THE DUNNi
VOLUME X._^^_ PUMN. MOUTH CAHojjj
STEADIER TONE IN
BUSINESS CIRCLES
IS NQff APPARENT
Principal Speculative Market*
Of Tha Country Di»
1 playing Firmnna*
Production Still At
Beat Rate Of Year
Rata Of Cotton Consumption
Continue. High; Steal Mill*
Show No Let-.p In Activi
ty! New Buying Light, But
Prices Finn; Car Loading*
Heavy.
New. York, May 20—A steadier
sentiment was apparent in financial
anil business quarter!, during the
past week. For one thing, it was
evident that tire principal specula
tive markets were displaying a fir
mer tone, liquidation of a pressing
character having ceased and slum
selling having considerably improv
ed technical conditions.* Although
extreme quietness prevailed during
the greater part of the week, total
sales on the New York Stock Ex
change amounting to only about
half a million shares Friday, this
condition was considered a natural
v result of recent weakness and some
signs of a rallying tendency .were
nrtted.
For example, the ooiqicr market,
which has been quiet for sometime
and has been sagging in sympathy
with prices at London, stopped in
its decline and strengthened appre
ciably.
twlm. !■*».
That the effect on the genera'
level of the falling prices which
have been holding the attention of
(K# hu&i n#.« r/ammtnitv u-ill k*
> leu than might he cx|>ected is ar
gued on tlie hasis of the behavior
• of the index publised by the De
partment of Labor The depart
ment'* index for all commodities
during April m unchanged at enm
grixip* of le index were higher.
It was pointed out that the in
creases have taken place in lhost
commodities in which lattor costs
play a large part, and it was as
sumed on this basis that recent
wage advances will be a sustaining
factor. In fact, it is claimed that
it is raw materials prices which
have reacted and that these reac
tions have come in response to un
certainty over the effect of higlwr
wages.
Production, meanwhile, is lieing
maintained at a level which ap
proximate the best rate of the
year. '11k absolute amount of cot
ton consumed by the country’s mills
during April was slightly s mallei
than the high record of March
When allowance is ipade for the
smaller ■number of working days
in April, however, the rate of con
sumption in the two months is ap
proximately equal. Some curtail
ment of ojievatiims by Kew Eng
land textile mills has hern report
ed, bur it is thought tins tendency
will not become general, as most of
the mills have contracts extending
into the summer. Hv that time the
uncertainty legarding the charac
ter of the new cotton crop will, it
is expected, be considerably re
duced.
No let-up in activity at the steel
mill* is apparent. Production is,
•if anything, higher, and the prod
ucts are stated to be passing direct
ly into consumption. Consumers
are reported to be taking all the
steel that the mills can turn out and
the present rate is confidently ex
jiected to be maintained during the
third quarter of the year.
New Inlying remains light bul
prices are firm.
Islam Activity
Railway car loading statistic*
confirm the other evidences of in
tense industrial activity. Ahhougl
the total for the week ended Ma;
.*, which is 901,000 cars, ia snsni
5000 smaller than the high recor<
nf the previous week, it eesH)
break* all records for correspond
ing week* in any other year.
Considerable attention was giv
ca to (he figures for March im
ports published by the Depart men
of Commerce. The total value o
$402,000, 000 ia the largest in an;
month since August, 1920, and I
1146,000,000 greater than in Marc:
a year ago. The large total ia cor
sidered to reflect in part the it
tensity of domestic . pro spent
which ia calling for large sopplit
of foreign raw material
it ia also considered to t
a natural resqh of the relative!
high prices prevailing in this com
try and of the policy of rerptrfai
(Csstlssii an yaga *.) .
Vaccinating Hogs
Against Cholera
Dr. F. D. Owen, swine specialist
representing the U. S. Department
of Agriculture,*!**! week vaccinated
250 hog* against cholera In Harnett
county. Dr. Owen will work In thli
county through this week and any
who have hog* they wieh vaccinated
•houhl get in communication with
H. A. Edge, county farm demonstra
tion agent, at encc. Dr. Owen wa^
.n Dunn Friday and advised The Dis
patch that there is considerable hog
cholera In this vicinity.
It might be stated that the serum
used In vaccinating hogs is only a
cholera preventative and will not cur*
after the hog is stricken.
Report of Supt. Welfare
For March And April
To the Chairman Board of County
Commissioners:
Arrangements made for cripples to
go to Orthopaedic Hospital (includes
numerous visits to homes, Q*m°T
physicians, ste.)—l.
Taken to Orthodaedie Hoepital —
I.
Brought home from hospital—I.
Children examined do rug eye
cUnle—MO. |
Children fitted with glamei 266.
Visits mads to home regarding de
pendent children—IB.
Visit* made to homes regardteg
feeble-minded children—*
CWtdien placed in footer heme#
4.
Visit* to Oounty Home carrying
re tables, providing Sunday earriee*
-10. j
Boys under 16 put on probation
and returned to school—4.
Working permits issued to childraa
under 16—>0.
Charity rases to hs^ttal far treat
The remainder of the time has
•ad health wort, mrmaging far the
County PloVl Oar,
toeaee. of The School
F. CAMP,
Sjpt Public Welfare.
Jury Told To Got
Hats And Go Home
Pittaboro, May IT.—Chatham Su
perior Court la in aeaeloa hen this
week with Judge J. Lloyd Horton
presiding. This court ie for trial of
civil cam only and (ho docket la
crowded, with liquor caeca mnetiy. In
one liquor caae tried Wednesday in
which two white noon, a man named
Lakey aad one aamod Oran Palmer
and n negro, John Alston, of Gulf
township, were tried for blockading.
The jury found Lakey guilty aad
freed Palmer and the A'oten negro.
Judge Horton, after scoring the jury
for rendering the verdict they did,
told three that the court had no far
ther use for them aad that they could
take their hats and go home. Lakey
was sent to the roads for two years.
Tracy Vincent Diet
At Otsen Hospital
Asheville, May 17.—TT»Cy A. Vin
cent, business manager of The Oteer
Echo and North Carolina Legion'
nairr, and one of the most aetivi
men in the North Carolina depart
ment of the American legion, dice
tonight at Oteen hospital after as
ill ness of Sevan weak*. He was •
veteran ef the world war. Punera
arrangements have not been made.
Dunn Citizen, Speaker
The following from • report of th<
final* of Oak Rklp Inetituto. puh
lithed in Friday'* Raleigh Now* am
Obaarrar, wUJ bo of interaot to Dll
patch reader*:
"Sunday night the alumni addrea
wee delivered by Hon. N. A. Town
aond, of Dunn. Ho ehoae aa a baai
, for bit etrong and forteful addrea
. "Dlareepeet for law.” "No man" aal
Kr. Towneaod, "can break the lar
la the leaat, wilMally, without bree«
Ing In hlnaelf and In other* eentomi
and dhreapeet far law, which aaalu
law eafareomont flDtelt and bar*
public morel* " Mia. Twwaaead m
aoaapaatod Mr. Tewtmead to (X
tkhtge and while horn they were tl
’ gaoate of Prof. T. E. Whitaker.
t
. Give everyone the benefit of if
doubt. We map get the worn t
f It once in a while, but the aggn
! gate profit* will over-balance.
k. --
• ~ A man who** work U with U
T micrometer, the level, the aquar
- or the plumb Bite i* very apt to I
| honeat in bit man-to-men Iran
action*.
DR. J. A. CAMPBELL
! WILL TOUR EUROPE
He And Mrs. Campbell Expect
To Sail From Montreal
Juno S3
Dr. Jamaa A. Cample1;, bead of
Buie’* Creek academy, and hit aon.
Prof. L. H. Cimpbtil, a mttr.Ur of
the faculty of the academy which bn
father foundeJ 37 ycaia ago, wore
Dunn visitor* Saturday. Di. Camp
bell and Mm Campbell expeet to anil
fron Montreal, Canada, on Jana It
for Europe, where they will spend
two months. While hi that country!
Dr. and Mn. Campbell will attaul'
Un Baptist World Alliance, basidss1
touring ocvarU Xuropen countries,1
including Prince and Scotland Tha
oapeoaea of both Dr. and Mia. Camp
bell on thla trip will - be borne by I
the eburcbei which Dr. Caa^hall
pattern and former Undents of the'
school which be founded «t years'
. I
Spaakii.g el ths meant commanee
menl extreme at the Bulas Creak
aewlemy, Dr. Campbell cold the'
gradoating claaa thie year was eoa'
af tha iatgast la tha *7 yean history
of As school Tha graduating class
numbered mote than eighty, while the
enrollment was above the air haartmd
mark. Tbs tall term will open on
Tuaeday, ,gapt—her 4, and ladies-1
tiont already point to a capacity at-'
tendm.ee.
Perhaps na preparatory school in
*he State has maant more if tha'
rising genecationa duriag tha past ST
yaare than this wall-known Harnett,
county institution. Thomaads of
boy* and girii have gate from this'
school to the various eoBagaa. wkle1
thouaond* non have atada thttr way
Lhrough life with the training nob
•d there. The worth of due tnatito-'
Um to Harnett county and North'
Carolina ta taartl—Hi. tad at to'
head Dr. CamphaU hae —at a Ufa'
•f uaafulaart Hart to Invaluable. I
Couqtv Auditor'* Report
geeu !MC«t.n>B«aua^ppa—pMt*
General Oooncy Fonda
Receipts:
For convict labor *76.00
Feaa fraoa C 8. C.. 661.96'
By Sheriff lift tana.... 600.00
By B. of D. Marriec* U
cenaca __ 80.00
CoUactod on bock tun.. 1*4.17
Total.A I47l.lt
Expend Korea:
A Roared by OomaUaaionen
April 8. 9 8,787.67
Paid Baade of LUUnptou
note and Internet ..... 10,100.00
Paid intereel of road and
bridge bond __... 6,700.90
Total...816488.67
General School Faade
Eaeodpta:
From State .* 1,877.60
From Sheriff on taxaa_ 11,700.00
Total .914,677.60
DIS—ota:
Paid teachers’ aalartca ..9184*048
Paid for aapaaaea ...... 10,78780
Total ..*8840780
Respectfully aohnaittod,
d. p. McDonald,
# Ooaaty Auditor,
Balance to credit county fond May
let—*11411.98.
Balance to credit aohool fund Maj
i let—81.4698*.
Swallows Poison;
Death Result!
Jeoal* Turlington, 8- ytaral
> daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. a Tai
■ IVngton, who Uwo near Twtlagtoa'
I Crooa Koada, dlad Friday martin
- from the effecta of swallowing etrj
chnine. The yoioon had boon place
i In a vase ia the Turlington hom
. and the child got hold of it ia eoee
l manner. When Aa child first Mi owe
■Igne at I He tee the parent* did n<
1 know that a* bad *w allowed the pa
r eon She coon begaa to ebow Mgr
. of having been poisoned, bower#
t and Unraatigntion proved that ebc bo
a wallowed the datdly papvoci.
oj doctor wte callod, and whila k
!- ivnabod Urn diiM boforo tbo oo
k came, he wae enable to ward •
a1 death, which fallowed within aa bat
and a half after the on forts no
child had awaUowod tbo poleom.
f Willow of Latte Senator
Thomas Wateon, Dm
Tbocnaoa, Oa., Map 14.—Mi
c Thomao R Woteaa. widow af «
c, lata United Statae Soaator Thom
t & Wateon, of flOTgte, M Ml I
h burnt bare at 11 o'elatfc he eight, fra
an attach af arete Sik iteo.
SEVENTY
I
OF
l
M*m of
n
Forty-One
Fire Started
oil r
Camden, a
beet, n topdf
county. L
lodge of the
which heA w
entire femil
children—the
to the work el
the deed, te
the wounded end
reared. AD
thought of hot
Boole om ho
not oily had
solid eltisoos been
Camden's own lag
lag sheets feed*
cmbeie of what
the center of the
ity. Oa the
crepe woe hi
Talogre
nation «-riffr
aff am of help
all of thaw
Carrlnon of
termed tha
"Wa
Na
Tha
thaw burned
night and
by relatives. j
Reports that the death l]at might
exceed the total ui 71 given out Aar-J
ing tha day fM—i lata today. It
ni laid that nrcheck waa geing
made ai.ri that the total might reach i
■t least 78.
Although H waa definitely known
that 41 young children, 17 man and
IB women had perished in the fire,
the exact number af Injured could
not be ascertained. Many suffering
from bains and braise* went to their
bom**. Five of tha mnra seriously
injured are in the Camden hospital.
Hanging Lamp Fall*
The Are, accord lag to aye witness
es. started whan a hanging lamp over
the stags fell ami burnt, biasing all
catching flimsy draperies asrd quick
ly spreading to tha wooden bull ding
i At Ant, according to C. C. Bruce,
I 19-yaar-oM stud ret, who waa one of
! the players on tha stage, it was be
| lieved that tha firs could be eeatrell
«d. But soon it spread and tha audi
1 race numbering around 890, mostly
I children, became panic stricken. Men
in the audience attempted to quiet
them hut a concerted rush was mads
for the ana insecure stairway that
furnMied exk.
A jam resulted that overtaxed the
structure and it oolnpsed. According
to porrons preoant, tha men* that
foMowod wua indeeyrlbablc. floorei
wore hurled into a claaat undei
tha atop*. Roma wars impaled bj
aplintora from the broken stain
Soon th* tpliatored. toalrway caughl
dr* Those not klled bp th* flra
Thoa* not kit)Id bp th* fall poriahw
1 in the flamee.
Meanthn* men and bop* who ha<
1 aoropod bp leaping wear railing o
! through windows andsarsrsd to ex
‘ trirat* the trapped. Delia* war* poll
1 ad to aafatp. Other* leaped free
' windows asstalning fMotored bon*
‘ and bruise*. Mothaar, trapped an th
‘ ascend floor, bsrlo'l their *Mdr*
* through windows. »
MbHiBTB |gfg
* With onlp the light of th* bon
in* building to guide them, men OU
^ aide the bsfldlntp caught them, flan
^ of th* mother* gars their lhroa tha
4 their ohDdrsn might tips, far ft wi
I reported that in aoreral fat ate are* li
\ tk on** wars hotted to safety ja
m as tha floor* sank with their mother
Stone y Comp bell, whoa* danfliti
perWiod in th* flatooo, hsrtod h
wife to safatp and flum Jump*
Mn. Campbell la to tb* Oamdon ho
1 plui
' four of th* aadt of tight in t)
a playlet worn among tho dead. Th*
to wars: Ima Arrant*, Ola Phillip*. Be
« tk Headrick* aad M hah
•f1 Coroner Dixoa aad hk (taught
■ were among thoa* buried to th* lei
(Ceadfaaad on fags *.)
WOULD STOP ALL
NEW BUILDWC
i
j
New York, May 1C—A nemuf'
datton (hat aU row betiding eonatme
tton bo deferred for a lew moatou
bo relievo a aerioaa aitaebea thrnngh-1
oat the country area contained ia a
resolution adopted today by wpraaao-)
tat ire by virtually ovary branch of
tha building iadaalry from variant*
atataa, whe root to tliraaa iba «l mo
tion at th* home of Franklin D.'
Roosevelt.
Calling a halt te aow conatractloal
it waa declared, woald briag down1
"otaodily mounting eaata*' ia tba in-'
duotry. U to atgad. bowovor, that pro
ject* under court* of conrtractiea be
carried to cmaplattoa.
Tbo aaaeting wu oaftod to-‘f
*r, with tha board af dtroetere af Iba
American Ooaatrnction Conned, of
^ich Mr. BoaaovrH b prmtdant, the
preaont abnormal cendiliea of tba'
building iadaalry and to taka aatmn1
that might poaribly relieve dm ritoa
Uoa. Groups roproaonted included
banker*. trnaapactattoa, arrkdtaat*,'
contractors, malarial daaiara and
tail tha
in* boi
New Administration In
Charge In Fayetterflle
Payattarilto, May U—Mayer H
JdcO. Bobloaen and tba us omalrl
gal admiawtrodeoi tack rtaigr of
PayettarrlUo’a mootoipal affaire teat
night. Mayor Betoosao had three da
rota* on hts heads by way of Intro
duction to the exomttrs roapoaaibib
tiaa. These mine hi to eleettoa. ad
a mayor pso tampon, a chtof of po
lka and the aoperiateoitoat of streets.
For MfS pro gem to east the to
tiding yota for Altofaa J. B. Har
rison againot ildamon E EL Ink
Ingham, stating tort, aa Mr. Boohing,
ham had bald tba bower far dm part
year, hie ballot woald go to Mr. Bar
; ruon. The rote for pettoe chiof, of
| tor a camber of haitoto eaaaa to a
tie between Chief Jottaa A. McLccd
and former Chief J. T. BoUy, aod
Mayor Bohiasoo rated far Mil ood
J. C. McAUietar, praaaat (tract eop
•rtrtaodaat, was the third offkU
| aieeted by the mayor'* rota, fib op
poaent waa Jerry Bead, dtp Traao
arar Pool Stewart was aa dattil aw
sr H. M. MaoKathaa. aod J. Bay
! aod Clark was la alas tad city attar
. aay witboot oppoaldoa.
Would Induce Fanners
To Plow Under Cotter
Win Operate Bw Line
From Clinton To Duke
••Kirains that* Jiu IS, W. L
Ba*a will haqia tha gnatlia at a
bw* Una batwawn Dona and CHatan
and Dana and Doha. —*-'-y -«wh
marl-trip* batwaan th* thraa tarwaa
each day and nlyfct. Mr. <Bwte baa
pore ha* ad a 13-pwaaaoywr Interna-1
tianal track, «qoippad Mr racwlar
baa atjrla. Ha all at aha Doan baad
qaariar* whan tha aarriaa la iaaa*o
ratad. Tha far* will be aix aante tha
mile, ar 11.26 Iraq Dane ta CHa
taa and 2ft aanu from Dana to Dak*.
Th* bw* will b* aparntad aa mM«i
bw ached ole, thovwb tba awbadwla
haa aat yat baaa waakad awt
Georse Gould Dies
lu Hb French Horae
I mod Wilaon H- Lm «f Nnr Barm.
Tobacco Growen
i
i
' Tha
I tie* Marketing
' day Iliad eamplaiats in Wak*
1 Superior court against M
for branch of contract. _.
J plaint bad already bean Mad
am than L Tha f Jar
ity'af tha U tad
danto of Vekt and amta
tie*.
lb* namaa of tha defeodaata, tb<
counties ad thalr ndiam end th
amounts need far fallow:
. M. A. Bailey, llpiwt., 11,000
1 Henry Fan*U, WBaon. MM; W. fl
*• Stark, Vaacc, $M0; 9. W. 1—4
'l Wake, «»M; 9. W. Bowman. Lai
'• MAM; 9. 7. Webb, Bdgaaaaabi
*. »IH; W. F. Vaughn, WUaan, |4M
% W. M. Whitley, BdgaeaWb*. Ml*: «
L Lewis, Edgeemnbe, MM; J. I
r, rulk. awry, MOO I a. B. Bon—
* Tamaa, |TM; T. B. Babbitt, Dai
’I ham, MOO; A. P. O'Quinn. Ban—
' MM: 9. A. Moore, EJgen—■. |1M
I Charley Tucker, Bony, MM; W. 1
► Nerrflle, Bdgan—i, |TM; 9. I
* Barrio, Ommllla, f>T»; t L To
* aUU, Wnka, MOO; Clyda Hnrwl
►j Edgecombe, MM; 9. B. Mm
I Wake. MOO; D. C. Harrell, Edg
•' aamba, MM; C. W. Upehnneh. Wak
•' |1U| J. a BameU, Btnuad
* MM; 9am W. WUaan, Nath, MM; i
■ in, Beaut oet, MM; W. O. Bo
►; nett, 8M—, MMf C. Q, Veoabl
a. Metes, MM.
►; -
4-' Horaa acnca; If yam waw to 1
•4 driven with b looae rain yoo’r* f
h* to take the rcwwneibiKtjr of ban
in* the wBfae on fbe rand.
MRS. W. A. TORY
RULED TODAY H
Km ACCIDENT
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M* kf •
tsr.th/md mt Mm ft. L
«»•> MV. Maxtor, Camar C. War
w »*J DftC.Hi Mi. 1M |M
Pa<*^. ft. DtHaa
Cam. Baxter Oraha* aaA M. M. Jar
^ ^ _ ‘ •
kWon, kd gone to lb gyrtegl to
■ttead the dght undw af 'tog
Ktol, tor biter, Mias Losntey Olive,
Lawrence, was alee a aasadber
fatally af *a Philodslgtoa
which b bunted 4 abbs ant
•prlagm. Tha SH fated tar Wagb
to Mbs LHUaa Lawrence. Moadaaas
Tarry aad Utuaii had ahatod to
Kagtaa to wool W. C. McKay af
Atlanta, Oa_, who ata to wiiti aa
a Rcahaaid traia at If Kdote
Tha reads ere as ban (to aaatdaat
•starred. It b tkagt that Mrs.
Ta» - hast nafaal as ga which
*f tha reads laadteg « Marti a. hut
failed to briag too ear to a toy and
Hhigmtl to Mb the tars tea late.
Tha tar Waded leant flirt la a 14
faat ditto. Mm Bate, wha waa tin
fiat to aaa(h tto aaaaa of too aeb
doat, aaciaadad b ratoastag Mm twa
Tha rssaaias af Mis. Tarty wan
, Intel to nytowlb aaaa alter
, tto aabdsbt aad later were li aught
! te toe toeae ad tor httohilateto
. aad bater, Mr. aad Mm. J. M. Ore
ay sa
te
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r tti
tty ad
re. Ba
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Mte ad
Nd toe
■teal
i Hetog
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