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Cae Year Six modi $1X3 Three montli... .75 Single copies 13c etck i:Tar, . . c: n.: r it Vol. 7. Ih. 11. iimi-un. i i nun VliiWIiatMUUWli J, Conducted by W. . ART ON FARMERS, NOTICE. There will be a meeting of Co-ops at the Ellerbe school, Tuesday night, 7:30 p.. m., Feb. 19th. The District Field Agent and others will have something of interest to say to all present. W. H. BARTON. KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY $25,000 Cash Fertilizer Order Fails to Get Favorable Consideration in Price from Companies. Barton ' Says Farmers are "Hog Tied." Urges Them to Faint Not. On February 9th, at my request, more than 100 farmers from all parts of the county met at Ellerbe to cooperatively purchase 1464 tons of fertilizer over $25,000 worth. About a week ago, I sent out in vitations to 20 different fertilizer dealers requesting them to make bids on 100, 200, 400, 600, BOO, and 1000 ton lots, and to have representatives at this meeting if Interested. I received no bids on these lots and only 6 representatives were present to bid on the day of the aieeting; and when their bids were (Continued on Page .) NEW BRICK BUILDINGS. Excavation is being made ' this week fronting North Lee street for the foundation for a brick building to be built for H. I. and Fred D. Quick, tw substantial negro men of the towa. The building will be one story, of brick, and have a frontage of 45 feet and depth of 60 feet. . This wiU be divided into two rooms, one for a store, or fruit, drink, and cafe stand; the other for a garage. The -building adjoins the present brick house of Dr. Quick, just north of the Richmond County Savings Bank. THE BIG CHEESE CUT. The 1007 pound cheese was cut at the Watson-King store Saturday, and the lucky winner of the $10 in gold was. Hiss Lottie Rogers. The winner of the $5 gold piece was Ben Vssery. '- ; - WHITE CROPPER WANTED. Wanted, a white cropper with mole, and two of family to work in milL Apply Roberdel Mfg. Co. Mill NO. 1. ..-.vl: LAY AND PAY KIND. For sale, cheap, (Owens strain) Single Comb Reds, about 10 hens and 20 extra fine pullets and chickens. These are the long-bodied, dark red to the skjn kind, that lay and pay. See Went W. Covington, Rocking ham (Hannah Pickett Mill 'Store, Route 2). ' . ; , : advt FORDS FOR SALE. For sale, one brand new Ford Coupe and one used Ford Coupe in good orderL. G. Fox. advt ROOMS WANTED. Wanted, ,two furnished rooms in Rockingham for light housekeeping, by couple without children. Address E. W. Beck, Box 111, Rockingham. Post-Dispatch for Job Work If it is insurance any kind just call up or call in and ycur needs will have prompt at tention. Belter have that auto insured be fore you run into some one and have a dam- ' Itjj . 1 ' - -V'. 1 - - , v ;.J j ?- ,- . .. " .... ' , ' ; . ' - LIFE FIRE ACCIDENT HEALTH FREE VACCINATION. People of Richmond County Can Be Vaccinated Froo Next Week Against Smallpox. In view of the fact that there are a great number of cases of smallpox in the county and in the Town of Rockingham, the county and Town of Rockingham have arranged to pro vide free vaccination against small pox for those who will go to Dr. Mc intosh's office between 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon during the week. H. C. WALL, Chm. Bd. Co. Com. W. STEELE LOWDERMILK, Mayor of Rockingham. THE OLD COOPER OAK. Ed. Thomas recently cut down the huge oak tree that stood on his lot at corner of Pearl and Franklin streets. He intends building a store there. This oak for many years has been known as the "Cooper Oak," and countless horses and mules have in times past been hitched under its shade, and campers found its pro tecting Bhadows a most rer.tful spot. It is said this oak was planted by the late ex-Sheriff S. T. Cooper. Originally there was a very large oak about the spot where now stands the Yadkin River Power Company office, at corner of Washington and South Lee streets. This large oak was the original "Cooper Oak" and many have been the political speak ings under it. The big fire many years ago damaged it, and that with old age and the demands of town progress and building necessitated its being cut down some 25 or 30 years ago to make room for the Brigman building.. The POST-DISPATCH wishes it could get from some of its older readers a detailed account of each of these old oaks. GRADING OUTFIT COMING. The grading outfit, or rather a part of it, for grading the road from Rockingham to the river, -will reach thiB county Sunday or Monday. The contract for grading this 6 mile road was awarded by the State Highway Commission two weeks ago to T. W. Chandler for $41,606. Messrs. Gregory and Poolo, ansa, dated with the. Chandler company, were -in Rockingham Monday and made arrangements for a site for their camp. This will be on the T. C. Leak lands, about a mile from the river, and about a quarter of a mile from the old cemetery. Arriving here in the next few days from Danville county, Virginia, to com mence grading will be 30 mules and equipment. This force Will be sup plemented with 100 more head with in a month. The contractors have 150 working days to do this grading, it is understood. The above road is to be made into a hard surface road by the time the big bridge across Pee Dee river is built. It will perhaps take two years to complete this bridge, which is to cost $286,660.19. CURB MARKET $201.93. The curb market at Rockingham, in front of the POST-DISPATOH office, had its best day last Saturday, the total sales amounting to $201.93. 17 turkeys were sold. FUR NECKPIECE LOST. Lost, on Friday, Feb. 1st, a brown fur choker. Please return same to Mrs. jBilly Everett, Rockingham. ROOMS WANTED. Wanted, to rent two rooms for light housekeeping. Apply Post-Dispatch. ". '..;.; ; J FORD FOR SALE. FOR SALE Ford Sedan ; excel lent running condition. Bargain. Apply at Post-Dispatch. in ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, FEB. 14, 1924. 0 CATHOLIC DOLLAR FORMER SECRETARY McADOO SAYS REPORT OF ITS CIR. CULATION WITHOUT BASIS. A Rockingham man was recently showing a dollar note which he said was known as the "Catholic Dollar," certain emblems of the Church of Rome appearing on the same, it was alleged. The picture of the pope, or whatever it was the initiated claimed to be able to see on this particular dollar note, was not visible to the casual observer. In fact, examina tion did not disclose them unless one's imagination had been properly prepared for the revelation. The in ference was, and is, that the Cath olics are about to take this country and are printing their emblems on our currency. Fine Ku Klux prop aganda; and notwithstanding Mr. McAdoo is charged on the one hand with being the favored presidential candidate of the Ku Klux, he is on the other hand charged with having printed this "Catholic Dollar" while he was Secretary of the Treasury. Somebody sent a dollar to Mr. McAdoo with the story. It is so con temptible that one dislikes to treat it seriously, but the reader's atten tion is directed to the statement of facts following, which the records of the Treasury Department will of course substantiate. Says Mr. McAdoo: "I return herewith the one dollar greenback enclosed in your recent letter. You will observe on the face of the bill that it was issued under the act. of March 3, 1863. Abraham Lincoln was then President of the United States and Salmon P. Chase Secretary of the Treasury. This bill is printed from the identical designs and engraved plates adopted at that time. All this happened before I wbs born. "In 1900, the printing of dollar greenbacks was discontinued because silver certificates supplied the neces sary amount of one dollar notes. In 1917 a scarcity of one dollar notes appeared, and it became necessary to (Continued on page 8.) HOLLYWOOD COMING. "The picture, "Hollywood," will be shown at The Star Theatre next Monday and Tuesday, maunee ana night, so the POST-DISPATCH is in' formed by Mgr. Bailey. Folks who have been clamoring for a better grade of pictures can show how badly they want such pic tures by attending this "Hollywood" presentation. The attendance will go a long way towards inducing the management to put on better pic tures. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Feb. 12 Alex Best Bethune and Dell Gibson, white. ADCOCK GIVES TUSSLE. . It required the efforts of police man Meacham and several bystand ers late Wednesday afternoon, on East Franklin street, ,to subdue W, W. Adcock, a white man who ap peared to be drunk. He was locked in jail, and it is said he tore down an iron door in the jail. He was released under $600 bond this (Thursday) afternoon, signed by J. T. Collier. He will be given a hearing before the Mayor Friday at 4 o'clock on four charges driving car - while drtink, resisting officer, assaulting an officer and being drunk on streets. Officer Meacham is nursing a pain fully bruised .shoulder, kicked by Adcock. ',. u-' ..... FORD COUPE. For sale, Ford Coupe in good con dition. Cheap. Cash or credit. Co ley Farming Co. advt FOR SALE Cheap, new Ford Se dan. W. E. Harrison. advt o FESPERMAN IN TOILS Stove Fospormaa Arrested in Dan ilia Last Week With 20 Gallons Liquor in Ford, And Resists Ar rest. Steve Fesperman, well known in and around Rockingham, and who served several months of a road sen tence last year in Richmond county and who was given a parole by the Governor conditioned on good behav ior, is now again in trouble and this time it would seem that he is up against his stiffest proposition. According to the Danville, Virgin ia, Register, he was captured on Union street, in that city, one night last week with four 5-gallon cans of whiskey in a Ford touring car and a pint on his person. Fesperman had on his person, in addition to the pint of moonshine, a Savage automatic pistol containing seven steel-jacketed bullets. The officers, having suspicioned Fesper man, stepped in front of his car and endeavored to stop him. Fesperman began backing his car away from the officers and Patrolman O. S. May berry jumped to the running board of the machine. Fesperman knocked him to one side and made an effort to draw his pistol when Sergeant Martin intervened and broke up the move. Having offered such resist ance to the officers and having a gun on his person in addition to hauling liquor, causes a charge of felony to be lodged against Fesperman. ONE FINED, OTHER BOUND OV'R Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock Tom Lilly's car, while making a wide curve at the Methodist church cor ner, collided with a car driven by E. S. Coleman, white, of Steele's Mills. The police found two bottles of "Try Me" vanilla extract, con taining 50 alcohol, on Coleman and alleged that he was under the influence of an intoxicant Both men were haled before the Mayor Monday. The negro Lilly was fined $5 and costs for reckless driv ing. Coleman, charged with driving car while intoxicated, was bound to April 7th term of Court under $250 bond furnished by "Little Bill." At the hearing Coleman and wife testi fied that he had bought the two bot tles from a filling station at or near Cheraw, On Sunday. -Um punptmc of making a cake. EVERETT MORRISON BABY. There was born to Mr. and Mrs. Luther L. Odom Tuesday morning in Rockingham a son. The parents have named the .little fellow after Richmond county's two most distin guished sons Secretary of State W. N. Everett and Governor Camer on Morrison. And so the youthful Democrat will bear through life the name of Everett Morrison Odom. Mr. Odom, by the way, is 35 years old. His wife is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Allred. They have seven children now five sons and two daughters, and the oldest child is 12 years old. DEATHS JOHN WALL LEAK MRS. MADORA DAWKINS ALFRED DOCKERY CEL1A COX, Colored , JOHN WALL LEAK. . John Wall Leak, more' familiarly known as Rev. "Reb" Leak, died suddenly at his home in Rockingham Tuesday night at 10:45 o'clock of angina pectoris. He had been appar ently as well as he has been since (Continued on Page 10.) Mr. G. A. Patrick, who suffered a slight stroke of paralysis Feb. 2nd, is much better and is now sitting up. cooooooooooocooooooooooo6oocoooocopccdcr x - o o o o o o o o () o () C) o o : ) ) ) have plenty of New Year money to spend right nowi Those who didn't save may find it difficult to: spend. Begin now to save for Christmas, 1924. Put it in this Bank and forget to draw it out. If you save for Christmas you will also save for other purposes. Savin- is a mighty good habit. - . " A SOLID TOOTH SAVED MISSING FINGER SAVES BlUGAQE A SOUTH CAROLINA CASE OF THE FAMOUS RAWLS CASE FROM ROCKINGHAM. SOUTH CAROLINA MAN FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF A MIS SING FINGER. RAWLS WAS CLEARED LAST SEPTEMBER BY HAVING A SOLID TOOTH. A SOLID TOOTH AND MISSING FINCER SERVE AS STRONG EVIDENCE. POST-DISPATCH readers will J. B. Rawls trials of last year. And a iriai in outn Carolina almost similar In the case of Rawls. he was saved bv woman claiming to be his wife swore ooum Carolina case me maicted man had a finger missing on one hand. Rawls saved by the skin of his crook of a finger, makes interesting Early in 1923 a woman came a foreman for the Thompson Construction Co., arrested. She alleged that iib wus reauy jacK weiu, and that he was her husband and that he had deserted her in Warren countv about trl VftflrS Of Stl J7V TTn start? art aimn having seen the woman. The first IfiOO 1 J is. io, mm a jury iouna mm guilty. Judge Daniels promptly set the verdict aside, as he did not believe Rawls eui'tv. Tho RPfrsnrl irtul woe tlicm VaU in September. This time in Henderson. Atty. Fred. W. Bynum. of Rock ingham, defended Rawls. The woman swore that her husband, Reid, whom she claimed Rawls to be, had a missing front tooth when he lived with her. But dentists swore on the stand that Rawls' front teeth were absolutely sound and solid and it was chiefly because of this contradiction in tes- wmuuy mai nawis was iouna not guilty by the jury and liberated. So much for the Rawls case. The foregoing was called to mind by reason of a trial that has just has been held in 0.,T.vill s r' a woman claimed that a man named A. F. Burlingame was really J. C. Cal lahan and her husband. Burlingame denied ever having seen the woman. She stoutly insisted that he was her husband and had deserted her some years ago. The woman testified that he had no particular scars to identify him, whereas the man showed that he waa minus a finger and that he had lost it some six years before the time the woman alleged he deserted her. It was on this finger evidence the crook of a finger, as it were that he was found not .guilty. - The following is the detailed account of this South Carolina trial and makes interesting reading and so much does it resemble the Rawls case that the POST-DISPATCH is making of it a considerable story: : The Soath Carolina Case: "Greenville, S. C, Feb. 1. One of the most unique and sensational cases ever tried in the Greenville county court, presided over by Judge M. F. Ansel, was disnosed of thin morning with the acquittal of A. F. uuriingame, alias J. C. Callahan, of bigamy charges, the case having grown out of a woman's belief that a man she had never seen was her "J. C. Callahan, a young married man of Greenville, who is a weaver (Continued on page 8) NEW MAN AT BANK. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Coburn came from Robersonville Monday, and Mr. Coburn began work Tuesday in the Bank of Pee Dee as second assistant Cashier. He was formerly cashier of the Farmers Bank & Trust Co., of Robersonville. For the present he and wife are stopping at Mrs. Palmer's, but will occupy rooms in the Fox house, on Fayetteville Road in a few days. ' SELLS HIS KU KLUX RIGHTS Colonel Simmons Sells His Klan Rights for $145,000. Founder of the Order Agrees to Clear Out. . Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 12. The form al contract and flOTnomiinf it.. iitm,. . . -0- ......... "iuui niiiiam Joseph Simmons, emperor and founder of the Ku Klux Klan dinnnaal nt hi. ri.i ..:.!- . . ' disposed of his right, title and inter est in tne "invisible Empire" and re nrtnitMjl Via .i. i . . .. . .....su ma mummy annuity Of ua vi vneir $1,000 for a consideration of $145- feanl8- And the POST-DISPATCH 000 in cash, was made public today 18 but voicinsr Public sentiment when by Paul Etheridge, imperial klonsel ,l Peak,8 thuBlv" and chief os staff to Imperial Wizard . he llne"uP in the Ellerbe-Rock-Hiram Wesley Evans. ' ... ingham game here Tuesday night, under terms of the contract a made public Colonel Simmons agreed to cease all opposition to the Ku Klux Klan and to the administration of Imperial Wizard Evaii3, and prom- wed not to take part in any organ'iza- Hon or movement having for its (Continued on Page 10.) - . People-Who A "P sua $2X0 PER YEAR MISTAKEN IDENTITY SIMILAR TO verv rWrlv now there has very recently occurred in every respect to this Rawls' trial. havinir xrMA frnnt tnnfh uh he had a broken one. And now in this was saved because of the fact that he . r . teeth, and A. P. parallel reading. to Rock in chain nrA haH T n trial took place at Warrenton in Mav . . . ' ELLERBE WINS 25-22. High School Eliminations Start Fri day Wight With Rockingham Play ing Gibson at Ellerbe. Ellorbo Drew a "Bye." The State hio-v ---- - "-yu cnampionship games suut Friday with Rockingham playing Gibson at Ellerbe, the game to. start Friday night at 7 :45 o'clock. Ellelrbe drew a "bye." Rockingham highs and Ellerbe highs battled to a royal and heart breaking finish on the indoor court" at the graded school building at Rockingham last Tuesday night El lerbe won by score of 25 to 22. The teams were very evenly matched, and it was any one's game to the very last second of play. Outstanding in the playingg of the" two teams was the fine shooting of McDowell, for Rockingham, and Lit tle and Patterson for Ellerbe. Char he Parks was referee, and his work was entirely satisfactory to both teams.. In fact, it is a matter for much satisfaction to the people of ' Ellerbe and Rockingham to know the cordial and friendly, spirit that .per- vades the athletic relations between the two schools. Ellerha tnmm a hard playing team, and so does I ... , - - . ".En"rai Bna eacn wool is with the spirit of "give and take." and tn nlnv - - -:- KocKingnam; and each school take," and to play every game fair ly. Bupw. ueil and Mitchell shouM . fflpl nrou1 tit -1 xt.-; reo 1icn was 88 follows: Rham McDowell Cree Furches Hiner i West Webb ' Ellerbe ' "! Littlle Spivey j " Ellerbe Patterson -. ' White G G () () o o ) Ti:3 niclin;cnd Count' A. C. C c:."ct! : r
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