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HARNETT COUNTY NEWS
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTy(pRIMARILY, AND OF THE STATE GENERALLY.
Vol. VI—No. 40
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR—6c COPY
Lillinffton. N. C., Tlmr«4Ay, Octobor 2, 1024
I Mill l■l■l*..^— —
*Tf it !oae«nui Humott, IF« in THE NEWS**
Interesting Periods In
State’s History Feature
Pageant ol Dunn Fair
Just what la the pageant that Is
bolug staged at the County Fair In
Dunn on Tuesday, October 7th?
This question Is being asked dally
by people who are Interested In find-
Ing out about the historical drama
being produced by the school children
of Harnett county, with twenty rep
resentative men and women as lead
ing characters.
For several years the educational
laeders In the county have been
dreaming of a historical pageant, de
picting scene.s of historical interest
to Carolina folk. This opportunity
came when Miss Ethel Theodora
Rockwell, of the University of North
Carolina, consented to stage her lat
est pageant, "Children of Old Caro
lina," for the first time in Harnett
county.
This pageant will be used as a
countywide educational project all
over the State, but Harnett county,
through the efforts of Miss Marne F.
Camp, who Is general chairman of
the pageant committee, will have the
honor of staging the initial perform
ance.
Visitors from all over North Caro
lina will he In Dunn for the paefeant.'
It is the only historical representa
tion that has been written for the
State of North Carolina showing the
periods In Us history from the day
the first white man landed up to the
present day.
The first scene shows the children
of the Lost Colony of America, on
the day before they left England for
America. The children were happy
at their play, but eager to view the
new lands across the sea.
The second scene depicts the life
of the Indian in his forest home, in
Carolina. The chief, ’ Manteo, ■ the
beloved Indian, Is seen from a high
tower near the back of the stage, as
the Indian boys and girls sing theii
songs and dance the weird dances of
the primitive folk. Then old Father
Time from his tower calls forth the
children of the peoples who settled
this fair State.
First appears the English with
their leader, Edward Mosley, then
the Quakers, busy at their work. Just
as they went about their duties in
the new land two centuries ago; the
Swiss children, with their leader ap
pear, followed by the Scotch-Irlsh,
who established our first schools,
A bagpipe Is sounded and the
Scotch Highlanders appear, with
Flora McDonald
Iroop.*!, homo and farm-life clubs.
Sunday c.pUooI groups, athletic toams
and Various other organizations that
tend to give to the boys and girls ol
today the training they wlirneed a?
I ho men and women of tomorrow.
With appropriate miusic, costumes
representing the different periods
and a beautiful setting, this promises
to be one of thu most beautiful and
Instructive pageants ever staged in
the South.
MORE fflGHWAYS
CONTRACTED FOR
Lillington-Maniera Link Boone
Trciil Let to Lavender Bros,
at $34,867.10.
Harnett county is Interested In the
contract letting held In Ralejgh Tues
day, In that another link of highway
la to bo added to the county’s road
system. Construction of the Lining-
ton-Mamers link of the Boono Trail
was let to Lavender Bros, at a cost
of $34,867.10. The contracts lot at
Tuesday’s sitting were:
First Dl.strlct.
Project 392, Robeson, route 23
through town of Windsor, five mllee
paving, to F. J. MoOulre, Norfolk,
at $151,96'8.50.
Project I'll-n?, Camden-Currl
tuck, route 34. between Camden and
Sligo, 11,81 miles top soil and grad
ing, to Nello L. Teer, Durham, ai
$74,468,60.
Project 161-B, Hyde, no bid.
' Second District.
Project 276, Sampson, route 60,
between Delway and Pender county
line, 9.62smiles paving, to Hudson &
Scruggs, Wilmington, at $168,246.80
Third District.
Project 3'9/2, Robeson, route 23, be
tween Lumberton and South Caro
lina line, 14.08 miles grading and
top soil, to Lee J. Smith at $60,842
for roadway; structures to J, S. Bow
ors at $5,679.70.
Fourth District.
Project 440, Harnett, route 60, be
tween Lilltngton and Mamers, 7.78
miets grading, surfacing and bridges,
to Lavender Bros, at $34,867.10.
Back From Boreas-land; Dimald B. HacMBlaii,
Explorer, RetiirRs From Frozen North
PORT ADVOCATES
CLAIM REDUCTION
IN FREIGHT TARIFF
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^Photo from WMt WlwM Pbotes.
Greeted as a conquering hero, Donald B. MaoHUlan, thi explorer,
returned to bis native land and to his state, Maine. The ertfird which wel
comed him ai Wiscasset was vastly larger than any prevloog one, and the
enthusiasm far exceeded that of any of the similar oecaalMU. ^e expedition
will also go down in history as one of the moat notable to the Frozen North,
due principally t« the fact that for the first ttme radio pla^ a supreme
part and made it possible for the little schooner Bowdeia to ^kp in constant
touch with the affairs of civilization during the entice IS monlbi that It was
away.
Photo ahewa the ^Bowdoin” at Wiscasset, Maine.
Ralei^h-Savannah Road
Comes Via Lillington
Special Correspondence of The News
Project 404-B, Chatham, route 63,
watching from thej between Plttoboro and Sanford, 11.06
tower, the Scotch lads and lassies do
the highland fling in true Scotch
style.
The German Moravians appear
next and reproduce a part of the
Moravian Easter service, which gives
the audience something of the reli
gious life of these sturdy folk.
Daniel Boone Is called back by
Father Time and he brings with him
a group of the men, women and chil
dren who shared with him the hard
ships of the pmneer days.
Then "Yankee Doodle" is heard in
the distance and a group of happy
boys. and girls dre-tsed in colonial
style rush on the stage, led by their
schoolmaster—all rejoicing in their
new freedom. They h.ave Just heard
tiiat the Declaration of Independence
has been signed and are celebrating.
A bit of the Hornet’s Nest, as
Charlotte was called at that time, is
seen when the boys dressed in the
bine, worn by their fathers, have a
sham-battle to keep in mind the
stormy days Just passed.
We pass over a period of years
miles sand asphalt, to Hudson &
Scruggs at $168,246.80.
Sixth District.
Project 66i2-B, Richmond, route 20
between Rockingham and Yadkin
river, 6.8 miles paving, to Noll Con
struction Co. at $180,261.50.
Seventh District.
Project 791-B, Yadkin, route 60,
Bennettsville -Chamber of Commerce
Beunett.svilJe, S. C., -Sept. 20, 1924.
At a mooting held In -Bennettsvllle
yesterday afternoon, attended by rep
resentatives of several towns, a ten
tative association was formed to pro
mote the rapid completion and im
provement of a direct highway from
Raleigh JLO Savannah. R. L. Free
man, senator from Marlboro county,
was elected president, and H. K. Fox,
secretary of the; Laurinburg chamber
of commerce, secretary of the associ
ation.
Another meeting will be held In
the courthouse at Bennettsville on
Thursday, October 16th, at 11 a. m.,
for further organization and formula
tion of plans.
The route proposed starts at Ral
eigh, connecting there with the Jef
ferson Davis Highway for Richmond
and the North. From Raleigh the
route runs by Lillington, Fayetteville,
Raeford, -Wagram, Laurinburg, Mc-
Coll, Bennettsville, Society Hill,
Hartsvillo, Bishopvllle. Sumter, Man
ning, St. George, Waltorhoro, Yemas-
see and Rldgeland, to Savannah.
Maps of the route are being pre
pared and sent to chambers of com
merce an dothers along the entire
route. Tho map shows that this
route Is almost an air line from Ral
eigh to Savannah, and will reduce
and
Th«y Figure' That Establish.
ment of Ports Will Force
More Equitable Rates
From Railroads.
May Be an Cmprest
Raleigh, Oct. k—-Interior North
Carolina shippers and consumers are
compelled, through lack of propor
tional water-and-rall rates through
State ports, to pay unnecessarily
large tributes to railway companies,
In freight charges, according to the
campaign headquarters of the forces
at work to place -transportation f&cts
before the people of North Carolina
Jn order that they way vote intelli
gently on the proposed port and ter
minal -bill wihen it comes before them
on-Novemfoer 4th.
Appeal for the correction of .this
injustice is now before the Interstate
Commerce. Commission. It was filed
by the State Corporation Commission
at the instance of the State Ship and
Water Transportation Commission,
which hcilds that the adoption by ihe
voters^ of the port and terminal's
raeasuro in the coming election -will
materially aid in securing favorable
action- by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
A 'Statement from campaign head
quarters in Raleigh reads:
"A -through proportional water-
and-rall rate Is a rate less thanRhe
combined local water rate, plus the
local rail rate. Richmond. has the
same through rail rate to Interior
North Carolina as Norfolk. The rate
to interior points of North Carolina
WANT SOME DEER?
THEY ARE HERE
Goveraiii«nt to Ghro Away As
Many as Possible From
Na^nal Forest
The United States Department of
Agrlculiuro, through the Forest Ser
vice. has some thousands of deer to
give away, according to an announce
ment made today. ’Phese animals
are part of the large herd of mule
deer, estimated at over 30,000 head,
found on the Kaihab National Forest
in northern Arizona on the northern
side of the Grand -Canyon of the
Colorado. This area was set aside as
a national game preserve by Presi
dent Roosevelt In 1906 In'order to
M.* KrtMl. « th. cTOn.lf.'Sri! “‘.1"“.''
prIo«n M Biirul.; vliou ImrtMUid, !|“t. ^ U>re.l«ned -wltli tou] «t-
Crown Prince Bupprecht, has long because of illegal -hunting,
been planninf b» asks the family of I tbe protection of forest
Wlttelsbach wbst tbs famUy of hov/ever, (the deer have in-
ttonaollem nsod ts be aad.to become ®****®®d i® numbers to a point where
the n«tt kalsw. He is flfiy-five j sheH the entire herd is threatened with
They storvatlon and prompt efforts must
Btitoto ^Swlwto *sh!r WM r* to a number
AntolnettT^*Luxiinhwrg ^“PPorted by the vege-
■**™''''*ltatlon on the Kathab Plateau.
To accomplish this the Forest Ser
vice desires first to give away'' as
many deer as possible. The expense
to the applicant will he crating and
transportation charges, a sum esti
mated to bo about $35 per animat.
Young animals only will be shipped.
The estliiiated weight of one animal
Educational Finance Commis-heated is 260 poundk These flares
are only approximate. Final figures
children.
Pi'lnce-vs
and Nassau.
TOWNSEND HEADS
NEW COMMISSION!
sion Meet With Supt. Allen
and Organize.
must be secured from the Forest
Service,
Shipments will be confined to east
of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade
■N. A. Townsend! **°“®***®® introduction of
between YadklnvlUe and Forsyth ky many miles the distance between
county line, 13.39 miles paving. toL^^ ^orth and the South.
L. L, Tindall. Waterford, Wls,, at
$482,628.40.
Ninth District.
Project 967, Macon, no bid
This entire route through South
Carolina runs over State highways
which are already In good condition
or will be put in good condition soon
under legislation already passed.
GEORGE JT. STEELE OF I There will be three new rlvej
SOUTH CAROIANA DEAD [bridges on this route. The one ovei
the Pee Dee river at iSoclety Hill Is
Charlotte, Oct. 1.—G. R. Steele of|ne»?‘ne complotlon. One over the
Charlotte, traveling passenger agent river, near Savannah, Is
being constructed and -bonds have
been Issued for the one over the San
tee river between Clarendon
Orangeburg counties.
By branching off from this high
way at Bishopvllle^.^.;|pnnectlon Is
made with the JefferVoif Davis high
way. at iCamdem for Golitmbla and
Augusta. T»ils makes a shorter route
from Raleigh to Columbia than by
Aberdeen and Rockingham.
By turning south from the Raleigh
and Savannah highway at Society
Hill, direct connection is made for
Florence and Charleston, forming the
most direct route between the North
and Charleston.
It has -been suggested that the
Raleigh and Savannah highway be
given the number 30 throughout Its
entire length. Some of the member:
of the SouWi Carolina Highway Com
mission have already expressed ap
proval of this.
The Raleigh and Savannah high
way touches more county seats in
South Carolina than any other high
way across the State. They are Ben
nettsville, BlsthopTille, Sumter, Man
ning, St, George, Walterboro and
Rldgeland—about one-sixth of the
county seats In South Carolina. It
also touches more county seats In
North Carolina south of Raleigh than
any other highway. They -are Ral
eigh, Lillington, Fayetteville, Raeford
and Laurinburg.
Every town and county along the
route. Including Raleigh and Savan
nab, Is invited to send representa
tives to the meeting to be held in
Bennettsville OctoberA6th. After the
meeting the delegates and vleltors
win be entertained at luncheon by
the Bennettsville Klwanls Club.
ENGLISHXIAN HERE
S’TUDYDfG OOWEBATIVi:
habited by a sub-species would result
In a herd very Inferior to native
I stock.
The Kalbab Plateau is in a eparee-
I ly settled region cut off from the rest
x... Raleifik, Oct. 1
through Charleston, -which Is farther «lected chairman ol the|™JJ^* regions ^Iready In-
from Norfolk than Wilmington is, is Finance Commission, “ "
the same as the Norfolk rate morning at the first meet-
points In Western North Carolina. *"* o®®® o* A. T
These rates, possessed by Virginia Ail®®» Superintendent of Public In-
and South Carolina, are more favor-Hubert T. Wilson of Yen-. v ... .
able than the local-Clyde rate to wil- «®yv***« elected secretary. The *■***
mlngton. plus the local rail rate top®*"”?*®®®*" antljorized; by D»e
interior points In our State. This is Legislature to examine
a kross and rank discrimination «?®"®®»-
against our State from which the '^h® was tor the ^
people of North Carolina toave long ®* organization. A second “«««“«
suffered, A referendum -majority for K*** **® bold before the Legislature I J*® J* ®" *'^® 'Kalbab Forest is. limited
Port Terminals In North Carolina p®"^®®®® will be called as soonp^J^*® "J?!
wUl help to correct this injustice.I"® de-ta and information on the qnes-
Thls state of affairs helps to account P*®" ®l-®®bool finance is compiled by
for the failure of our deep water
ports, with a 26-foot channel, to'l commission
serve as a proper port -of entry -tor At this meeting will be discussed
Interior North Carolina. | whether or not the present laws af-
An Appeal for Relief. pj®®* «“""®®
A Legislative program affording fur
The record of the appeal before ther aid to the so-called "pauper"
the Interstate Commerce Commission I counties with six month schopiHbrms,
in Docket 16339 shows that the will he considered. The problem of
Clyde Line needs traffle, nevertheless | proper valuation will be gone Into
There are at present 67 cotin ties
in the State receiving aid from the
State in conducting their schools.
One and one-quarter million dollan
found only on the plateau.
This limited food supply has been
Supt. Allen for the membeto"o7the|>*®9"®®'* ‘® ‘b® starvation point for
the large number of deer now on the
Kaibab Forest -and officials of the
Forest Service fear that winter will
take a heavy toll If the herd ts not
reduced immediately.
Its traffic,manager testifies tbat it is
running boats to .Wilmington with
42 per cent loads, at a cost of $1.92 j
for each dollar of revenue.received.
ICOATS SCHOOL T0
OPEN MONDAY
"When asked by Commissioner is annually expended by the State in
Maxwell of our 'Corporation Commts-j.thls form of aid.
Sion if'It would be agreeable for the Members of the commission which
Interstate Commerce iCommlsslon to. will consider the problem are Sena-
put in any system of Joint through Hors'Walter .H. Woodson, Salisbury;
rates between New York and interior 'Emmett Bellamy, W-llmington; Bob-
points, through Wilmington, on n.ba-J ert T. Wilson, Yanceyvllle; and N
sis of divisions to the Clyde Line, if I A. Townsend, Dunn; T, G.‘ Bowie,
such through rates were less than the Jeerfrson; Clayton Moore, Wllllams-
water-and-rail rates through N'-or- ton, and C. P. Regers, Bast Flat
folk, his reply was; .'I do not think [Rock'. All were present with the
we would be willing, to do that.’
‘ 'NStronger evidence could not be I Ibe condition’s of the roads Impas-
N«w Frineipal Tak«t Clurf*
For Bogiiining of Toi^
The Feculty.
presented of a determination to deny|i®®ble.
to these interior points In North Car
oUna the through rates to which they
are entitled, * made with relation to
their proximity to the port of Wll
mlngton. The attitude reflects a de-
Coats, Oct. 1.—-The schooUit Coats
will open Monday, October filh. The
patrons and friends are InvifSd to
attend the opening. The high school
pnplls are urged to he present tor
... the opening day in order that classes
exception of Mr. Bowie, who oun otgajj,jj5ei to meet the needs
of alt.
The faculty will be composed ol
the following:
WHITBNBR OAlfCBLED^BlB I J- H. Taylor, principal; Misses
APPOINTMENT AT DUNN 1 Myrtle Roberts, music; LucHe Leo,
Lorena Dokin, Bqlle Graham, Mattie
.Brlckhouse, Katie Underwood, Ada
Hon. A. M. WMtener, RopublWanj Yai-bbrough, Mrs. W. R. Stallings,
termination* to -preserve and protect
the rate structure made to these I candl^te for Congress, who. was feljirg/K. V. Stephenson.
for the Southern Railway, went yes
terday to Pamplico, S. C., to attend
the* funeral of his father, George J
Steele, prominent South Carolina
planter and banker, who died about
6 o’clock Thursday evening, follow-
and a real Southern plantation scene! Ing a stroke of paralysis while on the
is given. The pickaninnies returning j witness stand in the Blgham case be
from the cotton fields sing snatches! Ing tried at Conway, S. C
of their own songs. While the white! Mr. Bteele, who was a native of
children of the Big House, in hooped] Florence county, S. C., was president
Captain of !(.irvard Team
of the Bank of Pamplico, a director
I of the Bank of Florence and a very |
prominent planter and business man
He was 72 years old. His wife died]
skirts, dance the Wirglnia reel.
Then come the days of sorrow-
when Lee has surrendered at Appo
mattox and the half-starved children
of Carolina, whose fathers have! Just two weeks before his death. The
fought and lost, fold their Confed- funeral will be held at Pamplico this
' la. eyate flags, to keep In memory other 1 morning at 11 o'clock, burial follow
^41^1'days. link in the family plot.
Governor Zebulon Baird Vance, inj In addition to the son here, he If
grey uniform, stands on the tower as survived by William «toele of Plot
the dominant figure during this scene.| once, S. C.; 8. W. Steele of Jackson*
Governor Charles Brantley AycockWDle, Fla.; W. H. James and C. D.
Is then summoned by Father Time j Steele, and two daughters, Mrs. C. W,
and he sees passing in review hun-1 Wilkinson and Mrs. A. A. Munn, al
dreds of happy school children -whoj of Fampllco.
have been saved from illiteracy by (Mr. Goqrge J. Steele was an uncle
his untiring efforts In their behalf. of the editor of Harnett County News
The Children of Today are nowl»nd the only survivor-* of the
- ushered In, showing the various ac
tlvltles of the boys and girls of today
as compared with those of early days
First come the Boy and Girt Scout
f elder Steele family).
Typewriter paper, emvelopea, land
pcstcM, diattcl mortgages,' second
sheets-—a$ The News oiSee. '
Malcolm Greenough, captain of the.
1924 Harvard team, out at the Crim
son’s squad’s first drill of the saaM*.
"Mai" wUl probably .play center.
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. J.—-Agricul
tural leaders of England are keenly
Interested In the cooperative market
ing of farm products. This is also
true of the cotton spinning interests
in England. On two occasions repre
sentatives of the cotton spinners
have come from England to this
country In the past year to get first
hand information concerning coop
eratlve marketing of cotton.
Just at this time the marketing
commissioner of the BngllMi Minis
try of Agriculture, Professor R^. B
Forrester, is touring the United
States, visiting the general offloes of
cooperative marketing organlxattoss
and studying the methods of hand
ling farm produce in these prgantsa
tions. Mr. Forrester is tfso a mem
ber of the University of Lbadon.
. Mr. Forrester spent .-a day with
^neral 'Manager U. B. Blalock at the
lUlelgh Office of the North Carolina
Cotton Growers’ Coiyperatlve Aaaoct-
atton and If was a'busy .day. The
Englishman dltonssgd with Mr, Bta
look every teetnre of the cooperative
markeUng of - ehtton aariE before he
left Raleigh exprqesed himself as btf-
lag very much l^Mwed wMh his re
points through Norfolk nnd Charles
ton
The Voters Can Break the Chains.
"The voter should remember that
. favorable referendum vote In No
vember Is the principal stop toward
braeklng the economic transportation
chains which bind North Carolina.
Favorable action will aid in convinc
ing the Interstate Commerce Com-
mlsston fihat our State has*a right to
expect through'its own ports Just ae
have delivered a-poUtleal address at ^-he sixth and seventh grade pu-
Duun last night, was compelled- are-.rehearslng their scene in the
cancel the engagement on account of j pageant to bo given by the Harnett
the extremely bad weather. In ^ext week. Mrs.
telegram to County Chairman .Wal-| jg directing our part of
ter P. Byrd, Mr. WhJtener this pageant.
stat^ that the Incleiment weather j
forced him to forego the meeting fiaNO CTACHm ARRIVES
scheduled for Dunn. Mr. Byrd stated FOR MlilJNGTON SCHOOL
to The News that Mr. Whltenei
would not be able to fill bis appoint- .jjjgg aveijm Bobo' of , Roebuck,
ment at Sanlor^ this morning. K* I South Carolina, has arrived to take’
favoraw; through ral to ito at the LeeUi.e position of piano teacher in Lll-
nor lollfi as VlfKlSr wd fio^th h*®*‘*^ morning at 10 o’clock. Hngton High School. She will have
Carolina now enJoy to such points Ohhtrmau Byrd etated that beLijg^gg all'pupils Im instrumental
Tl« dMud »ni b. l^«.d '*•" “* mMlo oltw Hull thoM o, tb« re«b-
J.,,. ,.«»ba.bl, Md JeoddbUo X. ”• *” “• -"b »'».'» »“»"•
for handling traffle from Now York - — —- ICorpentog. *■-#«-
to points In oxk State. Since the rail Rlffir. N. M. McOONAIA^ ^ ***®®„®f’’® * *5 -
haul from WUmington to such points AT MDETttODlST CHUBCM^®’’*® Collie and also of the MJMtt
Conservatory of Cincinnati. Sffie
epmes. here higlily recommended as
Is mn^ less than from Norfolk or
Chai^ton, the proportlonai rates for
North Carolina through Its own po'rts
should be less than from porta In
other States.
Vote fm this ReCemilidotm.
There wUl he-preaching I«-'^shelter'of'p^o." JShe.-aflaamed
at the Mothodlet Chur?h Sui^day eon* dutltte yrtth the Moulty Ubvm.
ducted by Bro. N. M. lfcCN^ald>l
former pastor cdC Uie Llllfngtonl OOTTON GIMIIBD IN OOOHTi:
charge. Th«v®nk®nnnmb8r. of peo- - —»■- ^
"A vote for the.Pbrt Termtoals and] pit whd will ho tlnd' of this oppor-j Mr. Paul MeKay, agent of the eirop
Water TransparroUo& lu Novsmberjtuulty-of'^ . hearing Bro. MeiDonaldj reporting serylee, reports-that f,ASP
means relief .for ^^e.individual ^R-l-^iuln.'. - " I'hales of eotton hod tteez glWUMl in
sen of oun own S^ ffoi^ a dh^rjmr.l,. Borvipes gt eleven and seven thlr-|jiuraets oounty up t/' aspienher-'
Inatory freight rate. copdRion at ty o'eloek;
ception and as highly gratified with Uct intolerable'and absolutely un-
the inlormstlon he secured. 1 juiL" ooncludSiS the ctgtemeiit.
a -L.. HENlHbiOK^,
Pastor.
16th- This is the earlleat report
ever ^gfveu, heretofore the kep^ he
lm glTMi ee of Saptemher tStlu
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