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Voi. VIII—No. 15
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Harnett county news
91.50 PKIl YRAR—Sif copy
TAX COLLECTIONS,
REACH HIGHEST
COU.TV PmMA„r.v. q. .r...
Lillington, N. C., Thurcday, April 15, 1926.
SCIIOOI,
*>• I*. Ufiitry, .siiporliitendoiK >(
n>trncit HChoola, whk much plenued a
S U M Y E X KNOWN ! 'Vheu un^iurance was
Riven him that an ample .supply of
I waiof had been securtxl foi- Long
j IJraneh school. Early In the fall of
’. 1D24, when the school wa.s erected,
I a well 238 ‘feet deep was bored till,
Isolid rock was Hirnck. bni no water
j was^ available. A bigger machine
I was broughi' to the scene early this
I year and .30 feet more depth was
j given the well with the result that
'taxpayers of Haru.-ii county may IK«lIons per minute of
Turlington Turns Over to Au
ditor Bradley $425,000 of
the $460,000 Levy—Land
Sale May 3rd.
CANDIDATES FILE ""
APPLICATIONS FOR
POLITICAL HONOR
J. W. STEPHEXSOX DE.AD.
I.
never have .realized that nearly half i n i • i. .• .
.„,„a I,e c»llco,oai»clll
lit taxes to 1)0 Used
solely for the
coiimyN pnrpo.ses, but that is what
Henry Turlington has almost brought
to pass. The collector has already
'■ollected and turned over to Auditor!
Bradley the sum of $423,000 of the!
^4(>o,00O on the tax books for the
year lfi2.'). The collector is still
collecting. He tlgures that by the
lime the land sale Is held, .May 3rd,,
he w'lll have collected at least $440,-j
oOO of the amount ou the books.!
discounts ill the way of insolvents, i
ri-leases. and the amount left on the
books as "land .••ales'’ will account
for the balance of the $460,000,
To the $423,000 turned over to
Hie county by Tax Collector TiirHng-
ton may be added the sum of $30,-
ooti secured by the county in the
.McArtan settlomeni. making $43,"),-
I'oO coming Into the county treasury
for the fiscal year, so far. in 1924
I he amount coming Into the treasury
lor the 1923 ta.ves was ahout $2(51,-
will experience no more difll-
Announcements of Definite In
tention to Make Race Are
Unusually Slow in Mak-
ing Appearance.
(Contributed.)
Mr. J. w. Stephenson passed away AND PiPin l^AV
at his home near Duncan, April 8th. " Ij LJ L//\f
Cancer was the cause of hlg death. J?YPD r'lCT'Ci rȴa.Trt
He had spent a considerable sum of rJiNE
money In effort to stay the ravages
Concern* Harnett,Jt>a » THE NEWS'*
commencement! W AYXjgSVlLLE' IWCTOR’S
NEW SyCM^ESTION
cully on the water question, ' Long
Branch school Is located about three
mlle.s out of Dunn toward the .Cum
berland lino.
of the aliment and hud also spent
some time in a hospitaj’.in Richmond,
V.a., trying to effect a’cure, hut his
I effort was all ln„vain.
j Mr. Stepheniiom. was 60 years of
•age;and spent his entfi-e life in Har-
1 nett-county. He was a great be
liever and booster in the educational
program for more than 20 years and
was a faithful trustee, of the school
near his home known as the Macc
With the Democratic primary only
■seven weeks off, leas than half - a
dozen announcements have been
given the public 'by aspirants for . ,
office in Harnett county, While ^ j school.- His untiring service
I “ trustee' wlM be greatly missed..
HI.S passing has cast a paW-of gloom
over the entire commiintty.'. His ser
With Early Summer Sunshine
the Day Was Ideal for
Play the Spirit of Fun
Ran High
(From the Smithileid Herald.)
- Much has been said- during the
past, several months in regard to the
>=carcity of milk cows in North Car-
'dlna and ^many suggestions'. have
PROSPECT GOOD
;F0R BEST PEACH
CROP IN YEARS
has 'been rumored that ■ there are
numibers of persons who feel politi
cally inclined',''and their names are^
REP. SESSION
HARMONIOUS
Durham. April 14.—Former Sen
ator Marlon Butler's plan of organl-i
boljig mentioned -as can-dldates; yet
(he public has boon given no_ Inti-' walks of life
matlon from any. except .throe or
four that they are permanently in
the race.
For the State Senate, Neill McKay
Salmon of Lillington has.made defi
nite annonneement that he Is a can
didate. 'His announcement is now
vice will be missed In many ways
nation, providing for the election of I p'"‘,1?, :Sheriff;
iiecuon or powler has made announcement that’
a man and wonmn member of the he will be a candldatejio: succeed
state Republican executive commit-h***”«eR atd placed his.card-in the
toe from each county and an addi- P“‘’^*'‘*’ Clerk of .Court-.Chaffin
tloaal member from the Republican
eoiinile.s, was defe.ated by a three to
one vote In the Republican state
convention here |a.st Thursday, The
amendment presented by Johnson J,
I has let the puibllc know that,he will
expert to ihe renominated, for the
[same posftlon and is giving the pub-
CONCRETE WORK
BEGUN ON ROAD
TO WEST HARNETT
lie "the bonoflt of . the doubt
whellier he is in tlie race,
.Miss Mamie Sexton, who.
as to
Bridge and Culvertt Given Out
to Two Contractors Who
Pledge to Complete Them
in 75 Working Days
two
J. S. Bower.s of Whiteville i.s to
.Ha.ves of North Wllkesboro, nation-elected' to the office,
''OU, III 192., the amount coming inlal eommiiieeman. providing for tho | ^ iieglsler of Deeds, is agalnc an-i *^“**‘^ concrete .span across Upper
Izoo'oL^^!^ 0^‘I‘e two men and two wo-,r‘^““®“''^ « candidate for| Little River at .Murchison Mill for
■s ,h(. inw *«vy, which I men members of the committee from] beenitho West Harnett, road to cross on
IS the in.\eN now .being reported on {each of the ten congressional dls- public any In- ‘ ”
►y iho eollooior. 7,'', cents was for [ iricts by the district conventions In- r*^"^^®*' contesting * with her for
-eiiools, •>:, cents for general county I .stead of the state elininnan appoint-nomination, M. C. Upchurch is
purpose^, and IT cents for county-jing a pan o' them, was adopted i,., l‘lms(>Ifca‘candidate for'
wide road program, m.aklng $1.17' aeclamallon.
I'vy on the $100 valiiatloii. Foiiniyi Brownlow
Jaok.sop of Henderson-
the
was
... ] — state cliairman bv aeeliini)).
tlie levy is fixed In August ifor 1926 tlon, after Charles A
iit.xes. it is figured that the amoiiiK '
expended prac-'vllle. United States marshul for
rkall> all of the funds coming Into western .North Carolina diofrict.
. . neasuiv for the year, and when elected state chairmnn hv
Jonas of Lin-
llilMf )»A Vitlorn^ Urn* • • ••
l.^rged program of county expense.
or the additional expen.se to which
(be county i.s put. the scliools re-
•pilre a large portion—exactly three-
fourths of the general county levy,
"llrAUrtes
('annon of Concord was endorsed
as candidate for the United States
icnate; James J. Britt of Asheville
and Washington, who presided over
the convention, for chief justice of
taking 1925 for example, Then there the supreme court, and Herbert Se-
, is the road program. A levy of 17
chiu.s was pm on in 192.5, but this
levy will pot take care of any ex
tended constniotlon program. The
road now .being built to West Har-
iii'ti will require about $50,000 to
$60,000. and there are four other
loaln thoroughfares proposed in
other sections of tlie county whlcli
will probably require a tike amount
for each project, A $300,000 bond
l>hue was propo.sed to take care of
eonstructioii of these live thorougli-
fares, so that the common road tax
levy would be left to maintenance
projects and interest on bonds, but
the ibig bond issue has been aban
doned, at least for the present.
If Harnett county Is to continue
Its enlarged program for school.!.
I’o.adH and othdr objects for which
large expenditure Is nece.ssary, the
1926 tax levy will of neces.sliy l)0
increased to provide funds. It is
Slated by those wlio give serious
thought to the county’s affairs that
a 20 per cent liicreasc in tax levy
will be necessary for 1926,
WOMAX’H f’Ll’II Tf> MKF.T
FRIDAY AFTERN'OO.N
well of .Moore county and H. R. Star-
buck of Winston-Salem as associate
Justices. J, J, Jenkins of Siler City
was endorsed for corporation coni-
missloiiLM'.
Frank W, .Mondell, former con
gressman from Wyoming, delivered
the keynote address, appealing to
the North Carolina Republicans to
stand together and send Reptublican
congressmen to Washington, Con
gressman Prank Crowther of New
York came as a speaker in Mr, But-
'er's caucus Wednesday evening. He
also spoke on the convention lioor
Thursday.
Evidences of a stiff light early in
the convention began to disappear
as time passed and .the factions
cooled down, Beiw'eea l,.500 and
1,800 Republicans were in attend-
ance. all but eight of the smaller
'•ouiiiles being represented.
r\l»RIIi CROP IU5PORT
FOR NORTH (CAROLINA
H.MALL ORAINB
(Contributed)
The Lillington Woman’s Club will
hold its regular niec-iing at the club
house Friday afternoon at 3:30.
i'lvery member Is urgently re
quested to lie pre.seui ns at this time
officers for the coming year will be
.‘leofed,
.Some liav»; asked: "What Is the
Womatj’s (‘litb driving at anyhow?''
t'ome to this meeting and hear an
outline of just what has been ac-
c.tmplished during the past two
^>i‘arH, and decide to liave a part in
It, We need every woman in Lll-
lingtoii a.-> it member in order to
reacli our goal. And wc are rated
oy our paid membership, so please
come and bring $1.00 and become a
paid member for the year beginning
Rulelgh, April 14 — The condition
of fall sown grain al this time in
.Norili Carolina Is reported as fairly
good, according lo^ a summary op
tanners’ reports td''tlie Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service and the re
lease April Ist by the United States
Department of Agrlcuiiure.
Winter wlieat shows u condition
about 815 percent of normal as com
pared with 90 percent at this,time
last year. Early planted wheat is re
ported in extra good sliape. Tlie win
ter has boon rather favoraiblo to the
crop, tliough the average condition is
not up to last year. The past month
and the latter part of February were
accompanied by heavy rains and some
damage from tliese is reported
through the principal wlieat produc
ing counties. Stands are falrly'good,
though plants are small. Should fa-
voraJblo weather conditions continue
the crop shouVd produce .good yields
with April, jihls year. The preliminary acreage
Wc iircj still studying Southoni j roport shows 4:57,000 acres in cuUi-
iJtoruiiire.j For this meeting Mrs, ivailon which is 106 percent of the
l.aytoii will discuss "[Jternry Con-j last year's planted acreage.
(lihulioiiH by Southern Men of the Fall sown onis have not wintered
Early Hepii.bllc," and .Mrs. Dixon so well as other small grains. Stands
will discuss "The Early Women are i'ctported as poor and-many farm-
Wrliers of the South." ;ors state that their crop was winter.
'kllicd to some extent by hard freezes.
.MRS. IDA GREEN DEAD, ; Best conditions are to bo found
News was received in Lillington
lust Friday of the death of Mrs. Ida
Green of Wilmington, widow, of the'
lute IL .McL. Green. Mr. Green died
late last summer. Ho was a brother
of Messrs. W. A.. T. E. and R, L,
Green of Harnett county.
The funeral of Vlrs, Green look
place Sunday.
/
through the mountain counties, ^ The
condition at this time Is 78 percent
of normal, as compared with 90 per
cent at this lime last year.
Rye is ill bettor shape this year
than other small grains, averaging
88 percent of normal, The 78,000
acres in cultivation Is 10 percent
mo;'e tlian was planted the previous
season. The crop has wintered un-
sheriff. Mr. Upchurch is well known
ill Ihe county and Is very popular.^
For Sollcllor of the district, the
incumbent, Clawson L, Williams, of
Sanford is asking the people to ,en
dorse his record 'by renominating
him -.• kJituuio, ciiyii'iiiaii, IS
calling for a meeting of, all Demo
crats of Lillington townsJiIp to meet
It the courthouse Saturday, April
17, to name delegates to the county
convention.
Chairman H. L. Godwin and Sec
retary Nelli Salmon of the County
Democratic Executive Committee
have issued a call for a convention
to be held-in Lillington on Saturday,'
April 24th, This meeting is held
for Ihe purpose of electing delegates
to the State ^convention in Raleigh
on the 29th and also to name a new'
executive committee.
At the time ,of the convention and
Immediately afterivards it is expect
ed that those who Intend to become,
candidates will signify their inten
tions and let the puiblic know. ,.ln
the meantime there are many posi
tions to the filled and with no posi
tive assurance of any particular can-,
didate, with the exception'of Repre-
iciitative from Jhis county, in the
lower house of the Legislature. For
that honor the incumbent, N, A.
Town.sond of Dunn has said^that ho
>vlli bo a candidate to succeed hlm-
solf. Mack M, Jernfgan, ."also of
Dunn, has given out a statement t)'
the public, 'published in The News
and Observer, that he Is u candi
date for tlie place held iby Mr. Town
send. As yet, neither of those men
have given the homo newspapers
any statement, no far ns Is known
by The News.
It Is not known whether the five
men holding positions as Commis
sioners will .again seek to govern
tlie county's affairs. It has been
rumored that at least some of them,
are tired of the job and will give it
up. Also, for the Board of.,Educa
tion, there are three places to be
filled In the primary. Whether the
• U way from Lillington to the Cum-
oerland county line near- Manches-
.er. The contract price la to be
U5,255.70.
Five culverts on the West Harnett
••oad. including the large one over
Anderson Creek, will be built by C.
B, Hester of Greensboro at an estl-
portibn, which flgures^out $30,77 per
’ubic yard.
Tlic culverts include both prongs
)! .\uder.son Creek, Little Creek and
■ WO otlier smalt streams over which
he road passes. All of the bridges
.Hid cii'lverts are to be comiileted In
73 working days.
Engineer W. T. Smith is proceed
ing satisfactorily with the project of
nying out the road. Grading which
has been- in progress for the past
overal weeks has resulted in the
opening o>t a couple of miles of the
roadway. Convict labor is being
employed in the grading, work which
being undertaken by the c(iunty
without lotting' contr,a'ct'. ■(d'l Js .fig
ured that thfa' concrete bridges and
culverts, which will cost approxi
mately $30,500, will be about half
as. much, as the whole project will
cost when completed.
PRODUCE MORE COTTON
ON FEWER AGREB
(F. F. Pate, Agronomist)
Ten bales of cottoii may be pro
duced on 3 acres, 10. acres or 23
acres. In which class ore you ex
pecting to be a member this fall?
Your profits from cotton will depend
on your answer to this question.
Government statistics show that on
a basis of 20 cent cotton, a yield of
245 pounds of lint cotton per acre
will show a profit of $16,38; 324
pounds of lint cotton, per acre will
show a profit of $19.15; 401 pounds
f.'f lint cotton per acre will show a
.profit of 35.83; 495 pounds of lint
cotton per acre will show a profit of
49.93; 618 pounds of lint cotton per
acre will show a profit of 66.77.
To^obtaln the largest yields of cot-
per acre the following thing-i should
present, members of the boar^ will j),(; donp.
want to hold oii lo not publicly ihi—Select the best land,
known, since no Intimation has' 2d~Make a good'Heed bod.
come from either of them. I S'd—Use the best seed of .t good
()ii the whole, it looks .as if the
pblillcul Jotbs ill.; Harnett-county are
"going 'begging.". 'With the county
convention here Saturday, week,
however, the complexion of,,'things
may change somewhat and the field
be livened u'p with candidates. As
tlie old saying goes,, "you can't al-
.ways Hoinotinies toll In politics." '
usually well and stands are* consid
ered extra-.'goo'd.
Apples
Prospect's are encouraging at this
time for a good,.apple, crop. 'Very
little damage has been done to the
appjo b.loonis as thby-.are jusUbegln-
.iilngMo's'bloom at this time. This is
,f)Hpeclally ! iruO' of the commercial
apple'He.ctlqns! The late siprlng wlth|
the' unusually, cold weather! has'de-!
luyed.ihe budding of alf'fruit tree's, j
,oiid alWiougfi' orchards, in eastern
xbunties.^are.not out of danger yet,
idnmago 'done by frost Is considered
cxtrqmeiy light. Farmers report 88
percent of n full ert'p prospect on
April Jst.
varietj^.
4th—Cultivate frequently.
6tb—Use heavier applications of
fertilizer,,'having correct' proportions
of plant food.
In,applying fertilizers, it is recom
mended ;that ."from 600 to 1200
pounds bo’used on both sandy and
clay soils. On sandy soUh a .second
application O't nitrogen may be made
When the cotton is thinned!
A good grade of fertilizer for
sandy soils is 8 to 10 per cent phos
phoric acid, 3 to 7 per cent ammonia
and 3 to 6 per cent potash. • For
heavy soils 12 per cent phosphoric
acid, 3 to 5 per cent ammonia'and
2 to 3 per cent potash is recom
mended.
Though there was a much smaller
crowd than usual here to attend the
annual , Harnett school comm'ence-
ment and field day exercises, those
w'ho did attend, super-enthused by
the rays of an early summer, sun,
showed keen interest in everything,
that took place. At the various!
point.s where the .soliolastlc' contests’
were held in the morning the wit-
ileuses were those nio.st Jntere.sted in
the .success of their favorlte.s. -Thus
it was that- a.s the commencement
exercises were divided ..between the
.school, courthou.se and church, audl
torlum.s, HO the audience !was dl'vlded?
As .soon a.s tlie classrobin-.cbnltMtSi
wore over the audience qulckly^co'n-.
sumed whatever noonday' meal was
most handy-and repaired' to the^ball!
park where tha athletic contests were
held.
''\’’'InnerH of ilw acliolastic contests
■were:
Fir.st grade: Short term schools,
Ruby Pearl Tart. Long Branch
■school; long term, Lillian "Johnson;
Erwin.
becond grade: Short term schools,
Clara Rosser. J^uart school; long
term,' Grace Lee. Angler.
Tlilrd grade: Ruby McLamb, Mary
Stewart school; long term school;
James Wlliburn, Lafayette.
Fourth.. grade: Virginia Green,
Buie's Creek; long term .school, Jo-
••'le Canady, Coats,
Fifth grade: Lolie Byrd, Bunn-
level; long term,, Eunice Arnold;
i'evel;' -long term, J!;nza-Dein"iviitrem-
,•011. Lillington.
Seventh grade: Essie Black, Hick-
Dry Grove; long term, Wesloy Fow
ler. Erwin-
Recitation contest: Emily Davis
Smith, Erwin; declamation contest:
Carl Ousley, Buie's Creek: high
.••chool chorus contest, Lillington;^
elementary school chorus, Liliingtou.
Senator J. R. Baggett presented
the prizes.to winners In the grade
.contests which -!!were Iield, in the
>chool auditorium. Representative-
N. A, Townsend ‘presented tlie win-.
iior.s with the prizes in declalnefs’’'
and reciters’ contests. DecIamatloiK
contest was,held in the courthouse,
auditorium and the reciters - held^
forth in the Presbyterian, church.
Dr. J. A. Campbell, presented, the
prizes in the music contest! Tliat for
otomentary grades was held' in the
Baptist church and .''for''Vthe .high
school in the school eudltoi’lum.
Winners In the field day events
were:
Flag relay, Bunnlevel; 50 yard
dash, Gertha Adams, Angler; bean
bag kick, Gladys Lucas,. Br^liv;
overhead basibetball, Bvinnlevel;’ 80
•been made to encourage- every fain
ly to own ji "family cow”; but we
Relieve,that Dr, j. Howell Woy of
Waynesville,. in- a. communication, to
The Charlotte'Observer, .has'.offered
the best suggestion so.farL He urges
every mother’s clubJln! the-State-to
keep tills matter of the decreasing
num'bor of milk cows before their
members and -M, necessary to ask the
iioxt Legislature: to provide “ln:,the
niaohlnery-.act/of 1927- an exemiJtion
Jrom .all form's^af, tax.,of one-milk,
cow for family, useb' ,The women of
the State;,nre",the;,dietitians and they
can^perhaps' do; inbre to- encour'aW'
faini.ly. cow .ownership than anyone;
else, once they.;’are. aroused’ to- the'
Agricultural Staitistician Says
Sandhills Has Averaga Con
dition of 94 Per Cant of
Full Crop.
Raleigh. April 14.~Peaches—yes.
floods of ,peachc.s.,are'in prospect in
the commercial' areas otf North Carbi
V.?.*’ ,fa*,t>;;tliere are too many
tiiiy\i)oaches.oh!the trees, now. Very),
ilttlo fro.st or otlior damage ;and:, b-‘
largo .per cent Increase in: bearing^,
trees this year Is reported, afccordilhsF
need. Polks. UkeXq b.e,„exempt. from r® ®P®c*aJi«ts'oLthe^Department'^
taxes. iorany;rbnso'n;’.whatsoeyer;’. and Agrlculture.vOf course^later dam-''
exempting-Ihehniik’cows!fi=om taxa-.|‘'atUcalJy oliange' these'early
fipn might encourage tinany to owii
a cow who now do not possess one.
SCHOOL NEWS
FROM COATS
Honor Roll.
condlti'on.s. J ' '
A^full crop of) peaches for thl.s
State is forecast-by .the North Caro-’,
lina Crop Reporting,- Service, from-,
compiled estimates, of' 140 commer-
clal 'peach gro'wers;.-
■The average of;esUmates-by oych-"
ardlsts for their individual'tarms' In
dicates that only 16 per cent of the
•fruit had 'been injured by frost on
March 2'3rd. 'Since that: date.
ao-
Plrst Grade: Inez Kelly, Nevar®^^!,”*^ 'weather reports; no seri-
Doriiian, lola Denning.
Second-- Gradej^ Ro'bert Godwin,
ous damage has .been done' iby^.cold'.'
A peacb;^ orchard ordinarily; will, have-
Curtii* Ennis, Gladstone Lee, Llllianff *rult
Byrd, Value Langdon, Luclle Sox. '
Avery,
Wood,. George" Ryals..,
Grace
' The average;condition for peaches.,,
reported’ by farmers over the State," ’
Fourth >rad'e: -Harwood Roberts, ^^‘"Pared with normal or a full
Nell Patterson,: yirglhla Bangdon,'. The average.,.
liolg. Grimes, Josle'Uaniiady, Unott'a ’^ ' Sandblll-section,. reported by '
Byrd, Elease WJHiams;:Flora'Strick-'K‘“'“®‘’f^“‘ growers;; ls;-94 .per-cent.',
land, Valosle.! Ellen, ’ | spring condltlqnLqf trees IS'low--
Fifth Grade :'!‘Tlny Weaver, LetaT,* usuar, due! tq. the effects of
Dorman. | ^ drought last;., fall-^ and In/.some
, Sian, Oraae:, Kenneih. Kell7, J.,. |
" ’■■"'■oontrnin?-
Bunnlevel;^
yard dash, Inez Collins, Angler; '300
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT.
Angler, April 12.—Mr, and Mrs.
yard relay. Angler; overrope", relay.
Angler; folk dance, Erwin first,'.Lll--
Hngton second; running high jump,
Ralph Johnson, Lafayette; pole
vault, Brodle Arnold, Lafa^fette; 440
y.ard relay, LllUngton'; 'fiO'^'yarLdaoh,
Colin Collins, Angler; 10,0 yard' daeh
Murvin Bolhune, Lillington;' 220 yd.
run. Claude Pope, Buie’s Creek'^ 2‘20
yard relay, Buurilevel; 50 yard'dash,'.
Theron McCaskUl,' Bunnlevei;':' run-
I'lng broad jump, Brodle Arnold, La
fayette; running high jump,. McRae,'
Johnson, Lafayette;, .running broad'
jump. Marvin Bethune, Lillington:'-'
shot put, Erwin Brantley..Lillington.,
Group A—Pennant for high-score
of the day, won by Lafayette'.
Group B—Won by Bunnlevel.
Groiiip C—Won. by Luari.'
T.afayette-won the .silver cup for
the best exhibition of the.day.
Cups for championship'-basketibal'l
winners of the season-went to. Lil
lington girls’ team and Erwin boys,’
team.
To Charles Ross went the honor
of presnting the prizes.
Mr. B. D. Bur.n and .Miss .Terrlne-
Holleman of the Lillington^' school
rendered valuable aid I'n .arranging
'for and managing the field [(lay pro'*
gram.
Dunn, .the largest school, in the
county, was not represented .because
an epidemic of measles had broken
out and 'broken ’ up well arranged
plans of the instructonrs-there .for
t.-iking prizes. It was keen dlsapr
polntment not only for Dunn, people,,
but for those who enjoy- each’.year
the excellence of the..work by reprir
.sentatlvos of the school... .Coats and-
.Calllf
Eighth Grader'William Patterson.
James P. Lee Jr,,. Bevlo Bayles.
. /rphth Grade: Eubern Dorman,
Clydii Byrd,,Luctip'Lee. ^
Elevonlh' ^Graile:,. Cortez .Williams.
The avevage'.',dglly.yv«ttendance, is
very.gra'tlfyin'g.j^.Three hundred -and
«evetUeen..:j>ui)ll8; ,wero enrolled, duri;
ing Hie'month;. The attendance was
288', or a ,little over 90 per cenL
iThe" school day, begins at 8 a. m.r
each day in., order that thq children
may got home’ early to assist in the'
farm'work..
A^gre^Cdeal of interest Is given,
to ibaseitialT. '. The^'large boys'and the
;iargej.'.;glrls. eacjx , have a diamond
^which ’ is -lo use- all the recess time.
On ' Thursday, Rev, Mr. Hinson,
pastor of, the -Methodist church of
..loue.'tboro, addressed the- high
school.
On Friday Prof. Owen Odum, for
mer principal' of the school,/paid us
a visit. About the same time' Supt.
B, P. Gentry dropped' in. While
these gentlemen were exchanging!
greetings Mr. .‘Colo Savage, county
farm agent,„ knocked at the door.
Mr. Savage proceeded, to organize a
[boys’ cliib; havli:ig!!;26 ..members.
'Archjtbct) (3annafiY,^.ha8(.made the
nocessary^'m'easurements;' in. order to'
draw"plans"^for'[^th'^-. new,^ heating
plant and' 3an'itary!’“equlpment. • Bids'
for this work' will be Jet shortly.
J. H. Taylor.
events 'by Messrs. Walton C. Baker
ol Lillington and' Dewey Starnes of
Erwin, and by Sheriff Powler.and'
I'.ls staff of deputies... Excellent order;
'•prevailed throughout' the day and the’’
balmiest weather.' of the year aided-
'materially In bringing' the 1926
^classic to its wontW success^ About
two thousand people, * including lo
cals. witnessed the events.'
er "'conainons"
tw.o car-
throughout the. season, a. much'Jarl:-' ,
or crop Is expected! this year,,a8iibere.^,
will be approximately,660,000>^tree8y
of bearing age or;,near’ 40 per cent
more tillin''last.-yeaiv^..
According to reports on almost ’2,-
.000,000 trees-’in -tho. Sandhills .area"
(.47 per cent are IiT.Elbertas,,. 26:.,per^^ -
■cent Georgia Belle^Iand’about I'Ojpei::
cent in Hiley Belles":!!..As..most-growS:.;
ors know, the Elbertas'.are abquithe^.
first to bliJbm, andhconseque^tly, the|:
first to' be damaged by; earlyr ifposts^:!
The Sandhills^ peach-: orchardisto),.|
are busy sprayln-gj fertllizinfflfaladV^^^
(Cultivating orchards;.this^'rndpthyTtfej*;
!care of. the, orchardjiiranks:!aul.te'£fa!;^^;^
vorably wlttf the’ibestpCalifqfnTaj'.con-,-,
ditions. UnlessT'Tnioire'"[sieyer^; bo|^:r
weather'occurs', heavy hand Hh'inning,
will be necessary. . Of courstfl.
is a natural-drop whlchi^occurs;'aSbout'':: ''
tlie first of. May. ,
,Estimates.' fr'bm. Sandhill author!-:
'-tl4s indicate’an!expected 3,000',’car!'
crop. Heretofore! these forecasts'
Uiave been high',
Frank- Parker,
Agricultural Statistician.
MARION JB. WEDS.
Durham, April 14.—^An interesting
aftermath of the. Reipu6lidsn’. .state
convention, here .was the -marriage: ofc
'Marlon- Butler Jr.^of^'WinstonjSalemy'
and Mrs. Fanny May MoC,ur?7: ot
.Vshoville and' Green,ylUe,,.sV-;C.,,,at
tho homo of Mr. Butler’s uncle, Les-'
ter Butler, Friday! evening at 6:00
o'clock. Afr. BulleiVcame as a dele*
igat'o to tho- conirentlon'and' Mrs. Me-.
Curry came to be wlth'jhlm-ankl" his'
parents, former Senator .'and^,.'M».^
Marlon Butler' of Washington',!whlle{
they were here. , The young' couple;',
planned to be married, later,,but de.^.;
cided after Senator; and, Mrs. .Butler;
I left lo marry whIlf^tlieKjwer'6:her^.
He is a young la'wyer,a'nd|lBby«.Seout‘...
M. M. Denning of Angier announce' Erwin, also two of the.blggesyschoolb
the birth of a son,* Joseph Milton, the county, were shor/' ln repre-
on April loth, 1926. j sontation because their best-athletes
‘ I failed to enter. Miss Beck was as-
Typcwrlter Paper at The News. | slsteid in managing the field day
A darky named .Sam borrowed $25
from his friend. Tom, and gave his
note for tlie amount.’!"
Time went, on,' t*he note became
,lqng. past--due£,and 'rom., •was very
' I inpatient .fby)lts' paymelit;; .
One day the two men;'m6t on the
street.fj Tom stopped and said, with:
determination:.,... "Look, .heah," man,
when!,alt'^yoii-au gwlne' t’ pay that
note?".
!’ “I ain't got no money now," re
plied Sam,' ‘ibut I’m goin’ to pay it
soon-as I kin.’' u > \
"Yo’ been sayln’ thet fer months,’'
yetorted Tom, “but it don’t get me
,no money,” Yer gwlne t’ pay thet
imohey hero and' now, thet’s whut yer,
gwlne. t! ' do. Ef y’ don’t; y’ know
whut rmvgoin!..it’,..dQ?. goin' to,
burn’yer "old"note;■ then'whar'll yof'
be at?’-’.
, "Yas yoJ'will. Yas yo’^wlll,” Sami
‘Shouted, "Jos’ yo’ burn-dat note o’’
(mine arid I’ll"pop a lawsuit onto yo’.*'
-The Outljok. ■' "
(^alltj- Pencils, 0 for 2ffc, at The
NewH oiHce. •
commissioner In -Winston-Salem’ and’^
served' as a lle.ut'enant‘'ln'''th'e(alr ser-.
vice in PranceY
U. N. C. IA>SBS DEBATE.
Durham, April 14.-~The Unlvewl-
ty of North Carolina debating team
lost in a two to one decision, to the
U’nlvereity of'West 'Virginia detbatera
here last Thursday, night,'-"discussing
the query;- "Resolyed, that democra-.
cy as a political ideal, is a tailnre in
the United States."
CARD OF THANKS.
I wish to expressLmy beartfett »p-
preciation 'for thejjmany,.kindnesses
;and courtesies-extended to-me;during .A
the lllneeS’ an'd?:aU!the;j(leatIi'!of.":my/-'
-dear, hutrtrand'.'.'.CIar'ence' .AY'MbNellli^’
While I mayj^no.ii-bei abler tot 8se'j.ieach^.
and' eyeryorie/. whb'.so/'graciously at-;
tended - our! .^rieeds,‘!arid'eziirMS^'‘iby‘'
appreciatiori in person to your yet I s
feel that you will know ho'w.^ muck. I
prize your friendship and kindness.
Mrs. Delta MoNeUk
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