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# _THEDUNT* VOLUME IX ' ' , 1 ~ -* — __ DUNN, NORTH CARQ A SUNDAY SCHOOL SPECIALIST HER! Hwry L. Strickland Dulivurw ****"• Last Wadnaaday P. M. "You cannot bo a Christian wHJi out being a world citiaon,” declare Hairy L. Strickland of Mejnphli Tenn., known ao tho Sunday aohoc •' peeialiot, Hi on address at tho rrii Baptiet church Wadneaday crenlnj Mi. Strickland, who ta at the tea. of the Sunday acbool work of th Southern Baptiet convention, epen a weak In this State and dadveroi thirteen addresses, the address her. winding up his campaign. Ho was accompanied by Dr. t L Middleton, |rld secretary of th< Sunday school board of the Stati Baptiet convention. Dr. Middlstai mail# a abort talk in which ho ttatec that the purpose of Mr. Stricklanc in coming to North Carolina waa tc icet a fixed purpose tor tho ohurehee and the H.dHridusUwthat of wtnnlna lo Christ and to service Tho thirteen 'nesting* hold were well attended, ho ■aid, and much interOt haa boon manifested. Mr. Strickland made a etrong plea • for united effort upon tho part of or* gurnard claaaci and scored tho incH ridual who lives in a "Mule world." The person who Hvaa In a "Bute world" waa likened lo a pool of mater that has no outlet, which results la its becoming stagnant, while tho one Who lives In a "largos world" was likened unto the pool that hae an out let and ia ever fresh and pure. "One cannot bo a Christian without being a world citiaon," ho continued. The chief business of the preacher, the teaehar and tho deacon should be W umpire, he said. For more than an hour Mr. Strick land hold hte audience spell-bound, as He related instances of how men and wemer, had boon won -te Chrtet Son Of A Clergyman Fugitive From Wilson SeodgbiB hmilil at Mtehmoud Foe Alleged Skndy Twittiwt Richmond. Vt. March 28.—C. B. StodghiH. 28, and well groomed, aou of the Rev. J. R. StodghiU, Soft I* clergyman of ChiUlereborg, Aia., waa held here today aa a fugitive from Wilson, N. C. He la all aged to have panned two worthless drmfta daring the Eastern Carolina exposition there lwently. He seas arrested on cosh plaint of tiro young men of Wilson who foDoered hire here when It turn ed eut that the draft* were bogus. Paul B. Biasett, one of them, ia manager of Nash Street Drug flora He eras the recipient of a draft fer 8*0. C. R Godwin, clerk in the Cherry hotel, received the ether bit of bed paper, which was tendered in payment of a bill fer fltl-TO cover ing room and board at the hotel during the fair for StodghiU and three yoang women from Richmond In hit employ. StedgMU, representing hmiaelf aa agent of the Parker Fountain Pea company, had a booth at the fair. Aa cording to Rlaeett, he seen red a sup ply of Parker pens from the drug store for W, setting these at the booth. In addition He kook many or ders, collecting on the apot and ar ranging fer Ike ardors to be filled at the store. It tamed out, according to Biasett, that StodghiU bad taken orders in many instances at a piles taaa than at which tha pens could be obtained at wholesale from the fUet ery. When dtreeted today, StodgMlI told the police that the Rot. Dr. Oeorgo W. McDaniel, of Phut Baptist ehusch 'Utla city, a friend of hie father's »®ald doubtless be glad of the oppor tunity to help him out of tha troubla, but Dr. MsDaaiel declined to come to His reseat ttodghill. it developed, was mar ried ia January In Sadtfanere to a girl of than etty, mad recently engag ed a local attorney to iaatttate db verse proceedings fer him. The law yer lest interest Hi the ease wham H tamed eut that a *80 shock given him by Ms rfient «a the hdtial fee waa worthless. 1/OtAH BEBMHAKDT DEAD Sank Bomkardt, MM of tka groat Mt utnaa tka world ha* prodaood •Hod, U kar kaado 4a Pari* Maadaj idght, fallow**, aa onto*dad Oban Ska waa Inrwi aa lha groatoo* tngo dlonr^o af all Man. AUSTRALIAN IS TO » SPEAK IN DUNf j _ rrv A a - ■ a ^ UO.V THOMAS WAI.KKR ! 0r Monday evening, April 2, at 1 , e’slork, Hen. Thomas Walkor, mem 'i b,r "f th» Australian Parliament foi j the f ast K^nlMn yean, wtU apeak , in the First Baptist ehureh of Dunn. HI* Mibjeet will bo. "AuetiwH*, The Lam' of Opportunity, And Her Strug gle f-»r Prohibition." 'll1. Walker it known as on# of the fomneit Statesmen, educators, and orator* of his country. He has •enriM U Minister of Education and Atts-.ey General and represents West Australia, the largest province in th» t country. In parliament. There will be no charge of ad mission and the public generally |* invito l to hoar this world travel*r. Mr. Walker was appointed by the l new I time Minister to come to the Uhltod States for the purpose of learning first-hand the effects of pro hibition in this country and report his findings to his govern meat ——_ TOOK CHANCE AND LOST, SAYS COURT Question Of Duuni Should ifc« tolMd. .« mm «I1 tra; the bell cord we* dote to the Ateman; yet they took a chance with another man’s life and tost,” That la the pointed paragraph with which Chief Justice Walter Clark, writing the opinion of the court, r* veieeil a judgment of aon-sult by Judge W. A. Devin, in Combe Hand county court in action brought byj Mattie Belie Moore, Administratrix •garnet the Atlantic Coast line for the death of her husband killed by sn Atlantic Const Line train ia' Bmtlhftrld. The deceased, an employe* of the' Atlantic Coast Line engaged is (wit ching operations on the yard Id' SmithAeld, was killed by a North-! bound extra while he was steading en the erase tics watching the switch' engine and giving aignala. At the time •f the accident, it was in evidence, he wsi intent upon a switching list In hi* hernia The engineer of the extra, composed of the engine and a cabooee blew his whistle once at the crasetng four or fire hundred yard* away and could have teen the deceased at aH , time* for this distance. "The distinction ia clearly recog l meed," raid Chief Justice dark," be tween the presumption whieh arises when a person apparently in the pos session of all hie faculties is seen walking on th« track and the duty owed to eae of the railroad’s «n> pleyns who is absorbed and engrossed in hit work." Harnett C*utr Wine Tha Supreme court alao yeaterday affirmed Judge frank Danlole' refu “! to continue a rertroiniog order for tho Norfolk Southern ageinet tho dtoriff of Harnett county and tho county commiaaionora involving tha collection of n (re eort tax for the buildinga of bridgea in tho county. Tho ton waa ieviod in 1M1 by the county, among other taxon for gnn aral county purpoeee. after tho bond of cnnrmlaalunai a hid oatarod into a written contract with tho gtate highway communion, In aecortieneo with tha law, In eonetruct tha Laf ay ette highway in Harnett. The county nr^usrod to taoue four f<otea for Itl.OdO each for tho work and levied taxee enflteient to retire the notoo at matarity. The plaintiff contended (he reunty had violated Article g and Section i of tho conatitetlon i that tha board of eoaamieeloaem waa not authoriaod nnder tha eteiatoa to laooe tho notea or to lavy tha tax. and that tha beard, even If euthoHaod, had failed te comply with the atatatery pravWens. Tha lower court ref need (a era Mime lie temporary raetrain lag or dor aad tho company appealod. The ■uprome court hold m laouhrtieat and proceed! age of tho board of corn mi Ml snore had bene on rucord foe P Town Political Waters J Continue To Attrac G. W Bull., Waaiey B. T\m« I *•« "Oil" r»r Cemnu* The town political mlin coatiaui to attract Two new candidate* foi rummaaioncr hav* entered the nci thl* week—G. W. Bailor from ward No. t and Weeley B. Thomproif from wan I No. 8. Will, there new e nixie* two can didate* for commiaalonar at* now fai til* race from word* No*. J, t and I, wlnle only ona baa yet offered from ward No. 4 Two camHdate*—J. L Wade and J. W. White|\sad- -ar* al 1 cady -Dot” for mayor. Ths vartoo* ramhilate* arc beginning to take the matter op with tboir friend*, tha TO. ten, and the campaign is expected to grow warmer as the time for vot ing draws nearer. Twenty-one Columbia university •onion «*u they have navrr kissed a girl. It'* now time for Hut number of girt senior* to aaaert Hut they hare I i-0*er been kissed by a man. j SENTENCE DALLAS j TO STATE PRISON — D*»w» From 2 To 8 Yoon Whon Motion To Sot Vor diet Aoido u Owr-rabd Wilmington. March 28_Herbert E Dallaa waa aentenced yeoterday to aeihf, from too to flee yean in the atate penitentiary for the killing Of Joe Southwell. Sentence fwaa procoonced after Judge Kerr had overruled motion by 'tefenor counael that the eenMet be eet aaidc. Appeal to the aopratnc court waa noted. The defenae contended for a aew trial on two counto: flrat that Judge •Carr la hi* charge to the Jury had challenge a talarman ao to Kit being a free holder in New Hanoear cairn. tr A acw bond ia being arranged for DaJlaa in the am of 810,000 pend ing hia appeal. The ary alood Ox for murder and aix for manalanghter on the flrit bal lot, it waa learned today. TOM HAYES MAKES ESCAPE FROM THE STATE S PRISON Wilaon. March tl—Tom Hayes, who waa sentenced wtth Mra. Sarah K. Whitley and Bouse, negro con jure dorter, to Ufe terms In the peni tentiary for contptrir.g to murder and murdering WiUie Whitley, husband af Mm Sarah E. Whitley, made hie escape from the penitentiary yester day. Whitley was Bordered while asleep at his tobacco barn about IS months ago. near Whlstonburg In Groan county. Motive for the crime, it waa charged, waa to collect insurance on Whitley-* life and for Hayes and Mr* Whitley to elope. Hayes has one glare ryr. j DURHAM MAN MAKES HIS WILL! COMMITS SUICIDE » Durham, March M.—L. H. Parry a well known citinen of Durham, kill ed himself early today according tt Information obtained from member*I of hit family, who expressed the op- j '"ion that ill health caused the act. Mra. Perry said bar husband made Ms wlk yesterday afternoon. TO FIGHT AT BRAGG Fayetteville, March tfl_Cole Mil ler, Hamlet brakeman and fighter of no mean ability, wUl appear on the boxing and wreatUmr program to be given at Port Bragg an April 5. Mil ler will meet Olbt (Battling) Batch,* tigMweight and welterweight cham pion of tha port. Miilri week end that It had net violated the etate conntltnUon Other OfMew Oplnione Pled by the coart yaatar dey follow: Vliwon re. Gardner, Wayne, affir med. Lloyd va. Poythreat, Vance, new trial. M. C. ft. R. Co. to Mr. Alien et al. Harnett, alptel. Lawrence m Beck, Lae, rev trend. Bakno V*. Bowman. Pitt, pMaUTa appeal affirmed; defendants appeal error. Wimee et al. va. Hofham et al, l Mow Hanover, sew trial. Cnrrto et. Mnlley, Camber1,and, no ortw. * Moore ra A. C (. 1 I. Co., Cun. Wiland, mrireid. It will fee if 0t»u, la this con ncetfoi IMStha?Erwin Cot-! ton Mill. CoUb ngM lto Mo. 2 plant at I>4* prat M run ago. That Inunediado ytaqp waa ho. covered with learn fort*. However In a very ahclt Ham the traoo wore rat down, itrtrt/Md og ia regula tion city Moehe.ajd aa fadaatrial viU tag* of about* «,00* population tp-^ng ap. Slaiffiat Mate Harnett county and thta&ntire aoetton- haa profited auch <M aacont of tha lo cation of the mifa ut that place. The Erwin Cetera M1B. Company haa over boon aM) it aid h any and Ovary progttpaive am and la building up thir wetioB. It waa tMa company that tdMblfcfced aad main tained the Amt tahded arfraal in Har nett county. It 4fa. built aad donated ta tho county tbp^mt atretefa of Im proved highway and brought to the eounty the Dudfaui aad Southern railway. . In tha erecting of piaat No t. aa the new mill tap bo known. It la «ofo to my thaOteo old policy of the Erwin Cotton MOW Company will bo madntalnod. thap of Vefldtng up a' good eihaeatalptar Harnett eounty.l promoting edaia^Mi and general/he rnl uplift and atektag thU tho boat raetlon In tha heat State In which to live. % « In ao cotton.fail] or other iaduo trtal viliago ha *• State am the etti lona more piaaatnl and happy than In Duke. K ta ta Ideal village, wefl kept and the att ewntvo pm Am expenoe ta adit Ufa |‘r-for the operator.. *i«n and uaH kept park and pUy^fauada la pmvtdad with ite era, mdta ap *f numeroue wild aniaaalt, a fpubhe library la maintained, aad. intact, nothing la loft undone In flaking the raireund. Inga and Uttag flmdMiona of tho eM aonn of Duka the apaal of them ta bo found anytataPb DuJm, March #—Oe* of th* aaaat icporUnt Mllfcluih la mm frcm the head df the Brwia Orttn mill* oBH Wtl* a.afkawd mm that « 40,000 ^tMI* eattoa art* k to b* arartod hrtra. It is to ha halt th* atharWo, whlah haa be tween twenty dip— cad tMrtr-aigbt •hoaaand sytodlk. Th* aaaat lTtaTir haa not baan fceidad uyaa aa yet, bat th* new ndfwll ha near anaurth •a that afl the ifnQiaiint «aa ha tarried *a fiiayth* Maw a*aab. Th* I baUdlny of Mill afll ytra th* | tw* antadyrtedy wear* eighty tW •and sy India* totfrtag M r*ah wMfc Oh • vary Mehta* trifnafartartay iWa it th* slat*. ' ’ ’ I Th* eaataMO-fap th* aaw arfl haa bwm la* to #*1be * Co., imt—at lny Mriyiae*** *af ArnaaOU. L 0 *» a ' Hickory, March I*.—Hickory of •cm »r» look inf far E. M. Parka P***** •*“<• aai, who la wanted ol liaaolatoa °* * chary* of ImmoraMtj la a hotel there. He and twe womon r*«ijlUred there end Perks, whe has a wife end child here, that of the pair was Ms wife. The warrant aliases that the offense was committed an Sender. March 18 I-t Snnda, Mm Parka, whe had heard of the escapade, went te Un celoten t* make a personal ieseeti paUan and learned that her husband had preceded her end remered the teU-taJc pace from the hotel reflate r. *h« waa rttamiaf home when abo met Parke In eompaj* with bla twa I fri«ndr, end the, aacefnised each oth. f er Instantly. Two mead, later, how ,w* ^rko left the r nmimij with ^ Jampinf thrash the aatemahtte curtains and —ou.g track, throuah the woods. MISSIONARY UNION CLOSES SESSION Mr*. WmIlay N. Jaaao EUctod | Mmmt Ymmr IaCdMm IXdiam, Mart* «*_Ths Mats *•** Wamana- Mia.en.ry TJatoa which baa baan la mmm to tb. Elm Baptist, cboreb of tibia «*T docs Taasday night, rlaaod this evsoiap oaa af th« r«rj bast aassisas to Hi history. Tha registration ran •P 11st. to MO. This doss not in ®i«f« tears, of <Mun who did not totlster. Oaar aki*. all the was **-«* coctriboicd to *.iLvTZ tsixiaoea. Jobss, of ■-■-'py 4MMSB, Mia* Masy Cos. Magnolia; Cbartatto (HrlMoa, Mrs. T. B. Haary. WadMboro; Atherlll. division, Mr*. C. A. Data. AMwriUe. CsnipiuJ top utrttuy and miasfcm stady sttp •rintndsat, Miaa Mary Venn, Ra W*h; *®ea ascrvtary-troaaaror, Mias Elda K. Harter, Raleigh; reeordinp wcrrtary, Mra. J. D. BoaabaU. Ra tolpb; mcrstary Toanp Woman'. A.zlllary, Mrs. R. N. Btiaaaa, Ra. Isigh; jaadoc * lapiriatoadu. Mis. RUsatotb M. Briggs, Raleigh. Tha following la «* new aseeu thro couunittse, oil of whom Bra in Rolclch: Meadam aa W A. Cooper, i. 8. Farmer, J. H. Kin*, T. W. O’Kelly, *. L. Mayfield, W. C Riddick, i. H. Weetfcetm. 1. A EUU, /. R. Berkley, CHarlaa K. Mad dry, C E. Brower, T. H. Briggs, N. & Broughton, i. W. Bonn, C. L. Grrewoe. X. M. Caea Tha hospitality of tha Durham U d)M haa boon anotlntod and moat cor 41*1. The rieHera won gtrka a trip to Chnpol BUI Tharaday afternoon. Many other eonrteatea her. bom ez tamted. Preliminary work baa already begun, aa eigfnaaH bore bean laying off tha prepared leeOUee end pettiag their plana Into working order. Ac eordtig to aa ofieial announcement week wffl begin aa aaen aa poaalbla In addition to the abort, preoaat plana call for the erection of more than three hundred dwelling houses! to he bvlH at once. Work on thoaa haa already begun, with aero ml be ing practically fialdvod and ready for eoeapaney. Tbaao together with Urn three hundred and fifty hiaaaa wil make pmariy eight handled derail inpiW.. Dmki win NMlm ta i aa th* laflaa af i Aha Mm win mm that tha ytaaaat yayWMoa af two thaaaaad yaayla han wW ha atiyawatad by naaidy lay Dafca- a eity af ftaa 1 yaa yh ar laara. ft haa aat haan laamad aahhowhmyMwaitakathaeaw tnctara to laaiylita tha arilU hot hy aafatMa* la 1M4, tt h aryartrd that ' tha fatahihbtoaat wD ha oyaratfay. ’ Oak* haa kay haaar noted ha a maaafaatartay naht aa tha yraa art aHU haa haan ayaratlay far twaa tyaaa yaara, Bad hy Ito aawiny to thh aaedaa haa daaa aaaah toward) atoktay thh raytoa aaa af tha yra*. yaratto aaadaia la tha Mata. Aha « I w« yraatly aid tha fa naan w aw* hat (hair y daily al way Kl^ Cat taa whlah maaanlhy wfll ha (a yraahi d—ad thaa aaar hafaaa. LEADING COTTON MAN PASSES AWA1 Ul n ChbrlettoAtarah B. Bry *»«. * leading rattm, broker ef Char, kttc acj la-mar or n’tiy-tninn\i •f 1.1* Awri;m Cotton Moanfactar m* Aiwraiet, Jied at a local bee pital aft** en Ulaaae ef • foala^i Ue had been operated upon at that time for acute appeadicHto. Mr. Bryant who waa approximate. 'f *T year* old waa rotated by mar riage to Oor. Morrieon to Oban aJcco be waa married aome yean ‘•ft. The governor bad twioe beea "••led t-omc from the capttol bacaaaa of Mr. Bryaat'a iUaaaa. Mr. Bryant had mfferod partial paralyaia about a week ago aad tbU waa aaid to hare bran dm immediate <*ea« of hit death althoagh at ana jtuaa h* appeared te bare Diagnoeticiaui wrro -piled trmm iehaa Hepkiau baapiui bat wore as. *Mo to aid la reUcvlug him. Mr. kywi had been prominently identified -with the rotter, trade ■tece ha came te Chartooe mane «haa a quarter of a rentary agu g^ m the tin. of kb death eat eady am regarded aa oae ef the "rg brahan ef the math bat bad a num ber ef other btaiaeaa —mta hem aa well. la the aerial life he had takra a Uadlitg part aad waa one ef the charter member* ef the T alklia Manufactarns' Club af rh,rtowe and Was eo« of ito former praatdeato. WHAT TOWN GETS THE EXPOSITION ar*e late I tsasmm tewa in Sn eastern put af the Stale which pat* op the proper gaaraau*. Scaled proposal* wDI ho act ewt, and tho natter wfll ha hlllit tor two works, aeedfdlag to Mujit Bsx-V lett re The Wilson directors no dotomia cd to hart it if pessiMe and than ha** the hacking of the hawnen ana and citiscna of Wflsan who have not only ha<l a good tine In a aoeial way hat the exposition ha* adeoriteed WUaen and hroagbt her attractions •ad resources close to tee folks la the eastern part of the State. Tho exposition will bo lot aw tho same basis ae last year, aad all the risers will be given.an opportunity te qualify. Of course Wilson steads the bast chance of gottia* It the warehouse space, sad the nribwed and hotel faeilWc* aad away other thing* which wfll conduce te the eon fort, convenience and happluan af the visitors. The gasrmntes money does not mean that a single guarantor will lose a cent. It la heuad te grow from year to year, mad white it wm a suecsreful venture (this year, it win ho hotter the text, aad *n««**d lag yean W * are pleased te loan from Mr. Baitlolt who te aa Wool manager af such soterpeiao that the exposftioti wfll mM twice aa reach apace nest year aa it did this, aad wttii tea* effort The hoard of director* af the espa. sitioa are Mmsre. H. H. Taylor, of Klanon, chairman-, George C. loy an, of Ooldsboro; J. H. Atexaadsr. fr., of fteetlaad Nock; W. H. Asalia, of Bnuthfleld; Dr. C. J. IBs), of Oreeavfll*. MITCHELL ALLEN. OF FUMGO. KILLED IN AN AUTO WEECE Xoeky Moaat, March It fdVkrll AOoa. of Pan go, aa aglip of tha Atlantia Com Um, waa kfliad, aad 0. E. InmghpriU, waa tainted when tka ear In which they were riding U* night near thi* city ptagnl awr an embankment and laraod tartle. AOaa'a neck waa broken. The bright tight* of an approaching automobile wao given oa the eaeee of the naai drat by the police. EXECUTIVE OFPICKE ATOTEEM IS DBAS Aehevine. March II—Major ft Evalath Whiting, eaeeedve o«c*r al Otooa Votorana hoapttal hero, died . "«rly ycMerday (alUaring a break dowa in health coffered aavml woeki aga. The body affl be tabaa to Em fomar bone In Woahingte*. D. C. where Major Whdtlng wan la goner* *•1 aorrioa for aboet M yanra |i waa »■ yaar* of age and la aarvtvad by Me widow aad aaa daagblai. BKM Sff?' ; 11* t:- • ” ■ Ml »*• I i , i I i
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