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DUNN j VOL- 17 Dim, N. C, Mfi'4 1MT __ r --- -- RAILROAD DENIED ADVANCE Ulmlata Csswns Commission D« alod Iks Piss of I is* Railroads (or s IB pm- son I I across* in Fro lg hi Ratos Washington Dispatch, Jane 2D. Tbs Interstate Commerce romtnis aion today denied the pica of the rail made of the United Stains for a hor iaoatal increase of 16 per cent in freight rates. la its decision the committee in dicated its wiliingnrm to Increase clua rates in the Eastern district approximately 14 per cent. Sines, about one-fourth of the freight hand led is moved under class rates the decision virtually allows the Eastern lines about four par cant Inerasaae in grow freight revenue. Increase* sought in rates on coal, eeks and Iran ore win ha granted. In tbs Southern district an Increase of IB pur cent on coal with a maxi mum of 16 cents a ton was permit ted- The commission found, w u re •sk of extended hearing*, that the csailors generally shew a substantial sad increasing financial prosperity, and that they have .ample resources with which to conduct transportation. Little sympathy was given the ar gumants of the roods that they were victims of war priest, the commission bolding that tbs carriers have pro fit ted by the stabilisation of troops. Swaweaded U.til October •.The commission suspended tb* pro >°**d tariffs until October 28. but h l*dieated that no rehearsing of the case will be of value at this tints and suggested cancellation of the tariffs. The «nm at lesion finds that Uto gloo my forecasts of ieonordised Innm.i maa by railroad official* early la ltlT bar* not been borne oul by the figaraa available for later month. The proceeding, ware brought in March, whan return, from February was one of the went month, in rmil road history. The subsequent months h*ve shown Increasing revenues while expenses have, in many ease* failed to boo out to the extent the carrier'* offirlali feared. The dortffion points eat that tho of Hll, which waa the hawser la railroad earnings, and rnmmmmmmm saMitly indicating a danger points in earnings. C&MPLlhUENTERT TO MRS. LYNCH Duka, Jane 28.—Thursday aft - noon from four to ei* Mr*. E. 8. Yarbrough gave a kite ben a boar.r to Mrs. John FrsnkUa Lynch. Whoa all tbs gueeta had arrived and were merrily engaged in peat times little Mloose Whitney Holt and Ruth Hen ly dremed as maids cams in with a *•*1® basket swinging between them fiDed with useful things for the kit. chen, gifts from the guests and Mends Mra Lynch waa completely surprised as the shower part had beea kept from her, and sbo knew nothing of it until the little girts came In. Refreshments In two cour se* ware served, consisting of a salad course followed by ice cream and •■ha. The Invited guests ware Mis. W. A. Rrwin, Jr., Mimes Estelle and Virginia TUely, Misses Whitney Hoh, Rath Henley, SaiHe Singleton. Mra *• L. Hansel, Mrs. W. P. Holt, Mrs. B. M. Henley, Mrs. E. P. Dsvia, Mra. F. Smith, Jr., Mrs. W. A. White, Mrs. Masses, Mrs. B. R. Tbomea. Mra H. J. Holmes, Mias Grace Osborne, Mrs. F. W. McKay, Mrs. F. M. Me Kay, Mim Edith McKay, Mrs. 8. J. Beaker, Mra Josephine Morrison. The past few days of hot weath er has meant a groat deal to the cotton crops throughout this section. The growth in the few days has been wonderful and the formers era much pleased at the better prospects for a good crop. The wheat crept are being threshed sod good averse*! to the aero art being reported. CALLS AMERICANS COWARDS. V'llaw of Ganna laaalta Appaar lap Daily. (W. S. In N*w York Saa) Tha Iaeloaad nttiat I r*e*lv*<l ffwa a*y brothor. who ia a pnnn*. on H. If. R. Radpaantlet, Enfland ] tkoRlb* parkapa if it war* pobliafcaa H might holp to pat rtat into raonilttnp: do not know oar Hindoo tha Colons* Volks la spacaintinp on th* «um tho Aaaerieana to eaiborl war. won by tham h Am 01 («bt 01 Ife tan r . I if tk tota RED CROSS ACTIVITIES People of Dtb Addrssssd by fn» insot Spukori Duke, June 27—Wednesday after noon a maw meeting of the b^1** of Duke for the purpose of enUgbUa ing on the various phases of tha Rad C'rom activities was bold in tbs par ish house ol St. Stephens Episcopal -church. Rev. L. Charter Morrison, through whoso efforts the meeting | was effected, presided sad Introduc ed the chairman of the Durham Chap ter. Mm. Jatnea Sprunt Hill ■■■! her associates in tbs work at Dur ham, Mrs. J. Harper Brwin, and Mrs. Edgar Cheek. Mra. Hill mads an able statement concerning tha many phas es of Chapter and Auxiliary work. Mrs. Erwin answered many ques tion* relative to the details of tbs work and also explained her methods ax purchasing agent. Mrs. Cheek bad charge of and explained aa exhibit »f various hospital supplies and sur gical dressings, and explained tbs methods followed in Durham In mak ing the various articles la the work room under her supervision. Much interest wax manifested in the meet ing. not only by Lbs ladies of Duka, but h> many fnrnda who cams over from Dunn lo bo present. An actual organisation was not attempted at thin meeting, but the desirability or the nnn-dcsinsblity of aatmbUahtag s Harnett County Chapter, or tbs re lative value uf becoming a daughter auxiliary of the Durham Chapter was gone Into at some detail. The gen eral interest manifested gives evi dence of some probably dsBnite steps ir !’ie near future. Upon mutton of Josephine Morrison a rising vote of thanks wsa extended tha lad les from Durham for Uaslr kin da sue in so freely giving their time sad in terest in chaining Use work. Whtls in town tbs Durham visitors sears the guests of Mrs. W. A- Ersrtn, Jr. FALCON ITEMS. Mr. Mooc> Ivojr, who |k boon Hr ing here for nomo months. died early Sunday morning Ho hod boon sick for some time. Hts remains war# carrtad to Qpdgaa Chapal for tatar Mr. J. A. Culbreth flUad his regu lar appointment hara Sunday is the Sunday school, but hk family haa gone to Happy Valley, near Fayette ville, for some time. Happy Valley it tho plantation of Mr. Jan m Bla aell, of Cornel) University, Ithica, N. V. R. H. Allen took hit tent to Hol land'* Chapel, near Huntioy, Tues day. where a meeting will be held by 8. A. Fann and W. H. Turner. Rev. O. F. Taylor ia bow In Osceo la. Pa., taking part in a camp moot ing. R. H. Lee, linotype operator of Falcon Pub. Co., went to his home near Four Oaks for a few day*' vis it the latter part of the week. Since last report an unknown event in oor history occurred—e vis it from a U. 8. P. O. inspector, tho gentle assn in this case being Inspec tor Gregory, from Greensboro. Ho •« a very affable gentleman, and found things O. K. in the post office. Mr. J. H Schroeter, of Atlanta, senior member of the firm of J. H. Schroeter A Bro., Printers’ Machin ery, spent Wednesday and Wednes day night hare, also making a trip to Fayotteville with A. R. Robinson in the afternoon. Mr. Schroeter makes friends wherever he goes eapect ally among ths printing fraternity. Dewberries have boon about all ahtppod, and roasting ear com is new being shipped. T. D. Leigh, one of our Chinese boys working for the euimnar in the Wing Holt Laundry at Fayetteville, spent Sunday here. I>r. J. k. 3alkr, of Dunn, spout Sunday with his mother, Mr*. E. R. Coaner. near Lem. Rr». C B. St« rktand, Rapt al Orphan***, want to Qoaban, hi Samp l«>n County with a number of tbs Orphan*** children, on Sotnrday. and on Monday they picked quit* a sop ply of Sampaon ”bi* bto**” to add to their winter supplies. They Mod o number of potato plants or sUpa and no donbt some raodar of Thi Dispatch might supply tbaaa. Mrs. I. A. Bullock, of Batbal, N C., la vlsitin* bar daa*hUr, Mm i. A. Jamas. The boys who want from barb U Ralalfb for treatment of mad do< > hits, are aapaetod home Wsdnssday t Mrs. C. R Gray, of DanrlOa, Va. la vWtta* her daughter, Mr*. R. H i las. Har son, Krnsot, who formar ■ ly worked hi tha printing site* bam ' belong* to tha National Ooard, am haa bean an duty in a city batwaai barn and Washington for nms thu i - . . numerical strength of tha America] I army of thorn day* It ia quits ear I tain that the American* bare no in r teation whatever to make any *raa » sacrifices. They wfR, therefor*, t*k i coed car* not to appear on tha seam - in anything like reap mi table number II until fir* minutes after a true* bn I beau concluded. BURTON, LONDON EDITOR, WARNS UNITED STATES Declare* A—rlc— ■- t* Keel Ilf lias War L New bare Near aa Chautaaqaa, N. T„ July I. Loot log facta squarely la tha fact aad coupling with them America's unpco parcdnaaa, tha cobcIbNob la unea capable that if Eaglaad faila before America ia ready Germany wtu in evitably defeat tha entente —. and became tha world'• dominating i force, Pomeroy Burton, Leaden no we paper editor, declared ia aa addraaa bare today at the ipmban* training camp for education in patriotic aor vice. “Nothing is more serious at this moraect than delay,“ Mr. Bmrtoa warned. '‘There ia the ataieot ur gency for this country to prepare for war aa a vast teals without tha lose at a Nagle hoar. Te carry this great war program quickly facto effect K moot here the fuU understanding and backlaff of the people, otherwise the cause end the roe*try will he ia imminent peril. This does no* mean defeat for the elite* hat It does mean tbo probability of a long war, the burden of which in the end mast Inevitably M opt th United State*” Mr. Bortoa declared the Americas people must res Use that the war ia nowhere near an end, that the meat tori, us phases eta yet te come and that on Ann ca'i praanpteaas of ac tion “may depend the length a el poa eib y the octoet of the war.** Or LICENSED h TILLS Clayton. July *-—Lai night at the union service hold la tha *-r*ir chareh Bar. L L. Dm*, superiateod and of tho North CaroKaa ft at! Ha loon League, delivered aa addrsaa la tha intaraat of tha oaaaa ha rayra aanta. Ha predicts that wtthla thirty days that than win not ha a bgaHs sd government dtadUaey la epomtta* la tha Halted States. Ha daabxwa •ot iaetraetioaa te thehr agents whhdi are liable to get thaat lake traahla. According to tha epriba rt the hap a person to got Hqoor delivered Kim legally la thb ktato ta to gat a phy sician to giro a yraarrtptiaa to a druggist b a state a hen tha sale of liquor b lagallaeil aad Kara said druggist to ED tha yneeriptioa aad ship it marked "Medicine" or for 1 ■Medical purposes." THE FltST COTTON BLOOM. Beoaghe b By Mr. MeKay. Other Duke | team. Duke July t.—Hon. F. M. McKay former representative of Harnett County ia tha General Assembly aad one of tho profteaMca farmer* of tha county brought to town Satur day a cotton bloom which spaaed June tsth aad ao far aa wa haow heard thin is tha drat bloom from the county. Closely following Mr. Mo Ksy waa Mr. W. H. Porter a tenant on the extensive farms at tha Brwtn Cotton Mills Co., who brought ta a bloom for the Nth of Jana. Both these people report remarkable Im provement la tha cotton crop during the p«at weak aad any that It tha hot weather eoatiauaa Harnett wtU ham a big crop of cotton. Sew. Charles Tamar tha hoy praacher from Florida filbd the pulpit at the Methodist Cbureh Sunday aaomtng aad aaaounaod that ha would preach at tha Baptist chare* Monday night. He b not yet too years old, hut praathad aa aaaaaal crowded and many steading owtalda at tha windows. Ha aaad as kb text, •‘Com* ante me all ye that am weary aad haary laden aad I will give you rest” Harare] wore converted at tho MVTtV*. Saturday afternoon oa tto homo gwuadi Duka dafaatod tka Lindao taaia in a vary Intaraatlag gaum of ball with a aeora four to tkraa. It looked lika I lagan Waa gotog to wto until tka laat half ad tka aiatfc aad avan tkan whk Duka** au up, two ware out aad two itiikaa aa tko baMor, but a Bttla Ut ataitad tko nuatng aad tka boot* wm -*— r^rf fra* i to 1 ia favor of LMai to four to tkioe far Doha. Miaa data Popo toft tl# weak far Hoodonon. whara oka wflB vUt ro totlvaa. Bafara laturah^ hama (bo wiD vtatt Maw Tatk City aad othar pa lata aortk. « "la tko ■■antfcai tkay win apau tkolr mouth* wida, aa awty Taakaaa oaa, aad akaat aaraaa tka oeoaa aB tka torrfbla tklnga tkay wlO 4a to dump tka (toman Batplro lata a aau Imagtaa to tk*4r •nob ohaap Uva at a batik that la waw. wWk fat ly tkay da aot tow ktodtakatg^iht mao of atoat, uka la aat to ka fright SELECTIVE DRIFT RULESANNOUNCED Waahlngtan, Joly L® town tba neit lotting a national wa ■UUIon ragtatarod Inn* 6 warn raction of f Inn to ba manner of data ability of tba mb torth la gn in+riag at KooeraBy of tba ta to tba tarai of nxatloa of Ibo agoo of II and It la mad® rorj bat tbara art to ba doaa and that aaeh >ut ba dacidad local boaada—oat for, •a* than 44.000 if 10,000 with ■here aaeaa 10,000 pop* ■lain, for Maad opos aocopatioB, (abject batftet board*. ■grtcaltafml or oU ba pacood toardc—ooa far botnet—«M Igglt fn\BI « u M w Ai CiM Him t “Tfca mtn km provUM pbkaa hU mm of attup aga upon an rrn »taM nf than, bp a aalaetlon wUeh MbW faro to tba oaa nor panabaaa tba otbar, calk oat tba rnqaUta COMPARING COTTON PRICES Tm kh. la IMS Brenght $53.78— Worth SSSS.7S Nn. Tha Monro* Journal i “While look ing ovor mb* old cotton ticket* tbs othsr day, Mr. K A. Morrow found on* mad* oul to Mr. V. C. Redwina that (bow* the atarUlag difference that prevail* in price* then and now. The ticket waa dated November IP, ISM, and th* market was paying only 0 cent* per pound. Colonel Redwina ' oa thi* data *otd two babe, which weighed a total of 1.06b pounds. Both baba brought him the (mail turn of Mt.TS, wKorea* the mum cotton to day at 26 cant* per pound would have brought him 6283.76; a differ eaca of |21l. Yet twaaty yean ago who would have thought tho mar. km would cut each capers as ft ha* base doing of LstaT” TO RECRUIT TO MAXIMUM STRENGTH Sgaoial Effort Balog Mad* This Weak Ta Put op Cap* ia Nattaaal Guard* l Raleigh, June 29. 1917. Dear Sir: 1. Th* Secretary of War ha* di rected that all organisations of th* National Guard, both in and sat of Federal Service, bo immediately re cruited to maximum strength. By direction of th* Governor, th* week beginning July 2nd and ending July 7tb has basa designated a* “Nation al Guard Weak” far North Carolina. During tki* week, it W the purpose of the military authorities ui the State to enlist tba services of all the citisena in the movement toward so curing the necessary enlistments to bring the units of the National Guard to maximum strength. 2. The Guard at present aeada shout four thousand am to supply th* deficit. There an several new oaits being organised at present. A Battery of ArtiHary is Wng orgma teed at each af th* following named I I ] I Um above mentioned nails, imb are i needed for the let, 2nd and 3rd Regiment* of Infantry. Men are at «u needed for Com pan In A, B, and C. ifagioeera. 3. It is suggeUrd that the citi sens of the towns in which tr.it) are located aad in nearby towa* and in the country districts come togeth er aad organise themselves in com mittors with the view of securing the necessary number of men for the unite named. An appeal it made to the newspapers, dty and county oft cials. ministers of the gospel, cham bers of commerce, rotary cluba, wo men's club* and all other organisa tion*, to align thomselve* with this movement. Editors of newspaper* are requested to give fun publicity to the movement. As July 4th faQa within the week which 1* designated as “National Guard Week,” it is sag gnated that every city and towa bold a patriotic rally with the view of not only renewing their patriotism, but With the view of securing mon for the National Guard. I 4. It is suggested that In uiwu which have not military organisa tions, an odkwr ta a nearby town bo requeued to make visits end explain the needs of the National Cuard, especially at the rallies to bo held on the 4th of Jaly. 3. It Is believed that the dtisoa* throughout the State will rally to the National Gaard and that they will use their infaence in adviaii* the yooag men to serve with tbtir own fries As and neighbor*. There an many advantage* to be obtained by serving in the National Guard. A young ana will not only touch el bows wkh his boyhood Monde, but will k« rnmmanMiwl a#U*>o* ..4 u. native State. 6. All persona enlisting in the Na tional Guard will ba discharged at the expiration of tho preaeett oaeer *a»ey. TM* la the la* appeal that win be made to the people af North Carolina to faraMi mea for the Na tional Guard. Therefore. It it aero emly requested that ovary afert be made to ace are the required number of aaen. Your* vary truly, «. «. KOYBTEB, Aufutant Geaeral. , . D. K. If NEILL DEAD D. K. McNeill, M year* old, an* of th* substantial men af Harnett eoaaty, died Jaa* r?th at hie home near Duke after a brief fflaem. Hi* body waa laid to reat In tha Taw 1 burying ground an th* foDowh* Sun day In th* preeiaee of a large gath i ariqg of friends and rotative*. Mr. McNeill waa a eon of th* lata r Dr. William If. MeNatU, af this roue I ty. Early la hi* young manhood he » waa married to Mia* Lula Tow, of r Bampooa. Mr*. McNeill and that* > "In* children tar rive aad to thorn th* . Phputch axtaarh Ms meat haarifaK HARVESTING OF CHAIN IS ABOUT In Spit* ml tk. : Raleigh. July S R sports 2real il mctinm of North Carolina are that '* lu» vesting ef tho grain crop ef \t State has been practically na Derpif tha fact that tha aheat crop wat damegvd during tha rintsr by th. unprecedented feasts, adlcattuna aaa that tha total peedae Jou win ha at least aa. much asi H <*» last ymr while it may pass tha n.ouo.ooo bushel auah. Tha to re aw in the wheat aereags was ee> •ocially noiie«abl. ia aaatira Ninth Carolina where it has baea popular y thought that wheat would aet grew ■ttafuetorily. In a few faatauiiaa he r>tinuted yields, aa high aa M luxhala par acre have bean repeated roa that section. The production of rye wifi alas qua! last year's crop. The eat crop ■ reported aa a failure la pcactfcaBy ■II ports ml tha Btete haagaaa of the rimer killing Mr. W. C. Oruuby. i* the Bureau of Community Esi i|i i rho has Just returned from a trip hroogh tha Piedmont aoatiou ef the Unto, expresses the belief that tha aaapaign of the Food Cnewsreatiau lonuniiaioB for aa iuiraaaa ia tha Lcreagv or stubble leads planted ia ’ood and faad crops will moot a •early response throughout the eee ion h« visited. Said Mr. Crosby: The grain baa all baaa harraatad •ad the Molds are ready far pi ipara iun for other crops. I- fact, arisen are already j ■cm*, imtatocs, aa; ind other crops aa d ready this year rap. I notice la ha grain has boon ah r toad ta aaa treater part of the M open far tfa! >low or far. It is t^ionltllj Tallin | >tr that in practieaBy ovary I visited tfa fate aottoa pi trma jpo elaaa mTU dalayod la __ LlfCQuVt BfCTfttry ■ateoSa^tGfTjSwCSRS A rtubbl. loud ia second crepe teal faro will b« at least 1,000,MO A good land loafing for tee ‘ »f tfa season. Ho beII rvso, ;* Will bo otilisad for a _ tall fa st least M par coat t was last year, white th nay be considerably mots K’ortb Carolina last year little mors than half a mlllan teas »' hay; it pasehaaod hay by tfa thompada of teas. Mr. Lucas aaka :hv following suggestions for tfa atil xation of Stubble land: 1*re pare tfa land aa soon aa poo rible after tfa grain crop is roasovod. break H with a one-homo plow M you have tuns; double-disc or rruas 11* only If time ia short and tfa M It ia good condition. Corn, soybeans, rswpeas. Irish aad sweet potatoes and sorgham am aaH> able crops to follow grain. Com ■nd soybeans planted for grain teoald be gotten ia innuodmteiy. Cowpeas, soybans and sorghum art •he asst satisfactorily forage crops that can bo grown; they may fa planted by tfamselroa or ia mixtarm. Half a bushel of aorgtan aood to n bated of rowpeas makes aa exeel lent fay mixture, cither far brand casting ar planting in drflte. Because of high prices of al aaad the planting of all of thane amps in drills, even for forago, is rsrnaamsnil od. Paaa and aorghuin planted in three-foot rows and given two or three cultivations will yield as mneh P*r acre aa H would if hroadamlad. nnd only half tfa aaad aro reqalmd. half a bash si of paaa nr boaaa or a mixture of poos and sorghum being rutbrtent. 0a fair land ft worth of aaad teoald mnko IH worth of fag, and ■ore. FORECAST OT COTTON CtOT Waablnpton, Jotj t.—Pima* of IN* rollon iron to pccdnac tMa yaar th* tarprat crop of ttoki atapla cm prowa h»». bwa fnattihl A trap tonior thaa thaa* 41 last yoar aad that pnrodinp It.probably wil ba n aHnd. TbN year*, yrodoetlaa wm forrraat today by tha Dayartnaat ad Acrirohara at ll.ass.ooo -rt-atinl »(K> poandi bah*. That waald ba a\M>*t Ml,000 balaa a»N Una pro duced laat yrar aad MI.PM babw non than Ok* ISIS rrop, bat R la 4,600,000 balaa Ian thaa th* yatatd trap prodaaad thro* yaan ay*. Stonily of lahar, da* to aaatpn tlon of ikpiw to th* ladaalfltl aaa. ton of th* North by hfchar way**, aad to tb* aaNy ot yaoap ana hk tha nilttory nrvtr*, Mph prtea* ad load.
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