North Carolina Newspapers

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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.