Newspapers / The Dunn dispatch. / Dec. 21, 1923, edition 1 / Page 6
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m gp*<; . Ten Years Ago --and Now ..:v • ' 9 ' * : fig ;V ,c‘J Are you the man. today, you expected to ! be in your plans of ten years ago? Have you accomplished as much as you i thought you would, when you were dream in your dreams for the future? * If you have fallen short of your earlier ex pectations. (and a gre&t many men have), do you attribute a part of the disappoint ment of today to the fact that you have not i saved and wisely invested? If the past five or ten years have not meant as much to you as they should; if you can [ look back and call to mind many unneces sary expenditures, why not resolve, today, to make the future years count for some thing? Our savings department will compound interest on your savings, each three months, . at the rate of four per cent, | Make A Savings Deposit Today -q First National Bank . DUNN, H NORTH CAROLINA * * m CRIME INCREASE SHOWN BY REPORT Rv* HodcHn Aad Two Co» vfcfia— Aitnm Wtakly Record Five hirmclrie# are eoctmitU-d Ir, North Carolina and two men era sent Co the State Prison each woek to aerr* sentence* for homicide. ac cording to oonpantloo figure* cov ering SO months Snoot Jan. 1, 1*21, t* June s, 1923, MO—d by tin Nowi tad Observer yesterday front th: State Bureau of Vital Statistics. Daring the 80 months 012 people wort killed in North Carolina, and 278 wore brought bo the State Prieor to servo sentence* for various de gree* of murder, ranging from one year for aanwlaaghter to sxoeutior for first degree murder. Twelve wort for murtlrr in the ft rot degree, 181 for murder in the second degree not 11* fer manaUufhter. During 1*21, 24* homicide, were reported to th* Bureau of Vila Statistics, 105 people were paniahet by imprisonment or death for mar •ler. In 1*22, 258 people were killer and 99 were convicted and sentancer for murder. During the first »u months of 1983 113 people met dead] in homicides ,and daring the tans period 77 men and women were com nutted to the prison for murder Over th* 30 months' period *4 men end women were committed V the prison to nerve aontenees fo> crime, 278 of whom were brough for murder, or shoot 30 per cent o the convictions were for taking bu man Hfe. The man klBer bee 5* chances oat of a handled of not he ing brought to prison when he ha taken a human life, according to th> figures of th* Burleau and the Pits on. Homicide racks next after typboic fever in the cause far death reports* to the barena la 1881 typhoii deaths totaled S07 aad homicides 840 la 1888 typhoid hilled 808 and hose ehlaa accounted for 80S. Discs*' decreased aad crime increased The cooperative Ogam for thi first six months of the current yea’ arc not available. Homicide Is defined by the Btab Bureau as any death caused by an other person, other \han accidents hillings. Included are all deaths it which a person is eharged with dn hilling, whether known te the loea registrar or not. Sheotlag is by fa: the most widely used method of kill iag. Catting with knives and raaon tank second and assault with goto mobile- Is listed in seme cases ai homicide. The figures are wot dbtofately par alts). Murder committed in 1M1 may not be brought to court for a year, and the cases over-lap. Bu prison officials believe that the aver ago would apply over a longer perio* of yvars for which figures might b< available. Borne few eases of man slaughter are punished with roe*, sentence*. bat the vast majority ol thorn are sent to the State Prison. August end December are th* great murder months in the State according to Dr. P. M. Register, di rector of the bureau. Prevalence ol liquor drinking during the holiday! is largely responsible for the runt bar af killings in -December, and th* lull in agricultural activities in Aug ust, bringing a leisure ef congrega turn among the farm labor element is responsible for the number of kill ing reported In August—-Raleigh N*wi and Observer. Durham Man Expotet Many To Smallpox Durfiam. Dee. II.—After oxporlnfi poeeibly hundred* of persona in Dur ham and Wake coumie* to small pox, A. L. ParrUh. yoar.g W»Jte county man. U back at hi* father's home in Bast Durham to await full mcayiry before Journeying forth again. Mora than a weak ago ParrUh eaaaa here to yUit HU father and aeon afterwards broke oat with small pox, according te the health depart ment official*. Ha eras placed U quarantine and a placard Ueked o* the front of tbs house. Later, when 'he public health r.ara* went to viaM him. ParrUh had yanUbed, smallpa* and all. A warrant was issued foi hit arrest an charge of breaking qua* intine, bet h* was net apprehended untH Monday at a sawmill samp si Culler*, six mil** below Raleigh Negro Church BurtM In City Of New Bern Kn» Bo«i, Dm If.—ttro of a* Irtnwioeit origin goUo4 «*t- Calmn BagUat aagro riwrrii ao Cairo* SC w MB% iWa aftomooo. with 4mm GERMAN PEOPLE F'CESTM7MW l Pravamt D*~e Tv.~*r - ' TM *r-H~ Berlin. Dor. 10.-G»'.‘tv iy U Ivv in* a temporary breathin': iim of the German political G-ith-r*. liov. •ear, *ay that the quirt pcttuining at veessnt cannot tan ioug.'t U t: „'i' u*iy 1, If substantial aid w r.ot i>r-j reived from abroad. Thn mom ot*!.I mistk among tho Gcrtna: teailve de clare tlwit the lull in till! rriait may continue until February or • •**« un til March t. Meantime. |he goverrnm'-'- is re frain'ng from conflecatni-- ‘cod. rtu- ; in* that such a rtrp would h-!n>: greater ilise-der later on. H i.- eling ‘n* to the hope that relief will core, from foreign source*. URotnployntcnl dole* can t.ot buy bread. The shortage of German luspe. money In nrtual circulation further i complicate* buyin* by prr*un* who may have foreign money nr ritvlitt I end the weak central government, . without the impport of a majority in | the Rcirhsta*. ia IQ-popatril to iru.-et I the critical situation. t Although the rentenmark. «.-c;ir« • . on real estate mortgage-*, luu ttabl Il«*d paper money temporarily. Chan cellar Marx’! statement that the rer tunmark credit hu been exhausted and that further rantenmark* carj not be issued, indkatea that th« .honey Pre*s«» cpn twH relieve the currency -hortogo without pegging up the metis and sanding It down vrld. a cruel.. The government department* and the general pobllc need u ci reuls-t*"-c medium so badly to keep ordinary business going and it is diffcult to nee what the outcome i« to be. Germany's food production is gen erally conceded to be at the least 20 I P*r cent belo* what is needed to I prevent widespread starvation even If it were evenly distributed and the public had tho money to buy bread. Consequently millions of people would bo In want before the next harvest unless funds are found some where to ease Ue situation. Warren ton Prisoner Pray* For HU Jailer Warrenton, Doe. 18.. Priaonara arc folks and appreciate kind treat ment. This was proved in Warren ton In a striking way when T. H. Robertson, night police man, was strlken wttji paralysis. Ho t« improving, and was gratified to raeaiva a Utter from Loo Bancom, a white prisoner who is held on a charge of being mixed up in sUaling a truck and (700 from a carnival company. Writing to his jailor, Bancom said: ‘‘Dear Mr. RcfeerUon: I am sorry to hear that you are sick and not go well, for l mist you a whole lot. We have • uivt: man Inking caio of a.', •:t j«- tiro umc I mitred you. •I o«n ramnmb»nnj yoo in my ;r.«yon and hoping that Gad will < yon rtrrnglh and power to be ■soil again. “1 trot a letter from home and fonmi out that they couldn't help me any. but I am looking for the beet I.id praying thaf Clod will forgive ’*’* «rd rulcaao me in Janaary. ‘"Hoping to «k you well by Chriat lr*^— = nu« at the moot, I lay food-bye and food lock to you." N. C. Boy Thought To Be Deed U Located Philadelphia, Doc. 1*—Bey McCoy, 28, believed dead (or twelve year* by bis afr.d parents In North Carolina was temporarily detained at Citj Hall yesterday while word was eent to his home. llii father i* tlui Hev. C. Daniel McCoy, of the lola Uaplisc Church, Franklin, N. C. The detective who lo cated McCoy dated that ‘'it might do the folk* goon to know their boy wra th!* aide uf the grave." McCoy, however, said ho would no" return, i-veil thuush moioy fur the journey might ho fervrnrded. "I act out to make my To• tune," hu laid, “and ro far 'ai.ru met j.»C*l««v hut failure.’* J Christmas Made Again the time has arrived when the problem of buy ing Christmas Gifts must be reckoned with. We are pre ^ pared to replace your confidence with the best gift ideas and the best gift values. We have gone the limit this year in stocking a selection of gifts which will make your Christmas shopping easy. Our large and select line of gifts includes something suit able for Father, Mother, Wife, Husband, Brother, Sister, Sweetheart, and last but not least, the little folks in gen eral. All the old lines have been replenished and fortified with the newest in every respect. We are offering this year many new ideas in Gift Suggestions and all our goods are of the best production, the finest made, and to early buyers we offer them at unusually low cost. The happy accomplishment of EASY GIFT BUYING • comes to those who make their selections from our large and varied stock. Visit our Toyland and place your Christmas orders early. Don t let others get the first and best selections. . Come and get them yourself. FITCHETT DRUG CO., DUNN, —I— NORTH CAROLINA — The Christmas Store TOYS TOYS TOYS TOYS We have one of Che prettiest and largest lines of nolle shown in Dunn—juet the ones that you are looking for. Dolls Furniture Sett Tea Sets Stoves Tables Chairs Comic Book:; Buckets Teddy Bears Doll Carriages Doll Cradles I I I ni..r i iim .. .*i. .* i Real Christmas Gifts Are the presents that last from Christmas to Christmas and then on and on. In our store ybu can find that kind of gifts. We will mention a few: Bed-room Suiteq, Din ing Room Suites, Living-Room Suites, Rugs, Victrolas and many other things in the Furni ture line that are practical and | % appropriate.__ TOYS TOYS TOYS TOYS Our toy department in completely stocked— you cau find almost any toy that you wiah hero. Automobiles Trains Velocipedes Riders Air Rifles Swings Rubber Balls Rubber Animals A. B. C. Blocks Dominoes Checkerboards Butler Bros. DUNN, —*— N. C.
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