__THE DUNP
VOLUME IX. ’ ---=r=—
_ DUNN, NORTH CAR
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HOPES FOR I_1Y
END TO EXISTING
TROUBLES BRIGHT
Pm* Week Bring* Little Rn
New* of Constructive Na
ture in R mine* ■
REPARATIONS SPUT
HAS ADVERSE EFrECI
Favorable View* In Cnnnectioi
With Strike Settlement
Turn Sentiment Into Opti
miatic Channel*; Car Load
bags Show Decrease; Mono:
Rules Easy.
New York, Aug. 80.—While th
past week has kioegkt Little real new
of a constructive nature, hopoi for i
speedy settlement of existing la bo
conSrovrniea have mounted high*
and the cowntry'a lead tag markot
have shown an undertone of qoie
strength.
Failure of France and England ti
come to an agreement an th* Oar
man reparation* question had an ad
verse effect here. Some onaicty »a
also occasioned by delay in announce
inf the settlement of the coal strike
which had been expected huuily ■■
the closing day* of last week. Fee
thni nlhnr h il me/j h miK MrSnnd
might join tha snopmm't strike add
ed another causb for alarm.
FsssrsUs laflaaaeo*
Several favorable influences soon
turned sentiment into more optimis
tic channel*, however. Among them
was the news from Cleveland that a
basis had been reached fjA a soft
coal strike settlement, calling of a
meeting at Philadelphia to settle the
, anthracite diBeulty and agreement
af tha railroad executives to meat tha
leaders of the "Big Four" brother
hoods ip aa effort to And a solution
x fur tha shopmens problem. More
hopeful sown from abroad and a fa
vorable cotton eoneungpBon repeat
also bad a stimalctiag effect,
’ K , Tension la tha steal tnduotry baa
i,Mb' aabioved lo 'a rajahs axtmsb
tried Naveithtioaa, tha poea Wopdrl
■lower during the weak and difficulty,
in securing good supplies will have
a crippling effect for the remainder
of the year, it is thought. Prom a
high point of eighty per cent early
In the commar. the Steel Corporations
rate af operations ‘hat dropped to
around'<0 per cant of eapaeity. In
dependent companies are running at
only about 00 par cent of capacity.
Prices meanwhile an advancing
Freight Leadings
The latest report on revenue
freight loading* show another slight
decrease. Coni loadings, however,
increased substantially thoe reflect
ing the strenuous efforts being made
by the carriers to overcome the af
fects of the coal shortage. Largs
gains In atlacollanooua and merchan
dise loadings ovar a year ago indi
cate that ganerui trad* la showing
considerably more activity. Hard coal
loadings been up to normal for the
season total loadings would ha vs ex
ceeded by a' good margin those of
any wash lino* the aotumn of tttl,
whan an unusually heavy grain move
ment taxed tha capacity of the roads.
Commodity markets ware influan
* cad greatly by the court* of events
on tha ether aide of the water. Pas
siasiam ovar tha faflurs of the alHao
to agree on the reparations commis
sion, aceonfpanled by weakness In
fofvlgn exchange, had aa advent af
fect on both cotton and wheat tarty
la the week. Thle, copied with the
uaoal mid-harvest cafe forced the
price af wheat beneath the dollar
mark. Bene recovery waa had later on
export buying by the decline. Cotton
made program daring the week.
, An wax the
govermnent'a report on eonsomptloa
- for the peat year, which shewed tha
mlllh of tha reentry used ap a million
more balee thaa lent year. The carry
over Into the prevent crop yean, fur
thermore, waa only *400400 bales,
as compared with 6,500,000 a year
age. This abnormally law carry over
together With prospects for a short
crop suggests the possibility ef a
scarcity of tha dtapls. . i'
Money waa aaaler tha ndlng rate
for cad funds In this market getting
doom to • per eeat sgalnrt aa aver
age ef * l-t per cent the week be
fore. Capital offering!, nevertbeieas,
Wisrwed farther decline totnliag Mc
000,000 as agatnst *6,000406 tart
weak. Absence of new tssoes la vol
ume and a pleatltpds ef money Im
parted strength to tbs bond market.
The week's report ef the federal *e
earve Systma Wears a small laaiaaas
bi bOl bold Inga, but MTU dlasouirtad'
mama that Mtoasmasnllsl banka am
ahta to beadle toe basteem af tha
n—Uj I* tto prmsat valama arlthaut
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WEEKS PREPARES
FOR EMERGENCY
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Army To Bo Ready For Any
Demand in Strike Situation;
I No Requoata Yet'
Waihington, Aug tl.—la order to
be folly prepared for any demand
that might ha raudo upon It in the
present tndoatrtal situation. the War
Department it r*-checkmg tht occu
pational qualtficalioni of the collated
mtn of the army and compiling In
formation nuking quick action pos
sible in tht event that Federal trwpt
arc called npon for duty in the coal
and rail ttrikea. •
A* a part of the Depertment'i gen
eral policy of preparedness, corps
commanderi are understood to have
been rrqueeted U) edvlsr oBeialt here
how many under their command have
had experience In railroad work and
in what particular branch of railroad
nervier each Is most competent. Simi
lar infsrmatlon regarding other
trades it understood to hare been
gathered by the department In ether
cates In the past.
Thus far no request! for Federal
troops have been received by the de
partment ia connection with either
the cost er railetrike, but Secretary
Weeks and hit advisors bevc taken
the Dor.tion tint akMu . a
I com* they should be prepared imme
diately to place all pertinent Infor
mation before Use President The or
der regarding qualifications of en
i listed men in railroad wort was said
for preparedness and to indicate ne
to be based erholly upon tbit derirs
. change of poticy on the part of thr
, Federal government.
The occupations) experience of en
listed me a is compiled as s part of
) the permanent record of the army,
but these ibesrda are kept only in
corps and divisional headquarters un
der the present organisation plan and
aye not forwarded to the personnel
division of the War Department - ex
cept when a special request is made.
Great “Sign U* Follows Talk
of Ex^anator at Meeting
In Clinton
. Clinton, Aug. 1#.—Thia afternoon
, *1 1 o'clock in the eounty courthouse
. one of the largest crowds has
1 ever assembled in that place heard
Senator Marion Butler speak on the
co-operative marketing of cotton.
Long before the hour set for the
1 xpvaking .crowds began to file into
■ the courthouse and when the speaker
’ arose to begin his speech every a veil
’ able seat in the place was taken and
1 many wore standing at the door who
■ could not get in. This county had not
i been more than half signed up until
- the meeting this afternoon, but as
- soon as the speaker was through
t enough farmers signed to insure all
1 that Sampson county would ho there
• whan time came for delhrsry of cot
Hx-Uongreasmnn John Fowler muds
>• Introductory remarks before the
•nstor took tba floor, and u usual
11 1" fine form. Tb* Senator Ulksil
Jlely on co-operative marketing and
eld the interest ef the great crowd
t all times, only being interrupted
t times by applause from those pre
nt. At the meeting toay, meetings
rere arranged to have speakers at
iff«rent places in tho county, where
be signers arc not so strong and
tany were those who pledged their
□pport in the work to curry the pro
oeJtion to a successful and.
In the course of hie speech Sens
or Butler made tba remark that
here was only one change in the
ontract that he would like to make
nd that arms "After those who had
lready signed reaped the effect of
o-operetire marketing to take the
urplua end build an asylum for the
isrd-headed fools who would not
lff»"
As soon as be left the eourthouue
is was approached by one of Samp
coat largest cotton growers, who
aid him that ha did not think they
eeuld have to build an asylum, and
mmodtotely signed the contract
Leaders here of the eo-operatlea
marketing association were opticsia
it after the talk of Senator Butler
«day and predict that the toountj
•rffl be nearly 100 per cent strong
bafora the fhat ef September
THANSTKBS or REAL UTATK
Tho following Imfftn of real aa
tot* have been recorded" In the odBet
it Kerioter of Deed* W. H. Psuoetto
M. F, Loeaa to J. M. Lae, i-t aerr
la A vs veto ir|, MM.
M. J. Bolder to Saikars A. Helds
IS seres to Upper 1*4. gWcr. «TS
Ooo a Mrl.eadoa to W.' U. Mae
10 acres to JahnemrriUe, 71.
, T A. test to J eases D. Weaver, I
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SELMA BEATS BENSON IN
OPENER OF TITLE SERIES
Central Caralta. H.lf~ Winner, WIU
All mate Until One Of
Them Win.
Selma. Aug. fl—Selma defeated
Benaon hero today 0 to 0 in the open
ing game of the Central Carolina
Longu. championship aeries. Benaon
won the ftrxt half ecaeon of the
league while Selma walked away with
the honora of the accomi half. To
d**’* game wan the (Irat of a aerie* of
»e»en game* |o be played between
the two league winner* to decide the
championship.
For aix innings thr game went its
a pileHera' battle with both Calter and
EiUier going strong and noltber team
(Coring Then Calter weakened In the
seventh and fast base running coup
led with efficient working of the
rqueete play on the part of the Sehna
nine forced Id ctx runs. One wsa
enough to win, for Easter yrith his
delivery held Benson at his
mrTcy all the way through, allowing
them only three Mattered hfla. The
Holding of 8elma was also near to
perfection while ragged work by the
Benaon nine helped to caoac its down
fall.
neuron. The game will alternate from
one town to the other until one i»m
hai cinched the rag.
The M-ore: R. H. E.
Benson .. _....._..0 3 4
Selma _...._g g 0
SEWER EXTENSION
AND NEW PAVING
GETS UNDERWAY
Cotnmimiomin Act Fkverably
Upon Phtttiomo PrwmtiJ
By Citireoe
ASPHALT STREETS AND
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS
Sewer extension to all parts of
tow* where It 1* needed;
Paving on all (troota In which a
majority of the property owner* da
■Ire Itj
Extension of the town limit* ah
least a quarter of a mile in all direc
tion a.
The** were some of the things to
which the board of tows coramiasiOD
«r», meeting leet night with Gilbert
White, civil eng;*eor, gave favorable
action. Aetna] work on the paving
and sewer extension* will begin thil
fall, it wa* announced, and it is pro
bable that much of it will be complet
ed before February,
Z. V. Bnipea, A. L. Newberry asd
B. 14. Brewer came before the board
with petitions for paving. Hr. Snipes
waa interested too in (rarer exten
sion*. The petition* arsr* filed with
Clerk H. A. Psrker end will be acted
■ pon as toon a* city Attorney* Clif
ford and Townsend are afrl* to frame
the neremary plans for floating bond
lines to carry on the work.
mam iv u® upnwt 1V»
tbs streets and concrete for the side
walk* It ts estimated that the cost
trill he approximately 16.09 per run
ning foot, property owner* are to
pay for all paving and sidewalks a
butting their holding* Tbs town la to
pay for paving at street Intersections
and alley beads. Property owner* are
to bo given 18 years la which to pay.
The first paving project* to b* un
dertaken probably will bo on South
Layton Avenue, South King Avon**,
South Fayetteville Arenas, North
Clinton Avenue end West Pope
Street. A majority of property own
ers in these streets already hare sign
ed th* petition*
Sewerage extension* arc to b*
made Into all th* newer residential
ares* Water linos, too, of course,
will bo extended Into th* earn* area*.
Tbo extension of tawx limits can
not bo made until sanction I* given
th* matter by the State Legislature.
Request for this sanction will b*
made to the next session of that body
In January.
scree la Avars shore, |llk
J. M. McNeill to Mieajab Rosser
87 sens In Upper Little River, $808.
A. C. Carter U Settle Sue Carter,
17 seres in Johnsonvillo. lore sod
affection.
i Mr* M. M. McKay to Frank L.
.Smith, 18 acres la LiDingten town
ship, 1248.
I L W. Jsrrrtgan to Jack Rice, 1*1
in Dunn, $100.
‘1 W. R. McCauley, mortgagee, to N
1 *• Rabat 'll acre* in Upper Lttth
,• River, >••.
W. R McAuley, mortgagee, to N
1 S. Baber, 80 seres la AmWrsoi
, •
Auk Ml
hoods
fall,
the I
The
Head**
of Crave* Crab bon sod
thole parents, C. Kbrkpatrick, of
Now t&n. - of tho
Dunn Cbamboo ee« to more
determined U Its effort, to
make the the sun-oundin(
HV whs jot mort man so
Bdaatc* he kH , their otterttlor.
with e f»rrei>i»iWera outlining what
•ho Chamber A ttanuearce la delay
**r tha fanadaBf Craaen County
Mr. Klrtrpafajtt ^eke here Friday •
afternoon in iMm to a hearty ad
dr*“ •* »illMliM}iaiiJ by Hatmi
haj 1* Oodwta JBr mere than IM
Tarwia and tiSUna who .were eoia
ylettay the UWn M a tear which
had takea tha^koBalelgt. Ahetrlren.
Fayettrrille «l Jaw.
The tycduAli M the effort* ef
his orytnlwM'Bjfcy feeler dlaerattcd
farming la kMffcjy«||. Sere ml bun
dred yiNMrlM many cow*.
eMekena, etelflgheen brought into
‘a beiny ghwBfttnMm who dcftro
te break away flaw the ralMratlon of
cotton. . 7 - ■
The party X^ahayd la Dunn about
pne hour. Mhhykeii wore aerred
linj* Oho taker of Ceai
■aree dptboore cmn about
the town and'^hwa tta potato.of in-j
£"■*• ef5*;lkw*mhly Iwprawod
ky the rrMenc%of yroywaa hi Own.'
They laid. ,M, Aat trope la the
Poaa DMhrietteore hotter than any
thoy had teen dn their tear.
*-lSwwa»aB
**eM ft* |N Ire dellar* to
bury a Haaybtete player 1"
dotUra Bury oil of
GRANTHAM IS NAMED
AS CITY MANAGER
UUm Water PipaMmeat Sager.
laleadeM taeeeehi 'Maya*
Golddbora, Aag. tl—Claude M.
Grantham, for many yaan eeperte
tandant of tha city water ddpartaernt
wa* tonight elected permanent city
manager by the beard af aldermen,
and will uiimt hie datiee Immedia
tely- He ie new acting city manager
and has been aince the stermy taaNaa
of the beard at their lart meetlag
when Mayor Edgar H. Bain, then the
acting city manager, declared that
the police dopartake at waa “rotten
from the aeeietant chief down," aad
raeigrifd when the board failed U
immediately eappert hie rifle map pre
gram.
IAYS SENATE WILL
PASS BONUS BILL
Washington. Aag. SI. — Haaferd
MacNider, National Commander ed
As American Legion, M a Nat—eat
today, declared a piranoal fsar— of
the bonne bill MtaaUon (bowed that
"a majority of the Senate, iadadlag
both parties, Javon the bill and it
pledged for its pamage."
Mr. MacNider predicted that tha
benaa bill, which la elated fer Sem
ite eonaldaretlea begtnnlag1 Wedoee
thto week, and added:
TEACHERS CHOSEN
FOR SCHOOLS TO
OPEN SEPT.
The Dunn Oraded School. will
>p*n Wedneadey, Sapt. IS at • o'
clock. It ia hoped that ait patnma of (
he aehoot* wheat children art away <
for the rummer will have them to ra- '
nrn and be* on head the day that ’
he schools open. J
Following It a Irat of the tearhara: |
Primary grader—Miaa Evelyn Ear- .
peeves, Miaa Cara Balia Ballard, ,
Miaa Ethel Oodley, Mira Agaaa Ellis,
ditr Jaaa Williams. Kira Eleanor
tinannon, Mia Mary Oladya Judd. '
Mre. Bertha Fatten, Miaa Bath Thy- j
er.
Orammar gradat—Mia* Alicea Rig
>y. Miaa Lillian Raraaear, Mtaa Dora
by Shaw, Miaa Lalta Currin, Mrs. .
I. D. Bunn, Miaa Maada Dodaon, (
Miaa Blaaeha Grantham, Mtoa Louise
Williams.
High school — Mr. B. D. Bona.
Miss Janie Ipoek, Mias Rachel Clif
ford. Miaa Ethel Ervin, Miaa Mattie
leadenoa, Mr. M P. Wright. .
Mre. T. H. Reason win leach da- (
untie idcnca and Min Agew Gan- ,
idy will have charge af the depart
neat of public achool waste.
A number of tbe teachers barn ,
wn attending aaairaar acbaola far ,
cachera. Mr. and Mrs Buna and Mlaa ,
Iran them bare beta at Cornell UM
rcrally, Mlaa Baobcl Clifford uraa at .
the Haim ratty af California, Mlaa i
Elba at State Collage, Mra. Felton ,
md (fin JUmanor at Trinity Collage, ,
Him Judd at tha A*artOa sora
ner achool. Him God ley. Beat {
Carolina Teacher* Training School, .
Mlaa Ruth Taylor at Unteeralty af
North Carolina. Mim Meade Dedaon '
it Boone, Mlaa Rigby aad Mim Bel
lard at tha Ualaeratty af Vlrgiatm and
Mim Hendenoe at Turman Ualmp
dty.
All Urn laminar achooli barn cloeod
rxrept the one at tha DahraraMy ad
Virginia which will clow early In
September.
The Dana high achool hoi recently
bean placed on tha Hat af accredited
Mgb when hi of the State af North
Carolina. Daring the peat year the
high ecboof mat the roquIriwawU fad
an aceradited wbool aad waa plaaad
an the Hat by Dr. 1. Henry HIghmaWh.
State tnapactor of High aeboola.
BomeOms during tha year a new
grammar achool win bo lawpUltid
With the completion of tWa betiding,
which la to be a Igadaema one, tha
cangaatioa la tha tehee* wM be re
Rorad for a white at lea*
The colored acbool will eat open
until aoraa time In Oetabor. It ia bap
ad that the haadaeme new building
uow being arreted for the uaterad
people will be dabbed by October
15, to that the o pea tag ad «m wheel
may tab* place la tbe aew iifibg
UPWARD DRIVE IN
PRICES OF COTroW
Trapse fmUmm At Mmm
OtImm Up 174 Tp 1M
Points Pgr Wggfc
Hsw Or)can*. Aag. to. _ Whits
that* cm dac lisas la the caHjf ana.
■too* sf (Mi last week la the cotton
market, prices were strongly bigbei
is tbs later trading with the '•‘g*—■
levels on the lose when Iks trading
posklsna wp>* 1T4 to US points ovar
the close sf th* preceding week at
Ikalr best, with October ap to SOAO
tsnto a pound. Last pricaa war* at
net gains of IT* to 1M potato with
October closing at tt.lL At the low
set of lbs weak, prices were If to
If paints under tbs els** sf lbs ppw
rsiting weak, October trading as law
as UAO. Ptaetaatoeaa wars within
lunit* of >11 to STO points.
In the spat department pries* gain
ed Tl paints In tbs not results, alf.
IBM storing at tlAd against I1M
esat* ea the alose of this week last
rear. TV lowest level* of. tbs weak
vore reached under repeats of wat
ered rainfall la Texas aad under an
wfavsrabU Impression of foreign
now* and of labor J it ipiemli to
Ibis country. Later an drouth retnrn
id to Tsnaa aad bath forriga aad If
her news was rsgnntod to a mere to,
vorablr light TV parttal iriTI'o- ant
mw iiM mih ntipgq 10 pai pxicofl
•P highest peiem were pwti]F Am
t* tha hope that tha reml^ watt
trAa, although heart ml huyl»g/wae
lam oa aeaoaat af crop deterlore
|aa aad It waa mart er lam of a
arether market thro^haat Dravth
la tha Waal aad tea arach rain A
lha East af the halt iiilablj aaaaad
Bart baying thaa aty ether faatatt
-s
Harnett County raised IMfl.Tk
Near East Relief thi« year, aad
t It per rent ever Ha gueta, aa>
ardlag ta aaaoanceaMat from Ra
eieb bj/col. George H. Bellamy,
ttate Chairmen. Harnett stood ntne
eeath ia the list of eoaatioi ia
forth Carolina ia amoaata raiaad.
Mia Haase F. Camp af UtNagloa
ras disirmaa far Harnett Canty
ord bar work was highly eomanaded
>y Colonel Be 11slay la hie amraal re
»rt which baa joet boas Imai
Though called upoa to food and
Intis aaly thirty aaraa shUdraa.
iaraett's oantrihation will taka care
if forty-two, thus providing far some
►f the ehfldrea which other counties
hould hare taken care af.
Harnett seat la |1,M7 ia cash op
» the close af the Baeal year aa
lane It—Oa that data there ware
ITS ia unpaid pledgee not yet due.
netkiag ta the value af fPU.Tt was
I» thanking his chairman aad werh
in and Un people who eeatriboted
Mb money, Colonel Bellamy called
ittmrtiee to tbs fact that 41 wffl be
leceeaary to pat on i similar tan
t*>T> this fiscal year, beseem the
treat powers of the world are allow- (
•V the Terhs to eeatiaae their mas
aerta In Armenia and destracUod
if all crepe, bomae and mdsstrUs
"There have bean twenty-two asp
irate massacre, stam the Armistice,”
leclared Colonel Bellamy. ” whisk
oaku it impemAla for thane people
* be salf-eappertiag antu risen
England and Italy mliagaiah their
trotacterate or or Turkey la their
nod amiable far the Mebaeemedea
ad ice trade.
"The recant British refusal to ah
>ew the Greek army |a stop meamitm
»f He own people vhps one of the
rxwt aKeending and sordid d^f
n history, and mrth each sendHIoaa
“ this dlaappaar and Ikplud be
ismea a Chrbainn natton. As Ameri
ca people art the only thing that
Kami between In in nils and rttrre
|ph>
A WOMAN? raoCBAM
Let the man see that we d^a a
better, inter, ead cleaner wetid fat
ear ehUdrea ead their ektldraa. We
reaUae that only bp doing apt hfl hr
by'Xtag^STwh’libt. by go
ing faaiioeHy late eB tMngi that may
he dHegenable. we wtl) mmtbia
■eke He Uttle better wartd.
If wp went OUe new world, we emi
ralp «•* H by KrMag far It- The real
•tramtta will bo wHMo s areals m, te
LOCAL MAN MAY
BE ONE OF PARTY
SOUGHT FOR CRIME
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