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Roclunghaoi.f arket Dec. 7 - ' MiW.. 24 m . Strict 14 3-4 i '. Cd ..... i-- . ' : New York Fatur. Clo4 TJ ) lee 24.63 Jan 24.66, r 24.80 5 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.00 Six months $1.25 Three months... .75 Single copies 10c each A. : Vol. 6. No. 2 ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, DEC. 7, 1922. $2.00 PER YEAR r NEW C000FHCIAS H. D. Hatch is Chairman of Board, : of Commissioners!. ' Sheriff Baldwin Makes 3. - B. Reynolds Chief Deputy. J. D. Covington, Leigh; Bar ton and Mcintosh .Re-Ap The neuj Board of GsuntyjCbrth missioners, elected Nov. 7;' were sworn in last Monday, Dec 4th. Retiring Clerk of Court J. A.Mc Aulay administered the oath of office to the Board." .Immediately afterwards the five jCoromission ers Messrs. H. B. Hatch, L. D. Frutchey, H. ClWali, 'A. T. White and G.C Caddel-select-ed their chairman H..Dv Hatch unanimously. . Chairman Hatch then gave the oath to the new Clerk of Court, W. S. Thomas, and to the new Sheriff, Homer D. Baldwin, and to the Register of Deeds, R. L. Johnson. Later in the day he swore in Coroner A M. Smith and Surveyor N. A. Graham. The County Commissioners at once settled down to business. The first transacted was the re-election of J. D. Covington as (Continued m Page .) " ' Cuthria Deputy CmmmWtUmax. Henry L. Guthrie was last week "appointed by State Tax Commis " sioner A. D. Watts as a deputy com missioner and entered upon his new duties December 1st Mr. John T Morrison held this position, but a vacancy was created when he was transferred to other duties In the tax commission work. Both Mr. Morrison and Mr. Guthrie will keep Rockingham as their headquarters. Mr. Guthrie's district includes Un. ion, Anson, ' Richmoni, Scotland and Robeson counfies. Among the many- thing demanding his atten- tion; wilt 1 the sopeNlsioh "f the - collection of privilege taxes, State income taxes, inheritance taxes, checking up on corporations; and many other taxable matters will re . quire his attention. He is capably suited for this kind of work, and will make the State a valuable of PROGRAM AT THE STAR THEATRE ROCKINGHAM. N.C. , For week of Dec. 9th to Dec. 16th. ; . MONDAY, DEC. 11th. Freckles Barry & Mar joiie Daw in "PENROD." TUESDAY, DEC. 12th. William S. Hart in "TRAVELLING ON. " A Real "FRESH BOARDER"-A one-reel comedy. ( WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13th. Gastcn Glass and Grace Darmond in "SONG OF LIFE." Also Starland Revue THURSDAY, DEC. 14th. "BACK TO YELLOW JACKET."--Also Llpyd Hamilton in "THE SPEEDER." 2 reels of fun. "" "" FRIDAY, DEC. 15th. . ' Forrest Stanley and Merjorie Daw in "THE PRIDE OF PALOMAR," and "THE LANDLUBBER." A comedy. SATURDAY, DEC. 16th. "RADIO KING No. 4" and Leo Maloney in "THE DRIFTERS." Also "THE STEEPLECHASER," and "A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA." r 8 Reels in All. Don't forget to hear our Orchestra every day with our pictures. Admission 10 and 25c. INSURANCE IS HOME PROTECTION Your Home IS WORTH PROTECTING RICHMOND INSURANCE & REALTY COMPANY A. G. CORPENING. Sec-Treas. . Office In Hotel Building . Right Kind ol Cleaning. The business portion of hocking ham the rear premises and alleys has never experienced such a gen eral cleaning as has been the case for the ' past two. .weeks, under the vigilant oversight of Mrs. W. P. Webb and; Mrs, B.. F ; Palmer, the heads of the Civic department of the Woman's Club"; Last week the Post Dispatch published the rcity ordi nances against sweeping trash, etc, on to the- sidewalks, and apparentl y this is. having some effect. Every place of. business should place the paper and debris from the stores in to boxes in front of their place and if every One frigidly does this our streets will be the cleanest of any In1. the. country. The .street sweeping machine cleans the streets nicely every day, but if the merch ants sweep their trash to the pave ments the work of the sweeping force goes for naught. Let every one co-operate and keep' this town the clearest of any. ,': v- lftullia Comnvissianefl. "Magistrate W. T, Mullis dkl not rus for re-election as magistrate for this townshi,p iw the recent election, because of tine fact that he was the Registrar. However, the Governor has duly commissioned him as -a magistrate, reoeivimg his 4-year commission last Friday and being sworn in Mon day. Town Property Sells. Tlve square owned by the Town of Rockingham, between LeGrand and Roberson streets, and on which the MStiLextdan tent was pitched, was on Tuesday sold at auction "by the Mc Aulay, Crosland & Tyson company. The itoron "bought this square sev eral years ago with the idea of erec ting the new high school building thereon; but later it was decided to place the building in a different location and where more ground could bo secured. And so the town fathers puf it in the hands of the auction company and the sale took place Tuesday. The quare brought a total of $14,655 After computing interest and the principal, the equame cost the town fl0;000. Al lowing ten per cent to the auction company, the town has made a clear profit of over $3j000 in its Teal estate investment. H. C Steadman bought the 111, 5x135 lot fronting LeGrand street 'SMBR'titf. TOarnd Charlie King bought the adjoining lot of 120x135 fronting sahie street . for 3,000. Purchaser of the old MeNair house and lot of 50, 50x147 was Archie Biggs, tfce price being $2260. Other lot buyers were H. C. Rancke, Cole Nichols 2, W. B. Flake, R. S. Ledbetter 3. Western. No. 17 NEW BERN FIRE 500 Homes Destroyed bv Fire at New Bern Last Friday, -J With Property Loss Over a Million and a Half. Rockingham Sends $100 for Relief and Citi zens Asked to Individually Contribute Quickly. The citv of New Bern was visited by a ' most disastrious fire on last Friday morning, the flames raging for 9 hours. As a result, fully 30CO people are homeless, most of whom are ne groes. The property loss is esti mated at over a million and a half dollars. , Two companies of troops are doing guard duty and assisting in cleaning the debris. Camp Bragg sent 1030 army tents. Gov. Morrison is on the spot to give whatever aid the State can furnish. The huge Roper lumber plant, employing 500 men, was destroy ed. While the fire companies were fighting this fire, the alarm was sounded from a colored (Continued on Page 7.) Cotton Census Figures. Tomorrow (Friday) morning at 10 o'clock the Government will issue its figures giving the total amount of cotton ginned up to December 1st And on next Tuesday, December 12th, at 2 o'clock the final estimate of what the 1922 crop will be, will be issued. This1 forthcoming report will be looked for with much in terest. It will be remembered that the Government's September esti mate was for a yield of 10,135,000. And there was ginned to November 14th a total of 8,869,857. It remains to be seen what the ginning figures tomorrow will show. It is general ly believed that ' the"" "estimate Dff- ! oesaber 12th will indicate a crop of Last year there were only 703,500 bales ginned after November Uth. In September the Government pre dicted the North Carolina crop would amount to 730,000, and the Souh Carolina crop 020,000. Up to November Hth North Carolina had ginned 688,562 hales, and South Car olina 464,121: and after November 1 14th last, year North Carolina gin i ned 131,600 bales and South Caro I lina 101,400. It looks now like the I total North Carolina crop will I amount to 750,000 and the South j Carolina crop 500,000. I The ginning for Richmond county November 14th was 14,835, as com pared wi'in iz,;j,u to same date in 1921. The total crop for Richmond county in 1021 was 13,501. . Rev. Dallas To Georgia. It is with regret for our towns people to know that Rev. A. E. Dal las and his wife are to move to La Grange, Georgia, December 20th. Mr. Dallas has accepted the call to the Georgia church. LaGrange is about 70 miles west of Atlanta, and has around 17,0Q0 inhabitants. The Rockingham Presbyterian congregation will now be without a pastor, for the present. Mr. Dallas has been here for two years and is a preacher of genuine ability; and our people of all denominations re gret his decision to give up his work here. We write fire and other insurance in the best companies of Ameri ca. The cost is small. The protection is great. You cannot foreteil when destruction will occur, . but there is nothing to jprevent insuring today. I VOTE IN OFF YEAR IS 171,531 SHORT Democrats, However, Poll Sixty seven Per Cent of the Total Vote. Although the Democratic State ticket polled 82,348. fewer votes in the 1922 election than in the general election in 1920, and although the combined vote cast by Democratic and Republican candidates was 171,531 less in 1922 than in 1920, the Democrats polled ten per cent more of the total vote cast in 1922 than in 1920. An analysis of the vote by coun ties in 1.120 and in 1922 shows that while 538,3215 votes were cast by both parties in 1920, the candidates drew out in the off year a total of only 3(6,795. For Governor in 1920, Morrison's vote was 308,151 and Parker's 230,175. In November of this year, Lee marshalled 225,803 votes for Corporation Commissioner against 110,992 for Hoover. In 1920, the Democratic state ticket polled 57 per cent of the vote cast and in 1922 it polled 67 per cent of the total. , The 28 Republican counties after the general election in 1920 were (Continued on Page 6.) Auction Sales. The Post -Dispatch is this issue carrying display advertise ments of 6 land auction sales. They are as follows: Monday, Dec. 11th The Mor gan peacn lands 2 1-2 miles from Marston, by the Atlantic Coast Realty Co. Tuesday, Dec. 12th-The Gib bons property on Rham-Hamlet road, one mile from Hamlet, sale by Thomas Bros, of the American Realty & Auction Co. Tuesday, Dec. 19th 6 resi dences and 13 lots on Fifth av enue, Rockingham, sale by Thom as & Reynolds. Thursday, Dec. 14th 50-acre tract divided into lots on southern edge of Ellerbe. Sale by Ameri can Realty & Auction Co. Friday, Dec, 15th The Rice and Terry " property" on Main street, Hamlet. Sale by Ameri can Realty & Auction Co. A new Ford is tb be given away free at this sale and one at the Ellerbe sale. Thursday, Dec. Hth The Ed. Allen farm 2 miles from Rock ingham, almost touching, the hard surface road. Immediately after wards, lunch will be served free and the newly opened "Ashland Heights" sold in small lots. Sale by McAulay, Crosland & Tyson company. Officer Jiamer 111. It is with genuine regret that our community learns of the ex tremely critical illness of Police man E. E. Hamer. He was taken ill on Thursday, Nov. 30th, and is now in the crisis of pneumonia. As we go to press the doctors entertain but little hope for his recovery. -. The Thomas &, Reynolds auc tion sale of Rockingham lots scheduled for Dec. 12th has been postponed to Dec. 19th. If A DC Ulo- j r WhaljnakcsllfloT The Richmond County Savings Bank 2 . The Bank On the Square" SUPERIOR CODRT Civil Term This Week. Spec ial Criminal Term Begins Dec. 11th. Judge Long to Preside. Criminal Term Jan. 8th. Superior Court for civil cases began Monday, with Judge B. F. Long presiding. A special criminal term will begin next Monday. 11th. with Judge Long presiding. The six months Grand Jury will be in session at next week's term. A criminal term will begin Jan. 8th. The juries for next week, for Jan. 8th, and the six months Grand Jury are' given below. Only one divorce was granted this week, Hattie Flowers from Jesse Flowers, colored. In the suit of Minnie McDuffie vs King McLendon, the defendant was awarded $50. The Dumas Daw- kins suit against Steele's Mills was compromised for $150. The suit of Daniel Miller Co. vsDock-ery-A)len Co. was decided in (Continued on Page 6.) Many Flu Cases. There are many flu cases in town, and the surrounding sec tions, but fortunate they are of the mild type (as if ANY case of flu could be mild!) and no fatal ities have resulted locally. Almost every family in town has had a case of flu in the past ten days, but the epidemic ap pears to be disappearing now. Another Triumph. The Richmond county political Mogul has added another scalp to his,6teing. ; The process . of i house cleaning has reached the poinl where two civil servants of the gov ernment have been forced to give up their jobs and transferred to othei routes. Several days ago Ralph Hutchin son, of Route 1, was transferred to a tri-weekly route running from Os borne; and now a carrier who has served Route i for over li years' is finally ousted, and transferred to Ghio, or "Scholls," to a tri weekly route Ibis carrier is Harvey Cop podge. Of course both are . Demo cratsotherwise thev would not have been molested. The Coppedge transfer takes effect December 31st, and he starts the Scholl route Jan uary 3rd. Stokes Manship is carrying the mail now for Route 1, but an exam ination has been called for January 13th to select a regular carrier. It is supposed to he an examination, but no one expects it to he one based on intelligence or capacity. It is reported that Ralph Benoist will carry the Route 4 mail until a fake examination can be held. AT THE STAR THEATRE FRIDAY, DEC. 8th Jackie Coogan in 'TROUBLE" Also a Pathe Comedy. saved and deposited weekly "The-Bank-on-the-Square doesn't seem much at the start, but keep it up for a year and you'll have a good amount to your credit. v FORTUNES have had their start from such savings. Isn't time for you to begin ? This bank allows 4 per cent, compounded quarterly ARE YOUR VALUABLE PAPERS SAFE ? Fire or thieves cannot reach your insurance policies, bonds, or other valuable papers, if placed in one of our DEPOSIT BOXES in n our vault. Let us show you. New Bern Relief. W hereas, over 3.C00 people have been rendered homeless in the city of New Bern hy a most destructive fire; and, Whereas, the people of New Bern are unable to handle the situation without outside help; and, Whereas, the Mayor of New Bern with great reluctance has called up on the people of North Carolina, through various organizations, to contribute such assistance as they felt a pleusure in contributing; now, therefore, I, W. Steele Lowdermilk, Mayor of Rockingham, do issue this proc lamation calling upon the people in Kockingham and adjoining com munities to contribute such amount of money as they are pleased to contribute, by making the payment to. either of the Town Commis sioners, the Clerk and Treasurer tu said board or the Mayor, to be for warded to the Mayor of New Bern with a contribution of $100 from the Town. I request the ministers of the various churches in town to give notice of this appeal and if they think proper, receive contribu tions and subscriptions at their churches on Sunday. All payments of subscription and contributions must be made by 3 o'clock, Monday, December 11, 1922. VV. Steele Lowdermilk, Mayor Shot By Mistake. Mistaking his brown-coated back for that of a large mink, R. J Hasty was on Thanksgiving Day shot by Pink Simmons, on the creek bank near Steele's Mills. Mr. Hasty is around 70 years old, and though painfully wounded he is pretty apt to recover. Simmons, who uninten tionally shot him, is naturally much distressed over the accident. It was this way. Both men work at Steele's Mills. Thanksgiving Day Mr. Hasty decided to set some Steele traps on the creek near the mill; and Simmons decided he would ease through the woods and see what he could bag. Neither knew the other was anywhere near. Mr. Hasty was squatting, down on the creek bank setting a' trap, and scratching the leaves away, when Simmons came in ear range. Listening intently Simmons located the scratching sound. Cmf. ,tily slipping from tree to tree to- ' . L. I. . r . nuiua me suuim, ite nnaijy came m gun-shot"., range. ; Fearing .. through me unaergrowtiv he dimly saw a brown-coated object and the scratching continued; Sure it was I ft large mink, Simmons raised his I gun and fired and the yell that en sued quickly made known the mis take. The load took effect in Mr. Hasty's hip, and two shot entered i his kidneys. However, he appears to he out of danger now. The chances are that next time j Pink Simmons goes hunting he will ! be certain of the object at which he j shoots and he probably will not oe nanKering tor it to be a mink. A Dandy Christmas Gift What can make a more apprec iated Christmas gift one that will be remembered 52 weeks in the year than a year's subscription to the Post-Dispatch? Sen d your home paper to some relative or friend who is out of the county; you can't get a more acceptable Christmas gift for $S2 Trv it. AT THE GARDEN FRIDAY, DEC. 8 Anita Stewart in "THE PLAYTHING " OF DESTINY" Also a Comedy. Continuous run 2:30 to 1 1 Six-piece orchestra the human kind. Wi Open each SATURDAY until S p. m. X . : ,-
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