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Democrats INToxninate iJoKn. V^, £>avis of lATest Virginia .wi ■'.’^ •''' ' ’.■> ‘“r i~ ^iL"«S3lw^^ffi * ‘ » S\ f ^•■.' J HARNETT COUNTY NEWS DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY, AND OF THE STATE GENERALLY. Vol. VI—No. 28 ONE DOEtrAR A YEAR—5c COPY UllingtoB, N. C., Thursday, July 10, 1924 *Tf it Concerns Harnett, Ifs in THE tiEWS** County To Bring Suits Against All Delinquents That Harnett county Is getting tired of going to the trouble and ex pense of conducting a land tax sale each y.»ar and receiving nothing in return is evidenced by tha action tak en by the Board of Commissioners at their meeting Monday when they instructed County Attorney E. F. Young to enter suit against every person whose land has been sold for taxes up to and including 1923. The idea is that the county .should get something—either the delinquent tax or a title to the iland upon which the lax has not been paid. The list of land sales has been ste.adtly in creasing In volume each year until 1924 sew such a whale of a list that it appeared a.s if there w'ere some peo ple who had rather their land would he sold by the Sheriff. At least it might seem that they did not care. It is thought that the Instant the suis are startel there will be a rush for the Sheriff’s office to redeem lands upon which he holds lax liens. Something in the neighborhood of five thousand dollars was taken in at the Sberiff's office immediately prior to the sale held here Monday when the 1924 list was cried off. The order for entering the suits News Items From Duke (By Wmle U. Lucas.) Duke, July 7.—Duke distinguished itself the Fourth by playing host to people from four adjoining counties who assembled here to celebrate In dependence day. Harnett, Cumber land, Johnston and Sampson coun ties were represented here by hun dreds of their good citizens, and Duke as its wont was not found wanting when it came to showing its vl.sitors a hearty ■welcome. The celebration proper began in the "wee small hours” when the us ual parade, without which no July 4 coiebration Is a success, started to wending Its way over the town. The Story of the Middle West Tornado In One Mctare appears upon the minutes of Mon- day's session as follow.s: “County Attorney E. P. Young i.s hereby instructed to bring suit against all persoins whose lands wore sold, for taxes on the first Monday In July 1923. and prior thereto that has not been redeemed before .\ugusl 1, 1924.’• SECOND PRIMARY A GRIST RALLY IN HARNETT CO. There being no county contest to be decided by the second primary held last Saturday, interest in the affair was at low ebb—so low In fact that had it not been for the activi ties of the members of the .\merlcan Legion there would not have been enough vote.- ca.st in H.irnett county to Jii.stify the time required for fill- out a return form. But when the service men got out to work for their comrade Grist they found 743 quali fied clfcctor.s who were willing to vote a reward to a doughboy as against S3 who were conftnraed believers in Iho continued aspirations of the vet eran officeholder Shipman. There v.'a^ one townsliip (Johnsoiiville) ivhivli did not vote af all. The rog- 1 lr..r iiitonned the chairman of the county board of elections beforehand ■th.ti^ h!.! people did nof intend to be bothered with the .second primary and his teturn showed two big naughts opposite the names of tlic candid.ates. In one precinct there wore only five votes cast, in another six, and so on up to the largest, Aver- asboro No, 1, which polled only 231 It was a Grist day from the be ginning. Early when the ex-service men let it be known that they want ed their comrade to receive the vote of Harnett the people seemed to join almost with one accord in the move ment and accorded the soldier boys • heir w'lsh. The service men worked all day, from morning till night, and when they began to hear the returns trom other portions of the Stale they wore gratified to learn that the Le gion wa.s In good working order throughout North Carolina. good-natured procession by render ing martial m^usic, accompanied by other divers ways of making noise for a glorious Fourth. This initial start proved an overwhelming suc cess, too, as it put zest and inspira tion into the occasion. ' After the prelude came the ath letic contests at the Duke ball park In wihlch score.s of ifthlete.s from Duke and surrounding towns particl- puled. Prizes In money Were offer ed to the lucky winners by the Er- win-inills and this seemed to inspire the would be "Charlie Paddocks" to the accomplishment of Vheir plaii.H, Duke, however, carried off the larger number of prizes, but Bunnlevel was also there too. The girls competed also for the cash awards amjd the shouts of encouragement of their frenzied cohorts. At the termination of the athletic events at the ball park came the singing contests In the park. Eight •jr ten classes, representing the four countie.s were In competition for the prize for the best singing class The complete and official returns i .pj^^ judges, after much •deliberation, as tabulatef by the Connt.v Board ofi ,i.„ Elevation class, of Elections is as follow: .Vveraahovo No. 1 .•\veia.sboro No. 2„_.. Ander.son Creek UarbecHO Buckhorn Johnsonville Neills Creek Upper Little R. No. 1_ Upper Little U. No. 2_ Total 743 >11 n ty Board of j Gri.st Shipman { 227 4 ■ lO.". 4 1 1 4 1 12 2 26 4 i 12 3 1 60 13 i 21 16 1 17 2 I 0 0 ; 196 5 : 10 15 17 10 33 3 3 3 743 88 £ WIU WorU Photo In. O., with roof torn off and aldo waUa onttked ftwap; t>f the Ohio and Illinois towns and clUos in tho path h killed threo hundred and fifty and injured more *ban three thuuatu&d. T^fwnands are homelaas. 4 Boards Have Disagreed On School Budget -♦f-t Another (iraTel Co. To B^n Operation Here SENTER RESIGNS FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONERS TO MEET AGAIN NEXT MONDAY Mr. J. C. Senior, member of the Board of County Cot&missloners since December 1, 1922. and who was elected while he was a rp.sideivt of Hector’s Creek township, resignel his position as Commissioner on Mon day of this week, the resignation be ing tendered to tho Board with re quest that It take effect immediate ly. Mr. Benter had written his resig nation some days ago, but had with held It, it is understood, at the ur gent reque.st of the other member.- of the board and friends. The resig nation, dated Jnne 16th. reads as fol lows: North Carolina—Harnett County. To the Chairman and Board of Com missioners of Harnett County: 1 hereby tender my rotignallou ur, member of the Ho.-ird of. County Com- mls..ioner.s of Harnett (’ounty, to take effect at once, this 16th day of June. 1924. Respectfully submitted. J. 0. Senior. Recorded on the minutes of the Monday meeting are urgent requests from his fellow members of the Board that he reconsider his action. Mr. Senter explained, however, that his business required so much of his time that he did not feel he could give the proper time to the con.sldera- tlon of the county’s business, and re newed his request that the resigna- . tfon be accepted at once. The Board reluctantly accepted the resignation. Mr, Senter has proven a faithful member while he has been serving on the Board. The minutes do not show that he has absented himself from any of the meetings. The re cords show that he has been active in all the deliberations of the Board, . atvquys Wjorking earnestly for the welfare of the county, and guided by (he light of his convictions. His great hosts of friends will regret to learn of his severing connection with the county executive board. Short ly after his election he moved his residence to Lilllngton and has prov en a valuable addition to the busl- Board of County Commissioner.s will meet in Lilllngton next Mon day, July. 14th, for the purpose of vitting as an Equalization Board, to hear and determine any questions that may arise in regard to the as sessment of property for taxation. The list takers have made report, and it is upon the items on their lists that the board will hear argu ment. if any should arl.se. Should there be any person feeling aggraiev- ed at the appraisal placed upon hl.s property, he may have same heard by the board at that time. This session must be held before the rate of.levy can be fixed. The New.s'was ‘misinformed as to the dale for fixing the levy. In last week’s paper it was stated that it was the July meeting at which tliU'C the levy would be determined. It should have been the August meet ing. It is understood that the members of the Board of Education will be here next Monday to further consid er, Jointly with the Commissioners, the matter of the school budget, up on which agreement failed of con clusion at the joint meeting here Mon day of this week. The Commission ers will also meet again on the 29th to receive the bonds recently voted by Long Branch school in Averas- boro township. declared the Elevation class, of Johnston county, to be the best in this line of work and awarded it the prize. Piofessor Joseph M. Core, leader of the Duke class, made a "plendid showing with his singers as did the other cla.sses but Eleva tion was too much for them. The singing was enjoyed immensely by the large crowd of listeners. In the I bedlam of noise could be heard the voice of E. C. Qeddie, who was chief announcer. Mr. Geddle Is unbeat able when It comes to this kind of work. At 3:30 o’clock the annual badl game came off at the ball park, and lo keep a perfect score for the day it was absolutely necesary that Duke win it—and it did too. The strong Mills Tire team of Raleigh was the victim by the score of 6 to 5. The game abounded in thrills of every kind of variety baseballlcy speak ing. Norris, of the home team, hit one over the fence with a mate aboard, while the opposing catcher, Cameron, also knocked the agate out of the park. Waters, Duke hurler was especially strong in the pinches and pitched a good game. The festivities of the day came to a close in the evening when a band concert and free motion pictures were held in the park. Between the pictures. W. A. Erwin, Sr., secre tary-treasurer of the Brwln chain of mills, officially welcomed the vis itors to Duke by making an enjoy able talk. Captain 1. R .Williams made a short talk in w*hicb be ex plained the significance of Independ ence Day. These two talks were re ceived and enjoyed by the huge throng. The only casualty of the day came in the afternoon when Eunice, the five-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McGill, sustained a brok en leg as she attempted to cross the road at tho park. The accident was unavoidable and the drjver is held blameless. The little girl is getting along nicely, however, at this writ ing. No disorder of any kind was ob- ‘•erved by Chief Harper during the day. This is considered remarkable indeed when the large number of people are taken into account. -Incorporated with |25.60d capital, which the officials state has been paid in full, The Harnett Sand ft Gravel Company expects to begin op eration of its plant at Summerville on August Ist. Tbs company is now busy installing steam shovel, indus trial railway and locomotives at the plant, which is located on the same site at which operations have been carried along on a small, scale here tofore on the lands of Mrs. Margar-^t McKay, J‘Uat beyoidl her home at Summerville. The capacity of the uew plaint will be ten ears per day. The company will also install elec tric lights, they say, as well as pri vate telephone lines to connect with the trunk wires to all points of out- 'let. The electric lights will permit of night work in case of rush orders The company officials state that they now have on file orders for 200 cars of their grav.el. The officers of the new company are: L. Tager, Dunn, president; E. D. Fleishman, Fayetteville, secretary and treasurer; C. E. Sorrell, Lllllng- tOD, vice-president and general man ager. The home office will be in Fayetteville. The company officials state that they hare a ten-year lease on one hundred and fifty acres of as flue gravel land as can 'be found in Har nett county. It is an established fact that the gravel beds in this coun ty contalin material of superior grade and the demand tor it since the tre- inendous road ibulldlug program has been inaugiiarated has created quite a good deal of Interest throughout the country. Speculation has been indulged in as to the possibilities of development along the sand and gravel line, such as, for insitanoe, the Installation of concrete block plants and the Vke, which would "consume large quantities of the yield from the gravel pits. Not only the road program, how ever, but-the great era of construc tion of all kinds now on in this por tion of the country has called for more of the Harnett material, and in all cakes, it is said, gravel and the allied products from Harnett have proven their worth when placed in competition with prodcuts from oth er places. It has been declared that the class of brick made from the clay pits near Lilllngton by the Lll- llngtod) Brick Company is superior to any obtainable elsewhere in this State. The company finds ready sale for all of its product, and never ex periences alack in orders that cause shutdowns. The new gravel concern la the second of Its kind to begin operation here, the Standard Saud ft Gravel Corporation operating one of the largest plants in the United States. There is also talk of a third .plant to be opened in the^near future, but no announcement la'ready for the'pub lie. S. S. Cmvention Here .Hy 31 It is announced by officers of Har nett County Sunday School Associa tion that the annual County Sunday School Convention will be held on Thursday and Friday, J^uly 81 and August! 1., in the Presbyterian Church, LlUlniton. ness circles of the town. Under the law provided in such cases, the Clerk of Superior Court will have authority to name a‘Successor to fill out the unoxplred term of Mr. Senter, which will end on December 1, 1924. The Clerk will probably appoint some person residing in the neighborhood from whence Mr. Sen ter was elected. Meet your neighbor at the Farm ers State Convention to be held at State College, July 23. 24 and 26 Plenty of good food both for brain and stomach will be served at this farm gathering. APPROPRIATION TO NATIONAL GUARD UNIT NOT GRANTED Representatives of the Harnett county National Guard appeared be fore , the Board of County Commls sloners at their meeting Monday and requested an appropriation to help defray expenses of the organization It was cited that other counties were donating part of the expense money of their military organizations. The Board was not asked for any specific amount, the allowance being left in the discretion of the board.- The board after considering the request left the matter open till the next regular meeting on the first Monday in August. b/ln, H«rri«t McLdUui ' Typewriter paper, enveiopea, land poetera,^ chattd nuwtgagea, sheets.—«t llie News' ofltoe. Mrs. Harriet McLeUaa, agdfi eh^ty- tlz yean, ef Attaata, Chu, Mead ot the wlvee e# the PrsaMeMa etaes Lfia* coiiL She mnenfiMn lin Uneelii by her wlde-iwayteff hMpbkhrt; Harrlaoo by her Iir«f-L_ Meevea; W CUdfilirt by bar «nir^ mean bvaOe. Mi MM MoKlaluy by bsr paapiddM. «belMl*s.Wr waa a adweHnhk M «w bar ten OC MM b—fipa aka w •nMa^ • snl wmo Mmaa lady ;«B. OtMIhhMl i^Malt' m earn Taking a prominent part on the prograq^ will be the following well known Sunday School'Workers: Miss Daisy Magee, Raleigh, Children's D1 vision Supertnteudent North Carolina Sunday School Asdoclfttlon, *hnd'Mr D. W .‘Sims, Raleigh, General Super intendent North Carolina Sunday School Association. In addition to these outside speak ers a nunrber of the most promioeni pastors and'Sunday:'School Workers in tha county will take part in the various sessions of the'convantion In charge of the'arrangements tor the convention are, O. L. Johnson and Mrs. Paul Bradjoy, President and Secretary of tha County Sunday Schoiri Association. These officers are requesting the oo-operatlou of al pastors, superintendents and other Sunday School leaders, in the effort to make the convention a success. Following a plan smarted at the county convention last year, the of ficers have announced that again tklO year a pennant will be presented io the ‘Sunday School havi-ng present in the convention the largest number of representatives sixteen years age and over', according to the num her of miles traveled. Tha number of representatives from each Sunday School will be cnultlplted by the aum- her of mtles from that Chureh to the Convention Church, and the Sunday School having the largest totftl wl receive the pennant. It Is expectet that there wiit he much friendly com. petition for the penant amo^g the Sunday flehootf - of the County. The Sunday School with whioh the con vention Is held, and others within one mile, will not compete tor the pennant. of Board of Education and Board of County Commissioners have failed to agree upon the budget of school ex penses for the next school year and as a result the problem Is paraed up to ,the Clerk of Superior Court, L. M. Chaffin, for decision.' Under the law, the boards falling to agree upon the budget, it must be decided by the clerk. The Commissioners are scheduled for a session here next Monday co sit as a Board of Equali zation, and the Board of Education will follow them up in effort to per- uade them to concur in the esti mate, though there la no certainty that there will be a joint session of the two boards. In the meantime the matter is hanging fire because of the fact that the clefk is In doubt os to his Jurisdiction over the par ticular part of the budget undecided upon. The Commissioners were agreed that they would levy sufficient to cover all except the portion of the budget which called for approximate ly 388,000 Increase In operation and equipment fund. In this fund the item of transportation called tor ;:8,860 more than last year, for 'the expense of operating trucks; new buildings called for |11,000 more; sites for new buildings |1,450 more; furnishings for new buildings |1,600 more; purchase of more trucks $13,- 350 more. 141646 large items, to gether with smaller ones, made up .the $38,000 additional estimate tor operation and equipment fund. The Commissioners agreed that the-lncreaso for salary fund, amount ing to about $3,000, was not too much and deol’ded to- put their up proval upon that portion of tho bud get. In exact figures, however, the total increase in the budget asked for by the Board of Education is $41,099.21', which would call for an additional' levy for school purposes of about 16 cents, basing the total property valuation in the county this year at twenty-six millions of dol lars. This would bring the -school leyr up to 76 cents, and if the same levy for county purposes is main tained as It was last year—23 cents —the total levy would be this year 99 cents—as against 83 cents last year. Tiie' Board of County Com missioners seemed to be against au increase of the levy, for whatever cause. Close figuring upon the. amount o money actually raised by the addi tional levy for sMiool purposes dis closes the tact that 16 cents addi tlonal levy would not bring the amount desired, because there arh releases, Insolvents and land sales to take Into account, and after due al lowanee is made tor this loss there would he necessary, an actual levy of about 20 cents additional to take care of the increased expense of the educational department. This would raise the total oounty levy to $i.03. It is pointed out in the office of the Board of Education that there is an ever increasing salary account, owing to the fact that each teacher must be paid what his or her cer tifleate calls for, and the certificates grade up each year trom $46 per month minimum till they reach the maximum of 11.38 per month, with principals ranging up to $200. "With the certificates gradually increasing the sniertes of the teachers already on- the payroll, there is nothing left to do but increase the salary account or else drop back eaoh year to lower grade teachers and discharge those who have taught .the year previous and whose salary rortlfioate calls for a raise. Then, too, there lo an ever increasing budget of salary expense on account of -nower and larger schools calling for more teachers Tho Board of Education estimated that about |S,000 additional would take oare of the salary account tor the. eomlng' year, though this was merely an . estimate. It mifiht ran little higher, they aay. The pro posal to employ a rural sopervlsor of flohools was voted out of the but! get, as was also a few other minor items. The operatlngi equipment tnnl abbut whioh there Is dUagreemenc, id* rendered necessary to provide for biStter.sqhoot advantages to'the child ran ijuing in rural dommunltles far awAfi from schools where the higher grades are taught. For inetanee, when a oMvass qt the county was made it was tpund that there .ufora nearly 590 ebtldren of hig^. school age and prepared to enter the high er grades but who could not do so except at the Individual expense of transportation or entering, boarding school. This entails such enormous expense upon the average parents that they find it utterly impossible’ to educate their children beyond the seventh grade. If there waa only one child to' the' home the average parents-Could take care of the board ing expense, but where there are several children the expense is so great as to swamp the family treas ury. This Is one feature, and a big one at that, which seems to be over looked when the matter of high*. schooling the children of the county is considered. The canvass showed that there were 86 children in An derson Creek who should enter high school next year; 86 in Averasboro; 63 in Barbecue; 27 in Black River; 40 in Buckhorn; 72 in Qrove; 71 in Hectors Creek; 8 in Lilllngton; 16 Nelli's Creek; 20 In Stewart's Creek and 113 in Upper Llttte River. This means that these children tnust be transported to school or else en ter boarding school another year. It they get any further schooling this expense -must either be provided ,tor by the county or by the Individual parents. Under the la'w the Board of Coun ty Commissioners had the right to require the Board of Education to pubtlsb Us budget in the newspapers of the county so that all 'the petals might become informed upon It, hut the Commissioners di dnot see fit to do this. The /law appointing the Cleric of Superior Court as Toferoe In the school levy mentions only the mat ter of salaries. Interest on bonds, etc., and leaves out of consideration any disagreement that may arise In regard to operating and equipment expense. Therefore it would seem that there is left a deadlock be tween the Board of Commissioners and Board of Education as to the budget, and that the passing up of the matter to the clerk means a dis missal for want of jurisdiction. Disposition of the mattermay be arrived at within the next tew days, though there ts no Inttmatton that the two boards are coming together' on the budget as The News goes to' press this week. • ■ BARNETT GO-OPS MET IN COURTHOUSE MONDAY Regular meeting of the County Cdt- ton Co-ops of Harnett county was held Monday at 11 o’clock at the Court House. Mr. A.'b. Breece was present and made a ferw suggestions to the local co-ops about the get-to gether picnic to he held August 7 at Buie’s Creek. He stated that the co-ops are sponsoring this get*4o- gether picnic, but it .Is for all the farmers of Harnett County. Mr. Breece suggested some good speakers for the day and be was ap pointed to invite them to be pres ent. Their names will appear later. The program for the day waa dis cussed. The children are to play a large part In the day’s program. A committee was appointed -by Vice-Ghairman B. Vf. Smith to per fect the program. They weret B. F. Parker, R. McLeod, Miss Mnine Camp and Miss Elisabeth Bridgn. PROGRAId FOR ANTH>OB 9i V. P. U. SUNDAY, JUhr IB Going to the monAtaittS thts svia* merr Wlmt mountain peak will you see? . Let It remind yon of Romagf, 8. Study Panl’e monatnln peak of inspiration and revelation Sandal afternoon at 5i80 in B. T. F. U. 1. Scripture roadlng eeleeted ftom Romans 8, by Aldo Lowdermllk. 2. Sentenee prayer, by union. 8. Introduction, by Ruth O’Qulnii. 4. Surrey of opening ehaptm, given by Wlllle O’^lnn. 5. Chapter eight, tb» Holy Spirit chapter, by Ltllle Pattoreon, (1). trereee 1-11, The Splrltnal Life a FatL by BPnry^ttnnon. (2.) Dnet, In The iCrose of Christ. (8.) 'FersM 18-88, The meenlnt of suttering, by Lois LowdsfiblHc. (4.) Verses. U-Sfi, The Sget tri umph, diseussed hy Zulu ftosite. 6. Song, Do The Work,' by group on program. Bveirri^y If eordteUy Invited to attend ,duir tt«>ettngm OoMh brinS your menits find got your jpnri We muure jrbh n hearty weleonm ouA nn enjoyehle tlihe. 'J r,, ’’
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