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ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, SEPT. 15, 1921.
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Farm
Demonstration
Department
Conducted by
W. H. BARTON
THE BOLL WEEVIL IS HERE.
The boll weevil is gradually mak
ing its way eastward across the
country, and doubtless will cross
into Moore county before frost.
Immediate Methods.
Those who expect to planl cotton
next year should, just as soon as
cottun is harvested, cut down and
plow under the green stalks with
two horse plow and heavy chain,
thoroughly and deeply burying the
stalks before frost two weeks be
fore if possible. This destroys young
weevils in squares and immature
bolls. (
Other lands than those planted to
cotton this year, should be sown" to
green cover crops just as .soon as
possible. This not only 'burries
trash that weevils would otherwise
pass the winter under, but will pre
vent leaching of unused feitility,
and when turned next spring, add
humus to the soil for conserving
moisture and for developing 6oil
bacteria for better and cheaper pro
duction.
How Much Cotton to the Mule?
Better arrange for not more than
an average of five acres to the mule
unless conditions as to labor Are es
pecially favorable; for, cotton pro
duction under weevil conditions re
quires vastly more labor and closer
attention for success.
MM Grain.
Sow more giain on abandoned
cotton acreage some for hay, some
for grain and some to turn for the
sake of the land. If All Richmond
county farmers had grown green
cover crops to neve been turned
last spring, we should now see less
fired late corn and less shedding of
cotton more nearly .a full crop
crop than the probable one third of
a crop that e have as compared
with that of 1920.
-Poor Land For Weevil Conditions?"
Never! If you expect to produce
cotton under weevil conditions,
don't planl on poor land! It will
take the very best of Sand,- well filled
with humus, and bundling 'us prob-
Continued On Page 8
Don't Shoot Bull Bats.
It has been reported to U. S. Com
missioner H. L. Guthrie that par
ties in different parts of the county
are shooting bull kits, or '-'night
hawks.'' It is expressly against ihe
Federal law for this class .of birds
to be shot, and Mr. Guthrie states
that prosecutionswill fo'ttow unless
the shooting; is stopped.
Dodge For Sale.
For sale, cash or credit, Dodge
touring car. First class condi
tion. W: E Harrison.
A fellow may feel well and hearty, but no one knows or can
forsee when he or she will have an accident, or become sick.
We have the finest kind of accident and health benefit policies,
and would be glad to explain them' to you. Keep protected;
it is worth it. Just think of the relief mentally should you get
injured, or have weeks of sickness ! Yoq would have tite
. consolation of knowing that your accident or health insurance
was "carrying you through." See us; you'll not regret it.
RICHMOND INSURANCE & REALTY COMPANY
A. G. CORPENING, Sec Treat. Office in Hotel ButHiins
FIRST GINNING REPORT
Mere Cotton Giued to Sept 1 Thai
m Aar Yew Siace 1918.
Cotton of the 1921 crop ginned
prior to Sept. 1 amounted to 481,
788 running bales.
Ginning last year to Sept. 1
amounted to 381,580 bales.
The Cotton Bureau's report of
the amount of cotton ginned to
Sept. I, 1921, counting round
bales as half bales and including
linters, is as follows, compared
with preceding dates:
1921 1920 1919
Sapt. 1 481,000 351,000 142,000
Sept. 25 2,243,000 1,835,000
Oct 18 , 5,712,000 4,929,000
Nov. 1 7,471,000 6,305,000
Ndv. 14 8,920,000 7,604,000
Dec. 1 10,144,000 8,844,000
Dec. 13 10,878,000 9,396,000
1922 1921 1920 v 1919
Jan. 1 . ..11,559,000 10,008,000 10,773X00
lan. 16... 12,016,000 10,307,000 11,948,000
Ginning returns to Sept. 1, by
States compare jas follows:
1921 1920 1919 1918
Alabama 13,941 1,574 5,549 35,481
Arizona : 317 79
Arkansas 265 42 29 8,819
California 173 1,755 541 1,M
Florida 359 119 1,123 1,347
Georgia 49,124 13,913 77,573 117,515
Louisiana 2,688 2I789 561 32,682
Mississippi 3,803 849 502 33.911
Missouri 13
N. Cuolina 73 7 997 1,851
Oklahoma 1,167 63 10? 19,212
S. Carolina 1,040 704 16,199 34,186
Tennessee 2 1 224
Texas 409,026 329,457 39,364 751,763
All others 117
Un. States 481,788 351.E89 142,625 1,038,078
) House Warming.
There will be "open house" to
the public at the new home
erected by the congregation of
the First Baptist church,v next
Tuesday night, Sept' 20th, alfbur
friends are cordially invited to
come and look over the house,
and enjoy the evening with us.
The building of 'this magnificent
house practically paid for, or en
tirely so, is an accomplishment
worthy of the best people in the
country, and our congregation
has proper grounds for rejoicing
over the successful issue.
This cordial invitation is ex
tended in behalf of the officers,
pastor, and congregation of the
cliurch. Light refreshments will
be served.
Bruce Benton,
Pastor.
Bank Statements.
In this issue can be seen
the
quarterly reports of the various
banks at Rockingham and Ellerbe
for the period ending Sept. 6th.
The four banks at Rockingham
show a combined deposit of
$1,558,828.86.
'A comparison of the leans of
the four banks at the Sept. 6th
period compared with the period
ending June 30th show the loans
to be $74,758.20 LESS than when
the June 30th report was made.
I SUPERIOR COURT
Civil Term Superior Court Adjourned
Last Friday. Criminal Term Sept
26tk.
The Post-Dispatch last week
gave a record of all the civil
cases disposed of up to the paper.
going to press at 7 o'clock
Thursday night. The last case
then was that of Steele's Mills
against J. W. Stubbs, this being
an ejectment proceedings. The
jury decided in favor of the mill,
and placed the rental Stubbs
must pay at $4 per week.
The term ended Friday after
noon, and the following- addition
al cases and matters were han
dled: Con-Estee Chemical Co., vs.
W. C. Long, John S." Covington
et al. Judge Finley ordered that
the motion of John S. Covington
to set aside the judgment ren
dered against him, be continued
to next civil term.
Suit of-Z. D. Billingsley vs
Roberdel Mfg. Co., settled by
compromise. Billingsley
entered suit for damages
tained at Roberdel No. 2
had
sus
last the
, for
April. Compromised by
mill paying him $1882.50.
Suits against R'ham Ry
damages by the following were
compromised as follows; they
were for damages as a result of
water flooding and damaging
their property in West Rocking
ham some months ago: J. T
Maness for $60, Moss Bros, for
$125, George Moss for $30. Suit
of W. D. Smith vs R'ham Ry. for
fire damage was settled for $40.
The next term of Superior
Court is for criminal cases, and
will begin Monday-week, Sept.
26th. Judge Finley will preside.
'Marriage License.
Sept 10 Winston Morrison
and Maria Kenny, colored.
Sept. 10 James Manning and
Rosa McKoy, colored.
'Sept. 10 John Dobbins and
Bessie Spencer, colored.
Sept 12 Ellsworth C Brown
and Sarah Nancy Dunn, white.
Sept 12 Zack EUerbe and
Annie Streeter, colored.
Sept 14 Herbert Vincent and
Rachel Wooten, colored.
Sept. 14 Elias Dove and Lizzie
Little.
"Peter Manning" equalled the
world's hotting record for ail
horses, regardless of age, by
covering the mile at Syracuse
Wednesday in 1:58.
The Evening Journal, after an un
eventful existence of seven weeks
at Elizabeth City, suspended publi
cation with its issue of Sept. 11th.
Reid Garrett has entered Trin
ity College; his friends are look
ing for him to 'make' the Trinity
football team.
ROCKINGHAM WINS
TOURNAMENT
Seven Towns Took Part in Tennis
Tournament Here Tuesday and
Wednesday. Rockingham Team,
Composed of Fairley and Zack Long,
is Winner.
The team of the Rockingham
Tennis Club was winner in a
most successful tournament here
Tuesday and Wednesday, with
seven towns participating. Play
ers were here from the following
places, the towns and names of
players being as follows:
Monroe: Amps Stack and J. W.
Love.
Hamlet: Nash LeGrand and
Bob Clark.
Raeford:
Fay Morris and
Neill Blue.
Troy: Oscar Russell and T.
A. Haywood.
LumbCrton; Edward Proctor
and David Fuller.
Candor: Everett and Paul
Clark.
R'ham: Fairley and Zack Long.
The preliminaries were begun
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
with two courts irj use and three
matches and a bye. Rockingham
defeated Monroe, Lumberton
won from Troy, and Candor beat
Hamlet. Raetord had a "bye."
Wednesday morning- at 9
o'clock Rockingham played Rae
ford, and won; and Candor elimi
nated Lumberton. The final
match came off Wednesday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock between the
two leading teams Rockingham
and Candor. The other matches
required but 2 out of 3 sets; but
the final was put at 3 out of 5.
This last resulted in Candor win
ning the first set, and Rocking
ham the next three and the
match.
A large number of tennis fans
were present at each of the
matches, and the interest was
quite keen. The local club in
tends reclaying the three courts
this fall, and next Spring holding
another tournament, for both
singles and doubles, and ladies,
and have upward of a score or
more of towns to take part.
On neart Monday afternoon at
4 o'clock the Rockingham team
will play a team from Wadesboro
here, the players being Herbert
Dockery and W. S. Chapman.
Also, it is hoped that a doubles
team can be picked from among
the lady members so that a match
can be arranged with the Hamlet
ladies' team for one afternoon
next week.
The following is the order in
which the matches were played,
the dates and the scores:
Tuesday afternoon:
Rockingham
Monroe
Candor
Hamlet
10-2-8-6-
6
4-
-3-6
-6-4
Lumberton
Troy
6-2-7
2-6-5
Raeford "bye"
Wednesday moming:
Rockingham 756
Raeford 57-4
Candor
Lumberton
6-5-6
2-7-3
Wednesday afternoon:
Rockingham 26-
-6-6
(WINNER)
Candor
6-34-1
Vera Gordan
IN
"THE GREATEST LOVE"
AT THE
STAR THEATRE
Friday, Sept. 15th
- Admission 20-40c
Catching Carp With Corn.
Messrs. Alec Smith and John Shep
artl, of Midway, have caught a
large number of fine carp in Pee
Dee river in the past few days. They
use troat lines, four in number on
each of which are about 100 hooks.
Five grains of corn are used on each
hook us bait, the com first being
boiled slightly to become pliable for
putting on hook. A deep pool below
the Blewett ferry is used by them as
a fishing ground. During the five
days ending Monday 42 carp had
been caught in this way, each carp
averaging about nine pounds. One
caught weighed 14 pounds. They
sell here for $1 to $1.50, depending
on the si.e.
A carp is a soft-finned, physisto
mous fish, it feeds chieliy.on vege
table matter, and attains a great age,
and large size. Its mouth resembles
that of a sucker, small and oundr.
Hence the ease with which these
Midway fellows caught them with
grains of corn. The carp is exceed
ingly prolific and tenacious of life.
It came originally from Asia where
it is esteemed as a food. In many
ponds the carp has proved a nuis
ance, destroying the natural growth
of water plants and increasing to
such an extent that other and more
valuable fish cannot eixst.
Smith and Shepard say they are
going to try a new method of catch-
wng them, using corn meal baked
just enough to prevent dissolving.
Still a Mile From Town.
Sheriff McDonald and Officers
Shores and Reynolds located a still
within a mile of the court house
Saturday. It was on Stccley Branch,
and something like 300 yards from
the Baptist church at the Pee Dee.
On the hillside was found a cave,
made from a hole dug out of a gul
ley, walled in, with logs, and with a
2-inch plank roof and grass and un
derbrush over that. In this ca've
was kept the still, and other mate
rial ahd beer made there. When a
run was ready, the still would be
set up on the branch sarnc 75 yards
distant. A 2fgallon still was found,
but this had been used so much as
to be almost useless now. And an
other still, a new one of 50-gallons
capacity, was found nearby, the
blockader evidently being ready to
discard the old and smaller one,
for the new mid larger. The cave
and outfits were destroyed by the
officers, and probably an arrest will
follow shortly.
Chavis and English.
It is charged that on Aug. 4th
Wesley and Hilliard Chavis and
Eli English were unruly at Pleas
ant Hill church, across the State
Line. Mariooro county Had a
warrant for them, and the matter
was heard Aug. 26th, Squire
Gibson fining each $50 or 30 days
on roads. Hilliard gave a $50
check for hirnscls and $30 check
for Wesley, Wesley paying $20
in cash. Eli did not appear for
trial, When the checks were
sent in, they were returned pro
tested. The Marlboro officers then
sent warrants to Sheriff McDon
ald for him to either get the
money or men. Sheriff with
deputies Reynolds, Shores and
Key went into lower Marks
Creek Monday, and when near
Wesley Chavis' house, the offi
cers claim they saw him appear
with a sack and that he set it
down on the edge of the woods.
They reached the sack and found
in it half a gallon of whiskey in
a gallon jug. They arrested
Chavis and placed him under
$100 bond for appearance at Sept
26th term of Richmond countv
Superior Court.
The officers then put the mat
ter of the checks up to Hilliard
and Wesley with the result that
they put up the cash. They also
got in touch with Eli and got $50
in cash from him. These men
claim that it is not a fine they
are paying but simply cash bonds
for a later hearing at Bennetts-ville.
From Stable to Stem.
In 1911 Alfred P. Barrett, general
ly conceded to be the premier wit
of Richmond county, built a huge
building on Franklin street to be
used as a livery stable. The size
was 40x130 feet. The investment at
first was profitable, J. S. Boggan us
ing it as a livery stable, for a few
months, and then Barrett and C J.
Jones for two years. But the in
crease in gas buggies gradually but
surely pushed the livery out of bus
iness, even as western civilization
years ago inevitably pushed the Red
Man from the Atlantic coast inward
For months at a timt the building
was unoccupied, ut last year the
Coley Live Stock Company, used it
until their own building across the
street was completed. Since tha
Coley boys moved out the building
has been vacant.
But Mr. B&rifett determi ned to
make use of it, so -workmen began
three weeks ago excavating, bring
ing the floor to street, Iwel. The
back of the building has i"qn par
titioned off into a room 20x40 fct,
and fronts the Barrett, Coley. Ever
ett alley. This will be rented as r.
store. The main building Wilt be
divided into lialf, giving two rooms
of 20x100 feet and Mr. Barrett ex
pects to rent these as stores, though
renters ior them are not yet .".1
sight.
McDuffic in Jail.
On the late afternoon of August
31st, Sheriff McDonald and deputies
laid in wait for a man on the banks
of the river, near the Blewett grove;
but when the officers closed in on
their man, he forsook the sack he
was "toting" and by wading and
swimming, escaped across the. river.
In the sack was a jug containing ten
gallons of blockade liquor.
The officers claim they recognized
the man as being Bcecher McDuffle,
white, aged about 28, who lives near
Lilesville. A warrant was sent to
Anson for him, and he was arrested
at Lilesville last Saturday. Deputy
Reynolds went for him Saturday
afternoon, and he was brought to
Rockingham and lodged in jail
to await Sept. 26th term of Superior -court,
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From Frying Pan Into Fire.
Last Spring William Wallace
lost a horse and cart and charged
another negro, Twigg Faison,
with the stealing. The outfit
was recovered, a ad Twig was
found at Dillon. But hev was
then in the toils of the law for
some small ofiense, and being
sent to the gang. His term ex
pired the first of the week, so
the South Carolina officers noti
fied the Sheriff and Mm Shores
went to Dillon today (Thursday)
to bring him to Rockingham jail
to await trial on the horse steal
ing charge. Twig must think
he has a rocky road to travel.
O 1
Mr. B. T. Payne is expected to
return the last of next week from
Grace hospital, Richmond, where
he has been taking treatment.
He has not recovered, but will
continue his treatment at home.
The R'ham Highs are practic
ticing daily. The first game will
be with Raefoid on the 23rd.
In a scrimmage with the town
boys last Friday, thft Highs won
by a touchdown. The team will
be doped out in detail next issue.
Scott and Charles Thomas left
last Saturday for Hendersonville
to enter C. M. & N. Academy.
This is the former's second year
there; he is one of the leaders in
this new but wideawake school,
and is gaining a state-wide repu
tation as editor of the Web Foot
Cadet.
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