THE~»UNN
1 _ DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA,
Give Pageant
r&’ife Christmas Night
W fet de
i -of wfc^or a^ll ■
> 5 ^tba^Saf ta. 44b-’aiart* fbr'Xn.
, Jtdiypktea, Mteoddfom 4.y. booymt,
(• - MrMT efaa estatf r<a whidf «t body
was M, that Toiaykfaa had talkad
with tan regarding the location of
* the caaatabar'a heaaa and that later
ip - te CMtoanoWla of the aame make
t , tftad by tbrapldkaa had been driven
hr ' ya {don't Dan, a wooden giea near
Donyaa Bay. The imprint of the Bra
dread waa the ante aa the tread of
the tlraa of Tompkins' oar. An lnvea
diaOan of the tonneau af the car
revealed blood stains aa introduced
f • by a pair of-ovoraUa identified aa
Comrrty officials tack Tompkins to
the Lioa'a Don this morning and ha
aided than br t^ search far hia wife.
The body waa covered by muck,
leaver and stone* in a wallhiddoa
gat Tompkins toned to Sheriff
Fhtt Waatphml and in a choking voka
sited! “Who roald have dona this
thing? find the guilty one."
Three hours later, according to
msaaghnaeey Tompkins’ tarre broke
mS v. _i
la bar dtetreaa oear tba iinidMorn
at bar teat, TotapUrt* aid, Ma wife
erlitraaead a tetter to bar fattier in
white aba dutaSed bar trewblee and
laid of bar haafcand'a tnddeUty. Tba
tetter eeM tea Intended placing
ahaagaa againat bar Inaband vnteaa ha
divided hte property with bar rad
oonaaatad 4a a aaparatloak
It Ma uaf rad aw," aa related bp
tea dtetrdet attorney, Tompktnr aaid
ba ease Into paasaaatea af tea latter
tdaia Ida wife pceted It. Ha ratwrnad
haaaa Tbufaday morning adtor tea
ahHdroa had ten-tor ateooi aad eon
fnmttad bar adtk It After a ctonay
lew mmaaata he declared hte wife
eaMt Tea ara only paed for tending
"ThU taunt enraged Mm aad ha
eaagbt her by tee Opat, teelrlng her
late anaeneeieuaneaa. He aariied her
body to tbe hatbraeu where ha ptee
ad M la iha tote Varned aa tea win
aad want to tea Utahan, where ha
preeared a laipe batcher knife, with
white ha reread bar head. Ha
aairiad bar head to the ha manat,
aad planed H In tea furnace. ,
"Later 4a Uu day he placed the
body la a truak. carried tea trank
to tea garage, where ha tended It
late Ma uuahliw, and at hte oaarvaai
aaaa dam ta tea *ot where ba Md
tea arldaaaa af Me oaf.
DatoOt teadtag ap to tea alaplag
able tfanc, aoeording to the diotriet
■ttorney, begtnrdng (boot I yaare
ago when an apartment home, which
Template* owned and made hi* beat*,
wna under coaeteweUen. He oaBered
a breakdown and wna takan, by M»
wife to W* bom* In Bloomington, Die.
and later vMted hi* wUa'a parent* at
Cihrtea, lad. While there be ehoweJ
Indication* of mental dlaorder, and
rate mine hare waa placed under the
observation of Dr. r. C. Bindley, who
declared him a paranoiac, and Hdble
t* cam* Injury to Ms wife or ether
peroona. Idler la November 1M1, Dr.
B. B. Kewtey, alee aa alierdat, attemp
ted to have Tompkins placed la ai
Inetttailon far ebeervatlen, Jaelarlai
ha thoaeht him a potential killed
Neither phyttdan ...
ta kMag Me wtfe.
TimpMao gave Me age a* If a»
the* of Ida wtfe as tt.
WiU Be Prawn tod By 1am ins
B. Y. P. U. At Firat Bap*
tiat Church
On Christmas night the senior B.
Y. P. U. of the First Baptist church
will give the Christmas pageant "Why
The Chimes Rang" in the church fot
the benefit of the public at large.
In connection wMi the play, portray
ing the "Perfect Gift." these will be
given several tableaus, accompanied
by appropriate music and special light
ing effects. The play will be given as
last Christmas upon an enlarged pul
pit. Thirty-five members, exclusive
of the choir, will take part in the
P*C««nt, The pageant is being giv
en primarily In order that the people
of the towj may enter into the real
spirit of riotous and witness the
portrayal 6t the "Perfect Gift" to the
world. In to far as it Is possible for
this scene to be enacted.
Lost year the boaatlful peccant
"Bethlehem" was presented on Christ
mas night to overflowing crowds. So
many were turned away on this
night that upon special requests, it
mas repeated on the following Fri
day night | with the church overflow
tag egain. Special efforts will he
*a#e this, year to accommodate si!
many people on Christmas night as
|pgBb .
-Hums taking part in the pageant
am now In constant re hearts! and al
ready a tor restful spectacle is aa
iMgad. The work of pageantry is
the direction of Kiss Jams
while the fecial musics! pro
Che direction of
A mom extended
of the pageant
taaue qf The
TJSLU'MJHA Jr:
idpark^f SO^ gallons, mud white the
■ptnUn srere* absent when the of
ficers reached* the still, the surround
ings indicated that a “ran” had Just
been made. The «tiU had net cooled
town whan the office re poached it
. The etui wse at the head off a
swamp and only about J00 yards
distant from the Fayott*villa-Lulling
ton highway. Ail the beer had been
made into whiskey and the whiskey
removed before the officers reached
the scene. No arrests have been ef
fected. Several barrels in wMeh beer
had been kept were found about the
atiU The poese making the raid was
compost if of Deputise McLeod, Mat
thew* and Spivey. #
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Will
More To Winston-Salem
Mr. and Mm. 3. R. Smith hare sold
(heir Interest In the Goo. R Prince A
Son store to H. W. Prince and their
residence .and other property In Dent,
to Mrs Geo. E. Prince and will move
the flmt of the year to Wlnaton-Sol*
am. Mr. Smith has purchased the store
operated In Winston-Salem by the
J. N. Davis Company sad will oper
ate (be store in that city. This stock
consists off ladies' ready-to-wear, mil
linery and men's and boys’ dothirg.
Mr. Smith haa been a eltfaen of
Dunn time* 1414, wbfle Mn Smith ia
S Mflw of the town. Both harre many
friend* here wrho wBl iegret their
deeWon to loaee Donn Mr. Smith
haa taken an active intaraet in the
baaineai life of Dana during the time
he haa lived here and In the going
•way of Mr. and Mm. Sndfli the
town will lone two valuable and W».
grnmive ekiteua. Their frienda here
vriH wUi them an ream la tha elty to
wMeb they will go
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Mar»hville Business
Man Kills Himself
Monryc, Dee. 7.—J|. B. Marsh of
Marahrille, prominent bunion* mun,
commuted suicide here hodey by
drinidng poison. His body wsis ac
cidentally found in tho barn ou Ida
premises by n servant who urns look
ing for eggs. By his tide was nn empty
two-ounce bottle that had contained
carbolic acid und tho evidence tl.m
he had drank the full cont-nt* war
unmistakable.
No cause can bo asvlgneil. it is ne
cl/vied, other than bad health and
melancholia. lie Was on* of the
largest business men of the couniy,
being head of the Marah-l.ce Com.
par.y at MaretivHle and other enter
prises. Up till 2 o'clock today he was
known to be going about his mud
affairs.
Ho was s member of the' Bapti .
church oud had just subscribed luig:
!v to s new building in hi* town. Hr
is survived by his wife, to whom
he waa married about s year ago. Two
children by his first wife, both grown,
survive. He as fifty-five years old.
BOARD REPEALS '
LUCKNOW ORDER
Town Fathers Rescind Former
Resolutions lUUtfap To
Luckanr Square
At a stuyhtl d»HI% of tho -rr-~
ood town comialaubin i»V»ild Friday
Fvonlag an ordar was pussad res
cinding p niohsios passed by tho
board mpFebni&f «. 1B21, relative
to the ms of Look now Square. Fol
lowing f» 4m niikHi; which ea
■ha yMiiMrsv.«ii —m
authority tdTha women of the tow jl
if Lhjnr to beautify aaM public square 1
according to piarf outlined for tbc I
benefit of the general public be, anil
the name ia hereby repealed.
(2) That no raetrietion of tire
pieaent general pubhc are of said
public square in tbc town of Dana,
known as Lucknow Square, ahaII be
made unless the gcjrfrai public wel
fare of the cituens of the town and
community demands it and upon aucb
demand being made to this board a
full, open anil fair hearing anal] tx
had far the purpose el ascertaining
the wishes of the majority of the
citiseiu of the town and community.
Two Dunn Citizens
Have A Close Call
J. H. Poole end W. R. Howard tiad
a close call Saturday afternoon when
a new Pord coupe owned and driven
by Mr. Poole turned over near Bunn
level Mr. Poole escaped without in
Jury, white Mr. Howard's injury was
only alight. In tome manner Mr.
Poole lost control of the ear. It left
the highway, ran out into a cotton
filed and turned completely over
Both oece pants fop ml themselves un
able to get from undernoath the cat
and were in fear of boing burned tc
death when two ladies drove up ir
_ a >_a _ • a.a.
ting oat of the wreckage. The e»r ws*
right badly damaged.
Mr. D. Roy Strickland
Died Saturday Night
D. Soy Strickland, aged about 3H
jotn, dlod 8otarday night ad 9 o'
clock at hla homo in Mingo township.
Sampson county, of pneomonla. De
ceaacd it astrrlred by hit second wife
and three children. Interment war
maria in the family cemetery Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Rod Cross Membership
Reaches Total Of 223
Dm meant Had Ctoaa roll call In
Don%natted a total of tth member-,
according to Bllla OoMaUiin, chairman
of the local Hod Crow chapter. One
half of the amount collected trill hr
cent to Southern headquarters, while
tie o her one-half will bo iwtarfncri bv
the local chapter.
Maybe
Matty—"I wonder If Prefer
aer Kidder meant anythiog by It.'
i Oh-Trtlo—'"By what?”
I Maty—"Ma adrsrWaod a teeter
on Toote,' and whan I bought a risk
I a Km marked, 'Admit Ons.'
Amariouw Say Msgoalna.
RtSUMI
BY COUNTY
DURING P
Ln,A Meetin* I A»
r.iv*r»ery O#'•'
11 " * l*—
FARM AND WL
WORKERS
Review Of
Many Ach
«nt Board Of
County I
Decreased. T1
Whole-Time Hi
For County f
Monday eras
:.\£ «lny for tha
miisloncn. On
IltramNer, lOtt,
ussumril off lea e*< «
of for yt
I ir.» with width
come in contact- lh
tick line t>.c duty
ends rtaci,” or br
. sc to H tbst tha
ror.Ji’t run rtiy.
meeax the lean i
> lilies uf t:« county
(M is, ibe financial
may in raid to av(
royrinecnU.
Qailo ealsral it
wln> .no in'ii"trti tdj
lha cehwty
uttic r wi»r
lion* and a
sent fathom. OWaf'er
tsurcnrlssna maj t
iny of ItO.OOO
coma ay the ya ’
*3 0.000 neu of fMi/.
«U*Ul* ibc.4 k 1
ctal ctrelex. it gfr he
citcflrhaC M'. _ »
bvr vt bidder* for thv Anal $40,000
•a i'l.aoi! .1 numiWJoa. ■ Pinna not
K*;ue*cnt.l in person Sent wita aaea
*»{<'•* making offer* far 4he ‘‘baby*’
bends. Rid of one firm. Brain A Co.,
New York, nasnud a premium of $$40
arid a rate of 0 l-$ per cant. This
looked favorable to the board snd St
v.» at. epui. Heretofore the interest
charm* on this loan kas heet. A per
tcr.i for t'rc entire $90,000.
Pier* tire above H. would seem tluit
tTamett eour.ty's credit is good on
wall Street Pessimists wW And no
^olare in tne fact, but judging by the
wav tli'OR-* *'*» moving forward now
ailityr, the eoui.ty ie evidently eom
,ng it. for a new and hatter rating.
The county's total bonded indebt
• duos is *300,000. The estimated
gross wealth of the county ia $34,*
OC-O.Otto, end the taxation ‘ value Is
lifted ot $*M,0»0,000. With tMs
showing there are Investors who an
at’.r.irtod by any offerings the eonnty
wishes to put forth.
Reeids* the $30,000 takyn in hand
serially, the county has owtetaedin*
1*220,000 in long time bonds, oome
running as long as thirty year*.
During the past twelve msirths the
board ha* ordered paid to the Par
ous road district* balance* rangiiK
from $300 or $400 to as high a* $300
TIM*. n»» nee" none in oraer
op the imllv’.daal lumiiti of the
township* with the (-minty In addi
tion to those culjsstaesata, tbs remod
eled brhlg* aero** the Capa Fear
river at Duke coat |I>M and U ba*
been paid for.
In the lino of economy of eapimds
turc the board reduced paymant for
crept a rv of whiskey stills from 1*0 to
$1#. In oHsr to roeolve #*0 now
the captor* as ait taka a dr fondant
into court from whom the ooantg re
»Mn him of Ha rapoaaa la blotting
out the liquor traffic. Forme riy a
f.-netion of a (till waa paid for In
lull, $2*. In addition to taking the
operator of tbs outfit the eagter and
! make affidavit showing wham it was
| liken.
Ciai’taitil Taylor hdo atottad time
. 1ol awn'*, that the pMcy at hia board
wooWI be ta nan tba county's maefcia
rry m. roroaus derived wttbodt bor
rowing, and tkia sh> boa ost with
Mte i-eaaiaxiua approval of the othei
1 mv ’Or v. The debt baa not boom In
j c?r »ed, hot on Iba contrary baa baer
I ant; Is being eonstantly radaead.
I The board at Ha mooting Monday
In addition to othar reutina aaattaaa
- eone’darod and paaaad upon tba fal
lowing!
County Farai A go at H. A. Edge
. was map pointed far tatihsr yoar.
Mias EHaahadh Erklgn, hams dam
onitration agent, waa rs oppotato
Fut Train Robbed
Of Safe By Bandit
. .Norfolk, Va.c-A im bandit last
night robbed the cap row oar of the
Norfolk out Western “Canaan B«JT'
train, operating betwoen Norfolk and
Richmond, ml a safe told to contain
IS,000 in currency. The robbery 0C
rorrod ui tbo train wo* pnUing oA
of Warrrly, Va-, about duNf. The
bandit boarded the train at Wavorty
bad pnoLeadsd lamed lately, to the
eaprcao car.
"Ha* | a suitcase in heraT" he ask
ed J ‘ft. Stevens. of Richmond, the
aaprM moasaagor. Stars us atoepad
over to examine the sultraaca ia the
Mr. When ho lifted hi* head bo was
looking into the moaaie of a revolver,
vor.
Binding, gagging and blindfolding
the messenger, the bandit shoved o
•mall iron safe throagh the' door ol
the moving car. fltevena waa found
in tha car by Condoctor Thornton at
tbo train waa entering the yard* at
Petersburg.
The bandit was a white man and
worn no madi He su described as a
“foreigner.”
PAUL BLANCHARD
GUN SHOT VICTIM
Puquay Springs Young Man
Drops HU Gum WHh
Fntnl Result.
Pool Blanchard, 11-year-aid tan ai
W. H. Blanchard, who Uvsa at Fu
guay Springs, seexientally, ghat and
fatally wounded times If late Friday
afterooon. WWJe going ap tha back
steps at Ih^Blam hard boon* the on
fortunate young amt daoppad a teal
pnyim^p# wr« vmMi
Mg cotfid it done to Mti tkr Bis
of yeoag Blanchard. *Bc is united
by fill father and flee sfstaya. Deoeae
ad vat a nephew of Mn J. A. Cook,
of Dent., and the Cook family attend
ed the funeral Sunday afternoon. The
funeral took place at t JO o'clock
from the Baptist church at Ettquay
8priT.gr and interment eras made In
(he family burying jAot at Woka
Chapnl church.
Mr. Blanchard arms well and fav
orably known to a lance cipdo of
friends and kie untimely death cast
a pa of eonow and gloom over
the village and sanrounding conrma
aity.
Stop!
"Wen. what are you rtopplng fort”
asked the young man, as the taxi
exme to a hah In the middle of the
Mock.
"1 heard the lady say ‘stop',” said
the taxi driver.
“Well, she wasn't talking to you."
—Otcta Echo.
Miss Marne Camp, whom the allo
cation board had already on theii
part engaged for another year, was
named aa the oomtniiaionara' choice
also, ae saporintendont of the public
aoslfare.
Commissioner* Curtis, Banter anh
Kac oxo»»rt warn appointee a conn- |
mltUe to arrange with I. T. Parker, (
the newly appointed aupti latendont (
of the county (wm, la the perehear ,
of aeppbea and haring the homo re
paired. |
Chairman Taylor and Conuniaaion- ,
ar Bocharmn and attorney WON ee
lectod by tbe board ai a committee
to tattle with Dnnn graded reboot
for back taxoe op to ami Including
IMS.
A. 0. Herring, colored farm dem
on tarot or, who maker hU heoitgaai*
•n at Dnnn, rad who was notified
of diocootiooance of kit aerrieoa a
few ntontha ago, had Mr eommladoe
aa demonatrmtov re-conflrmod Mon
day. He will ho allowed to gat back
on the job.
Tbe board baa perfected arrange
moata for a aupe rinteadoat of the
county home who will work on artery]
and devote hi. whole time to the]
home and farm. Math Improvement
will bo mode In the next Caw month*
aa tha eeaaty’a proparty, and *Uo
the tainfct for*# la not bnoy at othar
Jobe t'-.v /ill ho aaed an the farm.
Tha connty home farm la aald to bo
on# of tha moat rateable pi area of
farm properly In tha connty, and It
h tbe belief of the eimmlmtaaora
that it can bo mode to pay a dMdond
i Irauad of remnlalag an axytnat. In
' addition, the I a mot a* wtB bo bteter
■ token aan ad, they mate.—Harnett
I Coaaty Nava.
A.-oand m
Mta SkaSei-**. talk
dab roam Monday
talk mu both
Id, tailed «>i*i pood
IImi of hooee-taenptn#.
in# theme of her talk
Spend.” She aaid in
Seventy tw»
la the UlUo4.
$1,600 a year,
all incomoe arc
while one-half of
the ndllleaairt
•ary that eorae
the
It duee
site debimi’Ml
money, a« the
depeake Iaryoly open
aad other factor*,
plan for uprndlnjr
lien to lire
lived
krws: Twenty eM te flMk, qptoC
for fnA fruit* twenty, for^WreoU
ami gruiiw., twenty for «*ap* Ask
sad egg* and twenty for awtwta.
Around M cents per day per perron
for food is rather low, bad shoold
be sufficient. This, however, mean*
carcfel planning, a cboop fat instead
of an expensive on* vugetaWs ia
reason inetrid of oat at mms.
Ten to lerehrc per cent of income*
are spent for clothing. One should
plan what ttiey actually meed and
what can bo worn with this or that.
Colors that go together. Slop and
tMak. One fA the greatest evils
in buying Is that wo foot hay what
looks good. Caro of elotheo means
modi. The right car* makes them
last much longer. Avoid extremes.
Get good line*, but not rxtxemrv
**Bc not the Arvt by whom the new
is worn nor the last to lay the old
aside." From (260 to (800 a poar
shoald cover the amount spent for
clothing.
Shelter
The place in which wc live de
pend* largely upon the tent. It Is
best la awn ear home, as there an
values In awning a house which do
not show ia terms of money. The
uudstios of childhood, etc. over bat
keep and ear* of the home. Then
coat af crafting hnmae has inrraaaH i
«o i spidly that it l» almost impomihie • i
for pemaaa working far low salarl<* (
ta own their home. Tha operating p
expense af a home dapendi open K» 1
aiae af the house, type of haaae. f»el
waad. lights and water.
Penlapweats
Neat w* here money to apaad far
deeelepmext, at hlghar Ufa, whk*
is edneatiow, soring, gifts, charity
and recreation. Your other needs
da net inereaes.
Nidi Sara
Sam a certain aneownt af what
gear yaw gal Bring tha children op
with that Idea. Baring is a habit
end ana whisk ws rhonld cwKhrmto.
Ceaeaera Thoa
Tima SMI ha coneorred h. the
matter af homework. Wantdn't tha
nraraga buetoeea ga lru b-nkroptry
If it waated aa nsek time as the]
haaae • keeper SaMt WMll m a!
xim> pahadala. Kan an an sight
hoar day baste Houee-keaplag ia a
bum news. Berry human koiag aoodj
to barr same hoar* aaab day far
thameelrea. Tha haasawifa should
drop bar work far a few beam sack
day. Don’t spend so mack time pm
i paring mania Harr a defadte time
I ta da certain things. la uilsrtag
> feed hay ateplas anas a waak sad
> freak (hinge ns needed. Kemembei
I
n thn lute, haring a aaaday laid
ncmbcnhlp of *74,SS< which la an
oemaar arrr last yaar at 9,03*. In
Ifce young people'* iMilthl aad la
tha Woman’*
there ha* t
sps-sSJ BanKw
Tha growth la jg/
went aad aladaf body oC tba Boa
Baptist M«d> pehool* la tba Stats a
of tha year’*woife*Witk*ItomatOaS!
lag*, which haa 1ST mom stadont*
than last yaar, haa had addad «a haa
endowment tha past yaar H/Utr
6ta.ps This htaaks all fmair ma
aida Meredith Collgo law IT marc
wadanta thaa Mm yt
1*3,933.41 addad ta
AB tha other
■aafcad galas.
Stranger i Saw amah aaNh da yoo
gat from your tow a day?
Yokel: About fonr gallon*—Ba.
Stranger: Aad how amah of tha
amount da yaa milt
af the aimrgy H tahm aad vha Bum
u earn far a labor a* rim darts* ha
far* you hBy
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