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, . V - mm.mnmm ..l.i mm. mm mm.mm. ... , i v y ' CTJr"rr "t? t nit'"' I 3 o3 ft 5.65 Ziz'Clin Market A;r.I3 Vol. 7, No. .19. ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, APRIL 10, 1924. $2.00 PER YEAR - , 1 3C f , ri f W S f S- 7 Une lear ?2.C3 f ccinnco:.i:.:E;cE2iiTiEi week OVER 2S 5CH0013 TO TAKE PART 3N COUNTY .COMMENCEMENT - AT "RDCKfKGHAM APRIL 1STM. ATHLETIC CONTESTS - THE . isth. staot: supt. a. t. ahehzo SPEAK. SEVERAL thou- SAND 'SCHOOL CHILDREN EXPECTED HERE. ' Saturday, JApril 19th, is to be" (County .Commencement Day at Rockingham, -.when ewer 25 schools of fiicbmond county -will take part in a comity-wide Commencement. Supt BtU und the various committees have mapped oat splenlkd program, and one hal is instructive and which will be benefieM lo Ihe jjiarticipants. ; - Brief ly, -on Triday afternoon, A-psnl 18th, beginning at 2 o'clock, : the various athletic contests will take place ait the new high school grounds. Prof. M. R, JMitchell :and his assistants hae;e arranged a strong series of events, and score xtf . prizes have been dwraied by business men in Hamlet and Rockingham. JEwry merchant approached generously donated. On Saturday, .April 19th, is the B .Day. The exercises will open at 10 o clock in She ola courthouse, with recitations and ca-jj spelling match' es. At 2:38 State Supt. 'A. T. Allen '-will apeak in the old courthouse and ' the prizes and awards ivtill be made. COVINGTON IS ROAD SUPT. W. B. Covington .'Elected County Sspi. of Roads Succeedinf Bald win, Resigned. Jury Drawn. List T alters Appointed. UNIQUE OCCASION SFifitieth Anniversary f Mr. Cop- pedge Ministerial Service. 0n the third Sunday 5n April 1874, Rev. W. R. Coppedge preached his Avit sermon. Marks Cieei church, of which he has been paster for 18 yeaxa, expects to celebrate tthe fif tieth anniversary of this event Sun day, .April 20th. There vnM ibe ap propriate exercises at eleven o'clock in 4he morning and about 1:30 in the afitrnoon. Among the speakers expected are Rev, Dr.. J. R. Bridgers, of Chariwtte, a college iate of Mr. Coppedge, nd iiev. Mr. McQueen.1 Everybcay is invited. DRQTSTCED WHE?! CAR SINKS Sam Uegro Drowned 'Near McBee, S. C Whem Fori Rtint OS Bridge Into SwUen Water. WAIX SALE $52,000. The aetion sale of 65 lots of the Wall property just east of the corpor ate limits, held April 3rd, brought a total of $52,000. The winner .of the free house and Jot, as stated . last week, was D. A. Mclnnis of Wolf Pit. MARRIAGE LICENSES. and April 3 Chas. B. Graham Margaret Hasty, white. April 6 James Nicholson and Ar 4elia Wall, colored. HINES LOSES APPENDIX. Hobson Hines. seems destined for hard lock.-. On March 12th the Mc Nair transfer truck-that he was driv ing ran off the- overhead bridge, be tween Hamlet and Gibson, badly in juring him; his jaw was broken in two places, And now last Saturday he suffered am attack of appendicitis, and his appendix had to be removed by Dr. James. A Ford was found Ssnday in the awoHen waters of a creek near Mc Bee, s. c, submerged, it having piungea irora the bridge. None of the occupants were then fund. hut the number of the car was tafo n and a wire to Raleigh showed that jt be longed to a negro, D. S. Sams, of Richmond county. Later, the son of Sams was found in thp pot drowned, but up to time of this paper going to press it had not been learned whether Sams' wife has been found. seems that D. S. Sams is a South Carolina negro who moved a year ago to the farm of Mr. Sam Bostick, two miles from Hoffman, i wu just across over in Moore coun ty. Saturday Sams' son and wife left In the older man's Ford for a visit below McBee. Nothing mnva woo heard from them until the news that the car had been found, submerged, in the ercek near McBee. The old man and relative? at once left for the scene, and later news was that son's body had been found. sumed the steering arrangement got out of fix and caused the car to run off the bridge. ARTILLERY RECRUITING. IT WAS DAVE AND HOGAN. Dave Henry, who generally picks up an almanac of the vintage of '61 whereby he learns when the fish will bite, happened upon one of the old Raleigh almanacs, printed by Turner in 1843. The very second page bore the news in bold-face type that Mar, 28th, -at $ p. 'm. would be the right time to catch chinkapin perch. And Dave lost no time in following those fresh directions. He and J. P. Hogah were at the mouth of Big Mountain creek soon after sun-up on the morn ing of the 28th and, caught 103 chinkapins in an hour and a half. Dave is on the lookout for another old almanac, and then he has prom ised to take the writer fishing. MARRIED VS. SINGLES. . The married men will try a come back against the single men of Rock ingham tomorrow (Friday) at 3:30 proceeds for athletic fund. DISEASES THIS WEEK. The followign are cases of contag ious diseases reported to County Health Offioer for this week: Whoop ing Cough 6, Measles 1, Smallpox 12, Chicken-pox 8. A squad of artillery fellows from Fort Bragg spent from Tuesday af ternoon until this (Thursday) morn ing in camp in Kockingham on Pearl street, near where stood the' old cooper oak. ine Z5 men were in charge of lx. wrignt. About ten young men from this community signed up, and were sent on ior examination. The outfit carried two cannon of tne 70 s, and a large machine gtm. The cannon were drawn by six sleek mules to one and six horses to the other. They went from here to Wadesboro, and then on westward, finally swinging back from States ville through Asheboro, and on back to the camp. w The Board of County Commission ers were -in session Monday, with all five jaemhers present JL C. Wall, chairman ; L. D. Frutchey, T. E. Bat tley, A. T. White, and Dr- G. C. Cad- delL There were several applications for the .position f Supt. f the countv roads. J. C- Baldwin "had the position ior tne -past hve years, but recently tendered liis resignation. The" Board after dr.e consideration selected W. B. Covington for the job, and he be gan active work Tuesday, one of the first acts being to carry a 30-day nuuo irom tne Hamlet Recorder's Court to the chain gang. Mr. Cov ington was superintendent of county roads for seven years prior to his resigning in 1919. He then served as supt. of roads for Robeson county for three years, and since then has uwnig roaa contract work. He has been doing road work now for me past n years, starting in 1903 under Capt. Everett's direction ta. hie on ttocKinghnm township roads. ine coara also on Monday night .me ouai-u aiSO on MondAv on pointed the list-takers for the vari ous townships. They are: - Rham Thos. L. Covington. Marks Creek Robt B. Terry" Wolf Pit M. W. Blue. Mineral Springs W. H. Lassiter. weaver warn John Barrington. Steele's A. Baldwin. Black Jack Frank Key. Civil Jury May 26t! The following is th j.o.., April 7th for the civil term f -,... to begin May 26th: B. Booth E. W. Terry ' L. Steele. Jr. E. N " wvallKbUIl C V. Williams J. MarvhvAhdrewf H. T. Jones Claude Gore S. B. Smith Jno. S. Covington Guy L. Webb COOPER HOUSE BURNS Fire Started in Mattref Factory Here Last Saturday Morning. Lady and Day-Old Infant Have Narrow cape. . -. Last Saturday morning while Sim on Rainwaters was operating a small gineSrig outfit underneath the old Tom Cooper house, on West Wash ington street, a gravel or oerhaos a nail came in contact with the re-i volvjng teeth, and a spark set fire ! to the ginning cotton. Almost in- ' stantly the basement (used for W. ! Continued on PQe 8.) 324 MONTHS ROADS AND PEN WEEK'S TERM CRIMINAL COURT GRINDING OUT MANY CASES TO DATE ROAD SENTENCES TOTAL 132 MONTHS, PEN 192 MONTHS. MORE YET TO BE SENTENCED. MADISON HOMI SDJ5ASE F,N,SHED LATE TODAY. WALTER DOCKERY sXrdayCnoS5nFOR TR,AL FR,DAY-COURT w,ll ADJ0URN BOUGHT WORTHLESS MARKS RockingIii.nl Greek Inveited $205 in German Marki Which Proved Worthier. Balance Now Wiped Out. And He Receive Letter Tell ing Him So. . SENTENCES TO DATE SUMMARIZED: Total roads and penitentiary sentences imposed at this termof Court, up to time of POST-DISPATCH going to pre ! Ihursday afteroon, April 10th, amounted to'324 months, divide, a radS 132 m"ths' P-itentiary 1?2 months, judge Shaw At January term of Court the roads sentences .amounted 10 ' hf 7T W6ek t0 204 raonth. pen sentences 156 months a total of 360 months. Judge J. Bis Ray presided ' H, R Jasper Forbis J. M. Billingsley T. L. Maske ' Oscar Carriker Vernon Allen Jno. M. Scales J, Lee Cashion waiter JS. McNaiiR. M. RanUn Willie McDonald D. C. Farlow A. Baldwin B. W. Pegram ATTRACTIVE EASTER AD VTS. Your especial attention is called to the well aranged and attractive Eas ter advertisements in this issue of the POST-DISPATCH. Along about 1920 a Greek, George Costas, conceived the j iaea of buying some German mnrl.-o which at tkat time had declined from a normal value of around 23 cents each, to a little over one cent each. He was lured by the "bargain buy," as indeed were thousands of other people in America. All thought that the German people and Government would eventually come out from un der, and cause their money to en hance in value. But George, and these thousands of other suckers, reckoned not on the wiliness and duplicity of the uerman mind. , George "invested" $205.50 in the f18" mas. buying 15,000 at 11.37 per 100. The marks were duly deposited in a German bank. And George sat beck with visions of much (Continuedon page 8) POSTMASTER LONG TO HOSPIT'L Postmaster W. F. Loner Tr loft here at noon todav (ThurHvi the Charlotte Sanatorium for a small operation. He has been sick since Sunday, but hopes to return from the hospital by the first of next week. ESCAPES FROM GANG. Roads 132 months SENTENCES: Penitentiary 192 months Tota! 324 months ... 4 months -.22 months -. 6 months -.48 months i months Roads : Eli Prince, colored, immoralty....... F B McCombs, white, transyorting" and'VosVessing"".""""" waiter Baldwin, colored, lorgery John Harrington, colored, L and R...I"."" George Owens, white, driving car drunk"" """ """ Charlie Harrington, colored, mfg liquor " " i mon,h Lewis Williams, colored, L and R, """"" " .7 month Bill tones, white, traasporting .... ' ju montns Ed. Hinson, white, receiving andpossVssing whiskey V.'.'.'SS.""."' 6 monthl Penitentiary: Junius Holder, white, larceny . Arthur Holder, white, larceny 3 years Coibett Cafloway. colored, B. and E """ ..-.. - 3 years Clayton Walker, colored, B. and E. . " ""-" -- 1 year Tommie Rollins, colored, R. S. P. " 3 years Tommie Ratcliffe, colored, larceny """"" " " r-- 3 years ' ... . 3 years MURDER CASE TRIAL. 38 WEIGHED 40 POUNDS. Stephen W. Steele is an authority on fish; he ought to be, for he says he is. And give him time, he will tell you the difference between "croppies," "chinkapins," and "gog gleeyes." In a letter last week from his cousin, Tom Steele, out in Ar kansas, he learned that Tom had the day previous caught 38 goggleeyes that veighed .40 pounds and they were caught in the space of an hour and a half. - --. Stephen W. says the most practical rule for telling when bass fishing is in order is when the dogwood is in blossom, provided the water is clear, the wind favorable and the bass are of a notion to bite that isassuming there are any bass there (it is this writer's experience that generally there are not.) ' QUARTERLY BANK REPORTS. In this issue can be seen the quar terly reports of the Rockingham banks, as required by law to be pub- usnea. MINSTREL POSTPONED. Owing , to unavoidable circum stances, the minstrel "show that was to have been given here Fridav nirht oy tne u. u. c, has been postponed ontu after Easter. HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS. Leaving her this morning for Cbapel Hill to take part in the final eliminaiioii of the state-wido hirii school debates, were Miss Sarah Ev erett, Maurie Cree. Jim Bell and Am- mie Webb. These four were th suc cessful debaters, against Laurinburg two weeks ago, thereby being en titled to take part "higher up.'1 Miss Virginia Benton was to have taken port in the eliminations, but unfor tunately developed mumps this week. The eliminations begin tonight, with the finals Friday night. Miss McDou gald accompanied the team. Also, going to Chapel Hill was Jack McDowell, who with Maurie Cree and Ammie Webb will take part in the state-wide track meet at the University. Coach Lawrence had planned for a large squad to repre- Kingnaia nigns, out so many of the boys had mumps and in fac Coach Lawrence himself is this week sick with mumns. and unabl t to Chapel HflL A white man, Sam liar caped from the chain gang Monday. He was a trusty. an3 of courso cnnl1 easily get away. He was on for 12 montns, and had served about 9. COMMANDERY INITIATES. Rockingham Command Templar this afternoon and tonight linursaay; are conferring the vari ous Sir Knight degrees upon 13 can- aiaaies irom Hamlet. At 7 :30 the Commandery will be served a banquet by the Episcopal Guild at the new high school build ing; covers wm be laid for 150. 1 The 13 candidates taking the de grees are: J. R. Lucas, J. E. Balk mun, C. H.Medlin, C. R. Cook, J W. Fletcher, E. A. King, A. C. Gard ner, A. G. Huguelet, R. M. Meredict, William D. Kaufman, L. A. Sox, Al bert James and E. C. Cowan. On last Tuesday night the follow ing newly elected officers were in ing newly elected officers for Rham Commandery were installed: Eminent Commander: Stansill Cov ington, . . Generalissimo: T. O. McEwen. Capt. Gen.:, Howard Hartzell. Senior Warden: H. F. Lone: Jun ior Warden': H. C. Gibson. Prelate: Bruce Benton. Treas.: W. N. Everett, Jr. Recorder: Jno. M. Scales. Standard Bearer: W. K. McNpill: Sword Bearer: E. B. Liles. Warden: Monroe Warburton. Sentinel; J. E. Sahdford. DEM. COUNTY CONVENTION County Convention to be Held Courthouse Saturday Afternoon at 3 O'clock. at mm OF COURSE YOU AREN'T. LIFE You don't need to be insured before you buy an acci- fn?hknSnnC-POlicy- Te m!st sensi"e PPle m this kind of insurance because they realize that haz- Sed6 mCreaS1'nS; a" the time and 'a?er to?be Protect yourself asainst the.loss of time and monev if you meet with a mishap.. Don't ne-lect jt"m?"ey lILirtl.l n The Democratic county convention will be held at the courthouse At Rockingham Saturday afternoon, April 12th, at 3 o'clock, the various precinct meetings having been held last Saturday.. , . .The chief business at the approach ing convention is the selection of delegates to the State convention which meets in Raleigh next Thurs day, April 17th. Inasmuch as all nominations are now made by the primary, a convention loses somewhat of Its old glory and interest But it is expected this coming convention will be a lively one for all that, The big fight at the State conven tion will perhaps be the effort of McAdoo supporters to have the con vention go on record as endorsing that man's candidacy. And the Mc Adoo supporters may try this at the Richmond county convention also. But it seems to be the sentiment of the State that unless a home man (Josephus Daniels) is endorsed, it were better to send an uninstructed delegation to the National convention which meets in New York June 10th. And it would no doubt be better for the Richmond county convention to send an uninstruoted delegation to F ' h ri."1 1 r t.i:i have their ' 1 ' I to 21 The trial of Willie Madison, negro of Hamlet, charged with the murder of his wife some weeks ago, came to an end late this afternoon, the Judge completing his charge to the jurv at 5:50 o'clock. As the paper goes to press at 6:30 the jury has the case. Madison is alleged to have killed his wife, and then placed the body at the foot of the steps of the. house to make it appear she had fallen; the motive alleged is another woman and fn ntNort nk,.i.i CnA .' .vi,i auuut puuu insurance on her life. . The trial began Wednesday after noon; it required 40 men hfm- jury could be secured. The 12 jurors passing on the. life or death of this man were W. Coney Steele, Monroe Warburton, P. A. Parsons, W. H Pusser, H. T. Rollins, E. N. Covirg "'rA',,2, WliBms, W.-M. McLeod, W. E. Crosland, Wv B. Nelson, R. R. btubbs, Grady Jenkins. Solicitor Hvdricle f nni... S. C, was employed by the dead woman's father to assist Solicitor rniUlPS in Drosppntiriff Aft., n Laurinburg, defended Madison. ' The evidence was concluded at noon today. Mr. Hydrick spoke for nmpMivS bSf?? ?inner' and Cox and Phillips finished their speeches t lAClik- Th? ?s charge Ul, nuui, na tne jury got the case at 6 o'clock. Another Homicide Case. ' The trial of "Walter Dockery, for his life, began immediately aftpr t.ha jury retired with the Madison case. Ihe selection of a jury from the spec ial venire was begun at 6:55. Court adjourned at 6:30 with 2 jurors se lected, and the trial will be resumed at 9:30 Friday morning. - He is de fended by Atty. Jones. He ia A no. gro, charged with, killing Ellen Ter ry bdoui 4 years ago, but managed to evade arrest until twn wsclro when he was finally apprehended in Kicnmona. hTe homicide case ae-ainst Nun nery and Morrison, of Carthage, charged with the death of Wade Moore, all white, some months ago, will not be tried until July term. Court will continue in session until noon Saturday. Superior Court for the trial of criminal cases convened at Rocking ham last Monday. April 7th. with Judge Thomas J. Shaw, of Greens boro, presiding. Ihe members of the Six Months' Grand Jury, empannelled at the Jan uary term, and of whom W. M. Cov ington is foreman, were all nresent at opening of Court, with the excep tion of H. R. Bolton, who has moved from the county. W. C. Lisk was sworn in as foreman of the Grand Jury. - - - - - Solicitor F. Don Phillips was as usual promptly on the job. The following jurors summoned for the petit jury this week, were excused: Eli Barrington, - William Brown, D. N. Poindexter and J. B. McNeeley. ' The Court Mill began grinding promptly. After a charge to the Grand Jury, the docket was takne up as follows: State vs Henry Hooker. He was convicted at April term, 1923, of abandonment, but appealed to the Supreme Court The verdict was affirmed, so Hooker goes to the roads to serve his 12 months sentence. A. P. Gurganus pleads guilty to transporting and possessing whiske". He is fined ?50 and costs. State vs Junius Holder, Arthur Holder and Henry McGee. A nol prog taken as to McGee. After hear ing the evidence, the jury returns verdict of guilty as to the two Hol der brothers. The JuJ-re sentences them to the penitentiary at hard la bor for three years each. It seems that two yonna: tounvls on tbir wry fiom J'.'w oi k to 1 i h , ' t f t ( in a . ' !i v, !, '. i 1 . ,. , . iroad. The two Holder along just as the car was leaving, and took possession of the coat. Thev paid the negro $1 not to say anything about it. After the tourists had gone perhaps a mile, they missed the coat and returned for it. They failed to find it, and naturally concluded that the negro had stolen it. They started back towards Rockingham and just as they crossed the pond they came across the negro. Rather than face imprisonment for something he had not done, he told on the Holder bov and their arrest followed shortly k?. found Ihe'hos burned them. All this happened Sur day afternoon, and as Colrtd cot vened next morning, they were ?hf l0U"d ,P-i,ty and sentenced the pen all , U hours t ft 0 thetheft Pretty qiek wort rkiUi the cap the escanade of these two Holder boys, they tried tn escape late Monday afternoon i oft- back to tL rVey"l? 552 Prisners W e from , the courthouse. fiSlifr f Sql1ad were "-ossin? on "V.T the filli? sta tion, the two Holder boys made a ft Jk PP-8ite directions; "one of the other prisoners attempted to get away, anr these two caufht withm a couple of blocks. 6 State vs Gent Williams. Plead costs. Same entry as to Will Green. PleH ?al ie M' Emberton than $20. She be ng under 16 the Judge fined her J10nd cosL. , State vs Eh Prince and Rosa San ders; prostitution. Plead - guilty " She sentenced to jail for 12 months, but capias not to issue until 6 p. m APri1 'th- (Chance to hit the grit out of the county and back to South Carolina.) Eli sentenced to road iui inonms. State vs Buck Sam. Hoka anA r. rie Sanders. Same charge as above. Same entry as to Carrie, and she hit the ball for the Palmetto State. Buck Sam drives a car here for for J. L. Armistead. The Judge first sentenc ed him to pay a fine, but when he ask ed that the entry against the woman be changed so he could marry her, : the Judge remarked that he was a sorrier negro than he had thought, and changed the sentence to 12 mon ths on the road. However, that he reconsidered the matter and let him go upon payment of $30 fine ; and costs. ' State vs F. B. McCombs. Pit ad guilty to transporting, possessing and receiving liquor. Sentenced to road for 18 months. In another case for gambling he is sentenced to 4 mon ths, this to begin after the 18 mon. ths sentence has expired. Young white man. . ,. , ..'.,. t State vs Curbelt Gallowgyrftea-tl" guilty to 1 &r and b & e. Goes to pen for 12 months. State vs Clayton Walker. . Plead guilty to larceny, and goes to pen for 3 years at hard labor. State vs Walter Baldwin, negro. Plead guilty to forgery. To road for six months. Grand Jury returns into open Court a true bill for murder against Willie , (Continued on Page 6) $5,000 FIRE AT ELLERBE Fire in Hogan Building at EMer-lie Tuesday Night Entail a Loss of $5,000. No Insurance. Town to Vote On Waterworks Bonds. The most disastrous fire the town of Ellerbe has experienced in some years was on Tuesday ni; ;U v hn the brick building owned by C. C. IV gan was gutted by fire. A petition was c'rn ' '... i i be a few d..vi i f - '.' ; of h;iv: !r mi ' - :.;.! ' :
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