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THE DUNN ] \ DUNN. NORTH CAKQLnO^ 1C, 1*23. , EYE CLINIC WAS A BIG SUCCESS IN HARNETTCOUNTY Six-Day*’ Campaign In TUa County Completed Haro Yasterday Made A Total Of 4&8 Examinations Approximately 50 Por Cant Of Tkoae Examined Found To Need Glauet. Harnett Sec ond County In State To Hold Free Eye Clinic*. Other Countie* Win Probably Fol low. Daring the two day*’ ey« clinic con duct*.! in Dunn Wednesday and yes ienlay a total of 200 children wera Riven free examination and out of that number 90, almost SO per cent, were found to be In need of eye treatment or glasses. Of the number of children examined hers <fenftng the two days’ clinic, 104 want from rural schools in Harnett county, osar Dnnn, while 102 were from the local rchools. The clinic was conductsd by the Sute Board of Health, under the auspices of the Harnett cauaty boai.i* of education and public wel , fare The examination were made by Di. V. M. Hicka, well-known aye ipee.allst of the association of Dn. Lewis, Wnght, Hicks A Gibson of Ra leigh. Each of the 200 children were *'so given a dental and throat rum ii.aUou by Dr Hicka. Assisting Dr. Hirks we re. Miss Ramie Williams, a i urec from the StaU Board of Health office, Raleigh, Hits Maine Camp, *u P'-nntendent of public welfare work in Harnott county, Mist Agnes Har ris, local Red Croat pabllc health nurse, aod other local ladles. The clinics ware conducted In the Cham ber of Commerce rooms. The clime 'here closed a b-dsya> campaign In the cousity. 4k _ fTngfton and 14 at Duke. These added to the 206 woke here brings the total in the county to 488. When eeen by a Dispatch reporter yesterday afternoon, Dr. Hicks stat cd that he foond that approximately SO psr cent of tbs children examined *'i the county were to need of glasses, lie foond s large number of children in school with less than onc-lialf nor mal eyesight and a number with less than 10 psr eent normal vision. Hs sent several children to a blind school, who before the examination had attended public schools In the county. Dr. Hicks also expressed his appre ciation for the cooperation accorded Him hy the parents of the county and especially to Miss Camp and Prof. B. P. Gentry, county superintendent of schools, for the assistance which the rendered in making the clinics a success. Harnett was the second county is the 9tate in which free eye clinics have been put on, though It is ex pected that it will be carried to other counties. It might be stated that the climes in Harnstt were a decided sac nun and no doubt will result In un told benefit to the several hundred school children examined. FACULTY HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL GAME A high clan basketball game wa» played on the local roort Wednae •lay afternoon between the stiff fa culty and the swift hlgh-school girts. The game was vary inters sting from beginning to end. the seen end ing with the faculty one point ahead. Faculty S; school 4. The only features <* Hie game for the faculty was the quickness and ' accuracy of Dodson In getting and shooting the ball, and Henderson's spectacular collision with the ground. Wilson. B., for the girt*, played a very quick game and the high school team gave tha loucher» a hard fight (icing their opportunity to slap trip and push which la avary wap was re ciprocated by tha teachers. The proceeds of the game want to pay for (ho girls basketball Line-up as fottawa: ^■1‘y High School Klneannot . E Goal Wilson, B. Dodson, Goal Baggett, M. Henderson, M. Cantor Ottawa, B. Wiliams, L. Guard Wilson, A. tpoek, J. Guard Creel, L. Gaels, faculty. Beld, Henderson S. Fouls 9. High school, Said, Wil son, t. Foul I. Time, 7 minute quarters. Refers*. Mr. Wright. Lines mas, Roe sell* Dowd. Tiase ksepsr, Sid Wilson Scorer, Oman Dowd. t CARL COERCH COES WITH WILSON MIRROR Wilton, March 14.—Carl Goerch, for Che past two yean editor of tho Now Bern Sun-JournaJ, hat purchas ed an laternt In the Wilson Mirror, a morning paper published In this city, and will assume management of the publication on next Monday. Mr. Goerch before going to New Bern waa part owner and editor of the Washington (N. C.) News. Semi-Torrutdo Strikes The State In The East Saow H1U Suffers Considerable Dorn ego ■ Bools of Houses Are Blowa Awey OoMaboro. March 13.—A semi-tor nado twisting off poplars six inches in diameter, stripping tho roofs off houses, blowing tobacco barns, car rying away all the skylights on a new brick tobacco warehouse and driving hug* fire brands from a for est fir* onward across fields to bo extinguished by the rain driven too by tho wind, struck Snow Hill at two o'clock this afternoon, O. C. Lisles, Eflrd salesman, reported hero to night. A okylight and frame was thrown on s man in a buggy, oeveroly cutting him. Mr Isles was in tho midst of the (term. He declared that had not tho stowm split, one prong going north and another south-west many more buildings would have been wreck ed. The north prong of the storm followed Contentaea crock .wringing off poplars and cedars and filling the air with debris and burning fa gots from an old field fire. The hour, ci with the roofing ripped off were tenant housea with tin roofs for the most pert. Tobacco bsrr.i blown down too won old buildings, but the ware house with the wrecked top was new and of tho finest in Eastern Carolina. Reports came her* last night of storm and hail in thy Dudley section of this county which wreaked sov A.-sUtf^ fajj of hojl fei Of Methodists Ends « Rev. G. T. Adams, Pastor sf dm Dvaa Ckarsk, Preached Ceaforewce Sarmaa Sanford, March 15.—The Fayette ville district conference of the Meth odiet Episcopal church, which has boon in section in th* Steele Street Methodist church of this city sir.ee Wednesday morning, adjourned this afternoon, after a highly Interesting and profitable session. About 125 de legates wore present. The outstanding features of the conference were the Inspirational sd Jrossos of Prof. G. L. Morelock, of Nashville. Term., and Dr. W. P. Pew,1 president of Trinity college, who spoke on the lay activities of the church. Prof. Morelock is tho secre tary of the general board of tho lay activities of the southern church, while fir. Few is the lay leader in the North Carolina conference. Both speakers made it quit* plain that there la great need for each a more, went among the laymen, only about one-tonth of them now being actively engaged In the work of tho church, and only about 16 per cent giving anything fror tho benevolent objects fostered by the church. Dr. R. H. Willis, of Fayetteville, preaided over the .conference, while M. N. Fox, of Siler City, kept the records Among these representing conference intercuts were: Rev. A. 8. Barns, representing th* Methodist or phanage at Raleigh; Re*. T. A. Bikes, of Gresndbore, the Christian Advo east; Kov. R L. Davis. Raleigh, the Anti-Saloon league; President A. W. Mohn, Louisbnrg college; President 8. B. Turrentine. Greensboro college. Rev. G. T. Adame, pastor at Dunn, preached the conference sermon Wednesday at 11 a. at., which wac followed by the tommurdon service Pastor L. 8. Fence and Me people have entertained the visitor! royally. r- C. BAA TO FRACTURES MM SKULL IN FALL AT CHAKLOTTB Charlotte, Barth II—L. C. Bar af tit* circulation department of tha Charlotte Obaaraar, died thir mornii* from Injuria* (uatainad when ha fainted and fall an ana of tha atreett af tha alty. Mr. Bartea fncturad hi* droll by tha faS and ttvad but a few min at** after the happen** Be waa weH known here. He **ey ta Chart*tt* Moaral month* *«o from New York city. Ha was a «r*d mat* af Cornell ualrernkj. Be la**** • wife and an* *Mld. # • Officers Capture Two Copper Stills i Both lu Spam Community — Aheul 400 Gallon* Of Boor Do •troyed Two large copper whiskey manu. lecturing plant* liavt boon cap to rod thi« week by A. B. Adam*, apodal prohibition agent, ami Deputy Sher iff II. II McLeod. Both etllli wore captured in the eum« locality, 4 mllei north-eert of Dunn. Around 400 gal lon* of beer found hidden boar the •till were poured out, while the etiila were brought to Dunn by the offi cer*. Neither of the etill* were In op eration when found by the officer* and no arrcati were made. One of the etiila wae of 60-gallon« capacity, while tlie other hud a capacity o< Ml-gallone Several at ilia have boon captured In that tame vicinity dur ing the la« few month■ IT LOOKS LIKE A WINNING BALL TEAM High School Teem Ie Now Or ganixwd And Ruady For Action Thirty-live boy* hove answered the call lor candidates for the high oehooJ baseball team. Tho prospects for a winning team this- year i* vary bright, the only weak spot is in the pitching staff. The pitching will be handled by Loc Hoke Stewart, T. T. Naylor. Georgs finend, Charlie Skin ner Slid Davit Merritt Naylor, at present, look* like a aura pick for 5r*t pitcher, with Stewart and Men ritl running him a close second. At thr receiving end of th« game are have, David Clifford, Omn Dowd and Bernard Baggvtt Baggett t« a sure hitter and a very goad catcher, if he make* first catcher Clifford and Dowd can be shifted to the to rt eid. will he taken ear* of Orrart' Dowd at position. Th* hot corner position Is open, with David Clifford, Handle Dowd and “Rant" Newberry trying for the pooition. There ia an abundance of material for the owtAeld, with each boys aa Omn Dowd. Tommy Jackson, Nay lor and Stewart when not pitching, and the men that do not make in field, we will have a act of fly chas ers that will taka cam ad the ball* that the pitchers let go to thorn. Today w* bought twelve complete uniforms for the team. Now with the material wc have and new uniform* the only worry we have i* a place to practice and play. There is not a aingie place in Dunn that wc can play, to we an? going to expect the town to come to our rescue and give us a ball park. NEGRO TENANT SERIOUSLY INJURES WHITE LANDLORD Hamcn. March 10—John Moore waa (hot and aarlonaly wounded by Charlie MoKoy, colored tenant en Moore'* farm, Friday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock, and Moore is now In the hoepltal at lyillington, aufferiug from a runahot wound in the thigh and MeKoy waa in jail Saturday awaiting the outcome of Moore’* in juriea. From what can be learned the Miooting rcaulter] from an attempt by Moore to otd MeKoy from hie prop erty. It ie acid that Moore reertad hie place to MeKoy and mured to Lillingtoa, but deciding that he want ed to farm hlmeelf again thl* year came to Mamera Thureday and noti fied the negro to more. The negro aald ho would move If the white man would pay him for wo At done. TWa Moore refueed to do, ate ting that^he would return the next day and make McKoy leave. McKoy coeteuHed a law yer, and it ia *aid that he vu told that Moore could not make Mm move. Whan Mooro returned Friday ho went to the negro'* houee, where he wna ahot by McKoy, the charge ef •hoi entering hie Rilgfa and right leg, cutting an artery. McKoy rarrendtr ed to the authoritiea after the ihoot lug. GOURD TO DBATH • Warrcnton, March Id. — A ball gerrd flellie Ingram, colored, to death at her home ea the 8. i. Clerk place the peat week, according to re. port from Oeek. She died before the doctor arrtred. The catered woman had beaei waned , •* danger and a.Wleed to diepaae ot the animal. She theight aha could ho»«dIe him aafety, ake alwapa replied TUBER' FOR May B« Mad* Dr. L. J Fai veterinarian, of terted 124 cattle Id tv determine err free from eulte of three known today. Dr. here et the ai-gerr era I cattle-ownere Dunn Dietrict. At their next county eommiaaloi county will he rum r»ot exceeding^ purpoer of giein* thr county a county-wide half the coet w<U Federal goeorwmen eeiimatea that them ly 5,000 cattle la -would take about a the taek ef tracing it ukould take a total about M.000 Twrotyt-one No eour, ttr* hare already appropria tion > for financing ng of cat tle, [neladl&« Saboaon. Scotland aad 2 BUYS BC New N. Mu Oa Kaleigh. moiit eityra who 0»er &W North Carolina Section !■ ed la the collar of hostile caps, 25. on which tha BaMgb ooppsrs hare Jait acted 41* particularity, eartaraly da net prows af material as sistance in gaebag it than. For these two sections make tha purchaser of whiskey as guilty *S the sailsr of whiskey; and Raleigh policemen hero gone on the rampage In eaareh af tha buyer*. Fire negroes are be bind tha ban hare for tha purchase af "plata," be trmyed by tha asarehairt-bootleggur. They mads their peecbaaao Saturday night Last night, upon the testimony of the man from whom they bought, the quintet was plaead an tha city jaU And that mgihotels tha fatuity of the implications of section 10 in the face of the speetfleatioM of Sec tion! 2 and 21. Sections i spec rite* Out “no per son shall manufacture, poll, barter, transport, import, aHport, deliver, furnish, pore Hass or possess" nay K nuor. except as prorVUd In section 10—for which the moist thanked goodness— allowing the stores of li quor. legally procured, in on eh own home. Section 15 authorises ad teeth Gcandnm proceeding** in the proeur ance of evidence. U*lng section 1 first, the officers arrested one Bill Muir, of Durham, for bootlegging. Than, picking up lection is. they used the od toatlft raMlum; therewith procuring evh donee on which they raoortod onto more to section 1 tad attested tha quintal of negro**. Acasnv them BUI Nash had peddled Ms liquid war**. Further activities ad Ala otmraetei »r* promised by tbs capital elty sap per* who have found la A* now not on effective way of eeadbattiag tha demand for whiskey. . I* 1* true that wadas- section 10, U a person can one* git the Uquor into his own cellar, the birdon mala upon the state to prove A*t he procured it illegally. But bow tea tha person know that the hnnrtdfiai from whom he bays may not tan him apt or, »ho old th* bootlegger rig nseaffci hence foil late tha hands at tiia po lice. what saauraaea ha* the parebmo Or that under adteytifleandum pro c endings he would aat be famed ts giro tho name of all his nualnniiil Hanger hi aeon la A* two sections that outweighs tha fdhf ogpaiaat 1* •action. IP Ann we eetoetloo* «U moke pon rk"« •» »qW to eoteh Hi* boot lo«(«r, e*7 «ouU puy n*fc qiW kqbol JoeUaeofoo, Wh ooloo *d liquor to catob tho *4nuomor1 Before thia Voletood Mt hoe grotn Into puiq monboo*. It M*e Ub * montftw oar tatolonwo* town** tb< liquor mltor on* the Vquor-nm 1 County Conunencemen To Be Held Merck 24th - M ■■■ >wu.i>im>. m a. -- t wfl »>«.h Prof. fl. p. Su. WU. Airuft AlMafln Interest if growing in the county wide conuncnecmcnt and Add day which will ha held at Uliingtoa Bat unlay, March S4. A faataro of tfca day win ho aa addruat at 11 o’clod by Representative N. A Townsend ol Dunn. Hu nddrant wiM deal lacgnl] with the new school law. which b< piloted through the Legislature. There will ho conteuti of Tthnu kind*, including tht athletic, or field day, contettf in the afternoon. Prof B. D. Been of the Dona high school, will hare charge of the athletic* pro gram. A mere complete program will be published in The DUpeteh at aa •arty date. POLITICAL POT IS WARMING UP Om Candidate Far Mayer And Two Far rn—liiisusr Are “Out.” The tew* political pot in beginning to bent nod indication* are that it will be boiling toon. While the pri mary will not bo bold until the tatter port of April, the candidates are already “coming oet" at a rate which promiecs to All the field before the time /or voting comet ‘round. The firnt to announce woo J. W. White bead, whoso announcement for mayor was published in Taooday'i Dispatch. Mr. Whitahcad formerly nerved for two terra an mayor of Dunn and AHed the odbt in a most CTeditride manner. He wan succeed ed by J. L. Wade, present mayor. Two candidates for town mauls rioter have entered the race aad their announcements writ bo found in tuday'n papar. B. M. Brewer of fers from the fourth ward. We OoMauia. pa-ant rn—lariauar tram l*lu« ward, will aot odor, ter ra ri— the board for oigbt years aad ban taken a stand and sated for afl pro gressiva mseoar— that bare praoraU ad thsmaaires during that time. P. T. Mas—agih announces In to day's Dispatch hia eoadidacy for com ml—loner from the second ward. Mr. Ms—tnghl Hired oa tho board a number of years ago. The political waters are apparent ly fin*, and others are expected to enter as tho dote far tho piis—ry ap proaches. “Old Bi Sdvsr was a peculiar dock. Farmed with bis bean and had daraed good tack; The folks ‘round about woritad hard and tried. But boro’s Si’s secret—be diversifi ed." ALL POOLS FOB DELIVERY OF COTTON CLOSC NBXT TUESDAY Baialgh. March IS.—All pool* wfD ba cloaed next Tuesday far delivery of eotton by mnebcn of the North Caroline Cotton Growers Co opera | live eeeoelation, according to an I nouncement from headquarters bore. Thle dove not mean that all cotton will he told by that time aa the as sociation oPieer* etata that orderly marketing will bo adhered to a* a definite policy. The North Carolina eotton coop cretire, have lad the entire aantb in eecnrlng deliveries of ehcrt elople eotton by member*, and the retard far the season (hows receipt* of mar* than It5,000 bale*. Th* Mia. hut pp. long atople grower*' emoetation re eeivad a larger number of bale* free* their member*, hot no otbar *otHfc»rr itato baa ogoaMod it. Sooth Carolina being the next Manat. “NO, I LOVg ANOTHER p’ CRIES CUU-| KILLS SELF Oeaera. March 11—Nin of a pa thotic traced? comoo from Itedia, a mmS 1*1 and hi Lake Coaatenee whan pretty Frau line Moaor, tl pawn aM, ahet hereetf Monday before Mm church alter rather than wad a araal thy maa twlaa bar ar* When the prleet aaked her (ha <■» al qoaadan whether aha accepted Mm maa aa her haaband, Mm brida re. plied: “Na, aaj 1 lore another. Mj paraato knew (kin—I weald rather dtefMir With tbaaa word* A* draw a email rcralrer from hanaath her hrMal ha qnet and Aet horealf through Mm head, falllap umeonadaa* at Mm fan •f the prleet. and dying erltkin l few momenta , that will erork earlaae hantahipe ai i the antUprotrlhlM an late—Sratk Bar > klap la Charlotte Ohaerter. ; WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY •UKNS FAMILY SAVING* —y—— Bumrellle. March IS. — Chari*] I Auatio. of Paint Oap, Yaacoy coaaty wh« need a tobacco aark aa a dopes! tory for valaablea forget to inf ora hia wife of tha cooImu of tha poach, load it war not until after aka had thrown it into the fir* that ah* knew ail* kad burned the ravings of tha family. Several greenbacks wan last. Frank Andrew* Is Given A Pen Tens He Will Serve Proa Peer to 10 Yeera Per Ante Stealing—HU I Perfetto UOM M Reeky Moo lit. Hawk 13.—Prank Andrew* waa aantaaccd to from faar to 19 years a{ hard labor in the state penitentiary by lodge Karr, in Weak coanty Superior court today, according to long distance telephone advices bom Nashville. Andrews, a young white man of this city, waa taka*, in comedy by officers several week* ago, and coafaawd to be lag a member of the allaged gang of auto mobile thlev a* who ware charged with operating ever eastern Carolina. Andrews, It will be recalled, ad. mdttcd hawing taken a ninth rr of ata* rhinos, here, meet of which ware re covered after having bcca traced to Kinston and other Lenoir county points, and at the earn* time tamed state’s evidence, implicating several other, who ware aim arrested da* HOI, of Kinston, given prelim lanry hearing here several wache ego aleng with Andrews, failed to show ap at court this morning, ft was stated ever the tslepheae, and hi* 32,000 bond was called out by the court. It was indicated that th* saect extent of Andrews' imprlaonussaV woalrf dspci.d apea hie conduct tad behavior. •evotml «*her defendants in th* po Uco round-ap of th* allege<1 gang, •he are declared to have tab— ap. prsxlmatcly to can, are 'awaiting trial in Lonoii after having haaeiag at — I Chicago, March IS—A email Sash colored bet water bottle waa the se em of a hoax by which Kim Evelyn Lyons, of Iseseda. Michigan, bad baea able to bsdis and cassriaco doc tors for three wanks that th* bud temperature of 113 lgr.it „ high eralthough .« apparently good health, it was assarted tonight by Dr. Morris Pish be Ir, i-.T g the Journal of tba *—trlran Htdbff Association, who related th* In Teel I gatioa he mad* of the cam. The young woman, who bad one* boon a nan*, eemcualed the hat wa ter bottle hi her bed, he arid, and through pretended fits of coughing and hysteria, managed to place the thermometer bulb on th* heated bot tle long enough to drive tba mercury to the desired point, where It re main* in medical thenuometen astff shaken down. GROWERS WILL GET MILLION AND MALE The Tobacco Grower* Co-operative Association Magee a double header next Saturday, March IT. whoa It Roan out another million and a half dollar* to the organised growers la tiro state*. The farmer* of tho Saetem Caro lina bolt will double their money on all tobacco delivered to tho acao elottos tinea December 1, or to the tlom^of tho cloning of tho Eootom mont by Jenoi M. Craig, troaonro* of the noseclsUen. AtaowwMe the Virginia dark tabasco farmoro wffl receive morn thou a million dollar* ao second paymeat on all tielterxiei op to FAnuy IT. Rkhnrd L Hoyne*. assistant dr rector of tho warehouse dopartanent of tho tobacco eo-opemtiee won io «^^fb yesterday moral eg on rente for Wootens North Carolina whore ta accordance with the ‘-^Tnt ■‘mini of tho member grower*, roHorton ho pieced at oeocy market to m oolvo d.mogoe wh.ro routine* brook fa« hoe occorrad —Ealeigh Mown and Oheerver. INHERITS SlSOjSM OraiBteetRe, E C., Hank 14— Mn. Omuls Dodges of Ado placa ban mootvod ward that aba la hilrooi to o fortune «rtlwaM< ot 1140,044 loft to bar by John M. W1M. hoi brother, who loft ASwn oountg mors (By PBED B. Th* Canty OanaWatan #f Harnett, ikM by Mm OvsafcJD* Inf Ca., have appropriated «M0 for an u. preventing faint fin* la Haiaatt aouaty. Thii UM with aa amount fro* the North Oeogical aad --madi wd be mad ia helping tha pi sfths' county u naiiaa tha gnat Ian that tha fires mt ia tha year and the can tn the handling af than fanat aad Bald Ore*. Mast, par sent at aB three fina an daa ta of a leek af ksroiifae, af tha paapla aa ta the Bat far than fine the have pa wag tinbar oa __ million* af dellara. As It ia, then an »“* of waste land to* pear •**> to caltivat* without tha aid af fertilisers. Th« ia du* to th* tan i»C sway of th* Tigtlabla-rltl *a th* aoQ. J- A Bplief af T 'Tltagti*. haa agreed ta act n< ■ f 1 waifc. wfl] aarve free *f j* fa ntbr to nafa the IHiftid-fa n^gufanpn^JT^T her af deputy Warden nil ha ant. tand throughout tha nna|t ta gut on fires when they an anaR and rai tty extinguished. The dan** of tbo Wardens nu fa i and in _ af tha forest fin tawa____ realty far preventing fin*. B is tha duty af th* warden ta i evidence to convict . fa**. Th* taw pewvidaa for aa, (UTaliwaiai in this Una. The toe. to th* couaty fma CanaI «n* doing tha past fanr Months has bean at least 11*0,000. Beery pap. as* ahaat.t help in diit work. Biat bp being careful with firm, and, taeeetd by seeing the hit neighbor* an dlb. :« careful or pay. tha paaatty far | eardnaacM. EIGHTY.TEA* 01ft DARKY AKJtESTED FOR Deputy Sheriff floor White, while ate loaded wMi •dl i>—Mod m load u Um capture of oldat hlocfcader in Lw feoad * place onda for o otiO oeor the hvuee of A* tW®, ood eoewr root, they food o 41 the eeBnr ef the hone, i that o sella ad t half of Motor end acme 100 ratten ef noth reedy for a run. The negro woo imilil ritd brought to Sanford, wad wee deeo a hooting hofere —1- ~ W. I. Weather*yea, who hound Un oeor to oeort la the aw of RH. Bo •ad# hood Mm non day. Mnt out reunion -— i B I HU
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