ROCKINGHAM P03 IDISPATCH. RICHMOND COUNTY. N. C.
PAGE SEVEN
LOCAL ITEMS
AND PERSONALS
1 Matters Briefly Mentioned
Little Happenings
Personal Notes
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items of news.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. S. Leak re
turned Saturday from Spartan
burg. The T. C Leak family went to
Ellerbe Springs Wednesday to
remain until Sept. 1st.
Mrs. H. C. Tysor returned to
Goldsboro Sunday after a week's
visit with her sister, Mrs. B.
Purnell.
Mrs.. B. R. Yarborough and
son, of Concord, are the guests
at the home of her father, Dr. E.
S. Davis.
T. D. Miller, of Indian Head,
Md., came by Wednesday for a
few days' visit to his sister, Dr.
Mary Lou Miller. (
Mr. John A. Durham, who di
ed at his home in Charlotte Tues
day, was an uncleby-marriage of
Mrs. Eugene Payne.
Misses Myrtle McMillan and
Eula McGugan have returned to
their home in Red Springs after
attending the summer school
here.
T. D. Treece passed through
town today to Hamlet to have
a saw fixed. He and five broth
ers are operating a saw-mill about
two miles from Norman.
In this issue can be seen the
advertisement offering the stock
of A. A. Todd, at Osborne, for
sale at auction on Aug. 8th, at
10:30. It has been assigned to
Atty. Wm. G. Pittman who will
sell it in a lump.
Mrs. Oscar Young is spending
ten days at Fuquay Springs with
Mrs. J. F. Johnson.
E. H. Aycock and Eugene
Bailey spent last Thursday in
Charlotte on business.
John M. Stansill, assistant
cashier of the Bank of Farmville,
came home Tuesday to spend a
week with relatives.
Messrs. Fred and George
Maurice took advantage of the
cheap excursion rate to spend
from Friday to Tuesday at Wash
ington.
Members of Charter Oak Camp,
Woodmen, arerequested to attend
the meeting at the hall next
Tuesday night, as business of
importance is to be transacted.
Miss Mary Louise Everett un
derwent an operation for appen
dicitis at the Charlotte Sanator
ium Wednesday morning by Dr.
Pressley. She is recovering
nicely.
The Auto Inn Service Station,
of Hamlet, of which W. R. Bog
gan is proprietor, is putting on a
special tire sale. The 48-inch
advertisement of this appears in
this issue.
About 30 agents of the Malloy
insurance agency at Cheraw pic
nicked at the club at Everett's
lake Monday evening. An or
chestra furnished music during
supper, and for dancing afterwards.
Angus McKinnon, aged 70,
died at 2 o'clock the morning of
July 17th at his home in Laurin-
burg. He was once Mayor of
Laurinburg, and for 15 years was
official cotton weigher for Scot
land county.
Melvin Eastridge, of Bennett,
aged 17, died at the Sanford
hospital Sunday morning. He
was injured at Carthage last
week when a truck collided with
a car in which rode young East
ridge. Miss Viola Kivett, of
Carthage, in the truck was badly
hurt, but she will recover.
Pat Taylor, of Wadesboro, is
attending the reserve officers'
training camp at Camp McClel
lan, Alabama.
The contract was let last week
for the erection of a new Meth
odist parsonage in Carthage to
cost around $7000.
MissHattie Ellerbe, daughter
of Mr. Zack Ellerbe, left last Sat
urday for Charlotte to enter the
Presbyterian hospital to study to
become a trained nurse.
Miss Sue Taylor left Thursday
morning for Norfolk to spend
two weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Joe Powell. Mrs. Powell will
return home with here.
The Presbyterian church and
Sunday school will hold their an
nual picnic on Thursday after
noon and night of next week,
July 27th, at Ellerbe Springs.
Mrs. J. W. Cockman, the effic
ient stenographer for the L. & W.
Lbr. Co., was operated upon last
Sunday for appendicitis at the
Charlotte Sanatorium by Dr.
Brenizer.
M. W. Nash, of Hamlet, and Z.
V. Morgan, of Union county, be- i
came associated June 1st for
practice of law, under name of I
Nash & Morgan. Mr. Morgan '
made his first speech in the Free-1
man-Railroad case this morning. j
The Sunday schools at Peej
Dee mills (M. E., M. P., Baptist I
and Presbyterian) will open Sun-!
day at 9:45, and at 10:45 the tour j
will assemble in front of the Pee
Dee Baptist church and march '
in a body to the "Cyclone Mack"
tent wnere ouu special seats in
the middle section will be re-1
served for them.
Messrs. Leake Covington, Arch !
Biggs, Bled Cole, and that arch
fisherman, S. W. Steele, went to j
Bridgewater July 4th, returning j
the 6th. Their fishing netted
them but little; plenty of fish
there, but "wrong time of moon,"
"too much wind," "water too
clear and calm," and other sun
dry excuses. 'Twas ever thus.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bolton, of
Montgomery county, were visit
ors in town Tuesday. Mr. Bol
ton lived at Capel's Mill until
eleven years ago.
Here from Friday until Monday
with Miss Fleta Green were Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Parsons, of Kings
Mountain, and Misses Mary and
Ruth Hunter, of Charlotte. They
motored here.
This (Thursday) night Mr.
McLendon preaches to men only
at the tent; and a service for
women only will be held at the
Methodist church tonight by
Miss Palmer.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Crawford
two weeks ago began building
a six-room bungalow on Wat
son's Heights, between the King
and Brady lots. His bungalow
is on an acre lot, and the build
ing will be completed in a month.
"The Garden" will very likely
open for business about Aug.
10th. Owner French and Man
ager Atkinson are preparing one
of the handsomest picture houses
in the State, out of the old opera
house, tt will be a thing of beauty.
Mrs. Edgar Davis and two
children, Edgar, Jr., and Robert,
and Miss Alice Davis left Mon
day night for Reidsville, Va.,
where they will visit Mrs. Davis'
parents. Mrs. Davis will be
gone two months and Miss Davis
one month.
Mrs D. F. Morgan and Miss
Myrtie Hamilton have taken
charge of Bland's studio at Wades
boro. They will begin work
there August 1st. Miss Hamil
ton will be manager of the Wades
boro studio, while Mr. Morgan
will still operate in Rockingham.
The Scotland County Savings
Bank at Laurinburg June 29th
declared a 50 per cent stock div
idend, increasing the capital stock
from ten to fifteen thousand dol
lars. In addition, a semi-annual
cash dividend of 8 per cent was
paid. A. L. James is president,
and Hinton James is vice president.
Mrs. Bennett Nooe, Jr., came
from Clayton Saturday and spent
until Tuesday night here with
her husband who is stopping at
the home of Mr. R. R. Simmons.
Mr. Nooe is in charge of the con
struction work for the Hedrick
Co., of Lexington, doing the street
work for the town.
Beginning July 20th, Gasque's
Original Southern Serenaders
will play every night at Lakeview.
The roundtrip fare from Rock
ingham by rail is $125. Boyd
Gasque has been playing at
Myrtle Beach, but the orchestra
has now gone to Lakeview for
the rest of the summer.
The announcement of the en
gagement of Miss Camelia Ruth
erford London to Mr. Frederick
Duncan Jerome, of Goldsboro,
was made this week by Mrs. H A.
London, at Pittsboro. The wed-
j ding will be at Pittsboro in Octo
! ber. Miss London has on several
occasions visited her brother here.
George T. Jones, of Charlotte,
was drowned at Morehead City
Sunday. lie was a member of
! Co. F, of Charlotte, in camp at
Morehead. He was 1(5 years old.
!rle was a first cousin of Miss
; Mary Lou Sharpe and Mrs. Pen
dergrass, of this place, and Miss
i Sharpe and Mrs. L. C. Sharpe at
1 tended the funeral in Charlotte
Tuesday.
j On the trip of the Governor's
'party inspecting the fish and
oyster industry of the waters of
! Eastern Carolina last week, the
member to catch the first fish
i was Representative W. N. Ever-
ett. (It was a ten-inch cat, by
the way.) For his feat he was
presented with a handsome paper
knife, with his name inscribed on
j it, by the Rotary club of Eliza
! beth City. Gov. Morrison was
given a handsome vase for hav-
I ing caught (by proxy) the largest
Irish.
Sheriff Baldwin entertained
entertained about 150 of his
j friends out at Ledbetter's pond
I at a fish-fry last Friday evening.
SOCIAL
(Contributed! i
Wednesday morning Mrs. C
E. D. Egerton was hostess at a
very pretty forenoon party, hon
orin her attractive neice, Miss
Louise Egerton, of Dillon. Tables
for rook were arranged on the
porch, where the game was en
thusiastically enjoyed for more
than an hour before the tables
were cleared and a luncheon
served. Guests of Mrs. Egerton
were: Misses Grace Haywood,
Egerton, Rebecca Haywood, Ray
Covington, Eleanor Covington,
Lelia Cameron, Mary Leak Scales,
Tessie Covington, Louise MonJ
tague, Minnie Bonner Guthrie,
Caroline Covington. Juanita Taylor.
Walter S. Covington is expect
ed home ;-bout Friday after a
i very successful operation for ap
pendicitis in Charlotte, some two
weeks ao.
Miss Florence Covington, who
has been visiting friends in Lin
colnton, Lenoir and Blowing
Rock, returned to the city on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. McRae, and Mrs.
J. D. Cameron have gone to Wrighsville
, Beach to spend a week.
I
! Mrs. Estelle Cameron and Miss J on.-
Cameron are in Charlotte; they are i s
pected home the latter part of this week
Mrs. James Crosland and children, of
Charlotte, who have been guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Crosland
for sometime, down in Wolf Pit, are ex
pected to arrive in Rockingham today to
i be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John C.
! Morrison.
Due to the pains and ingenuity of Mrs .
Goode and Mr. Jones of the Mcl.endon
party, Rockingham enjoyed one of the
most inspiring sights witnessed in a long
time, when on last Thursday night 150
children marched down the aisles of the
huge tent carrving National flags and
banners with "Boosters Will Shine To
' night" and "Boost For Cyclone Mack."
From start to nnisn tne progimu
tilled with bright, snappy songs both
Kunwtrnim and S3CrP d Lack of space
: will not permit personal mention of every
child taking part, but the two recitations
, t,u p Tatpr atid Wait" bv Sally
Maner, and "Entertaining Sister's Beau"
by Lola May Cockman, were especially
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Terry s iifi Kevivsl Scilc
New goods coming daily. New values thrown out at prices that will more than please the most thrifty shop
per. Read the following prices, which are only a few of the thousands of extra values we will throw out regard
less of cost or price. Meet your friends and neighbors at Terry's Great Revival Sale. If you couldn't get waited
on last Saturday, come again this Saturday, July 22, and and we will do our best to have enough help.
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PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION
2000 yards 36-inch Bleaching, as good as made, Sale arM n j 1 O M 1 I Men's real good sox, sale price 8c pr
price ioc yd MhN Read and Smile, and Join ;
1 3 J ' Ladies real good no;-e, sale price . he pi
3000 yards 40-inch Sheeting, real 15c value, Sale j YourFriends at Terry S All men's and boys' clothing will be blown away in this
p 2C y j rj. n I q i storm of price cutting. Come and see for yourself.
3000 yards of the Best Dress Ginghams, both 27-inch D1S revival oaiC
and 32-inch, guaranteed fast color and the best Wo An,tMa 'hu0a ku.q .,0,k Entire stock of men's, women's, and children's shoes and
made, real 25 and 35c value, Sale price 19c vd Men f! W". chaJ?braiW0 , m, slippers to be knocked out in this big SALE, RE-
-T f nr- , , ,T. J , shlrts' worth double ,r Pnce, sale price.. 48c each GARDLESS OF PRICE OR COST. Don't stay away
20c1alue Saterice" Ginhams- real yd MelTs $4.50 and $5.00 Faln7Behlm1sale price $29 and regret it; come and be glad.
1000 yards of good fast color ChambreylT Men's pin checked pants, sale price 95c pr One lot men's Panama hats sacrificed, only $1.98
colors, Sale price 12c yd """ I OOK HERE! Men's genuine Palm Beach suits, sale price $9.95
36 inch real honest-to-good ness Curtain Scrim, Men's real dress shirts to be swept away at 50c each Real 75c value ladies' silk hose, all colors, sale pr. 39c pr
real 20c vataeSajejMTce 10c yd . , ' summcr suits worth S60Q ' """ One lot ladies' $5.00 silk shirtwaists, hand tailored,
1500 yards of 94 Pepperell Bleached Sheeting, " lie price $3 45 to be swept out at only k $1.98 each
real 75c value, S?le price 49c yd Boy' overalls, "sate'price '"" '17r 29c value Lad Lassie cloth, sale price 19c yd
1TOagjte I:aWn'all0"")VS: "I150 .. - 8c vd . Men's real iTpT 42-inch white organdie, real 45c value, sale price.. 25c yd
1200 yards of 36-inch Voile, all colons, real 25c Men's real good, well made union suits, to be 'iglriT' f 10r enrh
. value, sale price . .. 15c yd swept out at only -. 48c each Pnce 1Uc eacn
Thousands and Thousands of values are awaiting you and your family that we cannot mention in this adver
tisement. Remember Terry's name and reputation stands back of each and every price. So come to Terry's
Great Revival Sale and join your neighbors and friends they will be there.
"You can judge the price by the goods but
you can't judge the goods by the price."
E. B. TERRY DEPARTMENT STORE, Rockingham, N. C.