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Vol. 7. No. 18.
ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, APRIL 3, 1924.
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ROCKINGHAM DEBATERS WIN
CRIMINAL SUPERIOR COURT
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS
GOV; MORRISON MARRIED
WALL PROPERTY $47,000
PEACHLAND SCHOOL CONTRACT
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1'ockidgham Ulaket Apr. 3
Rockingham High Win Signal. Hoa
or in Debates Last Friday. Thi
School Will Now Sen Debaters
" to Chaal Hill. .
Rockingham has won many honors
in the past in football and baseball,
but no former victorywas received
more joyfully by the high school pu
pils that that of last Friday nigh,t
when the school won in the State
wide ."hitch school debating contest.".
Rockingham was ; pitted against
Laurlnburg, with an aJfirmative team
debating here, and a negative team
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METHODIST SERVICES IN
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Until further notice otherwise the
services of the Methodist church will
be held as folkmcs in the Presbxter
ian church. The preaching services,
morning and (evening, will alternate
; between the pastors of ' the two
churches respectively, beginning with
preaching by the Methodist pwstor
next Sunday, 11a. m., and the Pres
byterian pastor 7:30 p. m. The
Methodist Sunday school will be held
at 3 p. in. ach Sunday, and the Sen
ior Epwwth League will meet at 7 30
each Monday evening. Union prayer
service 7:30 each Wednesday even
ing. . This announcement is made in
acceptance of the kind and courteous
invitation of .the Presbyterian paster
and his people. With one accord, the
Methodist people and pastor hereby
publicly express their aprechrt'ion of
the Christian and- fraternal -spirit
prompting the. kindness.
J. D. Bundy,
Pastor.
FEED GRINDER DEMONSTRATE
The Everett Hdw. store will have
a demonstration of -feed grinding at
the Store Saturday. You are asked
to bring a few bags of corn on the
cob oar in the shucfe and l:uve it
ground free. ' Vv . ,
SUICIDE WITH KNIFE.
Thwmas Coleman, aged 35, assist
ant manager of Brown's restaurant
in Charlotte, early Tuesday morning
committed suicide by stabbing him
self through the heart with a 'butcher
knife, the blade of which Avas 'six
inches long. He died in 20 minutes.
HEAVY SNOW FOR APRIL,
Frealkish weather prevailed in the
northeastern states Tuesday, Apriil
lst.i In New York there was thunder
and lightning and several inches of
snow, and in Baltimore the snow
measured 11 inches deep.
. BALDWIN GOES FOR MAN.
Sheriff Baldwin left here Wednes
day morning for Richmond to get
Walter TMckery, who was arrested
these last week charged with killing
Ellen Tenry four years ago. He will
return hene with Walter Friday
.morning.. .
WILL LONG HIT IN HEAD.
Alec Alexander, a middle-aged ne
gvo tenant on Will Long's land, east
of town, was lodged in jail Wednes
day night to await the extent of Mr.
Long's injuries. It seems he and
Long had an altercation Wednesday,
as a result of which Long was hit
on tfee head with a stick. As to which
-was. at fault the paper is unable to
leara.
WILL DELIVER KEY-NOTE
1 Secretary of State . W. N. Everett
Wednesday definitely decided to de-
liver the Hfey-note. address at the
Demoeratc convention to be held at
Raleigh April 17th, 'Owing to the
present state of his health, he had
declined,; but the insistence V. of
friends has finally decided him to
make this key-note speech. ' "'
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OF COURSE YOU AREN'T. ;
, You. don't need to be insured before you buy an acci-
' 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 safe? to be
insured. .
j Protect yourself against the loss of time and money if
, - you meet with a mishap. Don't neglect it. - , '
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LIFE
FIRE
.Court Convene Next Monday, Judge
Shaw Presiding-. 21 Prisoners in
Jail. 100 Cases on Docket. Next
Civil Terms May 26 and June 16.
Superior Court for trial of crim
inal cases will convene at Rocking
ham next Monday, April 7th, with
Judge Thos. 3i Shaw presiding.
- There are 21 prisoners in jail
awaiting trial, and around 100 eases
on the docket. The chain gang has
a membership of SO now, though
many of these are short term fellows,
mostly sent there for vagrancy from
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HAMER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Mr. P. E. Hamer, for some years
manager of the farming interests of
Mrs. Nell Pegues, just across the
State Line from Richmond county,
on fatst Monday 'morning about 8 o'
.clock committed suicide by shooting
himself through the temple with a
pistol?. He was in the bath room of
hk louse at the time. Beath was in
stantaneous. 'He is survived by he. wife and sev
er! .children.
MTNSTREL SHOW.
Active progress is in progress for
the U. D. C. Minstrel Show to be
given hi the high school auditorium
Fri&?y -night, April 31th. The South
land Film Co.,' is the producing man
agement, with W. Tan Plan eke and
B. ' 3d. Mitchell, of Greensboro, di
rectors. 25 local young men and la
dies are in the show, and though the
statement may seem extravagant, yet
wc Seel safe in saying that never be
fore has a show of this proportion
been attempted here. The best
voltes in ttown are in it, and best lo
cal actors; and all aire, taking part
enthusiastically.
The full cast will 4e published in
nexS. jssue.
USED TO BE OLD.
Rev. A. J. Groves, at present pas
tor 1! West End circuit, was in Rock
ingham today. He served the Rober-
de! aiid Richmond circuits for seven
years, and has many friends in the
county.
In conversation with him this
morning, the wrRer"a"i-kedL;'''"I
thought you were an old man.'' '4'I
used to be." replied the Reverend
and for a fact he docs look to be get
ting younger, 'despite his 67 years.
MORSE VISITS HOME.
Rev. Giles C. Morse, of 715 Cal
houn street, Columbia, spent the mid
dle of this week visiting his brothers,
Henry and John Morse, and other rel
atives in the county. ;
He is at present pastor of River
side Baptist church in Columbia. He
was baptized at Cartledge's Creek
church S3 years ago by Livingston
Johnson, who was then pastor there.
It was not until he was in the 'thir
ties' that he decided to become a
preacher, being somewhat like Cy
clone Mack in that respect and, by
the way, his sister and Cyclone's sis
ter married brothers. He moved from
this county 23 years ago, and has
been actively -preaching for 17 years.
NOTICE, FARMERS AND CO-OPS.
Tuesday night, April 8th, a cotton
Co-op oyster supper will be given at
Mt. Gilead. T. D. McLean and others
will make addresses.
Wednesday night, April .Utlv the
Roberdel Co-op Local will meet at
T. B. Baxley's.
Monday night, April 21st, the Pin
ey Grove Co-op Local will meet at
Belford church.
Friday, April 25th, the " Cotton
Marketing delegates from the vari
ous locals in the county will meet
in the court house to elect directors
for next year.
All Co-op Locals will meet on or
before April 16th and elect delegates
to the above county convention.
:'. - "" W. H. Barton.
ACCIDENT
Saturday is Time for Precinct Meetings-
Elect Delegates to County
Convention. Official Republicanism
Nauseating. '
Perhaps never before in the his
tory of the. Nation has the Democrat
ic Party been in better shape to win
the National election this coming
Nov. 4th. The(graft and rottenness
now being unearthed among the high
official Republicans in Washington
has nauseated the entire country, and
this will most certainly be reflected
in the votes cast in November.
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GOT RELIGION IN JAIL.
C. G. (Robert) -Harding was re
leased from jail March 24th under
$300 bond. The week previous his
wife visited him at the jail, and
found him playing cards." Her pained
exclamation of "why, Mr. Harding!"
seemed to have reached down into
his heart, for later in the night he
experienced a new awakening, got
conviction and read 40 chapters in
the bible before daybreak. Since his
release under bond, he has had fam-j
Uy prayers every night. Mrs. Hard
ing says that the paper made a slight
error in its account of his arrest; we
said there were 50 gallons of beer
and two quarts df whiskey found at
his house, when really there were not
move than 25 gallons of beer and a
quart and a pint of whiskey.
CONFEDERATE REUNION S.
The State Reunion for Confeder
ate veterans starts at Charlotte May
9th, and the general reunion starts
in Memphis June 4th.
FOUR CANDIDATES LIEUT. GOV.
There are now. four candidates
for the Democratic nomination for
Liestenant Governor. They are: J.
Elmer Long, of Durham; Bob Rey
nolds, of Asheville; W. C. Femster,
of Catawba; and Tarn C. Bowie, of
Ashe county.
BAPTIST Y. P.'a IN JUNE.
The state convention for the B. Y.
P. U.'s will be held in Wilmington
June 17, 18, 19.
EPIDEMIC OF MUMPS.
Never in the history of the town
has mumps been as prevalent as is
now the case in Rockingham. It (or
them) has been no respecter of per
sons or age. Even from Dentist Bob
Cole down to very young infants has
the big jaw affected, and in the past
two w'eeks scores of children have
temporarily had to drop out. of
school. However, the number of new
cases is getting less each day now,
possibly because there is little new
timber to work on.
7 DEGREES BELOW FREEZING.
This section experienced a bit of
the cold weather that swept the
North and East this past week. The
thermometer registered 25 -degrees
Wednesday morning and 26 degrees
this (Thursday) morning. Seven de
grees below the freezing point is
quite ."airih", and a heavy frost ac
companied the cold snap. '"
Many, peach- blossoms were of
course killed by the frost, but is not
believed that the crop is really dam
aged." ' .
:'- TO ELECT ROAD SUPT.
About two' weeks ago Road Supt.
J. C. Baldwin tendered his resigna
tion to the County Commissioners,
and it falls upon that body next Mon
day to elect his successor. This will
be no easy job, for there are said
to be nearly a score of applicants.
Mr. Baldwin has been superintendent-,
of, Richmond county roads for
nearly five years, and prior to that
time was chief of police of Rocking
ham for three years. He intends now
to devote his time to farming, and
will run a 9-horse farm near town.
HEALTH
Chief Executive on Wednesday Af
ternoon Married Mrs. Geo. Watts,
of Durham, Widow of a Multi-Millionaire.
Governor Cameron Morrison and
Mrs.' Geo. Watts were married in
Durham Wednesday afternoon, and
the n&ws comes as a pleasant surprise
to the people of the State. Even his
closest friends were not aware that
he was contemplating such a step.
The following is the detailed ac
count of the marriage, as appeared
in ,the daily papers today, and the
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UNINTENTIONAL FIRE ALARM.
The fire alarm was sounded Tues
day from Box 14 at 7:55 a. m. The
fire truck responded, but there was
no fire. And thereby hangs an in
teresting story.
An estimable lady of the town
thought to give a relative a good
April Fool, so she phoned her and
asked "is your house on fire?" The
said relative instantly thought the
house must be on fire, so she called
to a servant to turn in the fire alarm,
and this was done. It is a question
now as to which one the joke is on.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
March 28 Jas. B. Soles and Fran
ces Carpenter, white.
March 29 Bruce Bennett Coving,
ton and Judie Catherine Caudle,
white.
April 1 Sam McLove and Mamie
McPherson, colored.
FRIDAY WAS A BUSY NIGHT.
Rockintrham has" fast cone beyond
j the infant clothes class, and it has
been demonstrated that various pub
lic gatherings can be scheduled for
the same night, and each be largely
attended. This would not have been
the case several years ago.
Last Friday night the high school
auditorium was practically filled by
friends attending the high school de
bate, with Laurinburg. The same
night the Civitans had their regular
semi-monthly supper; the Garden
theatre was packed, and a half house
at the Star; the spelling bee was in
progress at Zion school;' and the Man
ufacturers hall was crowded with
fully 250 people enjoying the "tack
ey" and square dance given for the
U. D. C. monument fund.
' A lot doing on the same night, and
yet none seemed to detract from the
others. '
DISEASES THIS WEEK.
Cases of contagious diseases as
reported to the County Health Officer
this week, were as follows'. Smallpox
10, Chickenpox 10, Measles 5, Scarlet
Fever 1, Diphtheria 1, Whooping
Cough 3.
BABY LEFT ON PORCH.
A week-old baby boy was left on
the porch of Clerk of Court J. A.
Little, at Albemarle, on Friday night,
March 28th.. It was Warmly wrapped
with expensive baby blankets, and
was lying on a hot water bottle in a
large clothes basket. There is no
clue to the babe's identity.
CRIST A CANDIDATE.
Frank D. Grist, of Caldwell coun
ty, was in Rockingham today. He is
a candidate fofHhe Democratic nom
ination for Commissioner of Labor
and Printing. M. L. Shipman is the
present- Commissioner.
Grist will make a splendid run, and
his friends expect him to beat Ship
man. He ia a practical printer, and
has served in the Legislature. He
was in France for 14 months, in Co.
A. 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, and
was shot through the eye or rather
between eye and eyebrow, the bullet
ploughing through his face and com
ing out under his jaw.
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65 Lots Sol at Auction Today Just
East of Rockingham "Limits. Total
Brings $47,000. 1500 People at
Sale. D. A. Mclnnis Wins.
Fully 1500' people attended the
auction sale of the H. C. Wall lots,
just east of the Rockingham limits,
on what was the Fair Grounds, today.
The weather was ideal, and the bid
ding spirited. The McAulay, Cros
land & Tyson firm conducted the
sale to the satisfaction of all.
05 lots were sold, these bringing
a total of $47,000. At 'the conclusion
of, the sale, a public drawing took
place for the free house and lot (val
ued at $2,000.) This was the magnet
that doubtless drew the bulk of the
crowd for which hundreds had
waited all day and for which they had
patiently plodded through fields and
lots. The last lot was sold at 3:30;
there had been no stoppage for din
ner, but with a free house and lot in
prospect, what mattered dinner? At
3:45 the auctioneers drew up in
front of the house to be given away,
the cards on which the people had
written their names were shuffled in
a big box, and a little girl was hoisted
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RHAM HIGHS BEAT HAMLET
Rockingham Highs Defeated Hamlet
Highs Here This Afternoon 17 to'
' 4. Charlotte Highs Will Play Here
Friday and Saturday.
Hamlet Highs came over to Rock
ingham this (Thursday) afternpon
for the first of the inter-town ball
games, and were decisively defeated
17 to 4. The local lads knocked out
three Hamlet pitcher, and bagged a
total of 19 hits, three of them horn
ei-s. -
Ludwig twirled for Rockingham,
and gave but four hits. Elisha Gib
son caught and secured a single, a
double and a triple. Getting homers
were Harry West, Jack McDowell,
and Mamie Cree.
The Hamlet pitchers were Coats,
Baucom and Shortridge, with McGiK
very catching. ' " : "
Churlotte Highs will come to Rock
ingham tomorrow for1 two games-
one game Friday afternoon at 3:30
and one Saturday afternoon. It will
be recalled that Charlotte beat our
boys up there two 'weeks ago 10-9,
and now Coach Lawrence is getting
primed to reverse the score.
CHARLOTTE 6, ELLERBE 1.
Charlotte Highs defeated Ellerbe
Highs at Ellerbe this (Thursday) af
ternoon. 6 to 1.' Charlotte p'ays Rham
highs at Rockingham Fri. and Sat
CHARLOTTE-ROCKINGHAM.
Rockingham Highs, after taking
things easy and returning from their
western road trip, will stack up with
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CO. SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
More in Detail of the Plans for Rich
mond County Schools Commence
ment for April 19th. State Supt.
Allen to Speak. 1 v
Plans are maturing nicely for the
County Commencement for white
schools of Richmond county. The
public exercises will be held in the
old courthouse as follows :
Saturday Morning, April 19th:
10 a. m.- Recitation contest, grades
1 to 3.
Recitation contest, grades 4 to 7.
Oral spelling contest, grades 1-3.
(Continued on Page 5.)
DALIAH BULBS.
For Sale Fine daliah bulbs, at
50c per dor., on Curb Market Sat
urday, April 6th. Mrs. W. H. Cov
ington.' advt
FOR SALE.
Lawn mower, and also a 5-gal. oil
Can. Both in good condition. Mrs
Jake Hinson, . . . advt
Yon Start
You will never be able to arrive any place
Unless You Open a Bnk Account
. You will never be able to save any money
We1 can show you how to save intelligently and wisely
for the future so that you will not live in constant iear
of poverty in your old age.
Our. Bank, is anxious to serve you willingly anct
cheerfully. ' . ' ..
Contract Awarded March 28th For
10-Room Brick Building for Peach
land School District. Total Cost
Around $28,000.
The County Board of Education
and the Peachland School District
committee met March 28th and
awarded the contract for building
the new building for the new school
district., W. S. Weaver was the best
bidder, the price being $24,890. To
Dermott Heating Co., of Raleigh,
went the contract for installing a
two-pipe line vapor heating system,
to cost $2975.
The new building is located on a
ten-acre tract, just at the point
where the Rockingham and Hamlet
roads converge, going towards Hoff
man; this is D miles from Rocking
ham and one mile from Marston.
The building will be one-story, of
brick, and have ten rooms, and an
auditorium that will seat 5Q0. It will
have electric lights, water and sewer
connections, and a model heating sys
tem. This new school district is eom
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SOUTHS COTTON CROP
United States, 10,128,478
(Equivalent 500-lb. bales.)
1923 1922
586,512 823,408
77,504 46,749
626,306 1,017,928
54,346 28,243
12,345 25,021
587,969 ' 714,998
367,658 343,274
602,808 989,273
120,449 142,529
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina 1,017,325 851,640
Oklahoma 655,356 627,419
South Carolina 769,416 492,535
Tennessee 226,622 390,994
Texas 4,339,940 3,221,158
Virginia 50,230 26,515
All other states 33,672 19,310
The cotton crop ginnings for the
past season tdtal 1,050,474 bales ti
North Carolina to March 15, 1924..
This is the second largest crop in our
history. The 1911 crop showed 1,
126,276 bales ginned. The average
prices of that crop was 9 centB ns
compared with about 30 cents, for--the
1923 crop. Of course, since it is
the money that counts, the two crops
are not comparable nt a!!. .
: The two largest bale crops had val
ue comparisons of about $175,000,'--000
for 1923 and $55,000,000 for
1911. This allows lint prices at 5SG
and 9 cents per pound and seed pf ic
es at $45.00 and ?17.00 per ton. -
SMALL FIRE. SATURDAY.
Again Box 21 got in' action, this
time last Saturday afternoon at 1 :36.
A small barn to the rear of J. C.
Stubbs' house was on fire: a strong
wind was blowing, with .: adjacent
property endangered, but the , fire
fighters in short order had it under
control, thereby again demonstrat
ing their efficiency and the value to
the town of their services.
In the barn was stored some old
furniture etc, It is presumed it
caught from grass burning outside,
beside Bickett street, possibly set by
small boys smoking or playing.
MILL TO SELL STOCK.
II a mi all Pickett Mill is issuing and .
offering for -sale $500,000 in seven
per cent preferred stock, interest
payable semi-annually, May first and
November first, and is free from
county and town tax. This is one of
the best and safest investments of
fered to the public in a good many
years and the stock will sell rapidly.
Hannah Pickett Mill is one of the
few. largest mills in the State and is
modern and up-to-date in every way.
This preferred stock issue is in
shares of $100 each and those wish
ing to subscribe in any amount will
do well to get in touch with W. B.
Cole, Treas., at- once.
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