VOLUME X. DUNN. NORTH
WHISKEY GETS’EM
INTO LAWS TOILS
PotwHon of Whiakay Fan
Bad At Hand* Of Local
Otter.
Three negroe* — Dork Crowder
Henry Judd end Lehaun McKay—
were arreftad Sunday by Officer* H
H. McLeod and L. K Matthew* 01
the charge of tranaportinv whiakoy
The officer, found three quarta ol
“the old familiar" in the car oceupi.
cd by the three negro**. Tho arrea
took place on the highway betweei
Dunn and Be noon Berth the car an<
«ho throe quart* were confiscated ant
th* negroe* placed under a t2.^(X
bond for their appearance before Re
cornier M M. Jernlgan Thnnulay.
Carl Jonr*. local jitney driver, VI
a 1*0 arrveted Sunday on the earn
charge when Officer* B. A. Rowlanc
and A. B. Allan** found a pint ol
“Joy water' In hk ear. Hk ear wtu
taken In change by the officer
and he will have to face Recordei
Jernlgan Thumday.
Sunday proved to be an active da]
far local officer*. Hill Maaaey placet
himself on the outride of too muel
whktccy and when Chief of Police B
A. Rowland attempted to place hln
under arreet be offered miff reals*
a nee. He wna aubdued, however, ant
a* a recall of hk ectien* toward* th«
officer wtu face" an additional charge
that of residing an ©Acer, when call
ed to trial Thanaday.
THREE BROTHERS
ARE SENT TO JAIL
Strickland Brother* Of Samp
•on SMtanowl By Federal
Jtsdgs
W. A., A. 1 and I). U. Stritk
land. three brother? of Westbrook
township, are in jail at Raleigh, o«.
sentence of Federal Judge Connor,
who gave^thrm six moaths each for
• /seen n. inngtitry, who is mtOei
bond on charge of killing his bro
ther Grad)-. The trial came up ii
Raleigh last Wednesday, the vir;
day that Allen and wife had theii
preliminary hearing in Clinton or
the charge of killing Grady. Th«
Stricklands admitted their giu't ant
confessed it was their still, and tin
district attorney, in view, wc sup
pose, of the more serious diargt
against Allen H. Daughtry, no
prossed the case against him, alsr
the one against the Joocs boy wh<
was captured with the Stricklands
The three Strickland brother? an
brothers to Joseph A. Strickland
* the man whom Chief Honeyxut
shot at a still last fall, and who w>:
allowed by the sheriff of Cumber
land county to escape from a Fay
ettrville hospital, while there fui
treatment of his wounds. The lat
ter is gone somewhere, though In
has been known to be back in hii
old haunt? since hi* escape fron
the hospital.
The removal of the four Strick
land? and the death of Grad;
Dinghtry takes five blockade?
from the community which ha
been so cursed by the netariau
business. It would seem, too. tha
others would take warning and al«
seeing the consequences of the ex
istence of booze in the oommunit;
would quit.— Sampson Democrat
All the above named defendant
were given a hearing before LT. S
Commissioner E. Lee, of Dunr
and bound over to the Fedora
muri nrreni wccki *gO.
FOUR BANKS CLOSED
IN ROWAN COUNT
SelMniry, Jan* ».—Thrtt bantu I
Banna oanaty aleaed their doona yw
terdey rrsnlng and this morning ml
tar a national bank eaaoriaar too
•'« tha affairs ef tha PeoyU'a Mi
Uanai bank, af SaJisbvry. it baeam
known ham today.
Tha other banka that eleaed are tft
Marsh aids and Farmer* beak. «
Granite Qaarry. tha Ftet Nation
tank at Byenosr, and tha Bank <
- Tha Paoyia’s National bank wi
clasad rohudafily by IN eReere b
canaa af withdrawal! af dnyotiu a
Nr the Moaklaaberg mifla we
thrawn Me raoaWerdily, It wna m
aannaad when that InaUtnUaa w
elaaad yantarday, and the mum f
4ta other three clealnya main undo
Meed to ha IdeatlraL The Paeyh
National hank maa aaU N hare bm
af at
TOWNSEND OF HARNETT
RETAINED A5 COUNSEL
FOR WELFARE BOARD
N. A. Townsend, Of Dam., one of
the sanest an.l most able nu-mbora of
the General Assembly /or the last
two sessions, ha« been retained by I
the Statr Board of Charitioa sail Pub-1
lie Welfare to adrlse and assist it!
temporarily, Mr. Townsend is one of
the moat prominent lawyers in North
Csroliie, sod the Board considers it
self fortunate In having the benefit
of his advice. He was retained by the
Board before Governor Morrison
withdrew his request that the Board
make Investigation of the prison sys
tem of the Bute.—Pablie Welfare
Progress.
SEEK DIVINE AID .
IN WC7-L FIGHT
S. C. Govaraor Designates Next
Sunday Aa Day Of Fast
ing And Prayer
Colombia, 8. C., Jane 7—Gover
nor McLeod yesterday cailed upon tbs
people of (Sooth Carolina, to units
.neat Sunday In imploring;Jlvlnc aid
in their battle against the bull weevil.
Dcclsm.g his belief that the cotton
pest bad other evils had been sent “as
a-Judgment on eur people,’ not only
for Mielr sins, but a* a means to
bringing thorn back to Him," the
Chief Executive issued a proclama
tion deeignatlng Sunday as a day of
fmating and prayer to God “for de
liverance from the ravages of the
boll weevil, la much way or ways aa
may seem wise to Him, either by
oiract supernatural intervention or
through the workings of natural
cauoca which are uador His control.”
The Governors action was suggest
ed to him by resolutions adopted by
the Black Brier Salem church and
a number of organisation*, he in.
nonnosd.
BROTHER AND SISTER
MEET FOR FIRST TIME!
had nwrer mat ware oaJtad bar*
tonight when Mia Mildred Moore, of
Bay City, Michigan. arrived and
Joined her- brother, M. V. Mean, a
proofreader on a local aewapaper.
Young Moore left hnu before Om
buOi of hie rialer and baa never re
turned. k area net until after hie mil
itary service, following the war, that
h't leaned of hu hater’• ^ztatanoe,
and eatabHehcd communication with
bar.
KILLS SWEETHEART,
NOW READY TO DIE
Etatga I aanda, Fittpina, Straagiaa
Blaaaam Martin la Death—
Caaaad By Jealeooy
New York. June 1.— Crying for
■execution as punishment for his
deed, Eluigo Lozade, Filipino
, houseman, was taken to West side
! court today for arraignment on a
charge of strangling to death his
sweetheart. Blossom Martin. Dc
, *|»ltc hi* plea for.quick action his
ease was postponed until tomorrow.
, Lozade, arrested at Elizabeth
, Port, Staten Island, when he at
, tempted to cast the body which he
, had bundled into a package .into
the river, wm haggard and worn
, when taken front his cell this morn
ing. He had paced his celt through
ont the day .unable So dose his ear*
to the jeers heaped upon him by
i other prisoners in the same tiers.
Yesterday Lozade told police he
, had killed Mias Martin with his bare
I hands. He was said to have con
fessed to them that he became an
gcreii occevim? mum Minin row
him the did not think he wn able
to support a v#if« and because be
’• was jealous of her friendship with
i married man.
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" CRIPPLE DROWNED
I; IN ROBESON MARSH
* fayeUeetltr, June T.—Penned la •
little eert a few feet frees solid
groand, Alton Jackaoa, K, a helptow
* cripple, drowsed In a monk oa the
* road betwaea this city and Renart,
k about » o’clock thie memlny.
* It had been J settee a's cost— tr
mabe the trip betweaa bis home sad
Rod Syria y» la a little pony cart
i friend* always help)ay Urn in aat
h out of the reticle vr~»an ho wpt as
* able to aee bit lower limb*.
I , Shortly after • o’clock this morn
i toy a man drirtny Up —to—Mi
n along the Reeert rood saw tbs poo]
► otaseot ittontped slo—rids o hrtdyi
"» serost t worthy etraam, the sort am
« Jackson belay entirely ander water
w Jaebeon had been dead only a for
taiaat**, a physician stkod.
NATION’S GRAIN CROPS
LESS THAN LAST YEAR
WUln Wheat E.tim*Wd At HU
000.000 Blltllli tpriag Wheat
23d.OOO.OaO Bubal*
Washington, June 9.—The prinet
pal grain crops sf the country will
he smaller this yssr than last with
Uic exception of oats which has been
planted on larger oersage than a
year ags, according to the department
of agriculture's monthly report Issu
ed today. No reports hove been made
y« on corn.
Winter wheat shows slightly im
proved prospects, resulting from May
conditions, and a crop of Ml,000,000
bashcls Is forecoat This total la a'
Nttle more than waa Indicated a1
month ago and about 4,000,000 bush,
els Isas than hug year's crop.
In Kansas there was a reduction af
more than 10,000,000 bushels In dm
forecast compared with a month ago
and |n aomc other state* there were
slight decreases.
The aoaoon’s first forecast af spring
wheat prodeck* report dm gam
poets VS yield eg f td.OOO.OOO. or 40.-!
000,000 bushels leas Shan last year's
crop which waa placed at If1,000,-'
000 baahris in revised statistics te
day. j
Tht spring wheat acreage is S.1
per cent Mas than last roar's crop.'
North Dakota’s crap preenMea about
one-third leas than n year ago, while1
8. Dakota and Minnesota will Imre'
ailgMJy smaller crops. Montana and
Washington show increases over last1
year.
Smaller crops of apples and peach
es than last year are indicated al
though they will be larger tbs'
average crops of the ftve yeans 101T-J
21 ind naive
grandmother of n
YEARS IS TO GET HER
SHEEPSKIN TODAY..
Stale College, Pa., Jitne 11.—
A grandmother with 12 graixlchil
dren is to lie graduated from Penn-1
ivlvania Slate college tomorrow
She is M r». Sarah j
course by the college senate sfUT
three and one-lalf years of study.
She was past 50 years of age when
she started stu< lying in the four
year course in horticulture.
She was out of college for over
a year and later became a special
student, elected to specialise in the
study of botany due to her love for
outdoor life.
Twenty-three years ago Mrs.
Farley wu left a widow in mod
erate means with four young chil
dren to raise and educate. She saw
three boy* graduated from college,
two of them from Pennsylvania
State, and sent her daughter to
Swarthmore college.
When all hut the youngest had
married she decided to carry out
her ideals of independence and a
profession, and started studying
scientific agriculture as two of her
sons had done before her. At f&
she is the oldest person ever to
graduate from Pennsylvania State
MONTGOMERY IS SAVED
FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR
Kaleigh, June U.— Clyde Mont
gomery, New Hanover county man,
who was under sentence to be
electrocuted Thursday next, will
not die In the diair for an alleged
aswanlt cm a 12-year-old gfrl in De
cember, 1921.
The death sentence was this af
ternoon changed u> life imprison
ment by Governor Morrison, and
Montgomery, for whose life many
Wilmington women have begged
clemency, will say goodbye today to
16 condemned men in death row.
Herbert McClanimy, Wilming
ton, attorney, who aMwared with
J. C. King for the defendant at the
trial in January, 1922, made the
nrinrilld rvrsl aIm Inr rnmmnia.
lion. The Rev. W. A. Stanbury,
pastor of a Wilmington church, a
sister of Montgomery's and bn sis
ter-in-law, also asked the governor
to change the death sentence to life
imprisonment.
W. U. MANAGER AT NEW
BERN PALLS TO DEATH
New Bern, June H.—Mangled al
most beyond recognition in a fall
from Hie fifth story window of the
EJIcs temple, the lifeless body of
Arthur L. Church, manager of the
Wasters Union* office here,' wai
found on the pavement of a nar
royr alky between the tempk and
the adjoining cafe on l’olloek street
at 11 o’clock last night by Robert
Shaw, negro porter, a few minutei
»fter he was starting to ckne tin
lodge rooms.
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At the
the Board of
here Monday,
teniient of
handed in hi*
accepted by
of LUHnctoa
the place of Mr,
In this position
oaK of the
grand Jury L
committee
at the
with
erintendent
d-ieiniaaal.
Jury wae printed
paper the day
etna.
A motion
W. J.
od
torney B.
They pay
Back
A.
etrtoar
roar ape,
month ky
will travel
work.
The Board
—.A BA he a _ _
FORCED TO IAVE LIFE
HE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE
"-‘“1 Wh. Cat Wife’* TW-t
Mada Ta Submit Ta Bleed
T-«-|-i,
Chicago, June 11—1„ what was
'-rmed by the police today to be to
unparalleled cate of retributive jus
tice. a husband who had attempted
to kin his wife waa forcibly held and
unwillingly made to give hi* blood
to save the Ufe.be had tried to take.
As the climax ta a family quar-;
rel, Theodore Marty cat the throat
of hi* wife. Martha, and fled. At
a hospital it was announced that an 1
immediate transfusion ‘would be
necessary to save Mrs Marty.
As n call for volunteer* wu<
about to.be sent out, detectives ar
rived with Marty. They forcibly
carried him to the operating room,
two quick incisions were made and
the transfusion completed. Mrs.
Marty will live, the doctors said.
LOCAL RAMI* mmsas
DELIGHTFUL PROGRAM
The public open-air concert riven
6n Lucknow Kjaare by the Dunn
Concert band Sunday afternoon de
lighted a large gathering of local
mueic lover*. TH* wa* the fir*»
public concert giecfc by the band
nine* it wa* re-organiied several
week* ago. Member* of the band
(bowed that they have feet none
of their music producing qdalUie*
and the program rendered wa*
highly pleating. Official* and mem
bers of the band premia* other
treat* of Ihi* kind occasionally
during the rammer month*.
DROPS DEAD IN DOAT
ON LAKE WACCAMAW
V ilmington, June 11,— R. C
Pridgen, of Tiber, dropped dead
while boat riding on Lake Wacca
tnaw near hare Stmday. Mr. Prid
gen-wae a member of one of tb<
numerous home parties at the lake,
•nd at the time of Me death wai
In company with Mias UKie Dick
son, pianist. of Waocamaw pavil
ion orchestra
The usual Stmday crowd* at tht
laka were thrown Into a furore o!
excitement by tbs' occurrence. at*
* wa* impneuihU to get informa
tion by telephone as to the dear
man** age or other details.
METHODIST CHURCH
“HARD HIT
w
r, 1maa 10,—Sal labor? rw
M a quiet Sooday with na new da
Hbpataab In tha situation retarding
the clasad banks or the status of
Iho KecMocburg Kdb wmpoay. At'
Ratos flat ahasch too yaoisr,'
Iter. John F. Kirk, prrsehed to a'
brio congregation the same kind af'
s sarmoa ha praackod at Stateavilb’
buaadlatsly following the groat flood
•f Ibid when such haras was wroagfct *
b that section af tha ooaatry, and
|ba semen waa as appropriate hart'
today wtb see b aaad after toe1
flood far assssrksis af Pint ehnrch
warn hit harder ami mart often by
lha faiiars of toe nulls aad tha cioa
lag af tha People's bank than day
achar group of poopb la the coanty.
Beraoai bat prorticaHy all tkoy had b
*a world In toe mfli onto aad scersa
baas all thsir m i laps aa writ aa their
AtrWt accounts tied «p la the else-!
ad People's bank. Indiridaol Isms to
of tkb aknrsah maps fraas aj
tha meeting af tha
ebas, sas of tks |
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NORTH CAROLINA STILL
HAS HIGHEST BIETH
RATE IN UNITED STATES
art birth mu, MJ, wfcg* a sateef
18 1st Che stcu of Waahiacton was
Mu lowest. Death rates ia 88 states
ima«sd from 14.7 for Malast* 8.1 foe
Idaho.
Norte Galatea's Mrth rate bt 1H1
was 884, wbflo Asa state's death mto
was 114 for 1 *tt a«alaot 114 for
1881.
Made "Bottled In Bend” UUs
Charlotte, June 11.— Chains
that C D. Watkins, of Concord,
who is held in *500 bail for trial at
the October term of federal oourt
had an ingenious machine for nuk
ing labels that made possible the
sale of moonshine liquor at “bot
tled in bond “ prices were made
here today by Henry E. Thomas,
secret service agent. Thomas ar
rested Within* in Concord last
PINE TOBACCO CHOP
IS REPORTED IN EAST
Kinston, June II.—A few brief
weeks Maori betwen thousands of
Eastern Carolina farmers and proa
perity. in the opinion of authorities
Itere. The thousands specifically
referred to have not known pros
perity since inflation "Mew op"
after the war. The finest tobacco
crop in three years is maturing in
fields for many miles in every di
rection from this city. Reports
from scores of lock ties in Lenoir,
Jones, DapHn, Wayne, Greene,
Pits, Oaven and Qther counties dur
ing the past few days hare indicat
ed the best stand since 1920. Ex
perts here, beeping an eye on the
foreign as well as the domestic
markets, since great quantities of
Eastern Carolina tobacco are con
sumed In Europe, Australia, Ask
and other parts of the world, are
frank to state belief that the price*
fur good quality " weed ” In Sep
tember, October and November will
1* '■ '^ry satisfactory.” Tobacco
marketing experts are a remark
ably conservative .lot.
SAMPSON SAILOR LAD
ON PRESIDENTS «HU
Chats*, Jana 19—W.
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MINCTUN MULIS AMD
farm houbis worth
flMOO ARE RURMED
o ttM^tate^StHMIttrtTta?
1m, •Mr Mnfleel. Akt altaa DM
Scotland Note early loot tekt Moat
of the latbiilhUigr. Mttef the
a«lo etaMe, hay kata Sited with al>
tetea, hflaaiot teat, all Mm tea
Moinate l» aateo aad banes and
iterate Sara bonori. All won gho.
did bmildingr partly oyvcrori by te.
■uraaco- Xh* fatally woo la rmliffl
Keck when tin otdoat ilaightar of
Manager T. U Tonplo waa gradgai
i«g at the high wheel. Then to m
ekao a* tote* origin of the Sim. Sam
oa of tha —r'~ that worm bmraot
wow owned fey fhorteo Van toMfeg
ban. _
“GLOBETROTTER”
TROTTH) TO JAIL
Negrw kWiHll Ta "Lift’
Lwal StonT*
tefdy foot mm iwhtey aaotei
"Globe TtSdor ante*taw "dameM
from ft. C. Taytor'e atarc aad ate
toBptart ta Baht a' pit a way. Tto
aegn want lata tea stare aoaa altar
it waa eyed aad bag** two paw
ket feaadkeaefeteSa White la tee eeeem
he ‘lifted" tee ton dnaan aad plaa
ad then eater bia (ML the eteaa
hlae te eonltlia that the aegpe had
dUat belong there. Me called te tee
hot tea aal canned tea "Cteho Ttet
tei" ta “pick aa" hto troth ag apaod
aad Mr. Taytar followed cteeo fee.
Mad. *
Got* Kitts. engineer of Gw
freight, jumped la tiw to avoid
A total of Sir crate* of dewter
rka ware Moped yesterday by the
farmers of the Falcon community.
Several fanner* in that Immediate
section grow <lewberneh.cn a amall
scale, and art reaping good prices
for their produce. Shipping has
be* in program for sevaral days,
and the grower! have naked aa
high aa 99 the crate. While there
has been a slight riudhte in prices
aince the thipi><ng season opened,
there ia good profit in the berries
at the prices prevailing.
L. W. Autry, the pioneer berry
) grower of fret vicinity. has tan
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