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Mr». J. L. Thompson wa» In Fay
etteville Wedncaday «hopping.
You ahoutd read R. O. Taylor Co'·
notice in tkii iuar if yon w»nt »tyle»'
beat.
Bam Thoroaa want· to Mt yon at
U. 8. 5 and 10 Cant Star·, which
win bo open tomorrow.
Byron Butler and I. R. Godwin and
Mrs Maggie Butler and Mania Steph
•na wtrt Tiaitor* In Roaeboro Sun
<Uy.
Mr*. J. C. Hodpn rttiniad la*t
nlftl from Burling to η where aba
apent aeveral days with Mr. Uwltci
who hold· a poaition there.
The opening of tha ulo will b«
tomorrow at th« U. 8. 5 and 10 Cant
Btora. They ara advertising many
bargaina for their ctuUimera during
thU tale.
C. A. Dakar, proprietor of Young'·
Hotel, will leave tomorrow to attend
a meeting of the hold men which
ka to be held with the Food Admin
titration In Waahington thia week.
Mr*. J. W. Lergley and Mr*. Rufiu
Coata went to Richmond Saturday
where Mr*. Coata entered a hoapital
for an operation. She waa operated
on Monday and ia doing well.
A. L Newberry waa elected Ban
day by the WeaVey Bible Claaa of the
MrthodUt Sunday school aa a dele
gate to iha Bible Federation claaa
which me«ta in Wlbon April 8th to
1 l»k
Mr. end Mr*, J. Ε. Btnmrau,
who have been living at the Tilgfcman
Lumber Co. mill, ju»t north of Dunn,
hare moved to town and occupy a
residence on Eaat Edpitoi itreet,
neat to T. V. 8mlth.
Sheriff Turlington haj to Important
notice In tha iuue of the IXipatch.
If you have not paid rear laxee read
it. Thr law require» him to adver
tise all lande upcm which taxée have
not been paid the firet wtflt In April
and he civet you hi* U*t notice thia
week.
H. A. ParVar, town clerk, (tatee
in an announcement in tkli laaue that
all etreet and aide walk aaaeumcnta
are due and nuit be paid before May
lat or property will be advertiaad
and aold. Read it if 70^ are in the
paved d 1st riot and have not paid your
aaaeaainent.
Pope and Tart, lumber dealer·,
cioaed a deal thi· week for the He
Nair-Jonee-McLaurin tract of land on
the Cape Pear river near Wade. The
eonaideration vu about $40,000.00.
Thia puta them in poaaeeaion of ■«Tar
ai million feet of timber which they
win place on the market aa quickly
aa it can be manufactured.
Mini Annie Cherry haa been ap
pointed County Chairman of the Wo
man'· Working Committee of the
Third Liberty Loan, lia true Miia
Cherry la buay with the educational
work of the county, but wo believe
the appointment to be a wtae one, and
that *Miaa Cheny will d· bar duty
toward organising tho women of the
county for thii bljr tank.
Jo· Creel and Guy Hooka returned
Monday night from a viatt to Camp
Maada, Md., wh^re they wore the
gaeata of .the Dunn boy· who enMated
In the algaal oorp* aeveral woeka
ago and are atationed there. They
aiao made brief «top· at Waahington
and Richmond. Their trip waa a pleaa
aat oee and they left all the boy»
in fine apiAta and enjoying good
LaU
Th» Diapatcb ta requested to an
nonnc· that Ut· CHrtatiaa church in
vite· th· other churchaa of th* citj
and people generally to maot with
them Um (rat Sunday night h» April
in ■ anion patriotic torricc. Th«
object of th· mooting la to mak· an
appeal to tha peopta to Invert In Wai
Saving* Stamp· which will h· place*)
to th· credit of a church kaildii|
fond being relecd. Thi· ta a uniqtM
plaa and a large crowd will, a· doubt
ha preaaat at the uetlat.
Chief Ν. Β. Baaa ta able to b· οι
the job a|f»ta after being confinai
to h la nom for lèverai weelta. Whila
rick ha »aa relieved by R. Ρ Jcrm
■an whoa· aerrtaM were entirety aat
tafactory and commendable. Mr
Jtraipa did a great deal toward ·»
forcing tha trail· taw· daring th
ahort ttw ha aerv«d tad Κ ta hoped
that Chief Baea will coatino· thli
work bow that h· ta back on the Job
Thia law haa been auth aboard*!·
Duaa aad now that it haa bees de
aaoaatraiad that it oaa bo eaforeai
th· p*opta expect aad will dttaand I
of'th· town official· ao matter wlv
they may bo.
J. W. Thornton wa» in WlUoa
Monday on boainaaa.
J. W. Langley waa a bialiw· ri»·
itnr In Monday.
John C. Clifford wai a bnaineaa
vititor In RaUigh Saturday.
Chrii Jacob», of Fayattavllla «ma
a viaitor la the city Monday.
Ε mm#· It Thonpaor, ol Dor ham,
»ia'.t*d friend* her· thla wwk.
Dr. John A. Jernigan wma a buai
n«<> v: itur in Hayetteiitla Monday.
Mlaa Pearl. Jcmiiran *pant a faw
day* laat wcok with relatlTas in Lu
caasa.
Mr». A. C. Barnes and Mr*. E. L.
rarker upant Tuesday in FayatteriUa
ah ripping.
Mr*. John W. Fitagarald returned
Sunday from a riait to New York
and f hiladdphia.
Robert Jordan, of Raleigh, la apand
ing thi wcrk-«nd with hi* parent*
Mr. and Mr*. J. W. Jordan.
Mr* C. L. Ciuy haa returned from
η hoapital in Kaleigh whir» ahc waa
operated on for appendiciti*.
Miaa Lela Htrickland, who i* teach
.US school near Balrmborg, spent
the tvt.*k-cnd here with her parents.
J. R. Caanady, whosa home li In
Mouth Dunn, waa taken to a hoapita)
In Ualel^h ta*t weak fur treatment.
William R. Johnaon, of Kealy, ta
here to «pend a few day* with hia
parent*, Mr. and Mr*. Wiley John
*on
Byrd P. Gentry· of LiWngton,
county superintendent of public
bchools, waa hrro Turxlay on busi
ness.
Tharldevu Jcrnigan, of Camp Jack
un. aj*nt a few days bar· this week
With hi» parents. Mr. and Mr*. O.
H. JerolgaD.
N. A. Bell and Ο. M. Floyd and
Mrs. J. R. Cannady were in Raleigh
Sunday viiiUni J. R. Cannady, who
ia in · hospital th*r«.
Mr» Jaa. Jarthlng and Miaa Ruby
Godwin arc rpendiag lha week la
V.'a»hinfU)n City the guosta of Con
gressman H. L. Godwin.
I.rwi» Strickland, a member of the
"llogan Gang" at Port Caswell, ia
■pending a furlough bar· with hit
parent·, Mr. and Mrs. H H. Strick
land.
*ι our attention lr ra'le.t to ' l.o
»ls tenant of tha Bank of Harnett
pabllabed in tbli Issue. The bank
haa nearly half million dollars on
deposit.
A. A. Jones was called to Rocky
Mount Saturday on account of tbe
•crioufl lUneaa of hia daughter, Mrs.
R. A. Weeks. Immediately after hia
'arrival tbe little one-day-old Infant
f)ied and wai tarried to Mount Olivt
for burial.
Howard Wilkin*, colored, *. ton of
Heibvrt and SarahtWIlklaa, of Dean,
**11 ia a ttudent at Shaw University,
Raleigh^ was a. jntabtr of tha alas,
club from that Institution which gave
an entertainment in the Opera Houae
here Friday night. Howard is weD
known in Duan and his friends hare
are gtad to know that ha ia making
good aa a student at flbaw University.
The concert was unusually good and
thoroughly enjoyed by those who at
tended.
Mîh Gladys Tounit has r«turnc<
fmm ■ Mvcral week» vi-U to re la
ti\ es in Philadelphia.
M las T ucy McKay, of SaUmburg
U here thU w««k visiting her par
ents, MV. and Mr*, Jno. A. McKay.
MIm Eva McCaDua, principal oi
the Jonesboru school, «poat Bund·)
hm with Mr. and Mra. H. A. Parker
Hsgfa Prince la here from the Un·
Ivenitr to «pond the Eaater HoHdayi
with his parente, Mr. and Mra. Geo.
E. Prince.
Mia» Helen Hood is home fro·
Greensboru College for Women to
epend Easter with her parent·, Mr.
*nd Mrs. D, H. Hood.
J. C. Berrington, of near Rtltifili,
representing the Brafsw Fertilisai
Co., was a business rial tor In Duns
the latter part of the week.
J. J. Thomaa haa opened « dry
gcuds store In the buUdint nut to
tne J. L. Thotapeou Co., formerly
occupied by A. E. Nome. Rasid hie
an.i<iancenent in this seue.
The concert girea by the singing
class of the Oxford Orphanage In
the Opera House hero Monday nigfct
was unnaiuilly good and attracted
a lartre crowd. Tbs concert waa
Riven under the auspLcea of the local
Masonic Lodge.
The "Tacky Party" five· by the
Pkiktkti rti· of the Pint Baptlvt
chart:h ov«r Snip··' Gtng· Friday
night wan a toccera and vu veil at.
loaded. Tb· varied itylaa from
"Taekvlllo" wbicb war· m orb la evi
dence, were appropriai· for tba oe
t avion and fyrniafod much amnae
ment for the spectator*.
According to a report by Sam L.
Regcr·, of the Uureau of Ut· Cen
tos. Department of Agriculture, mad·
public at 10 :00 a. a. March 10, llr
441 bales of the 1917 crop of cotton
had been ginned in Harnett county
prior to that data. Oa the correspond
tag date la 1916 18,197 bale· had
been «Tinned. Tht« la a difference
of 1,144 bale· in favor of the 1817
ere p.
Miaa Totten, representing the Com
munity Cfcaataaquaa, which ta aeh·
daled to appear in Dnnn the early
part of the aummer. wiU be in Dona
Tveaday. April 2nd. to meet with the
guarantor». The meeting, probably,
will be held Taeaday evening la the
Barrai ft Holllday Co., fwrniUire
•lore when the local organization will
be completed. A fell attendance la
necessary. ·
UDCIOU NOTU
Thuûa to tha following for dona
tiens: Ladies Aid Society of CkiteUm
Chureh check $*-00, Mrs. Nardsaa
Bum cheek for μ.Ν, Mr. W. m
Wœt. cask 11.60.
Our Finny a week plan mid km
km ι pud NMW on tta
«mail soak, tf thoas U chars· «*·Μ
only posh, the two young ladles who
did aaka tUr mil· regularly ham
recently tuned ki 914.·» ntrnd thU
way.
We ι egret that the Junior Bad
Cross has boon hsndicsppod >|ΐι·ι
of what is tensad "red taps". How
erer, ws trast tWs win mob hare bam
paassd on by all necessary oidah
and 1st those Interoeted get to week
on the supplies already ordered.
The colored psople of the fwiagnt
ty seen snxtoas to have aa auxiliary.
Already sixteen memberships hare
keen turned into evr chapter secre
tary sad their oOkcers temporarily
elected, awaitlag the approval of
chapter officer*.
We low· bow Atria* sowing, h» ass
work «ad on gardens most here it·
tentioa. but lets not forget tW work
now on Tmsdsy and Thojaday if
te moons. Wo kam an npb saptly
of material but need mors worker*.
Just at tfc· time whoa oar s«f*V
cal du—Int class was becoming dis
couraged for want of ^ace Id which
to carry on Its work property, Mr. P.
8. Cooper again comas to oar *M by
allowing those workers the «a· of an
other room in tha Bank building. This
bmm «each to the Bad Cross bars
and wo **ry math appreciate It This
glen as foar light, airy rooms.
Those la charge are —n-g an ef
fort to ship another bos this week.
Come tend a hsad and help aa keep
up oar plans of making a shipment
each month.
Several Hod Cross workers from
Duke paid as a can in oar work rooms
Tuaaday afternoon. Corns again
ladles.
NOTICE.
My son. Vinson Bledaoe Iaft ay
hoese near Duke Tuesday, March
2CU* without —aa. and this la to
notify tha pub Hi that I ^1Π net he
responsible foi any tii ilsbt sdneaa
made by him. Ε. V. BLEDSOE,
March Μ. 1·!· Duke, M. C. 1
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JUNK SHOP
JUST OPENED
Payr Highest- Prtcei' ftrf-htap;
Torn Bags, Iron and Metals·
. HODGES STABLES
Dunnf N. C.
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Announcement
OPENING OF NEW
STORE
I take this means of announcing to the public that 1
have opened a new line of Dry Goods, Notions and Dress
Goods in the store on East Broad Street, formerly occupied
by A. E. Norrie, next door to the J. L. Thompson Company
All my goods are new, being the latest styles and de
signs, and I will be pleased to have the people of Dunn
and vicinity call on me. My prices are low and good· are
the beet.
I am now ready to serve you and will appreciate a
call. Thanking you in advance for a portion of your busi
ness, I am,
Yours very truly.
J. J. THOMAS
Dunn, N. C.
Patronize the Com
panies Which Help U
WE REPRESENT COMPANIES that m
turns in the community from which they <
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WE MAKE LOANS to our% client· in any
three, fire, «oven and tan years at 6 per cm
out brokerage charge.
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J. L. WADE, Manager,
Dunn Insurance & Realty Co.
Dunn, N. C.
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"ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE"
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CONDENSED REPORT OF THE CONDiTIONOFTHE
BANK OF HARNETT
DUKE, NORTH CAROLINA
March 4 1918, As Reported to Corporation Commission
RESOURCES:
Loans and investments $296,361.17
U.S. Bonds 99.100.00
U. S. certificates of indebtedness 50.000.00
Furniture and Fixtures. _ j * 1.169.66
Cash in vault and banks 105,450.15
Total : $552.081.00
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LIABILITIES:
Capital $ 20,000.00
Surplue and profit· 33,223.69
DEPOSITS 4963&731
Total .$552,081.00
Deposits March 4,1916 $147,527.66
Depont· March 4, 1917 243,806.56
Deposit· March 4, 1918 498,857,31
Our steady growth speaks of our strength and satis
factory service.
Designated by the United States government as a de
pository for Liberty Loan Funds.
The only Honor Roll Bank in Harnett, Johnston,
OT Cumberland Counties.
The attention of the public is respec: 'ully called to
the above statement. We will be pleased b have all per
sons -who are seeking a safe place to deposit their active or
idle funds, to call on or write us.
OFFICERS:
Β. N. DUKE. President; W. A. ERW1N, Vks-Prss^cst; E. P. Davis,
Vics-Prssideirt : C. 8. HICKS, Actios Vlcs-PreMdsnt ; Vm. A. WHITE.
DIRECTORS:
Β. Ν. DUKE, J. Β. DUKE, W. A. EKWIN. TH08. H Y/TOB, OBO. W.
WATTS. Wn. F. HOLT. J. M. HODGES. J. F. WILY 8. P. DAVIS, «.
K. POWB, C. 8. HICKS. B. 8 .YABBBOUGH.
The Director* of this bank repreeen' more wealth
than do the Directors of any other Bank in I .brth Carolina.
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