THE DUNPf
Volume Vlll._| _ Dunn. North Carolii^eotember 9 1921.
GRADED SCHOOL
WILL BE OPENED
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Superintendent Snipes And
Princ:nai Bunn Make Pro
pan&tioiit For Opciunf
TWENTY TWO TEACHERS
IN FACULTY THIS YEAR
Sc*.ool Bciaz Renovated,
Crstad,-, Fut In Shape, And
All i-lir;j Made For Succose
Opt-ilnj Wednesday—
- r.<uUy Composed Mostly of
I 'l eachert.
V.' ih u faculty of twenty two mvm
*>- \ Da in graded school, elcmen
a-j fcttd li •,!> schools grades, will op-!
** tt <1 Wed ctday, September 14.
>ur its 1921-22 nine months session.
Profcvo W. S. Snipes, Supcrintend
nl ih: l»a.in Public Schools, as
i-slcd by Professor B. H. Uunn, prin
cipal of the guided reboots and, Mitt
vr..rip Ipm-k of the high school facul
ty, Inis bet-n in the city for aoae time
cvinplf-.ing .inungtmvou for tho op
i.’-'-i’£ Wednesday.
O ily five of lost year's faculty will |
bo hero the coming tension, but two>
of the rov teacher* I've in Dunn and'
a -■ io! ::.-nugvr< to local school work ‘
"lid conditions. The other fifteen1
nirmOct of the faculty will bo in
Dim.- f«r their first year’s work, but
I'i'Ei highly recommended and ir*|
expci jinced teachers flout several |
states.
The high school faculty this yeari
will bs composed of B. H Bunn, prin-1
eipsl, M.ises Janie Ipoek, Mattie
Henderson. Rachael Clifford, and Eth
el- -Ervin. The teacher* in the elemen
tary grades will be as follows: Misses
Loui e Dendy, Evelyn UssyrfavH,
Ms y Knnedy, Mary Whitehurst, Ag
ue* Ellis, Lerlent Herndon, Mary
Gladys Judd, Leila Currin, fails Dant
»ler, lima Raney, Helen SUrsrart, Do
rothy Shaw, Aileen Rigley, Mrs. B.(
II Birno, Mrs. Berths Felton, Mlsa
Blanche Gisntham. Bligafceth firs
hum.
The school building la being thor
oughly renovated this week, and Janh
< * nr(. nnrting' it in good shape for
ihc opening dext week. The grounds
will be e'eantd and the playground
apparatus repaired and placed about
the prounj*. The library will be Start-'
ed up again this year for the eonven
ienco and n.nj of the student*. Plane'
are being made to have athletic teams
sv'th well kept playing fields.
Below is a statement by Prefoator
Snipes, with suggestions to students
that might lie of help In getting ready
for the opening day:
The Dunn Graded Schorls will oocn
r.ext Wednesday. September 14. It is
vow important that all pupils enter
school on opening dsy. Parent* are
therefore urged to get the’r ebi’dren
ready and send them to tchyol next
Wednesday.
Alt new puf'li — that is children!
who were not in thj Dura schools
!a-t jrar—« e . rfjueitsd to go to tho
tchoi'i l.-C'diig on Saturday, Beptem-'
hs • lf“*n cr on Monday, ffeptenfber
I2l’i, b:tr ">e- l~ i hours of 10 o’clodc
a. it. r. id 12 o’clock noon, for tho
N pCf of eelstoring and being as
r r ;td n their respective grades This
ret.ee ilv.i not spply to pupils who
'.'trs I.’, the Donn schools last yoar,
l—t to *•! others Including thoss who
will o:/,9" the first grades.
The;? t? II be ■ meeting of all the
tear her.- nt fas school building on
Tuesday af .erroon, September 18, at I
4 o’clock.
All pupils In the high school who
desire to stand examinations to re
mo. r condition* will please report at
tho school building nsxt Saturday
morning when a time will be fixed for1
thow examinations.
SCOTLAND COUNTY CALLS
ON FAIR SECRETARY
-
Dlacumion Of Peaaibilltiea Of Organ
ising Eastern Carallna Chamber
Of Ciaaau
T. L. Riddle, secretary #f the Har
nv'tl County Agricultural T»ir aaao
ci«t)o», returned yoaterday from a
Liip down to l.aurinburg, where he
has) bem Invited to help in organ!*
ing a fair association for Scotland
county M:. Riddle atatoa that tho *e
eoriation wa» organltad, to be known
aa Tho Scotland County Pfclr Amo
elation, and that plana are being made
to stage a email eomaiualt* fair thla
year and regular county tain regu
larly from next year on.
“They will have a tplendld organi
sation," aaserted Mr. Riddle, la dia
• coming h> vlalt, "and Lourinburg u
blc-iicd with an a*ceUent place for tit#
ronitmctlon of a fairground la which
to hold the fairs.” The aaeooatlon wme
modelled after tho HanuU County
I’Ve Amoclation, tho Scotland Coun
ty promotere acting on tha aurgaa
tionc offered by the merrtary *f tho
lUmett arsociatioa.
Mr. RJUdla atated that he bad •
very cnjoveblo trip and was received
cordially by the Scotland county peo
ple.
Many of them people attended the
m"pT f*‘r ■*** Tear end war* m
well pleased that they thought Mr.
Rutile the beat maa fer advice afcout
orgoa'a'ing a fair aaeaclatlen.
ri'patchee aay the entire German
nation tun turned agalnat war. Tbta
ia out particularly aurprlalng. cenald
•rin* the way the late war turned a
golnrt Germany. — Aeattie Time*.
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P ALL BANKS CAVE, COP P
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P Through a typographical or- P
P tor, it ni a to to a in the last ia- P
P auo or The Dlapeteh that tb* PI- P
P vor loving cap awarded th* P
P Ira d.ng singing clam at tho Hat. P
P nott Community Bing Labor P
Z "•* presented by Th# P
P Bank of llarnott at Dak*. Tb* P
P cup was presented by all tb* P
P banks of Harriott County. p
P Th* ten Harnett banks that P
P bought and praaentad th* ailvoy P
P cap wore aa follows: Tb* Firat P
P National, Bute Bank A Trust P
P Company. Tho Commercial P
♦ Bank, Dunn; The Bank of Har> k
P nett, Duke; The Bank of P
P Harnett, Coots; Tb* Bank P
P of Bairn Creak; Angiar P
P Bank and Troat Company P
P The Farmar's Bank, of Angiar; P
P Bank of Liliiagton, Harnatt P
P County Trust Company, of Lit- P
P lington. p
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DINNER GIVEN IN
HONOR DUNN NAN
Carey Taylor la Cream A Bril
liant Sand Off At Pay
•ttowillo
On# of th* moat unique dinnan
over given In thU elty ia being arran
ged by the friend, of C. B. Taylor
for him on Thursday evening at •
0'!<*k *t the LaFayetta Haul over
which Brigadier General A. J. Bow
ley of Qunp Bragg will preside as
toastmaster. It wfllba in the fora of
a farewell affair aa ha la leaving the
city in a few days to toko up work hi
another city.
This affair will b* attended by
members of the BUu Lodge, Kiwunfa
Club, Rotary Club, Knights of Py.
this* Lodge, Masons and oven by
man who belong to no order at nlL
It is not a lodge affair but ia bMag
given by his numerous friends all
over tha city Irrespective of any or
der.
Mayor Edwin R. MscXotkan will
alao hav* a aeart at tb* table and the
Camp Bragg bond will famish mask.
In th* neighborhood of 76 covers win
be laid aa o great majority of tb*
leading bonnets men of the city who
are friends of his will attend. Tt win
be one of tha (Inset dinners staged la
thia city in tome time, go* B. Warsb
aaer, whe la chaimran of tha commit
tee of arrangements, announce* tic
kets can be secured from him, also
from Manager J. P. Meador of tb*
hotel—Fayetteville Obeervcr.
C»r*y Taylor la a ton of Mr. and
Mr*. Jamaa A. Taylor of tkia elty. Ha
la a newspaperman of long axporionca
and has worked In many ettiss la tho
United States. Before going to Fay
sttevlll* ho was connected with tho
Savannah Prssa, at Savannah. Os.
Mr. Taylor has not definitely deci
ded Where he will go froaa Fayette
ville He loavta next week for Bslb
mor to Wbk over a prospective post
Don there and ho haa several other
place* In consideration.
FORMER POSTMASTER
WITH INSURANCE FIRM
Engsso T. Lao Cooaoote Himself
With Den iaesraaas A Realty
C*m»—y
EUGENE LEE _.N „N „N .. „
Eugene T. Lee, postmaster at Urn
Donn post office for nine year*, Ido
tf™ **pinng a few weeks ago whoa
F" £i, *™t *5*. tomoprarily appointed
to fill the poeition under tho Herding
administration, has connected hbmaeti
with the Dunn Insurance A Realty.
Company. Mr. Lea trill be one af tho
manager* of this enterprising Lneur
anc* lira, to assist J. Lloyd Wed*
who has been manager of the com
pany for several yean.
The Dunn Inrarane* A Realty Oo„ I
considers Itself exeoodlagly fortunate
In securing the service* of the form
er Dunn postmaster, who has already
had some experience In the Insurance
writing gam*. Mr. Loo is a of
rare executive ability, aad the
faculty ef making and aawping
f,-sonde. He la a tireless worker, and
will prove a groat addition to Mi*
fores of th* insurance comp—y.
When asked hew be liked Us sow
field, he was very enthusiastic, de
claring that it was Interesting and
absorbing. Tho Dunn UnrsiK* A
Realty Company Is one of tho eldest
and largest insurance agencies of this
section, end has mads a reputation
for itself In square dealing aad tar
ries to its customer*. B. O. Townsend
was instrumental la organising tho
comp—y and was manager for tavern]
r*sn until ibostiy before leovtag th*
IRHirandb nma I T Wade Ika nnma
punv'i present guuufir. to* tarred
in that capacity ilnaa Mr. Ttmaaiad
reairned bit poaition to ye la othar
work.
Tha ayaacy haa done a column ad
buainaaa in tkla taction and aUhoayh,
Ilka all other .ntarprleee, bit by Urn
financial dapremlon, Maaara. Wade
and Laa arc wary antbnalaatla arar
tha fatare, and bdltece that tha eaaa
Iny year will ha a been In tha tarer
ancs buaincaa Mr. Laa deelraa far hit
frtaada to call and eat W* at the ef
ncea of tha Inreranee company. aMdi
art located orar The Mata Bank 4b
Treat Company.
BRIGADE dr ARTILLERY
bent TO CAMP BRAGG
Traaala Cram Cauatra From Cum
iealmoa mad la Ahaarhad
_ WadiI* At Baayy
I Fayrttorflla. Boat. 7. — Par tha
»«»pato af abaotpflw into tha artfl
Ltt aatta already at Camp Brmyy, tha
flfth field artillery, bri«3. haf^rtr.
ad Kara from Oaaap Taakaea. B. C..
eaada* acreaa aaantry ia treaka. Tha
hnyaifa, cmrrylnf a yaretaaal af 74t
afflaare and mao. yaaa eat af aik
tanca and Ka man are beiny dletrtbat
ad aaaony tha Bitt. *»tb and ITth
Bald artillery regimaata.
“Theta maa hart arrtrad ad Camp
COTTON DOWN BUT
STILL COMING IN
Eighteen Cmt. Is Price Blag
Paid Today On Local
Marfeot
Two hundred and ton bales of BOW
cotton aad sight halo* of last 7oar's
crap were add aa tbo local marfeit
yesterday with a price of rightata
rents for good middling. Although
cotton dropped off nearly throe coats
a pound ia the last throe days fasum
«n continued to bring tbo stogie la,
end cotton is ooming la at about the
f»«e “ yesterday as the Me
patch is being made up.
Optimism toigaad among local ma*>
chants aad bailnem men as Well as
the cotton farmers when cotton tank
the upward sheet a few dtps age aad
spot rotten sold for so high as 'll
ssats on tbs Dunn marital The sat
isfaction in local bustates circle* that
reoohed from cotton's sudden lamp
le this pries level he* not oempbteiyl
subsided, and it i* eoauaoB eptaieal
that a steadier and ator* gradual
ns* will come about shortly, aad thin
time to stay
“Practically all new cotton,” stated
Tom Bogan, cotton weigher today,,
commenting o •haoctttTAOINNUNU
commenting on the cotton bate
brought to town. “That can be asms
frees yesterday's sales when ef 210.
only right were last year's crop."
Now York, Sept fi. — The esttoa1
market waa feveriah again today thee J
SM iSS.' "SZ
carried soma Mteerkee Ilf to fit a
bale below Wadnaaday*! Ugh point I
Final price* were lit to 1U potato
aador yesterday's clone.
The opening at |t.M a bale de
cline followed a break ia tha Liver
pool market. The rally wkick follow
ad. baaaaaa old bulls wke had aald
out thrlr line* rimmed desire to ranaor
them at lasrar levs la carried October
tip to 14.10 and January to IIJI.
tolling premarc which brought tha
Into afternoon brook wu portly dna
to reports that Bowtham banka warn
urging sale* of toots to *eaa tha fi
nancial situation.
After a meeting of the directors of
tha Southern railway today Prmtdsnt
Fairfax Harrison issued the following
statement in regard to the rsoeat ad
vance la cotton:
"As to tha sMsatlee In tha Sooth,
Users ia every ladiestioa that the cor
ner has been true In the put that
good cotton eras the breath of wind
far which tha Souths™ States have
bean smiting- K baa been traa la the
gut that goad cotton prieoa affect all
industries and Increase* buying pow
er. which-uOMn*-improved-hutaaea
Goods purchased by tha South sriD
mean batter earnings for the roads.
Improvement will, of qouree, bo grad
sal, but much Is gaised whoa eenti
moat chan gas.”
COTTON GOES TO PIECES
AFTER FURIOUS ADVANCE
New York, Sept. T. — The cotton
market ceDapoad today after a fori
mm opening to which future* sheared
advance* of 1M to 17* points, ram
■oaring u high u 111 points above
yesterday's close. The violent b-cak
mnt pries* dawn *00 paints, tha limit
psi fitted for any one day's fluetoe- |
tiona Tha class wu wsak with tha
lowest prices of th* day, October fin
ishing at 19.44 and Jan aery at 19.74.
Tha brook coma after quotations
ere sand II canto a pooad for all
months sad exceed ad It canto for dlo
tut dolhrerloa. The rise waa attribut
ed partly to soother sensational Liv
erpool ad vase*. Tha drop started
when It become apparent that big in
terest*. which had bought at much
lower figures, were letting go of their
cotton. Prices crumpled under the
strain of Urge offering* la tha last
h<mT,'Untn the trading limits were
Tha fall gave the market the uni
que experience of boring reached the
204 point limit in two coaseewttve
days, th* upside yesterday and dawn
si da today.
There wu ua change la tha mows
to account for tha break. It eras tan
gly a cans of an overbought eondi
COTTON BULGES SIS A
BALE. THEM DEOPS SI*1
New Or leant. Sept. 7—Bulge. of
flS a bale oa tha apmlag and dompa
of SIS a bale in th, Uter trading
featured the cotton amrkat today. Tho
rale limiting tactuation* la m* ***
•Ion U SOS point* waa Invoked on Urn
opening to chock tho rim and waa
lavoIced again on tha dote to abode
tha fall. In aptto af tha entraoaojy
wide price movement of th* day tha
cloao waa unchanged, tha market eloa
lag weak at th* lowoot of th* aoaaion.
On th* tint aall buyer* fought *aeb
to pay tha awximam l<k< for tottoa
thor wanted and a*nt pneoa to new
high level* for th* mm, 11.40 «*nta
a pound for October delivery and **.
10 for May. Thi* *ag*ra*« todav waa
baaed mainly oa th* wSd rim fa tha
Liverpool market, ana* maatha thor*
being SIS a bale up aa th* remit of
a aaara aver th* abort efop belag
groan* •• thi* aide *f the water thl*
Jeat aa long aa Chmp Bragg lira*, and
the m*a are hoping that It f*r a num
ber of yaara at lm*LM
Lieut* Col^JLV? rMlkn^r*wh* waa
oammaailiag *B**r of- Omap Bragg
whan the brigade waa alati***d ham.
Major Manhall Magmder comm a nd
|*d Urn 10th Said aftlbry a Bata* *f
,tb* 10th g* to tha SUt rmtaaaot, and
them of tho SOth to th* fifth and IT.
Tho trip from Camp Jaekaon waa
•tad* without eoetdeut, and a*t a da
«ta vehicle waa left behind. 71m wea
ther waa InuM aa la* and th*
hlka mally mad*. Arrangement* bad
tM wade along th* mb tor aup
SSa.X-M8 £uS“.£
Hat »orth af McGee, S 0., and three
aaflee waat *f OBaaa.
W. R. Alii DIES
AFTER W YEARS
ONSUPyECOPRT
fuweral^^^ee
of tha North QniaByjJaiireaM Court.
dWd U.U aftaXS*"?d£t
d-tal, fotlawiae Strok, 0f ipo
te, .r^eisE?o^tpU<*
Jadf Allan, i&Svmly J^rt
of health tWa UlT.u “r«-W,n
at hi. horn. ^SHErforTu** o*
deck while ha ° .
■a*^.cafe%ate*i;
Bind and *>•«** j|MpitndandluJd
Gdd«boro”whara^By^^i°^f £
^ ph.a™ ^ rd^lBr, ^ r£d
eai^ad^l **“ "**
month. 4k. Hra^E|ian Gold*
boro before the m conclud
•* h» *"*. Vr.^HF'T feal fOTto
n.te In having th#aHnyaaity to bear
you preach tha.t^Krwaeke and
regret, that ( h^Hwe to fill an
32. at tba><?l!5^^»^ia4de *tu
month, ayo.
of Rb^nj^M. a.TtluiioSS
K]le<^Dupai*neo3h^^^ 2«*lS«0.
a T.w0f C*^V> A. Allan.
fuiiitd in eivfl Qng
Wake county at^^Hfemjhntly n
iMUi to
8chocl. at
year at Trinity OMkfa
Af» ttrn m»iHn •( I <|t w
c*Wr H~1
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DUNN YOUTH FREE,
RETURNS TO WIFE
Winn Dm am rime oar tha ttttla
towa of Dana today It vfl] Aad a an
srKVWkssrJs.’SCK
&j?ites?rXSEst$
Chief of PoUeo U. 8. Payo. of Damn,
after ala mars of froodoa ia wan
California- Prod,!* company with kia
W* brother, Mack. Otia P. Shall aad
Byron Ford, a Dunn aonwawa
loft tko pricaa at aa oaity boor tkia
marainy aad win bo froo to oaioy
abal ia loft of tifo for biai ao kmgZ
Ika bokoroa. A conditioaal perelowaa
yraatad aoar laat midaiytt by Cow.
ontor Cameron Morriaoa.
L Aiated with petttoae aad lottero
Saiga jspr^sn
Haraott, Prod's wilt, deter aad
friooda cam* yoaterday to piood with
iho Coworn or for kia relearn. Arrtrod
boro tkoy found aoay iVurorlia
Pint Uto Coworaor waa ia aoaatoe
with tko Council of State. At t o'clock
bo planted oa aadlaeoo to Aad that
tho nocooomry rare—pidHtel od tha
peaoorotiny ooHeitor waa mhdM. Tho
jars, ars.va.vn:
waa tho ooileiter. Talophoao
wm to T lltlagtoa wore dowa. Tele
naphie coananaleatleas wore aat aad.
Srz^i2‘S*dK.''.£:
rcr bit tko rood far Uttaytaa. At 11
o’clock thoy ware book aa] faaad tha
Oowornor^ tte htt^eetretery William
IjsvSstsv1a a dss
of the youay man wen tharo with
tko parols pap— Shortly tkoy loft
with him to Mho a wife aad a mo
ther teas*.
STS& SU."Sr A?%53
la Damn near daybreak, and had,
KM with them. It wa* a vary happy
Mr. aad Mm. Drama* that thanked
their mapata end lawyer friends:
for the Mada—* they had shew* 1b]
■searing far the yoaag Man a parade!
that ahowa Fred to go free lira MW
Fred Drafting has fwt through]
many s«pwhifw slaw hs left Dmaa
years ago. Hi* escape from the state
fans, where he had hara pissed,
charged with robbing a iaaal rates*,
aanan, ru the last heard af hiss by
the majority af hi* friends her*. Haw
•TST. tha hay, left te fam the world
for a.wee*. with his arat mooed haw
eacttea to raattea, till dasBy ha land
sd ra tho Foe Me Coast It was them
that he wot aad waddid the ye sag
woman who i* bow his devoted wife.
A lew week* ago ward was hoard
frsra nsd kg hla miatives hara, aad
a faw day* sab ha ratted la tewa wish
hi* wife te aa wtrails, Ha was
sick, still ssfariag from sms sd Ms
past experiences aad hie was a path
etic ease, indeed, when laeai aotheri
Uea or. sated him w the Chares that
he was wanted at the state prgsn far
***£«"family aad the girl he had mar
ried called on Byre a Ford, a Iaaal
aeangaporman, wte is «var th* dawa
aad aster's friend, ta reads* what
■id hs oewtd in getting Fred fra*. la
|local aothantta* MuSShriat ha
te tsTsigh Taoaday rad spggsd te
Gwvermsr Morrises fas a pars!* far
Fnil After dsdstftog isvwai handi
cap* th* ssraTaaa* awnlht ftsf,
aad aaw ha te fsaa to go Ms Sara way
'with M* wif*
' Baaferd, Aral A — Hit many
SStasr&jmRA
|poster af tbs Steals ftreat MoShsdg
! church af this tity, who seder west a
saris at sparedtea sd the local hospital
ffiSS&SSSHS
had jwt mtumad
» whoa H was
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AFTERNOON PAPER
HAS A GREAT OAT
the pabUcetiea. the' Ba
Mtr itnUin to d ompM hr Ba
latgh’a afteraooa paper.
Oichertre aialt, gaartotw degiag,
P«m* aarviag. aad otter thiaga, ta
etadtog a tear through the pleat with
KtertJy toSontiit 5*m£
9Skti ZFsxZit: £
gMaf P. C.EaBl*aafl*U*b*ry«tr*ot
Mr. Aadraw*, who can* to l«l«l*ti
fron Grass too ro, bought tha htoMl
rasaaflfflsaB
to* wttb tha Moral** ftokt
•aJA hi* (lock to John C. Drawry Tho
Praaa, Mr. MeSary »yi, bad tea «*).
mm af adrartlihig aa* AM nbnifb
an bafaia Ha AM laM *M priato*.
"la tha taauaar af lift tha war*
THni irg) Ha ipiuntfi la
tha mm of ttepapM.tooPrato-V M
1** Vidler, with' John C. Di awn,
IgMriaMWT, J«kn^^!Wr Jaak
'pasagar, MWIMi Brio* dty aAb
| "A BMa later, about 1M4, J. C.
CaAtetl banes kli aaaaaettoa wHh tto
papar *• editor, with Edward L. Oaaa
aity editor. Geers* B. Cratar aiaaa
txt&rzzi&X's:
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Jokn X Mi M p*h\yktT. TV
•ntlr* ■COptftf IN *o*4 wftl
aa BotesaabOTt, luT/"
! ‘siSsfe. srjs
toeaageaeeat to aaaUaaa to ana ate
ST* ktetokVI^af'Th. tCi
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