'^1 THE DUNN DISPATCH
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t _ DUNK, fl^B
INJURY TO THREE
Vfcfli CM FALLS
INTO CEDAR CREESE
George Ctiictday, Mioses Cam
R11J'.s and Barrington
Have Narrow Escape
C.i.irce L. C.rni niiuy, hi/ dnuglitcr.
Mi < AfciKv (‘niuiLiioy. and M.w Rlbil
uan nytou lu.il j. narrow escape- from
dostft Sue.lay • nlplii when an huuv
nac-bi.e in which they umi iscfin** r^u
ort ai .li'o sti.iM Cedar Creek,
1«V.» t lyeUiv'dlr. aid ',eft a)| 0l
Uiem In u body blueej condition.
Mr. Csrins.h.y's Injnrit/. arc about
lb h.ud. wn.es it badly ba-.Uisd
throcifh havitar been rocked from
./.ac to side of the iur »< it turned
over three l.’mr* in its proxies/: from
the I "Mill, e to :h» stream fur brlnw.
III. iniu roe »'Oi at first considered
very serious, but he was obit- to a
turn home >fnoaiay n.nm.np. Injuries
to the youn.K women »ero not *o seri
ous a. tho. c of Hr. Cannaday. Their
ehe.ilneis and aims were bruised and
■Vlirf Carn.yday /u/Uii.e.l a a'iplit in
fu*** to her ankle.
It war a hired ear that the tirr*.
ora a . I. -1 l ! . I. . . . .
.* .* « m.i.
mar. whu wa^ drivtrr vrheti ih«
U' C'ti. r.t occTsrri'd. It had bom pn>»
e<! m:o ^cjakv utter a Ford belong
:**g lo J. ( pmrirgUm. had i ollap-ed
no the r«*H«l betw-gn While Lake unu
Fay* ttrvillf. The rr was «io guard rail
on l' b *dgf-. 'Jhv car's lights sen
bad ami the colored man in nn nl
tempt lo (I' llip* m Hole in thu structure i
i an off ib* left ftidc.
Mr. Car.naday and the young wo.
men were brought to Fayetteville by!
vJl1- u*»o »l*o had been to i
v\hiio Luke with the party*.
JUDGE CONNOR SIGNS
CONDEMNATION ORDERS
(New- iunl Observer \
Judge He .rv G. Connor >< vtenlnyJ
signed h nurr.l*ci of oidem deposing !
cf th< iir>t ondi mnat.on proceeding*1
instituted i.i May 1CIH. against 8.000 1
acix*s of *he land now cnmprtnirg'
Comp B’ng*. It is not expected that
the proceeding? b* ought in June,'
lt>18. the accond tract of 140, I
OOOu. reH v.*itl be terminated for sev
eral month* No further steps can be1
taken u.ti.! the 'commi ‘sionci < ap I
pointed by Jutl^c Coniine al the Jicnr-1
i»»g July 12, make their report. Mr.
T. i>. W»iti »», special counsel for the,
government in the matte. , ataU-d yo*- i
ti-rday that a sport ja not expected i
for sewr*) m;*nlhd.
Deputy Clcik S. A. A>he, Jr., atat
ed yesterday his ofRee had boon 'un
able to k curs servicu on approxi
mately orve-fifth of the more
defendant* In the case, on account
diraet lYrwnal eervico will be ao-i,
rilled where possible, but Judge Con
nor yesterday uuthorued service by
publication in a number of cases.
J mi;** Connor yesterday held cm
fcr*9.icve with a number of attorney* |
. j . . Ii.... »V_ . .^1
torn u-hirli begirt September 6. An
unusually urge nunib-r of civil ea-sea
are on the cbjckrt.
TKt MOB TO BbAMF
Vhat wa* e ilrplrniblr and datrew
Ing aira.r al Graham, but it is the
r.rttlt of n-.ob t-clion. It U that even
«f it be true, as appears, that the m-ii
vho met (iri.lh wa-. an Innocent by-'
•funder; and even if if bv furth.;
time, aa alleged, that th. miliu-r
compnny fired rrcklcaaty and without
toaxon. Gut for the threat and r.|>
parenl certainty of mob action, th.
military company would not have
been sent to Graham and the tragedy
would not have occurred. The crime
was well calculated to excite men to
fivnxy. Thne ruipi-clj were oader ar
rest, and l» kill them, ax the popu
lace tit. RiLcned, would have meant
putting at left two, possibly three,
innocent men to death. Anil if it had
been established hvyonrl question that
any one 01 nil the silfpecu were guil
ty. the threat of mob union was with
out exedco. Evoryhody knowa thorc is
no poaiiblc e-cape fur a negro con
victed of violating a white woman.
While the negroes escaped the mob’s
fu»y the mob mennea was tko indiroct
result of the death of an Innocent
man.
The report indicate* that the sol
diers on guard of the Graham jail
•hot too son'i and without provoca
tion. If that be true they mutt bear
<r sha -e of the responsibility, but
It it not all on thorn. It in first on the
folks who.r demonstrations brought
th- m aw *v from their liuatneu* to
maintain tha peace. They were undei
t- . o.i evneeting attack at any mo
ment. If the mob attack they allegi
seat imagination thry arc not excue
able, but some allowunco moot be
made for the circumstances In which
they wire placed. Blame in the sec
ond place attaches to the county an
thoriticH for not promptly removing
the prisoner!, 10 Kxl»l*h instead of
keeping them in tight of an inflamrd
IHipulnca, malting it neccwmfry for
lb< military la remain on duty undei
The victim of the *hoollng eontribn
i.il to hi* death by going Into the
danger r.onv. TVhrn men with g>*.n»
and nndor order* to 'hoot are on
guard. * pee ta tort har» no butinere
within the danger tone. If they take
the riak of giatifylng thei ■ eurioalty
they are in a mcatur© rc'ponaibla if
they pay the penalty.
It U well alio for riotera to andci
at»nd that when aoldier* or officer*
of the law are ydt on roar.I to re
atrain the lawlrm thy are there to
do butinew if nureraary. That wn
demonalrated In Charlotte with aw
ful roiialta. It ha* again been deraon
atrated at Graham and it will bo do
menitrated again whonerer moba ran
amuck If the law la tv remain *o
preme—and it will—8tato«vilk Land
mark.
. Mr* Berniea Sm'dh *** bore lari
week to ylalt her drier. M'm Martha
Taylor. 8h* returned to her hnmr
In OcMaboro Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Smith waa hate with her Thurw
toy.
I TYPHOID IS PREVALENT 1
IN MANY COMMUNITIES
Slate Board of Health Advises Uaa of
Every Precaution
r Raleigh, N. C„ August 1.—Thw*
t hn\ c been reported to the Dureau of
Epidemiology of the State Board of
Hralth since July lith ssrvcral sharp
• outbreak, of typhoid fever.
From Granville and Columbus
counties there are vrpurtrd two in
.SUdow of three cates of typhoid fe
ver in the same family. From Ca
l' tawba ar.J Columbus counties there
are reported two malacccj of five
'cases in a family, and. as if to cap
' the climax of IhL. se.iss, from Wilson
, county more has been reported an
; .11 stance of six caws of typhoid fever
' in one family.
I .,£>Ph.0'J. t,',rr '• •t*11 contagious,
•till infectious andmtlll one of our
most rirarily enemies among the com
1 niU 'cuihle diseKsed. Though greatly
reduced thicughout the State as it'
; whole, vuch insli.nces ss Iheae just1
cited serve to diow that It will spread
fiocs pc.son to person until whole
fam'llea will contract the disease, un
less rigid and udcuuale pracaut'.ona
■bis observed. And in spite of the beat
of treatment, typhoid fever m claim
nrj? a death from avery- eight to ten
Cil. Bl.
The nc'-nl slate wide rffo-ta to
j ward irapruvemunt of sanitation, par
llicularly In nopect to sanitary privies
land vaccination against typhoid fever,
hav- greatly reduced the amount of.
the direaec. The deaths last year were
about 50 por cent what they were in 1
IVl 4, but Kill there la room for Im
provement. Alamance and Gaston 1
| .— ' ~ umtinrie <
jly MlfCiwful vuccinMtion CrtmpMigna. i
!'* sinl-i-n nod Mecklenburg counties i
I have just betru.i aiinilar effort, to
| \»»rd tamping out this infection. I
jj.d.nstoii. Duplin, Anton and Ruthrr- i
fold countit-a will begin campaign! in I
Inc neat trw day*. Through them i
treatnv-.its riUsena arc given efficient <
, pn/Uriaoii for yrnra to comr Thr
SUne Blind of Health recommend* 1
I -Due e. trv citixen take i-uvem ngu ot
:t> (i')iorl niity nrrrcnled to avoid I
typhoid fever. Hurh outbreak! a! i
tnrse in which whole families are rick i
at once can and must be prevented. t
DESCENDANT OF WRITER OF !
NATIONAL ANTHEM DIES ?
| Baltimore. Md... Aug 2_John 1
I rauru Key. K2 yearn old. a Confed- *
• rat vct.-rnn aiul grand ntpin-w of n
Hradcit Scott Key, wntcr of the
"Star Spangled Banner,” died at Con
ladviate SoidlciT Home, PikasvilJe t
this sfiernoon. n
Mv. Key served throughout tka Civ- t
il War in Company J», Klrat Jdaiy ii
Ian.i infantry, and in Stewards artil- g
levy. He participated In the Battles b
Mason1* HUB Muamon'i p
MiB, Rdt#fk»apock Rivar, Front a
EBB gfrEBI MtmSffwfttr.^rnTi’ >
took part in the defense of Rivhmund f
rd ei. that city was invaded by Fed- ‘
r al iroopa. »
COTTON ESTIMATE :
GIVES INCREASES:
Government Givaa Condition of n
Crop at 74,1 and North r
Carolina at 77 J
. . - . a
m aauiu^ ivii) fc, -iriLitBava
if more than a million bale* in the
prospective production of cotton over
Hi* indicated yield a month ago was
forecasted today by the Department
ol A g .culture A total of 12,619,000 <
I bale* was estimated fTOin the condl- ♦
| iior. tf the crop July 20, while 11,. (
j 460.000 baler «» forecast from the 1
condition of Jun* 25. i
A production of 11.460,000 bales i
was forecast from tha condition July
22 which was 70.7. Production last i
year was 11,329 755 bales and tbc|<
' n.iditicn on July 25 a year ago was i
C7.1. The ten your average condition |
, on July 25 ia 75.0 per cent
Conoitinn of the crop by State* on '
July 25 was: I
Virginhi, 74; North Carolina, 77; i
South Carolina, 77; Georgia, 68;
Florida. 94; Alabama, 67; Mi.asiseippi,
71; Louisiana, 71; Texas. 74; Arkan
sas, 7H; Tennessee, 76; Missouri. 81;
'Oklahoma. 85; California. 86; Arise- i
;«u, 86; all other Stales, 85.
Good g.owing weather during July
I vauved much improvement in the
pio*p«eta of the crop, th* condition
| having advanced from 70.7 per cant
of a uoimai on Jun* 25 to 74.1 por
c*nt on July 28. Th* crop's condition
was 7 points higher than It was a
year ago and a little more than a
point below th* ten yc-ar July 25 av
erage.
AUTOMOBILES RAISE THE
HUMAN STANDARD
<Typ* Metal Magazine )
Changes coma about In quser waya.
Th< Inventors of automobiles Hava
dono more than any othar agency to
stop cruelty to animals.
No doubt th*T* nr* many persona
who wqnld go so far at to assart that
sL~ ...inmniilla lias (natl#ix4 ran
11 the sol* ground of practically elhn
i mating the horae aa a boast of bar
■ Oca. Not that the buna la already
i a past number, bat it )• becoming so.
Th* relationship brtwoan a mac
I and a horae Is one of feeling; the re
lationship between a man aad an nu
. tomuhil* is on* of thinking
i ■ When a driver grta mad at a horse
. He jnkt tho bit and apples the whip
> la hoit a driver gets mad at aa auto
> mobilo hi* friend laaghs at him.
Because of this fact the automobile
. l* doing its part to raise human stand
-lards, and to develop human charac
i Iter
- Beating a dumb brut*, hurts the
-1 man mors than the animal. Men have
i been less brutal since slavery was
I abolished; they will be still lea* hm
t {tel when the workhorse la retired to
■ the pasture.
pi A man who la in the habit of beat
i. ing hornet It assy to beat women and
• children.
Anyone who drives as astomobile
IRISH SITUATION
CAUSES CONCERN
Practically No Ciril Law ia Ira
land South of Boyne River
At Preeont
Dublin, July .11.—Fears that Iriah
situation, which ia daily growing
more IritM1, may bunt into a gtears 1
conflagration at any moment ore ci
preased in r.apon»ible quarters her*.
At the present there ij practically no
c.vil law fouth of the Boyae river,
*x-<tjI tlpit administered by republi
tan courts.
It ia ajtimaU’d Ihrrr are between
■‘.0.000 and 80,000 futiy equipped
dritirb sold.era in Ireland and they
at* being n i.iforred dnily by men
arriving from arrow the channal. As
a result, there a s mors frequent
md more stubborn battles between
lie t.-uopa and lh« republican volun
'eerv who for a time had things much
ih-ir own way. There have alto been
■ore arrests for carrying arm a and
•editioux literature as reports to
Murte martial* rhow. It it rxperted
ha number of these arrests will ln
•rcaae If the government mecaeda In
L L nisanwr* III
he hours cf romnoni nnl week.
Reprisal! By Pofccraian
Rroriml* by policemen and soldier*
>n village* suspected of haiboiing
ne". responsible for allacl* sgainst
f»< armed force* of the crown arc
ilxo sapectrd here, th* police being
lartlculai ly over Ule stuck* made
in their fellow member*. In the
nimniune. the Sinn Keinrrs in carry
ng no their campaign havo nearly
ti-aird the country of
larmeka. They arc now turning their
ittentioa to country house* where
ailitary force* might be housed, and
number of those havr hern bumod
luring I he last ten day*.
A'.lark* on a roast guard station
or the purpose of capturing cxplo
ive* have been stopped, it having
icen established that this practice
fas imperiling the lire* of ucaman,
rho could not be warned of marine
anger* except by those guards,
lomts of coast guard* arc not im
sunc, however, and a number of
hear havr lately received attention
i fact, h l? commented. nothing in
teland is safe at present that might
•thei he used against the republican
overarm or thit ra'ght assist it
Banks Call ui Caaed*
Irish bank* which do businesa with
ic bank of k'ngland and noceamrily
lake periodical shipment* of bullion
> the latter institution have coiled
i military authorities for armed
uurds for the lorries that move the
ullion at night. This hga lod to re
orta that bant reserve* am ha lag
rghtcned nrrvoue person* on tne
ighte*t provocation, end the police
Land idly by, eccmingly Tvajuing
tat Interference might lead to eume
ilng more rrriour. Jurt bcfote mid
lght. the curfew hour, the orderly
lement* stream away to their home*,
ut long after thu there are many
Lrairglen about the etrretr.
At street coiners, night or day.
an, be seen numerous "gur
ien" rep* erecting both sides of the
or.flict They are ready for action,
t « momentd notice. Some of thcae
t«« come from the United Staten
nd Canada.
WHAT IS SUCCESS?
To gain wealth i» not the only Mie
em. nor la it the grtatrrt. because
he man who ii working min the uim
f acquiring wealth alone ha* a pure
y uelfirh aim and often become* very
arrow In his opinion* on the more
mportant iwuce of life.
If “tliie” were *11 of life, the man
rho posreew* wealth may be con
idered enviable at lea*!, an money
till purchase many romfort* of which
Kiverty in wholly devoid.
Dut on the other hand the man
*ho i« living for other*, living foe the
lenefit and betterment of hta fellow
nen, i* far greater and often for hep
■ier. He i» happy to nee othern made
nippy. Alwayi reedy to rearh out a
tel ping hand to a brother in need, al
vay* ready to bring comfort to the
orrowing and encouragement to
hoae in deipair.
He kai. few enemlve and many
'r.cnd*, and though he enuy live and
lie unnoticed by the worlJ at largo,
la ha* erected for himaair a mono
nent that no power on earth can
le^troy, namely the blearing* of thorc
-V- 1 .. II ._■ V_ h«_I. .1
>n lo ■ happier and belter life. Let
at, therefore, bow our head* lo the
Skilanthropitt tathor than to the dee
pot, the peacemaker rr.thcr then to
the hem of many battles, to the heal
rr of wound I rather than to the ma
ker of nueh, and therefore I say the
men who has door the meat for Uu
uplifting of humanity, the man who
hm done the mod toward* spreading
light and comfort and happiness
among hi* fellownteu. la tho greatest
sod mod successful man — Exchange
Services will he held in Divine
Street Methodist church aa usual Bun
day mor ning and evening. The pastor,
Kev. Jano s M. Daniils, will preach.
forma tha habit of thinking about his
trouble* instead of fooling about
them.
If his engine knock* ho dooon’t
kick oi beat it; he looks at the spark
plage and tho commutator In doing
this ho learns to control his feelings
and look for causes.'
It is r.ot necossacr to arrest man
for failure to put blanket* around
thHr automobile radiator* in mid
winter—even the automobiles that
u*ed to ha parked in front of aalooni
mare always nlcoty blanketed, wkils
hones ost-d to stand at bitching posts
for hours in sero weather with nt
protection.
Tho automobile is just ono mani
festation ef how all progress I* In
terlocked. Tho efBcinnt thing la al
ways tha human# thing.
COX CmiTTERS
FROIWUBUCANS
Many G. 4|»/Follower, DU
Caadidata
Dayton, OJBC^2.— Receipt of
I extern fro* Republican! *1
well ■■ Pi■"IM dh|ll>) ■ atrong po
altion for tbuIImt of Nation* wax
announced to&B>y Governor Co*,
the DimocraUc^MaMoatia] nomioaa,
after a btuy dS going through his
mail and cotnpgpog Saturday’. »ro
L'rans fur hia aMflaatiun. Roiv than
naif hia letUre'^ih hara and at the
c-duirtma nda| olBce, Covernor
Cox laid, dlgelMB* league declare
of Sanata^Htding, hi* Itepub
"Many aydJ^Kpomocrat*.’’ xud
Covernor eUte that they
we a line dpud^KfUasy other* arc!
from KcpubMHWtd It ce Ulnly
look* a* If th^B^fcondant Rrpul.l'
c;.n void whie^^W followed with
g <-*t intcieat U^^^aole league <jur»
cion. 1* thqroa^^Kiaaatiafled."
Covernor uBbo announced a
general Demoerfrfcrlmary light. He
nVf OUt S ' Kaf daal.Jw. W*.
would not take :Ka in the Tcui
Douacmtie prim (lud alao sjmUio
sd that ~arTTfcufurm policy ap
plicable to plj Ma. Tbo Governor
•a.H hr had recoflB many telegram*
and letter* urgt0|Um to aid the op
poring Texaa fac^Ba and that news
paper, on both Bi had been claim
ing ha support. Bfl
The Gondwtlfst aeveral houri
'•lay in hla ombipar office hers,
wj* king on conBmidnea and ef-1
ter a personal vBfBo the Monlvom
ry County FatrBfcande. where be
will apeak next<V%arday, approved]
a brief piograha.,lf
The program for Introduction I
Chairman Ma llbon of the Rev
tV'lllam A. HgBfaT the Rafqimed
Church of thla rflfto dolivar the in
• oration. The n^Bfihticn address of
'eaator Joseph ^^Beblnson. of Ar
kansas. chauman^Kba San Frar.cls
ro convention w^Ballow and Gov
•rcor Cox then ^^Edeliver hi* ae
-eiitanee address.
Tbo Rev. bfartfflKeville, of Holy
tnps.li Roman;CaflBe church, ia to
lelivcr the RaadBB. Dr. Hale is a
ie pub Heap and iBk friend of the |
LOOKING THE FACE
It is about UapsflKr tho people of
'.mtriea to faca aflffihard facta. Wi
UVC permitted Sh^Hmstble newspa
><r and mil ailmj^Bmgao and irre
poosiblo poItti^mK^p^ tho coun
ts- time havo oelofen* it injury,
rbey have not pffifunaed a single
onxtiuctivc act; I 1] tbey hive dout
a tear down nndUisrupt
They have weG-Ugh wreckrd Iha
nllroad •yatem, dl me people will ‘
• a - * kaat-ilw fan MPAngfptiaf inn
!'hey questioned Sit ' rfhriency and
-lirckcrt the powgr af growth of the
luge oil industry nd left the way
>pcn for Grant Britain to gain con
trol of the oil trad* at the world, to
ehoui we (hall forever afterword pay
;nbute They have destroyed public
tonfticnca in the | raut parking in
luatry with what h naful result! no
•nc can forecast.
There is no don t evils grew up
iinong big business because the men'
who operate such businesses are
inertly human, an I the possession
power, logethar oith the struggle
-o obtain it, bracdrprrogance. These
11. n mado mlaUhndj but It la mighty
poor policy to smash our big concerns
ind leave the way span for foreign
-rt, whom wa bava shown the wav, to
■tart where our owa People have been
compelled to leave off and give them
(he privilege of grewing rich off our
necessities. It dooo not seem to be a
*1.0 wise national policy to pursue.
We can and should control business
within certain bread limits, but noth
ing Is an suicidal as smashing buai
rvrai and killing enterprise. The trou
ble i« that, the Amt..can people ate
forever anticipating trouble. A con
ri-rn grows to jar#* proportion and
begin* to brunch out. We limnedls
■cly become frightened at what may
happen and start 'enacting laws to
Head off trouble that may never de
velop. We aiv alwmp crossing bridges
bcfoic wa got to Atom; always ex
pecting and antic lasting the worst
Other nations mite the opposite
view They endeavor through lavor
•ibl* laws and gu i athmantal subsidin*
xn build up grant ^surprises In th.
belief that the moro business the na
tion can do the bettor will bo the
condition of all the people of thot
ration.
Perhaps they are wrong, but at any
rate Ibot i* the way the world plays
the game, and aa long as wa sit in a
world gams, from which there is nc
oecape, we shall have to abide by Ui
_I - - 1___ _S_ sL. _ » « - _
There ia no MW in becoming
1 frightened at bogie^ for after all, the
'people through that* government held
the supreme powm can become
wronger than all tie people. What
America needs mag* than anythin.);
else is 'he poiac asd the goad acme
to face facta eeol/ and understand
Ingty.—The Country Gentleman.
-1
I »
Nearly 1,00 negroes were here
Monday to witaaaafka ball game be
tween Fayetteville pad Durham and
to attend the danem that supplement
ed the event- Far atm iOle was vtetor
nua by the scare of • In 0. winning
the State eolored eharaplnnahlp. Goad
order marked the aeeaelo" '*-''•Th
ou:, only one figbt eemlni ihe
joheervation of the police Ui,—. I—It
'That, by the way, avaa between two
I white spectators who disagreed aa to
the relative merits «f tbs two teams
Howard and Ed WOhlaa managed tbs
event which was staged la the fail
I Grounds.
James W. Driver returned Honda]
from a visit to Aflknta
rout PERSONS RILLED
| IN AUTOMORILE ACCIDENT
Tw» Others is MosMse Carried Ti
Spartanburg Hespital WUh
Crushed Skulk
Spartanburg. 8. C., Aug. 2_Poui
persons err deed, two err dying am
, two were Injured as a result of brio,
I crashed beneath their autemohik
which crashed through the railing el
s bridge over the C. C. and O. rail
way at Msyr>, 8. C.# yesterday after
noon and fell JO feet to the railwai
tracks below.
The dead are John Wilton Norris,
Luater Hunter, Samuel H. Clark and
Mia# IIa Gilmar. Misa Mary Ellen
Rodger* and Mia Cal lie Rael nr* dy
ing in a local hospital with crushed
«kuJIs, 8. F. Sutton, who wn drhrinx
the automobile, has lacerations of the
scalp and conruaion of the brain.
4*f2 Lottie Gilmer ha* a broken ara.
Mi Sutton with seven companions
vat returning from a trip to the
northern section of the note. when,
in turning a sharp curve at Mayo, the
michlno hurtled through the railing
■ t and re# Ik. ak___.L
•ntire party to the track/ below. All
number* of the party were from
Lletidalv, this roonty.
T EXTILE DEPARTMENT
AT THE STATE COLLEGE
Thu Taxt.l* Department of North
Carolina State College which i* the
Textile School or North Carolina ia
a busy place this rummer The Unite
ed State, government through the
nffire of market* are using the equip
ment of the Textile Department on
which to make a number of important
on all grade of cotton which
will be of the uimoit importance to
Cotton Manufacturer* and Cotton
* rower*.
The work l» directly in charge of
Mr. W. G. Blair of the Hurwu of
Market* and he U assisted by Mr.
W. C. Polk of the aamo Bureau, alia
by Mr. Nelson and Mr. Price of the
rextile IVpaitment faculty and two
Itudrnti of the Uixlilc department.
Last year wai ene of the most
ruecMaful yeori In the hirtory of the
textile Department, a larger number
>f itudont/ taking th* uxtile count
ilau-i in any p furious year and more
than in any other textile school In the
Joath.
Another signiSIcaat fart la that,
’or the seventh year In succession,
he National Association Of Cotton
anufacturvru which ia on* of th*
argext association* of it* kind ia the
vurld awarded the atudenta medal to
hi* school In order to qualify foi
■he medal the lextilt scsool must
ure a good equipment for Untrue
.on ia cotton muaufacturing »»d the
nslrucUoo must b* of rucogni—*
itnndard. • “
SHARP RALLY WHEN
REPORT RECEIVED
QoTsmmcnl Cotton Estimate
Followed by Bulliab Figure*
From Now Orleans
New York, Aug. 2.—The Cor cm
mr..t crop report placing the condi
lion *t 74.1, and the indicated yield
12.510.000 bale*, was followed by
» sharp rally on eoraring which war
ft raulsted by bullish ssuon-end hg
urn. from New Orleans Dccensbei
contract.* advanced from 20.75 to
30.83, or lOK points from ths low
level of the morning and 85 points
above the closing price of Saturday
closing at 80.68, with the general list
closing very steady it a net advance
of 36 to 102 points.
The market was unsettled during the
earlier trading, owing to report* of
continued depression in the dry good*
markets at home and abroad, con
tinued favorable weather in the
South, and incruamd nervousness ov
er Earopesn political conditions. The
weakness of the stork market follow
irg the railroad rate advance was
alto a <U* Appointment which was re
flected by Wall 8treet selling of cot
ton, and aftar opening easy at a dc
ci ne of 4 to 18 points active month*
old about 13 to 58 points net lowci
before th end of the morning. The
goverr.rai.nt report was not far below
expectations based on recent private
figures, but it had evidently been fully
discount**! ar.d proved the signal for
covering by recent sellers. This be
came more active late in the after
noon, when private * del etc from Now
Orleans indicatod a decrease of near
S i >ni - a • . I *« _f ai___
■ j m wiiiivii ui« "Main m vwaap
over of American cotton for the ana
ton and carried tha price ef Oetobe
up from 80.94 to 81.90, while Janu
ary advanced from 89.00 to 80-18, <r
'3 to 105 point* net higher. The eloM
r/aa *eeeral point* off from the bo*
under-realizing, and the bulb of tb<
baying on the advance waa attribute*
to covering.
JAMISON-PITTMAN
Mia.a Sadi# Ford Pittman, daugh
ter of Mra. Mary Ford Pittman, am
F.arl Mylcr Jautimn v« marriei
he.r in the home of the bride’* mo
ther Saturday evening. Rev. Jntne* M
Daniel, pat I or of Dlv.ne Street Meth
odizt eharch, performed the cervmon
which wu wltneotd by relatlvea an
a few intimate friend*
Immediately after the ceremoa:
the young couple left for Miami, Flo
Tida, where they will remain anti
Janaary.
TM» wedding lii*» together two o
the nldeit famtliea of Caroliaa an
Alabama. Mr. Jamlaen, although
native of Pittaburgh, Penaaytvanie
ie a member of the old Moalgomer
family of hi* name. Mlm Pittman I
a granddaughter, See lime* removed
of John Maiuhall ef Virginia, ehn
justice of the United States. and
;rreat granddaughter ef John Rnac
jjohnnon, ef Warrenton.
Both the bride tad bridegreoi
ware popular with the young peopl
of Dana.
NOW WATCH SAMPSON
CONTINUE TO GROW
With Annual Agricultural Production Amount
ing to Sixteen Million Dollars. County Proposes
To Tap Resources On Western Side Through
Building of Railroads To Outside World; Out
look Fine, Editor Peterson Says.
Br O. J. rttf.m
( union, Ju]v 31—Sunnaon county
crop*, though lata making a *•*«, are
wry fins. The heavy ruin*. kmrtr,
hare had a deteriorating affect la
acme »<u Yet the cool weather fot
lowing the rata* and preventing scald
ha*!" a great awun count*,
acted what wnald otherwise have
keen a more acriou* damage. Thera
l» a large com crop and It ie unusu
•»y «ne, and much of it eaCciently
far advanced toward maturity U in
*ux« food froitag* from the moisture
already in lha ground.
Cotton ha* horn injured seriously
.n low plaecs whnro water ceUaeted
during the rainy spell, but tha dam
age affect* a very small percentage
M the acreage, however In two or
*hree section* hall storm* destroyed
the crop almost utterly, necessitating
In some cases, plowing up and re
planting In corn.
The tobacco crop Is probably af larg
er acreage than that of last year and
s from poor to exceedingly fine, vary
lag with planting conditions and later
rainfall, some sections during Juae
having enough ruin and others raf
?e ing from drought Coring began
two weeks ago.
It in safe to estlsaate that there is
*•1 oae-third the usual wheat crop
made in the county this year. The
ch'ef reasons caused the shortage.
r»m«ly. ttis difficulty in harvesting
the crop* lest fall In time to plant
»rhr*C and the comparatively poor
returns from ths crop us compared
With AtKnra
Numerous peach orchards, set a
**w y*ar* ago and never before aiak
"* » crop, ara loaded this season
The Trruld aad Garland aactions have
kipped several carloads and will af
'oid a number of carloads when the
olbertaa ripaa.
Thi. week la “pasture week" in
■he county aad County Agent Melvin,
vita expert* from the agricnltural
department, baa held several mactings
st different potato in the county, with
t view to enlisting the intarast of
aanent paataraa aad that* to „
i number of tboaa la tha county.
Coaaly P—sa’t Gat Cvsdh
The people of tha county thern
’clves ara only new realising the
imaging possibilities of 8ampton
county soils: yet others are not far
behind them is this realisation. How
ever the county fails to make the
•hawing in officials report* that right
fully belong to it. It is drained on
thyea fourths of its border by adju
tant town* so that tha official ginnrra'
repod) and bank statement fail to
•how tbs true extent of two of the
county’s chief advertising points. It
happens that tha town, of Dunn. Ben
x>n and Godwin, on the north and
'n other counties, arc so situated as
to attract a large part of the cotton
trap to thair gins and thus causae
Sampson county to fail to got credit
for thousands of bales of cottoa prev
inced in its bounds. A similar condi
• 'on exists along the Wilmington rail
road for forty miles, tha to-vna of
•fount Olive, Calypso, Narson, War
saw, Wallace, RosehUI securing other
’hoosand' ar Sampaoa’s bales for
hair glue. The consequence is that
he country it given credit for th«
jreduction of only thirty thousand
hales ef cotton when It is almost as
‘Ui cdly forty tbouswnd.
A similar condition exists with re
tard to bank deposits, possibly, or
•eiy probably, a million dollars of
tinpton county funds being banked
n the towns just beyond Its borders.
Vising tha ft (rare* of the North Cer
)tns Department of Agriculture aad
making allowances for the value of
ighl thousand hale* of cotton outl
asted to be ginned in other counties,
be crop valor for last year amount
>d to the amusing sum of tl&,6Wl.
'00, not counting several truck and
terry cron*, with the execution ef
Irish potatoes, and the berry crop thu
/ear runs Into the hundreds of Ihou
sndu, it is assumed! nor is the value
it timber products included.
It Is, accordingly, a fair estimate U
ay that the gross income from Samp
ion county products to the raw to*
he last year totals sixteen million!
j value which la almost 6vs hundred
try tor man, woman and child
>f whatever coIot, In the county, or
stimaUng the average family at flvi
•embers. Is about $2,400 per family
And still, tha resources of the coan
ty are oaly touched. Hundreds oi
thousands of seres of as good lend ai
I ha sun shinas upon are uncleared
I while ether hundred* of thousand!
it acres have not vet attained thefc
fall productivity, the gospel of thi
new agricultural not yet having «uf
r Aclantly percolated into ovary quarter
! as to causo full fruitage oa all farm
But Or* gospel is spreading rapldlj
r and new heralds from othor countries
ittrachd hither by the manual op
I portunitler, arc bc*pH*g to instill i
into the mind* of the more backward
t Recently high sBeisb of tha Dur
I ham and Booth*™ and of the Bca
■ hoard Air Una railroad had oceactoi
ta traverse the northern and western
, sections of the county and it it statu
> that oa# of the representative* of tk
latter rood declared he had nova
f us* such a degfu* af nroaprrtt;
■ awvosg farmer* aa attained ta tha
h section of the county.
And that brings tha writer ta tfc
n subject af the .Roanoke and >010011
• burg raOraad, which is projected to
tha wsatsra past of the county, as
Will attend from Katomborg. dm wen
known achool era tar and ntdil cob*
aranllr, through the vlltogu of Eou
ao4« to Ouaa «r Beama, according
to the degree of inteiutt mantf aetod
byeach of tbcm towns.
Tb-a road la practically assured. the
imiunt of stack required to build the
•rctlon between Eoasoke and Halim
bnrg having been Mfurad and it bo
• ng thought eaey to aoeure from the
lotgnv terminal, whether Puna «r
tVnaon, the amount mraaaoi j to
njakc Uw extension. Tbo road followa
along the route of tbo Tflghmm log*
gteg road loading Uto Dunn, which
*Hra* a manna of oacudng material
for eonetmctlon without tuelnalm
at Dunn or Ben eon and thus eatables
oat to foroeaet a dan i nwaelUlan
brtwa^n them tow^W l^^
noko-flaleakueg aection has aetmlly
been constructed.
A meeting of atockhoMcn was held
'in', week at Salem burg end a nmni
neat organixaUon waa affected, a full
•’«ard of directors being ——■*. who
elected Mr. C. S. Royal, a prosperoas
merchant of Bslcmburg. president:
**r D_*- Barring, a wealthy farmer
nt Bcmng'a township, treasurer, and
**”' WjJ. Jones of Salambaug, ssc
^t*r^- JW company's oBcaa will he
The uervey for the rend to in pro
r*wes and CTsaatim are actually being
purchased. The teak of ceaetnigtoeu
»« S»f»«d over to Mr. Tlkhmaa, the
well known lumberman of Puna, who
usance the nupoadUUty of caw
■tructing the road and equipping it
with locomotives and care for a art
This mad is deaUaad, even la Ita
raota mod an pretantiees, to open up
oao of tha richest agricultural eee
tmna in the State and win add vastly
o tha agriculteral wealth af tto caisa
ty in a vary few yearn Bat tha pre
aoten af this road have larger ambi
tlona for U than that outlined above,
the writer has been Informed, and
the intention is, sooner or fetor, be
ggvvgavaggstt...
this eanaectioa St should he re*
called that there to a aaore pretentious
KJcct then the above and that is to
Id a read from Wilmington
through Clinton to Raleigh thus span
lag op a fifty mile strip of tha vary
beat of Sampson's lands and feign
areas of tha Isolated lands af Pander
end Johnston counties, besides giving
Clinton the rail facilities that art ne
cessary for it to attain the growth
and dignity that would long ago have
been its portioa if it had had n north
and south line. But It has bean deem
ed feasible to hold up tha agitation
of this road and the beginning of
relive solicitation for (tosk aubserip
:ioas til) tha financial world has stead
led itself and estimates shall have
bnrems more stable. But there la no
Intention to let tha project die. and
as soon na practicable It is hoped that
representatives of the propooed termi
nal cities and of the intervening
points may traverse the proposed
route and convince tbdmaalvc* or the
a maxing possibilities ef the country
sad of the practicability of moktng
the rosd a paying institution frasn ita
very opening, for the truth is, the
strip of country to be traversed will
alone aVord more batiaem for the
road than was afforded by a hundred
mue tvnp earing we mvj rent
of tlie Wilmington tad Weldoa read.
The Had ton Company of Atlanta
i* Just finishing iU eecomd paring con
tract la the town of Clinton within
the ln»t three yean, end the town
through this meant hat how trans
form »-d. The town now haa felly fear
mile* of sheet asphalt street* and a
bout six miles of sidewalks, tho for
mer including tha fol breadth paring
of the pits* areas abort the cotut
iqotft.
Clinton has practically doubled It*
population within tha last ton years
though bo factories hero been erected
to iacreoac Uta rate of population
growth. Tho town is bniH and eutth
•d Strictly upon tha agriewHaral In
tel «U of the section.
Probably at no time tn the history
of the town have more pretentious,
building opetntioaa been in program.
The cotton warehouse la foot appro
aching completion; the forUheor fac
tory It fat course ef eon tti net ion; Mr.
Henry Vane is erecting n mammoth
Ford garage, while namarou* reei
deneee arc planned or under way.
Alt* twveral bnUdlng* are pro jested.
Rote born and tha ether towne ef
, the eomstfy are aim tbowia* many
. sign* of program
On the whole, the outlook la Hsmp
tor is fine, and the big old eonnty
, ertU afford roam for all daatmhu
comer* eel her dean ere Opened
! wide for each.
BRIDE KILLS HERSELF
WHILE SHE UBS IN BED
i Chattanooga, Tana., Aug. t.—Mrs.
i B. H Wooten, aged SO, a bride of
I two weeks and former school taaeher,
Red soieide at the lay la had
her boaband 1st* loot night,
fired a bullet Ms bar ♦ ample.
I i was taken to polite head
i end nqiUMWd and Inter
> m raiaamd. The roe pie came ham
■ Sanday from Dallaa, Tag., what* they
f were married. Ho ream la assigned
* for the nMde.