How Cumberland County Can Get Good Roads Without Increasing Taxes Page 2.
VOL. 3. NO. 39
FAJfCTTEVlLLE. A. CL. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 22 lll
$1.00 A Yr Ah.
FAYEITEVILLE GETS
N0RF0LK4S0UTHERN
Ko ad Parckate The Raleigh
& Soetbpart - kj the D. & C
ON TO SOUTHPORT NEXT'?
u id Authority Announoe
That the RaJeigh & goathport
Ha Betr. Bought by the Nor
- Southern Which wiil Build
o Concord Raleigh to Con
cord Through Line
lialtigh & Southport rail
; rating between Fayette
,: I Kalt-igh, has be-n pur .
: I-, the Norfolk Southern.
wa tLo u w bruufrbt to
., .'.y Saturday iu. ruing by
aii.i Oharrvcr, wliuh
N t and Obvrvr Hat)
n autLority that tht-,
ii. Southern Railway t 'oro
.!. and interests allied with
in; anv, hai purchased
Mr -'i- A. Mills and hu
s th- Kaleigh and Hutli
ri li;i:!r"ad and all )U proper
' i !,a. a!.; purchaai'd from
'Ar I. and his asao.'iat'-s
i ad known as tl..' Dur
I ( harlot te road. wh-h
- :. w and has been for year
"jxratiun from Cumnock to:
.i y The Norfolk Southern will
lutruit th:s road from Kal. iirh
f '-ncord, either under its own
'.arttr or under the .harttr
liaifigh, Charlotte and South
::. KaiTroad obtained from the
u-t legislature by leading eiti
' between Halcigh and ' bar
ft and purchased some wf.-ks
ago by Mr E. C. Duncan, a. ting
.'or himself and his associates, his,
associates now turning out to !
'he Norfolk a. Southern Railway;
mpany
The Greensboro News of the i
ume di 'e had this special frJtoi
. Kaleigh correspondent:
kaleigh, Nov 17 It develupe
.i onneetion with the presence
1 unturned i'ii page four
TOURJBT8 AT FAYETTEVILL
Bad Weather Forced Number of
Cars to Put Back to Atlanta,
Before Reaching Here All
Quit at Henderson
The iiieinlH-rs of the capital lo
capital automobile, tour from At
lanta t.. Richmond, under the
leadership uf liiard Tufts, pres
id.nt of the tpital to Capital
Highway Astox-iutJoij. armed
from 1'iuehurat at b o'clock
1 luuvday Mfti-rnouu Tli.v were
eacorU'd iuu tLe Hy by u
nuiidxr "f kal aiit"iiio!.ij. who
went out 12 miles on the Ra--ford
road l welcome the tour
ist A number of the cars had
tffU eomielled 1.. put ba. k t..
Atlanta by the condition of tin
rads, rettultmg frtii bail weath
r
As this is ..r. i.i the niii!
controls, th tourist i!'-j.'ped o
er night at the Hotel LaFayvtb
ami pro. i . ,j t,. Rah ;M! Friday
morning
The motorist, wer. , uU-i tain, d
by the Chamber i ...'hmkt.-.'
the itidnhfrial lib and the 1 .!
Elks lodge.
A feature f the supp'-r whi -h
was given in the KMs' . lubr. ...m
was the display of iuoli-'U p.,
ture of the rec-nt Fairni'-nt
1'arK aiitoii.ol b i:.. . t m I'hil
adclphia. utter which a snc.kcr
w as giv. ii the mii'.rs at the
Indiiftrial clul.
'I I . cut re jnrt ga' .; th.
t-air at llemlersou and t 'k tip
trail..-, t' r th balance i I 'o
trip ri ;.. unt of bad r".v! - !
y nl then-
Well Known Colored fA
Dead
R. W.;. n ( op. land. .. E.w
R..(.. v. i. . . j j t . it w.U known
and highly esti enied colored faj
tut niinistcr, dropped ! ad at
Cedar iroi church, color i
Sun. lay He bad lived on l is wn '
farm in Raft Swamp i..wi.hip
fr twenty y. ars or more, and!
had raised a large and thrifty
family He was held in high e
teem by the whit.- ieopli in tin
locality v !.. r lie lived.
AT KLMSrON TO-DAY TO SUPREME COURT
$36,250 THIS TIME.
North jCarcliaa Melhodia Canfei- Judge Whctfbee Decides Against
eace Coaveces faiahrHf County
Uf 75TH ANNUAL SESSION m ANNEXATION CASE
Bishop E E Hoes to Preside
Conference Will be in Session
Until Next Monday Bishop
Boigo Expected to be Present
Some iigttres Indifatng
Growth
Cooenutg in Kimtou tbis
morning. Novend- r '12. the North"
Carolina Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South, I
:!! hold its seventy fifth annual
.! 'I. The Cof)fer-nee will be
h-ld in th. new M.-tliodi.t church
l Kinst-'U. "f which Rev F. S.
love is pastor
itnh.,p Embrj K lloss w 11
;.r- aid. .-r th. ..n'. r. n ci.d
CiNfioj. ,l.,Ln ' hilg.i is cxjh .-d
t" l.i : 1 ' . - ., . . r I 1
I .,. f . I, v ill op.-n W if Ii t !..
t.a r;u.:. nt .-t' the E..rd's Sup r
w h
u ii1. roil i-r ar p:;t
in tliu i 'oiifi r ii. .- 'I he 'on'- r-
r. w tii la- in ii-s.-i.in uii' i
.(.day i : it. x t -ck . un
I roi...l y with tl morning s
- .-.! ii ; I at day
K i.sto I n . nt rtained the
Mi. iroliii.i i ii i . t, .
on. . I f.,f. : hat ha ' ing !
'.'hi first "m-Sjo.1i of t! North
. ..luia l ri:'. r. n a h I.I in
.r. j.- .ii .laliuary 1 !
I'll. : i rat s'at.sti. s r. u-. ir.ii ii).' .
in. ii.b. rsi j : :, n !,.-.
I I "I .11 the Collfi-ri-nee u re
published in 1M, and at that
time th. membership in I . ' d
l..!H white people and i.tl
colored people. The figur.-g pub
lisht-d in VJ10 show the chur h
membership to be 7j17, an m
crease of 2.bH over the men
b. rship a year before.
Cotton has not h n com
nig in so rapidly for the last
few days as it did for a while
Judgment m Favor of Annex
ation of a Portion of Black
R-vei Township to Harnett
County Appeal to Supreme
Court Taken.
The "friendly suit' instituted
at thr .i.'. . of citueus of
Elavk River township and th.
board of couimiaeiouer of Cum
berland county, to t'-at the ci.n
stitUtloiihtlt of the a. t ol tii.
last Leglalalun taking a portion
f 4'uml'eriand ciuiity aiii mak
fug it a part ol ilario tt c.tinty,
now g.i n to the Supr n.e . urt
Judge II W. Whedl... Lav,ug
h. ard tlx argu merit in th. . asc
during the n tat t rn. ol o.art
-, rendered his
w .-k , the S-i lAr
tn I uiii r! f
tio- JU'lglie lit the
.f Cumberland
in Fayrttevill
judgment last
l. ;ag ad i r
county fro.
oUimisMiwmrs
county, tl r.
gas e not i. . ..I
Graded School Property on Hay
Street Again Sold at Auction
by Trustees
In accordance with previous ad
ertunmefit by the board of
truxt. . s, th. prop lit of tin Kay
ettrvillr 'iraelid Si'hooU. in Hay
sir. . i, known ;vs t!je .1J Seminary
property, a aain ..ff. r. d l'.r
sal. at publn uui tlou on the
preuiiaa-s Monday at ic n. and
wa bid ulf by the Stat, luaur
snee & R aity Company, f
whi b Mr .lot ji I'nderw ) is
the head, for f:V..2. It is under
stood that Mr I uderwood and
bis comj.any a t. i in the matter
for a p.utt of tir t-usboro in-s
tors, who propc t-. hold the
I t si-iipl) aa an investment. . .n
tub nt that the natural increaa- l
the alu of the projx rty will
-ay ample diid-ud without
impr tenu-nl l-'st . tt ilb- eiti
Selm w - Ull T at. ! Si e tio
erty, whi.-h is i hand v.iii.
rjo fe. t .11 the
h
app
th
Supreme ...urt. and it is ex;
ed that tii.- ase w i
by tt.at curt in tic
future
R.-pr
lis- a.-tio.
be heard
ciy in ar
tre. m t 1
utar.cj f r :
l.-i of t
such a- tion
M rs aw ay
. i tainly b
th. futur. t
Tl prp
h ? r T .1 tie
ny ' of. ,id. rab!
uniiiiprov.
pr.p
lot
inaili
city,
per
but
uting on. I
arc Mr
torncv. Mr
.. rial ! in
h Nunoeks.
.1 A at-s
and Mr Idillard Mr J
litfor.l. f Duiiu, ri pr . nt.
liar 'u It i otinly
Ali.r reviewing the .ftjijo,
Whedbee hays in bia judguo nt
It Is hereby ordered, adjildg
ed and decreed by the court that
tin t oiuiuiasioiiers of ( umb. rlai d
'jiinty !. and th.y arc henby
permanently restrained and n
inuied from collecting the taxes
attempted to be levied by said 1
board and from . ii-reisiug any
authority or jurisdi. Hon ovi r the
pi-rsona and property i said'
territory so added to ll unty
of Ham. tt by said Act And that
li th.- art ..I f man
from Rcr. would
jx-ak on full n . in
f Eay. tt. vill. .
rty wa f'in.i ij t up
into lj lots, eight fronting on
Uaj street and eight on Frank
lm, and ea-i lot sold separately
Tin- aggregate of the highest
bids of i the separate lots was
421 .2.' i 1 hi n the prop-rty was
I t. red as a wln h an.) ran up
to .'J.Vl.
R0SEB0R0 BOOMING
Leadirg Town Between Fayette
ville and Wilmingtca
HAS FINE BACK COUNTEY;
Many New Brick Stores and
Beaidences Built This Year
and the Town Rapidly Grow
ing, While the Rich Landa
of the Section are Soaring la
Value.
Throughout North Carolina
anil the south in general the
past very few years have form-
i( a piriod of unpn ci-rhn'cd de-i-l"j
i.ient along industrial and
agricultural lit. a, but in no sec
tion ho this progress ben more
lint than right here ui tho
s. .Hon embracing the counties
of urii!H.-rlaJid, Sampson, Rolx;-s-.n,
Hoke, Harnett and Bladen.
An-! in no locality in this section
hu tin re been much p,orc of
tl is progress tl.aji in and around
Roacboro, lh. rapidly growing
Sampson county town on the At
lautie Coast Lin. , 22 milea cast
of Fayetteville. AH tin time
there is Something doing around
Roseboro, which m a very few
years wni be a town of 2000
population unlets all signs
fad
fo has room to grow; it
right kind of men to
grow . and it has a rich
untry surrounding it.
Roex le
Las the
make jt
ba. k
otlt 11.11. . I
-ii page tour
Raleigh High Wins
Superior ti an. w ork enabled
Raleigh high school to defeat
i 'lialdson Military school 2 to
I I Saturday afternoon. In the a
minute of plsy Crinkley lay!
down u. ar th. sid'Lne until the'
ball was snapped, b ftp. .1 up to!
neeive a forward pass from
Jeffrey, eluded four ta. klers and,
ran half tl.. 1. ngtb f ti e field!
for a toil' lidov? n
i!!i i-r.t to furnish the trade
and other factors of rapid
growth And it is growing. These
fa u Th- Index has learned by
si veral visits there.
Mr J Abncr Marker was here
Saturday from Koaeboro and be
enabled us to get a down to-datu
line on what is going on there.
Sin. e the flic last spring that
wip. d out a large portion of the
business part of the town the fob
low ing business buildings of brick
have b.eri completed or are in
course of construction, by the
gi-ntb men named
' Continued on page eight
COLD WEATHER!!
We have Cleaned up the Entire Stotk of one of New York's Leading Manufacturers of Cloaks and Suits, at
Prices Way Below their Value, and are Going to Give You the Saving.
Lot No. 1 Lot No. 2 Lot No. 3
100 Ladies' Cloaks in Black and Tan, all 100 Ladies' Cloaks in Black, Tan and Colors, 100 Indies' and Misses' Coat Suits, in1 all the
SizeTfull 54 inches Ion, stvlish and up-to- strictly high-class goods, full length and cor' ttln IfiSSlTSS
' 'atV h Mnn nfithTet lT 'X reCt in f gular class nobby" handSme and tylh
. Pv Lh, 7 S. Siooo" Sia4 Qfl values $12.50 to $15.00. All H gf S,,lls' al1 wo1 material; Regular values
JWcS. 1 000 ylU siZe, OurSpecal Price $6a90 SJggj $1Q & $12.50
Men's, Women's and Children's Winter Underwear of all kinds, in all sizes
and the Very Best Always in Stock.
A Lace Curtain Special
200 Pairs Fine Lace Curtains, slightly soiled, but barely noticeable, bought at JUST HALF PRICE and will be'soldi same way;
-Just Half Price. This is a Great Opportunity For You. 1
Prank: Thornton
1 06-1 08 Hay Street. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. 101-103-105 Green Street