THE DUNN
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Volume VIII. Dunn, North Carolina, <
HARNETT COUNTY’S VALUABLE
RESOURCES BEING DEVELOPED
Standard Sand & Gravel Company Has Installed
Thoroughly Modern Plant to Mine and Wash
Gravel for Boad Building and Commercial Pur
poses—Great Boost to This Section and Its Rail
' roads.
“Harnett County U one of the rich
■t counties in North Carolina in
•and and naval for road building.
* * * It has the greatest wealth
of natural road material of any eas
tern county in North Carolina. Is
lington has promise of soon becoming
the moat important gravel and sand
market in North Carolina -it not in
the South."
This ii Information given in a pre
liminary report of Iho land and
gravel resources of Harnett County
by the North Carolina Geographical
and Economic Survey. Special refej
ance is made l»> Islington as bccom
Int lithe most 'mportant sand aV.d
*t” because of the fact
ba surrey of the ruaour
<“1 cou.iK
i«f
Bh ought. But tUMI
> method *
ere it U found thdt If B
gle of rock and <|p*>ri« P
di, the Standard Sand 0
party haa used it* own P
ed and surface from “
uy. Even driftwood i»
to accumulate dn the
ar standing risen and
clear against pebble and sand.
• Turning a curve la th# walkway
which leads to the oSka building, the
visitor a set the mighty laundry aa it
draws the ',odilodTr gravel up the
great incline, at the apex of which
the water ia turned en and the ma
terial is cleaned and graded, the slit
and dirty water petalng dawn the
flame. Lowering the eye, the hum
of the greet washer almost loeos its
-..m tka ssatAS Vas 4ka*a Km.
netfh the big divator is a Mat little I
grove of original pine, not bedraggled |
by dirt and grime, nor beset by ran
dom undergrowth, bat trimmed and
cultivated, the ground smoothed and
graveled round about. Taming aad
looking aerooe the tramway, there to
a planked stoekade which cauaoa cu
riosity to assort Itself. "You are wel
come,” of course, to look, and what
you see beyond la a pit for "down
and out” machinery and working ma
terial that has served It* time.
InhtKhutiklB ilagh
Just what this gravel mining plaat
means for tho future development
commercially of this section as well
as tho wholo state cannot he fully
eomprshondod unions one takes Into
eonrideratlen Its immense volume.
"An inexhaustible storehouse of the
very best quality of quarts gravel for
rood building and commercial pur
poses," is tho way W. L. Spoon, aan
for North Carolina highway engi
neer In charge of Federal aid, Boreas
of Bonds, pats it. Mr. Bpeon baa ex
amined and passed span thie gravel,
hi the interest of tho United Stale*
government, of tor. exhaustive testa.
Lot u« hero quota from tho import
ofthe Geological Survey:
"LiUlagtau, tho souatyaoat, in tho
Mater of tho county. Is practically in
the center of the gravel deposits. A
lnrgc port of the groeol dopoeits oc
cur along the south bank of the Cope
Hear River. The richest part of the
deposit* center ju»V on the northwest
edge of the town of Lillingtoa. From
thte point the gravel deposit* spread
out to the went at»d northwest along
the south bank of the Cap* Fear
lUver. and along Blackfsnith Crock,
n total dtaUnct of aix or tight mile*
in length and two to three mlloe in
width. Small deposits of gravel occur
two or three mile* to the southwest
of the town of,Lillingtoa. North of
the Cape Fear and north of tha town
of Llllington along tho Norfolk Sou
thern Hoilway near tha little station
of Cape Fear some local deposit* of
gravel are also found. About 20
miles southwest of Llllington Jus:
The '
froe from
the gravel of ,
’ bio grade,
walked,
concrete
L. In
nits the
not over
i prop'-r
7 gravel
la gravel
gravel
J walks,
is raatcr
year.
•it* ii of
quantity
of cubic
i ratpect
railroad
L The
Gravel
over and a
being built
occupied bjr
ia not morel
the Norfolk
ib more than
mile away
_ r.”
Bon* | Moat
Ik * vory industrial and iom
nereial interest in tbi« territory will
[■rofit by this great development of
tur natural rexourcae, yet ft le very
plainly to be seen that the one great
nonefliciaiy will be the Norfolk South
i-m Railway, upon whose line the
tonnage originates and whom part
will be the lion’s share of the haul.
As said before, the Standard Sand
fc Gravel Company offers to doublo
the freight traffilp of the Norfolk
Southern, and that, too, with an ar
ticle of freight that doea not require
the service! of station, masters and
stevedore* to load and unload, trans
fer and check by parcel. It ia a gol
den opportunity for tho Norfolk 800
thern to step out of the poverty-etric
ken class of railroad*.
era a._j a n_1 r*
mny it organised witb an author!*- t
id capital of $600,000. of which j
1260,000 ia paid in. The officer* are: i
Fohn A. Royall, Pi-rMdont; K. V. <
WoHb, Vico-President; Gilbert C.
White, Trrasorer; J. McK. Spears, i
Manager; C. B. 8«TTrll, Superintend- i
tat. i
The motive power for the opera
tion of thr plant eonaiata of 1*0
home power holler and engine. The
engine ia connected to a line aha ft
which In turn through pulleys driven
the elevating machinery, two stage
Worthington pomps, and washer.
The raw material It dug from the
hills by two steam shovels and a
drag line, placed iato industrial earn,
transported and damped dlrgct Into
a hopper. From here is ie elevated
to a Bright of <7 foot through the
median of a 24-inch rubber belt,
which travels upon ballbearing roll
er*,, ap an Inellne of 18 degree*, 187
feet.
Quart* I* Cleansed
At this point the material in de
livered into three units of rwvehrlag
screens, where water plays upon It
at the rate Of I.SO* gallons per
miauls. This is separated the aand and
gravel The ecreeas grade the gravel
Into flv» sites, and the sand is de
posited into salting tanks, which
Six Were Chained To
Rofks and Thrown In
River At Farm Alive
"Mr. Johasy” Told Him, Witao*.
Sold. “It's TUr Nook* Or
Year*-”
Covington, Go., April V.—Fear for
hi* oyv n life wa> the motive that pro
mpted Clyde Manning, aggro farm
bc»K, to help kill 31 negro farm hand*
employs 1 on tbe Jasper county p'.nv
tatior. of John F. William*, the negro
told the Jury trying William* in New
ton County superior court here today.
Manning awrted on triaecxamlna
lion he did not want to hp'.p kill tham
but wa« afraid to disobey William?,
who, ho declared, wa» trying to do
away with the negroes for fear they
might testify regarding peonage con
dition* on the William* farm.
"They wasn't abothcring
Manning, a coal-black, abort
built man of about ISO
1 didn't want to get
wiy," '1»ut, he added,
tutor, “Mr. Johnny said,
neck* or
The
ter
nr dm imBR it opininm traywr
er*« autoox&ilt, ha had run Into •
mail box.
Hulaad, Marvin and Leroy Wil
liam*, sons of the defendant, for
whom Governor Hugh Dorsey has ask*
cd indictment] in Jasper county whvn
the grand Jury thrrn taker up on
April 11 investigation of the death*
of the eight negroes in that county,
wore not in court again today, hut Dr.
Got Williams, the oldest son, flatly
denied reports that they had left the
slate. They probably will attend the
□rial later he mid.
Action On Road Bill
Deferred Until May
Ceualy Commissioners Find Tee
Mach Other Busiest. To Discuss
Matter in April Mss bn*
No action am* taken on the new
Harnett County road bill when the
County Commissi oners held their re
gular monthly session in Lillingten
list Monday, ‘l'k* matter was deferred
to the next lcgular mealing on thr
first Monday in May.
More than 300 Interested citizens
were present to express their view*
on the matter, but because of U><
pres* of other important buslaea* the
! board could not roach it in the tims
i allowed ror tho meeting,
t Opponents uf the measure wore in
- the majority among tho big crowd
! present, but there were many whe
t frit that such a law was necessary U
the intelligent coodurt of th* eounty’i
I road business. The bill proridoa foi
i creation of a county roaa comruixsioi
i and th* levying of a 10 cents tai
- on real and personal property for th<
e building and maintenance of the sec
i ondary roads of the county.
h The tax, howovor, will not appl;
- In those township* which already a?
- paying an equal amount for row
v building and maintenance purposei
ump automatically. Th* »llt and wa
re pin *ff through a flame ai vrnatc.
tin• of *• eara capacity take ear* at \
hi rvfincd product, whith i« delivag
d through chute* to railway eara.
Particular attention ia given to the
hipment sf cement clay gravel, u
lateral road building material, Thi*
llam of material la not waabvd but
„ken directly from the mine, la
icreeatd and loaded eboard can for
ib turnout.
The company baa carried oa thi*
rrenen of the gravel baiiaeea tor
yearn and It* product ia known all
>vnr the State. I.erge quae title* of
thin material are now being ahipped
la the different count!** end muntel
palltlce of the etute for i-ond and
rtrect building purpotca, and lo the
United Slalre government at Camp
Bragg, where upward* of ltS.400 ca
ble yard* have boon mod for bonding
The plaat of tbo Standard Band A
(Iraval Company, which I* the moat
modern and wrfl equipped la the
South, wai dovlrned by the Stcvaa*
Adamaon Manufacturing Company of
Aurora, m.. who alao furnithod th*
machinery Th* plant baa capacity
of 40 ear* par day. A freight car
caa be loaded from Uia graval bln*
in thro* minute*.—Hamctt County
Naan.
Progress Is
Solving The
Of Ex
Httdi Of The luiMioM
Add Their I <« T.
The
Washington, April Progrru In
solving the govern problem of
caring for cx-rerv , whether
sick or dSSbltd, or ally fit, bjt
having Anancial clai be adjust
ed, war made h«r« at the ftm
meeting of Praaiilen .rding't »pv-j
eln! commiio'on, ‘ by Chartca
C. Dawes, of Chic* appointed tv
Inquire Into t|ic Kl ' n. It wax
unanimously agreed the admnix
trativt machinery no ja nratlng •*»
arately in the mvci Ida of sol
dicra’ relief xhoold consolidated
under one eantral Ity probab
ly a new axaciUiva r who woald
be reapoaalbte dill the Presi
dant.
Heads, of all the ui having to
do. war vetrr
and Col.
tlonal corn
legion, raid
1 idea of a
iu. Vht* in*
iw»» Laid,
of the p,ob
grncral ad
n who are
under the
arr.tal rex
ijJBprc -ar J gen
L"B*on Ginernl
■I hrultb nr
gljrjJ b* willing l«
Bjji'B the plan, mi
BQ^Bdiar* :i con
wfi^Knd Uel Lan;
S*9^Krd To. vucu
^^Hcrid placing
complete;>
MM^Led rr» rn
Ig^fcuaion of all
yggKtii e'jppmti
ah but- 1
teravent of soldiers IpUhAdstrimai*
•f the notion u • whole.
‘The eaaoaee of the whale thing.,
Mr. Dewee mid in diieueetat the work
of tbo investigating commission, “in
speed ” Something remedial should
be dons without delay, without wait
log for construction of permanent
hospitals Soldiers now without treat
aunt will have pewed the . stage
when hospitals will help them, if wc
wait."
It was stated authoritatively to
night that the commission would com
plete its investigation and present its
recommendations to President lt*.d
ing by the week end. At the sugges
tion of its chairmen, the committee
met tonight in executive session to
consider the testimony heard during
the day.
Many Patients Witbewt Treatment
Dr. Thomas W. Salmon, of the
Rockfeller institute, told the commis
sion that one half of the governments
beds worn unsuitable for tubercular
eases. “Wc know tnere are 4,000 such
patients," he said, “and 0,000 mental
sufferers who are today without
treatment by the government because
they refuse to go into charity and
state institutions."
The quesion of hospital facilities
was threshed out at length and re
f vailed in a request tram Thomas W.
Miller, alien property rustudlan and
: foitner colonel in the army, that
Chairman Dawes poll the commission
’ lo ascertain whether it favored ask
' ing Congress to increase its last ap
1 peopriation of 118,000,000 and pro
r vide n permanent hospital buildini
1 program. The question was onnni
1 moody Indorsed with the proviso tha
f the request he mads In cm tha a
' green ent for s consolidated service I
incorporated in the Anal report sub
f milted to President Harding,
s
i :-:
New Appraisal Board
Appointed For County '
%. Call**., Allan M. Shaw sad H.
S. Holloway Will Direct Ammi «
■iMa in CmMJ
F. S. Cullom, A. M. Shaw and H.
1. Holloway form the board of ai>- i
srtisel recently or sated by the Hoard
>f County Commissioners to direct
the appraisal of property for taxaa
In Hamrtt County this yonr. Tba
board will hold iU flnt mooting in
LlUlngton coon and will appoint os
ar tsors for the various township*.
To tbit board all complaints con
cerning pruscat sppieiult should be
made. The member* will strive to
imuimecU in all parte of
the counts and will undertake to
treat all eltiaens alike. It is unlikely
that any general reduction will bo
made, but it it certs la that msnv
readjustments will bo undertaken.
It it stated that load in drove own
ship, for Instance, i» In many Instaa
eca assessed st half tko appraisal of
land in Averaboro which would bring
little If any more If sold In ns open
market. It la aoeh inequalities aa these
that the new board will endeavor, to
correct.
Utah has bastard the sale of cigar
ottos.
f I
FARMERS WHO ARE
SUFFERING LEAST
Tbejr Are The Ohm Who Hath
Mel r.irw Essential I
Conditioai
tty O. D. WIMJAVS
Chief, Division of Agronomy.
Go In ar.y community or Ihc state
•vbe.e voltnn anil li haeco ar* the ma
jor who aio suffer log least from the
p vent dtp' vision in pliect Of them
vropa below 0.* cost of production.
If one will study the practices of them
fat mere it will be found in a vast
majority uf canes they or their fath
er* an the ones who have in tbo past
looked (1) to the proper building up
and maintaining the producing power
of their toils; (2) to lha proportion
of their own food and food needa as
far as practicable; and (3) kan not
depended sb'ely upon one crop for
sale, hut hare usually had - at least
one major i mp ami two or more mi
nor ones. In addition to providing for
the food and feed needs of the family
and stnrl; on the fmm. Seldom doc* It
• c.ult in permanent prosperity for
the fm.'ial farmer to plunge into a
ore c.op system or any other one fee
tuu system of farming.
ibi* la a year when it would ap
pear to be wi«e to grow more legu
minous crop,, like soybeans, cowpeas
and the rlove s, ‘.ban have been scod
rd in thi past, growing only thorn
uilad to one’s conditions and needs;
more corn,, especially in unction* of
| the Unit where enough of thi* crop
ha* not heretofore Been grown to
•noet the needs of the farms; suffi
cient hay and forage for the work and
other lives lock on the farm; oata, a
lune or with vetch, where the latter
will grow, for hay; and rye grown
*>' a* to secure the moat economical
yield* per acre. Profitable production
uf all r ope, to a large extent, la In
dependent upon medium to high acre
yields wnivh have beer, obtained by
the u.e of ibe best methods of pro
due Lion.
It would appear, too, to be wise
generally to materially cut the acre
age devoted to eottoa and tobacco
ar.d so handle the acreage of these
crop* for gras’ng and soil improving
puipoac*.
Go mineravat you may la Nutt
Gacoliaa or anywhere else and when
the >*9.1* BTC ijyojluetive and fatten
.wil
Kate will «ana aura safely frem the
rod action standpoint, and will, at
he man tima, maka our land* mom
iroductive and tbs cultivation of
bom mora remunerative.
Below are given a number of ro
at:oni >uliable for raetern North
Carolina farm*. Bg the am of the
■otation. or rotav.onj of a similar na
are, and by handling the legumes as
ihould be. there should me a material
or-raue in the producing power of
moat soils on wheih they pro grown.
It shoo'd not be inferred, however,
ibat some fei til'aer of some kind will
not have Vo be used fur the iudn crops
lor iurh an inference in most cases
would not be justified by facta. Jf the
legumes arc used, ac indicated, there
would be a material reduction, how
ever, In the quality and cost for fer
tilisers nrr«mry to be purchased for
best returns on lands on which the
rotation* are followed, certainly so
after a year or so, or after one good
crop Ims bwen turned under, the fob
lowing rotations arc suggestad for
faimvis growing mainly corn and
eo*ten; tobarro and eottnn; tobacco
and some pasturage; and peanuts.
First year—Com followed by crim
son clover.
Second year—Com with cowpoai
nv soybeans, the latter turned undta
Third year—Oats, and Vetch
or oats and crimson clover.
First year—Tobacco followed bj
oats and vetch.
Second year—Oats and vetch foi
hay. followed by cowpeas er soybean,
turned under.
Third year—Cotton with crlmsoi
clover or sown in the cotton aftc
first picking and eiover plowed on
der.
First year—Tobacco followed b
rye and cr'msoa clever; or rye an
vetch in fall.
Second year—Com with cowpea
ur soybeans turned andcr; oau an
vetch.
inire )imr—mil ana vein, sol- .
iwkI by soybean* or eowpaas turned ‘
"dci ; gram mixtsira In mtly fall.
Fourth year—OraaN.
Fifth year—Grasses.
Y'.nt year—P valuta followed by !
rimion clover and rya
Second year—Corn with courpoa*
r soybean*, the latter tamed uhder. '
Third year—Cora followed by cri- ,
noon clover or rya and vetch.
jOTTON COMING UP
IN SEVERAL STATES
Washington, April 0—Cotton U op
10 a good itand in Georgia, southern
rexaa. and in vcclloi s of l.ooMana.
i«td the weekly crop bulletin limed
by the Department of Agriculture.
F«rm work no me whit retarded dur
ing the werk by conridernblo rainfall
and pi operation for plaating eottoa
made alow pragma In the northeas
tern poitlen of the bell and In North
ern Alabama. Planting waa not active
in Texas, but progressed falrty well
la Louisiana and la becoming general
in erntral and aoutbers Arkansas.
Mt. Vmwotna In Eruption
Naples, Aprtl I.—Mount Veeuhrs*
la It active erupt inr The erupt la a ta
the most violent In ftftovn year*. It
is being accompanied by Impromlea
internal rumbUngr.
Haraiig Oppose Any
Pr#c piitu Action In
A S'teuxt Declaration
D*m Net fcuim Y»n >1** Part Cm
•* Iwii I* New Aaae
Wasklngton, April Whatever
may he the UMctiUsw of BepgbH
cua senator* who waat aa early dm
ciaration of peace with Germany, it
wae mad* kaewa authoritatively to
day that President Harding has not
thiewo the iaftaeace of his tMsie
Ualion behind the movement, hot
was iacliaad to took with disapproval
oa any prospect of precipitate action.
It was revealed that the President
had not. In fact, committed hiaseeW
to any definite program for the resto
ration of peace, though ho was said
t* be leaning more aad more to a be
lief that the Verse die* covenant can
not in any practical way he u*cd now
as s basis for Us association of na
tion* He U canvassing the situation
carefully in the light of information
aad advice which has come to him
since his in sags ration, aad although
a part of Us program guy b* decid
ed on soon, it probably will be many
week* before It Is revealed ia entire
ty..
la has eoasidsatien of tbs peace
rveolation, which seme el the senate
leaders went to prem to an early pas
sage ia the special session of —*»
Le.we.l.. Id.ed.W •'
under.tuod to have Udnlij ’■
that hn th« settlement
a question the nation nK
with cart and prudena^Bj
that h* ha* not vritf.X^^H
pi-oval he p*ve the reach Jj'.
supported it in the laet-j^Ht
convinced tharuHK
situation dot. not r^KJgl
much a- it r«quiree^BK|8
lAi-ravion. "1 iSSI
Scat AdvantariB^^^
The administrate £ IBlD
rd a-hat slamvrta ate it^KHj
datarraination of its a^B
there have been hr.di^H
it would consider iawif U^H
iitlon to make adbosu^^K
ciatlon of nation. £ '^■jX
claratlen were ^°!39
have comc to
of the leadini itstt^Mi
aider paiaasc of tif£: /‘■PS
handicap in the
peace conceit weakd/S\ J
of. lh< American Kovdg kJ
(mAi aaaociatoiin^lheVJ
ira mm ■ ■■■nat
Mite idtwitel if tt
naiaa to bo drrilspii
At o dinner hero lei
the senator* most
sign relations ere
informed K. V
French preraier
that hie go
that e peace
long delayed
mensure quickly
of the epecial seal
prcM unbounded c
will he adopted qu
There hei been
the President
fight to delay
oa the subject
[grew will be
delicate shades
impression he
have ranch well
of bit party.
locaT
WARMS
ANNU
Vatari Agala DitUim Om QamiaTTI
ColWai OM laud at Haa4 at
Gavaruuat
Comet now the time when Dm*
1 cn*a*c* la iu rnornl fi*hl te deter
mine who i* to handle IU fovematn
‘ tal rein* for another year. Aa aenal
r there ere thee# who Use np with
' thorn who are la aad thorn “a*'ia"
anybody aad emiythia* thah has any
[ thin* to do with this** aa they ar*
1 On the one aide we ham 3. Idem
. Wade, mayor, aad Eilia Goldstein, W.
| 3. Jones, Loltin A. Tart sad William
1 II. Newberry, Ceaunimleaert, who.
MiV JKMpy* vwwi* IW"| worn# ww ora- I
■cod to become candidate* for an-l
thtr term. On tbo other wo bate
nother aet of eqaolly good ettiaoat
rho are dirpleaeod with moat of lb*
najor acta of the preoonl edmlnlrtra
ion oad are determined to ladoo* n
otally different eet to try for tb*
i Seta
In tb* fleet ward tho name* of Bol
r Cooper, Walter Howard, Oeorgo
Pop* and nu other* bra been
toggeaUd for commUotenere. la tbo
tecond P. A. Leo at erne to bo tb*
manlaeoa* choke of tbooo who on
to** Mr. Tart. J W. Purdl* and 3.
L. Hatcher bar* been aoggoeted a* a
pair from whkb to ehooee o candi
date to mccood Mr. Newberry i* tho
third. Charter B. Aycock or HoiBert
B. Toy tor at; bo Indacod to oft**
oppoattlea to Mr. Ooldetela.
A* yet tb* iota erection late bare not
euggoated a caodidato for Mayor, ot
thoagh J. W. Whitehead, who woo
aoccoeded by Mr. Wade, I* acceptable
to moot of them ro for of It con be
loomed.
Meantime, tb* Ttepablicana la towa
are keeping band* off. Tboy ore hop
ing (bat enoogb Dim I mail will V
oot of lb* primary to make the dghi
laterottlng la earn aa Independent
ticket la aaaMkd In that root they will
«%tee to get a eaapb* of pbt« on
the ticket. Wltk their rtrength they
or* confident Urn* an Independent tic
ket can be elected.
cm
Meat man. committed aakida abamt
• o'clock thla maniac at hia ham a
n milm from thia city, Mowing tha
op of hie Hoad off with a double We
aled shotgun. Hr. Elliott had baaa
n ill koahh far a roar aad U mid
0 Have coffered from dmpandemey.
Hit ilfolem body waa foand thla
ftemoon by bis coasts, William Eh
iou, who Iked with him. Ha bad
listed Urn barrel* af the gan la Ms
aaoth aad pulled the Moan of hath
tarrok with a forked atkh which was
itlll hold la his head wham hia hady
aaa discovered.
Hia eeasin had spent tha aaonlac
la Poyottavflle aad an Ms ratters
homo era* Informed that Mr. BHo#
had net been men for aaaaral boors
■nd a scorch followed. Mia .hoaoa
keeper had Waa 01 with pose meats
far 10 days.
Tha new* of tha tragedy was a
•hock la many friend* of Mr. BUett
in Paystterille. Ha waa highly es
teemed socially aad hi* stand bead
aaaa judgment sraa maab valued. Be
was a director af the National Beak
of Fayetteville aad aa oneestar af
the large aetata af C. U Bavtt. Ha
wm II years old aad cams fried. Mama
1 of hia Immediate family eureka,
i though ha had a Bomber af latatkaa
In Cwdiihii and Harnett aa—
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