THE DUNN 1
VOLUME X DUNN. NORTH i |
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NEED NO SECRECY
TO ENFORCE LAW
Secret Organization* For Law
Enforce moot Comdetanod
By Sinclair
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Far*t krill., An*. 29—JudgW N,
A. Sinclair In opening coart in til
horns city thi* week dwelt at length
In hi* charge to the grand Jury on
the unlawful practice by secret or
tr» filiations of taking the law lata
their own igpids. going ta the homes
of efux*la and taking thana eMand
beatlnghthem. **
Hr called^ ittaptiqp ta the
feci that I
to the
Itna an
in.
Member**]
pride themielv
on what they
can ism,’’ when
their acts belie Hull Wl|li suing ~l
They are as bad, ha declared, m
the Grmn traitors during the world
war, who sought te ondsrmlne the
instilutioba of this country.
He thought (hero ought la be a
law (m North Carolina eonrpelting
every public school to teach the bill
of rights. Every tnar. in ** lancj
should, be conversant with tha con
stitution, be said, and yet it i* sar
prising how few have rand IL
The. grand Jury-was instructed to
take proper steps te see that n mod
ern court hones nod jail la provided
■n (hi robe Hand county. He el«w «x
plalned that magiatmtoo are required
by law to moke a monthly report, aad
that if they fail to do ao, tha grand
jury csight to indict them.
Bessemer City Mania
Shot By His Small Son
SUtiaviUr. A mg. 28. — Sfaerman
Loop*'. of Bessemer City, is suffering
with wound* of • serious uhn in'
flicU'l with » 22-calibre repeating
rifl* which *u discharged by Ala four
year-old aon. Tha accident occurred
r*’;„ late Saturday afternoon at. Hidden
r IM, whar* file. Laoper and hi* family
Mr* Loo per hod bean out bunting
, *arar Hiddenit* and an older son wa*
engaged in unloading the littlo rifle
when the little boy, in a playful mood,
stepped up and palled the trigger.
The only csrtridg* left in tha cham
ber wa* discharged, taking effect in
the father's right shoulder and pass
ing it to the neck. The wounded man
was brought to the Davit hospital
heir \nd, tailing to locate the ball
by probing, the physicians had an x
ray picture made and due revealed
the fa-:t that Mr. Loo per had swell ow
ed the bullet
No Wet Candidate,
Declares Dr. Baker
hour Orleans, La., Aug. 27.—Nei
ther lb* Democratic or Republican
parlies will dare nominate a wet can
didate for President of th* United
States sit tholr coming conventions
declared Dr. Perlcy Baker, general
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League of America here Sunday.
He r barged the liquor interest* oi
the country with making a fight te
nominate a candidate running os ,
wet platform, but aaid from hit ah
w n-alioh* they would not sucoeed 1*
their efforts.
Or. Raker accompanied WllUam 1
Or)-an to Now Orleans yesterday from
Florida. He declared Mr. Bryan ac
cepted aa invitation to address the
biennial convention ef th* Anti-Be
loon League In Biiminghem Decent
L, 11 -Oft
Tobacco Markets
Opened Tuesday
Tioaday marked the opening of ttu
auction tobacco market* In tho Kant
era North Carolina belt Wllaon lent
the mark eta In nawtfcer of poaade aolt
on tho opening day, tho total nuna
bet of pound* marketed there helm
nroand a balf-mIHIoa. Klneton aai
otker market* reported heavy aalee
P/lc*e averaged above iO cent* tfc
poind for everything offered, an
planter* generally ware pleaaed wttl
th* opening. It la aald.
Probable Cause Found
In Case Of Tuttle
Oraenabore. Aog. «S—PrebaW
eaeae »aa feaad In the mm ehaagla
P, Clyde Tattle, well-knewa advm
•t ing man of tkl. Mty, with the mu
drr of hU father-in-law, farmer Jed#
C A. Job**. He la at liberty aadar
bead ef $10,00* fee kb upiaiiac
at the September term of eeert
Six Drown When Car
Drops Through Draw
Waccantaw Rrrar Bridge Le'l
Open Malicipualy, Corow
er'» Jury hipiLti
Conway, 8. C-. Aog. 89.—Sts per
wtw tin drowned ahortiy after mid
night tart night when, an automobile
In which they werv returning from
Myrtle beach, whore they had been
•pending the day, piungad through n
purity nnoted Htew bridge ever e
Warcamaw riv#r near here. One mem
ber cf the Party of .even neaped.
T!,o bodiei of fjvo of the drowned
ha»- boon recovered today.
Tfc* dead are; Mr. and Hn. i. 8
ippir, of Conway and their three
, Elisabeth, 8 years eld; Ger
.and 1 a. 8 aod Mrs. Mar
■, of Conway, Marvin Can
war In the ear, managed
hlmoolf after It sUaeh
and. (warn to eafety.
ir*a jary waa impanelled
imoon and aftor hearing ovt
indlcdWsg that the bridge
Jbt hare both opened madictgpaiy,
adjourned an 111 September 9. Col
deuce at tha lriqoirt today area that
an aaiomobllo that paaaed tha Co
lipper ear partly.before it reached
iho bridge, had apeeded op. It waa
indicated that official, wanted M in
vert! gala a theory that the bridge
had boon opened by perron, la the
oacapiag car to prevent or delay par'
•ait
Marvin Conner who eaeaped, waa
driving tha car at the time.
Divers wire aaat to the soona Ml
mmliiAely after the accident They
Man recovered the bodice of the
mcmoers oi too Uattpper family bat
lata today bad not recovered that of
Mrs. Conner. The search mi being
continued la !• foot of water.
The manner In which the Midge
era* opened atiH wha unexplained.
Parry Qaattiebaam, who baa charge
of opening and dosing the bridge,
testified at the inquest today that
the draw bridge bad not baoo open
ed rir.ee last Men day morning whan
the (teener Malone passed threogh
it. He'eiao toartfted that the bridge
oaoniTy Is- faatonad with, a abate ail
one end, hot tfce'ehgtn had ae
dock on Wr
Two Bootleggers In
Goldsboro Profess
Religion st Revival
Goldsboro, Aug. 27.—Accaqjllng tc
a Story in today’* Goldsboro Arras,
two white men, who confessed tc
havs been distributors and manufac
turers of moonshine liquor, last wight
professed religion at a revival past
ing being held hors at Bryan Street
Baptist church.
Th* two cx-bootlsggcrs, whose
names are withheld, stated to the
congregation that their conversion
war. SO complete as to have caused
thorn to destroy or. their way tc
church, a quantity of liquor Ihoy had
proposed selling.
After the service* were conch*did
na farther evidence at their sincerity
on* of the men went to hi* homo
only a short distance from th* chare!
nn.l open returning, delivored tc
Mayor Edgar U. Bain, who is taklaj
an active part it. the rocetir^, a Sv<
gallon jug of whiskey, which th.
mayor destroyed by breaking the con
tainer on a corner of the churri
building.
Estimate Cotton Bales
At Not Over 10,818,000
Et. Matthew*, g. C., A of—*8—Al
Aurrost condition report of IS.S po;
rent of normal, which applied t.
the U. 8. government’* acreage re
port woald indicate a cotton yield w
II 238,000 hale*, waa anno one ed b;
1. dhnctnwr Wannamaker, prealdea
of the Americaa Ootton Aaaoeiatiea
here teaigth. Thll condition of Ih.
crop applied to ttie aatb—tra of cot
tan acreage made by the America!
Cotton asportation, Mr. Waanamake
announced, weald mean a pmapoetiv
yield of 10,*1*,000 balaa.
Sxeeeehre drought m jj,, wruthweei
henry wwayfl Infastation la aid eot
tan itatra, and eoatlnnoue rrtns t
the eon Unroot ora combining to oeri
oaely Injmre froftaga and reduce th
preepacte of a fair crop, the Araer!
eon Cotton aaaoelatlon report*.
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Shot Boy To Stop
Career As Crimin*
Chicago, Aug. 28.—Sfre. Root •
f atia, who yaatorday ihot bar tan, Dai
• aa. If y*are eld, bacaaao aha eaU *
• woald rather kill him harm hb
> lend a life of art me, prayed todo
i (a heT tall far hla recovery At •
• hoiplUl th* yamk wm llpi gMt I
recover from the wvarvi In bit nod
WHITFIELD WINS
' IN MISSISSIPPI
D«r—e fSilm G. Bilbo !■
V Jackson. Miss., An*. 29_B. L
Whitfield, of Columbus, former pres
et of the Mississippi State OoLWg*
for Woman, will be the next govern
or of Missippl. the Jackson Dally
Nows announced early tonight after
H had tabulated the complete vote of
yesterday'* Democratie primary from
81 of the 82 counties la tbs elate
and had al^ but a few of the returns
from the remaining ansa. Nomination
In the Democratic primary Is equiva
lent to election.
The figures -were:
Wtihfleld, 118,184; Theodore 0
117481. The total unofficial
vote accounted for was 880,487 as
againet tha official vote of 847407
east for governor la the first pri
m-try August 8, Tha Latter figure set
£ sow record for the state and it
aw* regarded as certain that the of
fieal count of yegtsrday's returns
irould, contrary to all expectations,
dlPPC-il that hnfnl
MOTHER AND CHILD
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Two Orton lajorad Aad Om
May Dia| Traia Struck
Car At Croatia*
Stanton, \ »., Auf. 24.—Mr*
Nannie Pk-susant, aged SS, and Her
Mi, Michael. .1** 9, were killed in
stantly yesterday when a Not lolk
and Weste nt passenger train st .iek
the motor c.ir in which they were
riding at .1 gr.ide crossing at I igic
near here T»o other sans, Elmer,
age 19, driver of the truck, and Wil
liam, age 14, >verc injured.
Elmer is believed by physicians
to tie seriously, il not fatally injur
ed, iii4-i —n^Bjuw£rl LL0
to a local htnpital.
The train wu oothbound and,
it was said, was plainly visible for
some distance before it reached the
crossing. Whether the youth driv
ing the truck failed to see the ap
proaching train or decided that he
had sufficient time to clear die cross
ing ahead of it is not known.
R P. Pleasant, husband and
lather of the family, was killed in
an accident on the highway between
Waynesboro and Basic about a year
ago when his buggy was struck by
An Mifnmnhilp
Remodel Courthouse
In Cumberland County
Additional Often And Jail
Will^Be^Conrtractad
PayStUville, Aug. 2». — Cumber
lard county's court bouse will be re
modeled for oh aa offices and vaults
and the construction ef a third story
to be n*rd aa the coo sty Jail, accord
ing to plana adopted by the boon!
of county commissioners. These plans
will be placed In the hnndt of a com
tniUeo of oommtodouer* with auth
ority to proceed promptly with the
remodel) in* of the preeent boil din (
nod the construction ef tho addition*
The addition if to be built at the
rear of tho courthouse. The firal
floor of the annex will be occupied
by additional vaults for the Weophvf
ef county record*. The second atorj
will consist of office*, white the third
•lory to be bunt ever the entire strut
turn wlU house the county prison
m
The action of the eowimiaoloner
' la in raaponae tr» * orgeat need and ay
- Insistent demand for a new Jail ant
i improved court bo see facilities Than
' la much mnthnent la the county fa
• favor of the building of a new sour
honeo as well aa a new Jail, the twi
• to be eotnMmad In one building ei
- another site, but many eltiaetis havi
1 opposed the large outlay neeoaaary fa
■ carry oul iMs plan. Tbe decision o
> the cornea terioaon la a compromt.
• between theae two view*.
Tarboro Polfcaman
I Found Blockading
Tarboro, Aug. f7-—A protniaen
• Tasburo poHrontaa vu taught block
- edlng, arrested by PrAhWte Office
• A A Hants, of NoahriBo. triad ii
■ recorder’! seen today and bed |ft
r and canto by g*.order Hyman Phil
t ipe People warn carpel*id Whrt
> bteckadere and blind tiger* were ds
k lighted.
FnjvUevihr,
yoacg m
atttargr
wera today
visitor*' day at
are tonight the
city of
was planned in
climax to the
training
la artJrr to fit
defense and
And they
proudly, no
wished for by
can than the
clean cot
of
formed their pan
Thoas of their
l£res who cant* te
*arr fully Jastifiod
nhieh they
cilUens’ military
Hurt Bragg.
A track a%j
the morning
nn eiiginiom’
.'nspcctian of field
Itetw and radio
la toe
nlirtic
fare was given by
of the c. M. T. C
•jy. the tZnd aero
Wkta
oort
The baric red
vC. M T. C-. than
prevented variou*
Cia and drill*,
by formal guard
K, C. If. T. C.
nrrcnl* by
a review if the
Preceding
C.
at*
prnwaa*
award*, with
roundly applauded a* It paused Die
reviewing etajxl.
T*.ic celebration eoacluded toaighi
with a attoet dance given in honor
of the C U. T. C. by the American
-cjfioii and civic bodiea of-Fayotto
vdle.—A. M. My rover, in Charlotte
Ohacrrcr.
HARDY HORNE DIES
AT ADVANCED AGE
Wm A Member Of Prominent
Eastern North Caroline
Family
Hardy Horne, member a i *
prominent North Carolina family.
i'ic*l Thursday at bis home at Clay
run .according to messages rccenc-J
here by relative*. The funeral w-7
vice will l*e run ducted at 4 o'elorl
■ hit afternoon, lnuria! to bs nmA?
PI the Clayton cemetery.
^Ir«. R. K. Young, of 215 I'ju -
Boulevard, is a niece, ami C. O.
Kucvter, 515 Park avenue. »* •<
neptrew of tin? deceased.
Alf. Horne it turvived by b't
withiwf, who was Miss Ida Harrilh
;utd a Min, Dr. Herman Wavril!
llornc, professor at New York nni
vuriity, who wat h'-mc when h!s
'father tlied. lie wa* a brother ox
Ashlely Horne, a candidate for tbs
governorship of North Carolina i:t
1908, when Will Kitrhin was norr
fn?t«pi by tlie IXroncml* at Chai •
lotte. ’I*he family wa* munmnu
and wa* influential in the intshit: <
1 life of Eastern North Carotin:'.
1 Hardy Home being the. Iasi mentbo
of the immediate family
While in declining health {■••
about a year, Mr- Home vaa il;
: only briefly before h citierf. He \vi
i putt 80 year* of age.— Char loth
i Observer. ,
; Ninety Pints Of Booze
! Found In Autooaobfl*
Henderson, Aag. 29.—Ninety pbd'
of moonshine com whiskey, all pul
up in pint hstale, wars ssiaad b
Chief of Felice 1. C. Champion aa
Pot teaman W. B Southerland fern
i a coops automo' It ta the heart a
■ the etty sboat 1 e’elaek tXIt after
t noon. A. B. Booth,' driving tho ta."
> wa* also arrested, mid woe roongata
» sd hi the as of ftbo bond for hi
' nppoaraaos in potto* soart Frida
1 morning for a b mated. MaauwktVi
- *ho whiskey It ta tho pumaatan o
Du of etra.
BR AGG SOLDIER
» 'KILLED BYPISTOL
mat waiter* wa* cleaning the wcn
p n. It ha* rx< yet been determin
ed v lift her or not the shooting wa»
incidental A bond of investiga
tion has been A| pointed but no re
port ha* yet licen given onl.
Information wa* received at Fort
ftragn l*te today from the Red
Cross tt Charlotte that Mr. Walter*
iiad been communicated with a«wl
.‘hat a I'lcsrsc ur..* iieing sent from
Stanfield to convey the young *ol
dicr"a body licmic.
l'v/o Brothers Maks
Escape From Tram
TI>«y SquwM Tfc—ak Who
dow WWW HaadcaM
PoliAar,-, Aug. It.—Valley iu
i^wio.ic* Wearer of Asheville, whc
-uurctc.l oai of the lavaUry window
»f a Mou'hrvn railway train ban
Motnlny while handcuffed lipHlir
Is1* waft being searched fat la vale
city and cownty force*.
'ti e brother*, who won oa routs
10 tii* fttate penitentiary at Salalgt
•® serve terms on eonvicitiow of rob
■scry of s store In Macon county won
nerwiitind to go to the lavatory ft)
Sheriff Alex Moore, of Mason coon
'7, who Had them hi charge. The]
Irwhr.j the door and than pcotoodo«
:*« some fyhlon to tqpirai theb
"®y through the window while th
tia!n waa near Ih* North Main atewo
fronting and flod.
Volley Weaver, who Is M year
®><1, was and or tanlonso of da yean
nnd Lawrence, agod IS, was undoi
" i.u-nc, of four yearn.
Smithfiald Tobacco
Market Open* Saaioc
"mliHfleld Aug *4.—The gad*
fclil tobacco market opened toda:
with around a hundred Mtoaaoat
poumla of the wood offend at th
ructSo.1 warehouse. Prisoa crorago
w-nund SI to tt eerfta. The Co-op*]
ntlvoo opened their warehouse a wad
®ffo, hut to far the of foriagt ftp mow
fcort have been light.
Go
ffeetge Hargrave. aged H yeen
‘led early Tuesday ate nil ag at hi
mmo in Duko, death meshing One
1 ->* infirm Idea of old ** Dimaaa
1 It survived by several ehildven. b
. f®nuout was made la dw family cm
t ®t«ry, near Coots, Wednesday aftoi
asm at I •'sleek
Rowland Mffl Start*
Up Operations Again
New Bern, An*. M.—With cna
ptHiom of tOTMtai NdoUf plant
> to tho papiwai *io nook. Tfca plant
which «h praatkalp faotrajil bp
Br. iMt DooowW at a low of IIH.
rooona a half wUUoa BoSar iarwl
Om Motion of Um ariS two l
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tfemo anB aaaBiatf poor oU Ow rtw
h •« Lo* A;,wlc, ha. ]wt awBa o oon
» tract for o thro# poar partaB whM
1 wffl tin hat aa wool taoowo a
! JJJ"*** *•M uaan
af Ifot.Mt wiBMawB bias
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