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uTTU€gri DISPA * ; DUKN. N. C,»EC., II, " "' ' ■ ___:____ COAL MINERS HAVE NOT REACHED AGREEMENT TO CALL OFF STRIKE; MAIN COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY PRESIDENT’S PLAN TO BE DISCUSSED IN INDIANAPOLIS Striking Operatives In Session All of Tussdsr Afternoon Without Action ATTORNEY GEN. GIVES OUT STATEMENT MADE BY WILSON TO STRIKERS WUser. P-annaes That Strikers Return Tu Work With 14 Per Cent Wage Increase Pending lavetli|itios By Tribunal uf Tkree Men Te Seeurv Just >»d Equitebl. Adjustment of ef C^ntroeerey; Teiel el Miuen I Or Cietenyt Charge* Porlponed, Un.fl Nest Tuesday. Indianapolis, I rid T)rc. 9.—The I ernersl committee of the United Mm«; Workert: of Aments, meeting her* u>‘ consider President Wilson's propose, for end ng the strike of bituminous cedi miners, adjourned tonight si b clO O'clock without reaching »n srrcemi m. Tike committee will mi cl U{o’ k. ^tjrnurrow morning »t it'hO o' | The miners hid been in continuous session nnee '£ o’cioek this afternoon when John L Lewis, acting president of the Mine Workers’ organisation, presented the proposal of President Wilaon to end the strike which began *'I have -nothin* to *ay,” aaid Act-| in* Prertdenl Uwlialtei the adjourn-1 ment. "except that we itill have the matter under conaideration and will I meet again at 9 :S0 tomorrow morn in*." The *»narml committee of the min era i* composed of 94 international and dlftrict official* and member* of the orgamiation'i executive board and ecalr committee. Big Factee ia Opaaatiee. After the miner* adjourned lhi> afteraoon it wea reported that a bi* factor in the oppoetion to acceptance of tha Prealdent'a propoaal wa» (he belief - on the part of many miner* 'that H. would require another acmion yf the general convention of the Ual ia. -tad Mine W or hem to mako valid an tha atrika. . W* gvedt they were refused that a a strike should be called. The plan ap proved by the general convention also provided that in caw of a strike and subsequent proposals for a settle ment another general session would have to approve any action taker, looking to an <nd of the lie up. The President's proposal, made public by Attorney-General Palmer this afternoon, provide* for resump tion of work by the miners at a 14 per cent wage increase, pending final settlement of the wage controversy by a commission to be appionted by the President. President Prepared Appeal. This commission would include in its personnel on* practical miner and on* active mine owner or operator and would not only adjust the wage question as related to the increased cost of living, but would adjust coal prices to mast the wage advance with out allowing too great a burden to ba placed upon the public TV* Attorney-General In making publk the President's proposal stated that it hnd beer prepared by the Chief Executive with a view to ap pealing to the miners generally tknmugbout the country. Howevrr, ha said, before it was made publk. Act ing President Lewis and Secretary Treasurer William Green, or the mine workers, called upon him Saturday afternoon and were shown the Prvxi dent’a statement. The union leaders. Mr Palmer said, finally agreed to urge their general committee to aceept the President's plan and called the meet ing here today. Hearing Is Festooned. In order that the plan for settle ment might be submitted to the gen eral committee this afternoon, the government this morning asked snd obtained postponement of bearing of f■•**•** °* criminal contempt pending iii Federal Court here »train it the 84 union Beads who from the gen anil commtttB*. At tbe some time Judge Anderson granted a motion by govern •ttorney* for postponement of • h^1 J07 investigation °f atU-gsd violation of the Lover law and anti-troet acta, by both miner* nndoperatorm._Th« contempt pco cecdmra are aet for hearing next Tueodiy *nd the grand jury inveeti gallon for Iho following day Attomcy-OencraJ Pah,*. Wu jn lhe court room thl* morning when the contempt case* came op for trial but took no port la the proceeding*. The government a r*que*t for po«t ponetoent waa made by C. n. Araaa. aaataUnt to tbe'AttorMy Oaneral, and by L. E. Slack, United States Dlatricl Attorney, judge Anderaon mode no Comment on the contempt caasa or the government'* request*, beyond re mark* aa to when they should be brought up again TAX HALF TINT WHIIkIy Half MILLION dollars Washington, Dot »•—A U* k»H a million dollar* on • P*’1* of whiafcay will bo naked of Congroa*. the tutor national reform burrou • executive committee docidod hero today la the event the Supreme court declared lha wartime prohibition amendment un ceoetitartouaL "Tha Supreme court ha* decided that a thine eon be used to death.” *aid Dr. Wilbur F. Craft*, bond of the bureau. In explaining the com mittee’* action I UNCLE SAM’S GAINS RUNNING LAUNDRIES | ARE $2,312,247.83 ; Washington, D. Cl.—Net profit* J of *2,812,247.88 wen- m»dc hy I tho Crtivcrnmonl from the opera I ation of laundries in the Rural year 1919, and earing* were i enough, compared with the price* that would bavr been paid under private contract*, to recoup the ro.t or ad buildings and machin ery devoted to this purpose. Th« rrUffiat d, valie of the*. plith*A bl> : July I, 1918. w»* 83,016,581.50. The lotu' cost of operation* for . »ht period was 8:1.31 b.l S3 88. and , the total revenue S6.U19.039 81 i Had thi work been done u-id.-r : contract at rate* actually prevail ing the oapcnac to the Govern- ! merit would have been 27 77ft. | 082.02. ’ in ,«i rour*. of the tear 113 253.293 pieces or cloth.,.g were Coverament 5 . r* (,r th*1 lumber 876,285. were a.tielvs from hospitals ’* ■»tia>nattou laundries. The n/iita mder—37.971,0t) 1 piece*— represented work for officer, and LL- re mcn ■rH civilians. It ! was from Ur* da** of work that I th. Government derived it* re*. I , r***1 k*"«-plnf Unci* el. ’ J ?!!' ,le,,> •n<i providing I n . toT h“ arfry in th* ' United SU!?|> required 1.009.64 9 I pound* of soap »nd 1,397 700 pouml. of pda The laundries I uned also 330,000.000 gallons of ; tw7r «t W*‘ "rumated that 1 uncle Sam 1 wash line was 63,000 miles long- -sufficient to stretch a | earth m°ri th"n t,rifr around the | CHURCMfGi®LEY DIES NEXT MONDAY Johnatoo County Wbita Man Will Pay Extrema Penalty For Criminal Aaaault GOVERNOR REFUSES TO CCgj^jETHE^ff^ijj^ •4—Victim Was CUM *1 Sadth&.M --—Eimlim ta ■■ at 10 O' cloak. Merry <*u denied at the court of led resort yesterday, when Church hill Gudley, a white mar, convicted in .lohnatun county last June on a charge of criminal assault, appealed to Governor T W. Biekctt for clem ency, and the nruoner will pay the extreme penalty uf the law at the State Prison next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. A fall ud raise on of guilt and a plea . .^"Porary insanity was made m behalf the accused in the final effort to win a commutation of sentence from the Chief Executive, t>ut the Governor was unwilling to accept the ►tattmenu si to the prisoner', mental .tale, and declined to interfere with •he judgment of the court. Victim a Utile Cirl. Godley was arrected early last June 0B ■ charge of having committed as c"?iV-uP?n * nine-yearrald girl in nimthneld, and was tried at a special Icrm of Court assembled to hear the esse. He disclaimed any knowledge of the crime when brought to trial .nd only after death had^ccn art at e^i.Prtte "J tbv cri™« dld h« **utt xullt in a (Inal plea to the Governor , '”'‘rC)r Attached to the denial of rlcmwncy are tho following reasons: sjWence that the crime wa> '* c,w- and con vine r?HI.P^ •"** tK*1 Gl« prisoner, i. ,i ^d>d 0,6 crif*® i* »n conclusive ThJtH?."** **d<>w °‘ doahL JZRt&'S S.*SS^“bTi S^rt^flh^l fnUrf”y‘ With lh# >nd« n»crt of the law upon the ground that s s? cirata*? sr*5: —-r—...K urn indicated »ny degree of mental un«oUndne« A large delegation of ropAJintTiiVe ritlaena of fohnaton county, amlng them two Phynieiana, appeared before mr, and e'lof ‘hem tuatlfled that the priaonar bad been living in Sraitiinc><! fot some ion year., and that no one of them bad ever aeen him do ■>.. thing or hoard him «y anything to raiae the leant auapicion 'about hij perfect aunrty. I had Dr And«r»„. of th« State Hoopltal, and Dr. Kuo, phyiician at th» State Priron, to ex amine the prisoner with reepoct t,, hlj mental condition, and they r,. port that they foond nothing abnorm al about Mm. A Moral Dogeworalo "On the othar hand. Dr. Hardy, at ona time auperlotendrat of the Stau School for tha Feeble-minded, teetiflod before me that be knew Oodley when a young man, and that In bla opinion he wm a aexaa) pervert, and he gave *®me facta Unding to auport thli opln Ion. Tha main contention of theme making a'commutation |« that bo •rime itself ia cone I naive evidence ef ■* unbalanced mind I cannot went U> thl. view at tha cane. Tpe rvi Whce before me ealabllabrj the fort *hat the priooner, duAng the ten ycaru that he lived In SmUhflHd, nar an utterly worthlen chariot nr. forthUm to himself, worth le.. U bla [,‘"n,,V and worthloaa to the rommoa 7 / HARNETT BOYS FORM CLUB AT UNIVERSITY Will Publish Bulls tin in Interns o# County’s Industrie* snd Enterprises Chapel Hill, Dec. 6.— The Harorti County Club, computed of student, unending the University from IIar | n'tt County, has been nrganinnd I hr re, Iw otflcvr* are: J I*. Wash bum, president. L. G. Wilton, vice president, Leon Fuqau, secretary and treuaurcr, J. J. Wadi and P. E Green, reporter* The memberahit is us fo.lew* E. H Cooper. P. K Green, J J Wed*. J. P. Washburn, L. G. Wllaon, L. K. Denning, l. J. Slephriuon, Chnrlea Parrish, It. W t'nufig. Elliot Johnson, M. I'. Holt, lid Holt. Wil'lam R Johnson, Loon t-'uquav l£.«r>* lot.n in the count; i.i r>*rrrtt itcd l*y at b ast one meta bor. The clab hsi voted to issuo what will be known ts TH • li.irn.-tt County iiuile.in. which will *ivc t., i*. ■ It »nd ms.rurttvc set ol facia eolr* Cvrains tlie county, hoth socinlly and (TonoBiiciill). Tt.« agricultural. m» tcantilar.d nur. jfartuimu po.vn bHlt.au in the c:»unt;; will be potrax cd in tb. bulletin, ihr fact* to be /Xiihfrcd and Wnttan up by menb f. of the club. The beok will alao give a h uorr of th** coun'.y, and *d*v. ml pager wil! bv drvot« d to da c ibing ita larger mUrprurH It i* bchcvnl that it will prove .nvujwabli ms an u«1v«rtiv men; ior Harr. .11, a* great cure w'll b* Lar.fii to Uiikr the matter contained m it accurate ar.d rofaploU 1 h» ijc jp will be govtcn out song* timf thi* p>iru', ar.d will be dutribut* not only through Harnett but neighboring counties a* well * P- '•'■'hbum of Lillinjrton was elected Editor-m-Chief and J. J Wade buamtow manager of the Bulletin The rout for >ta publication will be paid ihrourh udvrni^rmenU contributed b>* WcrehanU nnd other business men of the county. Other matter* of importance rela* Civa to Harnett will be dealt with, ann at each meeting the <1i*cuaiia&i will canter uround the needs and the possibilities of Harnett County. This la the f»r«t year that the Harnett bay* have organ.xed. but it is believed that from now on the club will be onr*nncd yearly A principle mbtiv* for the organisation of the club l* ta bring the Harnett boys closer tofsthsr beer, and also to snow the folk at home tint Harnett is being nably rtp resented at the State University. FLOUR PRICES ABOUT TO FALL, SAYS BAMJfcS — Washington, D. C.—A- drop of ap proximately 12-60 a barrel on pure' white flour U promised by the United States Wheat Administration, to be come effective within from three to four weeks is practically every city in the country. This promise was made by Wheat Director Julius H. Barrnea, who declared that three wax no prospective shortage of flour and indicated that the report that there would lw a dwrtage and that flour prices, would go higher was a bogey being used by ambitious flour sales men. According to the Governmeat wheal director flour is being produced in more than ample quantities at this time and the market gives promise of meeting all demands during the winter and spring. The prices now promised, and to become effective as soon as distribu tion can be accomplished will bring the price of "purr, straight flour, mnde of the finest wheat down to 75 cents for 12 1-2-pound sacks, or six teenths as they _ an- known, srith 1 iphlhs or 24 l-4*-pound sacks at dou ble that price. Prices in the market on Straight grades of flour are 90 rants for the- smaller sack, and tl.Sfl for the larger, showing a promised reduction of 20 per cent to the ean •< umer. Leaving the flour cost In the flanda of tbs consumer the Government di rector of wheat said this "puts the polution of one phase of tha cost of living up to the consumer -by making it possible for the purchaser of flour to decide himself whether he will con tinue to pay fancy prices for special brands, or bay at a lower price para, straight flour made from tha nnset wheat." > Referring to the thri-at of higher prices Director Barnes said: ,!Th« lacis arf inr nocm< m nuui arc vrry large and productiop eery large. Therefore, the wheat director Has de termined to piece in the hands of the retail trade, in the large cilice par ticularly. a supply of flour from tha immense rtoeka uf the Government grain corporation at nominal prices.” The new price* arc looked forward to hare with considerable hope when it ia rocalled that they will bring pare flour down to a point whore It will be at len t within n-deh of the prices that obtained •••voral year* sm, <r*i Stead of roathming at mare than 100 P*r cent over those of 1916. NEW INSURANCE RULING a HELPS DISCHARGED MEN Washington, D. C. —To gire all former service men a chance to rein state their insurance, if they have al lowed H to lapse or be canceled, a special blanket rating made by the War Risk Bursau allow* them aatil December SI, 1*19, to effect rein statement, provided each applicant z. good health aa at the data ef this discharge or at expiration of period, whichever ia Urn later 2?W. knd *o state* in his application. 2™* appliaa atao to man who "V* out of service eighteen r«eJfr V who are eonee gyw harKd from reinstatement "T'd,r • fonder decision ,arrw> t.h|rds of all the telephone* In .aL-TaT"..*— •« the United Btatee; *Utm ABANDON MAN TO SEVER RELATIONS NOW WITH MEXK( Republican - Com pi with wub^r^rj^rr Wibon A^ut Matter PRESIDENT CONSIDERED MEASURE OUT OF PLACI **• **,,4r C —reread Ti .I** **P *■■*- Sbilriln Fp*. TV Caetran, Ha Sweater Fall Me lelln.Haa of TMbaa'a Attltudi Clna la Latter* W'ailenjtan. De«. f.—Tba raaola tlOB iOklaf Praaldent Wilaon U br. ak <w d.ploMaUei relation, wit* the Cbrraaaafovemant wa. aband oned todajr bp Republican leader* la ,k* 8*S4Ji*l~a*^P",Mc“t ^ n.otourf bmatar FaR. of Men Me. CO, its author, thu |rr would ,#W ^r.rJy coneiTned te a*r any .ocb reiolattaa paaa the Caigraa " la *“*?*“**2F ■«* » confer*nee with S*B*tor* Pall a3 Brand epee of CennHtlcil*. that t>*. Forrifn beta ttf -ll CMi®ltUt V6uLI uki no Arlkon OB tM r*am»uoa f "»• ••»Ud to raUn.ttuMde , P'tiV*^ IK* hi. «boaU.ra VmU> PUT Pi tij 'HoJ«i*n. Ok Pitdii*. w*ta Ik,.tor Fall, would **C ^ mi .our conalit otSo—* g1 l**J to ^sfi. - “• ^Sug« UM WTStfat,>. In d> rrrtiaf ******* afrh. tmnigr, jov.ru O.**"* Bf •“'•Bad kr *K* cooatlta Uon “BV".*T* BMfMad to th» •*• futPr»»K»i/ **r.'WQ^*n aaid ha ni conftdto* ty Ar aaf« coajW -L—uTrrai1!?- aft*u “ *• CSSaSo^lJ,>?^tot*a.Bt to t# Jfca Prrmd.nl that t» •*?*** ■»*! advu. oo no att“«L***«**a* T^featoa. with mwmmm 01 uu amcao ftnoauoa, Including the Carraadt oil hcmt. which have been the n»j»ct af dlplo malic correspondence . between the Unitad State* and Mesftn but at th* ~*e~tion of Senator Tall action on hia resolution waa defctfVed until th* Pri'tldcnt had • xprmiad bit view*. Senator Fall tonight mode public the memorandum which h* tent the President dealing with the result* of the investigation of too Senate com mittee of which the New Mexico Sen ator i* chairman. .P+n at thin in formation wax give* Mr. Wiloon lnxt Friday by Senator f** whan be and Senior Hitchcock, D*Tbocrat, of Ne fcradix, railed at tb* White House to diaeuae the Fall '••'Hutien No lahmatiaa •* Allied. Mr. Wilaon’q «t*t*“**nt in hia let ter that what the No* Atxico Senator had told him at tb* mveotigatioa, prepared" him to Sod "»the meano ran dum-matter of "thof’JJntcet import ance." waa interpret** ®* tome Sena tor* ax meaning that l**-President had not yet hid time t* Andy Mr. Fall’* report , Senator* noted ak* that the Presi dent1* letter gave •* Indication a* to whether a change «* *°e admlnUtrn tion’e attitude toexl* **exleo waa un der conxldermtion. D*™** tb* day th* State Department W** WOviacd by th* American embassy ** Mexico City that Carransa’a ri»V« the Ameri can note renewing,10* request for the rrlooae of ConkM1- Agent Jenkins *** to be handed A the American charge today. Tb* bad not boon received at the St*** u*p*runent to ,„^i*nnlimo th* ia*^**4tiun into th* liberation of Jenkln* *" bull last week WO* continuing. OA*AU mod with nut comment a »t**^ont given oat bp. I. Slater Han*** Maako City that, he has artad JjJ■*» own Inltla <•** and reeponaiWH^ in f urn Idling ,ft®0 poooa hail IM ^Mthin*’ release. Senator Fall «no**need today that hia committee wooW '•htiirae fta In vestigation of th* •*,«Mnn nituotlon. w w” 'v uia Doraar before the new jeer *® Pume the In quiry there. AeUU.cn to BodU. W»»hlnitton. IX C^On« hundred new entbalencei, ^«h were belH for the War Depet'^ant hut not “»d, win be offered fur eel* at coet •• welfare or*anlee*u»ie and charlt •Me inrtltotione. The eehtclto are complete In‘every de**0. A Her la Jaet a p*f*«n with a lack of endentaadlnc ■ ■■ ..-^=zrz-, MOCLAMATIO* j»Y THl^OVEItWOff ii*. uf the Red ! S'011 ChrtalmAi •••*■ ii now on. i No *«Te benutlfel ‘xpreeelon uf I flhrietmae •*****•• be atade I Wm far the - Tho eeal I •^orne the | la a reooS- < “on of the.bletoMKu uf the Rad I ’ »»d Ota «e*OYwlB be eaad I "Uuip out th» Oreat White < •f enrfvejed preWTJty. Let ev rL** have thf traie ta daw i &£Ku’,4*br^1n' *• ** | T. W. KlCtm. Oeveraor RANK IN WILDERNKSS ATTRACTS BUSINESS Dmku Institution Experiences ) poults ToUl >61,000. Duka. bee. 10.—A wtar old philoe epber'is croditad wtth saying that If naa eeake, a mouse trap better than anybody else "a mouse trap, bis fel lows will build a highway to Ua fac tory even though it be iu the heart of a wildcraeeu. These are not exact j|ita*i* kot **••> ‘»pr«M the Fifteen years ago the Bank of Har nett was established down here In 1 the woods where the Duke in tweets had Just builded Erwin Cotlqn Mills, No. Z The prime object of this institution was to afford convenient banking far ill tie, for the mills and a safa place for the saving, of m, cJoywn. Dopoetta of utrroaadlng farmery however, were invited and The little institution wa, charted under tha law* of North Carolina and capitaliiod at I10.00U The Duke Mr Erwin and others associated with them were among tho drat atackhold in and diructoiv Then as well a, now tho diroetorata represented jnorc wealth than did that of any other bank ia North Carolina, hut It war .ot supposed that the intuition would become oao of tho buiieet and biggest ef the ceetiun. After a while the beak became no iuee« *fd that *20,000.00 af Kj earn ing* win act aside to aarva aa addi •ionnl fcwrtl ta iU Patron.. Th.. laead .1 apon the 8uu'. how ),at_ be only bank an placed in either Her wtt. l oaberland ar John Woo County it Will occupies that poaition, >r“r» the iawltulion attracUd kaainema fro* Dana. Ben aaa. Coat*. Angler, LilUawtoa aad ■any other of the thriving town. In Harnett and It* netghhortaj Soi3?laI Baaiaiaa (raw, (ml the bau began tu P*Kl,»k . ,“rthor eztenaioas. , . «h. fellow with the aaaaaa trap the Bank of Harnett, founded in the wilderness, had attracted a highway t« tta door. Pcan la recognised He ■“***• appreciated Ita eery lea and were grateful for th* help it was al ways randy to accord all legitimate buciaau eateipriaa. *ww, after fifteen years af silts to *u pat roam dm baak wish with pride to Hi dna gaartaea af a mO Moo, hi raaaaraai; tail* Mat.MT.0I ■a dapadta af which tHldM.N la i hcM tnfho aartaga department—to < Ita UH I71U hi loans and tnreat- i manta P*a*ad far the upbuilding of ] Chp asaamaaity. aad to ita **#,#17 47 < of aaiphu aad aadWldad profit, left , *° ““ ' “ tell basin am, NotSEr IT, 1(11. STATE FARM SOLO AT AUCTION FOR U20.000 Biggest Sal* of Farm Lud That Was Ewwr Hald la State The seven thousand acres of land, composing the State farm at Titian, Halifax County, subdivided Into Mail er farms and sold at auction an Thursday, brought a total of about *620,000. The biggest pries paid per acre was *1*0 and the lowest *40. All ef the buyers except two from Kentucky, were North Carolinians. Governor Btekott, mMahers of tha prison hoard, Liautenant Governor Max Gardner, and Supt. J. B. ColUe as wall as a largo crowd of people from all over the State were present at the sale. The determination to abandon ag riculture on a largo scale by the Stata prisoners and aae them for road work instead waa responsible for the svQ ing of the farm In Halifax. Farm lands Drill bo purchased in Wake ceonty to giro employment to those prisoners who ore unfit for work on the roods. ■ During tha quarter of a eoitury that tha fans at Tillery has boon owned by the Stata, it Ins been de veloped into one of the finest plan tations In the Booth. The sale Thurs day la said to have been tha largest (ole of farm nraparty that wax aver consummated in North Carolina both from the point of acreage and pur chase price. There were 6.600 acres undvr cultivation The section of the farm on which Superintendent Chris tian’s house was located sold Itr ' *1*8,000 and that of Captain Rena 1 far *120,000. MAYNARD MUST VERITY HIS “BOOZE" STATEMENT Wa.bin.too, Dec. Aa official mvectigation will be ordered by the war department into ftatemenU at tribute/ to Lieut. BoMn W. Maynard, of Um army air eerrlee, that the •eeret of the failure of teat of die piioU in the recent transcontinental »nay air race "can be attributed to too moth boot cl" w R to found that Lieutenant May nard bar been comedy quoted, it wu a.Id today at the department, be will be required te juMify or prove Ida rtetementa before aa official beard. Official* aaid aa official report* bad been received indicating that any Mot in the traaacentiaeataT race used in toxteunte during the contest They alee pointed eat that every aian te the race W«ta examined at each control elation to determlao hi* ghgaleal fitness for rent tester the TRIAL Or SENATOR NEWBERRY WILL BEGIN ON JANUARY ST Oread Saptde, Mieh.. Dee. I— Trlel of Tnunan H. Cowberry, of Drtrttt, UnlUl ItatM MMtor irurm MiebAcmn. ud 114 <*W» (r4M mi a^^aLHrEE.ft federal court here January If. I » PUBLIC DANCE TO BE BANNED BY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS City Dad* Will Adapt Ordi ***** Placing Big Tas an Orcfcaatma * cmwi are wroth over ALLEGED EVILS Haadredi Pet Mia. f„ Law That WOI "Farerar PraUit a* a Pabiii HaUaaaa." Aamawt rh.r,.d Wllk Baia( Dta(«au to MaraW at Coir.HUalty Punn can dan**, bat it mu ain't par the fiddler. < ThU, practically, I* the decree af Ihe Board of Commi«iion*r< whose membari aera petitioned Tuesday Blyht by hundred* of titlteas ta crush til* amusement entirely, i. C. Clifford and N. A. Townaend, city attorneys, were directed to frame SB ordinance that would place a phohibitiv* tax apon orcbextras enmsred to play far daaoa*. • Th* p< utloe, embodied in a sort of reeolation, which the remmlsalon or* were asked to act upon was far fro* complimentary to tho art of Terpsichore aa it is modrrnly delim ited. It was efident that the g entle who framed it were earns wroth over the alleged evil of dances re cently held la Dunn. It was alee evi dent that tha framers had listaaad to aotne slightly exaggerated taler of thooe events. The cemraieejoners were called no on to -"forever prohibit as a public naiasnee and a moral cancer, the pnhlic dance." Hat here la the whole petition: “Wo, the undersigned, eitisens of tha town of Dana, being'desirous of *fo*oerding the lives of oar young people and of promoting the general etusitsnd reputation of our otisens ____ I *•»•«*» •< grant avft U Use , roaag Ufa of our esaatry by all the women -* — ^yrtMg{l3i!i Chssdotsolasd oe Mosul "Therefore, on ordinance bo pooe rd by yonr honorable Board and placed on the statutes of the town of Dunn forever prohibiting, aa a public nnimnec and at a moral eaaear, tha public dance.” Per the occasion of lb* presenta tion of the petition the commissioner* had moved from their small usual mooting pines into the more commo dious quarter* of the Recorder's Court room. When the meeting was railed to order hy Mayor John W. Whitehead the room was crowded. AU the ear marks of a “no fence law" crowd appearing before a committee of the Legislature were there—except Ihot there was none who ted the tamofey to oppose Urn wishes of the gentlemen who would legislate morals into the hearts, souls and minds of lance-loving youngsters. Jesse Praaldja Wileon. time lodge of the Recordm-*! Court and sow a leader in the! Wesley Bible Clew of Divine 8rfe«t Methodist Church, apath, led tha force* whose ngbt we* directed, M said, against as evil that threatened the com munity'* moral woD-being. He was ably e-sifted by Rev. Jamas M. Dan iel, .Rev. Eugene Olive, Rev. A. R. MrQuprn and Rev. J. A. Blaylock, who represented the Methodist, Miss ionary Baptist, Presbyterian and Free Will Beptm locks of the tommnaity. rheas gentlemen wars vigorous m de nunciation of the modern dance. Mr. Daaiols stating that it was borrowed from the rod light districts of Ursa Messed communities TVompeea Dsseun* Doses. Among the laymen who spoke in be m!f of the petition- were John L. JfeD. Hotnday, J.mre A. 1 u 'uR,G- Tirlor, T. v. Smith, 2 JL Ho<??' f £ Butlcr Perry) * Peg*, chief of police, dao gave evidence against the offend ng amusement, elating that frassm*. 7 °*»n compelled to excreta* lisarthority to expel Intoxicated per toaT from the dance floor* of Din. Mr. Thompson epoko at grantor anyth than did any other of the lay men. He had been on* of Doan's pioneer ritlicn* earning her* thirty three yean ago when th* little rU lagr erai farmed of an occasional ■traggUng dugMlng, no bnaineae buOd inge worthy the name and only throe little churches ho need In mean wooden building* He had etna th t trans formed into th* magnifletoat Doan r-f today. Grant adifleea had been erected, hendeom* homes created and ereaderfnl aeUblithmanta bnfldcd: bat, be said, Daaa had rrtragraaasn morally while the progressed Mterv *Tn rlow.of thi* he ealtod omen the "august body of mom! men who form the Board." to frame aoara tow that would forever wipe out this "stench in the naatrits of common decency." A‘jnnetare, however, Charlieu Batter area* to remaafc that no erdllnneo was ranlto seeded. "Burh dances,” ha Mid. "will he Mapped ndw-n th* fathers of Dana determine to beep their danghtere away from CeylMl—i W. H. Newberry, KU1. OeMMatn and Loftia A. Tart ♦are present at th* meeting Lemon the fourth member of th* Board, wno (till confined to Me Loose by IHasaa. COMMER > V; • ’"V' - * *■ ^■ T. L. >i*lla, af Ibam, km kam* wgMajH *i CMmmrm law km htWf L **” P0», where hr hu kata «mpl«yaj*far will aakanaka kata, lailha Ma ar r'iS® mmmm NOTED FLYER PRAISES DC HAVILAMD MACHINE WuklMtM, D. C< built Do fiavtiand-4 plan coal of on/ machine* of i on the wootorn front r in the opinion of lie Maynard, the •‘tying rscwil Hew ' tan. H« Iwlwl I LIahUaeM ___ efficiency of the •mi machine when ho . faro o mb-commlttea of of Kopraacn tattoos, la tl Ua « rriec with the Ai force* in Franco LI anti war. official tester of i RcmorantJit. the point to nil Amercen-baik pWnne award by tkt United States ware sent for major repairs. The sviattan shop* at Eta place onrployod ll.tW pan Jsigi.'ziLirsraBts many planar to the front ‘ ka found American Da_•■all that could ho doaaaadad, ha MdSai The Americas model of this mmMm war atoch rap—lor to the MAT had greater speed Chap any similar machine at the treat, addition, carried from MS I poQad* of be mho. The tm A of American Dr Harris ode a amber of otrnrtatal d rftela in FmMee. i
The Dunn Dispatch (Dunn, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 11, 1919, edition 1
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