THE DUNN? I
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Volume VIII. Dunn, North Carolina, ^
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BIG INDEPENDENCE
DAY CELEBRATION
PLANNED FOR DUNN
Will Eclipse All Fortner Effort*
Of This Kind, Promoters
Soy
WAR VETERANS ARE
TO TAKE LARGE PART
Fair Association, Chamber Of
Commerce, Woman’s Club
American Legion Aod Other
Agencies Of Town To Com
bine In Work For Occasion
—Fire Works At Night.
Dunn’t Independence Day celebra
tion tbit year will eclipse all former
effort along this line, if the plort of
the Harnett County Fair Association,
the Chamber of Commerce, tiic Wo
man's Club, the American Legion, the
choral societies and other agencies of
Dunn are earned out on Monday,
July 4.
A tentative program arranged in -
week by h'lliv Goldstein ami T I.. Rid
dle includes a reunion of World War.
Spanish War and War Between ;he
States Veterane; patriotic speeches by
popular oialors, parade* of snldieit.
civilian*. Industrial woikers and
floats; band concert*, ethlctie events,
baseball game*, horse racing, motor
cycle racing, singing eonli vu and
other event* for the day, and a glor
ious fire work* display at night. Sup
plementing the fire works at night
wilt be a concert'by the rboval socie
ties of Dunn and at least one band.
B.g Priaee OHered
Several hundrud dollars will be of
fered as pruts, punu-s and premiums.
The winning base ball team, for iu
xtanee, will be given $50. Large por
tae will be given winning hone own
ers and motor cycle riders, and big
premium list is being compiled for
those who bring farm products and
other exhibits.
Other details ara to be worked out
and will be placed on the program
which soon wfil be ready for distribu
tion.
Arrangements are being made for
the printing of a large number of
display postern, window* lithographs,
automobile eigns and other adver
tising manor and for the staging of
Staged at Fair Grounds
T%t Harnett County Fair Grounds
will be the acme of the big celebra
tion. The stage In front of the grand
stand will be reconstructed for the
use of the singrra and will bo rejnip
ped with spot lights to show the n -.M
stage attractions. An admission Jc*
of fifty cents for grown people and
twenty fivo cents for children will
probably be charged to hrlp pay the
expense of the spectacle, although the
event is not being promoted to makt
money.
In view of the fact that this is to
fca a reunion of former service men
it is expected that the war and navy
departments of the nation will crep
trots to the extent that Mvcval aero
planes, a detachment of soldiers and
sailors and a military bund will he
sent here for the day. There has born
no definite promise made but the com
mittea in charge i* hopeful that the
departments will aid to this extent,
Surrounding towns, schools and
comm it tee* will be invited to ei>*op
vrate with Dunn In this celebration.
Committed! will soon be tent to the
towns in Sampson, Johnston, Harnett
and Cumberland and to invite them
to take part in the celebration and
to stage any exhibit in keeping with
the spirit of the occasion they may
taic vv uisnv.
Stars And Bars Wave
Again In The South
Font Thinning Ranlu nf Ln'i V*l*c
nn* Monk in Annul Review In
SeelUra Stains
Atlanta, On., April 8.—The etnri
and ban of the Confederacy waved
■gain today over the fast thin Ding
rank* of Lee’s veterans as thsy mar
ched In annual review and over thou
made of graves in AJshams, Florida
Georgia aad Mississippi, where April
>8 is observed as Memorial day.
American legion posts and Spaniel
war veterans turned oat to do honoi
to the soldiers of the Confederacy and
wore Joined by thousands ef cadet;
and school children united sons ol
o oaf (derate veterans, daughters ol
the confederacy and various mecnor
lal organisations. The exercise* gen
orally consisted of parades throng!
downtown streets and decoration ol
graves after patriotic addressee at th<
cemeteries Rain marred the prog ran
In Mlaslmtppi, but la few Instance;
prevented some form of memorial ex
ere Lace. The day was a legal hollds;
In the four states. Other souther
states pay tribute to their veteran
later in the spring.
FRANCE HOLDS OPFER TO M
ABgOLUTELY UNACCEPTABU
Paris, April 27.--Jean Juice J*
■onkd. French ansbersador to tb
United States, has been informed b
the French government that the G*i
man reparations proposals, aa tram
mitted to the Washington govern
meet, are abeolatcly. The Krone
point of view is that that* propose);
* instead of making any advance U
ward a satisfactory settlement of ih
reps rations oueelsoii. are rather
step backward.
LUCKNOW PARK
i MASTER GO;* TO
JURY IN HAJKNETT
R«i <aini|jy Ordf Co By
l.yoo Without Dc!v.-*g hurtt.ee
l.'io Co.-lrovvrry
Title to Luckr.cw Square bning
contenttr*.< il. Judge I yoa, tilting i.i j
Johnston Superior Cna.l at Smith-1
tie!J, declined so deity further into
iho r. sportive cuter cf Ih- Town of i
Iiunn unit Ihr A-.Uut-< Cuu>. Lino1
It* i I way company, ciiinut!. ami I
commited the mutter lo ihe Septem
ber term of Harriett Superior Court
for the trir.l of civil ca»e*.
Tho umi'.oiu.y rratia :nng order is
suer! lever*, week* ago by Judge Con-;
nor wi’.: erma'n lit 'nice until a Har j
I nett jury decider rvl. ca oT tire two I
cnepomt-one la rigstiv entitled to the I
property. Ttie : wviruini.i|; order v.'a*i
ianted at Uie instance of the iwiiwuy
eompany to prevent the property be
ins turned over to tin- Woman'* Cloo
of Dunn for improvement* and beau
tification.
Dedicated Id Public U«e
Thu luiiway company claim* the
property by right of deed inued be-1
fore thr town ssak platted. This deed j
was offered in evidence when tire •
le.uisining order vu granted. The
town, however, claim.* that tho prop
evty vrai dudicutrd to thu pub! r for
uto a* community square at the tiro,
the fliet lota were sold under the aus
pice! of :h* railway company'* o81
einla. tiodw n * William*, attoloiy
for the municipality i.-i lh;* instance
have ptoenred affidavit* from pior.ee;
cititena that aeem to ueor out ihii
eo-iUrntioii.
niund auvi orrn miac m
the laU ten yean to have the square
converted .ru* u public park, bat it!
was nut until early in this year that |
any real iqroRTvea war made. 'Ike
matter eat first b nugljt to the atten
tion of the Chamber of Coantieree by
the Woman's Club. The C •lumber
could not vrry well take any part in
the mailer for the reason (hat aom«
of its leadlns; mciau n were uppo ied
t* the tvtnn.al of ihc- col.n.i yard j
frem the square. Ulcr tile Boaitl of
Town CommLiein.-iers granted the wo I
met. permission to take eharge of the
p- operty.
Cam* Rack With Order
B-'fore the women could get to
work with their contemplated Im
provement* Coast Line of.etaia ap
pealed to th* Board for a etay of ixe
cutlon. They said they wanted tint*
m which to obtain and prepare an
other aide for the cotton yard. This
■lay was granted. Before it* expire-,
lion the .oOici'uia. of the road came
fcnuj^vh^ayast™!nJur which
nKwStSnS^^I^^wUldo^rith
property veined at about 11*0.000
and very vigorously claimed by the
Town of Runn.
ANOTHER MEETING
ON WAGE MATTER;
Final Break Bet wean Ship-,
Owners and Marina Work
ers Narrowly Averted
Washington, April 27.—-A linal;
break between the shipowners and
marine worker: was narrowly avert
ed at the conference called help to
day by Chairman Hinton of the Ship
ping ItosiJ, in an erf«rt to prevent a
i threatened strike on May 1, when e »
listing wage agreement* expire. A last
| moment appro I by Andrew Furusoth, t
president of the International* Sea
tbon’s Union, (•suited lit a postpone
ment
Admiral Benson told the confer
ences Friday.
The delay was sought in order that
proposals of Cha rman Benson for a
1 o per cent wsgv reduction and
changes in working condition* afloat
miyht be laid before the unions, bat
admittedly the outlook for an agree
ment Friday was not bright.
Admiral llunson told the eonfer
oncc he would not recede from the
outline of redactions ho had present
mil id napitia -v *a t Kp mprfH'i nf mn.
rinc.
Reject Wage Reduction
W. 5. Brown (or Uic Marine Engi
neer* Konefirinl >.<<ct!iUim flatly
rejected the proponed wage induc
tion.
W. A. Thompson, repi rscntlhg the
Americ/in Kteaamhip Owner*’ Auo.
elation, said lint; unless the union*
were prepared to negotiate a new
wage scale further confluence* would
be u*elr*» anil that h,s organisation
um* now prepared to act.
When Admiral Beoeon’t declara
tion that Im would not trade on hi*
wage appeal* had brought matter* to
* climax, the pre*id.-nt of the Inter
national Seamen’* Union made a p'on
i for delay and further consideration
! in behulf of the American merchant
i marine and won the consent nf the
I conferee* to another intrlon.
I One More Prepetition
In hi* rpp«al. Mr. Fanisvtli warned
r ahip-owncri the1 I • Yd oruj more pro
i poaltioa to offer, should c b.—*k come
i which he hop-.:’, he woaid not be call
ed upon to present. If hat could not
ho avoided, V* added, without reveal
ing whu> he had in mind, "let th*
r 3** and working condition*. Mr
- Brown read a resolution adopted bj
. th* angiaoert’ srago committor, whkt
. declaied that Ihr propooil wage «c«l<
i and to-classification of ships was no'
i, acceptable, although < hanger in work
- Ing condition* wet*. Later ho said th<
o engineer* woold not teredo from
* the at and n-.v had token am
would not accept a stag* reduction.
General Roundup Of
Players Has Started
SLL official. With Federal Aid WUI
Place Under Bend Men La reived
in tfan 1919 Scandal
Chicago, April 20.-—A general
round-up of men indicted In connec
tion with Lit* 1919 world aerie, base
VaU sandal use been ataHed by alate
official.', and federal aid will be sought
in apprehending several persona who
bava not >ct given bond, It was an
nounced today at the state's attorneys
office after receipt of repoita that
some of the alleged conspirators bad
iled lo foroign countries.
Geo. K. Gorman, assistant state's
attorney, tonight raid he had infor
mation that Abe Attell, former
world's champion featherweight, and
Joseph J. (Sport) Sullivan, known in
the cast a* a gambler, had fled to
Ca.tadu. Others in the case' wore re
ported to state officials to have made
plans to go to Mexico or to be there
new, Mr. Gorman said.
Ur. Gorman said that tinea there
were no inatici with Canada under
which a man could be extradited for a
Misdemeanor, federal officials would
be asked to request the Canadian
K-ovcrnment to depott Attsli and bol
iivan as undesirable* if they aic
lound in that country. President ttan
lohnson, ol thv American league, la
it route lo Washington to make this
Detective* will be lent tomorrow to
son Jose, CaL, to bring bar., ...
I'bate, urrsstcd there yesterday.
Eddie Cicotte, once the American
eague’. hading pitcher, Mat word
r um his Dclioie home lots today that
would come to Chicago within a
few days to give bond. Similar news
received from Louis Levi and
Bun Levi, alleged gamblers.
diaries Kisburg, Georae Weaver,
fired McMullia, Joe Jackson, Oscar
t\lsch and Claude Williams, White
do* players and Carl Zorfc and Ben
I'ranklin, of St. Louis, have given
■ond. Mr. Gorman said.
Local attorney* (or Rachel Brown,
Sullivan and Attoll, said that if these
■eh had fled from this country, “It
»»» news to them,” Chick Candil, an
itner player, it reported hi Texas,
n'd has sent word that he will come
jo Chicago to give bond.
REFUSED D. S. C. MEDAL
FROM GENERAL PERSHING
Scotland Neck. April 27.—Associa
ted I'rosa L)i*pauties today carried a
ttory at th* escape of Lieutenant Ma
riam Cooper, of the Polish Koscutike
Sir squadron, from Russians by whom
'• 'waa shot down some months ago,
tad bis safe return to the Polish
loaees. - f
^Ot.iui.nii pi r ~T n ta-r-WL
Wr ■»« «G3o hWTsE^fRtraefgHi
Lituenaat Cooper waa in service apth
he A. E. P„ being a close friend of
many from this section and a special
'riend of Lieutenant Norfleet Smith,
ahn was in a base hospital at the
tame time. Lieutenant Smith states
that the aviator was offered the dis
I nguiehid service medal by General
t’eishlng himsa’lf fur bravery under
ire but would nnt accept, due to the
Pact that this ubvcrvur, who was with
'in on this special occasion, was not
liso offered the medal. Lieutenant
Hooper joined the Polish forces after
procuiing his honorable discharge
tome days after the armistice was
•igued and until shot down some
months ego bat been teeing active
service with the Poles.
■ a»*t*r UaM<P«aaai we . —
RATE OF '60 MILES HOUR
Fayetteville, April 27.—Flying at
the rata af '60 mile* an hour Lieut.
II. J. Hartman, testing a now DeHav
iland plane, yesterday made a flight
from 1’ope field to Goldsboro In 30
minute*. lieutenant Hartman, ac
companied by hi* mechanlein, W. B.
lnsrlesby, left 1'ope field at 9:80 in
’.he morning, landed In Goldsboro at
10. spent more than two hours is that
city and returned hero in timo for
lunch at I o'clock.
The body ot.a negro man suppos
edly killed by an Atlantic Coast Line
train her* Sunday night, at first un
known to author;lies here and to
many persons whu attempted to
identify him, has been idaotlfied as
Ri'brit Johnson, of Dillon, 8. C., aad
his body ha* hern carried to Dillon
by a brother of the dead man. The
negro's body, aeverad at the hrp*. waa
found on the A. C. U tracks in lb*
northern part of th* ally-Jut after
iho passage of passenger train No.
R2. It is presumed that he was run
over by 82 or some other of tba
auny tiain* that paw the spot, but
the body waa found In n section of
the city whore three other men hare
been killed in recant month* under
somewhat similar circumstances and
there is a possibility that ha may have
mat lust wi..
MANY USE NEIGHBORS' SIKES
That the nee of good purebred eirai
■Iom not aoecnarlly involve owner
ihlp ia shown by development* in the
"Hotter Sire*—Bettor Stock" earn,
pelgn, which la improving the quelitj
of domcetie animals tn the country
A Minnesota breeder hi KJtteoa Coun
ty raisee four classes of live stock
cattle, horeea, swine, and poultry Hi
owns a purebred hot uses a neigh
bor'a Perch*ion stallion and also i
neighbor's purebred boar. To obtaii
poultry of improved breeding he par
'based eggs from a breeder of stand
ard bred fowls.
Another Itvectock owner In th.
name county state* in a letter to th
United States Department of Agrl
coluiie: "1 da not own a pur.hr*.
ball, but all eowa are brad by a pure
bred bull irwnod by a neighbor ’’ I
Ihesa cases the quantity of farm lie
stock was relntivsly small and unde
I such circumstances the arrangement
stat'd are both simple and practice
CITIZENS TOT
IN FIELD Tl
RECENT;
DISSATISFIED
OLD BOA
Julio* ML
Neill S. Green, publican, |
To Oppoee WU H. New.
berry And EHi ColdiUia
In the Third Fourth
Wardm
With a citizens' tie) la Ihi- field
to contest for monici| offices next
Tuatday, and P. A. I i determ nrd
to oppose Loftin A- Ti i in a second
primary probably tt »e held next
Monday to determine fho shall bcl
the Democratic aomini for rummia
rioner from tht stcoo ward. It ap
pear, that there la still lanty of kickl'
in local politics and tl j the light is!'
yet far from fmUkadL
Koill 8. Cresn, sale »bilc dealer, |
and Julias M. Lee; gr nr, are ncssj;
candidates on tke cKi* s’ ticket for|<
the offices of commissi or from the
third and fourth warrli rcaprrtiveiy. 1
They weald oppoar Wl tm H. N'.a. 1
berry and E>lit Cold in, present
board members who d l rrnomir.a- 1
ted in the DraocntU • nary of ln..t 1
Monday.
J. Lloyd Wade, for nyot, R. M. 1
Warren, for coaunbsii ir from the'
Qrxt ward, both of wl| i err Demo
cracy between Messrs. te and Tart,
are endorsed by thc-cR in*’ commit- 1
toe. -i i
Mr. Green la a ’ Republican !
and represents the hij M typo of
those of Dunn’s cittaci who «ub ,1
Kribo to Republican sores. Mi l1
Loe la an indep dent. They 1
■tala, however, that OS question of 1
their national political does
not enter in Use preeel They
antra chosen by the commit-j1
tee in order that might not!
enter into the lacal i, jt l* said. 1
Dissatisfaction board '
■* ile for 1
ar and R. M. !
L. A. Tart, Naill Great) 1
Lot as commiuionesb, |_ 1
have an efficient and oObno ‘
ministration. 1
BION H. BUTLER ON
WASHINGTON TRIP
Soon Things Ho Saw and What
They Suggested To Him Aa
Touching The Farm
By BTCON B. Htm.irw
Last week I bad occasion to go to
Washington, and When a man get*
oat that way where ha toe* things he
naturally falla to thinking about
what be toe*. Cuming from the coun
try a man U impressed by the condi
tion* he meets with the town and at
thuagh much of my Kfe has tsocn
passed in the big cities it it always In
teresting to me to observe the differ
ence between tows and Conn try when
I get into town. I live a little over two
miles from the village. Oar habit*'
are simple and our way* are some-!
what plain. The different condition*
in lbe city are therefore marked, and
they are always Interesting to me.
Itut tbe matter that hnprsssod ms
most on this trip was the striking dif
ference between the man of the farm
pnd tbe man of town.
I wondered why a difference should
be in evidence. I had occasion to go
to sea a man at an expensive hotel.
He told me that hit room cot* him
«ve dollars a day and I wondered!
bow that would strike a fanner. It1
was a little coffin of a room about
half aa big as tbe ons 1 have at my
own homo, and with 4m window
where mine baa three, with no venti
lation, with a brick mil tea feet a
way aa the ons thing that can be
aean from the window, and no birds
chattering in tbe treat outside of the
window, and no sunlight aeeesxiblc
at anytime of the day, and no trees
be seen and no dog barking down on
tbs porch, and not a Iking that goes
for comfort. But the charge was five
Wh«i tha Farmer now U WatUaftea
How many men from the ceantry
coaid pay that bill foe that kind of
■ P|M*. and than pay for their ratine
heatdeit Then I wondered why If
aonte man can pay aneh biU. far aach
thin** why do we aot tad the farm
tn- hunting np the private rooming
houee that girca him a place to aloep
for a dollar and why doaa he go to
the market houao reotaarant for his
dinner where be tan yet what he ran
Ml for ifty conta Inotaad of to one of
three big hotel ys where coffee eoeti
twonty-dVe coata a cup, and » beef,
atcak two dollar* and a half? Wr
hear moeh talk .boot the American
standard of living, and not much talk
of the farmer** char* In that etaad
: ard.
ft TV "*!•* u tn ta 4nd man)
■ men In Weablngton before nine o*
clock. Oat oh tha farm we erpecl U
! find ear neighbor* bn* at aevea. a at
f nefeody to ombarmetad If a eaUai
1 drape m before that pma. At tk<
• (Continued aa p^gt 4.)
New Paper Started la
Wilmington For South
Ktfi edlcl MkiiV- Will Edit Fecied
Ual For South.™ M.thodirt
Club*
Wlimlaginn, April 27.—“The Me
'.hnj m Clubman" In th* name or aj
very handiaimr new mayai m ublch
ha> ju»t bi-On iasued from the perns
and will be published monthly in this
city a* tb« official magazine of the
M> thuuUt Men's Club, of the 8oulh
••rn Methodic Church, the Rev. Geo.
Stanley Prawr br ing the editor.
Tho May edhiur, which .» now be
ny mailed In a isryc numb.-r of pro
minent mnioten and laymen through
out the South and Middle West, pro
wnt. i striking appearance. Practi
cally from the onUct thu new period
ieal for laymen will have o circulation
of from 8,000 to 10,000 copies, cov
ering a territory of 24 states.
The muyaxinr ia designed nut only
for men of the ehurch, hot carries a
memayr of interest to men In all de
partment* of life. It is alio the ofl- .
rial magaziac of the Methodist Mas'*
iflub, an oigvniaatioa that has grown
rapidly daring the past foar years
■o more than two hundred clubs, and j
i membership In every state la the
fouth. Tbr plan of the publishers Is
o make It a representative magazine !
'or laymen of the church generally.
The editor, the Rev. Georg* Sten
ey Prater, b well known throughout I
Jouthim Methodism ** a pulpit ora
:or nod as a graceful and foieefu'
niter, la addition to two widely read
looks, 'The Facta of Faith** and
‘Christianity and the Man of Today,”
re»iuent contribution* from Us psa
lave appeared in the church papers
md in the secular press.
In asioeintioa wtth th* editor will
ic Lamont Smith, advertising mana
!*r, and 811a* Sheets, circulation
nansgor. Thr ofUco of the ‘‘Metho
list Clahman’’ have been established
n the Murchiaon building, this city.
:OTTOH CONFERENCE CALLED
TO CONSIDER FINK BOLLWORM |
Vhsc (Tn:fkr4 fila‘.s . #
Viniculture bat issued a rail lot a i
o-ifeivoce of persons and interests
■elslsd to the cotton industry, to bo
u ld ir. Washington May IS. The pur
iom of, the conference it to consider
lour best to protect the cotton Indus- <
ry Ujrainit tbc pink bolhrorai. Ovo
nort dangerous of cotton Mats.
This pest enured the United States
om birsico in the fall of 1817, sp- .
rearing first In Texas. Prompt mcas- !
ire* won taken to boat It back, and 1
Ibout $2,000,000 hare already bean j
xpended by the Federal Govern
aaaet Unfortunsuly. Urn Bute of .
Pexai has failed to provide far each
idrquate quarantine and eontrol work i
it is regarded absolutely neeeaeary I
>y tbc scientists of the Department 1
>r Agriculture, and because of this
sek of full cooperation there ie sew 1
■ met dinger that the peat win be ]
tijrrmineUd throughout Texas, which
neans in course of time throughout
ho cotton belt.
Thu department Is now considering
luarantiue measures which will check <
lie Invasion from Texas to the great
's* possible extent, and tbc purpose
if the conference Is to consult with
lolcgau* from other State* interest
'd befoic taking definite action.
IOTK.HII DILLIUna UWKU
TO u. S. BY ALL NATIONS
Washington, April 24.— The '
World’s debt to the United Stales is !
now approaching the gigantic total '
»f 120,000,090,000, a sum sufficient
la pay ail the running expense* of 1
iho government for five years, ro
po.ta of ths commerce and treasary
departments dhow.
The world 1> Increasing Its debt
monthly through an increase ia the
foreign trade balance. Part of the
money it due the United States gov
ernment, while the remainder is on
the credit fids of American citiaens—
exporters, minufactarers shut bur
ns se men. Foreign governments now
owe this government nearly fULMte
000,000.
The interest on the world’s debt,
at 3 per cent per year, amount* 1e
nearly $1,000,000,000. This is the
amount which the government ie
now paying out each year la internet
to holder* of Liberty Baade and Vic
tory notes.
Despite this large credit la favor
of the United States, mostly a paper
eredit so far, this country now hi*
within its borders slightly more than
$$,001),000,00* ia gold. This is appro
ximately nne-third of all the gola in
the world.
Hug* Rom Hill Stsawhocrlos
Nature faking ia again rt the- tew. |
Therefore, this w a true story.
One of then win asakc a pie—two
will cause nothing lest than a dis
turbance In one's dining room, pro
vided. the two am enton.
Talking about Rom Hill strawber
ries What 8teril»g mean* to (liver,
and what Kentucky used to mean to
10 certain red contraband, Rom Hill
means to strawberries,
i H. R. Rome, of Roto Hill, wRh n
Arc aerr Arid of tbe luaelona berries
‘has mi a mark at which all other
|m«**r« may shoot. Samples taken
I from the Reuse patch, disclose one
i rigunUc berry that measured Are
inches in eirruenfereuoe and which
be. ■ length of just two inches. This
was the best berry of the spec town*
rtsbmitnd, but otheis ia tho small
lot were so near the saute site that
it was bard to distinguish between
the champ and the aear ones.
The variety grown by Mr. Rouse
has been developed after years el
study. It ie known at "Reuse’s Zerty
. Strawberry" and not one element si
.that ftrewbetry (lover la lost ha
i cause of the hum siae of tho eurileu
—Wilmington star.
CARPENTIER WILL
BE SEEN IN FILM
AT WHITE WAY
Gifts *f Striking World
Fl»utw I irtatUed la Mniaa l»
Drama. “The W«br Mu."
The elite of Washington wcMjr
forau the bock*round for "TVc Wan
der Man,*' the HoherUon-Cole super-!
ipeeltl picture, starring Georges Car
penlivr, Idol of France aad Euiopean'
keavywreight champion, which will |
conui to the White Way Then try Wad-'
aaaday.
ThU unusual drama of American'
Moiety, directed by John O. Adalfi,
ror Kobertaon-Cole, prooiees a revs
ation ia motien pictarea of the new
w and better sort. The versatility of
Jar pen tier, according to eminent eri
ice who attended a recent pm-rc
riew, will prove a treat surprise to
oven of the ciaame art.
Baaed an aa intriguing story of
<*vc and ay etory, ia which Oaqaa
ier I* gives opportunity to dUylayl
lit capacity as a baser, a sportsman!
ad aa a gentleman of the float order.
The Wonder Man,” should prove to
m oaa of the moat commendable pro
tection* that the White Way theatre
ms ever p rescaled.
Included la the picture ia a bosingl
■eat. with man of eat tana! aad la-;
ernetioaa) prominence farming the
ludieace. At the tone the basin* I
ceae waa taken more than 2,0*0 par-1
ona parked the atadio. Thia realistic'
eea*. said to be the moat nerfaet of
ts Mad ever filmed ia Um Watery ad
he screen, show* Oarpeatier ia the
log for the first time on this aids of
he Atlantic. Be fight* four fast
oand* with a worthy opponent.
okhet commendable report*
!* Wonder Mas," received
ram critics who witnessed the pre
wview, ia the sensation created by the
■pcib acting of Carpaatier. Hla ahii
ty aa aa actor of the Brat -»*-**..-v*
remise* to be a reveUtion to the lav
ra of the cinema art.
CINSTON POLICE TRYING
POLITENESS ON AUTOUTS
Kin*ton( April 27.—"How d'y, got
hat way?’ jins been replaced ia the
Ncial *~J*uJnry af the Klnetem po
leo with “Thaak no; came agate.”
•1frVlk »• «htef. m respon
ds* for the language oo traffic sign*
laced at tha municipal limits today,
lie signs infant tha incoming so to
rt that the speed UmH ia 1» mfics and
CILhafbTS kul ^oUca?tad~p^
iteaaaa first kas boon adapted as a
•Bey.
EIGHT COUNTIES
BUILD OWN ROADS
^Ul
Eight counties came to tha High
er Commission yesterday with pro
>oaa>i to go ahead aad build their
art of the State Highway system and
et the State ro-imbnrse thorn whew
t was able. The Commission accepted
he proposals, aad ordorod tha roads
>udt as soon as tha formalities of ad
'trtisiag for contracts can bo cosi
Jlisd with.
Guilford, Granrills, Pasquotank,
Beaufort. Doplla, Pamlico, and CoW
■ rob US counties had delegations hero
srtth such proposals, aad othor coun
ties have delegations in the city wait
ing their turn with similar proposal*.
Ln ef the arrangements arc made un
der Section 14 of the Ros4 Law whichI
enables the counties to build the road I
under the smertrUon of the Commis
sion, with reimbursement to the ooun
tloa at such time as the Comaiatien
deems proper.
Hearing the various delegations
concerned considerable time, and little
flee was accomplished at yesterday's
session. Out delegation was before
tha Commission from Caldwell county
asking that that eomnty ho transfer
red from tha Eighth to the Sixth road
district. Ns definite action was taken,
end the mutter will go ever until a
later meeting. This is the first endec
or to shift from one district to an
other.
Nothing wns done yesterday to
warn uc completion or ta* organisa
tion of the working force* or the
commiaeJoa, and the employment of
engineers, completion of mnintcnanc*
plane. etc., will be taken up today
or tomorrow, when the loot of the de
legation! bay* been hoard and their
petition* acted upon Several delega
tion wore before the roaualwioa la
■miter* of locatiag road* in their re
epoctlvo eommoaitiei, bat thee* mat
ter* war* generally referred U the
roetdeat commleeioner.
All member! of the coiamieeloa
won la attendance yeeurday with the
exception »f Word H. Wood, of the
S(gth dietrict, who ba* given hi* ro
| tigaotioa to Oovomor Mortiecn. Hil
wccoasor bat aot been appelated ai
im _
HRALYHY YLACR
"U Loaaevtllc a beoltby plaeot”
'Healthy? Why they'll bov* to kU
the popaiedloa on Jltrant Day.—
Kxchaagc.
Of the two band red lelaade com
but
FINANCE ACT NOT
VALID ACCORDING
TO HIGHEST COURT
Supretna Body Radas That Law
Is Nat ERaetfae WHhaut
RaB Call
SPECIAL SESSION MAY
HAVE TO BE rats an
Finances of North Carolina Cil
ies Seriously Crippled By
Bed.ion—Taxation Aad Pi*
oanciaf of Municipal Pro*
jects Hold Up. Scctatacy of
State Aaka Far Opinion.
Th* fallal* of ib* State aanate'a
Ioarnal to (how that th* Municipal
riaaao# Act waa paaaod on IU third
raadiag hy an «jt ami no roll ooll
">u. »•< th* ruling of the Attorney
Gonaiml that th* So* rotary of State
■ay not eorroct th* Jotaraal ta oor
reapond with cntrl** on tho original
MU may cote th* manieiaalltta* of
th* State two million* of dollar* and
ityjggy?1 »*tT* aaadoa of
luthority t* cem*t lho JourmiTof tea
tenet*. Th* Bcetwtary of State, la
tarn, had acted on r**«Mt of Now
foth bond oUornaya interootod In
honb Carolina municipal hoada.
_ e«*»y laSUo*a* Roll Call
Tha entry on th* original bill indi
ctee that It pawed on third —odlng
ia accordance with th* law. waa rw
xaMdamd, amended, and wa* paaaad
»n third reading aa amended by vote
i? U ®-.Th* Jo«™al, howrrer, *a
y duwi that th* bill waa paaaad aa
u third reading bat dot* ant Inlirati
hat it pawed by roll call. Th* Attar
'XL _°**“*»1 y**J*rday rated that Uric
»a» a defect (ufikioatly wrioa* ta ta
ilidatt the act.
The ia validity of th* lttl Maniti
ml fteano* Act woald tea** North
~ar*tiaa munic.paliti** utter tha op
nstlon of th* aid maalilpal finance
tet which pat* a fifty cent limit on
{•nerul taxation, bat allow* mnntei
taUtte* to Incroaa* that rate apoo **p
almlon of th* Manicteal Board of
=^trol. r*r tha^mTl»gT au
--T- , -_*£,**»• Oil »d~ ia i era lid,
tot only will h erippl* th* wolf
power* of title* hot will l*a*« than
with no moan* whatsoever »f cany,
tag or fanding th* deficit for ran
uteg ezp«a*ci which la tho caw of
Raltigb assented to Illt.OOO hat
woald • object the municipal author!,
ti** to the p*na) tew for axaatd
ag the lacotn* of th* city.
cwarsassjtete..
I*0?4 }» *.e. mnniclpal finance act
BBd followed iU jBMiff tkroarh th*
mi Cucral A.23& teSSfilS
2! >*•“«• in accordance
with the tew end that th* faHor* *f
the Senate Joamal to abow the pro
Pw .** W clerical error.
If tt Jr he ld invalid, Mr. Dowell bo
h*v*«. North Carolina title* wlH be
•mteatiy crippled |„ finance*. It may
coct Kaloigb and every city of ap
proximately tho cam* *is« hum_
W • me a. _ _
™nun|Ltu<U Work
Of
Now Yolk,
American newspapers by
Harding sad aa address by Jabs W.
Davie, formerly ambassador to Great
Britain, featured tbe luncheon
of the Associated Press held ladayln
connection with the annual business
meeting.
In s letter read at the luncheon.
President Harding lauded the coerce
•f the prcaa during the war and am
pressed the hope that hie adminiatre
lioa would continue to deserve the
support pecordod K thus for by tbs
newspapers.
Hr. Deris, making Us first appear,
anec before the members as general
couneel for the Associated Press, bad
kmd words far impartial truthful news
gathering at he bad found It enompU
led by the Associated Press, and re
ferring to the importance of foreign
naws, digressed to glee personal opts
ions on several matters affecting for
fign relations of the United States.
0>,t • *"■*/ rhoald bo rati,
fed by s majority vote of the Senate,
tastejd of tw»-thlrds, sad that Sail
be adequate compematioa far the di
plomatic and consular service.
At the business meeting the fellow*
•"l "“^on.was dBopted:
“Resolved that the members of the
Associated Press, ia convention am
saaMsd, leader I heir thanks ta Urn
president, board of direstars sad of
Been sf the Associated Pram far lhatr
oMetom work derim the past year,
•kkbbte mmte tbeAaaeeiatad K£
the greatest aaws-gathaatm organine
uSJs iiti^
_ President Harding ia the Bret Pree
Cb?ich*“ ^ngod »be Baptist