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DANIELS DECLARES
AMERICA'S DELAY
HAS BEEN TRGED1
Pi\*l One of Fiddling an
Delay Secretary Of Navy
Says lu Address
4 --
CONFIDENT AMERICAN
PEOPLE WsLL DO DUT
Speak.nC In Behalf of Near bait R«
liaf Fuad, Ho declare* P'wpU W*
Respond to Calif Navy Not Sin
ply Fight in* Machine But Ale
Powerful Implen ent of Protecting
New York. Feb. 1 f—The pa*t yoa
fee the United 8U(n ha> been on
‘ »-f fiddling and delay, and chsi
ecr ized ax -the t: sc edict** by Sec
it ary of the Nuv* Daniels ahu ad
'.reseed th# opcervr tncct’ng her
lay of the mmprbfr for tb# N.*a
;.»*m Rol.ef fund. Although Amec
Vr\ had not kepi f«\li with i*,r Allic
lb fa d, be hrd mjmIUUjk’o th.*t ;h
Ainnaan pcop’e wuilH dc Ihoii duty
“One n| the Wlitfs that carried u
nto the '.rar“ ndikd Sac'vtory Dan
iclf “woe that mmll peep!*!* have th'
ri;ht to liberty end \r, control thd
o*/n de^tlnic*. Shall Amcriru alon<
f r 11 now In lUMm'r.hg that principle'
I do nut belimo it I m conftdcu
thit th# Arm*-'CAr. |» vplr w’d! roe
pend to thin till. Oivr to Aimenu
• ireier.t r. Iic*f from th# |eri|» of star
vttion and then ;>i*ovido for tho free
nem of the country from the rub
. the Turk*. They will refund U
th i call as they have r«*vpond#d t<
every Vail mud# aoon them vine*
April 0. 1V17.**
Secretary Daniel* in speaking ol
th. Navy war that it only exUt* a* *
flghting machine. Thiv, he odd.d, »>
it* chief m>p;o»>. but if it had noi
proved n lK»a*.*rfi;l r. ft# .’*<•>• in poicc
tinr the pcopl* anr. urdiolding thi
d .rnity of the Hog at nil t:mu> it ha<
fe-led of it* nriaion, In the war, hi
declared, it had proved iu worth and
n*u none a* run »lwrt !n l.rmginj
phuul peace. Thor* was nothing *.h«
matter with thr American Navy dur
, irg.the if«r. James W. Geraid, for
* mna Ambasaador to Germany said lr
a brio/ address.
"The trouble with thr Secretary
h that he it too good ngturcd," add
ed Mr. Gerard.- "If I had-beau. Bao
m for Jet board of oitkim, 1 vovM
have had them on the glide and tivoU
o*. ««
--- —t the TurViah trader*
wen- rtil! attrh-rtio'* "t«» w o<• ojt thr
A menlai pcoutj."
There ha* ahead*- Ix-c.i HI.UOO,
fif'O *uhcril»d tn ihr relief fund in
Nhw York City, it win announced
• li ring thr mert'ng.
SPRING HOPE RENDEZVOUS
FOR S10LEN AUTOMOBILE.
Richmond Police Claim Gong ol
of Thiers* Used Tcwn as
Hcadqusrtsrs.
Eichmo id. Vo. Frb. 2—With the ar
rest of Hi-Wirt JV-cy today, police
lwlievc they have inupht the find
tn 'anher of an organised cane that, it
it charged. Hrm lr -*n itcalinir auto
mobiles hy IK* wholesale, taking
•h -m to North Corollas, treating
‘ 1 *m to a new coat of paint and aril
. :ar *n<m to farmer*.
According to |xdlcc n-poita the**
. *r» have been taken in Ilirhmofjil
i>rd run In a point n.-*r Spring Hope
N. C., where the officer* say they
rnu*td u veritable net which tht
"h eves had been liuddiuy fur thi-m
tflrc*.
Captain Wrtght. of the. Police fores
end Detective Sorp.-sM A Ikin'* hnvt
bcf.B in North Car*,lina for Severn'
•lay* and returned today with A7.00C
worth of stolen ontemobUrs whicl
they recovered,
The chargee aguinrt Felvev is tfiai
he broke into garage* h»>f and atcal
'ft cai-s belong to W. H. Parker
Me*. Carrie Row and W. R. Powell
When arraigned his ca*o was rontin
ned until February 12.
According to the police reporti
‘•l-ealinp plan?" At Spr'np Hope, N.
• C. The plare war in an I*oIatod nre
tlcn of r.tiA town and difficult of ae
re)*. The officer* r.urrnonded the
r lace and rwoeped down ui* the oul
01, Apparently too Irtr a> all but Fal
v*y ware away.
CAPT. FIELD E. KINDLEY.
AMERICAN ACE, KILLED
Son Antonio, Fob. L-- Capt- Field
” Klrdlcy, American aca and com
rrvnder of tha OWi aero sefuadron
'»• a killed mxUr.tly In aerial maneu
• « r* at Kelly Held number two thia
f-rmoun Captain Kldlay'r home
at Gravetto, Ark.
The an-idaot occurred while a
rronp of planaa were In practice for
mrtlan preparing for an exhibitor
c icduled in honor or General Par
• .-h'lur** vWt ToawJh/.
Carta’n Kindle*',, machine fell
when ho wax about fit) f„,.t aboyt the
ground He wax cruahed and burn
ed.
PRICE REDUCTION ON ~
CiOTHVS DIEEICULLT JOB.
Wanhiogton. 8—Nciroilatioac
batwr«n r apartment •# Juotice offl
<J#la. charged with drlelng down lie
inf coate. a«d roprcwmtaflv**of h*.
♦areata angayrd ip the man of acta re
•t d aal* of men’* dothmc had made
littla progieta tou'pht toward* the
-I* volopmnt of a policy tending to
bring lower price*. Tha trad .rep
r« aentattve* am tv^cd tn ahare
thtlr margin of profit a* '"r'acan*
of producing lowar price*, but UU*
aufgaation apparently bad develop
ed • heated argument
[DURHAM CONCERN
TO ESTABLISH I
Representatives of Juli
Close Deal For Brie
j at End of Wilsoi
Campaign to
Dunn is to hxva a knitting mill.
This was assured this week whei
f r<-pr»*rientatlvci of the Durham Knit
ting Mills Company closed a contrac
• with the Dunn Warehouse Compan<
11 wh«*r*by it acquires a threa-yc-a
.ill use of the large brick warehouw
J"* the end of North Wilson Avenui
j with tn option to purchase fhc build
• ing at fhc expiration of the learn.
p P. I’ertin, general superintend
[ S.nt company1* chain of mills
f. (. Harrell, field representativi
who wax first to look over the fl«l<
h-..i«. and Mr Ferrell, who is to man
agi the local branch, were the rep
! msmtalive* hero this waek. Thel
mr.da the deal lor the warahouai
■ l through V. U Stephens, director ol
• "ho indurtriel department of th<
’ Chamber of Commerce. T. L. Rid,
■ dir snrielary of the chamber, will
' dh-ert n campaign through which
; worker* for the new enterprise are to
f be nciui'xd..
All that is required of the comma
' nity by th» company'is the construe
lion of sewerage and water lines U
Hie warehouse and the assurance
that labor will be plentiful. These
detn-ls are now underway. The linet
will be laid as toon at excavations
ROBESON MODELS FAIR
AFTER HARNETT’S PLANT
Cwaltlx. Smi Her. lUpaet. P.
vorably to AhmIiiU. .1
Uaskastaa
1 lie following story Is taken from
fhc T.umberion Robesoniaa.
The following committee of Utc
Uobcaon Fair Association, composed
of Mee.tr*. W. O. Thompson. D. D
“tench, O. O. Dukes and B. Sam Ed
wards. vhited the fair grounds of
Dunn Friday and inspected the build
ing*. The committee found At Dunn
Ju^***** wanted In the way of
hnildingx, ate. It amt found. upon
inw \.U9\ re* VOUQ 'M
neecKary to build ton building* ii
dnd.*f u ni flret HnnnH
SujhHhg-l* to Uk.a"rf
^5T?- “»V »nd eMther,. and will
be 4blM. Moond h?“*~
aU* >*’ «5xl<
'*'• with two walk way*.
The plans for throe building* will
1>* •' ■»*•« nil construction will bc
•»*« i<nra“d»'clv
The n*eoc'-ai!on expert* to offer a
hoot <2.000 in premium* which will
hr >u(*cientlr lergy to *11 three bofld
to thohr capacity
Th- ferjo* around the ground* i«
il'Tadv *n chijree of conotruction.
ELIM’NATF. USELESS EMPLOYES
New Secretory of Afrievltaro Sug
goet* Remedy fey High Cert
ef Living.
Woxhington. Feb. 2.—Elimination
«f uc-oleux emnloveo* in non-produc
tive hnxinexs. tho aneeding up of all
lWe* of irdp*t**v romm»nxur*te with
tho nrexent activity of the firm era
*nd determination of retailor* and
iultltyre to exact onlv a reaonablo pro
fit wore recommended a* a eolation
for the Melt coxt of living nrablem.
hv Erlwln T. Meredith on taking the
oath of office today a* Secretary of
<«rrienlti»ee.
The hfyh eo*t of living problem,
•ho e-or S"cr«t»rv inerted. cannot
ho »o|vod theouyh the effort* of ono
-l*w hot nil hnxlnem and nil labor
•onxt rvcoenlxo the notation no a
*«mmon d’tty.
RUPGAW WOMAN FATALLY
BURNED IN NASH COUNTY
Rocky Mount* Fob. 2.-—Mira Alice
VeCnv. of Rurgaw, who wa» a teneb
•r of' tho Rnnn xchool of Nuh coon
tv. niffered bum* at xrv early boor
thl* morn'no from which *ho died
"hr hop"* later. According to ro
no*t.x. tho had gotten up to take eorae
•ncdlcine and wa» Handing by an
onen orate whoa the garment! the
wow* erarfct flro. She xammoned
bit before aid could roach bar Ae
*•*> fatally burned.
Ml"' VcCny war 19 yuan old ond
wrodnated from Meredith College at
Weldirh le«t year, aha was a daughter
"f Mr.. Frank McCoy a prominent
’•radar county fanner.
ORE. TROUSERS ••VEHICLES”
INQUIRES UNCLE SAM
Chicago, Feh. 8.—The United
State* Court prill bo aaVed whether
•ha trouno-» of Cbarlea N. Thomas.
Oi're-n bark gireeident, ere a “ve
blcle ” and If Any are. whether they
•.hnuld be confiscated by the govern
ment a»d sold at auction.
Mr. Thomas was arrested Saturday
n'-bt lr a cabaret when ha produc
ed a bottle of Honor from Ms hip
noe.ket and concocted highballs for
hlmrc'f end three companions.
Federal prohibition errata who
made the arrest meiValn the US of
♦Tic bin pocket to carry liquor makes
Mr. Tkoma't troopers a vehicle, «ub
leet to solsara sad sa*
Earthquake la Bra all
Bncroa Area. Pah. t.—Dispatches
from the Biota of Miaaa Grraea. Rra
Ml. report that an earthquake San
ds* Shook down a number of bouaes
•n the country dletrtete creating great
55*1?. "Stone the inhabitants. The
djmstche. say that In Intensity the
that raging1 “ w1,Wot Etweadspt la
LEASES BUILDING
EMITTING MILLS HERE
an S. Carr's. Comparty
ic Tobacco Warehouse
i Avenue—Begin
Procure Help.
(can be made, and Mr. Riddle will be
gin hut campaign-far help at onca.
The company requires the service
of about 100 girls and women for lb
firm .claw of beginner*. These will
“* paid while learning to All the du
tioe required When they are Atted
5® “* position* In the plnnt ihrv
wiU be paid salaries ranging a* higb
•» 2S a weak. The^nill will begin
active operation as soon a* the Ant
***** ha* been taught to man the ma
stain-*. Some of the skill -.1 help
r^fi0th,r Pisnt* of the company
will be sent to work In the plant
nnd to teach the beginners.
Many voung women and girls in
Dunn and Its environs have already
made application to the Chamber of
Commerce for membership in the
Am claw. There Is still room for a
.!T howtver. and Mr. Riddle
w;*' to tok* the application
of *"r who 4e»lrs to Join.
The Durham Knittmg Mill* Com
pany it a Julian 8. Carr entSTpri**.
It is among the largest manufactur
er* of m<aerate priced and high
rrade hosiery In America nnd ha*
several branch plant* in thin State
It intoad.% according to the represen
tative* here this week, to make thi*
bianch one of its most important.
fight cost of living
IN RALEIGH MEETING
Henry Pegs Calls Gathering of CNi
aans fee Nsst To*.dor
Night.
Raleigh, N. C.. February 5.—-Eve
ry interest in North Carolina—home
elub. farm, factory, gBdJjHop—will
**• represented at'* meStAg called
by Henry A. Page. North Carolina
/air pries co*RmiaMoH«y. to b« held ip
the Hall of the Hsuss of Rspreeen
&ZM9&S3:
repmsentth* th« -depart
■***• wffl apeak Thns Hr, ealy»
ft* pmeyeauen* under the new
J*»ujj»»a been started for profite«r
■ Q bare
;— -■— — ——ir orgaaTcationt,
farm demonstration agevU, farmers
peons, mere haste amociationa, home
d< monrtration agents, and women'i
eltiba and varioas patriotic organisa
tion*.
The night Maaion Will follow an af
ternoon meeting when the woman
will be addressed-by Mrs. Wade.
CENSUS NEARING END
Supervisee Cook Issues Call To
All Wko Are No* Listed.
The following letter baa been re
ceived from Henry Lilly Cook, Ccn
aum supervisor for the 8lxlh Con
gremional District:
"As suggested by the Census, Bu
reau, I am, for the U*t time, notify
ing the people of ht* Sixth Congrem
ioaal District that the Census enu
merator* have about finished the
enumeration, and any peraon in any
of the various one hundred and for
ty-eight enumeration district!, who
do not know they have been inclu
ded in the enumeration, should re
port to mo, by card or otherwise,
giving me their name, age, address
and occupation, together with the
place of tholr birth and that of thoir
father and mother, the languor
tach speaks. If other then English.
“1 want to bo sure to include in
the schedules, soon to be forwarded
to Washington, a thoroughly rom
pletc enumeration of the people of
the district, and to that end I am
holding the ached ulea for a few duy*
before forwarded them to Washing
ton.”
ANOTHER “UNLOADED" CUN
CAUSES DEATH OF YOUTH
Wilson. Feb. 2.—On the Whlto
head plantation, nine miles east of
this city, Hi Gardner's township Rob
ert Hilliard, Jr., an 18-year-old nc
Saturday afternoon The fatal ahot
in the left temple caused Inetant
death Tha coroner rrrtewed the
remalna later in the day and on Son
day morning, Sheriff Howard arrett
ed young Hilliard wha at the cor
oner’! inquoet admitted that he had
(hot the deceased but thought the
run was unloaded. Ho is now In
Wilson jaQ in default of forniching
a bond of 16,4)00.
MAT GET CIGAR PLANT
A. L Sterner, taleaneanagtr for
tha rule-So Cigar Company, waa
hare yesterday to look oror the Sold
with a clow to neUMIthtnar a branch
factory in Dunn. He spent several
Hour* In ronfaronea with V. L. Ste
phen*. director of Ute Industrial de
partment of the Chamber of Com
merce, and T. L. Riddle, secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce. He
: waa eery favorably la*preased by
Dunn, and, It la mid, stated that ho
would advise his principals to give
Uw taws prrfaraace over all others
If adequate labor could ho assured.
Mostly female help wtN he required,
i The company wants • darn of fifty
- glrlo to Bogan learning. A ml«ry
of ntao do lien a weak will ho paid
i teamerv. These who hseams prod
t dent will ho paid eateries ranging
• upward to ISO a weak. Thom who
i deaim employment M the branch
i should communicate with Secretary
Riddle, or Mr. Stephens at eaee.
To Toko
°>*
both in
*"** °*
iy **• xJyTfh* Cornu* Bu°
f**u • •>N|FiMn on cotton pco
f,r lh* mi
14,1 i*la;14@V>UM4 ■» Dir«.
£*•ySpS -Tk® worW> to
tol for tha fci Bm, cot Indudlnr
|int*rt In tlXM| Stolon wo.
I0-»»*.0O4‘mgy &00-j»ord nVl
»•!*** «‘th *7.335.
OM k*Uo jjKKppreo-ciinj f0Ur
" ^ ‘n^9 It"*
d^^^J^^Hfc'^'worTnd
ing cotUnr^^^BTpet become nor
<"“• *■’ tbe .nobil
ity on Uio D^^^Upropo u, purebaoe
cotton trcw#^^H^K of nrouble con
dition! fn b^KMe eountno* or.d
ri«*‘yT*T^^y,>l n>U* **
s&SrWs *&'■'*£
•"S'! tho^^ETr boiluiulr
oad pUu
South Carotin*'.
764,740 bate* and ’a 702,676
bale a.
The Util nation t'«u form
erly considered a and in many
nrt.no-. a naiaanee iHuatratad In
:hr Matiatfr* of aaed and cot
or aetxl produd bad a com
bined value of 100 for the
year. Production Cotton teed
wa* C,660,000 t*n«j <* which 4.478,
50 tone ware art* it manufacture
Crude products obtained were: Oil,
176,711.000 icaDona. frived ut 227.
316,000; cake and'' uial, 8,170,000
callone valued at •■8273)118,000; cake
and meal, t,170146 ton*; valued at
tll6.llh.060; hrfh. 3,1*7.000 tonp,
valued at |17,ttJ)“00r aad I inter*
valued at IZ2,2*»f*>0.
Exporta ware »W87<978 aalloru of
retton tcod oil, dA<t 186,618 tone of
cake and m«a). ; • •
POLES AND Rtl**lANS
MOV* To END WAIL
London, PA *—Confirmation
«u received tednsr that htc Polish
government, in WlAnetion erith the
alliea in coiuhtagjff' the' offer of
peace made by r**mier Lenlue of
Soviet Rotate, F<£>8n MiirtaUr Tch
Ucberta and MlwAt*r of War Trots
ky on behalf ef .y* council of the
l*ople*’ eunjailMw***. The offer in
vited a friendN^*Lt*ement of all
diipuUu and *8P'»di»t qoeauon*
between Poland Soviet Jtuaala.
THE YOUTh’6 COMPANION HOME
calenda*. Po« mo.
The PubirahertJ* the Youth*. Com
paaioti will, wm At kUa Mason,
prevent to weiT/rifcer wIwn
MkddKnKA. it4 U>> Iff «A» 104(1
a Calendar for ¥•**, Tka
tabtaU are j>ri*d**.1* red mod dark
blue, and the days of
tbo currant k bold lafribU
•rpr, glvn the OfJ*’VUr ef the pro
ceding and month to
•■tiler type It Jharjin It It a
rich and prtetto* Eteeo ef work.
NEW >mm# You BENSON.
The Benton MAgUsalo Dry Good*
A Notion* Co , B *“* name of a new
huetnot* for Mf**i of which Pree
ten Woodall i* #f Wd.
Not only to #* • * MV Midnaai
for Benaon but ff tha whole eetn
maalty. .ft
WbiU the b^**** U now In It*
Infancy there to *.Wwnderfu! epper
I unity for tuch E^Wprtoe here and
lt« proportion* »oon grew to be
immcnac. j.,
Mr. Woodall h#>«t re turn >d from
Northern mill* mr* he bought 1*0,
WO worth of *§»*** nndnotloni
Md rhi promt* «•.*•«»•
arriving.
Ha win maiattdh * corpa of toloo
men who wilt «*•■ *hla entire ate
tton. V. .
.When asked dljj* *• •*«•»■<
which bo could *“hla «e«do, Mr
Woodall *ald ME Wlcaa would be
Identically the «£• •* thorn of the
large at hours to#*** York ar Bnl
Uaiora. X _
Until a Inrge/Wldiar can be an
cited be to uJgf.g* tom ever hb
tua Mare* ay 1B»"t Mrset and Ijp
i Sag1 them up for #*• pnrpaaa.—Ban
ma Review.
,f -
CHAMBER OF COMM
COMMITTEE AD>
Marion C. Butler's Good
points Committee to )
mission For Aid
Petition Lt
A bond iasoe at $250,000 for good
roods In Avcmsboro Is to be advo
cated by the Dunn Chamber ef Com
merce.
This was decided Tuesday night
when the Good Roads Department
uf which Marion C. Butler is direc
tor, met in the organisation's room,
to consider means of improving reads
leading into Dunn. The bond Issue
wae suggested by Ben O. Townsend
•ecretary and Treasurar of the Av
t*rajboro Road Commission.
It was alto decided to join with
other communities in asking the- spe
cial session of the legislature to vats
$200,000,000 in bonds for road d£
vclopment in North Caroliaa and for
carryin* out the State’s part in the
Federal r«ad scheme.
Ben 0. Townsend. Ernest P.
honng X P. William*/.!. W. Draagh
on, J. L Thompson and T. L. Riddle
were appointed a committee to con
fer with the State Highway Commia
.lon at Raleigh In and effort to get
State and Federal aid for road pro
jects in this section
An effort will also be made to get
the aid of surrounding towns in a
project to be [Id roads to Lillington,
*-===:-— ■■■ a. ——i
tOO PER CENT INCREASE
IN SOME FOOOS IS SHOWN
Boco. mad Ham Load Stoats, With
Broad, Boltar, Eggs sad All
Else Up.
Increases of tram 50 to 200 per
coot In retail prices of the principal
food products of the country and
from 70 to more than 200 ner cent
in vholnali during the lent di
yean, are shewn in Agar** leaned by
the bureau of labor atatimics.
Taking th* year IBIS aa tbo nor
■aal year for baaing comparative
price*, the bureau abowa that by De
cember IMS retail price* of moat*
had advanced fram M to M par rent
over tha average far ISIS. Bacon
P«
108 per cent, and polatoci
oent- Coffee, tea and anger
advance* of 64,17 aad 164 per emit
roapoetivaly. Chao** want np B«
par cant and milk 8S par cant.
Wholaaalc clothing price*, accord
ing to tha barren* figure*, ihowcd
an increaac ef 818 par cent leet Do
comber ever 1011 levels and boaac
fumiahinga want ap SOS per cant.
An advonca of 114 par cent in food
aa a commodity waa ebown while
farm product* roeo 144 per cent.
Lumber and building material* dim
bad 168 per cent in the aix year*
**,,e the average of all th* couamo
ditiaa tabulated roee 188 per cent.
DEFENDS WAS RECORD
Camming* Cewfiama. -RapvMtoaa*
fe Attack* oa Admlaiatretloa.
Buffali. N. Y-. Feb. Th* War
record of the Democratic party waa
defended by H. 8. Cummings, chair
man of the Democratic National
Committee, in aa ad dram bore to
night, He condemned the Republi
can* for delay ia raiifving th* the
peace treaty, and declared that in
all th* world only in thia country
“have been foond men who ar* will
ing to aland in th* way af a aettlo
ment calculated *U> organic* the world
for peace rather than foe war." He
challenged the crttici of tbo adminis
tration to auggoat bow the war could
Hava bean wan mom promptly and
with lorn of American llfa.
LYCEUM THEATRE At” DUKE
TO SHOW BIG FAIRBANKS'
PICTURE.
It ia doubtful if any motion pic
ture waa ever talked about and await
ed with as much interest a* Douglaa
r air bank’< Maw Picture, "Hi* Ms
Jcaty, Th* American," which will bo
the attraction at the Lyceum Thea
tre in Duke on Saturday. February
7 th
ThU if Douclae Pairbanke’ flrat l»-1
dependent prodection. and mask* the
am rataaae of the Uattod Arttota
Conwration, the aadrflad "Bl«l£oy”
competed of Mary Ptekford. Charlie
Ch.plin Doa.ua Falrbanka. and D.
W. OrlmtH. .
Tha alary of "HU Maim/. Ae
American” le a kneck-out," and t+rea
"iW • chance to da a lot of aa
tirely now trVcki and Ike picture la
far aad away the hifntaat prednctloa
that he hat ever tamed oat. It deolf
with the adventure of a yoan* How
Yorker who llvea on excitement. Hie
unqaearhable thrift for now thrilla.
leada him aereoa two eentinaata and
tho tot tinge noeeeoary for tho por
trayal of A# alary have root a tidy
fortum,
A Mexican village ‘wae batlt la tha
hiUa aarroaadln. tha Falrhanka fta
dloa In Hallywoad. In nnathar place
a complete P'raach lawn wae ooa
U meted aad another acetic* of tho
■ladle wae need to roprodaeo a How
York Ttneaaeat etreat. A Freneh
railway llaa wae aeeded ee one 1*00
fact wnf with fun oqulpaaaat waa
Ta appreciate AM picture theugfc
1 one aid aaa It Witt a naw Aim
1 ptax machine M wffl ha ttawa trader
the heat condition*.
»ai««M •» aVta * M **d
HW lNlw^r*^lt COlTlB*
i t
ERCE AFTER ROADS;
nSES BIG BOND ISSUE
———— *
Roads Department Ap
Vait on Highway Com
to Dunn Diatrict—
igislature.
Gr»™ and Clinton. Th*
com mitt pc appointed to vUJt
wBlalto hivt thU In chufa.
who had boon invited te attend hav
ing been called sway by cthar bnd
neaa M. F.’ Williams. of Sampson
Cooaty, was tho only out of town
msmbor of tho committee promt
He will work la his community to
get aid far roads that laad to Dana,
***** moat of tho trading of North
western Sampson is dona.
n T5*ae?5P“tt*# wpolntad to go to
Raleigh will raport to a fall mooting
of tho board of director* of tho
twnabor of Commereo aa soon as its
work 1* completed. Then will begin
ifswa !sSi.vss5s:
Johnatnn and Cumberland te any vary
«reat extent, tho Chamber La m
d covering to interacted tho border
township* in thooo counties te co-op
erate with Avoraaboco la tho move
ment. It ta hoped that bard anrfacr
roads can be Wit throughout the
Donn District within the mart few
pan**
FIRST PASSENGER VESSEL
ARRIVES FROM GERMANY
Maachaeta Dolagod With Apptlo*
How* For Paaaigo While
Unloading nt Hamhacg
New York. Fab. S.—The first pas
port to tha United States tinea July
1914 and tha Ant Aatarican passen
ger ship la many years to undertake
a ahaAar voyage, ranch ad hero today
whan the American line ataawar
Manchuria docked. She mildd from
Hamburg-January B, calling at South
Hampton and brought BO pataaagrrt
NEWBERRY CASE OUTLINED
Dailay Hapoa to Fveee Bantler Syant
Thousands for Elect tea.
Grand Itepidt, Mich., Fab. *—An
ouSiae of what tha government ex
pect! to prove against Truman H.
Newberry, United States Senator
and his IBS associates, charged with
connlmcy in connection with tha
IBIS senatorial campaign, was start
ed in Federal District Court here to
day by Frank D. Bailey, special aaata
taat attorney gantral.
When adjournment time came ha
waa abont two-thirds through Ms pre
patod ooUina.
Mr. Dailay, mid Mihon Oakman
waa hired as manager of the Detroit
campaign "at an enormoua aad stag
(eHngaalaTY amounting to thou
mb of doBart-” „ .
"The evidence will show, ha da
cla red.' “that this o****}**"™
more money on »" *r*T*,T *' Jf
forty-slight hoars than the last of
tha United 8tatss permit for na cm
the campaign." *_
STAItT bAWK PROSFEROU9.
jnxys^&'l
s.
stockholders la tha annual meeting
last week. An ef this amount was
transferred to the surplus aeeount of
the bank for further pretoetton to
ran, wu elected president, and Ba
rton C. Boiler ao/s. *• Jeeknn
were feiected vWe-Trr«MenU,
M. Reek* end «. T. Drsiwt mtn
elected cashier end assistant cashier,
ii'ssstUvaly. Dirretaea eheesn in:
T. V7Smith, Marian C. BotWr, B *.
Jackson, J. D Barnes, j, I. Creckntt.
O. H Rooks. B. T. Draper end Q.
B. Byrd._
Heavy fane Miss far Heaters.
PWe hondred- dollars, the ouV
mam Dm, recently was levied hy a
lodge in Michigan against a hector
'fer»»mn* M 3o«k» In rioWtWn cf
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. An
other vWater, of the same War, la
Conaectieot, whn Wi been raiHy of
masted offentea area sentenced so
35issrjSJL-tft.HSS
fSIL Tee Juiyi 191*. and several
hondred eeovteUosM have keen se
?J«d These ewes are cited hy the
Biological Borvey, United Staten De
asrtnTcnt of Agricultere, arhlch ad
^ He he, to Show, the (»■
' which Uw
treasur y begins
DRASTIC PRUNING
OF DEPOSITORIES
L®** Tluui 400 NatiMMl Buka
imotiZZ °*
CHANGES IN FINANCIAL
SITUATION ~
WWW CattWf Om
Tteeeaey
Beta
•Ml
twnw banki dt_ w J, __
■*•>* dapodtari it nnde br
jJMiar dwartMTh* wm the mSt
J“»« ao, li«r»A ttpetM uT«e
»*t« 0»r pMain« knife.
Ctwuct ia the irttiaall B
mbcWI trtaatWa *^raabl aba at by
swatWBfftas
•T *• abaUab bandied* of tbtW
PMitorW, mb tba yiaa fay dC
MbatWn of mmawt —a in *_
■aen* (be bank* —rftrrl ZwvW
to 191 f. ■■■P'ejea BKI prWr
While the Treasury ia —««'—
dudmff tha halaaeaa earrWd by May
ITuvernment transactions do a*, wm.
<J»ira the oat of r
“■elan_ _ _. It la
*id. will be the i la the fatare
«XffT32S-*'c,Sl'=fc.<2 •
-fKfra.'rUijffiLs.i;
twrrw on • tells of butene** 4mm for
'f9 ^ovoruBiwt Indudte in tte
Ite of Nttionil banka Ninal •*
■hot went wSd. the eeeoad Maude
Rayle in the ride and went thee ugh
My body Mr. Rayle fall and daft*
dent flrad three ether theta, two of
which pawed through Bayin'* hady.
new grocery rimp
Kennie Howard, _
tor of th» Howard Electric
“Boddie" Baldwin. _
of the Flret Netieoal Bni
Joined foroey nad
retail grocery bwatnega. 1
they pore hated the M. M.
dock and aro now
ander the Arm name at
Baldwin, limy eoM
Drhrer etaod, in the _
tag »t the corner at
and PayettovOte Avon wo.
ie announced, intend Co make
eytaMUfcment one «f the
dam proceviea in North
will Mid much to the
• "d fixture*. Gotten
wee with Mr; Drteer, it
the new Arm.
■ Bob. *•—The death
the mm hurean'a nan tr
•tattatle* tamed today «W
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