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MU, ^1A Jt '-w-i.’a I > ' . K « i . ^ ,,¥t.^ \, ‘ »“ *V i *. . * \n*i iVn'wT'^j..* .‘. - i--♦/ >saM. t»- .i*_ '« >.•*. s'/ p'^, f ♦>«».»■ v. , .- ,/* *' . ,*' »* . M ;' ^- •*, »1 • p ' ■, . ^ t W r.K.Vt, ‘ i M^lV .s /T ‘ ‘ p ' » . •' " -► ^ ^ ^ ‘ ’ . ' M - HARNETT COUNTY NEWS DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY, AND OF THE STATE GENERALLY. Vol. VI—No, 26 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR—5c COPY Lillinyton, N. C,,. ThurciUjr. June 26, 1924 . **If it Conoenu HuraetL IPs in THE NBWflT What Will New County Bosses Do? Question Interesting to Voters Dawn-tO“Dask Coast-to-Coast Flier Spears Noti fied By State Board of Se- icOnd Primary “What will be the policy of the newly nominated County Boards?' Is a question that Is puzzling the j ^,”*1,., minds of more than one Individual in Harnett county since the voters demonstrated In unmistakable terms that they desired a complete change of management in county affairs, With only one exception, the mem bership of the two Boards has been chanKed, and this, taken in consider ation with the fact that the old man agement was not ready to relinquish their Jiold, is held to be prlma facie evidence that something In the way of a change, If not a complete all round change, had been contemplated for some time previous to the pri mary. But Just what change, and how It will be made, and how com plete It will be. are matters that one citizen asks of another for Informa tion upon, only to be told that “I don't know, but they promised r.s a change." True, there are those who profess to know exactly what the new Coun ty Fathers have In mind, as well as that which the Education Board is pondering over;but so far as can be definitely learned, no member of either Board has committed himself upon any matter affecting the coun ty’s interest—unless, of course, there he some newly named member who has actually promised his conslltuen- cy that he would bring about a revo lution in county government. That any man named to govern Harnett county should make any promise of that kind, however, Is extremely doubtful; but the well-known fact is that there Is general expectation throughout the county that the new regime when It takes the reins on December 1st will instltuie radical changes in the methods of conduct ing the county’s affairs. Predictions are rife. Some are, going so far as to say that the Edu cation Board will undertake to oper ate Harnett county’s central super vision of schools with only one per son to do the work of three. It is stated on reliable authority that at least one member of the new Edu- whother ihe minutes of each .session will read releases from laxo.i to sun- various persons who have I the wherewith to employ attorneys to present their claims tor leniency; and whether a whole lot of other things will take place that wll! stamp Harnett as an ultra-conservative as against a progressive county. It Is staled that there will at leasl he one Innovation In county govern ment, which will be that Ihe Com missioners will employ an attorney for eonsnltallon only, and that Ihe attorney will be called Into session with the Board'4)nly upon occasion where there arises a legal point. In this I'cspect the sessions of the new Board will differ from ses.slons here- i tofore held when an attorney was held constantly with the Board dur ing all Us deliberations. Another “money-saving" plan that 4s said to be under advisement by certain mem bers of the new Board Is the appoint ing of a purchasing agent for the county who shall have authority lo buy everything that is needed for and on account of the county, and that nothing shall he contracted for ex cept at the instance and upon the approval of the purchasing agent, Still another plan, one which Is not as yet completely formulated, la that there will be Instituted some method for collecting taxes whereby more of the taxes will be gathered in and the delinquent list shortened ma terially. Discussion of these things may seem, In the eyes of some, to be premature In the public prints; but they are matters which the people are discussing and certainly those who are discussing them will not oh' Joct to seeing their opinions aired a little bit. The appointment of a County Auditor Is one of the prerogatives given to the Board of County Com missioner'} commencing with the new term. Heretofore the Auditor has been elected by the people, Iwit the Legislature of 1923 took away from the people the right to elect this ofticial and gave the appointment to the County Board. Just who will vm* Warm Ftoto Photo shows the daring, experienced airman Lt. R.-U llaufiMUi, Ftlot. O, e, A„ standing alongside the propeller of the Curtis* Porautt Dnsm^o-Dusk. Coast-to-Coast ship. The trip Is to demonstrate the ta^llltir at ttM ntrentlt leet. The distance from New York to San Francisco lirX.dOl milae. National News Letter „ . . . j ,.1 1 the the appointee is a inaUer that cation Board conducted his campaign 1 adds one more item to the list of upon the slogan that he would see to It that the present superintendent^ of education gets tired first shot out of the box. The superintendent’s term runs till April, 1025, and be doesn t seem to be worrying where his dinner on April 2nd is coming form. The office force of the Board of Education has been the hone of contention for several years when matters of school management and cost arise. Although the force has never been large, and consequently the matter of office salarle.^ is negli gible, yet there are those who .seem to see, literally, millions of dollars being taken out of the taxpayer.s’ pockets and paid out in salaries In the Education office, * It is a well-known fact that the Board of Education itself has not raised the cost of operating the coun ty schools, nor has the office force done so; but the enlarged expendi ture has been voted by the people themselve.s hi the way of enlarged schools anti rpecj.al tax levies to pay for the sauic. heeaiise the Miluca- tional anthoi'ilichave i.ynipatl)i,;od with the districts which wanted the Improved facilities, however, the headquarter.t staff Is looked upon as being guilty of imposing burdeii.t. That this la true may he proven by a airnplo analysis of the present '..talUH of the county’s school sys tem and its method of operation. But, so far as that goes, there is deep-seated conviction, it seems, in the mmds of some of the people that there Is entirely too much of this bus iness called “.schooling’’ anyway, and that oftentimes there are child ren In school who should he In the JMQIiIs hard .at work. There has been complaint at times that "school business’’ has become so dom4nant hat mules are allowed to stand Idle questions that must wait for Decem ber 1st to he answered. There Is scarcely any doubt that the Legislature of 1925 will separate the office of Sheriff and Tax Collect or. When this Is done, however, It cannot take effect during the pres ent term. December 1, 1926, Is the earliest time that such separation could take place. When it Is done, there will be sharp competition In the primary for the place, because the office of Tax Collector will carry with It as mucli or more salary as the office of Sheriff, CHILDREN’S CRUSADE IN BEHALF OF NEAR EAST By David Loth Special to The News New York, .lune 25.—Not since 19i2 has there been so keen a race tor the Democratic Presidential nomi nation as is now being run here. And as in 1912 the outcome is certain and the competition flerce for the victor again has an excellent chance to win in November. But It Is anybody’s race. So far there have been two outstanding favorites, and both are weakening in the stretch. William 0. McAdoo with his Dobeny connection and record for practicing before Government depart ments has lost prestige which six months ago made his nomination seem assured. The delegates no longer want him, and If they can find n more suitable candidate will rapidly desert the former Secretary of the Treasury. Gov. Smith of New fork has the next strongest support at the start. But despite the might of New,York’s ninety votes and the Tammany or ganization, in the country generally he N quite properly regarded as a wet. He Is also a Catholic, and there is a superstition about Catholics. So the dark horses are running hard, John W. Davis, Senator Rals ton, Senator Rohlnson, Gov. Charles Bryan, the Commoneris brother, and Senator Walsh of Montana are of ten mentioned. And from amdng the rich field, the Democrats arc extremely likely to fall Into grave errors. In all politics there is a far too strong a tendency to suport a candidate and a princi ple, not becnu.se of sincere belief members of the Repubtleen party, especially Senator LaFollettOv Yet all through it he has preserved a e«ne attitude. He has not soeght to make more political capital out of govern ment corruption than the mere ex posure of that corruption brings. But more Important than that, he U a man on whom the McAdoo and Smith forces, the biggest at the start, could agree. He is identified with neither camp as Permanent Chairman of the Convention he trlH be always on view. Besides there ie a precedent. The only permanent chairman ever nominated for Presi dent by the Democrats was Seymour and that was in 1262, the last time a convention wss held In New York. MnssoUnl Slips For a year and a half- a strong man has ruled Italy. But he was not, ae we say, vetT bright. No man of intelligetice with his strength use:^ It the way Mossoltnl has used hi«, Any man of Intelligence knows that terrorism leads to reacUoti often doubly crushing to the terrorists. The reaction has started In ltal}\ The immediate eaoao was the brutal murder of a Socialist Deputy Mait-' teottt. It was the culmination of a long series of beaUiags, burnlnge, mistreatment and general rioting on the part of his “Black Bhlrt” rowdy followers. MutaoUnl rode Into pow er eighteen months ago on the shoulders of a mob of yoai^g hood turns who had been partly disciplined Not many of theee young hood lums are mllMonairea and there la talk of widespread bribery. Mal- . Mr. Marshall T. Spears, ehairmab j of the County Board of Elections, has been notified by the chairman of the State Board of Elections, that there Is to be a second primary for the purpose of making a final deci sion on' the State ticket. The second primary will take place on Saturday, July Sth. No .new registration wll be necessary: that Is. it will not be compulsory tor the registrars tp again open their books. Anyone becoming of voting age since the 7th of June may register and vote on July 5th. The cause of the second primary arises from the taot ‘that M. L. Ship- man and F. D. drlet have locked borne In a contest for the office of Commissioner of Labor and Print ing. Mr. Shipman received the high est number of votes and Hr. Griet followed second. There were two other candidates in The race. Mr. Grist’s friends are Ineistdng that they hare a right to vote again and the Lenoir man Is feeling confident that he will emerge from the second race a winner. Bx-eervlee men are said to be standing solidly -behind Mr Grist, be being one of the boys who fflttght in France and bearing the marlH of the confiict in the form of a bullet wound that came very near ending his earthly existence. Hr. Spears is notifj^ng the various registrars and poll-holders that the second State primary le to be held, and requesting that they have every thing la readiness to accommodate all those who find time to vote on July 6th. It is a foregone conclu sion that the vote throughout the state win be light. Not so very much interest is taken In run-overs; and, bsaidee, people lu the rural seotlon^ are much too busy to pay attention to matters of politics at this season of the year. Gov. H. L. Fukrui Well-borers at Bunlevel Find Huge Timbers 44 Feet Down Hwury h. Poqua of Baton Bongs, irtio ha* bean huuigunited governor of Lonlelana. ettooeofilng John M. Fsrkor. ilL.N. Shaw Re tires From Se cond Primary LONG BBANOH SCHOOL VOTBS fa0,H>0 BONDS FOB BUILDING "Children’s Crusade in Norlli Car oHna." a campaign to secure cloth Ing and milk for people of the Near East, is now on. Tags .'>pc in tlu hands of Rev. J. F. Menlus and bun- dlG.S will be collected by the Boy Scoute on Monday, .Tune 30th. It Is felt that everyone will Ueart- ■Jy join In this movemeni inasmuch a.s it Is for the benefit of a people who are among the most unfortiinale In the whole world: and, too, the more fact tin'll there are tiny child ven listed among Ihe .suffering is suffioieni lo bring to the rescue the efforts of all eivlllzatlon. People of Lillington have never been known to turn a deaf ear to ap peals of this sort. There Is no mis giving on the part of those who have the campaign in charge, because they hold such great confidence In the people here to respond In cases of this kind. Have your bundles ready for the Boy Scouts when they call ne.'il Mon day. that the candidate or principle la the best available, but because It la the most expedient. Bars to the Ground. All over this convention city, wherever politics is discussed, such phrn.ses as this are hoard; "I'm for McAdoo, hut I’m afraid of his oil record.” ‘T like Smith, but If he ' were nominated he’d lose the Klu Klux Klan belt,’’ "Walsh Is the best, but he’s a Catholic too.” Only very occasionally is there any of the spirit of that early prohibition teotti la not the flrat critic to be quietly murdered, bat none were ac tual Members of 'Parliament, al though the Faa«i«U made no bones abou tralding the home of former Premier Nitti and devastating It. In the revolutlQ nof the part high Fasolstl officials played In the mur der plot, the type of men who com pose the Government has been brought out. And the general In dignation has given courage to those of MusaoMul’s enemies whom threats and terror kept under cover.- These enemies are now coming out Into the Result of the special bond election In Long Branch school district In AveMuiboro township last Tuesday showed that not a single ballot was cast Against the Issue. Voting was against the entire registration, mean ing that a majority of the voters should favor the bonds to make the election valid. The total registriitlon wae 10«. Of the .110,000 author ised, the county will pay half and the district will pay the other half. This was the location of one of the proposed permanent schools In the county-wide plan suggested some months ago. The new Long Branch school Is to he of the modem type of rural ele- mentiry school. It will have eight classrooms and an auditorium. construction will be of brick and It will be modem with all the conveni ences. The old frame structure will be converted into a teaeherage. Architect J. M. Kennedy of Raleigh and Superintondent B. F. Gentry went to Long Branch yesterday to confer with the people there in order to go over the detail of the building. People of the districts are consulted, in each case before the actual edf- struction begins on a school house so that they may have a voice in the arrangement. leader, who when asked why he In- open and speaking their minds. It slstod on supporting a candidate who take a strong hand to put them In the atahlea while a mere child CX>MMUN10N SEUVIGEH was tr.vlng lo cram Into hlg brain a i HUMMERVILLE little information. ! I And so for the school .system. -^®i The Sacramon’l of the Lord’s Sup- to the County Fathers.and the oxecu-1 per will he celebrated at Summor- ttve end of the county business, thorc -vlllo next Sunday morning at 11 are guc.ss«!i as to who will ho the | o'clock. n la hoped that all the county attorney. If any; whether the | will ))o pre.sent. The pnh- county farm agent and the homeiu^. jg „igo welcomed, demonstration agent will find their j ’ J, F. Meniua, Pastor. .1 work dispensed with; whether the! pauper list will be revised and the j county home made to function asi Agricultural Liens for sale such Instltutious are Intended; at "nie Nev/a office. didn’t h,av« a chance retorted: “I’d TiTther vote for a man I want and not get him than vote for a man I don’t want and get him.” If tho men who sincerely belieVe In McAdoo, Smith, Walsh, Robinson or the others would stick to their opinions and not W’orry about what oither loadora are going to think, they would inevitably select a better eau- dldalo, a m&ti who would make a bet ter light and a better President, than if they dicker and compromise on a man who is so colorless he has no onemle.s—and no friends. A Man to Watch. But because things are' as they are, Thomas J. Walsh will be a man to watch. He hks, it la true, only an outside chance to win the ofioml- naiion. He has* made no campaign, perhaps because he knows he has lit tle prospect of winning. But If the Democrats wish to pul up a man who xVlll compare to best advantage with President Coolldge, they can do no better than the Mon tana Seimtor. He played the leading role in the administration scandals, MABONS AT HANGHiBTIilB HOLD ANNUAL BLHOTION hack In what the Fascist.! thinks Is their place. But they cannot be kept there. Mussolini has the strength to op press, but h« has not the intelligence to govern. New French Regfiiie. Edouard Herrlot, new premier of 'France ha* criebrated Ms as sumption of office by having « heart to heart talk with Prime Minister MacDonald of England. These two men are In greater accord than the heads of their countries bare been for some time. MacDonald is a So- otalint; Herrlot Is very close to wie. Herriot represraita the moderate population of France, 'the nu|M3 that want peace and hope tor pros perity. As such he la inclined to ward the Britieh vle’^r that Germany must be treated -In a reasonable man ner. At their conference In London over the week end they- tried to de vise meusns hy which all the onttons of EU'Tope could live qtrietly where geographical conditlono and potltieal fortunes have placed them. Germany beiwelf la the great ob- Manchester, June 26.—At a regu lar comunicatlon of Bvergroen Lodge No. 303 A. F. A A. M. Johnsonville, N. C. held Thursday evening Juno l*th, 1924 the lolowlng elective of- Acert were elected tor the ensuing Mimonto jrear. W. C. ‘Marks, re-eleoted -Master, H. 0. Wooten, SW,W, Edward Bruce JW, J -L. Marks re-elected Treasnra, R. J. Gurganjous. re-elected Gecre- tary. The appoioiive offloers wilt be ap pointed by the Master - at time ol Instalatlon of officers. . Mr. Allen M. Shaw who ran next to M’iss' Mamie Sexton in the contest for nomination for the office of Reg ister of' Deeds In the primary on June 7th, and who is entitled to the priv ilege, of cklling for a run-over with iIMes Sexton to decide who shall be named tor this place on the Novem- 'ber ballot, has withdrawn from the race, thus eli-mlnatlng further conr fllcl and rendering unneceesary the holding of a second primary In Har nett coumy -lor the naming of coun ty officers. There will be a second primary, held on Jffly 6 th', hut there wll be no county officers voted for on that date. The rffise tor the office of Register of Deeds was featured as a five cor nered affair. In the contest were: Miss Mamie Sexton and Mr. A. M. Shaw, both of Llllingtom H. A. Par ker of Ounn, 8. H. Harrington and L. B. Stanoll of Duke. Miss Sexton and Mr. Shaw were the highest candidates on the list after the bal lots were counted, the lady having about 200 votes 'the better of the con test. This race being the only one on the 'ticket that was not decided lu the June 7 th primary, Mr. Bhaw has felt all along that It would be the proper thing tor him to withdraw, tut his friends have -insisted that he woe entitled to a run-over. Some of lita well^wlehera even went so far as to say that they were entitled to another vote to decide the contest but Mr. Shaw has not changed his mind about it, and several days ago he notified Mr. Marshall T. Spears, chairman of the County BoaM of Bleettons, thait h® would not call for a second primary. This action on the part of Mr. Shaw was known to The News before last week's paper was printed, but In deference to the wishes of Mr. Shaw’s tetends the in formation was rrlthheld. Tihey want ed him to run-over and desired that all available time be given tor a last- minute decision. Democrats. throughout the county are giving unstinted praise to Mr Shaw for his magnanimous spirit he has man>itested. *Teople who hereto fore were not listed among his po- lltlcal supporters are now according him the most favorable comment There are those, too, who pretended to know that “there was no coming down for Allen Shaw,” hut who 'uow proctalni him as “a bigger man- than he was chalked up,” (For numerous 'reasons, there will he universal graGfioation over the tact, that there will he no further contest between candidates for nomi nation on the Democratic ticket this year. ”Ms a busy time for the far men. and those who are not busy find tbe weather too hot to get that way. ■ .• s.-. Citizens of Bunnlevel are wonder ing whether their town is located upon higher ground thnn^would* bAvc been the case had it been estnbllsbeil hundreds of yeare ago. Cause ter the speculation comes atmnt by rea son of tbe fact tbat when a drill wont down forty-four feet the other day in searoh tor water on the site of tbe new BUnnlevel school, a huge pine log was encountered. Jwst how big the timber was cannot be told, for when the pine shavings came up tbe borers pulled up their drill and sank It in another place. But there was pine timber there also. Only fourteen feet down into the bosom of Mother Earth the drill struck another log. Bortug through, the well-drlllere finally} reached a flow of water at 162 feet. The welt gives eight gallons per minute. Just how tbe large Umbers hep* pened to be at a depth of 44 feet is a mystery unless one is inclined to place credence in ihe theory that at one time all of -this fine country now known as Harnett county wiw pert and parcel of the ocean bed. “They tell us,” as the story goes, that in years gone by, prbbably a million Aunums, it makes Itttle difference about how long ago. there wee wetor, oodles of It, covering this torrltoiy. When the transtormetfott took pleto is another mystery, but ft doesn’t matter so much about the date, eith er, Just BO it happened, but it the story is to tie -believed, the old ocean took a notion to retrench and take in less territory. Whether water got scarcer or moved onto other gronnd, does not appear of record. It so hap pens that now there is land upon top of land. The foregotog te not clear to tbe lay mind, of course, and It la not intended to be. beoanse the average person is not going to believe It any way. But somehow or other, there came a landslide or npheaval after the water had receded—HMveral hun dred years afterwards. Tbe frowUi tbat had formed where the wators were became covered with moire earth And another growth followed. And so tbat is how come there Is Um ber beneath the present strata npon which folks live. Dome people ad vance the theory that the rentover- ing of the old earth took place When •Noah and his ark stmek dry land after the flood. That would be a long time for big pine Umbers to lay In the ground and rest In preserved state. A tew miles out from Lllllatton on the Ross farm there Is to be fownd huge hickory trees that have been submerged for years- till they have become petrified. It Is said that the resin In pine trees will not allow them to petrify, but will preserve them for agaa. The school at BunnieTel, which Is to be constructed of brick. Is to be modern In every respect. There will be eight classrooms and an auditori um, electricity, water and eswerage. The,coBt' complete will be abont 136,000. Olivia’s new Bchod building Is to be almost exactly like tbe- one at Bunnlevel. It will cost approximate ly the same and hnve all the conven iences. The big school being erected be tween Kipling end Chnlybeato, to be know os the LsFayetto school, being located on the highway. Is rapidly going up. The contractors hnvn the structure above tbe flrst floor level. This huildlng will cost about 116,000 when completed and will have all the modem oottvenlencet. WOMAIFB CLUB TO GIVE PLAY IN SCHOOL HOUSE Tom Tarheel says that since the curb market has started in town his wife hasn’t asked him for any money; In fact, she’has made him one or .two small loans. ^ A OORIUDCIION. though he was aided materially by siacle now. She has been able tor so long to point ,to France’s unrea sonable attitttde that ehe cannot .ad- Just herself to the change. Ferhaiw she will see the wisdom of, yieldloi to the repamtlKHi settlement outlined, by the couMuiittoe of experts. Mean while her. nationalists are creaUh# as much noise and ill feeling as the French MaUonalUta did under Poiu.' care. Under auspices of tbe Lillington Woman’s Club an entertainment will be given, in the scbool auditorium on the evening of July 8ih. The at traction will be a “Tom Tham Wed ding.” To properly stage tble pipy will reqhiie. forty girls and twenty boys, between the ages of three to nine yearn. The costumes will all be tur- niehed. as well as the trainer for re- heai^Is. by C. A. Rose of Kansas GHyi who has. had considerable ex perience tn staitog this attraction. l^e moUiera of the town and com- -xiwpiiHty are Tequested to cooperate pUtb Ute ledtee of the 'Woman's Cltto lin.-tgrirtshlgg the children for the chtoiitotors. A cpuple of peeks ago Tbe News, through oversight, fell into error and gave away one of tbe flneet clttseiis of Harnett county., It oamc about this way; In mentioning tbe neime of Mr. J. A. Ragland of flgmtnole, The News stated that he was a cltlien of Lee county. The News did not want Lee to have Mr. Ragland, of eeurss, and there was no intonttew of doing away with him when the statement was made; but, like all,other good newopapen. The News eomeUmef commits gravo orror. It Is DM Mke Mr. Ragland to hold anything agafhst this paper. >Ho has been a mighty good friend Of ours for years''had wo feel that he will overtook the error. The News Is Inddlvtod b Mr. R. B. G’Quilnn for potnttog out tbe mletake. Mr. ttogland i| cue of the most prosperous merehettli ot the upper section of Banett. ' V*-'VA m ■ =-;q 1 'Yf' ‘Kyjf - JLV 4 txl^S f' —“St, I V-i- - . I'-T 14;;’ -'’•■sv.' Oi’y -y L ’ JLU -AO - ^ t 3/Wrr • , TJ!, i.LwStoiX . 1 et, i s,. , 4 ■vdj ■ 5" I* ,.1,. 1 •-O-U
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