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Vol. 7. No. 35.
ROCKINGHAM, N. CM THURSDAY Afternoon, JULY 31, 1924.
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An Unusual Political Situation Makes Possible a Final Presidential Choice by
the Senate of Either Bryan or Dawes. An Outline of the Workings of
Our Election Machinery When an Electoral Majority is Not Won.
Fancy a conservative newspaper
publishing on its first page a story
to the effect that neither Coolidge
nor Davis nor LaFollette will be
elected President of the United States
in November. At first glance such a
statement might seem outside the
realm of possibility, but the political
Eituaticn is ccr.-.plcx and the election
machinery such that it does not re
quire much imagination to foresee
the possibility, if not the probability,
of such a situation. Almost anything
may happen in November. ;
There are 531 votes in the Electoral-
College. The electoral college
is composed of electors from each
state, equal in number to the number
of Senators and Representatives to
whieh the State is entitled. For ex
ample, New York state has two Sena
tors and 43 Representatives. There
fore New York has forty-five votes
in the electoral college. North Caro
lina has two Senators and ten Con
gressmen ; therefore, North Carolina
has 1? votes in the electoral college.
The total membership of the electoral
college equals the total membership
of the Senate and House 531. In
' voting it will be remembered that the
people vote for the electors of their
states, these names appearing on the
ballot, and not those of Coolidge or
Davis or LaFollette.
The Constitution provides that a
majority of these 631 electoral votes,
or 266, is necessary to the choice of
a President. The person having the
greatest number of votes, of course,
wins when there are only two candi
dates in the field, but with three
the complexities begin.
Here is the constitutional clause:
"The person having the greatest
number of votes (in the Electoral
College) for President shall be the
XVesfdert, if such number be a Ma
jority of the whole number of elec
tors appointed; and if no person hav
ing such majority, then from the
persons having the highest numbers,
not exceeding three, on the list of
those voted for as President, the
House of Representatives shall choose
immediately by ballot, the President."
Electing a President.
Now let us turn to the situation.
If the candidate receiving merely
the largest number of electoral votes
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FINE CQPPER STILL.
Why The Senate May Pick Oqr Nest President 1
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Frank Harrell, Alias Frank Murphy, Lived in
Richmond County at Dunk Currie House.
Married a Daughter of W. A. Bonham. He
and Mortimer King Were at the Bonham
Home the Week Major McLeary Was Killed.
Officers Shadowed House, But Harrell Was
Caught in Tennessee.
A great deal of interest has been felt in Rockingham and Richmond
county in the tragic death of Major McLeary, whose bones were found 200
feet from the main highway, 33 miles south of Rockingham, on July 17th.
Especially keen became the interest when it. became known that the
Major; bad 'passed through Rockingham in his Dodge on the morning of
July 2nd, and that the man who afterwards killed him, Mortimer King, had
mailed a letter at the: Rockingham postoflice.
But an even greater interest is now added to the series of events.
Frank Harrell, who was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, July 23rd, and
who confessed to being with King when the murder took place, at one time
lived in Richmond county. In fact,; his wife is now, living with her father,
W. A. Bonham, at the Dunk Currie house,' ten miles east of Rockingham,
where it is understood she is expecting to be confined within the next two
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ELLERBE BANKS
CONSOLIDATE
205 MONTHS ON
ROADS SENTENCES
BANK OF ELLERBE LAST SATUR- SUPERIOR COURT FOR CRIMINAL
iwr i CASKS LA3I WLK nci 1 c-u
NETT BANK & TRUST - CO.,
MERGING. THE YOUNGER
BANK INTO THE OLDER.
Constable C. W. Wrenn Monday
brought to the Sheriff's office it 160
gallon copper-lined still, with copper
worm and cap. It was found near the
mouth of Naked Creek; and had been
used, and was being used, for making
Jieach brandy.
FOOTBALL EQUIPMENT.
Coach Shorty Lawrence came back
to town Monday from a trip to the
mountains. He will be in and out
until school opens (probably Sept.
1st.)
He has ordered some nifty jerseys
and other equipment for the football
team. The jerseys are solid orange,
with stickem cloth, and felt numbers
on the backs. The head-gear will be
yellow; the stockings black, with one
quarter pin stripes every .two inches.
Rockingham Highs will have the
best team in its history, this fall; and
is going out for. the state championship.
The doors of the Bennett Bank &
Trust Co., at Ellerbe, were not opened
last Saturday, instead the books and
accounts etc being transferred across
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205 MONTHS IN ROAD SEN
TENCES FOR 10 MEN. TWO
TERMS IN SEPTEMBER.
NEW NASH MODELS.
On page four can be seen the an
nouncement of the hew Nash models, 1
just out. The Pee Dee Motor Sales
Co. tonight received one of these .
new model cars, and has it on exhi-!
bition now. :
This paper last week gave the
names and sentences of those sen
tenced to the roads, the total amount
ing to 178 months. Additional sen
tences to that total were 2 years for
Walter Chance, and 90 days for G. P.
(Bud) Henry, making a total of 205
months for this term of Court.
When the POST-DISPATCH went
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THINK IN TERMS
OF HIGH COTTON
MANY MEN WHO KNOCK THE
CO-OPS THINK IN TERMS OF
HIGHEST PRICE OF THE SEA-
. SON, AS THE ONE AT WHICH
THEY WOULD HAVE SOLD!
The true measure of the progress
of individuals, peoples, nations or in
stitutions is not to be found in the
position which they may chance to oc
cupy at a given moment of time. It
may properly be determined only by
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FEDERATED CLUBS SATURDAY
TRAIN WRECKED TODAY.
County Club 1 1 O'Clock.
REFEREE MEETING AUG, 17TH.
J. B. Cheshire, Jr., U. S. Referee
in Bankruptcy, has sent out notices
that the first meeting of the creditors
of M. ,H. French (Garden and. Star
theatres) will be held in the office
of M. W. Nash at Hamlet Aug. 17th,
at 1 :30 o'clock, at which time the
creditors may attend, claims can be
proved, trustee appointed and other
business transacted.
No. 5 the New York to Atlanta
Seaboard fast train, was six hours
late today, due to its having been
derailed between Lemon Springs and
Cameron this morning about 6:15 o'
clock. The engineers was scalded,
and a few others had minor injuries,
but no one was killed. The track
was repaired and the trains continued
southward in six hours time.
GREEN LAKE CHURCH
HOME COMING.
B0DY.-TDR0WN
INTO A CREEK!
WHITE JITNEY DRIVER IN HALI
FAX COUNTY SHOT BY NEGRO
PASSENGERS SAT'RDAY NIGHT
AND BODY HID IN CREEK, i
Annual Home Coming at Green Lake
This Sunday. Dinner on Ground.
HICKS GETS GROCERY.
J. F. Hicks has bourrht out thn
W. B.Flnke grocery and takes charee
' Friday, Aug. 1st. Mr. Hicks will con
duct the business in the same stand.
There is an old saying that when
one fire breaks out in a town, two
Others will soon follow.
. And when one murder occurs, of an
unusual nature, other similar murders
are likely to take place. For instance,
the recent killing of Major McLeary,
the hiding of his body and the eating
up thereof by buzzards, perhaps gives,
to the minds of some who are not
naturally strong-minded dieposition-
to go and do likewise. There is' a
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The annual Home Coming at Green
Lake church will be held this Sunday,
August 3rd. Rev. J. H. Shore will be
the speaker at the morning service,
and Prof. Earnest Green, of Carolina
College, at the afternoon service.
Special music from a picked choir
will furnish the music at both serv
ices.; ""-,'
The public is cordially invited to
this annual event, and the people are
asked to bring baskets. '
The home demonstration clubs of
Richmond county will meet together
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock in the
office of the Home Demonstration
Agent at the new courthouse. Present
will be Miss Elizabeth Kelly, of the
Tobacco Co-Ops, and Miss Landon, of
the Cotton Co-Ops, who will make ad
dresess. 'The demonstration in peach pre
serving etc will not be held, neither
will lunch be served; the abandon
ment of this feature was thought best
in view of the various revivals being
held in the county and the desire of
the housewives to be at home Satur
day afternoon to prepare for their
Sunday duties. "
NEGRO KILLED IN MINE.
$42,000 TOWN BONDS.
As can be seen in the advertising
columns, the Town is to issue $42,000
in street improvement bonds. It is
understood . that this is . to pay for
done,' and some pavement work that
is now in process.
Lee Covington was killed in a coal
mine at Uniontown, Pa., Saturday
when a cave-in occurred. The body
was shipped to Rockingham, reaching
here Wednesday and buried at Holly
Grove the same day.
Lee was about 27 years old and
had been in Pennsylvania for several
years. He was raised by Mr. E. N.
Ingram, who had Lee and a brother
bound to him when young boys.
UNION SERVICE SUNDAY.
The union services of the Metho
dist, Episcopal and Presbyterian con
gregations will be held Sunday night
at the Presbyterian church, with Kev.
J. D. Bundy, : Methodist pastor,
preaching the sermon.
PEACH SHOW
GREAT SUCCESS
FOURTH ANNUAL PEACH SHOW
HELD AT HAMLET WEDNES
DAY AND THURSDAY ECLIPSE
ALL FORMER EFFORTS. MANY
NOTABLE MEN PRESENT.
. The fourth annual Peach Show held
at Hamlet Wednesday and today has
eclipsed all former efforts. In every
way it was a success. Several thou
sand people, mostly from a distance,
motored to Hamlet to see the beauti
ful display of Georgia Belels, Elbertas
and Hales, and then to inspect the
various orchards that dot the eastern
part of Richmond county and' western
and central part of More.
The Show was held in the tobacco
warehouse. It was " artistically dec
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THAT SLOGAN PRIZE
Time Limit Extended Aug. 10.
Have you made a suggestion as to
a slogan for Rockingham? Last
week's paper gave the rules of the
contest, in which the Pee Dee Motor
Sales Co., is trying to get a suitable
slogan, not exceeding 35 letters (not
counting the name 'Rockingham').
The prize is $5, and the first 50 per
sons carrying or sending sealed slo
gans, will be given a gallon of gas
free.
The time limit was Aug. 3rd, but
this is extended through Aug. 10th.
Think up a slogan and try for the
$5 prize. Mr. Tucker has asked Mes
srs. Lowdermilk, Wall, Parsons, Lon
don and Reynolds to be the committee
to decide the prize winner.
TOILS OF THE LAW.
Deputies Reynolds, Seawell and
Key Monday broke up a 60 -gal. oil
drum still on the Holt spring branch,
about five miles northwpst of Rock
ingham. They poured the beer in the
branch, and in a few minutes they
caught a large eel that had become
affected by the beer. ,
Calvin Stanback, , colored, was
RIIAM MAN HURT
IN TRAIN WRECK
J. F. MEACHAM SUFFERS BROK
EN ARM AND LEG WHEN TWO
CARS ON INTERURBAN NEAR
CHARLOTTE COLLIDED TUES
DAY AFTERNOON.
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Eleven white people and five ne-
groes were injured Tuesday after
noon just outside the city limits of
Charlotte, when an electric car on
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OFFICERS ARE KILLED.
Riddled with bullets, the bodies of
Leon George, 'veteran prohibition
agent of the Wilmington police de
partment, and Sam W. Lilly, deputy
U. S. Marshal, were found on an iso
lated road four miles from Phoenix,
Brunswick county, at 10:15 o'clock
Tuesday night. George was crumpled
under the steering wheel, Bhot thru
the head and body ; while Lilly was
sprawled in the road beside the ma
chine. George's Airedale dog, with six
bullets in him, was dead in the back
of the car. The weapons of the offi
cers were in their pockets and had
not been fired. -
Elmer Stuart and Jack Ramsey,
two young white men, -were on Wed
nesday arrested in Brunswick county
and lodged in jail at Southport. They
are blockaders and are believed to
have ambushed the officers'and killed
them. Both young fellows are about
22 years old.
SEDBERRY MURDERER CAUGHT.
nesday by D. M. McColl, to answer
to the charge of abandoning his fam-
ly.
: Jim Collins, the negro who shot
and killed Chalmers Sedberry in An
son county July 19th, was captured"
Sunday near Georgeville, in Cabarrus
county. Two of the searching party
found Collins concealed in a clump of
bushes on the bank of Rocky River.
He attempted to escape and was shot
in the arm'. He ran but was caught
a few hundred yards up the river,
lying fiat on the ground and with' a
knife in his hand. ' He was carried to
Concord jail, but ".Sunday night was
carried to some ; neighboring ' .jail,
gftricrally. ht liavaj . to . b Chai-lutto,
where lie will be kept uhi'l Anson
county CoHrt convenes, which is Sept.
8th, with Judge Lane presiding.
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