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HARNETT COUNTY NEWS
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY, AND OF THE STATE GENERAIXY.
Vol. VII—No. 23
.^1.00 PKR YKAIl—5c A ’OPY
LilHngton, N. C., Thursday, June 11, 1925
“If It Concern* Harnett, !t'» in THE NEWS”
SPECIAL MEETING
TO SELECT ROAD
COMMISSIONERS
County Fathers to Meet With
Road Commissions of Eight
Townships to Determine
Upon District Mem-
# hers
MRS. IIERMON t'AVlNKSS TO
SPEAK TO WOMEN AN» lilRI.S
On Pi’klay, .huie ai 4 ». in.,
in the tent, RIin, Herinon CavinosH
will speak to wo'inon and girls on a
very vital snhject particnlarly inter,
estlng to the feminine se.\. The sub_
jeet will be “How to Ueeome a Sue,
cessful Wife."
“That they may teach the young
woineii to be sober, to love tlieir hus
bands, to love their chHdreii, to be
discreet, chaste, keepers at home,
good, obedient to their own hits,
band.s, that the word of Cod be not
blasphemed."—1'ltus tJ: 4_.'i.
Board of County Convmissloners
w'lll meet In special session next
Tuesday, the 16th, Jointly witli the
road commission of Grove, Neills
Creek, Back River, Hectors Creek.
Buckhorn, Anderson’s Creek Bar
becue and Johnsonvil'le town
ships. This special meeting is be
ing held for the purpose of coming
to agreement over the appointment
of district road commissioners from
the Second, Third and Fifth county
road districts. Commissioners from
the First and Fourth districts were
agreed upon at the regular meeting
on the first Monday in this month
when R. S. Kelly of Duke was named
for the First district comprising
Averasboro, Duke and Stewart’s
Creek townslilps, and Walter P.
Byrd of Lillington was named as
commissioner for the Fourth district
comtprislng Lllington and Uipper
Llttle River townships.
The special session is necessitated
becaus(> of the fact that the Board
of .County Conumlssioners refused
to concur in the nominations
made by the township boards of
the Se^cond, Third and Fifth di.s-
tricls. The new countywlde
road law provides that the in
cumbent road commissioners in the
various townships shall meet In dis.
trlct session and name the new com,
missioners, and this, was done dur
ing May: but when the nominees
were reported to the County Board,
three of the nominations “fell down”
because of non-approval by the
County Fathers.
In the Second district, J. B. Ennis
of Grove was reported as nominated
by the dls'trlci session. In Hie Third
district. 'M. L. Ballard was‘reported
nominated. There seems to be a
T. N. Holmes of PInevlew, manager
of the 'large Sprunt farms, was
nominated. There sems to he a
scramble for the job o'! road com
missioner in tho.se districts, and it
is not at all unlikely that when the
sipeclal session convenes next Tues
day there will be large delegations
of citizens on hand to “have their
say” as to preferences for member
ship on the new county highway
c^mimission.
Esipeclally in the Fifth district
are there citizens who are concern
ed over the fact that the County
Board refused to confirm appoint
ment of Mr. Holmes. 'It .seems that
Mr. Holmes received the unanimous
endorsement and vote of tlie commi.s.
.sioners of the three large townships
in the Fifth district; but at the same
time, and while the ofllclals whose
prerogative it was to naime the new
commissioner were busy attending to
that duty, a member of the Board
of County Commissioners was also
busy writing to “his man’’ in Ander
son Creek township whom he wished
to have appointed. The Commis.
sioner doing the writing was J. G.
Layton and “his man” was P. A.
Cannady. Mr. Cannady was here on
the first Monday in this month to
see how things would shape up.
While there has been no doubt ex
pressed about Mr. Cannady’s ability
tc 'flu che position of district road
commissioner, yet there is much in
dignation on the part of citizens,
even in Mr. Cannady’s own township,
over the -fact that a member of
County Board should usurp his au
thority and endeavor to thwart the
prerogative .given by law to the mem
bers of the townshlip boards.
There is i»o other stated business
schedu'led to come before the County
Board at its special meeting next
Tuesday except the naming of the
road commissioners: but it is very
probable that other matters of a
more or less important nature may
come up for consideration.
WHY MINISTERS GET GRAY
Sunday collection in the First
Baptist church, Middletown, Conn.,
netted n $5 gold piece. The minister
was Just congratu'lating the church
for this unexpected donation when a
stranger presented himself.
"I want my gold piece back,”
announced. “I put it in the plate
by mistake."
The money wtas returned.
But the saddest blow of all was
when the unabashed man 'handed
the clergyman a
“honesty.’’
JUNK THE (THTH'AL .MONTH
IX ROLL WKEVIIi WARFARE
(By Tlio .National Boll W*evil Con,
tfoi Association)
'I'lie moutli of .luno in mo.sl parts
of the Cotton Bell wHl be a critical
period In the boll weevil contest. The
fanner who is enabled to protect or
defend his cotton plants the next few
weeks will get a sutllclenl number of
sonare.s to make some crop in spile
of whatever may liuppen liereafter.
Tlie farmer whose first squares are
punctured by Hie boll weevil will
stand a smal Ichaiice of maUliig col.
slant! a small chance of making a
cotton crop this year.
With Hie .squaring of the plant,
dusiing with calcium arsenate should
begin wherever a'^ many a.s 10 to I.")
lier cent of Hie squares show punc.
lures by boll weevil. If Hie percent,
age of piinciured .squares is not more
tnan 10 per cent at any given time,
du.sHug will be a noedle.ss expoiiso for
the !;,im‘ple reason that a large per.
centage of Hie sqiuires will drop un
der any circumstances and a 10 jier
cent infestation Is causing no dam.
age beyond this normal los*' by ; lied,
ding.
liacge Emergence
Reports from the observor.i of Hie
United States Depanmetii of Agri
culture ami the agricultural college.s
at typical points throughout Hie Col
ton Belt show that the emergence of
weevils from hibernation has been
rather largo in most places and below
normal at only one or two points.
Hence Hie pest is entering the period
of Its mosi serious deiiredatious in
rather targe numbers. What the de.
veloptuent will be during .lune wiM
dcipeiul in considerable degree tipoit
the weathe rcouditlous. The weather
the weather conditions. 'I'lie weather
during May was rather favoralile for
weevil development and if Hie June
weallier conditions are tlie average
of the last few years (omitting the
o.xcoptional weather of last June) the
farmer may expect a heavy attack.
The well informed and well lire,
pui'od farmer lias not omiltcd to pels.
Oil the weevils that were found feed
ing upon the leaf buds before the
plants began to square. 'I'liat farmer
has delayed the period of heavy in.
(e.stallon and Ills next slc*p will be to
use calciinm arsenate dust when Hie
weevHs punciure 10 to Hi per cent of
Hie squares.
The whole point of success in war.
f,'ire against Hie weevil is accuruo
observation upon the actual condl.
Hons prevailing at any given time.
There'is no lia.rd ami fust rule of iiiii.
versa) application which will control
the pest. There l.s no simple remedy.
Tliere is no dejul shot machine. It
is a matter of close attention, Hior-
ough understanding of weevil liab_
its and readiness to give instant ap.
plications of pol.son after the period
of sqiutring begins.
Evoiioiuy in Foisoning
Nor is there any invariable rule as
to the number of poisonings or Hie
Intervals between poisoning because
the need will vary as Hie weather is
favorable or miiavorable to tlio iii-
.soct. The wise farmer takes advan
tage of warm and drj' jicriods and
lets Hie weather ligli; the battle
against the weevil. Experience sliows
Hiat about .0 to 7 pounds of calcium
arsenate jier acre should 1)0 ii-ed at
each application and generally there
should 1)0 about Hiree applleations at
Hio rate of one every four days but
this rule i.s siHiJeci to modification
accordingly as to wliether it rtiin.-'
sl)orily after the poison has been ap
plied. In that case the poisoning
should be imniedlnlely repeated.
The sum of the poisoning oxperi.
ence i.s that if no more than 10 out of
100 squares show puncture there ia
no need to poison, but if more than
that percentage of squares are punc
tured it Is well to begin poisoning.
Throughout the season the poisoning
when properly made should keep the
infestation of squares well below 2.')
per cent until the crop is completely
made. If that is done the farmer will
have obtained a normal cotton cro)).
The prudent farmer will make
close observation from day to day,
will keep careful records, will have ii
plentiful supply of calcium urseuale
with a good dusting machine and will
quarter for his j ready to strike at the very instant
j of danger. Such a farmer nine times
out of ten wMl succeed in making a
CO-OPS SET GOAL
AT TWO HUNDRED
MILLION POUNDS
CAVINESS EVANGEL
ISTIC MEETING
Editor The New-
DR.LEIBY FINDS
iLARGE NUMBERS
1 am asking for space to congraiu- - _ —
late your town, in haviug this Evan.!Qp RQLL WEEVILS
jgf‘li.^lic puny to visit you. Noj
I gre.iler liles.'-iug could come youri'
' Wiiv. Now this is really a party.]
New Board in Action—Quickly 1 s,,... lust make a com.] Are More Numerous Now
LILLINGTON EVANGELISTIC
CAMPAIGN FOR CHRIST
Follows Wishes of Mem
bers As Expressed in
Big Annual Meeting
Than in Any Year at This
Season—Report From
Aberdeen
Aberdeen, June 7.—Weevils are
licr.soii" just make a com_i
patty, the Hilnl per.son makes a,
crowd or p:irty, ,iml the third per-;
sou is will) Hie>e good men. namely|
Christ Jesus. He says that where j
two arc g.itbered logelhor in my j
name, I wlM he in the midst. Where!
ever you see Mr. Cavlneas and ’,\lr.
Yelton you can plainly see Jesus In
the mlikst. These men are firm] in appearing in rather alarming uiini-
the faith that was once delivered' to]'hers in the cotton fields of Scotland
and Robeion countlo.s, says En
tomologist R. W. Leiby of the Slate
Exiperlment Station Laboratory here.
A search for weevils was made two
day.s ago on flflecii farms In these
counties. The entomologists exam.
rather accept every opportunity,, to j ined 10,000 cotton stalks and found
hear them. Each message delivered j weevils in evfery field they exam
ined. The average number of wee
vils fo'jud per a'cre was 155, the most
heavily infested field yielding at the
rale of 325 weevll.s per acre, and
the lightest infested field yielding
25 weevils per acre.
According to Dr. Leiby this In
festation is heavier for this season
of the year I'lian in any previous
the saints. They are preachin'g,
singing and living the old time -gos.
pel, ill tbe old time way “Praise the
Lord”.
Please don’t go and persecute
them, or stay *way and criticize, but
by the Evangelist will revive the
Christian and kindle that little sp-ark
that will grow until you are on fire
for God and his cause. God Is using
Bro. C'aviuess as the great heavenly
search light to find out "Where;.art
thou?" So please attend and find
where you stand, you may be hiding
behind .some false hope and we want
you to be sure that you know .God, jjjmJi.ai- season since the weevil ln_
knows iiiul Bro. Caviness knows, H] vuded the Slate. Ho thinks that
you don’t; go hear Hie messages nnd j niore than 60 per cent
give the;u your undivided and piay-|of tju, weevils have as yet left their
fill attention and we assure you quarievs aivd foum^’^'icolton.
great bles'diig’, lu .le-s-us’, name. Now 'j'),,, petvputage of weevils that siir-
>,oiue may sav that Bio. Cavities!; i.'ijvived the eomparallvely mild wln-
a Jew or Catholic, ollier.s say he l.si ajippars to be iinusually high,
pfeacltiit.g a new doctrine, Imi we ^ay putomoioglsis of the boll
unto you that he is a graduate f'obt j weevil laboratory here believe that
the King’s College, He has attained weevils arc sufficiently numer.
the highest honor, and the greatest' ^ ,.ggj menace iq the 'CoU
(By S. U. Frissell)
Adopting Hie slogan "2«0 million
pounds of tobacco for 1925" last
week, at tbolr fir.si meeting, the
newly elected hoard of the Tobacco
Growers Cooiierat Ivp Assoclnlioii,
wIioM* new members are all dirt
farmers, were quick to get into ac
tion wlHi policies recommended at
the recent record breaking annual
session of 1500 members at Raleigh, j
'I’o bring the maiiagcnnenl and the j
memibei'hhli) into class contact in car
rying on the bu.sines.s of the tobacco
.nssoclatiou, the board last week
agreed to i)ut Into effect I'.ie lesoUi-
Hen urged Ity Hio lueinber.-, iu annual
session wliicli create.-; an advisory
board lu each of tlie 22 districts cov
ered by Hie assoctailon in three
slates, consisting of the delegates
wlio^ are elected by Hie members
oacli' year to name llieir directors.
.'\ccording to the action of the
board Jlioso deleg.’.tes will meet with
the director ol each disirlci “quar
terly tind as often as the director
or a majority of the committee tliiiil:
advl,sable. It shall be Ibeir duty to
consider all mailers of policy and
tlu* persoiiiiol of Hie orgiinlzatlon
oiieratlng in Hieir dlsinci as ad.
' HHc that can be eonfereU upon any . crop. They point out, however,
.\noHiei' impoi'iani decision ot inO' naaimr r 4 tRorn ... . ^ t. , .j
, , , , ... cue. That ot auu'ng ti. tuorn jj J^,Jy w^ould
IK w y I fctei goieinmg ooa ‘ .\gcin) to hi.s name. With this title check the development of the first
to ).icco co-oi)s .i,.i ueo . •w.i,-' 0 'an. power sufficient to eniihle weevils and thereby lessen
on .HI pie..('iit su ts eguu i> ^■ p.im not to fear what man may say. i (),p potential danger to the crop even
ire abnormally
, ^ not to preach any thing among lyou ] j,gjjyyy
Horn dell\-!^^^,^ Christ Jesus, the world’s hope^
and Savior . Mr. Yelton is ttulyj PoLvoninR Begim
bhiglng the gospel. He is the most! Where' the cotton was 'beginning
consecrated mi*n ot his. age we ever] to show smalt forms or squares
know. Wp r,re admonished to crucify j poison was being applied to, the. bud
self and wordly thing.s, come 'out! end of the stalk. A mixture of
bacco to the association In 1925 i,g yg separate from them. Now! one pound of caiclnm arsenate, one
have any fear that deductions v.-ill j i.s just what these, men have] gallon of molasses aind one gallon
hi' madp from payments fo liim 1 -pyj^y ijcve paid the price,'and i of water was made and mopped on
iie.xt season’s crop to meet cialms nothing, when the plants. This method of poison,
which the association has “gainst, aer.lin.g is .approved by the entomolog-
him fur failure to deliver tobacco gyp,.y jesus. and theMsis when Hie cotton is small and
other cvo))s. ' humanity. Now if any must before the squares-are large enough
The !e..''(ieiuHon is looking to hirge ^ yjjg least degree, weiaski to breed a weevil grub. They also
increase of deliveries this year fo'l-; ,jj.^y yo„ per.secute the men. not ,the] approve the applying of pure cal.
lowing the assurunce.s of support j message ot our Lord. They liko.elum ausenate with a dusting ma_
from 111 leprcs.'iitatlve members inipj^p, able and willing to boar It olilne. Only one treabment Is re,
anmiitl session. , fqj. glory of Jesus.' . garded as worth while at this sea
In assuring nmmbers who have' just change the word per.-iecuie Latter applications
failed In past years to make full ov , praver, and pray for them and .'^^ Prison by dusting are recom-
partial deliveries of tobacco to the ' me. pray foi a great awak-!''*'®"‘^®‘* about ten per cent o
cooperative warehouses that no de.„ miguty revival, in and punctured which the
ducilons will be made from their | Lillington.' This revival will'
1925 lohaoeo, Hie governing body of ; your tow-n and fov around July 25.
the toliacco asso'clutloii have taken I jyjQ glory of ,7esus. This is the earn.* Dr. Leiby reports that the larger
a deiinlte step towards their goal of prayer of the writer. cotton growers
nsboelation and to rigidly enforce the, determined! yyjQugyj ^yj^ jygydg
■ u'ketlng contract in the courts but
m
to (I'Mliict no penalties
erlos of tobacco of the 1925 crop!
from Hui-e who have failed to make]
delivi'i'ies in other years. ;
By this action of the new board,
no iui'iiHk-'.' who delivers liis to-
Rev. Hermon 'Cavluess, director.
Gaviness Party:-Rev. Hermon Cav-
inesH, Mrs. Hermon Cavluess, J.
Charles Yelton, director; Mi.ss Ruth
Johnson, pianist.
Oifieers; O. L. Johnson, chairman;
John D. Johnson, vice chairman; J.
G. liayton, vice chairman;, J. B. Tug-
well, vice chairman; M. T. Spears,
recording secretary.'
Cum'mittee chairmen:
Prayer meeting; B. P. Gentry.
Bible Study: W. P. Byrd.
Music: Professor Bunn.
Extension: Rev. J. F. Menius.
Chief usher: tNelll Salmon.
Printing: 'Henderson 'Steele.
Nursery: Mrs. J. W. Phillips, Mrs.
Tlun McCoy.
Finance: W. T. Spence.
Personal work: -Rev. H. L. Hen.
drteks.
Transportation; S. B. Caviness.
Enertalnment: H. T. Atkins.
Building: M. C. Upchurch, W. L.
Senter, W. M. 'W'adsworth.
SUPERIOR COURT
BEGINS MONDAY
FOR SPECIAL TERM
NORTH CAROLINA PAIP.S
AND THEIR DATES FOR 1925
in Scollaml
;ii() millioti pounds of tobacco in the
coming beafson.
Mrs. R. J. Newton.
Heiidersoti. N. C.
ABSTRACTS BEING! OPPORTUNE RAINSi
ROUNDED OUT BY FRESHEN UP
THE TAX LISTERS!CROPS IN COUNTY|
i 1
Work of Listius Valuations in |Reported That Hail Did Some;
the County is Nearing Close. ! Damage in Certain Sections. |
Abstracts Show Evidence
of Increase
Practically All Crops Are
Benefited by Showers
CM your lead peocUn at The News I cotton crop in .‘ipite of the heaviest
nlWnr - air for a qkuirter. I recorded infestation of weevil.
Tax Lislor (Jliarlos Rich of Lining,
ton lownslilp is rounding uip- the ab
stracts of listed laxables iprVpovatory
to filing his report with CoanTy Au
ditor Pou Bradley next Monday. He
says Hiere is evidence of an increase
in property valuaiioiis lu this town
ship—not to any very great extent,
but that property owner.s have ex.
hiliited a disposition to 1st properly
at figures 'more nearly reipresentlng
material worth,
Tlu- li.siing this year has been con.
siderably more prompt than in for.
mer years, he says. Whereas In for
mer years the time for listing would
sllip by and find largo numbers of
properly owners delinquent in filing,
this year has seen practically all
owners coming forward In lime and
giving In their properly for taxation,
'I'liis same is reported as true in all
townships and it is expected Hial the
reports of listers to be filed next
.Monday will tbe more coiiuplele than
ill former years.
Tax listers must have their ab.
.stracls in Hie office of the county
j audiioi this month so that the sum
1 total of viUuations can be arrived at’
I and set before the tCouniy Com'mls-
.sioners. That board will sit in July
as an equalization board and hear
complaints for revaluation. It is in
August that the tax levy is made.
Thunder showers which began in
various portions of Harnett county
last Saturday and cqntlnued inter
mittently till-Tuesday evening have
done much toward bringing princi
pal crops to a Ibetter condition. The
corn crop was suffering mostly horn
the drouth, but other crops such as
young tobacco and cotton that 'had
not gotten under way since the cool
opells gave it such a setback, were
beginning to hhow signs of needing
moisture.
Report from the upper western
portion ot the county stales that a
hailstorm last Saturday evening |dld
much damage to all crops in i its
path. It did not cover a wide area,
however, and plants that suffered
the stroke are expected to recuper
ate with Hie warm weather.
’ Although there has been no largo
amciint of water falling over any
large territory, the .soft shower.s are
expected to be worth thousands ot
dollars to Harnett farmers.
and
; Rohe.soii counties are imioh con
cerned at the number of weevils
' found on Hieir cotton at this sea
son of the year. Most ot them are
preparing to fight the weevils intel
ligently. They have 'fertilized
■heavily, applied their soda early,
are planning to- cnliivale intensely,
and have bought dusting machines
and poison to u.se when the weevils
begin to affect the crop seriouaily.
One farmer stated that Hie weevils
would have to cross his dead body
before he would consider htmself
whipped by the weevil. Another
cotton grower, J. T. John, of John’s
Station, who grows a thousand acres
ot cotlcs, has employed' James TarL
ton to help him fight the weevil
sclentlfica'lly. For the past three
summers. Mr. Tarlton has tbeen em
ployed by the entomologists here as
field assistant In the peach curculio
anj boll weevil work. He will make
regular examinations of the John’s
cotton fields and supervise the ap_
lilying ot the poisons.
GASTON WORKING ON'
TUBERCULOSIS PROBLEM
Since the Introduction in 1922: of
the lionor club system In Roose'veltj
Junior Hl'gh School, Springfield,
Ohio, the number of students aver,
aging 90 per cent or better increased
from 5 10.22 per cent. AH the other
junior higli schools in, the city are
now using a similar plan to stimu
late scholarship.
Sanatorium, N. C., June 10.—A
committee from the Gastlon County
Board of Commisisloners, headed by
Mr. J. L. Beall, with 'Miss Fay
Davenport, Superintendent of Public
Welfare, .md Mrs. Margaret Laws
Walker, Red Cross Nurse, visited
Saniloriiim June .1. to talk over plans
and possibilities for Gaston’s tuber-
ciHo.sis citizens.
Gaston County has a large number
of pcraon.s who are afflicted with
tubercu'Irtsi.s. The County Commis.
stoners are attempting in every way
possible to care for these people.
Within the -next few years they ex
pect to vote on a bond is>ue for the
erection of a county sanltorlum for
the treatment of tuberculosis. For
the present they are trying to solve
their problem as best they can with
the aid of the State 'Sanltorlum.
county, health, public welfare, and
charitable agencies.
Western North Carolina Agricultu
ral Exposition, As'heville, L. D.
Thrash, secretary, Nov. 10-14.,
Buncombe County Fair, Asheville,
E. W. Peiirsoii, .secretary, Oct. 5-10.
Albeinai-'Ie Fa'ir, Elizabeth City, C.
W. alls, Oct. 6.10.
Cabarrus County Fair, Concord,
Dr. T. N, Spencer, secretary, Oct.
13-17.
Cape Fear Fair, Fayetteville, R.
M. Jackson, secretary, Oct. 20-23.
Carolinas Exposition, Charlotte, J.
C. Patton, Secretary, Sept. 21-Oct.O.
Carolina-'Vtt. Fair, Mt. Airy, E. M.
Llnville,' secretary, Oct. 13_16.
Catawba Pa'lr, Hickory, Mrs. J. W.
Robinson', secretary, Sept. 29.0ct 2.
!. Central Carolina Pair, Greensboro,
P. N. Taylor, secretary, Sept. 29.
Oct. 3,
Chatham County Fair, Siler City,
Mrs. P. H. Elkins, Oct. 13-16.
Cherokee Indian Pair, Cherokee,
J. L. Walters, secretary, Oct. 6_9,
, Chowan Fair Association, Edenton,
E. Copeland,, president, Oct. 13.17.
■Cleveland County Fair, Shelby, J.
S. Dorton, secretary. Sept, 2910ct 3.
Coastal Plain- Fair, Tarboro, L. D.
Hargrove, Oct. 27-30.
■ Hargrove, secretary, Oct. 27-30.
Columbus County Pair, Whltevillc,
Bruce Pierce, secretary, Oct. 27-3().
Forsyth County^ Pair, Winston.
Salem, F, J. Lilipfert. Oct. 6-9.
, Franklin County Pair, Louisburg.
A. H. Flemlnig, secretary, Oct. 6.10.
Gaston County Pair, Gastonia.
Fred H. Allen, secretary, Oct. 6.10.
Golden Belt Pair, Henderson, J.
C. Anthony, secretary, Oct. 6-9.
Halifax County Fair, Weldon, W.
H. Joyner, secretary, Oct. 13_17.
Johnston County Fair, Smithfield,
Robert A. Wellons, secretary.
Kinston Pair Association, Kinston.
W. T. Kyzer, secretary, Oct. 6-9.
Littleton Agrlcutura'l Fair, Lltlie.
toii, T. R. Walker, Jr., secretary.
October 20-24.
Mebane Four County Pair, Mebane,
W. S. Crawford, secretary, SepliMii.
her 15-19.
North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh,
R-aleigh, B. V. Walborn, manager,
October 12-17.
Pitt County Fair Association,
Greenville, W. H. Dali, Jr. Octo
ber 13-16.
Randolph County Fair, .'\shel)oro.
W. C. York, Sept. 22_26.
Roanoke Pair, Wllliamston, H. M.
Poe,' manager, Rocky Mount, Novem
ber 326.
Roanoke-Chbwai) A^r. AjsocIa;Uoii’,
Woodland, G., P. Burgwyn, Oct. 619.
Robeson. County Fair, Luimberton,
W. O. .’Thompson, secretary, Septem
ber 2 9_Oct2.
Rockingham County Fair, Leaks-
yllle, K. T.^ Smith, secretary, Sep.
ternher 8-121
Rocky Mt, Fair Association, Rocky
Mt., N. y. Chamberlibs, September
29_Oct. ?.
Putheriford County Pair, Rubber,
fordton, '!)! C. Erwin, Oct. 6.9.
Sampson County Pair, Clinton, T.
B. Smith,'secretary, Nov. 3-7.
iShndhllli Fair, Plnehurst, Chas W.
FIcquet, .secretary, Oct. 27_30.
Southe'aittern Fair, Wilmington,
Herbert C.^ Wales, secretary.
Toe Rijyor Pair, Spruce Pine, W.
M. Wlsemtiq, secretary, Sept. 15-19.
Waynej County 'Fair, Goldsboro,
W. C. D.Mimark, secretary, October
27-30. ;; ' 
W'ilsnoi County Pair, Wilson, R.
J. Qrantliam, secretry, Oct. 20-24.
Yudklni pounty Fair, East Bund,
N. G. Hutchens, Oct. 13.16.
Two Weeks of Civil Session
With Judge Lyon Presiding
—Calendar Shows Some
Cases of Ancient
Origin
Special June term of Harnett Su
perior Court'will convent nevt Mon
day morning, the 15, at 10 o’clock,
with Judge 0. C. Lyon of Elizabeth
town presldl'itg. The term, which
will continue for two weeks, wiUi be
for the trial of civil cases e.\cluslve_
ly. The calendar as prepared and
mailed out by Clerk Cbaffln contalns-
106 cases, shheduled as follows:
Monday, 15th, 16 cases; Tuesday,
16th, 12 cases; Wednesday, 17th 6 '
cases Thursday, 18th, 10 cases; Fri
day, 19th, 10 cases; Monday 22nd,
10 cases; Tuesday, 23, 10 cases;
Wednesday, 24th, 10 cases; Thurs
day, 26th, li cases; Friday, 26, 11
cases.
This specia term, like the March
special term,, will turn off the calen.
dar some of; t'hose cases ’of ancient
origin which'have clung to Hie dock
et for many,'years. At the special
March term a good' bunch of old cases
was disposed of, ami It Is^ expected
that the June term will relieve' the
clerk’s ofllco of the duly of calendar
ing a great many more of the aged
cases. There are some on the June
calendar thai have made appearance
continually for the past five or six
years.
One case an the June calendar Is
brou'gihl ii:p from Su'inpson county,
from w.heuC'3 there is a smack of
1 political antagonism. The Board of
County Convmlssloners^of the huckle
berry county' are being sued by the
Manufacturers Trust Co., and, it is
said that a regular hearing cou'ld not
be secured down there because of the
complex political "situation In offlcial.
dom. This case is set for first call
on Monday, June 22nd, and is expect
ed to attract, considerable attention.'
Jurors for] the June term, as well'
as the calendar of cases to be heard,
have been published in The New.s.
HARNCTT ALUMNI
OF BUIES CREEK
TO HOLD MEETING
To Discuss Plan of Raising En
dowment Fund foi" School
—Prominent Speakers
to be Present
To bring education to children in
remote frontier settlements of the
Province jjo|f Saskatchewan, Canada,
Che Outtpost' Correspondence School
has been /organized by the iprovlncial
department! ot eduifatlon. The course
covers worjk for grades ‘1 to 8, in
clusive. Some oif the children thus
taught liviermore than 25 miles from
an organfizefl school.
On Friday night of this week, in
the girl.s’ dormitory, the alu'mni of
Buie’s Creek in llainell county will
hold a meirling. Hie purposes ,and
aims of which is to formuale plans
whereby a campaign may be carried
out In tbe raising of the proposed
$50 OOO or $109,000 for the school.
The Harnett alumni do not propose
to raise all of this fund themselves,
but 'With a determination to have a
decidedly important part in the rais
ing of it that the meeting is called.
There are In the county several hun
dred alumni’ and. e-ich of them, is ex
pected to come Into the campaign
with all his persona! prestige and in
fluence so that the fund when raised
will express not only the universal ■ ,
develoipment of the alma mater by
the former students, but also that it
will embody the personal touch with
the ^institution which every student
Is expected to sustain.
The meeting wiU be held in the
dining hall of the girls’ dormitory..
The hour is 8:00 o'clock. Speakers
of prominence from among Hie ,
ranks of the alumni will ho preseut.
as also from the board of trustees.
Supper will be furnished free.
At the alumni banquet during
commencement, P. Hunter Creech
Esq., president of' the Alumni Asso
ciation. stated that already $4,500
had been pledged toward this fund,
and he expressed assurance that.the
w'hole amount would be pledged
within a few months. The spirit of
the fonmer students attending the
commencement this year was fine,
and there was enthusiasm at every
mention of service to tbe alma mater.
Those who know of the Buie’s Creek
spirit are not at all doubtful' that Mr.
Creech uttered a safe ipredlction
when he staled that the fund will be
forthcoming shortly.
Professor J. A. Campbell, who has
been 111 practically ever since com.
mencement, Is, able to be up and
about, much to the gratification of
the thousands of friends of Bule’a
Creek Academy.