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ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, JAN. 17, 1924.
$2.00 PER YEAR
IiZGRO RECTCUTED
CURFEW JONES COMES IN CON
TACT1 WITH ELECTRIC LIGHT
WIRE ON WATSON HEIGHTS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND IS
KILLED. WINDSTORM HAD
BLOWN DOWN POLE. NO IN
QUEST NECESSARY.
With his right hand burned and
blackened, hot no other scars visi
ble, Curfew Jones, negro, aged 24,
was found lying dead on the ground
in the bottom between the two roads,
on Watson Heights, early this
(Thursday) morning by some negro
school children- Jt was at once ap
parent as to the cause of his death,
bt Coroner Smith held a perfunc
tory inquest anyway.
The rain and windstorm of Wed
nesday had blown down an electric
light pole, and it was the wire,
charged with ZVSOO volts of electric
ity, that Cnrtis came in contact with
Wednesday night as he was going
home. He evidently stooped to lift
the wire out of his. way and the
powerful current surged through his
body and killed him instantly.. The
body was found next morning. '
Curfew was a son of Jim Jones, a
, respected negro who lives near Miz
pah church. He little suspected that
the apparently harmless wire con
tained, such a death-dealing force.' ,
COMPARISON OF RICHMOND COUNTY CROPS
'GOVERNMENT AND STATE STATISTICS SHOW CONSIDERABLE
. INCREASE IN ACREAGE IN CROPS FOR 1923 OVER 1920.
ABOUT 20,000 ACRES IN CORN IN 1923 AND 30,000 ACRES IN
COTTON- COUNTY DEMONSTRATOR BARTON PRESENTS IN
' TERESTING ARRAY OF FACTS AND FIGURES FOR POST-DIS-PATCH
READERS.
Richmond County has made some wonderful advances along
many lines within the past three years, as the following acreages, yields,
and dates testify:
According to U. S. Government and State statistics, we have the
following per acre yields, showing a great progress within the last 3 years:
1920 yield 1923 yield
Bo. per acre Bu. per acre
Corn - 16 25 :
Oats - -14 3 ' 22
Wheat - .- 1 6 10
Kye .,-;. ----.-"---. -. v.- .
Soy Beans 1 . 10 15
Peanuts , . ; ' 20 30 ,
Acreage
Corn -
Oats
Wheat (loss)
Rye
Soy Beans ; '
Cow Peas
. . ,
Velvet Beans .
Peanuts .
Clover :
Vetch
Irish Potatoes .
Sweet Potatoes "
Tobacco .
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Bearing Peaches .
Livestock, Land,
Brood Sows "
Milk Cows 1
HorseS and Mules
Land in Cultivation
Our cotton acreage has been increased from about 28,000 acres
in 1920,' to approximately 30,000 in 1923. . ,
V Our fertilizer bill last year was for 12,377 tons, which would
approximate $375,000 vs $775,000 worth in 1920. The difference in cost
j of fertilizers and the increase in price of cotton, shows Richmond county
with over a million dollars more cash 'from cotton alone, -this year than
in 1920. , : !
- .. The Week Places.
In number of brood sows, we lost 219; in poultry we have sus
tained a slight lossj in milk cows we have made a gain of only 66; in
cultivated acreage we gained 42,546 acres. More of our idle lands should
. (Continued on Page 8)
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GCOD HUSBAND?
If your family' was left fatherlessXwould your wife and children be helpless
' : - and destitute? Would they have to dependVupon charity and assistance from relatives
. . and friends T - . A ( ; (
-' Would they have to undergo suffering and hardship because' you had not
v taken the precaution to insure your life; suffering is the more pitiful because it is
, , so easily avoidable. -vt.. ' , .( j , -
; t . . Insurance provides the best and most practical protection for your family.
- v.: Insure yourself today. You cannottell what tomorrow will bring.
rici::.:o:,'d insuRAKGE c. realty company
FACTS ABOUT THE COAST LINE
President Kenly and Officers Spend
Day in Rockingham.
On Wednesday, Jan. 9th, the
President of the A. C. L. Ry., with
associates, was in Rockingham, com
ing here in his private car over the
Seaboard.
The majority of the stock of the
Rockingham Ry. is owned by the
Coast Line, and it was on general
inspection business connected there
with that he came here. The party
were entertained at lunch at the
Rockingham Hotel by J. LeGrand
Everett, who is secretary of the
Rockingham Ry. Co. H. C. Wall is
(Continued on tage 2.)
McCOMBS GOES TO JAIL. .
Fulton McCombs, white youth who
had skipped his bond, and is charged
with retailing and gambling, came
up last Friday and surrendered, and
is now in jafl. He says it was his
liquor that the officer's found in his
father's howse here in Rockingham
some weeks ago, and for which the
senior McCombs was found guilty.
C B. McCombs, the father, is, still
in jail, Judge Ray having committed
him to jail in default of $750 bond
to await April term of Court for
ftnel judgement to be pronounced
and chiefly for his son's connection
to be cleared.
Companions:
. 1920
Acreage
18,097
' 993
2,212
343
1923
Acreage
20,530
3,900
1,793
500
359
1,748
5,000
62
40
J50
241
626
250
1,200
Acaeage
Increase
2,433
2,907
419
157
344
1,064
4,900
62
40
550
174
128
85
986
15
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100
10
0
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167
498
165
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and Fertilizers.
1920
798
1,616
2,978
164,521
1923
597
1,682
3,072
207,067
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DEATHS
JAMES S. GAY
MRS. CARRIE HALL
MISS RUBY COVINGTON
MISS JULIA KING
SULLIVAN INFANT
LIZZIE PEMBERTON, col.
FLORENCE LETMAN, col.
MRS. H. D. THOMPSON
JAMES S.. GAY.
Mr. .James S. Gay ' died this
(Thursday) afternoon about 2 o'
clock at Roberdel No. 2. He suffer
ed a stroke of paralysis Dec. 24th,
and this caused his death.
The interment will be at Bear
Branch cemetery Friday at 3 o'
clock. He was born in October,
J868. Surviving are his wife, who
was Miss Florence Hicks, and one
son, James S., Jr. Mr. Gay had been
connected with Roberdel mill for 20
years, and was a man of strong
traits of character.
MRS. CARRIE HALL.
Mrs. Carrie Hall died on Thursday
(Continued on Page 12.)
ONE POUND PECANS EQUALS
TWO POUNDS PORK CHOPS
Pecans are Remarkably Healths
Food. Great' Nutritive Value. Mrs.
: Harris Is Getting Up an Order For
Trees. Let Her Order YOU a Few
Abo.
Many times you .have thought,
"yes,' I will plant some pecan trees
and have an abundance of good nuts
withjn a few years;" but you ne
glected to order the trees and the
few years have passed and you still
do not .have the nuts. Now is the
time to plant these trees and the
planting season will soon be over; do
not delay another day but send in
your order at once.
We are ordering the two varieties
best suited to this section of the
country, in large quantities and are
therefore buying them at greatly re
duced prices, This is a splendid op
portunity to get your trees at these
reduced rates. Our order goes off
within the next few days and if you
have not given us your order, do so
at once. Here are. the prices:
Pecans 2-3 ft. '70c each
Pecans 3-4 ft r 80c each
Pecans 4-5 ft. :95e eaeh
Figs : 40c each
Crepe Myrtle (deep pink) 60c each
Dr. Kellogg, of Battle Creek San
itarium, has the following to say of
pecans: "You ask my opinion with
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HOFFMAN GROUP MEETING.
' The five schqols, and 25 teachers,
composing the Hoffman Group will
meet Saturday at 10:30 at the Hoff
man school. The lesson in the Course
of Study ,for the day deals with
"health and civics."
COW AND BARN BURNS.
The fire alarm was sounded last
Friday morning at 9:30 ,'from Box
21, on North Randolph street; but
the electric mechanism perhaps got
tangled, for the bell sounded the
No. 12 signal. "The fire truck' rushed
to the 12 box, at the graded school,
but found no fire. Returning to the
station house, it was discovered that
the alarm should have been from
21, and a huge volume of, smoke
could be seen from the : northern
part of town. '
The barn of R. S. L. Davis was on
fire, and in it was a cow belonging
to L. M. Williams, who lived near
the barn and used it. The building
was destroyed, and cow burned up.
Mft Davis had $100 insuronce on
the building. Mr. Williams had none
on the cow, which was valued at
$75. Cause of fire probably from
rats and matches, or perhaps won
taneous combustion. .
SOLIE EARLY IIIST'RY
PEE DEE RIVER THE CAUSE OF
EARLY FORMATION OF RICH
MOND COUNTY. SOME MORE
OF COL. OLDS' HISTORY.
. The Pee Dee River, with its tur
bulent flood seasons and its some
times broad expanse, was the cause
of the division of Anson county so
as to create Richmond county, ac
cording to the History of North
Carolina Counties compiled by CoL
Fred A. Olds, of the State Historical
Commission. The river was made the
dividing line, all of Anson to the
South remaining as Anson while the
territory to the north was designated
as Richmond. The act was ratified
by the General Assembly in Novem
ber, 1779. The new county was as
signed to the district of Salisbury,
but in 1787 Fayetteville district was
formed and Richmond became a art
Of it. e
"The General Assembly," contin
ued Col. Olds' account, "Appointed
commissioners to fix upon a site for
the ' courthouse and jail and to buy
60 acres of land on which they were
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ONE PENSION UNDELIVERED.
Of the $55 State pensions for the
33 Confederate veterans, and 30
widows,' received by ClerR .of Court
W. S. Thomas in December, only
one remains undelivered. That one
is the name of Jesse Harden.
INDOOR BASKETBALL FRIDAY.
The first of the indoor basketball
games of the season will be played
between Rockingham highs and Gib
son here in the graded school audi
torium tomorrow (Friday) night at
7:30. Games with Hamlet and other
teams will be scheduled ' for next
week.
MUST BE A MISTAKE.
An item In the daily papers Fri
day conveyed the news that Jim
Carroll, negro near Warsaw, died
last week as a result of being kicked
on the head by a mule. No informa
tion was given as to what happened
to the mule's foot.
: MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Jan. 15 Carl Ernest Garrett and
Alice Steele Baldwin, white.
Jan. 16 Arthur Lee Capel and
Georgia Hicks, white.
Jan. 17 James Snipes and Lela
O. Watford, white. ;
Jan. 17 Wm. Harry. Richardson
and Dotsy May McRae, colored.
LOANED BABY TO LULU,
STARTS MORE TROUBLE
Wilmington, Jan. 12. When Lulu
Mosley, negress, appeared in Re
corder's court to answer a charge
of transporting liquor, she held a
baby in her arms, while Recorder
Harris sentenced her to six months
on the county farm. When she went
to jail with the baby, Nora Bright,
another negress, appeared and laid
claim to the infant, asserting that
she had merely "loaned it to Lulu."
The recorder reopened court, es
tablished Nora as the mother of the
baby, and changed Lulu's sentence
from six months to two years. Nora
is being held for contempt of court.
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S. BIGCp BREAKS IN.
S. Biggs, druggist for soomething
less than a century, who now has a
drug store at Entwistle mill village,
is again becoming a POST-DISPATCH
advertiser; he started again
with this issue.
ORANCES $1.75 PER BU.
A car-load of Florida oranges and
grapefruit now on sale at Rockipg
ham Railroad depot Price $1.75
per bushel. Cheap. Your opportun
ity to stock up with good fruit.
J. G. Gillum.
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On December 15th 20th, we will ; distribute to 'our SEVERAL HUNDRED Club
MmTTcra1x5r3.ri8tmaa Glub Checks in K-Tcgate from THREE to FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS. These payments have been made weekly, and no depositor
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u.b uove amount win oe added your interest, ALL YOUR OWN, and' aved
from amounts you Would have ' absolutely thrown away. COUPON SYSTEM no
trouble, no mistakes. Just, think of spending your own money next Christmas' for
presents, and not having to ask anyone for it. Join our 1924 Club, which oprns
"irr r??h- Keff V Chrtmas spirit for the sake of the little folks.
Keep it alive that the world will be better and brighter for everybody.
EVERETT ELECTED
GRAND MASTER
. LeCRAND EVERETT ELECTED
GRAND MASTER OF THE
GRAND LODGE OF MASONS OF
NORTH CAROLINA. REV. HOW
ARD HARTZELL APPOINTED
GRAND CHAPLAIN. ROCKING
HAM MEN WORTHILY ' HON
ORED. ! .
The Grand Lodge of Masons of
North Carolina in annual session in
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NORTH CAROLINA MODESTY.
What a Lone North Carolina Confed
erate Soldier Did, Two South
Carolina And One Virginia
Regiments Couldn't Do.
(Columbia State.)
A Confederate veteran of Culpep
er C. H., Va., has sent a friend in
Columbia, S. C, the following:
"It was the custom during the war
for all gentlemen who, for age or
other disabilities, were not in the
army, to visit any soldier who came
home sick or wounded.
Bill Tucker lived in the piney
woods not far from Colonel L.'s
plantation. He was wounded at Fred
ericksburg, and came home on a
furlough. As usual, Colonel L. no
sooner heard that Bill was at home
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BEAN NOT WITH STORE.
Josh H. Bean, for the past three
years manager of the Hannah Pick
ett mill store resigned from this
work ten days ago, and for the pres
ent he is acting as a field represen
tative of the POST-DISPATCH in
giving old subscribers an opportun
ity to renew, and securing new sub
scriptions. Went W. Covington is now man
ager of the H. P. Store.
STILL AT BALLARD'S HOUSE.
Deputies Reynolds and Covington
searched the premises of R. H. Bal
lard, down in Wolf Pit, on the H. C.
Wall place, on January 10th, and
found in a wash-house a complete
blockading outfit, consisting of. a
50-gallon still, a coil copper worm,
two copper caps and three barrels
of beer that were said to be nearly
ready for a run.
Mr. Ballard was arrested, but
waived a hearing and was released
under $500 bond for his appearance
at April 7th term of criminal Court.
GASOLINE ADVANCED.
The Standard Oil Company today
(Thursday) advanced the price of
gasoline two cents a gallon in Ken
tucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Geor
gia and Florida.
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CONVENTION IN NEW YORK.
The Republican National conven
tion will be held at Cleveland,' Ohio.
June 10th.
The Democratic convention will
be held in- New York City beginnins
Tuesday, June 24th. This is the first
time in 56 years that a Democratic
convention has been held in New
York. Chicago, St. Louis, and San
Francisco were strong bidders for
the convention, the National Com
mittee on Tuesday voting as follows :
New York 47, San Francisco 29,
Chicago 18 and St. Louis 11.
It's a Democratic year, mates!
STILL ON JOE'S CREEK.
Deputies Reynoffls and Heeney
this (Thursday) morning broke up
a 60-gal. blockade still on Joe's
Creek, about a half a inilo frnm tha
Cameron school house, in Marks
Creek township.
the onenine of their Cnrixtmat Svinat
20th. this'Ran. will .nnn.it- rnsiwMic enrmo t.,,.
mo mau amount paia into tne xlub
IF YOU SAVE
week, Christmas 1924 you will have.
week, Christmas' 1924 you will have
week, Christmas 1924 you will have
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POSTAL RECEIPTS
RECEIPTS AT ROCKINGHAM
POSTOFFICE FOR 1923 100
GREATER THAN IN 1915, AND
$3,000 LARGER THAN IN 1922.
CLEAR INDEX TO GROWTH OF
TOWN AND COMMUNITY. f
Perhaps the clearest and surest
Index to the crowth of a rnmmnm'tv
lies in the postoffice receipts. And
so with this as an indicator, it b
seen that Rockingham has developed1.
commercially tremendously in the
past nine years.
For instance, in 1915 the post
office receipts amounted to only
$9,437.64. Whereas for 1923 the
receipts amounted to $19,222.27
an increase of over double the 1915
receipts!
And, too. tie increase for 1923
over 1922 iu very striking. In 1922
the receipts were $16,200.90 or
?3,021.37 LESS than for this past
vear..,- -
Yes, Rockingham and surrounding
communities are steadily growing,
and this development should be a
source of pride to our people.
The POST-DISPATCH is pleased
to chronicle this growth, as shown
by the following yearly comparisons: ,
1915 $ 9,437.64
1920 14,210.45
1921 15,306.90
1922 16,200.90
1923 19,222.27
GINNING TO JAN. 1ST.
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The exact ginning to Jan. 1st for
Richmond County amounted to '20,
212 bales, as compared with 15,550
to same date last year. There were
73 bales ginned for the 1922 crop
after the 15,550 report was issued.
However, it is likely there remains
fully 300 bales yet to gin to add to
the 20,212 bales for this 1923 crop.
BRIDGE CONTRACT JAN. 31st.
The State Highway Commission
will let the contract for the steel
and concrete bridge, over 1,600 feet
long, across Pee Dee river, on Jan
uary 81st. At the same time, the
contract will be let for grading the
six miles from Rockingham to the '
Anson county line (the river.) This
is on what is known as Route 20.
WAS COLD IN FLORIDA.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Steele are
spending the winter months at Haw
thorne, Fla., about 75 miles south of
Jacksonville. But even down in that
Sunny Clime, Old Boreas occasional
ly gets in a few hefty licks.
As for instance the intense freeze
of Sunday, Jan. 6th. The mercury at
Rockingham that day dropped to 6
above zero, while at Asheville, this
fctate, it was 6 below zero. The cold
weather extended down into Flor
ida and killed the orange and grape
fruit trees on a small fruit farm of
ten acres, belonging to Mr. Steele,
near Hawthorne.
BIG POWER DEVELOPMENT.
An immediate -5.000.000 con.
struction program of hydro-electric
and steam-power plant development,
including the construction of 40,000
horse-power hydro-electric plant at
Rhodhiss, uear Hickory, N. C' and
a 40,000 stetam plant at Duncan, S.
0., near Spartanbure. was announc
ed Saturday afternoon by the Sou
thern Power Company, upon being
advised that the rate increase pe
titioned for by the Southern Power
Company some time" aco had been
granted in full by the State Corpora
tion commission.
TAX NOTICE.
Your taxes for 1923 have not
been paid. . This is the last notice,
as PENALTY goes on February 1st.
Better save this money saved is
money made.
H. D. BaldwinSheriff.
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