North Carolina Newspapers

I ttttttttHtfcfrt I "ALL THE NEWS Most of the Time; S Most mt the News I ALL TH2 TIME" 2 Kmw Bcfort Tum Expiru SenJ as jroar terns ot newt VoL 2. No. J6 ROCKINGHAM N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, MARCH 20, 1919. $1.50 PER YEAR Superior Court in Session. The March terra of superior court for the trial of civil cases convened Monday, with Judge " Shaw, presiding. The: Sheriff reported that the following drawn as jurors were not to be found in the county: M.B. Watkins, D. R. Thomas, : D. P. Pope, G. H. Mauldin. The following summoned as - jurors were excused by the i Judge from serving: W. S. Wil liams, F. T. Biggs, D. F. Warner, J. R. Boykin, A. J. Little. Thp first case heard was an uncontested action for divorce . from Hamlet, Mrs. E. B. Morris versus H. S. Morris; divorce The next case was begun about noon Monday and was not finished until noon Tuesday. J.F. Stafford vs Norfolk Southern Ry. The action was result of the al leged negligence of the railroad : in handling a shipment of horses and mules, consigned to the plaintiff, at Ellerbe, in 1913. He sued for a total of $1200, with in terest since 1913. The jury was composed of J. Waite Covington, Van McDonald, Raiford Dawkins, A. W. McKay, Billie Watkins, J. B. Melton, J. C. Dockery, A. G. McGirt, Lonnie Stogner, M. R. Vuncannon. The attorneys waiv ed the usual speech making, after the evidence was in. The jury rendered verdict for $1000 for Stafford, without interest, and , put costs on railroad. Appeal taken by railroad. In the case of Stafford vs A. 1 r I Pv tVn Tnrlcrp nllnws a - non- suit and taxes costs on Stafford: Stafford gave notice of appeal. INext case was J. t. urowervs Cameron Morrison et al. The following issue was submitted: "Is the land shown on the plat hereto attached and made by N. A. Graham surveyed under order of the court in this case, vacant and subject to entry by plaintiff?" Answer: "Yes." W. B Ellwood vs J. T. McLeod. Question submitted: "Is defen dant indebted to the plaintiff and if so in what amount?" Answer: "Yes, $75 with in terest from Dec. 1, 1911." The plaintiff and defendant after wards compromised the matter. On Monday in open court, M. , E. Bolton, of upper Richmond, was presented to His Honor by Attorney W. S. Thomas, and the oath required by law for a prac ticing attorney was administered by Judge Shaw. Mr. Bolton se cured his license by passing the examination before the supreme court in January. A number of orders were made by the Court Tuesday. G. E. Hinson having raised the bid of $5100 on the Morrison house in Rockingham, the Court orders a re-sale of the property, the same to be April 5 (see legal notice elsewhere in this issue). The Court confirmed the sale of the 176-acre Dempsey Gibson tract to T. C. Leak,consideration $1775, .The Bank of Pee Dee having raised the bid from $200 to $300 in half interest on 100 acres of Morrison -Ledbetter land near Norman, the Court orders a re sale, same to be held April 5th. Ruby L. Jones vs : Entwistle Mfg Co, was begun Tuesday aft and jury took case at 10:45 this morning. Suing for $30,000 for damages in mill. Jury composed of Lonnie Stogner, N. A McAs kill, Dan Webb, S. J. Millikin. C. C Capel, A. W. McKay, J. Waite Covington, M. R. Vuncannon, S. P. Stogner, Furman McLeod, Coy Green, Billie Watkins. After re maining out from 10:45 this mormng untu . tour tms : aner noon, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $9,000. W..H. McNeill, of Carthage, vs AL Gfeenburg Iron Coetal. Sued for $1030 for salary due. After evidence was half through, case was compromised at noon today by plaintiff getting $800, J. T. West vs A. C. L. com promised today for $300, and rail road Jto pay all costs. Metropolitan Discount Co. vs B. L Henderson. Suing for $80; compromised for $50. The case of T. M. Ewing, Exr. vs National Council Jr. O. U. A. M. will be taken up first thing Friday morning. After this case, that of Mrs'. Cornelia Millikin et alvsC B." Millikin will be be gun. ' Court will likely continue through Saturday afternoon. Justice of The Peace. The Legislature just closed appointed J. W. Butler, of Beaver Dam township, a justice of the peace. ' Vice Pres. Marshall. Vice President Marshall will lecture in the Hamlet opera house on Wednesday May 7th, under auspices of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. Tickets are $1.10 each. R'ham Debating Triangle. t (Contributed) Wadesboro and Hamlet High Schools have . both withdrawn from the Rockingham Hamlet Wadesboro debating triangle and. will, not '"debate at all this year. A Temporally this has left the Rockingham teams up in the air, like the fellow who was all dressed tip with no place to gq. However, it is probable that Rockingham will be placed in a new triangle, the other members of which will be Aberdeen and Lillington. The Rockingham debaters are working hard and will undoubt edly have their usual strong de bates ready for the contest on April 4th. They regret deeply not being allowed the opportunity to measure their strength against their old rivals from Wadesboro and Hamlet. Two Ingrams Dead. George Ingram died near Los Angeles, California, Feb. 26th, aged about 74 years. His wife was a Miss Burch, of the Cheraw section. They moved to Califor nia about 30 years ago. He was a brave Confederate soldier. Besides his widow, there survives two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Jeffs, of Sedan, Kansas, and Mrs. Chal mer Robinson, of Olinda, Cal. and five sons: O. A. Ingram, of Globe, Arizona; M. S. Ingram, of Puente, Cal.; G. T. In gram, of Long Beach, Cal.; and R. B. and Roland B. Ingram, of California. Mrs. N. W. Benton died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed. Capel, at Little Rock, Arkansas, last Sunday afternoon, aged 83. Her husband, the late A. C. Benton, is buried at Eastside cemetery here; after his death about 14 years ago, she went to Arkansas to live with her daughter. With the death of these two Ingrams, brother and sister, there survives four Ingram brothers: Eb Ingram, of this county; Joseph Ingram, of Kennedy, Texas; and W. S. and James Ingram, of Mt. Gilead. SUBSCRIPTION DANCE next Wednesday night March 26th In Manufacturers Hall Rockingham. Music by Hawaiian Orchestra You are invited. No admission for ladies; they are welcome, jvhether they dance or not. The gentlemen will be charged $5 each; gentlemen spectators who do not dance will be charged only $2. W. G. Atkinson, Mgr. Furniture at a Bargain. I still have some of my furni ture that is unsold. , I am to be here but a few days longer, so that anyone wishing to get turm ture at a genuine bargain would do well to call at the Hawley or Weill house and look the articles over. Mrs. C. P. Weill. : Dockery-Allen Co. will operate their Hinson gin on Friday and baturday ot this week. -, ; SOLDIER & $60 BONUS. Discharged Soldiers Skould Hare Red Cm Secretary Write Absnt the $60 Bon. Many discharged soldiers are unfamiliar with the method to be pursued in obtaining the $60 gov ernment bonus, and many of them are paying out a goodly fee to persons to handle the matter for them. This is not at all necessary. The Rockingham Red Cross Chapter stands ready and eager to serve these boys. If you have not applied for your bonus, sim ply go to Mrs. A. L. McDonald, the Secretary of the Red Cross Home Section Relief, in the office of the Richmond Insurance & Realty Co., in the hotel building, and she will gladly give you all the information needed. And, she will make application for you, and save you the fee that some one else might charge you. The full amounts will be collected by the Red Cross for our soldiers, without one cent of pay. That is the mission and object of the Red Cross to help the soldiers. So carry your troubles to Mrs. McDonald and save your money. You deserve every cent of this $60 bonus. Mr. Frank S. Overby, of the U. S. Naval Hospital at Norfolk, was the guest of Miss Grace Covington last Sunday. The Post-Dispatch is appreci ative of the renewal of Mrs. Lou F. McDonald, at the Confederate Womans' Home, at Fayetteville Mrs. A. P. Fry left Wednesday for the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Catherine Cox, of Eagle Springs. Mrs. Cox was recently paralyzed and is 76 years old. There will be an ice cream en tertainment in the Woodmen hall at Roberdel No. 1 Saturday night. Everyone invited. Pro ceeds will be for benefit of the Methodist church. Mrs. J. T. Collier returned Sat urday from Atlanta, where she was called the 4th by the death in Philadelphia on March 3rd of her only sister, Miss Chessie Rickolds. The interment was in Atlanta March 9th. J. W. Carter, aged 60, died at his home in Maxton on the 13th. James A. Allred was carried to the Charlotte Sanatorium Monday for treat ment. Th annual Carolina-Virrinia football mmp npxt Thanlfsi?ivintr will be olaved on Emerson Field, at Chapel Hill. Mrs. D. C. Galloway came from Ham let Monday to spend a week with her mother Mrs. John Allred. The R'ham school basketball team played the Ellerbe school team at Ellerbe last iriday, Jt-iieroe winning a-4. Mrs. D. M. Smith and children, of Wagram, spent the week-end here with her sisters, Mesdames J. R. Coley and A. W. Porter. Mrs. W. T. Payne, of Norfolk, came Tuesday night from Greenville to spend two weeks with Mr. B. T. Payne and her other children. Capt. L. P. McLendon, of Wadesboro, who landed this week at Newport News in the 113th Field Artillery, is now a Major, having been promoted recently. Harry L. Everett, of Laurinburg a member of the Brenizer Hospital Unit O, is now on the way to the States, having sailed from a French port March 12th. The freight office, Seaboard, will here after close every afternoon at four o'clock, with the exception of Saturdays when it will close at one o'clock. Among the' attorneys from out the county here this week were: Messrs. Vasar, Mclntyre and Stacy, from Lum berton; T. C. Guthrie, of Charlotte; W. C. Douglass, of Raleigh. Mrs. Harriet McCormick, wife of Nathan L. McCormick, died at her home in Laurinburg the 17th, aged 74. She was a daughter of the late Colin Dunn, of Montgomery. Three cars of the government soda ar rived here and at Osborne Tuesday, and the remaining nine cars are expected within the -next few days. The cars will be sent to Hoffman, Hamlet, Ellerbe, Norman, Mt Gilead, Rockingham and Osborne. : , . ' Mrs. ' Sarah E. Lithe, aged 70, is quite sick with bronchial pneumonia. Hector Little came home Wednesday from the Jamea hospital to see her, his leg and the bone In his foot were broken three weeks ago in a derailment on the Rockingham Railroad; he will return to the hospital in a few days for further treatment. ' . 113th Field Artillery. . The 113th Field Artillery, "a North Carolina, volunteer regi ment under command of Col. Albert Cox, landed at Newport News Tuesday, after a twelve day voyage from France. They came across, 1450 strong, in the Santa Tersa. The present plan is for the regiment to leave Newport News Sunday morning, arrive in Ral eigh Sunday afternoon, spend the night there, parade Monday and Monday afternoon leave for Camp Jackson, via Hamlet. They will be demobilized from Camp Jackson. Doubtless a large number of folks from this section will go to Raleigh for the parade Monday. The 113th is the first of the 30th division to come home. New Vulcanizing Plant T.S. Linton, of Raleigh, but for the past two years with the Blackwood Tire Co., of Nashville, Tennessee, is to open in Rocking ham an up-to-date vulcanizing plant, under the name of the Linton Tire Company. The liulding formerly occupied by tpe Busy Bee cafe, opposite the Manufacturers' Building, is being equipped and he expects to open for business by Tuesday of next week. His announcement ap pears on page five. We are glad to welcome Mr. Linton and his new industry to the city, and trust each will be the gainer by coming here to the "best town of all." Daylight Savings Law. The daylight savings law goes into effect March 30th. On Sun day morning, March 30th, at one o'clock, the clocks throughout the nation will be set forward one hour. Deaths. Eliza Kirby, an aged colored woman, said to be 85, died in Wolf Pit Mondav. Alex Tendergrass, colored youth aged 12, died the 12th and was buried at Sugar Loaf the 13th. The youth was accident ally shot near town about three weeks ago by another colored boy. The Coroner investigated the death, but tound the boy was shot by accident. Simply the age old story of the carelessly handled gun. Marriage Licenses. March 14 Warner Harris and Annie B. Baldwin, colored. March 15 John Ellerbe and Annie Glenn, colored. March 15 Zack Ellerbe and Laney Crump, colored. March 15 Arthur Dove and Sallie Baker, colored. March 17 Morris Teacher and Mattie Kendall, colored. March 20 John Iveyand Lena Kissiah, white. March 20 Chas. Page and Daisy Haines, colored. In Mayor's Court. The following cases appear on the docket of the Mayor of Rock ingham for the past week: Jasper Grant bound over to superior court Monday under $100 bond, charged with violation of the prohibition law. Luther Stone submits to being intoxicated Sunday and is taxed with costs, $1.95, Melvin Brady fined $5 and costs, $4.05, tor being intoxicated Sunday. George Moraman, Clifford and Murphy Moore, all colored, charged With an affray Saturday. Each fined $5 and costs, $1.95. - Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hooks, Route 1, Tuesday, a daughter. 30th Division. A number of units of the 30th division sailed from France the first of the week on the trans? port Koningin der Nederianden, among them being the 105th Ammunition Train, made up of South Carolina troops. ' This transport is due at Charleston March 23rd, the men then to go to Camp Jackson. As we go to press today, noth ing new has been given out as to when the main portions of the 30th will reach this country. Greek Case Continued. The civil action wherein Isa- dore Christ was suing a dozen Rockingham men for $10,000 for damages for personal injuries, was to have been heard in super ior court at Laurinburg last Fri day, but the plaintiff failed to put in his appearance. The judge signed an order that the case be continued and that the plaintiff, Isadore Christ, be re quired to pay costs of this term Sparks Circus Coming. Dan Hoffman, advance repre sentative of the Sparks Circus, was in Rockingham Monday, making arrangements for the appearance of thai circus here on Thursday, April 10th. The grounds known as "Flowers Field" on Watson Heights will be used for the Circus. , This Circus was billed to show here last fall, but owing to the flu epidemic it was forced to cancel the date. Meeting of Colored Teachers There will be a meeting of the colored teachers of Richmond county in the col ored graded school building at Rocking ham on Saturday, March 29th at 11 a. m. Let every teacher be present. L. J. Bell, Co. Supt. DOUGLASS FAIRBANKS in "HEADIN' SOUTH" at THE STAR FRIDAY, MARCH 21ST Matinee 3:30 Night 7 Admission 15 & 25c. Extra For Christmas Extra money that will come in very opportunely for Christmas, or for any other purpose may be easily pro vided by becoming a member of our Christmas Savings Club By conserving small amounts, which no doubt, would be spent for things not necessary, or of little consequence, you can accumulate a fund that will grow into "Big Round Dollars" very rapidly. The small weekly deposits can easily be kept up with out any self denial or without using money that could be used to better advantage. When You Get Your Money Back Plus Interest Just Before Christmas it will be just like a generous gift from Santa Claus. Let Every One in' the Family Enjoy the Benefits of this Easy Savings Plan and have money to enjoy Christmas in a liberal whole-' hearted manner. Enroll at Once. Everybody is Welcome to Join THE RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK THE ONLY SAVINGS BANK in the County ROCKINGHAM, N. C Capital $15,000.00 v V '. ' Surplus $15,000.00 W. L. Parsons, President; William Entwistle, Vice President; W. L. Scales. Cashier; Miss Octavia S. Scales, Asst. Cashier. ' . ' AIRPLANES FOR 4TH War Department Air Service Promises to Send Two JN 4H Observation Planes to Rockingham for Fourth of July Celebration. That Richmond county is to have a celebration July 4th at Rockingham that will eclipse any celebration ever before held in the county is an assured fact. Plans are underway to this end. The soldiers are to be royally welcomed. The War Department has given assurance that two JN4H observation airplands will be sent here for that occasion. The following letters will explain , themselves: Washington, D. C, March 17, 1919. Mr. Isaac London, The Rockingham Post-Dispatch, Rockingham, N. C. Dear Sin I am sending you herewith a let ter which I today received from Major General C. T. Menoher, Air Service, War Department, stating that two airplanes of the JN4H observation type will be sent to Rockingham, North Carolina, to par ticipate in the celebration there on July 4th, 1919, in honor of returning soldiers, and that they would probably be sent from Fayetteville. It is a pleasure to have been able to obtain these planes for your town and in view of the fact that the personnel of the Air Service has been materially cut down I consider that we are fortunate in being able to get them. With high personal regards, I am, Very truly yours, L. D. Robinson. Washington, D. C, March 14, 1919. My dear Mr. Robinson: Receipt is acknow ledged of your courteous letter of recent date. I am glad to inform you that arrange ments will be made to send two airplanes. of the JN4H observation type to Rocking ham, North Carolina, to participate in the celebration there on July 4th, 1919,. in honor of returning soldiers. A new- field is being opened at Fayetteville, North Carolina, and the planes will prob ably be sent from there. Very sincerely, C. T. MENOHER, Major General. By John B. Reynolds, Major, Air Service. Hawaiian orchestra will furnish the music for the subscription dance in Manufacturers' Hall here next Wednesday night Money