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THE DUN • • i ——————•>_ V<M** 1 ftnnn, TO FIGHT ON FOB JARVIS COUNTY Advocate* Lae* Before ('oaimitt** But Believe They Will Yet Wl» It wae not bcceuM they did Dot pet up e good fight the advocate* of Jarvia County did not get a favor able report on the bill to create this eountjr which era* given a hearing yesterday afternoon before the House committee on counties, cities end towns at a meeting in the House of Rcprcsen let! v **. After an hour’s argument by those for end against the proposition, the Committee went Into executive see aioa end, by e vote of twelve to fivo decided to make ea unfavorable re port. The report did not east a damper an the big delegation from Dunn, eectloue of Harnett, Johnston, Cum berland and 8ampeon Interested in the formation of a new county to bear the name of North Carolina's greed old men. The delegatee to gether with the committee occupied the scats in tha chamber and it look ed like a regular session of the House. The sentiments expressed et the ip acting and privately were to the effect that tha fight would, be kept -’Up until Jarvis oounly is placed on the map. The advocatei are like the strenuous suitor who eviU not •tie “no” for an answer to a coy and elusive sweetheart. Though re fused by the Legislature two years •go and by the oesnmiUe* yesterday tie next legislature will see them -hack again, the delegation said, and they wfll came with stronger daim* ■ nest Urns. Jarvis county, like Ban - ,W*’e ghost, will not down. Tb* advocate* at the proposed county have already formed a per manent organisation with headquar ter! at Bonn and committee* have 'been appointed In every townablp In ftke propoaed territory to keep up the ■ fight- Mr. C. J. Smith |a chairman at Urn organisation. Mr. J. P. Pitt man aaeretary and Mr. A. F. Baric* treaaurpr. __ . It h pragMs^ to make-Dana the oouaty aeat and the territory to be embraced would be about 278 wm.»e "in 'warn nfrifeiBe'if'XSIf 000. The taxable property it i* es timated wot^fl be between HJKO. 000 and n.OOOAM. It le claim ed by tba advocate* that it would be eatf sustaining and that it would greatly convenience the people of the •action Involved, many of whom are new placed at a great di*advantage to get to the county Mate of their romriaa, the way being tortuout and consuming much time and ex tra expense not only to the individu al but to the counties. It was admitted tint the county would he a Republican county, but it was argued that U would help the near by Democratic counties. The opponents of tbs bill pro-osted against any further slicing off of part* of their counties and rsforrcu to the politico! phase of the ques tion. CHgord Lead* for Bill. Mr. J. C. Clifford of Dunn ied off for the advocates of the county. He explained that the proposed county K mad* gp from pa.i Cumberland, Johnston, Harnett and Sampaoa, end. that the county sent would be Dunn. H* amid that the county would be 20 miles from the fmth.ost point, the Wayne county line to Dunn. He •aid that Duke would be included in the new county and spoke of the dlf ficulty of the people of that section retting to LUItngton, the present «ou»jr ml It* territory to be tak en from Cumbeilond end Bampcon were closer to Dunn l»y far tjan it Is to the county eeaU of their eoun Uae and that the eonnnercial rela tione warn ell with Dunn. He said that the territory to be embrsoed in tha new county would be about 276 square miles end have a population of about 11,000. From Harnett he Mid that It would take about 1,000. 000 taxable property, leaving Har nett shout K600,000 according to thd last aaseesmunL Since that Usm he said that s railroad bod been built which would give them an in creased vmleation. Politically, he said, that as the county would be made up of Repob Haau section• at flrst it would be Re publican. However, he said, the sec tion wm Origin any Democratic. He Mid they naturally have a communi ty which goto Demecrt tie when they get vial they want. The formation W the county he add would, leave Harnett safety Democratic and that H would he e gain to tha Democrats In that section. Would Bo Rich County. In petal of area he said it would be one of the richest counties in the State uxeept Durham. All tha tcrri tary to he embraced ho said would of the new county. He said that he aotleed that all the new neuallcc had prospered. Re ferring (a Fima ha Mil that at trai that was iRtiUiii hat that after* it got what it wanted it fell into lira Ha a Lao referred to Hoke and to La< which he Mid ware prospering. His view waa that large countioi wero expensive the distance being si greet to get to court. Small countie the distance o he touny neat betn| no short made court expenses s greai deal less. It also mads /or liettei roads, hs said. There waa an unfavorable report on tha bill two years ago, he euid but the people in the section alTeclec aic so confident of the rightuuusuawi oi their cause they have perfected a permanent organisation and he ex pmssed the bops that tha ncnuttw would give the bill a favorable re port. Mr. McLean Oa Opposition. Mr. Den Hugh McLean, of Lilting ton. spoke la opposition to the bill appealing moitly to sentiment. Ha charged that there waa not a man h tha delegation favoring tha bill whe was bora in the county. Ha said be had taken greet prido In building uy the old conaty named for Cornoliui Harnett. He was opposed to crest ing any more Republican counties He spoke of his record in the Dbeno ere tic party end protested at die membeiing tha county which he termed an outrage. Ha said tha now county fsrees wanted to magnify Dunn to the discredit of liornstt. Senator Johnson, of Cumberland, protested agfinst taking a slice oi Cumberland end said that he bad looked upon the matter as a Joke. Represents five Carrie, of Cumber land, read a telegram from the coun ty commietionex* protesting at the division of the county. He protested and thought that tha representatives from the other counties would pro FaircUtfa Opposes. Representative Faircloth, of Samp ton, aaid that b* did not think that the discussion would drift ao readily into a political diacuaafoo. From tha •peach of Mr. CUffoed he laid It looked Uka an attempt to eotooia* the Republicans. 11* aaid that ha waa not hara to represent Sampson politically bet that h* eras opposed to cutting off tha rich top of Sampson to gtva h to yrogTaaaiva Dana. meeting. Webb to Streag Appeal. Mr. T. H. Wahb, of Duka, manager of tha big min* there, spoke for the new county. He (old that he did not represent the mill interests but ap peared aa an Individual. Ha spoke of taking up taa r said sore there ton years ago and at the wonderful de velopment of the section. How the section got nothing from Harnett and how the taction hod to taka care of itaatf in farm demonstration work, schools and roads. 11a said If the proposition was a jok* it was tha most serious on* that ha had ever heard of in hie Ufa. H* said that if the county was created K would be aa progressive as any in existeiicc. Mr. McLean aakad him to what po litical party ke belonged. Ha replied that he was a Democrat end had never scratched a ticket in hie Ufa, which reply brought forth a storm of apple os*. Mr. Mnlaati also aakad if Dunn had not had for quit* a number ol yeare all the representatives? Mr. Wahb replied "no,” and named several who did not com* from Dunn. Mr. Webb said that the matter was a serious on* for Dunn and tha terri tory affected and that tha pro post lion was fair and proper and that Uiay ware so titled to it. Others far BOL Mr. V. L. Stephens, N. A. Town send and Nathan Barefoot mads strong arguments for the bill. It wai stated that a parson could leave Dunn by train and nach Washing. ton uty a gnat deal sooner taae ne could Lillington from Dans. It wai •bo aaid that if kt mad* the trip bj automobile there waa no tailing wher h# would c«t back. To eSaprar* Mr. McLean'a charge that tha man in tha delegation wart not born in tha oountlai effector quite a number aroa* and thia wai greeted with applaua*. The dm* and difficulty at people In upper Sampaon getting to Cltntof waa alao brought out. Mr. W. D. Gaiter, asrgeaat-at arm* at tba Senate, of Cumberland protested against the Mil. Tha IhUfUha. The following composed tha dal* gation: J. R. Godwin. Ralph Dowd Bogan* Cal*. C. M. Stephattaon, J C. Clifford. T. H. Webb, W. H. liar dag, E. R. Thomas. Randy Stewart J. D. Pop*. W. H. Parrish, G. K Grantham, R. W. Strickland, L. C Du proa. I. L. AlpMa, C. U'Guy, F C. Papa, W. F. Dawson, W. F. Burlai 3. R. Goy, lab Gay, H. C. Lea, A. I lurtaa, E. L. Howard, 3. L. Wad. C. H. Thors ton, Mack Black. V. I Stephana. 3. W. Draaghan. Jam* Norton, C. 3. Spilth, McD. Hollldaj Mrs. H. 1. McKay, Mr*. McD. Hall I day. Mr*. 3. E. Oodkett. 3. E. Crock ett, G. L Oanaady, Sam Parker. Di R L Warm. 3. F. Wilaon. T. 3 Tb ora tea, H. L. R. Draughoa, Jarr KOAD CONTRACT AWARDED 1 —r— * Greensboro Contractors Alto Bay I» grama Township Hoads. Four Oaks, Fab. *7—The $40,MX bond iaauo voted by Ingram! town ship Inst May for road improvement uaa recently been awarded to Honing A Hagedorn, rood contractor*, ol Creenthoro, at par. Maaar*. Honing A Hagedorn also have the contract for building the roods of the town skip and have arrived with a force ol upwards of CO laborer*, oO mulet and all necessary equipment with which to proaocuto tha work. Those gentle men have bad several year* expert cnee in road building end it ie ex pected that Ingrams township, ol which Four Oakt Ie the capital, will in n few months hav* the beat roads of any township in tbo county. Seven mils* of the road which will be built through tbo townihip will constitute a part of tho National, or Capital to Capital Highway, leading from Washington to Atlanta. This section of rood, when completed, will ho the pride of the community. GLEE CLUB COMING The amusement lovers of our city will have the pleasure of attending one of tbo most enjoyable concerts of tbo year whan tbo Wake Forest College gtec club end. orchestra Alls it* engagement here on the evening °f March Mtk The organisation |j composed of some of the beat must clans In tbo South. It Is directed by Prof. Hubert Pot sat whoso reputa tion as t musician is knows far and wide. Added interest cornea from the fact that Dunn ie represented by two of Its young citizens, Maaar* ... —— - -r- r»* narrio. Ur. J. B. Fuquay, a popular mer chant of Coots, N. C, pasoar through (own Saturday on hia way from flora Dee, 8. C., where ho ha* booo oc business. Psereall, Anson Jack eon, L. E. New-' ton. H. A. Matthew., p. *. biiall, J. J. Lana, P. F. Pope, R. F. Jorai Tueeday'e New. and Observer. BOMB LOCAL COMMENT MAYOR C. K. GRANTHAM "Koap up the fight, stay with the organisation; boon the Jarvis coun ty Club and carry the movement be fore the next General Assembly in the beginning of the eeeaion," are the essentials in carrying forward the new county movement to succvwt according to Mayor G. K Grantham, on* of the leading supporters of Jar vie. He eays that an expression from every voter within the propos ed limits should be eeesrad and thus prove to tha LcgislaUtj* that tbs new county proposition la one of un usual mariL JUDGE C. J. SMITH “W# are going to keep np the fight for Jarvis county until we get it.” eeid Judge Clarence J. Smith Tues day following hia return from Ral eigh. Ho if much encouraged at tho showing made Monday over that of two years ago, and anya that tha new county movement received an impetus in stand of a set-back. “Two year* ago,” be aaya, “we received unly one vote, yesterday we received five votes That gives us excellent grounds for encouragomeat.” Ha says that Mr. W. A. Erwin, of the Erwin Cotton Mill* Company, is •a. t and sou) behind the movement and it determined to use all his pow er and influonoe in lie favor O. P. 8HELL I Ha v* been asked lay opinion why wa didn't pat n bill through granting ui s now county. Thar* are various raaaona at Uda time. Tba first one, I think, la wa didn’t bar* time enough to get through euch an importer* measure, and again wa need tba eo operation of ovary man, that the nan ■eut-olT territory will affect; wa coo< him on the ground to aay a word If bo really wants the new eeunty h« oagfct to bo willing to aay so, tent hie preaance and aealet ala# In a An aneial way. It takes cash to do any thing that la worth doing at all, am if a fallow la really la earnest abou •M» Important matter, ha ogrtadalj , oagfct to eon tribute. I know of ma ny follows who My the new count] to the very thing for this ear bon am by all meant we should have It, and . know of no one a new county wool . benefit more than these very fallows . Still they wont land a helping hand financially -or otherwise. That i i one raaaon see have herd sailing - lacking In co-ops ratter Mow, friend - let’s all pull together, and pall etrom - and get thoroughly organised and g • op there two years banes and eta • with the boys, and aa ears aa yo f H*o the victory wtU ha am. s | tioo 1 Ought ha J or abould ha taha told ia a modarato Uttla for tha good ftUowihtp? pat ia th bocoma a ata mao, aran ta •tainanca?” - chaaaa that a lumljr. Oaa forth ciaarij at that It la rafrala from tha ing- drink*. It ia oaa if aa* within Ch tng ta bapahlt. otan’a right to tot' hi* duty. Ho work ana ' rabtdad, i_ railroad* wtt Dot •ra not aaha aud mora ta abataiaariC Cram <julrad to, dt H brigbtana drunkard not intend drink. The regular or noChi k__ Let's ioo what to dootn'toamatt coun ty ta 191t. Aa k natter ef record them was skipped Mo Harnett coon ty in 1913 over tt^OO gmDsoi ad wkiakoy. which, at aa aoata«o coat of 43 00 per (railon would amount to about fifty thousand dollar*. Just thick of ha amount of mnnay spout for whUkoy in n single yunr la Her nott county, to top nothin* ef the heart pen*s and ssiaory It brought to woman and ekfldrna. Taka Harnett to ns arum** and wa find that fire nrilllon dollars is spent annually to North Caroline for whiokoy. Witt those facta in riew, do yon wonder that Christian men and woman n North Carolina are going to ask the Legislature to past a bill prohibiting the (hipping of whiokoy from otkor status into North Carolina It has bean mid that prohibition i* ■ failure. To be eonvtaeed of the benefits of State-wide prohibition wo ought to go to asms State where it has baao in fetus more years than this State has had. Xanana, for ex ample it to thirty years old. and what It baa dona thsro wa glean bum a letter from the Kanes a Attorney General. Out there ana child out of •vary tore* la an ruled in aehoat and illiteracy ia new lam than two par cent. Thera am IOC eeentiaa in the State, and of three eickty-ermn ham na tauane; ftfty-foar ham no foahte mindad; ninety-ei* ham no Inebri ataa; while in thlrty-ui«ht toontieo the poor forma tarn no honatee, and throuffhoot the State them la only one pauper to erery SjBOO bthaM tante. In Jnly 1011, there warn Of ty-three county jade that had no priaonan; while tn many coeatiee a immd Jury la eo uneotnmen that ma ny.people do not know what It It. tf the money tpent for limner were dt rtdad amony the pepelattom the per capita, weald ha e«ly 9LA0, while thirty yean aye It waa (MAO. In hart weal waa ante anly and; ahee > eat I a a [ cap! I wM . aaa , Stet - bowl r la 1 > Am r prteen, Oeilfemla thhtp-Om Iran > dred Xanana hna atk* hundred par tana la har aaytem, CaMOartea ha • V * *■ • .. am ■ ttum CBAPSL mu. * CWpto HOI, IteA fiacL-A gnat teurwt la North Cftahaa to being arrmaad and niatitnad lo Um ftp -i).*aah!ta fltate-wid# contest of tho 8kh School Debating Union. TMi latmaat embrace* la lta scope boys •to gfrtt, mam and women, schools, Uae, small towns, and w* ha** thair asunaat attention and tout centered an tha triangular de 'toha. which will occur oo March 2r>. AH af the schools winning both of •tofr triangular debates will send their team a to Chapel HID aa April h *W0—pits in tho final contest ter tha i#ftek Manorial Cap This cap' h la tha trophy which tha tetar-eelhtfl. ate debaters of the Uatrarsity hero provided for th* achool which wine oat finally. It was won la ISIS by tha P5*ea*nt Garden Ugh achool and in l»14 by the Winston-Salem high achool. Tha question to be discussed this year to ena ad tench timeliness: “Re solved, That tha U sited States should adapt tha poHcy ad subsidizing its a—thanl maria* engaged In foreign trade." At pcoomt only M per coat ad American shipping to canted under the American fiag. Tha high school debaters to their anger aaanh far von tag* ground la tha dahate* WB thor ooghiy, thrash oat tha safaaidy as a ■—aa'df building up tha marina. H atm ha that th— debates win have a wnndaiftdij teainsliia affect upon th* mjm * man North CaroHnians whe wJH mp»l ay the total andlaures Af rmrt at tha Stale University'a ■pMar W Mlta Mm» ta’Vlyfalaaaa to e*M7 aaalShi^ Worth Carolina, the *%h School Debating Union *Ue high rank. It is safe (o ear thatthU at debating. Tha University and tha high schools have givae to the State a debate system which serves as a standard wherever known. Tha Dunn High School Is In a tri angle with tha Angler and Ayes High Schools—S. R. Winters. Miia Helen Parker, who is attend lag {Southern Presbyterian College at Bad Springs, spent tha weak and bars with bar father, Mr. a H. Per Ur. si* thousand. With the an poyn !atkn and the same wealth Califor nia haa seven times at many criml »*h as Kansas, and tan times a many lunatics. In IStO while Kansas waa wet tha bank savings deposits of that State ware thirty million dol lar*. Today they are two hundred Killian dollars. Iceland baa so Jan, no penitentiary, there is ao court and only oaa police maa; not a drop of alcoholic liquor la made on tha island, and Ha MOO people are total abstainers, since they yriU not permit any liqaor to be imported. There is not an illiterate par saw on tha isiaad, not a child ten yearp eld unable to read, tha system of ywblie schools being practically perfect. There are special ■■n| n arise and ceOegee, several news paper! sad printing establishments * »""vu uwwff hi ijwm ■nnii* ally for whlakoy—an a meant equal to two full eotton crops. Just Drink of to pood this la re* aam of Boo ty might do If apont in to right way Imagine, tf yon can, to (rant harm It ia doing. William J«nninn Bryan onid lo ona of kll roeont speeches on (atom paranvo “that no oas <** afford to taka to risk of drinking; no matter haw small tbo risk may be, that no m“* «•» afford to spend money on liquor when tors aro ao many other things en which yon eon speed it to modi bettor edrantog*. Tow cannot hors enough money to Juotify yon in apesuiing one mot for llqner whoa them la so wash pood to bn dona. No man can afford to load an example to to wrong side of to ipiostioa. Mo man can afford to bar* his ton go down to rota and ton throat to mspeoalMHty open Mm," Fm myself I am uktnp this op prtodty to make a eonfeeslee and a pledge. I hare always taken to moderate rlow and would drink a lltaa for pood fellowship and aorta bfUty: bet r am thoroughly eonriac od tot latoxianttag liquor* aro tn Joitono and that thorn con be no good , drrtrod from drinking It. I hare dm i Urmiaod In my own heart to abototo i from drinking aeon In to mart mod i orate -way. Hew many of to read - aro of to leoarri wgf |eta mo to thla pledge t . i. k. mrwkrr THU MAIL CABBIE* Ha com* with eg the inevitability at death aad turn, but — Ito than ba b alway* a welcome caller. To be rare, be b oftaotima* berg if with wnmgea of bereavement, aad natJem at Uability and eX uaperf'arm ed dutiee, but far all that ha b wai U b net Ua fnaH that ha b not Uwny* a bearer at -t-rage* at good Be wee Id rather bring geed new*, but ee long aa be ia the nemu be. twemi ua aad the outride world, which b an affair at both good aad evil, the fault b with the world aad not with the rural mail carrier If the aril nnaUnw prodamineta*. Be riaao while U ia mill doth, and whatever way be the waather or the raada ho bringa the world to oar Bo b the very typo of fhithfeboei Should thb nptbu foil, ua ration* era doing to ether and baa-farared ell wee, our ftrat ratbaribb ba* weald ba hb daily viehn. The rattle ef kb baggy down the rand ray* ta u* all: ‘Cod live* and the Government at Weehlngten ettU aviau/* Other fhnctbanriaa ef the government are b««A*ra an ear the alder*, but ti ami] carrier bear* our harden*. Ha. Mora than etoaan. electricity, or the tolaphono, ennihUetee dutanoe for m. '*■ By hb labora wo join dally U the thought of the world. Ho orahla* uo ta horamc e really onbad people, leading mod thinking the anme thing* at the ram* time. Bo oven bringa tn ra tha mlllilieii at thn very geveeuraent wUeh awdn him to oar door* with each anfaA. “P*r men only" to Uua editorial (riMi It tpptm to ■ that m roeepitulattoa of oasto worldly Claim than right now la tho beginning of thto now year; and wo in going to oak ovary reader of thto to stop right now end toko ftrst • careful Hirrsy of hto awaotbaort nod aaa whether she to bring preserved as o faithful wife and mother tonold be. Ask yourself if abe to getting what belongs Ip her to tho way of homo appliances; liuio things not betom aloes, hot littio eonvonioneao that go to prevent curvature of tho spine and fa op atom broken hearts; to fact, has aho bean or to aho bow carrying bur dens that you could have lightened? Again, bow muck of the kopriam mhrti eo her features and to her eyes has boon fee to your neglect and hew much of tho rainbow hood promtoed that you mode to her boon dimmed through the dying embers of your once fervid and boasted af fection.? Whan too roes of youth waa to full bloom you rushed to car ry tho water for tta nourishment; are you doing it bow? Coma now, bo bon am about It; can you toko her tired, labor-bruised in yours, then look her In toe ayes and any—Hoar wife, I hove always boon true to yea.’ —The Gleaner. IGNORANCE CSASBD TO COTES Illiteracy la an tha —a In th* Uni ted State*, and Minna*ote la ana af tha commonwealth* bottate In Ha purauit. At tha peasant rate of ra <1 action th* public aehool win wip* oat illiteracy ia anathor g—llna Thi* atete in 1*10 listed as Illiter ate anly an* drild in orary 1/MO ba twaan th* ago* at ten and 14. Only nbi* athara atend a* high. Cannae Meat, tha District at Colombia, Mns sseh—MU, Now Hampahira, North Dakota. Oragaa, Varment and Wash btgtsn. Mmnasnta, it to gratifying to ralate, ia sos af M atete* that bo twaaa 1M0 and 1*10 radaead by a— i half or more tha HUtaracy of cfcild ran baewaan 10 and 14 yaan at ago. Caws and affate namr wota more fairiy exhibited than In atadytng tha •tridas at n—partnij -|r — j child labor lawa. 11— - waaNh. that prahfldt .■gl.ym.Bt of chlldran atnnd highest in tha literacy ad tbatr yaaag pagahtlc* A dteorn* an tha gram* at IneampatUBty hna haan granted tha aahaai ink agalnat tha tmette|. 1 Pad Pte aaar Prana. Th* plant af tha Til gh man tmm hor Oaaapaay raatnad igaantlait last Monday. With this largo lad—y at arath haateaaa with loan) mar chant* will bagte is haprwra. TV* ten* payroll od this aampany I* at rate baaaftt whan th* ampteyaa* par Ana* aappMaa and thatr trad* <a • diattete addlttea to th* wateaai of nm rot ouu. rvnu NotwHhetandtog the tort that Cew rcemmati Oedwia to a power to the political world aart hto mtod -y • with matter* ef states he hee'ttoee ta make hie district tlmeem m'a mm He eeade the ftoswtog tatter t« the Dbpetch with the hege that the teadto lengthy Uate ad-M, Washington, D. &, March let, IMh. The Dune Dtajet Owe, M. C. 0*Ar fllr:— the Dtogatoh that I hntihatam teettoa ef tower mad, I weald Kite ta wgt^HaHe to jX« .totoa 'i5^*tokcTfletS Team eery totoy , R. U OODWW aS-Sr*Twr4Sa?;
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