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HARNETT COUNTY NEWS
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRlBlARlLY. AND OF THE STATE (GENERALLY.
VoL IX—No. 19
fl.90 PKR YKAR—5c A COPY
Lillingtoiir N. C.« Thursday, May 12, 1927
If It Ccmcwm Harnatt, IFa in THE NEW!F*
Haniett^s Peach Belt
Approaching Harvest
With Bumper Crop
LOCAL SCHOOL TO
OPEN FINALS IN
PLAY FRI. NIGHT
MAX QAKDNlSi TO OP£N
DURHAM EXPOSmON
Owing to Difficulty in Securing
Speakers, Commencement
Will be Drawn Out Over
Long Period
with ft lltUe less than five hund
red scores of treoH heavily loaded
with fruit, Hmrnet'.'s peach belt Is
Just uow commaoding fulltime ates-
tlon of the buBieist force I'nat ever
tiUed the saudy-loam soil of these
realljr-4rue sandhills. Besides the
cultivating, dusting and spra3’ing
which these well-manicured Efberta
and Georgia Bell "srtalte” require,
there Is the annual soil dinner of
eight hundred pounds of “Peach
Special” per acre that must be given
in order to fatten the luscious fruit.
For the maiden blush so much ad
mired by peach-lovers, old Mother
Nature has endowed Harnett soil
with a clay underlay as smooth as if
machlne-4aid. And then there is the
aalulbrious climate that “chips in”
with its share of the help which
each year manages to ibrlng forth
double-ifist size peaches that for
beauty and flavor cannot ibe sur
passed.
All of which may seem to the un
initiated as so much Ibraggadocio.
But never does a visitor Iq Harnett's
peach orchards claim the privilege of
having seen finer fruit than that pro
duced here. Harnett’s peaches have
such winning ways, in fact, that a
friendly crate sent by a local gentle
man to New York last year ibrought
reply that nothing of the kind had
ever ‘been seen In Gotham, Such is
fame, even for youth, for the Har
nett orchards are Just coming into
full growth.
Reaching Maturitj'
This season is the third year of
bearing for the Fruit Growers and
Edwards Orchards at Llllington, and
the crop prosfpect is exceedingly
bright. Dr. J. W. Halford, president
and foremost promoter of the Fruit
Growers, places a conservative esti
mate at thirty to forty carloads from
his company’s orchards. He states
that the trees hold ninety-five per
cent of full crop, and when one looks
through the orchards the impression
made is that there would be no place
for the other five per cent because
every tree is loaded to such an ex
tent that when grown the fruit will
weight the lirnib.s to the ibreakln'g
point. This fact, coupled with the
further circumstance that the peach
crop elsewhere is remarkatoly short
this year, should augur well for the
local peachmen in the way of finan
cial returns from the 1927 crop.
The peaches are now a^bottt the .size
of a guinea egg and are healthy in
appearance with very slight drop
pings.
While the dusting, cultivating and
fertilizing Is going on, pickers are
going through the orchards gather
ing up the droppings and 'burning
them. In-sects- which have deposited
eggs in these fallen peaches are not
allowed to propagate their kind.
Another dusting will be given aibout
the imlddle of July. iT'he lasit week
In July and the first weeks In August
w'lll be harvest days. The Llllington
Growers are memfliers of the Sand
hill Fruit Grower-?’ Association, and
all fruit Is marketed through that
organization. Iced cars are .sent to
the local orchards where they arc
loaded. They are then billed to the
association's dlfftriibuting points. Dr.
Halfo-rd estimates that his force of
peach harvedl.ers this year will need
to be afbout 2^0 In number. Thus ll
will be seen that a sizalbie payroll
will be furnb-hed for a few weeks.
'Hie iPrettiest OrchanI
One of the pr6ttle.t small or
chards ever seen in the history of
peach culture is the Edwards or
chard. adjoining the Fruit Growers
tract, Mr. Marvin Edwards, local
manager, manicures his trees, thrush
es and sweepis the hills and cultivates
the soil with almost as much care
as be would bestow upon his own
prim person—and he is no slouch at
all. Visitors as well as mere travel
ers along the highway that leads by
the Eld'wards orobirda gaze In wonder
at the neatness that must require so
much patience; ibut harvest time
brings reward. Each season Mr. Ed
wards fiills hundreds of orders that
come from east, wefafl, north—coast
to coast—for fancy peaches. These
fancies are packed in what is called
"flats," four dozen to the flat, and
they bring fancy inlces. A shipment
to Minnesota last year brought vol
untary praise that would' have been
appreciated by California fruitmen.
On the big hUI that rises in the
midlst of the targe Fruit Growers or-
cbaiidK sMs a dwelling that is used
by the 'field manager. iFrom this
vantage point, the sandhills further
to the south can be seen punctuattog
the skyline. The view inspires one
to speculation. What If the trees on
a thousand bills were peach-laden
iiiirtead of being merely blackjack!
Some day, maytbe. they will. Or
perhaj»s their high domes will point
the way to independence, and the
price of cotton will be the least thing
to furrow the brow of Harnett farm
ers.
The Kind of Soil
The way to find soil upon which
peaches will thrive is to look first
for the roumj-leaf blackjack—ailways
the rouudleaf, not the forked. Un
der the roundleat blackjack Is found
a suibsoil of clay, smoo'th and even,
twelve to eighteen inches below the
topsoil of sandy loam. Peaches
planted on such soil will thrive. If
the extra care is taken to “spot” the
orchard so that air drainage may be
.Hccured. This thing called air drain
age is funnj', but It is Just as im
portant as soil drainage. Ever feel
the air draining, as you pass along
the way? You will note it ,by the
warm air currents mingled with the
coo), crisp air. Especially on a frosty
spring evening, when traveling along
the way, you may feel a balmy puff
of “loose" atmosphere waiPt Its way
across your face, to 'oe quickly fol
lowed by a snappy, crisp current that
causes you to unmindfully grasp fox
the two hem.s of your coat. In one
second it’s frosty, then in another
it’s summertime. That’s air drain'*
age on the drain.
How to (Find It
The air drains In these sanidbilis,
and the soil drains. A small group
of multimlilionalTes have built a pre
tentious v/lnter clu'b further out in
Wes^tern Harnett, They call it Ovw’-
hills, pro'baibly because of the fact
that if yau get anywhere In that
nelgWbtorhood you must cert'adnly go
overhills. But are these hills
healthy? Lel'e see. The principal
promoter of Overhills, Mr. Percy
Rockefeller, has his own home there.
Me spcii't thousands of dollars em
ploying expert climatologists to
rsearch out all data o'btainaible on
healthy places in Atnerlca. They
went everywhere in the country
where they could find healthy look
ing places. They noted this, that
and the other advantage and disad
vantage. And then they came back
to Overhllls and reported to Mr.
Reckefeller and his associates that
here is the one 'best spot in America
where every advantage can be found.
Result: Overhills, where the richest
people in the United States play in
winter, and sometimes in summer.'
The personnel ‘Ot the Overhllls group
would make those of some other re
sorts look rather cosmopolitan, if
placed in com'pailson with wealth.
But 'that Is not peaches, and this
l.s a peach story. The sidestep y/as
taken only to point out what a peach
of a country Harnett county is.
Those who have Invested in the In
dustry ieel that this year they will
e,xperieiicc a comeHbacfk In prices.
They slrauld so. They have not
made much money yet, because tbelr
trees are Just now coming into full
bearing, and' because of the further
fact that the bottom dropped out of
(he pes/Ch market la‘Jt season. If
the country Is not all'ogether bank
rupt, the local peach growers should
receive ibetween thirty and forty
thousand dollars for their fruit this
year. Let u.s hoipe the market holds
firm.
Opening the commencement peri
od with a playlet tomorrow night In
high school auditorium, Llllington
High School’s closing exercises wUi
extend this season over two weeks.
The closing program in full is as
follows;
Friday, May 13, 3:00 o’clock—
High School Operetta.
Sunday, May IB. 11:00 o’clock—
Commencement Sermon, Dr. E. D.
So*per, Dean School of Theology,
Duke University.
Monday, May 16, 3:00 o’clock—
Senior Class Play.
(Tuesday, May 17, 8:16 o’clock—
Dedlaimation and Recitation Contest.
Friday, May 20. 8:15 o’clock—(1)
Seventh Grade Exercises, (2) Op
eretta from Elementary Grades.
'Mon'day, May 23, 3;0'0 oclock'—
High School Plano Recital.
Tuesday, May 24, 8:15 o’clock—
Class Day Exercises.
IVednealday, May 26, 3:30 o’clock
—Elementary Plano Recital.
'Wednesday, May 25, 8:16 d’clock
— (1) Commencement Address, Dr.
Oscar Haywood, formerly pa^or Cal
vary Baptist church, New York City,
(2) A'wardlng of Diplomas.
There will be only two programs
for the entire commencement for
which there will be charged admis
sion. Admission to the High School
O'pefetta, F*riday night, May 13, will
be SiBc and BOc. On Friday, May 29,
aidmisslou of 20c and 3Be will be
charged.
There are seventeen students who
will draw diplomas from the high
school this year, twelve girls and
five boys.
TRIBUTE TO VETS
DEAD AND LIVING
ON MEMORIAL DAY
Exercise* and Decoration of
Graves at Cbicora Attended
by Harnett’s Last of Thin
Grey Line
TELEGRAMS TO
PAUL GREEN
Former Mayor J. C. Thomson has
received the following ielegram from
Paul Green:
“It pleases me more than ttny-
thing to feel that my home folks are
non entirely disappointed with what
titlle I do. 1 congratulate myeelf
on having such friends. May "we
never fail each other.”
N'umerous telegrams and letters
of congratulation went from LilHng-
ton and Harnett People to Mr.
Green upon announcement that be
had won the PuUtzer prize of 11,000
for excellence aa a pJaywrlght. “M
Albraham’s Bosom" is the title of the
play that won the prize -for Mr. Green
a few days ago in New York where
the awards were made.
Mr. Green, now assistant proJes-
sor of phtloeophy oit the University
of Norlth Carolina, is a son of the
late M-r. and Mrs. W. A. Green, the
old home being -near Buie’s Creek.
Harnett county''8 remnant of the
thin grey line of the Confederacy
was at Cbicora Tuesday to atte'nd
memorial exercises and witness the
decoration of heroes’ graves by the
talr hands of the Daughters of the
Confederacy and others. Only about
twenty men now survive In this
county, according to Captain J, H.
M-cAllister of Daniel MbDougald
camp No. 1662. Mr. Joe went down
to attend the exercises an-d reported
that he enjoyed it greatly.
The veterans recently went to
Tampa, Florida, to attend the annu
al reunion , and they caime ‘back
looking hale and hearty. They were
dined and otherwise entertained to
their heart’s content.
Memorial Day (May lO'th) was
quietly olbeerved'. The bank was the
only business institution that closed.
The day is a Southern holiday. iMay
30th is Federal Memeorial Day an-d
Is declared a national h'olidky.
Durham. May li.—0. Mitx Gard
ner, conceded by many to be ^he next
Governor of North Ctirolina,| has ac
cepted the invitation extenJedi him
to open the Durham exposlttcm which
will be held In this city during the
week of M»y 16.—The Shslfiy man.
proflyabily one ot the best kfiown fig
ures In North Carolina poUllcal life,
Is one of the oUte’s best orafors, and
officials of the exposl-tion feifi that he
will attract an enoiunous srowd on
the opening night of the e^osltlon.
The exposition le being staged under
the auspices of the Durham Mer
chants’ Association wHth the view of
showing to the people of this section
of the Rtate the wide deversification
of products made and Sold here.
One of the most elaborate programs
ever presen't'ed in this aei^on of the
state has been prepared tofi the week
and includes musicians and speakers
of note, in addition to other features.
WOMAN SH90TS
HER HUSBAND IN
PRESENCE or SON
Quarrel in Dunn Home Results
in Wife Slayinf Husband—
She Says He Was Abusing
Her “All Night”
LOCAL PUPILS
WIN HONORS
Miss Josle Avent, memibey of the
senior clash in the Llllington High
School, wins second prize in the State
Wide Essay Contest, which was en
titled', "Safety First." Thle prise will
be awarded Mise Avent along with
ber dflploma, at coun-mencement.
This is the fourth pupil in the
Lillin'gtoa High School, who has 'been
given etate honons within a year.
In March Miss Kate Page was one of
the ten best French contestants who
took the examination at Chapel Hill.
Two wee'ka ago Miss Margaret Bag
gett won third place in the State
Wide Music contest. This was con-
sedered a great dMlnotion owing to
the fact that Margaret had been
trained'-almost solely 'by listening to
the piano and In the conbeM at Ral
eigh, the contest wan from pbonor
graph records. Last spring Miss
Mary Fuquay won fifet prize in the
State Wide Latin Contest. We wish
the pulbllc to realise that but few
schools in tire etate have received
such bon'brs In such a short time.
Dunn, May 11.—Pearley H. Wade,
42, prominent farmer who lived one
and a half miles east of Dunn, U
dead and his wife, a few years
younger, is In the custody of Sheriff
Kyle Matthews, ot Harnett county,
charged with firing the shot which
bTtO.ugbt almost instant death to her
husfba’nd at seven o’clock Sunday
morning.
iTlie fatal shooting -took place in
the Wade home, the only eye-witness
except the husAukud and wife being
their only child, a son eleven years
old.
Mrs. Wade is iS a highly -nervous
state and has been under the care of
a physician. Owing to her condition
she was not questioned by the coro
ner’s jury "which adfoumsd after ex
amining the son and C. H. Pope, a
brother-in-law who Hived near the
scene of the shooting. The Jury .met
again on Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock to finish the Inquest.
Sberifl Matthews did not place
Mrs. Wade In Jail, but .she is bel'ng
cared for in the home of a nelgbjbar
under guard. According to the evi
dence brought out by the coroner’s
Jury today the victim of the shooting
was drinking and was in the act of
striking his wife when she fibred at
close range, the bullet piercing Ms
breast. The bullet was fired from a
thirty-two caliber Smith and Wesson
pistol which was found lying on the
floor in the halt. The plstoQ con
tained a full round of cartridges,' one
of them hav.lag been fired. The -son
stated that be was awakened by his
father cursing his mother, -that he
s&'w him' 'back her into a corner ol
the room in which he slept and raise
his hand as if to strike her. At that
time the pistol fired and his father
fell across the bed. The father had
been abusing and threatening the
mother moat of the night he said.
Immediately following the shoot
ing Mrs. Wade and the son ran from
the house and to. the home of Mr.
Wade’s mother near by. C. H. Pope,
whom she first met after the shoot
ing, Slated before the coronef’a Jury
that Mrs. Wade told Mm that she
had killed her hu^nd.
Mr. 'Wade lived only a short time
and never spoke after he was reached
by aeighA>ora attracted by the shoot
ing and the screams of the woman.
Both 'Mr. Wade and his wife are!
promlnentily conneoted being mem
bers of highly respected families.
They were regular attendants at
church and Sunday school a-nd news
of (the affair came as a distinct sur
prise and created quite a sensation
here. Tbe dead man was a large
planter and one of the most success
ful farmers In the Dunn dietrict.
COUNTY CONVEN
TION OF COTTON
CO-OPS HERE FRI
Tomorrow at 2 P. M. Harnett
Members Will Meet to Se
lect Five Delegates to
6th District Convention
Calls are befing Issued to members
of the North Carolina Cotton Grow
ers Cooperative Aosoctattoo in Har
nett County for their Annual County
Convention to be held In the court
house on Friday, May IS, at 2:00
P. M. The purpose of the Conven
tion will be to select the county’s
quota of five delegates to the Sixth
DliOtrlot Convention which will be
held at Raldigh on May 17, at 2:00
P. M.
Llllington District
To Vote Mainten
ance High School
SUPT. GENTRY
MAKES IT PLAIN
The County Convention wMch will
be held Friday is a part of ,the Ae&o-
clatlon’s annual election of directors.
The memibera ot each county meet in
the County Convention and select the
county’s quota of delegates to their
District Convention. The delegates
from the various counties in each
diattrlct wiM meet in 'the District Con
vention and select two nominees to
be voted upon lor Director for ihal
district, In the General Election.
The nasnes ot the candidates nomi
nated will :be placed upon postal card
ballots which will be mailed to all
members in the district. The mem
bers will return those ballMs to Dis
trict Headquarters by not later than
June 7th which is the day of the gen
eral election. In this way the mem
bers In each district elect the direc
tor tor that dletrict.
The County Conventlop is a very
Invportant part ot the election pro
gram and It is expected that a large
number of members will attend.
Mr. E. W. Smith of Dunn, R. 4,
will open the Convention as tem-po-
rary chairman.
COMPLETE ROAD
TO COUNTY LINE
AT MANCHESTER
Suparvisor Ballard Movc» His
Forc« to Momors to Build
Road to Spring Hill-—
State to Build Angier-
Erwin Road
A CORRECTION
In Itie News of March 10th ap
peared an Item in Recorder’s Oo-urt
Vtatlng that Boy Thomas was charg
ed 'With hausfbreaklng and larceny.
It was an error, and attention ol
The News baring been called to the
matter, it Is gladly eorreoted. The
name should have been IU>y Adams
a^ not Roy Thomas.
RKV. S. T. MOYiJe IMPROVING
Writing TiMiMi, • for BSc, at IHm
'Nevrs ofii^.
Rev. 8. T. Moyle who bos been
ooibflned to his katine with lllnees Is
reported as being mach better. He
was nnalUe-to fill bis appofutinents
last Sunday sad former Senator J.
R. Bagtett fiUad the palplt for him.
The county highway from Lilling-
ton to the Cumborland line near
Manebester having been coonplet'ed.
Road 'Supervisor M. L. Ballard' Tues
day moved his ,furce to Mamers,
where he began work on the highway
from that point to Spring Hill
church. Trafiac Is otpen on the Lil-
lliVgton-iCumiberland road and travel
ers can go alt the way through on
the new road to -the cumiberland line,
from tbence detouring a fraction of
a mile to reach the Cu'mberlund
county road into Manchester. It is
expected that the Oumtberiand auth
orities will soon order the short
space beit'weeo the two roads built
so that 'traffic may go straight on
through. Except for some slight
bumps caused bv newness of the
road>, the LUllngton-KJumiberla'nd
highway ie declared to be as good as
any earth-surface highway in the
State.
On the 'propoeod road from Erwin
to Angler the State Highway Com-
missiou engineers are surveying 'with
the idea of building the road on pbst
Angler to connect with Route 21 into
Raleigh. Maps, iprints, profiles, etc.,
made by Enlgineer-W. T. Smith have
been turned over to the State high
way forces, and it is expected that
engineers will have the outline of
the road ready for letting of contract
soon.
Gupervlaor Ballard has a force of
about 25 con'vicU with which 'to cou-
eiruct the Mamera-Rprlng Hill road.
The county highway board has pur
chased up-to-date 'machinery with
which to build roads, and It Is ex
pected that the State 'wiU ultimately
take over for maintenance -punposes
all of the principal roads so con
structed.
It has been suggested that the
undersigned prepare a statement rel
ative to the facts connected with the
special tax election for schools to' be
held in the Llllington district' on
May 17th. These facts were given
by the editor of The Ne(W8 lest we*ek.
Due to the importance of this mat
ter, we are repeating therm here:
1. The election was called think
ing a term of nime months could b#
financed. This does not appear to
be possible with the present valua
tion. It is our understanding that
the term is to remain at eight months
this election' will iprovide with the
present pro’perty valuaKiion in the
district.
2. The special tax rate at present
is 65 cents, and should be divided as
follows: 30 cents for maintenance,
and 3i5 cents for luddhtedness for
building and. equipment. Thirty
cents is the only rate ever votfMl for
maintenance so far as we can find.
3. The county authorities have
assumed the indebtedness and the
35 cents mentiomed above cannot be
levied anymore.
4. The remaining 30 cents main
tenance rate 9s the only special
school lax left on the Lilltngton dis
trict.
5. The term for six months will
be supplied entirely by the county.
The two months ibeyon'd the six
months will be furnished entirely by
the district.
6. The total valuation at present
ot all property in the Llllington dis
trict ts $1,623,690. A 30c levy on
.,thl8 valuation will amount to $4,-
8'7X.07 gross. We need to siilbtract
at least $250.00 from this lor col
lection and for uncollected taxes.
This leaves a net amount ot $4,-
6t21.07.
7. It will require $6,700.00 to
operate the Idllinfirtocn schoolc. on the
present standard for two months.
This means a shortage of $2,078.93
with the present local tax rate. The
only way we know that this can be
taken care of is by a vote of the peo
ple to increase the special uax rate
above 30 cents,
8. The district Is now paying a
special tax rate of 65 cents. If the
election is carried the special tax
rate cannot be albove 60 cents.
9. The total tax rate for schools
paid by the Llllington dliitrlct at
present Is as follows:
_ .82
General County
'Speciaf School Tax *65
Total $1.47
Since the coumty will imy all In
debtedness and operate schools for
six months, the general county rate
will be increased. 'No one can know
what this will be until property val
uation has been totaled for tUe year
and the school budget made. We
think the Llllington schoiol can op
erate on Its present 9t«.niiard next
term with a special tax rate of 4>5c,
but we may find that it will require
BOc. The county tax rate can in
crease to 97« be'fore total school tax
for this district can be Increased 1£
the election carries. It may go to
$1.0'2 before the total rate is in
creased.
We hope the voters will realize
that a standard school vritb its pres
ent degree of efficiency cannot (be
maintained with the present availa
ble special tax rate. Vie hope also
that the voters will realize that the
total maximum special tax rate that
can be levied If the election carries
Is 50 cents, or 15 cents lefts, than the
rate now levied on the district.
B. P. O'BNITRY,
County Superintendent.
DR. J. W. PBILLIFS TO
MOVE 90 HIGH 'POINT
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Phillips, who
recently moved from Lilllnlgton to
Liberty to live, will next 'week move
to High Point to 'make their home.
Dr. Phillips, who was here Monday
and Tuesday of this week, stated that
he waa well pleased with Lfbeity,
but that he had an opportunity tor
wider practice In High Point. Or.
Phillips 'praetlcedi here for severs)
years, during which time he was
county hsolte olBoer.
DR. JOB M. McKAY CBIWaBRATHS
H18 SKTY-BIXTH KIRTHDAY
To The Hbrnetit County Nefwe:
When Dr. McKay came home to
dinner last PrMay, May 6, he was
more 'pfleasurably surprised to find
all of his children (ezicepi; John, who
Is always so far away,) (prand-chlld-
ren, 'brothers and sisters, who had
come to celebrate bis Sdth birthday.
In his busy routine, he had com-
tpletbly foTgo'tten the d-ay, but we
know he appreedaked the efforts of
his family to show their love and
appreciation of his I'on'g and loving
service for them. It was indeed a
happy 'day tor all of us, and we
hope, Obd willing, tha t he may have
'many more birthdays.
BttlA’s creek. N. C.
To ithose citizens of Llllington
School Distrl'Ct who "may be In doubt
as to the Meaning of the special
school election to be held nett Tues
day It may be stated that the plain
llact is that the effect of the electlom
will 'be to replace the former special
levy of 615. cents wMb the levy of
50 cents. If the election should fail,
which is unthinkable, the special
levy would be only SO cents, which
would be sufficient to operate the
school here for only six months.
With the 20 cents added, makdng the
total special levy 60 cents, the
school can operate for eight months,
as Is at present the case. The epee-
iai levy cannot exceed' SO cents be
cause that is the legaa limit. Any
statement to the contrary is mis
leading. Superintendent Oeiitry has
estimated that it will not be neces
sary for Llllington district to levy
more than 46 cents special levy this
year; if that be true, be rays, only
45 cents wUl be levied.
•But what the people ot Llllington
School District want Is an eight
months school term. It was desired
tbst the term be made nine months,
but it has been clearly seen that the
nine months term cannot be had at
this time; therefore, all that is
sought is to readjust the special tax
rate so that the" school can operate
as it hae been doing—^for eight
months. Possibly at some future
time the nine months term -may be
secured In some other way. but that
q'ueetlon is tfot before the people
now.
To repeat, the people of Llllington
School District want school pC not
than eight months. This length
term is abeolutely necessary in or
der to have an accredited high
school. ChUdrec attending a school
of less length ot term cannot gain
credit for attendj^ng a high school.
If it should so happen that this elec
tion could be defeated, the' ficbool
traaes which have been conveylM
children from every point In tbw dis
trict to Llllington aclioot would be
used to carry the students to soms
other point in the county where there
Is a high school. For inetanoe,
there is Anderson Creek where an
excellent hlgK school is maintained;
tlj^ere Is Lafayette; there Is Angier;
there is CSoata, Bate’s Creek—all of
these places have high eohoolS'where
the students could be carried! But
such a condition Is not what the peo
ple oif Llllington want. The people
of Llllington district want their
children carried to LUlInglon school
which already has all modern bnlld-
Ings and facilities for graduating
students with dlpN>maB that admK
to the University and colleges.
The News has tried to make the
terms of the election plain. Last
week a gentleman apiproached the
editor and stated that the matter
had not been made plain enough.
The News has stated it as msarly as
it knows bow to do. Furthormo/e,
The Nc^e is of opinion that the mat
ter is plain enough to everybody, ex
cept possibly a few wh'o have been
imposed upon by having wrong
statements made*to 'tbern. It citi
zens will got the facts straight, they
will readily see that the protpoaltlon
Is a fair and stralghtrofiwtird one,
with no dedign whatever esoept to
keep Harnett’s conntyseat in its
present status with regard to school
facilities.
As was stated last week. The
NeiwB would not undertake to advo
cate something that ts not fair. Just
and right. The News would not un
der any cii’t^umstances presume that
the people will conkioue tbelr faith
in the paper’s Integrity if It shall
favor something that le detiimentai
to tbelr best interests. The Newn
knows that the election nett Toes*
day should be carried, and TYie Newii
iMflleves thtt It will. .The News han
more faith in the ipeople ot this
community than to believe other
wise.
JUDGil TOWNBBNB €K>BB
90 HOLD OLAY COUBW
Judge N. A. Townaend of Dub'S
passed hbrougb LiUlngton last SaV
urday on his way to day county
where he is holding court this weak.
Going such a distance away from hfs
home county, the Judge felt that be
was beginuing hla real Jndleial pil
grimage and he stoppad' Jong enough
to shake hande with trlcnda wko
wished him great affocean on the
bench.
Ottaalng the dollar ao muck is prob
ably rwhat makes It ahy and hard to
oatoh.
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