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i SUBSCRIPTION RATES: , Ore Year $2. CO Six month jl.CO Three months..- .75 Single copies Ilk each J U A I La New Ysri Fitwts Cktti TUaj W 23.72 CW2100 523.33 j RicLiiska Market July 3 ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, JULY 3, 1924. $2.00 PER YEAR Vol 7. No. 31. A v Fsrni Demonstration j! Canduct! by t W. H. t A It TO II FAIR PLAY. Doctor Greenin, of the Bureau of Animal Industry, is here in the inter est of tuberculosis eradication among cattle in Richmond county. The U. S. Department of Agricul ture is offering to furnish a large part of the necessary expense of the work and in cooperation with the State Department, to indemnify own ers for all reacting cattle. V This, according to Dr. Greenin, is the last year these funds will be available to counties for this work; and he says that in all probability the next session of the legislature will enact a law to make eradication com pulsory in each county of the State. If, therefore, we fail to avail our selves of this fund this year, the prob ability is that we shall have it to do at double the expense and will also ' lose the indemnity on all reacting cattle. Fair Warning. We have circulated petitions in several parts of the county, but have not had time to reach all the people. We take this opportunity, therefore, for notifying all the people that this question is to be brought before the County Board of Commissioners on the first Monday in July, and all who tl- oppose the same are at liberty to ap : pear and make known such objection. Otherwise, failure to do so will be taken as their endorsement of the same. W. H. Barton. LAST CALL. . . The long looked for wt summer is here and cotton prospects are dis- couraging. Corn, for some reason, looks shabby. Judging from the amount of grass in most of it, I judge that it has been neglected in order that the cottqn might be "cleaned." There is much cotton that can'fc, pos sibly make a profitable yield under any conditions, with the weevil pres .ent. . There are but six wekes at the very highest estimate, in which to mature a; cotton crop; and it may be less than that. If we make a half crop we shall be doing well:. However, the outlook seems dull for cotton pro duction thruout the South, and a half crop may. and should, bring more money than a full crop. We are not prepared on the ques- tion of foods and feds as we might be and yet be if we act promptly, (Continued on Pagi 3) CENTENARIAN DEAD Negro Die at Age of 101 Year. Wells Bostick, colored, died at the County Home Sunday, and was buried there Monday. He had been at the Home for the past six years. Wells ,was beyond doubt the oldest man in jucrnnona county, via resi dents of the Ellerbe section substan tiate his claim that he was around 100 years old, and he himself insisted that he was born Dec. 1822. If this is correct, xhis age at the time of his death was 101 years, 6 mos. and 4 days. TORNADO KILLS 100. A tornado swooped down upon the small city of Lorain, and other points in Utoo, baturday, and killed 100 ceo. pie and did property damage to ex tent oi over 530,000,000. k i Tiin mil i9 k and destroys the savings of a lifetime in; a f ew seconds. -;; r : : - ;BV--. ARE YOU PROTECTED AGAINST IT? Wind causes twice as much damage as fiire and lightning combined, yet few property ' ' owners take the precaution to insure against such loss. Don't Delay Get Your Policy Today. The rate is low and the protection great. ,IAUY PAPERS ENDORSE GRIST SCORES OF WEEKLY PAPERS ARE ADVOCATING FRANK D. GRIST FOR COMMISSIONER OF LABOR & PRINTING. SECOND PRIMARY JULY 5TH. Commissioner of Labor & Printing: (Vote for one, making X mark in square opposite name of your choice.) FRANK D. GRIST M. L. SHIPMAN It is rather singular the unanimity with which the weekly newspapers of this immediate 'section are en dorsing and advocating the candidacy of Frank D. Grist for Commissioner of Labor and Printing. - Among those we note the Laurin- burg Exchange, Hamlet News-Mes senger, Vass Pilot, Troy Montgom- erian, Albemarle News-Herald, the Wadesboro M. & I. and Rockingham Post-Dispatch these being in this immediate section ; besides many oth er papers scattered throughout' the State. 1ft the June 5th primary only 80,- 000 voters out of a total of 200,000 expressed a preference for .Mr. M. L, Shipman. There evidently is a reason why the present Commissioner failed by OVER 40,000 votes of getting a majority in the first primary. Would it have been fair to these 120,000 voters had Grist declined to enter second primary especially when in fully 60 of the 100 counties there are primaries for COUNTY officers? The claim from Mr. Shipman. or his friends that the state should not be put to the expense of this second pri mary falls flat when it is realized that second primaries are again being held in over half of the counties. Grist is worthy and well qualified for the job. He has had 18 years practical experience as a printer; he is a militant Democrat, and combined with, his mental qualifications is the physical fact of his splendid service record in the World War he serving actively nany months in France and having been seriously wounded in the face in the Meuse-Argonne . Drive which kept him in hospitals for nearly a year. : , the statement has come from Ral eigh that the newspapers of i,he state are solidly behind Mr. Shipman. This letter is written to disabuse the pub lic mind of any such idea. As al ready mentioned, in this southern portion of the state we find the pa pers in , Anson, Scotland, Moore, Richmond, Montgomery and Stanly solidly behind GRIST and the POST- DISPATCH is constrained to believe there must be a very good reason for this oneness of editorial opinion. Here in Richmond county it is con fidently predicted Grist will receive a handsome majority. . SUPERIOR COURT. Superior Court for the trial of civil cases will convene at Rocking ham July 14th, with Judge Henry Lane presiding. Calendar of cases set for trial can be seen in. this issue A term for criminal cases convenes July 21st. - MILLS CLOSING DOWN. Roberdel Mill . No. 2 is closed this entire week, as, is Midway mill. Rob erdel No. 1 closed Wednesday night, Pee Dees and ' Entwistle, Hannah Pickett will close tonight (Thursday) as will also Steele's Mills, and all of these reopen next Monday morn ing. Great Falls closes tonight, and will remain closed for at least ten days.' 1890 AUTO LICENSES. To date (July 3rd) the Rocking ham branch of the State auto license bureau has issued 1890 licenses.. nAnT rr i ii immd. 7 COMMUNITY CIRCUS $255.09 COMMUNITY CIRCUS CLOSED SATURDAY NIGHT. WOMEN'S MINSTRELS A HIT. FOUR LO CAL ORGANIZATIONS CLEAR ED $31.88 EACH. The Community Circus has come and gone. The promoters did not expect to make a fortune from it, and in fact the four sponsoring organiza tions would have been satisfied to have broken even. But as it turned out, each of the four cleared exactly $31.88! Receipt ; .$1764.23 Disbursement $1509.14 Balance .$ 255.09 ' This $255.09 was divided half and half between Mr. Mclver, of the pro ducing company, of Charlotte, and the four local' sponsoring organiza tions, which made Mr. Mclver receive $127.55, and the Firemen, U. D. C, Civitans and Grammar Grade Associ ation $127.54. This $127.54 divided into four parts gave each organiza tion $31.88. The expenses were kept down vy well, and stores etc gave the Circus a close price on articles etc bought; An instance is the 16-page, 2000 copies, program printed by the POST DISPATCH. This paper charged only $74.00 for the job, whereas the iden tical job as estimated by Jos. J. Stone Printing Co., of Greensboro, should have cost $171.75. The advts in this program brought in a total of around $375 into the Circus treasury. T,he tented enclosure was on the lot just south of the Hotel. The Circus (Continued on Page 3) PICTURE SHOW CHANGES H. H. Anderson and M. H. French Now Jointly Own the Garden Theatre and Star Theatre. Effective July 1st, M. H. French sold a half interest in his Garden theatre leases at Rockingham, Ben- nettsville and Anderson, S. C, and the the Star picture show at Rock ingham, to Mr. H H. Anderson, who formerly owned the Hamlet theatre and who has been in the theatrical business for eight years. . He and Anderson have incorporated their new company under the name of The Garden Theatre Company. It is not known as yet as to the plans of the owners, other than to continue tab shows at the Garden and pictures at Garden and Star, as at present. Mr. Anderson, is is un derstood, will have the general man agement of all the houses, with head quarters here. BASEBALL JULY 4TH. Double-Headess Rham-Hamlet. The Rockingham All-Stars ! and Hamlet's best will battle in a double- header baseball game tomorrow, July 4th. The, morning game will be' at Rockingham at 10 o'clock, and after noon game at Hamlet at 3:30. Shorty Lawrence is assembling a bunch of players who will knock the Hamlet railroaders into the proverbial inno cuous desuetude. SENATE NOMINEES. The Democratic nominees for the State Senate from this 18th district to be .voted on Nov. 4th are L. M. Blue, of Scotland county, and H. D. Townsend, of Davidson county. This district is composed of Rich mond, Montgomery, Scotland and Davidson, and is entitled to two Sen ators. Richmond and Montgomery had the Senators two years ago, and now the other two counties get them. FRIDAY A HOLIDAY. Tomorrow (Friday) is a legal holi day, -and the banks will be closed, the postoffice have Sunday hours and the Carriers take a day off. i j j EXCESSIVE RAINS V FELL IN JUNE 8.44 INCHES RAIN FELL DURING JUNE. NORMAL IS 4.7S. CROPS BADLY WASHED AND ROAD DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT PROBABLY $50,000. June has been perhaps the wettest month in many years, in this section; and if the old saying of a wet June turning out a poor cotton crop holds true, then Richmond county will fall considerably short of 20,384 bales produced in 1923. The normal rainfall in June here abouts is about 4.75 inches. But n total of 8.44 inches fell during the month, according to the records kept by the local government guage. On last Sunday night from 9:30 until 11:30 the rainfall here at Rock ingham measured exactly 1.97 inches; and almost every afternoon during the past two weeks some part of the county has been visited by hard rain storms. Oil the afternoon of June 17th a very hard rain fell across the J. M. Doekery lands, and on the 18th the rains descended upon the basins that empty into the H. C. Wall fish pond, causing the concrete dam to break. These two rains played havoc with the Wolf Pit roads, washing out three fills on the Sandhill road and closing it for a short while. The rains these past. few days have badly washed every road in the coun ty; fills have sloughed off, ridges washed across roads, sand washed irom news across what was once nicely clayed roads, and culverts un dermined. A conservative estimate of the damage done to the roads of Richmond county already by the rains is placed at $50,000 and the rains may not be over yet.: Hitchcock creek that runs on the northern and western edge of Rock ingham, was unusually high Monday and Tuesday. On Monday the waters were fully a foot over the bridge, and traffic was suspended westward through West Rockingham. B.A L. NEW SERIES 30th Series Started July 1st. $10,300 To Be Paid Out on the 15th. Own Your Home With Rent Money. The Richmond County B. & L. Association began its 30th series Tuesday, and the indications are that the share-holders will exceed the number of shares (841) that were taken out in the 29th series Jan. 1st. Shares can be taken Out in this new series any time within the next few days, and they will be dated and counted as though taken out July 1st. A he series maturing now numbered 103 shares (started nearly 7 years ago,) and the company wUl "bay out on the 15th of this month $7,600 in paid-off mortgages, and $2,700 in Cash. " - : The B. & L. is a most excellent way to save and OWN. It is the boon of the man on wages; the weekly or monthly payment plan enables a man to accumulate that which he or she would not have if perhaps tried any other way. If you are interested in this method of 'owning a home, get in touch with Corpening and get in on this new series that is just starting. NOTICE OF MEETING OF ; . PENSION BOARD. The County Board of Pensions will meet in the office "of the Clerk of the Court on Monday, July 7th, at 10 o'clock, a. m., for the purpose of re vising the pension list, receiving ap plications for pensions, and to trans act any other business that may come before the Board. E. C. COLE, Chairman.' i W. S, THOMAS, Clerk. . MARRIAGE LICENSES. . June ;28 Alonzo J. Ruby Bullard, white. Hodges and )dococooooocoodoococo0eoocococococccr i ARE THE MAINSTAY OF ANY HOME EVERW COMFORT, every luxury, 'every article in the household, which makes life so pleasant, is made . possible by your best friend, MONEY. A savings account will enable you to f ollow the natural course your position in life dictates. It will be your friend in both fair and stormy ' weather, and will grow rapidly under the impetus of 4 : per cent interest. ; v r If you have no checking account, start cno tod: 7 CONVENTION IN DEADLOCK McADOO HAS STRONG LEAD IN BATTLE OF BALLOTS. DEM OCRATIC CONVENTION IS TIED UP TIGHT. DARK HORSE MAY WIN. END NOT YET IN SIGHT. At 2:45 o'clock today, the 52nd ballot stood: McAdoo 412 Smith 320 Ralston 93 Davis 59 (McAdoo has lost 93 votes since the 42nd ballot Wednesday night. Ralston has gained considerably. Convention will resume balloting tonight.) . Up until 2 o'clock this (Thursday) afternoon the balloting in the Dem ocratic National Convention in New Yark City was still in progress, with candidate named. McAdoo was still leading, with Gov. Smith next, and many favorite sons trailing along behind. ' It would take a wise man to predict the outcome. There are 1098 votes in the convention, and it requires two-thirds, or 732, to nominate. At the end of the 42nd ballot Wednesday night the vote stood: McAdoo 503.4, Smith 318.6, Davis 67 The convention was called to order June 24th.' The first few days were consumed in committees and working out a platform. Finally this platform was submitted to the convention on Saturday, with a vote taken on the League of Nations plank, wherein the convention voted to submit a referendum to theh voters at the November election ; and the second contested plank was the effort of the (Continued on Page 5) FOOTBALL PROSPECTS Rockingham 1924 Schedule ... . . Rockingham Highs had a cracking good football team last fall, and made a record that distinctly placed Rock ingham on the athletic map of the state. And viewed from every angle, the 1923 season was a success ful one with Oak Ridge defeated 7-0, State Fresh licked 7-3, Shelby trounced 13-7 and the strong Monroe team held to a scoreless tie. But Coach Lawrence has arranged just as hard, if not harder, schedule for this coming fall. He will have practically the entire squad of last fall, excepting McDowell, Ammie Webb and one or two others; .but Winston Hiner, Stud Ludwig, Lee Ballard, Harry West, Robert and Walter Covington, Jesse Phifer, Cliff Allred, Lish Gibson, Billy Meacham, C, Lisk, G. Maurice, P. Ellerbe, and the other fellows will be going even stronger than last year, and there is one strong player from the Snyder family who moved to Rock ingham from Monroe about a month aero to make- their home. Coach Lawrence has made his fall schedule with the idea of having as many games at home as possjble. The schedule is a good one, and a win ning team is the prospect. 1924 Schedule; ,. Sept. 26 -Hamlet here. ! Oct. 3 Fayetteville here. Oct. 11 Charlotte there. Oct. 17 Sanford at Pinehurst. ' Oct. 21 Aberdeen here.' Oct. 24 Raeford here. BABY CLINIC. , There will be a baby clinic at the graded school building at Rockingham Friday afternoon, July 4th, at 3 o'clock. Mothers are asked to bring children under IVt years old. Miss Carpenter, Nurse. I NO TAX ON MESSAGES. Effective. tonight at midnight, the federal tax on long distance phone messages is removed.' The tax has been 5c for messages over 15c; and 10c over 50c ' COTTON CROP 12,144,000 BALES GOVERNM'NT ISSUED ESTIMATE WEDNESDAY THAT COTTON ACREAGE IS 40,403,600, AND 1924 CROP WILL BE 12,144,000 BALES. CONDITION GIVEN AT 71.2. A cotton crop of 12,144,000 bales this year was forecast by the De partment of Agriculture in a report issued at 12:30 Wednesday. The condition of the crop on June 25 was 71.2 per cent of normal, com pared with 65.6 on May 25 this year, 69.9 on June 25 last year and 74 8 the average on June 25 for the last ten years. The area of cotton in cultivakon is about 40,403,000 acres, an in crease of 1,702,000 acres, or 4.4 per cent as compared with the revised estimate of acreage in cultivation a year ago. The acreage was estimated at 40, 403,000 against 38,709.000 last year, nd the indicated yield 12,144,000 against 10,128,478, the final figures for last year's crop, and 9,761,817 two years ago. (Continued on Page 8) KLAN CONDEMNED. IF NOT BY NAME. Bryan' Speech Turned Tide That For The Majority Finally Won Plank. (By Josephus Daniels) Convention Hall, Madison Square Garden, New York, June 30. The dog-fall" in the Democratic conven- . tion over the Ku Klux Klan plank was a virtual condemnation of the K. K. K. and any and all other "secret political societies of all kinds." There were only two reasons why the vote was not larger for the minority re port. - - .- - - ; ' i 1. The first was stated by Mr, Bryan that it "was not necessarvV' also, that it would be dignifying the K. K. K. and that by naming the Klan, . would give it . increased and send it into every Congressional Dis-- trict. ' : ' 2. n The second one stated by Sena' (Continued on Page 6) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Communion service Sunday morn ing at 11, with sermon appropriate to the service. Sunday night begins the first of the union Sunday night summer serv ices, with Rev. Howard Hartzell to preach the sermon. NEW POSTOFFICE "Mill Rural Station" U Name of New Postoffice to be Established Aug. let at Entwistle Mill. S. Bigg. Postmaster. A new postoffice, or really a branch of the Rockingham postoffice, is to be opened August 1st at Entwistle mill for the convenience of the Leak, Entwistle and Hannah Pickett vil lages. S. Biggs, who runs a drug store in the old company store , at Entwistle mill, will be postmaster, or clerk in charge. The new office will be known as Mills Rural Station, Rockingham, N. C. It is supplied by the R. F. D. No. 2 Carrier from Rockingham, who passes the store on his outward trip about 9 :30, and again on his incoming tnp.; .'.;', . EPISCOPAL CHURCH- Subject of sermon at Episcopal church Sunday morning will be: "A Challenge." No service Sunday night. Instead the rector will deliver a sermon at the union service at the Presbyterian church on "A Single Purpose." . Holy Communion Sunday morning. Church school at 9:45. O o ( ( ) 0 o ( ) (4 i ' ' - tit r 1 7TT7 - .. i A. tkm Jfe, Jk, and barn how conT
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