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VOL. XXXVI NO. 273.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1921.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS,
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FLM
P IT fS) rf fo) if
FRENCH SEEK BIG
NAVAL INCREASE;
ENGLAND KICKS
Declare Such a Plan
Would Upset Whole
Plan for a 5-5-3
Beduction
ENGLAND WANTS TO
ABOLISH THE SUBS
Texas Man Says South
Believes the Arms
Conference Is Big
Success
WASHINGTON,. Dec. 16. (By
Associated Press.) The French
delegation has presented a propos-i
al lor so great an Increase In the
strength of the French navy that
the British declare such a program,
. If carried on, would upset the
whole plan for a 5-5-3 naval reduc
tion.
Although not yet entirely reveal-
el, the British understand the
French plan provides for the con
struction of ten 35,000-ton super
dreadnoughts in the ten years sub
sequent to 1925. These vessels of
a type similar, to the. American
battleship Maryland, would give
France a capital ship tonnage of
350.000, as against 315,000 for Ja
pan and a preponderance of the
"New Port Jutland" type craft over
all nations.
Italy, although indicating disap
proval of such a building program,
is said to have told the arms con
ference Hhat If France constructs
ten such ships, she must carry out
a similar building program
The combined French and Ital
ian fleets thus would be some 200,
000 tons stronger than the British
or the American allotments under
the revised figures agreed on yes
terday by the Big Three.
Conference Success1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. For
mer Representative Slayden, Dem
ocrat, Texas, called today to cow'
gratulate President Harding "on
the wonderful success" of the
Washington conference as "view
ed by the people of the South."
Mr. Slayden said as he left the
White House that he had in his
travels throughout the South, par
ticularly in Virginia, found the peo
pie pleased and contented with the
accomplishments of the confer
ence. Abolish Subs
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (By
Associated frers.) Arthur J. Bal
HELP-TO BRIGHTEN
WARD 1-5 AT OTEEN
Miss Clements of the Red
Cross at Oteen asks Fayetteville
to send its Christmas cheer to
the" men in Ward 1-5 Instead of
Ward 1-4 as in 1919-1920. Ward
1-5 is for surgical cases, and
very few visitors are allowed,
so attentions frm outside are
greatly appreciated.
These soldiers do not need to
have a special appeal made for
them. What they are and where
and why is sufficient. Because
there Is so little time in which
to act, will all who can give
jelly please mark carefully
Oteen and send it to the Rest
Room by Monday night. Money
marked Oteen, or checks made
to Treasurer of Oteen Fund
may be left there or mailed to
me by Monday night.
Last year the boys in Ward
1-4 (Fayetteville's ward) won
the prize for the best decorated,
they enjoyed doing it and were
proud of their work. Others
must do the decorating for the
boys in Ward 1-5. Let's make
it all the jollier and more beau
tiful for that reason.
LIZZIE LAMB,
Treasurer Oteen Fund.
SENATORS AGREE
TO STAY UNTIL
NEXT TUESDAY
Thirty Members of State
Senate Agree to This
in Order Pass
Act
i iwui, ncau jl mt3 X3MIIHI1 UHiega-
tion, gave notice today that Great
Britain would propose to the arms
conference the total abolition of
submarines.
by MA XABERNATHY
RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 16. Thir
ty members of the senate on roll
call agreed to - remain over until
Tuesday morning in order to pass
the Municipal Fnamce Act after
the senate had complied with the
request of the house , for the re
turn, of the act and the bill, validat
ing the school tax levies for the
past year. The Municipal Finance
Act had passed second reading and
this was reconsidered and the bill
sent back.
(Senator Varser explained that
the bill will go on second reading
in the House Friday, third reading
Saturday and then return to the
senate for first reading on Satur
day, second reading Monday, and
third reading early Tuesday morn
ing. Stubbs did not think this le
gal as It woul put the bill on third
reading in the house Saturday and
first reading In the senate the
same day, but Varser said numer
ous supreme court opinions held
that this was all right.
By a strictly parsian vote the
house passed the Townsend bill re
storing the town limits of Rose-
boro to the original line before tlie
SEVENTH GRADE
PUPIL IS WINNER
HERE THIS WEEK
TRIED FOR ASSAULT
In Recorder'!? Court this morning
B. L. Dixon, deputy sheriff and a
i member of the Law and Order
. . . League of Grays township, was tri-
ureurge weiseiS Writes ed on charges of an assault on W.
On His Favorite Char
acter in History
and Wins
MUCH INTEREST IS
BEING DISPLAYED
Many are Given Honor
able Mention; Writes
Essay On Robert
Morris
J. Brocklngton when the latter
went to Dixon's home to try to
collect a bill. Testimpny of the
State was that Dixon seized Brock
ington by the coat collar, threw
him to the ground and ordered him
to leave his premises. Defendant
denied having cursed Brocklngtou,
and said he became angry because
Brockington contradicted him.
Dixon was scored by the State for
assaulting Brotkington when he
(Dixon) was an officer of the law
and sworn to keep the peace. The
court found defendant guilty and
fined him $25 and costs. An ap
p;.il t" Sup ri r :' urt was taken.
Jim Natt, colored, was tried on
a charge of stealing" a quantity of
clothing. He was found not guilty.
Caldwell Will Speak
in This City Tonight limits were changed during the
Closing rays im last session wimn
E. C. Caldwell,, grand councillor a large amount of property belong
of the United Commercial Travel- ing to Representative Owen was
ers for the" Carolinas, will speak taken out of the town limit,
tonight In the offices of Chamberl When the bill come up. Byrd
of Commerce at 8 o'clock. AH moved that it be tabled but the
manufacturers, jobbers and sales- democrats were watching for it
men are urgently requested to be 'and insisted that the motion to
present as Mr. Caldwell's subject; table It be withdrawn until expla
The "Observer Composition"
contest was won this week by
George Wlesels, a seventh grade
pupil in Miss Mildred Frye's room
of the Central School, the subject
being "My Favorite Character in
History."
The school authorities have tho
roughly enjoyed the response of
the pupils to the request that they
write on their favorite characters
in history literature. It Is inter
esting to observe that practically
each child wrote on some charac
ter in history. While it is true
that some of the greatest charac
ters who have ever lived have liv
ed In fiction, it is gratifying to
know that the school children are
really turning their serious atten
tion to the men in history who
have been brave, 'honorable, and
unselfish. Here is a list of a few
the theme subjects: Robert Morris,
a merchant in the Revolutionary
times; Robert B. Lee, the great
southern general; George Wash
ington, the FatheR of his Country;
Henjamin Franklin, one of our
most noted self-made men; Thom
as A. Edison, a great contemporary
American scientist and inventor;
LaFayette, the brave and unselfish
Frenchman, who endeared himself
to thel hearts of all Americans dur
ing the Revolutionary war; John
Paul, a Revolutionary hero; Ser
geant Jasper, another Revolution
ary hero; Abraham Lincoln, the
great preserver of the Union; and
so oh.
Parents may rest assured that
children cannot go very far wrong
when they are looking with wor
shipful eyes upon the deeds and
lives of the greatest men the world
has produced. There is perhaps
no greater influence that comes in
to the life of the child, than the
influence of our leading characters
in history and literature. The
wlpning theme follows:
"MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IN
HISTORY
"By George Weisels
"Seventh grade pupil in the Cen
tral School
"My favorite character In history
Is Robert Morris, a wealthy Penns
ylvania merchant, who during thel
Winter o 1776 and 1777 reallyi rn narlne that memorable stand
saved our army and our cause. Lf the famous English general at
F. E. Brunson and R-. D. Brun
Bon were tried on the charge of
assault and reckless driving. The
evidence of the state was that de
fendants were driving up the hill
this side of McNeill's bridge on
Lumberton road and turned to the
left to pass two cars ahead when
they ran into the car of J. D. Hall,
who was descending the hill on the
right In the car with Hall were
Oscar Faircloth and Miss Mabel
Tatum. Faircloth Iwas seriously
hurt while, both cars especially
Brunson's were badly damaged.
The court found probable cause
in the case of R. D. Brunson drlv
er'of the car, a lad, and bound him
over to Superior court in the sum
of $200. The case against F. L.
Brunson was dismissed. The Bran
sons are from Robeson county,
while all the occupants of Hall's
car are from Cedar Creek township,
this county.
DEFINITE MOVE
IS ON TO WIDEN
THE CAPE FEAR
Bill Introduced in Con
gress Recently Calls
for Survey of
River
CROOK REPEATS
SLICK -TRICK ON
MERCHANTS HERE
This Time Member of
Observer Force Re
ceives Goods Ordered
by Crook
The other day the Observer car
ried a local story of a man who
was practicing a swindling game
bv going to various stores, order
ing goods and directing that they
be sent to a certain family or a
certain house in the oity, pretend
ing purchaser, taking part of the
troods with him and promising to
be at the house and pay the bill
when the balance of the goods got
there.
Yesterday the swindler again
worked the game, the goods going
to the home on Adama) street of C
O. Bland, of the Observer force.. A
delivery wagon carried a lot of
goods to Mr. Bland's house for a,
Mr. Williams, who the delivery
man said, had bought them and
was to pay for them when deliver
ed. The supposed Mr. Williams
had carried a lot when he gave the
order.
STATE FORESTRY
MEN WILL MEET
AT WILMINGTON
Annual Meeting: of Asso
ciation Will Be Held
Friday, January
27
CITIZENS SHOULD
GET BEHIND PLAN
Fayetteville Chamber of
Commerce Is Working
Hard to Pass the
Bill
KIWANIS PRESENT
CHECK TO BURNS
AT MEET TODAY
Favette ville 's Wonder
Eleven Guests of
Kiwanis This
Afternoon
"At that time, the merchant
would not take the worthless paper
money in exchange for supplies,
and the soldiers would not accept
Waterloo many years ago to the
more than famous stand taken by
Fayetteville's Wonder Eleven at
Chapel Hill when New Bern and
it af pay. Washington would have i Winston-Salem both were within
will be one that will be beneficial
to all.
Mr. Caldwell is a forcible speak
er and it will be interesting to
hear him.
UL8TER OFFICIALS
IN LONDON TODAY
nation of the bill could be made.
This was done and all democrats
voted for the bill and all republi
cans against It.
The senate passed on final read
ing the Everett bill clarifying the
revenue bill regarding the right of
railroads to appeal to the state
courts.
The house passed the senate bill
increasing the pay of Adjutant
General Mettsfrom $3,000 to $4.
500 placing tha't office on a parity
with other state offices.
LONDON Dec. 16. Sir James
Craig, the Ulster Premier and Col
one! Spender, Secretary of the Ul
ster Cabinet, arrived In London to
day for consultations regarding the
Ulster position in the pending Ir
ish settlement. Sir James told OrtiiTiem AcVa fnr
connection with the Important,
question of Ulster boundaries
which the treaty stipulated ere to
be fixed by a commission.
Gold Bond Issue
been compelled to disband his
army, and even with hie bravery
and skill, we would have lost, had
It not been for Robert Morris, who
raised $50,000 in gold on Ms own
personal credit to pay the soldiers
and supply the army with food,
clothing and ammunition.
"This act on his part set an ex
ample for other men of means, and
most of them gave all they had. It
also put new vigor Into the hearts
of the soldiers, and we all know
the end.. We are now a free coun
try I Perhaos but for Robert Mor-
the very shadows of the Fayette-
vi'le goal. Dr. T. M. West paid
high tribute to the team which won
the state high school football cham
pionship this year, at the meeting
"f the Fayetteville Kiwanis Club
held at 1 o'clock this afternoon at
the K. of P. hall.
The Wonder Eleven, the lads
that are the heroes of Fayetteville
todav, were the honored guests of
the Kiwanis Club at the meeting
this afternoon.
In anpreciation of the wonderful
work done by Coach Robert Burns
BAND CONCERT AT
CAMP BRAGG SUNDAY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. The
Southern Railroad asked the Inter
state Commerce Commission todav
(Tor permission to issue and sell
Trapolino to Direct Consolidated
Band at Camp Next
Sunday
rls, the United States would ,til i here this year, the Klwanlans pre-
ba an Enoii.h r.oionv sented him witn a cnecK lor it.
The contestants who deserve
honorable mention are as follows:
Donaldson School
a donation from the members of
the club.
The Kiwanis Club will Join the
Rotary Club and the Elks in the
(Special to The Observer)
CHAPEL HILL, Dec. 16 The
Eleventh Annual Convention of the
North Carolina Forestry Associa
tion will be held in Wilmington, N.
O., on Friday, January 28, 1922.
The program is being arranged so
that several of the most important
forestry problems now before the
people of the State, such as high
way planting, county cooperation
in forest fire prevention, State or
Federal forest control, etc., will be
brought up for discussion by some
of the leading authorities on these
subjects.
A plan Is also on foot to organize
an excursion the following day in
to the long loaf pine forests of
New Hanover county. Within ten
miles of Wilmington are to be
found some of the best second
growth longleaf pine forests in the
State, and the opportunity will be
given for out of town delegates to
visit, them.
Wilmington is a popular winter
resort and as all the hotels are
liable to be well. filled throughout
January, all those who plan to at
tend this meeting nhould make
their reservations well in advance.
The Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce is heartily cooperating with
the Association and suggests that
reservation be made during the
first week in January. Rooms may
be secured at the Orton, Wilming
ton and the Coast Line hotels, all
of which are run on the European
plan. Cafes are run in connection ,
with these hotels and there is an
Definite plans for the establish
ment of eight feet of water In the
Cape Fear river, so that Fayette
ville may' enjoy water transporta
tion, was started by the introduc
tion of the following bill on De
cember 12, by Congressman II. L.
Lyon of this district.
The secretary of the Fayetteville
Chamber of Commerce received a
letter with a copy of the bill en
closed from Congressman Lyon
and from indications derived there
from thinks that this bill will be
favorably received and that action
will soon be started to the com
pletion of this worthy project.
A copy of the bill is reproduced
below so that everyone may see
what steps are being taken to have
this project rushed through to com
pletion: 67th Congress 2nd Session.
H R 9509.
In the House of Representatives
December 12, 1921.
Mr. Lyon introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the
committee on rivers and harbors
and ordered to be printed:
A BILL
Authorizing the secretary of war
to make a survey of the Cape Fear
river above Wilmington, North
Carolina.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That the secre
tary of war be, and is hereby, au
thorized to -make a survey of the
Cape Fear river above Wilmington,
North Carolina, for the purpose of
ascertaining the feasibility of pro
viding an eight-foot channel from
Wilmington, North Carolina, to
Fayetteville, North. Carolina, and
to make a report upon same at the
earliest possible date, showing the
amount of necessary appropriation
to nrovide saldj depth of channel.
This matter Imust not be allowed
to rest here, but evpry one in Fay
etteville and along the Cape Fear
river should do everything in their
power to make this eight foot chan
nel a certainty!
The secretary of the Fayetteville
Chamber of Coiiimprce will be very
glad to receive any suggestions
about this bill and will be glad to
BUSINESS DISTRICT
BADLY DAMAGED BY
BLAZE LAST NIGHT
Loss Estimated at Over $152,000; Short Circuit Be
lieved to Have Been Cause; Fire Sweeps Down
One Side of Main Street Destroying Seven
Buildings; No One Injured
(SPECIAL TO THE OBSERVER)
L'OSKKOIU), Dec 1G Fire believed to h-.y.
been started by a short circuit originating in t'L , . .
way leading up to the recently, newly equippet.
sonic lodge rooms, caused damages estimated to
over $152,000 here last night.
The heart of the business district of the towi
was practically gutted, telephone communication
Mas stopped temporarily and the town was without
lights all night.
Owing to the fact that the town has no water
system, citizens were badly handicapped in fighting
the blaze, which had gotten a good start before it
was discovered. A bucket brigade- was quickly
formed and the entire town tinned out to fight the
blaze. j
As far as could be learned no one was injured
during the fire. Seven of the main business build
ings and several offices were entirely destroyed. ,
The flames swept down one side of the main
street in town. The buildings on the other side of
the street were damaged to some extent by the in
tense heat, but the flames were kept from spreading
to that side by the heroic efforts of the volunteer fire
fighters. -
, , , : . Burns All Night
MANY OUT OF TOWN
SHOPPERS ARE HERE
Numbers of out-of-town peo
plewell dressed, nice-appearing
men and women are seen
in this city everyday going In
and out of the stores, presum
ably shopping. Doubtless they
have been reading the adver
tisements in the Observer of our
merchants, and surely they are
finding that Fayetteville is the'
place to do this shopping every
day in the year.
excellent Y. W. cT A. cafeteria rewrdta
near by. Accommodation at good
boarding houses can also be secur
ed.
The North Carolina Forestry As
sociation was organized in 1911
and since that time it has been one
of the chief instruments in bring
ing the people of the State to real
ize the need for forest conserva
tion. It Is planned to celebrate the
full ten years of useful endeavor
by holding such a meeting that the
second ten years will be started
with greatly renewed enthusiasm.
It is hoped that all men and women
of North Carolina interested In the
progress of forestry will plan to
attend this meeting and do their
part to bring about better forest
conditions in our state.
same.
The Fayetteville Chamber of
Commerce Intends to stay behind
this matter and push it to a com
pletion so that Fayetteville may
be able, in the near future, to en
1oy water transportation and take
Its rightful place as a distributing
center of this portion of the state.
Let us all get behind this mat
ter and if you are not already a
I member of the Fayetteville Cham
ber of Commerce, join today so
that this . matter may be satisfac
torily brought to a close. This is
oniv one of the matters that the
Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce
130.000.000 4n mid bond to bear teacher: Lillian Walker, sixth
interest at six and a half per cent. lade, Mrs. A. L. Thompson, teach-
to mature Anril 19SK. The road
proposes with the funds thus ob
tained to pay $22,588,000 for re-
Joel Snyder, fourth grade. Miss: vnovfl to Provide Christmas baskets
Vera Bennett, teacher; Frances lfor ,he Door of the community, it
Pope, fifth grade, Miss Ruth Jones, I was decided at the meeting
There will be a concert by the
Camp Bragg consolidated band
Sunday, December 18, 1921, from
3:30 to 4:30 p. m., weather permit
ting, in the band stand. The pro
gram follows: i
1. . '
March Land of Moa
Lithgow.
Overture Siege of Rochelle
Balfe.
s .
Suite ' Balet Egyptian
(a) Allegro Non Tioppo.
(b) Allegretto.
(c) Andante Sontonulo.
(d) Andante EspreMivo.
4.
Cornet Solo For All Eternity
Mascheroni.
E.
Selection '
Greenwich Village Follies
8Ione.
6.
Finale African
Lake.
Band Director, Waldolph Trapolino.
demption of outstanding ' short
term notes and 12.355,000 to extin
guish a government loan. The bal-
Central School
Edith Fortson. fourth grade. A,
Miss Nan B. Williams, teacher;
Charlotte Holland, fourth grade, B.
Mrs. W. Q. Davis, teacher; Francis
ance, the application said, will be Tyler, fifth grade. A2, Mrs. Curtis
held in the treasury of the corpor-i Benton, teacher; Dorfs Hardy, fifth
tion as reimbursement for capi- grade B, Miss Lucy Gaston, teach-
tal betterment expenditures alrea- er; Margaret Hobhs. sixth grade A,
dy made.
LITTLE BRUIN SAYS
k. i wri i it
f I
kl LUdi
sr forNoirtn C
Miss Margaret Whitehead, teach
er: William Marshe. seventh rrade
AI. Min Mamie Gray, teacher;
Helen Kelly, seventh grade B, Mrs.
W. Q. pavis, teacher.
The following teachers of the
Central school acted as Judges:
Mrs. Curtis Benton, fifth grade
A, teacher; Miss Lucy Gaston, fifth
Itrade B. teacher; Mrs. W. Q. Davis
fourth grade teacher.
The mibiect for this week was
"My Favorite Character in History
or' Literature," the subject an
nounced for next week is "The
Best Christmas I Ever Had."
Weather for North Carolina:
Increased cl -udioeM followed by
rain Saturday and In west portion
tonight; warm, fresh northeast.
shifting to southeast, winds.
Maultsbv Funeral Is
Held Here Thursday
The funeral of D. S. Maultsby,
who died in Portsmouth. Va., Tues
day, waa held at the residence of
his brother, T. H. Maultsby, in this
citv, Thursday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, conducted by Rev. H. A.
Humble, pastor Hay Street Metho
dist Church, assisted by Rev. T. H.
Sutton and Rev. C. E. Manes
The rall-bearerg were: E. A.
Poe, Q. K. Nlmocks. Dr. J. H. Judd. idicates
Dr. J. W. McNeill, R N. Prior and "There are at least two such svn
H. S. Sedberry - dicstea." Dr. Kohloss said, "alleged
ito be operated bv men who stand
Rotarians Will business wsv and 'otherwise, while
TTpIn Poor Out not Personally engaged, they furn-
,fellow who ar doinr the work.1
SAYS MOONSHINE
SYNDICATES ARE
OPERATING HERE
Prohi Director of North
Carolina to Take Steps
to Break Them
Up
WASHINGTON, Jjpc 16. Opera
tion of gieantlc moonshine syndi
cates in North Carolina was re
ported to Prohibition Commission
er Haines today by R. A. Kohloss,
Prohibition director for the State.
The Federal Convmiswiofler gi
instructions that every possible
step be taken to break up the syn
SIXTH DISTRICT
BANKERS ELECT
OFFICERS HERE
Interesting Meeting Held
Here Yesterday: Or
ganization Is
Formed
A meeting of the bankers of the
sixth district was held in the Fay
etteville Chamber of Commerce
Rooms on Thufcvlay afternoon Dec.
15th, 1921 at 1 p. m.
Banks from Cumberland, Robe
son and Harnett counties were rep
resented and Mr. C. S. Hicks was
Is engaged in and every man In pitted Temporary Chairman and
ajruc.inr .,...,.1... ail.l w . Williams
elve his influence to the Chamber Mr 1'acy w,mams
of Commerce, so that Fayetteville Secretary.
may soon take its rightful place Upon motion Mr. C. S. H'cks of
In the business world of North ithe Rank of Harnett, Duke Bank
Carolina. of Lillmgton was elected Secretary
Friends Mystified
at Suicide Today
RAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 16.
Friends of Congressman Elston
here and at his home in Berkley,
across San Francisco bay, express
ed themselves as mystified todav
by reports from Washington indi
cating that he ha dtaken his life.
Mr. Elston occupied a respected
place in the community and his ca
reer, both as an attorney and as
a member of Congress, was re
garded as successful. He was serv
ing his fourth term in Congress.
Associates here agreed that Mr.
Elston was disappointed keenly
ovr failure of legislative plans
which would have placed the pro
posed Pacific naval base at
meda in his home district.
Ala-
Commission to Take
Definite Action Now
PARIS, Dec. 16 fBy Associated
Press. The a'Hed reparations
commission, meeting today to con-
At the meeting of the Fayette- Dr. Kohloss reported the capture sider the German notice of inabil
AT FEDERAL COURT
Sheriff N. H. McGeachy and Offi
cers Kelly, Benton and BIndeman
have returned from Raleigh, where
they went to attend Federal Court.
ville Rotarv Club held last evening nd destruction of m stills in sixty
ii was oecidea inai me ciud wouia days in North Carolina
join witn tne iks ciud ana me
Kiwanis Club in providing Christ
mas cheer for the poor of Farette
ville and Cumberland county.
Other important business mat
ters were transacted by the-club
THEATRE BURNS
MOTTLTRIB. Ga.. Dec. 1 Fire
early today destroyed the Capitol
Theatre, resultimr in an estimated
and the meeting was an entirely u, of 5o,0O0 with $ 6.000 Insur
successful one. Itoca. '
ity to psv the next two install
ments in full, and renuestlng exten
sion of time, virtually agreed that
the commission itself should take
definite action on the request in
stead of referring the question to
the allied governments.
It was announced that the com
mission would meet again this afV
ernoon to discuss the matter.
of the organization
A constitution and by-laws were
drawr uo and accepted by the or
ganization and an Advisory Com
mittee, consisting of Mr. A. B. Mc
Millan of the National Bank of
Faypftevilio. Mr. T. O. Evans of
the Bank of Maxton and Mr. M. T.
Molrs of the Bank of Whiteville
were duly elected.
A Resolution approving the co
onerative marketing in the State
of North- Carolina was presented
and adonted. Several of the bank
ers gave interesting talks of the
every day problems of the bank
ing world, and Mr. E. R. MacKeth
n. Mavor of Fayetteville gave a
short talk on a vital ouestion af
fecting the banking interests of
North Caijolina.
Col. Jas. R. Young, of Raleigh
was to have addressed the meeting:
but was unavoidably detained and
could not be present.
The meeting adioumed to meet
some time in the spring.
The fire was discovered about
11:15 o'clock last night and it burn
ed -practically. the entire night. The
business district today is a mass
of wreckage.
Two stores that were occupied
bv A. R. Harris & Son were com
pletely destroyed.
One store occupied by F. A,
Caison and Company was complete
ly destroyed.
The stores occupied by T. W.
Rowell, George Thomas, Ed. Bill
iard and the Butler Furniture Com
pany were all destroyed. --
Practically none of the goods or
stocks from the stores mentioned
above were saved.
Tho damages to the above men
tioned stores was estimated this
morning at $150,000.
Fronts Damaged
The fronts on the stores on the
other side of the street were prac-
tically all wrecked and destroyed.
The stores damaged in this man
ner were: Clarke Drug Store. W.
A. Watson & Son and Dr. O. E.
Underwood's office. It Is estimate
ed that the damages to these
places were $2,000.
The law office of E. Q. Robert
son suffered slignt damages, esti
mated at $100.
The dental office of Dr. D. P.
Bollard was also slightly' damaged.
Damages estimated at $10,0.
Damages to the Masonic Tpm
pie which was over one of the
stores destroyed, are estimated to
be $300. The temple had lust re
cently iieen newlv equipped.
Mrs. E. E. Wyatt, who lived over
one of the stores, was completely
Temporaryiburned out.
Harris Heavy Loser
A. R. Harris is believed to bo
the heaviest loser. He owned two
or three of the buildings which
were destroyed and it fir believ vl
that the goodi destrovpd in b!
stores were worth $30,000.
All of the stores had son -suranoe,
hut none were . . "
full amount.
The loss by buildings v
mated this morning as folio.
A. R. Harris, two stores, $2
F. A. Caison, two stores, $1S
George Thomas, $10,000.
A. J. Simmons. $10,000.
Butler Furniture Company, $12,
000.
This does not include the loss
from destruction of stock and
goods In the stores.
SUNDAY SCHOOL IS
NEARING COMPLETION
CLOSING COTTON
E. J. Wells, cotton merchant re
ported local cotton middling today
at 16 12 to 17 cents with 100 bales
for sale.
New York closing cotton is as
follows:
December 18.00
January 17.81
March 17.76
May 17.43
July 16.9S
The Sunday school building ot
the First Presbvterian Church, on
Bow street, is ranidly nearlng com
pletion. The walls are up and the
roof is being put on. The building
Is large and presents a fine ap
pearance from the street.
THIS SECTION HAVING
FINE WEATHER NOW
As a citizen remarked the other
day. It seems that the -weather
couldn't be bad for any length ot
of time in this Sandhill section
if it wanted to. This morning it
was really cold, but the afternoon
run rendered the atmosphere' de
lightful and Spring-like, . .