common good of an. I hotter* that jaado* cob ajnftrrir.i noBjr of bm and loaotu-cet; and tilt it promote* rAciency, tnr item ji: ra cy and.good will. I Vcl'ev* that it in on* of the great**4, nrail* of xii'xi lif*: that it will aolv* many sour, try problem*; and that It* necra do i CCi-ftt Ufa., a kitZeUut boater • t n w. »-i:u ttf ro-opcrottr* ami 1 ■icliovo ia wanting together with ray f. Iliwr !r those acthrMca and attain «rh<ch am common to all; la ranking trill busir.i-a trrniaction no axprep sion of human into reel ns woll an o ewtter of reasonable profit, and la *»:u i!ticari!lig n roanre dial ir. t',1 11,» arts of life—Edward *J. r.uiiffsca. _ -- _aunma—■ |Tf I mile ;;; Smiles * Smile 1| a !| mile I of | * Smiles |j .. i THE-| I LUB MINSTREL | iT THE -I f AN OPERA HOUSE f i i AY, MARCH 4 --j ' 4 ' 4 St Will afford i of smiles, a world of 1 laughter, a j of hilaLrity, a ton of risi- f bility and a lit . me of happiness. •r | SO • Comedians and Songsters-50 j | I i 7-Big Vaudeville Specialties-7 j ! I! j 50-Bubbling, Breezy Song Hits-50 :j | 120-Minutes of Real Merriment-120 J • 1 H 1 . • < \\\\ ' THE BIGGEST PRODUCTION DUNN HAS HAD THIS SEASON ' i;i * . ■ . . : Seats on Sale Monday February 28 t :;: —- at - 'll ;!: j WILSON «c LEES-GET THEM EARLY j • »nii»»»nin»m»»wii»»m««»»»»im _ . * PRICE c:r^:rr^rn:r:::.::r.:r///.:r:::r///.:::^ Reduced Jrrices on all goods in our stock will continue offering jfcni an opportunity to save from one-fourth Furniture : liar Farm Implem ^ ThJfe is no indication that these ( p 1 " kojp low as we are now offering wefcannot duplicate them for the ;S| 1 1 ■• •’ fisSii 1 •_ ,*! V-'V'*' -i^pS {£< DUNN AND VARINA N. ‘ H jThese Goo( J | . Reduced m \ . OUR BIG SALE OF hAre j PLEMENTS. TOOLS/ ANE m ; :j|: ‘ S * .«■ v •, •‘*a* .fCME R i; < i « I M
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