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f A C Cae Year......$2.CD Six months $1X3 Three month! .75 Single copies 10c each . s. . . . . 0 Hi U U I, :: Ts k F,;sta CUtti T. ' t 23.52 .E -1 23.73. W 23.06 Vc!. 7. Io 15. ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, MARCH 13, 1924. $2.00 PER YEAR . : --v A - -. i ! MAN KILLED IN WRECK ftodaaghaBi Truek Orerturna From Se&board Bridge, and One Man it Killed. Driver in Hoipital. , A Daageroue Bridge. James Woodall died in the Hamlet hospital Wednesday afternoon at 2 .o'clock as it result of injuries sus tained a few hours earlier when a . truck in which he was' riding ran off the ,high,Tridge" that apans the Sea- , board tracks, between Hamlet and .' Gibson. . Hobson Hines, the driver of .the ar, is in the Hamlet hospital sufferirg from a smalt fracture of , the head, many bruises, and with his left jaw broken in two places. The truck is a one-ton Nash, and belongs to the furniture store of W, E. McNair. Hines, driving for Mc Nair, left Rockingham early Wednes day morning for McColl, with Wood alL to bring back to Entwistle mill village the Woodall household goods. Right behind the Hines truck was another truck of McNair's, driven by Cliff Newman. Hines says he was not going over 12 miles an hour, and this is corroborated by Newman. The bridge is a particularly dan gerous one and has long been a thorn in the flesh of people having to cross it An incline of perhaps 6 leads up to the approach, with a curve on the bridge. The driver of the truck says he was driving cautiously, but when his left whell struck a loose plank, it the edge of the bridge, on 'the curve, it threw his right side for ward, and in a twinkling he had plunged through the rotten railing and to the ground below, a distance - of about 14 feet; both men were pinned under it.' The truck landed with all lour wheels in the air, bot t, (Continued on Page 6.) 455,400 H. P. IN THIS STATE North Carolina Lead the South in Hydro-Electric , Power Develop ment. ThU State Rank Nest to ' New York in Power. , Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 20. North and South Carolina have far out stripped all the other states of the Southeastern group in the develop ment of hydro-electric power. In these two states the total de velopment is 911,400 horsepower North Carolina 458,400 and South Carolina 453,000. The total for the remaining eight states, including Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Vir ginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Flor ida and Mississippi is , 1,007,900. (Continued on Page 12) DEATHS 1 MRS. Mrs. Jtobert McNair, formerly Miss Etta Russell, daughter of J. W. Rus sell, of Norman, died Wednesday night at Centenary, S. C. The re mains were brought to Hamlet this afternoon at 5:45, and were met there by Undertaker King who car ried her to the home of her sister, Mrs. J. M. McNair, near Zion church. The burial will be at Northam (Fri day) at 11. The two McNair brothers married Russell sisters, v Farm Demonstration Department Conducted by W. H. BARTON Otflee m CourUieirae, Rockingham. CHAS. F. LIVENGOOD. The funeral arrangements for the burial of Charles F. Livengood.' as made by himself, were out of the or dinary. . Mr. Livengood died Monday after noon at 6 :40 at the Salisbury hospi tal where he was operated upon for appendicitis Feb. 20th. Complica tions later developed, and he grew steadily worse. His funeral was at Salisbury Wednesday afternoon, and was attended from here by Walter (Continued n Page 12) CIVITANS MEET FRIDAY. BILOXI SOY BEANS CHEAP. Order Now Before They Are Higher. The Biloxi Soy Bean is to my mind the best combination bean to plant It makes a large, vigorous growth and yields heavy seed crops that do NOT SHATTER BEFORE PICKED I have an exhibit that was shown at the Sandhill Fair last fall, and that has been lying unprotected in my garage ever since. They have not shelled out yet.' ' .: ., This Biloxi bean has been selling for 4 to ? 6 per bushel, but can . now be bought in wholesale' lots, for leas than $3.00. I have a few orders and will take orders during March. If you want to enter the purchase. send me check for as many bushels aa you want at $2.75 per bu., 1. o. b Baltimore. The freight can be paid when you get them. ! " " - W. H. BARTON. ECC3 WORTH MORE THAN COTTON Egg Crop of Nation Soli for More Than Cotton Crop. Barton Give Pointers on the Kind of Egg to Set or Sell for Hatching. If you ever receive a setting of fgjrs of all sizes, some rought shelled, seme thin shelled, some with uneven surfaces rest assured that you are dealing with either a crook t or "greenhorn." In selecting eggs for hatching, look for the medium-sized egg,' neither , (Continued m Page 1) ETTA RUSSELL McNAIR. CHAS. F. LIVENGOOD MISS MAG WILLIAMS MRS. LOU OWENS D. McD. MAPLES COX baby MRS. ETTA RUSSELL McNAIR TUBERCULOSIS RANKS THIRD Tuberculosis Rank Third aa Creat ed Killer Yet Kills More Than Are Killed by Accidents, Automobile Accident Included. Whereas tuberculosis in 1912 was given first plate among the chief causes of death' in the registration area of the United States, in 1921 it was listed as the third greatest killer, heart diseases and pneumonia taking first place respectively. The reason given for this interchange of places of the chief causes of death is not that more people are dying from heart diseases and pneumonia, but fewer are dying from tubercu losis. In communities where people have learned how to fight tubercu losis, it is becoming less of a menace each year. But tuberculosis is not yet a con quered disease. Today it kills 13,000 more people each year , than ' are killed in accidents, automobile acci dents included. It has been estimated that during each day in 1922, 206 American citizens were killed by ac cident. - Of this daily number, 38 were automobile fatalities; 35 were due to accidental falls. As great as this number was the daily number of deaths from tuberculosis was much larger. v But tuberculosis workers are not content in having brought this dis ease from the first to the third place as a major cause of death; knowing the cause of the disease and the way in which it is spread they purpose to place it among the diseases that have been brought under control in the list with typhoid fever, yellow fever, hookworm, and smallpox. Their pro gram calls for the cooperation and support of every existing agency, the individual, the community, " the State and the Nation. R'HAM SCHOOL ATHLETICS GOVERNOR SPEAKS ON BURNS An Address Delivered in New York by Gov. Morrison on Life of Rob ert Burns, the Poet. Flay Insidi ous Sovietism. CONDUCTOR KILLS SELF. Seaboard Freight Conduttor Shoots Self Through Head at Hamlet Sat urday. Had Served in Two Wara and Been Gassed. Nurse Paid by County and Stat Board of Health Shortly to Begin Work in Richmond County. 79 Mid-Wives in County. The Civitan club will meet Friday. 14th, at one o'clock at the Rocking ham hotel for lunch. Each member will be fined a penny a minute for every minute late. You Civitans pay for the meal whether you come or not; so better come, and eat. MARRIAGE LICENSES. March 8 Robert Martin and Lillie Fairley, colored. V March 8 Thomas Anthony and Ella Rogers, colored. March 10 Walter Richardson and Lena Little, colored. - Baseball Prospects Bright. Games Arranged with Charlotte, Shelby, Fayetteville, San ford, State Fresh, etc. Tom Covington, Hiner, and Stud Ludwig the Pitching Staff. Coach Lawrence Gives Real Dope. After getting away to such a good start in baseball last week, practice has been at a standstill this week due to the work of the weather man. With the thermometer standing a few degrees above ifero (?) " and the (Continued on page 8.)" THE WALL SALE OF LOTS. CLARKE GUILTY MANN ACT Former High Official of Ku KIux Klaji Pleads Guilty and Fined $500. Edward Young Clarke, of Atlanta, former acting imperial wizard of the Ku Klox Klan, pleaded guilty Mon day in Court at Houston, Texas, to violating the Mann act, and was fined $500 and costs, . , April 3rd has justt been decided upon as the date for the sale of the beautiful residential lots, about 100 in number, of the H. C. Wall prop erty, lying just outside the corporate limits, and on a part of what is known as the old Fair Grounds. The lots, front , on ,. Fayetteville Road, Richmond Road, Anne Street, and Parke Drive.- They will be sold with certain restrictions, the sale to begin at 10:30 April 3rd. MeAulay, Crosland, & Tyson have it in charge. nans are being formed to give away to the lucky holder a prize much more valuable than a Ford (usually given at sales), .but an nouncement of this will be mad lat er (it is said to be a house and lot.) (By Governor Cameron Morrison.) Robert Burns was born on the 25 day of January, 1759, on a farm of seven acres, which his father did not even own, but had leased for a short term of years. He lived only a little more than thirty-seven years. He never became a land-owner, for most of his short life he was a very small tenant farmer. The only other occupation he followed was that of a revenue or tax collector for a short while in the district in which he lived. His annual salary for his work was smalL He read few books during his short life, and attended only an in ferior community school for awhile when a boy. He was -always grindingly poor, and knew little happiness n this earth. He had personal weaknesses and sins that caused him much un happiness; tthd yet, in spite of his harsh environment, the literature he created out of materials around him and from the things he saw and dis covered ii the rugged world of his beloved Scotland is being taught in every university in the world. He grows greater, year by year, ana is destined to grow until the poetry of Robert Burns dominates the hearts of men and women everywhere. Although the world did not recog nize him, during his short life, for his real worth, he was unquestionably the greatest democrat who ever lived. Robert Burns did not radiate bit terness against the fortunate classes, but he exalted the virtues of the poor and struggling with a power that will never die until men look through externals and acknowledge every where on earth that "A man's a man for a' that, for a" that and a' that." Burns is winning the battle of the masses by arousing their own pride, self-respect and independence with out teaching class hate and mean ness, . ":,: ':: ;' The most powerful presentation of democracy in all literature is "The Cotter's Saturday Night." The law ought to require every university in the land to teach this poem. Students ought to be required to stand a sat isfactory examination in it before allowed to graduate.' It is required in many universities. " This noble poem teaches the life of an obscure elass, small tenant farmers; but it is a uni versal type, and, in kind, found all over the earth. The picture of the "toil-worn cotter," having finished the week's labor, collecting his (Continued on Page 9.) Coroner A. M. Smith was called to Hamlet last Saturday afternoon to hold an inquest over the remains of C. M. Baucom, of Cary, a Seaboard freight conductor, who shot himself about 3 o'clock. The jury was composed of 0. D. Wilson, J. I. Hardie, T. W. Miller, C. M. West, C. H. Poe, F. S. Terry. Their verdict was that the deceased came to his death at his own hands. Mr. Baucom was in charge of a through freight from Raleigh. The train had reached Hamlet, and he had stepped into the yard office to get orders. Apparently nothing was the matter with him; he came out of the office with his orders, and sitting down on the porch pulled a 32-calibre pistol and fired a bullet through his head; he died within ten minutes, without regaining consciousness. He is survivied by his wife and seven children, who live at Gary. He was a veteran of the Spanish-Amer ican war of 1898, and served in the late World War; it is understood he was gassed somewhat in France, and this perhaps lead finally to his becoming temporarily unbalanced and caused him to take his life. SCHOOL CLOSED FOR TWO DAYS The Rockingham city ? school is closed today, and will be closed Fri day in order that the teachers might attend, the 40th annual session of the North Carolina Education Associa tion in Raleigh. CIVIL TERM COURT. REIDSVILLE WINS. In the .finals, in the state-wide basketball championship, played at Chapel Hill last Saturday night, Reidsville, representing the West. and Wilmington the East, were con tenders. Reidsville won by a margin of one point, 18-17, and thereby won the state title. " CHATTEL MORTGAGES. Chattel mortgage forms can be secured -at POST-DISPATCH, with "Richmond" county filled in. TOUCH OF WINTER. Civil term of Superior Court con venes at Rockingham March 17th. Judge Shaw presides. Calendar of cases on page ten. Criminal term begins April 7th. 14 prisoners jail. 30 convicts on chain-gang. in DISEASES THIS WEEK. The following table shows the in crease or decrease in diseases in Richmond county as reported to the County Health Officer: . .. . Last wk Measles ..4 ' Whobping Cough .12 Smallpox 8 Chickenpox , 8 This wk ,, 20 10 3 2 COUNTY MATERNITY NURSE Last December the County Com missioners accepted the offer of the State Board of Health to match dol lar for dollar, towards putting on a registered nurse for maternity and infancy instruction and hygiene for the county, the appropriation not to exceed $1500. For the past several weeks Dr. E. D. Andrews, representing the State Board of Health, has been in the county conferring with the physi cians and aranging for the inaugu ration of this new health work. The plans are quite broad, and undoubt edly the work will prove vastly bene ficial along the lines desired. For instance, there are 79 mid-wives in this county, many of whom have not the first ideas of proper sanitation, and the avoiding of infection. And around 34 of the births in the county are attended by these mid-wives. POST-DISPATCH readers no doubt will be startled to know that around 37 of the deaths in the county annually come from the 2400 expectant mothers and infants and the remaining 63 of deaths come from the rest of the county's popu lation, which numbers over 25,0001 There should be food for much thought in these figures, and when deeply considered the vital necessity of a maternity and infant hygiene nurse becomes very apparent. Dr. Andrews hopes to have this nurse available and on the job within the next few weeks. The County Com missioners have acted wisely in hav ing made provision for ftis work. II nome Demonstration Department Conducted by MRS. ANNA LEA HARRIS Rockingham, Richmond Coun y AAA IMPORTANT MEETING MAR. 21. CHARLOTTE BEATS ELLERBE. CHM. BYNUM ISSUES CALL. Charlotte Highs, girls' team, de feated Ellerbe girls in the state-wide eliminations, basketball, in Charlotte Tuesday night 48-39. To A touch of Winter was experienc ed Monday 'night, when snow started falling about 7:30 o clock and con tinued for several hours. The ground was warm and wet, but despite this the flakes managed to obtain a foot ing, or roofs and grass, to depth of an inch. The mercury was down to 23 Tuesday morning, and 28 Wednes day morning. From Virginia northward the sleet and snow did a lot of damage. Thou sands of telegraph poles were borne to the ground, and the loss to the telegraph and phone companies is estimated at a million dollars. Classified advta page 11. Derby school items page 11. the Democratic Voters of Rich- : mond County: The State Democratic Executive Committee has Bet the dates for the Precinct Meetings, County and State Convention. ,- In accordance therewith the Pre cinct Meetings will be held at the various precincts on Saturday, April 6th, 1924, at 2 o'clock p. m., to elect delegates to the County Convention and elect a Precinct Executive Com mittee. "-- - - The County Convention will be held in the court house in Rocking ham, on Saturday, the 12th day of April, at 3 o'clock, p. m., where dele gates will be elected to attend the State Convention to be held in Ral eigh on Thursday, the 17th day of April..;"'---"''-. , I hope the Democrats of the vari ous precincts will hold their pre cinct meetings on Saturday, April 5th, and that we will have a large delegation at the county convention on-Saturday afternoon, the 12th of April, . . .. v V j Fred. W. Bynum, Chairman Dem. Ex. Com. of Rich mond County. Post-Dispatch for Job Work ., Look at Your Label , NIXON-McAULAY. Dr. Joseph N. Nixon and Miss Grace MeAulay were married in Mo bile. Alabama. , Feb. 23rd. An ac count of the wedding will be pub lished next issue. A meeting of great importance to everyone in the county who owns a cow will be held at the new court house, in Mrs. Harris' office, on Mar 21st. Mr. Kimery, Dairy ispeciaiist of the State Extension Service De partment, will be here on that day and will give lectures on the care ot milk in the home. " He will also give a demonstration in making butter and there are many in this county who should learn all about this work that they can. Too . (Continued on page 6.) STOLE BLAKE'S PLOW. A thief on Sunday night stole, from beside the road, a new Oliver Goober plow, from C. A. Blake, be. tween Cordova and Zion. Mr. Blake thinks the thief might at least send his single-tree back. ROCKINGHAM GOLF CLUB 30 Members Now Belong. Course Crowded Each Afternoon. 7 Holes at Present. Rules for Playing. The Rockingham Golf Club now has a membership of 30; the course at present consists of 7 holes, and is located on the Wall property, where formerly stood the Fair Grounds. Win, G. Pittman is president, John Scales is treasurer, Bled Cole chair man of the greens committee (he the committee), and Mr. and Mrs, Wall and. Russell Ford are the rules , (Continued on Page 12.) LEATH-HORNE AUCTION. The Atlantic-Coast Realty Co., is to conduct an auction sale of 143S acres of the Leath-Horne land, about 10 miles east of Rockingham and a mile and a half from Marston, on next Wednesday, March -19th, at 10:30. A free barbecue dinner will be served on the grounds. Mr. K. W. Cobb, representing the company, is now at the Roclringham hotel, ad vertising the sale. ;: A full description of this land can be seen on page nine of the POST DISPATCH, and emphasis is laid on the fact that it is in the center of the best air drainage for peaches in the world. . . Stein store opening at Hamlet was postponed from today until next Tuesday, on account of the interior work not being quite completet Ev erything will be in shape for open ing next Tuesday, from 4 to 9. See advt page eleven. , OF COURSE YOU AREN'T. - You don't heed to be insured before you buy an acci N dent insurance policy. The most sensible people invest . ' '-' "' in this kind of insurance because they realize that haz . ards are increasing all the time and that it's safer to be " " insured. Protect yourself against the loss of time and money if 5f ! 11777 you meet with a mishap. Don't neglect it FIRE ACCIDENT : HEALTH WW W J W WWW WWW w w W W W W W W WWW W w W w w W W WW W W WW w j J () (5 '.:(. o o ' -o :- o ( o ( ) c ( f 5 ( ' You will never be able to arrive any place Unless You Open a Bank Account You will never be able to save any money We can show you how to save intelligently and wisely for the future so that you will not live in constant fear of poverty in your old age. ' Our Bank is anxious to serve you- willingly and cheerfully. - ; rf t" T r t f rf v a. T T OT"' OF" T rr -r) a 7;T'V f t ' " . ... :.ft j i I i i J Jr. - ' -
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