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V DUNN DBMTtH. mI m •mimai days ago tofltgMft Fftb-j Ifthed u f—tT |j givaa ■—< Daniala to th« Washington «orrte-j pondaat ad Ma n»gi|w in which the former Secretary of tha Nary (ttod that It mga easy far Canaan to gat aoary frees tha Federal gar 1 anaaat threngh tha local haaka and •dated aD who waiw net aMe to dai to to ta—e.lratc with A. W. Me tmm. of tha Finance Corporation Mr. Daniob and. tt appear tint the haaka of North Corolla, wort not doing the fan 4»ty toward the farm to. It doealopo that haaka of the Dnaa Dirtrirt hart haan doin, all U*y could «e tor the (amor. Wherever / a dTNmaad lamer has called tor help, ft has haen gie.n to hte tt be W»« ante or wunag to giro to um Dan* j oo of setwtlj a*4 mfoty by thr government. Thar* ia this part of the reentry, aawittiagneae oa the part to giro the beak the Wltbeat this the abU or willing inrtanree farmer* who own co&oe hare ~*—* for It so happsas that the st is wiliag to take eettr receipts as sseaxity for I Bat tbt ftnun m atent tdh >aot boon wilflng to kypethl. eato sash aa suet, deeiri'ag to held the < i fer hotter prices and ready • to h ty « of ■ m$T who are net wilting to pse tect it la a wap It hatimim they T.IMp m H km, pi i n might b* remembered by mu <i oar otoeeiy reader, that aoca anon 1 time a* ownvd aa alirgrmi aaloaio- i »*• kaowa u “FUriur " Amt ear wa ill that an aotamoblla shouldn't be. < Jehoagb it "tak aa aad brung aa” o aad (torn many placet wo should'nt I are *laited Of course, you rciaem mr *. Well n.rr.ue II (a on th. job, 1 JbeH w» are sot its matter, William ‘Shorty" /eckaoa. director of the kvtitary Dairy, it owner of FHvtom rwo. Wesley The®poo* wished It tP*t him law week. tt 1* thy two roa ting board, four fender*, eac top. I Moem caddon* and other aon-ea matiala, hot ran* like hook whenever i :ta innards ar* tlcklotf. BIU cantos < twa anvil*, thro* *todg* hammer*, tm# knitting needle* and a pair of ■rimar* along with him ad th* time to guard agalu* thasa cmergescl** rtkh ar* hound to omens* *t lima ha >wv*t looking IT1 ol* boat—but he'd bettor watch Heady—tha fellow who aarcopa tha streets. No, ladies and goathmun. she who irova Coast Line train No. 80 through Ih* village yaaterday was not Prin cam Paprika Patrirm Pusillanimous. Not at all. not at all. She merely was Ih* daughter of oar war millionaires.’ who. bound from tbe sun kist studs of Florida, ingratiated herself with the genial engine driver and did per Mad* him to let bsr chaff: ur th* big nMKhlae through Duma. Sunday’s New Toth paper* win probably tel! oa af tha daring of this ynang wo man, hot roally tha regular angiaea: w*» aa Ih* Jab to mo that she did no thing that would endanger the train. She only rested bar hand or. tb* throt tle while th* big follow d'rt the driv ing. BASKETBALL OR ROUGH STUFF—WHICH, DUNK? Ow* Q»l»* Rtfnl to Play Locals Un»em They CoaM Ring H Maa Against Roys Harnett County Ntm. Admitting that they wore retaliat ing tor what they please to call “rough staff” palled on them in a former game, the Dunn quint basket ball team depose thusly In the Dunn Dispatch: ‘‘Although clothed in t'-te armor of gridiron gladiator*, Islington'* bas ketball toseers refused ta play the Dunn quint when >t appeared os the eoontyacmt court yesterduy afternoon for the second clash of the mason between the two teams, as a result the game for forfeited to Dunn 8-0. The LUUngton Lillies protested against the playing of on# of the Dunn high school students, question lag his eligibility. Whan the Dunn Whm Insisted that they play- tha Lil lies refused to meet thorn. There was some hud feeling before that, how ever. The coualyeeat boys were out for Dunn's Mood. They contended t^at they bad been roughly treated la their game here several days ago, forgottlag that thay had knocked out three of Dunn’s fellows befors the locale started retaliating. They were prepared for roagh iluff, according ta profeaeor Bcnn, who ooache* the >Duna quint, if the game had boon 'played yesterday—they had all the regain* of footballers.” Athletics at the I.illington High School, though in the embryonic stag*, are anduubtcdly going to be ran in accordiuice with the well es tablished rale of playing what it com monly known in the school* as bona i Me students. Lllllngtdn High School had its first opportunity to establish this fact is so for as it is concerned when the Dunn High School sent its hashstball quint over to play Lilting ton last week, and indeed made Its ihitiaj step in this direction a vary teDiag and effective one. With tha Ant half of the game over and tha sear* standing shout 18 to B in favor of tho LUitngtoo quint, th* Dunn management, or coach, undertook to main some aabstitutlons which the LTOIngton management objected to on | dm ground that one *1 the players wham Dann proposed to gut in war a mas—not a boy- -who has boon long since graduated froju liigh school and has been a boas Mr student of Trinity Cotlago. The object'on was rnado, nut be Share the Ullington quint was afraid to play with this MW substitution, bat because th* UUagteu authorities dkl cot consid er the man pesposed to bo substituted a beau Me high school student. No •a* who ha* been graduated from high ache el atteaded college would be seaside red a bona Me student *f a high school aalam it was shewn that Lite high reWI mod* a ureal ■litab* la g/adaatia* him la the *r»t .iMtasM aad only discovered tba fait after hem* Ratified by the telle** authorities; aad thi« w* kaew waa aet the earn her*. However, eor high ■heel hat tat a yrse ideal la Wilt teaat* la llda rseptci that (ha athaa ssbaals aright unril faSaw. It la tho oat way la wfcith aar ee1'**es ban sHat laatad “rtagae*" from (hair athletic MM, aad hy tha* hartag deae aa ban Mabllebori a fa/ higher regard far athletics than bet haratefero 'wan bald hy tha general yuhlla aad ahaaai at tha variant laaUtgtlaa*. Wt Wha ear hat* af t# the Lifting* M Me*. «. wWh dritaMd thing* If Baaa had taathad bta beys te y»» Mt igsbri “rsagh *t#«" bat sad af da*ta* la a twaghnerh fay paryastt - i Ka*» No*d» Candle ; ‘•Nu.U Carolina in lift! .Uni* Fith the Wad«it agriculturally. wlU| ‘ *an>t •< fourth in the 22 loading rop*. nr it A(\h la thr value of ail ror*." Say* Slatlr-ticiau Prank par tr. "With a total value of 828.500 008 or th- Arid crop* North Caxc'iaa lias uly Team, Illinois, and Iowa lur **-'*rg her, while le th® aggregate tIuo of all crop* wo awrposa Iowa, (ut lot California and Now York ihead. The fruit crops are respond-' >1* for those * tales gottiag op freot, "North Carolina produced lost yoor nore than font par coot of dm value if all crop* In the United States, yet he ha* oaly 1.8 per cent of the im ■ re red tree of the Union." The state crop valwee fer 1921 were w follow*: .<74,212,000 .67,600,000 -orn — ..— 38,415,000 J«y.— 14,077,000 iweet potatoes- 9,992,000 Weh potatoes- 5.788,000 Sey Beans- 4.169,000 Sorghmp- 8.364,000 3»t». 2,142.000 -owpena -- 1.083.000 ?e*ch«. 1,513,000 M>ple« - .. 1,488.000 No wonder Commissioner W. A. ft reham on contemplating this grati fying result declare*: North Carolina ia ia ths same position as the young • sgro who thought the Ku Khut were *ftcr him and waa fleeing from them. In his flight he met Cnele Ephraim rod said, while *1111 gasping for breath. Uncle Ephraim, the Kn Kina i-n aftv me! What shall 7 do Unete Ephraim said, You are doing all right; lust keep on doing it I—Clarence Poo. Ham* Ownership Bast Aside from th« security which the liamo owner enjoys, the possession of his own heme should be the ambition "* every man. Naturally the first step ■i the mast difficult, for the purchase of a home maws a cash payment that to usually well boyund tha $1000 mark. Once. that bardie ^ token, however, tha other payments arc easy for they should out exceed, at tbs outside, $TS a month on the kind of a home the average man csui afford. When the current business depres sion, with its deplorable unemploy ment situation goat by th* boards, I believe many more Americans will see the wisdom of owning thalr own home* and thus increasing the per centage of our people who are fra* from the clutches of tha landlord._ Washington Post. HOOVER OFFERED job OF *150,000 A YEAR PMadoiphto, Feb. 17—Aa offer of 11 SO,000 a year lot fhr* years to Seeratary of Cemmanee Herbert Hoo ver to become director of the propoa ol sequi-eentcnala! exposition in Phil aletphia in 19** baa been mads by Kdward Bek, it was announced today ^=====y . •• . - s r.u-hv... Msior -eM that Mr. lok «b> * sow a. F'lirUa hud *rr.:«r. hi;S .1 tttlr tftVct, a>ul tUat tb« mailer would be blue-d win.. lite renlMiclal > -m ,;!t • *■ v.ia at-, li'uovei's utwwer WILD DUCKS FIND AAV.-M si*. l'ANAC/ Jsnw Kl'hr Vi<lw Ir.lwMlhg Lot ts.' Coaeemln; Uf« Of Miputwy Bird* New Bern, Fob. *,A—A l*,r be.-.: in; a number of roues from the scrip i.«Teu and (he name of Juan M'iior. Kir.geri^lc, Ontario, found tied to the leg of a wild duck kille-t recent jr b. Clyde Keener, of Troalui, done* county, near here, bar brought to light the existence of a haven for wiltl fowl on the north shore of Lake Erie to which the feathered tribus In huge number*. Keener wrote Miner advising him of the Anding of the teg. The latter In an answering letter stated that ddiiweauk KTAOVNNUU stated that wild ducks end gceoe stop at hi* fuse daring the course of their migratory journeys and that he and the birds are the best of friends. He said he had built a pond for the fea thered tourists and that ho feeds thorn BOO bushels of corn each year during their two months’ stay at hit ^UKV. 4 Toga From U JUUi Mr. Minor*! letter, In part, follow*: “Thank yon for having reported finding tho tag. I now hare tags re turned to me off wild geese and darks from North Carolina to Hudson Boy. In several instances the tags have been found by Indiana in tho Far North after shooting the birds and they have taken thorn to Hudson Bay agents, who forwarded them to mo. "I hare bad tags returned from 23 different 8tat*e and provinces, tho fartheat south being Guydan, l_»., and tbs farthest wist being Engtcfleld, Saskatchewan. ‘*1 try to tag all the birds that spend some time at my place. Forty per cent of those that I tag in the fall return to mo in the following spring. Others stay hero ail the time, in spite of tho fact that tho weather grows very cold. At I in writing you there ora about 76 wiki geese and 40 wild docks feeding within 60 tcot of mo. They are hooping a mull hole open In the pond and they are depending on me for food. “It took me several years to get the birds coming At last, however a small bunch come and they ap parently told others, until their little flock grow into a small dead. In fact. I have icen the wild gesso rise up is thick that yon could scarcely ace through theta, and their bonking could be hoard over a mile away. “Daring the last six or seven year* I have fad Utvm la the months of Mirth and April 600 bushels of corn. When tho birds stop off hors they •er.m to leave all fear behind them. I've-' - tjauae birds, visiting toy place { i thr first litor let me come within a few ft-ot uf them. They evidently l ave been told by the old timers that there I* no danger. “II is a great tight to tec all theta bird! together. People for 1 miles nracad have heard of what I am do ing and thousands have come to see the tight Even theta strangers can coma within forty nr fifty font of the wild birds without causing them any rij-ht Not a single bird hue ever been >’ « on my premises and the feather ed tourists wera to know tkat when they stop off here they are on neutral ground. , Try to Reeck Safety Zewa “Of course, thla it not so wtth re gard to the surrounding territory, rear which I have no Jurisdiction. I I'-gve teen men shoot and wound a duck or a goose and I have aeon the bird make a desperate effort to roach my place. Sometimes they succeed and permit mo to doctor them. At stker times they fell to the rround before they can reach *f« safety tome. “I am opposed to deliberate slaugh ter of dueka and geese Jus* for the sake of shooting them. We’ve got to be careful and call a halt to thti de I miHvmwil, 1UI VHJVM we Mu CirtlUl | it won’t he many yean More geese [ end ducks arc hard to And. I am try-, lag my best to give the birds what protection I can My system of tagging them *« part of this plan. I have mcei-ed letter* from many hunters who have written me that they up hold me In my work. “There is always f^clneaton in overcoming prejaidiee and dislike. WL'd birds, ef course, consider all men to be their natural enemies. It | ha: risen mighty hard for me to con thw them that I am th«(r friend. Powercr, that conviction now teems •v be spreading among them rapidly. Hundreds of new birds corns hem every year. I caa always toll when | a strange bird arrives. It teems vary *hy. Not ao with tha old timers, how eve". H« cornea sailing in aa fast as lie can, honking a welcome and pro ceeds to stuff himself on corn. “I hare one mallard duck, which TWO— BERKS .. .. hag. - Edit) was hatched and raised by a domestic fowl in 1012. She has now migrated and returned to me each spring and has raised four families in five sum mon—two eights and two nines “My friend, to me my pets return to me year after yaar for food and protection after they have evidently •hied around and outwitted thousands ef hasten who hid in mmbujb for them, and to see wild geese come home bleeding and with legs broken, makes mo feel that my work U really worth while.” ""**8—*i—J— 1. ■ I FOUR BILLION GAIN IN TAXES ON INCOME Five Million Individual >c«u Tax Returns Mi da la Year in* 1 i Washington. Fab. t9—Taxable in- J comes of individuals returned to the I government for the calendar year! 1919 showed an inermts* of nearly! M.UOO.UOO 000 us compared with 191C. according to statistic* isroed tonight by the internal revenue bo-1 ream For the year 1919 there were 5,-1 382,Tut1 individual returns filed for a total income of 819^bS,000,000 at a*» a;, 4,425,114 returns for a tolah of *ic.t,24.000,0,'0 for the previous yea-. Toe true tollccled on the 1919 ref-.u amounted to 91,273,000,000 wh en war a.i hie cure cf 8141,9*18, 000 over tbs year 1918. T...onai return* of Incomes of 81, 001,060 and over totsi-J 16 for 1919 cog cut d wl'li 07 la 191R, while for 1*19 win i atoms tiled for • I income of *5.000,OUO.OUO end over. For 191V there wore S personal re turns of income from $3,000,000 to *4.000,000; seven of ii.<ome from 52.000,000 to S3,000,000; 13 from *1,500,000 to *2.000,000; *4 from *1,000,000 to *1,500,300 and 00 from *750,000 to *1,000.000. The average net income re port*” I for me was *3,721.08 the av.iage amount of rat. *231.18 and tire aver ajot tax, t 39 per can. The number of jebit returns »f husbands and wives for 1911 z»j 8.018.597 and the umber of wives malting separate r» i-orns from their husbands iwaj 64, 114 Tiw nur b.v of cviooratiun i enmo l' X :etamr, ethee U'an pv.ac.til eer vict corporations, for 1910 w;w 320, H9 of which fOs/l'l irported net income amounting te r.9,t 11,003,000 with a total ten of $2,175,003,000 compared with the 1918 figures of 317.579 corporations filing reiurrs of which 292,061 rrpor'.rj n total not income of *8.301.030.000 and a tax aggregating *3,158,000,300. ■ % The Farmers* Friend --OFFERS ONE CARLOAD OF VANCQ PREPAR -ED FLOUR At. per barrel--1_ -$7.75 At, per half barrel..$3.90 At. per quarter barrel___$1.98 At, per eighth barrel_‘_$1.00 NONE BETTER ANYWHERE Pilot Knob Coffee at, per lb._25c 5 pounds of Argo Starch for_50c t Full line heavy and fancy groceries, in cluding all kinds of canned goods—all at prices lower than you are accustomed to paying. ’ Dunn Package House H. M. PITTMAN, % —""" ' ■' 1 i / . i ¥ ¥ ¥ OIL B. F. BUT LEA ¥ ¥ Fkr*icU. ¥ ¥ CMfir N. C. ' * ¥ ¥ ¥ Are You Keeping up Your Account? i Many people start an occount and let it go at that, it’s a good thing to make that start at the First Nation al Bank, but unless you keep it up it will make no more abiding impression upon your auccesa than a shadow on a field of com. If you bank money while you earn it, you will have money when you can’t -earn It » THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Dunn, North Carolina W - ■■ ‘ ___ Farm Implements When Cotton Seed | Was Dumped in Creeks II because there wi» no market for it, it mattered little how much was wasted in planting Now you •Imply can t afford to use an out-of-date planter be I cause the \ (Showing Hopper R tilted out of g*ar) twites Jr.” for Itself • I Iwltli Mod It mvo*. It mti a &• right quantity of Mad la <ka ground, at a uniform jiqptL, and covers It proper ty, Planting plate* *r« dftvoo by two pitman* no cbofaia to slip off or <o| wdi to woor out of Hopper aaa be lifted off | nr Hltfil t isle without mint • tool o, auy kind. Tho corn pLfe* are extra larie, j(lvir.c (.eh hole a chance to filL Ylile t-. aii 0 no taro spot* la (he ficUh CofnelaaodletMcahoTryoti R other 4ootl f«Hi (hat make ■ the “Shawnee Jr."th*f*vur> || ita of Southern farmer*. I [Batter Brothers! j / B. F. Awry 4k Son* Plow. Cutaway Harrow. Stalk Cottar. Fertilizer DUtrlbutor. Planter. One Horn Cultivator. Two-Horae Cultivators Spring-Tooth Harrow. Drag Harrow. ' Dixie Stonewall Flew. GANT DISTRIBUTER A Large Quantity Offered Co* FULL LINK HARDWARE AND FURNITURE / . . • -
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