THE
Volume VIII.
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Dunn, North
FOURTH OF JULY
CELEBRATION IS A
GREAT SUCCESS
Townspeople And Countr)
People Moot Al Fairground·
On Independence Day
ATTENDANCE GREATER
THAN IS ANTICIPATED
Athletic Event», Sm|m( Con
testa, Fiddling, Banjo, And
Dancing Exhibition· Greatlj
Enjoyed) Racing And Bate
ball G «me» Are Exciting And
Thrilling Eventa of Big Day
Ca rryir κ out the elaborate proarrur
planned by the Harnett County Agri
cultural Fair A»«oci*tion, town»
people and country people f.om milci
■round in the nrighborinR district
gathvrrd yr.ituJav In the Fair
fround* and celebrated the glonnuj
ourth in grand old atyle.
Seldom ha· a Fourth of July ctlc
bration been m> thoroughly -njoyn
a· that which took pWe ysstsrdsy
every feature contributing it· plea*
ure to th* largi ciowd.
Featured by the u*ua1 athletic con
tr«tK, -ΙηκΙηκ contests, horne, motor
cycle, and bicycle rare», and by the
two prettieat ball gum»» coen on the
total lot this uuon, the program *»·'
up t» the Ktandaid in every detail
the crowded g rand»land took an un
usual intcrcit in all th* conlcaU ut
the program. an irterett reaching iu
highest pitch la the hell game» which
doled the program yettrrday after
noon.
At ten o'clock the Duke Ra-id, un
der the leadership of Mike Rose nart
ed off activities with a concert or
the Wilson and Lee corner of Broad
atreet, shortly after which the [va
rado began to form. By thii- time the
crowd» began pouring into T)unn,
•nd whan the parade actually took
place the majority of the morning
ffru\/d had tllOft/iv roaokwH llunn ·»%Λ
were ready for the fairground events.
The parade was the only wont ot
Ui« day tint fell ohort nf expectation]
and *>■ a rather abbreviated affair.
Clearly, the feature of the prorejftoa
WU the American l.^mn float, rep
resenting an American transport and
very beautiful In It* affect. Λ num
ber of aiealy decorated ear*, and an
aaanally large r metier of decorated
bicycle*, were also ln the line
. pgc Wl^BPo* fbnnr -witlr —fell
foncé KtPnlriroiinl· with tire ar
rival of the constituent» of the pa
rade and the maai of follower*. The
athletic event· were the flrat on the
firogram, and the usual dashes and
ong race» took place. One of the
mod interesting of these event* wan
the Dnnn-Dakc relay rare which was
won by the local aggregation com
peted of Wilkin*, Cleturn Wil»on,
Willie Newberry and Ellison God
da rd.
Perhaps Ihe moil exciting racra oc
curring in the morning events were
the bicycle and motorcycle raccs In
the latter Kdgar Johnson. R F Γ>„
Dunn, driving a Harley-Dav.dton with
tide car attached, won a two mile teit
over Jeaalc Butler, a local boy. driv
ing an Indian. Ko official time wa·
kept for the race, but Johnson tin
iahed half straight away head of But
ler, and went oat with a walk away.
No unusual lpeed wai attained by
either driver, though with the track
In ita prêtent condition, and the driv
er* riding ordinary motorcycle* th?
sixty mile* an hour registered by
Johnson'* speedometer aaveral timei
on the short sti-aight away was a good
rate of «peed.
The fan usually found in watch
ing the greasy pole climbed *»« amiss
yesterday due to the fart (hit thvre
were no contestants for tbia delight
ful event. But fT* ihe dancing jig
content which occurred jmt before
the clejc of the morning celeb.alion,
the gathering was furniahed a rr«at
treat. Oliver Warren W1I winner of
th« clog dancing prine, winning oot
over Half a docen other able candi
date*.
During the procedure on the ath
letic field, in the gra.idrtand th.· Ring
ing content took place and th* tinging
of th* *l«von ciauw· participating
continued throughout th* *nti · mor
ning. the voira* of the choir» ringing
out over the field and acene of out
door activities The Bfthiedi Clan,
ai>der th* foad*r*hip of Α. Τ. Dixon,
wan th* fir«t prise, and the tecond
and third prlxo* went retprfl'v»!» to
th# Trinity Ctata. I*d bv 6. II. Bare
foot, and th* Junior Claa* of Dakc,
led by J. M. Or*.
Th* two baacball gam*·, the horr«
lactn and a vide mlitt'.ng muio rar*,
constituted th* afternoon program.
Th* afternoon hall ηm»» brought an
additional crowd of «everml hundred
people to th* fairgroondis coming,
from LilllngtOfi and Bern ο» Ut * ip
p*rt th· two rierting ball clabj.
Th* male race, participated in by
ail or eight young e*n< <·»!·ι>«», wa<
one of the fanniv«t tight: of the day,
and tbo daring yoang bar<-bict: fill
er* w*ro wildly rtueiad at they roan·
ded the car»** of the half mil· rae<
tiaeh and da*h*d dawn th· atraighl
away.
Donn people wem in thair glory
In tj»e elating of the celebration of
Independence Day yeitorday afUr.
noon when Herfc Taylor** protegee·
took both *nd· of a dooble header,
and furnirhed th* local fane a «ml
exhibition of high daw amatrar base·
ball. Lliltngten, an irdep«ndem team
waa defeated I* the Initial conto«t bj
a 1-1 κ*η, and Benin*, on· of th<
Kaet Central l.eag*· team*. wai
beaten In tho regular achcdulad game
Attendance at th· celebration wai
not naît· m large a* that at fir»!
hoped for by ρ remoter» of the day
but wa* much Inrgrr than egpeeUd
and Hi the afvemoea nearly rca-h-r
Γ * I - " ' '·
Cumberland Railway
U Sold For $75,00C
! ι
Ttytllwllk Property u Bid I· B)
H«rb«rt L. Jmu Ftr ΤΊμ
Ij Boadhelder·
J Payrll*viU«·, July ϋ.—The entin
hold us» of the CumbrrlanJ RalWaj
and Power company, Including piυρ
irrti*j and fmnchiw.' in a d»iwa Nortl
Carolina town.» wa« bid In fur a com
mitt*» οf bondholder* by Herbert L
J on(«, president of the rnmnaoy, al
;th» publir «al* hero yesterday. Thi
sale »a< in compliance with a court
nitlei Usood Kiimc titru «pu and wai
conducted by Ν. Λ. Sinclair, of thil
city, and Jam<* II. Fou, the commit
jaloner* appointed toy that purpuw
Mr. Sinclair dcclarcd today that th.
faw'di undoubtedly bi· confirmed
an both the comraiwiMii. and ih.
receiver will recummcml ill vonflr
.mation. The coounlMloiter* will i<
port to Judgrc Ε. II. Cranmei at San·
ford «η July 26.
Mr. Sinclair alco made the announ
jcemrul today thai Ihe bondholder·
plan to continue th» kjratrm in opor.
at.on, taking active chaise a> toon ai
the fnle u confirmed.
Mr. Jones' bid waa $75,000 for the
'property a» a whole and »a« made af
'ter il»e p,opi-^ly. divided into »cven
portion·, hud been put up for separ
ate bid·. Thcae bid· agffreiraled !♦*,
200. The court order having provid·
j»d that the bid mo>t in the intrre·!
'of the «tockholdrrj was to I·· recom
mended for (Uieptance. Mr. Jonet'
bid picvailed anil will br reported
fnvombly to Ju>l|ce Cramncr. Mr.
.S.nt'lali' declared today the rmult of
the i«d» "imcQ t.1 give entile aafii·
faction to cvciybody euncerned.
I TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE
Th·· fiillnwinis tt«n»fer» of real e«
Jtate have been recorded in the uftica
of ReirUtcT of l>*ed» Fauceite dur
'irur the ua*t week:
I W. H. Stephen»on and wife and
othei« to W. H. Gregory. #0 acre* in
t Black River, 1100 and other consid
eration.
j Λ. C. Womack and wife to W. P.
Well», 85 acrea in Barbecue. 13.600.
I C. E. Stilcklanrf ami wife and oth
er* to Koy Moore. 24 ocre» in Grove,
*3,000
I Dan.il IL Pope to (Senrva Pope,
mil «M. ICI HI AVrrilDOnj, PUUp
Nr*po,; Mfg. Co.. to W. H Crow
ion, lot in CoKdkhury, #100.
J. E. Ktephrnaon and wife and 0U1
era to Molhc MrLeod and other*, 100
'acres In Upp^r Utile Uiver, |10 and
oin«r toniiderattonn
REFORM EUS BAIJCED
I Jeraey City, N. J„ June 18—Vie··
Chancellor Sirvmion today dee Us ad
to aft on a tnotion by the liitarna
em wmm nmr«
directing -frorontor Te* Richard to
ahow cauaa why he ahould not he re
mained (rem etaging the Denfuy
Carpentier light in tnia city Satur
day.
jlaal year'· murk, when the financial
deprrtaion ui Uic piescnt tiirçe waa
|not in evidence. From eleven o'clock
In tnr morning the huge grandatand
|»aa practically filled continuously,
Mad tec mo.e eager and aelf-iacrilic
ing oi the lnd«t>rml<_ncc Day rciebra
tur< weathered the severe hat and
.watched the «venu from the field it·
aalf.
ÎPRIZE WINNERS IN JULY 4th
I CELEBRATION ANNOUNCED
Slng.ng Contest—First prise, Weihse
da. choir, A. T. Dixon, Uadtr, Dunn,
Stcond pnxr, Oid Trinity ehoir, O.
H. baretcot, leader, Hereon. Third
'pn*e, Unii Junior choir, J. Ml. Core,
leader, IJuke.
ι a»i<r race·- Pace — Bail B. owned
by Λ. W. {lodges, Hrnioii.
ι ùcccrtd—ίΛιιοη, owned by J. L).
McLeod, Dunn.
I ia>iu—ι>ο*α LHly, owned by W. H.
J^rmgan, Ouiin.
ι , r bai ,n eeu hi Uiue, owned by A.
W. Itoilge·, oensou.
, ,.iu—.'.,1, μι^ — rear·, owned
by il. t. irrji, uuiui.
Ul-ll,l|·* 'rfMlC* 1'411C, OW..ed by ·* '
L. Mull, raytueviin,
ι ι iii ι ο—Ji.«nt, ο···«ιΙ by Mccaulcy
liuUcr.
. ι ><iaiing Corneal, firat p. iae, Ε. II.
Cole; second prise, W. r. iluUor,
'third prise, u L. strum.
|<··.·Α t __ · II. .» 1 — - tlf u
Jonc»; i«cend prise, W. C Best. Clog
damlnf, Itrnt ptl»', Uub Warien; »o«·
and pme, J. t-aikor; thiid pris·, Uco.
Me Lamb.
I 1LKI yard daih, firtt prit*, HaAnc
Smith, aet-oad prize, J. W. Parker,
Jr.
Itroad Jump, firat prit*, Artfcar
Tew; second prix-, J. W. l'arker, Jr.
Pole Vanlt, Willie Newberry,
j i.iyh Jtimp, Caria.id Hnrton.
I l.ieyelo l»co, fût ρ *e. Prod
Rtunrsi «ceoad p. >m. IjhIIc Hot>mn
Hi 'f .vlilr Re-β, boy* under It
firtt prfic, Hateie Pmith, · econd priio
T. W. Byrd; Ihlnt pr'xo, Arthur Tew.
Rt'ay tare, Dunn » ι flake, won
by Dunn represented by Newberry
Wll«»«, anil Godd*rri.
Moto.rycle rata .-Edaar Juhnenn,
ridinu a ttarlry David eon
I arirMt Sulk of rot ton, fJrM pria·,
(rua η ο distributor, li R. Barefoot, a
wardtd by Uutlvr H ι other·.
fltalk of rotten with largeot
number of bloom· Xteteon hat, J.
iG. Mome, awarded by Johnton Brna.
j f.aryert 'talk of eo.rn, IS.00 In
■ yeM. C. J. Core awarded by the
State Bank and Tnwt Co.
I Oldeet wnimnn, aflk »hlt1 w»Ut and
f '1 home Mr*. Wînîfred Tatt. aye
•1 awt'dnl by ΡΙι·'Λ»βι Hrj«
• **e-«t Clown, <îrar*llle TiVhman
Jr.
■>- ». •leroiated ••tomob"» Eltl«
OnMate'n.
Si»t '•"«ηΜ patriot'r float. An
erlean I-o^nn.
'n (r'td ♦«. inelr» mimb·"·! won
·▼ MIHon A. William*. Mr., Rather.
1-0 A''en. Mr·. Γ H Jaekeon, and
Mr* C. V. Stewart.
{DECLARES LEAGUE
ι WAS BORN TO UVE
' Huib C. WâlUc·, Setirinf A»
! baa*adoc To France, Speak
er at Pari· Dinner
I Hftri·, July 4.—The retiring Am
id ira η Ambassador, Htirh C. Wallace
■peaking tonight at the Koarth el
July dinner of the American Cham
ber of Commerce, cxpie*«d th· b<"
ili«r thai ".ho l.«i|gt of Nation* wai
bom to live and hi* hop· that America
» II Join it In due ecaxon lie aaid:
"Friend* for lt>0 year*. Frenchman
and Amcrtcan* ought now to b* bro
ther* in all bat blood. Stretching
iback through the yean arc th« joint
j memories of two great alliant a· and
many vlctotinua field». Aa we stood
toge'hrr at Yorktown and mort thaa
la century afterward, fought tide by
jxide at the Argonne and on 'the
ι Marne, so -wc chould align uurccWat
in the future. There can be no break
.in an alliance between two people·
jwhow heart* and mind» krep time
.and tune in th· harmony of a common
I understanding which ha* endured for
five generation*.
Perfect Alliaae·
"Dut that alliance should be pep·
fectad. The world ii In ι state of
tiansitian and long with new brand·
ar.es and the birth of new utatea will
rome new Inteictta, new hopna and,
alas, plentiful opportunities fur dia
.'cerd and disagreement.
ι "I thall never give np my faith
|thai the League of Nation* wa* bora
to live and the hope that America
will join it in du· season—«apposing
il activa and efficient in exercising
it* power for gwxl. Then· will atifl
be much nerd for the Individual sup
Ïiort which rranrc. America and
ireat Britain are beat able to give
I it. That «uppurt mu»t rext apon a
purpow In which national ambitions
•hall be willing to forego something
in the interest of the common weal.
It 1* not enough that the great rtatea
of the woild shall act an examnla to
lot small ones νια point the way
«kirh lead» to rood government and
piosperity to all. Por a long time at
'least they nouij be Willi** to tak·
|thelr f<«bter brother! by the hand
and help them to the proper enjoy
ment of the now birth of freedom
which cam* with thend of the great
war.
FrtaM Mutt Itmif
"But Franc», before the caB do
.much mor· for a world ahe did 10
jirtuch to tavc, must receive her due.
Il is an anomaly In history that Uia
! victor ihould fare wo rte than the
vanquished, bat will aqyeae deny
/hat Prance emerged from the world
war in werae plight than her greet,
enem» Τ Wnrit of althaea—» te«W
W e*«# III— lr
debt. And to whom doe· Pianct owe
this and all that caned it? Who in
vaded and aought to de»troy hert
Who, beaten back at last, left noth
ing but mirery and rain behind*
"The world knuwi the anrwer and
divine justice will 1MB the penalty,
cirrmany niiut pay. And Ac mast
pay in fell. The Treaty of Versailles
waa framed not to be broken or ov»
ded bat to <>· enforced. No (treat
treaty in hlatory received more anx
ious or careful consideration through
weary month*. A great President of
Uie llnlted State· came to the con
ference with the single ambition to
do Justice to all. He awed for nothing
for America, but ha aought · lasting
peace In Europe and hia colleagues
of France and England law and <·Η
as b« did. They tried to make peace
that would end war. Heavenly wisdom
ha· not yet descended upon the earth
and the wiaest statesmen have never
been and never will be infallible. The
Ticaty of Versailles doubtless con
tains mistakes, which time will show,
jut one mistake that was net made
was undue severity to Germany.
CcrmiRT Mutt Pay
"1 hope with til my htirt for fa
tare i>«ece among the nation·—that
peace of justice which all sought to
bring about at Veaaillea—for our
children and all who shall come after
Ihrm. I do out speak In any way for
the new admfaistratioa at Washington
nor do ( speak for the United States
by virtue of a commission which I
am laying down. But if I knew the
American people, I toîcc their acn£·
mtnte in laying thii: That until
Germany repair* the «vil «h* bu donc
lo Prance, to Belgium, to Italy u4
to the wurld; ond until Mi* pay* the
Ariit «He own to rivlltaat'.g· to Λ»
la«t (thrrr, America cannot foal truly
at peare with har. Wa entered the
war at the friand of franca and
Friends wa remain.M
JRACG RECEIVES ORDERS
FOR PERSONNEL REDUCTION
·
Camp D an, Jeljr ί—Order· h»Ta
l:ien icceived at Camp Branjr relat
ing to Uta redaction of the ara? ··
deeidîd r:>e»nUy by ()o<uprcai. The
initri et'on from th- War Department
rtate that any enluted man la the
Amy may aocura hi* diaeharfe frota
lh·· military' reivke by mahtn* a writ.
len applicxilo ι fo i«ch diKhars·.
Mrt> in the army, with dependent*,
are hereby fomiihed the opport«nity
of re-entering cirll Ufa at a time when
c.Ttra allotment* far dependent*
'h.reUfure in affect, have been with
Id iwn. It i* expected that a auMalent
aanther of «oldier», other than th«*a
■ with dtpendenta, will tahe advantage
of the opportunity offered, *o that
the army will be reduced te a
ttrenffth of |1H,DH by October tat
a* required by recant act of Cmi
lareca.
ι j
' The Duon haevball team play* tta
>i»xt ichednled rat egainrt Benaon
en B( naon'i ft rid Friday afternoon.
Ciptain "Midget" Newbairy hnpea ta
have thia team working well in prac
tice thla week and la gond thape far
the important ta»« Friday. I
Wade Prldrrn, who la eonnacUd
*'ilh a contracting company lit Ra
leUrt». «pant th* weak *nd and the
Fourth in town with hi* parant*.
Cort Fhr·
To,
Teatatlee F If·»—
Wmkinfton, Jaly I.—Tk« coat pf
running the United Btate· isvim·
m«it doriny th« fWoal no wfclch en
ded Friday «μ Ι,11*,Μ7.Μ9, accor
ding M the TMtfjr DMvtMiafi
statement far the cloac ai basin·»
Jane 10. The f
•object to ftaal
niH from all
Inff a drop of
vtoaf fear, a..
•60. and theta
in the genera]
$»4·.«7β.10·, οι....ι w aeai opo
mi far eaeveral '4m Inonditvw
avenftd araud fOjSoO.OOO a day for
the w*tk before the flaeal year end
For tha yaar eaidlat J ana SO. 1IM,
tl« (oianMnt1· bilwa far (I^M
Uepwrrwtafi blûwwU^M
M54M, and It* euecditare* je-,403
A43.S41. All trp^fef lam collecte
dariat the lni M» Viewed loaaa
con pared with 1M« ratant, tot tk,
bit daeraaae waaHa tW toaaaae aad
profita lavy, whfcfc predated |l^llr
04«,1»T in IM1, IM *«,M4,»4M17
the prarrtoae yaar.
Dariat the 1W1 ytar, tha govern
Beat «btalncd jm from
aalea ef Ita seewritler and retired »».
1M.0Î7.170 worth. M aecuftiea. List
_ J t_ âL - Μ il.t .. ..
181/8,144,711 paid jd'jrinj Um jwr aa
Interact aa all Jtiai of dafcta.
TIM (mm natlae*! Ml at the e»d
year It was M4JM.44T. Tha high
polau la tha debt «f tha Uattad State·
for all ttaM aamaAoMt II. 1M».
w|,„ It «μ »ϊβ.«#β,ΤΪΐ^4*.
PNEUMATIC Tliks ~OM ΜΟΤΟ*
TKUCXJ Jfcvt HIGHWAY·
Maay wAl
te carry W
>7 dtMiW ial
war by tha tag
track·. The oata
to war· highway
portant· olpla·
vtth rrfaraaea ]
that la likely U
near· WjWpjl
building thiabar
mot· dorabla au
•eat· of daflail
[iter FIGHT BRINGS
IN ENORMOUS SUM
of All ICWi Nmt A
Million—Unci· Sm
Collects (400,000
Knr York, Jaly I Richard
ffared today that his nit profil fro·
the DtBuiy CuMnUar fakt yester
day would be :η the iwi*V£orb«>ed oi
t«« kandred ami fifty Owuiand dol
Bxaert accountant* werv busy «11
day checkin* and balaacio* the booka
aaed la the promotion of the e<nl«L
Xtckard «aid be did not «Met a Aaal
Mcout atatenant before Wednesday
bat that expanse* of all kind* would
approximate |»60.090 and taxe· an
h la share 1100.000, while the po^l
pU receipt* were expected to a
aeed 11,«00,000.
It wu alio flfsrad act that Deanp
■ey'earned in the neighborhood of
fSt.OM a mlnata (or hi* tea aataataa
Wd It roanda ef actual fi«htia«. Car
peatier*· profita as the laeer la the
tiijftlH ware approximately (K.IOO
» Jefciita. The United States gwrera
MM will receive la eas fam ef taa
kHm' sr aa ether, « i—HwIh put
< the three hundred thouaand del·
lea paid Deaspeey and the two hao
tred theoaand dollars which was Car
share ef the parse. Total
rj»e«*ent proceeds Ire* Um
"V thaa foar handred
theaaaad dollars, ravages ~
tf**ta. The iaeoiae Us will Uks a
toaf, 1160,000 ef the three hundred
hejuand dollars earned by TTassiiai ι
?+ «kjut 177.000 oi CaryentWa
'hare. The Federal revenue free· the
S1?. *£$***·*» "ill amoaat to a boat
FlfOjgOO.
TMMt aellcr* who resold the paste
"V* ·» *■ iaersassd price are re
*"*?* to *Î*e fifty per coat ef their
wofRs to the gevarnaieat. The State
Ϊ *ew Jersey. aadar previaioas of
• Λ *"t ^W^ti tn p+r
545 BLnSVSffyi
iftla rnimm «win k. a λ IP. _ Τ
praceedâ oi the boot.
"·,#! for Franc*. Dapl»^
:».&££ îiWttjsa
ι*4 ιΓηΚΓΪ.
gr-rfvp—■*jyy ta ·"
«ml ta Ywamt*, rfbrlntl·· »^n
DOM the wnino ®f the dlfJSÎi
call ImmJ aad mw
1 Ιι*·>ρ thi» vn| m
oar aa · par «at, the aiMu nu
f"W 4«· October IT, ]·!·. Car
ier in the week, bath atw loan· aa4
vnrval· «m au!· half a polat h Ma
L JLÛ? 5?ί* '·Γ.f>a4" «·»*·
*·. 8}*ek lo·"» ware ro
••«W aa ϋτ)«| ban and* at s 1-f
« 41-t par cent. Time money wa>
looted at · percent. aa mixed eol
■trral. and half a point higher as
dl-mdoatriali. While litUo change as
In the matter of more liberal
iccominodatioru, there «rai» lndiea
»an» that the Incraaiod rnpply of
janfuada would ιοοη load ta larger
riferinfi of time money. With the
MMinc of the mid-month heavy Oper
ation^ the Government'· «HhdrawmJi
r»« the member bub tfela Weak fail
th* amoant taken
>ot reaching «ΐ·.0»7.·0·. Gold eon
anaed to imn In volaaia from Ka
ropa, and there wan no indication*
>f *" early c emotion of the Inflow.
».· \*,9" ·"' for the beat name*,
lad at Τ per cent far thote lorn wall
in own. Local hanlu. which had bean
Mldln. aloof from the commerîS
Mper market rinco the oxijUoce of
•he hl*h money rate*, are reported to
uva entered the market aula to
**t,.th· U γ loe*er almoat
•holly confined te the Interior i nati
on tlon*. LMt weekf· local Pad era·
Jteaerve bank statement diacloaad a
teeiyaee In the ratio af total raaerra·
- .«rwia »■"— Μ.· ΗΓ MBt, In
the ρητίΜΐ we«k to M.« per cent,1
rtll· for the whole ayateas um «nul
ι MIm Iron M J to ΜΛ per cent,
rw Clearing Hou*· buki reported
a thejr laat weekly atatemeat ■ de
trMM la rarpla· rcaenre of ΙΙ,4Τ·,>
lie. There WM an ineraaae la Ue
loan He of 1115,β 11.00#.—Den'·
1er lew, Jim St.
Τ He i» Animent* for Um aee of the
fanerieaa Leg-ion Band, whlefc Is aow
indergoing organisation, have mrrtr
id aad the candidate· far the band
elN begin prattle· at mm. Um la
itiwaioata are all high elaa* and up
la date model·, aad the Ba
ttel··· wlU hare aa haadiaap of peer
croisa eat to retard their MMTm
Mue· lntereat la being jaanlfeated la
Km project aad H la hoped that ta ·
iear moettt* the Aaadcai Lefltn wQI
have a* honeet to gaodiMM waeiral
irganlaatlea here.
ha pact Increaeei with Hie (peed af
the track, aad It I· therefore kighly
dejlrable ta I halt apacd by atriet re
gulation, the aee of paeamatk tire»
would make higher weed perariaeable.
The teeta of the Boreaa af Pah tic
load· have pointed the war to in
scientific deaijnisg of read· far Ba
tor track traOe, aad there ie every
aasa ranee that englaaere will now be
able te baild road* with pcaaHcal aer
ials fty that they will withatmad the
blow· of heavy vahleUa
Puither reaaaaraace In thta reaped
lia· la tin Information that maaofae
tarer· ara net banding υ many
track* exceeding I tea· caaarfty ai
formerly. The namber af Mdaatrtaa
la which vary large traeka caa to
kept conilnaooety working la extra,
mehf Uaritod, ae that the likelihood
of ferthcamtng Bator track hmagi
to pabtic Wghwaya ia coaaiéefahly ra
Wesley Federation To
Be Held At
O. V. w
Laiiafto*. Jaly 8 —Ο. V. Woolly
■aaday achool field wcrKiry of th·
WMUnt North Carolina! conference,
made ^AIK her· today the program
οf Ike third annual fad·ration of Wen
1er Bible Claaaaa of the canferaoae
to be held at Lair Juaaluaka Jaly
11-11. Aa intereating promu (t ia
and a large attendance If expected.
A large gtmber of armnlBant Me-j
thodiat laymen aad m (ni» ter « ara an
lk« program. inaluding, Re*. W. A.
Jeakint, of Charlotte: Dr. Ε. 0. Wat.,
•on. of WaAiiftw, D. C.l J. M. Hal·'
land, of GaaUnia: J. R. MeRary, at
Lexlneton: Dr. J. U. Therrell, of Oe-;
al a. Α.; M. W. Brabham Rev. W. C.1
Owen aad Re*. I. R. Stanford of.
Naakrltta, Taaa.i Re*. W. B. Bbinn.l
of hUAurr: D. E. Hesderaon aad,
In. Π. G. Hardin, of Chailatta: Or.!
Coaryo R Stuart, of Birmingham,,
Ala.; Re*. Caitack Hank, af Lake'
Jonaloaka; and Ο. V. Woo*ley. Lax.·
ingteo.
Aaide from the addreeeei on topic* '
directly bearing a* the «ark af the
fédération cUart and the Informal!
d lac nation* and reportv there will be
an addreai hy J. ίΤ MeRary, of Lax-1
Ingtaa, an "TV Junalnaka Klectrio
Ooaa." which cram waa nffuM by \
Mr. MeCrary at the flrat martin* af
the federation held at Lake lona'.ua·'
ka in 1*1·. >,
R.-d-ieed rate» for the rvrj'.-.d trip
on tbt identification eoimUM c*<- 1
t'f irate plan have b*en aecurvl,
keta to bo good until September 14,
adequate accommodation» at raaaoa- 1
able charge· ara aiaared, oryanlted 1
play, plenty of ymmaa, and Chriatlan 1
fellowikip In aa atmoepherc and mr- 1
rounding· nacxaalfed at* offerrd, aad 1
" waatern North Carolina'· 1aw 1
faatlly Wrial (null.
Mr. CMt was ■ brother of Βen»y >
Xeatper Cook, who wu Maud for
Mm ·β» of Co*»mor by « tllgbt «or- "i
Ê. He wu'i native of Unlet, bo..ι
ο ·ο« of Hmrjr ond Catherine Ay-'·
on Cook. Ho It Mrvived by his «Mow '
his brother, Hoary Keeper Cook, and 1
his *t«Ur, Mix Ada 11 Cook. The widow ι
and PtUr â rr here.
Mr. Ceok't first work «u that of I
» fs'unrr. Be was i^cessful la · ι
bifi way outil lowering cotton price· '
bt ought financial roranoa errerai ι
year* ago. Thou he began the opera-1 ;
tion of a sales stable in Tail Bluff. M..
C. A disastrous fire rplnej kit for)
too* tbero. Tbom bo eoaia to Dunn to '
•nfafa in tba grocery business. Ho
was successful bore until but year'*
Are 4«strayed bis (tack. Tbls final re- j
▼one, however, 4M not deter bbn, nor!
did Η affect bis genial Jlfpostlioa ι
Ha started in boahtee· scale and wu
well on bit way to recovering Μ» |
wealth wboo death rame.
He waa deeply interested in alt ι
thlagi affecting the public weal. A 1
staunch Democrat of tba Bon THlaa* ·
type, be bed no patience with tbo po
licies of any other party. Bvery can-1
paign found hias actively fighting for (
tbt principle· which wen· « real part
of hit life. Mr. Cook will be aeriovaly I
■ - - *
**■*£· Relations Service of Umi
United Stat·· Department of Ajrri
c abort w< the fr.d.ral Board fori
V.î?^tlβ?J,?,î'h,β*tiβ,, 11 *■· b«rn ta- !
D**TO Uacher* ara in
need of aU the aeaittanee poeatble.
Tw* coa ι m of atadp, one m plant
production and th* other in rainai
production, vara prepared by the ,
United State* Départaient et A«r1cu)
torc following invtttifatiea* into the '
problem*. condiUoai, and faetlltiea of '
the netro *cheola A ««cialiK la u
ricaltaral (attraction «ai fhat de-,
tailed to elalt the achool where afrl·
e«km ara» taaaht. The aMMi and
jpraetkaa aaed ay the teachara wart I
Lobecrved and available fee 111 tie* Mt-'
r«d. The (tap· aad animal* «raw· in
th* varieaa Stat*· were ee»*dered.
la the pian of the Ictaoa*, ica»on»1
itqaence wm fellewod. and no leaeona
which ware net adapted to aoathern |
condition* ware iaeladad.
Farther work in eonnectioa with
te* ooaravi of ttady wat Sea*
through ceafereace* hold ht hath
Haaiptoa and TaMrtgee Injtitute*. A
large Bomber of Oie leading negro
efiicpKural teacher* for th* Heath
attended Infraction in th* practical
'aaptUatlti of the two coarae* wai
ffieea ta the teachcr*. who art bow
•tin* them *xtea*W*ty
1 The State* Betatian* Service of the
United State* Departmeat of A*»i
caKare alee faraiahe* ether pahllea·
tioa*, cla*aiftad Net* of matrnal aaa
fal to teacher* *f agricuRvrr. and
hiatem did·*, aa reqoeata taaao la
for holy hi th* Mr re
. °M «J- «*«*· ahoa* a nicka] *j
RUL Stai.
COTTON CROP MAY
FALL FAR SHORT
I Ferwsts Uhrt 1·
Quarter oi CmAmry
Waahlngton, Jaly 1.—Cotton pro
duction thia year prowlaoi t* ki Dm
t—Heat crop of the lut «Miter of
• cm tory, today* («rtcwl ky the De
fiitoMl of African·*· ylocing It
κ MU,«00 bal·*, or Ntriy «τ· Bil
lion bal·* «mailer than loot year*·
crop and nearly right Billion Mm
below the record crap W II1C Thia
year1* acreage la tt.4 p% «rat aukr
than la at yea**·..
The atnaft thia year la the wall
rat date 1900 aW never before ae
rordlng to the department of egriewl
tore, baa there bee· ao great a
chance from aoe year to another in
urease aa thrr t ha* bee· from laat
fear to <hie year.
The condition of the growlag crop
kaa not in twenty yeara been ao tow
»n Jane II aa it waj thia year. All
lecuoua of Mm cotton .belt ha* beea
iffocted. It ie dee aecordlr κ to gov
irtneat exporta, to an advrraely late
ret aprtnc. and to the presence of
k>U weevil in larg* η art at
Owl»* to th» unfavorable coadi
lona of April end May and to other
liacoeiatiat factor·, abortag* of fo*»
illaer, and naaatiafartory price ahan
lonaaent of planted eetto3 atriaw
wa bean greater than nanti rut of
he Mlmlmippl river, raa*lag tram
Ive per cent In North CaioUaa and
llaetaaippl to aa high a* IP per Mat
η Georgia. Wart of the NWimiupl
ibaedoament haa bee· aL**i. The
ihandpwnent waa taken late eoaiaid·
ration, the crop reporting heard an
loanced. In Ito preliminary eothnaU
f aareage.
The aioeent of oawmirrtol fartl
iaer uaed per aere an aetteai thia year
«cording to the reporta wrhtog tho
tateaa ef créa laHinal aa, la aha·» M
«r cant ef the averaare amenat nead
«anally In the fomr yean. lOlT-tO;
rjrgmla report** ••.North Camille
I·; Florida TS: Alabama, ft; Xloaia.
Jppl„ M( lUeietona. «. Taaaa. 41:
" *'■* »·. ■» II ι ■■■« «wp. « «BBC·
Ρ* " "21 "ii"?en bat
«proving. Tnak and autan· m
Wr. bat dryiac op far lack of rain.
Hhyand piwn aba n.«d rain: tba
rentrât «aediUa· »Trra*in* fair U
ti. Xmft in Moora, «km tbare
• ▼** food era*, irait it
»eer a*er tba MaU.
The Ihre-atock π,fir la μπμΙ er
*be»a. and embMe· (m4 A aurphu
afjmrabrad eattla L reported ta Ca
tawba aad kofi ara
lata ia liokamid, PaaqaAtaak. jurf
Câtafrt)·.
keporta iadWat* that tba 1*M| art
In im4 condition aa far aa cwlttva
tiaa (ou, «M that tba irai ara #«·
»r»lly hi (Md «bay*. Co apa ratHra
market! av la tba aMin topic af eoa
varaation »Λι>φτ«, aaa jaaaaber
•bfp auapaûynj art autkla* wary aat
Lifactary pi-ogreae.
Tbr labor rawly U plentif a) ibnaab
aat af tba baat grade. litVainl u4
Anton rifoH tMpaail aaa af atd*
bat tba lam ' —
tmarally thia ;
(aat af aiiiial.
trof^k wyttol Tba
«ettan bait baa a lata a»d (rrenlar
.toad . jri* Hi m .eat ·ΓτΤ5ί
»r«M>miitU| MH.M· bt)n
Tba general frail arty la detllnin,.
due ta bat aad try lilbli
of <w DtatrWt .f OaU*TV
mmft ta be iMtM to tba
•f Jew before that eeart.