THE
VOLUME IX
• _; DUNN, NORTH
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STRUCTURES NOW
GOING UP IN DUNN
Two Sc book. Two Stww, Fif
toon Dwwhfi lialudod
la Program
CAJtPidNA COMPANY IS
SPENDING LARGE SUM
Ga»«al Utility Caonuy Ho*
Om Of LugMt Wonkoaiooa
la Sooth — Bonding And
Loon Aaaociotioo Rewociai
Wo For Soroo Of Now
• Horn—.
CpoMractlou work totalling a com
’ •* approximately *800.000, tr-raaper
ti*a of the contemplated road pro
—. ia®t ha tween Dunn and Litlington,
• «*Aar la la actual program or to ha
•Urtad within the next few week.
The program tnalodaa two a aw
aehoal balldiaga now under coaatrue
Uoa and to caet about *1*0,000, oaa
ftfUBtic cotton etorage warohouae
•ow nearly complete and to eoM *T6.
000, two arw ttort building, under
ana to eost 120,000, m
conetructioa of ths Carwlln* Power
a»»d Light Company plant to coot a
bout ISS.OOfj and fifteen new dwell
laga, two of which ant to be brick.
One of the now .school boildlags I*
for tbe white grammar grades. ft
Ml east equipped, about IM.OOfi.
Tha other is for the HArtt County
Colored -Tifiinlnf School aad Is to
The negro school
complete
and
what ia left fresh
the preaewt building program the.
• board Ml rebuild and enlarge Uie
present school building. Thin, how
ever, wHJ not be started for ar-eeel
months.
The cettoa storage siidnmi ia
owned by the General JCftHttp Com
pany will be leaped to tha North Car
olina CoMon Grew eta Ca operative
Association It U too feet long by
160 foot wide anti haa space aaSIclent
to store more than lfi,000 hale* of
cotton. The structure ia entirely fire
proof and is equipped with sutoomt
te aprrakvr fire extinguishing appar
atus. It was started last fall and is
now about completed. H haa every
approved appliance for tha handling
and storing of cotton.
The new store buRdinge will com
plete the brick Mock in Weet Broad
street nearest the railroad. They will
be almost easset copies at the four
other stores la the block fronting on
Broad and are bong erected for fur*
die Brothers and Marvin Wade.
Seven of tha naw dwellings am tha
direct outcome of the building and'
loan amodatian organised ham In)
Juno. Throe of than already am ua
dcr conetruetiea and faur other will I
b» started within tha next mouth. Ths
association plans to compete at least
twelve dwelling* this year.
>»• Bdca imuinp are stuif
erected for i. W. aad Edward Pur
die. They are te be among the nicest
in town and will coat several thou
sands of dollars.
The Carolina Power and Light Co.
boo boon engaged la rob a tiding the
plant bore for too last two menrttss.
It still has maob work to do and pro
bably will aot complete Its project
until early la the faB.
HOW LOST COAL
MINE WAS POUND
Row the coot eras discovered en the
fleam af Prof. W. C. Lena, floor miles
from Sanford, lo quite aa Inter sating
Mery. Knowing that eeel had boon
used on the farm long before the Civ
il war end also that It bed been min
ed on the farm, Prof. Lame has boon
trying to locale It for sene time. Bo
costly be weat to aa aid negro who
need to Bvo oa the fame la sieve days
aad toe negro told him ho kacw
whore too mine was Moated. Together
they Instituted a eaaruh. Use negro
wont to % atrip af woods whore the
mice woo eventually found bat a|
•rat be could aot Moots K. Ho aeid
toot It bad boon amts than SO yearn
since ha bad buoa there aad too wools
had shaagod aa toat ha did aot ro
regains too nrtuaadMga.
t
MANDED rOR RURAL1TE
On#m Pr.pee.. Amomdmo.t T. n
SUto Lew* Pn*ti*dly Abel
**U«« Eri*.to fchahls
Washington, July IS—The Nntioc
al Education Convention juet clow
BonWn emphasised many mattes
of Importance to the country regard
ing the teaching of its youth. Araom
th*** non* can be considered o
graator iaportaacc than (he meres*
ing demand in rural communities fo
a higher standard of education thin
has obtained in th* past. Th* "Httk
,*»d school house’’ of song and stori
has served its purpo.e and (On* ou
of data. With good roads and a4e
quatc transportation facilities, gw
•chools, with first-class eqmipmrn
and propariy trained Uachen eon hi
mad* available for any cosamunHy
no manor how small. To awaken lo
eal authorities to the essential neec
of bettering th* edacational farilHiei
of the Mailer towns and rural con
tern la on* of th* great needs of edu
cation ia this country, according to
tba representative* to the N. E. A
convention.
In thia coanoetioo a law proposal
by initiative in Oregon is extremely
InUraming. Thl* amendment to exirt
iag aut. edneationsl laws provide.
***** evaty child between the ages of
8 and 16 years must attend a public
school. Exceptions are mad* for chil
— — U'WVIV w Aurnfl.
tkoet that have completed the cigiiv
grade, those living l i-f to 3 mile*
from school, according to ages, and
•fcoa* receiving private iastruetton.
provided M(at each children mast re
port every three mOatha far examina
U*» hjr a aebooi official. The act. If
wffl take affect September 1.
iMl
HARDY IS AFTER
SESSOMS’ SCALP
rrlll1tnr'1*"
balder e/ the office and I. B. Hudson,
®f Woatbroobn The Sampson Demo
•rat, af Clinton, has the following to
my about the race:
“Scarcely had the primary of last
Baturday got off the board, before
rumblings of. the storm abrewiag in
local Republican politic, became ap
parent Bud Godwin eras down Mon
day. and Bud U a very (termy petrel.
He bales from Mingo, and Mingo la
•one Mingo when it comes to • Re
publican CO an t y convention. It boa
tbc voire and know, how to aak for
what it wants.
“Up there is e candidate for the
clerttahip of the Superior court, Mr.
Hardy Dnughon, popular, energetic
tad upright, and a Republican of the
strictest sect
"Ju»t below, In the edge of Wtet
brook*. U another candidate for the
clerkship, Mr. I. B. Hudson at Ana a
fellow aa the state affords, a grado
ate of Wahe Forest College, a I packer
of merit, and a loyal ax-eervlee man
and member of the American Legion.
Barney, like Mr. Dnughon, ie in the
field to win. and very little gras, is
growing beneath kls feet these latter
day*.
“The third man la the race la Mr.
we long tune occu
pant • f the position, who tu been eo
well entrenched la Bopubltcsn faror
Oat b« ha* held the office twenty
yean with teareely a acriotu attempt
te remove Man. Bat hie Waterloo it at
hand, it might eoem, though on* es»
aat tail, for Mr. Somomt li an adept
In politic*, knew* everybody, and hai
thousand* of «uanch friends la the
eouaty.
"Anyway, the light la on, and w«
auy exp set mors fun than even the
Congressional and Judicial primaries
have afforded. The boanty of It ie Um
ellmox of the light will toko plant
In the county convention, where Um
whole bottle array and the maneuv
|tr* aad rtrategems w(U to more oh
■ervabl* than aay la a primary else
ties. Bat the raea for the cUrtehli
will not to tit* whole show.
“Sheri# William* wfll, doubtleei
bar* the contest sharply Cor the re
Mention of bis position, and serore
I tentatire caadidate* are expecting hi
I walp. That course Mop will be wort
I attending.”
j After a brief march they foun
the abandoned mine. The tunnel to
| eared la for 41 or M fast, aad tow
la no knowledge of how far hash I
Ito Ml the seal wa found. Th
txmpe brought bi by Bret. Lane woi
fooad la this tonael, aad ertdeatl
theta la a good rein la the min*.
■tot to will da ahead opening th
aria*. Pref. Lane does not know oev
'"■M riTulER FANS
* | SIXTEEN ANCIEJtlTXl
•I Angier, July I*—Spactaeular pit
I thing by 8</rr»|l of Apex, who itrual
, °«» eixteca local batamen and eliowei
. only two scattered hUa, eat m teoj
I way toward! accounting (or Apex’i
» Aat-out of Angler today. The fie
Inrot of the game was the euilai
' work of the Apex bat tenet nod Uu
t llMTy hitUog of Wood of Apex, whe
. got four eound safeties out of Ati
i trips t^he plate.
i «caw: B. H E
’ Apex .. ..<1| a
! Angler.....o t 3
DISMISS ACTION
ON GRAVEL RATE
Coanmiaaloa Refuses To latar
faro With Shifting At Lfl.
Action brought by the Atlantic Bi
tulithde Company engaged in read
construction in the vicinity of San
lord. seeking to compel the Narth
Southern railroad to give air itching
errvica to the Atlantic and Western
railroad an gravel at Liliiagtoo wm
dimaaed la an order handed down
by the Bute Coruoeatlna r,___
l^oatarday. Argument In the cum was
heard six Weeks age.
The petitioner buy« from pita locat
'd OB the defendant's line* in the
town Of LiUiagtou. The A. end W„
fives a rate aa gravel of U eaute
tha toe from Ulliagtan to Sanford,
and tha Norfolk Southern's rata hg
**f *< **• 8- A. L. connection b M
c"n,u- The petitioner wuata tha de
fendant railroad* to duft tha
a rail# 'and surrender it to a
titer.
The order of tho Ctmolaho
that euch action would a^at
•hole structure of gravel ntw
eently worked oat far
Stats, and
Contracts to build » of road
for the Stats Highway Ccmmhsioa
in the work It will use several hun
dred carloads of gsavoi. Tho differ
ence of 86 canto the ton wo aid
■mount to a considerable reduction
in tho coot of the raw zaatcrials that
eater into construction of tho paving.
—News and Observer,'. 13th.
HOLLAND OVEN
P. 0. CREDENTIALS
WiU Aaaume Cfclr'g. Aa So^2
Aa Want la Cltackwd
U»
Captain William D. Holland has
received his appointment as postmas
ter at Dunn and wlp aaaume the du
ties of tho office within the next few
days. Acting Postmaster West who
has held the post since he relieved
Rugene T. Lee more than a year ago,
is awaMng the antral of a postal in
spector before he will consent to turn
the office over to Captain Holland,
it wai announced today.
Captain Holland's aaanmptioii of
office will cud the bitterest light ever
waged for n poeUaastendilp here.
Since It became known that he wot
the «Uy Xepublicnn declared eligible
for the office by the civil service fol
lowing examinations more than six
months ego, his poiHleal enemies
Have In every way possible
hnve striven In every way possible
to discredit him at Washington.
Charges so serious that the com
munity was locked were made a
taiast Captain Holland’s moral eost
dact. These ware aired la Washington
and (o tha daily press of tha Stake.
Captain Holland waa able to convince
the administration thart ha had un
justly been aceuaad. Many at hie De
mocratic friends here who know Mai
far a goad ettlsen and an axcollont
i ealdlar caaae to his dafaas* and ra
qocated Senators Simmons and Ovar
, man to aid hlaa.
I A human® balUlgbt without blood
i shed was rsceatiy ohnissik ia In
i Angolan Inwtoad off sharp palatal
blade* blunt prods with * glue saatas
. has* were used by tha pleaders. TV
> adhesive base bald Si* Iasi 0*e age Lae
1 tha hide, giving tha appaarane* a
1 reality arlthovt hurting tha snivel
9 hi tha least
a —
a bat ha Is rather Inclined to emit as
r til the party of geologist* aarvaytai
t this aaatlati far tha ffavsramaal mak
* thalr report hafore Uktog any 4*1
r, alto atop*.—Carolina Banaor.
VINES
LETTER
i
1 Aik*
Urn
*° »" colored
people at to COB.
hero bow
In Piwfcuor
Jmmot
•ad
there
Hr
•f OB'
win
M
Of
ti
but *'
iwd hove tu „
for a
the thing! ee, tin* c|
relieving among
many
t> n»» Ur it next w
win to..
fa
\
large part of
year. .
nrad _ . i
them to keep in a healthy
ca.idiUo*. It provan that
,.rople who regularly
have a than those
w1.o oat no Everyone will J
-»'**) that It to grow vege
table* (ban to moot. Everyone
should can etya tables, dry nad
piererve plenty o| 'fruit, can uaw
txrries for piaa wad male* a little l
wine far thair fcmlly aaa. Now la t
lh time. Don’t M it off. ‘Make hay a
while the ran riNea,” . and prsparc I
something for U^feeld day* of win- i
ter.' Do your beif pad keep in mind
that there will hanaaaa priaea for the 1
beet exblbita offtUd material neat I
October at the Hbrnett County Pair.
There u no turn far being hungry A
tn tki* land of 'afjfc and honey.1 i
"Thb li a tin* that gardener*
rn ght begin preparing for the fall
and winter, la INN eactfon, it la par
tible to have eemrtbieg growing mom i
of tho year. Don't allow T»»r garden*
to grow ap |a toe da. Bagla to pre
pare the land art. Plowing and til
tlvetlon will pay wan at thU ava*on
ft the year la Mcraaaod prodeeUen
daring the fall. Tea. It* better to
keep the weed* dawn. Hoping that
all will make me ef the targ > amount
of berrlea, fruit*, and vegoteble-t and
tho* prepare far the time when the
feel bill* wtH taka all the extra talk.
1 beg to remain, youn far aura be me
grown food.”
BOARD OF TRADE |
HEARS COOP TALK
T. L. Rtddla, SamrwUry at Dmm
Good Adrbm to CeiUMge
Mr. T. L Riddle, eaeretary ef the
. Chamber of Cntomn at Dana made
| a vary intaratoag aad butraettve
i talk before the Caiehage Beard ef
Trade at Me meeting Monday. Mr.
Riddle argad the oa aparatlan of the
- member* of the Board wMh the ear
r rotary, (taring that the effort* ef aag
i eaeretary would be In rate If he ww
e not at all time booked by tho aathw
*tem* aad .latere* of the mamba— a!
UN OF AUTOMOBILE
KILLS NEGRO WORKMA
SmlthAcld, Jaly IS.—When the rii
•1 aa automobile wheel «u blow
•* by the pressure of a tire that wa
bolif plaeod pa the .whorl, Win El
too, colored, an* *ll»d, aad Sai
****woodv a white man who was Mr
i Iny the nayro I we tonight iq a ho.
;pltal in a dangerous rendition. Th
tire hit the negro aqua re in the head
crushing Wa akalV, and hr died sow
after. Hefwaod waa knaehad hark
waed aad Wa head hit a jaqk oa th
eanent flaw. He waa modeled un
conscious hy the blow bat the doc
ton don’t thing Hit ahull was frae
tamd.
GODWIN AGAIN IS
IN FIGHTING RIG
After taro yearn of private life
which he hae went In adjusting hlra
*»lf to new condition., y»-‘-g .
pilto of IWeaWve aad divantfiad
tamlaf aad nfainiaf the law prac
tice which was Ma Nxtoen yean age,
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin, late rr
praaaatativa in Caagrm from the
Blxth North Carolina district has re
tained to polMea.
The bIg-Acted fallow who held the
itotriet in the palm of his hand antil
Homer Lyoa, ia not making odfee u»
«• ia eeuearaed aeialy with
tiUny ay a My Democratic majority
a Harnett eoanty this yaw. After
»a hae dona teU, he will yat back
* aad Me law piastlce
• — tab ahmy tee wde bum and kaey
m aya aa tea cetety aad tea Slate.
Mr. Qedwta hift bean mafcia* a
dady of political —-Mt'iru ted at
Rate aad Geanty goveounmta. Ha
i a atadaat of sHclency add economy
*d bepas soma time ta aa* adoatad
iU yell a reload -rate ia- the
is year, la spits ef Republican
aims to tea contrary.
A white spake captured alive near
aHvitic, Teams, recently baa beta
> the Smithsonian Institution at
raahiaytoa far claseificatieo.
INNOUNCE NAMES
OF WB-NG BABES
a cob Aflaw Pearce Aad Muy
dalmWamaCM
Pirat Prizes
Winner* ia thy baiter babies cen
tal bald here July 4, under the a Ba
lers of the physicians ef Dunn were
anouneed yesterday by Dr. Wallace
i. Coltrane chairman of the phyci
lans* committer They fir*:
One to two year clam—Jacob Ai
rs Pearce, son of Mr. and Mr*. O.
Pearce, Amt; Patrick Lynch Gain
ry soa ef Mr. and Mr*. Raymond
Minay; Edward Wilson ten of Mr.
ad Mru Jaate M. WMaen. third.
One year old aad under class—
daydelena Warren, daughter of Lar
►tt Wraran, Ant; Merrill Jackson,
•n af Dewey Jackson, aaraml; Ero
yn Draper, daughter of Mr. aad Mm.
Corner Draper, third.
The prises offered far wieners
MPB! Am («*PP nIAt tfftilfi kbv Me*.
berry Bros A Cowell; • baby gttt
box, by Hood and Grantham; twe
It geld plena* by the phystclaas at
Dana; a toilet eet by the >itchett
Drag Company; a hand-made baby
cap by Clare nee J. Smith.
The Newberry Broe. A Cowell aw
the Hood and Grantham prisea wart
Ante; the phyatetaa*’ anemia, am
the Smith and Wtehetf* thirds Pa
rests of prise winner* will he give*
these prises apoa regawta to the da
sore.
More than 1M babies ware exasi
laed la Urn easiest.
the argaaiaaUaa. He mid the ream
many each oiganlaatteae failed to a<
eomplleh areeb was doe ie the fa*
maeb antAmelaam at the mint lag* as
sot eneagh At other than* The
troilfl iBtt tilth- lateral tt hf,
Mr. Kiddle told of the attend*
Moore eawrty waa ettrartiag all om
ths Brnte. He said a delegation <
mm from Dam ware eemtag to th
roanty Is a tow day* to gtady S
1 sad that poeple svaryaAera bad lb*
! ayoe tairaed as Moore eetatty. T
REQUEST FOR GUARDS
•i HELD UP BY MAYOB
V
, Wilmington, July 11. — fftixtrl
. tn>a IV Atlantic Coast Liao roll rood
- tor II extra policemen «# gaud tV
* chops In com of »■—tyaciei wo*
| hold up hr Mayor Comm today. TV
. mayor VM that the perfect seder
, manifested during tV strike
, »xch a Vary increase aaaitaetaary. -
Two extra bluccoou boss a beady
booo assign*J doty at Us yards. It
wna made plain, however. that IV
police department will bo prepared to
care for IV sitaattoei la tV met of
on i iaurgcaey.
Torty-el*bt negro aVp workers,
not aflUiated with tV oniea, who
went out will) the - organised crafts
laM weak, and who retamod two
day. ago wars ordered by anion of
< rials taaigbt to refrain from far
ther work.
U tV negroes attempt to rename
wark tomorrow arum log trouble with
rtriVm is anticipated.
The Cast Lias arnnimaad Iralgkl
that aat a angle train has Mi Wil
mington late aiaee the liglaalng pf
the strike. A sarrey of the yuds
by newspaper men lialgbl ^-r' nl
dosaos of extra engines, •*-Til tad
ready in Uw mat of any otaerguucy.
A gnat national park of
aerss Vs been aat aaida by Ve gav
•rnasent of Argenttoe. TV park tow
tains air ispiiad --*-*ns gMb
foadtilk mad
dot.‘folly aao-thM ofM
M
Hiatfbflltlet
nay bt.
there
•want bt
paltry lid
tetter it true to the fona
Mr. Wadt tear, hit hair/
Another wart of
tort" it twtoping
buehel or to of
hands of Mr.
It Mil
pit who want to
light, aad 11 they
It H likely that they
•a the next few
the prowlers of the
■t deeprnttrly
rich, net one of
Thu llt-pouml Jim Haynes to, '
which then is nothing mncb in offer- *
ing Stock in an oil well at one dollar ’
per share. H» has, ha soyn a let of
land aad expects to make twenty arO- 1
lion dollars for somebody, and be 1
wants a dollar apiece out ol aa assy 1
aa will give him a dollar. Ho baa aa 1
license to sift stock in the flute aad
rant get it. to ho takes a chance an
using the mails, and Mr. Wads mya
to k.t him alone.
Then Dure is I. I. Bamberger.
Evidently he gat hi* letter-heads
print*.I in sari, basts that Me proof
reader got rattled. It say* “Quick As
tic, Syndicate,” aad ha baflla Mo
letter with “STOPI STOP! STOP!"
Ha says stop chasing other people's
min hows and chaoo his by signing an
the dotted Hate, enclosing a dollar
and await the sal ratten of met, In
calculable wealth.
This Baasbcrger panada a wicked
typewriter “If Us* eggs are ftrtiU
old natar* srfll hatch thorn.” am ’a,
aad “The sight la tbs dark sat fast
befur* dasrn," and yet again, “De
feat i* a stgfe of mted, It aUum yes
. la the (see arisen yon leant- expect
It.** Aad aa an. ■* la mighty perns
. asir*. bat Mr. Wade says to scorn
Mbs with terrible seam.
Both 116-pound Jim sad Banshee
gar are Deeding (ha flute with their
- rainbow-tinged letters to anybody
> MMpcetod.of having a dollar. Mr.
- Wade has leaked tot* thorn sad h*
t mya they am wild eats at the meat
h ferocious variety. Ho torn all aad
i sundry to have naagkt to da wish
T them to bom their tatters aad forgvl
all about Unions, Texan, Oil ah am
■ aa, and ether otto.
e]
4 Carthago Beard of Trad*
la dor p gvast aarvtoa to tbs
m tog *f tto* aemmuaWy If i
a, are
la If IB
to allowed to lag* ■ Marne Ouaty Mows
TEN MILLION FOR
COTTON GROWERS
TO FINANCE CROP
N. C Cotton CMy.
gS&ascs»
Woohfayton, Joly It l||>|^ to
"*»f»»» Of Ihio yaor’i eottoo ero»
TkU k MtMW to ycorut —X
*• ortorty ■ftr^iw ot
_u . tt^tt ocinbm,,
.1m backing of otparl *-‘rr~ a>4
*• diOeotty ■■ aatMpatod in Imm
ta'triaw M^rJtt^wdM*wt!rn^
nan** Corjwrrotioo today.
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mmOAM REUNION
^Thr Jernigaa wnlw aM W bald
ty. tfcrro mHa* ooat of Dana, |gv
Jay. inly TOth IMS. All thn Jarrd
fnn# and rotation*, and Ikdr Mania
aaa Hrrttad to coaor and Mag boo
bet*. Rov. Frank P. tmrmigaa at WaN
Virginia wRI bm lk*«i aad d*U**r Dm
nan on) addraaa.
jj Tv .■ .>/,yj.'^--S
A plan* tumor at Wabato. Indiana,
tannd a plaa# at Raoth Bond, ladi
*»*• « •alia* army, by talapbaa*.
TO* canomtr waa toM by tba tanar
how ta thong* tba unoioa aa aach
not* *u iiuiat lata tba Utaphiat.
111 — S