PREPARE EXHIBITS NOW FOR THE FAIR AT DU® OCTOBER 10 TO 13-GREA
THE DUNNfDU
VOLUME IX. DUNN, NORTH CAMXJ>AepTEMBER I*, IMT
> iO WN-DYER CO.
TO BRING SHOWS
TO FAIR AT DUNN
*.! ut Aggregation To Bo Prin
cipal Amuiemeot Attrac
tion Along Midway
EFACE IN EXHIBIT HALLS
GOING LIKE HOT CAKES
Health Conference Tourna
ment And Other New Fea
tures Attract Much Atten
tion-Chief Marshall Want*
Assistants — Advertising
Matter Being Distributed.
The Brown-Dyer shows, the great
est carnival aggregation to travel tbs
Southern Fair circuits this year will
furnish all amusement features slang
the giant midway of the great fair
ut Dunn this year. This was announ
ce! yesterday by Bills Goldstein, busi
ness manager of the Harnett County
Agricultural Fair Association, whs
conferred with managers of tha mam
moth shows while he was In She
North a few days ago.
tutmraiton ot a irritative a*rea
lm nt made between Mr. Gsldstein
Mid the show company era* made
Wednesday night by telegram.
The Brown-Oyer thorn are the lar
ged over to have vleitcrl Dunn. One
tolid train of ears is required to
trrncport its tents, iVienagerios and
other attractions. It erlH arrive here
over the Atlantic Coast Line on Sun
day morning preceding Tuesday, Oc
tober 10. when the fair is to open.
Work on other features of the
fair Is progressing nicely. The child
health conference, to be held under
the direction of Mias Harris, commu
nity health nurse, promise* t* be one
of the moet attractive features of
the (air. Through this conference ev
ery child below school age in the
entire Dunn District will be gives sn
opportunity to. be examined for artist
'r aver defects hV or the might have.
Mr. OoldbteUf, who last weak stat
ed that a tours want wwud&he held
rounding country have expressed a
desire to enter the lists. The winner
of this tournament is to choose and
■ crown the queen of the fair, who with
her eourt will open the fair each
morning and have access to all shows
on the midwdy.
Dick Taylor, chief marshal is work
ing htrd to line up at least fifty mar
thals to asaist- V® during fair wetk. [
Each mardimlV must have a horse. Me
Taylor dntires that ail who care to
become marshals communicate with
him at once.
COTTON CONSUMPTION
SHOWS AN INCREASE
Ctaiti Bureau** Figure* Far A eg art
Iwoedl Statistic* Far The
»—th
Washington, Sept. 15—Cotton con
tained during August amounted to
S27.404 belea of lint and 80525 bale*
of llnters, compared with 4UJMI of
lint and 66,424 of ilntora In July this
year an^ 467,069 of lint and 62,106
of lintera in Atteu,'. last yoar, the
cent nr burcaa announced her*.
Cotton on hand August 81 was a*
follow#:
Held in consuming eotabHdrments,
1,025,904 bale* of lint and 116,891 of
linten, composed with 1415,106 of
lint and 184,60? of linten on July
31 ihii rear and 1.006.066 of Hirt and
190,628 of I In ton on August 91 last
year. \
Held in public storage and at com
presses 1,814,649 bales of Hnt and
80,684 of llntort, compared wMh lr
488,086 of lint and 64487 of I in ton
on Jaly 81, this year, eomparad wllb
8,186,984 of lint Aaguat 81 last your.
Export* totalled >78,108 bale*, in
cluding 4,490 moist of !Inters com
pand with 978,789 including 9,109 at
lintcra this year, aad 847,897 tnatod
>"P 7,888 of Union In August bat
ynar.
Spindles active daring July this
year numbered 88,499484 eomparad
with 81,976.889 in July this and Mr
990,766 in Aaguot last year.
fttatlsUea for cotton growing state*
follow i
Cotton consumed during Aagaot
988.898 boles compered with 9044*8
in July this year and 877408 la Aug
net last year.
■Cotton on band Aoguat 81 waa hold
ao followar
In consuming establishments 408.
861 bales compared with 989498 on
July 81. this year and 898489 on
August 81 last year.
la public storage aad at torn prim
ao 1477,788 baba, eomparad wKb W
988.877 on Jaly 81, this year aad 8r
888.877 on Aaguot II, ytur.
A shows and a hatr-oat mab* a Am
4 legatee foe soma fellow*
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INTEREST IN ELECTION
CENTERS ON VOLSTEAD
4t, Paul, Mian., Sept. IX.—Con
rreaunan Andrew J. Vototead. father
of the prohibition enforcement act,
will ba opposed for re election la
the November election by the -»-*
who defeated him in the primary two
years ago.
This costa* in tha seventh Minne
sota congressional district rivsto In
interest the three-cornered light for
the United States senatorehip. hi
which a woman—Mia. Anna Dickie
0*«»*n—has boon setting tha cam
paign place for her two male oppon
ents.
Prohibition is not an tosoe In tha
contest involving Vototead, for he
will be opposed by the Rev. O. J.
Kvale, of Benson, who declares Mor
tal f “as dry as Vslrtsad with a little
to spare." Mr. Volstead has tha en
dorsement of ths Republican district
convention, while both the Demo
cratic and the tanner-tabor conven
tions endorsed tha candidacy of Rev.
Kvale in 1660, as tha candidate of
the non-partisan league seeking the
Republican nomination. Rev. Kvale
noted oat Mr. Vototead In tha Jans
primary by 17.669 votes to 11,066.
Then choices of Violation at tha
state corrupt practices act against
Rev. Kvale'was sustained, the nom
ination was declared vacant, and the
L U „ ^ »-»-■! -_(AS s
•d Mr. Volstead as the RopohUean
candidate. >
With the approach of the fall elec
tion that year, the Kvale faction eir
mlated petitions that enabled hhn
to flle aa an tndepednent and in n
three/ooraered race — a Democratic
candidate having entered—'Volstead
polled se^ac votes; Kvale JS^TQ,
end the Democratic candidate, MH.
This year, with Kvale bearing the
Democratic endorsement, it wiH he a
Inieb light between Kvale end V«h
itaad aad the question lies in what*
itrength the old
farmer-labor—organisation has
able to ratals.
lege of taking off their shoes after
rapper for a membciuhip in the beat
club in town.
KOHLOSS DIVIDES
MEN OVER STATE
Six Countim To Bo AnoigwH
To Each Sot oi Three Pro
hibit loo A(mU
BaUical change* in the distrlbuttoa
cf hii fore* of 64 Sold deputies to a*
to coyer all parts of tbs State alike
was announced Thursday by A A
Kobleee, -federal prohibition dimeter.
Heretofore nearly the entire force
nas been concentrated hi the Wimtern
half of the State, one man being pla
ced in a number of counties while
raiding partlae containing aa many
<s ten agents bars been eant from
pipes to place In order to cover terri
tory where there are no agents.
Both of those condition. wOl ho
eliminated under tbe new echo me,
which will be pat Into effect imme
diately. The general nehtme is that
the deputiea ah nil be divided into
forces of three sad each ferae he
aaalgned a territory of dx counties.
Commenting upon the charges that
an automobile containing a woman
Had been shot by on* of hln deputies
Director Kohlom asserted that of 14
lutomobUe* reload by hln farces dur
ing the month of Augunt IS contain
ed women.
The report for the month showe
that federal oOcraa seined and de
stroyed during the month 141 illletl
atm*. 71/610 gnDons of malt liqoon
and a large amount of other liquors
the total value of St# destroyed prop
erty being M.64H. Other vehicles In
addition to the >4 automobiles ru
the value of the property seised and
not destroyed up to UJU. the au
to mobiles being reined Ml IS,441.
Oaring the month of Angara, fad
era) agents mode 107 ornate end rao
a mm reded til arrette, the arnragi
arreeU being slightly mare than ban
fmt edBaor.
BLOW AB U. POttO
Eagnae Field man aMfi a tbetr
fal debtor, and H. H. Kahaaat talk
tho lataat etary of Me dhariaaae h
IbU regard.
William E. Onrtla, of ohom PM,
borrowed lit eoma years before
eaale to Chicago from Wellington
Ha ealled an the goat and remind*
Urn of hla debt Next day Field print
ed this paragraph la Me eehnan,
-William K Cortla, dm noIUmetr
rerrcopredeat of the GMeage Seaerd
is la the «tty fee a few days tootdn
NARROW RANGE IN
PRICES OF COTTON
War Cloud la Tbo Noar Eaat
Papraaalag Factor; Crop
Estimates Go Lrwor
New Orleans, Sept 17.—The rang*
of prices In the cut tea market this
weak sees rather narrow, the trading
positions moving oyer 77 to 87 points
from tbo highest to the lowest Dar
ing o good part of tine than was a
fairly even balance of i nil servers
which prevented wide price now
men’s. ^
Ths main depressing factor eras
the war cloud in the Near Boat,
while the main sap porting factor was
tho Increasing depression to contend
that ths prase Bt crop wUi hardly
smount to more than 10,008,000
baloa. Highest prices were reached
at the middle of tho weak whan tbo
trading month* were 10 to M poisu
over the do as of tho preceding week;
lowest prices wars reached on the
ciuomg Mmn wnen u>*y war* u
to 06 points ueder.
The close »u at net loses* of 46
to 59 potato. October traded a* high
as 21.54, fell off to 20.81 and closed
•I 20.67. In Hi* spot deportments
prices last 16 point* on middling,
which closed at 21.04 cento ageinal
19 54 on the close of this week last
year. ,
Fear of tbs spreading of fighting
in the Near Cast wa* aseinly re
sponsible for the sage in the end af
the week, bat, at the same data,
•eller* were held wttfcin the boon do
by the weather djptaihancu* in the
weet Golf of Mexico and the appar
ent threat that H aright extend op
into Texas over Sunday by too meeh
rain in the Soothers half af tho Mt
•ad by the appearance ef a harriean*
lh tbs West Indie*. Crop aoetaato
of the wash were nearly altogether
aaaadafactory an they indicated far
ther' forced maturity of the p4a*t
pecaMtare opening of boll* aad 4
rapid winding op ef picking in many
Sections af the bait, which was ae
end at the end of the weak the trade
or a good part of tt, was *-lwt-g
about the total crop in terms af ten
million bates, and somewhat ander.,
A. — . w__a _ - - _A si.. 1
w««k placed the percentage of the'
qpixHtion at 49.4 aad the Indicated
yield at 9,900,000 halaa; another
placed condition at M.t aad the crop
at 9302,000, while a third pvt condi
tion at M3 aad the Indicated yield
at 9,900,000.
Spot markete of the Booth did a
■teady volume of baateeaa of fairly
largo proportion*, tn the early cee
■iosa. It waa elates ad t*at the bmts
waa oaaior, bat latter aad rapaoially
toward the etoae It waa claimed tn
many aecUoaa that tho baaia VMM
hardening again and that owner* oil
vote ware not aa randy aaliaia aa
fortaerly. Picking aad ginning were
reported to bo making rapid progress
in all acetiona of tho belt with a vwt
amovnt of cotton open in tho Sold*.
Till coaling, wtak foreign political
noma again maJkbe a vary promlitont
Influence, bat weather condition* will
have to be watched eloaely baeaoaa
of aaoettdod condition.. Rains or
wiaditorma probpMy weald have a
marked buUiah affaet on the trade.
Hurricane movements win ba af ab
sorbing Interest. Reports fata* the
Interior regarding the prognaa of
the crop will bo of increased Im
portant*, became thia coming weak
wtH practically and the September
and final condition ported of ' the
Michigan ...
Ingiy repudiated Hairiniiyiaa when
they want to tho poHa end cart a veto
of « to 1 againat Senator Townsend
the defender of an apologia! for Now
berry. Tho aatl-Ntwhaivy vote,
kvwevar, vss divided botwaoa tho
throe opponenta af Senator Towmeod
w»o la tkU way area red > raialai
Uea by a phnaUty under 21,000 te
eter Tovroamd reeel red {a feet only
If per cant of the rota.
Chairmen Carte Hail ot the Dcm
•etaMe National Coaunlttee pointed
oat In a etgned atateaent that Ale
bfte la aa oarnaaue that Aa great
mefority of 1 Michigan Kopobllcam
will Join wfch a)] gaod eWaoae at the
palU neat November A »»>» piiam
nentfy etwtln tJketr verdict la the
Miehigan prlmartco.
Ia Meeeaehoeette Senator Lodge,
after thtrty yean* of earriee la the
. Senate, ran behind the BtpabBcaai
eaadMeto far Cover*or, and Ahagb
I renominated by a large majiallf or
■ or hie appanant, eboot TO.oac Maaae
ehueette RopdhHeaae rated far hh
■opponent oe a prateat agate* re* tin
. alag bate A pabUt Ufa. At All
r rate Haaaaehneette bare, irate an
- ineiaragaf to bolter* Aay aaa oo
COTTON H
SATURD
*08 Ba
k*1
MORE THAN
OF THIS
To«n Royal.
Hard Tima
Quantity'
i^£r
*OUM,
Cotton la k
n* boll
utd flood* an
Irani* at tfc*
vho oaao agaia
Last
k* fleecy atayla
i fiea tar muabar than ha* aver ban
•old «o early in the etun as tbia
Many of the famine eotlinc bora
last week bare never sold hue be
fore. All were eatMed with the
price* fteen and with the treatment
accorded then.
Ton Royal believe* that the open
““riret will'vbandl* nor* than- 10,
000 bales of this year's crop.
MRS. N. A. TOWNSEND
NAMED VICE-CHAIRMAN
Will Have Dinah* Over Dame
mtia WutM'1 AeWvhtea la
Harmii> Caewtj
Mr*. N. A. T lima and yerttrdxy
wm«; appointed Tka-OWirman, of the
Harnett County Democratic Ixecs
Uto Committee bj H. L Godwin,
chairman orf the committee.
Mm. Towrmend wlH work directly
under the State Wee-chairman, Mlm
Mary Handenon, of Salisbury, who
he* chars* of the Political aettWUed
of Democratic women In North Car
Win*. One of her first andartak
i"»» wHJ ho to get a tors* tical of
women mtem to UUinstoa to hear
Gwrarapr Cameron MarWson’a epeeeh
*a Thursday, October 8. which wOl
mark Dae epeniac of the Democratic
*aaipal«r la Harnett scanty and cen
tral Carolina.
Mrs. TownaandS dntlee wffl bo
Mentieal with too** of Chatman
Godwin ex*apt that her effort* will
ho confined eolely to the direction of
the wnmea'e department of the exe
<uttrt committee.
HIGH SCHOOL HEADS
TO CONTE* IH RALEIGH
A two-day aaaaion af High Mwl
principal* from eighteen' eoaattel
will ha h«M la Raltegk Frday and Oat.
aaday laptotebor SS40.
Principal* wt] attend from Waka,
Oatbaaa, Parson, OraarrllU, Bandit,
Jofcteton. Vanes, PraahRn, Waaraa,
Witaaa, Naah, Ways., La., Aaaan,
OMrtiibli, On. Chathaa* and
ttebmaad.
In addHIoa to mUim 'aiaftaii
obleb will be bran** to tha attan
1- d It. prise ipata by ^maban
af tha atafr of tha State Dapartma*
af Bdnaattoa tear* will b* a dlaena
alaa of saeh toptea as "T%* Ttaahtoi
af Voaattonal Sdb}oem la Hlgl
■aboaU," “Toashar Tratotog," -Jin
PUaseial SUa af Ifca High Baboo
Work," "Tha PriHi af Hi*fc Sab so
Athlattea," "EhanM tha Mmol Dm
>• Langthaand," “To What Extern
•bated tag molted Stody bo ban
doted T” **Tha Mater High tohaoL
“What Tbsy Ara and What Tho
•hated El" .
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BUSINESS SHOWS 'i
BETTER RECOVERY
New York, -Bcpt.. IT.—-Bp the ha
•Deleted Prapa.)—Report*yaaalrad in
B none It] and bvmlnea* qurttn dar
ia* the peat weak iaditate that the
henry induetrtaa era inalBin a rather
better raeorary Yreia the effect* af
the etrffca* than -bad been antiatpatad
Baft tad oetpct l* retrain* cteee ta
10,BM|aMi wad a weak and rap*Mu
af Aja eoaunodRy' an path that
the ateel lnduatay, • which fall* In
♦he lawaat elaa* af pateKty. la an*
reaehrln* Baffle loot fad ta ana at:
alxty par earnt af *apa*Ry teamed af,
the. M par cent of two aeeb a**.'
Kere Waat fanaaaa arc bebt* blawa
ta aad the trad* dptrta at of
Aatnath laaata t. Ma raayaat ta h*
wade food praapntty. •
I heWta* Beater. * .
The thatthq*. farter 'la ateel work
•« ta mar ••mill (fate* Jbm. 1M0.
THt Iam total b *9,000 Mb
creator than that m July, an* wm*
recorded before the recent re* me
cion of prsviou wage scale*, want
iato effect. The (hawing mime
one reason why the manufactarsm
were wilhn gto restore the higher
wage*. It was corned, la addi
tion, that couamption hu Inereoud
farther tinea wot* wae ruauaiad In
a number of New England rarlDe.
Wheat prices continue weak an*
der the influences of crop rerolpte.
hedge (oiling and the continutiao
of faverafalf weather. Official es
timate:* place the condition of the
crop at clou to 400,000,660 buetveh,
■ figure which indicate* the export
able turpima of amity 100,000.000
huhoU. A fair amount of foreign
baying ia taking place on tha
breaks, bat tkio haying ia not suffi
ciendy strong to more than chock
tha doe]me ud nnoauaJly la followed
by weskasas la the foreign ex
changes, when the corresponding
commercial bills are pis tied ia the
market.
• Csusa Crap Owtkah.
A similar coaditian exist* la cot
ton, although this commodity re
esatty hu felt, the supporting forgo
of «»usually bullish private ersp
reports flnass quarters seem to ho
lism that this year's yisld will
urftant te only 10,000,000 halm u
compared with ths govemsseofs Sop
tom bar 1 Agars of 10,676,000 by*
In any evsnt, it is eonaldortd that
tha pries ef American farm products
la Mfferiag materially an account of
saaatiafactary economic ronditlon*
After NTtitl w^aks of slight do
cliaas, Uio rnoiso ratio of too Pod
onl Boaorva system has torso ta a
•tendWill It hat sot, howrrsr, aa
fat thtwn tilt anti rteovtry frost
>Ater Day damandi. possibly as
tee torn of tha proximity of tha tax
date. Haw capital Iaraaa SM tn
craaalng aftar a parted af Nam
InaotteHy and Mila ate vara aat la
npaatad to eoatinoa. ft la thaaglrt
teat tea Hast traah af two ahoald
Mw whathor tea Moaap markat
ratchad a taming point.
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VKTMAMf CMUB TO NUT
Idtengten, Bap*. IB^-AD Oonftd
•rota ratcriM d storing ta attead tea
anawal Bute raaalan at Ateartlte an
BapteeAar 10, 17. U art aigad to
i mat hart an Batarday, Boptanibai
I*, te arranga with Adjutant I. H
I NeAHIaUW far tmnoputartita fltei
I Board af Canty Oommiatoanon
i tenia aa aHiwotn ta dafmp export
I cat af tea retomns te tha matte
• tad Adjotaat MaAM later to snxlow
1 to teoat te of team kora fetaiteq
r to ■ Waldo who to going te atetnd th<
AiterNh mtithig
■Jl1 «MP ■ W—I
MATNAU WON LOCAL
. FAME IN TREE CLIMB
Theiste Ural BeMa V. Maynard,
known. a> the "Flying Fanoo** wkaee
MW death loot Tharoday grioeod
Made throughout tho aattoa, rUmb
od tho flmt round oa tho ladder of
loos) faaee. while a barefoot lad, at
tending Doll oriMol, at Detmay, flaogp
«oo eoanty, ercording to a Mary ro
tated by oU fries do flonday. *
>rNoar tho school than wan a ft
toot pine tree, aad faring a reeeoo
period, eeeeral of tho otudaata darod
Selvin to eltatb this tree mad ptaeo
the American Sag at tho lop.
Without a momeat's heeftetlna
-ouag Maynard climbed tho taaa,'
ptaead tho flag at the eery top, Wa
ned dopn, ekinatag hU eklne to aeam
eertent.
That began Maynard's citato to lo
cal fame, and in 1*1* be charted to
aational fame when he made hto fa
moae traai continental oliptaae
flight.
"And with all hie fame, he «a
iaM the .aane," aid m Ml long
Mead aad corifroninn. Be never
tael the common touch, another* ro
portrd, and. with all bit renown, ha
war the am Be Win Maynard ta bis
fnen<i« as be was before ha etappod
into tho glare of thpoalrtom.
HI* Him expo nonce with a n»»« l
raglaa, m aarratad by frlaada, - ae
•wnd din a dad. Ha boaght ana
a* thoar aid faddancd adatar track*,
equipped with wheel* abater to thaa*
an buqnriee
H* and a eonrpaiuen started a* la
the Machine, pa lag briskly dawn the
read far aba lit taa Milas, wrhaa tea
aagtas died deader thaa Barter.
tbs' breads* af Ms
Kate C a ad sap, daughter af Mr. and
bn John F. Ooodacn. af ML Often.
—Morning tear.
DABNEY WARNED
OF WEEVIL PERL
Fonmr 3tnU CImnM Urgwd
TwMToHteMwnrt
Of Part
ff, twenty-<We you* ago, tha Mat*
of Tam had taken tha advice of
Dr. Charlaa W. Dabney, Jr., ea
moaaa of lighting the hoB wuevil
the South might have been apasad
the faazfal coat ad tha weevil's op
eration*.
Dr. Dabney at the tfcna ha wiata
tha goecraer af Texas aad argil
precautionary maaaaraa agaiaat. tha
evil araa seat riant aec rotary of tha
OalUli State* Department af Agri
culture. Ha was at ana tinea North
Carolina State chemist aad was aae
af the aarmhpra af the Watauga
Club, one of the Mhaeatlal laataaa
in bringing about the mtahHahauaaf
of the State Collage of A|th*lkgt
and Mechaincal Engineering.
Dr. Dabney'* letter, which maa ad
dreaaed to Hon. David S. ClhlWH
than Governor waa as faOaarat
“What an tha ahaaaaa that *a
Lagialatura will paaa a gaaaral law
an the .object af injuries laaecta
aad diaaoaaa af ptaata fariag this
aeaalanT During my raaoat vMt to
Taxaa 1 found oat tha haB aattfl
WM TJiciunj m Ml BIW VI IRIU Vli
and while in tome place, the lost ad
the tap crop thrMfh aMMMMT
draught had perverted any great
•grand, still, la Dm efctrHy ad Vle
terla aad la lira, there had been a»
undoahted grel af forty at ftftp
m-'lee along taUreada. Dr. llewapd
tall, me that hr ml yea MaNh Ml
a copy of BnDette M af tho Mato
Board of Rortfaahara af ChMirnh
coatalniac a fall Meant af ftha
pro lent lew aad iigalallaar af that
Mate. He ea.ild.r. this ts ha the
heat law oa the eahjeat w* h ep
aretlea aad 1 bells*. that pan eawld
oat da batter than to has# panr haw
apon it. Of eaama. the
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fra days a«c stated fa* tea Ate
could kt atdt Ms aa ideal faik.
DUNN DEFEATS DUKE
IN GAME
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lor Joy last Sit jr lay i ft waste state
*• Dwf* TO and MM» taam. ir I
ky Girard W.lsva, e’aafcad with Dit
sad eanaa ate rletar, autetfav tad fate
tea a Daaa team fcaa amnd aa tee
Dafca faltasss la (kite yearn.
A arm a ^ateaaa day f ar IMa fcaad
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