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HARNETT COUNTY NEWS
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY. AND OF THE STATE GENERALLY.
Vol. IX>-No. 20
fl.no PER YEAR—5c A COPY
Lill^nston, N. C. ThurMlay. May 19. 1927
‘Tf It C
Hain«tt. It'« in THE NEWS**
School Advocates Win Victory
Dr. Oscar Haywood
To Deliver Address
With one ot theibrighie^t and most
pleasing playlets that has ever grac
ed the local stage, Lillington school
opened its 192i7 clnmenicement exer
cises last Friday mglit. The title Of
the entertainment was “Folderol.”
meaning a ibunch of nonsense,
(hough It was so freely sprinltled
with good common sense that the
large, good-natured audience thank
ed Itself for exercising the rare judg
ment to attend. There was not a
dull line in the entire play. First
opening with one-act operetta de
picting a scene In "Starvation Inn,”
the humor grew as tne program ad
vanced, and the audience was filled
with Joy and convulsed with laugh
ter when the scene came to a close
with “Our Curtain." Lacking time
to procure the handsome new curtain
for the stage so as to be ready for
I he opening exercises, the clever pro
moters df the play. Miss Ethel Par
mer and Mrs. Caviness Brown, ar
ranged a broadside with the minstrel
characters who occupied the stage in
the following scene. Fourteen black-
face men, with backs turned to the
audience, exhibited cards upon which
were prinSted the letters, "Our Cur
tain”. The improvised screen serv
ed well for the purpose while busy
hands changed the stage setting.
The “curtain” stetpited off the
stage, and the minstrel wa.s on.
From interlocutor to end men, and
all through the semi-circle and back
again, the nyirth rolled out to the
audience, each of whom were by this
time pronouncing the evening’s en
tertainment one of rare merit. The
mindtrel was a tremendous success.
To mention the stars would be to
recite again the cast of characters.
Each of the players was particularly
bright. Pt was a good show.
Commencement Sermon
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
Dr. E. D, Soper, head of the School
nf Religion. Department of Dllble.
Duke University, preached the bac-
calfiAireate sermon and it was pecu
liarly fl'Dting. Taking a.s his theme
"Amlbrtion”. the noied instructor’s
wo'rds, plain and always to tht>
point, reached the appreciative audi-1
ence with great force. TIio sermon
was so well received that many de
clared it the tlnest ever heard on the
local ptatfonm.
Dr. Soper declared that no one
ever accomplls^hed anything worth I
while in life until the spark of am-1
measure, perhaps, than ever before.
The Work of the 1*. T, A.
The session now coming to a close
has been nia.^ked by great activity
on the part of the Parent Teacher
Association. Inspired by the re
markable results achieived in former
years, the ofllcers and members of
the asstociation have comiblncd their
efforts for the success of the school.
A library that will do credit to any
high school has been estolbJished;
and. while not yet complete, the
splendid showing is ifurnishing now
en'thnsiasm among the promoters
and it is expected that by the time
the school opens in the Fall, large
numlbers of additions will have been
made. Last year Mrs. John D.
Johnson was president of the P. T.
A. and under her leadership much
was accomplished. Taking hold of
the work at the beglnwing of the
present sesrton, Mrs. ChaTles Ross
has inspired her co-workers with a
zeal that is highly commendable.
The programs arranged by Mrs. C.
S. Loving and other members of her
commitltee have been both interest
ing and helpful. The entertainment
committee, of which Mrs. Walton C.
Baker Is chatirman, has put forward
their plans with such result that
they have been commended and re
ceived many expression oif apprecia
tion. The P, T. A. has been a won-
derlful help to the school.
Dr. Haywood to Speak.
Next Wednesday night at 8 o’clock
Dr. Oscar Haywood of Mt. Ollead
will deliver the literary address. As
a plaltform orator Dr. Haywood holds
an enviable reputation that is na-
tion-^ide. 'Retiring a few years ago
frem the pastorate of Calvary Bap
tist Church iu New York Ctlty, he
settled on the Haywood Plantation
in Montgomery county. This h&.s
for Inog years been a place noted
for its beauity as a countryseat.
There he enjoys the health and fine
spirit that comes from living close
to nature. He will bring to people
at this community, and others from
elsewhere who attend, an atldre.SK
that wSll be well worth listening to.
DR. OSCAR HAYWOOD
OF MT. GILEAD
FORMER HARNETT
MAN NOW Mi\KING
GOOD IN HALIFAX
V. C. Matthews, Former Com*
miasioner in HU Native
County, Achieviny Suc
cess in Schools of
Halifax
Special Election
For Local School
Mr. J. R. Baggett and Rev A. S.
Gllle'^pie went to Aurellan Siprlngs in
Halifax county last Friday where
j Mr. Baggett delivered the commence-
I ment address to the graduating clacb.
I of Aurellan Springs High Skihool
Friday evening. The school'has a
'1,
Wins 288 to 66
l)i‘, Hiiyivood »vilJ deliver the Jjitej'ni'y Aildress. lat -LUlliigton Hlgih i-k-hool
next Wetliiesduy, May 25tti, at 8:15 o’clock. Dr. iHaywood wus 'for
yenr. pastor of t’nlvnry Baptist Church, iNew York 'City. He Is now
i'etir‘l and lives at his old home, tide Haywood d^lantutlon, xstali-
li.sheil 1770, in Montgoiiiery Ovunty. He Is jan l^loquent speaker
and enjoys iintioind reputation ns a (platform lortuivr.
SHOWS CHICKENS
ARE COMMANDING
MORE ATTENTION
Recent Shipment From Dunn
Brought Poultry From Buck-
horn and Barbecue—Re
turns Were Very Sat
isfactory
RURAL DEPUTIES
RECOVER STOLEN
GOODS SATURDAY
Last Friday was the thirteenth,
•'iiul it may have been unlucky for
sonie people, but for .some others it
was peculiarly lucky. For instanc'>,
the the farmers who sol’d poultry at
the co-operative shipment in Dunn
^ ■flTNflii' S when 3,70'3 pound.s were shipped
fliv/aLiO (JUill-v sJ sellers were paid $785.71 cash
STATE COLLEGE
Program for commen>cement exer-
hHion burst into flame and fired the' cisf.s at State College has been an-
inind. heart and soul to action.
I nounced toy Dr. T. P. Harrison, chair
Thus he brought home to his hearers juan of the committee on Conimeuce
the truth that achievement is the
result of wh'ole-hearted effort, and
that nothing worth while ever comes
a-bout by mere chance.
From the moment the speaker be
gan his sermon tiill the last word was
ment. The baccalaureate sermon
will be delivered by Rev. M. Ashiby
Jones, pastor of Second Baptist
church, St. Louis, and formerly of
the First Baptist chnrtoh, Atlanta.
This will take place at 8:30 p, m. on
spoken, the entire audience listened | Sunday, June 5. The commencc'ment
with rapt attention. Dr, Soiper came | address will be delivered by Robert
as almost a total stranger, but he Archer C,ooper, ex-governor of South
won welcome acquaintance. People .Carolina, and member of the Federal
here will be pleased to hear him Fam Board. The diplomas will be
I presented by Governor A. W. Mc-
Tue-sday night at 8 o’clock in thej Lean.
Monday will (be Alumni Day. The
new auditorium the recitation and
declamation contests took place.
Balance of Program
Balance 'Of the Commencement
program Is as follows:
Friday, May 20.— (1) Seventh
Grade Exercises; (2) Operetta Ele
mentary Grade.s.
Saturday,. May 21. 8 o’clock—Sen
ior Cla.s« Play.
Monday, May 23, 8 o’clock—'High
School Piano Recital.
Tuesday. May 24, 8 c'clock—Class
Day Exercises.
Wednesday, May 25, 3:30 o’clock
—Elementary Piano Recital.
Wednesday, May 25, 8 o’clock—
Commencement Address by Dr. Hay
wood. Awarding of Diplomas.
A HuccesNfa] Year.
The school comes to the close of
another successful year. Under the
superlntendency of B. D, Dunn, with
an able corps of teacher^, Lf!l1ngton
school is showing more progress
each year. It has been said, and
with truth, that the session of 1'926-
27 has been marked by both efli-
ciency and earnestness In the class
rooms. The result is that this Oom-
mencement presents evidence of
greater determination on the part of
facuVty, student >body, and patrons
for a larger service to the school in
order that an even greater benefit
may be derived. Reall?fln'g the truth
c*r the saying that what Is put into
a movement will determine results
from It, willing hands, heads and
hearts are co-operating in greater
annual meeting of the Aliunnl Asso
ciation will 'be held in the morning,
and in the afternoon a game between
Slate and Carolina will be the attrac
tion. On Monday night the annual
'cl.'i.'?« day exercisers will be heild. The
senior orations will be delivered at
t'his time and prizes and medals will
be awarded. Among the most cov
oted of these are the P. D. Gold
Citizenship Medal and the Norris
Athletic Trophy,
A new system has been instituted
for the reunion of classes. Thi.s year,
and during the following years, lour
classes 'will gather who were In
school at the same time. The classes
■which will return this year are 1907,
1908, 1907, 1910 and the class of
’26.
MORE HARD RURFACR
IROAD FOR HARNETT
Letting of contracts for road
building by the State Highway Com
mission Tuesday included 4.1(1 miles
of bard surface on Route 23 from
'Dunn to the Cumiberland county line.
The contract went to Gregory A
Weislger for $106,7'66.60.
Contract was also let for 6.:S miles
of grading and structure on Route
60 from the end of project 460 to
the Chatham county line. This road
lies in Lee county. The contract
went to Beal Brothers, $45,119, for
grading, and structures to Clifton
Currln, for $4,901.96.
on the spot, thought that Friday the
thirteenth was not at all unlucky.
Fact i.-:, people who are foresighted
enough to nii.se something that will
sell at any time and bring a good
price, wliether on lucky or,unlucky
day«, are not t'he kind who pay much
attention to hoodoo.s and such like.
They poket their cash and take care
of themselves while the hoodoos are
pursuing their calling with leas for
tunate ones.
The chickens ca‘ine in last Friday
for the co-operative .shipment in all
sndh salis'iactory manner that Mr.
Anthony, who is in charge of the
shipments, saw the fruits of his la
bors. He has been preaching that
sort of thing to Harnett .farmers, anid
when he saw c'hldkens coming in
from Buckhori) and Barlliecue, two
townships farfliesl away from the
point of shipment, he felt that his
work was taking hold. But what
made him feel much better was the
sight of the poultry raisers taking
hold of the good hard cash for t'helr
chickens—coming as it did at a time
when good hard, cash is one of the
most acceptable commodities that
can come to a farmer.
Mr. Anthony requests The News to
say nothing about him—talk about
the chickens and the chicken raisers,
he says. But when The News gets
sight oif a man who can do, anid does,
as much for the farmers of Harnett
County as Mr. Anthony is doing, his
name gets ■sprinkled through the
news columns of this popular paper.
iMr. Anthony is doing a great work.
He says bo would like to make co
operative shipments from Lillington
also. What about it, merchants?
Some - Uquor, Big Oposaum,
Three Men land 9600 Worth
of Goods Taken in Charge
by Deputies During
Week*s Raids
HARNETT tlATTLE IS
TUBERCUIXJSIS FREE
Washington, May 18.—Fonir addi
tional counties have been freed 'from,
bov^ine tuberculosis, making the to
tal now 306 counties, the depart
ment of agriculture anniounced today.
They are Knox county, Indiana;
Harnett county, Ntorth Carolina;
Lawrence county, Pennsfylvaiiia, and
Shelby county, Tennessee.
Rural Duputies Malcolm Upchurch
and Lee Turlington secured more
than an even break during the past
week when they staged t'hree big
raids—one for recovery of stolen
goods and two for liquor. In the
first mentioned raid they found $600
worth of goods that hU'd been stolen
and captured two men. In one of
the liquor raids they found a small
quantity of liquor and captured a
roan; In the other they captured a
.big opossum, tiwo barrels of beer airJ
somie fruit jars.
The officers got a tip that a cache
of stolen goods might ibe located near
the old wooden bridge near Erwin.
A man had caught sight of the
rogues as they were running away
from the place where they had hid
den the loot. The ofllcera searched
the woods and found aibout $600
wort'h of gooidB hidden. They also
•found and arrealed two white men
who gave their names as Byrd.
■While searching for the goods the
offlcer.s ran upon a miniature liquor
still of about eight or ten gallons
capacity, made of a lard can. located
about half a mile from the 'bridge.
Two barrels of beer were found at
the still, but no operator was in
.sight. The men captured were lock
ed in jail. The goods recoverad by
the officers consisted of cigars, cigar
ettes, Kmokin'g toftAicco. coffee, sugar,
a pair of scales and many kinds of
imerObandtse.
When the officers went over Into
Grove township to make a raid on
a place where a still was supposed
to be, they failed to locate the “ma-
cMne” but tound where it had been
sitting. They found two barrels of
ibeer and some fruit jare, however,
and also a big opossum. The animal
resisted arrest and' -was killed. He
twae very fat, Iwf was “out of sea
son.”
Armed with a search warrant for
Frank McLamtb’s iplaoe iu Erwin, the
officers seanohed his place and found
a half gallon iflrult Jar of liquor.
The officers stated that MtoLamlb was
in the act ol making a delivery to a
“custoraer” when they caught him.
They were going tq allow him to
furnish bail, but he waxed warm and
fought them, so they brouglit him
to jail. He put up a stiff fight on
officer Hanper of Erwin, they aa#d.
I handsome ■^and commodious building;
and ajbaut 600 students. .Professor
Vasaar Matthews, formerlv of Har-'
ii
nett county, is superintendent lot the
school. Mr, Mattheiws was at one
time chairman of the board of,county
commissioners of Harnett. ■Sln'ce
taking up school work he has met
with splendid success.
The house was filled to overllow-
ing when the audience gathered to
hear t'he commencement address and
closing exercises. High apprecia
tion of Mr. Bagget-t's address wp.s
expressed by the people of Abrelhtu
Springs. Mr. Gil'Iesfpie declares that
Mr. Baggett delivered one ’ of the
anost Inspiring addresses he has ever
heard. .Mr. Baggett and Mr. Gilles
pie were favorably Impressed with
the splendid showing made iby Mr.
Matthews and his school.
Mr Matthew'S is a brot'her of Mr.
Troy M'Otthews. He was here Mon
day on a short visit, He elates that
the authorities of Halifax county are-
so impressed by the results! gained
'by hia school that they are ikhw plan-
I nln'g to dou'blo the capacity by build
ing and furnishing more room and
equipment. 'Last year he 'had 16
graduates, 11 of whom are' in the
University and N. C. C. W. This
year he has 15 graduates', all of
'Whom state thek* Intention of attend
ing college.
Mr. Maitthews praised Mr. Bag
gett's address in unstinted terms, and
he said the people of the fVurellan
Rprlngis community and vlalt'ars from
other parts of- the county, including
the county boards,, procla'lnned Wie
Harnett man’s speech as the best of
its kind they ever listened to'.
SUPERIOR COURT
BEGINS MONDAY
FOR WEEK TERM
By a majority vote of 69 the elec
tion in Liltlngton School District, to
decide as to the levy of a special tax
of 20 cents, was carried Tuesday.
The result of the election is that a
total af 60 cents special scho'Ol levy
i.^ authorized in Lillin'gton j dlstTict.
Of the 4>3'9 voters reglstereti for the
election, 288 voted favorably and 6'6
'against; 85 registered voters failed
'to vote. All registered votetl cou'nted
aga’iuet the measure, whether east or
not, and thus the 85 failing votes cut
■d'own the majority that would seem
on the face of the returns to hawe
(been gained. Thirteen ajbsentee
votes that were favora'hle ■ to the
maesure were not counted, accord
ing to the pollholders, because it
was demonsrated th'at a sufficient
favoraible vete was secured 'without
the atosentees. Pour voters w'ere
challenged. It was claimed' that two
of them lived outside of tho district.
The four challenged were: Mrs.
Fred Love, K. E. Peeden, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Olive. AUter considera
tion Of the challenges, tli.e judges
allowed the votes to he counted.
The outstattding aetlvWty of the
day was tihe zealous work of the
women o'f (.be oommunity, especially
the memibers of the Parent Teacher
Association and those who are con
sistently aligned 'with the forces
that chlamipion the cause of eduea-
'tton. The keynote was simnded at
the regular meeting of the P. T. A. 'WORLD F. E. A. TO
Judffe W. C. Harris of 'Roleigk
Will )Pre»ide Over Court to
Hear Criminal Cagea Ex
clusively Next Week
•President Coolidge doesn't wear
his ten-gallon cowboy hat very often,
but perhaps he is savlag It to tosfi In
the ling next year.
Judge 'W'. C. Harris of Raleigh will
be the judge who will preside over
the next one-week term oif| Superior
Court which convenes herti Mtonday
of next week and continues for the
week for the trial of criminal cases
exclusively. This 'WlU Ibe Ju'd'ge
Harris' last sitting In Harnett for
the six months of spring court. He
will then pass on to another dtetrlct.
He (began his service as! Superior
Court Judge in January in Harnett
court and has made many frtends
here.
A heavy docket will face the court.
On the calendar printed and mailed
out iby ■Ol'enk Ohaffin appears about a
hundred cases, ranging in serious
ness of 'offense 'from ordlnajjf'^runk-
enness to 'murder. • Liquor, bad
checks, fighting, seduction, trespass,
larceny and such like offenses take
up m'ost of the docket. 0)ae case of
slander la to come up, alsii one case
of otostructln'g road. V. P. L. and A.
D. W. (violation of the prohibltllon
law and assault -with deadly weapon)
—r/win eylls—are very prominently
mentioned on the calendar, All cas
es that have been heard in the oo’unty
recorder's court as well as In the
Dunn court, and' appealied', are sub
ject to call of Solicitor Williams.
The large nunuber oi , cases on
docket does not aiglfy that cidone Is
on the Increase In Harnett,’ but more
to the point, perhaps, that Sheriff
Matthews and bis deputles''are going
Into the highways and byways and
com'pelllng the wrongdoers to come
In.
Monday aitteroooa,' and the women
'went to work wkh a 'deb'r-mination
that would put the ave;.’aige male
pol'lticlan to shame. They quietly
■and gracefully moved ambng mem-.
Ibera of their sex and pressed the
urgency of the call to duty. That
the 'Women "carried' the| election”
was the undisputed statoraent of
Cilose observers Tuesday n ight.
An Interesting Gontest
The election was the oiie itoplc of
albsorbing Interest In the district
during the days Immediliitely pre
ceding the election and , when the
voting -was ta'king place. A session
of Ctounty Recorder’s Court was go
ing on while the ballots ur'ere flying,
ibut Judge Caviness and Solicitor
Taylor failed 'to draw the ‘usual
cro'wds to their show. Their attend
ance was slim except for t,he patro'US
who reside outside the limits of Lil
lington School District. ilVCany coun
ty elections have taken place without
exciting as much entbushitnn as was
roaiiiifested here rTuesday in the
school election.
The election was marked 'by the
authorized 60 cents wculd b'S neces
sary. He further staled that It is
altogether possible that only 40 cents
wor.ld be neede-i.' lit this proves to
be the case, only so much of the 60
cents authorized will be levied. It
seems (bat there is U> be some In
crease In listings of tmcatole property'
In the disrict. New wealth has come
In.
Hchoo'd (Will (Continue
The idea of making the term nine
months 'for 'Lilliington Gchool has
been abandoned for th'e present. It
•w'as seen that the exi;Ta tax would,
be a burden upon tbs'people of the,
district, and While it was agreed
that a nine-mo'n'ths term would place'
'the, school on a higher rating and
Ibe c'f great beneitM to the studente,
because of the additional facilities*
for their graduation! with ibettei,
ch'auCes of making good In their pur
suit of higher learning, the school
authorities deemed It (unwIse to ask.'
for the ninth mo(nith just yet. It Is
h'In'ted that the State Education De-
pairfimeut may help Id!' some way to
add 'the ninth month without cost to
the local district. Hoivewer that may
be. there Is sufficient consultation
now In the fact that Lillington School
will continue in tie progrewtve
(Course. 'Plans are already being
laid for a profltaible s'dsaion in IP'S?-
28.
OFFER 150 PRIZE
ON ILLITERACY
For Best Poster
Some iPhase of lllitoracy—
Posters Should Be Sent
Some Time in July
good humor of the participants.
Ohottel
at Hie News.
Except for one or two .pevtorbed oltl
zens who insisted that ■';h«ir rights
•were being violated whe*i| adherents
to their line of thought [were being
ohalleiiged at the polls, participants
in the election “said it with votes
and a smile. Good hum(>T prevailed
around the ballot box iduring the
day, except tor the Instance men-
itioned.
What the (Election .IHeans
The voting authorizes the school
authorities to levy 20 cents addi
tional to the 30 cents levy already
authorized tor Lillington'(School Dis
trict as a special fund Inrlth which
to operate the local scli,oo] for the
extra two (months, miilcing eight
months of school. The! coutfty op
erates the school for »lx months.
Fifty cents is all that C8.ti ibe levied.
It is 'the conetltptional limit. 'Here
tofore •the local levy has been higher.
Last year it -was 65 cents, and for a
few years (before that i It was 7'0
cents. But tho county ’laa assumed
•the Indebtedness on account of the
Ibul'ldings, and all that la nOcessary
'for the district now Js a fund for de-
.traying the expense Of ihe seventh
and eighth month of the school term.
Statements made by some people to
tho effect that 60 cents would he lev
ied In addition to the letvj' which has
formerly been made, is imtfrely mia-
leading. There is no truth at ell in
the report.
The local board of trustees met In
the office of ffnpertutendent Gentry
Tuesday aftenmon for ^ho purpose of
arranging the budget tor the 1927-
98 session, and J. R. Bag.lffeU, chair
man of the board, stated to The
News that the figures in the budget
revealed that only 4 cent* of the
A fifty dollar prize is offwwd by
the World Federation of Bducatlou
Aissoclattons for the best Illiteracy
'Poster sttiUmitted at Its meeting Iti
Torono. Canada, August 7-12.
fPhe oonteet is open to students of
elementary and higfat ttehools, stale
normal schools and teachers colleges.
The poster ebould -be designed to
depict some phase of illiteracy and
its handicap to a nation, a com-munl-
ty or an individual.
No poster will bo returneid. The
beat of those not winning a prize
•will be given honorsllde mention and!
(Will be displayed widely.
Posters ehould be sent during
July—not later than July. 16th—by
•prepaid ex]#bss or pancel post to
(Committee on ArrarlgemenU of the
World Federation, 229 Stmeoe Hall,
'University of Toront(i, fToronto, Can
ada.
For further information, write to
DR. A. O. TBiOlfAS,
President, World Federation Dduca-
tlon Association, Augusta, Maine.
FIDELIS CLASS fUlTBPfl'AINS
CITIZBNS ItARAOA CLAHfl
Coats, May 18.~On Wednesday
evening the Fldelis Olaes of Coats
Baptist Sunday School entertained
the Cdtizene Baraca Class. At 6:S0
the two classee gathered in a beau
tiful grove near Mr. T. D. StowartVi
htxme. On an tmpr^ivlsed table was
spread a deitghttu) lunch etfnststlng
of fried chicken, salad, coffee end
bottled drinks. Mra. Lucy Kelly,
.president oil Ptdelfe, welcomed the
guests. Mr. Inbln Smith, superin
tendent of the Sunday School, pro
nounced the InTocatton. Dr. darner
Fuquay,^ teacher o1 the Oltiams Ba-
raca, spoke in behi^t of hie claos.
This sojcial grew out of a contest
between the two clMwass for the
highest percentage of aiUandaaca
during the preceding nmnths. Beth
classes were grealty atlmtilatad and
benefited e;,peciaUy by the plenfc.
PRIOAOIIING AT
Rev. B. B. Omt will All hia llrat
appoinlsmetft at Bphesua next Sun
day morning at 11:00 oVloek. All
memlb'ers are reqneiited to he pres
ent. VisKioro cordlitlly irelcomod.
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