ALFREDM.frLEAN IS CANDIDATE FOR GRIMES’POSITION HuMtt Man Thinks Ha Has Good Chanes Ta Ba Sao retary of State ANNOUNCES INTENTION WHILE VISITING RALEIGH Pott Committee DfTtiopmmt* Indicate Little Interest In OR Yaar Primaries, But They Foreshadow Lively Cam paign Two Years From Now. In ths wake of ths gathering of party leodsrs'at tha a eating of ths fitato Democratic executive commit tee hem last Wednesday night to choose a successor to Chairman T. D. Warren, resigned, and out of all the political gossip attendant there on. comoo but ono dofinlto, full fledged dcrclopmcnt, in the way of an aspirant to atato office. Alfred M. McLean, private secre tary to United States Senator Lee S. Overman announced hlmvdf a* a contender for the Democratic a anil nation for Secretory of State in ih Democratic primary of 1924, sched uled to be held 1SI weeks from neat Saturday. Rumors of Mr. IfrLoan’e candidacy havs been current for sev eral months, but not until the gather ing of the elans hero did ha dadnlte ly commit himself. N. Primi, f«r HU. Of the primary campaign that will begin to pat forth signs ef Ufo with in about three month*, there war hut little discussion. Only on* state officer is up for election during the present off year, and the next biggest thing in the way of an official to be named is a Congressman, ten of them. The general opinion is that that* will be no naceeeity for a stats wiia primary, unless opposition develop* against Mr. Lee. Other than the candidacy of Mr. McLean for Secretary ef State, there wore no doiinits announcements. The crop of gubernatorial possibilities sms discussed from all of the varied _ In gnkJfcy .nrmaMa asms -ooantlon mage of imM Representative W. W. Neal for lieu tenant Governor. Many of his friends have urged him to eater the toco, but the genial McDowell sock-maker is not enthused over the proposal. McLsaa Csaddest Mr. McLean feels that hie candi dacy will develop a formidable strength in the West, and that he will have an svtn break through the middle section of the State- He la well known, having served In the for . ces ef the Collector of Revenue for six or seven year* as an income tax deputy, and later as supervisor ef field agents. He has extended his cir cle of friends In Washington. It Is taken for granted that Secre tary of State Grimes will he in the running again, although so far he feels that thera Is abundant time to announcement*. He has held the of fice for two decades, and six yearr ago weathered the moat formidable attack that has been made upon him when he decisively defeated J. A. Hartnell. of Statesville Colonel Crimea is one of the State's snoot ef fective campaigners. Mara Csagrsnsesa Possibility of an additional Con tnwnsii from the State Intrigue* the interest of a number of avail able candidate* far the place. Thus far Congress ha* bees la m harry to reapportion the member* of the low er house on the basis of tho IMS census. On tbo present division. North Carolina gets an additional member of Oaagrsm, whether the membership of th* House is Increased or not. If the membership Is Incraas , od, North Caroline gets two additten al district*. Provisional redistrlctlng of the 8tato to become effective when Con gress attends to the matter of ruap portlonsaei.t was considered tenta tively by party leaders during tho apodal session, but adjournment w In order before anything was done in that direction. Seme action la ex netted by Cengrcs' before it la tggv, carried them to the bedroom utd packed them securely under and iround Reginald R. Renter, the para ytir. At the expiration af tho period if incubation, Reginald found hhn ■elf the mother of tt blddlea And be was an excellent mater after ha learned to chuck. Aa soon aa the local newspaper lublithrd the fact of Reginald's ma te rally, hit fellow rattan began to seJgn their jobs oe bustard root*. 7mally every one fOnad a jab and hod only to threaten to “not" him Tbit itery was suggested to the Dispatch by Rev. Elbert N. Johnson, motor of tho First Baptist Church, vho intends to start u campaign '■gainst soma of Dunn's rattan. If ■la efforts prove of no avail, be will dvlte the women folk to prepare i "totting" for each restar. SANFORD WOMAN ROBBED OF $1,200 Placed Currency Inside Stock ing After Counting It In House Sanford. Jan. 1. — Mrs. Joe M. Tioirit, age 47, living about a mile ia>t of Sanford, mi knocked un 'onacioui and robbed of $1,200 last light aboet 7 JO. Her kntbaad while •mini to town with newi of the -rime and to secure medical aid a ’ew mlnutea after the robbery was flred opon, presumably by the rob ber, the bullet poising cloee to his bead. Mr. aad Mrs. Thomas worn exeert nig to begin work on their new best ’n Sanford Monday morning and they bad been geing ever the plans esti mating the cost, while the wife bad -Breed the money out on the table a»d counted It, afterwards placing t fit the sack and petting It tnsMe bar stocking, tying It to her leg. She then went eat to the chicken beast, at was her eastern each night before mtlrlng, to eee if the chickens were an«e. She had rutted one bourn and had I Halted far ■ nether • ibort dlatanca ' sway when lean* ana wham Ac did net tea etraek bar tn tk* broaet, knocking her down. Mo ee roomed and knew nothin* mart until Ae waa to keroelf tn tho homo. Sho did net know If tho robber wu wMto or block, and did not know If ke (truck her with a (tick, bat waa of ♦be o pin lee that ha mad Me flat. Mr. Tbomee waa (Ht4,#00 reproton ling a gar cant dividend on (tack of tha< tion woe male to rtoekheldan Hr* Nat one) Bank, Daeai ll. Chaeka for the dividend wan aat Saturday night. Thla it Ike dead deelai ad by a local IneUtptle (irao July, 1MO, markt, it to be lieved. Ike a real rets re to normal In (ending out the dividend Herbert B. Tay lor. caahler, following lot ter to each : "It b ear with oar ‘wpreaaaUag an year dock “Tho I •Ivain# year ha «bn and wj (turn ta the 4bt end* will alia b«|* graUficatioa to I Pittsburgh, Ju 1—Tswnspooyls 1 ud farmer* must pat thamaalvm in [ an stdtnde of mating coacemlnns or as sn alts rustles, co-operative torso established by combinations of fanners wiil ultimately drive loco? ■ns.chants out of the businem. John X. Gillette of the University of North Dakota told tha araWn of the Am erican Sociological Bordoty at its an nual meeting hero. "That organisation of farmers has Intensified the strife between city and country is generally rsoogaiaad by students of the subject,** continu 'd Mr. Gillette. “Too often the blame 'a attached oxclemrtiy to tha farm ers as if they bars no rights of aoU pretention. It Is net always perceived that the business elsmrnts of dries have been organ Lead as a profit-get ting dam fpr a Mag time and that tha iawdooey Is for all thaaa clam ante to present a united front when ame liorative agricultural legislation la proposed or svhsa farmara attempt eo-operative sataiprioss. ‘Tf the farmers arc right ta thair contention that they reoeired an un duly small proportion of tha proocodo from thair produce, then they have a right to orgeatm both aeonoarieally and politically ta protect their inter cstt. Bat ho It romemhorod that thair oo operative efforts evoke ah eat as mueh hostility as do thair political attempts. There ere nay directions for farmers aad tomans ta taka ta tkeir 1 sees work ttfsdar. Ooad roads an mutaally dettnble. Both ttdae have a eoamon lateraat ta pnseetiag local Industries. TV ay make nearby markets far. certain kinds *f farm ■irodaea aad seres as the basis af diversified farming. Bines tt Is chiefly sear matters ef trade that country and terra an ar rayed against seek ether, the qrrae . tten arises as ta hew they eaa com pose their dlffereasso. Tim local air cheat Insists that farmers aad other consumers should p Ursulas home la dattsim aad grew 4*tta liittar oror buying from null »bder houses The farmer, la tarn. Mite that local pri es af Mm things be hays an tee Ugh v»4 far things ha cells tea law. "If hath ttdas rvfll ha sensible and fair, than Is a basis af srsspiirslss. but townsman aad farmers mast pat I them salves la the attitude ef maklag coaaaattoas. The farmers shauld set - expected ta saerlflao el af their nine from buying frees ateO ardor i houses, tor examples nor should they i xpect small merehaata ta meat tho > uylcaa of aurh hags aad Mai eat a» l • hlish meats. The marc bent should ti I willing ta out prices aad Canaan U i pay a margin far local eoawuateaea After an eighteen month* lajoura on th* hank* of Black Bhrer, tbo Cat A*h Lumbar Company, Jatia W. Hodga* priprteto», 1* mooing buck to it. old quarter* In the building behind Uu Purdia-Boaka Compear. Mr. Hodgaa atetad yraterday that bo would bo toady to ruoo. oporgtloua os the old Ate within g weak. Bo will apoaisliad in futnltuio repairing •»d the ftindlug of pure eon mML Prlmmo7 Returns From. ' East With Much Cum *• O. Prtmroae roturnod yoaterday from a bunting trip thrash a por tion of tidewater North Carolina. Bo brought wtth Urn a large number of guaee. dock, mad ether game, which bo reported plentiful -inagti tho lower tart mi country. Mr. TrimMS makao an annual hunting trip llriagb tba mint country and ahnqra bring* bach a fid] bag. 1922 HOLDS MUCH i FOR UVEST TOWN BENEATH THE SUN Friitti Al* l i i TWO SCHOOL BUILDINGS; ' MAMMOTH WAREHOUSES , Two State Highways tad r “ * i i i __ I What doc* lt« hold for tail 1 Boro am a far of tha thing* at- > ready secured: A a«w public wheel building ter 1 «rhtt« children. Enlargement end mederataatiea ef 1 -be present white achnnl building. < A new public who*) building far ■ Utility between Barnett end Va mi4 Railroad aad Fayetteville Arc mas. A potato stonge warehouse be he '«'< ctruetcd by B. O. Townsend on iropetty recently acquired by him °m the Dana Development Comp *ay at Dm comer of Railroad Avo ir sad Cleveland Street. Here and better electric powei to be given by the Caroline Power and Light Company within tha next threa month* a» soon a* its tranaaiasioa line* can be extended hero from Benson. A State highway tart and waft, maaaetlag wtth Cl la tea aad Ulling tea. A State highway north aad south, coonacting with Smtthleld and Fay r-ttovlD*. Tho school buildings, the electric project and the warehouses alone win cease the expenditure of approx imately $1*0.000. Tho cost of tho highways U act known. Added to thto Mg mam those art numerous private ‘ml* t ag project! which will swell b.- Jtal to dote to $400,000. Aad the year is yet young. Besides these projects, which art already aaaarsd, an effort trill ho made to build that hotel which Dana vao so badly need ad for yuam Pro moters of tho hotel project are glad new that their effort to bufldl la the rhtth period of 111 P-10 eras net suc cessful. At that Urn the coat of such a balldlag as they desired to con struct weald have bean close to $1*0, 000. Now aa even batter balldlag can ha pat up for half tho aaoney. However—ft may he poorthle that the IIS4.000 was easier of attein ■oat at that that than $16,M0 would be new. That remains to be seen. Another project engaging the at tention of these who love to see the town grow In beauty aad eatufort aa wall aa In physios* ways la. that through which the tasra to eventually donate property for building a pehtle donate for tho building of a public park at the western edge of town. This project will cool very little, coos para lively speaking, and wBJ prove a real asset to to* ovmmaulty Thors or* many who hope that Mr. Town, rood's -offer wlB ho accepted toll ytar. The public playground raovsaaonl srtt ho give* a material toepstua tht rr*r. aa w» every ether plan fr eM* impiwvemant aad betterment Really It lacks w if tho beet toms •ruder the ton )• In far p -vail, goo. Mia* Nary A. Jones, ef Orhaes i load, i* hat* to visit Nhw Ftoreoe Holliday. - ■ ... [HOPEFUL OUTLOOK FOR I THE AMERICAN FARMEI "»T~ HmT TUe Y«r. Urn There la fnadb Of fdlar Tlas WaAiagtoa, Jan. 1.—The farmer mm aatar the saw year "to a ipii-it of kepefabeae and good cheer," gee ratary of Agrtaaltor* Wallace atatod today to a Kew Taar'a maarage to *1 aaa aothtog which indicate* baoa ttoM* for the farmer* to the aear fnture," ha coattoaed "hut there daaa aaam to ho promt** of hotter time# both for the fanner end for tooee whoa* biutoaae 1* largely de Whilo aawflltog to > —"any urd and tart prophac.'aa," tka acre tary raid that than an algne which n dicat* "that tka earning year aboald to a batter aaa far the farmer and tor theae who deal with him ibaa raa 1M1." Among tto hopeful eigne itUNtt to by tto eccrotary men tto Im > rare* rat in credit conditio nt hrongh regular channel* aad by epa lial ng—lee cruet ad ta mtot tto far aaede naada, bringing a lowering of "brad rate*; redactions ahead} aada In freight rata* an farm pro lactai raduteiaa In tto ea*t af 1*1 C >f prodaciag farm crape; aad a pro ■aWt increaea in tto price of grain allowing what Meta* likely U to a lerraaee te acreage planted t* wet rape. Tto paraiyaing effect of tto tad lea drop in price* last year ie wear Tff a*, tto ecerctary declared, “aad toman will enter tto aew year •era hopefully tottering that the rente ie over. Far*an are earning to aeo non 'early that the teak af ywttiag farm y op te the*, aad that through or caataetiou they caa reduce market ag eaten, tto atato continued. “In hie they wOl have incrnaitog krir ■re* tto department af agriculture *d tto uariaoa rtato agricultural rot agae which now am totter than to too that they mate give tto ftome to mmm *ort of holp in .the maihe'. eg of hie erope that they toco toe gasaasga** aid by aad there ora a large no* — te w — —*—a -*i — . wz locjr—n»T* mtn rucnnin heir buiyiag to what they had tc art New with the growing belief that pricoa have hit bottom, bnytu riO ba raaamad aad rboald iacraafc In volaam and maaafartarara aa> rataBars who make or (all thing! the' 'armars Bead or want thanld have Setter builae** thU earning year.” COTTON STEADY AND MAKES GAIT Crwthr lapwed Acemnfa From The Mill Ccn Hi* Oihnib La. Jan. 1.—Wbtb On cotton market had a distinct hoi Ida? tana daring the whole of iar weak la wu eery iteady ncrerthr leea and »tood gains the whole was: through, being tup ported Monday b greatly toprored ereeanto from mil roe ten both la this eeaatry and Ir England. At lla highest it waa K ta TO points arrer the dees of the pre eedlng week with March ep ta IIAd On the clem price* were at net gator of 10 to «S points with March at II. 15. fa tha spat department middHar gained 85 palate in tha net melts, doting at 1T.TI which price camper ad with 15.50 at tha cleiiag prte* thU weak lad year. Amerleaa cotton good* market and mill points told of more *—*• doing and toward the end af . the week Maa cheater cemaMnced ta mnd rear decidedly faveneble reperto my lag that mannfactmers ware begin □lag ta haok a great deal of barbie* with India, mate of the order* ex tending for eoreral months ahead. At toe middle ef the week eonetderabia bulllah axdtnacnt waa created bp the eab'ed report that a burg* RrN!t) conacre had eeid 28,000 bale* of doth* to India. I Predtetlen* w*r» heard that bp the ' sad of too find garter af 1*21 Law eaaMra eetten mHl* weald be faaad running fptl time and each predio tlena racalood all to* m#i» cene'dcr ■tlaa becenae af the cablegram* from London to the effect that men* war ded aad welien mHa In England mere working erarPn. | Teward the and af the weak some aeill potnte in Oaargla wired In. telV ; >•«♦• noe »m ♦*'* #*♦ ’**-" rprnnti. - Mm af *et and a Road deal af to > to mat wt* attached to a tolagr— tram OatoaatoB. at the and ef toe 2WtPHAlffiBE j GIVEN HELP NOW wAW»c~ii«ui» am awalfokhiwyiak Whil* Tfc«y Item' * voe and friesde Is Aaerlea. The ♦wish people h*d ebaar te ragleni ef Aarapa wtlih •-# dady fared wkh toe ywpert ef I can raoeelra of ae finer way to. H!eh the Aewrtrea pahlle cm tom Hr grmthnde far afe daltraraaw -oa the herrera fodsalsf the WstM T«h than by firing to fanaroae BMr -a te the raVef fnsd ef year erg. taat/ea." veto aeylng that a toff—r M that 'art was loading lf,Mf bake fa* Vaabarg Mm takings war* caasldared 41a vro'sfng. hehg only r»«.aM balea Vr Die week the Fullest Mllap i many woeha. bat meat fadaa ha)d ' " H Ihrr nreie -bally daa to Am hat dan The fa Ion of an 2tfw Tosh and__H an the c)aalag aataisn of Am whUo. I .