■ THE DUNN S1SJ
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Volume Vll. Dunn. North Carina, KI , ,, M
,iM gr nc ..u ■ - » — -^r-r* !■—— iNumOCT 71
HORTICULTURAL
WINNERS IN FAIR
ARE ANNOUNCED
Carden And Floial Exhibit!
Were Many And Beau
tiful
PREMIUM CHECKS
TO BE MAILED SOON
Much Favorable Comment At
tracted By Tli» Diaportion
ment From Those Who
Viewed It Reflected—Hard
Work And Artistry of Exhi
tors.
Premium wimer* in department
R nf Ihe Dunn Fsir were unround'd
thl* week by Srcirlary T. !.. Riddle.
Thu dopartmon*. was devoted lo <r«v
den and florid exhibits srd nttrae*.
i-d favorite comment from nil whu
*»w it It w»* ea-'ily the b> ft exhibit
of ita kind in Ea-tern Ce.rol.tia thin
year and refletted th* h.» d x'nrk out.
aHixliy of those who hud it in thor*
snd of the exhibitors. Prise cheek*
will be mailed oat toon.
Winner* of premium* *» fel
lows:
!»*•*•. piste of winenn apples"
1. Mi*, fi P. Honeycutt, B. n on.
2. Mr*. J. II. Ennis, Duke, Route
2.
Bert plate of B< n Davis apples:
1. Mr.. P. J. .IcITrvy.'., Dunn.
Beat plate rnlleetion of applca:
Mrs. J H, Ennis, Duke, Route 2.
Peart
Bert plate of Krifer p in:
1. Mr*. D. J. Parker, Duke, Ilotsle
1.
2. Mr*. F. W. Smith. Dunn.
Bert plate of any other variety of
penrs:
1. B. B. Ilodjrvs. Benson. Route
a
Real plate collection of pears:
1. D C Herndon, Vatina.
2. Mira Hattie Ennis, Dul.r Route j
1.
Crape*
Bunch—Mr*. D. J. Parker. Duke.
Rout 1.
Scunpcruontt—Mra. D. 4. l’arker.;
Duke Route 1.
James— C. A. Bnll»ntii'', Cordeli
as
Mrr. C. I.. Wilson,. Dunp.
Other Frails
Pfrtivs- O. C. Krm)«r, Va-,
AmencB'i Per/'mmon.*- > . Iron To
ni* Duke. Hoot* 2.
Quinces—Mira Akin Usuis. Duke.
Hnutc S. _ •
Bert Basket of mi*i‘«HsrHsuj F pit
—8 P. Honeycutt, Benson.
Nun
Tl»rt piste of follr.-vin' vari"ti»:i:i
r.ncli-'h Walnuts—M:a. J. H. Eu-I
mi Duke, Route 2.
Japar.oc Walnut*—4. 11. Stephen
son Cardenas.
Nahve Chestnut*—Mr*. J. H. Tin
nte Duke, Rout* 2.
Filbert*—Mr*. J. H. Ker.is, Duko
Bout* 2.
Potata*—Irish aad S*.re«'
Best h»lf bushel of follow’"* va-l
riel 1m:
1. Norton Yam — T. C. Eason,
Poke
2. W'. A. I/ie. Dunn, Houtc. 0.
Irish Cobbler—W A. I.*r. Dunn.
Route S.
C*H*nu
Mi** Ruth Culp, Dorn.
Soe**h _
1 3 M. Stephenson. Corel' •*.*»
Z C- A. BaRentirm. Caideno*
l'. Cotfaw—Mr*. D. 3. PmIcv.I
Duke, Rout* 1.
t T. C. Eaton. Dike
Other Variet*--—Mr*. C. 1>. Rain,
Dupn.
Other V«c«taklM
Reel1—J. C. P.eJI. Dunn.
Sweet Peppers—MrJ P. H We»t
broek Dunn.
Hot Pepper*—Wrr. 4. K Hutlcr,
Dunn.
Yellow Ibuvcrs l*pion—Mr*. C. 8.
Mnerr. Dorm.
Red WrothorflcW Onion*-*-Mia*
Ruth Culp. Dunn.
Pumpkin—Jenaoe Ciunernn, Dunn.
Whit* Egg Turnip*—W. A. Lee.
Dunn, Route 5.
Egg Plant--Mi-*. J. R. Butler,
Dunn.
Collar it*—Mr* C. Is Wil*on, Dunn.
Artichoke*—Mr*. 4. H. Enni*.
Duke, Route 2.
Celery—Mr*. L II. Leo. Jr., Donn,
Farr.iip*. ttre. J. L .Wade. Donn.
MuxUrd—Mr*. P. S. Cooper, Dunn.
Car otn—Mm. William J. Thomp
■on, Dunn ,
Lima Bean*— Mr*. W illwm J.
Thompaon, ljun.i.
Small Buttar Beana—M»t. William
J. Thoanaon, Dunn.
Mr*. D. 4. Parker, Duk*. Rout* I.
Flower*
Bort arranged and rrexiert variety
(Continued On Page 3.)
Mo SovUtino FUooed
Mamlfai mreri in th* clothing Hade
do not intend to "lei.H thorntelret to
tho e*t*k1i*hm*nt of XovlatUm In thole
Industry.” daelored William Sandler,
president of the clothing manufac
turer*’ aeioeiation, in a »t»lem«*nt )e
euod la Now York Sunday. Il« ehar
aeteriaed a* "humbug, rham and falic
preten**” the anion'* ehnrgc that the
manufacturer* bore inaugurated e
"locknut” and plan to return to
"eweat shop condition*.''
Preparation* have been complete*
for the departure of former Kin(
Conetantin* of Greece and hi* famllj
for Veaiec from Lucerne tod*y or
th* flrrt stage of their journey t<
Athou* The royal baggage, rorainlnj
of 210 trunk* and boxen, wo* ukci
t* the railroad thl* morning
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i .v
A- Brief Skriab.-e of Nclahto -■}
* M»ppan!r>(,«_ i: .k; U .led A1
| V Stale, *!>e c« vairn uoutatrtro *1
I •*."• :r
I♦>•••:•■•.•• a-, •■*■■■ >■.■■'.-•. .v-> • (.
Noe.* Pt. - 4.-.II I »-r Accepted
Thf t -ml . ' tl..' iitny
li on;.! herein.I1 a; i\ .* '**',,.eh >
!ro he the pnrr.:,*-i f V -no l
• war tf. -,i*;i ■■•.-• pie I.-,
|».>d ir.l I«t I. 4..1 .. .. . «, whlvh
)u.vo Lw;-. ... I I..- n .'..•ri-’n.
rhr h.rt two .loy- :t <.•- Voik. «*•;■
r-.rv eniC.il. n a- ii .v.l Uy the com
an t.-ft. r/u «l.:•. n Ir .-i night by
Jod-tc K«-n.w-vr 'Iru'.l.t! i 1.5mile.
Ueorae 1VI ! ..i-.fti, of f'eiia
Hrlpkto: y! i\sr- y- ‘i. ..de, .»i‘ r>v
Yei-y;. and J. i . .I...' i. .»f St, ?.ou!».
Tho ceram'tt-jo aoUmlilt-d two tenta
tive ajr-ftfter.l-ntr . n, ■ *«,, the
National and American league* and
tlir other bctooM the two major lea
gue and the nntionr.l association of
pro relational ham-lmli league*, the ru;
nor l« ague orpan'r-t'.'nn.
Senate Pfti-si- Kftwecr, Bill
The Soua-.c yert.v’ay nq,*,*! ;\.e
asrt-ierlTU**• romm Pt ;* rascdutio-i d'
ree-.-ne th :r- v -1 of the \Vr r j.'j.
•’U'lfn Cr>. - nr.tle , a» - :n»** trc af
•‘•-■1 v rid'of to Tin .-i-cond
teettor ef the ronjinttnu, \>li>h R,
ir.iroilur-d wou’tl h.-vo •i..ect<-«t »hc
.•xttr.i;. s of rhiM> ,™. .'.it- to .'arm
—r by ;!.s ^Vd.- <1 T.-<tVr -yr.lem
18* ST.eiiilfd til wr.-r hi Il-fty ntvl’tv
nf i-.ch n coai e e.K or e-tj.rc.*.on
<f o.'Tion of the Coagrea*. The o
merd:nin' mrking t*u- .-r.if.sv lr tin
vrl'ftr »: A- r r iln'i-.o minting to
III. Federal Rcto w •y<t;m waa pi-o-1
po-e«l b> Ser.i-f.'on" , li- pyubljcnn ;
of Kl bi.< r*■ fit i wai ou-.Qird by
a \otc nf IV to id.
lo/ ih* purpa* o*‘ a.d'r.jr fa
a <*«*rpt*rnT:*ni> a* formed In
i’Kfuw 3alu7dsiv. ?l p'ann ia hevg
i rrpihiintjoii «»f an* fciin.l vd mil
lion dtdhri n.»d v II Mvc *: "r»rry>
m»?" ro parity cf an? billion dollnrn
-»n itc book, it* p* r>mot«,e« (IccJm -td
Ihhl thfli* irlcRti'jM if t * An
erica** fnrrlyr. trails by oXtediny
t?ullt *.w Ihi • ai .inv of Hurop-. Mora
Uian 2C*0 bankoir are bch'nd »'w* pro
iwt .Vhcy ur.ioan-.c ;hu* the c.f?nn
a-il! h- (•‘•x-blrd u ithb? ten
<I«i>k. It *t beloved ih-.l ihelr ►chenaf
will fta far tor-aid Irw-r.K tho present
depression in jNmCitern indastiy In.
the event that 1hr!- pt;«n« alt cm. red'
out. I
No| For Pr«Ml,|
r* «■ m. I.' *. Cf.lfcv UMtlOfU of the
•t»* M will of by .lo*" l.l«l yradual
pn cc 'AH, tt has h m d<«tvrtvr*'l by
the Lran# of Nftbni Conmltium
n*rt »*t*ln7 Ih Oeree*. The oommle
if'nVr' of the i omm *svjn »hin>: that
•w*?;h*T the pol'.t *V *'*r*b. » no*-1
Doblic opinion ' - .» e * «»; . •s**l|.
•»* ’." ’ ••**,!> from
'*•*•' \.aslry could
- »s • l *,.«*.«ifitrrc v Jor.K ** •
.il- n»t;»d Sf?‘.*r co* trued to In-’
east* :t> »: m.d eV'eiiylh.
C vl ^“ico-d H *>ken
: :.»doc*.’on of b b!ni*uli:«ni« •
^r.*.M. : %*tu toy* •'.rhiril -* new Wffh
-*.3;V i y *1.0 y*r.r durir.fr th«* week
>f i».‘Ci*iAb'-*r i, liC.-fird’".*! to h its‘c
mc.it by tb«* peo*oy.cal eutvee :hoc.‘
r.cr -he optnnt /o* tho w»*ck 'o Vv;*
•>ec\ 12.7R7.Alfi t o* of td*. ..nh’on.i
tud 2 «»oi.b-‘9 OI li^Uv.aeiU.
Ti:c wc*»V* Aofl :o*l p c- j-.iv»a has
irn cxc:#;b*<j r* *.* f*». * y-nc<?
lhM^ crewlins er. ■**•’ jur beers e
foal 'it rt*w i*C; jv t three of
wh«ch wi«fc« W* « i: 1L;J, Aid our
uit yrr.T
5?. *. tr. O^fwi Are I
EK' /tj'! A i Social
rkr.1!#-;, f,■] ?f,^-vn I* Rnaferfd Ry
Rti.'iixrs of Dr|*!tl f<vi>y
kjt-yl.'i r*, -aalac ♦!««
Ore ni he gi i>! ilcliyb.fu) i nd on-]
iojribV cbur'h lalf of the yrtrl
wns hold rr!d.- v eight in tkc local
Imli'O i j' Hii hy the .i Y. I*. U., an I
»t Hit ryil Beptla:.
okiiroh- h'ru't y-rch r>j -«•»•»!, puci-'
jog ••awr> and f rgreaoS-if conver
sation oijigtgtii in a* n i.ielude to
:bi fcV.iw'ss : :fo'T.i I after
ward • rcitdrrtd.
So'o -"Alice UliK' Clown- Mia*
Turb.w'ilc.
Scene—Finn: “Srinvn.T Up Fa
ther."—Raneted Uc Mi'a Tatbevillo.
Mina Uuili.rd, 'ai!. 2»m-,ruv.
Moot Marriage Oroonl — MIni
Myrtle i*op* -BWile— Kolit. L. Deo
»irg—><r. Ferry '.'n yan, opiclatirg.
So'o—-“I:t the Pc:t of Lhn World
On By"—Ca*p.-r Warren.
Boaular quarterly Itua’now meet
ing war he’d immrdiatolv following
the icndition of tW above program.
Vafina* rnmriltteo >a»ort* war* road
h id lit* following alhn rn elected for
lh* er-clng yran ,
llr.Mdort.. FuW" «rook»
1% !r* Vrc -.Klr iil .. a <1. Forrmll
•'.itcrtlaiy.. .«• *<- ^ntmlng
I Corresponding So".-V .» Ci'.ta Naj'lOr
iTmatare--... ... T. A. Core
ItihcnrUlS. -Ml* Jpaentnia* Starling
:Oholtt»toi'--- ..... ..-C. C. Warren
Plan'.at. ..Mi*- Sulir Naylor
Bible 4)u‘» l/oadrr..MI*R Janie-lpock
Group Contain*--M>.w Uycth- Nay
lor. Ml** WnyWia Naylor, Ml»» Kula
Bnai-, Mial Gertrude Price.
S**ed Op Wcrlr of L-fgu«
.The fifth w««l< of the oxvmhly of
th« league of na'ion* doing at Gene
va With •: big bum of HPi-ad ia an
rffoil to clear op the baainr** and
jperm!l of I he delegate* patting away
| before n»*t Sunday. The debate* on
I almost every riueatiun hare bee*
|di*wr> out far beyond anticipation*,
I b«r, with the approaching two ae»
Uion* mrk day. It i- hoped that tim*
will b ; found fa. V. the deli gala* U
i deliver the apaeeha* winch ha* beet
tuckad aaay in '.heir puck eta.
ASK CITIZENS FOR
COOPERATION IN
CLEAN U? DRIVI
! t'iven Carts At Disposal Of A(
Who Call For
Them
j HUNDREDS OF LOADS
HAULED THIS WEEK
Fut Superintendent Hunt Sxyi
Some Talk Are Not Helping
£j Movement — Prevent
Pretence o t Million* Of
Flies Next Summer—House
holders Duty Plain.
• ' I r the joint direction of the
Miatubi r of Ct nunerre and the ativet
rtraning department Ounn hsa been
••"fraeed finer v-itrrday morning in
> '•■-•'.'V up mmpalvn I'xtrnding to
every quarter of the town Huadrrda
Of loud* of iranh and refute piled
i'1 y*rj* and alley* »lncc Uat
-amrarr have bicn caitrd away to
'.hr dump flinec the campaign began.
There ir. however, still a great dost
o. wo k to do. and in romc qnurterr
’*• a notieralilr lack of co-op
riitlion diiiwn by houfteHoldcm, ac
coril.nit to Superintendent Hunt, who
- directing operation* for the street
cleaning department. For tfcU reason
ocer<-r*ry Riddle and Commisrinnart
n. H. Newberry and Loftin A. Tart.
whr. h«..f. a-Wm,».a n4 tL. A_a_a
for th» town, request that every eltl
make it liis personal business to
every case of non-attention to
*«:• town sanitary lavra
A thoionirh cleansing now will aave
Bineh worry and sick on# next sum
nice. Piles of fliUi ami garbage are
'be favorite haunts of the hibarnat
">g fly that is to multiply hit tribe
coXI nimmr . The death of one of
bese rilas now will prevent the birth
5‘ .■*uie millions of its fellows next
"I'ring on.l rummer. With the remo
val ninl destruction of filth piles now
■nan> of these pests an destroyed
Celts of the street cleaning depart
ment will be sent on call to any part
of the town. A Urge extra force of
1 .borers has been employed foi- this
campaign. Within u few days some
>f these will be discharged and the.
force reduced to its normal person
oil. It is the duty of ovary ritlaen to'
f®t irj ||oe with the clean up move
ment at once and aave the town the
r~^*tbP»nne of keeping the asp-.
A phone message "to Secretary Rkfl
H'e c.r to Superintendent Hunt will!
oring a cart to your door ut any time .
this week. Yin are asked to get busy.
PRICES ON DECLINE
IN COTTON MARKET
Serie: of Declines During The
Week At New Orleans;
Govt. Report Today
hicw.Orfo.-ms, Dec. 12. - A series of
declines attended the trading in cot
-'"l lost week, highest prices being
reached on the opening session and
lowest prices on the last sessions.
Closing prices showed ret losses of 12
io Cl points, distant months being
itrouter than the near, with the re
tail thnl premium# were established,
.lo-'b or month, January closing at
14 95 and July at 16.46. At the hlgh
-•t Ihe t-ading months were 40 to
"k points over th* level of the pre
rertinr week’s close and at the lowest
they were 27 to 110 under.
'-inch of the decline was due to
bearish exncvlation* concerning the
'tending estimate the crop by the gov
eminent, bul there was mote or lert
.’ifii.-" on continued curtailment by
m'lts. Sustaining influences were the
move to wvlve the War Finance Cor
•K*rution and the oignniaatlon of new
hanking concerns to finance foreign
trade.
. i saw •niivai »I| IWUt CK'P
by th* Department of Agriculture la
due nt I o'clock New Orleans time
Monitor. Ir. this maikct Tuesday will
l>e a holiday, on acrnunl of tha state
• lecion. and Wednesday la expected
to briny the monthly figures on Am
erican mills from the Census Bureau,
'lie ffluin item In tkeao statistics con
cerns consumption and It is expected
1o be unfavorable.
Il is quite generally conceded that
the estimate of the rron Monday will
1k> large. Private estimates range
from 12,250,000 hole# up to about
I t,000,(100 excluding lit)tors
Power Company May
Be Nearly Solvent
* " " *
'let steer John Rob Floras mm
Haps That Noas Will
Be Hurt
Knccuiacrinit rt porta onrsrning
liar* ftranclal condition of the Cum
berhmrl Railway, f-ight and Powei
Company are sort from No if oik bj
John Rob Baggett. of Lilllngtna
who waa appointed temporary leeeiv
er when the company waa thrown In
to bankruptcy two wacka ago. Mr
BamcU has been In Norfolk ainei
early last weak looking over thi
books of the company whom priori
pal offices aro now In the Vlrginh
city.
It Is believed that very nearly ha]
a million dollars of the company*
•tacks and securities wore bought V
•r*. Woplo of »W« immediate section
,lt It'reliably stated that the defane
Hank of Coots bold considerably mar
$200,000 of the securities. T
Ibla fact the bank's failure is largo)
Ki lend* of the fa
| will soon go baton
Town Commissioner*
'Mint s market spare
I farmers who bar* prod
rataU. It »• pointed on
'benefit the consumer,
faimer and help the m
bilisc price*. Under t'
rangemeal farmcm
peddle their atuff at
when local merchant. _
I with such good*. Of
rnrmer ean lind no __
contents himself with
get for hi* stuff and
with a sore glare in hia
fallow who bought at J
gainst the town gen#
This is not helpful to
;It Is hard on the fai
to the town. The me
|a fair price for hia
. mrr Is foiced to sail
Mho price the mere
ih;* stuff. A public
•which the farmar ec.
[wares and offer them
c**h would pros# * p
to him and to that po
lie that cares to pn_
through the “cash and
uni irai aia to taow
have wood for aale it
Secretary T. L. Riddle,
ber of Commerce. If
poeea the eatabllahmant
bureau te which
phone their order* f
which the farmer* ega
<W*. Undar present
era win not find it'
wood l* town lisle**
vioutly gotten order*
every day find*
log wood about the
any price, although
und steady marfcat I
desire* to
in touch
will save
Tho*e of
tell
have
namca
will do
Showing that there
ket here for wood, B
one of the moot
nett'* younger farm
pletcd a sale* earn
bon almost “wo
a rahvaa* of the
ample with
Speaking
minded that hr
stock farms in ia»|
hi* hog* are in brooding
purpose* in many the Coun
try He ha* one hug. r which he ha*
refused an offer of 13.SM. Ibis is
Aviator Wonder Ki.Tg. th* hoar that
headed the herd declared to be State
Champion Dnroe Jr rsdyt at the State i
Fair thi* year, Ducbesa the grand j
champion sow of North and South;
Carolina, also was In thi* herd of
ihire sows and oao'Soar.
The four bog* of till* hard weigh
3.300 pounds Boms. of thorn were
rxhibiud here thla year at the Har
reU County Fair and, of course,
were conalatent prise winner*. In
the eight year* H*nrv ha* beep far
ming and raising hog* he ha* bought
only fourteen bushel* of corn. All
of the feed hi* stock consumes is
grown at home. That la on* reason
be has found th* beside** profitable.
Hi* entire herd Includes fifty hoy*
Ht this time, although it nsaalTy
viand* at about 100. Hi* shipment*
this ttaron have been th* haevlest of
hi* experience.
Christian Women Raise
Sum For Their Work
Twanty-Ffe* Dollar* to Realised from
CelleetiMi al MlmUaery Day
Furdw
Member* of the Women'* Mission
ary Society of the Christian church
! etayf-d a most enjoyable program at
i their misdonary day enerciaea last
Sunday afternoon, nay also realis
ed something orer 125 from the col
lections mado for farther* oca of their
work.
The program follows:
Song—“All Hall the Power of Je
sus’ Nome.”
Scripture Readier—Matthew ft
jSt-SS—Mrs. P. H. Lynch.
Missionary Salt Mrs. Herbert
McKay.
Prayer—Mto. P. T. Maaaenglll.
Special Song by Girin
| Rending—-Mr*. J. J. Langston.
Announcement af Misdonary
Sketch—“Whltheitoeeer Thom Oo
! aot.”—Mr*. McD. BoBklay.
j Sean*: la ofhcalef Recruiting See
I rotary College ofi-MIsslons. Indiana
! pell., lad.
riijilatl CmmmIUm
, Mra Atwater—«Mra. Harper HoUI
Mw. Cunningham—Mra i. B. O’
Neal.
Mr. Corey—Mr: W. P. Williford.
Mr. Cana Ingham—Mr. J. M. Wil
son.
Candidate* Far Mhdaaarr Work
Mr. Smith—Mr. J. W. Wilson.
■ Mlaa Brown—Mina Lottk La*
Jonas
i' Mias Green—Mlaa Meta Harper,
i; Mr. Jones—Mr. Harper Holliday
Mra Joneo—Mra K. A. Stewart,
i MIm Black—Mia* Gladys V. War
ran.
r-—
• attrlbatcd. ./
r j Mr. Baggett’* Matomeat la enconr
•'aglOf to Invaatom If the *ltnaUst
1 l« *» toad as ho. Mem* to think It b
> no one wffl tow anything, althoogl
» several month* may bo rfgnhpd ti
r rtrolfhton out the company's affairs
HOTEL BACKERS
VOTE TO RETURN
SUBSCRIPTIONS
AaMibui Plans Ahandoaeot
For Presaut, But Will
Build Socn.tim*
'BUTLER DISTRIBUTES
FUNDS HERE TODAY
I Crowd Aakad To Form Lina
And Avoid Shoving—Those
Who Gov* Notes And Port
dated Chock* Can Call hi
Thoir Doga- .Satisfaction To
Stockholders.
Hopes of the immediate realisation
ef those roseate dreams which had
as their motif a stalely structure with
ornate ornamentation known as “that
Hotel** were dashed to the ground
last night when a bevy of money
hungry stock holders met In the
rooms Of the Chamber »f Commerce
and voted to return to each that por
tion of hi* teheeriptlon paid in when
the movement to baild was started in
the heyday of Dann*s glorious money,
spending jag rcmt twelve month*
ago.
Thit Bct'on brought rlnum in llinaa
who wer» anxious to xco the Mg
•tructur* completed and 1 erring in
purpose- of glorifying Dunn in the
•yvt of the traveler. Rut it brought
Wide and plreaing grin* to tba coaa
tonancea of those who bad pot up the
cash, bccansc In th* language of that
crap (hooting colorod gentleman who
followed tbw fonoaea of the army
OYC-Tiwmd "Cath la the only thing they
ain't got aothia* hot.”
SflittHM CAB 1 mnw.
Traveler*, in the eye* of the bate
buoinror circlet, uie the most a totem
of all animal* that now visit what
ware once the bnty marts of trade.
Traveling mleomca ora to far from
welcome them May* that Dunn bud
aces mm do not care whether they
are given a place to sleep or not. Ko
ally they would prefer that the sot
ting of tha ran find thorn wall on tharr
way to other points. This, perhaps,
la on* reason why nobody la anxiout
U> put oat cash for the hotel project
at this time.
Lest night’s action, however, doe*
not mean that Dunn is never to have
tha hotel The charter is to be rotain
h.ng plaiinpWBWHUsWyfPMP^PBB
total—about the “annost* hotel them
(Coetianed Os Page 5.)
PRESENT BUSINESS
SLUMP IS NATURAL
Charles M. Schwab Says The
Severer The Storm The
Quicker It Will Emd
Kcrw York, Drc. 11.—The existing
•lump in butinest Is only tbs nntaral
transition of Industries returning to
t normal basil fiom the speeding up
of production made necessary by the
war, declared Charles 11. Schwab,
chairman of th* board of director*
of th* Betblvhvm Steel Corporation,
in an sddree* here tonight at the
annual dinner of the Pennsylvania
ceelaly.
“I-want to gc no record here.’* laid
Mr. Schwab, at “saying nothing
could be VoHhler for American buta
ne** thus the very condition through
which wc ore now parsing. The sever
or the storm now, tha- nuirker it will
be over uud the sooner wu can em
erge . Into dear weather and shape
our count upon the sea of prosper
Commenting upon the status of un
employed laborer., Mr. Schwab ftal
ed that “the great need of the world
today it to work hard and rave."
This, he aald, apptiee to mea af
mesa* aa well a* working men. Tha
man who fall* to work waa character
ised as a "slacker" who "desarrea no
place among honorable am."
The foreign trade of the United
State* depend* upon the power af
badness men to think "internation
ally,” Ur. Schwab aald, la advocat
ing the plan of trusting la the good
faith and productive power of *•*
repo by sending raw malarial., and
accepting Is payment securities rep
resenting their producing activities.
Mrs. Morrow Treats 377
Children at White Way
School Youns*a*r* So* Com*dy And
TfcvUUr Pro* At Movto
Hooso
Thrilled end tmuoed by the daring
exploits of the hero-villata ia "Hid
den Dangers” sod the comical ca
pers of Max Seonetfa remedies*, S77
boys and girts of th# Dunn Graded
School. Thorsdsy afternoon voted
Mrs Marsh Morrow the f I nett little
woman la town. It was Mm. Morrow ■
troat. There wu no *e«t to th# r«»og
stem except the two cento a piee.
that Uncle Rom mast hsva ss wei
•tax on seek admission.
This was the forerawner of a so
' r'r* of children** mattaoe’s th<
' Whits Way will gtve Hiring the hob
day* These will ho held logalarlj
ones or twleo a week bcjrtnaiag will
next Fr.day aftarpoon. The price b
children wbl bo 11 rente Grows ap
| can attend too. bat they xrtb bo *«k*
the rsgnlsr admission price.
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* STATE FACTS J
* • i
* Nows of North CarsUaa Cm- *
* Cuwdonmd for Qaiok *
P«nss^ hr Busy Kssdsrs «
ln»«| To Bo iwns
Tils rcvsnucrs sad police have ad
mlmsMrod a aoar-knockout to bops*
*'“*?;*" 'yeoo* eoanoiseur*. “.last
* Us»*M will be out of place km
the cornier holidays; then. wlN hot
ba any booss. from present indica
tions. The isam odist,- soctiaa is "dry
•r” than ercr in history, and Federal,
county and municipal authorities s
fr*o that they nave such a rtarttrk
hold oa Uis traffic that it win nover
erne back on a bkr oealo. Tbs police
clalai there Is no liquor there. Tho
■horjff s oBer asserts that there are
'•wer stills in loiwlr roanty rhea
oeor before. Revenue officers declare
their activities la Jones. Lenoir,
Wayi« and Crevtn cnantiw recently
_ .ChUrw Dio la Flee
Two cblldmn are dead, anotbar
may die and a man was painfully
turned._aa a resuli of a fire at Am
Cherokee county, according
to information just received horn. Tho
fire was discovered la the two story
frame buildi»e of tbs Southern rail
way power station sad rapidly coa-1
turned the entire stracturs. Jos
Constant, the four year old sea of|
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Constant, and
Orin Hyde, the A yaar old son sf Mr.1
sad Mrs. Hyde were so terribly bum-1
sd that they died a few bourn after
the Are and one of the Cotatant I
dtildraa is not expected to InT^
_ Noi t. VI rtf AaWiH*
Senate: Warren G. Harding, Pro*
ideat elect af the United State*, will
aot visa Asheville la the immediate
futoro and may poaaJbly fail to eome
before hi* iuaugarallau. March 4, ae>
cording to word received there Sat
Precedent Dan Baric and
■ocretny Emmett E. Cadrr, af the
Asheville Rotary Club, in reaponsc to
mn am rouble Ulegrams sent him by
the Board of Trade and varioaa other
rtube and civic organisation!.
That JacWa Matter
The Jackson county canvasMng
board matter will come to light sSaiii
for that* — -
my they.
•fit «,f
Marshall Orilg, of' thTrfarat Baptim
church of Kin stun, who will aot atur
to *ec H developed, fence he win go
t" a Virginia rharga nest month, but
he pot that it may be followed up by
others Mr Craig suggest! the spread
ing of “p opagarda for good" by this
means.
Aeroplane Injur** CM
Rising from the grotmd but failing
to attain the proper altitude, an air
plane driven by Pilot Clark Sunday
afternoon atrcclc an automobile at a
landing field In Myers park, injaring
Mrs. Copeas and her foar year old
daughter, Grace Jackson. The child’s
skull was fractured and is late tonight
unconscious in a local Charlotte hos
pital.
‘Te* For 1W Combi
To Metropolitan Hera
Three Act C.mody leotudee Beet
Leigh la StriH Coat Sat
erdey Night
8»lwyn gad Company have a genu
ine treat for theatre-goer* in “Tee
ifer Three" which they win prreenl
rat the Metropolitan Theatre or Bar
urduy evening, December 18 Tht
*»mp*ny come* here direct from Nee
folk and Richmond ,
The play Itaelf, tho cert and th<
production are heralded aa eae of th<
reel dramatk novettle# af the year
“Tea for Throe’ la a comedy ii
three acta. It ii a real human docu
went, a style of writing In whicl
Mr. Morgue may well be mid to ex
eel. Abounding In real humor, th<
play, moreover brittle* whh dtua
Uona that are teUneoly dramatic.
For Morgue It may he mid la trail
that no American playwright, in Or
wit few year*, hat ihown great*
facility in the writing of Amortaai
Comedy. Hie viewpoint U that o
Ibe avama men in thU country, an
be Hue the knack af transferring hi
wny of looking at thing* to hit plays
"Tern for Three" abound* wit!
laughx. It lo filled with tenoe dramat
'* situation* and it move* aloni
tbroorh ita story rapidly and mneoUi
Iv. Not a little uf the excellence o
Use play la due to the caet which I
I headed by Bert Leigh and Include
Mllliceat Hanley, J. W. Cowell, Mai
gnret Tybe and Brace* Hickok. Bool
now on tale at Wllaon aad Lae1
; drug atOTC.
City af Corh Burned
la reprleol for an attach upon mil
i ita nr at Plttieno Croat Saturday, i
I largo eectlon of the city af Oork, Ire
1 land, waa burned Sunday afteinoo
> and might Tree* deep*tehee state the
three eitlicn* watt taken from the!
» he met and ehot la death foltowin
' tho attack on the tolditr*. The Si
invaded both the business and re*
■ denlial f|Barter* af the blah elt
* Cork la the town of which Terroni
- MaeSwlnvy. the an who stanri
r himself to death after hi* arreel 1
* Ui* British, eraa l-nrd Moyer,
ft ■ " ■ ' ' ■
* Meat time yon bit* Into n Uni
d beeftUak blame cattle Uclu—ssot U
butcher.
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| EUROPEAN RELIEF
; BODIES COMBINE
IN BIG CAMPAIGN
|W*»V a pagFis
i CHAIRMAN Or COUNCIL
1 A.W. <rk-. Hinlrtm. SmU
| Warfare AM
SSl£!2r-±£ss!i’j~
cruolfabtoA tetofaTvlfafaSSS
fa«W V *• Nrrtfc CuyliarSrSoo
t*i« mtwtr tmmmd' ImMe Belief
Cotmcil, wttk tUr —Wnt
•*» u follow*:
A»«ric»n Belief Adminlet^tion
iiaftgtatag,_
r VeA r—._V_a_ * — _ -
i through the holiday*.
** Mniiwn to H«k
During tba tire, the yeqC *f th.
«**• are wrnreUy Big ad to aid the
Relief Council in having n
collection taken at every gatherlim
hold in Worth Carolina for tho bon?
I Ac destitute children eg E*.
I roue.
The European Belief Council eaU*
I upon every minister is North Cairo
jlina to bring to the attention of hi*
,t**3a~«s tras
■ million* of offering children in Eu
rope and take a collection for their
bench t. It ia detirod that on >w-»
,dny In religion* meeting! of every
kind, church, Sunday ecbool, aocie
llo* end aaeociatioat, a collection ha
taken for there children. Ail rhorch
orgaluxation* arc r*<juc»t*d to eoa
Itinue three collectiw* through De
cember 80th, at all meeting*. Church
otRciei*, both me* aad women, are
umd during thl* time to relied eon
jtrlbutionii.
Tk* aaUtAMg ref an#UI __
; civic organization ia each eoaunaat
ty ia desired in procuring speakers
to present the need of these children
!to aadti-ncs, at theatres and moving
picture shows and ta designating
committees to taka a collection at
i every performance. Yog are urged
not to wait for somebody mm to do
this, but to take Urn iaittoUva yoar
aolf and aoe that your organisation
looks after this important week ia
, your community.
Store*, and other public places, are
i urged to prepare boxes, or ether re
copuelan, convnniontly located, ia
, which donations may be pla sad. Wo
. man’s Clubs and Societies are arged
to kelp by toeing to It that such tax
i ea are placed, aa well as by appolat
i log committee, to solicit contribu
, Uoas froaa their members,
il All man's clubs, fraternal and be
r,novolsnt organlaelloas, retoriaa, Kl
11 weals, ate., are expected to aaaiat hr
11 furnishing speakers for thee tree, and
. by appoint.ne comasHtoss to seMaft
, donations from their metobsra.
■ ■ Th« principals of all public aehaala
t In North Carolina are kaiihy re
. Quested to explain this worthy eases
r to their pupils and give them aa *p- .
i port unity to oentrwuto- It la also
, hoped that ta aD bealaeas ergaalaa
- 'tioxs, Itaiwha wUI
, [he appointed to solicit donations.
I • "
l««l W.,»dml to Freges
g*T*ral persona were wounded la
Pragen, the capital ef the new coun
try of Cacchoslovakin, Friday when
i th. police, Ih *n attoipt to diaZml
Is Parliament buildings
• mrrumdad and «"
II lacked, flred Into too crowd. Gov
riarnaovet buildings in this Merest ef
g.Kuropcan capital* ate now aader
e heavy military guard. It it mid, and
|. * serious trouble I* thrtmtoned
*1 dress *| War la Ireland
d> A proclamation declaring that “to*
T public must at <mea real!a* that Ire
| lend I* la a stats a# war wftb fares*
v of tbe British crown" bas bean Iseaed
a over tb* signature of the odUor oom
»• manding troop* *f tb* IiMf rsgobti
aaa army at aouaty Monaghan
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