North Carolina Newspapers

' 1 • THE DUNN VOLUME X. PUNK. NOTH CAPOUMA, JfUUPAT, AUG. T, !»■ - -- — f ' NORTH CAROLINA COTTON IS BEST Lndi Cotton Producing Bel* With Condition Of 82 Por Coot Normal Raleigh' August 4.— North Car olina leads the cotton-producing belt with a condition of 82 per cent of normal. The average of the wliole hell is 07 i»*r cent. This forecast* a July prospect of 875,0U0 bales for this Slate aiul II,510,(XX) bale* for the L'nifed State*. The cotton crop is unusually promising in must parts of North Carolina a* returned or a basis of July 25th condition*. Complaint is made from tlic southern Pied mont area that the crop is damaged due to dry weather. Rain is needed especially in the IHedmont counties ’Ihe damage by the bull weevil is conspicuous from .Mecklenburg to the coast with several complaints showing up in the central Piedmont and northern coastal counties, al Uiough thcie is evidence that the damage in the Utter area is uot as great as was expected. This is to • iNW CAtcin iiuv in iiac iriuiai coastal licit *l*o. The loll weevil ravage*, usually show up effectively after July 25th. The crop is late and the plants somewhat small, but they are welt fruited, which after all is the valu able factor. The crop throughout the Slate is generally in a good state cultivation and growing nicely The stands are usually good and the crop* are dean. As many reported, it is the finest crop in many years in North Carolina. Very few place* report poor stand*, these being pri marily in the lower Piedmont, while die northern part of the State report* the red spider skiing some damage. The old adage that a dry June will make a good cotton crop seems to be holding true this year. The condition is consistently good, but the poorest area is 79 per rent in Us* lower Central or Pi*d dition is reported to be 82 5 per cent of a full crop The central coastal area report* live best crop, at over 90 per cent of normal. A normal condition means that which would result if weather and culti vation were to be favorable through out the season. The conditions mentioned do not tndude any fac tors that may I* effective after thia date. ARREST AVERTED THROUGH A STORM Cloud Drove* Bloekodars Prows Still Just Bsfors Officers Arrived Fear of a norm it thought to have resulted in the operators of a large rojiper whiskey still escaping ferruul krtrlat.* aftpmrutn Thw of fices* reached the' still in a swamp, four miles northeast of Dunn, in tl>e midst of a rain and electric storm, and the surrounding* indi cated that it had been in operation only a few minutes before their ar rival In fact, the still was so hot when the officers reached it that they ltad to ^ive it time to cool before taking it down. The still was a dandy outfit for making " something to drink,” and had a capacity of fifty gallons. It was well built, and the officers think it had been operated at that partic ular spot for some time. Just enough beer for another " run ” of fifty rations was found at the still, though all the finished product had been taken away by the owners. The posse making the raid and raptnre was composed of Officers A. B. Adairs, L. W. Tart, H. U. McLeod and W. t Nipper. The stiff was brought to Dunn for safe keeping GUILTY CONSCIENCE CAUSED JIM TO FLEE Storing a lone quart of “ white lightning'’ in his home in East Dunn resulted in the fleeing of Jim Green, negro, on Saturday night. The officers were led to believe that the whiskey was there, and it was * while they were searching for it that Jim left by way of the bock door and hied himself to part* un known to the officers. I lis wife, the mother of a young bnby, informed the officers that the whiskey had been provided for her benefit The surrounding*, however, indicated that whiskey in larger quantities had recently been stored in the Green home. Many beetles and jugs with the smell of ” the old familiar ” on (ha inside were found by the of fcw*. . __u CHILD BURNS TO DEATH DURING BLAZE IN HOME Four Otbor SUaping Children Are Saved By Father I.iiniberton, Aug. 1.— Horace, the six-year-old son ol Mr. and Mrs. John Henry New, was Intrned to death after many attempts by hi* father to save him from the flame* which destroyed the home, about six mile* north of here, and all it* contents, a part of which wa* some tobacco valued at $600. Four other children steeping itt the house were saved, and every effort was made tn *ave the other one, but the flames spread too rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. New. with two other children, were eating *up|ier in the kitchen and did not know anything of the fire until they uw the flames bursting out of the side of the adjoining mom*. Mr. New rushed quickly into the room where the sleeping children were and car rier! four tn safety. While aiming out wrifh the fourth he wa* badly burned about the neck, (boulder* and arms. The screams of the mooitr ana outer children, the roar ing of the flames, failed to wake! the lad. and he evidently perished before he could make an outcry. W.GfflBSM’ATID GODWIN’S CHOKE U Right .CM«r>Bki«ady And Becsass^df Retard Aa Because of his record at a states man, as a citizen and as a business nan, and because hi I experience in biwnets and statecraft inn neatly it* him for the office of chief exec Jtive of the United States, William j'bb* McAdoo should be chosen the Democratic nominee for President n the next convention. This is the opinion of Hannibal LaPayette Godwin, who for 14 years was rep resentative in Congress for the sixth of North Carolina and-who rricl than ta any other man. " Ry tem|>erament and training ind by sheer ability,’' the former rep resentative said today, " Mr. Mc Adoo is the superior of any prob able candidate for the Democratic nomination. 'Before he became a national political figure as a mem ber of President Wilson's cabinet, he already had become a national figure as a business executive through his engineering of the stu pendous Hudson river tunnels proj ect ; and. while in Mr. Wilson's cab inet, as secretary of the treasury, having the herculean task of finarfc ing the war, he demonstrated to the work! that as a statesman and an executive he was the peer of the world’s best.’’ Democracy would do well by it self to name the former secretary, Mr. Godwin hclieves. To begm with, he points out, no man America is better known and none is more popular. " The people of the United States Hive known Mr McAdoo since he began the Hud son tunnels,” he says. “ anti all they know of him is good. No propaganda will be necessary to ncn iif tv uic IAA.MUX the public knows and admires him .for hi* achievement and for his simpllcty.” Mr .McAdoo U " right geo graphically.-' as he ia otherwise. Mr. Godwin thinks. He was horn in Georgia, educated in Tennessee, and gained hi* greatest business success m New YorhL Now he has moved to California. The three great divisions of the court can claim him as their own. South, the North and the West, Mr. Godwin is confident, will flock to the banner of Mc Adoo. That capita) and tabor will find Mr. McAdoo act win is certain. fidence of capital and the trust of labor,” he declares, “because hi* record justifies that confidence and that trust ” In addition to all the fine qual ities which fit him for leadership on the next ticket, Mr. Godwin be lieves that no other man Is so thor oughly capable of bringing all far lions of the party together for the big battle to be waged between now and election day. Wilton Demo crat and Bryan Democrat can rally to the McAdoo standard without any qualm of conscience, for he represent* the be*t of both ele ments. Mr. Godwin gave the foregoing interview following a cun ferente with some of the political leader* of the sixth district. Moat of tha leaders are McAdoo man, and it is their opinion that the entire dis trict is overwhelmingly for the far mer secretary of the treasure. When tha campaign ggti under PUBLIC NURSE TO BE DISCONTINUED Work Of Public Nuraa U Dis continued By The Town Father* The work of the whole-time pub lic nurse in Dnnn will lie difeon tlimed after this month. This was decided at the regular semi-monthly meeting of the mayor and town commissioners last evening. Miss Agnes Harm, who has served in that capacity since September 1, last year, has done efficient work and her service* have proved highly satisfactory. The plan under which the whole time nurse wa» employed a year ago provided that the town pay one half of the expense and the local Red Cross chapter I be other. Miss Harris was paid a salary of $125 a month and furnished an automo bile for use in the work. The fact that the funds of the local Red Cross chapter were not sufficient to finance the work was the chief reason for discontinuing it. An order was passed increasing sk. .1 V» B it_ ^ pcrintendeiit. from $125 to $140 the month K If. Strickland, Jack Stewart and 11. M. Noma, member* of the local fire company, were named a* delegates to represent the Dunn fire-fighter* at the State Firemen'* tournament which opened today in Durham. The expense of the three representatives will be home by the town. A special meeting of the Ixwrd will be held Thursday night. INTERMENT TO BE MADE ON FRIDAY KmmmimM Of Lata Prwild—1 To BmI h Tks^Mariaa San Francisco. Cal., Aug. 4.—An avenue of mourning stretched to-. R aided in the nation's capital, and over it for four days and night* will travel a funeral tram bearing the body of President Hardily. When the train, draped in Mack, drew out of a black-draped station here tonight, there began the *ad dest transcontinental trip in the hi* lory of the nation There have been funeral train* hearing the bod ies of chief executives of the re pubic before, but no such train eret passed over so lung a route. Ninety and a half hour* will be required for the trip, when it ended at 1:30 p. m , Tuesday. The body of Warren G. Harding will rest a while in the White House, where he served the American peo ple for nearly two and a half years, and then in the capitol, where, a* a senator from Ohio, he represent ed his native State for six year*. Fu neral service will be held in the cap itol rotunda late next Wednesday afternoon, after the body has lain in state all day, and then will begin the final journey to Marion, Ohio. Arriving on the morning of Thursday at Marion among the home folk* the President loved best, the body will be eiven the ten der and loving care of neighbors and friends until the following day, when funeral services will he held and a national day of' mourning observed. Then it will be laid to rest in the Marion cemetery Sail Francisco was afforded the first opportunity to pay respects to the dead leader when the body was taken from the l‘alace hotel, where it had rested since the end ratne last night, to the Third and Townsend street station. Before the long trip across the continent is ended almost countless other communities will be allowed tlie privilege, though to a lesser degree, foe the train only will be stopjH-d to change engines and fur other operating purposes U is expected that |>eop)e will gather along the route the entire way and with uncovered heads pay not only dieir personal respects hut those of the whole American nation. The arrangements for the trip to Washington were made by the grief stricken members of the Pres ident’s party today while literally thousand* stood about the hotel or walked slowly through the ltd Wes The 14ans were all submitted to Mrs. Harding for final approval, and she was able to give them her attention, for she was still bearing up well under the load of sorrow. A good poultry house can be built on the home farm lor about $35. A. <». Oliver had such a one on exhibit at the convention last week way Mr, Godwin will make many reties in eahem Carolina for favorite. m DUKE NEWS | <Hy Wade H. Lucas.) Duke. Aug. 6.— CM have beer received here readiidl as follows Mr. and Mrs. WaheS Turnagt, of Dunn, announce thm.marriage ui their lister, Mis* NetfaCraeo Tur nage, of Duke, to MrfRirigtd Carl Howard, IT. S. Adboo Service, Fort Bragg, on Auffct Z Mrs Ha word is weH knoufshere, where she has held a posAon with the ! iasad-Jotmaar Cb.f_for several years as saleslady. Ik. and Mrs. Howard are spending4.their hooey moon in Hagerstown. Md., the home of the groom’s iarents. They wiQ make FayvtevilM. their home after the 10th of Amw. Mr. and Mrs. J - fcf Seaaoma, of Greensboro, are spelling a week here with relatives. } A. Y. Fields, form* chief of po lice here year* ago, but bow of Greensboro, spent <\ * ^itM" here with friends. l * Miss Ark Morn nkcn Kahtleen Campbell, l tulhkd Sun* day from Mlnbivgd. Cm, where Mr. and Mr*. W^her.Baafcour, of (Greensboro, were-week-end vis itors here. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, of Greensboro, are some tunc here with oM frie___ Joseph M. Cor*,', leader, is spending' tion in Witean wifi. Mis* Pauline M( ing after haring a few day*. Mr and Mr*. family the stive* in Fayet Frank Fairey his parents In l Mr. and Mr*, turned Sundur : where they v Jmd Roland Geddk* week-end with Hill Miss home i»~*r Mourn HdRy. Miss Lulu Zerbe, superiatendcnt of the (Good Hope hospital, is spend ing a month’s vacation in western Carolina with friend*. Mr. and Mrs. John Davis, of Red Springs, spent the week-end her* with Mrs. Davis’ relatives. M iss Grace Williams, of Monroe, is sjlending several 'days here the guest of Mr and Mr*. O. R. Simp son. Mrs. Hilliard Harrington and children are spending a week with relatives at Renton. Mrs. y J. Hinson and Mist Mil dred Hinson, of Mptroe, are tht guests irf Mr. and Mrs. O. R Simpson. Mi*s Lottie Byrd returned Mow day from Warsaw, where the hat been visiting friends and relatives for two week*. Rev. and Mr*. N y. McDonald and children spent the week-end ir Fayetteville with rel&nVes. Mrs. L. D. Adams left Mondat for Wake Forest, where she wll visit her parents, s' .■ H. Luther Jonh; of Mebane spent the week-end here with hh iiM.liina fe! asarla j. f*. Davis, formerly connectet with the Peabody Drug Co., of Dur ham, has accepted a position hen v ith the office staff of the Ervrli Cotton Mills Co., as paymaster. Mr Oavi* assigned his new dunes lav V*v« Julia Wilson left Montis; for Raleigh, where she will spent "■•me time with relatives. 1 jrwood 1, Brown, of Crt-uv iv/n. ii ent the past week-end hen m ll fi lends. Assisted by scores of local sing ers the Erwin Concert bant) gave i very beautiful memorial concert lav SnnJay afternoon in the Erwii park, in honor of our late President Warren G. Harding, whose deatj occurred in San Francisco lai week. The hand opened the exes cises promptly at ♦ o'clock by play mg a funeral match, while the evtl mated crowd of more than six hu i dred stood with bowed heads. Th two favorite hymns of Mr. Hat dint which are * Nearer, My GtX to Thee ” and "Abide With Me, were very beautifully rendered fa the band and local singers who tap tiirsc songs with mum feeling. Mrs. Haywood Lucas gave birthday dinner last Sunday at he home on Church street in honor e the sixty-eighth aruiieraary of tl birth of her mother, Mr*. Martha 1 RyaJs, who is still living. About ov hundred and Ifty of her frier* were aseembled to wish Mrs Rya many more such birthdays. A vet sumfXuous dinner was served i the front yard, followed with it cream. Relatives and friends fro Greensboro and Brnsod were he BOLLANBJUUEES THEHONOR ROLL Local ... 1U Quo. to la Sal^O* Uetog* The name of Postmaster \Y. D. Holland wiM appear oa the "Honor Roll" of postmaster* of die Fifth Federal Reserve District to be sent to Washington, D. C., as a mark of distinction and merit for excell ency in sales of Treasury Saving* Certificates during the present year. The (juota.of $15,CC0, assigned the Dunn, N. €., office for twelve months, was reached and passed by this post office before July 1st, thus assuring a place of distinction ansoog similar das* office* of this State and district. This post office reported sales of these saving* certificate* to the amount of |25,7S0 for the first half of the calendar year. When it is recalled that the trait of purchase for any-one person during a single calrthUPtytar is $5 £00* the record fllpdc by the poWramdr and ivwi Mil highly - mmshihliii JBtaeotingon the fclainmeot of W^A-ofBc^.the postmaster said. " Our co-oncCStkfti with rhr am. ran, wflm haa for it* purpose mcogfagemcnt of thrift and the prot^ctjc^of the tarings ofjheji> at afl an effort to compete with bantu or other legitimate fin—rill institutions, hot solely to encourage savings on the part of a greater number of people and to protect them from unsound investment schemes by offering a government security, in convenient denomina tions of $25. $100. and $1,000. which guarantees safety of princi pal. yields a good rate of interest, is not subject to market ductus tions, and is readily convertible into cash at values increasing every The fact that the new tax pie. While our. post «Cce has al ready sold its quota for the year, I see no reason why we should not double our receipts before the close of 1923 - GEORGE LAY —COMP ASSISTANT HOCtTARY Kinston, July 31.—The executive committee of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce has elected George I-ay, formerly with the Kinston Morning News, to fill the place of assistant to the secretsrv manager of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce. This place has never been filled up to the pres ent. There has bean a noticeable need for an assistant for the past year. But the oCcerse have feh that it would be better to get the organization well establhhed before taking on too much expease. Mr. Lay cosnet to thr organiza tion well recommended, with sev eral years' experience as a news paper man. which is essential for a position of this kind. He will de vote • great deal of his time tn the building ud of the Eastern Cam liman, the official organ of the or ganization. Thi*. the offieen be lieve, will toon become a potent factor in the affair* of thi* icction. He will also have charge of the membership end of the organisa tion. I - BORN WITH A TOOTH, AND—YOW! IT HURTS 1 Draper, July 23.— The infant child of Mr. and Mra. Getting* had a toothache 1 Believe it or not, that’s ; the case. The infant came very near, in fact, being bom with a ■ toothache, for it was born with a 1 tooth, and the extra wamber lost 1 no time in starting trouble. The 1 tooth ha* ahaoaned and the harass • ed young owner is undergoing ' treatment at the hands of Dr. DilT 1 ord.— The Arrow, Spray, N. C. - for the birthday dinner. With Fairey holding l.iMmgtor • to one scratch hit last Saturday, en : abted the local team to wist theii - first', game of the saaaon from tht " County Sealers hy the score ol one to nothtng. " Bullet Joe " Cav ir Ineaa. who has quite « record as i [ pitcher in Piedmont circle*, was os the mound for I.iDmgton, and work k ed out a good game, but the strut r egy of the Duka team caught Cav f kies* napping in the eighth inning • when a smaasa May was pulled of to perfection Fairey, who is In e fined to star at Traaity collage h where he i* now a student, work* Is out a splendid fame, striking ou y twelve of the UBiagton balxwe ■ and allowing only one hit. • Duka plays the Fifth Field At n Hilary, of Fort Rr^g. base nr* re Saturday at the load park. VJfcSEZE HARD CIDER ID GET APPLE BRANDY ■ » .i i. Ai Uut That U Hm Report Dml^Ntik Rocky Mount. July 31.—They no longer diuil apple brandy in tome sections* of Nash county — they frerw it. At least that'* the dupe obtained here Jeann person* wlio vow they are in a position to know. The new method, it i* declared, call* for no spjiaratui whatever save an ordinary ice cream free ter.. Those who claim to have seen or even ** tasted" some of the new stuff Tow that under the new meth od hard cider is placed in an ice cream free ter and fro ten The al cohol will not freetc, while sD the water and other ingredients of the cider turn into fee. The pure alco hol or apple brandy i* left This is ■aid to be diluted with water and to provide the kick just tike the regular distilled stuff. They also say that that part of the cider which irccTCB mmce* exceiimt iio§ tetd wHfn k mch*. CHEATS ELECTRIC CHAR OF VICTIM Columbia, S. C.. An*. 5 — WM vaxn C. Fane*, Knicmd to be elec trocuted on August 24. waa found dead in his cell at the State Peni tentiary here this morning. Prison authorities said he banged himself with pieces of a sheet daring the night. The death of the 62-year-old cot ton nail worker, who wea convicted •f murder ia connect ion with the •laying in September last of fane members of the J. U. Taylor fans Hy, -at Clover, Jn York coaaty, waa draewtrad attendants want to kb cell 7 o'clock to taka him cel Occupied by Paries " Dear Friends,” h read, “I leave you all in peace and hope to meet you all in peace. 1 want to go down in peace, and no one to make light of me, and my hope is to meet you all in glory and peace.** Farter had tied bis own hands be fore he lei his body fall with the noose around his neck. The sheet which he tised to end bis life was made fast to the upper bars of the cell. The body was cold and white when it waa found. Farm waa convicted and sen tenced to the chair for tire killing of Newton Taylor, the 14-year-old son of J. M. Taylor, a neighbor in the little cotton min town. On the stand he admitted the killing, end he also admitted killing Leila Tay lor. Mt 15; Fred Taylor, age 24, and Claude Johnson, a cousin of the Taylor children. Gertrude Taylor and her sister, Dollie, 10 and 22, respectively, were also shot by Faries, he admitted, but they recovered. In mitigation of his deed, Faries on the stand pleaded that be had been inflamed to desperation by a rhilftm't ntiirral Kh*ka twn families. TOTAL OF $44^000,000 PAID BAPTIST FUND Nashville, Trim , Jul. 30.— A to tal of $44,003,005*) in cash has been paid in on the Baptist /.'-Mill ion Campaign, up to May 1. 1923, by revised figure* announced here. 'This leave* approximately $31,000. 000 to be raised by December, 1924. At a recent convention of tht Southern Baptist Convention in Kansas City, the Conservation Commission of the campaign wai ashed to push all interests of ib< forward movement with vigor in order that the full sum may be real ised from the movement, and all seven of the educational, benevo Vnl and missionary came* fostered by the campaign stand urgently in need their aiotmem. A special effort adopted by tht Conservation CoiAnienon was u Intensive campaign looking to tht tatting up of a Midget plan of sys tematic and proportional* giving if all of the churches of the South*rs Baptist Convention. HIRE'S WAR WHICH HAS FULL APPBOVAI New York. Ang. I,— The price cuKhy movement in sugar went at , merrily today when all the rtffncn I announced farther declines in fim i granulated sugar, oae cutting • a i tow as 7.90 hi an effort to gat bnsi aaaa. Other prices ranged up ii • B-0 This rcpnaamad adecW o i two amts from the high price o the year, reachad last April. “LETT WILSON TUMPS TO SAFETY -Lefty" WUson, mO known Lhmn young man and mar yiirtm for the Danville baseball team, along with hvc other member* of the club, had a narrow escape from serious injury Saturday reghi The following dtapeich from Danville to The (ireenAoro Daily Kewa rei atim to the near-serious arcidmt wiR be of interest to Diepetch read ers: • Owner Herb Murphy, of the Danville Tobacconists, and five of hi« players, had narrow escapee from serious injury Last night while returning from GreetsAoro in a seven passenger automobile which Murphy mat driving. Side* the season started it has been >y for XJnrphv to take hi* teem from point to pomt on the circuit in auto mobiles Murphy was -nnmlimr a Sham curve just beyond Reidevdte, N. C., when the car skiddad on the surface which was slippery after a rain, and the machine railed down an rmhenkawnt, turning iwym upwards. With Murphy in the car were phyer* Wilson. Kthngton. Sms. Smith and Trailer. Wilson maw that an accident was impeaditw jumped out, but the others had no u«e. to leave the machine. Mur phy was barfed over the aide. The rwo men clear of the car pidtad «*»»dves ap. and oblivious of poe><d»le harts, rushed to the car and bjr shear strength manage if to prue it ap scdtcieudy for dw four players within to wens their wit to safety. Than they took stock of the •situation and found none bad been badly Mm. The players had today to anise hruissi and over The car was righted and taken back to Rndevillc for repasts. Washington, A«g. A— President Coolidge today issued a prodanw t*on calling a poo the people to ob serve next Friday as a day of na tional mourning and prayer. The proclamation follows: TOMMST’a raotXASiATiov “ By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation: “To the people of the United States: “ In the inscrutable wisdom of Divine Providence. Warren Gama liel Harding. 29th President of the United States, has been taken from ns. The natuin has lost a wise and enlightened statesman, and the American people a true friend and counsellor whose whole public life wa« ins]m red with the desire to pro mote the best interests of the Unit ed States and the welfare of all its citiaen*. His private life was marked by gentleness and brotherly sympathy, and by the charm of bis personality he made friends of aU who came in contact with him. " It is rao>i meet that the deep l grief which fills the hearts of the : American poepie should find fitting expression. •' Now. therefore. I, Calvin Cool idge. President of the United States of America, do appoint Friday ’ next, Aagust 10. the day an which 1 the body of the dead President wilt .he laid in it vi rarthlv rnttintr nlnr# as a ilar of mourning and prayer, throughout the Unitrd States I earnestly recommend the people to aaaeanlAe on that day hi their re spective placet of divine worship, there to bow down m suhmiiaion to the win of Almighty God, and to poy out of full heart the homage and love and reverence to the mem ory of the great and good Preai* dent, whoa* death has so sorely ■mitten the nation. " In witness I bars hereunto act rny hand and caused the seal of the l nited States to he affined. •' Done at the city of Washing ton, the fourth day of Angus*, m the year of our Lord one thousand nine’ hundred and twenty-three and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty eighth. Calvin Coouocc, " By the President ** CiuaLW F.. H rents, “ Secretary of State, - The \VMm llouw. ' Washington. Aug. 4. 1923.“ mnanaaauaunamn^ m Three thousand pound* of Nmt i atone with soybeans turned under i made 4.640 pound* of rad clover I hay par acre; soybeans cut of re no Km* but soybeans turned under I'umdnmd I.M0 pound*, and no I, Mine and with the soybeans an of I daced the yUM to 4JM pounds; Reid this until you find the morel