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-No. 26 HARNETT COUNTY NEWS DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY, ANO Of THE STATE GENERALLY. Liltmftcin, N. C., Thurtilmjr, Juno 28, 1928 ft.60 PlBR YBAR—Oe A COPY ilS Wy i TAX COLLECTOR PREPARING FOR FINAL REPORT "It It Concwu Haraett, If* ia THE NEWS^ L, C’ORBKrrr new PHYSIOIAN FOB DUNN Next Monday is Scheduled Date for Making Com plete Settlement with County for 1927 Taxes Meet Monday 'being the scheduled date for the final .settlement of 1927 taxes. Collector John Green Is busy In efforts to gather In every slollav P08.slbJe the fore that time. The col- kctor s(ate.s that If he Is given more time he can collect some of the tax account outstanding, but that If •he 'Convmissloner.s order him to •■etlle next Monday he will prepare his l>ook.s and accounts for the turn over, Usually the Board appoints a committee to do the checking up and settling with the collector, and this committee meets at Its conven ience some time In July. Although the collections are con- ^ldercd very slow now. Collector Green has not allowed his operations to come to a standstill. Everyday he Is taking In some money, and he estimate.^ that if the Commissioner see fit to delay the settlement for another month he can gel in some thing tike a couple of thousand dol lars more. He polnt.s out that col lections will .stop Immediately if a settlement Is made, delinquents not feeling disposed to pay after the county makes Its final adjustment with the collector. The 1927 tax year ha.s been a hard one. Collector Green has. how ever. made an unusually good show ing. When his final report Is turn ed In It will show, he says, that the amount of uncollected taxes is not far, If any, in excess of that report ed in former year.s. -Levying upon personal property Is being continued and this proce.ss practically 'brings in the money. The foiinty tax rale for 1927 was 11.4-8 for all pnrpose.s. This doe> not include the .special levies in the various townships and school dis tricts for special school and road ► lond interest. Dr, Clarence 'L, Corbett, formerly of .Selma, has associated himself with iDr. I. F, IH-lok.s, of Dunn, for the general practice of medicine. iDr, Corbett graduated from Waike 'Forest college In June '19'25, receiv ing the A, B, degree In medicine. During the year 1924-’'25 he intern ed at the Wake Forest college hos pital. In Juno, 1927, he received the M. D. degree at Emory Univer sity and in the same month success fully passed the Georgia and North Carolina -Medical oBards, Dr. Cor bett recently completed a one--yeai”f intern.ship in a largo hospital in At lanta, Ga.. coming to Dunn from the Georgia cli. He -Is a son of Mr. and iMrs. C. A. Corbett, of Selma, and the Selma Johnsonian says he Is one of -Selma’s -finest young men. WANT TOBACCO MARKET OPENED ON AUGUST 21 Officials of Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce Request That Mar kets Open Earlier SANFORD TO CELEBRATE 4TH OF JULY Plans Being Made for Big July 4th Celebration in Sanford -—Sponsored by Merchants Association and Civic Clubs of the Town ROBBERS GET LOOT IN ANGIER Robbers got about S250 worth of goods Monday night when they broke into the store of J. W. Hoc-k- aday and the garage of Roy Young. From the Hookaday'(-tore the loot ers got cigarette.'?, candy and punch- board.s containing a watch and oth er prizes. From the Young garage they got tires, tubes and a battery. Mr, Hockaday valued his loss at |20d, and Mr. Young said the good.« taken from his place were worth about |2S^ or 430. No clue has yet been found as to the identity of the roHybera. They went through a window in the front part of the Hockaday store and helped themselves to cigarettes and candy, but left a cash drawer un molested. In It was .some cash which Mr. Hockaday had left over night. Expression of opinion among clt Izens is to the -jdoct that the rob bers were wayward boy.s and young men who are not .«frangers to the places they robbed. It is be'.'evod that at least part of the goods stol en may he traced In a few days. Sanford, July 27,—Arrangements are being made for various forms of entertainment for the visitors to Sanford on the 4th of July, There will he some form of entertain ment practically every minute dur- the entire day, 'The program 'be gins promptly at 10:0 a. m. with a colossal, patriotic parade In which ubo-ut twenty gaily decorated and handsome patriotic floats, besides scores of ibeautlful, decorateij pri vate cars. In line of march the city tfire department, 200 iBoy 'Scouts and a large unit of artillery will be an Important feature. This parade is expected to be approximately two amJ one-half miles long and one of the finest and best ever staged in this section of 'North Carolina, Late In the afternoon a street iJance will-be-staged; with a brilliant display of Arewor-ks at 'Union 'Sta tion grounds later In the nlg-ht, bringing the program for the day to a close. The business men adn citizens as a whole are cooperailug In this pat riotic demonstration to make it a grand s-ucccss. The people of 1,11- llngton ami iHarnett iConnty are in vited to Join iji the festivities. Practically every neighboring town will be represented in the parade. .Many Cash prizes will ibe given to the various winners In the paraue competition. DEWBKltRlKH .MOVING NORTH IIV MO'rOK TRUCK FLBETH COU.NTY CX>MMIS»10NEU:4 TO MEET HERE TODAY The (Board of County Commis sioners will meet here today and consider the county budg.-'t. Com missioners Hockaday aniJ Ingram andAuditor Bradley have been ap pointed to arrange a settlement with Collector John Green, but it Is stated that the settlement cannot po.sslbly be arraiigod until the col lector has had time to gather his data and figures. It is custo-mary t. appoint a settlement co-mmittee at the J'Uly meeting. The Board at its meeting today may again consider I'he proposed •'chool budget. Much opposition is being found among members of the Board to any Increase In the amount ftxtiJi in the budget, which Is several thou.sand d-ollars imore than it was last year. At first the Hoard of Ed ucation a.-ked for an increase of ISO,000, but this increase has -been .^ut down consideratbly. IIIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Dr, and Mrs. Claude Sexton of t* Florence, S. C., announce the arrlv- aJ of a young daughter. Ellzabeth pv* .Melvin, June 20th, at ohe home of Dr. and Mrs, W. C. Melvin, Linden, N. C. Big motor trucks are dally pass ing throng Lillington loaded with dewberries on their way to northern markets. The berries are coming frini the -Cameron section. These trucks are managed by two -men who take turn about at the steering wheel. They drive all night and all day, one man sleeping while the other drives. They go on thruogh nil they reach the large cities where the berries are distributed through the various channels of the market The -berries are said to -be of i •bettor variety this year than ever before. The trucks carry them to martket much quidker, it is said, than the express cars, and at loss expense, no icing being ueRossary. Then, too, they are conveyed tight to the points where they can be ban died in disposal just as they arc wanteU. The big trucks are carrying near ly 200 crates each. A crate contain 32 quart .Mckets, Drivers of the iruaks state that they can travel from Cameron to New Yorli City In less than 24 hours. In other words, when they leave Cameron in the late afternoon they arrive In New Yonk shortly after noon the next day. The berries this year are e^pc'dal- ly fine. The rains of the spring -pul vigor into the vines and the warm J'une sunshine has developed and ripened a superior quall'-y of fruit. Kinston, June 2«.—Six million dollars of tobacco money will ibe put in circulation in Eastern lOarolina two weeks earlier than usual if the mai'kets in this bell are opened August '2-1. It -was estlimated at the Eastern (CaroMna Chamber of Com merce here today. Newell G, Bart lett, the .secretary, said the estimate was -based o-n reports of /ban'ks' re ceipts from tobacco sales during the first tw-o weeks of previous seasons. Bartlett with Felix (Harvey, Jr., president of the chamber of com merce, and other Eastern Carolina bn.slness men will appear before the Tobacco Association of the 'United iSlates at Old 'Point Comfort, 'Wed nesday, with a request that the belt opening date be moved up from Sep tember 4 to August '21. Some direc tors of the association residing 'in this territory are known to be friendly to the earWer-openluff move. "If 16,000,009 can 'be turned into the channels of trade in Aug'ust, one of the dullest -months in the year, Earstern Carolina will be benefited tremendously,” (Bartlett said, “The minute the toibacco market opens the 'big season' starts in this section. Not only thousands of growers al ways s'horl of funds at the end of the summer, but people In various other lines will 'benefit." Nearly all truck croipe have 'been failure,s this year so far as returns to growers were concerned, iBartleti declared. "The revenue from the po tato crop Ims been disappointingly wmal). Potatoes are going begging at |1 to 1-1.25, @uC'h a situation has not been experienced by the spud growers in years. Returns -from other crops have been small. The situation that has retruUed mnke.s It Imperative that th eweed markets be opened earlier than In othe' years. Bc.sides -Harvey and Bartlett, Paul Frlzzelle. of ©now Will; W. H. Wool ard, of Greencvllle, and Jay R Fields of K'lnston, will leave -here il-uesduy afternoon in an automobile for Norfolk, They will appear ‘be fore the tobacco association's sales committee 'Wednesday forenoon. . ENTER BOLL WKEVUi! Boll weevil emerged {rm the screen wire hibernating cttgea, 'main tained 'by the Department of 'Agri culture, at Aberdeen, and the Test Farm in lEdgecomibe County, is now up to that of last year at this date, according to 'R. W. Delby, the d6-|va4*r« nf r- *** part-ment enomologlst. Oneihalf ofT Hxmelt Go to Poll* Again Next Saturday to SECOND PRIMARY BETWEEN SHAW AND JERNIGAN one -per cent of the weevlla put in the cases last fall at the Aberdeen station have come from thair win ter quarters. -At the station In Edge com-be county, slightly 'more than one per cent have remained alive and emerg-ed from their winter’s nap. According to entomoloflst Lelby, it now appears that the percentage of erurvirval this year shonld be as great If not greater than last year. Tbit he aald would point to a heav der initial Infestation of the,cotton plants than usual, because -of the unueually large numiber' weevils NominAte Candidato for Legialaturo The second county primary >wlU bo held next 'Saturday, June 30th, to decide which of the two run-over candidates, Allen M. 'Shaw of Ltl- Itngton and -Madk M. Jernlgau of -Dunn, shall have the nomination for (House of (Representatives. Mr. Shaw in the first primary held June 2n(d received -820 votes, Mr. Jerni- gan 7i6i9 and J. iR. iBaggett 70'3. iMr. Jernigan, being the "runner up,' that went into winter Icuanfrs last j demanded a second primary. tall. MILLION BABY FISH DISTRIBUTED IN STATE STREAMS State Hatching Nur(M»ri#a Put ting Young Fiah in Straam* and Lake* to FumliJi Good Fithing L. R. WIULIFOIID FRINOIPAD UPPER LITTLE RIVER BGHOOL MR. CROWHON TO B|UU*D STORE AT BEMlNO]*K Mr, J, E, Crowson, who sold out his business at Seminole about thlr-. ty -d'ays ago, Jias purchased the land In the forlk of the road in front of J, A, Ragland's store from Rob Yar borough and expects to build one of the most ttjMo-dato otores and ser vice stations in Harnett county, Mr, Crowson liopes to complete his store and service station at ap early date, The people of the com- -munit yare 'much pleased over Mr I CrowBon'ft decision. -L. R. Williford of iPayettevllle has been elected principal of Upper Lit tle River 'School. Mr. WlUltord is here this week .preparing for the se lection of his faculty. He staled to The News that he will soon have the (acuity "list m'ade out. When it is eom-plcted It will be -published In The 'News, The school building Is to be completed lit time for the op cuing ih-ls fall, though the exact date for the opening date has not been fixed yet, iMr. WJlIlf-ord is a graduate of Wake Forest C'ollege of the dasa of 19'20. For the past seven years he has been leaching at (Manteo. He was .« classmate of -B-. 'D, Bunn, prin cipal of Lillington school. Bu-perintendent OetUry hopes ta gel enouhg 'money fro-m the SUte to build a teacherage for Upper (Little River school If the next Legislature Increases the equalization fund. Out of the-present-fund Harnett has been given -1617.000, which is f-S.OOO less than last year. Almost a million game (fish try had been distributed from the sev eral (State hatcheries through the period ending May t'S, according to reports received 'by J. K. Dixon Assistant 'Director of '.his Deparr- ment in charge of Inland Fisheries. Parly Indication are that there will ‘be a large Increase In the num- 'ber of flab hs'tcbed this year ovisr the -previous year. It is now be lieved that the -orop of fry tor 1928 will amount to at least I.Od'O.O'OO oi more in comparison with around ‘2,- 000,000 for. the previous year. The greater part of the dlsti-ftau- tion 'UP until this time has been made to nursery -ponds, -nnbere the fry will be held until they have reached the fingerUng sba 'before and •Over 2,000 voters went to the polls In the first primary, .but It is not expected that that numlber will vote next (Saturday. Ghalrman Brown of the 'County Board of Elec tions has had printed- an ample numlber of ballots—10,000—so that there will be no lack of tieiketa. In the first 'primary there were 1-2,000 blclcets printed. It is necessary to have a large ^ number because so many of them are wasted -and de stroyed. 'It is estfmtated that therp will not -be more than 1,60-0 votes cast next ■Saturday. Chairman (Brown has d'istrUhuted the 'ballots to the various iprecinct poll-holders. The polNholders and Judges of election In the second prl- ‘Qury will be the same men who -act ed In that capacity In the first pri mary. There will 'be no State ballot In the secomd primary. Col. John O Langston of -Goldsboro, who wae ‘runner up" against IR. T, Fountain of Rooky 'Mount for (Lieutenant Gov ernor, withdrew from the race with out a secon-d- primary. The hours for 'Voting will -be the same as in the 'first pr-tmary'-^from sunrise till sunset, and the voting places will 'he the same. they are stocfked' fn striA'nia other waters of the State It Is 'Assistant 'Director Dixon's 'belief that prov-ltloas ivill be fur nished this year for bolding around iflfty per cent of the output of fry from , the -hatchenies to the finger ling size. All of these nurseries have (been constructed this year with counties, munlolpallties, sport or ganizations, and individuals co-op erating in the work, Th(3 movement for the construe ton -of rearing ponds for the batch ery fry was started in 'North Caro llna several 'months ago, DENTAL CLINICS. WELL ATTENDED LILLINGTON PBAOHEa GET PINAL OUBTING THEATMENT Elberta and Georgia J3elle peach es in the 'Lillington orchards are this week getting their final dusting treatment. Ripening time Is only about three weeks off, and every in dication is that the local orchards will have a big showing when that time arrives. The crop is not only abundant, hut signs point to a splen did ftpeclunen of fruit this year. Dr. Halford, president of the Harnett Orchards (Co., states that every thliMg looks good now for the peach harvest except the prices. If the 'market trea'ts them- as well this year as It idld In 192-7, it will leave no room f'C'r co-m'plaint, he said. Although there Is good pr-ospect for an afimndan't crop in other parts of the country where 'peaches are grow-R, it Is 'believed that Lillington peaches will hold their -own (because of their superior quality. TWO NEGROES GET 15 YEARS IN STATE PRISON Raaulte of CNth(Br Trtela in On* W«ok of Crimiiuil Tono Last Wook-^Talk of Spocial ^ir^MTwni WADE TURNER IS HEAD YOUNG TAR HEEL FARMERS Lillington Boy Elocted Presi dent Last Friday at Con vention of Young Tar Heel Farmers Dr, E. L. Buie, (State school den tist, who has beep in -Harnett coun ty for the past month cond'uctlng dental ollnloe for school children, states to The News that he Is being greeted by such large crowds «t the cllnlos that he barely finds time to examine all of them. At every point, he says, the children are wait ing for him. Notices of his appoint ments, m given in The News, he and tbis.l states, are bringing the children to Department has urged the co-opera tion of ell factors interested in in creasing the game fish population of the streams. It gained- headway principally within the last two months. At the last meeting, the Board, of Conservation and eDvelopment auth* orlzei 'Director 'Wade H. Phillips to proceed with the construction of the olluiovs.. The examinations are for 'ChlldTan between the ages of 6 and 13. Dr. Buie will be at the -following places on the dates named; Goats, Monday and (Tuesd/ay, July 2 and 3. Turlington, Thursday, July 6, Parker, Friday. J>uly 6. Further annou/ucements will -be nursery ponds as far as the .finances made In The News. HHKRIFF MATTHEWN EXPERT IN LAWN BEAUTIFYING Visitors to the courthouse are pleasantly surprised at the wonoer fully improved appearance of the lawn. The green coat of carpet grass Is now growing nicely after having Its first trlm'mlng. This helpful Improvement Is much ap predated because of the great pride that every citizen In every part of the county takes In (the courthouse Sheriff .Kyle Matthews Is taking especial pains to see that the gras-s doesn’t suffer for water and he bat it aprlitkled every (day that rain fails to Call. GRAND JURGRR. JUNE TERM, 1008 Townsend, B. O., .Foreman, Wll- llama, il .8.. 'McKay, J. L., Murchi son, IWllibon, M. T„ Bennett. B. C., Page, Percy, IMdLean, iR, L, Cate* Arch, Qod'wln, (Hennan, Morrison, Wade Kelly, J, A., Johnson, William J., Gregory, J. 'N., Patterson, D. J. (Clark, J, -A., Johnson, IL. 'H,. Hair, Nelson, J. iR. ©avlA, officer. Chattel MorCgatiM at Tlie Neiva. of the department would permit This program has (been amplified by appeals tor co-operation from sports men, organizations, municipalities, counties, and other factor*. According to roport* received at the Department, the distribution of fry from the State hatchery during the year hoe been approximately as follows: (Morrlafto (Hatchery, Wayns- vine,. 800,00-0 'brook or spefitled trout: Pete ‘Munphy llatehery, 'Mar ion, IS'S.OOH rainbow trout and 160,000 large and sman-moutb baa*; Boone, 150,000 brook or speckled trout; Roaring Gap, 100,0-00, brook trout. Distribution has Just starte(d from the iFranlk (Stedunan Hatchery Fayetteville, and the 'Federal co-op eratire Hatchery at Edenton, but it Is estimated that the diitrlhutiou of bass from these should amount to well above the half-million mark with possibly tnore with a favorable season. Becau:*# of the dependence in bass culture upon natural condi tions, there is always an element of doulk in suooesiful operation for any give ttseason. Last year weather oondltlons caueed a curtailment in the water supply of these tor dis tribution In most parts of the coun try. The newest of the Otate hatcheries near Lake James, (Burke, anld| IMc- Dowell iCountlet, bold ipromlse of havfing a suecessful year of opera tion In its betlnnlm. flupt. Fraak J. 'Relger has reported that the ibasr are apawnlng, aod that proapeots are enoouraglng. All of the fish at this hatchery, under agreement with the BhiiiteHiMctDoweU (Coon-misaion, superceded (by tkta Departnaent, will be released is the wotevs of (Lake James and Ehodhlas Lake. Before coming to Harnett county, Dr. Buie spent four months In Moore county where his services were leased from the State 'Board of Health 'by ‘Mra. Leonard Tufts, who paid tor the clinics as 'part of her welfare work which she does every year. Last year she provided tor two cripples. Mrs. Tufts relieved the State of the expense of six months clinics in Moore county, and the other two months will be done among negroes >by « negro dentist from the -State (Board of ‘Health. OOTTON SQUAIOM FORMING BUT NO BLOSSOMS YET ■Cotton prophets are prophecylng that no cotton blossoms will be seen on the fourth of July thle year, but they may be 'mistaken after all if the plants continue to grow as they have been during the past few days of warm waether, Little squares are seen forming in some fields, and while there are ho btosaoms yet, the "watch It grow" prophets are saying that "cotton can do a sight when the hot weath er gets after it." All crops are late, but at this sea son of the year the growing sets lu, and from this time until August 1st “you can almost see ’em -gro'w." of the common expression gives it.' RETURNED HOME Mr. and Mns. Kendall 'fAcDuffie Tc- turned tb.is week to their home In Detroit, iMioh, after a month’s vial' to Mrs. MbDulBie’s father, (Mr. R. T. Johnson. They miade the trip by motor and were aooompanled' home by Mr. Johnson, who wiu visit theon ML dbis son. Dr, EHlott Johnsam of Baltknoro. Wade Turner, son of (Mr, and .Mrs J. ‘F. Turner of LilUngtoo, was last Friday elected 'president of the Young T«r Heel 'Farmers at their convention held at iBtate College 'Mr. Turner has been a student in Prof. Anthony’s class in vocational worfk at the local whool and is con sldered one of the 'brightest stu dents who has ever entered school here. He was an outstanding figure in his class and was awar|ded honor medals at last contmencement. -Other officers elected for the year follow: Vice-president, Glenn Halcom’be; ‘Whltoville (High iSch'Ool, -Oolumhus •County: secretary, (Howard 'Steed 'Mtddlehurg -High School, Vance Gounty; treasurer, Hubert Norris Taihor ‘High 'School, 'Columibus Coun ty; reporter, Edward tHudeon, 'Rook- ingbam ’ High iSoh^, (Richmond ■County; advisor, J. -K. 'Ooggin, State 'Department of Vocational Educa tion, 'Raleigh; executi(V6 committee: Elmer aDniels, (Spring ^ Hope High School, Nash Gounty; (Phil Ho'well 'Rosewod -High School, 'Wayne Ooun- ty; Warner Jernigan, Ac(me-Delco, High (School, (Colum'bus (County. The boys enjoyeidi a tour of the campus 'during the day, which was conducted by Prof. W. H. Darst Also a tour of the city of (Raleigh was conducted by iCoL 'Fred A, 01d«. Another feature of the day’s pro gram f-or the boys' entertainment was a banquet given for the boys by State College. This 'banquet was at the Woman’s Glnb. 'Covers were laid for 320 au|di it Is reasonable to assume that this event was enjoyed as m'uch or more than any other of the hospitalities which Gtate 'College has given the 'boys during the three days that they have 'been its guests, The program, along with the menu, consisted of m’uslc .by the Young Tar Heel Harmer Band, of Garner and Apex, presentation of charters to local chapters, and an nouncements of winners of contests carried on during the three-day stay there. Announcement of the win ners of the livestock Judging -contest created m'Uch enthusiasm, as these are the 'boys to represent the voca tional agricultural schools of the State at the (National Dairy Show at Memphis this fall. These 'boys get a trip to (Memphis with all expanses paid. They are Percy Malpas, Ac- me-Delco High School, -Oolumbus County;. -Harry Flsler, PranlkllD High 'School, (Sampson County; Ear ly Hurly Troy High School, Mont gomery CN)uaty; with Andreiv Gar rison, iFalrvlew High School, Bun combe County, as alternate. The feature of the program was the address of Dr. E. C. Brooks, In which he expressed his appreciation of the 'fl-ne -spirit that the boye hwe shown while here, their most excel lent conduct, and their apparent ser iousness of 'purpose in all their huel- nese meeting, extending them a warm welcome to- return to State College for future similar occasions and outlining the facilities that 'State college hgd -to offer them In preparation for their -life work. A verdict of guilty of assault vrlth intent to commit rape ■was returned by the Jury In the case of Tennis Mc'Iver and Fra'uk . 'Barnard, ne groes tried In Superior -Court last week on a charge of rape, and Judge R. A. Nunn sentenced the men to fifteen years in -State Prison. Very tew -peo-ple who observed the trial (believed that the verdict would be a’nything less than guilty of the rape charge, and -much dtssapolnt- ment was expressed, rphe case was hard fought, the negroes having employed Guy and Godwin of Dunn to conduct their -defense. J. R. Bag gett assisted (Solicitor Williams in the prosecution. The negroes admitted that they bad had illicit relations ’With the little white girl, 'Foy Hoildtr, Ibut they swore that -it was with her con sent. Eivldence showed that the girl Is not only under age, but that shells not of the highest type of -meutallty. Protninent citiaena of the neighborhood testified 4o good character, however, anid her tahter s'wore that she bad all her life been under the constant -care and auper- vlsloii of the fa-mily. The following Jury sat on the case; iR. V. iSutpea, iL, G. Bssell, W. (L. Guy. W. A. Prince, W. B. Stew art, L. G. Leslie, D. T. jPate, John (Pate, J. (Ov 'Whittington, W. 'N. Mc Donald, M. L. Avery, 'E. M. Tart. Other cases dispoae(d of were, be sides those reported In The News last -week: Cleveland Matthews -was taxed wllH the costs in the case returned against hfm for aeeault upon J. O. (Layton. The case of State rs. Lonnie (Lyles, murder, was cohtimied. , Lu^ PoUard, a negro woman, of 'Dunn7 waa i^en aeveiu >g#aiv In State 'Prison for the monder of an-* other negro woman. W. G. 'Phillips was taxed with the costs for trespass. Willie lEd-warda was given three months on the roads for forgery. N. V. Langdon ■was given one year in (State (Prison Cor false pretense. Junius Bills was given three months on the roads for larceny. The court was In session only five days, there being no seMion Mon day on account 'of the fthgenca of Judge Nunn, whoattended the fun eral of his brother in Kewhern. A special venire of IfiO men were sum moned from whom to select the Jury to try the case against the ne groes Banard..and MOlver, and an umisually large number of peo.ple were in attendance upon the a#*- atons of court. In fact, the court attendance 'was marked throughout the 'Week by unusually large atten dance from all parts of the county. -0(10]%; Gbaffln Is of opinion that there will be a special session of court called 80(m« time In August to further clear the congested docket. Two murder cases remain on the docket, (but otherwise the most seri ous cases were disposed at the term last week. Judge Frank G. Daniels comes to Harnett for the September court. It there is a speclaj term it le prob able that one of" the emeriieney udges will -preside. V1CniM» OF GGLKng ERWIN W-OMAN PAB8DS Mrs. Walter Faircloth, age years, died at- 4 o’clock this morn ing at her. home in 'Erwin, dmitb fol lowing a short illness. /Mrs. Fair- oloth is survived by her husband and one child, two months old. The funeral will be . conducted from Pleasant Grove ohurcb iSSturday af ternoon at 12:80 o’olook and inter- mont will follow in the ohurolf cem etery .-—Dunn Dlapatolk Alice Grey, 'S-montbs-old danght- er of Mr. and (Mrs. J. A. Buries, who live on South Glinton avenue, died early yesterday morning, death rb- suiting from oolitis. * Tbe funeral was conducted from the heme this afternoon at 8 o’clock by Rev. A. R. MoQueeu, pastor of the Dunn Pres byterian obureh, and Intenneint was made In Greenwood cemetery. A lO-months-old daughter of Mr. ontd Mrs. 'Bernice Raynor, who live in Dismal townsidp, Stmpeon coun ty, died late yesterday afternoon. Death was due to colltts. Interment ■was made in the family cametery today.—-Dunn Dispatch. BELBGATB TO F. T. A. OONVBR. BN€B (Mrs. J. D. JobiMon and Mr*. J. W. HaMord are hereby appotated to nth iwaent the LtUinglon 'Parent Teach ers A*aociatk>n at the Olwpel Rill conferenoe. Any other ladiee who can amke It ooaivenient to (attend may be in- diided In the deknmto Hit. J. O. Thomeon, Pren (LiUlngtoai Parent /Teaoh*r Amo. s .fl ‘hi T *4 % ti
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