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iJi ' £15 ES ■ m ♦ J aP^r ’1 - ^ f>( ■' V 1 .t u , ! I*... . •*. -I V4t..'.“‘/'r,'4f-.-v u \.r^ii.^i-\ ^v. r V ’* i ' . . . « . y, •> ■ I ^ In r- HARNETT COUNTY NEWS DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY, AND OF THE STATE GENERALLY. Vol. VII—No. 47 $1.00 PER YEAR—Be A COPY Lillington, N. C., Thursday, November 26, 1925 44 If It Concerns Harnett, IPs in THE NEWS" NcAitan Bond €nse h MANY CIVIL CASES WITH GUN DISPOSED OF IN Settled in Compromise Harnett County Treasury Gets Thirty Thousand Dollars Cash and Certificate of Deposit for $5,000—New Amsterdam Cas ualty Company and Former Sheriff McArtan Jointly Settle Claim in Compromise Judgment—AH Parties Satisfied and Ex-Sheriff Released from Further Liability. Uol>beis raiiy Monday morning' INJURES TWO OF farced an enirance info the Angler ■ SUPERIOR C0URT'..‘“I'l'■"'L.?!,'’.'Iir',!:iHIS KINSWOMEN TAXES COLLECTED I securing between $400 and $500 in stamna and about $75 in cash. The laai'e was moved to the roar of the Unusually Heavy Docket Re-'ofnee and the heavy dl.sch.arge o£ ' explosive, snposed to have been dy- lieved of Much Burden— Judgments and Nonsuits Entered The llarneit county treasury gein thirty thousand dollars In caslt and ;i ceriiticato of deposit for liv‘ thousand tiollars out of a eonipro- njise setllemeni effected in Superior Court Monday when the issue be- fwe«n Kx-Sherlff J, W, McArtan and Harnett county, submitted to the Jury wilhoiii argumeiii. war returned answered in tlie sum above stated. The jiulgnteui was immediately sign ed hy Judge W, A. Devin. A ceriilied check for $a0.00l) and a cashier's check for $.'.0uu were turned over with the Judgment to Clerk of Court 1., M. Chattln and the eertillcaie i»t deposit held against the receivers of the bank also aniomatlcaliy hecuiiie the property of the county. Spear- & Hicks, receivers of the Harnett County Trust Company, in which bank the $.'.,000 was held, havt- $1,500 In dividends npoii the ceril- ticate of deimslt whlcli they will Iin mediately pay into the county treas ury. The recf-ivers state that the> expect the defunct bank to pay tn least .50 per cent, or probably more; in which case the eoiiuly of Harnett will actually get $:s;i.r»oo out of iiie Judgment -igned ..Mcnday. New Amsif-rdaui Casualty t'oiii- paiiy was the surety on the l)outl rtf the -x-slierlff, and suit was iusti- luted l>y the county to recever $.'>t;.' 453,02 alleged shortage in accounts with $2.5u0 pen.alty for failure to comply with law in reutleriiig ac counts, Till- report of the special auditors employed lo liivesilgaie the former sheriff's accounts for the year I92:i gave $3-i.0:D:,8S as the aiiiouiil of penalties which Mr, .McAriaii had allowed to run against him. but the county's attorneys decided not to in Hi-,1 upon anything about w’hleh there might arise a lechnic.'iliiy, The special jindii wjis mtide by Ooodno .'i Steele, public accountants of Utilidgli, Terms under which the settleineiii was effected were that the boiidliu'. company should pay $2ri.t)0(i, .Mr. McArtan should pti.v $a.0(lit, :tul that tlie c.Ttlllcato of deposit should be turned over lo I lie county. All of these lerms were mei before the Judgment was signed. It Is fnriher agreed that the .New Amsterdam Casualty Company Is lo release .Mr. ^IcArtan from any claim it might have against him on account of tlie alleged default. The couuiy of Har nett also releases the former sheriff from any further claim It might have. It Is also stated that Mr .MoArtan has in his hands checks to tlie amount of ■ibont $1.5.000 which were given him by various persons in tlic county In settlement of their taxes but which checks were refused discount tit the banks upon which they were drawn. It is staled, through other sources .han from the former slieriff’s staie- menl, hut upon undoubted autlioriiy, (hat Mr. .McArtan was given checks in proposed settlement of la.xes liy •lorne of the iiujst prominent per sons in the eouiiiy w'liose checks were not worth the paper they were written upon at the time and have never been since. Friends of the ex-sherlff have Insisted all the wliile that the above stated cireumsiaiice was the greatest handicap uiidi-r which Mr. McArtan worked while he held office. .Another reason advfmced liy the ex-sherlfl's friends for his default was that he was such a conscieiulons and efficient officer liiat he world spend moneys coming to his office In the county’.s interest; .and although he might have been at the time act ing in a capacity beyond Ills aii- ihority, yet be acted for the welfare of the county. These expenditures, when placed before the Hoard of (bounty Commissioners for approval and allowance, w'ere refused. Tints the sheriff found iiimself in tlie po sition of spending money in the county’s behalf and ,his superior i-xeculives “turning him down" on rei^uest for settlement. Friends of Mr. McArtan point out that this was -.xlremely unfair, and that If iliere was misappropriation of funds, the misappropriation was in tUo county’s interest, and none otherwl.se. This Is no doubt true. What procedure. It any, will be taken by Former Sheriff McArtan to realize on the worthless cliecks in bis possession is not known. It now rest.s ns a matter between him indi vidually and the persons who gave him the chl'ck^, The county drops out of the controversy. ;iitd so doe. I lie bonding comimiiy. Tlioiisands of dollars la uncol lected taxes on the lit2.‘5 books will reiiiiilii “in statu (|uo" until such time as the county may sec lit to at tempt to collect. Numbers of items on these books are held against liromiiieiit la'ople. Of course no |)foi>eny iigtilnsl which taxes are lodged and iiii|)aid can be transfer red ill ownershij) till all l.axes are paid .It is probably tliroiigii this pro- ce.s,-, iliiii the county will gel siicli tiixes iiH are due and iiii|>:iid on llie Hi2.‘I books, III the .seiilcmoni elfected here .Monday the coiiiiiy of Harnett coinoi- out in good .shape. In the opinion of .'ill who have been beard to discusi the case, .No one has been heard i.) .idvatice the oiiliilon that the peoplt of tin; eoiiiiiy. or any portion oi them, would want .Mr. .McArtan fur Iher embai'i'assed. 'I’liai the settle- ineiii meets with general approval i/ evidenced by ihe nnivorsar expres sion of opinion iluii Harnett eounl.s lia-. drivi-ti a good trade in Ihe com promise judgnieai. With .it leti.si $;:2.UtiO cash, 1. i-. fell that the pub lie iri-asury is really the winner. Aitorney.s appealing In lieluilf ol .Mr, .McArtan were; .1, It. llaggetf, Clifford a Townsi-nl, II. ij, Oodwtn. Caviness Krowii. .Mordecal & .Salmon. County .-Miorney Mtirshall 'I'. .Sppar^ and former County Attorney M. F. Young represented the county. The (iiiestioii of me alleged short age of former Sheriff .i. W. MeArtati was made an is.sue in Hie Democralie primary campaign of I .'124. 'I'he sheriff svas an active caiididtite in Ihe primarle-. to siieceed hlmselt'. Some of Ills .Tiiponenis secured from Hie county auditor .i labulalioii ol Hie eouiity’.s fax liiiances piirporliiig to prove tli:ii Hie sheriff wfis short in his .'leeoiiitls. Tli(> iiiiiouiil :iilegt-d tlK'ii was about etiiitil to Hial reported by the specljil auditors. Tlie sheriff imslied Ills etindldaey willi miieh vigor, with the re.siilt that lie was nominated. It was not until the general elect Ion eanipalgii was tilioiH to open ill Ihe fall of 1P24 that Air. .McArtan was persniKled by his friends to withdraw. A. F. Fowler’s name was placed on Hie ticket in place of Air. AlcArtau. Judge W. A. Devin has been mak ing a record in civil court here this ,week in the disposal of cases on the ' docket. Starting off last week w'llli j an unnsiiiilly heavy docket, and with one ca.se ttiking the entire time of two day.s, not mucli progress was made during the llrsl week of Hie term. Hut for lost time the conn jiainlie was muffled w'ith a bundle ' of rags. The poslofflce is situated In 1 the main business section" of town. The late hour of the robbery allowed ■ the looters to get away without j arousing anyone. Deiective.s are ’ working on clues. TRI-STATE POOL Hoostei' McDouffald Shoots Annio xnd Dollie McDoug- aid. His Aunts, With .3:2 Calibre Pistol and Flees II. (.’DLI.V MATTHEWS IS f'LAIMEI) ItV DEATH .Mr. H. Colin AlalHiew.-,. one of Hio IMetisant I'nioh com mini'll y’s iiifost v/orthy and upright ciHzens, died Iasi Thur.sday morning at one o’clock ill his home on Mr, \V. A. Green's I'lnee. Funeral wiis held Friday at 2 o'clock, sm vioe being condueied by Uev. I.ee .loliiison. Interment was at IMeasnni Hiiion Deceased leaves a wife !ind Hiree small eliiUlren. Mrs, Miilthews is Hie daiigbler of .Mr. and Mrs. A. |V. Gregory and she tind her children will make Hieli- homo with her prtrenls, at Hule’s Crock. , Mr, .MaiHiews was a son of Mr. and iMi's. .1. D. Matthews .'ind was .1-1 years of .ige .at tin- time of his death. He was known as a man of oxem plary ehuracier, honest and slralghl- forwnrd in all his dealings, and his neighbors .siieak of him in the very liighe.si lernif:. Air. W, A. Green, on whose farm he lived. Is generous In- (leed In lil.s ))raise of Mr. Matthews, and say-1 that he ihaa never ktiown a man in whom he had greater confi dence. The eoinmiinily w.is grieved ill Ills death. Mr, .Matthews letives hosldes his wife and three children, ji father and mother, one sister and four hroHior.s, The floral irlhutes Hint attested Hie community’s high estimate of the de ceased were many and heaulitul. The funeral was aileiided by a large aud ience. CARD OF THANKS -Mooaler McDougald, negro man, living on D. A. Patterson’s place Ini Upper Little River township ran| MAKES HUGE SALE I Tuesday morning and the victims- ofi his rampage were his two auntsii ! Annie and Dollie McDougald. An:* liiis made good this week. .About i Get* $3,542,204.50 For Fifteen « m-r ■»„. II,(. I,U .«.o« on .I,,-! Million Pounji of Tol..«o docket 'have been disjiosed ol, and j a good many of ihcin by trial. Non suit and consent Jndgmeni was en tered in a,good many cases: but the fact tbai they are finally disposed of will relieve the docket of Hi.'it much eneumbranee, Of 1925i r tr Crop (By a. D. Jprissein Record .sale.s of' tobacco received from the present crop by the Trl- Universally favorable comnieni if-1 State pool have marked the begln- Hio rule in regard lo Judge Devin’s i j,jn^ of fourth season accord- fairness ana ImparHaliiy in handingt)„p |„ Richard R. Patterson. Gen- out Justice in his court. The .liidgelprjjj Manager of the marketing as- l^ very iiopnlur In Harneti and the [ ,,,,(,1^1011, wlio ha.s just announced fact that this term ends his jurisdlc-j nm, exactly 15.075 hogshead.s, over tion hero for five years is cause i i.'i.ooO.OOO pounds- of the associa- regret. j tion’s receipts of 1925 tobacco from The following cases have been South Carolina, belt have been po.sed of: Hold for prices hlglily advantageous J. 1$. fJiiehaiiaii vs. A. R. Kugg.■^ 1 |o ,|je organized tobacco farmers. , et ill. Judgment for plaintiff. oiit of this .season’s total dellver- R. .M. Turlington & Co, v-*. .1. A.,;^.^ ,-,f 25..500.000 pound.s by South MeLamb el al. Nonsuit. ICarollnu members of the' Tobacco R. F. Young. Rec. vs. 1’,. F. I.ang-• Cooperative Association, the duo. .ludgmeiil for plnintifl’. r j_ Reynolds' Company, Liggett, R. F. Young. Rcc. vs, .1. T. Wilson, Myers Tobacco Company., the Judgineiit for plaintiff. [ Kxport Tobaeeo Company, J. P. Tay- 'C. W, Andrews .'I' Bros. vs. Wil-ijoj. Company and L. L. Straus Com- lliiiiis .Supply Co. Nonsuit, | pany have purchased -three-fifths of C. P, Godwin et ttl. vs. M, .M. ler ipu the redried stocks. nie McDougald was not hurt so ser-i lously, but Dollie McDougald is 'ln| the hospital for colored people aij ‘Fayetteville suffering from a ‘danger;, OU.S wound. A bullet entered herj body through the groin and plowed; its way almost to the'surface of tho; lower part of her back. Ex'amlna-, tlon by Dv. J, "W. Phllllpa showed' that she would need surgical skill' I Th total amount of 1926 taxes collected by H. A. Turlington, Tax Collector, Harnett County,, to No vember j 16th and paid to j; P. Brad ley, Coimiy Auditor: ! Anderson Creek $ 1,218.92 Averasboro 16;B72.4'7 Barbecue 2,256.55 Black River 4,221.54 Buckhorn 3,128.65 Duke 4,746.27 G.i’ove 10,608.41 Hector’s Creek 4,042.80 J'ohnsonvllle 1,162.40 ‘Llllington 2,897.17 'Neill’s .;Creek 4,442.81 Stewart’s Creek 5,710.7'! Upper - Little River 9.289.6^ Corporations 1.54 Total' $69,283.80 , Turned over to auditor November 2'3—$28,454.90, making total $97,- 738.70. .fudgmeni for plain-1 nlgan, Admr tiff. lieu Joliiison vs. William Drangh- on ot al. .fudginont for iilulnllff. A, F.-Pringle Inc. v.-;., Ellis Gold stein, Set for first case in '»e heani at February term. ■ R. F. Young, Rec. vs. C. M. Town send et nl. Judgment for plaintiff. E. F. Young, Rec. vs. H. D. Row- More than 1500 new' members of I the association in '6(outh Carolina reaped the beneflts of orderly mar keting by Ihe cooperative method this year, their talt^has been "fully jitstilied according to the Ogures at which their tobacco .sold to the big cu.siomers of tho Tri-State peol, these paid a total of $3,542,204.50 for ilieir total purchases of the cooperative weed or an average ofi COUNTY GETS IN BIGGEST CHECK EVER RECEIVED JUDGE DEVIN TO GIVE DECISION IN WRATHERS CASE Two Groupg of Heirs Suing for Title to Land ef ^Family Who Were KUled at Railroad Crossing Decision in the noted Weathera case Is left to Judge "W. A. Devin by virtue of an agreement of counsel here Tuesday In Superior .Court when the case came on for trial. Judge to save her life. ' v • ^ Tho sihootlng was reported to! “■•^*** Cotton Mills Company -Sheriff Fowler about noon Tuesday and he dispatched deputies to the' scene in order to apprehend of possl-; ble the perpetrator of 'the crime. Me-;; Dougald' fled as - soon as he h.ad; shot the-women, but it is thonglitrhe Avlll; be cauglu because he ' had soinei money in a bank at Broadway or in. Sanford !'and he made away in that direction; immediately after the shooting. It is not known what caused tho fracas. The women while under ex amination here could give no reason' for the man’s bad acting. A bullei. that lodge in the flesh of Annie Mc Dougald was picked ont by -Dr. Phill ips, and he stated that she was.noi, seriously, injured. The other womanij the physician explained, is In bad shape. FREE-WELBAFFIST PLEADS HIS CASE BUT LOSES OUT Hand* Turlngton iU Vouch er for $52,253.33 For 1925 Tax Levy Tax Collector Henry A. Turling ton took in the heaviest check Moil day that has ever come Into' the Hai*- land ot al, Judgment for plaintiff, j pg,. imndred pounds redrled. j John Anna Johnson vs. W. A ' (.ompares lo an average price of Stewart. Nonsuit. approximately S16 a hundred pouudr H.ivnoti County Agricultural Fair! farmers ot South Carolina Association vs. Benton Matthews. for tob.'icco to the auction floors. Judgment for plaintiff. Tobacco from the old bright belt Barni's tXr Holliday ,Co. vs, R. H-,of Virginia and North Carolina Is Strickland. Judgment for plaintiff. | j-euchiug the association’s mai'kei.s Angler Bank & Trust Co. vs. T, J-jj,, increasing quantities. The mem- Matlhaws,, Two ca.ses. jiiilgment In both cases for Pl^lutlff. ^ fall,sewing of grain nett county treasury in payment of taxes. The check called for $52!r 253.3:1 and w'as in payment of ih'o 1925 tax levy on property'! of the Erwin ICot'ton 'Mills OonVpany of Duke. The cotton mills company is by far the heaviest taxpayer in ih'e county and this year’.s payment 5s by many, thousands greaterijthan any they have over paid before." Brec- tloh of a new mill and hundreds of company dwellings in the mill- town together with the increased' levy fo 1926, was the cause for the com pany’s* !ncrea.se(i^ payincuH | /The mills company’s check cover.s levies In various townships as fol lows; Duke. $51,779.08: AVerasborO, $56.13; Grove, $367.74; lillllnglon. $12,28; Stewart Creek. $265; Upper Little iRiver. $36,45 The next largest check received by Rev. Willie Pope of Dunn Filed , the tax collector on 1925 taxes came His Answer to Suit on Note, But Didn’t Get to Court in Time I from the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road Company ye.sierday. It called for $21,1«1.91, "With these two big cliecks in the troasury -the total tax colle,ctions to date amount to iibonl $17.5,000. Rev. Willie Pope. Free-Will Bap-, THE CHILDREN’S H03IE ilT GnEEN.SBOKO MAKES APPEAL Palmetto Grocery Co. vs. Fred j tist minister of near Dunn lost his, Jeniigan & Co. Judgment for plain- j^g picking in Central North In Superior Court here Tues-^* Carolina, are taking full advantage day when be failed to put In appear-1 This instituliqn at Greensfjovo rop; of the 65 per cent advance which al- as the case camo on be to resents a high type of service devoted tiff. E. F. Young. Rec. vs. C. I. John •■oil. Judgment for plaintiff. ready compare.s very favorably with ‘ Iteard. The minister, was being exclusively to the homeless! children G. T. McIntyre et al. Rees, vs, J., j^j^g auction markets -^wed by the holder, of a note which' of North ‘Carolina. Wc live in an 1.. Thompson Co, of al. Jupdgment | jj, certain to be followe by fur-'>t^ had given to a motor car com-'era of desire to perform service of for plaintiff. payments, according to (be 'P?^«y in Wilson. Plaintiff was rep- constructive type to any boy or girl R. F. Young, Rec, vs. Robert Beas-1 management of the big cooperative, i resented by Attorney Little of Wll-|so unfortunate as to be denied' th'B ley. Judgment for plaintiff. ' Fully seven million pound's of dark j soo and Attorney Jernlgan-of Dunn. | care and protection of his or'her own Standard Rand & Ornvei Corpora-' flrod Virginia tobacco were signed up: The mlni.ster employedV, no law-^,'parents." tlon vs. A, W. MoClay et al. Judg-llast month for another five years on ! Y^r to represent him, but filed his! In the course of each year there men I for plaintiff. the new contract which calls for 75 , o'rti answer in the suit. I When.the are found hundreds of children whb Marvin Wade Co, ot nl. vs. S. D. per cent of the entire production of, case wan called Tuesday morning would jsnffer In the midst of plentlt -Hawley et al. Judgment for plain- dark fired Virginia tobacco and for; Brother Pope was not! In court and and piiosperiiy were it not! for the llff, deliveries of .all tobacco to the asso-j Judge Devin allowed;,a Judgment to constant attention given by the R. L. Godwin vs, G. M. Tilghman, i elation from the lands of members be entered against! him.' ' Shortly | workei.s,'/for the lOhlldren’.sij Home Judgment for plaintiff. j from 1927 to 1931. This announce-., afterward,, how.ever, the. minister Every'^imonth produces it.s quota of ■First National Bank of Dunn vs.! nicnt by the organUatlon committee' came ln,!and begged that the Judg-J deserteJd .children from Infan'ls to ftve L. W. Godwin el Ux. Judgment tor | of the dark fired ' tobacco grower.- ment be set aside and ,the case re-, and'six'years old boys and girls., All plaintiff. I was made at-their meeting last week opened, 1 Judge ,Devin explalnd to' these'^'walfs ’ llnd n welcome at -,the| 'Mr.s. B, L. Dailey vs, Willie Pop'^ in Farmville, Virginia, and was fol- him'" that In.asmuch us he admitted receiving home in'Greensbotjo whero| ot Ux. Judgment or plaintiff. j lowed by a resolution expressing, sat-j executing ftie-note'no wrong could" they are cheerfully nursed jback. toi II. M. Barefoof vs. Johnson Cotton; isfacilon in the fact that 17 per cent come to him. The parson,.claimed -normab physical condition. After; re-, Co, Judgment for plaintiff. ' of the entire dark fired Virginia crop j that he should have a right to set/celvingr the necessary t);oatmerili Angler Tnvestmoni Co, vs. R. M. 'had been pledged' for an'Other five up his evidence in the case, but the'-'which puts them In condition for 'iirrin ol al. Nonsuit. 'years during the first-months of a ■ judge overruled him. It may occur!,'placement, these ehlldren" are transj, Franklin Palm Go. vs. F. G. flhkan. [ fourteen months campaign for new to the parson that .altliough"'lawyers' ferr.ed,!by legal procedure to approved; Judgment for plaintiff. | signers. 'are expensive-they'are indispensable.' ■foker''liorae8 and In these'rip^'homeu! National Engraving Co. vs. ,1-1. C.' r!— ■ they" are carefully supervised untllj 'Lee. Judgment for plaintiff. MODERN COTTON GROWING ; WOOD-FRKDERIUK- ! legal- age. No more ; worthy|' Barnes * Holliday Co. vs. V. J, .RHOWN IN GOVERNMENT FILM ,' I charily pre.sents itself to the' citizens! Judgment for plain-' AM man et al. tiff. B. F. Avery Rons Bros. Nonsuit. Gone are the days of fhe old-time; 1 port of North Carolina for financial sup- vs. Butler, cotton jjlaiitefs, ceniral character of,‘**”® place Friday night at 9| At the holiday .season an appeal .Ihe song and story of Ihe old SouthPresbyterlap; manse for operating flneinces to Judgment nonsuit was taken in |—the master of a maminonth plan-;*” when'Miss ElHe Fred-1 work for 1926: Upon the following cases on the motion; tat Ion with hnndred.s-of, darkey Wood, both response will defend toojw many; docket: J. K. Orr Shoe Co. vs, N. A. borers and scores of mnle.s at his. united .In marriage. ^iiiijjren .will jecelvd the service of ilacn han enmo a F- Menliis, pastor of the. Lllilng-?; r.h-ildren’s Home." No one Isi Boll Co.: Klnear Montgomery Co. vs. command. In his place has come a Butler Bros., three cases; Watkins-, new type of cotton grower, working Presbyterian church, ofllclatod.'jj^^'j. obligations to contribute and Cottrell Co. vs. Butler Bros.; Serai- his mode.st farm, and often the ten--^*’*^ contract nolo Pliospliale Co. vs. B. F. Jack-; ant, making a cotton crop on a 49- paprtples were present. SOU' International Agricultural Cor-' acres or a 20-acre tract. The.se fact.s' bride is a native of Burling-, thereore'jj.every one is appealed, to. The Children’s Home m undenomina tional cind receives no obligalled' sup- roiight but in the United Rtates-kut ,ha,H made *her home herel Legislature,' any rtment of .-^grlcnlture educa-■ ^“’’ months. She Is a gra '^jburch.i or fraternal order;! There- We wish lo express our many thanks and nppreciation to tho peo ple of Hi( eoiiniy who were so good to us with their gifts of money, clothing, etc., mid Hu* ho.spluilliy of their homos, after our home was destroyed by lire some (line ago. May the giver of all perfect gifts reward each of you. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Butts and family. poralion vs. T. V. Stewart, three are bi cases: J. B. Colt Co. vs. A. B. Wea-, Department V.....W.- _ w..—— , -- ver: Fxoller & Molr vs. J. B. Moore: ! Ilona! film “Cottoh-^DlxIe's Greatest had"'been employed. Children’s Home address;! P. R. Johnson vs. Mary E. Roberts;, Crop,’’ - 'ihe Dunn Community Hospital jbelr holiday appeal to! nveryj F. W. Wagener & Co. vs. J. L,; According to Wiis motion picture.' *^‘**^ capacity. The groom Is a gun day 1 School class, frutoinal or-. Thompson Co.; Souhern Nursery Co. | the modern cotton grower Is "mpa.s- 6!'TSsive :.roung business' man of citizenship of our grout' I vs, B, F. Parker : Commonwealth , ured by Ills inutes.’’ He is either-a State of North Carolina, • forj a gen-’ -Shoe & Leather Co. vs. Feldman De-j "ono-mnle’’ farmer or a ‘iwo-mnle’’, 1 erous holiday appropriation. Let' parlmeni Store; Rouse-Hempstone & farmer, depending on the type of im‘- i REV. J. F. MKNIUS* FATHER ] one be entirely satisfied wl,th-theirj Co. vs, J. L. Thompson Co., three 1 plenients he uses in breaking the DIBS IN SALISBURY j dlstrlbulion of holiday ch'arl'ty-''Untll| cases: State ex rel County v.s, J. W. ground for ami cultivating his crop, 1 j the needs of the'Children’s Home are, 'McArtan et al. and the size of hl.s farm pan be; Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Menlua and R. U. Warren el nl. vs. Armour j judged by this measure. The Him I children are in Salisbury where they ’Fertilizer Works. Judgment for (follows modern methods of produc-! w'pre called Tuesday by'the .serious plainlifl’. ■Court' adjourned yesterday 'noon for tho term. ing cotton from the planting of the illness ofi Mr. Mcnlus’ father, who will be' appreciated and none., too investigated and recognlzed.j John; J, Phoenix,^ state superinilendent; states, .,“No check is. too small but at j seed to the delivery of the cotton at {died Tuesday night.- Funeral will be! large but will be put to constructive! ' the gin. hpbl todav. ' use.” ' ' Devin will give the case much con sideration before' he 'comes to a con clusion In the matter, and it will be some weeks, perhaps months, before he has thoroughly threshed out the'’ intricacies of the case sufflolently -, to hand down a decision, John A. Weather.^, his wife and adopted daughter, Krma Weathers', were killed at a railroad crossing'in Fuquay on April 6th. 1923. The two elderly people died Instantly and the daughter lived ailfiut three hours' after the accident.' J. D.. Mclver and'' ‘ L. B. Truelove filed letters- of ad ministration and ilirought'' claim against the Norfolk | Southern Rail road for the wrongful killing. The claim was adjusted jthrough- a'com-. promise and $10.000,*wa8 paid'by the . railroad. Mr. and.,Mrs: ’Weathers owned 800 acres', of! land In..Buck-, horn township,, their!residence! place.. By virtue of the,fact!that the iidopt^; daughter outlived them, even thought, a .short , while, she Inherited the land. Sisters and, half-stiiters. o-f John. Weathers, are, suing for possesailon' of tho land, claiming that Erma Weath ers was not the legally' adopted daughter of John lyeathers, and that they are the collaterar heirs.* A brother, .half-brother and two half- sisters; of;'Erma .aroj. claiming the property as her hairs. Also Erma’s patura} father..^i^d, moljier are claim ing the land under the law of des cent."- The various claimants to the land are all parties to the suit. The land Is estimated, t'o- be worth' be tween $15,000' and ‘$20,000! The case was submitted .to Judge- Devln upon an agreed- stat6ment.,of facts,, thus avoiding the. necessity.-of a jury trial. With the. facts agreed upon, the Judge- will decide the case from a .standpoln^^of law; The va^ rious parties! to the sulf were repres ented by an, array,'.of,! counsel,., rep resentative talentrof! thef local; bar, of' Fayetteville, Durham 'and ' San ford. Argument in the, case was heard and briefs submitted. is expected that no matiter how the case, may turn .in Superior Court, ar. ap peal to the Supremo Court,, wilt- be taken by the losing litigants. MANY CRIPPLES BEING TREATED AT CLINICS Many cripples. of this county are being' examined' and- ^^treated at the orthopaedic clinic held on the. fourth- Saturday of each month In, the offices of the County. Health'Department.'at'. Fayetteville.'' The next meeting, wiU' be on Saturday, Novem^r. 28.. ■Crippled children , and disabled men and women with clubbed feet, defotmed backs; crippled hands,. arms and jlegs are havingtheir d'er. formities',!corrected>' -thfougli'!!; the; treatment^!afforded; ,,ihemV free' of Charge- by this, clinic; At the .first dessiqn of this clinic 3 GvCripples !'were'> examined. and many received treatment'. At the second meeting, a large' number returned" for further,'treatment'; and' 15 new cases reported.! Those "who cannot-' be 'treated In the clinic' but require op erations .,are sent to Gastonia, or Charldttef where free treatment is provided' Indigent cripples. - From this clinic' two young men - tiave al ready gone- to Charlotte for opera tions. One'has,, returned to-,'bl$. home and will repbirt’Ho the'next clinic*'for observation.' The clinic is sponsored and .sup ported by the Klwanis plub of Fuy- ettevilie, which brings Dr. Alonzo Myers of^Charlotte, ono'of the lead-, ing orthopaed^i'cj^^sur'geqns of^the staid tO' Fayett'e.vUl'el'reacht^month,:for -the' examination' 'a'nd5treXt'montx!-''bf'! the cripples of Cumberl&nd:aiid‘ adjacent, counties..' Every- disabled: resident-.of' this, county is invited, to‘attend- the clinic. liOC'AL SCHOOL CLOSED TODAY AND TOMORRO'W held today use. 'Superintendent B, D. E..nn ol LlUington'/schbols. is giving holiday to all; HtudeutB.today and tomorrow. This will'afford tour dairs of^recess and' nllo.w ..everyone'connected', with the .school, ample', time to t'horougbly dtgrat the Thankaglvlng' feast and collect thoughts 'for another try In the game of Intelleotnal attainment.
Harnett County News (Lillington, N.C.)
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Nov. 26, 1925, edition 1
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