I
U1UUO rLMSUJ
WITH SERVICE OF
POWER COMPANY
CommittMi From Dou Find
Satiafiad Uaara la Othur
Towaa
NO COMPLAINTS HEARD
IN FOUR CITIES VISITED
Large Industries Find Current
More Fromomital Than
Steam — CwtooMrA Here
Um f1.700 in Two MoatC
Through Present System—
Must Hare Majority Of
Voters.
If any voter In Dunn is left unin
fonswl about the Carolina Power
aad Ufbt Company's methods and
•crwica it will not bo throoxh uit
fault on the part of tbs town gov
•*■*•“* the various committees
appointed to investigate every phase
ft the company's activities la tha
towns screed by it. During tha last
days committees have visited
Headarson, Oxford, Goldsboro and
nalalgh and next week will visit sev
eral other to was served by the com
pany.
■.▼err mem Mr oX tea ia vcwtirsti ng
eommitUea appeals very well pleased
reaull of tha investigation.
Mo where has dissatisfaction with the
company's service been found and
everywhere tha rate chsrgod is con
sidered very low. In Raleigh Super
lntondont Kelly of one of tha largest
cotton mills there stated that his com
pany had scrapped its stem plant to
usa Carolina power because of its
economy. That scrapping waa done,
too, ho said, whan steam coal could
have been bought fir 91 a ton. Mr.
Kelly ia a brother of Mr. Kelly of the
Erwin Mills at Duka and was for sev
ere! yearn associated with the same
mill there.
Mr. Do nelly, owner of oao of tha
fergoat lea plants in the State, told
the committee that ho had moved to
Raleigh because of tha company's
ability to famish Mm power. Ha
cams from Fltagorald, Ga., where,
ha mid. tha hast and most ably man
aged municipal plant ha had ever
aaan waa located. But, ha declared
“power rates in FHagcrald wars so
mac*^ higher than in Raleigh that he
fond it advisable to mom.
i aandttiaee wars found la
-* leftheeam
—J that Dana
I considerably
-sale of the elec
iCgrOlinaCgnMnj.
„ _— r. Otis P. Shall, G.
K. Grantham, amaa A. Taylor—to
Goldsboro Tuesday.
_ E. P. Davia, D.S. Head.X T, Oay.
G. L Oanaadr- do Handoraon and
Oxford Wednesday.
J. W. WhHahaad X W. Wilton,
B. M. Brower, B. O. Townsend, P. A.
Lao, E. X Hudson, Ralph Parker, By
ron Ford—to Raleigh Thursday.
Meantime EUls Goldstein, chair
man of tha water aad light cemmle
aion sf the board of town coausJa
sioners, continues to receive letters
of eommcndlnr service rivan bv ths
company. Several of them are print
ed on another page. One arriving
this morning came from W. B.
Drake, preddeat of tho Merchant*
National Bank in Raleigh. It ia
worth landing. Hen it ia:
"Kaptying to your favor of the 19
uK. I log to advise that I have been
in Raleigh you know for a good many
years and oelieve tho service of the
Carolina Power and Light Company
to ho satisfactory both in 'daaliag
wig} Individuals and tho public. I
consider it has dona a gnat doal to
help build up this community.
‘’1 would much prefer a large com
pany of this kind to a local municipal
ownership.
"It keeps the linos up ia a satis
factory shape and I bolisve the Caro
lina Power h Light Company is about
as popular with thoir customers as
any public service corporation.
"I fool that they are fair in thoir
ratas and are pregraaalra.
“I know preoonally the oSeers of
ratau and ara progressive.
"I believe year town will be hane
flttad very much by aaUlng your to
be Carolina Power *
_ sonaliy tho atBeen of
tho Carolina Power i Light Company
and know them to bo men of foe
highest character and fair to thoir
dealing! with tits public."
Mr. Goldstein has compiled tome
Interacting figures about electric ser
vice kora. Daring tho month of Oc
tober consumers wen charged II,
IMdl for service, and In September
won charged yi.1M.dl. For the
same service the Carolina company
•■■U -.» OS 1SB SO Ik Its
tok.r and 9971.1* in flapte^bar.
Thia ikew* that tha consawtam of
MTTfce hero would hare saved fir
71111 la two month* if they bad had
Carolina sorrier,
A detail ad statement of the fora
«o*na aosawnda will b* printed in
next Tuesday’* lean, of Tho Dispwtah.
This itatsamcit win thaw Ik* cast U
sack eanoumar ondtr municipal op
eration, which win ha compared to
what th* oompaar woald sharp*.
Citiaan* ark* do not folly nnder
staad the contract which U U h*
offarod far ths apprwral in an aloe
tlon on December >11 are asked to
apply to Clifford aad Towaaoad ar to
mu* OoUatoin for Information. Ts
ratify tkl* contract H will h* aaaea
*nry that o majority of tho qualified
rotors of tho town rot* for it If on*
fails to rota, that rot* wCB ha too*tod
sfslnot ratification._
French Blocbaard who ■orderad
sense tan ar twenty of hi* brides
mafia* whoa ha i* santanaod I* ho
bohaadod. Always know that • ftOow
who ■arrisd *o often had tarn* aanr
•B* sptsawhars ahowt him
IWKTH CAROLINA
LEADS THE ONION
A. W. McU.. Uft Agricul
tural Comditiotu Here
Akif* Average
Lumberton. Nar. 20_AgriraKur
al condition* are batter la North Car
olina than in any other Southern or
any waetern elate, according to A- W.
McLaan. a number of the War Fie
nnes Board, wLo arrived Saturday
from Washington. Mr. McLean left
laot evening for Columbia, 8. C,
where ha will attend a meetiag of the
agricultural loan committee of kb*
War Finance Board. Re will return
to Washington Tuesday night.
Speaking of business snd Itaancis)
condition generally, Mr. Mcl^an mid
ha had occasion recently to learn at
first hand of agricultural conditions
in practically every state la the union
end that conditions In North Carolina
ero hotter than In any other Southern
ox any Western Stole. Conditions la
the South as a whole are much bettor
then in the West, ho earn. The great
er number of loans mads by the War
Finance corporation have been made
to banks in Iowa and Minnasoto and
other Western grain-growing and
cattle-raising States Corn Is selling
on the farms in the West at from
16 to 12 cents the bushel, oata at
from 10 to IS cents the bushel, and
there ie no market for cuttle and
■beep. Livestock are worth only about
26 per cent of what they sold for a
Mir And a kwlf im
How About Cot too
A*ked about the prospect (or a rite
In the price ol cotton, Mr. MeLean
said he would not venture a predic
tion, other than to tay this depend*
largely upon general buaineJ* condi
tion*. if busineat ahould Improve
throughout the world, cotton would
probably aell tor a higtlr price. Eu
rope il unable to buy our cotton in
normal quantities, thus largely re
ducing tha number of our foreign
buyers. Those who desire the cotton
are tumble to pay for it
“I aao no hep* of a general im
provement in baetaeee here until eco
nomic condition* in othor parti of tha
world become stabilised, he contin
ued Tbit cannot result unlam thg
Jailed Statca assume* not only an ac
tive, bat a landing part in the work
if slabluation and restoration of aco
■omic processes.
JWMreartrttw
Korth Carolina for ftnanebig the ex
portation of cotton and tobacco and
jgM^j^SIieuKuTaJMModL^TOUgh
Under tfc/law loan* can only bo
node to banks that have made such
dans*ta farmers Loans cannot be
node upon lands, only upon crops or
pbligatloaa representing those efri
:uhnral commodities.
Fight tka Boll Weevil
Speaking of the arrival of the boQ
weevil, Mr. McLean mention the Im
portance of making every effort to
rombat thorn. He thinks farmers
would make a good Investment in
taking a trip to the section* further
tooth where the weevil has been put
Ling ia his destructive work and there
rtudy the problem as it is
EOITOBS FRETA1UNC TO
VISIT WINSTON-SALEM
Wlnston-Sslem, Nor. 29 —One of
the feature* planned for the winter
emoting of the North Carolina Preae
Association her* January 6 end 0 ta
the preaentation of a Carolina folk
play by tba “Caroline PUytnakera”
at the • University. Ida Beatrice
Cobb, tbv secretary of tbe Proas as
sociation, is sanding out lnvttatiaai of
the editors this week premising a pro*
gram of more than ordinary Interest.
The editor* will moot in the new
Robert E. Lee hotel aad the local
committee is planning a serial of so
cial events that President J. B. Sbar
111 my* trill b* altogether worth at
tending.
NEGRO IS SENTENCED
FOR ATTACKING GIRL
A agnate. Oa, Deo. 1.—Henry La
cey, 10-yearold negro, was convicted
of a* crlmteaal attack si at I year
old whit* girt by a Jury In Richmond
county court today aad sentenced to
haag December 81. The aegro con
fessed oa tba aland. Tba negro was
indicted, triad and sentenced within
34 bouts after Ms capture.
Two negroes, Thomas I. Greene
and Aanamiaa Grease, wore la tba
hay boru^Both were eabssUd^by tba
godb-g.bo.boae.p-—~
■y COW ANY
J Cwmii£m
* i will prevail
to •f Doan If tka
to _Petr
to ar A Light Cetapaap to ee
* Nptoi
to lie par k. vr. k. etth the
to faDrwiag flaeeaata:
to I-1T k. w. io par .at. flaat
to ltotf k- w. M par at tet
to »M k. er. II par at fltet
to M-4t k. ar. 4to per at flaat
to 41-41 k. w. 4# par at flaat
to IM1 k. w. •« par at flaat
to Allfiw IT III M par aaat
to to tl-M. alketaf T k. w. par
to wrath. AD aetata era far
to atohad free. The aaaktog rmta
to to 4a with • par taut 41a
to aaaat Tka tank rata to
to lla a kiL wtoh aa flat aaat
to nia lata la gaetratl bp tka
to OerparaMea Oaaflflat u4
to Mflaa u ail Imt la North
to CMia aaktg aarvtaa far
to aUked athar thaa bp aaalei*
• palplaata.
#
MG QUANTITY OF
UQUOR LOCATED
. ***^'*»~Tho town of
Sanford laid in ita Chridau aapiilj
•f “Joy-Jalca" aarly this time. Mayor
Fllu *»*» ia the town “larkay” al
raaat 500 quarts af whiakay and gin
^raring almost every conceivable la
bel. soma of H having boon made In
Ireland, aona of it hi Mlchigaa. Non.
of !t hoar, the mark of Loo ooanty
branches or crealm the kind eeanaoa
ly yet an tha arnraot. It ia -t 'iii to
“y lbat a sufficient guard sh placed
h ** ®l*kt to protact
It against all comers aha might ha
•vised with aa Inordinate ffiAt for
the contents on Um iatidc
*■ u To*B*r aad
officer White having race load a tin
that thorn 'inelds nfght bo f^*S
a local garage made a raid aa that
institution eaHy Tusad.y. They aeon
discovered that their prise was aa
p*t they weald need Chief
XcKrrnon to hah them, aad ha waa
called. The officers foand a largo
quantity of whlihey in a roadatoiTS
which than waa no License tag. aad
the engine number ia not on record
in thi. State. Not satloftod with this
find the offieera continued their
march until thay foand hTTWatr,
~curo»y locked, another
quantity in a box aad trank.
W. Gilliam Brown, the proprietor
of tlia garage. was notified of what
the officer* had found aad gava head
tor $2,000 for hit appearance at
court. Mr. Brown claims that ha know
nothing of the existence of the con
traband staff In his place, that ha
went home aarly in tha evening and
lk*< »ha contraband ear came to hit
place about »:>« and desired ator
sga for the night and to got soma re
pair work done. Tha owner, of tha
car hav. not yet pat ia a claim for
iL In the meantime it la being hold
by the town of 8anfond for safe keep
ing.
"ORK SOON BEGINS ON
SAMPSON SOIL SURVEY
VflHam D. Lm to Ba Baal to tha
Caeaty far tha ffarpasa af **-*- I
lag Sail Servey
(Clinton New* Dispatch.) I
Mr yoms tints efforts hare boon |
*urr*7 ma4* H
Sampson county'tad an ~ ~
that Ks wns~to be sent to
<ounty for the nurpoaa of a»»bSag n
toil survey. and asking Mr. Mefrtn
to anrao quartan for him and his
»>*•*" B«ht hotissirssping. This Is
&e extant af the information- In hand
is to toe approach of the party for
the survey, but it seems to be a cer
tainty that tha thing Is on.
Tht letter from Mr. Lee was write
ten from Asheville, N. C., tat was
written on stationary from the Mich
igan State Agricultural school. Ho,
srfth Other*, will be sent to the coun
ty by too state and nation si govern
ments and the surrey will cover each
Inch of too county soil. Information
concerning the climate, adaptability
of the noli and a general catalogue
9f local condition! will be publtabod
in a book and with H a map of the
county will be enclosed showing ev
ery road, every stream sad ovary
farm house location in tha county.
The special object of too survey U
to enable the people of the county
to know their soil and to know how
best to treat it so that the beat results
might be obtained. This work has
long since boon completed In all the
adjoining counties and although lata
we are nappy to know loot ■soft a
work la to bo done In Boaapaoa.
Sampsoniant have lone tmce known
that the In waa the ben county la the
state, and yet they are net oonecieaa
of tko reel treasure that la theirs. Bat
with the toll survey and with the
data which will go to make ap that
report the people ef the eeenty will
have a atom of information that will
»tar>d them a pood dead in the man
■foment of their farms and (a the
Jen era) improvement of fa rial np eon
itiona for years to come.
LENOIR MOTHER TRIES
TO KILL FOUR CHILDREN
Kinston, Nov. M.—Lenoir comity
health authoriticr today dphed with
relief, certain that the llvea of four
smell children were eecuro from aa
insane mother heal upon extarmlM
tlaf them. The authorities withhold
Urn locality af die woman's heme "la
a rural ae*tlon.” They characterised
the earn as the mddest that had
tc their attention.
Aceordinp U oOctals, the
Sagnaixwtt-R..
j^jss^rsyrj:
Idod kavta^u’eoMUt'S! aoL^d
Bryan hopeful
r. FOR CONFERENCE
HbiS'artwLfir'
; # T.RC.A
. r*jr»ttWva«. No». SO.—WUllaa J.
**■» today toU . FayottevOVa oudi
kM0 that to had high topee that the
MM conference at Washington
«MU noaoaod to ridding tto world
at JDovU'r yoka,” typified io hie
mta* the harden of war anautii
Speaking to no outdoor crowd at tto
greusd-breaking axarcias* lit conase
toa with tto beginning #1 work on
* Y. h. €. A. building torn, Amor
■ grant apoatla at pnano reload
with QMptoilo and ortdnat aotirfee
U«^Ua approval of tor. Hagto'a pro
'YWi M- Hording apoka, to aaid.
aaaviBffkSj’jg
2J5 tto confer tree
rvriL.w
Tha grwand breaking arcrclma oe- 1
urrad promptly at noon, John B. i
Polar, president of tha hoard of dl- 1
wetor* of tho local Young Mou’i
atriatlaa association, taming tha hr* <
howal of oarth. Charlor G. So**, semi I
a chare* of tha exercises which do* !
d with tha dating of tha long mo- ,
*• do no logy.
Mr. Tolar mada a hriaf and appro- '
trials address ia which ha as noon o
>d that tha building ta ho otwetod
sou Id ho ad only a karoo for tho
roang aaoa of Ti/ittliffls hat that a <
tortiou of it would always b* isnrr- I
d for tho aoldlors of Camp Bragg, |
he Natioual Council of tha Y. M/C.
K. haring made an appropriation al
and itniag the load subscription
lor that saps am purpeaa.
ltnmcditUly foiloviof tkd gpitk
ng, Mr. Bryan waa tha goad of tha
lliwctora of tha Y. M. C. A. at a 1 un
til eon at tha Myrtle Hill tan house.
During tha afternoon ho uhritad hi*
rid friond, Major B. J, Hale, to whom
te ruferred with much aft action ia
lie ad linn During tho mining hours
te wo* tha goad of (tenoral A. J.
Bowtey at Comp Bragg, diaphrrtac
aaeh tatarod hi Gonoral PedwS
piaa far tha derelepmaat of Om
■amp and for «a oparddoa hatwooa
Mo dtp aad camp, whkh ho dortar
id mb b* of groat boaodt te aaah
•thor. Mr. Bryan found much ploaa
M* ta ddtlagth* madd stock farm
DEATH SENTENCE
AMUSES LANDRUj
Vernal Hw, Dee. l_Heorf Dceiraj
Ludn, the ef Cnmbaia.’
sa.?ssl
ray remain ef anirnnt created kUi
fcce ee he Beteoed to the worie ef |
£&5i»e far* tU moet[
hetaoae enatoa to the hiatery ef
ntMtt Jariaprodenca.
"Thank yea, "gentlemen," aU
l*ndra, flooriahiag hie waether beet
ea het Uo mocking bow to the Jaty,
“d he toqimnt through the little
ioer leading to the Veraelllee jafi.
«Jfla the verdict wee awaited, the
convicted (layer ef ten weoum and
ittSKtfws.Taarw
tired and wen eat altar hie atrena
»aa of arte to aeve hia elieot from 1
JS*- "t eo the verge of eellnw.
"Strong* H to that o man itnndtog ]
n the ahodew of deoth rfmoM con- ,
■elo hia defender” Ieaadrn routed
* »*»• to them eitttog nearby.
lemmata the eaateace to Dfe imsrie
mmmrt, which woe rigoed among oth- .
in, hy the Jageco *1 jofaoa te aek
°r *«ey" bo told the letter. "A
•“ Ifc! i**lee, °*t mercy,
feo think 1 am guilty; then let me
I
it n McuMiy a vom to the opera- i
le stage that Reinald Wurwatk, \
ha aaelant American barttoee, who ]
ii»* ia Raleigh on December 1«. {
w not derote Us career to H. Few 1
dago* ia the history of the Uotro
•oiitan Opera House. How York, won <
web tacceas as a debutant aad taaln
aiaod tbit succoH hi all tho rtried 1
wist ho stag there. Hit was a very
n tor toting etto. Ho did not sock ih* J
■nemgrment which oooghl his. He '
md aoror boon an the stag* la hi* 1
Uo aad had merer really considarod
t. Whan Gotti Ctsaaas asked him to 1
aim the company, an extraordinary 1
•oaor. ho accepted it bee tat* ho
bought It weald bo ia tor* sting for a ]
ha# aad would help broaden nim as
in arttw. He took a few months '
reaching with the roterai. Victor
Kasrel sad made die debut as BUrlo <
n "PagLitccL" Shortly after ho ap- 1
•eared in tho voey Important part of 1
Valentin hi ‘,F*«*t.M His success at 1
hti debut was aotabla but Us first *
tppoarancs In ‘‘Faust’* caused a son- <
■aiion. W. i. Henderson la tbs New <
York Sun said that few - bad seer 1
approached tho rich fluent quality of 1
Mr. Warrenroth's tinging, the fine 1
!olor of hi* tone, the cloilty of hi*
diction, and Richard Aldrich in The
rimes mid that hi* work wa* “the
Inert example of pure tinging sine*
ha days of tho do Retakes and tho
Mam of anus.”
Rut tho call of tho eoacart stag*
wa* to* strong for tho young art*
aad he dorados stoat of Us tima to
•uoh work. Ho tads the otmospkerc
•f the ton east hall much more eco
lonial aad those Is am *v*r-*lfttng
mrloty of aeon* aad audione* la con
tort work which is rory fascinating.
Morooror, whan on* ha* built up a
public la all parts of tho country, a
public that la loyal and npuroclatw*.
ft it a groat pleasure to Mag to It.
Hr. Wetronrutb made a very pro
found impression before Raleigh mu
sic loom ssrorul yosrt ago aad bis
rotarn It anticipated with coasidor
abt* Merest. His experience u opera
his remarkable soeeom ia London
oaauot help but to make bio art finer
sad Mggoe thaa It bar suer boon in
tho past The attendance of a repro
wntattro audioaas from this rriolaity
is aapaotod oa Piesmkm Id.
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$2,000,000 ROAD
CONSTRUCTION LET
BY COMMISSION
Lorgmr Pari Go— To The Sixth
Highway Die.
trial
CONTRACTS FOR SOS MILES
HAVE BEEN LET THIS YEAE
IUkMk No*. B(i—With th* awan'
ng of two million dolkn worth ot
oad contract* for cwutxarUea mad
trldg* work in tho foarth. «fth aad
txth dirtrieta, the Mate highway com
nMaa ha* or*r twenty ariUIoa dal
nn worth of rondo cohered, wider
oiutruclion aad maim contract. The
Injdndtoo mtkJSSSmSimd *w
m oUm ef gravel or other than
lardoerfaced rondo.
The on usually heavy aw runt at
iou of unt af thorn road* la the
ivdmont (action of the state eaaaad
r»,ss5:‘:‘tr.isrs£
af*5S£~a*-A
•ate for which team contract* am .
rt la toada paiaiht* through the as
•acaaea of thn ooutiaa ttoimh
■hich the mate wOl ran. The can
ka art making aaalkhk for uoa by
Hi klfHwiy cobbWoq of jpbcIbI
*•*&*,"« fnad*. of the
•untie*. TV* maoaj k leaned with*
rtftSESSSSSs
iisss.'sjs.T.aawt •
Bd to M.07S.1TEM. Of «Ui tamt
I4SA7SM4 goae la flTteaatrae
lan work in tba aixth dUiM
during that Booth. in July —pPracU
war* let far S4 mil** of roadf, la
Augait 41 Ml)**, in laatialaM, la
October 111, ia KawaW about 1*4,
and plan* nra now under way wbUb
will aanait tba letting of eontraata
for about a hundred mflaa of now
caoatncUon (a DocanWr.
Tba prieee ai material and labor
ara dawn lawar thaa they bare baaa
for away yuan yaft, and tba aoat of
labor 1* MM juft at the oral Ml thaa
thaa It ba* baaa alaea «b» bagtoalag
of tba war. Tba ability of tba atado.
therefore, to tod coutraeU Juft at Ibto
thaa naan* aa enormous aavbtg la
the eon *truction of raada.
TEN CHILDREN Dll
IN
High gabaal Baa_
******* ^aMaeife**
Rad Ba*. OaL, Moo. — ▼—
b‘gb wVi'ool atadaut* wore ki
day aeath of boro at tba
am..*
hist ~ -