VOLUME X. A BAND CONCERT AT DUKE TONIGHT Girl'* Frioadly Society Will Alao Aaaiat la Program. OtW Local Ittmi Duke, April S. — The regular monthly concert under the anaplcaa of the Erwin Concert Band it to he given Friday evening at aight o’clock in the echool auditorium. In addition to the above the Glri’e friendly So ciety will alto give an interacting ping tarn in connaetien with the band. Hit. Harper Holliday, of Duna, will ■ing far thU event. A complete pro gram ie a> f oilmen Coe turn* drill by Junior Olrt’a Friendly tecicty. Fleno duet by Mia* Mabel Wood, worth and pupil. Vocal note by Mre. Harper Halil day. G. F. S. Chorun, "The Lovtahop." Vocal ealo by Him Myrtle Wood worth. Belectloni by the Kmrln Concert Band. Vocal (ate by Mr*. Harper Hold. day. The Junior Girls rreindly Hava been unusually fortunate in getting Mias Elsie Coffey to help thorn ia that she has kindly volunteered to train them in voles. Mist C off ay received Ror vocal training nt Mitchell col lege. The Woman's Community chib held aholr regular moatkly moating Thursday night at the library. Sev. •rai topics vara discussed by them la addition to tha routine business. An interesting address was mods by H. A. Edge, county farm demonstra tor, OB bow to got tho moot out of a garden. Rio theme was "Boat Results From tha Home Garden.** Several Easter egg baau have boon Raid in tha last few dayu by tbs Sun day schools af tbs tows and tbs Girl's Friendly Society. Mrs. C. H. MHIer and daughter, Jean, are speeding ears raj daps ia Washington. D. G» with relatives. E. R.. Thomas la bptudjuj am rai Dr. R. M. Buie attendod the State Wake Forest baseball gams in Ra leigh on Eaator Monday. Mias Isstas Oeddie. student at Carolina College, Mas ton, spent the Eaator holidays hare with bar par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C, Gaddis. Mias Rosalia and Gladys Hamil ton, of the graded school faculty, spent Easter with friends ia Empor ia, Va. W. M. Fowler, principal of Quin rriy school, Grlftoe, spent Eaator here with Us parents, Mr. and Mrt. A. F. Fowler. "Mickle” P'Qulnn left Ihie weak for Greensboro, where he will report to tha OlOTubero baseball dob of; which ha hat bean a member for tha past two seasons. A religious pageant entitled “The Modern Prodigal” is to bo gixen next Sunday evening at 7:18 o’clock, by the members of tho Bpwuilli League at the Methodist church. A boat twen ty characters are ia the cast and It is said that It will bo worth while to sea It. Everyone is cordially In vited, especially the young folks as It portrays the Ilf* of oae who stray ed away, being adapted from the Bib lical version af “The Prodigal Sot." Rev. G. T. Adams, pastor of the Methodist church, Dunn, will con duct tho serotes* at tho Methodist church next Sunday morning. A Cor dial invitation la extended to every one. Dunn Concert Band Will Function Anew Wu le-OrfuimJ At W«H AHmM Hm«|| Hold r« TUI Pa*, rm Lmi Night Tho Dunn Concert Bond w»« re wigenlaed (net Mgbt with the follow er ofRcere: Mann gar. Jim Fartbing; amiaUat manager, & C. Godwin; HeereUrr-treooarer, T. V. Smith, Jr. Ptaf. Mike Booe of Duke bos boon ■scored aa hondoneeter. Tbs meeting bold la tho Chamber of Commerce reoreo Um evening wan attended by etgbtoon former mem. bora af the bend The «ret yreetUe win take yUee an to* evening of Ayrfl II and al who npoet to bo come raeenbeai of the hood Mould be on bond. The yteee for too meettag wfB ho BOMtmeed iMor. Daan oimU loan icioember hem Ode hand added U too aoeW Iff* of Um town UM - - ■ i who* * now hoe ef pnbMe eeneorte wore fteeu ■" Lartoaw eg aero nod aaora af them detlghtfal aeoeeru ore premised h tha near fata re. Duke-Lillington Road Contract Let Tuesday Contract Call* Far Gravel Road Ta Cart Mora Than Nlaaty Thoaaoid Contract for building • gravel road between Duke ami Lallington, u dlo tancc of 10.74 mile*. vui included in too 26 project* let Tuesday by the Bute Ilighway Commtuion. Contract for the roadway was let to E. T. Holder at 160,272, while contract for the itruclure* wa* let to T. J. Newell for 240,046.60. Low bi<l* on the 26 project* total ed more than 23.60C.000, breaking tho record for the year. A number of the major project* were with drawn from the larttinga owing to tho rtiortagv of cement. About t mile* of hard lurfaoe end 60 mild of ufther type were included with grad ing and bridge* on p rod j art* that were withdrawn for immediate hard warfaring. WEEVIL EXPERT ARRIVES IN DUNN W. B. M*U« Hara To Work Among Foraors Of Tho ' Dunn District W. Brace Msbee, bull weevil spe cialist, who, si hsi been stated in The Dispatch, ha* been assigned by the Stale Department of Agriroitnre to the Dunn District, arrived Tuesday afternoon and will begin at one* bis work among the farmers of this esc tion. Mr. and Mia. Msbee are doing tight house keeping at the homo of Mrs L. E. Williams. While Mr. Mabae seal spend roach of hie time in the rural district sur rounding Dunn, he will have an office In the Chamber of Commerce rooms, bore. He s recognised as one af the base authorities on bow to grow cot tan in spHe of the boll weevil in the Sooth, having given this eabjaet a close study for a number sf years. line. Hr. Maboe will give demonstra tions and instructions to farmers in using calc mm of arsenate and other methods recommended by the United States and Stutc Department* of Ag riculture for combatting tho boll wee vil. His assistance will not cost the farmers anything except cooperation and every farmer should giadly co operate with Mr. Msbee in bis work, which is educational in that it will teach them the bast known methods of growing cotton under boil weevil condition*. It was through tho untiring efforts of the Duim Chamber of Commerce that Mr. Msbee was assigned to the Donn District, as a large number of other isction# nude a bard light to get him assigned elsewhere. The far mers will do wall to follow tho rules which Mr. Mabee will recommend. "Wat your daughter's muieal edu cation a profitable venturer* asked Smith. "Rather," mid Brown. “1 bought tho houses on cither side of os at half tholr value.” HAVOC WROUGHT BY CYCLONE IN WAKE Sawaral Parsons Injured And Hundreds of Buildings War# Wracked Wendell, April 4.—A score of per son! are said to hare beea Injured, some of them probably fatally, a hundred ar more Urge bonding* blows down and property dabmgod to the amount af $100,004 by a ey. dene which eat a path a half mils wide and between seven and ten mils* long through Western Wake county shortly before eight o'clock tonight, according to reports received hare. The cyclone which is said to have originated in the eilga of Johnston county took a northeastern course east af Wendell and freakishly (hip ped here and there, demolishing ev erything in Its path far two hundred yards or mere and than leering th< path far the next two hundred yank onto ached. It erupt within one-hall mile ef Wendell where It wrought ' damage to th« extent of 114,000 or . the farm of J. R. Richardson, and k I declared to have blown down a build lag la Zebu Ion, which is tortgJbt «W •* from common leati s n. All the phy *kUna In Wendell and the oountn adjacent ate busy Id the stricken die ***** **d frequent calls aie comitd lata local drug stares for medical as •Maaec. Thus far no death* ban Ex-Kaiier Deserted At Doom By Hermine York Cmnnulwl Datlim Tha FVrm.r War Lard la Meat Trag ic Figaro la Earepo York, England, April 2.— Bnporta of a acrloua iliaagi camant between former Emperor William and Prin ter Hermine, kit bride of a few month*, which have cropped oat tram time to timo line* the flrat of the year, are revived today by the Doom rorreaponrient of the Yorkshire Ev ening Now*. The cerreapnodent states he ha* learned "from a singularly well informed source," that tho ex. koiacr and hia wife hare definitely separated as a result of ilemeitk troubles. When Princaes Hermine left Doors recently she went ostensibly to in spect family estate* In Germany, hist In reality, asserts the correspondent, sh« haa gone to live with her near relative*. “The actual separation 1s ever a fortnight old," he declared, "but the ■ceret haa been well kept.” The #x imperor'i Ufe I* reported to be “vlrtuall solitary and hi* establish ment virtually *impi«, far although lu* private mean* arc still ample tfiey are not under hi* control." In the article the cx-kaiasr ia de. scribed a* “ot.e of the most tragic Aguro in Europe today.” L REDD TO FACE FORGERY CHARGE Sanatorium Bookkoopor To F*co Trial For Oodu of Dacaasnd Vot Fayetteville, April 8. — Laman Redd, bookkeeper at lh« State Tu. berculosis Sanatorium, will fsoe a Federal brand Jory when the Diatriet Oourl convene* in Raleigh on May SI on a chary* of forging the name ef a milder patient who died at the Redd waa given a preliminary hear, ing before United States Commissi oner J. W. Tomlinson In this city and was bound over to the higher Pedsral court. Commlmioner Tomlinson fined the bond at 81,000, and this vsi far niehad by Dr. L. B. MrBrsyer, head af the sanatorium. Recdd'i arrest was brought about ms the result of an investigation by H. E. Thomas, secret service man wbo has headquarters in Charlotte, and the bookkeeper was taken into custody by n United States deputy marshall acting on an affidavit signed by Thomas. The secret service man wes the chief witness at th-* l.*ari«q before Oommisaioner TomLnsor—in fact the only witness, as the defendant waiv ed examination and offend no testi mony. According to the evidence by Thomas, United States Treasury check No. 40,222,688 was mailed to James Skinner, a world war veteran, vrho was ill at the sanatorium. In the meantime Skinner had died, and the rheck appeared oa deposit In a Ra leigh bank, endorsed wM> Skinner’s near. The money, Mr. Thome de clared. was i*tar chocked out of (he Raleigh bank and deposited in a bank at Rocky Mount. Ihc amount of the check eras |688. bran reported though a negro woman and child have been rent to a Ra leigh hospital in a serious condition. The Injured thus far known are: John Duadmon, colored, tenant on Mr. Richardson's farm, hi* wife end small children. Tom Parham, his wife, and several small children. Mr*. E. T. Coaart, slightly hart. Two other families residing on the Richanlson farm whoa* identity could r.ot be established. The flute highway between Wen dell ami Middlesex is hopelessly blocked with debris, and according to reports tonight will require consider, ■hie work before R is cleared for <ra Sic. Norfolk-Bonthorn train N*. 1 was , delayed about 10 mi a ate*, when H J Mrnelr a tree blown acre** the tracks | - mashing ita eiWltlhll. The tr was ehbr to continue to Raleigh. A great many buildings ware de molished aa the tornado swept, |h way aerem the farm* *f J. C. ColMn* Charlie Johnson, Norman Door, W T. Roberta, W. R. Jobneon. and pros tic ally all I creator* on those farms k reported to have been killed. RUbarfcWs D.—*. On the farm of j, p. Richer,bolt • one nail* Kan of Wendell, afar of Dm j II tenant ben*#* wore branra duwi I, to*ath#r with foartoea largo t*baeo< bare*, twenty pack how*** and twi i grnnarW MANY PEOPLE HEAR | NOTED DIVINE ON | CENTENARY WORK Dr. Rawliait, fl'to aral Stow tary, Streamtfcapmtaai a of Paym*^FU4»a. Methodist Cftyrch Doing threat Work Speaker Wor4 Picture of Ua| Ac* Carrying On Centenary Falla Out Cl Work Wtt Fall Dow "Fallon to pay j *1* piedgaa to t*e centenary la a a to aloaa dm tha gnat work be ■ iaM la tha foreign flclda," aal^ r. t. H. taw* linga, ganarad aectra y of tha Math odlit Xiaafon Board. » daUvered aa sitdreaa ia tha MethjtdM church hero but evening. Dr. BedfUet piloted a vivid word-pictara if. tha greet Ball now being done by La Boetfcarn Mr tbed«U.-rHeA'ailb fba work nrrioil on before baglnalin ef tha centenary. 4; . . The \*tgmi rw flit b. one r**r hy tor fonts* | miaiMi work eeataatoT m *608,000, praeehar, whit* during the IT of centenary a total i eprnt. Work ta la eleven foreign ad a total of 117 th* berwBJnc of Rawlins* «tat#d id vtortad ell the eleven ona.aad h« told #f the which tha mieeionanai id af tha (treat naccaait; an tha work already However, at af laat year the board w*a la a half ■Mboj, dollar*, awlas to of Math** dieta to the board Th* firet to • __ __ home th* mieeionarlee or third, to collect the pladfaa. After a cantor cnee of th* eeeretariaa ft war decided to take the third, that af collactfnc th* piadeca. it »■« to uu latere* of collecting the rente nary piedget. Dr. RsoHlags aaul. that he and others were visiting the rliarcbce and laying the plans uefere the Methodist people who made the pledgee. In hie appeal for payment ef (he pledgee. Dr. Raw ling* declared that their payment ■hould be placed above all I armies vr.d home convealeneea. Jeon* Christ wee held up a* tbs moot fundamental rrccasit; of the American home and no leae a neeoority in the homes ef foreign landa There wu more work does <* home and abroad by the Metho diit miatioa boards during the first yesr of the rentesary than had bean done in thirty yean before, contiM cd Dr RawKnga. He told ef tbs largo nember of young people who are irady and willing to go to the foreign iiclrte and urged the necessity of pro viding the funds to send them, the Acids for sorvtee an ever enlarging and the call is becoming greater. Dr. Rawlings told of some of the tetvieue which he conducted in Po land, while on a visit to the missies I Adds in that country. In one service 1 alone ltd earns forward and declared their faith In Christ. In dosing he made it plain that if Mm centenary falls out this great work will fall down. A committee from the local chunk will make a eanvasc at an early date In an effort to soUoct pledge* of the membership, according to plans announced at the dots of the meet ing. I---—— On* at the haw, aecopiad hr John Deb n am, a aagro, traa Mown ta rpllntcr* and Dcbnam’f wife and one child, regarded a* peahdhty fatal ten child ran war* lajaiad. Tha mother and an* ehOd, ragnedad a* probably fatally tajnred, ware re moved tonight ta n Raleigh brag Hal. Tha damage a* thia {area alone, it la estimated waa *1*,00* On tha fane of W. T. Roberta, ala sr aavaa bam* and soma rlablaa wan blown dawn while tba hltehaa of tha dwelling of Mar— a Dana* was Mow* o# aad a granary daaaalMtad. The eye lens, aooaaapanlid by i heavy downpamr ef min anaralaad rf the freakish traits of tha a east ty clone. Far a spaa* ad a half aOa *■ more It wtpad oat rrory baUdlag U ito path and than, far «w* haadrai 1 yaHa. apparently dMppad at, uttThg 1 knrfc In th* an— trash agnla with at.abated fory. A Sad Bming, Bat A Happy Ending Story *ahboa Who Took AH Tha Mam Me. 4. B. Papa Had bkmW (vary Pima 1 Haw’d jaw fool if ye* bad a tmoke boaat Iliad with home-grown jwaat and west oat *eHy la tb* oaring aad faoad But pan bad Wan robbed at erary plea* at ttf Tha* waa tW ex parlance at 4eka Bennett Papa, arba lire* an* aad a half milaa amt at Dana. Mr. Pop*’ meat baaae waa broken low Sanday night aad net an* af hi* II (unlucky rtamber) piaaaa of aMat did the robber leare t^o owner, Tamil admit that it waa nothing abort of n baartieao robber who look that moot. Ton'll aim ad. mk (U* a moot aad and Wart-rondlag •Wry. Now for Me bright tide of it. Monday, ontdoae no W was, Mr. Papa began to dig into the affair and inter la tho day tho word wa* narra ted abort that raficient evidence to coawtet had Wen aacnrnd. TW boat Iking tW man who took that moot can do is to brtog ft baek and that thio very night, wan tha word paoood aMig by Mr. Papa. And, what do yon «*pom? Whan Mr. Popa left hi* roam Tam day morning W found that aaa^r oao of the II (tacky nam Wr) pt*»n af moot had Wan brooght bach and placed am hi* porch. Ifc coe lom to atk haw yarn’d bar# felt on that T*today morning. TWO KILLED H AO LUSION Ralsigh, April S.—William Kapler sad lehrrt Chappell. bath af Raleigh, are dead aad aU ether bapi am la* lured aa a result af a collision of two aatemehflaa ham earip tedap. ■LJJ Bight, had ham maxrrad to the haa. pita! la a aarioaa condition. Bill BsBmum, State college student, driear af as automobile in collision with Chappell'• ear, was arraated •haa discharged from the hospital on charge of manslaughter Ha was re leased in $1,000 bond, signed bp his father, L. A. Bathaas, president of a Clinton bank. Rearing eras eat for April If in dtp coart. The other injured am: Kenneth Toaager, Ralegh, brais ed. Ban William*. Raleigh, injured ee rioarip. Herbert Conrad, sen af Constable R. J. Conrad, injured aeriooalp. Bud Rankin, Moaraarille, State college stedeat, injuries slight I. L. Robertson, Portsmouth. Va., State college student, injuries aari oa*. Haplor eras riding in the mar seat of Bethuwe'a ear. He eras thrown cloar of the wrack. SO feat beyond. Ha was daad when yleked ap. Chap, pen waa riding alone in his ear. Moat af the injured am members af a local, amateur orchestra. Joy-Riding Son Gets Dad Out Of Hk Job W. C Pip, Cwaty Hmm ApM Of Haw H»»wa, fcipwlil After An InveatigoMm Wilmington, April 4—Invaetiga Haw •< ekupt that pcieonerm In Ifaw HiMnr county hi me here had bee* maltreated whet* the nprbr te*dewt*e eon U (harped with carrying twa white women yrlaenem a* a jay 1 rWa. rami tad thia mating with the •rn ad W. C. Page, euyerte taadant, and Mm. Page, maareo af I the home, aad they wet* gtrra gg j itaya* notice 1a give up their yrtffltna Bruce Page, a eoidior from Pari I Bragg, who la a eaa af SagerinUnd. ' ant Mga, m fauad guilty yaatarday by Bacardi r Gaarge Beotia. af tha • t l > entered te rthui to eanrp It la aDagad that Page aeeared a MMaab Sunday night and dtreeted | the driver to eewrey Mm be Ifae «ao« ty heme, wham b M arid ha obtained hde father'* kyat and affaatad tha r» '«*m ad Mm white women. Martfci Lewie and Ml Whitaker, who wer. ' eervtag time fa? the oyemgng af i At-a —a k_ that thie b to ho i » H. L. Godwin Namad Appointment A* Xoavhrm Tot |UU Bub A Treat Crapaaf Made T Kr-Conyremmnn H. U Godwin yee Wrday ni appointed |-Tilt K cirircr at the luit Baak A Treat company, at Donn, which WN dowad an March It, following a raa made upon it by ita dcpaokam. Tha ap pointment tu mad* by Jadec J. Uoyd Horton, who la holding court at Sanford. Mr. Godwin war named temporary receiver by Jadpo X. H. I Cranmvr aaoa after the baak vm cloecd. The »editor* aent ban by tho Cor poration Commimieo to chock the re corda of the baak have a at yvt taa bUtod their work. Wtma (hie week ban been completed aad tlm eadltart make (hair report the matter erltl then be tented aver to air. God win lor th* boat pwfltlkl* irljurtnrnt G. 0. P. CAUSE OF FARMERS’PLIGHT of Tba Fmmn Jacksonville, Fla., April I.—|a Ml talk befar* the Chamber af Cam. mem aad guests here Monday, far mar Oar. Jas. If. Con. af Ohio, taefc «rra«<an t« lay the virtaal kaalrrapt cy“ of tba fanner* af the North, the Wtd and Middle Want at the dear of the Harding administration. “Tha paltry af isolation," the for amr Democratic standard bearer mid, “la to Maine far thia rendition." “Year sgricultorel toUimti ia Florida ara prmpeneea," «M firmn Governor Cax "la tha Tim Ik. they am net. The raaaaaa far these di verging conditions ara fa aad hi tha preaant American policy af “Year Florida predarU ara cow earned la Itorki. la tha grata aad mtXr^^tha^^^UAM^mw vtthaat as oetiet. Stagnation km ia> •a'tod ia price* that have brought the tanner la thr North, dm Middle West ami the Went to a condition bordering on beakraptey. “The farm laaa facilities af tha iravelament are giving to him only the means of getting money to meet hi* I neons during the last two yam Tha essential to hi* prosperity is a market for what Hr predates.” LOCAL POSTOFFICE RE CEIPT! SHOW INCREASE Receipts St the local poataSioc for first quarter af thr peasant yasw totaled l<,«t.l|, aa compared with $2,714.bg for the maw quarter last year, a gain af I71SR0. Receipts far the Sm quarter of tha year IMS to taled 21,116.54; for tha first quar ter of ISM worn $4,011.15; wMe for tha tint quarter ad tha year IM1 they totaled $2,619.66. This report indicate* tMkt butinea* ia on the upward trend, aa the peet oIBce receipts are considered indica tive of th* butincasjife af a town nr dtp. SPOONING WOMEN IN THE MAJORITY Now York, April S.—Tt>* prrrai of tpaoning I* ahown la rapUea reraieed by the Bunn ef Social Hp rkne, founded by John T>. Backtfal | ler. Jr., U a frank qsaatiannalra cir culated In adult t* tensed the ftnt cshaaatlve eelentlfle inveetigatton (Hat hat bam mmle of the aax Ufa of (he normal educated woman. A report prepared by Dr. Kather ma Bemeiet Daria, general decretory of the barren an rapMa* wtdtaj from one thouaand married waaaan la varioa* part* ef Bar ceuatrp. abas* tliat 17» admitted haring I Prior to aearriage with t Raneaea. tot apnanad i •nip and Ml nerer apaaned prior la marriage. The qneatlen woe left an. naemarad bp n. Eleven of the 070 failed la apoelfp the extent ef their epooniag; tl wro*e “»•» fbej" M "kidding otdyj" 104 “bagging and klading"; «R Ung f>«» kiaring and fondling,” ud 144 admitted more annetratned appea ls# Dt Daria aaid that H would take emend month* to tabulate the am ewer* la the queetllmnair* aeat be u» ' married teaman. i' “We Kara received more than »<■ 000 anawara, comprialng «*r* than I ■ tm faSS .* jre',.*>■«/ **•» r# Ml* v \ ■ > r I 4. » !■ *. •* iSLr-' Bp mtm I 9*- ■ 7Z « «f v *• Tb* three tchocb, Godwin. Sooth River end Falcon, af Bleak Itvg tewnahjp, will met tonight ad SeaA Wv#rh bvaetiful U have the apvtHag bflh At Mem The rlcaaentary and high aaheai pa pib of Falcon had their ceateate te apeOteg ee Wedeeedag night, te da* trrmlne who theaM roprooout dve ■chool In the townteip Sooth River. Th twa a up iongaat were Ivr and Vara Bewail. Aa free the Mean Orphanage. JUMPS INTO PtCROM MVtR AMD IS DR0VNCD AaheriJI,, April A _ flam GAhe, ■heat forty peart aid, frnjif a* a treotle atew ^l—*~r aw tha T. in PI go on river. A nan waned Pea- - imm waa nearby and heard Mai aay ho waa going to Jang, had aeadd net Proven the tragic end. Be wwi lew the treat! a. Hb ferwwr hewn am la Dvtnecrwt, Barreenho county. MAN DIRS OM RPR OP MIS 11 STM BIRTHDAY VBIo pear* aid ao a rooah ad aa attach of tied aad waa Aa af twvatpAna ehiMraa. ad am living. Aa aMaat hates •» pmm oU Ho b earvtvad hp 1ST ctRBAdWMma. am ad wham la VS man aid. adrite thorn am mmp great •

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