North Carolina Newspapers

THE >UNN VOLUME X. DUNN, NORTH CMOtlHA, ItUESDAY JULY 10, 1M3. - —--- ‘i. ' V-»r ■ HIGGINBOTHAM IS DECLARED GUILTY Former Whipping Bom Coo vie tod Of Mwrder In The Second Degree Lake City, Fla., July 7—Thomai Walter Higginbotham wu late toda] (ournl guilty of the murder of Martin Tabrit, of North Dakota, In th« sec ond degrea by a jury here. The vvr diet carrie* a sentence of twent) yean. The Jnry *»* out one hour and twenty minutae. Thy funner convict whipping boa* wai accused of having caused the death of Tabcrt M the result of a beating administered while the North Dakotan wat serving a term in the Putnam Lumber Company convict lease camp The trial consumed thir teen day*. hash ef lag wiry The death of Tabart Anally result ed la an investigation of the whoit convict leaning system and Its abolish ment by the Florida Legislator*, fhal body also prohibited corporal punish menL Before thg Florida legislature convened, the Senate of North Da kota adapted a memorandum asking the Florid* I are-makers to investigate the death of Tabert. n* vwMMiriDM Thar* war no deuoestratioa la the court room when ths verdsel war re ported. Attorneys for the defendant immediately mad* a motion tot a now trial. The verdict carries a mini, mum instance of twenty years and a mas imam at life imprisonment. Hig ginbotham was In court when the Jury announced eta decision. Higginbotham was senteueed to twenty yearn Imprisonment. He mm released on $10,000 bond pending bearing of appeal. During tog trial ^h* State shagged Higginbotham with having whipped Tabari no severely that R brought about r$nmialii janmisWa wfciih resultedka death four days latod. Iifmi Claim* from 0 to 10 lashes were struefc. The Florida convict camp reflations per mitted administering ten Laahet. The defense contended Tahert died from lobar pneumonia. Uharges were made by defense counsel that one of the Statei wit nesses had been offered a bribe to testify and that a "Rush fund'' had been raised in North Dakota to aid in the prosecution and pamphlets dis tributed among Witnesses to preju dice them. Tabari was whipped while a con vict in the lumber company's esmp, January 17, 1922 The defense claim cn he died on February 3. G. Grim eon, assistant attorney general of North Dakota, investigated the death, spending several weeks in Florida. On hie return to North Dakota he rabauR tod hit findings to the North Dakota legislature, then In aesaion, and which approved a resolution catling upon the State of Worlds to Inveeligate the ease. WARREN COUNTY BOY KILLED BY LIGHTNING Henderson, July 7.— Rennie Jar rell .aged 17, was instantly killed by lightning about 7: 30 o’clock Thurs day evening at the home of his fa ther, J. H. Jarrell, in Warren coun ty, twelve mi lea from this city, and hi* two brothers, whose names were not learned, were severely burned and shocked by the same bolt, but twiH recover, according to informa tion reaching here. The three boys were silting on a porch during lbe severe electrical storm which pasted over this and adjoining sections late Thursday, and it was during that time that the lightning struck the hoy*. SAVE-A-TTEP GROCERY TO SERVE DUKE TRADE A grocery store on wheels 1* the latest addition to the business life of Dunn. This new and novel eu terpris* was inaugurated by Pearce't Rakery, and is known as the Save s Step Grocery. The store is moves! around hy lone of John Henry's mo tors, and will be used in deliverin'; bread and groceries in Duke. Hu truck is an arranged that a full stock of both staple and fancy grocerin can be earned to the homes of <h< people living in Duke. While this is something new »< this section, like grocery store* an being operated Wt some of the large cities This store will mslee dad] ciR* at the home* of all lha peopk living in the Duke viRage. Summer beat ha* the same eflee on fertile egg* aa the hen or met. ha tor. The fertile germ will quick tv make a Wood rmg. which spoil the eggs for market or food. PAY REWARD FOR WHISKEY MAKERS Will Pay O(Bears $20 For Both Tha Still And Opera tor ( _ - l inter tlie new schedule of com pensation for the cupturc of whis key stills in Harnett county, the officer making the capture will re 1 eeive $10 for a complete still, and , when the operator or proprietor of the still is ca|«ured he will receive ($20. This schedule was formulated by the county commissioners at I their regular monthly meeting on I July 2. A provision of the new fpay schedule provides, however, I that tlie sheriff make affidavit with each still " turned in," showing the township in which it was captured. Rewards paid for stills captured in the county by the commissioner* : at their July meeting totalled »p lwoximatelv S600. it is said. How ever. with all the stills captured, the supply , seems to be unlimited, and it would appear that whiskey i* I ic ing manufactured on a large scale While the capture of the *till has had but little effect in curbing the Idockadi. business, tin commission ers are hojitful that under the new pay schedule more of the men who operate the stills will he brought into court. In their effort to stamp out the ilicit manufacture of whiskey in Harnett county, the commissioners | and other county officer* must de pend largely upon the co-otieratimi of the law-abiding citiaens through nut the county. JOHN D. REACHES 84TH MILE STONE “Oil Kteg" Spwtdi Day At Fo fiitka Hill*; Attend* . Srrfc— at Church Tarrytown. N. V., July 8.—John D» Rockefeller -obaarVed hi* eight y ing a few friends at dinner. As he left the church Mr. Rockefeller was surrounded by a group of Is chil dren, and in honor of the occasion, he handed each youngster a nickel. Mr. Rockefeller, attired in an overcoat and a muffler and with brown goggles protecting his eyes. ai>prared in good health He chat ted smilingly with newspapermen and photographers. He invited them inside the church, promising to grant an interview afterward . When he emerged from the church, he said to the group of mo tion picture and newspaper photog rapher* : “ There are so many of you that if you were not such grind fellows I'd be afraid of you." Mr. Rockefeller obligingly enact ed a scene in which he gave a nickel to Robert Irving Hunter, aged two, four times, but balked when he was asked to do it again. When the newspaper writers asked hi* opinion on prohibition, the League of Nations, the R-hnur day in industry anti other questions, he exclaimed: ( mere are so many people talk ing nowadays that T think I'd better *et a new style lutd say nothing. Please excuse me.” Because of the fact that his birth day fell on Sunday, Mr. Rockefeller did not give the customary band concert at his estate at Pocantico Hilts. Mr. RodkefeDer rose about f> o'clock a* usual, enjoyed a short stroll about his estate and ate break fast at ft o'clock. Then be read the papers for a while anti at 10:45 Ik started for church. The church, a small gray stone structure, was built through the do nations of the Rockefeller family and the townspeople, and wus dedi cated last November. Help Move Crops Washington, July 7.—A apeeia etreolar wsa baaed by the PeAera Rratrvt Baud today calling the at tetitien of all isnns agents to thi "kupeetaaae of Dio federal Baaarw ■yetam functioning effectively in pro viding adequate financing far th< orderly marketing of agricultural pro duets" its Httg the market so aeon jus ahead. BUSINESS FAILURES SHOW BIG DEC REAM New York, July 4.— A total o i 1,3711 business failures in the l.'njt ed States in June, tlte smallest mint 1 lier for any month in the last twi ! years, is proof that slackness in car lain lines of trade has had no rffec upon general conditions, aeevgdini 1 to Brad street In the first six months of thi ■ year there were more than '-*.00 > failures, a decrease of ten under lb total for the aix month* preceding , WOMAN SENTENCED TO BE ELECTROCUTE! i Mra. Anna Buui Calmly Pra •arta inaocaaca; Appo.l To Dalay Eucution New fork, July ». — Mrs Amu ' Duial whs taken to Aubgm Fnnoi | today to await execution In the elec ■ talc chair at Bing Sing for the mar drr of her lover, Frederick Schneider a wealthy Bronx contractor. Sentenced this morning by 8u prime Comt Justice O’Malley, Mrs. Buasi calmly mode a statement to the i roprt protesting her innocenee and as calmly prepared for her trip tc Auburn. Although Justice O'Malley set the date for her execution as the week of Auguet 6, it le not expected that Mra. Basal will pay the death penalty for a year, If ihe ever doee. Her counsel gave notice of an appeal, which acta as an aotumoatic stay af execution pending the ler* drawn out court proceedings. If the appeal fatla, Mr*. Boxsi’s friends arc planning le aafc Governor Smith for a commuta tion of sentence SENATOR W. H. KING EXPRESSES VIEWS Ch*rj*« That Prwhhat U !»• •incara la Hi* World Court Talk I'nited Stale* Senator William II. King ,o( I'tah, who delivered >m addrt** in Dunn during llie fair tan year* ago, recently attacked the Harding Administration in Mrrmg language, llie following from an associated press story of hi* rwent addren before the Voting Men's Democratic club of I'tah wi3 be of interest to many Dispatch reader*: Declaring that lYcsidcnt Harding " is insincere " in advocating adhe sion of the United State* to the world cram and classing the dis armament confeiVnce called by the President ag " a delusion and a «? last night launched an attack upon the Republican administration. Senator King .speaking before the Voting Men's Ihnnorrtaic club of lTtah, also declared ''the card* arc starker), so far as die Republi can nomination for ('resident in 1924 i* concerned, and no power on earth can defeat Harding for t* nomination." He asserted President Harding's nomination is already settled in the same maimer that it r«> -titled prior to the 1920 convention. " The policy of the Re\»uliliran adminittrutiun wa» one determined by llie plutocratic force* of that party and not by the masses of tin party. ” ltr continued. ** President Harding ha* deceived llie people by honeyed words and shriveled nationalism." the senator said. " Hc otme to the senate and told us we must join the world court. T didn't believe him sin cere, but called hi* bluff and intro duced a resolution calling for a vote on the treaties as they were pre sented by the court.” L-ornimimg .senator King de clared ; " Senator L<xtge, the sinister ami intriguing force wliich has so often been manifested again.* Ithe Ameri can people, gnr to work, subsidized tin- Republican pres* and brought pressure to bear upon President Harding which frightened him. Harding> being always an oppor tunist which seek* a policy of ex pediency, yielded, Imt when he gut to St. 1 XHits he thought lie found a good opportunity to put himself straight with Senator Reed of that State and other*, »o lie changed hit front again. " The disarmament conferenc which ha* been pointed to as th< greatest achievement of the Repub lican administration, was a debt •ion and a snare and a mean* oi I deceiving the American people. Re \ publicans point onf that the confer knee was the mean* of dixarminj ♦he great nations of the world to a great extent .yet we find the bi| army and navy officials of the coun tr vadvocating a hiH army am navy." Secure Farm Loews Kinston, Jaly V^TMitp-aiiie far mem hi this section ha vs been aa ; tended leant by til* Feds rat hn Loan Bank at ColsinW Numbers a •than hava applications ponding. • far leant tsulllng 1155400 ham bee , approved and loins (ay »lt«,700 ctes ad. It was stated. I - I It* *h< absence of milk or butter milk, either fiah meal or tankage i 1 as necessary to the growth of th > P*K *• nitrogen is to com or cot *‘ton .says W. W. Rhay. swine ex tension woHfjf. FIELD ARTILEERV IS j CAMPED A) BRAGG I Boat Of FmmOmm 4uh. B* twawi Fayetteville, July jZ-Thc 117th - Field Artillery i igiieM North Car olina's ov/n^iow in .i tamer train | ing at Fort Bragg, « I getting on J famously at the inert tiUrry train i ing post in lh<' \vod They are 'quartered in barrmcld rith the 17th Fieid Artillery, wjb X like tlie 117tli, » a motorized gimenl. ’11k heat of leering ebtafc between the National Guardsmen, id the Reg ular*, who are dam everything they can to be of aaa tance in the training and to malm hingi pleas ant (or the Tar Hommry* The North Carol mAa have been out on the fiOol niim twice, yes terday and Toe*day|lhd it it un derstood that they iUt an excell ent record. Tbnr. h^yZnot yet been ; sent to the artfllery *Agt, but ex ited to Mart that brtftch ol their held training TuesdM They win use the 155mm. tniArrri of the 17th Field. .Snipe q(S» new units of tlie rtgnpent are Ao using thr m»Xor rtjnifenent gj the 17th, though the adler orggAatians have their own equipments Capt A. I. lvefc, nmthe Regular Anny, National GtMJ instructor I stationed at Raleigh, Mdth the reg j intent a* instructor^ Joyner, of Rail JKeTuff <Wf> crrs are Major,^tfrd K. Mi chaux. of GoIdsti>n|;Bda)cir God ; frey Cheshire, of ftakfh. end Cap tain John H. Boushill of Raleigh, regimental adjutant! IM«ior Mi diaux has opai4nenl®f Uie First and Third WtTa firmy r>il Major Cheshire of the Seen® Thr oranieetioas lSting up the regiment are E^atVerri Goldsboro, |Captain R.. Battery P., Lonjaburg, CaptA^Hnry ; Battery Stedman^^Bairejj^KN^ifbcrn, Cajitain I'nderaraod; Second Bat talion detachment, Sanrthheld, Cap tain Sittings: and Third Battalion1 detachment. Bryson City, Captain i I UJfllCS. REAL MIRACLE IN CROSSMG MSHAP Automobile Demolished, Man and Wife Fosusd On Train Slightly Injnred Norfolk, Va., Jnly 5.— L. John son, a middle-aid farmer of Crit tenden, Virginia, ar.d Itir. wife, had a miraculous c- c;.p efrtttti death yes terday when their automobile was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train at a crossing near Suffolk. ___• ___—J'_*_... i im 11 stiii " •.* as »»»■*/ miles an hour when the Johnsons' coupe reached the crossing. The automobile was demolished Ac cording to trainmen, the entire car i" could have been picked up m a , market basket.” The train was . brought to a stop nearly 100 yards , from the crossing, and .trainmen ; hastened back to md the passenger* ( of the automobile, They could And , no trace of them in the vicinity of ' the wrecked automobile. A few minute* later, however, their where about* was disclosed Mr. Johnson, dated, bat other wise uninjured, was sitting on the running board of the engine, and Ids wife was perched on the cow catcher. noth were taken to a Suf folk hospital, where it was reported tonight that their injuries consisted merely of slight braves and cats. NEW SUPERINTENDENT NAMED rOR ORPHANACI Gefcbboro. July H. Warns qf Caldwell county baa baea elects* superintendent of ds local Odd Fol Iowa’ OqkSMi*, Wondlog C. O Balnl, who feelgood several wo* I ago after serving faHbfaMy aad oil elei.tly for a aanabrr of year*. Mi Warrta, who will bo pined bare saoi by Mrs. Warren aad thotr Ktl daughter, siaamsd hk dattas today 4 AUTOMOBILE RACER 1 KILLED IN ACCIDCN1 ► > — i Huntingdon, Weft Va.,1 uly I. - Ray Layman, of Clay City, lad. was killed, and bis mechanician F.orl Stoll, of Huntington, wa* ta . riiMisly injurod, when that rraeint i* car crashed through the trade rai t during the automobtie races yootrr -j day on the Tri-Stata fair grotmdi -‘ Ralph Hal, of Richmond, Va., wa sUglitl y Injured in aoothar accident trade children for COW, CALF AND HORS! Fatfcnr CmkHtUd Ami Mm Farty Tn Truk Alan Flaead ia Tall* mi Law Cortland. N. Y., July ».—AMagee ts hare traded hi* two daughter* aac n aon for a here#, a raw and a caH Clark Tharnington, af Trurton. wa cat.*i«ted af improper guanttaneViif before Jadga Champlln tn Childrens Ceut Gaorge Shaw, of Tnurten, wrtl adxam, It wa* charged, the barter wai ccanimated, recently waa rdmn in $1,0*0 bail an a charge af attack ing the younger daughter. The latter aad her brother will be committed te the county hone. The court ordered that the father be com pelled to pay for their care. The al der daughter. Hunk Tborningtoa 2$, found La the Shaw beam, waa detain ed far mental examination it came to tight la lama ligation that the chil dren had aerer aeon a radioed train until recently and had heoa dourly ran fined. HAMLET EXPECTS BEST PEACH SHOW lUitrwnd Town Plana To Haw TwfCwwwn Hamlet, July 7.—lixtnuirr plant arc under way here, H wax an nounced today, for the hc*t peach xho wthis section ku yet pnt on. the opening dale havingheeii -et for Jufj 26. Governor Thoau* G. McLeod of South Carolina and Governor Cameron Morrison of North Caro lina will open the show here on tnat date, it has been announced by U Coate Evans, director, who has been engaged primarily for the purpose of making thix third annual display of the products of this section bet ter than either of its predecessor*. The pretence of Governor Mc Leod of the South Stale win add io era aecnon of that State be* been following in the footsteps of the Sandhill taction of North Carothn. Hundreds of acre* are under cultiva tion in South Carolina'* up|>er sand hill xertion, and the peach industry there hax developed tremendously in the past three or four year*. Thix xeaaon'x crop will be dis played to die public in a large to haccn warehouse now nearing com pletion. Ten thousand teet of Boor spnee will he devoted u> the Sand hill product. The last two shows have been staged in tents. The warehouse will allow of a I letter ar rangement of the exhibits and a consequently le aser ex Motion than heretofore. In order to relieve the peach grower** of the burden of convey ing their exhibits to the show at the season when because of the ripen ing Stop they are exceedingly busy, it has been arranged by the manage ment of the show for trucks to call for the various exhibits and convey them to Hamlet. In this manner it is hoped to obtain a larger nuniher of exhibits than in past years. The first peach show held here two year* ago advertised extensively to those from other States one of North Carolina’s newest indttstnes. This xenon's show is ex]>eeted to spread even further the fame of the peach grown m the Sandhill section of the Tar fieri State. SOUTHERN RAILROADS MAKE IMPROVEMENTS N"Sul SmCoOO/)00 T*1-* AltonU, Ge., July 8—The South eastern railroads passing througl Atlanta are pranaritigto spend as aggregate of >05,000,000 for expan s>on and improvement of servica the coming year in the sections the; serve, according to a survey by thi Atlanta Chamber of Cummerca made pub he late yesterday. According to tins ttirvey the Lou isville and NaahviMe Railroad heart ' the Hat, it* appropriation coverim 1 contracts authorised or let durini ' the past eight month* nmtnmat ing >47,000,000. 1 T he Seaboard Air line ha* span 1 $19,000400 in the purchase of nev ' euipment and the rebuilding of oh equipment, the survey said, in tin pnat fifteen months. The N’arit vllle .Chattanooga and St. Looi will spend 94400400, the Athmu and Weat Point, >421,274, the Can , Jr* lo (Georgia $6J20,1.I2, and th , Georgia Railroad 8710AIU, accord ■ mgto this authority. I The Southern Railroad has pur I chased >17,000,000 wortlt o equipment to be delivered this yea . in addition to >13400400 ^ent Uu i year for equipment and improve . meat, it waa stated. TWO POWER LINES WILL SERVE PWO Will rraidii With T« Croat Pmmt Pkab Af ter April let With the completion of the 100, 000 volt atecl lower line from Fay 1 eueville to Duke and the extemioe | line front Duke to Dnna it will ■ (hen he that no other town in tbt I .Stale wiH have the *a>nc power ad I vantae* of Dunn. • The new line, uhich it ahead* : under construction. will connect I Dunn with the (real power frfaui at Watercr, 8. C., while it it at pm ent connected with the power plant at Hlewctr Pad*, thi* State. Thu will mean that Dunn will have un interrupted power, t'ndcr the new arrangement Dunn will he able to 1 get power from either of the two ’ plant*. In other word*. If tone thing goe* wrong with one plant or , late, then the other wil he tmmedi . ately brought into eervicx here. The line being craclad from Fay etteville to Duke will provide Duke with a.4,000 hone-power, which w ill be a*w|de for the ofieraiion of the Erwin Cotton adlh. I nd-.r the contract the tine ii. to be can pletnl by April 1, 1924. 1 lartxville. S. C., it the onlr ntK-r town in all thi* pert of the cotmtr* Hal will haw the aame advantage* llat Dunn wilt enjoy when the urn line i* nanpletcd, according to C. T. Irley. manager of the local ndicr o( the Carolina Power and light Company. CLOSE CONTRACT WITH A BIG SHOW of tlx llamctt County Fair aasoci ation, last week closed with mid w ay attractions last year, Imt trading agent, thr will he macli better A den of lions La rate of thr many addition* to the shows since last year. In the den will he Boos of all ages Three of the twenty boo* in the show were bom in captivity two week* ago. Another addition will be the cat caterpiUar ride, something that has never been seen here. In fact the Drown ft Dyer shows this year trill rank among the very beat that will I day in the South. Interest in the fair to be held here October 9 to 12 ia fast growing and all indication* are that the Dunn fair will he the very best staged fat Eastern Xorth Carolina this year. As has been stated in The Dis patch, it is jilanned to take in four counties—llamctt. Sampson. Cum berland and Johnston — and reports from the rural districts would indi cate that farmers generally will take more merest in the fair this year thaw ever before in afl its history. TWO SUTXJtS LIVE AMD DIE ALMOST TOGETHEI Hickory, Julv 3.—Two waters one 79 yoart of age. and the othei 77, died within a few boon of ead othar at their home near Maitland Midway between Morgan,on ant Lenoir, and bod, were biried at th, same hour. They were Misa Cadi erine Rader, ghe elder, and her sis ter, Mrs. J. C. Rader. The family were sitting up with J .G. Rader well known farmer, whose doatl it expected momentarily from hear, trouble, when hi ssiaier suffered a stroke of paralysis. Her death fat ■ lowed in a few hours, when her sis ’ let too was afflicted. In the pas, ' 12 mosuh* two other members ol - this family, Kelly Arnty and Mrs J. M. Poured, die letter of Ash* ville, hare died as a result of par* 1 lytic strokes. t _ I Urnplane Hod A End Might Norfolk. July 2.-— The crew ol 1 the naval seaplane E.0.390(1 reads ’ ad the Hampton roads air statsos 1 today for Aaaeestia, after i > thrilling experience adrift oil fihq Mnt, Md., for seven hours Sun 1 day night. The plana, ad'rout 1 from Washington to Norfolk, en countered engine trouble and wind • a forced landing 10 nrtlea off short ■ In making the landing the pon toons were carried away, uai Us • plane drifted until midnight, who r it machad shore. Thom fa, the plan r were Boatswain Claude Tucker • srtfeVtr.-a; M’ADOO BOOM TO BE STAKED SOON , K«w York, July 7—Deuiled for launching a - WUfiam G. McAdoo-foc-IYcaidaut " boon have been worked out at a dinner of a doaea of We intimate friendj hare, (he New York Evening Pom said today. Although MrMcAdoo hat out io.raaHy announced hie randi decy, hie aupponec* wane dackeud 10 he confident hi* hat would go in die rag. The diner*, meeting recently o* Huefl>h- to honor Samuel B. Ami don, National Caounkiecnieu fran Kaneaa, nicked Mr. Amidon to han dle the itcAdon campaign. the l.vw runr Po*t cays. The diner* diiroeeed dm relative rtrength of former Governor C ox, of Ohio; Governor Smith, of \«w York; Senator Underwood; John W. Davi*, former Amhattador to Great Britain, and Henry V(-rd, ODQdttdiflf thtt McAdoo could <er the afdai with four hundred delegate* and with many other* rea«ty to switch to him as soon a* they had regwCered ** I tvwriee ana ” choice*. Mr. Amidon, now on hi* way to Euroiw. 1* expected to return h September, by whkh Horn it ii said McAdoo club* will have been form ed in many State* and the campaign he readv to be brought out into ihe Among thorn present at the din ner were Satan G. Cibbowey, see retary of the Wilson campaign com orittae In 1912; Byron R. Newt.*, mhactar of the Port of New York under the Wilson regime; Frank Wilson, publicity director for the Third and Fourth Liberty loan drives; \V. Jwdaoa Timmme. iaaur anca broke* David Hunter Miller, 'ttnmajr; W Bright WHstm, prrsi dant of the Tcnaasaaa Society, and Oscar Price, motion picture mstrib the dinrra* _ ,_ strategist* msriudad that if Me* Adoo nmouaetd his randidary soon enough, be canid tggkr a Ford Dem ocratic boom, although the Detroit manufacturer still would have to be reckoned with as third party can didate. Smith and Underwood, they de tided, were not especially dftflMr out, it being held that their " wet ** trend was politically unpopular. Cox. the Democratic standard bearer in the 1920 race, was behaved by the diners to be McAdoo’a moat powerful opponent, reports reach* ing them that Kentucky, Ohio aod at lean two ether Middle States were fining up for Co*. Davis, the diners decided prob ably wood cuter tfac convention with a good showing of strength, led by hit native West Virgnda oootia gent, but most of bis strength, it wa* declared, could be swung to McAdoo. ^SSSSKoty oiwl to "*** in Win > »1 ?? P»t*r