th« railroad *i
<« injury U
n toltlw Cacti ru
J. *• Mch Win to atop mmj br
coaaidered with th* ether facto in th*
aaaa fat dataradaiog whether th
'toaa guilty of contributor)
•very railroad or la
" " jar iaaa
to* aay track lateeeeefieg « public
•uad at grade dhal place a alga-boar
“* Ucc tfcaa tea feet Crow du
. aa Ike right aid* ef the read,
i by dfty lathii, eaa haa
c rowing. which
k rad lettering, to
«f the prtodwty of
gafity gf a __
•eaiMlea af ride act ehall he guilty
• bMnmw, aad apea cowrie
toaatoll ha fined not more thaa tea
balk, latludto^e^rt
<- That thla act dull h
ia force froee aad after the dm day
. af My, eae ttiencind nine hundred
aad tweatp fhiee
“to the Gaaeral Auemhly, reel i
Ibia* ttaaaa aad ratified thlt the Stll i
day af Koto, iMt"
TWaririkaaaaM being a flat placa i
ad legtoltotea. aad aa* that will, if i
adhered to, greatly -educe the sen i
bar H grade ■ leering accident*. ar <
today ef which pro** total. Let, U 1
th# law la net ebaamd by the pah- i
b** thaa it wilt pray* ef no value, \
•**' r good lawe that ere t
mtt i
“ th* law Jmn i
toll aatll the flat day
eoau are <
■•d# that It want f
*»to it* ratification. I
W«tl have to admit that we deaX
kiww }mt what aon of weak thin
weak h. bat what wa seed swat la a
“warm weather" weak.
Wa taka it that Governor Mor*
•oah la tart ut ia aot apart vad by at
laart two North Carolina daihee
Tha Kalslgft Nawa and Observer and
the Gcaeadbeve Dally Nawa.
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RaporU from Washington woui<
indie sc* that Deciding would lik« to
aanxi tho linvestlg^ti^ comndtttee
for the State- prison system, which
In our opinion, if asking too much
And. now we understand why the
row in Ku Ktiu headquarter*. The
titles for which William J. Simmons
founder of the ardor, was flghclni
calks for a salary of $1,000 ths
month. Worth fighting for. UnX
ItT Under the court order, Sim*
mono will draw tho $1,000 per
month for life, while in casa of hie
death, bis widow ia to receive a
Ilka sum.
AN “OFF WEEK." AT THAT
While h* Intimated that it wan an
"eff week" ta hit official activities.
Depity Sheriff C. H. Batdall *1
Comte Hand county, last weak pour
ed tel M barrel* of beer, arrested
• feeders and 4 drunks, so he stat
ed to a mspatch reporter Saturday
The four men arrested on the charge
of driving aa auto while Intoxicated
were Used $50 each and cost
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A QUESTION T
Doe* toe mCk your ehUdrea drink
eome from tubercular free comet If
not. why not?
There is an important moral side
to too milk uuseti.n which matt not
be ignored. W* may have the right
—a very doubtful right, to he ex
ato—to neglect the dangers to which
w*. a* adults capable of judging and
acting for ourselves, are aajaead;
hut we have absolutely no right to
jwStefw5rgi“jvi§i
I" IBnfl—wtfl a mt% mBk
for children, at leant, la within reach:
*f every mother, may bo ehamcteri
“d aa barbarous, if not criminal In
difference. It is an offense against toe
5"*°*“*. UB«|woetloning confidence
whkh ehildiea repose in their adult
Friends.
WHY THE ILOWNEUi
Tha international attention teows
bat rwy little, if any, imprormnent,
ttoaph it is new nenriny #T« yearn
■Me tha eieae af tea World War.
Tathaya tee only mason that Pranas
end Germany are net eoyayed ia ae
taal warfare today, is the fact that
0,Tr"r *** “* aaWsioatly rocor
«ad from tee results of tee World
War. Wo doaht tho f—th-y v-*—TT1
*• *ww nations is marc hitter today'
Ma it was whoa the anaistlee was
«%Md. Ihe Allies wan tee war, bat'
Mad te wta the ywet wUah it was1
hepad weald follow. I
^hora is a cause for tho ismrH1n1
■MW.no that exist, sad tha ew«a,
“ m>r nphrioa, Jo bobo other than the
failure of the United States to hw'
• ■Mtr of te# Lee fas of Ka-’
Unae as fonaalated la tho Park
Peaae Conference. In other wen's, >
we bsflove tho Hams for tha axistiay !
Mali xjpmm the pwtfMi i
UtkJ*“ who aaer to mash of Wood- }
raw Wilson to tea Treaty. The desire !
•• defeat tea former Preeideat was ‘
m toreoy that aoma awmtero ef ths
Metes Senate sms srllkm to
•to*** *w^t***e fat order to defeat
Wreo now what President Hardtop
has-eama set" fer the World Coart, \
* "» be aeeenal cl.
Waited States srlil
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moved entirely from our mind. The
lemoeal of the doubt was duo to a
recent convene*!oa wKh « oi
BmUm. Umm. Leaning that he we*
• cltiaee of the New England SUtea.
wo made it a paint to aak him if tt!
wore tree that the textile mennfec-1
tarare of hU home aoetion ware go
ing U> move to ti* South. HU anew*/
waa emphatic In the normative.
BrelMwg what this auu to Ua
vortlon, we team that if be fait that
Umm report* wore not founded upoa
tho truth,-then he wotod deny the
tlie truth, then he would,deny it Ir.
f*et w* lather expected that he
»ouH deny the troth of it, even
if !( were true. V«t when he
v*«* quicx aiMl punitive in
hi* earner, and eras gulag ao far a*
to Mato aom* of the reaaena why tt
it good bmhmi judgment far thane
mar aluccuror* to eeme South, tt was
then that we wore convinced Shtt
th* report* are baaed upon the tenth,
the whole truth and nothing hut the
truth, b
W« are now fuHy convinced that
not enly U the South the cetttbfn
daeing center of tho world, bat dwt
era long tt will rank ae the eetteo
man ofec taring center of the world.
And, why thouldnt ttt
CONCERNING INSECT*
N. C, Kay IE—By
taemmM At the insect survey which
Franklin Sherman, Chief of the Dt
▼iaien of Entomology, la new
in North Carolina, ho reports that It
nay ba poaalbla latex on to gtaa ad
mnea notice of opldsade outbraaks
of raoh peats a* the Groan Bog,
Chinch Bog, Hessian Fly, Gnafeop
pvn, Cotton Leaf Worm, and ethos.
Mn. Sherman is co-operating wMh the
Federal Buraan of Edhmxdogy ta
compiling records of insect oathmaka
tV ntanimux of Lie u.<ectj, mh!ether
items of Information. These findings
go in to Washington whose they are
compared with findings from Mi fee
other fits taw and the w
then returned to the different ,
Mr. Bherman ia I
complaints of insect i _ |
to fete office from that to Mw. ■*—e-g
the past twenty years. Ha fimk froaa
tha thousands of coaglainta raeaisad
that certain poata ara at tbstr want
in definite regions aad «*io>r lajoriae
confined to certain porta of the iwr.
To help in this work/Mr, Sherman
ataUs that tatarasUd farmers and
county farm agents could render a
distinct service by reporting aecar
tte observations to him, firing about
the following information i Whoa was
the peat first aeon for fee ?
When does it first become .
on fee plants that it attacks? fa it
more destructive or lorn doatrasttre
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All of this information,
wife apoclmona of both fee
new Insects, will help in *
l omplote insect survey of the gtata.
A epee I mar. and a record ef aO fe1
oaeta will give information about
which there can bo no doubt. Ho
safe fanners and others to ce-ooerwta
with him In this weak.
TORNADO TAKES HEAVY
TOLL OF HUMAN LIFE
Irirrod In Path Of
Sialera Killed Aad A Hoadrod
Tree* Storm
, Colovdiio. Tenon. Miy U—
* d ,0° injured were reported
‘H a» » "'"It of the lorrj.de
wbi.h ;>,« throurh Mitehe'J ecu v.
_e'i»h and eau of here early today
j_hc injured are in the hospkuil.
reket, evi many private home*
1. bnir.o were hurt eo seriously
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5. 1*11.
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•tut *' 4 ,•.■ • .*• j-. ,j.*\
3 .1 cwagV :r>.-r* *i j
\ ..'• • *■£1 -r *■• • •
'* death and Injury In it* wake
' •• • >ityeH» w*rv /r",.r r
« •* farms. Due tc Mi* dl-t* . .
- farm* gpd the d<*arv-;::!*'i':
' * •ommunieatinn, it whs ex*
Petted her* It would be rr.a.:. t •
'«f>H the entire district could fc»
heard front. ■
Cfiuom of town* near f>r r:o*m
Isna and relief auppl ee for the vie
Heta.
SOUTH KIVU COMMENCEMENT
The Saab of tfce apMfc Mror high
aehool will taka place on Tkarwday
aad Friday of'tfcla weak. Hay IT and
18. FaUowin^b <b pragmas!
Ikoreday, May 17. 8 p. m.
. Operetta..A Hid Summer Night New
.r--HU SUUn
Pby-Sowing for the Heathen
Friday. Map It, 1S.M a. m.
Heeltation and Doelaoutian cos
ta eta.
Address--Dr. W. T. Wtaker
Dinner at gfkaaL
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p. as.
I Praaentstltarof flag and Bible by
Junior Order.
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Play-No Trespassing
Ifc* boms town paper b more than
paper and ii^ 4b n part of your*
| community life.
WILL COBT'VHkBM TO
FEPAt* BBOKEN DAM
Hopo MBta. May II—It b estima
ted that a vriB taka |100,0»0 to to*
pines tbs dam of Mill No. 1 which
tooka bat Oaafcty. letting bom a
flood of water.
have potatoes to aeU from the ta.t
tr* letting theirs go at from fifty to
seventy-firs easts par bushai.
THAT HOME YOU ARE
GOING TO BUILD I WHY
The
longer
Let us
better,
homes.
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PITTMAN AND HAIR
■*l™“1 11 ^
J. A. McLEOD AND ft. F. McLEOD
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•ri.ii eur.ee that they have formed a partnership ,
X for the praettta of law
; iin(W the name of y
McLF.OO AMD McLEOD^7
*l;h ofllcos on s&oid floor. Shell Building
Dunn rToilli Carolina
May 1st, 1323
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yoor aaceka. i f you have no
bank accoAJ era, open one
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RlJvcrd Tilrudf* Wrack* C*k In
Waking Thrilling Leap
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A iccna rot called fer la the
script wet enacted during the Aiming
of Wildcat Jordan, the Tabnadgo
feature Wednetday at tha Colonial
fratwrc Thurtday at tha Colonial
theatre. It cr.la norccunry for Tal
madgu to make a quirk getaway
frem a eecond rtory window and onto
a potting rah. In making the leap,
Trlmndge Jumped for a halyard
hanging from a flagpole, twang out
Into the atreet ami letting go junked
to tho top of a taxicab. Tha action
wa* timed perfectly before coarpict
ing the leap, bat on taking tho arena
the dr.vrr of the cab waa a eecond
alow, and tnatead of landing on the
front of tha cab where the roof wae
made of ahact iron, Talmadgc Jomp
ird onto the wooden framework, erauh
ing through to the in.dde. Luckily
lie wa* nut ecrlooaly injured. Thie 1*
jcut one of the many thrille and
* tun la In •• Wildcat Jordan."
Trade Jneqcaaes JRte wealth aad
glory of a country; bat ha real
rtlength aari itaalna are to bo look
ed for among the caWratoru of Ike
land—Lord rj..**.. w
Legume* feed tho coil, build fer
Mity and maintain it. Enry farm
that bring* in a profit at tie cad
of snrery normal year grown owe or
more.
The uniererned home awaima with
danger of diaaaaa.
line of Ginfkun end ratiiwi
weak drum — |&c from
$2.00 J
$10.00 mFF
For thiaWeek Aly, we will
I'ive $1010 offfn every aprlny
cont an it. \ If au need one thii*
i* yonr oplortfnity.
The ^fth Ave.
Shop
dunr; #Tc.
A total of 1,484 Mt tan* war*
turned in by the children of 11
aehoola in Chowan scanty M a M>
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*ult of a "XU Tha Bat"-rr'yiw
pat on ky County Ayant N. X. Bow
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[Royal Cords Rank First II
United StatesTires I
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E. R. THOMAS DRUG CO. Duk*. K. C.
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