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Vol. 2. No. 14
ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, MARCH 6, 1919.
$1.50 PER YEAR
$60 BONUS
Discharged Soldiers Will Re
ceive $60 Extra from the
Government.
Of financial interest to the sol
diers of Richmond county is the
information that Section 1406 cf
the Revenue Act approved , Feb.
24th, authorizes the payment of
a bonus of $60 to officers , sol
diers, field clerks and nurses of
the army upon honorable separ
ation from active service by dis
charge, resignation or otherwise.
This bonus is not payable to the
heirs of any deceased soldier.
, , Those who are discharged
hereafter will receive this bonus
on the same roll or voucher
upon which they -are paid their
'. final pay.
. ; Those who have been discharg
ed and have received their final
pav without the $60 bonus, should
write a letter to the Zone Finance
Officer, Lemon Building, Wash
ington, D. C, stating their ser
vice since April 6, 1917, the date
of last discharge ane their pres
ent address to which they desire
their bonus checks to be. sent
and enclosing with this letter
their discharge certificate or mili
tary order for discharge and both,
if both were issued.
Upon the receipt by the Zone
Finance Officer, Washington, D.
C, of tins information and the
soldier's discharge certificate,
this officer will cause checks to
be drawn and mailed to the
claimants in the order in which
their claims were received by,
him. The discharge certificate
will be returned to the soldier
with the check
It is estimated that at least one
million and a quarter persons.
have been dischaiged from the
service who are entitled to the
benefits of this act and while
payments will be made as expe
ditiously as practicable, it will
manifestly take considerable time
to write and mail this many
checks.
Rockingham at Wake Forest
The city High School will send
a representative to Wake Forest
to enter the state-wide declama
tion contest to be held there on
March 1.5th under the auspices
of the Literary societies oi that
institution. All contestants will
be entertained by the College
and the winner of the declama
tion contest will be awarded a
gold medal. -
Bockingham High School will
be most worthily represented in
the person of Willie Williams,
whose declamation is entitled,
"The Eighth Crusade."
Large Tree.
Ed. Rogers Monday cut a pine
tree on J. A. Harrington's place
that measured five and a half
feet in diameter at the stump. It
had 136 rings, and was 73 feet to
the nearest limb. Mr. Harring
ton says for truthful folks to
' bring on larger trees than this.
In the advt of W. E. McNair
last week in which he gave the
names of those having bought
Detroit Ranges from him, the
name of Mrs. John Hines was
omitted, and instead of T. C. El
lerbe the name should have been
T. C. Covington. Since then M rs.
J. A. Home has bought one of
theae Ranges. ,
The condition of Miss Anne Steele is
. unimproved. ' As the forms of the paper
. are closed at 5:15 this afternoon, the news
; from the bedside" is that she is perceptibly
weaker. It is scarcely likely she will
survive ; many hours.' - This is heart
brcftl! news to a host of friends of this
most estimable fedy,.
DFATHS J
i
M. H. Millican, aged 68K died
at Cordova Feb. 28th; remains
carried to Laurinburg March 1st
for interment. Longer account of
death elsewhere in this issue.
' Henry McKay, colored, was
accidentally shot and killed Feb.
28th by Casey Smith, colored.
Further account elsewhere in
this issue.
Mrs. John ' Patterson died in
Durham of pneumonia Feb. 28th,
and the remains were brought
here and interred at Northam
Saturday. Last' week's Post
Dispatch had notice of the death
of Nora May Patterson, her
three-year-old daughter, at Dur
ham, the 25th of pneumonia.
Mr. Alex Gaddy died at his
home one mile west of Ellerbe
Saturday night of Bright's Dis
ease. Interment at Ellerbe Sun
day. He would have been 72
years old March 13th.
R. J. Owen, of McFarland, S.C.
died of appendicitis at the James
hospital at Hamlet Wednesday
night at 6:30. Remains carried
to McFarland for interment.
W. L. Covington Dead.
Mr. W.. L. Covington died at
his home in Rockingham Wed
nesday at noon. His death was
not unexpected, as he had been
in feeble health for some months,
but confined to his home for only
thepast month.
The interment was held at
Eastside cemetery here this after
noon at 3:30, the services being
conducted from the residence by
Rev. Mr. Ormond.
Mr. Covington was bora March
9, 1849. He was married Dec. 6,
1876, to Miss Delia Covington,
who with the the following child
ren survive: E. P. Covington;
Mrs.H.C.Cottingham,of Bennetts
ville; A. A. Covington, Hamlet;
Mrs. J. F. Stephenson; Wm. L.
Covington, U. S. Army, Americus,
Ga.
Mr. Covington was a member
of Zion Methodist church, and a
quiet, unassuming Christian gent
leman; his friends will learn of
his demise with real regret.
Manage Licenses.
The following have secured
licenses to marry during the
past week, from the Register of
Deeds:
Feb. 27 Arthur Stanback and
Hattie Inrgam, colored.
Feb. 28-Elbert Hubbard, Jr.,
and Rosa Crockett, colored.
March 1 Jas. M. Jenkins and
Emma Hogans, white.
March 1 Frank Hening and
Addie Phillips, white.
March 2 John Henry Thomp
son and Lena Locklier, colored.
Does It Take You In?
Those who go out of the city
to do their trading.
.Those 'who
oppose improve-
nentsv. ' ' - .
:ThoJe: who prefer a quiet, list
less, town to one of push and
improvement.
Those who think business can
be done slyly without advertis
ing. Those who oppose every move
ment that does not originate
with themselves.
Those who put on a long face
when a stranger talks of locating
in the city. V- V
Those who oppose every public
enterprise which does not ap
pear of personal benefit to thern.
C. E. GADDY ELECTRICAL CO.
Commissioners Meet
The county commissioners
met in regular monthly session
Monday in the Register of Deeds'
office, present being the chair
man, B. F. Reynolds, and his four
associates: Messrs. H. D. Hatch,
Jas. L. Baldwin, John A. McNeill
and John W. Capel.
Ordered, that John F. Flowers,
colored, Marks Creek.be released
ot $150 valuation in household
effects on error of listing.
Ordered, that Allen Jackson
be released from paying tax on
one dog on account of non-ownership.
Ordered, that Wesley Downer,
colored, Marks Creek, be exempt
from poll tax.
The board instructed the su
perintendent of roads to inspect
the private road west of Steele's
Mills and help the community in
shaping it up, on basis of dollar
for dollar, the county's part not
to exceed $100.
Expense of County Home for
month of February was $250.56.
(The allotment for the Home per
month is $275, but February be
ing a short month the apportion
ment was not reached.)
Expense for chain gang for
February, $624.87.
Expense of Recorder's Court,
Hamlet, February, $25.01.
The next term of criminal
court begins April 7th. The
commissioners drew the follow
ing men as jurors for the crimi
nal term:
E T Ballard
RRUssery
D L Henry
S D Townsend
R M Sessoms
Sidney Hopkins
W R Smith
J W Hodges
J E McDonald
W M Dunn
P C Clark
Nelson Gibson
Jason Norman
C K Rhyne
D W Bethune
DTRoscoe
T M Rose
J T Parker '
' E V Covington'
Lee C McDonald
J H LeGrand
Claud Polk
J B McColman
J N W Collins
W M Hale
C P Dawkins
H F Thomas
J C Gibson
J R Dawkins
W R Land
R B Coble
Lacy Lampley
B F Thomas Jr
J C McCrosky
D M Stogner
S F Key Jr
Library Meeting Friday Night
The petition to submit the sup
port of the Rockingham Public
Library to the voters at the next
municipal election, has been cir
culated, and a great many more
names were secured than were
necessary to have it submitted.
Practically everybody who was
approached tor a signature sign
ed. And not only did the people
sign willingly, but they seem to
be anxious to see a Carnegie
Library here as one of the town's
permanent assets.
Mrs. Minnie L. Blanton, who
is Secretary and Director of the
North Carolina Library Commis
sion, with headquarters at Ral
eigh, will be in Rockingham Fri
day to confer with the members
of the Rockingham Library As
sociation regarding the work of
the library here. A public meet
ingof the Library Association
will ba held in the Library Fri
day night at 8 o'clock. This
meeting is for members of the
Association and for all others
who are interested in theLibrary. !
whether members or not.
Elsewhere in this issue appears
the announcement of the buying
of the Hall Auto Co., by Jas. G.
Allred and Jas. A. Hall, who will
open the business next Monday
at the same stand under the
name of the Auto Service Com
pany. Mr. Allred is a son of Mr.
John Allred, of Rockingham, and
for the past several years has
been in the auto repair business
at Greensboro. Mr. Allred and
family have moved here and at
E resent are with his father. Mr.
all is an auto mechanic of repu
tation, and was given special
mechanical training by the Gov
ernment last fall.
INTERESTING TRIAL
Referee Hearing of S. A,
L. Ry.
Venus John R. Henderson,
A trial of much interest, par
ticularly to Hamlet citizens, be
gan in the courthouse at Rock
ingham Monday morning. Or
rather it is a Referee's hearing
of facts, which will later be re
ported to the Court.'
The suit is a civil action ot
long standing, brought by the S.
A. L. Ry. against John R. Herder
son over the possession of a strip
of land 100 feet wide and 1770
feet long, lying in Hamlet be
tween the Terminal hotel and
the depot. The plot in controv
ersy may be better recognized as
that on which the famous "Happy
Hooligan" of 'ancient' days, stood.
This case was started by the
Seaboard ten or more years ago;
it has been tried twice in super
ior court, and now is being heard
by order of Court by a Referee.
The Referee is Judge W. F. Hard
ing. The hearing was begun
Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
Yards of blue prints, of surveys,
were in evidence before the Re
feiiee, and surveyors Arps, Wet
more and Moncure were examin
ed for the plaintiff Monday and
Tuesday; also President Riddick,
of the State A. & E. College, was
on the stand Tuesday.
The defendant has examined
surveyors uranam ana A. i.
Lymam, and Wednesday morn
the Referee transferred the hear
ing to Hamlet where a large num
ber of witnesses were heard,
many of them negroes.
. Attorneys appearing for the
railroad are R. C. Lawrence, of
Lumberton, George Bellamy, of
Wilmington, and M. W. Nash, of
Hamlet.
For the defendant are A. M.
Stack, of Monroe, arid E. A. Har
rell, of Hamlet.
Among the other , big men
here for the hearing this week
were Major Sedden, general
manager for the Seaboard, whose
private car was switched to a
siding here during his stay.
Mrs. W. R. Jones is doing the
stenographic work.
It is said that one of the chief
reasons the Seaboard is so desir
ous of getting possession of this
land is in order to erect a suit
able building thereon, to serve as
a depot and office building.
Mayor's Court.
Before the Mayor the
past
week:
"Bud" Henry submitted Mon
day night to simple assault, and
was fined $10 and costs, $3.05.
E. V. Hinson and P. W. Hinson
were bound over to superier
court under $100 each, charged
with assault with deadly weapon.
These two cases were the result
of an affray in the Busy Bee cafe
Saturday night, the younger
Greek being the fourth party in
the melee.
Frank Northcutt submitted
Monday night to charge of being
drunk Saturday, and was fined
$5 and costs, $1.95.
Careless Readers.
There is some excuse for folks
to misunderstand a conversation
but there is done for misunder
standing plain English when it
is WRITTEN or PRINTED.
Last week's Post-Dispatch con
tained an item giving the new
phone rates from Rockingham to
Hamlet from all pay stations.
And yet dozens who read it lost
sight of the plainly printed
words "pay stations" and got the
idea that a toll was to be charged
from all stations in Rockingham.
No, the increased person to
person rate applies to PAY sta
tions and not to private phones.
Civil Term Court.
The March term of civil court
will convene March 17th, with
Judge Shaw presiding. The cal
endar of cases can be seen on
page nine of this issue.
Accidental Killing.
On Friday morning of last
week a colored youth named
Henry McKay was shot accident
ally by another negro, Casey
Smith, and died from the injury
an hour or so later.
The two negroes were in
Smith's pressing room, to the
rear . of Norman Leak's barber
shop, on Franklin street, Rock
ingham, and Smith began clean
ing his pistol. After reloading
it he carelessly began toying
with the trigger, when the inev
itable happened the . gun fired,
the ball entering McKay's side.
The boy was at once carried to
the James hospital at Hamlet by'
Dr. Quick, and he was placed on
the operating table in an effort
to save his life, but the injury
was too 'serious and he died a few
minutes afterwards.
Coroner A. M. Smith impan
elled a jury of E. E. Hamcr, R. A.
Manship, A. B. Chandler, Raiford
Terry, J. S. Boggan and S. A.
Johnson Saturday morning and
after investigating the facts etc.,
the jury returned a verdict that
the deceased came to his death
at the hands of Casey Smith in
an accidental manner; Smith was
thereupon released from custody.
Two mules and machinery at
auction Saturday at 2 o'clock in
front of courthouse by G. E. Hin
son. See his advt in this issue.
Only two more days of the
free cooking demonstration by a
renowned chef, at Nathan W. Le
Grand & Co., Hamlet Friday
and Saturday afternoon from 2
to 5 o'clock. See his quarter
page announcement elsewhere in
this issue.
Elsewhere in this issue appears
a 40-inch advertisement of the
Crown Carbonating Company, of
Hamlet. Mr. J. P. Gibbins is the
owner of this plant; he is a suc
cessful business man and a man
of integrity. And he is putting
out a bottled product that the
trade may rest assured is as
near perfect as it is possible to
make it.
MONEY
In Our Christmas Savings Club is Practically
a clear
GAIN
because it represents a total made up of small amounts
conserued weekly and placed on deposit, instead of being
spent in the many ways in which small change is usually
expended
Become a member and it will be "just
like finding so much money" when you
, get a check for your entire savings
plus interest, just before Christmas
The First Deposit Makes You a Member
There Are No Other Requirments
No Fees - No Fines - No Extsaa
Save For Christmas. Save For Liberty Bonds
and War Savings Stamps
Everybody Old or Young Invited to join
- Have Everyone in the Family Become a Member ,
, ENROLL NoW
THE RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
THE ONLY SAVINGS BANK in the County s
ROCKINGHAM, N. C.
Capital $15,000.00 ; ,
' - W. L. Parsons, President; William Entwistle, Vice President;
- ' W. L. Scales. Cashier: Mirs Ortavia ST Si-aIm Aaat Cachwr ,
V " . This Bank is open until
Cigs. And Gas Higher.
Effective March 1st the new
tax on gasoline and tobacco prod
ucts caused an advance in the
prices.
"Cigarettes that sold for 6c, are
now 8c; those that sold for 8c,
are now 10c; 15c are now 20c;
and 20c are selling for 25c.
Gasoline is now retailing for
27c per gallon, instead of the
heretofore price of 26c.
Recorder's Court, Hamlet.
A. F. Craven, jvhite, tried be
fore Recorder Austin at Hamlet
Monday for drunk and disorder
ly; fined $10 and costs.
Sandy Ivey, white, drunk; fined
$5 and costs Monday.
Splendid Artcraft Picture
WILLIAM S. HART
in
"RIDDLE GAWNE"
at
THE STAR
FRIDAY, MARCH 7TH
Matinee 3:30 Night t
Admission 15 & 25c.
Store Moved
Arenson Moves from old stand in
to the handsome, new Little
building, next to Richmond
(Building was former! nsed by
the old Rockingham Post as
its office.
This is to inform the public that
I have moved my store from the
cramped room next door to Bar
rett's, to the new Little bnilding
(about 50 feet wkst of my old
stand).
We have commodious quarters
in this new stand and can much
better serve the trade. New goods
are being opened daily and we will
make it to your interest to come to
see us. This is the store with a
welcome, whether you buy or not.
come in and see how nicely we are
fixed.
Very truly,
A. ARENSON
SAVED
-; '. 1 Surplus $15,000.00
5 p. m. each SATURDAY.
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