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INCORRECT DATE Correct Date c w 1 1 Ar ) 4 I SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year 1$2.00 Six months $1.25 Three months .75 Single copies 10c each i j hrw York Futures Closed Totiay j J j 26.25 '-U2654, M 2G.61 ROCKINGHAM, N. G, THURSDAY Afternoon, JAN. -i 4tf 922. IQ& Vol. 6. No. 6 $2.00 PER YEAR Severe Windstorm. A windstorm of cyclonic propor tions swooped down over parts . of this section Sunday night about 3 o'clock. " ' Here in Rockingham and vicinity no" damage is reported, the wind merely being a stiff breeze with rain. But at Candor, 30 miles north of Rockingham, the roof of the de pot was blown off and deposited on the railroad tracks. , ' About 40 miles southeast of Rock Ingham, at Wagram, considerable damage was done, and that to prop erty uwueu u iiucimubiiiuu -iiu-ren, F. Blacker.. The top of the Blacker Bros., store was blown off, and the damage by rain, etc., to the stock of goods is estimated at $5, 000.00. Mr. Blacker had fire insur ance aplenty, but - not a cent of cyclone insurance; he says he'll t.nA ll.nt 1 i 1 nn ..nv limn TU U1M A1IIU, tVIU, ilUAIi lUHTi IV sleeping porch of the home of S. H. Dunlap, . also at Wagram, was blown down, breaking three of Mr, ftimlnti'a rihs 4 mimhpr nf tmilrt- ings at Wagram were damaged,' the storm making a path of J00 feet wide and tearing things topsy-tur- vey in its path. In Raleigh about 6 o'clock the storm UDrooieti rummers 01 larere trees and unroofed several dwell ings. Again our Richmond county folks are nunded . to repeat the never-old - phrase "this "is God's country." V 7,000 Mora Feet . The Tucker & Laxton firm is now at work at Sieele's Mills putting down 7,000 additional feet of curb and gutter on the village streets; 1,500 feet had been previously laid. This work will require several weeks yet to complete. The company . will ' then go to Roberdel No. 2 and put down about 4,000 feet of additional curb and gutter; about 4,000 feet is already in place al this mill. Late Closing. ; . A local coitrch worker remarked to the Post-Dispatch a few days ago that a merchant had 'remarked to her that the reason he did not get to Sunday school was because of the lateness th'o stores closed on Satur day nights. This good woman has suggested that a Concerted elfort.be made by the various stores to close at a fixed time each Saturday night, and thus not keep the clerks , and others up so late thereby prevent ing many of them from attending Sunday school. SUPERIOR COURT Criminal Term Begins Jan. 8th. Judge - Harding to Preside. F. Don Phillips Sworn in as Solicitor, New Grand Jury. The January term of Court will convene next Monday, Jan. 8th; with Judge W. R Harding presiding. It is for criminal cases only. j F. Don Phillips was swom in as Solicitor Wednesday night by Squire Alfred Barrett, and next Monday he will begin his active duties. Quite crowd gathered in the Barrett store to hear lhe oath taken. Mr. Barrett in his characteristic manner entertain ed the crowd first with a mimic, or "take off" of the "Cyclone Mack" Noah and the Ark flood sermon, and then, clad in a swallow-tail coat, and a silk beaver beside him, be solemnly read the prescribed three oaths to the new Solicitor. The 36 men summoned to ap pear here Jan. 8th as the jury, and from whom 18 will be drawn to act as a Six Months' Grand Jury, are as follows: Criminal Jury Jan. 8th: JG Williams K E Youngblood LR Reynolds DR Bolton Geo Freeman BSCarriker W Ralph Smith W H Mclntyre WR Dobbins JTHall Waite Covington BW Luther CM Hadley Monroe Warburton John Allred W T Baldwin P A Parsons S A Lovin DF Warner E M Love H E Nicholson R R Little J F Meacham J A McNair D B Cameron - Perry Leviner BF Phillips S D Townsend Victor Townsend C L Luther E H Rogers v LL Thrower WD Clark WC Hicks A A Covington CL Reynolds Car Overturned. A new Ford, owned by W. W. Gaither but driven by a colored boy, Sib Stanback, was overturn ed Sunday afternoon at the end of North Washington street when the driver ran into the rear of the J. B. Williams car. The sev eral colored occupants of the Ford were not hurt, -though the car was completely overturned. About $100 remedied the damage. Still in Wolf Pit. Sheriff Baldwin Friday captur ed a still buried to the rear of a house occupied by James Wad dell, colored, in Wolf Pit. In the house was the worm. Waddell waived a hearing and W. A. Mc Donald put up $200 bond for Jan. 8th Court ' . f ' ' : . DEATHS ' Miss Mary McMurray. . Miss Mary McMurray died on Ellerbe, Rt 2, Saturday night, of pneumonia, following flu. The interment-was at Ellerbe Mon day; she was aged 57. Mrs. R. A. 'Millikan. Mrs. R. A. Millikan, oi Ellerbe, died Monday morning in. the Presbyterian hospital in Char lotte. She suffered from heart trouble, and two weeks ago un-. derwent an operation. The re mains were interred at -Ellerbe Tuesday. Tn New Building. ' The handsome new high school building was thrown open to the high school (and 7th grade) Mon day, and classes are being held there regularly. It is an elegant building, and the patrons should visit it and show their pride. Child Hit by Pole. A 10-yr-old son of Talmadge Allred, colored, is in the James hospital at Hamlet in a desperate condition caused by being struck in the head by an electric pole. However, the chances are. he will recover. i : The accident occurred Wed nesday afternoon about 3 o'clock as the lad was coming down South Washington street from school. A Yadkin River Power Co. truck driven by Reed Palm er, coloredi was also coming down the" street, pulling a "trail er" on which was a long pole. The driver pulled to the side of the street to pass a buggy, and the accident occurred when the "trailer" either skidded or the buggy backed into it; at any rale, the child was passing on the side walk and the swinging pole struck him in the head, fractur. ing the skull and badly hurting him. No personal blame is at tached to the driver. COMMISSIONERS MEET McLean Re-Appointed Snpt of County Home. Mollis Made Standard -Keeper. Nash Appointed Proiecnt , ing Attorney for Hamlet Recorder's Court McLean Trial. Mr. J. W. McLean, of Beaver Dam, was given a hearing before Squire Mullis this (Thursday) afternoon at 3 o'clock, charged with a. d. w. upon J. L. Hagan and Stavitt Morman, two young J ' T 1. coiorea men. in an altercation on his land Dec. 28th, Hagan was shot in the arm and shoulder, and Mr. McLean in turn was shot by Hagan in the neck, though very lightly hurt. The State was represented by J. Chesley Sedberry, and Mr. Mc Lean , by W. R. Jones. Both Hagan and Morman testified, but the defendant waived testimony, paeferring ' to go direct to next week s term of court. J. IN. Hasty stood his $200 bond. Mr. McLean" is 66 years old. He did not even know a Rock ingham lawyer's name, and had to- be -told of the various, ones when he came here Saturday to employ one to defend him. Such is fame among, the. local bar risters; - The County Commissioners were in -monthly session last Monday, present being Chairman H. D. Hatch. I D. Frutchery, A. T. White, and H. C. Wall. Dr. G. C. Caddell, of Hoffman, was prevented from attending by rea son of an important case. H. G. McLean was re-appoint ed as superintendent of the County Home, at the same salary. He has made an efficient man for the job, by the way. W. T. Mullis, magistrate and able registar, was appointed as Standard Keeper for a period of two years. i tx-soncitor M. w. Nash was appointed as Prosicuting Attorn ey for the Recorder's Court at Hamlet, for period of two years the pay being from the fee basis. No jury was drawn, and only routine business transacted, with the usual verified bills. Resigns as Officer. At the regular' semi-monthly meeting of the McLendon Club last - Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church, Mr. J. L. Haw- ley tendered his resignation as Vice President of the Club, and same was accepted. , ' Valuable Farm. Turn to page 2 and see the an nouncement of the auction sale of the Diggs Wetmore place to be held Jan. 9th. AT THE GARDEN Friday, Jan. 5. Monte Blue in "A Perfect Crime" "GETTING EVEN" a Mult and Jeff com. PROGRAM AT THE STAR THEATRE ROCKINGHAM, N.C. For week of Jan. 6th to 13th. MUSIC DAILY BY THE PONISH ORCHESTRA. MONDAY, JANUARY 8th. : Richard Barthelmess in "SONNY" . .. . TUESDAY, JANUARY 9th. Thomas Meighan in "The Bachelor's Daddy." A comedy "Ouch." WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10th., ' Katherine McDonald in "INFIDEL." ' A one-reel comedy. THURSDAY, JAN. 11th. : '- William Fairbanks in "PEACEFUL PETERS" - Also, two-reel Mack Sennett Comedy-"KITCHEN LADY" FRIDAY, JAN, 12th. Gloria Sw'anson and Conrad Nagel in ,: "The Impossible Mrs. Bellows." "Uppercut"-a comedy. SATURDAY, JAN. 13th. " "Radio King" No. 8. Leo Maloney in "One Jump Ahead" Sherlock Holmes-"Copper Breeches" ."In Dutch" a two-reel comedy. 8 reels in all Quick and Fesperman Parolled. Eli Quick Released bv Gov. Morrison Today to Attend Funeral of Father Who Was Buried Dec 26th. Steve Fesperman Parolled Tuesday Night for 10 Days to Visit Mother Who is Very Sick. Admission 10 and 25c. At the request' of Mrs. Steve Fesperman, and with an affidavit from Dr. J. M. Maness before him, Atty. F. Don Phillips Tues day night phoned Gov. Morrison and transmitted to the Governor Mrs. Fesperman's request that her husband be released from the chain-gang so he could visit his mother who is desperately ill with pneumonia in Ellerbe. The Governor told Mr. Phillips to tell the Sheriff to release Fesperman, and to forward to him (the Gov ernor) the papers etc in the case. Accordingly, Fesperman was let loose Tuesday night about 9 o'clock. ' Today (Thursday) at 2 o'clock the Sheriff received a wire from Gov. Morrison form ally ordering him to release Fes perman on parole for 10 days but there is no bond attached whatever. The Post-Dispatch phoned to Dr. Maness this (Thursday) af ternoon, at 4 o'clock to learn how Mrs. Fesperman is, and was Jn formed that the lady, who is around 65, has had pneumonia for a week, and is very low. . Steve Fesperman, as the read ers will recall, was convicted of an aggravated assault at the Dec. 11th term of Court, and Judge Long sentenced him to the roads for 18 months. There were feur convictions against him, A. D. W., assault on a female and two for C. C. W. At the time of sen tencing him Judge Long remark-1 ed that in event he desired to appeal; the bond would be fixed at $3000. ''J . - Henry Quick died Dec. 26th, but a day or so before he died the . Sheriff and others notified the Governor of the old man's condition, and asked that Eli Quick be given a parole, to visit him. Henry Quick died the 25th and was buried the 26th. Today (Thursday) Sheriff Baldwin re ceived a wire from Gov. Morrison directing him to release Eli presumably on a brief parole, and also presumably for him to visit his father, who, however, happens to be dead and buried. Eli was convicted at September term of Court of blockading and sent to the chain-gang for 15 months. - Ingram Didn't Land. W. D. Ingram lacked just a few votes of being made assistant sergeant-at-arms of the" House, at the Democratic caucus m Ral eigh Tuesday night. The vote stood 57 to 31. In the Senate caucus fyl. W. Hines was a candidate for a simi. lar job, but in the Senate;- how ever, he received but 7 votes. The legislature is now down to business. Representative W. N. Everett is chairman of the House Appropriations committee, and Senator W. E. Harrison is chair man of the Senate Propositions and Grievances committee. Sweaters to Players. Tomorrow morning (Friday) at chapeLexercises at the new high school building, the members of the Rockingham football team will be presented with a mono gram sweater, in appreciation of their splendid sportsmanship dis played'this past season. The exercises begin at 9 o'clock, sharp, and the public is invited to attend. New Shoe Store. The Parker Shoe Store will open for business in Rockingham about 'the 20th. Mr. E. T. Par-, ker, of Dunn, is here this week having the Fairley store building remodeled and repainted; it is two doors above the Stephenson Belk store, on New street. Mr. Parker intends running a strictly shoe store for men, women and children, with a wide variety, from cheap work shoes on to the more expensive ladies' slippers etc. He will be equipped to personally take measurements, and expects to make his new shoe store fill a niche exclusively its own in the commercial life of the community. In advance Ee bespeaks the good will of the trade. "-v;' PUSH ROCKINGhAM WARD. FOR- AT THE STAR THEATRE FRIDAY, JAN. 5th Marshall Neilan presents Claire Windsor and Claude Gillingwater " : ':, in . . ' - "FOOLS FIRST' .. Also a Pathe Comedy. . . AN ACCIDENT ' K .... I- ,.,': maycQsLyou-the-priccof-a-ncw-car INSUPvNCE . . , . aa:::;i ctainct accidents will only cost you a fev, dslhro, - 7Iiicli 13 the llzz'i Economical? . '-" ' . . . . Tail: to i:;rL-::t i urnncc now. After '.-.. - , f- rv', y fork 1 f " ' "" '-V' ": ' ' "" - ' ' " ' ; 1..;.' ' - "V ' '.. .-:: We insurs yea e;:nst anything Li accld ::.ts or fires', or thsi't. pjcl".:c::d nrsuRAKCE ei realty co:,:pauy PROCLAMATIOli of "The Bank on the Squire? vl Hi ill iHi ii & iiii i1 B i! . - the Only Savings Bank in the County, of it? fifttntpresf Quarter. aluclartWMiiryyA't. " . beposits made onBr before January 5th will bear interest from January 1st. . What is an Interest Quarter? -' ' It is the beginning ofra THREE months period when interest starts to a:cumulate oh all Savings Deposits, usually beginning January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st. .,.... ,. What Does Compound Interest Mean ? It means that if your money has been on deposit THREE full mtinths from the 1st to the 5th of any of the quarterly periods above mentioned, the THREE months interest is added to your account thus becoming a part of the PRINCIPAL, and it also begins to earn interest. . - ' :;:"",Wky Do. W Gw TkeTara Rve Days f Eaca Quartor'T' ' Because It would be impossible for us to serve all of bur Depositors on the first day. It gives us more time to Open up new accounts, and credit Depositors with interest due them, and give our customers better service. ; OUR CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLU3 FOR 1S23 IS K0W CFEN You can o"t BOOKS paying 10 cents per week, 25 cents per week, 50 cents per week, $1 .00 per week and. $2.00 per week. Call at OUR BANK today and get your book while you are thinking about it W btit yocr basintti. "The Bank on the Square" extends to it Patrons and Friends th; a very happy and prosperous 1923. , Season's Greetings, and wish for them Do iik The Richmond County Saving ft It ( j &. c. c; i-TVe. " Cr."clnKotelE-::J:ns IHAM, N.C. . Cyea each Satary t t."J 5 p. xx i'f Mr-
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