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HARNETT COUNTY NEWS
Vol* X-^—No. 30
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY. ANO OF THE STATE GENERALLY.
»1.50 PER YBAR-~5c A COl^Y
Lillingtoo, N. C., Thucrdtiy, July 26, 1928
BUDGET HELD UP
FOR THOROUGH
C 0 N SI DERATION
YOUNG BRINGS BIG Cl?17If 'TA IfKTAAIf
CABBAGE TO THE NEWS 1 kJEiJI/iV 1 U IVlNl/LllV
“K It Coneerm Harastt, Ifi in THE NEWS”
County Expense Estimate to be
Revised by Board When it
Meets In Regular Session
August 6
When the Hoard oi County Com
missioners met la extra se.ssion Iasi
Friday a tentative budget wa.s adopt
ed coverlnt: all anticipated county
expense, laculdlng schools, for the
next twelve months. The budget as
adopted called for con.slderable in
crease over the amount estimated In
the fcudget last year, but the Board
saw no way out of the difficulty and
finally, after worrying over It for
several weeks, adopted H. Cople.s of
the proposed budget were drawn and
County Auditor Bradley has it on
file 111 his office, preparatory to the
Board acting upon It In fixing the
tax levy for 1928 after the sum to
tal of taxable values In the county
can be arrived at.
Auditor Bradley informs The
News this week .however, that tlu
Board has ordered the budget hold
up (or further consideration. Ho
stated that Chairman J. A. Buchan
an has been doing some .figuring
since the meeting last Friday, at
which time the budget was approv
ed, and that the chairman had order
ed that the ajiidget 'be held up till ll
can ibe gone over again. The chair
man, It is understood, has devised
mean» whereby there can be som.
trimming done to the tmdget, al
though the points at which the trim
ming Is to be done have not been
named. This may be learned afte
the Board meets for Its regular ses
slon August 6th.
The school appropriation In thi
budget carries SM.OOO more than
the 19'27 budget. This Increase wa
discussed and threshed out by thf
Commlssloner-s with the 'Board o
Education during several joint slt-
tliigi. Finally the Increased school
budget was approved 'by the Commis-
.«loners. An lncrea.se Is also made In
the general county estimate of ex
pense. Whether it Is the Increase
In the School estimate or the general
county expense that Is to 'be revised
Is a matter of conjecture, Ibut It Is
understood that none of the .mem
bers of the Board is pleased with
the Idea of being compelled to raise
the tax levy. In fact, that subject 1,‘
one that -brings a frown to the throw
of each member of the Board.
So far as The 'Nows has been able
to learn, H, P. Young of Anglc-rj
Route 2 Is the champion cabbage!
grower of the season. -Mr. Young'
'brought to The News office last Fri
day three cabbage, one weighing
fl 1-2 pouiuis, one 9 and the other
7 .1-2 pounds, These were the larg
est cabbage The 'News ha,d seen or
heard of this season. If there are
any larger one.s, sample.s must bej
1)1 ought in before the chnmplon.shlp
can be taken away from 'Mr. Young.
Mr. Young was In town attenfllnR
the meeting of the Cooperative As-
.soclatioii, of which he has ibeen a
member for the past six years. He
is a tlnm believer In the cooperative
plan of marketing and stated that
he believes If every farmer would
become a niem'ber the .problem of
marketing would bo solved.
OUT SCHOOL
ELECTION
} MR. AND MRU, DOC MAtmiEWS
return to PlaORIDA
Citizens of Upper Little River
Get Restraining Order
Against Board of
Education—Re
turnable June
30th
COMMISSIONERS
TO INVESTIGATE
TAX LISTINGS
J. H. Withers, -M. S. Holder, John
Holder, D. O, Harrington, Wm. Har
rington. Jesse Page, iLonnie Page, J.
C. Cummings, Irving iHolder, M. E.
Holder, Walter Bail'es an,d Tom Mc
Neill, citizens of Upper Little River
township school district No. 80, are
suing against the Board of County
I Conjimi.ssloners for the annulment--of
I the special school election held in
j (hat township on the I’Oth of June.
A restraining order was gained by
the plalntlff.s named before Judge N.
Townsend last week, and the
Mr. and Mrs. Doc Matthews and
'baby have returned to their home at
Orlando. Florida, after a tew days
stay with 'Mr. 'Matthews' .parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. -L. Matthews, near
Summerville.
While here Mr. and Mr. Matthews
were honor guests at a family re
union dinner given by Mr. and Mrs.
W.. L. Mathews at their home. Many
friends were Invited an d asumpiu-
ous bartbecue dinner was served.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
OF LILLINGTON
TO HAVE PICNIC
MR. BROWN SURPBISBD
WITH BIRTHDAY SUPPER
LATHAM TELLS
HOW HE BEATS
BOLL WEEVH,
Joint Holiday Thuraday, Aug
ust 2, at White Lake—Neill-
Salmon Chief Nurse on
That Day
At Special Session Here Last
Friday Committee Appoint
ed to Look Into Charges
of Neglect
Hog and Hominy Best Combi-
antion He Could Find for
Defeating the Weevils
Ou| on Cotton
BY P. P. LATHAM
same U made retnrr.aible before I Farmer with ,300 acres at Belhaven,
Judge P, A, Daniels at PIttaboro on (jsj, .q., and a member of the State
next Monday, the 30th of July. The! ^03,.^ of Agriculture
complaints win be answered by At
URGE FIGHT ON
BOLL WEEVIL
An advertl.sement that appears In
The News t.)day, and which Is spopn-
sored by the merchants and profes-
aional men of Lillington, urges all
cotton farmers tO 'flght the boll weev
il 'by picking up fallen .squaro.s In or
der to prevent the young weevil
from maturing. Cultivating ofter
and dusting when practical is also
urged, 'but In every ca.se where cot
ton is grown it Is desired that aT
precautions be taken to prevent the
boll weevil from working the havoc
this year that was done last year.
There is concerted effort being
made to Impre.-ss upon the cotton
farmers the im.poriance of fighllni
the weevil this year. Last year ther
was such great damage done by th
weevil thal 'Harnett county suffero'-
severe loss In Itr cotton crop, if th:
weevil again gets In the deadly dam
age thh year there will be a disas
trous results, according to those wh:
observe closely the farming condl
tlons not only In Harnett but of oth
er territories as well.
The merchants an.J professlona'
men are anxious to be of assistance
to the cotton farmers, and all ad
vice that may be gl.ven is furnished
through a pu'blic-,spirlted motive.
Farmers are urged to read the adver-
tiaement in The .News and govern
themselves accordingly.
iT'he Board of County Commission
ers at iholr special session hero last
'Friday took cognizance of reports
that many properly owners in Har
nett county had (ailed to list all of
their .property with the list takev.s.
The reports gained circulation when
J, .R. Baggett, Lillington lawyer,
wrote a letter to The News In wiiich
he .stated that after investigation he
had found that very few .solvent
credits had been listed for iaxullon,
Thc resolution -passed .by the Com
missioners and upon which the com
mittee was appointed to investigate
the matter stated that “whereas it
has been charged In newspaper ar
ticles," although -the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners had finer acces'^
themselves to the records of the
county than has any newspaper or
individual in the county.
County Attorney I. R. WIlllami(
and Auditor J. 'P. Bxadley compose
the committee appointed 'by the
Board to Investigate the matter.
'I'hey are to report their findings to
the Board at their meeting on the
first Monday in August,
When asked by The News as to
the accuracy of the statements con
tained In 'Mr, Baggett’s letter to The
Nows week (before last, Auditor
Bradley stated that it Is true that j
very few properly owners have list
ed their solvent credits, although he
understands thal there is consider
able valuation in the county of this
nature that should be on the books.
In hl.s letter to The News, which
was reprinted In the Dunn Dispatch.
Mr. Baggett stated that he had in-
ve.stlgated as to the accuracy of hir
charge and had found that .some-
holders of solvent credits had listed
nothing at all. Others had Hsled
small amounts and had offset the
entire listing with de'bts. None of
the -small listings were itemized us
required by law.
Tlic resolution .passed by the
Board of Comml-ssloners Is ns fol
lows:
“Whereas it ha.s been charged IQ
nowspapo'* arllcles'ptibllshed in Har
nett County that certain personal
properly, consisting of notes and
other evidences of Indebtedness have
not been listed (or taxation. It Is
ordered that the County Attorney
and the County Auditor make an In
vestigation of these charges and
make a report of the Investigation
of these charges to the Board of
Commissioners on the first Monday
In August 1'928,"
BIRTH AN.NOCNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McDonald
announce the 'birth of a daughter,
.Monday morning. July 23rd. Moth
er and daughter are doing nicely.
METHODL«rr CHURCH
There will Jbe divine at the .Meth
odist Church next Sunday, July 29,
at 11 o’clock. Sirbject for morning,
“Do we show our appreciation of
what God does for us?’’
The evening hour will be turned
over to the Sunday School Interest
See announcement on another page,
S. T. Moyle, Paaior.
Mortgage Deeds for sale at Tfie
News Ofllce.
»fOUE WEDDING BELLS FOR
LIlAilNGTOX
The surprise of the summer season
will come next week when there'll
appear In the social column,s of The
‘News the wedding "kiyitatlon of a
couple popular In Lillington and
throughout Harnett County, This
will (be of Interest not only to the
society set but even to the children
of the town who arc ardent admir
ers of this charming couple. We
cannot say more now. Just keep
guessing until The News comes out
next week.
lorney Neill McK. Salmon for the
Board of Education and Attorney 1.
H, Williams for the Board of County
Commissioners, 'Mr .Salmon drew
the notices of election which were
advertised In The 'News for six weekr
preceding the election in Upper Lit
tle (River, which election on the aa«n(
date as the other district elections in
the districts which voted similarly
to Upper 'LlttVe River, All of the
elections were carried by substantia'
majorities.
Briefly stated, the complaint al
leges:
rihat the election was not called
in conformity with a legally adopted
and suibsistlng general countywide
plan.
That the signatures of the govern
ing ibody of the district had not been
obtained.
That no petition of a requisite
number of (luallfled voters of the
district had been filed with the
Board of Education and pissed upon
by them.
That the Board of Commissioner!.
In calling tile ©lection did not ob
serve the law In that the registrar
and judges of election weVe in’ favor
of the proposition.
That there was no legal registra
tion.
Thai there was no legal publica
tion of the notices of election,
That persons not residents of the
district and persons under age were
allowed to vole In the election.
That voters known to 'be opposed
to the proposition were prevented
(ro.m voting because the books were
not kept oPen as required by law.
That there was Illegal registra
tion.
That voters were deprived of their
legal right to cast a free and unham
pered ballot.
That thd election officers did not
have at the election the purported
vi'glstratlon book.
’Phat the elctlon was a dual propo
sition for consolidation and for a
•supplemental tax,
That at the,election there was no
cast a majority of the qualified bal
lots In favor of the proposition,
Hoyle & Hoyle of Sanford are at
torneys for the complaints. A. iR.
Suggs' name appears as surely on
the .bond given by the complaints In
the sum of $200. J, C. Cummings,
whose name appears as one of the
complainants, is the noted evange
list and he is said to be elected for
another term as principal of the
school at Hem'p in iMoore County,
The restraining order has created
quite a considerable amount of in
terest especially antoug the resident?
of Upper Little' (River township, al
though the school authorities and
their attorneys, as well as the Board
of County iCoramlssionera—the gov
erning body—feel certain that the
complainants have no chance of win
ning out in their contentions.
(Farm and Fireside)
As I approach the fifty-four mark
aad. look back over my life I can
truthfully say that my 'best and most
pleasant years as a farmer have been
the last fifteen.' And I think this la
very largely due to the fact that
when I was foirty’ I happened to go
to college.
Not. you will understand, as a reg
ular student. Not even for a short
course. Simply as a farmer visitor
to our state college and experiment
station for a day or so, long enough
to see what’s being done along new
lines and to talk things over with
the boys.In charge. I wanted par
ticularly, on my first trip, to find
out about peanuts and- other crops
the boll wevll wouldn't eat up on
me.
The first visit led to others, and
my college contaejis led me Into (bal
anced diversification as well as prov
ing some of my "pet theories on crops
and soils were not baaed on facta.
I make four times as much money
uqw as 1 dl^^ In -my thirties when I
was a routine cotton farmer just
'Plugging along., And I take a good
deal more than four times as much
Interest and pleasure In life. Yes.
sir! You can put me down as one
of those college students who don’t
ever want to graduate! There’s too
much to learn.
1 didn’t have as much time for
pleasure as most boys have. My
father died when .1 was 17, leaving
mother with three children and aj
300-acre farm. 1 was the oldest, ]
and Inherited 61 acres without a I
.plan'k or a shingle on it. I managed
the whole farm in common, and It
was no easy job to keep going.
Cotton, my main crop, didn’t
bring (but four to six cents a -pound
and othec farm products were equal
ly low. It looked .bad 'but I was de
termined to stick on this old farm
where I was -born.
In off seasons 1 hauled .mill tim
ber, took sportsmen into our home
and managed to keep busy doing any
At a meeting of the Joint commit
tee of the several 'Sunday -Schoole of
the town held on last Saturday, it
was unanimously decided that the
annual (Sunday 'School picnic be held
at 'Melvin’s Beach, White (La(ke, on
Thursday, August 2nd.
The committee have decided that
the members of the several Sunday
Schools should meet on the Court
house square not later than 7:'30
o'eiook on that d'ate set for the pic
nic in order that all who are going
may get away not later than 8:30
o’clock. The .early hour was decid
ed upon In view of the fact that It
is about SO miles to the laike and will
take about two and one-halt hours
to make the drive. It Is hoped that
every member can be at the cfourt-
house promptly on that date and the
hour alboive mentioned so that ways
can be iprovlded for everyone. 'We
do not want to leave anyone out
who Is a memlber of any of the Sun
day «choo(Is of the town, Ibut uulese
they are at the proper place at the
prpoper time It may be that someone
might .be deprived of a way of going.
All memibers of the .Sunday Schools
who have automo>blle8 are nearneatly
raquested to have them on hand at
the time and place above referred to
so that no one will be deprived of
the privilege of going. Anyone who
happens not to (be a memlber of any
of the (Sunday Schools, but who has
a car they 'can and would ibe glad- to
take, will be welcome. This >plcnlc
is primarily 'for the mem'bers of the
several Sunday Shcools (more espec
ially for the little children, iboys and
-girls), and it is hioped that the older
members o'f the 'Ohurches and Sun
day Schools 'Wll'l cooperate in seeing
that they are safely transported
there and back and that everyone
has a good time,
The ladiee artf going'to preijwre
the .dinner, -the married men are go
ing to do whatever their wives 'tell
them to do;' the Sunday Schools art
going to foot the -bill, and the old
ibache'lors are going -to look after the
children while at the 'lake. Every
body is going.-to have a ‘big time.
iMt .T. iR. Brown, superintendent
of the County Home, received the
surprise of his life last (Friday even
ing when he was Invited into hla
dining room by (Mrs. Brown, who had
■prepared a birthday supper for -Mr.
-Brown and some of his friends whoim
she had invited without letting him
know anything about what was be
ing 'planned.
The supper was one of the best,
feasts that the guests had ever par
taken of, they declared, There was
keen enjoyment for all who were so
fortuna’te as tb be present, and all
wished for iMr. Brown many more
birthdays and a surprise on each oc
casion.
PREPARING FOR
COMMUNITY FAIR
IN LILLINGTON
BANKRUPT STOCK
BOUGHT BY MAN
FROM ST. PAULS
A. B. Johnaon Bids in dk
Summerall Stock of Goods
nod Fixturos for fOCKL—
Will Move it
President Thomson and Secre
tary- Thacker Issue Call for
Cooperation- in Putting
on Exhibition
PEACH HARVEST
OPENING NOW
The peach harvesting season Is
opening this week in lilllingtou, and
the pickers, packers and shippers are
anticipating one of the busiest sea
sons in local peach history. 'Pore©:
for the harvest have been organized
crates, baskets and packing sheds
have been put In shape and in a few
days cars of the Ausclous fruit will
be rolling to the northern markets.
iTlhe two varieties grown here—-El
son‘'of'odrjobs'Vhat'would “pay"a Georgia Belles—have
HOLD REVIVAL
AT BUNNLEVEL
A HARNETT APPLICANT
Mr. Howard Gibson Godwin of
Dunn Is among the long list of ap
plicants for license to practice law,
whose examination will take place
August 29 before the Supreme
'Court of North Carolina. The list
In eludes 219 applicants, 5i6 of whom
are not residents of this State.
Rev. iC S. Gillespie, pastor -of Lil
lington Baptist church, has request
ed The News to announce that the
revival meeting will begin at his
Bunnlevel church next Sunday
■morning. Services nexf Sunday at
.11 a- m. and 8 p. m. .Services morn
ing and night through the week.
Rev. Gillespie's father, Rev. J. C.
Gillespie of Reldsvllle, N. C.. wUl' do
the preaching.
Mr. Gillespie Is pastor of Lilling
ton, Antioch, NelU’s OreOk and
Friendship (Bunnlevel) chiarchos.
■He is now engaged with his father
in a meeting at ReldsTUle and In a
letter to The News state* that j-hey
are having a good meeting.
little cash. We lived accordingly
lean. The grocery Iblll for the whole
family ran less than $100 a year.
It was a pretty good postgraduate
course in money-stretching.
In the midst of this gloomy period
In the nineties I married. Taking a
wife didn't add to my trouble; In
fact, I was a whole lot better off.(My
partner had a capful of common
sense and we saved money despite
our meager earnings. Don’t aajc me
how she did It. I couldn’t tell If I
had to bust.
Then 1 leased the place and five
years later bought the place. It took
a long time to pay oil that paper
with cotton 80 low. Toward 1900 It
looked a little better 'but about that
time the boll weevil began to come
in. 1 was scared stiff. I sat up
many a night thinking up ways tc
protect myself.
Peanuts were making some head
way about that time. 1 read up on
them in the farm papers and got
such a-thirst for knowledge I made
my first trip to the college at Ral
eigh. '1 learned a lot of new things
and came back home with the skele
ton of my present farming plan. At
that time peanuts were substituted
for cotton a« my cash crop and have
been fairly profitable.
Now hogs are my main income.
In making the change from cotton I
started putting out 30 acres of pea
nuts an.d shaving the cotton acreage.
The second -year 1 cut 20 acres more
of cotton, making early Irish pota
toes. The third year I again slashed
my cotton, plMtlaf a variety of
corn which pr«ui«e*(Jl a fflr percent
age ot two-ear-itiiHw:
I was set for'the weevil that (both-
■ (been pronounced In past seasons thf
best specimen* that go to market
and have brought good prices. Lo
cal growers are expecting the mar
ket to act agreeably on their fruli
again this year.
There will be consideralbly more
fruit gathered from the local orch-
ards this year than ever before. ThI:
is due not only to the fact that th'
trees are larger now but also on ac
count of the unusually heavy beam
ing.
Packer J. N. Bnead state* that
most o'f the peaches In Virginia wer
killed by fr-ost. It is expected tha'
the Georgia crop, which is mo.vlni;
to maiket now, will be practlcalliy
exhausted before the LiUln-gton cro;
comes on. Therefore, the peache;
from here will have a fair chance a'
getting top mdrket prices, he thinks
The Lillington 'Community -Fair
win be held the ,week of October 8,
before the Dunn Fair. The (Com
munity Fair last year' was a wonder
ful success considering the time tak
en to get it together. This year we
hope to do much better than last
year,' We can start now and ’begin
to pprepare to get things together
■f-or the fair had not wait until the
last minute to make preparations.
W-h«t is a Community Pair any
way? It is the bringing together
the 'best things of a community,
such as the produce of the farms and
hq'mes of the community, so that one
neighibor will know what the other
is doing. A community fair to 'be a
real fair must have everybody In the
communily cooperating together,
and wonking to the end that every
one will eay that' It is OUR fair and
not ITkeir lair.
Last year anyone that wished to
do so could have learned more his
tory of the ildllington Community
than they can find in all ot the his
tory books in the High School.
While a display of old colonial relics
does not show what Is toeing done
now, a comparison between the old
and the modern Is always education
al and helpful.
iSo let's wonk together to make
this a real community fair, that will
come to be looked upon as an Instl
tutipn in our community something
that everybody will be proud of.
The fair Is -aponsored by the Wo
man's Clab. -It was the idea of their
to hold the first one. They are Join
ed this year by the Lions Club and
The Lllllngtou Chapter of the Younr
Tar Heel Farmers.
J, C. Thomson, Pres.
C. M. Thacker, Sec. & Treas
A. B. Johnson ot St. Pauls was the
successful bidder Monday morning
for the stock of goods and fixtures in
the store formerly operated by Ray
& Summerell, bankrupt. fTh* price
bid In toy Mr. Johnson was |90>6.09.
The attorney offering the stock, INelll
'McK, Salmon of iLllllngton. consid
ered that be 'got a -good bid for the
ouufit, although at a former sale El
lis Goldstein ot Dunn ottered $1,0>00
for It. The former sale, however,
was annulled on account of creditors
I of 'Ray & -Summerell securing order
of bankruptcy for the concern. Mr.
Salmon sold the outfit M-onday on or
der of J. 'B. -Cheshire, referee in
bankruptcy.
Mr. Johnson stated that he will
move the stock of goods and fixtures
to iSt. Pauls. The store of Ray A
Summerell has been closed- for sev
eral mouths following the .bankrupt
cy proceedings. The business had
been operated -by (Messr-s. 3. fi. Ray
and Eugene (’Rip) (Summerell. -Mr,
Ray was business manager of the
concern.
At the first ea’le of the stock there
were numerous bidders, some of
them coming from a distance. At
the sale Monday morning there 'were
(bidders from many towns and cities
lu the -State, Indicating that stocks
of merchand-lse are much in demand.
The bidding was spirited and -keen
till the attorney cried “sold.’’ Those
attending the sale gained the Im
pression that ’merchants are banking
heavily on good business this tall.
This impression seems justified by
the anxiety the several bidders to
get possession ot the Ray A iSam-
merell stock, -most of which Is old
but said to be entirely saleable when
adiverttaed properly.
Some of the stock ~ had- ibeen re
moved from the store by order of
court upon showing by certain cred
itors that they had shlpiped the goods
on consignment.
ATTENDS SHOW;
MAKES BIG BUY
ANNUAL MEET
FORESTRY ASSO.
A BIGBEtET
(Oontinued on last page)
Alwis Cox Is the ch-amplon beet
grower. Last -Friday he brought to
The 'News office a beet weighing two
and three-fourths pounds. The Ne-we
hereby declares that Alvle has all
beet growers beat (because his beet
beats all.
LICENSE INBPEOTOR HERE
Btate -License Inspector B. O.
Townsend of Dunn was here Mon
day. IMr. Tbwnsend is kept busy
not only inspecting automobiles to
see whether (uaybod-y is violating the
law in not having affixed to their
car the proper license ptate, but he
collects other license tax as well. He
was here only a day, going into the
country tor a- while on business con
nected wiht bis department.
Ohapel Hill, July 26.—The Bxecu
live Oo-mmittee of the North Oaro
Una 'Forestry Association announces
that Invitations to make addresses
at the 18th knnual Meeting of the
Association, to be held in Goldsboro
(September 19(th to-21st, have been
•accepted by Hon. 0. Max Gardner
Hon. H. P. Seawell, Hon. , Mark
Squires (who has done such splendid
t9ork in the Interest of the Great
Smoky Mountain National Paik),
Major Wade H, Phillips, and O. H
iCWllingwood, Forester of tbe'A'merl-
can Forestry Association. Otbens
who are expected are C. M. Warbur-
ton, Director of Extension Work In
the Department of Agriculture and
a representative ot the Isaak Walton
League In North Garolina.
One day of the meeting will be de
voted to discussion of farm wood
lands and a demonstration ot farm
wood land management will be madt
by R. W. Graeber, Extension For
ester, at the forest belonging to the
iBtate H'ospital at Golddboro.
In order to stimulate attendance
a prize will be awarded to the coun
ty sending the largest number of
delegates. The prize, a year’s sub
scription to the magazine American
■Forests and Forest Life to each of
the high schools wltkin the county
will, be awarded on this basis: The
number in attendance from a given
county will be muUlpUed by the
mileage tro(m the county seat of that
county to Goldsboro.
Everyone who Is Interested In for
estry, farm wood land management,
and fish and gams is invited to at
tend the meeting of the Associatloc
as a delegate.
Joseph Hyde Pratt,
Chairman Executive Committee.
Mr. T. P. Proctor of the -Proctor-
-Baibour Company, Fuquay Springs,
has just returned from the furniture
show at High Point, which he says
was the moat interesting exhibit he
has seen In all of his experience in
furniture dealing. -So Impressed
was 'Mr. Proctor with the showing
•made 'by the' manufacturers In im
proved designs and quality of furni
ture that he made heavy purchases
•for his firm, much heavier in fact
than he has ever before made. This
heavy purchase was made, he said,
not onliy because he was so highly
impressed with' the good loo'ks and
quality of the furniture, -but he and
(Mr. Baitoour are both feeling cer
tain that fall and winter bualnau
'ftill surpass any season of 'their bu«-
Inese history.
Among the large items of pur-
chase by this firm is a huge order
given for several carloads of metal
beds which will come in all designs
and colors, from the most moderate
priced to the very highest class
bed on the market. The prices
which the Proctor-flBarbour Oo. put
on metal bed* have gained tor them
such wide patronage that they are
■known a* “bed headquarters."
. The Proctor-^Barbour -Company is
a constant advertiser in The News,
lit would be interesting to tell the
figures which they give The News al
an increase In their business on ac
count of this advertising- They are
the largest and most' progressive
furniture end hardware dealer* in
this section of the country.
CELEBRATE (BIBTHDAYfi
Mr. William Salmon pf aold(fi>oro
spent the week-end at home. This
was birthday week In the Salmon
home. 'Friday .was the birthday of
(Mrs.* Oscar Atkins and Hr. Neill
•Salmon and Mr. William's came on
Sunday,, so Mrs. Atkins celebrated
all three at a dinner Sunday.
ATTEND WELFARE iNfiTnVra)
Mrs. Annie B. Lewis, Barnett
(County Welfare Officer returned
Sunday from ..a ten day vaoutfon
spent in Elizabeth City, Norfolk and
Danville, Va. Mrs. Lewis left Mon
day morning^ for Chapel Hill to at
tend the State Welfare imtttuf.
\Xiattei Mortgeffw at flw Ham.