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Vol. 4. No. 31
ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, JUNE 30, 1921.
$2.00 PER 'YEAR
Power Delays Paper.
A break-down on the power line be
tween Rockingham and Blewett Falls
about 5 o'clock this afternoon cut the elec
tric current off, and stopped the press of
the Post-Dispatch in the midst ot getting
out this issue. The current came back on
at 8:15. but too late for the night mail to
be made.
AUTO THIEVES
SENTENCED
In Guilford Connty Superior Court
Last Week William Wade Gets 7
Years. Three Others Draw Four
Year Sentences. Robert Wade Fails
to Appear for Trial.
In Superior Court for Guilford
county at Greensboro last Satur
day Judge Finley sentenced four
men found guilty of stealing an
automobile to the state penitent
iary. William Wade -drew the
longest sentence, seven years.
W. E. Wooten was ordered to
serve four years, as were two
women who were alleged to have
been with the men at the timet
of the theft. These were Bessie
Logan and Dora Matthews. Rob
ert Wade, the fifth member of
the party, failed to appear for
trial and a capias was issued for
his arest. The five were charg
ed with having stolen a car from
a negro who lives near High
Point.
Each of the four gave notice
Of appeal to the Supreme Court.
William Wade's bond was placed
at $5000. The other three were
required to give a bond of $3000
each, but up until Monday none
of the four had been able to raise
the required bonds. As to
whether they have given bond
since Monday, the Post-Dis-patch
has been unable to learn.
Of intesest in Richmond county
is the fact that Robert Wade is
connected with the above case.
He is the young white who was
charged with stealing the Buick
from Dr. A. C Everett -on Feb.
7. 1920. Eariy in March
1920
the car was found in his possess
ion near Greensboro. He stated
that he had bought it from J.
Kent Greer. He was tried here
at Rodcinghaai April 13th, 1921,
but was acquitted. His wife
testified that he had bought the
car from Greer, and she and her
father testified that he was at
their borne in Guilfprd county at
the time the car was stolen. It
was on this evidence that he was
acquitted. And now it seems
that he is in more automobile
trouble with his brother William
already sentenced to the pen for
seven years.
Young Man Being Held
On a Serious Charge.
Carthage, Jime 27 Zeb Vance Harris,
a young man ofihe Jackson Springs neigh
borhood, is being held in $560 bond on a
chaige of prostitution, it being alleged he
assisted one of the girls to escape from
Satnarcan Manor. The citizens of that
section assist those in charge of the in
stitution in every way in preventing es
capes, and as the 186 girls are mostly con
tented, there is seldom occasion to prose
cute anyone-
THE BENEFIT OF INSURANCE
HE .cost of insuranceis,so small .you
T
do not realize you nave pam it.
After the loss its benefits are sp
great you marvel that anyone
would even consider being with
out it. ' The spectre of possible
and sudden ruin never bothers the
man who has his possessions pro-
tected by insurance. HOW
Richmond Insurance & Realty Company
A. G. Corpening, Sec.-Treas. Office in Hotel Building.
Baby Drowned in Well.
Will Everett, the 16-months old
baby of Pearlie Everett, colored,
who lives in the Zion community,
about three miles from Rocking
ham, lost his life last Monday in
a most unusual manner. The
baby with some other children
were playing in the yard about 9
o'clock Monday morning. The
child climbed to the well box,
lost his balance and fell in head
foremost. Some wire was m the
well and the child fell in this,
and when pulled out some
minutes later he was found
caught in the wire with his head
under water, dead.
"Spinners" Getting Right.
Manager John Dawkins is get
ting his "SpinnersS organized
and going. Fisher, a pitcher, and
Jones, a catcher, arrived the first
of the week. A $&mt was play
ed on Tuesday wjth Lilesville,
tne new team winning 10-1.
Fisher appeared to have good
Stuff; he hails from Asheville.
Playing in this game were Fisher,
p; Jones, c; Theo King, 2nd;
Meacham, 1st; Louis Brown, ss;
Sims Cashwell, 3rd; Bill Hay
wood, rf; John McAulay, cf; Ar
thur Dawkins, If.
The manager is arranging a
schedule, and hopes two games a
week here and two away. He
expects to give try-outs for vari
ous positions, and strengthen
where needed. It is to be hoped
a small grandstand can be built
at the Fair Grounds, and that a
winning brand of ball can be
played.
Longer Time on Roacb.
James Harrington, colored, sev
eral months ago was sentenced
to the roads for six months for
c c w. About two months ago
he escaped, but last Sunday offi
cer Rogers captured him in lower
Wolf Pit. The Harlllet Recorder
tried him Monday for escaping,
and sentenced him to two addk
MMial months on the roads.
Buick Train.
A train of 54 cars passed Rock
ingham on the Seaboard Monday
at noon bound from Flint, Michi
gan, to Charlotte. Four of the
cars were box-cars and contain
ed lour Buick automobiles, and
parts and tops, and the rest of
the train consisted of 50 flat-cars
containing three Buicks to the
car-a total of 154 -Hoicks in all.
They are going to the distribu
torsthe C. C. Coddington Co.,
at Charlotte. The local Buick
company, of which R. R. Sim
mons is manager, will get two of
these cars.
This is the second train-load
brought to Charlotte by Codding
ton, and it said he expects to
bring a full train twfee a month.
IS BEST REALIZED
AFTER THE FIRE
ABOUT YOU?
TONSIL-ADENOID CLINIC
Begins Tuesday, July 5th at Rocking
ham. Dr. Murphy, of Wilmington,
Operating Surgeon in Charge.
The clinic to be conducted by
the State Board of Health, for
the benefit ofx children of Rich
mond county needing operations
for enlarged and diseased tonsils
and for the removal of adenoids,
will begin Tuesday, July 5th, and
last not exceeding 4 days.
Dr. Murphy, of Wilmington,
one of the State's leading special
ists for diseases of the nose and
throat, will be the operating sur
geon in charge. The State Board
of Health will erect an emergency
hospital in the Rockingham City
school building, with full bed
equipment for 20 patients. There
will be a corps of 8 trained nurses
Who will remain with the patients
day and night, giving them the
most careful attention. A child
who has an operation performed,
is kept over night for 24 hours
under a nurse's care, that he may
receive best of treatment and to
take utmost precaution that there
shall be no unfavorable develop
ments. One parent, either father
ot mother, or some other relative
may remain with the child over
night at the school building. An
ample supply of best dairy milk
will be available that the patients
may have proper diet and suit
able nourishment.
The State Board of Health
brings to this emergency hospital
complete supply of cots, steri
lizers, and all equipment necess
ary for an up-to-date hospital.
The cost of the operation and
care of the child is made a nor
mal charge of $12.50 by the State.
Already forty or more applica
tions for treatment have been
received, and more are coining in
with each mail. An opportunity
for free examination of children
will be given during the clinic.
Parties interested in the clinic
may write or phone Miss Idell
Buchan, State Nurse, Rocking
ham, N. C.
Crop Report.
The Government's canvass on
cotton acreage and condition to
June 25th will be announced
Friday morning at 12:30 o'clock.
This report will compare with
end-May report of 66 and an
end-June condition of 70.7 last
year. The ten-year average con
dition to June 25th has been 7&8
A history of the Leak family
appears on pages 3 and 4.
.
The July Series.
The new series of the Richmond County
B. & L. Association will open July 1st.
Already Secretary Corpening has received
applications for over 500 shares, and this
number should be doubled by the end of
this week. The 'fi. & L.' is the most ex
cellent way of saving money, and event
ually enables a feUow to his. home instead
of continuing to pay rent.
We insure you against loss
by
FIRE WIND WATER
LIGHTNING
ACCIDENT DEATH
Teacher' Examination.
The State Examinations for
Teacher's Certificates, for both
white and colored teachers, will
be held on Tuesday and Wednes
day, July 12th and 13th, at the
Rockingham Graded School
building. Examination on- the
Reading Circle work will be given
on'Tuesday morning, July 12th.
The examinations will cover
the requirements lor all classes
of Certificates, both State and
County.
L. J. Bell, Supt.
County Summer School
for Colored Teachers.
A County Summer School for
colored teachers of Richmond
county will be held in the Color
ed Graded School building at
Rockingham for 6 weeks begin
ning" July 18. The conductors
and teachers of the school will
be selected by the State Depart
ment of Education, and the work
and course of study will be care
fully planned to suit the needs of
the Richmond county teachers.
Every colored teacher, expect
ing to teach this coming school
year, should plan to enter the
school on the opening day and
attend for the full 6 weeks. Other
wise no credit can be obtained
for the course. Those planning
to attend should write me at
once.
L. J. Bell.
Marriage Licenses.
June 24 Wm, Hines and Bessie Tyson,
colored
June 28th Robert Jennings and Nora
Wall, colored.
Fourth at Ellerbe.
As has been the custom for many years,
Ellerbe Springs will be the assembling
point for a large crowd on Monday, July
4th. Mr. Leak, the owner of the proper
ty, is-throwing the grounds open to the
public for the day, and bids them all
welcome. He had hoped to have Gov.
Morrison present for a speech, but pre
vious engagement prevents his coming.
However, Mr. Leak says he intends having
the Governor on hand next Fourth.
The ladies of the Ellerbe Presbyterian
church will have a booth with refresh
ments for sale. It is understood that
'Norwood and FJlerbe will play ball in the
afternoon.
Another celebration to be held in the
county will be at Hamlet. Concord and
Hamlet will play ball in the afternoon.
The Rockingham "Spinners" will play
the Laurinburg team at Launnburg July
4th, a celebration on a large scale being
planned for the Scotland county capital
Monday.
Nash Prices.
On page 8 can be seen the change tn
price of the Nash cars that goes into
effect July 2nd. The Pee Dee Motor
Sales1 Co., handle this car for this section.
PUT IT UP TO PAYNE
"Honestly it's the best Policy."
PUSH ROCKINGHAM FOR-WARD.
"The Bank on the Square"
The 80th interest period starts at "THE BANK ON THE SQUARE
July first.
t92. !? ,Ke, this bank haye Paid to its Depositors INTEREST amounting to ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTYTWO DOLLARS.
Deposits made on, or before July 5th, will bear interest as of July 1st, at 4 per cent, compounded quarterly
WHY DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN THIS BANK ?
Because it is your Home, Bank.
Because its Officers and Directors are all Home People, and are known
to you, AND ARE YOUR FRIENDS.
Because your friends are more vitally interested in YOUR future welfare
than others can possibly be.
Btcmise the Bank is conducted on safe and sound business principals
and takes no oanoes with other people's money.
Safety Deport Boies for rent in OUR NEW VAULT $2.50, $5.00 and $10.00 per year.
The Richmond County Savings Bank
ROCKINGHAM, N. C.
Open each SATURDAY ontil 5 p.m.
THAT DILWORTH TRIP
Dil worth Special Operated to Charlotte
Tuesday as Scheduled. 260 Pas
sengers, 11 Pullmans. A Unique
Stunt Well Conceived and Smoothly
Carried Out. Cole Puts It Over.
The long-heralded "Dilworth
Special" has now passed into his
tory, and for cleverness of design
and thoroughness of execution
there has been nothing to com
pare with it in the history of
North Carolina.
Several weeks ago the Dilworth
Building Company, of Charlotte,
announced that it intended run
ning a special train from Rock
ingham and vicinity to Charlotte
to show the people of this sec
tion just what the east Dilworth
section of the Queen City had to
offer as a real estate and invest
ment proposition. Inasmuch as
T. T. Cole, a Rockingham prod
uct, is the head and brains of the
Dilworth Company, the success
of the scheme was never for a
moment jn doubt. Mr. Cole ad
vertised the fact that this train
would be run on June 28th, and
that all- who wanted to could
make the trip by applying for a
reservation. No obligation to
buy a lot, or even to look at the
lots, was involved in accepting
the hospitality of the Company.
Monday night Mr. Cole brought
a band ot la pieces down trom
Charlotte, and at six o'clock
Tuesday morning the town was
made aware of the fact that
Tuesday was "Der Tag."
The special train was made up
at Hamlet, and reached Rocking
ham about noon. It consisted of
a baggage car and eleven elegant
Pullmans. A large crowd was
at the station to see the train ofl;
on the sides of the cars were lonq
banners with, appropriate letter
ing, so that passersby en route
would not fail to know that this
was the "Dilworth Special," and
why. About 175 passengers got
on at Rockingham, the remaining
80 or 90 getting on at Hamlet,
Lilesville and Wadesboro. The
train left Rham at one o'clock.
At various stations where stops
were made the band gave brief
concerts. The trip was not un
comfortable, despite the heat; for
with electric fans in the cars,
and ice water and cold bottles of
soft drinks, the heat became no
factor at all.
Finally Charlotte was reached
at 4 o'clock; at the station were
dozens of autos, furnished by the
citizens of Charlotte, to take the
visitors to the property of the
Dilworth Company where at 5:15
a picnic dinner was served by
the Charlotte Woman's Club.
Long tables were arranged under
the large trees and piled Jiigh
were plates of fried chicken,
dishes of fine ham and other eat
ables of the tempting kind. Af
ter the meal the visitors again
entered the waiting cars, and
headed by the band in a large
truck, made a tour of the city.
It must have been an inspiring
sight that long string of cars
parading down the main street of
Charlotte. It showed the doubt
ing Thomas that Cole could and
did! Not only was the party
shown the attractive property of
the Dilworth Company, but car
ried over Myers Park and over
the other beautiful residential
portions of the city.
The Pullmans were parked
at the Seaboard station, and
thanks to a refreshing rain, the
night in the berths was not un
comfortable. Wednesday morning the party,
260 strong, repaired to the Meck
lpnburg hotel where the Com
pany served them breakfast. The
morning was spent in various
ways, some going again to the
Dilworth lots to look them over,
others shopping, and others "joy"
riding (Mr. Cole had any number '
of cars always on hand for the
convenience of his visitors. In
fact, a person need not have
spent one penny on the entire
trip railroad fare, lodging or
meals: it was all "on the com
pany.") The train departed for the return
promptly at 4 o'clock. Right after leav
ing Charlotte the porters passed around
individual boxes filled with lunches, and
with each was a bottle of ice-cold milk.
Rockingham was reached at 6:30 o'clock,
thus ending an eventful trip a trip that
has had no parallel in the history of the
State. The very idea of chartering a train
of Pullmans, keeping it two days, provid
ing meals and autos etc., and otherwise
entertaining over 250 people, was a plan
that took a far-sighted man to originate;
that man was T. T. Cole.
At no time on the trip was the matter
of selling a lot mentioned by Cole or his
lieutenants. There was no auction sale
of lots. He simply wanted the people
down this way to see what Dilworth has
to offer and no doubt he will follow up. ,
the trip with an active lot sale campaign.
In fact, no less than six lolsweie sold in.
Rokingham this (Thursday) morning by
Messrs. Younts and Ledbetter, Cole's ac
tive "lieuts."
A stunt such as this no doubt
will make many a real estate
dealer over the state envious; it
daringly planned and handsome
ly executed. And some 260 peo
ple 'down this way' are indebted
to Cole and his co-workers for
making possible such a delight
ful outing.
GLORIA SWANSON
IN
SOMETHING TO
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AT THE
STAR THEATRE
Friday, July 1st
Admission 20-50c
July First to Fifth
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and The Lank Needs You.