THE
VOLUME X_DUNN, NORTH CAMMjj
MAY COMPROMISE
COAST LINE CASE
Attorneys Instructed By Bun
To Prop oss Amicable
Settlement o4 Sail
With * view to the s mi coble settle
meat of the esee la which the A tie a
tic Coast Line Railway company li
eutajt the town of Dunn for title b
the taro blocks of property knows ai
Lucknow Square, the Board of Com
miaaicaars last ni«ht instructed is
attorneys, Godwin and Williams, te
propose to tha railway cerapaay that
H abandon claim to tho Mock between
Broad and Cumberland f tree to and
to accept title to the Mack between
, Cumberland and Dlvtna^ streets with
(he andtrrtandinc that* the latter
block be used only ftor yaaamsei
tUUon purposes at aach time ae the
company may deem it necessary to
Valid. _
m. • ___a
wm rowt ib a a
»w«r to one coming from the com
pany’* counsel that tho Iowa be rat
ified ViU tho UM ef the first bleak
aa a public park until rack time m
the company might require It ft!
•tall on and terminal facilities
and that the company be relieved ef
aB taxes and street aeacautants on
both bloeki until It is so required.
Tho Board felt that agreement ta
the company's proposal would bo no
thing lesa than an absolute surrender
of its present era*ratlin that the
whole property belongs to the town.
Under ouch agreement tho company
would bo at liberty to continue the
property la Me preseat us* as a cot.
toa yard, doc* the leading ef cotton
as freight would place tho block ta
•he category of "Unaiaal faculties."
Earlier in the year the board*!
counsel had made practically the
proposal as that eutHaod by
.tho board lata aigbt Tide proposal,
however, would have convened the
railway company ta erect an ado.
quau prase ngst station upon the
southern block as soon aa "coavouh
- *»t and practicable. ** Use new pre
-poenl ruerqly would penult the eom
/ Jgoy to «*e, MS'own judgment as to
9 «G»’ wood of eraly canetauottau of
■ :«wdb.g taadhStT- ■ r**
Edplytng to tbs first proposal the
company's counsel stated that tho
company felt that Ms present pastes
ger station facilities were adequate
for the town and that it did not ecu
template the early consti-w.il ec of
soother station.
Unless the company accepts the
board’s proposal tho eaaa prohat’y
will ha heard in the coming urm of
Harnett County Superior Court for
♦he trial of civil actions. There is
little doubt, according to R. U God
win, oenior member of tho firm vt
Godwin and Williams, that the town
will he gtvrn s verdict if the case
dots go hack to court.
Influenza Meningitis
Cured By New Serum
Wesson SeientisU Bevel ep Serum
That Saved Yeaag Reg’s
Ufa
New York, March tt.—Ten-year
old Morrii Geduldt, kaa boon cared
of inflaensa meningitis, a disease
with a mortality rata higher than M
par cent, by a bow eeroao developed
by two women seisntfata, attached to
reaoareh laboratories of tho New
York health department K waa aa
noor.ced today at the linked Israel
Zion hospital at Brooklyn.
Morris, K waa stated, was tha see
ond person saved from death by tha
serum during the past fsw years. The
two sure* are the only ones evsr ef
fected in this city, about 80 other
suffers having died of the rare ail
ment.
The tarum was developed at the
health department laboratory at
Willard Parker hospital, by Or. Olga
Pltovsky. aided by Dr. fsssphias
Neal, (in charge of -meningitis iu
March. It is taken frees aa Immun
ised horse tale which there has bean
injected pfeiffsr bacilli.
»r. Neal said today that Morrii
keen give ntbrse Injections of
had been given throe injections of
tho now' serum.
MK is Impossible to say that the
new strum Is a specific for the die
corn.” tho declared, "tan I believe If
Is safe to say that it contributed
largely to Uitoe two tutus ws hBVt
on record ”
Dr. Pitov*y was th* Bret s.l.wtisl
to observe tho -***«- Iurrur or
dinary meningitis and iaffusasa mam.
»■*«• and k was tao ufc. vistwaOj
dovulspsd th* datum. Lotov Dr. tar
*t a fftoa af tahas Bapktaa Uidvsr
sity hospital end new sf the aotao
leBer foundatioa, cot the ws* so
salts
"la the oaaa sf Osdoldt. tha hot
first thruo Injtstlsas. tat » la m*
PARKER’S EASTER
BONNETT IN RING
1 S*T* He'll Amooomca HinueH
As C-tthu CmmmImI—
•r of Agriculture
T. B. Parker, formerly director of
■ various activities af the State Do
i pertinent af Agriculture, but now
Hated aa a Wayne county farmer,
I dropped a brand new Easter hat in.
j to the political ring yeeterday and
authorised the announcement that in
1994 he will be a candidate to suc
ceed Major W. A. Graham aa North
Carolina Coaunieeioner of Agricul
ture. Tha announcement la informal,
like that of other potential candi
dates
Mr. Parker le Juet now announcing
that he will announce hlmaclf inter
on aa a candidate, and in M doing,
he is following the lead of A W. Mc
Lean and J. W. Bailey, both of whom
have announced that they are going
ta announce themeelvae aa candi
date! for Governor before the year
is out Neither of the trio ia yet
ready to begin active campaigning
for the Job* toward whleh their as
piration! have them looking, but era
juat letting it he known that they
have it In mind.
Mr. Parker ii what the Provident
call! a “genuine dirt fanner." He
owiu land in Wayne and Wake
counties, and interests In orchard pro
ject* both in the peach belt in the
Sandhills and in the apple bolt in
the mountains Ht is well known
throughout the State as a protagon
ist af better farming. Ho cants to he
widely known through his activities
in the farmers institutes. He was at
sue time president of the American
Association af Barm Institute Work
ers.
The Wayne-Wake farmer la likely
to have company aa the ticket. Major
Graham hiauelf may run, or his son,
W. A. Graham. Jr., of Lincoln coun
ty may gut in the running- H. E La
tham. a member of the State Board
of AgWeulbure, is spoken of aa among
those whs urn af a giind to run. Tha
Bald Is totting, particularly so if.
sasnssusra
NOTED CHURCHMEN
COMING THURSDAY
Drm. C. H. Rowling. And T. N.
Ivy Will Speak At Moth- I
odiat Church Horn
Rev. Dr. E. 11. Rawlings of Nuh
rfllt. Term., general secretary of tho
Board of Mu*lorn of the Methodist
Episcopal church, 8onth, and Dr. T.
N. Ivey, editor of the Christian Ad
vocate of NashvtUe, Teaa., will
speak at tha Methodist church ia
Dam Thursday evening af thla week
at B o’clock. Dr. Rawlings is one of
the foremost churchmen In tho Uart
eded States, while Dr. Ivey, who la a
native North Carolinian, la wall and
favorably known throughout tho
State.
The mooting to ho hold here ia one
of a Urge number of like meeting,
being held throughout the Bute thla
week, all ia the interest of tha Meth
•dlrt centenary movement, which it
raising tha sum af |»6,000,0«0 in
I've years* tlmo for mission work at
home and abroad.
The coming of Dr. Rawlings to
Damn give, the church people of
the town an unusual opportunity to
hear a presentation of ehureh activi
ties throughout the world aa they
are in progress at this time and to
get inside information as to what
the fortes of Christendom ora doing
to bring about a condition of rant
and contentment among tho peoples
of the world, and to establish the
kingdom of righteousness aa well.
Dr. Rawlings has been identified
wiih the missionary work af tha1
Boatbsm Methodist church for many
years, and scores of tiroes has vitit
«d tha numerous mrtston fields of
that ehareh. and also those of other
denominations. As general secretary
af the miaeion board tha duty falls
to Wa hands to administer tbs vast
Centenary fend of MS,0«0.00« that
the Southern Method (eta ore raising
hi thla five-year period, and also .the
usual annual contributions for mio
•loa work mads by tha eharah.
to Mjr that tha Utor Injaatto*. pra
raatad tha «aaal ratapaa and kapt tha
baatlll la chaah.
"Inflaaaia manlncOie t. a tarrfWa
ilntai. In atl tha Htoratora of «adU
ala*, taaa than a tear* of aura* hava
nor. W. F. MAIIIY U DEAD
Pro#. W. T. Maaaap, arlUnwvi
adUtoHl^totha Protraa.tr* *!£££
r
Four M«n Lose Lire*
As Tug Sinks In Gtli
Died From Zap.Hire Mediae Pena.
Om Pilot Hearn. Whjeh, Ro
meiaed AW*» Water
EUaabeth City. March *»_»on
i mrn loet thoir llvee and five other
j hnJ to be brought to a koepilal bon
I for treatment aa a rmult of the cap
faing of the Richmond Cedar Worfca
tug, Julian J. Fleetwood, at Norlt
i River bar early today daring a gala
The men who loet their lira died
from the cold and expoeure and Stall
bodice were found on top of Uu
pilot hoaec, which remained above
water. The other matnbara of the
crew were almoet nncoaecteut whea
removed by the Annie L. Van Barter,
of the North Rlveriine. The dead aril
Captain Clyde WaHter, of Hart
lord, N. C.; Firat Mate, William B.
Cray, of Hartford; Engineer Vernon
Leigh, of Norfolk, and Carfand
Chance, of Hertford, negro cook.
The other membara of the crow
Included E. K. Mona. Leeter Borneo.
J W. Shadow and P. D. Alexander,
ail of Norfolk. They had to ftght for
their livoa againat the cold for aU
haom, they mid, and two of them
had left the pilot booae and had
ewum out to a barge before the Van
Scivcr arrived.
Wins Suit For $2£00
Against Her Husband
Bat Now Tkoy'ro P - ifl ■ J And
Ao la mobile LiabiBty Cawpanp
Cote The Bill
Asheville, March il_Kn oria
Roberta waa awarded ft ,400 damage!
by a ury in MadLMn aaparlor coart
following the trim yaateMay of a
iiaamge rak Instituted by Mrs. Reb
vrta. against bar husband, as the re
auh of an aatomobUe accident hi
whlrh she aumained IE Junes. Bho al
leged that bar hatband operated the
ear ia a negligent manner and by
reason of such ah* was eatitisd to
damages.
UfR Baberta kliyiag happily wHk
Mr
If an appaal by defendant's to tha *n
per me court faults ia an affirmation
of the Madison's verdict.
town or SELMA IS
TO CET NEW HOTEL
Srlma, April 1.—Construction on
a new hotel for Selma will begin
about April It, according to an
nouncement made here recently. TTle
hotel will be boilt by J. T. Barham,
proprietor of the Merchants' Hotel,
and will be conotmeted upon the
ake of the old Wyoming Hotel, which
was burned several years ago. TTlc
hotel win be modern throughout, and
Us location is near enough to the pas
senger station for the canveoieaco of
the traveling public.
Rev. Sidney Edgerton
Died Sunday Morning
Wae fester of Baptist Choreh At
Lillie glen And Other Harnett
Oswln
Rcr. Sidney A. Kdgerton, puter
of the BaptUt church at UlUnfton
and other churches In Harnett coun
ty, died Sunday—Baster-morning at
2:20 o'clock at hie homo at Buia’e
Crock of acme bead trouble, from
which he had (offered for some time.
Deceased yae S5 yoan old and la ear
vlood by hit widow, who before her
marrHy* woe Mies Virginia Kivett
ef Bale's Creek, and twe email eons—
Che He* Teyier and Herndon.
The funeral was conducted yester
day of tor noon at 2 o’oleck from the
Baptist church at Bole’s Croak by
Rer. E. M. Johnson, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Dunn, emitt
ed by Rev. B. Townsend, of Bnio’i
Crook. Rev. Mr. Stroape of Brood,
way. Rev. H. C. McCall of Duke and
Rev. I. F. Mr I no* of LiRtngton. Ma
sk wu rendered by the choir from
Bale’* Crock academy. A largo crowd
attended the funeral and many boau
tifat floral i—tnge ware ’banked
•pan the grant
Mr. Bdgortoa was a good preaahm,
a good chiles and wn loved by the
peeple ef hie congregations and oth
ers with whom ho came la contact,
and hie untimely dooth brought sor
row to many hearts.
died Friday at hla home in Salisbury
Md. Frof. Maaoay emu M yeauu ok
and formerly Uvad la Ala State. H<
was a member ef the fkst fnetaHi
af the State eellege, and torn knowi
throughout the Stole as "The fatfcoi
of the eew.peeL” Funeral earn lag
were held yesterday meeting at 10 :S<
o’eloek.
f4‘r **
aeaoclatien were’^^Kyd M th* as
«M! of tl^Klkkolden and
d'rector* of the ^^Bg|jaa Friday
cyeainp. Th* rep^HFth, oOcbra
far laat y«*r wcse^Mbpi......
the workheldaia’ ffiaratau
I™", ril ‘.*** Ir^K‘
totaled IS.7M.i»J^Vg£mm^rf
^Th.
ed by «he dodiMHbr th* year
IHIt R U OogW^KgrU Wade.
Harper UolUd^'j^K;
G. M. Tllgfcnna, t^Br*fTpr, j. L
Wade, J. C. Byrd, *. f,
Ye.ac, Dp. J. R. Vai W. P.
Holt. -
stockholder* E F t^^Euylu elected
chairman of the bd^HEd the fol
lownf officer* w«q^Htod: Pnri
drnt, H A. Tortl*^^fc'firr rlce
p resident. C aecond
nre-preelderit, H ar^^Ht&day; aac
Itury, 7. Croealr^ buaii^a
marmger. Hlia .r^y*"
committee, Entot^^BRa, H. A.
t u'dinpto^
tea in the talra^wkb
effoela to make the iMJ fri I ft.
nanrial aooeeaa.
Tha Harnett County fair ground*
oed building* rapnarot an exptadh
ture of approanoatriy |M,000, and
while the aiagelation toot, money dar
ing 1*30 and 1**1, the eaceeaa at,
mined laat year anceuraged tka
ftockhoidera and dimeters to uk*
greater efforts thl* year than eror bo
i fore. Plana for tka fair to ba bald
October ». IB, 11 rod 1* thto year,
An already being wetted eat It to
confidently exyacted the* the Into to
be ringed thl* year *01 drew at laant
* MOO people and probably mare.
The fair official* bee* 'rnnrrt from
pe« ripen one* jorisrirot elaee of an.
tertai recent the people want aad It to
that data that will make gp the fair
thia year.
It la not the tow* to which fain
are held that gala Ike graataet recalls
from them, bat the rural dtotricta aa
well arc ben*fitted from the kind
ef fain that haro been aad wfll con
tinue to bo pat on haro
GETS BK STILL iN
WESTERN HARNETT
Ofiaeare Captura 110 Galina
Outfit With 1«*0M Cal
I ■—<**—
■ -r —
The target* ud -Moat complete
whiakey-maaofnet—lap plant «nr ta
ken in tkU part of tha State waa
captured to tha wertem part af Hai
nett county four aSaa* aarth-eaat of
Maaebeattr,' Wit—toy afternoon.
The .tin waa a tapper ontftt af ISO
—lion capacity aad.waa aa aiynS)
aaeemhtod affair.
BcaMaa (ha atfll, approuhnauly ltt
OOO aalloaa of h—r want taken,
thauch no one waa found abort tee
nil! when tha a#aa peached lb
The plant and -Trrrtnfta—
that It had bean operated an a tape
acala for anreral Martha. Tha epar
rtan had praoldad • *1momn a—a
by tho atfll, where H ipp-nl that
liter ** aad atop*. A eenrae teat tor.
<Vra<l the (Map quartan, lka adlean
•bo eaptund tha rtSI declared thal
thoafch they had participated ta —
•wraw raid*, tha aatQt aaptairt
Wadaeaday waa tha Jaap i H and had
cqaippad they had ever aaaa. Ite
cfhtara atoo aaiaad l.tba pa—da at
•a—^faq— at tea Mg.
raid were: Federal QSim A. A AA
j amt af D—a and ftilTrtli af Car
thapn, Sheriff MaAjten and Depot—
. Kyle. Battle and fpfuay af BanaM
i Sheriff KcOoaahy —0 Deportee Wao
and Koliy af Coateartand.
A. B Adanw, apattol ynklbfdea
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I
Zt «■> •
Krupp Directors Are
Arreeted By French
u*» Cam. dp A* lUrett Of
faW CUA At PUat Oa
I April 1—Four lUreateca af
tba Xrapp works wore arrested by tha
Fraadt military authorities today aa
cbargaa of inciting tha attack by tha
Ganaaa workman oa tha troop* Sat.
artta. which culminated in tha kiflh«
af alaa Germans and tha wautire af
>f ethasa.
Tba maatittaa eccarred when a
Fraech llaataanat whh 11 man want
*• **• wotha to ragaMUoa
awtpr tracks far tha Fra nek army.
Than ware oaly a faw aare la Oa
(araya at tha time, aa H appear* tba
Krupp aatharittaa tad a precious faw
rtmatioa af Oa reyaMttoainy sad ra.
wared same af Oda.
*• dbaetare nrraatnd yar* Hsrt
I Ocstertis, Brake aid Bitter.
Thap ware takaa at thair kosnaa in
apm Th» Matfj
Wuhtngtoa, lurch He-C«ttr M.
Brajrtaa, of tea Vmteeialty af Via*
rink, and Victor V. Yonng. af tea
Unicerehy af North CaiaKaa, war*
•wag tea four wlaaaia freight ia
iha flrct ananal aaUeaal debate eoa
daeted beta under tec aa^irea af tea
MattaaaJ Literary aaetety. Tha gate
tteaww: "Baaairod, That CagHal
tercty ChfMaed jpeg—WATTill
debate waa hold ta tea acaMcaa af ria
Maa each, thrat ta caab aide. Yeeag
waa ceteeted aa tha heat —galtrc de
bater aad Aether CHBeegte, af tea
UatvereKy af Poaoaytvaaia, aa tea
boot ateraatere debater to tea Brat
aeeticet. Braxton far tea atenaatfre
aad Hugo Btaaonbarg, af tea Uai
raretty af Weat Virginia, for tea ae
gatire were aaiaeted ae tea bote ia
Me other erotica. Braxton aad OB
, icayia will awat Yaoag aad
t
i
TSM YBAB OU>
DOT HA* Oft A JAG
ClHatbrtb Oty Iadcgendant)
A tea year aid bag, Whsaa an an
la ate dindgad. waa triad in tee *%
naaBa Ceart ia DHabete City Thara
day aa a charge af fractional Tha
tefld teU teat ha faaad tea Hqaer
ia a batMa hidden te tea aad af * lag
aoar tee ride of a mad ta tea rietafcy
af Doth aehaOL la deaak af tea
white UgaU .ad want ta athoal band*
|| ly drank.
' Uni af'baar (a Btedaa'eaaaty h
a raid atoda loot weak.
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SHMONS PLACES
BLAME FOR PRICES
Tariff DntUe Direcib OrUi>
ractl? RmhmU* Pit
’ W»thin*ioB. April * *n—Hr
hof***t of North CmbUh, today
reiterated bio opinion “that At tariff
datte* and tfco CAM pcafereatial
mto m 'directly or ridhreilp Ao
cbiof factors which prarelT with ro
•poct to Ao sagar mariMt and "hare
■red* k rev far the maajpeUtan of
mpar to comer the market"
la • autimaiil made peblic bp
the OcaMcratte Nations! Committee
Ki. Mumm declared that “pram
tfcally aU of Ac boot and case —f >
»redacu of this country bare paaod
oat of tho hands of At tanaon (ate
tho hand* of Ao roriacis and their
■reoelatoo. and are now bold bp a
ireaM (roup of amaipalatoro who aim
control a lant* port of tho ontpai of
Coho, which bp mm of Ao prefer
ential rater. Am bee earn r-I1 -”r
Mir only fororin mark at for Ao par.
(At of mpar."
CantBcl a# Moahat
"With a differential A farer of
Csbai. rapar af nearly — *--1“ coat
par pound/* be mid. “H «* apparent
that it it aoaatrarp only to centre!
the prodaetiea of taro rone trio* Ac
Halted State* and Cabo—A order to
Sire the small (reap of mej#atatem
pff llftllj mrMtxmry ptvir trtf tkt
price of oarer A Ao auhd of At
Uaited Statoo. U la tppdHM. too,
that At Maher Aa tariff para the
briber also pore the differential.
EASIER CANTATA
WASDEUCHITOL
Luff* Crawl fltMtA With
Cuter Programi At FWt
A crowd that filled to ninfleal^
the aedrtor id end heir nay «f the
Arm Baptist choreb was delighted
With the Easter --f. “The
Coaqarrwg King." whieh was render
•d hy tha their of that cboroh Ban.
day see slag. Tha pragrma sauteed
of otovea number! and as a whole
was eaa of the mast pleating mod
cals ever rendered in Dun.
■While the program woo a rtf rf
one, it woo rendered in s feaMam
meaner. without ths lout dlsrerolhla
discord, and the large aedleaoa was
tb rifled and m-thrOM aa the pra
gram waa wio rod
Nothing (hart of perfect co-opera
tion end on tiring effort upon the
part of each member of the choir
eo«U bare prodnood end) aa cocaine
Of entertainment for the music Imre re
of the mom. Dr. C. D. Bala is dime*
tor of the choir sad Mrs. 3. T. Guy
Is organ let
• Following ia the program la Its en
tirety.:
Fact I.
(taction—Mr*, i. T. Gay, amaabt
Bid* o*> in Majotey, (ehrnna)
Ztan’* Daaghtor, Wm* No Mon,
(quartet of Wosaan’a Vote**)—Mr*.
*. L. Den Bln#, Miooo* Florence Bri
nk, Ethel Louu tad Janie lpoek.
Baialy Bo Beth Borne Oar Grief!
(kata aolo, alia aolo and aha rat)—
C. O. Bata, MMa MU* Naylor aad
choraa.
Whoa I Sanray the Wondroai
Croat, (rtaat far aapraM and aka)
—Mr*. A. C. Parker aad KM* tod*
lpoek.
Bo Cieath Sloop, (contaake tola)
—Mr*. Goats* P. Malay
Part II.
Why Waapaat ThooT (baaa aoia
(joortot, soprano iota aad Choraa)—
* T. Gay, Mr* Co*. P. McKay, Ml*
*•»*• Is I Mea t, and B. D Baaa.
Cbtfat la Mata, (tenor tote, mb*
aad Soprano Deet aad Chdroa)—C
K. Smash ten and Chosraa.
Bam Calm and BaaatMnl, (kart
ton* mb and choraa)-«. U Dan
nhs# aad Choraa.
LMt Op Tear Baa*, (than*).
B«J*b*» 1W Lard b Kb*. (deal
aaartat aad Char**—Mr* B. E
Baaa, MM* MU* N.yUr, M. M. to
aipaa, ft D. Ha.
%
ALL THE WORLD
LOOKS TO AMERICA
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Prohrtteen l» the 0 '
<«■*." -Id Hew. TWm. Wetem. C*
A—«. la addnat at the. flat
Baetiat dank Itat n ilat A Mt> .
*<aad tadlftt haaad Mr. Wtteaa^
• ddraaa. Ihaagh he —ha tar —at
than « a bear. W held Ma —Waste
■tallhaaad at he taM af eeadMaae ia
M*—Mather wet eettMiafc aaaktaet
*r^M. MC-—T»Md«—!■*ttf
the North Catahaa V "T‘ ia laa
CM. Mr. Walter, ha —id. wee ee*t
ta the United hate hr Mi ■ 11II
wba Car the ratt aaeeateaa
hnea a a—her aC y—ha
at tram Aaahatb dtetete
far reldaaae er apprwaM. A> M—pt '
■fee eaM. «—M 1-tHw J»i MTlht
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