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Val. • MOURNED AS DEAD . DAVIS STILL LIVES Ssoewbat The Worm For Cor* man Strafing Lilting tom Boy Can Yot Tell The Story HAS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS GIVEN Had Service la lggth Raglm—I af The 42ad Diei.ioai War Depart maat Re pm-led Him ia Cataalty Lit*I Oaljr 40 of Hie Company Cama Oat af Chat—• Thierry Safa. Mournad ax dead by mavabero of hia company and relative# at homo and unconacloua for three day* after being rtrafad with a German ihell in the Meuao-Argonne offenxfve, Private John E. Devla, of Llllington, live! today (o tell the rtory of raatoratlon to life. Ha le nr* taking (serial treatment under a Raleigh phyucian While hia left .arm ia gone, the hear ing In hla right ear forever Impaired, and ha etlll aaffere from the terrible chock he recolvad, he rather llkae to loll about how tho I eat thing he r» memhar* before dropping out of ax Ittenee temporarily wax polling tha trigger of MX rifle ax he tradiaJ for. w«M toward tb« Hon trenches. ■ Than came blank nothlnmeu Whan a bam hospital, Red Crou nurses were mini atari aa to him tend arty and ha wondered what it all eoaJd mean. Th, doctor told him hie left hand and n part of his arm ™ ha couldn't believe, far after th, hail of fighting in mod •f** r#t°' It uemed lute heaven to Wen. H, Inaiatod that It eooldnt be; the enrgaon enwrapped tha band ages and showed him. - Wee* aad fir C aaersdea. ,U,« Sailment of the 42nd Division, which claimed John Pavia as the bravest man to it, he was moon ed aa dead, aad tha War Department so reported him to the casualty list. Rut John Davie knew batter, and aa aoon ns he could get a scrap of paper, he sent a letter to hit mother, telling her that h# 'was wall. And the knew when the War Department notice came to her that it was a mistake. Going through the Chouteau-Thi arry offensive without a scratch, though all bat 40 of tha 150 man in Ws company ware killed or wopndad. P«ny, telle about Pririte Daria 'n"t letter to the Midler's Bother. Ser geant Allan thought Darla waa dead wbao ha wrote tha latter. Mr. Daria livae near Liliington. Sergeant • Allan wrote: “Dear^Mother: I aa going to call you mother became In my association with your son, John, 1 hare learned ao much about you that yot seem Ilk, you war* aot only my mother but a mother to all of ua aoldier boy*. I' am atnding to you a small package Uiat you may know bow w, all feel. Wa feel that many of u* owe Urea to the bra Tory of John who on at least two occasions eared hie company from a surprise attack by tha Huim; once by creeping in from a tlatenlng post and once by Uy, capture of a dog carrying news across ‘No Man’* Lead.’ “If It had not bean for hie bravery our entire company would no doubt hare bean wiped out aa be risked his Ufa to obtain Information which pre vented tha. enemy from Hading our tangs. AU of os bora worshipped him and we hope some day that we can see yoa.” _ Medal Far Bravery. That little package was a gold **•***!. which mamban of Darla* com pan* had struck off aa a mark of appreciation for hla brarery. .af tfce b*tuI,<"' and the “-IS 3oin,d ,o **• u .^avl* landed in Newport tatter part of last year and In the hospital there until • •«<>- Ha came bhme to ridt . and la now under the care #f 5?x making regular rlaite to the capital for treatment by Dr. West METRIC SYSTEM~w{h}LI) HAVE PQlt^p KAISER C.™u,C«.lJ *r Ain*,’ Coafaaod W«t,hU ««d Ran Praaclaeo. {“*7 Soth.—Tht ' »•<* ot ***darda hi *al|rhu and maasuraa among *• A|RM ^ Canaan* a grant la th< waging of world-war, ?e«Ord|B* », tlio moaiaga rotelrad from p*^ nant manafaetnrora « tha Vnltm Rtata* by th« World Troda Ctab ol flan Praneiaco. On# afthom. a I*,— manafactarar of material aaad fj: making war aanttiaaa. Proaldent ¥ O. walla of tha GraaoSald, Mam Tap, Dta, Maebtaa Toal eompan, goaa » hr M to daclara that th. Kalaar would not hav, dared to da clara war If tha Uni tad fltataa am Britannia had haaa Maadardlaai with tha Ur alllaa la tha dial matte , af walghu and maaaaraa. Tha World Trad, CWb. rrpraaowt htg MO load lag Baa Praaclaeo manu farturlaa marakahta, 1, premownj • campaign for tha woTtd-wtda adog FAIR DIRECTORS MET LAST TUESDAY RoWt L- Godxri. Elected CUt». ef Entertainment Committee. M. T. Speer* Chief Mantel In mroting of director* of the Rtf nett County Agricultural Pair Aaao eiatio.i Tucaday many pinna for tha «uccc*»rul carrying out of tha Pair Occ 14-17 were ditcuated. Hon. &. “ Godwin, Judge of the Recorder’! Court for Dunn, wax elected chair jnan Of Entcrtamnymt Gmntiar Mr. Godwin will Kara charge of a big feature of the fair. He ia already lay ln« plane for a big parade, to be bond ed by Chief 14arebel. Mr. M. T. Rp**r« of Lillington. Thli pared* anil be mad* up of automobile float*, mounted m a renal*! etc., and will form aotnewhvfe In Urn pattern part of lb* town and pared* the main ■troot and out to Pair Grenada. Thia Will be on Tueaday, Oct 14, and will be a part of the opening feature! of Harnett'* flret fair. The commit tee have been initructed to invite Hon. Joeephu* Darnell. Secretary of the Navy, to deliver the opening ad drvea. Thi* opening addroa* will bo delivered in tbv grand atnnd. The prospect* arc bright for a great opening, from ten to fifteen ihonagnd Is believed to b* ■ fntr eatlaut* far the opening of Htnett'i Art* annual fair. Tha prograativ* spirit of tha good people of Harnett end adjoining counties demands a great Mg, clean, agricultural fair, andthie I* Jtaet the very thing the director* and all th* officers are working hard to give to thapublic. The director* Instructed the tec ro tary to offer good libera) prises in nil departments of th* fair, in order to etiraulete the exhibition of n groat variety of article* frem th* haata end farm. Particular la this trus la the case of all live Mock—including the ngllaffi man. In some cases oar fair offer* a larger atomism than does the_ State Pair for th* article*. ' Tht» ought to bring oof some of the bet* exhibits to be found in any fair in Nerth Carolina. Th* work on thd building* and groandt la roiag ahead at a rapid rat*. Th* building corsiaitts* have alaoH completed th* fenc* around the SO acres of th* 84 i-S aaroa of the fair property. Things begin to look right much Uke a fair already. Ust'a gut bogy and gat up a goad *a hfh4* Ugat ugmdhlr may ha a hb ad ***** AVERASBORO ROAD BOND ELECTION l» Letter te Di>pe»sh Mr. Clifferd Ea pleiu BIU ead Slater WVy He Firm It. Mr. Editor: Finding that there it ton ddtreble misunderstanding a* to the prwrMeaa of thd Acte under which the Bond election ha* haea called far Ararsc boro Township, to be bald en the 19th of Augnat, I hare procured a certified copy of the Act under which this waa called, end herewith aubait the aaaa to yoe for publica tion. By refers eca to thia Act, en titled "An Act Routing to tha Public Road* of Averse born Township, Harnett County,*' ratified by tha LagiaUtnr* Mach 11, 1919, it will be seem that the Conualea loner* ware authortaad to call aa election under tha prrvideM of Chapter 497, Public Local Law* of 1*19. upon the question of Unit ing not l*a* than forty thoaaand nor more than one hundred l^ftTTHl dollar* in bend* fa the purpoa* of wpreeing the highway* of Arena bore Town chip; that in the neant that ■ wjtmj vl UM 4UUIM4 nun vote jjJVJf °* *>•< toaue, than tha Road Comalaeionara appointed under tha Act of ibis aha 11 auaaoad to al the rlghta, privilege* and dnttea of tha Cetnmiamoner* of th« Dunn Rond Dltorlct, one apt that thar have ■ right to discontinue tha ceaviat eup, and •neapt further that no further tonne ■hall ba levied aadar the prorialona of Chapter TM, PuMkloeal Una •f 1*07. and Acta amendatory tfeere S*• Tha County Cotoalaaionara la call big the election proscribed the amoant of the'bond laaua at 160,000.00. and *» * raaalutlon adopted by aaM Board pladcad that the Board of Road Ooaa miaaionan ahoold ha nen-pertiaaa not more than tare of any one political party, and farther providing that cither party ahould have the privilege of naming by primary or in nn~ convention the Com ml ■dnacr or Caar miaaionora which- it daairad.. What an ifcaillu Veto -Wilt Mean Tha roauito attained by carrying thla election favorably the rat ora will be aa fellow*: Tha Coaamimienar* of 11 a rati* County win appoint a Board af_M i “ * “ h INQUIRY INTO THE : WAVEOF VIOLENCE To Tim Ha. r Taft a ad . Nrw York. J.1, *«.._a «) lavoattgatlou of tho wav* of mob «•)»" aad lynching throoghoat th* tJntted St>t— wm4mIuM \m ro to t* th* Notion," ggard by ' PrnHdont Taft, official* of ooutbore itatas and otbor na pnaiatil citterns, mad* pub > today by th* Natioaal W •» th* Advaac*mrat of Coi ettisen* through >ut tho th* ahaas* which lyocb H apoa tb* nat'on, but . aaramed partial rcaposl . or thia abamr by thcr ailonce I tboir ocqulrarcnr*," raid tho ad “Th* time ho* u'fVr cams wh*n of tha Unitou bUun can no contemplate without protaat at naught of tho funda aciplaa upon which tboir la baaed." iM recount* that in t of "law," and’doelayaa Otar-t known that tho lnnoeaat, i guilty, "sugar tho end in •f mob violaae*" A con* ! iavaobgation 1* urgod *o may ha found to and ULUNGTON’S NEW RAWING NOUS Ilia Itjji TV, Harriott County Treat Cam way U tke nuu of s mam banking home jut g«mt for boafataae la aB*gg-gaeaj%siaa banka. la tkat lu atook la' ssjJsr&vrsr, tiona of thi* mi ~ ahonld auk. tka eially aaiogg* tat__ •bill making a bid at tka mm Urn* for large accoaata on the grunt of uairtnal mafWIaaM. Jno. D. Goff of "inmiliaalt a banker of many year*' ungtlaaaa. U prneidentiO. U iahnaon. Vlaaniaai dent; H. T. McLeod of Bnle'a Crack la traaaanr; J. A. McLeod, treat •fktr. and J. B. Baggett, eeHrHer The bank la occupying tammormj aaar tar* at praaeat. la the nenr fataca a prcmanant kgn. la aaaOaaaaAM^O TTiU makaa tmlado'fgrdSlM** tyaaat. The Bank of T IBonten baa been enjoying a penytraae lie data SWlMtlM Philadelphia, July 24.—The coat of living la likely to stay high for a long time to come in the opinion of the Philadelphia Board of Trad*. Thi« view ia a reault of a compilation of ■Utiatica from many llnaa of trade and induatry. According to them figures the ad vance in price* in thla country ni>A IB 14 ha* been about 107 per ceaC in Canada 110 per cent. Great Britain 133 per cent and Prance 280 per cent. It la pointed out that, In apita of material redaction* In the price of ■teal, the advance in other commo dities aloe* the armutie* baa been ao C*at that the overage pric* aehedulaa ve been reduced but 0.7 per cent below price* prevailing October 1, 1818. The following ar* given ea Aceaan* why wages will not b* much laaa for la considerable period of time. , Practical itoppag* of immigration since 1914, depriving this country of severnl millions of workers who would normally have corns to oa and thu* hav* relieved the labor shortage which coafront* American induatrj upon the resumption of cipsclt] operations Retention in the Government milt tary service of nearly I.OOO^KK worker*, which, It la declared will doubtless continue ea Indeflnit* period. • Creation of new Industrie* such ai ahipbullding manufacture at chenal cola and dyau. Urgent demand for building and construction of ovary clast due tc Umir having been forcibly bold back for several years Shortage of world food auppliei and uniformly high prices Proportionately higher levels el commodity prices existing throughout Korop*. « MOW TO BUILD TRADE E''f*rPri*ln* bueinem men of e Ml* 1*°“^ city have blued trail la i method for bnildlnf the bueinem of I city, and the itory of How they did I ha* beor* reproduced in booklet for* for free dMribotion to buinem ae "? ***ochited Advert!line Club v ^er^rM- 110 W- 4<** &•. York City, the sdvertiilng sssocta tion announce. The plan Hu al r—dj bwn i4apt«d to &i naadi * ot*#1r*«raji»Ti*iltiat, Imrgt aw effectively the advectlei ng men aapooace. Mr. T. C. YouB. of SmlthAold wm a business vlaltOT in Dunn Friday. tlon of ■>*t**-liter-graai. the -unit of the metric lyetem of weights aw .measure#, now la use by practical •H "htione of th. ,„i? Sk .United State* and Great Britain. The campaign ha. brought mss ’ r.spoam. of 'upuon from men *k i'y*- 5; *•**!• WfT 1 o' ,fefl?%53wFii5 ?2.Dite.isr v."c°Tusa •.P**°dere N. Vail. Otto B. »V>!. ' •®*or«a W. Perkins, T>r. Charles i ' 01 Moneha • **T *n4 many more. the spoci*l tar of thru dollars on all special tax of thirty conta oa prxyorty and ninety cents on the Poll, and persona liable to road doty are abol ished, and can ha collected no leaser; dhd tbs only tax authorised by the Act of 111* are taxes sufficient to pay the interest oa the bonds and the bonds throws Ires as they become dua, tomther with a tax for mainten ance of tho roads not ox rood ini lire per cent of tho bond Issue. If this bond Issue Is carried favor ably the only taxes collectible ander the present law. therefore, will be a tax sufficient to retire the bonds at maturity which AtiM Is not ■sore than ton conta oa tha one hun dred dollars or tftean cents at oot alda. aad tha tax for sufficient to tree to annually a fund of duo per cant of the bond tseus or $t,BCd.M, which would ha lam than tan cents on tho hundred dol lar*. Wo will save; therefore, under the law ten cents on tho hundred dollars In taxes, and as I see it will be in, a position to place the roads in far bettor condition than they hare ever bean placed under the present ays Why I Am In Faxar of The hand IlM*. I faxor this bond issue for tha fol ' First: 1 am convinced that our present cyatom haa boon upradn aad waatefaL Wa k»», not had suf ficient fundi la hand at nay ana tims U pet tha reeds la god pormanaut condition mm that ——-oould ba rodacad to a minimum. With ISC.OtOOO I confidently beHav* the principal roads of tha TewaaMp caa bo aurfacod with gravel to a «ufl ciaat depth to radneo the maintop anas exponas to a small peraaattug af the original coat of the Road. • Second: The present tax of thlrtj cento on the knndrod dollars Is toe high for to# amount of nod Improve , that w, ar( getting, and the tar of 13.00 on all parsons aobjett to read doty In the Township to mi ’ ra.ad Is unfair In that tola tax 1s paid , by country ettiaess alona aad dm i •“»•» citlaano art axampt toarsfrom ’ tbo^town an Joya equalbanod Third: I tollers*that toe eonvl# t -vstren la a moat expensive way ei I working too public highway*, solas to« consist- forts was far larger that ’ he one . faa|ataload in our Town ■hip. Lot ao abolish this system aw , lot each high prised employee In am road fort* Kara soma featiamiat m tool la his hand with whkh k« mo ’ f? S**<*,vo mri on toe roads rstha , than bafag. handicapped srtth a, gw I tT "da other lnctrnmaat af Urrei . RtapactfaUy, [ J fc. CLIFFORD. r COFY OF THg ACT i > H. B. 1IN • S. B. 1411 r An act renting to the paMk road • af Avnraaboro Tesmshlp, fUmal 1, Caoaty. Bart Ion 1. That too Board t [. Cemmlssfonan af Hamnett Cawaty h r «nd they ora hereby authoctedd ape petition of fifty or omts of toe qua* I Wlfchtogton, July tt.—Without a i*«»d vote the House today adopted a r*eolation providing for a recraa from August 2 to September 9. Dur ing this time, the Saaate is expected' to •# continuously at work on the ptaet trtttj. The vow waa preceded by a sharp debate, aad demand by some mem? IHT" *•*<=—*"» »t*y in session un tfl something was done far mea dis ehargad from war servica, and to re duee the high com of living .T)** a*C*?5jr—was prvsent ad by Republican Leader MoudeU aad was supported by Minority Leader 2“^ ”kI t1?,*” **»• Clark declared **•*•■* passed between now ued tbs middles of September weald *• ridstraefced an tilths Senate Macbad a decision an the I segue of ssra.*^-? ■snz.g ar•a.&Z'Jsr,k" —“ «%•> Cess e# Living Needs AtSswttoo. Mr. Mondell mid the reeem plan would not affect prohibition enforcs iegitosflon, as tbers was no Aalibowi that K would bo token up by the Senate until the peace treaty had been disposed of. *.**T!** **’ • Terris, Democrat, of Oklaholna, started a lively political th« VoWtor relieflegislation and living problems i"»*4*»u coiftseaSenl “I dent charge » again* either ride." he mid. "bet I went to see that the btofc cert of living has got to term attention from somebody aad at oaee. You have gel to da tomsthlng." ByrCTtytiT« “»«*>*•. Democrat, N«m Carollst, provoked applause 3^5»K:b533[?S ta eenston tbs bettor It would b. foi p«op)t. GODWIN ITEMS l*n J. M. Burling, Di F. Iptll «f Roaobora aprai i Oodwin with Mr. ui ln -. __on. . Moram Pop, U vlalUng friond __ .■ L, o* l/VTiB tpcn Monday In -Godwin with hia poranta Mr. and Mra. W. M. pJT ^ «*r Faltoa jbaiding afAotrrrUl **• »o Godwin wlU <»*tw»r. >*«- M. R, gurilo*. " ***•* «* » Fayrtta villa vIMtor Monday. Mr. H. Mrlntyra apont Saturday li Dana on baaiaaaa. Mra. C. W. BpaD waa a Dana via tear Friday. Mr. R. B. Mytri of Kaaly aati Sunday In Godwin wNh friooda Mr. C. B. Maaoa waa a boaUaa vial tor to Dnaa Friday. Mr. CUraaeo Jaaaa of - Durbar ■pent Sunday la Godwin with ralp ttvaa. Mra. D. A. Orahaaa and aaa. Brali «d, ra apandlng aavaral dago la « Mr. C. C. MaOaltaa, ft.. b*r» Taaoday In bJabartaa oo buMnaai Mbn Sadia Markham apart Tow 'day la Doaa. REPORTER. On (red the Borean°of Foreign ami Commerce, made pabBc toi Mr. Erwin outlined a plan Danitb and Dutch tradare aiekad cotton for reaole to •ad allowed to peonm. a port credit riak. Out of IJlOll I of cotton fat etocago la the | State* oa Jane 3*. hi t *»ry luge proportion I >■ the lower grade., a c'aliy evitable for the At thia time tho _mOs woo'd bo eager buyer. for the leewd rradon ” Me. Tbompaoa'e report aaid. pointing oat that daring tho war the* •;i*o boon operating oa waeton, ehod sr-safeetaor** “Cotton exporta are agreed that tho cotton la public .tore in tha United State, ie nearly all of grade, below thoee moat deeired by demeetlc mill*" Declaring that tho piahltm far tha American prodoeon aad holdara V cotton wu to Sad a tray te offer large aaearted etoclo of cotton to tha Oermon apian ere aad at the aaate thaa be aec ored far tha valae of theta property, Mr. Thempeoa bald that werehooeea aad tnbtem farilltioa te Rotterdam, Holland, m ir. orafl ablj, fo riband Ung each a trt3e Rotterdam ere^T*|>oeiilen*t^handle and ftnaaee cotton late Perm.ay aa fut ax they can ceneama It," ha mid. “Mattere can bo oa arranged with teem Umt American beaker, can to anoe tha cation In aay amount late ■afe warcboueea la Hofleod. aad the Hollar dare eaa arrange . their owe rredk for delivery teOormaa aSm w "n mair weeny « monthly ~r lelummli "Owing to great labor troablsa at the moment tt would ha hard to atari ■p spinning at fuH oapaeky, eras U th* cotton was* on the Mat Bat <1 is astiamtod that wfthfai a fan months after cotton begins to antes tbe mills could am 46400 hales « month." Danish traders are alee willing, Mr Thosapeen reported, to reeamehaad Hag cotton in Ruasta) and see aid 1 alaa stand willing to join In raaplp ing Germany. : PROHIBITION CLOWS SEVERAL FAMOUS T*>« Philadelphia, July U_!nna Hr en sryss c^f^vasa ' ttoa law. O aa of the moat Mated 1 the Ceaeral Wayne hum aa the Veto ■ gomery pOte eetoide of Philadelphia jhldi was opened hi lfOd aa 1h 1 Wdpslde Inn by Quaker aaOBsrs • s^hiThmd^rrte^ StoTSto toJE tleeiary war and H bar beta a paMat i place for store thaa IM peace. . .. • Turfs Bead ha at Wnt Omto hat closed He desge. Ia \W> iMit L A TWf. • - --- feflli (MMa mM fliaiii | _ I ah * »* *
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