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"177" im ft . ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, JAN. 24, 1924. " . $2.00 PER YEAR
MAIL 19 YEARS 2586 DIED IN 1922
Farm
Demonstration
Department
Conducted by
W. H. BARTON
T. BERRY LILES HAS CARRIED
ROUTE 2 MAIL FOR 19 YEARS.
USED HORSE TRAVEL FOR 15
YEARS. ROUTE 25 MILES IN
LENGTH. FIGURE OUT HIS
MILEAGE. ,.-
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TO WY FERT. TOGETHER.
' Meeting Fmnnen to "Be Held at
Eflerbo Jan. 301 to .Arrange for
CoaperatiTe fiuynrg of Fertilizer.
To ttQ "Richmond county farmers: ,
AD f arper of the county are re
quested to meet at Ellerbe School,
"Wednesday, Jan. 30th, at 10 a. m.,
to .discuss plans for a cooperative
purchase of fertilizers for cash.
District Agent 0. f. McCrary, of
the State College Extension Service,
"will ibe present to outline plans for
isuch a fertilizer purchase and to sug
gest means of financing it.
The cemrty uses over 12,000 tons
and by cooperatively buying this
amoimt, 1100,000 can be saved to
the iarraers nf ithe county.
Jf yon want your share of this
amount, be at the meeting to learn
how to jsat it.
Ellerbe School auditorium holds
600 and it is nearer the, center of
the county tthan Rockingham.
, Yours very truly,
' W. H. BARTON.
4 - (Ovntlnued on Page 2.)
COTTOT COOPS AT MT. GILEAD.
' There; 'will he meeting of the
members 'of tthe North Carolina Cot
ton Growers (Cooperative Associa
tion at the -schoolhouse in Mt. Gil-
ead. Monday, January 28, at 2 p.
m., to diaoues the plan - of the In
termediate Credit Bank to assist the
farmers in obtaining cash to , boy
their fertilizers and supplies on
8sh fcaasi : - - ;
All farmers are requested to be at
this meetin as you may hear
things that will Tie beneficial to yonr
Interests.
BISHOP PENICK SUNDAY.
The fit. Rev. Edwin Penick, Bish
op -Coadjutor, will be at the Episco
pal church at Rockingham this com
ing Sunday morning at 11 o clock
The public cordially invited to
the service.
JOSH SEAN STIRRING ABOUT.
J. H Bean began worK last week
aoliotin renewals and new y sub.
scriptions lor the POSI-DISPATCH,
and his success has been remarkable
In three days time he pot on over a
hundred NEW eubscriptkms-r-and to
this new circle of readers this paper
extends1 its felicitation, and trusts
. they will will derive that measure of
enjoyment from Its perusal that this
paper anticipates in the gmng.
2,586 PEOPLE DIED FROM TU
BERCULOSIS IN NORTH CARO
LIN A IN 1922. MORE FEMALES
THAN MALES! MORE DEATHS
OCCURRED BETWEEN 20 AND
40 YEARS. MORE COLORED
THAN WHITE.
,T- Berry Lilies no doubt has trav
elled around the globe several w
but just hew many, and how far,
tVio POSTJilSFATUJi is leaving w
its school readers to figure out. uo
so and send the paper your estimates.
.On January 16, 1906, he negan
the R. F. Di mail on Route
-- . .,
9 nut nf Rockineham. up
1920 he made his daily rounds of
9.K niW with a horse and huggy.
and dnring that time 15 years he
used three buggies and & outereni
horses. In' 1920 he 'switched to the
fsfwr IPord method of travel.
H nas missed but two weeks dur
ing the 19 years, excepting -annual
facation and legal holidays, tine
"iveek -was when a spell o grippe
caueht him in 1910, and a weeks
tussle "with the fltf in 1918 any dif'
ference between grippe ani flu?)
The Route is 25 miles long. On
leastma: Rbckingham it serves a con
tinuous line of boxes through, Wat
son ' Heights, :' Entwisttei , Hannah
Pickett, and Roberdel viuages. And
riEht here the POST-DISPATCH is
throwing out the suggestion that a
vdouble daily delivery of mail ought
to be inaugurated from Rockingham
to Roberdel No. 2, serving those fine
intermediate mill villages. Route 2
should be relieved of this mail, and
an entirely separate double . daily
service put on something like the
city delivery here in Rockingham.
If the" folks in these villages really
-want such a service, it ought to be
a comparatively easy matter of se
curing. ' ':' " '
But back to T. Berry.. His record
is unusual, and we doubt if but few
Carriers in the State cam equal it,
tike old dog Tray; he ib faithful and
'on the job.' Approximately 150,000
miles is "some" distance to travel
in 19 years. ; v '.,
(Note, to the school children:
Keep in mind, in figuring, that Mr.
Liles had 15, days each year for va
cation, an average of 1 days each
year as holidays, and of course rest
ed oh Sundays. Remember, there
were several Leap Years in this pe
riod," and his Route , was 25 miles
long,1-19 years. Now go to it and
let's have your figures as to distance
traveled. Editor.)
That more women than men die
With tuberculosis in North Carolina,
and more negroes than whites, and
that over one-half of all the deaths
occur during the productive period
of life, between 20 and 40 years,
are some of the facts brought out in
. (Continued on page four.)
GASOLINE ADVANCES TODAY.
The price of gasoline at the stores
around . Rockingham last week was
20c. Jhe trusts advanced the price
a few days ago two cents, and now
again today (Thursday) another
jump of two cents was made. So that
the stores are now selling it at 24c,
and the filling stations (where free
air and water and other service is
secured) are charging an even 25c
HOT IN SCOTLAND COUNTY.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Jan. 18 Ervine Kelly and Julia
Thomas, colored.
Jan, 18 Wm. E. Davfe and Beu-
lafc May Adcock, white.
Jan. 18 Elijah Riggs and Mary
Benlah Perry, white.
Jan. 19-r-Napoleon ,' Martin and
Rachacl Reddick, colored.
LOWEST WAS 14 DEGREES.
SMALL STILL NAKED CREEK.
Sheriff Baldwin and deputies Rey
nolds,- Covington, and Henry, broke
up a 50-gal. still on Naked Creek,
in Beaver Dam, Wednesday morning;
the cap' and worm, were not found.
Three, barrels of beer indicated that
a run was about ready.
'. Another cold snap swooped down
this week. Monday the thermometer
went to 19 above zero, Tuesday 14
Wednesday 21, and today .not quite
freezing, witth a cold rain falling
all day.
"THE COST OF A CAR.'
' TEACHER GROUP MEETINGS.
: Group meetings of '"Richmond
county schools will be hell as fol
lows, beginning at 9 :30, with . the
Reading Circle assignment of His
tory and Geography: - '
Pee Dee 2 Friday, Jan, 25
. Ellerbe . ..Tuesday, Jan 29
Rohaneri lThursday, Jan. 81
Hoffman Friday,, Feb. 1
Weslj Bros., have an advertisement
that is out of the ordinary, in this
issue. They claim that the cost of
a car is no measure of .its value
and that Studebaker fills , the bill,
Turn to the 13-inch four column
advt and read.
A . 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. Baldwin, Sheriff,
CHURCH CONTRACT
LET BY METHODISTS
CONTRACT FOR ENLARGING
AND REMODELING ROCKING.
HAM METHODIST 1 CHURCH
AWARDED TO J. P. LITTLE &
SON, ' COST TO BE AROUND
$50,000, THIS INCLUDING NEW
PIPE ORGAN AND HEATING.
JUDGE GRADY, KLUCKER, SMOKED OUT
JUDGE GRADY MAKES PITIABLE CONFESSION TO BEING HEAD
OF THE KU KLUX IN NORTH CAROLINA. A COWARD IS
NOTORIOUSLY AN INVETERATE LIAR. HOW ABOUT THE
"REFORMER" WHO "ENFORCES" LAW WITH HIS HEAD
HIDDEN IN A SACK T JUDGE GRADY'S CONFESSION A
COLLECTION OF CLAP-TRAP AND HOKUM. THE KLAN IS
- JUDGED BY ITS RECORD AND NOT BY ITS PROFESSIONS.
MASONRY AND THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TOO BIGi TO
BE HURT BY HIS DISCLOSURE. '
The fight for the nomination for
Sheriff in Scotland county, in the
Democratic primary to be held in
June, is getting hot Three more
candidates have entered the field in
the past wee"k. they being J. W.
Odom, of Laurel Hill; Edwin P. Har-
grave, of Laurel Hill; and Dan Hugh
Shaw, of Spring Hill. The other 3
candidates already, announced are
Lamar Smith, Jasper T. Gibson, and
Robert N. Monroe.
The present Sheriff some time ago
announced that he, would not be a
candidate to succeed himself, hence
the fight for his shoes now.
The building committee of Rock
ingham Meth&iist church, of which
W. B. Cole is chairman, last , week
awarded the contract for remodel
ling the church and building a hand
some Sunday school annex, to J. P.
Little Son, of Charlotte. The total
cost, including a new pipe organ and
vapor heating system, will approxi
mate $50,000.
Building material is already being
placed on the grounds, with two cars
of brick arriving this week; and the
entire job is expected to be complet
ed by October 1st. In the meantime,
the congregation will not be greatly
inconvenienced, and will manage to
hold services in their own building
while the-work is in progress.
The architect is Nat Gaillard Wal
ker, of Rock Hilh S. C. The building
committee consists of W. B. Cole, S.
S.' Steele, I. J. Myers, Mrs. J. Le
Grand Everett and Mrs. J. M. Led-
Detter. rne chairman oi the im
portant finance committee is W. L,
Parsons.
The present structure was built
about 1900, and cost around $20,-
"00. Naturally there is a great deal
of sentiment surrounding the present
edifice, and for this reason it was
decided to remodel it and build a
Sunday School annex instead of
completely tearing down .and build-
, (Continued on Page 6.)
RAWLS CAR HITS TRAIN.
On Thursday morning of last week
a Buick Six. Roadster, driven by J.
tea wis, nit a seaDoara ireignt
train, at the North Main street cross
ing "in Laurinburg. ' The auto was
badly damaged, but Mr. Rawls was
unhurt. The train likewise suffered
no damage. !
' Mr. .Ra wig is now working in Laur
inburg, connected with the Tucker
& Laxton company. He had been
with the T... C. Thompson Bros, for
some years, but resigned his work
with them several weeks ago. Among
the building operations hereabouts
handled by Mr. Rawls was the Rock
ingham High School building, and
some of the several cotton mill addi
tions. He is an experienced con
structor, and combines the asset of
cpurteousness with efficiency.
He figured quite prominently last
year in the courts. A woman from
Warren county had him arrested,
claiming that he was J. B. Reid and
her husband. He denied this, and the
jury acquitted him at Henderson,
principally because the woman had
sworn that the Reid man had a brok
en tooth and it was proved that
Rawls' teeth were solid and sound.
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DEATHS
-MISS HARRIETT COLE
W. B. McKENZIE
HARRY L. ZIEGLER
MISS HARRIETT COLE.
REPUBLI'N STATE CONVENTION
The Republican State convention
will be held at Raleigh Wednesday,
March (19th. The National conven
tion meets in Cleveland, Ohio, June
10th. ,
An informal poll taken of the ex
ecutive committee, tltat met last Fri
day to set the time for the State
convention, shows that the majority
favor Coolidge for President, in
stead of Hiram Johnson. The dele
gates from North Carolina to the
National convention will be solidly
for Coolidge. T he "outs", or John
son forces, are simply barking up a
tree. . The "ins" have the meat.
HAND-MADE FEATHER FANS
. Justreteived from Georgia, , a
shipments beautiful hand-made
feather fans. Mrs. A. G. Corpeningl
Perjurers Kicked Out:
Judge Grady says: 'O. every man
who has sworn falsely in any of the
Courts of this State, and is a member
of the Klan, has been or will be ban
ished. ; There can be no exception .to
this rule."
Do You Believe it ?
Judge Grady furthermore &ays: "We
are not fighting the Jew, the Negro or
the Catholic. The Klan believes in
religious liberty, and it acknowledges
the right Qf the Catholic to worship
God as he sees fit, and likewise the Jew."
Miss Harriett Cole died this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1:45' o'
clock at the home of her brother,
E. C. Cole, on Watson Heights. The
funeral will be held from Mr. Cole's
residence Friday at 2 o'clock,, con
ducted by Rev. J. D. Bundy, with in
terment in the Cole family grave
yard back of P. G. Webb's.
Miss Cole was the daughter of the
late Wm. B.. Cole, and would have
been 80 on Feb. 13th. She had a
fall on, Jan. 7th, from which she
could not recover; this perhaps was
really a slight stroke of paralysis.
W. .B. McKENZIE.
. Judge Henry A. Grady, of Clinton, issued a public statement
January 20th at Raleigh, in which he admitted that he is Grand Dragon
of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina, and hr.s held that office since
September, 1922. .
Judge Grady attempts to defend the order but. about the most
striking feature of his statement is that wherein he asserts that any man
who gets in Court and swears he is NOT a member, when he in reality is,
should be kicked from the order and be found guilty of perjury! As a
matter of fact, it is commonly reported that more than one man who has
sworn so in Court has already been fired from the ranks of the Ku Kluck-
ers but perhaps more about this later.
The POST-DISPATCH is printing Judge Grady's statement in
full, further along in this article, but right here a few remarks by the
POST-DISPATCH will be in order.
To begin with, Judge Grady's statement is to the effect that the
K. K. K. is but another fraternal organization, like the Masons, or Junior
Order but then neither of these are political in character, whereas the
Klan most certainly is. Membership in the Masonic or other fraternal or
ders is not secret, and it does not concern itself with governmental func
tions except in open cooperation with other citizens. The K. K. K, is
CLEARLY IN VIOLATION of the State Constitution when it ASSUMES
THE RIGHT to enforce the law or take part in politics ! .
What would you think of a Mason, or an Odd Fellow, or a Pres
byterian who would' be unwilling to disclose his affiliations, or" who would
deny it, even to the point of making false oath in Court, or who, when
appearing in public, would wear disguises?
. True, Judge Grady says the K. K. K. ought not to wear disguises,
in public, but that is HIS private opinion. The fact is evident that the
practice is to WEAR THEM. . .
As a matter of fact, Judge Grady's confession is pitiable. This'
paper does npt intimate that the Judge does not want to do the right
thing, and yet to justify his position he paradessuch an -array of. clap-trap
and hokum as ought not to deceive even a school boy.
And the gist of the answer to his confession is simply this: be
cause the Klan professes respect for everything in which he believes, Judge
Grady assumes it has such respect. And this causes one to laugh!
Any man who would judge the Ku Klux Klan bv it. RFrnPTv
and NOT BY ITS PROFESSIONS can see the disgusting insincerity of
all its blather about respect for womanhood, for Christianity, for law
iyuiie luwws .mat me lvian lays LXAIM to all sorts of high"
and holy purposes. But so does every swindler and crooked politician
The oldest trick in skin games is to adopt a set of professions as hieh
sounding as possible.
Unless the average Klucker can work in tfc ...in j
i , " lie will UU
I a g' l htt?Td 18 an inveterate liar..; The law recognizes that when
it demands that the accused in any criminal action be confronted with his
accusers. That is one of the fundamental tenets of Americanismanf
this fundamental tenet the Ku Klux Klan violates, and in violating it, it
forfeits its right to be called an American institution! i
Mr. W. B. McKenzie died at Rob
erdel Jan. 20th, following, a stroke
of paralysis. The interment was at
Eastside the 21st.'.
The POST-DISPATCH' hopes to
get a tribute and lengthier obituary
to his memory later. " "
HARRY L. ZIEGLER.
, Harry Louis Ziegler, president of
the T. C. Thompson , Bros, construc
tion company, of Charlotte, died in
Charlotte Jan. 18th. The buriaL was
in Charlotte the 19th, and was at
tended by perhaps a score of Rock
ingham friends of the deceased, and
employees of the , company. The
Thompson concern has done, and is
doing, a number of large construe
tion jobs in and around Rocking.
ham, and Mr. Ziegler was a most
important cog in the organization
Blood poison was the immediate
cause of death ; it is understood he
suffered a slight injury while on a
trip of inspection here at Rocking
ham some weeks ago, and the in
jury later became infected.
On Flogging Case. ;
Coming down to the - notorious
case against Jule Brodgen, John
Hedgpeth and Mike Lawson, charged
in Robeson county with whipping
two defenseless white women, Grand
Dragon Grady says that he under
stands that one of the defendants
was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
All three denied the charge speci
fically on the' stand, with the ques
tions stated in every conceivable
form.
Such evasion is - perjury, Grand
Dragon Grady declares, and brings
banishment from the Klan. He
makes mention of a proclamation
issued by him following the acquittal
of the three men but does not-dis
close the identity of the Klansman
involved in the trial. According to
documents understood to have been
in the hands of the prosecution, both
Lawson and Hedgpeth were Kluck
ers, the former having been Knight
Hawk. Lawson was also chief of
police in Fairmont, but has since
been dismissed. "'- . '
Judge Grady'a Statement.
"I am yielding to what I
my duty to those who are affiliated
with me, and, in response to t a
wide-spread demand among the more
than 30,000 klansmen of North Car
olina m giving to the press my own
connection with the Klan, and some
lacts that may be of interest to -those
who want to know the truth
those who believe in good govern
ment, good citizenship, and in those
lofty ideals which mark every true
American citizen. I am not interest
ed in, or swayed by the views of
those who do not favor or believe in
the things that I am working for;
and no amount of criticism or denun'
ciation can alter my determined pur
pose to build for my children and
grand children a better place to live
in here in North Carolina. ;
"I was appointed Grand Dragon
for the State of North Carolina in
September, 1922, and have held that
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