THE DUN*
Volume VIII. Dunn, North Can
CHATTANOOGA WINS
NEXT CONVENTION
OF ROAD BOOSTERS
National Good Road* Associa
tion Petitions Congress For
Federal Aid
GOVERNOR BROUGH TO
BE NAMED PRESIDENT
i
Continuous Flow of Good
Roads Oratory Features
Greensboro Meeting; Con
gress Requested To Devote
Allied War Debt To Build
ing of Improved Highways.
Greensboro, April 20.—Adoption
of resolutions petitioning Congress to
continue.the present Nation-State co
operative system of Federal Aid In
road building and to appropr:ats>
>100,000,000 annually for five years;
together with the -election of Chat
tanooga as the next place to hold the
meeting and n continuous jow of
good roads orstoiy featured the thitd
day of the Joint good roads conven
tion here.
Election of ofleen for the United'
Stats* Good Roads association will
occur tomorrow.
Former Governor Biekett wired
that he would be unable to deliver the
address scheduled on account of the
press of busiaoa. Senator Town-cod,
scheduled for an address, wired that
he was delayed, but would be on hand
Thuredav.
Brough Slated For President
Speeches by A. G. Batchelor, of
Washington; Col. G. A. Nelson, of
Alabama, sod Ool. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
of tha University of North Carolina,
together with a musical program ren
dered under the direction of Mist
Alias Bivins, of tha North Carolina
Collage for Women, were features of
this morning's meeting.
This afternoon tha meeting was in
charge of tha engineers attending the
convention and their dieenasiens re
lated to problems facing those en
gaged In tha practical end of highway
construction..
It la generally thought that Gover
nor Cbas. H. Brough, of Arkansas,
will bo unanimously rw-electod presi
dent of the association and that J. A.
Bounties will succeed himself as sec
retary and director general.
resolutions was the first th* mom- f
ing activities. Col. Benehin Cameron,1
chairman of the committee, submitted
tha report which was reed by J. H.
Scarborough, secretary of the com
The resolutions followed .the ad
vice riven by Senator Thomas Heflin
of Alabama, yesterday, and call on i
Congress to eontinne the Fedoral aid i
program and also to make an appro-.
? station of |l00,000,000 annually
or the next five years for the suc
cessful operagion of this program
Colonel Cameron, between maps,
made vigorona talks urging the ad
option of tha resolutions and seems
greatly gratified at thair unanimous
adoption.
Endorse Federal Co operation
Tha resolutions will b« presented to
the President and to Congress by a
committee which will go to Washing
ton next week probably making their,
appeal on Tuesday. The resolution
follows:
“Whereas the Federal and State
co-operative road plan has rossdtod
in the construction and improvement
_ • it..._J . _# _<1 - . _a _aJ.I
and public highways which directly
benefit many thousands of American
people, and
"Whereas this plan has been en
dorsed by business men’s leagues,
chambers of commerce, farmers us
Iona and other bodies interested in
good roads, and
"Whereas there is no public polio
that will bless and benefit more peo
ple than that, which is new being car
ried oat in the construction of nubile
roads in the various Slates of the
Onion,
“Therefore be It resolved that: We
heartily endorse the Federal and
State co-operative plan of road build
ing noar in practice and we erge up
on Cengrese the wpertane* and no
cassity of continuing this work and
avoiding n National ealamity.
“To prevent this calamity we mge
the Ceagrcsa to appropriate the sum
of $100,000,040 a year for n period
of five yearn.
Want Wee Debt Fee (tends
“Whereas during the World War
the government of the United Statee
attended loans to the allied nation*
in the sum of abont $10,000,000,000
and
"Wherea* much It being said about
the payment of this debt and dtspi>*i
tien te be aaadc of sects monies when
. paid and
"Whereas the construction and nt
provement ef pest roade and public
highways in the Usssted States w.iuld
directly benefit more people than
ware this money need in any staer
"Therefpro be it received that:
Cengrese in hereby lequeeted t) de
rote tble menep *c the National road
fend snd shell be used a* Congress
shall direct in building and improving
p>. t reads and public highways in tfa-j
United States.
deny a baits on the sea of matri
mony has been wrecked by squall*.
The higher a man get* the mere 1m
ha* to depend on others te hold him
np. . _
The eld battleship, Keeraarge, ii
being transformed into a floating
crane.
SMITHFILLD WINS
THURSDAY GAME
Suttau Helds Viviiois Scoreless For 7
Innings, But Errors in Eighth
Lose For Locals
After holding Smitlii'n Id ecoretasi
tor wren itimngv in a pretty sus»,un
nf the nittionul pastime on Fall
s’round Kit Id yesterday utternnon, the
local boys wobbled in tho eighth uwi
let in two runs to tie the score and
then repeated the perturmancc in
the ninth tv permit two more to cruse
the rubber, i'tic final score teas 1 to
l. Dunn's two runs came in the (list
inning on a walk, an error, a balk
and a hit. Thereafter nobody hud u
chance to score on either tide until |
Smilhtie'd pat a crimp In local good!
spirits in the eighth.
Sutton pitched j beautiful pame
for Dunn, yielding omy four hlti in
the entire sc.'jiun. In the eighth, how.
ever, he mud- the first of a series
of error* that con Dunn the game.
With p man on find he let a grounder
get by and both runner* were safe.
A. wild pitch and a passed ball let unr
of tbedi in. Then Wringea muffed *f
slashing liner to canter, lotting in
the tying lull. Ferrell’s w :d throw to
first in the ninth with two men on
bases let in the winning ran, and
two mure bobble* act over another.
The local tram, thoug, showed np
remarkably well in the conceit, con
vincing the skeptical Ihul they huve
some baseball ubiity. The neat (rgmi
will be bette - attended.
Carolina Authorities
Protect Against Rain
Taka Out Iniurtace On Virginia
Garnet; Pitching Choice Bvtwara
Llewellyn Witaon
Chapel IIIU. April 20— Athletic
authentic) at the University of Ninth
Carolina am hoping for fair weather
for the annual Carollna-Virginia
baseball gamer in Orrrnsboto, April
23 and in Chapel Hill, Aujruiit 23. but
they are taking no chances.
Graduate Maaisu'e Charlra T.
Woollen has taken out rain insurance
potleios on both games, one for sev
eral thousand dolls i. on the Grccna
huio game, another for a loss iniu
for the Chapel Hill came. Continued
evidence that the Grevn.vboro nm
under favorable conditions will draw
the biggest crowd Chat ever saw a
baseball game lit North Carolina led
to this step. The game has been the
biggest money-maker of the tiusebaf
was son and hns by itself almost awuag
the whole burden of baseball expense.
Rain in Greensboro Saturday would
mean a body blow at the fins nets of
Virtually every member of thn stu
dent body who can afford to get a
wmy from hir classes is going to
Greensboro on the special trail and
many ritiseni of Chapel Hill. The
train will leave here early 'Saturday
morning, arriving in Grrrnsboro a
bout noon. On the return trip it will
leave Greensboro late at night, ar
riving at Chapel Hill in the small
hours.
Coach Fetter yesterday sent bis
men through a gxrae with Kml I'at
terson’a freshman team. Wilson,
Llewelyn, Biyson. Roscman, and Ab
ernathy all worked in the box, with
Llewelyn and Roeemxn showing up
beet. Llewelyn’s good form continues
to make him a likely possibility for
the Greensboro gamr, although Lefty
Wilson’s cool head and long experi
ence may give him the twirling job.
Western Congressmen
Take Up Immigration
Organization PrrfticUd For Pnrpcs»
Of Handling Jap Immigra
tion Praklam (
Washington, April 20.—Active
woik by the organirution of Senators
and Reprc-cniatives of eleven far
Western Mates, perfected today for
the purpose of uniting efforts for
dealing with the Japanese immigra
tion problem, .will begin within the
next weak. Senator Johnson, Repub
lican, California, chairman of the
organisation, announced tonight that
he would name a* committeemen one
Senator and one raprssetstive from
each of the states this week.
Tbs first work of the organisation,
it was announced, would be to make a
survey of the situation with the ex
pectation of submitting information
collected to other statce for possible
action.
Members present at today's organi
sation meeting emphasised "the nec
essity of natioa-wida co-operation”
with the Western states In facing
conditions which they described as
threatening, unices remedial steps
were immediately undertaken.
LIST OF KNOWN DEAD IN
STORM SWEPT AREA IS *4
Memph’s, Ton*., April 1*.—With
the death tot) of the tornado aad
storms which swept six southern
states Friday and Saturday remain
ing at approaim..i*',y 100. relief work
in the storm swept areas Is being
poabod forward by national, state
and civic, organization* with rsperts
tonight Indicating that Immediate
needs of the ^offerers have been
cored for, and arrangements made to
render forth<w assistance as norce
sar/.
The list of known dead stands at
!M. witk a number mlniag and believ
ed deed la Arkansas and Texas. A
deaen er more of tbs injurod are sx
pocted to die, according to late 're
ports.
- - - -
Approximately one half of the po
potation ef the United States Is ol
voting age.
WANT PROTECTIVE
TARIFF FOR SOUTH
Southern Association Appeals
To President Herding and
To Congress
Washington, April SO.—The South
ern Tariff Association, clausing re
presentation of almost every variety
i>f enterprise in tho Sooth, today ap
pealed to President Hardin* and Con
gr»« for a protective tariff, which it
declared was imperatively necessary
10 save tho Souhh from “tht throes
uf an economic disaster of unparallel
ed intensity.''
A memorial presented ho the House
nays and means committee said agri
culture "lies prostrate,’’ the manufac
turing industry ia “threatened with
paralysis'' and tha mineral industry
ia “entirely inoperative." The imme
diate enactment of "eueh tariff sche
dules as will equalise tha coat of pro
duction in this country with that of
foreign countries” was ashed. A copy
of the memorial later was presented
to president Harding by a committee,
aho a%ked the support of the admin
istration In thair efforts. The Presi
dent also was asked to attend tho neat
meeting of tho association, which will
t>a held in Columbia, 8. C., within
ihe nox« two or three months. The
invitation was taken under adviso
meni by the President.
Durham Win* High
School Debate At Hill
Chapal Hill Victus I. lctu~.hoU.tic
Track Coatuut Held Uafit An
pice* of Uaieeralty
Chapal Hill, N. C., April 18.—
With the victory of Durham high
ichool in the state-wide debating eon*
Irti and of Chapel Hill in the inter*
Kholaatic track meet, two more con
ical. conducted by the University of;
North Carolina for tbs high schools t
lave passed Into history with sweep
ing success.
More than two handred schools,
■trrally from the mountains to the
ICS, wore entered in the debate this
fear. Prom as far cast as Carrituck.
Pamlico, and Columbus counties and
From as far west as Allegheny, Hay
wood. and Buncombe high school
t>oys and girls dug deep into the
tuestlun of collective bargaining
hrough trade uniona Eight hundred
if them who were chotut to repre
sent their echooIs met in dual and tri
i.gular contacts two weakl ago be
fore an aggregate audience —-»-s
it more than 80,009 North Caroline
level of North Carolina one notch
higher," is the way one well known
North Carolinian phrased it.
An even fifty sc boo is, winners in
the first contest, cant 200 debaters,
osarly half of them girls, to Chapel
Hill for the farther elimination
rounds. Ail sots 18 taame on each aide
if the debate were eliminated la the
Irst round at the university, and all
lave Grecnkboro and Durham were
ilimineled in the second round. For
Ehc final debate 1,600 person •
Ehrongcd the wide sweeps of Memor
ial llall at the univeTeily and five
university professors by unanimous
lecisioo gave tbs victory to Durham,
snd with the victory went the Aycock
Memorial Cup, emblematic for nine
rears now or highest honor* in de
bating.
Jersey City Selected
As Scene Of Big Fight
Actaal Site Fee Dempeoy-CacpouHer
BaltW Will B« DwiM |a
, r*» Day* i
New York, April 10.—Definite sa
lection of Jersey City as the scene of
the Dempsey-Carpeatiar heavyweight
titular bool Jaly 2 marks another
step In Ih* staging of what la expect
ed to be tha moat important iiaba
battle la th* history of As pries ring.
While the actual site far tha orcaa
will not b* chosen for another day or
two. Promoter Tax Rickard baa nar-|
rowed tha selection down to thro* lo-I
calities, any one of which will aarva
admirably for the erection of the
bur* structure which will honaa box
ers and spectators.
It was ganarally understood several
day* ago that Jersey City would be
chosen, due bo It* proximity to great
er Now York with its lira million
population. Rickard said ha figured
on a total population of clots to IS,
000.000 persona to draw from withig
a radius of Uirao hours’ travel.
Tha widespread interest in tha bout
>» rvidancad by a rapidly increasing
mail each day contaiaing application
for tickets. The pasteboards new art
being printed, but will not be put an
*al* until the lint of noxt month.
KBLLOCC FAYS TRIBUTE
TO SENATOR SIMMONS
Wellington, April IS.—la his
speech the other day on the Colom
bian treaty Senator Kellogg paid a
tribute ta Senator SI arm on*. Raff er
ring to Senator Si am m oat’ attitude
on matters coanaetad with lb* build
ing of the Panama Canal aad parti
cularly tha treaty with Panama nego
tiated in the Arst Roosevelt adminis
tration. tha Mlnaaaota Boaster mid:
“While Senator Simmon* did not
la all respect* agree with the admin
istration In power la IMS. hit speech
an the occasion of the Mtk la Ih*
main supported th* attitude of Presi
dent Roosevelt aad showed th* bread
■fended ■tataamanihlp for which ho k
noted."
Senator Kellogg quoted copiously
from (hr speech whiah Senator Sk»
■non* made In IMA on the treaty will
Panama.
STARS
LLOPED
TERS
That “Tkty Nn«r
Wednesday's
Hogwlars
Aidsd by favorable of
umpiring, H Taylor’s windbro
kan all stai irmar year* warv:
soundly dru Sam Ferrcll'a re- ]
galan on Fi ad Ball field j
Wednesday a. Ths score
stood tan to whan thv bard- i
breathing all ve op tbp ghost |
■ nd expired proving the I
ego-old eonl l “tiiay never
cores back '1
It won't bad game at Hist.
Bunk Lana, t with a much too
largo a girth. ' on the mound
for the ftsrs. lie prims sonar ten
rears ago B made the heat of
there whiff tl _ when they swung
for bis hooka. had the old ball
breaking nici _ tha innings He pit
chad, bat the hsmwiftacu of his Arid
ars permlttad apvaral biffs to go for
Sits when they ifcaald have been easy
fata. Tha youAsters piled up vight
runs while BuA was pitching thire
Innings. That toe much for the
wind of tbs let and ha yielded
the position James Cameron
Bmith.
Smith held youngsters to two
bits, bat these a 'goodly sprink
ling of error* l them two mote
tallies. >
Herbert Toy] r caught the first la
«ng. hut warn to the outer garden
In tha second, am* when he found
hat some ipd . was needed oat
there. Tiny ) may. thr diminutive
rent lemon who dansbs fosefTivllhood
lacroedcd Her! rt Taylor as the
lacks trapper. ] a parformerl nicely,
doing the late* got ten tot shimmy for
he delectation W the crowd when
Bcvo Cal# sha| a foal skyward. Ka
noy mimed tha *11 by four feel, but
the umpire *ti ck Bcvo out on the
icxt bail throw , he nothing was last.
Mayer J. U yB-Wodt held down
:hs initial saemwith only ono error
If hu discredit' in the entire game.
Sia honor was]determined to make
no errors at aft The find ball batted
A iwlft In kiji direction.
fir- maJn An nfL.v* «ss :a_i_s_
Ing that he did hit want to make any
irrar*. The cl oat want for two baser
tnd war beginning of the (Wo run*
rutda by the mgnUr* in the first
ran* ;
NeU Cre^ orqpmcnted the second
tack. NclU showed the youngsters up
la this portion) and with the dUn
Nothing got bf Mm either oTthc
Held or at batija four times at bat
be clouted cmfcra single, and one
■ajiWng
Mnd Dowd, a rn'iipte disced
by the regulars filled In at left field,
snd helped considerably by spearing
two long file, and by one pretty
throw to third to nip a runner.
The regal art showed up best in
their srgumenU with the umpire,
who being an old-timer himself, was
secured of every crime from mayhem
to highway robbery and burglary.
Slaughter Of Jackass
Was Not Act Of War
Seeauso, Says Williams. It Doos Not
Appear Ha Wa* An American
Jackass
Washington, April 18.—Debate oo
the long ponding Colombian treaty
entered its ftaat phase today with
Senators Polsdexter, Washington,
snd Townsend. Michigan, Republi
sh*1*. speaking in opposition, and Se
nators New, Kcpublicin, Indiana, and
Williams, Democrat, Mississippi, fav
oring ratification. Under agreement
speeches were limited te one hour.
Denying that the American gov
ernment instigated tho revolution
which resulted in the separation of
Panama from Colombia m 1803 or
that American troops pievented Co
lombian troops from landing at Col
as to put down the revolt. Senator
Poindexter characterised the treaty
•» a “proposal te pay the government
of Colombia *2f,00u,0ou without
consideration to the United State..”
Senator Towaacnd, voicing tho
Mac objection*, contended that ia
.. 01 repeal of tha act 1 (.vying
tolls on American tonnage pawing
through Panama canal similar free
dam from lolls aadcr the treaty
would have to bo accorded to Colom
bia.
Arguments ef those opposing rat
ffl11"* were described by Senator
lUera as largely "looking backward.’'
Tho Indiana senator urged the senate
la its vote oa the treaty act for Wed
**fday to take tha futuro into con
da something that
would "affect favorably out trade
relations urith all af the republics of
Lotin-Amerlea."
Senator Williams urged ratlfles
• matter of Justice to Colosa
bla, attacked tho course of tho Amor
*«« toyoramant under President
Roosevelt with rtsaect to that coun
try aa "high banded,” and asserted
Uera was abeolutcly no proeedent
W the United States
*■ •* about >1 Panamans, two
** thru* nlgxera, a few mules end
a Chinaman.”
- TaI"ln« to tha suggestion from the
Republican side that Colombia la «r
!•« aa Colon at tha time of the Psn
V"** feyett committed an ‘overt act’,
.the Mlaslaslppl senator said that tho
••ly eaeuahJoe, tho kllllag of a Chinn
man and a mule, eeuld aot be consid
ered a warlike aot agaiast tho United
Rules because “It has never Ivor
ascertained that the Jackass wss an
American Jackaaa”
•A tumbling sastno surpassing any
thiag at Moots Carlo la to bo bum
” tn WmiThi the bountiful buy of
>le do Jgpldto. A modora furry will
URGES CONGRESS
TO INVESTIGATE
Farmers* Union1 Wants Com
mission To DoUrmiao What
Alb Agriculture
Washington, April 20.—Congress
win urged in a resolution adopted
today hy the National Farmers' Un
ion, in convention hern, to appoint a
join'. comninioB to determine “what
ia wrong with ugrirulture" and to en
act legislation to “correct the discov
ered and established evils.”
"The farmers have been branded
as piofiteera," the rciolntion said,
“and have been accosod of taking or
threatening measures which would
remit in a dangerously diminished
quantity of available product!," add
ing that the country was entitlad to
know the facte and that Congress
was thr only agvnry equipped “to as
certain tho truth.”
On the o'her band, it charged that 1
the farmer* had been discriminated
against in the matters of credit and j
t'unsportatlon and that they had been 1
forced to «ell their products below |
the cost of production while residents
of the cities had hern compelled to *
pay “live or six times for thoir food 1
tho amount which tho producers oh- !
tainod.” I
Agriculture stands in a “unique
and strategic position,“ John McBpar
ran Muter, or the Pennsylvania State 1
Grunge told tho convention, with e*p- 1
Ital and labor on either side organised
and looking after thoir own Interest*. <
Thr fanners he added, should stand
together.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
urged the various farm organisations
to take constructive steps to build up 1
sn organization to protect ond pro- 1
mote agriculture.
In quick succession, rrsolntlons J
were passed for the appointment of 1
... sk. «-ad 1
lb" farmers and thr amount af credit '
ixtendcil to them in compaction with 1
>ther industries and alaa on the “in. '
'nir practices and discrimination a- '
raln»t co-opreatlve roneerns." I
Members of the Karmen' Union 1
*rrr mid by Mr. Reed, their national I
I'crctxry, to have MU,000,000 Invest- 1
>4 in m-operative organisations 1
ehkh did a turnover In hualaees val- <
iat< last year of over MOO,000.000. I
iVhen yon ace hoard* of trad# and 1
■hnmhers of commerce patting any 1
firm organisation on tbo hack," he ’
ontinued. “jt‘* not worth a com to 1
be farmer" adding that “we hart •
tisod in oer tfM fg Jhat crowd."
1 Boprposnt.Uve Upshaw, of Boom la, <
■mimifa^la mygiWi bhM-aowtaHam i
'or a. Congi onional commlaalon to *
nvostlgate the farm sitnatioa sad <
Kadame Arrest told of the work of 1
he International Institute of Afrt- 1
■olture at Rome, with which she Is 1
:oanected.
Cotton Consumption In 1
March Show* Increase
'ewsr Spiadlss la Operation Than I
During February. How.
tm
Washington, April J 5, — Cotton
Manufacturers utilized more nw rot
on during March than is any month
liner last September, a total of 487,
183 hale* having been contained dur
ng the month, arcording to the cra
ms bureau’s monthly report issued
■orlay. They ware fewer cotton spin
lies in operation during tfet month
.hen in Fidwuary, the largest reduc
tion having been shown in the mills
it the cotton growing stats*. Ths
Month's total, St,104,944, was 858.
182 less than February with tbs mOls
>f the cotton growing states showing
>17,794 of the reduction. Cotton Mu
mmed wsi 20,325 bales mom than
n February.
Coasumption in March last year
eaa 575,789 halos of lint and 31.597
of Union. Cotton on hand March 51
in fnnranilnv wti 1.
187,790 bale* of Hat sad 808,847 of
lintors, compared with 1,158,996 af
lint and 804.889 sf Hnters a year
ago, and in public storage and at eom
praaar* 6.286.300 bales of Hat and
294,250 bales of IInton compered
with 8,240,107 of lint and 491,856 of
lister* *o held a year ago.
March imports war* 27,282 bales,
compared with 183,727 lad year and
export* were 876,180 bain uieladiag
6,816 bales of lintors, compand with
794,460 bales, Including 4,471 sf fin
tots exported In March last yaw.
COWAN AND THOMPSON WIN
(N WILMINGTON PRIMARY
Wilmington. April 29.—damn H.
Cowan was nominated for swjrsr In
the city primary yesterday over Lb«
9sld receiving 891 plurality error hi*
opponent*. Jos. E. Thooipeon, candi
date for rommimioner of flaanee, re
ceived a plurality ef Idtl ever two
opponents, U. N. Chadwick tad Mr*.
Lillian Rogers. P. Q- Moore, mayor ef
the city for snany years, wai elimin
ated from the coated far coma is
'ioner of public works, and R. C.
Cantwell, Hr., and J. E. I,. Wade, la
hor candidate, WIN rua off May 8.
Cewaa'a ruareet opponent was Jos.
II. Curtia, labor caoilidaU, who trail
ed Cowan by 1,680. Cowan who la
reerrtary of Ihr chamber ef com
merce and collector *t tb* port of
Wlimiagten, formerly edited the af
ternoon papor here, and was at on*
time provident of th<i state pros* as
sociation. Tbompven waa connected
with and pubiivhed a morning paper
her* for to peers.
A new world reeerd for par achate
leaping eras made recently when Lt
Arthur O. Hamilton dropped 14,606
feet at Champaign, TlltnoU
CLAYTON IS TAKEN
TO STATE PRISON
WhM War Yumaa Ta Sew* Bern
teaee Tar Meeder Ualm* Ap
peal U Granted
Fayetteville, April It.—Depaty
Sheriff A1 J. Fat* and A. R. William*
acting depaty, have rvtoraed to thin
city from Raleigh after carrying
Tam Clayton, convicted ■ layer of De
puty Sheriff Maleomb N. Bio*, to ttt
etat* prison, whine* ho was brought
her* for trial led week. Clayton will
begin aervlng hit term af M year*
within M day* aalem aa appeal la
Ukeu from the verdict of murder in
the second degree found by tha trial
Jury.
Kotlce of aa appeal waa given by
hie couniel Sunday morning after a
formal motion to act aaida tha ver
dict waa overrated by Judge Lane,
bat it la rant rally thought that the
appeal will not ha perfected, tha few
contented paint* of law In tha trial
for the meat part having gone again*
tha rUts, theagk there T* atill a powi
blilty that tha ca*a may yet ha carri
ed ta tha Supreme court, aa John H.
Cook and Daacan Shew, tha attor
neys appointed to defend the prison
er. have made a determined ftgbt for
hi* and have overlooked ae oppor
tunity U encore far their client the
benefit of aver* doubt and ovary cir
cumstance la hie fever, la fast, they
have made oat for him a far better
case than Clayton himself aa near it to
hope for when he waa brought hack
her* fer trial and a much better oae
than the public ever anticipated, and
have thereby earned for theeuoteoi
a rap station that place* them ta tha
forefront of tha yoaager members of
tha local bar.
Clayton claimed when drat brought
here from Raleigh that he eeuld net
get justice he**, hat the general senti
ment is that ha era* givaa a strictly
■partial trial and that ha la getting
>ff light that ha might hare received,
wen under a second degree eoarvic
loa, being to gene*. On tb* other
mad, however, (her* ie the usual
mount of sympathy that always msn
festa itaalf for tha defendant in a
nurdar trial, in this earn mostly a
nong the fairer sax, the youth af the
tandaomc prisoner, a veteran of the
trust war, pals aad wank from tha
•Facts af the wound logic tad by tha
■and of Ms dying victim, the ld-ytar
>ld sweetheart and bar devotion t*
lias despite tha will of family aad the
tarn Sand af .oeiety—all weaving
>round tha episode a fabric af Torn
inee that hid, for them, its baser aa
>«ct*. Oat young girl ban already
vrittea a motion picture drama bas
'd an the case, while ether* seat Inn
ha# U the pnttnsi during hi* trials.
Ky.'ta cube tha |t_.
)ond required t* free _,__
:r«dc ace b givaa (ham by tha am
ble who have a* far fee*reed a*
>ff*r to auk* band.
Crowd Beats Negro In
Maryland Court Room
’•anted Upon By IpeeSatarn Fall a w
btg Acquittal Of Aa Anenult
Fradartek, Mi., April It.—Aa out
break occurred in the Frederick
:ounty court ream lata today whan
3mrbt Haary Dorsey, negro, was se
luittsd of the charge of attack on a
•bite woman of fealthnora eaunty,
spectators pounced upon the negro,
seating him with tbatr fists. Water
Hastes and ink arrtls war* thrown
ecromth* room and tha uproar did
»®l subside unto an* of tha Judges
rescued tha negro and carried Mm
into aa ante-roam. >
Tha negro pcevfeudy had bean
: on vie ted and sentenced t# hang, hut
s aaw trial waa ordered and ha waa
acquitted. Immediately after the
court had finished announcing tha
reasons far acquittal, a man leaped
st the negro and ha seas followed by
•thaw, who nudiad the negro aa h#
started a flight from the rums. A
spectator Jumped on the trial table
and struck him in tha fas* arrarnl
tlmaa A sister of tha plaintiff Joined
Im mtidt kit 4km iaartn mm km-*
A water flew mi hnriod at tho
Mgra aad narrowly miased Chiaf
Jadga Urner. who with Jndgo Won.
Ojlagton aad Pater triad tha aaaa.
The »proar contJaoed nntil tho court
taak personal charge af protecting
b^tE^e?* fh“Br
The negro waa placed la Jail, whan
ha mi protected tonight bp a hoary
guard.
METEOR SHOWERS HOT
METAL OVER GEORGIA
Maces, Oa.. April W.—AMeteor.
or a aaate* of aataors that paasad or.
“ ■***• *»d loatheni Georgia ohoot
• a’clock this man lag, exploding and
•hewering hat motel oo haary at Iran,
frightened people la tha aaetlana at
the Rata w&are tha phenes, eaom waa
rteMe.
Tha meteor waa aaan in Maeoe. It
exploded aver Cordate aad alas ht
Pitta, tome distance eaet of Cardala
and alas at Albany, aantkwaM at
hare.
At Pitta, in Wllcoa cauaty, mom
than a dooan hoary anploalana ware
hoard, than as If n meehino gas bad
been pressed Into actloa there was a
•harp crackling la tha air for arrrml
"•I notes and rad hot metal, soma pla
ne* weighing six pesadt each began
ta fall te the earth, In the wake af
the falling fragments was n trail af
bi**k Maks. The «ky was alandlan.
J -- -
Madame Maria Carle, dlacararer ad
»•**■■ «* rfMtlnt tWa eonatry, waa
awardad the gold medal ef tha Ms
tlwnml institute of loclal Bctoane re
eon tip. The award waa mads Virami
of the great benefit at her dUseeery
^ ^ w Ity.
■I ...
MAYOR WADE AND
ELLIS GOLDSTEIN
ARE NOT OPPOSED
Wards
POLICE DEPARTMENT
AGAIN MADE AN ISSUE
Lota <4 Talk
V- 4
Talks of “Ring.”
With the rasa narrowed ta contest*
is three wardi between them whs
tip Ire ta anmberthip so the Beard
at Commissioners the stage la about
•at for As big fight to be waged a
•eng the Democrat! la scat Mends?
afternoon's municipal primary. Of
•aura# there to atoll a chance that
•am# other eaadidatci may hah ap
» oppose Mayor Wads for the AM '
txeeutWe’s office and Kills Goldstein,
for the fourth ward seat aa the .
Board, bat at pram at It looks aa K
the Dae op win mam's as R i*—-*■.
dneo those who desire ta baaaaaa
randidaim most aater their same# *
with the Democratic Frumtirs Cem
olttae before sundown Saturday.
There art two candidates far tom
otoaloaer fruot the Drat ward, throe
from the second and too frets Aa
bird. They are:
rimt Ward: A A Shaw aad A M.
Wanes.
Second Ward: Lofton A Tbit, P.
K. Lae aad W. D. Tiuaago.
Third Ward: William IL Newberry .
ind I. W. Purdtc.
Both Messrs. Bhaw aad Wanao
ire new eondidates. They spin ta
Iona*, who will not ho n raihtoti
For re-election. m
Datfl last Tuesday Kr. Goldstein,
tola remaining candidate in thsk
'ourth ward, was if>mi hy Char las
ft. Ayeock. llr. Amuck, howtvut, de
rided not to eenfinus tha spa tost,
l aw rest, and withdrew. Xo other can- .
iidate has oxprrmod a wiillngnaea ta
itfampt taking tha scalp at the
Boldy.
Thar* is aa
Mads wiH ha
tha tar tha odteo ho
If tha result of tha primary is net
latisfactory ta a largo part of tha
town's Pom erratic eiAcaship, haw
ser. there to a strong probability
that aa Independent ticket will be
woagkt out. It to not unlikely that
Mayor Wade and Mr. Goldstein will
bo included la this ticket la the event
they are the choke of Moadoy'e pri
mary.
^g||gg A|mim |||g|
In spite of o strong effort to hoop
the police department out of the com
ag election, it appear* that It wftt
»c one of the important issue*. Thaos
eho last year were apposed to meth
od* of tho department have wan many
recruits to their rank* tone* tha last
■lection and art threatening to halt
the party ualoa* a okas sweep Is
made spaa tha whale personnel of tha
department. One surprising footers of
this to that many woman of Dunn are
■gainst the department a* It to can*
stunted and conducted.
TVs bigger fight, though, seem* to
center around the question of finnmea*
and their expenditure, and there to aa
svex present contention that there to
a “ring" in control of tha town.
Same are a little In tha dark ae to
who constitutes the ring, hut they nra
eg'in It Being convinced tha* some
member* of the present admlatotrw
Uun are in with tha “ring,’* they am
far making a clean sweep ta some of
the wards.
Goad Old Maddlsgtog
However tho primary to ehasst hare
aad the election will follow teen af
terword*. Ia a little while tha whole
matter will ha nettled aad tho good
folk of Dunn will settle dawa to lav
ing aa* another again. In Gw mean
time, it to quite natural ta expect
til Aim tin mil Iks sn»l *14
Meet mad they can find aad Stag It
inU the feeee ef whomever they may
oppoae—end nobody will remember
anything about K until the next alee
tloa time eemee a round.
WlATNIt UNPAVOftABLB
PCM NEW COTTON CtOP
Waahlngtoa, April II.—Generally
unfavorable weather impeded preg
rem ef the new cotun crop daring
the peat week, only the Eattam ate tea
ef the holt having condition* favor
able to planting, the weekly crop beV
letla of the Weather H Breen today
•hewed.
Planting hac became genetai
throughout Georgia end moth ef the
return la up end being chopped, She
report mid, bat tbl« work wee1mm
pered la the central portion* ef the
belt doc to hooey mine. The Ptedmowt
tectlen of South Carolina wae the
hardeot kit by the ernest told map,
although the ptaata are Aowiag aa
pretty wall. The report chewed the
recoat freeu weald neeemttate re- '
pleating in LoaUlaaa, aad Arkaama.
Market gardener* rirmctlmi* aaa aa
much aa 1,P*0 pound* «f cemmerrtal
feitmaer an aa acre ef jyeaad. Thia
weaM be at the rate ef about 4 ar
* pound* to a plat ef greead IS feat
le eaab direction or ISO fart ante*.
Under moat eeadttfeea 10 poaade ef
M«k grade f ertiUaar la the maxim am
he eaed on a gar
d»» 10 by 44 feet la dm.