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' VOL.2. ; . ROCKINGHAM, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1924. . - NO. 47.
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Albemarle streets were crowded from early morn until late at night, Saturday. The occasion was the Rural Commencement of the County
cho.ols. Thousands of school children and parents and teachers and those who did not have school children were present.
The parade started down at Hearne's grove about ten o'clock. !
The parade was over an hour passing a given point.
Each school was in a crowd by itself, accompanied by its teachers as Captains. Most of the girls in each school had a dress of distinctive color.
Some very fine floats were in the parade. Floats were in from East Albemarle, Richfield, New London, Aquadale, Endy, Oakboro, Stanfield
Clairmont and Millingsport.
After the parade the following program was carried out at the Court Ious'e.
: 10:45 A. M.-Debate-City School Auditorium-"Resolved Thafthe Inter-Alien War Debt Should be Cancelled."
r Affirmative-New London: Christine Miller, Mary Ross Ritchie. Negative-Endy: Dolleta Bost, Nora Burleyson.
: Preliminary Singing Contest, E. Albemarle. New London, ftichfield and Clairmont. .
10:45-Court House-Affirmative-Endy: Bertha Smith, Margaret Morton. Negative-New London: Clay Miller, Jennie Lee Blalock.
.r Preliminary Singing Contest-Millingport, Stanfield, Oakboro, Endy and Aquadale.
AFTERNOON PROGRAM:
2:00 P. M.-City School Auditorium-Reading Contest. !
Beulah Parker-E. Albemarle-Tse Bad." MildredRogers-Richfield-"Under the Buggy Seat." Annice Huneycutt-Clairmont- "Naughty
Zell." Annie Lou Sides-Millingport-'Kentucky-Belle." Nettie Temple-Locust-"How a Girl Saved the Lightning Express." Mary Alma
Hinson-Oakboro-'Before the War." Bertie Hinson-Endy-"Mrs. Smart Learns to Skate." Merle Tausch-Aquadale-"Nothing' to Do Till
June." Eugenia Lanier-Norwood-"Entertainining the Missionary Lady."
2:00 P. M.-Court House-Declamation Contest. ' :'""
" Ramie Turner-E; Albemarle-"The Poker Scrape." Bennett Crooke-New London-"Mother, Home and Heaven." Alvin Rowland-Milling-port-"Paw's
New Car." James Love-Stanfield-"My Trip to Chicago." Edgar Lambert-En dy-"The Unknown Speaker." Alfred Ledbet-ter-Hinson-"
America, a World Power." G. G. Lampley-Norwood-'Bud's View." Awardin g prizes at City School.
CONTRIBUTORS r h:.:: : . V -v-v-'
Morrow Bros. & Heath Company; International Harvester Co. (Charlotte) ; Albemarle Real Estate & Ins. Co.; Stanly Hardware Co.; Cabarrus
Savings Bank; F. W. Austin & Sons; Austen-Wolfe Motor Co.; General Seating Co. (Charlotte) ; E. E. Snuggs; Stanly Auto Co. ; Hickory Handle
& Mfg. Co.; (Conover) ; Albemarle Plumbing Co.; Stanly Bank & Trust Co.; First National Bank; Riff s Department Store. ,
Forced to Sell Out For
wan
oi Proper
Baching
During the past year several people have wanted to buy Selders' Weekly," Newspaper and Job Plant. The plant was not' for sale then. How-'
ever, it was not then nor has it ever been a paying investment, owing to several reasons which we might mention, but we abstain from particular
izing. : '' . v ' ''-" -V'v":
We have been in hopes that matters would right themselves and that things would "look up," but not so. We have done our best to give the
people their full money's worth, both in the newspaper and in job work. The latter has been good and we had to use what we made off from the
job work to keep up the paper. It has been a great annoyance to us and also worry and that is worse now as my aid in that has given up the job
Several years ago I hired an old colored woman to do my worrying at FIVE dollars a year. She did a good job and took all the worry off my
shoulders buttheunforseen happened. She died, and since then I have had to do my own worrying and that adds an extra load to my duties.
The plant has been sold to the Stanly Republican However, the local news will be looked after the same as usual. All advertising contracts
and subscriptions will be taken care of by: the new company: . . .
.1 will devote the most of my time in special writing. The only part of the newspaper, business I care about. - ;
A new serial will be started in the first paper issued by the new company. " -
It will be of interest to a great many as it will take up Southern life with its many idiosyncrasie s with a love story combined.
My stay in Rockingham has been very pleasant and I have made some warm friends as well a s some who are not. Any man who has a bit of
personality does that or else he does not amount to much.
I will have to oversee the dismantling and re-installing 6"f the plant. ... " ' ; T
All claims against Selders' Weekly or A Selders will be paid by him and all accounts 'owing to the Newspaper should be paid to him as soon as
possible, as we wish to have a clean slate as we go hence. ' . ' " ' .
' - ' ' - 1 A. Selders. .:
An Epidemic
of Lawlessness
'Saturday night and Sunday were Red LetterDays in. Rock
ingham for lawlessness). But if a person should take note, they
vrtt I'alvvays find that right alter1 a criminaHerm of court t he re
is more law breaking than at any other time.
D. D. Yates was arrested Saturday night by Chief pi Police
for reckle?S driving. He gave bond. In less than forty minu
tes afterward the Sheriff arrested him for driving a car while
drunk and carrying concealed weapons. He' was jailed. .
K. D. Grant, Jr.; was arrested for operating a car while
drunk and carrying a concealed weapon.! Jailed. v ;
v Jy Cain was- arrested for being drunk and transporting
whiskey. Jailed.' , " ''- . -
Dpbb Singletary was arrested, for being drunk. Jailed.
These were arrested Sunday. . : .,
' Saturday night the Chief arrested Jajnes Buckles for reck
less driving. , . . -
Carrie Ingram, Mary Cook, Albert Skipper and Coy Sto
ver, all colored arrested for F & Div
Deputies Reynolds and Darby Covington captureda fine
copper still near Hoffman, Sunday morning. - '
, Darby Covington went Monday to Salisbury to get John
Ward, who is wanted for breaking into The Farmers' . Union
Store at Ellerbe, about a year ago.-; - . .
, Sheriff Baldwin recovered the car stolen from the Stand
ard Oil Company about a week ago, about five miles from town
in the vwood3. The car had been stripped of about everything
that could be removed. ,
This completes the list for a 24 hour stretch. .
Col G. D. B. Reynolds,
. . , National Delegate
Col. G. D. B. Reynolds of Albemarle was elected a dele
gate from the Eighth Congressional District to Cleveland,
last Friday at Statesville.
' This is a well deserved honor that has come to Col. Rey
nolds.' He is one of the. Republican, wheel horses 'in .Stanly
county. He is a very clever speaker and when the campaign is
orb he is out nightly making addresses to the voters. He wields
a big influence and almost the whole West Stanly will' swear by
him. He is one of those Republicans, who is a Republican the
whole year around. He is riot like some, only a Republican,
when the offices are to doled but, in fact he never has been
greedy for office. In our opinion no better choice could have
been made. .. ' ,
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M. L. Tucker and Att'y Boggan attended court at Wades
boro, Friday. " , ' 1
Mrs. M. L. Tucker and cl :ldren took in the Commencement
at Albemarle, Saturday. " :- ' ; ;
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: Miss Tauline Williams and two chums spent Sunday out of
town.
Bailey Makes
"Issues" Clear
Speaking at Wake Forest College Josiah William Bailey,
candidate for the democratic gubernatorial nomination, de
Glared, htv recognized that thn presnnt ariTninjst.rntinn ' nf- fh
state was against him and that he' welcomed the issue and
would fight it to the finish. . He also declared that there was
nothing of importance in control of the state convention, and
that the primary rally would decide the issue. Mr. Bailey als
outlined? his stand on certain questions, lie spoke in part au
follows:.' ''
"I am standing for the following causes:
1. Political liberation, which means an honest election
and primary law, a secret ballot, and the prevention of the use
of money or other corrupting means in "politics; the curbing cf
the power of public servants. This puts the professional politi
cians against me . ' ,
-"2. Tax reform, which means the shifting of the burden
of taxation from land to other sources. I propose to have tki
state to either take over more burdens of government, now rest ing
land, or to turn back to the counties in order to relieve?
land. :-' . : . ; v
"3. Sound economy in the expendiature of public money.
A dollar's worth of service for the tax payer's d:"Iar.
"4. I stand also for justice for the people i i tr i ."r cf
freight rates. I oppose the monstrous disci' ' ' i i i :' .
o'f Virginia cities,;-and I advocate lower Kitrs t! : 'l.,,ut V :
state. , . '