1 I THE DUNN ” ■=-;- * «— I iiHMMaB I ■ I '! ■ i ^— mmmr - ■ VOLUME X_• DUNN, NORTH MDAY, JUNE SR, 1NX EXTREMES MARK THE LONGEST DAY 1w«nlm Death* Freni Heat WWW lee^Focm, 1b New Chicago, June 21.—The longest day of tnc year also was tlie hottest in many sections of the country and sweltering inhabitants of the pres ent heat belt found it hard to be lieve that elsewhere in the L'niter! States ice had formed outdoor* dur ing the night. The ^oppressive heat which sjiread over Chicago and the middle west Mooday and has since spread to the Atlantic coast, continued here to day. More than 20 prostrations were adder) to the list of 17 dead and numerous prostration*. Western New Mexico is in the grip of a cold wave that has dam aged garden truck, according to re ports. Ice formed so thick that it had to be twoken before stock could be watered. The most severe frost ever recorded in June hit lowland and mountains alike, the report 1 added. Superior, Wia., which recorded its maximum temperature of the year Tuesday, reports tliat straw hat* were shelved in a hurry today and overcoats brought out when llie temperature dropped more than 40 degrees in 24 hoars. The northern Rockies report un seasonably cool weather. . Salt Lake City, Utah, even forecasting a " cool ’ ’ reception for President Harding when he arrived there early next week While relief is promised the east, the temperature is expected to continue high in the Chicago ter ritory for the remainder of the week. Local thundershowers are expected to provide only temporary relief. UGHTNING BOLT FATAL TO FARMER t—jyjy ' £jjr lightning struck and killed J. C. Msthews, 4ft-year-old farmer, in a field near hi* home one mile north west of Guilford Battleground at It 30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The dead man leaves a wife and five little children. The}- were near liy when the death bolt struck. The circumstances were most un usual. No storm was prevailing in the vicinity when Mr. Matthews was killed. There was no rain. The atmosphux was humid and it was exceedingly hot. A dark cloud had loomed in the distant ho rizon, bttt it seemed miles and miles away. There had been an occa sional glint of sheet lightning, but no one dreamed of an electric storm at hand. Mr. Matthews and his family were working in a com field He went to a spring several yards dis tant to get some water for his wife and children. He was coming back across the open field when the fatal nimble of thunder, followed quick ly by a dazzling flash of light. A cloud of dust arose from the field where a moment before Mr. Matthew- s had been walking. One of the little boys saw it. " hook, look, mamma," he shout ed, “ there’s something down there •> m.- _■ She rushed to the spot followed bjr her frightened children. There she found be husband, his clothes part ly burned away snd the death glaze in his eyes. Attracted by the wail* of the un fortunate woman and the children, Mrs. George Harvey, who live* on a neighboring farm, hurried to the scene. When the reached the spot the dust raised by the lightniiqr had not yet deared away. Mr. Mat thews was unconscious. A few mo ments later he died. He did not utter a word after the lightning struck Mm, but hit heart did beat for several minutes. Neighbors hurrying to the scene helped the bereaved woman and her little children remove tb« body to their home near by. It was a sad little procession mat came out of the corn Raids in the bottom lands .trailed across the hillside and carried the lifeless form into what had been a happy hoax a lew min utes before. Dr. R. A. Schoonover, county coroner, was called. He said light ning had killed Mr. Matthews. No mqueat was neoeseary.— Greens boro Daily News. The cabhaga worm la the dread of every car*full cook and house wife, and causes much economic loss. Write the extension service at Raleigh for a copy of its C 135 * Dusting Cabbage to Control Worm*." COURT UPHOLDS TAXES IN FUQUAY Jud«« CnaoMr Raps Conun le sion ars But Holds Levy Valid Holding with the view that the governing bodies of small towns should not be held to the strict re quirement;. of the Municipal Fi nance Act, Judge E. H. Cranmer yesterday dissolved an injunction against the town of Fuquay Springs obtained about six weeks ago by Mrs. W. H. Aiken rn order to prevent her jiiano being sold fur taxes. Music in the Aiken home will be unmolested for the next six months, however, a* the tax payer announced an appeal to the Su preme Court. “ The board of commissioner* ought to be spanked for the care less way in which they attended to business, but I can't see 'hat anybody has been hurt and I am going to dissolve the injunction," declared Judge Cranmer in making his ruling. Judge Cianmcr expressed an un willingness all through the hearing, which lasted two hours, to inter fere with a tax levy if such course was avoidable, and staled he had great sympathy for the txard I come from a small town my self, and I served on the hoard of wwn commit uoncrs lor what scnrif like 700 ywi." he nai«|. The fact* in the case are simple, and were, for the most part, ad mitted. ft seems dial the town has had a tax rate of 50 cents since 1915, and some time last year the commissioners agreed without melt ing any written record, to con tinue the okl rate. One of the board came to Raletgh to get the records of taxable property from the county auditor, the levy was made and I_ M. Page appointed to collect the taxes. W. H. Aiken, husband of the plaintiff, asserted at the hcarit* yesterday that the injunction was •eotred because of the. belief that was not made in the complaint Mayor V. O. Tillery and the commissioners, B. Jtav Olive, E. B Utley. YV. Z. Co tin. YV. H. Proctor and A. D. Evereu. were all present for the hearing. Fuquay Spring* it a village of 600 inhabitants, and Judge Cran mer took the position that neighbors should he al>le to settle their own differences R. X*. Simms, appearing for the respondent, took the position that if comelissioners of a small town who se ved without pay were to be held strictly to taw on all the pro visions of the law, that no one could be induced to accept the of fices. Joh-i YV. Hinsdale, former city attorrey of Kaleigh and one of the fram-irs of the Municipal Finance Act. appeared for the defendant. Mr. Hinsdale urged that failnre to ado-.1t a budget and five notice to ta»-payen In levying an act consti tuied fundamental defect* that could not be disregarded by the court*. He announced hi* purpose to ap I fka nvsa In tVn ft " and we whether the law applies to little towns as well a* big ones.” ! — Raleigh News and Observer, CHILDREN TO COMPETE FOR ESSAY PRIZES Atlanta, (is., June 20.— Over 258,000 Southern school children belonging to the Junior Red Cross have been called upon by Mrs. Vic tor Quit, director at the Atlanta headquarters, to try lor one of the prizes being offered in the Ameri canism essay contest being conduct ed nationally by the American Le gion. “ why America Should Prohibit Immigration for Five Years" is the subject, with first, second and third prizes of $750, $500 and $250 offered for the win ning assays. Views of the Junior Red Crosi on this subject will be most inter esting, Mrs. Ottis points out, espe cially m light of the interchange o! letters between American and for eign school-rooms which interna tiunal eorisspoudeuce on historical geographical and industrial sub feels is the principal educational sc brity of the organisation. The acquaintanceships formed bj this letter-writing and practical In formation obtained should pc bright Junior Red Crosse r» wel upon the Hat, she declares. October 12 U the dosing date o: the contest, which is governed b utriple rules that may be had b writing the local Legion post o vhata — — — —- J--. r’thv" CIHillIlZntlCT. The past few days can be right I; classed as hot days In June. They'r nothing short of that. CLAYTON (URL. DROWNS IN TUCKASEEGEE RIVER MIm Dorothy Gower, Semi or of Meredith. Meet* Deeth In Sylvs, June 19.— Miss Dorothy [Gower, of Clayton, was drowned in the Tuckasecgee river while in Itathing this afternoon. Miss Gow er, who is a senior at Meredith col lege, was visiting her friend and schoolmate, Miss Niu Garratt, here, and she and a party of young )>eople were in bathing. When she and another young lady Itecame frightened and excited, Robert Gar rat went to their rescue and at tempted to bring both girls to the bank, but, in the excitement both grabbed hold of him and he finally succeeded in reaching the hank with ooe girl and in saving his own life, which was greatly in danger. By the time young Garratt had towed one girl to the bank. MU* Gower had disappeared. The alarm was spread and crowds of men and boys from Ditlsboro and Sylva have been diving for the body all afternoon, but it has not yet been discovered. The body has since been recov ered near where it went down. The club women of Beau (on county are contesting for member ship and attendance records until November, when the losing clubs will tender the winner* a nice lun cheon, reports Miss Myrtle Keller, home agent. The luncheon will be based on the work done in nutri tion during the summer. BAND’S PROCRAM FOR NEXT SUNDAY Am m In keeping with the program for the summer months, the Dunn Con cert band will give another of their Splendid concerts in Lucknow I'ark pcct to give at least two, if ‘not more, concerts on Sunday after noons during the summer months. These will last about forty-five minutes, and hereafter there will he no delays or Uresume waits be tween numbers. The programs will be balanced so as to play some num ber that will appeal to all classes, and the old songs and overtures will be mingled with modern mardies and patriotic numbers. The young men that compose the band are con tributing this much towards the community’* amusement without making any charga for their ser vices, and every one should en courage and support them in their efforts. A " Town Baud” certain ly is one of the community’s organ izations that is an asset, and one that should be foaterrd and en couraged by all the other civic or ganizations. Following is the program to be rendered next Sunday afternoon at the above-named hour: Our Director_March Indiana Moon_Waltz Selection from Modem Syn copation.. Popular When You and 1 Were Young, Maggie —Baritone Solo (Played by Mr. Roy Brown.) Lulu Temple-Match o-■--* n-_t a • PRESIDENT RENEWS WORLD COURT PLEA St. Louis. June 21.— President Harding placed before the country tonight a renewed plea for Ameri can adherence to the permanent court of International justice “a* the one and only existing ’agency of peace' to which we can safely subscribe without violating the ba sic principles of our national being." Making the first prepared ad dress of hii western trip, the Pres ident said that to bring alnut the end he desired he “ would gladly wipe out factional difference,' and proposed a reconstruction of the machinery of the International tri bunal ** to dispose conclusively of all other cited apprehensions of danger from the exercise of any influance whatsoever, either open or furtive, by the league of nations or by asiv other orpnisation" " Tnis could be done in one of two ways,” he aaaertad, * first, by empowering the court itself to fill any' vacancy arising from the death of a member or retirement foe whatever cause, without mterpoei < tion from any other body; or, aec ’ and, by continuing (he existing *U ■ thority of the permanent court of arbitration to nominate and by transferring the power to elect ' from the council and assembly of t the league to the remaining mem bers of the court of justice." BLINDNESS NO THESEY ibwi* Otl CAN I Ragan Aad FaI tow. With tls Mia* WU data Las Caw Chapel Hill, J i th, line of the 21 _ _ whi stepped uopn the [ Me ■norial hall in th y rhi week to receive f ids o Governor M ihaep skins were two (wa; with the honors at applauai goes, the g who wen made doctors of aot excepted President Chase, time had requested audience U abandon the enai applauding each graduate; were toi many of them. when San Cathey and Buford or sham, wWe won their ( _' with honor despite the fact m’t see i wink, mounted t form. th< admiring crowd *t he re ■mined, ana tar iwir there «» The gnl'lmf han^Bf a dassmati rented lighrlv on tBlffli of San anil Huforr1 a* th^B mourned th< dozen steps to thjl|h rostrum why. So did Sam-^P Buford, foi [hough they can’t Ajtinguith daj onied to beingetao®br>dlucmfwyT from night, they as^ftot accustom ed to being Ifd smA In fact, ii rases of roM-rgencjjHLs they thus [rated in the caitrSa recent fin here, if those vt'lNald accam Mny them don't ov^BCast they an devoted beirgs, ev^Hmhotous ol the wdhiti oi aw rtida't b*v$r*ftunsoe to maim i faux pas on this auspicious occa MOO. From Memorial hall Rufort went to thr gymnasium, where f>r Robert Lawson, director, formal); presented to him a certificate ad milting him to the circle of tb chosen few who wear the N. C monogram. This means that thii man. totally blind jerer since b was a small boy in knee breeches has done all the various and difii cult stunts required of student seeking honors in the gymnasium including vaultng, hand stands ant parallel bar exercises. The mas rery of these tests usually require1 from three to four years of hart and continuous training and fre fluently more. No feeling of sympathy mfhsenc ed the committee which made tb award, Doctor Lawson said today He was judged solely on the basi of his merit, and the case has is parallel in the university's history lie added. Worsham and Cathey are ver popular at the university. They ar regarded as scholars, athletes am all-round regular fchows. They dis play a healthy interest in ever phase of university life. They no only completed work for their A VI fUirrp# lhi< ump Urf in managed to *iueexe in the first yes of law. They return next fail t complete their law conrae. Cathe was president of the first year 1st clast last session, and this year h will represent hit class on the stt dent council. H* waa vice presi dent of the Dialactic Literary sc city for the last quarter. KXCKLLSMT SC KOCH. WOBH. “ Both men did. excellent wot last session,” said Prof. A. C. M< Irrtosh of the law school. “ In th courses they had under me we ui tiie ease system. AH they srante to know was the name of the eai and tlten they would give me th full details without further qnei lioning. They haw* rsmarkah memories, and they get the east fixed in their minds while some < their classmates are dismasta them the night before recitation. ” I tm told they intend to pro tic* law, and I baft*** they wool succeed, provided, of coarse, tht have associates who oooid read aa hdp them prepare their caeca.” Let those who are praam to tkk that blind men poarnond with long face seeking sympathy eoi aider these two mm. Cathey wi I horn in Sky land, * law walss fro Asheville. His father waa • ca tractor One day he and some ot ; era were bit song an a niton . grading near hta home town. T1 ! blast I sited to sxptads a«th» prop time, and white Cathey was exas intag it k Ad explode and blew M doom the sa*salrmial several f« j ATTEMPTED LYNCHING I STOPPED BY SHERIFF Willi, mstcn, June 19,—Fifty l madced men mult an unsuccessful attcn»|< at lynching a negro here this morning at 1 o'clock when they rode into the town fruin Crwwelt and demanded that Sheriff Rober | ton deliver Earl Batcooibe charged with attempted asaaalt upon a white , girl and cruelly beating a white . youth who went to her rescue at C res well hta yesterday News of the advent of the mob . (cached Wilkanistoo ahead of the tnofc .and the sbeiff bad removed ' the negro to another countv Tel ephone wires leading from Creswril to WtUiamaton had been cut. 'ihe ‘ mob reached the jail houac at I > o'clock a. m , and demanded the • negro. The sheriff, with a posse i of drieens, awaited their coming. ■ “The negro has been taken away. Even if be were here I ’ would nut turn him over to you i K]tickers," the sheriff answered ! their demands. “We are not Kludmrs, but we , want that negro." several of the i mob answered. [ _ The sheriff invited them into the i jail to see that the negro was not i there, and after satisfying them i selves they rode hack coward Cres i well. The attack on the young girl i waa interrupted by rhe intervention f of the white boy. The negro runi de his attention to the lad and beat i him terribly. A pose waa organ ised and effected his capture. UVELY SESSION W ROCKINGHAM Fi* Fight, Umd Hnt Rents vi He, June 19.— A fist fight , seores of rad-imt ppm In i 1 McCollum, featured dee mass meet ing held at Wentworth for the pur pose of asking the commissioner* ' to rescind their action in ordering a bridge buih across Dan river near Fishing creek. The meeting was at tended by a representative and de : tennined body of citizens. Following the adoption of i reso 1 lutioo asking the commiaaioheTS to reconsider and not build the Itridge ■ for the present, a committee was : nted to ask the commissioners I 1 to come into the court room sod : confer with the citizens. The com 1 mittee reported that the chairman refused the request. There was ‘ tome difference of opinion by members of the committee as to just what the chairman did say, but after some discussion a resolution was passed and sent to three of the 1 commissioners demanding their resignations. A previous mass meeting asked ' the bonrd to rescind its action in • appropriation of $250,000 for a road from Settle's bridge to Mad ' iaon. This projert was abandoned. | At the same time injunction pro 1 reeding* were started in the courts to keep the commisrioners from ' building the bridge. The court 1 dissolved this injunction and the • meeting today was held to appeal 1 to the board to abandon this pro r ject. which was characterized as s y needless expenditure of money. t j r The meeting gave the other two ’ commissioner*. Messrs .Glance arid ' Martin, a rising vote of thanks and ‘ confidence for their efforts in faith ' fully representing the citimns of * this couirty. Alt five of the com missioners are Democrats, hoi par ty lines were apparently obliterated * in the mass meeting. * stray. He was then 19 years old, c and from that day has never been d able to ace. He was sent to the r school for the Mind in Raleigh. * There he met end became a rinse <• friend of Worsham, and they en c tered the freshman cists together s at the university in 1919, 1 Worsham was horn in Reith K bend, Va., and could scarcely see at birth. Hit sight gradually grew :* worm until hit ryes fail'd Mm al d together while he was still only 7 a lad d Tacked on the waX of their room in Vance btsldnr at the university k it this motto: ** Be a sport. Stick, * even if you’re down sod out** And i- what's more important by far, they is pot this saving bite effect. n They seldom mbs sa alhietk i* contest on the MX, and no studeni >- has shown a more hash hr sort oi ly enthusiasm than theirs. The tug k (sedan that blindness might inter sr fere with their enjoyment of tb »* non they dismiss with a laugh m Their friends teX them whnt’s go ■t big an, and their Intuition and gom COCA COLA KING WEDS AT ATLANTA A llama. Ga., June 30.— Mr. and Mr#. Am G. Candler. Sr, un tie night aboard a train carrying tlinr. to Washington, wlirre the 7x-jrear old ca]iitaltat and hi* bride of 35 wiD spend a short honeymoon. The new Air*. Camller, until her marri age to the Coca-Cola Company launder here at 11 o'clock today, waa Mra. May little Kagin, who for more than two year# waa a pub lic atenograiibcr here. Mra. Ragtn became a atenographei two and a half year* ago, with of fice* in the Candler building, when her hwbaml died. It wa# mere she made the acquaintance of the wdt drink magnate, an a«c|uaiiuanri thai led to the altar today in dir Theological building of Emory uni vereity, an institution built large!? witfi money coniribitted lit Mr. Candler CHANCE IK ru«M*. Card* nosed today announced that the wedding would be at the home of the bride, hut the plan# were later changed due to illnef* in the Ragin home. The Candler*, the card* announced, will be at the Candkr man non bene after July 5. The wedding ceremony, which wa* performed by Rev. Ken |R. Gary, Jr.. )a*tor of the Central! Presbyterian church, of which the i _ • > • I —• ^ VIIMgC illHl brief. As the ceremony concluded, one of the groom's grandchildren, crowding dose, pinned a white car nation on hi* coat lapel. Among the first to extend con gratulations were Mr. Catcher's three brothers, Bishop Warren A. Candler, of the Methodist Kptano|wl church. Judge John 8. Candler, and Miltun Candler, of Vi Ha Rka. Ga. The new Mrs. Candler's twin daughters, Mary and Julia, aged bea. were present with the bride's father and maAwr. Mr. and If* dty chapel, which was so impreten boua that students of the college were unaware a wrddmg ceremony waa taking place, the bridal couple took a train at the University sta tion for Washington. Mr*. Candler was born in Sparta, Ga.. and after living for some time with her family in Cnrdele. Ga.. moved to Atlanta fifteen years ago. Her husband wa» a business man here. IREDELL COUNTY YOUTH KILLED BY LIGHTNING Statesville, June 20.— Allen Stroud, and 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. *. Stroud, of Hannoov, Iredell county, was killed insUntiv when struck liy a boh of lightning during a severe electrical storm yesterday afternoon The tragedy occurred at the home of the voting man's parents. The funeral tank! place this afternoon at Society church, near Cool Spring*. WILL RE NO LET-UP IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION Raleigh. June Ik—The gover nor ha* called a sjmcial meeting of the State Highway Commission for Wednesday morning to ascer tain the coat of construction work planned for the next six months or so. This information will be pn>-{ cured so that the amount of money necessary to be harrowed may be uanuiiupi, ikv ici'U)) in mgnwij construction will result from the withholding of North Carolina bonds from the market, it was mid. as ample finances are expected to be provided through the loans au llcipafd. hearing supplies any missing links. WtlASD AT CHKCKiaa. At cards or checkers they are known at Chapel Hill as wizard*. They can’t rdad unless the lettering is raised. But the amis they iden tify by perforation*. Their writ ten work is preps red on a type writer. Both men dance and take an ac tive pan in social affairs Not long ago there was a fire in Carrhoco, about a mile and a half from Chapel Hill. Worsham never mieeea a fire If he can help H. Bet this time he happened to be on the back part of the camime near the 'ahtledc field. His Meads consul clad Mm out of lock, hut not Wor tham himself. Unaccompanied ha ran ell the way across the campaa — aa though there ware no trees m post*, boarded the running board ol , somebody’s Ford—he didn’t luma and dkbt’r care whom— and ha reached the homing dwellings fat abend of any of the other flock ol students who followed. MAY PHASES A # SHAH ADMENCE | Mr. The only < _ nected with the local talent alay. • Mr and Mrs. I’d* TWdc,H , wilted at th* Metropolitan j * last evening, waa in the of the number who The play ana directed by Mlaa 1 Crank, and was pnt on u its) ace* of the ,■ deb. A large number of I people took pan in the > act/uiUad tbemselve* in a creditable mamer. The theme of the play takas one into the future; to be exact. M talma you ie 1975, whan the woman wit be the men and the men wffl be the women. That is, the men wM do the chore* that the women do now, while the women wtS conduct Me affair* of botiam* and State. At that time, aa represented in Me pity, the women will have taken aB the rights from the man, iodsdar til thm clothing except the pantal and will endeavor to lagMole the men am of their pants. The play was written for hrgrtr ;ng purpose* only, based upon the pofirical activity of the in* particular rime and w Vad to. A ado by Mrs. Holhday and two eetortkma by the hum male quartet added modi W :he pleasure of the mil mmibor presem. High 1‘oirn. June 21,—Meeting Wilmington m the place for the an nual meeting .the North Carolina Baptist Young People'* mean dosed iu 14th annual nemnlhm here tonight. The convention committee re ported in favor of Wilmington, whidi had no opposition, asnl the delegates voted unanimously for that city. The outstanding featarc of to day's session of the Young Bap tists was an address hy Jndg, W. A. Devin, of Oxford. Judge Devin ’ held his audience tpeitwuad as ha •numerated the oeaKties that gD to make op Christum citizenship. The afternoon sesiieu was ^abz devoted to conferences no aaethods, directed hy Perry Morgan and Miss Ebna Karabow. At 4 o'clock the delegates were taken in automobiles to Thomee villr, where they visited the Bap tist orphanage One hundred and sixty-seven del egates attending the canvcasioa volunteered for Cbrietian service. Of this number 12 said they had «dv» lor work in the ikmary field*. Those volunteering for •rjr service were Carl W « Blade Mountain: Marguerite CaBa hnn. Stocky; lewd ifarrelaon, Al bemarle: Katherine Ray, Ratal*; rHZJ!tR^2UpL^rj Mammmg. Raleigh, Bandca Umt, Oxford; Valeria Bdk Nidi*. North WiHceaboro; Hooch White hurst. Bartlette; Ralph Cartoon, Warsaw; Hanna Wright. Shiloh, and Cad Barker, Gastonia. Otliar feature, of the doting Ma rion tonight were iridiums by H. TlStnuam --- M - * __ _ .. m • «*wvfni, of i,rfrmhoro ^nn Rev. W. C. Barrett, of Caatnnia. Mr. Stevens' subject was " Down na the Rams,** end Mr. Barrett de Rverwl - Our Closing Milage* " Resolution* were adapted thank mg the local committee* and High 1 Point cWstM for kattog aa erotisly entertained the Ilia tncal and S wer* thanked for the proceeding*. The convent! have been the Creditable hdd of the Wilton, Jan* 19 —On tht Rah righ rand, four and a ont from Wilton, Taka a splendid man ail fanner, died suddenly at Us karat while sitting at the breakfast t*fa ' 1

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