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^_THE DUNTj
DUilFI lAfflrAUiR
IN PUBLIC SCHOOL
FOR CHILD HEALTH
Fight Against Malnutrition To
*B« Waged By Health
Author! tioa
TRYING TO STEM TIDE
OF TUBERCULOSIS HERE
ArrangasnanU Being Made To
Grra Proper Treatment To
All School Children Suffer
ing From Physical Defacts—
Will Establish Raet Pe
riods.
As soon ss the schools open this
fail the North Carolina Tuberculosis
Association will begin so intensive
campaign in a few selected counties
in cooperation with the State Board
of Health to bring Uie malnourished
children np to par.
From a few surveys that have been
conducted by the association, and also
by the U. 8. Public Health Service 1*
North Carolina, It hao boon found
CTIH Oft UK
aebeo) children are under weight for
•»« end height. Hie percentage
of undorwelghta being a little laigur
amuug the white children than among
the colored.
It has been demonstrated that the
<We chief causes of malnutrition,
named In the order of their import
ance, are: physical defect! aad die
eaee, lack of home control, oror-fe
tlgue. Improper diet and faulty health
hablU. It will be readily seen from
this list of causae that a campaign
does not enlist the cooperation
paranU and teachers win be only
Mccessfal la a minor degree. 1%, as
sociation is patting forth a etreng
sppeal to these with children In their
care to lend their support in the borne
end school in order that the mini ms
The children whs are below pari
from causes other than nhnwi <«_.
*•«*• wtU be enrolled In the Nutrition
Crnuada whieh wiH bo conducted un
der the direction of capable doctor*
and nurses
The children will be weighed regu
larly ono« each week and their pro
gr«s charted on prepared forms.
Children who are not “"“king satis
factory improvements will bo given
epeeial instruction in the preaence of
parents.
An effort will be made to establish
a real period of twenty to thirty mln
*t4* *1 midday for all under-nourish
'd children. The aw Delation has also
sobortard the »* of funds darned j
from the sale of Tubercakwli Christ
man Seale tor the purchase of mHk
to bo earred during the rent period.
Or. K. P. B. Bonner, director of
the Bureau of Maternity and Infant
Hgytene, will Inaugurate the Nutri
tion Crusade in Harnett County as
soon as the schools open. Dr. L. P.i
MoBreyer, managing director of the
North Carolina Tuberculosis -
elation, will direct the work in Bun
combe County. Vorh in other coun
ties will he instituted aa rapidly m
possible—Harnett County New*.
KU KLUX KLAN MAN
WINS OUT IN TEXAS
MayMU Nwhetaf Or.r FtrfAw
tar United Staten Senate by
Denocrate
Dnlla*, Tea., Any. 2*—Texaa olee
Uon bureaa eootbmad to indicate
Uiet KdH B. Mayfield bad >71.041
and Faryuaon X04.0M It vn eetl
matad the total rota may ba *50,000
or more In Uila race.
T. W. Da rid ton, aaid Lo be the
anthklan Candida)* for lira tenant
yoratnor, apparently had a aafa taad
over Got. Bill MayBeld. It. Daeldaon
hml S04,014 rotat aad Mayfield inr
Ml.
Fob Mata trearorer, C. V. Terrell
had and Cowry* Oar raw lMr
IT*.
The race for raperlntandent of pdb
lie laMroetiaa camtinoad clone, B. Jf.
tt. Karra, anti-klan candidate, haatay
111,7T9 aad Kd E Bentley SM.TOB.
rotorn* fra at the 14th
ronyfeea tonal dtotrlrt yare Harr*
Martabary. 16..MT aad John H. Caa
nhtybam 1*410. la Mm lTth dtoutd
Inram*lota Oyaraa fare Conyrimmai
Ttomm L. Btontoa *0.410 aad Oacai
Callaway,) former eonyremman, II,
404.
Morfatk. Va.. A ay Thera b
»• tbooyht at thia thao af aboltohtoj
Mthor Mm Mata or local coamfctoe
control of foal dtotrOruUoa to Vtr
•tale, Alexander Featrard lute fan
tha tony Hat a nee taioffcoaa. •"*"
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WIDE CHANGES IN
PRICES OF COTTON
__ I
Crop Dam ago Complaint* And
Unfavorable New* Prin
cipal Factor*
New Orleans, Aug. 27. — Fairly
wide pries changes occurred In the
eotton market Last week, suppor* be
ing derived from constant complaint
from the Interior of crop deteriora
tion while against the market was
thd foreign situation wad thr labor
i troubles in this country Heavy liqui
dation came from the long side and
during the later session* of the week,
constituted a good part of the offer
ings Highest priest were made on the
oponlng session and lowest pries* on
I*** session of Lh* week From ad
vances of 8fi to 66 points over the
elowr of the preceding week, the mar
ket fell is decline* of 55 to 78 points
under. Anally closing at net loans* of
5* to 66 points. The market ranged
over »1 to ISA points. October trad
ing as high as 2240 cents a pound, as
low a* *1.44 and Anally dosing at
21.60 In the gut departments prices
lost 18 point* on middling which clos
ed at 21.76 against 1461 on the close
of this week last ysar.
The wsathsr of the week was ron.
hatred highly unfavorable In Texan
and Oklahoma, where drought and
High tampereturee prevailed. Condi
tion! were somewhat better during
the firet part of the weak In central
and eaitara portion! of the bait,
where dry weather waa deeiraMe, but
In thoee eectione there waa a greet
deal of complaint of inaeet damage.
Toward! the and of the week, the hst
tcet weather of the eeaeon waa re*
P®*t*d in Texaa, and there, aa In aoiae
aoctiooi af Oklahoma, much mature
opening of boll* waa noted. Numeroua
farmer! of Important eountie* In Tea
•* wired local brokerage euacanpi
that their crop bad been cut abort to
a aerioai extent by the drought.
••dad the August period
ranging fruit 1* up to 1M potato,
which compared with the average 1om
for the leal ten yean, taking the gov
emment'i report in eonUderotion, of
70.7 point! Indicated crop ftguraa
ranged from 10,(00,000 up to 11,
47t.OOO. ,
SUCCESSFUL SALES
BY TOBACCO CO-OPS
3. C. Grower* Urgod To Hasten
Second Cash Payment By
Prompt Deliveries
Such nteeeoafal sales have bam
and* by tbc Tobacco Grown Co-op
•raUva Aaeoclatlon to tb* Important
leaf dealer* and mannfpetnron that
caah advancei hare born Increased on
the deliveries of tobacco by Soath
Carolina laambors and a second cash
payment will be made in the near
futon provided the members Increase
Their deliveries rafflcirntly within the
next two week a.
The system of marketing which
started smoothly at the Augoat opes*
Ing of the Cooperative warehouses In
Booth Carolina and Eastern Worth
Carotins la now in perfect wort it*
order and can handle very heavy de
liveries according to T. C. Watkins,
manager of warehouses for the Asso
ciation.
In a letter mailed this week to an
■Soath Carolina member*. M. O. Wil
son. Secretary of the Association
orgea the growers to aid In hasUn
fng the second advance by delivering
** rapidly as poeatWe. Secretary Wtl
OOn HM “An* art ■ amBi ■ ■ n how.
«red to the Tcheeeo Grower* Coop
erative Association ia the Booth Cap
ollna Bait ten million pesade hat a*
tho eala* department Wive made them
■alee and can handle year tobacco m
rapidly aa yon will briny It la we d»
«lr« that you make yonr deliveries aa
rapidly aa poaedblc. If you wlU make
the delivery of year tobacco prempt
hr you will have rendered the aeeo
eiation and yooraelf a service for you
will enriila yonr officers to make a
emon<J payment at aa early data
and wa will ears tome expense In
handling the tobacco.
On a new appraisal that has been
made by tha Banker nommhtne the
advance will be yreater than h ha*
hem on what hai bean delivered, bat
the yrowan that have delivered will
receive the benefit of thh advance in
the ascend payment, so that If pot
’ll make tha dettv arias as early «
ye* can yet the tahacec ta propel
rendition It will mean aa early die
I tribothm af the next payment."
t EntWreiaem far the near amihatiai
plan le rapidly spread lay frem Boot>
Carolina and tha Ea«l to the Old hah
af North Caroline and VhfWta where
I
Iiicivulac m»atiTi «f pn<n or
joining Um Caoyr«thr« ntrj
COMMUNITY NURSE
SECURED FOR CITY
MU* Agnes Harris ot Hender
son Accepts Position Ten
dered By Dunn
Mi^a Agnes llama, of Henderson,
is to me Dunn's public health nurse,
j She was employed yestnrdny when
'committees from the town govornent,
I the Woan'a Club, the Chamber of
l Commerce and the Bed Cross mat in
j the rooms of the Chamber of Com
(»-rce and favorably passed upon her
application fur the position.
Mias Harris has barn public health
nur-w for Vance county for the past
past year. Her cotract with that coun
ty aspires Septeber It, at which time
“he will assume her duties hare. Bbs
will coma to Dunn with tbs vary high
est recommendations from the Stats
Bouid of Health and from oAeists of
the county the laaraa.
The committees representing the
various bodlat and meeting with Him
Harris yesterday ware Mr*. MeD. Hol
liday, George K. Grantham and McO.
Holliday, representing the Bed Cross;
Mr*. Fred W. McKay, representing
the Woman's Club; t. A. Lee, repre
senting the Chamber of Commerce.
PLANS FOR LEGION
MEET UNDERWAY
New Orleans Will Eatertaia
For Service Men la Fine
Style This Year
Nee Orleans. Aug. M. — flMpa,
Pullman cars, tents, and Army (ap
ply baec bolldlng, privat* homas and
hotels nil) house the thousands of
delegates and visitors exported at (be
American Legion national convention
in New Orleans, October 1140.
A preliminary canvass by tbs con
vention hotels and boosing committee
hea, demonstrated the fact that Most
to be established in throe large —*•
oad yards, will ear* fer 14,000 ▼*(•
tart the convention committee has an
nounced. The “hoteto on who*!*' will
b* provided with all the conveniences
■ t a modem hostelry. Dining ear ssr
vice win be maintained, shower hath
be erecud end all equipment win be
will be erected and all equipment will
elec trie ally lighted while parked.
The railroads have establbhad a
cliargc of |18 for parking in addition
to the 464 for dally .Pullman ear ren
tal. The average coat to the Pullman
guest will be about ft a day.
If the site of the convention crowd
warrants it, tents will be erected on
the parquets of tome of the mar*
cent I ally located boulevards A mod
el' barracks, patterned aJtar tkaas
of cantonment days, will be vitebish
ed in the Army Aupply Base, a fif
teen million dollars structure on the
river front. Private homes will be
thrown open to the veteran who
brings bis wife to the convention.
New Orleans hotel (men have
agreed upon a uniform rate schedule
of *1.40 a day without bath and 48.(0
with hath. Charges in the tent cities
end improvised hotels will be from
fifty to seventydive cents a day and
the .cost In private homes will com
pare favorably with the haul rates.
All reservations far rooms daring
the five days of the convention must
be made through the Iwgioa depart
ment adjutant of the state from
which the visitor comes.
BELIEVE new bug will
DESTROY BOLL WEEVIL
Dwter »«y* Two Block Bufa At*
Twolcc Bo|) WeenrUa I. One
Haeferd, Aug. S£.—Dr. U. R. Cro
aarUt of UiD place caught twaWe
boll weeelb and two little Mack bngi
(KeaUrday la Ma ration Add aad
atoppeJ than up together in a betUa
orar night Thi» morning when be
looked at the battle be backed off
a little in aetenidueent, than took
a elooer pap at It with kb-1'
maned dawn tighter, and fell Into
n Bt of terplined reaarha—far la the
bottle wen two bag* with diataadad
boll let aad with left t prowled four
wapa. while all about than Lap tki
bilk af twnhre boll weerlkt
The doctor thinke the only thing
In the wap of erterminallng the oat>
tan poet* new k the eeerclty of Dm
newly dleooeered black bag*. Iceal
, thi# eeerclty ahauld be a dalualan aad
>, on oppartankp to k(H waarlla eseapai
oagraapad, all Hoke fa more kaei
been aatifad and they already haei
■Urtad unrit aeareh for IMe btacl
’ friend
WORST
IRE
Will Swaraa But
Moat Of a
By Whittle
With Auguet the wot* la
ever. Boll bo fairly
■wanaing la
but mo* of
pa*. The ball* to open
and they are labia aa
ogg-layiag weevil.
No loagvr la arblla to pick
up squares ibatabad
wtevlia. If of get
Ung enough crap,
as Iba cast * tba
weevil
Over a gn
the cloady,
Anga*
boo* A cry
the land. !
Amt severe utterly
petoniabed at that
came a thief la tba
nlghC
The weather to ball
weevil Aghtiqg iflWam -fully aa
predated ky hitherto had
not
appreciated
that to mm
there Bast
complete
for* and
period*.
How
■food at
The writer
od are*
to he
in
■mured. At
•tteation hat
in proepoet
where
gtven the
better
hat iwooaUy
keen Moving cot tho mid
dle and top A wet May and
Jane mean* a crop, as a rule.
But weevil* are atoo being charged up
with laaae* which a wet May and
June are raaponclhlo for.
The groataet thing that a farmer
can do is eombattiag the weevil thl*
fall it to rip up or tarn under the
cotton stalks just as *oon a* the cot
ioa is pick od. Th* sooner the bettor
A1H tile grten cotton stalk and you
deatroy the weevil1* food. It will lsuve
your premises for those of tho man
who does not kill th* stake early,
there to plague Um sorely next year;
or else the hags *111 go Into winter
quarter* early with such a long period
of fasting ahead aa to make the weev
il no tort of a life intaraae* risk. It
will Ukaiy die before It area another
cotton square.
SAILOR STABS HIMSELF
WHILE CALLING ON GIRL
Shipmate* Soy It t* A Pore Cam Of
"Uareqwimd
LaeaT
New Bern, Aug. It.—Junes Me
Orath, aged If, a sailor on the reve
nue cutter, Pamlico, ie in St. Luke1*
hospital recovering from a painful
knife srotusd Inflicted by his owa
hands whils calling on Mias Clara
Boil Huff at tbs boms of her grand
father os Queen street y eater day af
ternoon. No explanation of tho af
fair ether than it wa* "seeidentoi"
could ho gotten from the boy at th*
hospital today, sad the girl herself
declare* that th* stabbing wa* acel
daetal. No other witnesses ware pro
sent.
Aa Interesting fact t» connection
with the stabbing la that McGrath
wa* taken to the hospital several
weeks ago wjth knife wound* aero**
hi* chut. No expiaaatlon whatever
wa given far his fret trip, but it to
aid by his Mi pm ate* that th* yeuag
uilor b«* been giving Mto* Raff many
attention* daring Us Um* boro, aad
they are of the opinion that It to *
eat* of "unrequited lava.** flba was
tho victim of a *»dactto* for which
Leslie Hunter, soother ardent admir
er/ waa baatobad from torn state sev
ers! month* ago by Jadg* Prank A.
Daniels
CARD OF THANKS
1 1
W* wIM U nfru* to owr assay
friends sad neighbor* oar dm*n
thanks for th* many Mi da mi Huai
as dariag tbs IB* so* and death of *Ol
. beloved wife aad mather. W* appro
i riat# every art af ktadaoaa Mown aa
. OLAVOW NORMS aad OHOXASN
DECLARES COTTON
FAMINE IS COMING
Wmil Aad Wi
WarWa
MON N.
Laat »Mk Nr. JL O. tnntt chair
man. and A. W. NcLaaa aad & 9k
William, auraiU-n of the Cotton
Stale a Conrmiaaioa, met ia Ealalgh
to dhceei tba tie and tba program
for tba fall meeting af tba comodi
aioa to be bald diortty in Mernyhia.
It ia probable the meeting will be
eallad far a data not tar fretn tba
■riddle of November. Since the moat
ing ia New Orton** ia February amay
tblaga bare came ap in the world ef
cotton, and. it ia bettered tbe aaeamb
lage at Nempkia will bare eeaae
thing* te cenaidar that will be ef
prime importance. At New
CoL Heater told tbe I
fore we weald raebat It tba
likely te face a cotton _
tba Nempkia meeting approach«e it
toeka aa if that cottoa famine le
making ha early arriral a certainty.
Sir E. Naekay Edgar aa ‘
who baa kad a gene rati one experi
aaea la pi one or work la an aaailm
of the world hi trytag to breadea Ka
glahd'a aupply of cottoa. writoa
riw Fnghak My Weekly of
date that “a problem ia
which a dimnyed we rid
■®re argent and diNenlt af i
than any whieh tba pnnl
tiea can produce." Thte
tattoo eenditioae any* that
acne 4a America wheel
ut be disregarded ipiatj
Milt year the ball weevil wi
to M per cent ef all that
and from that he epgue •
sptadlm ef the wwrtd
%0 leant <fty rnOWw.
win be f«e for waat of eottem ' ■
ready *srt Of cetten He aye ea
p*/t» o^dKed dU lyiewtedge mt
their country prediet that ^he United
States will aot sees again ha able
to prodoce a crap above twelve mil
lion balm, mod that ear own rlsewnds
for ootIon la the United Stale* are
likely to he aeon prseelng m»l»t the
•apply, and that the reet ef pm
world will be unable te hay eettoa
beeaoM it will not be obtamable. and
10 per cent o< the world’s spindles
»U1 be dsteriorating la idleness.
Along the line ef thia mania argu
ments a bill has been introduced re
cently Into the Britlah House of Cam
arena authorising the lory ef a tax of
sis pence on each bale of cotton im
ported Into Groat Bbftain, to be
fluid by the British buyer, and the
mosey u k uu to develop cotton
growing land* within the Britt* em
pire. But Bln Edgar aayi that with all
the capital and energy ragaired to
carry oat the experiment It wteM ha
iraponelble In tha next ten yearn of
effort to prodore two-4Mrda aa much
cotton aa la grown la the United
state 1, and that meanwhile tha pram
lag problem of o cotton auppiy la
growing more intents ovary day.
A cotton famine t» not only Im
pending,” he amarta, "hat Inevitable
Every year aeci lean produced and
more connmed. Tha prediction af
five timoa aa many live weevil* in
hibernation ihU year aa In any pre
view year baa been amply fulfilled
Egypt, tha next laxgeat grower of
cotton baa tha bon worm and the
weevil both.”
Barege* by Army Worn
To malm matter* look etill too* pre
mining a circular baa )hat arrived
from B. B. Coed, at the Doha Labo
ratory, Tallulah, La., announcing that
the cotton army worm to oveourhoha
lag that tertian. Mr Goad any* Lento
iana and Texei are completely in
fected already and tbnt aaneh of Ar
knaaaa to la Urn aamo plight, with
tha worm moving rapidly north and
tact, and ha adda that wtafle Urn ar
ea* leal poiaeae erv effective againal
tha warm tha entire rupply of ar
•mates la tb* Ualtad flute* la aat
■uSIeWat te ram bat tbs float. Altoady
tha demand far altba araanata to
poleon ill* ball warrU tea aatenatad
tlw rayyiy of tkia material aad aa
(nraoUcatloa af tlw amouat of yotoor
In Om United «Utaa dmn that M
will b* imoOcient If «b* wot* Imp
on tyroodlnc aa aoa— Kkaly.
Prom tb* oarioaa up art* that mm
la froai tboao varioni eowio* M I
ovldont that th* rattan
tea It* wort eat oat far It, far wttl
tb* bol woe oil already to w«ato
petoMBlon af tha e«Ur« h*H tte ytol
.ball worm approach! a*. aad Mm oat
tan army warm loirraaalat thro* a
'tb* State* that ar* amaag Mm far*
aw yn dania. thU year** eroy h
SUPERIOR COWT
BEGINS SEPT. 4TR
Hr7«*“tau Jm6f Oliver M. Altai
of Kinttee pmUbf, eta will eee
t-Mv for two weefce. Um fir* week
for the trial of eritaaal aaaae ata
, the aereta week far civil caeca. Je<%e
ABce la net a tTfu hen. haviai
bald court to Harnett a Mrta
] of terae in the poet Both ee a Jurlet
! ata ae a private citlaea be le haU ia
>ifb ecteeji ata ie very plipelei |b
thie coanty.
1 Oa tike crltaaai Jacket there are
PWttai of the tie
eoart for the eriaJmi term
Oa the aivh eaictata it
eahl there it m —“r
Mat la the mZj
eoart to oceapp Be ttae tee the
er at laaat eatfl the
Bet tired ata ee*.
The Jery liet fer the
STDDYPLANSTO
HANDLE COTTON
ruL* * 4
tto
m«t» too* already toon
M credit* needed to make adeara
Ml *
«. P. Brown, manager ef tto
cottoo department, la rapidly Unban
np wnrebaneai for the ua of the m
aoriatinn'a cotton. Tto majority Of
tto waratotuoa wfll to randy to m
•olr# cotton on September if. tto
date tot fo/tto Bnt delivery of cot
ton to tto omoclotlou.
Tto exeentl** nimmllm of tto
antoetntton mat ynatorday in Baleipb
to take np eceeral matt era relative
to amacementa far maatetaf nek
ton.
Tto toedmmrtera HUM It ytHdm
oigat ana any to tm ta
readinam for receiving cotton at
"" " it Wftao to mm «n too
mtHict. H to not exported that too
new crop win begin to now before
September loth. By that time the nn
aociattoa win have everything ta
emdoth running ardor.
*leld evpr—entathree at 1k» OMO
datioe meeting in Baieigh yd iTlbr
brought encouraging roperto ef to
creeaing Interact ta the anted etiea.
W. M. Auetia. and General Manager
Blalock were among those attending
the conference
Complete instruction! no to hand
ling the cotton delivered to the te
am la tier won given by depart want
hodds. dhe plan of operation boo
been mode ample ao peaafbl! ta ardor
to feeOttato the handling of cotton of
mado by adtaert of the amiilatloa
***** •*»*» will ho made to gfvo the
mrmhari of the aooarlatloa fee vac*
heat oervlce that hnmin-m
provide, M woo Indicated.
aet too mat pwMij, and with too
draond a bread Incraaatoy. aa voU m
a tondooey to our ova aride to yMl
ay la horfatM, too already tUaltad
ton aa My of nttofyuyr too
reqafraaaoato. Lett viator too oattoa
oomarlootoa wont to Haw Ortoano wtU
too idoa la at ad of tyta, ta dad <
bettor eetlat tar li laorloaa rottoa m
a bettor price. H eaato any vMk i
reallaatlm that too farnor anat hart
too booh lay of the yeoplt, the otdp
.•^toa aation to aaatiathfr tor Bah
i Vito iaaeet peota. The do/yvtoa y.
to too Maetyhio amthty with too far
! toartoy tom to too faoo that to
treat/ ayricottoraJ todattoy of to
Utorth ta la too yravaat Joapardy. ax
.{that oalhv maathlay to daao to toy
'.too roroyoo af too bad varrfl. to
> bg worn aad too oattoai mm
■ toat aaa hr ato totoTttoato totoy
No au oao Inaytna too -“nri i a
f •T*' ^*"*^**1** '***
VALUED SLAVS ABOVE
ATLANTA HEAL ESTATE
If Thee. »-1 Hri H.U the Uri
AUbU, Aay. n^e lhw ho
cock had day to a plan* of Atlanta
no! potato that ho owappod peon tat
for Baa Paaiata. a ayn dm, ha
»oald have bom worth at laaat ttyr.
•00 before ho died. Bat ho Barer «a
Crottad K, award top to Ms —
Daafh Im nap claimed tho. both.
Mr. Peacock dtd « it* pa«B ayo,
and "Uad* Baa" paapad toy Mo
°*fcor dap at (ha am of M. Iha prop
erty larraaaot la yalaa paartp aa
AUaata tnoi, “Mt It was tho boot
henm'Tmat aSfeaVMdMc aoSay
up on the lot at Whitehall pad Ala
baaea atroota. on* of tho ataat epta
aMo comm in th* dtp.
Tho ftorp bohiad th* trad* h that
of th* affection of the -** tf-ap aaath
eraer for the dm hop who was Mo
j„r, foaith
*MA *<awU M K.
»r Ou tot tttotf to
"rmwk «M
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