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0---of 0 LOCAL o 0 I ■. —-1—0 WHITE WAY PROGRAM WVdnesd.y--William D< sutoml in "Around the W«r!-J in Eighteen Day-," i-pL-o.I, on*. On* reel Har old l,nyd Comedy. Two reel Educa tional Comedy. Thursday—Elhel Clayton In "Bo y end.” F ri'1.ay—hint National Special,' •Tin Guilty", with an all aiart cast. Saturday—Hoy Stewa-t m "Uadio King," episode MX. "Wanted Apurt im-iii;" two" mol comedy. “Come Clran." two reel Weatern. Monday—Wo.h-y Bul'rk i:i "School Days." Tncsday-—"Bnomorarj, Bill", Coa rr.npolitan FioJacdon. with an all star cost. m j Coming—William S. Hart —watch for dntn. Mr. and Mrs. IT. G Pope of Clayton. ' rprnt Sunday In Du in with relatives. , lira. E .1 Sw'nd. 11 of Southern Fines, vxs a visitor in Dunn Saturday. , Jnrenl* W. Wilson of Orccnaboro, spent Mu* week enil in Dunn with ( H'lriivra ::nd friend*. Joseph J. Cook, traveling salesman, i sport the week end hero with hie mo ther, Mrs. A nnir Cook. / iditOi* Horn nnori SU rlo of the Harnett County N#w», Lilftntftoa, w** 1 u UuMnc» rifilor in Dunn Monday. 1 A sWOBtiful toloction of numotl Ir*f for *n*c at the Filchett Drug: Com piny, for llic I'ronbyttrian Mfcna* ^ fond. A b^aatifn1 f'Vction of n%me«l Iri< . for at tho Fitchrt! Drug Com , pony, foi iIk- r*refcbyt*»vian fund. , A henulifal vlrct on nT Irif | for noli! ut tlio PUrbsrit D»ujr Com* puny, for In? fV’shy'.vimi Mann*; , fund. I i »1r*. A. r rjurlr* has returned from a visit to her non*. Robert, J. C. and Alfred, at Rocky Mount nnd Portsmouth, Va. There will be ^ fiddler's Conven tion at Onklar.1 school tone Friday night, February 2nd. Tile public ia ■» aured of a p'eamnt evening. The new Colon.*1 Theatre ia near ing completion and ii cxpuclu.l to be open m a few ilaya. The opening dale will be announced ip Friday'* issue of tlir Dispatch The now 96,000 8*a bu.-y organ has boon installed to fur nish music for the Colonial patrons. Ur, R. H. Willis, presiding elder of the Fayetteville District, preached at | the Metbodtat church hare Sunday ( momlag. Hi delivered an excellent t eerinoa' to a large congregation. He preached nt tbr Methodist church In Duka Sunday evening^ COLORED BOY CUT Quite a serious cutting affray took place on the grounds of the colored graded school Monday- afternoon when seventeen year old Dick Byrd was stabbed by a small Jacobs boy Some of the student* wore staging a basketball game on the graded school court after school hour* and the older boys had ruled that the small fellows should not participate. This decree upon the part of his elder* incensed the young Jacobs boy, whereupon, he straightway made the declaration that If ite were not per mitted to indulge in the sport, he would wield his trusty barlnw. Hie clierty utterances wore being treated lightly when catching Byrd unawares, he inflicted a painful Injury.^ First aid waa rendered by one of the pro fessor* and others present, and Dr. Codrington hastily summoned. Byrd** wound was bandaged and he was leraoved to hi* home and it is report ed that he is resting comfortably operator heir to millions KEEPS HIS JOB •'Yea 1 am »tiU on Job," laid Rob ert Uraeir. Linotype operator, of Aiken, 8. C-, and ono of tho principal hrin to the 150-mllllon-dollar Brown ing eitatc in Texas, according to a •tory in Ui« Record, .Colombia, 8. C. “Of course I feci different," (aid Mr. Ueery- "Who wouldn’t, when he ia rrpee tin* u> receive more money anti property than be had been able to conceive of, ao much that he will not oven be able to ipend the intereat fiom it" "But.” he continued, "I may rontinoe right on working.” In a quiet, unassuming manner, al though with hla eyes piercing into the far-off future, Robert flraery thus made his oammsry on tow It fell to he a prospective mDUonalry. Mr. Uraory » married and has one child. CALLED FROM HOME AND SHOT TO DEATH Charlie Thooapass. Creedmeor Far mer. Victim ef Unknown Armada nt Night Oxford, Jsn. II.—Charlie Thomp aon, aged 46, prominent farmer of Creedaneor, was tailed from his homo by an unknown party or parties ieta Saturday night and shot to death. The a stassin escaped without isavlag the aligbtast elan as to his Identity. The Main man was trail known In Granville county and throughout this lection of tho state Ho Is (arrived by n wife and thru children. The family was nwuy#from homo at tha Urns of tho tragedy. The sheriff sad Ms deputies hat REACTONS OCCUR IN COTTON PRICES First Part Of Week Saw High er Pricw At N«w Or leans; Factors New Orleans, Jan. 28.—The aariy part of Iasi wwk in the cotton mar ket naw the upward tendency of • rices still very strong, but the ad - i-.ce (culminated at the middle of t ie work when prices were at the Highest level* of the season, March traddiq up to 28.88 onto n pound. After the middle of the weoh more or less of a reactionary feeling was In evidence, with breaks of about a eont a pound registering during the Friday tvauion. At the highest, the trailing month* were 24 to 68 point* over tire clone of the pierrding week; -t th«- lowest they wen* 70 to 181 I'oicts under. Un the close the trad ing positions were $5 to 08 points lower than tho close of the preced ing week. Mnrch donng at 27.40 and October at 24 28, In tile vpot depart ment prl-es closed net unchanged on middling, ill 28 cent* a pound, •V iielt price rompniw* with lli.T.O at iJio closing price thU week lust year. Tho nrnarirs for Lin advance wen in•*inly a continued good spot do .nand while the reason* for the reac tions were mainly liquidation from it* long side «nd the selling encour aged by u somewhat better outlook regarding the new crop, due to t>>e ruin* in the western rvetiou* of the belt and tulk of inerraird acreage HI. srviiral States, mors sspeeislly Tran* and l»ui*i*na Tbe spot de mand wa* all devouring fof a while, e-nbiaeing all grades fiom tlia high es‘. to the lowest and even including I in ter*. During this period or tlrong '.'•beta middling was quoted at the new ni rrcofil price for the kiuoi1 of 2?B.G3 cent* a pound. Airording to messages received from Texas, planting of Uw: ruw crop, commmcel in the vety eartfmt sections of the State. The mint that fell wert sufficient to check com plaints of drouth although at lha end of thr week it wot evident that Texas still could use more moisture in many sections. Politico; news nan rather against the market toward the end of the week and some market circulars ex nix tic? the opinion that political news wns likely to govern the opening of the new week while It was generally conceded that political developments abroad and weather cOdd.Lions at homo ware likely to cause the major swings in the price la the near fu ture. s SCARCITY OF COTTON The Manufacturer's Record status that recently >t received the follow ing lettsr from one of the foremost bnrfkert in (he south: “Cotton consumption will have to he curtailed. I am satisfied, on account of the stock not he sufficient to warrant full running time. We arc going to enter the next cotton season with a very small carry over, and unless the • crop to be planted it large and ■ono method employed to de stroy the boll weevil, we are go ing to run up against a crisis, which will be in my opinion very disastrous.'' We believe "he banker's opinion '■t right The cotton carry-over is lew than it has been lh many yearn am1 if the boll weevil is not successfully combatted the production this yeai will not he as great as it has beer in thr pest The situation is serious wc believe, tuid before the end ol , this crop year wc believe cotton iz | going to be mighty scarce.—Concert j Time*. /AST AMOUNT FURNITURE IS SOLD AT HIGH POINT Are Preparing Jar Their De parture Fellowfasg Clo.io, af F-xpe.itk*. Today High Point, Jan. 26—Ona exhibi tor in the Southern Purniturs ICxpo ■!tlon boildlng estimated today that approximately 15,000,000 worth of furniture ha* been aold hero since the winter «how got under way a week ago la«t Monday. Tho estimate wu« not official, however, and It eras impossible to obtain any authentic in formation concerning Ulo exact amount of money involved In the sale*. One manufacturer is reported to have received order* (or 160 carload* of furniture daring 0»® *hovr. Anoth er wrote order* for »m*Uer quanti ties. With (1 buyer* arriving bem between 10 o'clock yesterday morn ing and the amae hoar today, buei nea*vu Us* beat it ha* ever baeD due been working on the case throughout today bat hava not succeeded la con necting any person with the crime Mr. Thompson, to far as is known hare, had do enemies, sad officer* era at a lorn to establish a motive far the crime. The killing of Mr. Thompson wa* the second murder da a ran v0 la Sat urday. J. B. Huraey, worker In a Dur ham hosiery mill, (hot Mlaa Blanche Bollock, 1 It year-old girt, to death near Kaapp-ef-Boeda and than shot himself so aeveroly that ha died a 1 short dm# later In an Oxford hoepi •taL [in* the rioting days of any previous fu-niturc show here. Yestcrnay \va« i ucrlu'meo by many exhibitors tiro i bi.-st day of lliu entire show, und ax I pn-*4lott» Heard from tltr exhibitors , today indicated that business was *nt-. i« factory. While a few buyers are expected to arrive tomoirow, there will pro bably He little buslr.oaa transacted. The exhibitor* will be preparing to leave lha elt> to return to thair homes, (sums of tiro furniture aalea , mun were getting rtudy to leave to j day, but the majority of them were to be found in the blpl exposition building this morning. RAISED A SLAVE, LIVES TO SEE BOY SENTENCED TO DEATH Kinaton, Jan. 27.—It wux “Aunt Fareby" Miller's boy the state yester day derreed should pay the penalty for talcing u life. Tragedy enmu to “Aunt Faraby'' late in life. She aat a tn» courtroom willi "Jim” Miller while lie vrtts being tried for the mur der of Fiuntcr John Sutton. All around were whit* men. mtn who looked grimly determined, come of thru the same nocn who would have /.rung up her boy ‘'Jim" had the law not gotten him first “Aunt Fttraby'j" wa, nn experience that comer Yo few nooogenartana. She it. 9R, it was said at (he courthouse ^ Sh* tottered with ago. It teemed plti-( fal that eurh a calamity should ranar to the old negroes at a time when she was nboat ready to pans on. Thirty year* slir was a aluve, it war amid, and •.he war brought up in the way* of the old-time ■larky. . late In last summer, after Jim Miller had done the thing which causrd huedredx of men to search for him in the tangled Inwgrounda at Mao*e river. "Aunt FenJby” suffered Intensely Once in the night «hr heard th. b tjing of illstant -tog*. She ■lvumcd thee the bloodhounds were | nr the trail of tier fugitive offspring, ; and would rend him. Her /offering ! wa* acuio. "Aunt Faraby" nearly ■lied then. It wan reported. The pc arc that i* extreme old age's doe had been taken from her. “Aunt Faraby”! will not live much longer. I BIGGEST DEMAND FOR POSTAL PAPER IN HISTORY OF NATION Washington. Jan. 27.—Tha biggest demand for stamps and other postal stumped paper in tint history of the government u in fait swing, and Is, Jaken by .thu poatotFire departmeat as an indication of healthier boaiocua' condition*. A billion more stamp* were issued In the laat six month* than in that perioB a year ago, a ad values show ed a 180,000,000 tncrraae, feeding portal oiUcials so bohev* thare aril) be na deficit from portal operation* wh*«t tha flocal year clone*, June SO. A year ago th* deficit amounted to 360,816.400. Order* for postal card* in carload, lot* have boca reoaiced, th* domainl being larger than ever before for a similar peflod. One firm bought 11, 000,000 prc-rancelled stamp*. De mand for stamp# is so heavy it ha* been imnosaibic to keep up with it, and as a result the rererve supply ha* fallen 200.OCO.COO below the fig ure vet a fa «(c margin. Keep the young piga growing con tinuously from the time of birth to maturity i* an Important I tank In suc cessful bog raising. .. * CALENDAR * ¥ WOMAN’S CUP FOB ¥ •V FUBUABT * ¥ Muiit Departmoat — Friiloy ¥ ¥ evening, tight o'clock. Fob- SoA. * ¥ Dotlm-w-Cirica OgWMttl ¥ ¥ Friday P. M , 8 JO Fob. 8th. * ¥ Horan Economic* Deportment * ¥ — Friday P. Si., 2 JO, Fob 28. * ¥ ¥ - — ' " Write the Editor, Agrfcaltural Ex ten ft on Service, for your copy oi "North Carolina -A Load of Horticultural Opportunity, lto fro* for the orklrvf. a Business AVERY SULKY PLOW> an A very Sulky Plow ditioa tiiBl I will m)| Draper at If. L. Boaatfl 12 tfe. SEE H. a SUTTON, for Fertiliser*. YOUNG GENTLEMEN 1 Ilka to B^vo Sre to that rati for now b.* money on jroar pcr», etr. The Yo it now ready to do 1 want to aave and p_ ins the beet good* afik efcemeer. R. G Taylor Co., D«alk "■ C. Jan. 30, 1923. MEA1-CHOICE WAT*R Orawed mnal at 30 carte per pock, frte maa'i Oaefc Grata/. » 1* tf LOST.—A STRING qfc PEARLS eumrwhere betwora nra Notional Bank and J. W. DraaoRoo'i (tore. Tinder please retard twfclpe*' Co ra**.-a * l»t. THERE WIU. BE A FIDDLER'S convention at Oakland aehoot house Friday night Fab. tafAdaiatfon IS and ZS cents. You wfll enjoy .it.| LADIES OUR ALL WOfL VELOUR and French aerpy dxdUea far Into •srsiFcxSEs.TS Tailor On; Dana, V^*7 fan . >0i FOR SALE.—TWO I and anc Ford on terras. Smith and N. C. •SONET TO LOAN OM FARM land* in amount* from 91,00# to S-RO.OOO for it yaaru. Godwin and Jernigns, Attorney* Dun. M. C. ■■1._ e> YOU’LL FIND SEVEN TABLES IN the hack part of our store com pletely covered with good altjmen and ahons If yon coma at asm. Sail- i ing far ana third to ana-half leaf than todays valoe. Da you earn to mvc money thla way. B- G. Tay lor, in the Yellow Front Store, Dunn. N. C. 1404S. , BRICK —KILN RUM M FES CERT hard. Shipments within 4S tout after receipt of ardor, teuton Brick Worts (RrtahUabod IMS) Marion, 3. C. Deo 1 • me. —— .. WE HAVE A BIG STOCK OF ALL kinds of wearing apparal for Man, Women, Boy* and Girts, pad dry goads in abandaaoy all contracted for on a much lower market and wc sell as bought muck cheaper Come quickly to the Yellow Front Store for big money oaring. & G. Taylor Ce!. Dunn, W. G, Jen SO, IMS. * sack or feed rut.—we au folof to give Homebody • took of food true of charge. Look up owr ad sad tend in ywur name, Free man's Caih Grocery. Ik WANT TO TRADE—S-PASJEMGER Auburn automobile la food condi tion for Ford Truck. Hudson Draper Electric Co. tfttfe. Po5 SALE —EARLY JERSEY Wakefield cabbage plants, at f 1J» per thousand. A. D Edwards. Fal con, N. C, Bax T4 It It pd. FOR RENT.—THREE ROOMS FOR 1'fht house keeping. Available Feb ruary 7tfc. Apply at Dispatch OMea. • «0 tf pd for SALE.—SIX OR S YOUNG giHa and sows' that will farrow in February and Marrtl. Will sail «fa—P- K. W. 6mi*. IttSe. FOR SALE—SINGER SEWING Ms china, practically new. Ecaaou for safllug, 1 have no use foe it Pbonr No 47S. It pd. LOST.—POCKET ROOK CONTAIN-1 Ing 4S0JS0, several days ago. Fin der will be liberally rewarded for1 Its return to Esra Field, Route ft. Dunn, N. C. It pd. MONEY TO LOAN.—ANT Amount on long time. If late rested see us nt onee. West and West, Attorneys. 16 tfc. MONEY TO LOAN ON FARM FEO ptrty.—-2* years time If wanted. Amount* up ts ItOXftC.Oft. Sea Wilson and MeLaod, Auorosya, Dann, C. Jsn 2. tfc. • SPECIAL -Friday and Saturday ANGEL FOOD CAKE Puff i all tku waah l ; PEARCE’S BAKERY “ r- . - ¥ ¥ Dft. JULIUS IHATTU ¥ Em»«l».rt— •< lp> ¥ rtMNN ¥ Fitttai'CUm* ¥ r^MrWt, H- C. ¥ ru. Ml ¥ — " ■ ■'■■■i ■■ i ! J. L. HATCHERi Dun*. North Carolina v Undertaker and Licensed Embahner Prompt Service1 Day or Night Phono No. 16 — .- - U. S. CHAIN TREAD BICYCLE TIRES j Special Riders, Price-$2M Pits any clincher wheel. Ev ery tire guaranteed. Order now —pay postmaster arrival. LEWIS SPORTING GOODS ' STORK Raleigh, N. C. ... : ANNOUNCEMENT * ¥ ¥ if * Due to the Tepid growth of our Ddoo* • * Light bwineM it ia necessary that we dia * J continue February 1st, 1923, our city con- * * tracdng, also the rendering of pervice in the * J city, in order to give our Dslco-Light boa * * ness the attention it requires. We will coo- * * tinue to carry our usual store stock which * * will be sold for CASH only. * 4 « —_1_ a : HUDSON-DRAPER ELKTMC COMPANY I * m * • --- 1 — --■ CHUOPRACTIC FOE HEALTH ___ , tmvnua or m* * *• *r um(>ii t-.Ua tata* MtiawMirlto -*■»>./.' H ; ►iV»o r* - **\ • ' • *' .• . * * •• v?-1* v - 5* I • •. * % * . «• • • V.V '• * • : 2 *-3 -. "••• ■>Vji 1^—< ^ *» . * » . \ « .. « _ -f»V* *i /' ’* V * *••**•* ^.V.: • rju^x 1-m Z'.xv.it— -‘V.\LZ Z^'VZL cTjfc_•■i. IT.M. OfcOAMS f vaA f-tiuta <; LEGS mw ft? mr_ I » ' ' . , _ The moit prwiooi posmaaira a HI or health. Health mow kappincM, moo am an art.it* In thii Ufa. Too may have loot jrour health [ teird everything under, the mut except Chiropractic, fird it. Tna chaneoa ara that Chiropractic la jwt u and liat by iu moana you will recover yoor loot f ly worth a trial. The majority of eactfod dial nerve pi earn re caused hy euhlaaatad (dUplaeod) hoaao of the apine), which prm* upan the new* ai important life force from flowing ouinterruptedly to organa Let the chiropractor relieve chi* | be that the aerve Inm «H flow oSjti . -I • ^ 1; t_, ,..„,•. .. i ■ ■ —— I Ml.. , | '■ ■■■■■■■— ■■ % •V JUST % • • J&Z i wo car Ibem at my I«cte4 with g I rr will pay you to look them over ---BEFORE YOU BUY BEN JOHNSON I ‘ Dnnn, X North Carolina • 1 /
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