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ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, MAY 8, 1924.
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Vol. 7. No. 23.
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fi Demonstration $
Department
Conducted by
W. H. BARTON
Ottfoa III CourMious, Rcfc!ilMm.
A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.
In last week's issue, in niy article
on feeding dairy cattle, a typographi
cal error made me say that a lQOft
pound cow requires as a maintenance
ration, "Previa 7 Ibst carbohydntfee
V lbs; fats U lb." Whereas I slid:
"Protein 7-10 lb; carbohydrates 7
lbs; fats 1-10 lb." There is a differ
ence. W. II. BARTOX
ASSORTED PILLS.
Poultry:
Kill or cage the rooster, now that
the hatching season is about over.
Eggs will keep better sell better,
and eat better. Eggs are now selling
at aboui the cost of production. Keep
the nests clean, gather the eggs daily
and put up in water glass far use or
sale lattr when the hens are un strike
during the moulting season.
Ask the county agent ar home
demonstration agents for St-tails in
egg preservation.
The Feed Bill:
That late, wet spring has-.arrived,
and we may have a relative continu
ation of such weather that will knock
the cotton crop. On the other hand,
we may have a hot dry suminier thru
out tiie South and make a bumper
cotton crop that would, under world
conditions, slay the price. In either
event, we should be badly damaged
or ruined. If, therefore, we haven't
prepared for food and feed jiroduo
tion, it would be wise to plant some
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STATE VALUATIONS
FORSYTH COUNTY REMAINS THE
RICHEST COUNTY IN STATE,
With "2 of the" 98 Counties report
ing to the State Department of Rev
enue showing increases in the valua
tion of taxable property and the oth-!
er 36 showing decreases, the entire
increase in the state last year was
only sixty :miUions of dollars. The
figures are $2,576,338,420 for 1922:
an d$2,G36,597,38G with the 1922
figures for Alleghany and Jackson
counties shown in the ' latter total,
nays the Raleigh News and Observer.
Under the law the counties were
last year permitted to do as they
pleased in respect to the valuation of
property, retain the old values of the
1920 valuation, adopt a horizontal
cut or order an entire new valuation.
Most of the counties, elected to keep
the valuation almost exactly where
they were and in a vast majority of
cases neither the increase nor de
crease is substantial, with the . total
figures showing a net increase of a
little more than two per eent.
The larger counties furnish prac-
- ticaly all the increase there was,
Buncombe county showing he larg
est and stepping up to join Forsyth,
Guilford and Mecklenburg,,, four
counties in the hundred million dol
lar class. Buncombe increased its
valuation from 93 to 116 millions, a
gain of 23 millions, or about 25 per
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OVERALLS $2.50 FOR $2.00.
For this Saturday only, we are
offering a good, well-made blue over
all and . work shirt for just $2.00.
These separately sell for $2.50. This
price for' Saturday only. Dockery
Mcwair Clothing Co.
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TORNADO DEATH
- After one accident, the chances are equally as great
. that you may have another one. , If you have made the
mistake of carrying no insurance, profit by it NOW.
.' When the need for insurance comes, it is too late, but
you can always guard against a recurrence of the same
thing by making the most of the lesson you learned.
RICHMOND INSURANCE & REALTY COMPANY
A, G. CORPENING, Ssc-Treas. , Offlc In Hotel Building
CHAUTAUQUA KEXT j
CANVASS FOR SALE OF SEASON
TICKETS TO BEGIN AT ONCE.
ADULTS $2.50, SCHOOL PUPILS
(ANY AGE) $1.254
As 'you readers know by this time,
the Chautauqua will come to Rock
ingham May 16th for a five-day's se
ries of entertainments. '
It is needless for this paper to
point out the real benefits to a com
munity from such . a Chautauqua.
Redpath is no stranger here; every
one who attended the previous Chau
tauquas here without doubt got much
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CLINIC AT ELLERBE.
The first of the niaternit y and
baby clinics to be held in Richmond
coijiil? naiiev the new county health
nurse program will take place at the
Ellerbe graded school building next
Tuesday, 13th, at 2:30 o'clock.
The clinic is for expectant mothers,
and for WELL babies under 2 years
old. All expectant mothers and
mothers who have well' children un
der two years of age, of thkt com
munity should attend this clinic. Dr.
E. Jl Andrews, of tae State Board
of Health, Miss Jane Costin, the
county maternity' nurse, and a local
physician will be present in a con
sulting and advisory capacity, :
BUILDING NEW RESIDENCE.
The contract was let by Mr. II. C
Rancke a few days ago to J. S.
Stearns, of Monroe, f or the election
of a two-story brick veneer residence
m : Fayetteville Road, on tht site
from which the old Cole house was
moved last year. The new house will
have green slate roof, with esipper
ridge rools, and will "be, one of the
beautiful dwellings of the city.
NEW HIGHWAY MAP.
The POST-DISPATCH is in receipt
of a new state map from the High
way department, showing the present
roads over the state, and giving the
distances from Rockingknm to every
county-seat m the state. The map is
on file in this office, and you are wel
come to see it. ':
SANDERS LOCKED UP.
Officers Reynolds, Covington.
Heeney and West-Wednesday night
searched the house of Cornelius San-
Jers, in lower Marks Creek, Many
empty bottles and quart jars were
lound, and one quart of whiskey.
Cornelius was lodged in jail at Rock
ingham, a ndso far has been unable
to furnish $500 bond.
WILSON IS LISTER.
Mr. R. B. Wilson is list-taker for
Beaver Dam township, succeeding
Mr. John Barrington, who dropped
dead at Hoffman last week.
POLITICAL CARDS
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for renomination for Register of
Deeds, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary June 7, 1924.
, ROBT. L. JOHNSON.
ANNOUNCEMENT, SHERIFF.
This is to announce my candidacy
for renomination for the office of
Sheriff, subject to the will of the
Democratic Party to be expressed in
the primary June 7th, 1924.
. H. D. BALDWIN.
FOR LEGISLATURE.
This is to announce my candidacy
for the House of Representatives,
subject to the Democratic primary to
be held June 7th. -
W .E. HARRISON.
ACCIDENT . FIRE LIGHTNING
SHAH GIRL WINS
MISS JOHNSIE HENRY BAGS IN
DIVIDUAL HIGH SCORING
HONORS IN COLLEGE TRACK
MEET AT N. C. C. W. MAY 3RD.
COMES NEAR MAKING A
STATE RECORD. ':
Rockingham High School has again
gained state-wide athletic honors.
Recently a Rockingham high school
young man gained by his individual
efforts third place in a state-wide
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COMMUNITY CIRCUS
Local Organization to Sponsor a
Community Circus and Jubilee
Last Week in June. Preliminary
Meeting Friday Night.
A meeting of the members of the
Ci,vitaus, Firemen, U. D. C, and
Grammar Grade division of the Parent-Teachers
Association (and of the
High School division and King's
Daughters if they decide to i.nk up
with the movement) is called for
tomorrow (Friday) night at 8 o'clock
at the graded school auditorium, at
which time plans will be outlined and
arrangements perfected for holding
the Community Circus and Jubilee
the latter part of June. It is hoped
a full attendance will be present.
Mr. Mcjver, of the producing com
pany of Charlotte, will meet with
the various civic organizations Fri
day night at 8 o'clock at the graded
school building, that are sponsoring
the Community Circus to be held
the last of June.
MR. CASQUE VERY LOW.
A message came this (Thursday)
afternoon from young Boyd Gasque
at Salisbury that his father, B. R.
Gasque, was desperately ill in a hos
pital there, and -would probably be
operated upon tonight. He has paral
ysis of the stomach.
MR. EVERETT IMPROVING.
The condition ' of Secretary of
State .W. N.' Everett shows a satis
factory improvement
He underwent a triple operation by
Dr. Brenizer at the Charlotte Sana
torium April 30th, for ulcer of the
stomach, appendicitis and -removal
of his gall bladder.
PURNELL APPOINTED CARRIER.
Burkett Purnell has been appoint
ed an R. F. D. Carrier, following the
examination held some months ago;
and it is understood that T. Berry
Liles will be (at his request) switched
to Route 6 and Purnell put on Route
2. The change will be made perhaps
around the 19th.
Mrs. A. T. West, of Wilmington.
Delaware, was here last week visiting
her sister, Mrs. D. C. Thrower, and
the Cashwell family.
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SHERIFF HAS SMALLPOX.
Since April 28th Sheriff Homer
Baldwin has been confined to his
house with a case of smallpox; how
ever, however, he is now practically
over the attack, and will be out in a
few days. -
ADDING MACHINE.
For sale, a Dalton adding machine
and Oliver typewriter. Sefe W E. Mc
Nair. .
WORK CLOTHES AND SHOES.
We carry a complete line of work
clothes and, shoes Hinson-Leak
Co. advt
BLOOMING PLANTS $1.00.
'Specials for Saturday.
' A sale of all kinds of blooming
plants Saturday for Mother's Day.
Anything you select $1.00, and a
Geranium to plant in porch box goes
with each sale. Watson-King Co.,
Phone 35.
TO REDUCE FEES
OF SHERIFF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN
SESSION LAST MONDAY PASS
RESOLUTION ASKING NEXT
LEGISLATURE TO REDUCE
FEES ALLOWED THE SHER
IFF'S OFFICE. JUNE JURY
DRAWN FOR COURT.
The Board of County Commission
ers met in regular'; monthly session
last Monday, with all five members
present-town, airman n . v,. vv an, .
Li. u. r mter.ey, ur. vauueu, x. ii.
Battley and A. T. White.
In addition to the usual routine of
bills allowed, and paid, the Beard
considered several important matters.
It was ordered that J. D. Mason,
the tobacco demonstrator, send in a
report on the tobacco work. Also,
that regular monthly reports be re
ceived from the various county agen
cies county physician, welfare offi
cer and health nurse.
After discussion it was the sense
of the Board that an act shall be in-.'..-
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MEMORIAL DAY DINNER
Dinner Etc For Confederate
Vets.
Five Died Thic Past Year.
, The IT-. D. C. will be hosts to the
Confederate veterans of the, county
at a 'dinner to be served in the domes
tic' science room of the new high
school building Saturday, May 10th,
this being the annual Memorial' Day.
At 1! o'clock the veterans will as
semble in the new high school audi
torium, and a song program rendered,
with talks' by Comrade Hall, from
Red Springs, and other veterans.
The dinner will be served around
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The veterans will be admitted free
on Saturday to the picture show and
vaudeville show here, and Fox,
Fowlkes, and Lyon drug stores have
gladly agreed to furnish free drinks
to them.
At the Memorial dinner last year
there were 23 Confederate veterans
present, but five of these have
"passed over the River." The five
are: . ' .. : - .'
Lawrence Latham, Co. F, 46th.
'-" J. C. New, Co. B, 31st. "' "
W. H. Roberts, Co. L, 43rd.
J. F Gay, Co. E, 38th.
W. D. Ingram, Co. II, 38th. ": ;
It is hoped every one 'of the vet
erans who were present last year,
who are living, will be present Sat
urday, as well as other .Confederate
veterans who perhaps could not come
last year. The line is growing thinner
and thinner; and the Daughters are
happy to .honor them.
The 23 veterans present at the
dinner last year were:
Sip Hart, W. D. Ingram, E. N. In
gram, Harrison Shepherd, Nelson'
McAskill, M. L. Morrison, Lawrence
Latham, J. C. New, J. W. Hancock,
E. C. Cole, W. H Roberts, A. P.
Quick, Stephen W. Wall, J. H. Cov
ington, R. C. Meacham, J., A, McAs
kill, B. W. Luther, J. F. Gay, J. B.
Brewer, Roger Pinckney, S. K. Pate,
W. B. Dawkins, W. R. Covington.
CAR BREAKS LEG.
While standing beside the road, on
Watson Heights, Saturday afternoon,
Ed. McGee, of Wolf Pit, suffered a
broken leg. A car, driver unknown,
passed and knocked him down; it
kept going and is understood to have
run into Gaither's car several hun
dred yards up the road; and it still
kept going. , '. . .,. .
Dr. Everett set the broken leg for
the unfortunate man, and he is get
ting along nicely.
PEE DEE SCHOOL.
Pee Dee School closes this week.
Closing exercises consist of a pro
gram to be given in the school audi
torium Thursday night and a. May
Day Festival on the school grounds
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock, May
9th. :
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RHAM HIGHS ELIMINATED LUM
BERTON LAST FRIDAY AND
ARE CHAMPIONS OF THIS
GROUP. WILL PLAY SMITH
FIELD AT SANFORD MAY
9TH. NEARING TOP IN STATE
WIDE BALL CONTEST.
Elimination Scores:
Rham 11, Raeford 9.
Rham 11, Laurinburg 2.
Rham 20, Lumberton 4.
With the decisive defeat of Lum-
Wt . n Laurinburg last Friday by
score of 20-4, Rockingham Highs be
came champions of this Group, and
advanced one more notch in the up
ward climb for state-wide high-school
baseball championship honors.
This victory over Lumberton now
throws Rockingham to play Smith
field at Sanford at 3 o'clock tomor
row (Friday). There are only four
teams undefeated in the eastern di
vision -Rockingham, Smithfield, and
Washington and Woodland. If Rock
ingham wins from Smithfield, then
i we play the winner of the Washing
I ton-Woodland game on next Tuesday,
13th, at either Raleigh or Chapel
I Hill. And then the winner of that
'game becomes the eastern champions
and will be entitled to play the west
jern champions at Chapel Hill Satur-
day, May li tn, lor . tne state cnam
pio.nship. .And local fans believe
strongly that Rockingham Highs are
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THOUGHT IT WAS FIRE.
The fire alarm was sounded last
Friday night at 11:09 from the Ste
p'hehsonrBelk corner,: but the truck
found no fire. A negro saw the Wade
restaurant apparently covered with
j smoke, in a nearby alley, and think
ing it was fire, turned in the alarm.
The smoke came from a pipe that
connects through the side, of the
building. .
TO MOVE EXPRESS OFFICE.
The lease of the express company
on the room in the Watson building,
on South Lee street, expires June 1st,
and a renewal will cost the company
$60 a month, more than what the
company has been paying.'
: Accordingly, new quarters " have
been arranged in the McLaurin brick
building on Pearl street, and Agent
J. W. Dawkins will move to the new
office on May 20th. .
IN PRISON ACCOUNT OF LOOKS.
Mr. T. B. Covington, who is stay
ing temporarily at Wadesboro, spent
Wednesday and today here. : He was
a member of the old Pee Dee Guards,
was wounded three times and cap
tured at Ft. Fisher on Jan. 15, 1865,
lodged in military prison at Elmira,
New York, and did not reach home
after the surrender until July 4th.
He says he can't imagine why the
Yanks kept him in prison so long un
less it was because of his looks. He
will be .79 on June 9th, and his
friends hope he will have many years
yet of health and happiness.
R. L. INSTEAD OF B C.
In the list of Registrars and Judges
of Election published in last week's
issue, the Registrar for Wolf Pit No.
4 was given as B. C. Ussery. This is
a mistake. It is R. L. Ussery who is
the Registrar.
HARD SURFACE COMPLETED.
The final barrow of concrete com
pleting the 2000-foot stretch from
The Rockets through Great Falls vil
lage to Hitchcock creek, was poured
last Saturday, and the street is now
open as far as the railroad crossing
opposite the Great Falls mill. From
the crossing to the creek will remain
closed for two weeks, it requirine
that length of time to harden prop
erly.
It is not a joke book, but one that always brings a happy, contented smile to
the possessor. . , , - -
It pays you to own one of these books. And it gives you business standing, too.
We refer to one of our bank books which shows regular entries. Come in today
and start yours your book- of smiles,
WORRY WANT UNCERTAINTY:
Bitter, persistent enemies of your happiness, are never known in the homes of savings
depositors. A well tended savings account in this bank will introduce you to Security,
Happiness, and Contentment. .
DISTRICT VOTES
$40,000 BONDS
ROHANEN SCHOOL DISTRICT
VOTES BY LARGE MAJORITY
FOR $40,000 BOND ISSUE TO
ADD 12 ROOMS TO SCHOOL
BUILDING. WILL BE LARGEST
SINGLE SCHOOL IN COUNTY,
WITH 20 ROOMS AND AUDI
TORIUM. School district No. 7, in Wolf Pit
township, better known as Rohanen
school, last Saturday, May 3rd, voted
to issue $40,000 in serial bonds with
which to enlarge the present school
building..
The registration was 292, and 215
actually voted for the bonds, while
77 failed to vote, and of course were
counted as against the proposition
(though as a matter of fact it is
doubted if very few of these were
really against the issue.)
. The mill villages of Roberdel, Han
nah Pickett and Ehtwistle (hence
the name "Ro-Han-En") and the
w mill village of Leak, principally
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CANDIDATES SCARCE.
So far only three candidates have
thrown their hats into the political
ring. They are:
Sheriff Baldwin for Sheriff. .
Bob Johnson for Register.
W. E. Harrison for House.
The time for filing entrance for
the June 7th primary will soon be
over. But little interest is apparent
in the approaching primary, and even
Old Rumor is a bit slow this year.
However, before the filing time ex
pires May 24th there may be others
contesting with the above gentlemen,'
but so far the waters appear to be
unruffled and calm. It bids fair to
be a quiet primary. . '
MANGUM SCHOOL CLOSING.
The Mangum School Commence
ment will begin: Tuesday night, May
13, with an operetta.
Wednesday night, May 14, a play
"Deacon Dubbs," will be given.
A cordial invitation is extended to
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OLD VETERAN HERE.
Veteran R, C. Meacham came from'
above Ellerbe to Rockingham today
and will 'remain over for the Memo
rial Day exercises here Saturday.
Mr. Meacham will be 83 next January
2nd. lie was in Co. E, 38th regi
ment. ' . ,
LADY WARNED TO MOVE.
Some scoundrel with a fiendish
mind a few nights ago scribbled a
note and .'left .in. on-the porch of
the house occupied by a widow in
Rockingham. The note warned her
to move, or' she would be burned out.
Of course she is paying no atten
tion to such dirty work. And if the
miscreant who tried to scare an old
lady in this way should be discovered,
he will be handled by the law. It is
thought it was written by some one
who hoped she would move out and so
he could rent the house himself.
FIRE ALARM WEDNESDAY
The fire alarm was sounded at
3:09 Wednesday, from Box 14. The
large truck was roaring up the street
in exactly 8 seconds from the first
tap of the bell. The shingles around
the kitchen flue of Oscar Covington's
house (colored) on Rockingham
Road were on fire, but by prompt re
sponse the flames were extinguished
in their incipiency.
ASSISTANT EMBALMER.
W. N. Lee, of Swainsboro, Geor
gia, will come here Friday to accept
a, position with "Watson-King as as
sistant embalmer to W. W. King.
Both Mr. Lee and his wife have Geor
gia licenses in embalming; they have
two children and the famny will come
as soon as a house can be secured.
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