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DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY, AND OF THE STATE GENERALLY.
Vol. VII—No. 1€
ONR IjOELAR a YEAR—r.c COPY
Lillington, N. C., Thuriday, 'May 7, 1925
“If It Concern* Harnett, It’s in THE NEWS”
TOWN SELECTS ITS:
OFFICIALS FOR
TWO YEAR TERM!
GOVERNOR SETS
APART MAY 10
Only 245 Voters Took Enough
Interest to Come Out and
Cast Ballots. Same Ofii-
cials With One Ex-
cepti>n
Says State Leads in Mother
hood and Should Lead in
Observance of Day
TWO BOARDS MEET
MAY26TOFIX
SCHOOL BUDGET
TOTAL AMOVNT 1924
Octebfr 6,
In Motherhood, our Stnte leads!
ihe Nation, so let our ohaorvance of
this day ho a flt.ilnK tribute to our
mot hots, living and dead, to whom
Rionnlul oloetion of .Mayor and
Town ('otnidlinen, 'vhich took place
in l.llllngotn Monday, developed the
tact that not all of the residents hero
ai'i' Imorosted in politics even when
it .iU'ecH local aiYrlr.s. It is esti
mated that appro.sii'iately two-third.-
or perhaps three-fourths of the fiuall-
tied voters went to the polls. .\ few
of the.'O. prolinhly iiot more than
twenty, had failed i to regl.ster and
were deprived of the rlglit to vote.
Eriendly rivalry prevailed through-
init the shoit "campalgi. period" pce-
ccdlng ilu' electlou. if ihoro wa.s
any friction ni all.| it w-ts, A-ep* re
n'.ir‘.iiiL.I;' under'coyer. -Ml of iho.se
.s.en working, wheulter advocates of.
tlio "old' or the "new" ticket, wore
a smile ihroaghout the day of elcc-
lion; .lad when the; result was made
known the whole trowa broke out
in a liearlj latigln Thi^ wa.-. the
case, no donlit, because of the fact
that no oue who ha? establi.shed resi
dence in l.illington Ibelievcs that the
old town s going l(i the bowwows ••-
ni'i yet r.wliile. lui matter who is
holding tlie nuinicipal reins. This
■sot'i'iod lo be the getiernl feeling pre
vailing.
Anothei iioiiceab o feature of the
fleet ion was th' (omplete absence
of .ill cheap vaudeville such as
tlireaiened to lireak out at the time
of the primary when one man
wiio was offered a vote of eon-
iideiice got insulted and inrni.shod
side-.spUtting oeinodv for the crowd.
So far as can bo learned, everybody
I- siitisded with the way the election
went, whi.^h was as follows;
Eor .Mayor:
.). Thomson—147.
.\eil .\icK. Salmon—9.S.
all honor is duo,” declares Governor
\V. McLean in :i proclamation Is
sued Monday ofUclally setting apart
Sunday, M.ty 10th. as Mother’s Day
and calling for a display of the na
tional colors and the wearing of a
fiowi'r by every citizen on tlisit day.
'I'lie proclamation follow-s:
I'roebuiiatioii l*.v the (lovcnioi*.
Mother'.s Day, lOSIi.
"In accordance with the provisions^
of Resolution No. 38. passed by the
General .■\ssembly of 1921, I hereby
procltiim Sunday, May 19, 1925
“MOTKBRS’ DAY and call upon
the people of North Carolina revov-
Cotnmiftstoners and School
Board to Hold Joint Session
To Determine Amount
Necessary to Run
Taxes 'levied.
Anderson’s Creek ■$ 12,009.01
Avernsboro 107,271-87
Barbecue 1 12,06.4.39
Buckhorn 10,037.36
Black River 27,125.52
Duke 56,436.62
Grove 34,118.71
Hector’.s Creek — 14,487.66
JohiiEonville __ 8,304.26
Lillinglon '28,'566.24
Neill’s Creek 15,928.12
Stewart’s Creek 18,598.86
Upper Little River '— 26,SI'S.82
Corponitlon'S 39,302.61
LEVY, COLLliDCTED AND 't'NCOIJiBCTKD
TAXES.
1024—Api-41 30, 1029, Inclusive.
Collected.
10,480.55
98,630.37
10,266.59
9,301.09
25,'6S0.21
65,620.88
31,767.34
13,964.86
7,268.96
25,499.81
14,45*6.19
16,726.97
24,989.14
39,197.3.1
Uncollected
l.528.46
8,641.50
1,798.80
730.27
1,445.31
815.04
2,351.37
622.70
1,045.30
3,065.43
1,471.93
1,871.88
1,326.68
105.30
Schools Another
Totals 3410.665,84 $383,839.27 $ 26,726.57
Year
Board of ('ouiUy Commissioners
iind the Board of Education will meet
in Joint session on Tuesday, JIny
26lli, for the purpose of considering
t school budget for the next term.
'I'l'-o Board of Education, with Supt.
MATTERS PASSED UPON BY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
enil> to obsorvo tbb day w'ith iltUng.
tribute to r.Iot’.ierhootL, each obseVv'-.
l-'oi' .Vldennon; ;
.1. .\iarsh—160.
W. .M. Bryan—1!»4.
If t ,\iklus——l»>i>*
ti. I). .Monroe—128.
.\l. T. Spears—126.
\V. C. Baker—120,
II. Brown—113.
W. R, Cranroi'd'--10ti.
.\l. (’. i;pchureh---'93.
1 t’. McKinney—^82.
\V. P. Byrd—1.
.Mayor .1. Tlioi isivn retiiins thtU
litle for smother two years, while
tl'.e fii'.si live name.l men will eon-
stiiute the Board of .\lderinen. One
vote was east for M . Byrd, although
bis Hi.me did not appear on the ofll
eial b.illo's and lie w..s not a eandi-!
dale.
liig it as liLs 01"-'her ' own heart
and sou; dictaty,s, and r-ccJi’dlng tu;
the Inward devotion each holds for
the sneredness of Motherhood as the
very touudatilon stone of. our State
and national life.
"In Motherhood, our State leads
the nation, .so let our observance of
this day be a fitting tribute to our
.Mothers, living and dead, to whom
.ill love aU(i honor Is duo.
"In Motherhood lies the strength
of onr con a try; therefore, as public
e.xjire.ssion of this love and respect.
:ind in rcoognillon of Iho fact lhal
.Motherhood Is closely related to lo>e
of home .and country, let the Nation
al Colors, symbol of true palrlolism,
designed by a colonial mother, be
displayed on this day,
"Each citizou of North Carolina
Is enjoined to wear a flower in
honor of his or lior mother, a red
one if she Is living, or n white one
if .sho has passed on to the Great
tievoiul wluM'e Ihe greatest reward
for motherhood is bestowed, ns a
loken of s-aored regard for all the
ble.?ing.s which Motherhood has be
stowed upon mankind.
"Uoiie at onr city of Raleigh, this
the fourth day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hiin-
.li'i'd and twenty-live, and in the one
iinndred nad forty-ninth year of our
\ii'.i'ri,"nn Independence.”
NEW SPEED LAW
WENT INTO EFFECT
LAST FRIDAY
THE Kbxao.v Ol-'
( HEATED CHIUmOOl)"
Charlotte, .May ■ — Ueoenily a
proitilnont North Caroliniuii return
ed from a visit lo tlie Near East, lie
was especially interested in the piti
ful cpndillon of the children there
and upon renohing his beautiful home
liere in oni- wonderful State, made
i
ilie following statement: "Tlte
children of the .No.ir I'liisl are siek
and .sad. K:;lhertcss and Moilterloss;
hungry and hoiiK'K.-.s." What could
be more pailieiic for liiile cliildren?
Can any one read iliose sad fads and
not Umd a helping hand to the little
kiddies in llilile Lands? Conipuro
the.M- litlU- ()iit-ea?t ''liildi'eii w'ilh the
kiddle.s of North ('iroliiia: ours are
liai>py. healthy, well fed, liaVo a
‘weet clean lied K* sleep on each
iuglii, a mother and father to care
for ibem. while over there It Is (inlte
illM'ert'iii —they hav.'ri’i any of’ihese.
A'lu.r making Ihe oomparison with
yonr hean and purse, .see if yon are
unwilling lo send at least a .small
contribution to these ii'nfortuiiate
children in "'f'lie rrgion of clieated
"hildhood”.
'I'his sia.emeiu w'us made by .1. B.
Ivey. Slate Cbalrmini for Near East
Relief in Nortti Curoliiin. Mr. Ivey
is a big biisine'ss man with many dii-
lie.. Vol ho finds lino to assist in
Ibis great work. Mr. Ivey calls at-
leiiflon to ilio fact lhal this current
camiutigti year has but two months
lo go beiore the l''lscal year oihIs.
.N'oiili Cnroliiui haa never failed in
Mils great work, .slated Mr. Ivey, and
It is not Mie lime I'or u.s to start to
failing now. Each per.son should
take stock of himstif, or horsclf and
If each has not made a contribution
Will Be Possible For Motorists
To Hit Them Up To 35
Miles An Hour— Rules
of the Road
Nothing out of the ordinary fea-
Gentry, will prepare a tentative bud-jmred the regular monthly session of
get showing the requirements of the ti,e Board of County Commissioners
school sy.stom for the term of 1925-, Mo-nday, nlthouigh there was the
26 and this will be placed before the j iieaviest Inpouring of people for the
Board of Commissioners for ap- > 'Monday" than in some months,
proval. Blanks have been mailed I qh the-"visitors” came In
out to all school' trustees asking their {and to hear as to wha.i; would'
Education .office force to deterni'n^ a.siq'iio meet-ing was largely attended,
to how much the school system ns a;j,j,, ujc Fathers shied off' t|o t*lk
whole will need for operation. I other matters., leaving the road
It fs not known, of course, whether j meeting in the hands^of Nat jl Town-
It will be necessary to raise the levy - who disseminated such-lnfor-
this year for schools, bin it is geii-, „jatlan as he had, a»Vd with the as-
erally conceded that the allowance jai.stunce of tw-o or three others-man-
is not suffielenl. Evidence of tlti.!, 10 get across to the audience tlie
was sliown Monday wlien the Board, importance of the pfoper Inaugura-
of Coumy Comml.ssioncrs round ii tlon of the new county road system,
neccssaryto borrow $35,000 to aiilsh , Commissioners didn’t do much
paying up the current indebtedness' except talk, listen to petit-loners and
of the present term. The 1924 levy i ^-op^piainis, and pay bills. Makes.no
was not sufficient, according to ihe 1 difference what occurs or whether
oducnlional authorities. Aj sufficient' anything ^ke occur.s at all. the bills
levy would have been about $1.00'.are right there before the County
On the $100 valuation Inslead of 75c, Faibers at each and every session. As
the amount that w.us actually levied, fo,- the County Fathers, the bill col-
The State equnllzatlon fund; will give lecior.s “don’t skip ’em.” Little bU).
to this county some funds',i but Just big bill, and sometlnie-s hello bill. As
how much it is Impossible mo deter-* fpr in.-itance, when Mias Sexton, the
mine as yet. very efficient Register of Deeds and
The educational depnrimeut Is dm- clerk of ihc board, put” in u bfll for
$38,000 from last year’s Itixes. TIiI.m [.|biei.^ at 24c per, Chairman George
does not mean that the schools have (jramham thought it was hello bill,
not received all of the 1924 taxes 'pijg chairman .said he had ’em or
that were due them, hut ijeprcseiiis, c(j,i)d g^f 'em for 16c. But it’s all
the different between the amount al- m j, lifetime—or rather It’s all In a
who
iiciuully raised frotn the levy. In
lowed by the budget nud the amount day with the Commissioners,
levy. fn|Cuine to find after they have served
other words, the budget called for.on tbe j,oard for awhile that there
more than the levy of 75|jc rai.sed. j gyp (qq matigra of ultra Impor-
The amount of $7,500 of .funds cl-itancp to the county’s w-ell being for
lowed for the school budget was pass
I them to set and “chew the can" all
od by the present hoord of commi.i-|day about n piddling eight-penny
sloners, thus raising the budget that J trade.
much over and above what was al- ^ The new addition to the court-
lowed by the old board. , nouae was not completed and In
It is generally conceded by those i jimpe for the Commissioners to have
who are in position to know, that a, plenty of room, and so they held
levy of $1.00 for school purposes will tJuji,. session in the little room occu-
bt* necessary for-the successful opera- [ pied by the Register of Deeds. The
tlou of the school system on its pres-iu.,ual jam ol people crowded in ,to
ent basis. How an .auiountdess ^tljan • get n peep-and listen in on the talk-
thls can be made to run the schoors jp,g_ qj fjje most remarkable
things about the sessions of the'Com-
watt till the June meeting.
The Board of Education needed
money and the Chairman and Clerk
of the Commissioners were authoriz
ed to execute notes for |3'5,000 to
supply the needed funds.
Order was given for vault equlp-
ineu't for like enlarged, courthouse
enlarged.
■ A nu’inoter'-.uf releases from taxes
,v » ■'v - - - ■ s ''
were -grau-led. The minutes of the
clOrk states that these weru-'inostly
on account of property being listed
twice.
Oommissiomer J. G. 'Layton had
himself relieved of $43.33 in taxes
on account of error claimed to have
been made In valuation^of his preper-
ty In Stewart’s Creek township.
POULTRY PROVEN
AS MONEY CROP
TOBACCO CO-OPS
HOLD ELECTION TO
NAME DELEGATES
Ca»t Ballots On 'May 9 At The
County Seats In Three
States For Men To
Name Directorate
More Than 6,000 Farmers
Have Been Benefited From
Marketing
•s tiioro than the wisest heads^ cart>
! 'igiirrs oti, tinleVs by some met>;dd'''yet
to
R.ik-igh, Miiy .'I.—^Frldny. May I.
the 'i'.ow autoinobilo speed law per-
inittiug 35 miles per hour on the
hlghway.s of North uarollna became*
effective. Tlie new law, according
10 f. W. Roberts vice president of the
'I'arolinii Motor club, which organl'za-
.ion sponsored the increased speed,
raised the limit by five inllos and de-
line.s the residential sections of cities
.iiid towns. 'I'he limit in business
sections is raised from 20 lo 12 per
Itotir and retains ihe regulation of
20 miles per liotir in built-up re.sl-
deniial sections.
“No section of Ihe state liiglrway
shall be comstituied a built-up resi
dential section, whether within ‘ or
without the corporate limits of a city
of town, If lliere arc no more than
eight lioiises on either side of the
road conilnaoiisly for 1000 feet,”
?,ay.? .\lr, Rolieris. "Fifteen miles per
hoar i.-, pea millod wliilo passing
churches or schools—hut this I9 only
affective when people are leaving or
entering the grounds. At all other
limes, 35 miles Is permissible.
"When the ilriver’s view is oh-
siriicted for 100 feel before he reach
es Intersections, and 200 feel on the
Intersecting road, he shall slow down
to 15 miles. If ho can view both
roads as dcsigiintod. ho may travel
the full 35 mlios provided by law.
Only 15 miles Is permitted when the
driver is traversing curves or corner's
ol Ihe road unle.s.s he ean view the
highway for 300 feet.
"Another Interosiing feature of
the bill is the ruling against misuse
of signal devices. Open
ml-ssloners la th-at they managt^.'to
be formulated a cheaper 'ayi^em i enorm-ous' ;amouai't o7
can be devl.sed. It is quite coi'taln ^ygry first,'.Monday i.a such
thiu there is no scliool district in
the county, however, which will con-
.enl to aii-y "trimiulng’’ process
whereby Its school will become less
ofllcient. With the facts and figures
before the people, made plainer by
the recent illiiHirailon of the work-
a small working'space, with as many
men crowded around "as can wedge
themselves in the room. The Com-;
mts.sioners manage somehow to get
by spdendldly well, considering.
Sixty days postponement was
granted against the coMocliou of
in'g and achievements of the sy.stem j igxeg for 1920-21-22-23 from the J.
published in ’fhe News, It l. fell that | 0. Barnes property, pending an Inves-
hearty approval will he granted in \ ugation to determine whether the
efforts made lo carry on the work -gi,] taxes had already been paid,
of the schools along iho pre.senl on- j 7*110 report of the road commUalOin
larged and efficient linos. jof Anderson Creek was received,
• — ' accepted and filed.
DUKE SCORES TRIUMPH ! Report of E. F. Young, who Is col-
IX FIRST GAME OP SEASON [ lectlng back taxes, was accepted.
I’heck for $687.41 was also accepted.
Duke, May 5.—WUli only one new | ^20 Item was reported as being
face in the line-up. Duke; Saturday j found in duplicate payment and it
opened the current baseball season 1 wtis charged off of the taxpayer’s ac-
hore with a win over the aggregation 'count and marked up agatnst the for-
represeulrng thc'17th Fleld||Artlllery, j mer lax collector,
of Fort Bragg.
The score was 7 to 2. j ,j,ax Collector Henry A. 'f-urlluglon
An estimated crowd of 3.5b was outijj^j^j^ ^ report of total collections
lo sec the lid pried off, and to seej{„ $383,839.27.
llio spacious, new park christened 1 j 1 .1 .
1 The Commissioner.-, ordered that
with a victory
Malcolm Barbour, youthful but
promising player of the iflgh school
team, oovored the initial iibaso for
Duke in his first appearance on the
local team. Although he made two
ei rors, he covered *the bag In a man
ner that would indicate that he has
the mnkin'gfl of another SIsder. He
failed to hit, but ho was plainly ner
vous In his first start. Hif will get
'thore yol in this column’s oijitnlon
Diiko garnered but sevenjhlta, and
thoyo were apportioned 11 between
Zachary. 'Woodworth andij McKay.
V/'Oodworth had two trlppjles and a
laced
double, while McKay laeijd out a
muffler 'gi-ugic, double and a trlp'plc. The
NOW i.H the tlnu;. Send same lo
your County Chairman 01 Treasurer,
;r to .lohn M. Scott, 1200 Really
Building. Charlotte, N. C.
J.ANlj POSTERS ai. The News offleo.
cutouts, exhaust whistles or horns
ui'o considered objectionable devices.
The law is more explicit and makes
imsslble a complete understanding by
all motorists. It is uniform with
many other states and will save
many motorists the line being im-
others hit hard, but were,; unlucky.
V/aters pitched a .nlce ga'nj;e for the
locals, holding the soldiers to very
few bingles.
. Tom Tarheel says he l.s; going lo
leave his cotton twelve liuihes apart
posed by operators of so-called speed' in the row this year and try out
traps." this thick spacing Idea.
transportation of tour Confederate
Veterans be paid to Dallss, Texas, to
attend the reunion. The allowance
amounted to $168. and was ordered
payable to Adjustant J. H. McAllis
ter. The Aqjustant, Comrades N, A.
Stewart, Stephen's and McRae are the
Veterans who- will attend the session
in Texas.
Premium of $167.25 waj ordered
paid to Dumn Insurance &. Realty
Co. for fire policies on courthouse
and jail.
Clerk Chaffin was allowed $369.80
for jurors’ fees. Also other court
costs. His report was filed.
Duke school was advanced $3,000
out of general fund, to be repaid
January 1, 1926.
County Attorney Spears was order
ed to investigate matter o-f adjust
ment for Kivett bridge across Little
River bulh by .1. W. Turnage. The
mutter was deferred to June session
pending the Investigation.
The value of poultry as a cash
money crop for farmers has never
been- so clearly demonstrated as
during th« past month when through
the effort of the livestock market
ing specialist of the State Divi
sion' of Markets co-operating with
the county home and farm agents
over 300,000 pounds of Uve poultry
has been sold at a saving of approxl-
mately five cents per pound above
the local price. During the period
from March 26 to April 23 a total
of 200,046 pounds were handled and
during the past week from April 28
until May first, 100,050 were sold.
This makes a total of 30,096 pounds
sold through the marketing special
ists alone without consideration of
the large amount going out tbrouigh
the efforts of the county agents fol
lowing the successful marketing of
the first car as a demonstration.
V. W. Lewis, in charge of this
work for the State Division' of Mar
kets, states that during the same
iperiodi one receiving station has
'■been' opeubd^ which during the past
■seven weeks, has handled eggs to
tne value of $11, 000 and poultry to
the value of $8,i68._ Some of these
products were shipped by''express
and some went in cars. 'When the
work was first begun,, eggs were
selling from 16 to 18 cents per
dozen' and hens were bought at from
17 bo 18 cents per pound oo the
local marketo. The^ co-operative
carlot marketing has.brought to the
farmers an average price of from
23 tO;24»/4 cents per pound for the
kens and from 25 to 26 cents per
dozen from the eggs. This was cash
at the car door.
•'More than 5,000 farmers have al
ready beneffited from this marketing
work,” says Mr. Lewis,” and we ex
pect to start ain'Other series of cars
about June first. At that time, we
plan to sell from 10 to 16 solid cars
of poultry. One of the remarkable
developments in this activity has
been that we have removed only a
surplus and have given the farmer
good prices for somirthlng he wanted
to get rid of anyway. Wherever
We have shipped a car, there’ was
always some farmer who didn’t get
to share In the proceeds end -who
wanted us lO'get up another car right
away so that he and his’ neighbors
might take part. Despite the
thousands of birds that have gone
out of Eastern Carolina In the last
few weeks, there are stlU a surplus
and could we but multiply ourselves
times over, the shipments would have
been greater.”
(By S. D. Frissell)
, The election of directors for the
To'bacco Growers Cooperative Asso
ciation for the season of 1925-26 be-
'glns next Saturday,,May 9, when the
Tobacco Cooperatives in 'Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina
diet their ballots for the delegates
who are to name the association di
rectors from the twenty-two districts
in the three states.
il The counting O'! the ballobts will
begin at noon of next Saturday in
the courthouses' ot every important
tobacco producing county 'Of the
Caro'llnas and'Virginia and all ballots
must, be in-the hands of- the' oleotiou
oom'mUtees the ' various* couiVty
sbats^by nbori^^o^' that day. The d«le>
gates who are elected ^t mis, meeting
\y'lll gather In district meetings with
in the next few days to nominate the
directors from their districts for the
coming seaso-iv, and mem'bers of the
association from every county in the
tobacco belt are being urged to at
tend bhe annual meeting at Raleigh
on May 19 tx> confirm the nomination
of the direcitors from the entire area.
^ -There is much interest in the elcc-
! lion and the annual meeting of the
' 'J’obacco Growers Cooperative’ Asso
ciation this year and a large atten
dance is looked for when the mem
bers from three states will meet at
Raleigh to discuss with’ the directors
and general manager ot the associa
tion the plans and policies for the
coming season.
The, tobacco I associajtlon is already
partially putting into effect the pol
icy regarding directors that was re
commended by the conunittee- which
it invited to 'investigate its affairs,
and It has been known'for some time
that several heads of deipartments In
the association have voluntarily de-
clii'iied re-election. It was pointed
out by the investigation committee
in. connection ,wlth its crHictsm that
“the highest percentage of dellverie.s
has been made' in the sections where
directors are employed on a full time
basis.” Notwithstanding this fact,
the withdrawal of heads ^of depart
ments from the association’s direct
ing board marks a- very definite step
in a policy which the directors be
lieve will work for the eventual good
of the association.
The tobacco accociatlon has an-
!':i'Ounc,ed other;changes In policy and
j practice since in’vltlng the public ofll-
lyials dt three Uwey'to Vnako a frank
jc'rltlcism of its management and is
i urging a full attendance by its meiu:
hers for fu.i’t’her discussion' of plans
LAW FIXES FINE
FOR NON-RESI
DENT FISH SEINERS
No Person Wjbo is Not Resident
of Harnett County Can Put
Seine or Net in Any
Stream or Pond
and policies at; the annual meeting in
Raleigh'on Miiy 19.
^ iMdrC' than 50,000 members of the
association live within a hundred
miles of Ids headquarters at Raleigh
and-with'the present keen Interest in
ihe 'aflDairs of the asoctation, a record
breaking annual session is looked for
this month.
(SCHOOL COMMBNCBMBNT
AT BARBEOUB TODAY
The Barbecue High School com
mencement win be held o«' Thursday
and Friday night, Oi this week, .
Tonight there will be an operetta;
and on Friday night there i’WlH ,be
some plays, songs, health drlls and
other interesting foatures.
Promctlons and certiUcates will be
given* the last night.
An Interesting and entertaining
program will be rett'dered each even-
Tuberculosis teats for estate will ig.^, a full house Is expected.
JURORS for; JUNE SPECIAli
^TBRIM >P SUPERIOR COURT
' Al their meeting Monday the
(jounty Oom'mlflsloners drew the fol-
lowlmg jurors',for June Special term
of Harnett County Superior Court.
This term will;,Blt'for.two weeks and
will be for trial of civil cases exclu-
.slvelyJ^
First Week
Averasboro-“W. P. Griffin, Jr.,
Henry Norris,; A. T. Godwin, R. T.
Gainey', L. V. Paul,
' Barbocu’e—-43. A. McCormick,
Vance Oameron, T. K. Clark.
■ Amderson Creek—W. A. Sbaw.
Grove—Jonah B. Johnson, C. V.
Stewart,
Hector’s Creek—J. P. Matthews,
W. H. Smith, J. H. Johnson.
Upper Lit'tlti River—'M. S. Holder,
W. H. Holder.
Second Week
Averasboro—D. L, Brooks, J. H,
Emils, W. A. Jackson, T. Hodges
Complaint is being heard from var
ious parts of the county that per
sons from a distance are coming in
by carloads and dragging the streams,
ponds and lake:) for fls'h. Such so-
1
called fishing parties are playing
havoc with the fish, the residents say,
and their practices aire .very objec
tionable. The difficulty in confront-^
ing the depredations lies in
.fact thait the fishdng parties usually
.makc^thoir visitations at night. Many
attempts have been’ made to.cxtch
them by owners iof" the premises upon-
which I'Jiey stop,. l)Ut^
'^tszJtaya^beeffI In' valni^
"TRepre^ntatiye ■ Nat 'Tewn^nd ,at-.,
thejest msion'OJ tlie'Legislature pu-i
thr,0U'gh5.a'.\ery,| drastic raeacurii-^de-
signed to'“put a 'stop to this evil, and
it remains'for .the persons on whose
land the:- depredations occur ^^to re-
popt violations.; to the county game
warden, M. C. Upchurch, at Lilllng-
ton. Close watch'should,be ,kept and
if possible the guilty parties.caught
and brought into court to be dealt
with.
Following is a copy of the law
as passed by re,coat legislature:
A Dill To'Be-Entitled An Act to Pro
tect Pish Ill'Harnett County
The Generalij Assembly of North
Carolina Do Enadt:
Section 1. It; shall be unlawful for
any non-resident to 'fish with seine,
net or seines or nest in any lake,
pond, river, or' creek lin Harnett
County.
•Section 2. Any person or persons
V'lola'ting ithe above act shall be guilty
'of .a. mlsdemeaidor and upon convic-
'^tion shall' be fined not more tha'u
'fifty dollars (50.00) nor, less than
.twenty^ve dollars, ($26.00), or im
prisonment ndt’.more 'than 'thirqy days
(30) nor’ less than fifteen (IS), or.
both, in' the discreitlou of the court.
Section 3. Provided, however, this
,act shall not apply to non-residents
owning ponds ;or lakes in Harnett
County. ;
'Section 4. This act shall be in
force from' and, after its ratiflcaUoi).
■ Another reation why the vlolator.s
lof this law should be caught is the
fact that tfhey not only fish wHh nets
and seines,' bu;t they bait the flsfli
by placing sacks of meal In the
Streams and itonds and when, the
'fish, congregate around the seeping
meal a stick bi’ dynamite Is dropped
In and every liyling thing In the water
for several feeir around is^ killed.'’ It
;l.s,hy this process that, la'rge'hag.s,, of
fish aye takeiijjilii Js reponed. Des
truction not' only o)-' the larger fish
Is accomplished by the' explosive
method,, bur'alli small fish, and spawn,
are also blown.Ilnto that haven from
Which no fish rkurns.
R is poln'ledi'out Fn; this connection
that owners ofjjland’, work''a great In
justice lo themsefves by alh‘)wln'g no
one, not even a law-abiding citizen,
to fish in the lakes and streams thait
lie or flow through their premises.
The mistake made here is that if se
lect persons who take fish only in the
ma’ii'ner authorized by law and are
"game” sportsmen themselves, were
grunted permission-.to fish at will In
the lakes and j .streams, they would
aid very materially, in bringing to
justice the violators Of the law. This
suggestion lis passed' on to the owners
of land for wQiat It Is worth.
Barbecue—W. J. Swann, W. H.
Johnson.
Bhtck River;—W. M. Crawford, H.
Demiton.
Grove—R. B Harmon, R. C. Mc
Leod, L. H, Weat, Z. E. Byrd.
, Hector’s Creek~J. H. Revels.
’ Buckhorn—jC. S. Cade.
' Johusonvlll'S—J. S. Price.
Btewart’e Creek—H. D. Byrd.
Upper Little River—^W. J, Patter
son ,Sr., A. RI 'Weatcr,
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STEWART
DIED LAST {FRIDAY MORNING
Edison’s eariy 'electric light bulbs
sold'for $1.26 each; now they cost
27 cents. No longer- ago than 1905
a .dollar bought only 3,000 candle
h'purs of lighii!'; .today it buyd 18,000.
Mr. Benjamin Franklin Stewart,
aged 6i2, died !at his home on the
Latayetee highway about a mile
south of Lltllngton, last Friday morn
ing at 9:16. o'c'iock. He had been
sick for several' weeks, his condition
gradually growing worse until the
end. He leaves a wife but no chil
dren. Funeral .was held at 10.o’clock
Saturday morning with burial in the
family burying! ground near Coats.
Mr. Stewart was one of the hardest
working farmers in this commu'hity.
Of an unusually' quiet disposition,
he was liked by all who know him.
He was content to be a friend to
everybody and his character was such
that no one bore him malice. He was
one of those who seemed satisfied
wlth,sbest effort put forth, and the
facr that he occupied an inconspicu
ous place' In the! world did not detract
.In any manner from the great respect
which his neighbors accorded him:
The wfie and other’ relatives have
the,' heartfelt sympathy ot the entire
community in their bereavement.'
Ghatlel' 'Mortgages at The- News.