ROCKINGHAM P08T-D1SPATOA. MCHMO!i, COUNTY, N. C.
PAGE ELEVEN
STREET RESOLUTIONS
TOWN ROCKINGHAM
Resolutions Etc. Passed by
Town Commissioners Re
garding Street and Pave
ment Work.
Upon (notion of Commissioner J. N.
Hasty, seconded by Commissioner E. A.
Allen, the following resolution was adopted:
That Whereas, a petition has been pre
sented to the Board of Commissioners of
the Town of Rockingham by the resident
and property owners of North Washington,
Sooth Washington, Bungalow and Franklin
Streets and the Rockingham Road, request
ing said Board to pave with some suitable
permanent pavement, the said North
Washington Street from its intersection
with South Washington Street at the M. .
Church corner eastward to corporate lim
its, South Washington Street at the M. L
Church comer eastward to Steele Sueet,
Bungalow Street from Washington Street
to the Rockingham Road, and Franklin
Street from Caroline Street to the city
limits on the Rockingham Road, including
the Rockingham Road, which said petition
has been duly filed with the Clerk and
by him certified to the Board of Com
missioners as having been signed by a
majority in number of the owners, who
represented a majority of all the lineal
feet of frontage of the lands abutting upon
the streets proposed to be improved, and
the said petition and certificate having
been received and examined by the Board
of Commissioners, and the sufficiency
thereof having been found and duly de
clared by said Board:
Now, therefore, be it resolved, by the
Board of Commissioners of the Town of
Rockingham, That the petition for the said
local improvement of North Washington,
South Washington, Bungalow and Franklin
Streets and the Rockingham Road, within
the limits above set forth, be and the
same is hereby granted, and that the said
North Washington, South Washington, Bun
galow and Franklin Streets and the Rock
ingham Road, within the limits aforesaid,
shall be paved with what is known as
sheet asphalt payment, same to consist of
1:3:6 concrete base, 5 inches thick, 1 1-2
4och binder course, ami 11-2 nid. wear
ing course, the said three-inch wearing
course to be sheet asphalt; the curbs and
gutters shall be ol the combination type,
consisting of one course concrete 1:2:4
mixture, dimensions conforming to those
given in the Plans of Construction submit
ted by Mees & Mees, Civil Engineers, or
they may consist of two course concrete,
-base course being 1:1:5 mixture, with
finished face or wearing coure concrete
mortar 1:2 mixture, one-half inch thick.
Be it resolved further, That one-half of
the cost of the said improvement, exclu-
Resolutions by Board of Town Commissioners
Regarding Street Paving
Upon motion of Commissioner R. R. Simmons seconded by Commissioner J. N. Hasty, the fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
THAT WHEREAS, The Town of Rockingham contemplates the improvement of North
Washington street from its intersection with South Washington street at the M. E. church corner eastward
to the corporate limits, South Washington street from its intersection with North Washington street at.M.
E. Church corner eastward to Steele street, Franklin street from Caroline street to the city limits on Rock
ingham road, and Rockingham road from Leak street to town limits and Bungalow street from Washing
ton street to the Rockingham road, with sheet asphalt pavement.
' NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE TOWN OF ROCKINGHAM, That a six-foot concrete sidewalk be laid on the south side of North
Washington street from its intersection with South Washington street at the M. E. church corner to the
corporate limits of the town, and that a six-foot concrete sidewalk be laid on both sides of South Washing
ton street from its intersection with North Washington street at the M. E. church corner to Steele street,
and that an 8-foot concrete sidewalk be laid on both sides of Franklin street from Caroline street to Law
rence street and 4-foot sidewalk from Lawrence street to Leak street, except that along the brick buildings
on Franklin street the sidewalks are to conform to the contour of the buildings, and that a concrete side
walk be laid on both sides of Rockingham road from Leak street to town limits and on Bungalow street
from Washington street to the Rockingham road; and that all of the cost of said sidewalks, exclusive of
the cdst incurred at street intersections, be specially assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting di
rectly on the improvement, the balance of the cost to be borne by the Town.
BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER, That the City Engineer is authorized and directed to notify
the property owners affected by this resolution that they shall immediately construct said sidewalk, under
his supervision, and that unless said sidewalk is constructed and laid on or befor, the 2nd day of August,
1922, the Town of Rockingham will proceed to construct said sidewalk and to charge the cost thereof a
gainst the particular lot or parcel of land for and in connection with which it was made.
BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER, That the property owners on and along said North Washing
ton, South Washington, Bungalow and Franklin sts.-and Rockingham road within the limits above set forth, shall
immediately connect their respective premises with the water and sewer piains in said street, one water and
one sewer connection to be made for each lot fronting snid street or at such points and in such numbers as
may in the discretion of the City Engineer be best and proper for the future development of suph property
the entire cost of such connections to be borne by the property owners.
BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER, That theity Engineer is authorized and directed to notify
"the said property owners effected by this resolution to, make the connections as aforesaid, and that unless
same are made on or before the 2nd day oi August, 1922, the Town of Rockingham will proceed to make
the said connections and to charge same against the particular lot or parcel of land for and in conn -.lion,
with which it was made-
v. ' BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER That a oopy of this resolution shall be published once in the
Rockingham Post-Dispatch.
sive of so ra-jch of the cost as is incurred
at street inteisections, shall be specially
assessed upon (lie lots or parcels of land
abutting directly on the improvement:,
according to the extent of their respective
frontage thereon, by an eaual rate per
foot of such frontage; an 1 the balance of
said cost shall be borne by the Town, as
is provided for in the said petition and in
Chapter 56 of the Public Laws of 1915,
and the amendments thereto.
Be it resolved further, that the cost of
the said improvements as herein set forth
shall be assessed as hereinbefore provid
ed, and that the property owners against
whom the cost shall be assessed shall
have the right and privilege to pay for
same in ten equal annual installments.
Said installments shall bear interest at
the rate of six per centum per annum
from the date of the confirmation of the
assessment and shall be payable to the
Town Tax Collector, and the first install
ment shall be due and payable when the
taxes for the year in which said assess
ments is made and are due and collecta
ble, unless the said assessments are paid
for in cash, as provided for by the said
Chapter 56 of the Public Laws of 1915, all
of said assessment and said collections to
be made under and in accordance with
the said law.
Be it resolved further, that a copy -of
this resolution shali be published in the
Rockingham Post-Dispatch.
This 12th day of July, 1922.
t LAND SALE
Jiy virtue ol an order of the Stipe
riur Court rendered at the Juno
Term, 1922, of Richmond Superioi
Court, in the 'case therein pending
entitled: "J. E. Treecc vs. J. P. Had
ley," the undersigned Commissioner
will, at the court house door in
Rockingham, N. C... on TUESDAY,
the lath day of August, 1.922, at 12
o'clock M., offer for sale to the high
est bidder, for cash, the following'
rlowprihnrl tract n land to wit:
A tract of latwd in Mineral Springs
Township, Richmond County, N. C,
beginning at a comer in the County
Ime road near Joiin Husseus tiouse,
being the corner of A. McNair's land
the beginning corner of this tract,
thence South 22 East 34 chains with
John Russell's line to his corner;
thence South C8 West 12.50 chains to
Verdie McNair's corner; thence
South 22 East 30 chalrts to Verdie
McNair's other corner; thence South
68 West 54.44 chains to a stake cor
ner black gum, black jack and
hickory pointers; - thence North "imak(.s North
W est NO. 45 chains to the county ime
road being a corner of E. H. Burt's
land "a stake" oak pointers; thence
with the various courses of said
Richmond and Montgomery County
line road to the. beginning about
72.53 chains, containing 415 acres,
more or less, excepting 100 acres on
the south side, and 80 acres on the
c-ast side which has been deeded off
from this tract.
This Julv 11, 1922.
FRED. W. BYNUM,
Commissioner.
! MACK'S SERMON
Continued from page 5.
You say when John speak here in
the revelation of this wonderful
city, these flashing jewels and these
hovered over Him in the wilderness
and administered to Him in the
hour of crucifixion, and rolled uway
the stone at the sepulchre, and
escorted him upward on Ascension
Day, they will all be there. And
those two angels that Jesus sent
hack to his heart-broken Disciples
I to tell them just as they had seen
him go away in the clouds, so He
was coining hack in like manner;
they will be there. There, we shall
enjoy the companionship of all
these lofty intelligencies.
"What a grand place old Rock
ingham would he if a lot of people
would only die or get converted, or
mqve away. I am glad that there
is one place where the black-winged
vampire bat of pcidition will not
be and that is heaven. The lewd
vulgar and obscene will not be there,
the covetous, avaracious, penurious,
sordid and selfish will not be there.
The back-biter, the knocker, slan,
derer nd liar will not, he there.
The infidel and agnostic and bias-
! Phemr will nrt be there; no money.
I no influence, no wire-pulling, no
pan-handling and placating will get
them in.
"Heaven will be a place of glad
reunion, for the Lord Himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout
with tlie voice of the Arch angel,
and the trumpet of God, and the
dead in Christ shall arise first
Then we which are alive shall be
caught, up together with them in the
clouds to meet the Lord in the air;
so shall we ever he with the Lord
We have had our old soldiers re
unions, neighborhood and family
reunions, hut what a reunion we
will have in heaven; wife will meet
her husband, mother you will meet
.,, MmA ..,.,, fl.jn,ic
and all those we love, and have been
separated from for years, there
we'll meet to part no more. Heaven
Will be a place that is free from
everything that curses or mars our
life here. Wouldn't this be a grand
old world if it were not for a lot
of things in it
The only thing that
Carolina a decent
phice to live in is the religion of
Jesus Christ. There is not a man
that would live in it if you took
religion out. Your great manufac
turing plants would rot on their
foundations if there were no Chris
tian people of influence here. It
there were no sin, poverty, pain,
sickness, want or death, this world
would he good, but these things mar
and well-night ruin this present
world; hut thank God, there will he
none of these things in hcaxn.
There will he no poverty, everyone
w ill hm-a all the. ,.m nf r.H ot
his disposal. There will he no ser -
vile grinding toil. There rcmaineth
therefore, a rest to the people of God.
I tell you there are a good many
poor men and women that never and on earth and under the earth
have any rest. They have had to singing eternities anthems, Holy,
get up in the morning early and ' Holy, Holy.
work all day, but in heaven there! "A few years ago, the railroad
rcmaineth a rest for all the people men were having a meeting in New
of God. There will he no sin. j York city and an engineer was
Everyone will perfectly obey the ' speaking, and he said, 'Fellow la
will of God. There will be no sick-j borers, the word heaven is the
ncss, nor pam. John says God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes.
And there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain, for
the former things have passed away.
No more darting pains, no more
aching limbs, no more throbbing
temples, no more emaciated bodies,
no more pale faces, and sunken
eyes. No watching the undertaker
as he screws the coffin lid over your
loved ones. No white-gloved pall
hearers, no black hearses backing
up to the door. No funeral process
ions going down the street, no crepe
hanging from the door knobs, no
preaching, saying 'Dust to dust and
ashes to ashes.' as the dirt falls with
that dull, remorseless th-! on the
box. No quartett singing, "Nearer
my God to Thee.' In heaven they
never mar the hiils with spades for
they dig no graves. In heaven
they never telephone for the doctor
for nobody gets sick. In heaven
nobody carries a handkerchief, for
nobody cries. In heaven they never
'phone the undertaker for nobody
dies. In heaven none of the things
that enter your homes here will
ever get there. No sickness, death
or
sorrow will ever get in, because
old things have passed away and all
things have become new. Heaven
will be a place of praise. 'After this
I beheld, and lo, a great multitude
which no man could number of all
nations, and kindreds aud people,
and tongues stood before the Throne
and, before the Lamb, clothed in
white robes and palms in their
hands.' John says it will be a cos
mopolitan crowd. It, is made up of
all nations, kindreds, people and
tongues. I do not see how sonic of
us with our pin-headed, narrow
mindedness, and racial hatred and
prejudices will get along in such a
crowd. John says that the people
in this crowd had white robes on,
white is the sign of purity and holi
ness, and so they were pure aiuJ
?lean. I have wondered sometimes
where they got their white robes.
Surely there is no side station be
tween the grave and the judgment
where Vn can get off and wash our
robes if they are to be white in
heaven, they must he white before
we leave the earth, washed white
in tlie blood of the Lamb: They
also had palms in their hands. The
palm leaf is a sign of victory. These
millions and millions of people had
been victorious over sin. 1 have
wondered where they got their
palms, for surely the trains of the
judgment do not stop at palm for
ests, if we have palms of victory in
heaven they must be obtained be
fore we die, We must overcome
sin by the power of God's Holy
Spirit. Let us not be deceived, en
trance into heaven must be preced
ed by a thorough preparation here.
There is one thing that we have
down here that we will have in
heaven, and that is music; men will
have open eyes to see God as He is,
to see Jesus Christ as He is. souls
will throb and pulsate and burst
forth with praises to our God. We
are enchanted with the harmonies
of tfie Mastered quivering upon vi
brating strings or rolling from gol
den throated trumpets, or leaping
like winged angels from the
lips ot j
those who are gifted in song.
"Many years ago Jenny Lind came j registration book at the voting place, for
to this country. At her first enter- j 'he registration of voters.
tainment in Grand Opera in NewL?1'0" 3. That Alex Mcintosh is
. , , herebv designated and appointed Recis-
ork, tne people pan! large sums trar and W. P. Ellerbe and L. R. Rev-
of money for the privilege of hear
ing her. She sang until you would
forget your debts. She sang until
you would forget, your enemies.
She sang until you forgave ovc-ry-
body ane
sang imti
lined everybody. She j Section 5. That a' copy ol this res-. la
it seemed as if von wro tion. signed bv the Chairman ar.d Cicrk
lilted into heave:). She sang until ,
-be was transfigured befere-'yoii and
see'ricd to be ail ainrel Wc believe of election, at least twice beginning not
svoniea ipue un u.igei. ve i.n.ve i,ter than Au?nst 3. 1922, said publkvt
il" it had not bsou lew j4:i, -mid tiur . tbms to be made in the Rockingham
vocal charts not b-vn jarred out of ' PoaMdpateh. a newspaper in Rich rd
' . , , . ' , , . county and caxulating v, ithing- &aid dis
tune by wicked speech, harsh words trjCi
and profanity, we Would have, s"v,ch Done bv order of the Beard of Co-ji-vingcrs
everywhere. These' mam-' 1 miss.ior.ers for the County of Richmond,
, ., ' , .. this the 3rd day of July, 152?. ,
Ions .gifts and greater await us yen-, ..... u F . . ' .
Rank upon rank, choir beyond choir,
' cloud above cloud, of the saved and
redeemed ones, singing the songs of
UnE nnH ?h Ijimh Harmonies
' rarer than our earth has ever
known; melodies sweeter than have
' ever ravished our ears here below.
Every creature wrhich is in heaven,
sweetest word in the English lan
guage to nie.' He said when he
first started out on his run, and
made his first trip and that after
noon as he swung down through the
hills and across the valley, and as
he passed through the suburbs of
the town in which his parents lived,
he blew his whistle and rang the
bell, and the back door opened of
a little humble cottage, anil an old
woman with her head ripening for
the cemetery waved her little hand,
and then looked hark and said, 'Pa
pa, Bennie is home.' He said after
awhile he had to take that old
mother and lay her over on the hill
side under the dirt. Hut the next
afternoon as he came down through
the suburbs of the town, he rang
the bell and blew the whistle as he
had done before, and an old man
stood at the door on the crutches
of decrepitude and waved his hand,
and said, 'Thank God, Bennie is
home again.' He said, 'Boys, when
I open my throttle and start on my
final run, with the Bible for my
hand lamp and the ten command
ments for my schedule, and the
blood of Jesus Christ my orders, and
when I have run through the dark
tunnel of death, and finished on
schedule time, and have rolled into
the Grand Central Station, and the
Superintendent of the universe says,
Bennie, well done, come up and
sign your payroll and receive a
check for eternal happiness;' and as
I pass through the gates where the.
.flower never withers and the rain
bow never fades, a city on whose
blissful streets there falls no shadow
and rests no stain, 1 believe that
there will bo an old father and
mother that will shout. 'Thank God,
Bennie is home, home at last." "
Notice of Special Election in
Roberdel High School Disl't.
Be it resolved by the Boaid of Com
missioners for Richmond County.
Section 1. That under and by virtue
of the authority contained in Chapter 87,
Public Laws of 1920, ai d amendments
thereto, and pursuant to a psti ion of the
Board of Trustees of the Ruberdel High
School District, tiled with this board, an
election is hereby ordered to be held in
the said Koberdel High School District,
Richmond County, on the 12th day of
September, 1922, for the purpose of sub
mitting to the qualified voters of said
district, the question of issuing $25,000
of serial bonds of said district, for the
purpose of erecting and equipping school
buildings, and the levying of a sufficient
annual tax to pay the principal and in
terest of said bonds at the maturities
thereof; said district being bounded and
described as follows:
"Beginning on Hitchcock creek at
the North corner of the lanels ot
John S. Covington and running on
the East side of his lanels and the
lanels ol .las. A. CovihgtOil and Mis
Eliza MeLaurin and along the West
side1, of J. A. Baker's place to the
Fayetteville road; thence Eastward
with the old Fayetteville remel to
the old road to Ledbetter's mill;
thence with saiel roael to Hitchcock
creek: thence down creek to Bear
branch; thence up Bear branch to
a point opposite the Hair place;
thence Southwest to Lick branch
opposite John Welch's place; thence
elown creek to beginning, including
the lanels of J. J. Bennett em both
sides of Bear branch."
Section 2. That a new registration of
vrters of said district is hereby ordered
and for such purpose, the registration
books for saici new registration shall be
kept open between the hours of 9 o'clock
a. m. and sunset each day (Sunday ex
cepted) from the 14th day of August
1922 to the 2nd dav of September 1922.
both inclusive. On each Saturday during
the period of new registration above set
forth the Registrar shnlt attend u-ith hit
nolds are designated and appointed
judges for the said new registration and
election.
Section 4. That for the purpose of
said election and new registration, the
polling pl.ice in sr.id district shall be at
i John McJIeiir store.
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later than July 24, 1922, and as a notice !
Loans on Improved Farm
, Lan(J8 jn Amounts Ranging
j AIH -ft ftflfl
i rrm $J,UUU. tO $3U,UUU.
Representing in Richmond
countY the Atlantic Joint-Stock
Land Bank, of Raleigh, N. C, we
are prepard to receive and;handle
applications for Long Time Fed
eral Farm Loans.
6 interest on the amortiza
tion plan. No commission. No
stock subscription. No joint lia
bility Liberal payment privi
leges. Call and get any desired in
formation. THE BANK OF PEE DEE
Rockingham, N. C.
SALE OF LAND
Pursuant to an order of the Supe
rior Court in the case therein pend
inr entitled: "Z. V. Pate vs. James
L. Dobbins and J. W. Odom, Trus
tee," the undersigned Conunissioner
will, at the court house door in
Riulrlni,h.m V (- ri UANnAV
L. ' , . . ' ,,. a
o'clock M., offer for sale to the high
est bidder for casl. the following de
scribed tract of land, to-wit: - "
All the undivided interest of
James L. Dobbins in and to that
tract of land beginning at a pine,
three pine pointers, the beginning
corner of the Hadley 100 acres, and
runs as its last line reversed South
65 degrees East. 4:1 chains to it last
corner; thence as its other line re
versed North 25 degrees East 2
chains to Jedm Wooly's corner;
thence along his line North 32 de-.
grees West 45.43 chains to the cor
ner in the Hailey Ferry road; thence
as said road about North 32 de
grees East 12.87 chains to Wooly's
other corner; thence as his other
line reversed North 41 degrees West
56 chains to a stake, a corner of the
third tract mentioned in the deed
from Sol McLean and wife to Jas.
M. Dobbins and John Wooly dated
April 6, 1881; thence South 75 de
grees Wetst 9.70 chains to a stake in
Falling creek, the beginning corner
of the fourth tract describeel in saiel
deed; thence South 40 degrees East
45 chains to its corner; thence as
its other line South 68 elegrees East
3 chains to the second line of the
Sanburn McKcthan tract; thence as
its line South 30 degrees East 6
chains to its corner; as its other
line North 00 elegrees East 1.25
chains; thence along the Long line
South 26 degrees East 18.20 chains
to the second line of the Hadley
tract; thence as said line reversed
North 65 degrees West 7.75 chains to
its second corner; thence as its first
line reversed South 25 degrees West
20 chains to the beginning, contain
ing one hundred and forty acres,
more er less.
The above tract being the same
that was conveyed to James M. Dob
bins by John Wooly and wife,
Clarky J. Wooly, by deed dated Oc
tober 17, 1891, ami recorded in Reg
ister of Deeds office, Richmond
county, N, C, January 5, 1894, in
Book CCC, page 232 fet seq.
This Julv 11th, 1922.
FRED. W. BY NUM.
Commissioner.
Sale of Land.
By virtue of an order of the Superior
Court in the action therein pending en
titled: "Z. V. Pale vs W. A. McNair and
Elizabeth McNair," the undersigned Com
missioner will, at the courthouse door in
Rockingham, N. C, on Saturday, the 19th
day of August, 1922, at 12 o'clock M.,
offer for sale to the highest bidder for
cash the following described tracts or
parcels of land, to-wit:
1st Tract: Known as the W. A. Mc
Nair home place, the tract on which he
now resides, adjoining the lands of John
W. Smith and others, beginning at a pine
on the North side of Marks Creek necr
his old land and runs North 24 degrees
East 14 chains to a pine; thence North
42 degrees West 18.50 chains to a pine
near the head .of Reed Branch, thence
South 48 degrees East 20 chains to a cor
ner, then e South 42 degrees East 20
chains to a corner, thence South 33 de
grees West 33.7i chains to a corner,
thence North 42 degrees West 5 chains
to the beginning, containing fifty acres,
more or less.
2nd Tract: Situate in Marks Creek
town-hip, Richmond county, N. C. as
tirst tract acd adjoining said first tract,
bounded hy the lands of Robert Gregory
and others, beginning at a large pine and
runs North 80 deirrees West 32 chains to
a corner, thence Not th 28 degrees East
23 chains to the Speed road, thence with
said road 25 chains, thence South 24 de
grees West or direct to the beginning,
containing 82 acres, more or less, and
being the same land conveyed to W. A.
McNair by Elijah Mormon bv deed dated
Oct. 15, lt'03. and recorded in Register's
office, Richmond county. N. C. June 24,
1911 in brok 70 of Deeds at page 170 etc.
This July 18t 1922.
Fred. W. Bynum,
Commissioner.
Hauling.
Light and heavy hau&gg, local
and long distune:. We make a
specialty)!" moving household
goods. .
Rockingham Transfer Co.
J. C. iMcKenxv, Mtg.
Phone McNair's.
Store, No. 156.
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