RIDDLE ASKS FOR
LOWER RATE ON
DUNN SHIPMENTS
Secretary of Chamber of Com
merce Seek» Aid For
Melon Grower·
SIMMONS AND LYON
HAVE TAKEN UP MATTER
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Asked to Decrease The
Charge on Minimum Car
Loads Between Dunn And
Richmond To $78 — Present
Rate $160 And Considered
Excessive.
In an effort In aid Dunn District
farmer.:. who this veer will ship »»■
termclona to city market· for the
drsl time, T. I., ltiddle. secretary of
th· Dunn Chamber of Commerce, has
petitioned Senator F. M. Simmon»
and Representative Homer L I.yon
to nie their influence with the Inter-1
•tale Commerce Commission to «et
freight rate* between Dunn and Rich
mond materially redaced.
Secretary Riddle plead* that the
present chant'' of 1B0 s minimum
carload to Richmond is esresJve to
the degree that »h;p|>ers will b« on-|
able to mske s profit on their pro-1
duct. Memr». Simmons and Lyon Have'
siuured Mr. Riddle that they will
five hirt> all the assistance possible.
Kdward E. Britton, Washington
corri'^porideat of the News-and Ob-,
server, has wt-ttcn as follows eon
ceminK the matter:
"That the watermelon crop of
North Carolina will be a waited pro
duct *o far at outride shipment» are!
concerned with the present CXorbi
uni τ relient raies 11 tnc v.«w os tac
Chamber of Commercr of Dunn. Thai1
body ha» tent letters to Senator Sim
mom and r«i)Kr«tf>inan Lyon calling
their attention to the fact that it!
coata approximately II SO per car load
to th:p watermelons from Dunn to
Richmond, and It aaka aid to aecur· a
rate of at kaat S75 a rarload. Im-|
preaaed with tbc aeriouancM of the
situation, both have taken up th<
matter with the Inwrata'e Commerce
Commission, acttioc forth the eo«:
ia Enable to »hip hi» product». Cer
tainly It would pay railtoad* to move
at |76 per car load rather than to
charge 1100 and allow the cart to i«
main idle on side tracks a« they ar«
now doltf," In the letter from uonn
the itau"7i<r.tl U made that from that
place alone there would no forward
from Λ0 to 75 carlon·!* of watermel
on» if a $73 rate to K:chmond waa
mtadc, and it ;j hoped to arc are Mime
relief for the Noi-th Carolina wacar
me):] π nhipprr*.
It U eaUmbted that at leaat fifty
car· of mclona will be ready for »h:p
meni from Du:in next month. Mo»t of
theac are tfrower» on the farms of B.
0. Towiuend and Ccorge L. Canna
day.
FOUR OAKS TRIMS BENSON
ΛίΤ CRACKS IN SIXTH
With a fourteen ran lead agalnat
Benton in yejterday'» aculon at Bcn
»jn, Four Oaka cracked in the alxth
inning and permitted the Bees to
count Sevan tiotn. That, of courge,
waa not enough to win, but it did
cive the Benjon fellows confidence
and strengthen their morale to the
point that they gave Jeniigan (tilt
tige support from that time out and
kent the Four Oak* crowd from icor
it the producer
railroad» arc
inn Egal h. It alto proved to the bad);
•eared H««t that the aggregation
from Lambtown >* aHlcted with nil
the ill· that any imateat orgin'.iation
can hav·.
Stone pitched li«T»on'i flr*t four
mnlngr. He »>« a bit wabbly, but
would have xhowed up well had he
been given better lupport. He waa
•ucce«ded by Dixon, who did well
for one inning, bat hit three men In
eucceuwjn In the mceeedinff frame.
Jernigan relieved him and held Uw>
vliltor· to only one real hit for the
balance of tbc game.
Lamb relieved the yoangjttr who
had pitched for Four Oak· until the
deluge rame In the ilxth. He yielded
only two Hit* and waa not abllged
to exf-nd trcruelf two men on bn
and an error plnccd Iwo men on bit
**r in U»e η nth. Πβ then fanned two
■»eo In a row.
FLYING PARSON WILL SPEAK
IN STATE AGAIN NEXT WEEK
Lleat. Belvin W. Maynard, the fa
moa« "flying par*<>n," will vUit ill
or eight North Carolina t«wai nox!
week, according to W. B. Stuart, ol
Charlotte, who it in the c'.ty attend
ing th* Pythian·' golden jubiler· con·
ventlon. Lieutenant Maynard and Mr
Stuart will vlait the»e town· In tta«
interest of the fraternal urder ol
Mactabeea.
I.'enrenant Maynard will apeak a'
the Hamlrt Y. M. C. A. Sunday »f
-emacn. Monday he w'.ll he at Wade»
boro, Toe«day at Albemarle, and lat
rr in the weak at Monroe. Llncolnton
Concord and other place·.—Gr*ena
koro Daily New».
Renean lui unccrvjred ita be«t be
ia thia boy Jernigan who «temmed th<
roar Oak· tide ycftorday. If he goo
tha whole rout* a* well aa he dh
four Inning· yetlerdiy. It will havi
ta be a good bauing team that beat
hlaa.
*·£β>"Α!«£Λί
LEGAL ADVERTISING
jNOKTII CAROLINA. Harnett Coun
ty—In the Superior CourL
'<·. T. Johri'on, J. P. Johnxon. and N.
IM. Johnton, Trading a« Johnson
Brother*.
ν»
Jo*iah B. Pop*.
By virtu· of .in execution directed
1 *.0 thi· underlined fiom th* Super
ior Court of Harnett County in the
above entitled action. I will on Mon
day, the 4th duy of July, 1921, at
12 o'clock M., at the Courthouse
door in Harnett county, noil to the
highest bidder, for cash, to latiaTy
•aid execution, all the right, title and
I InUrest which the Mid JoViah B.
T'ope, the defendant, ha.» in the fol
lowing dc*ciibrd real e»tate, to-w:t:
I Beginning at a «take in a ditch
near the old Smith mill and run·
thence with Barne·' line North 77 B.
74.00 chain· to a itukt on the East
tide of Black River; thence up the
Ea>t run of Black Biver ·.« il mca»
di ra to a J take nuar a po»t oak, Bra
dy Pope'· comer; thence with h«r
line North 80 1-2 Went 82.60 chain·!
to a atake in the old ditch or canal
In John II. Pop·'· line, and where'
the public road croraei aid ditch;!
thence with the ditch to the begin
ning, containing one hundred,
and ·'* acrea*. more or les·. .
Τ hi· the 31 dnv of May, 1921.
J. W. McARTAN, Sheriff.
By R. F. JERN1GAN.
June 3 10 17 24
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION FOR I
SPECIAL BOND ELECTION IN1
DUNN GRADED SCHOOL DIS·.
TRICT.
Having bren duly appointed by or-|
■1er of the Board of Comratnlonvr·
a · Registrar and having duly quail- i
Aid a· such for a special election to I
be held in Dunn Graded School Die-1
trict on July 12th, 1921, upon the ι
qutation of isralng not exceeding I
Two Handled Thousand (200,000)
Dollar* of ·*η·1 bond· of (aid Di·-1
tr.ct and levying a aufltcient annual!
tax to. pay the <am«, notice it hereby I
given that 1 will hold the regiitra-,
»·νη l'vviui epco II tHC W uniCipil
Building in Dunn. Κurth Caiolinx.
from the JOlh day of June, IW21, Ιο
the 2nd day of Juif, 1921, both inclu
nive, fur the registration of alt rotor# j
of Mid Diatricl qualified to vota InI
■aid clection. !
Not c· it further jriv«n that an en
IIrely new ritirirtration of voU-ra for
aaid «pvclal election ha· been order
ed.
Thix the flth day of Jane, 1021.
H A. PAKKER, Regintrar.
June 10.
NOTICE OF ELECTION TO ΒΙΕ
HELD IN DUNN CHAD ED
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Notice ie hereby given that a «prê
tai «Uetiow-hwWin -raOW wyufewr
of tha Board of Comminioner· of
Harnett County to ba held at the
Municipal Build.nr, in Dunn, North
Carolina, on tha 12lb day of July,
1921, under the provisos· of Chap
ter 87, Publie l.avi of 1920 (Iftira
ie**i«n of the General Asacmbly.)
»ubraittmg to the qualified voter· of
<nid DUlrict lh< question of i»*iiing
not exceeding Two Hundred Thou
sand < S20U,000.00) Dollar» of aerial
bond* of the lhinn Graded School
Dutrict, and levying a tufficient aa-1
η uni tax to pay the «am·. j
Notice i» further given that a new'
rrjçiatraûun of the qualified voter* of
aaid School Ditricc for raid Special,
Klection ha* been ordered, ana that)
Η. Λ. Parker ha* been appointed Re-1
gintrar tot «aid «pecial election No· ι
tlce ia further given that the hook*!
will be held open for registration
during the period provided by law at|
the Municipal Hullding in Dunn, N. C.I
and that aaid «pccial election wilt be'
bold at said Municipal Building
By order of the Board of Commia
aioncr* of Harnett County at it* re
gular focion held this the 6th day of
June, 1081.
W. H. PAUCRTT,
Clerk of the Board of Commiaaion
era of Harnett County."
June 10.
$«0.000.00 TOWN OF DUNN.
NORTH CAROLINA. WATER
AND SEWERAGE BONDS.
I Sealed proposala will be received
until five o'clock P. Μ , June 25th,
11921, by the Board of Comialaaieaers,
in eura of lhn tindcraiffned for th*
I porch we of tOO.OOV Water and SeW
leragc Bonds, bctag » consolidation of
|*8«.00n water bond* and 122,000
»c-w»rage bondi, dated April lat,
1911, nrnmnination 11,000, maturing
I annually April lrt, $ϋ,00ι>.00 annual
1 W 1024 to 1944, and *3.000 annnally
1945 to lOSO, all inclaalTO. Principal
and atmi-annual intcreet <«ix per
cent per annum) payablu In New
Yo*k In g:>ld regi»trnbie o· to p in
c'.pal.
Th· bortli w;ll be prepared nnder
tb« «uprTv «on of th? United fltatr»
IMortgnjr · and Trait Company, Now
York City, which wilt certify the
gcnulnoneu of the >·*■ atUM and the
, >-*·! .'mpre'^d there a. Legality will
'b.· «;>;> . ο red bjr Cheitcr B. Maaalich,
£»q.. who·» . pproT.nc opinion will
be f'j niihcd to th* purchaser wt* Κ
Ι out eharge.
I All buLiLj are direct and gene.al
I obligation» of the Town of Dunn, and
Ja lufltelcnt tax wiihoat limit ha* Wen
prorlricH by law and ordinance. Pro·
poanlx are raqalred on blank fo-i.m
which will be furnUhed by the lln
dereigncd Treaauier or «aid Treat (!«·.
and mu*t be eneleaed in a acakd in
relop marked "Propoaal for lload."
and addreeted to tho andertigned
Treaauier and mort be accompanied
by a certified cheek for 91.100 or
eaah of tike amoant, inch check pay
able to the order of the Town Trcae
urcr and be In* drawn opon a nation
al bank or upon a bank or truit com
pany doing DOflaeia In North Caro
lina, to aecoro the Town agalnit any
1 lot» resulting from tho fallare of the
1 hi drier to comply with tho term· of hll
' hid.
I- Bond* will bo delivered eithi r It
! New York City or the Town of T>aan
> North Carolina, or or aboi*, the JOtl
jday of Jane, INI. The right to reject
I any or all hide ii referred. No ht<
ι of leu thaa par will be considered.
I H B TATLOR,
Town Traaaerer.
PROGRAM READY
FOR JULY F0U8TB
OBSERVANCE ERE
Riddl· And Goldstein Prepare
Most Ambitious Cele
bration
MOTOR RACES EXPECTED
TO PROVIDE THRILLS
Racer», However, Enter Event
At Own Ri»k—Free For All
—-Any Owner of Motorcycle
May Compete For Purse—
Only White Choir· May Sing
In Con te· t.
With Dunn'i preat hViOilh of July
Crlfbmtion (till nutecii dnyt aw·/,
Si-crctarv R ild'i· and Manager Gold-:
»ti*in an· well on iheli w*> tiwaid
complet'.»? <hc mast anibitinm pro
gram ever urilcrUikrn by a North
Carolina U>wn In obMMvanct- of thr
amiivcrmtry of the birth of freedom
in America.
Th'< μ·Ό|τ··Β< wit lir.ilud « long]
Ii*l of athUtir cvoit>; hot··, motnr.l
cycle, bicycle, fi>ol nn<l «ulomnb^c
race·, liaM-ball Kanc> Jinfiup cor.
'«•ft» band con»·' ru ( rrν»( Γ-, dl«
play .and hurid ■ rti event* uf \uric-l
nature.
One of tlir mo·! intomtinir nvent·
will be that in whirl* (iennuth Ki'.ton
Howairi the demon BioiurcycIi«t who,
hold» lh·- rccoitl for broken bone» In'
motor acc denu riuriiir the War will!
do a hair raiaini; HK nirainit time I
in hi» racing Buick. liownVd will ear-1
ΓΥ ont» nmaewii· ' ""
two mile» on a circular 1ι·(κ in !c«>|
ihM two mioutc*.
The motur rjclc ran t are expected !
to add more thrilU 11».·η any oilier
f**utorv- Thix will be u free for ail
event. No type oi motor cycle will h<·
barred. Kvciy cnl·>, however, tnt;es
the trarV at h'.< own ri.lt. Πι·· Fotrj
Ai«oriutioii will not b·· ri'puuliltJ
for any injuru k sUJtn.rn.-rt in the rar·. |
Several ruml church choir* hav»1
entered for Ihc »ιηκ nc foutcMt. It ;<
enpecteil that U>«>« will be » larger
number her» ihj year than at any
former calibration. Some huw the
misinformation that colored choir,
will be iierm tted 10 iompcte in thi·
content hat been >prca<1 by enemies
af Dans. Wont bat white amgct» will
tKi^permiiUd *.a — .w;.
A complete p.-cgram of thn events
m being compiled by Secret*ι y Riddlr.
It will h» dutribuled through the il t
trlct within a few day*.
LLOYD GEORGE S YEARS OF ι
WORK 1
The new* lhat Lloyd Ci<orsre'« doc
tor has ordered him lu ts'»« α com·
plcte ml will not astonish on, i>oJy
who ha* watcbeii thin human ilynu
mo spend h!> energy year after year.
The nmrvel of it in not that the Ri!t-j
iih Premier j> ill bui thai he did not |
brr-.ik down lone ago.
The Prime M:n«ter is not an old
man; he i* nearly two year· thort
of 60. But bt ha: worked hard all
SU life. More than that, hi* work,
Instead of tapeT'.ng dawn after.mid
dle life, he* brrome more severe. He
has had tittle rrsl from the great
care* of government m nee he enter
ed the A»quith Cabinet eleven yearn
ago. True, there have been week
end excursion» to Wale* hat when ft
Premier lake* three or four secretar
ies with him and ho* all the mail of
Downing SiMt follow him to the
country there is rot much holidny for
the mind.
Lloyd George ha* been a pan of
the British (javeromrnt for thiriy-one
yean. Hi» parliamentary »cr*ice br
nan on top 01 hi* ruriou» c urly »t'up·
ifl* for éducation, admiwon to the
bar and a liv!ng practice. Hn history
in the Ό0> wai on· of constant Hifht
ing. When at la.-t tin* Liberals cam·'
into power h« found h ra-rlf Pmi·
dent of the Roard of Trade, m port
which in England requires the ν y or
that oar American captain* of !ndu*
try throw into thoir own butincaa
ea. Throa yea.» later in JSOH. Lloyd
Groig« tucceednv A«quit« a*
Chancellor of the Exchequer when
hu talented chief bifam* Premier,
planned into thai i«rw« of reforms
wh ir h mad ι· him the h«»t hated man
in the Empire. Il alau mad·.· him lb·
bardent working atnleaman in the
world. It wan a cou.: h job net only
to heat tho Lo d« bol to make Enif
ia,.d take hie »oc.ai lerWIu'.ion.
All there labor· worn cf courue
trif!'. R wh. r. compuivd with l.loyd
Uaarfto'e v.or* in the war. In IWI5
'a* Mimater of Munition·, he took up
'· taik in wh'-h the War UMce bail
[tailed. lie ma J· tabor uudeittnnd
tnj natie.i'· nerd.·. The urmive in
fiance nr..did g-yoa anu *bt'IU, aim!
Lloyd George raw to it that Ik· y got
| Live m. Any man rouid nave mud
'tor life alter that arcompli«kmrnt
■ It wai Lloyd (ivoryc'* fnawrt and
hardest work. It «·· made evi η hard
er in June ΙΙιΙβ, when Ikitrhenet'i
iJeatk forced Lloyd (.*or*e to ke
'eomt See ι rtary of War,· and *i*
1 month* later ike labor—and the huit
• or»—reached tbeir climax whni th«
Walehtnan beram* rremier.
I For nearly fivu year» Uoyd G'orm
ha* been th· bo·* οΓ Urvat Rritam
'No eooner waa the war ended througl
proceeding* In wbkh Lloyd Ooorjfi
Ik ad an ardoua and creditable μ*'
than he ira* occupied once more wltl
the problem· of peare. Labor Woe
ble· In hi» own Hand*, b!nod<brd
'Ireland, political aaa.U on the Cun
tlnent there wa* «ml h·· been nnlh
in* but work fo' the R'«bt Hanora
ble iHvid Smell wonder hi* dorto
ha* »h«t down on bin.- ·Κ. T. Har
fi
ν ν·: *. .. y -«_—.«
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ιί>
BÀSEBALL *
t
'four 0»fc· L. .. .. . - -. "1 u 1.<υ«
•Sel»· .. 1 1 .6uu
Dumi I ...I 1 .HUI
Hrniton .. ... I Λ „2ΰ0
wL Tl·,y Γ'·/
Mumia), φι.u C'.i1 - . I
rr-a nt Br-i.
,-A
S.I
■·η.
η >,ν
I>αηη funfair fr«·.· iKy :■» 1
Thif wa« ahoFH 1> 14·· ·' ·.·· VM
than Oily β**·· le 4.1 ·
bu'ing tu·»··· end ml· il "CoUst
Ij make tho pie.' U!t·· i'rj- 0;Λ«
m.inuro. Oiiail·. She I, !h- u'ri ·-0α>"
»Γ the -luy -whin jhr λι j. Wilt
Wjntf, flo> AXiruball and oth.-'» of
thr ..Idt m. r^w re ihv bin k.Vfbu !
!»U ill !h· Sfoth. <·■».· Γ«Μ· hï'lîne
hi* shirt wkta tin· Uci «jr. fellow.·
iUrtcd theirially in the <xth. John
O.-auirhon arJrCnp'n 'f :i.'hm*.i
Ihorr on thaKdrl.·ι, Uo. a'.id doin;·
•II they cunlf
Four Oak·
•lay with tht.
teati to SU I
only oi'c hit <
JlTl! to cop 1
Monday'* κ«
only pitrhcr L
l*cn a Jonah
uo*. m tic
'.be ah.lily toj
be wairhinK |
II you do »oc.
lie ••.in* r*
atey.
II cum·· to Dunn Mon·
vittnii.·» a»d no di'
tdit. Vn'.il > rrt»rd»}·
>d twii 1 uiih had bc<-n
mA it. If Dunn c»
ΓΡ<·^· »ηΙ, It mi u takr
l*jmb the y;'.r o^d
iVam oa», ho.· alw..y*
l>unn. but tSni <ioe
oar ΓιΙ)ο*> hiircn'l
Jt b:m. TH·· mwn w ."
ifcl.'aw '11 ibis pmc
> youi !>i-4. tll. r.· iviil
Itowiii.^. Walrh >.iuv
IHJNN FJ
ΓΙγ ''«th*
ι-ν.-.al plajn.
tot liwn aMi
line up, the i
t'on will
Field thi· af(|
rtu and do
'a loblo d«f
4E Γ.ΑΜΓ, TODAYi
Iky 'ic Bcqutjilion pf!
*Nu nntil no*· !i*\v,
1 apfXM- in the Don* \
ll.hH^brH v.'Zu 1
Hma un Kiinr'oundi
00 ftf *XL%%-1
to atone for the.
ferrd in Sf'ma la 11
viomtay. il
ver Tle.-bcitl
en "Jim
L-artlr», to „
to adminUter
lia·.
Ne!U 8.
tnaîn in th
rtu iap the
the th'.rd
t'd over by
been rrtcK·!
irar^rtu by
'ht aged
imc »v«ra«
unimt the
Shorty Jj
■short, _
ΊΛΙΓ^ Vil ι ^!î
'η·"·»Ιι1 »f< η
Τ01J·Π. Pénir
nlac-d m^r.y
>a-t*balt biow.l
un k* 'y thu*. Mao
ilor will }tnf<
l'th, hors ai many
■nil in his oitirt
iy-o to th· Hrlma
. »ho hoped to n
•''on of hi» rarafre
Îtenaon. vrtii tak·
h ha· be-ixJfrrsid
Sod<i»rd. CiJRi ha»
Mir of t'sc oulérl
igcr. Tom Sure 11.1
apainat whom I
10 at oiigth. will'
vacant byj
^L4l
tie bcff .
I» _ _.
!o*. vnee "U1"
ar.'l Γ.ν.ι Juhn'O"
nr-1» Upun IkunnV
..It nypea·* that i-ve-y
.«ark ha» hern flt'ncU···! Alirl - ;:ut it
« til be a hard jib for κην % 'ai or t
><ud η bu!! thravxrh th· mf.otd
£»■ ·.·.·» lljua yid Midic. ι Νrwovtrx
■aill bo r*lain<dj a! fir*t aiui iecoaJ
r«|ifct!vp!f.
ELECT SAVANNAH MAN
IMPERIAL POTENTIATE
De» Motnra, Jane li.—Krr.r<·. Λ.
CuiU, of Swvanuah. CchVf rub
ban of the Sbrinera' cemnnitlnn, wni
nlcctcd Imperial PoUrttat>> Unlay. He
aurrvrd''. Kllil L. Garrrtlun, of Ta
coma, V.Hfh ngti.n
Tom llouaten, Chicnjrc. *ai elcelrd
l m ourlai Outer Guard on the wconrl
ballot. Τ hi» wan thr only offlc* on
which then· was » eonUmt.
San Francirto was selected for tiao
n'xt Imperial conclave.
Mr. and Mra. Jame» A. Ta>)or. R.
C. Taylor, M!iiJ!utli and Herbert B.
Taylor, Mr. and Mr», l.rw;* SVphen»
and M'*a Mary Levic Floyd have ίο*
turned from Lake City. 8. C., whrre
they attended the Taylor-Carter vrid·
din*.
"SIGN UP" CAMPAIGN GOING
WELL IN SAMPSON COUNTY
Clinton New# IXVpitrh.
The sipn up campaign Tor the mnr
krtlr.K branch of the American Cot
ton n»<*><latoB » if.aline headway
in Sampacn and tbi< ioimty will cer
ralnly be n the lttrro Hut of rounvcr
that >h«1| ha va nut (he rampaiirn over
before the clock atrikc» oui th» :tftS
.1, „ „ i«»i TK- — ι
,or.« week ΐ'κο with the arrivé ο! the
iouU!<Ji· help to· put the faim·'» lu
pini· with the plan· of be a»euc!atinn.
'Several appointaient* woe made la<t
»»k and due tn thr fact Uiat the
meeting» wer» not «ufficienlly ad
*»rt'<ert thu attendait»- «un not an
ftirffo. But UiOM follow* tn charge
«ci c btrt 0:1 aimintf thrra up ard in
crory instance, where thiy did not
«rt them at Ihc mertlne, th> y not
ihcm l>y mear» of a p'-r-oo r,m*a*s
on the fo"owiAK day.
Mr. IL T. Ur}vln h real active in
"Λι· r irapa'K". Under hln » l'cuti-n
anla :h<- "then a.<■ ι»ηΛ·ηκ· And
Mr. Melvin i» «enfilant a» tn Uie τ»
.«ill* of the rampn'gn. Π«» ha» a rlishl
'o b«, Wcaote h# can produce the
Agrurra to know that f«11 y ·0 per n ul
a! lho«e 'olirtted haw «'Rued up ami
paid the frc.
Hut the county Ml tint beft
thoroucrMy c^nraurd. Iluidiar tw<
meeting· per day will not rower ι
la<uc «ountjr li»r Sempaon In ni»<
' «reck- Bui our no Wide hip will U a«i
»« Saturday of ncit week. Kre the)
leave ;Jw»y eh ill have 10a 'did eat ι
<afo «rajirKy1 In S»n.px:> nml thci
ι'η ;h<lr nlmanc·. Mr. alelviti an
iV'.ce Proldinl Jnha R. IVteraon wf!
hammer away at thoaa who ha»i an
beim aCcn aid htfonc it Ir toa la'i
Sam paon Will κ* οτοτ by almnxt I'M
1 per cent.
Mr. Mrly'n i« h1"> an far |a jtivi
only a· nat'mate. II'« torevn h»v»· bcri
rnirrg. il tu iwiitinualy η the wnr|
Huit they have not tniin ncra«<on ti
come lorclhar. Wr are prnjwix-d ι
■ full report for our n<-xt iwoe an
. wm arc rapectlnc to '-oort a land
•I'd* for hk|m.
^αΜΜ····Μ············1
oVv^ii PROPOSAL
; ft BE ACCEPTED
ι NEXT WEDNESDAY
'Carolin* Lifht and Power Co.,
Given Seven Day· to
Decide
,Dirrr.RENCE OF $20,000
' HE rWEEN TOWN AND IT
iFranciiiae WU1 Be Given To
I J ο Ii η R. McQueen, wbotc
Power Site Is On Lower Lit
tle River, If Term· Are Not
Reached—White Soy· Float j
Worth *48,000.
P.'clrion u« to the fal· of Dunn'»
. li Ctr'C l.(rhc anil power plant will b<
r. tchwi nrxt Wrdneftlay, when the
ivrr. da> a allowed the Carolina
l.idu »rd Tower Company to accept
or rt'jt-rt Un- ruenter proposal made
by the town w31 eitpire.
In the cveiu the Carolina company
feil» to com, to the term# propo»r<i
by th« municipality, the Board of
t'iimmirrloacr* wITI accept the offer
nir.A· by Jnhl R. MrQaeen to lupply
c.tr.vttt in who1i'<»it quantities from
.·. ,liant tu b<· . urntru. ccd un Lower
I..ttlr R.ver about Uti miles from
ii *vn.
Tu -re α itiffereae·· of about 120,
ή ο ht'.wei u :hi towa'i piopoeal to
ι Cji oliim lompeny and that of the
.Ί]·.ι->· .11 i!.·.· town. The company
«·.*· f f-u.inm sur ιπϋ
i> a i mud and operated by ih«
u>v. ii. Du; >.«lodinjr the <ng:n*t.
|iamp' and boil<r< uxd '.9 pumping
*uu-r. A .-uh«eqe«nl jurvey by Gil
Vrt White. civil engineer, deter- .
ninvd the present worth of thit equip
ment to £<■ approximately ΚΓ.,υΟυ.
Τα:· romany hu> been a*kcd to pay
ihit rfuro.
In the event cither tAe Carolina or
MrQurvn proposât tj accepted by the
luv.n. it w!U be necraiary to loan the
xutcert*-' company approximately
$IOOJNnrfThf Carolina COB pa η y wil!
require about (hat lum to extend it* 1
lina from Uenaoa and rebuild the
iincj here. The McQuecn company
ν»!* need that maeh help to bnlM ite
,'lanl and brin* ft* line· to Dona,
«.'[her concern would retire the loan
in lap can Id annual payaeeata. Tte
loan baar 4 iiltftil
VSStJSm
rent; if the Carolina, the town will
V.t out of tHe power and light bn«l
Πι·«.
Revaluation Problem
U Left For Counties
Themselves to Solve
KF.VA. It Tins _.N - -Ν . Κ ..S
Horitent»! Cot· R«n|iit| Froaa IS To
60 Fer Oui la ββ Coenilu
Approved
(My W. T. Bott in Grrmehoro Newi.)
Rati l/h, June li—Approval of hcr
'nonltil cum in ββ counUaa of the
«laie, redaction In the revaluation
we s it ranging all the way from 10
lu Λ0 pi r reel, today ernt the tas i»
iuc> bark ίο the lountiee and left
them 10 *t rl; ool their own rxlvation
with f"«r and tnrnbling.
Th«· -tute boaril of equalisation
culn|H>/-''il uf Kevcnne Conm«loner
A. 1). Will·, Chairman W. T. Lee of
he rnninmtion commirtion, and At
Inrmy Ginettl Jnmen 8. Manning «at
on ttr Urgi-a. The eommietion rracfe
.<) thr view without difficulty that
Intumurh an the Mate had taken Hi
anaml* off (axee' had levied none laet
yror and is U'ryin* none thle year
fur λ·.»Ιρ purpo*e« aoleiy, the eoan
tlv· run be trusted to make their own
va'jj(loiu and fix their rate on them.
The**- velar* havr been fearfully
and wonderfully made. All through
the «nie are reunlici which haven't a
k-ck in the woild. Th^rc are 27 which
e»«e* >>J »»L-J ·« — — - -11 -m
But tii· r» wm* ne rule governing
•ho conduct uf Individual cnantie» In
Kurti*m. lulturro me! rnpolii of tnel
cifl, home of Ike ptrnM tobacco com
ipMiijr, · eoonty which it overwhelmed
,ny tin· Uiw-i, the c'tixenAip waxed ι
I poor nnd kickcd. It pal 2A per c«it
I -.-duct'un. In Forrylh, much the Mme
««••t of ruant? and papulation, with
It κ· a-oate*» tub urea bualnree in the
cpun.ry. there wen no nqorit fer re
du··I ion. In Irrdcl county, Home nf
.Colonel Wall*, lb» eommieafoner,
the follu didn't aak for a thine; in
ICulawha county, very much the MUU
1 Uii-it nf county in «oil and people rn
that they »ot«· differently, there
•ν,Ίκ a reduction uf SO per rent In
Γ-iibnrra» which U much ae Kowan,
full uf the i-'mhI I>u'.rV there la a flat
Induction uf S3 per ernt, bot Rowan
u>V« for only 10. And to it (o<i.
The rtati· board weald hare fell Im
pelled to lake a hand In the»* Ineqn
«litie» the very nature of which pt·
r'.e •r'ff'n.illy to the revaluation art
hut the riate la hand* off In taxation
. α the euantVe. Hew lone it can hold
I hand* off i« another thing; but the
I «lata will not ire te Catawba and eut
jlta SO reduction rfown to 10, nor lift
Iredetl with lW 0 per cent reduction
up to 10.
F eel in* (hat the counties have la
•aire I heir own money, the board let
Ihi'ir action» stand. Jn»t what It will
vlvar i«kc them to rat the crow *»
•I'vatm Withoat leaving the tax rate
rhrre it oil. nobody on (he tomml»·
« on aay«. That i* purely an 1arae for
til" enontie*. Thcv au>( get (h« !r
t."xe* from their uw« proper*» and
' !hm> in nothing In Rale''xh which they
run ft ml of any nrvice te them
I Half BIK.n Un
I Ote'll! ;t I» estimated that the
I.M>'. > ren vtnt» value» will amount
ι .to ».-von,irt»0 000. Hew much pononat
II ly wi'l <uffe (here I· nobody wlw
I will a(l ι m,>t tmy .-ermite. Mut It II
• pot. an'.hnlkabV that the gram real
and pcreonal property redaction· «0
W. S. SNIPES WILL
SUCCEED MARTIN
AS SCHOOL HEAD
By School Board la
! Moating Hold Wednesday
I NlglU
IN FAYETTEVILLE FOR
LAST ELEVEN YEARS
I· Brother Of Ε. M. Snipe*, Pro
siding Elder tad Fc
Pastor At Methodist '
Here—Claased
Schoolmen of S ta to — Aa
Dutioj ,
W. fl. Snip·', for ·1·*«κ year*
head of ib· public ocbooU of Fayotts·
Til'.*, bir bwn choMB iap«rint*nd«at
of Kkoolt b*r·.
Profenor Snip·* was oUeted In l
rjitlmi awtiu of dM school board
held in th· often of tbo Fir·» Na
tional Bank Wodnoodar night. Ho
ntcctdi Proftmr J. ». Martin, who
rtflfard the lupenntender.cjr at tk«
ripira*. ion of die ιρν'ηρ tor· lut
month. He will ivmM chary· of the
•eboot» here at won u K« can finUb
bit budnrot lD Fajr«ttevillc.
Profooor Snipri j> a brother of
He*. Κ. M. Snip·», who ru pJMtor of
the Mtihodivt cburrb her* for («votai
>tiar< antil 1008 and who aow i· pro
» d np elder «f tbr Warrroton Di»
*.'iet of the MtOiudiot 8pUcopaT Con
ference. Ho liu bad maay ntri u
prrienc· in school week and U clai»
•d ·ΐ9α| th* forraoet educational
workers of tkr Stat*.
Sevrral nrw tnrhem will bo ra
iloycd to work under the new >op
erintondmt. 8oaie of tboe· trill bo
HucccMor· to errerai of loot tan·'»
teaching force, bat many of than
all lb· employed to tako now claieei
• i1.. loiTBco up in uu comply
t:on of the nrw ichonl building for
Whirh bond» *ro to b· voted em J ml y
rhnft Bulletins Rctdy
For Carolina School
:he rr<i«cst of r —
Brook» of Uw department (f
linn ef North Carolina to ihow »w
Hie teaching of North CM«1lni,MlM
the teachine of thrift may kf co-rela
ted w.th in*truct:oa in other rahjtcu
in the clerru-rtary trad·*, have Ju*t
been pubi:Jird. and they are now be
in* nailed to the eity and county m
peiintendc η ta in thia itate, u well ι
•κ U> teach· τ» in the tuame. achnult. I
Announe. mi-nt ha* alx> been made
thai thrift InilrmcUon i« te be fleam
in ctate «uiamcr school* at a part ef
ciliaen*h<p education.
"The need of rnophanaing thrift (i
»o tirmfir felt that a diwmariom of
it >» not nec&uary,"· Mr. Brook» car*
in a foreword to the bulletin. "Tea
cher* in the public Khual* of North
Carolina have been urged from time
to time to be eon*elou* of the need
of emphaaixlag thrift in their daily
n*!-nction. But in order to give the
teacher a chance euoincm'wy EBE
teacher a clearer idea ai to how tbirft
may be cmpKatitrd while uaing the
text already at hand, a raggerted onV
line containing a few concrete ex
ample* aeemf to l<e nrceaaary at thi*
iimf The leiten* prepared are. not
only instructive bat they *ugge«t 1»
a very practical way bow subject*
may be pretented H t< to leave an
omleritandiag of the val·· of thrift
in the daily five* ef pupiSa."
The nrw bulletin wa« prepared fcy
M'.m Mary C. Shetwell. director ef
the Educational Dividon of the
Government Saving* Organization,
fifth federal reserve 4 i «tri et. It «es
tai·» practical Mggertioms for co
.. ·««·»« —·« ι»» "iw »■« u luwjCTV· mm
»rthmelif rlrics end lanjroaira: typ«
ItuMi for drvrtopinr tklrft
«on mm* ι thrift bMiompby. M)*·
8hotw»ll is wall known Γη flu ο I dr
fli of thV» ftau, wk*r* At has fro
<}u»ntly vi«it*d.
mti aborft ♦•00.000. Tkit will amomt
to all the rtaU listed until ■ low
jrttri wo. How lb· daflelt can ba art
on)* tb· coontVn can anrwar.
Of eaaraa a chanta of adaislatr·
:ion h»> made nrremry a fhang»d
policy. Whtn Blikctt «a· fformor
a*d Wfora his admiaiitratlon. tli^ro
wrra tbr rrotrrti administration»,
criminal Incqualitira. Tlif wnaan with
tl 0,900 Intaraoe· batw»an bar and
starvation, paid tax·· aa 110.000. Th·
land boo«t«r mopping op to th· tan·
of brats band boo··. iMtl«M«r at
cetera on 110,000 worth of raal aa
latf paid tax·· on probably $4.000.
mor· likaly «.1.000, lll.llaat of all M,·
0t»o. Than· Infaml·* set Bkhatt a
Ars aad rvaultH in kl« wonderful ri*
tory error Boarbotilim an) (tastpat
tl«ta. ι
Bat ravalkatian bad rta abasaa and
at Um cIom of It* aoihor*· admht'ta
tratlon tb· party of Biakatt b*eam·
frightened at tb· attKad· of tb· Ra
paMirnaa and prtx*«d«d to sew thrwi
op with Jrricn rtW destroyed lbs
I moral iffret of the attempt to make
'tb· tai book» spaak tba tratk, a>
! Blekett sayr. In tba «tate from now
on lh»r* will br about SO per rant of
tb· eooat*·* speaking tk· tratk, whlrh
>a SO mora than arar had da·· so;but
; there will b· Î0 wklrk tan aay any.
.thiM tbry pica»·.
I *n*rv will b» aa p»f>«T«l erttteljw
vf Uit board af e<|ualitatlon for 1·βτ·
ins la emmty hand* taiattan whirl
tenesmi tb·»· uiiu only. It la b»
lirrrd her· that if tb*r· bad not ban
•o mar h mid brfore tk· mantis,
learned bow hardly they can ne*
I lbs step wo aid aov kava boan Ukaa
Î500 MACHINE GUNS
ON STEAMSHIP FOR
POSH PORT SEIZED
I All.,ed To Haw* Bm> C»
■ Sftuwwr Ea»t Side,
Tied Up At HoboWen
GUNS CO TO HOBOKEN
POUCE HEADQUARTERS
(Police Amd tSSSmà Official·
Claab Ortr ot
Arm·! Department of Jua
Dm hmtl|»tlB| Plan» For
Ihjppwg Arm· T· Ireland ;
Sa Τ Shipment DltfaL
Mew York, J un« IS—Μ or* than
500 modern maebia· gun· with km·
dr«d* of van part·, raapectad by
governmeat oBcial· le have been de
stined fer Ireland, vera Miaed km
today by Veiled State· cua'.om· eA
eiali. The km, foand aboard the
American iteaaaahip Eaei Sid», were
•nbtequently taken from vhr cu rum·
let·· at thry erere heir.* laruj away
from Ibe pier by Hofcnlec polire, acu
iDK on a avarrh and aciaare warrant
•worn oat by a nan friait ibe ram·
of Frank WUliama. No farther ^for
mation concerning him vai arai'-abl·
al Hobokun poUc· headqearier». He
alleged they had been atolen from him
June 11. The ami were taker. :·
jkjI'c» headquarter* at Hobok«n «.id
will be held pending a hcaricf before
the recorder to determine who It en
titled to their caatody.
According to reporta reach In c gov
ernment agcnci*·. two ehaagai of
errwa, brought about by th» aatioa
_ Proaenea of the arm* on b«tid tfa*
Eart Side vu not known to ih» own*
"Γ ΰ*" "ϊ1»· Λ· United Scam 8h>
?«"* '•if4· •r '«J opera
tor*. entil thay w«r« informed of thai
diKovrrr by Federal iT.veaUgatera.
The Ea« Bids clearad today far Mor
UMry ara wad·* way
by oflciel· e^BveHÉMu mfWe the
Department of Jaatico and tfca £alt
State· Shipping Board.
On· rtpoit u that they wera mf
g!«d aboard fro· launch·· which
cam·· up to tbe «hip'* sida at night
and th· arma, awathed in burlap hag*.
*'Tt he!«tad aboard r > "teginc mow
'rappl'M* wh!cb bad been de;!vcred
crww cut into on· of the bac· » th
hi* knif·, ducioiiny a machine ran.
CwimM la SU»
When a March was mad· tfci arm·
were found concealed in varioua
parta of tba mhip. They wcra removed
to tk· dock and placed under cue
to mi guard and today while being re
moved from th· duck to a cuaturat
wuthtwe. fall is to th» hand* of the
police by virtue of the March ar.d
Mi*«rc warrant iworn oat by Wll
uamm.
Uormunt representative» would
make do official «taUtaknta on the
matter pending conclusion of th« la
vki^gatioaa. Se.turc by carton· mon
.· laid to bar· been made on the
κ round that a «bipmert of anna wai
oeing attempted without compliance
with maritime ronlationt which call
for manifarti.ig all export*.
Th· government tnveJtigatora in
formed that after· th· »coad craw
had aiturned charge of the ship, «orna
as identified panool in a launch hail
ed the watchman and naked parmia
•ion ta rama»· from th· tmhI ma
lappiiaa." A curiou* mambor of the
aboard tha Cut Side by miatak·. The
ere aboard the ehlp vitkoat aatherity
from tk· owner·.
A description of the eeimod irai
aad part». M Btd· hy William* la
h» application for tbo *WMt, lu·
(Iii4oi ill hundred Thompma r»V«i»
chine (run·; thirty atn thlrty-repo·
elt y mifu nri, il ft y f.fiy-eapar ly
ira· mwino» ft»« on· hundred
capacity drug macaa.nei; oiffb;y u
trn thirty rapacity box Bka«aun«i;
twenty fifty-capacity dram aau·
i.'an; twenty one hjr.dred-cayaciir
«ipiiMi and hundred· of fart* of
martiina gun*. William» ra»e bit re
i.docce aa Hotooken.
MARINES OFF» COMMISSION»
TO QUAUFIIO COLLEGE MEN
Qradaatr* of dlalinga liked miliary
arhoot* aad reliefea, whs p*m the re
Iqa.red examination, will ha fieea aa
eppertonitjr to eecare commuaient a*
ncond lieutenant» In Ik* Marino
Corp· Roerve, accord inp to an an
nouaeement mad· ky Major General
ioka A. Lcjeone. the commandant οί ι
tk· corpe. While on active doty la
the Weoerro at Qaantir·, Va., they
will be fhren InatraethHi aad train
ing, pending their »*aaiineix»-i for
pomanent eemmiaaiefte la the Marine
Corp· next December.
A boat 1 to ο Ac* η wfll he repaired
to All varaacle· exirtln* :« the corpe
neat Janaary. Fifty non-ceaialMlM·
ed offleen are to reeaire injunction
at th· Marin· Cory· Tnrtltate here,
and «10 tahe the «aamteation far
peraaunt rommiaeion· In the Merino
Corp· before the officer*. arrvlr.f
temporarily In the Reeerve at Qua*·
tiro, are examined.
A hoard of medical en m In era will
oaaalne cand.dale· fro· the mil wry
achooli and mlleg*·, and a certificate
of the phyatcal f taira· will fttrnltk
credential» for their accopUnc* at
Maria· Corpe recruMing etatran· and
their aaaifameet ta duty at Quaat.ee.