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ROCKINGHAM, K G, THURSDAY Afternoon, AUG 7, 1924.
$2.00 PER YEAR
Vol. 7. No. 36.
NEGRO TURNS TABLES
TONSIL AND
ADEKOID CLIKIC
IIOI.IICIDE III
COUNTY TAX RATE
PENSIONS FOR
RHAM SCHOOLS
OP01 SEPT. 8TII
HAMLET TOWN
TO BE SI 40
ON HIS BETRAYER
CONFED. VETERANS
i
BEGINS NEXT TUESDAY AT
ROCKINGHAM GRAD'D SCHOOL
AND LASTS 'FOUR DAYS. CO.
SCHOOL CHILDREN AGES 612.
NEGRO WOMAN KILLS MAN IN
HAMLET. BOTH DRUNK. DOES
EN'T CLAIM THIS WAS AN
ACCIDENT.
The State Board of Health is to
put on a tonsil and adenoid clinic for
the school children of ' Richmond
county, between ages of 6 and 12,
inclusive, this to be at the graded
school at Rockingham beginning next
Tuesday morning, August 12th. It
will continue for four days.
Dr. Murphy, of Wilmington, will
do the operating. He was the doctor
in charge when' a similar clinic was
held here several years ago. The
clinic is being held this week at San
ford, and the stalf of nurses etc Will
come here from that place.
Miss Cleon Hobbs, of Clinton, is
here this week making final arrange
ments for the clinic, she taking Miss
Birdie Dunn's place who last Spring
made an inspection of the school chil
dren of the county. .
The clinic is provided with full
emergency hospital equipment, with
eight registered nurses, an operating
physician and an ether specialist. The
cost of the operation is $12.50, but
totally free for needy cases.
CREDITOR'S MEETING AUG. 8TH.
RICHMOND COUNTY TAX RATE
FOR 1924 TO BE 30c HIGHER
THAN LAST YEAR. TOTAL
VALUATIONS ABOUT THE
SAME. POLL IS $4.20.
Coroner A. M. Smith held an in
quest in Hamlet last Friday morning
over the body of George Brawley,
who at 5 o'clock that morning had
been killed by Anna Benton. The
verdict of the Coroner's jury was that
deceased came to his death at the
hands of this woman.
She was given a hearing before
the Hamlet Recorder Monday; the
defense mit on no testimony, and she
was bound to Sept. 29th term of ,
Court under $10,000. She was unable
to raise any such amount, and is in
jail. Atty. Sedberry represented her,
and the State was represented by
Atty. Morgan, of Hamlet.
It seems that Anna and George
had been living together. On Thurs
day night George arid she both got
drunk, and they had several rows
during the night. Finally about 5
clock the next morning it is said she
awoke, .still drunk, to find that he
had forsaken her and had gone into
another room in which was perhaps
a rival for his affections. One report
is that she started into the other
Referee Cheshire has changed the
time of the meeting of creditors of
Garden and Star(theatres to Aug. 8th
instead of 17th.f The time is one
o'clock, at Atty. Nash's office in Ham
let. 4 ' '
RHAM LADY GOOD HEALTH.
Spending Sunday In Morganton
were Leake S. Covington, C. ' B,
Deane, and J. W. Jenkins. . While
there Mr. Covington called on Mrs.
Fannie Wood Steele, with whom he
spent a very pleasant hour in con
versation. He found - Mrs- . Steele
feeling quite well, - and ; Weighing
around 102 pounds now.1 She asked
to be remembered to her Rockingham
friends und kindred. ;.
room, and another is that he unex- noiint $225,000 is for the new court- Tne negro, John Cokes, was there-
House, as a matter of fact, Rich- j uPon arrested. L,ast weeR he was tried
at Richmond, and Walter was carried
from a prison camp near Asheville
to Richmond to testify against his
former partner. And he has the satis
faction of knowing that the other
man got a longer sentence than he
did 25 years.
Here is the story as sent out from
Richmond regarding Walter 'and the
man he took into his confidence.
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TWO JURIES DRAWN
tfectedly set upon her to administer
another beating. At any rate, a scuf
fle took place, in the midst of which
she drew a revolver from her bosom
and pressing it against his ; chest,
fired. He qicd in a very few minutes.
She then ran to a neighbor's, told
what had happened, and upon her
return to the house found he was
dead. '.She then hired a car and came
to Rockingham, where shortly after
wards a Hamlet officer found her hid
behind a hedge at "Lying" Bill Leak's
house ; and she had apparently sober
ed but little.
FIRST VISIT BACK HOME.
' Mt and Mrs. Preston McCantt and
four children came to the county last
Friday to spend a week with their
uncle,' Mr. Jack "Harrington. Mr. Me-'
Cann lives at Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
and this is his first ; visit to North
Carolina. His mother, Mrs. Mary
Harrington "M-tCann, died Dec 13,
1922; she came to this county on
visit five years ago, and that was the
first time the "brother and sister had
seen each other in 48 years.
200 CARS OF 'LOUPES.
Despite the rains in June and early
July, a total of 200 cars of canta
loupes were shipped from Scotland
county. Normally this should have
been fully 600 cars.
About 15 cars of watermelons were
shipped from Scotland county, where-
as with good weather the shipments
would have amounted to 200 cars.
ASHEBORO-SIXER CITY ROAD.
The State Highway Commission
let the contract Tuesday for Route
75, from Ashehoro to Siler City,
13.20 miles. The road work went to
C A. Ragland for $91,208; and the
structures and "bridges to Piker and
Yount for $85,635.25.
WHITE LEGHORN HENS.
For sale, at $1 each, 150 white Leg
horn hens. This is their first laying
year: Good stock, and a real value
at this price, R. S. Ledbetter, Jr,
Rockingham
' COW FOR SALE.
For sale, one full-bred Jersey cow,
fresh to pail. Sea S. W Covington,
-TsOO-FaTetteville-RoadRockfegha
Tax Rate: ' -
1924 1923
County .2'0 .20
Gen. Co. .15
Co. Home 02
Bridges 02
. Upkeep Co. . '
Bridges ...01
Co. Bonds . 25
Co. Roads 35
Co. Schools 60
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WALTER DOCKERY SQUEALS ON
VIRGINIA NEGRO WHO HAD
TURNED HIM UP TO POLICE.
WALTER GOT 12 YEARS, VIR
GINIA. NEGRO GOT 25.
Readers of the POST-DISPATCH
will recall that a Richmond county
negro, Walter Dockery, was arrested
in Richmond, Va., last Spring upon
information of a Virginia negro. He
was brought here and tried on April
11th before Judge Shaw" for killing
Ellen. Terry several years ago. ' He
shot her one night in June, 1920, and
.25 ishe died from the effects of the bullet
50 i eight months later. Walter escaped,
land his whereabout remained a com-
ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR RICH
MOND COUNTY CONFEDERATE
VETERANS AND WIDOWS NOW
READY. 58 WILL RECEIVE $55
EACH. AMOUNT LAST YEAR
WAS $55.
County Auditor J. D. Covington is
this week writing checks to amount of
$55 each for 25 Confederate veterans
and 31 widows of Confederate vet
erans, making a total of 5G
NEW TEACHERS ADDED TO FAC
ULTY. COURSE IN PUBLIC
SCHOOL MUSIC INTRODUCED.
GRADED SCHOOL WALLS RE
PAINTED LIGHT CREAM. MRS.
McINTOSH MATRON OF TEACH-ERAGE.
The city schools, white and col
ored, will open for the fall term on
Sept. 8th. Most of last year's teach
ers will return and the vacancies have
Last year the number receiving I been filled with teachers who have
checks was 52, and the checks had splendid training and come
.".mounted to $65. The county levies strongly recommended. The' high
a tax rate of one cent on the $100;school faculty will be as follows:
The foregoing gives in detail what
the tax rate for Richmond county will
be for 1924. In 1920 the rate was
58 cents, but this proved far too low
to defray current running expenses.
Each year since then the rate has
been raised, but even then the ex
penses were not met.
$1.40 $1.10 'p'ete mystery for four years. Finally,
by information of another negro he
.was located at Richmond. The jury
found him guilty, but recommended
mercy. Judge Shaw sentenced him
to the pen for not less than 12 years
nor more than 20 years, this de
pending upon his good behavior.
Walter evidently became sors that
a friend should have turned him up,
and he harbored revenge. Scarcely
valuation in order to raise this amount
for the Confederate veterans and
widows.
And now the rate is raised to $1.40
(4.20 on the poll.) The valuation re-had he set foot in the penitentiary
mains around $31,250,000.
The bonded indebtedness of the
before he informed the Warden that
the negro who had turned him up
county is about $492,000. Of this in Richmond was himself a murderer.
mond county has a much smaller
bonded indebtedness than many coun
ties in the State, and at the same
time we have more taxable property.
The tax rate for the Town of
Rockingham has not yet been com
puted, but it will-probably be about
ten cents higher. It was $1:55 last
year.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Aug. 1 Sam E. Dabbs and Zuta
Clyde Alleni white. y,
Aug. 5--James ,Lee Price and An
nie L. Haigler, white. 4
FIRE ALARM WEDNESDAY."
The fire alarm, was sounded Wed
nesday morning at 10:30 for the first
tune in over a month.. It came from
Box 41--at McRae Grocery Co. cor
ner. Sparks had ignited the roof of
the J. T. Jenkins house, at corner of
Koberson and N. Lee streets, tmt it
is put out without the use of the
hose.
At 2:50 o'clock this (Thursday)
afternoon Mr. J, E. Cape! dropped
dead in' the lobby? , of the ; Farmers
Bank & Trust Co. .
He came into .the bank about 2 :30
to tell. Mr. Covington . that, he was
going to a Greensboro institution for
treatment,' and to ask him to look out
for his two children who were to hae
thejr tonsils tkaen out at the clinic
here next week. He thert complained
of not feeling well, and was given a
seat In a few minutes he decidd to
go on out to his car, and was being
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UNION SERVICE.
The Tegular union service wall be
held Sunday 'night at the Episcopal
church, with sermon by Rev. J. D.
Bandy, subject, "Fools."
Rev. J. A. McQueen is the week
holding a revival at Woodsville. He
will held his regular service Sunday
morning, subject, "Improving life's
Way Hew?"
The suhject of Rev. Howard Hart-
sell's sermon Sunday morning at
Episcopal church will be ' Growth.
ATTENTION, PUPILS.
All pupils of the Rockingham
graded school (from fourth through
the sixth grades) who have condi
tions to work off, can stand exam
inations for same on Friday, Aug.
29th, at 9 o'clock at graded School
building. Those wishing to take these
exams 'will please get in touch with
me beforehand.
Miss Bessie Terry.
BRIDGE AT ROBERDEL.
Work on replacing the old wooden
bridge across the creek at Roberdel
No. 2 with a nice concrete bridge, is
about completed. The concrete work
will be finished this" week, but 20
days will elapse before it will.be
eadyfortrafflc.
CAPEL DROPS DEAD
E. Capel Dropped Dead Thi
(Thursday) Afternoon in Lobby
of Bank. .
Kate Finley, Principal; Annie May
Ashcraft, Ann Eliza Brewer, Eliza
beth Cullom, Lucille Parker, Connor
Auditor Covington requests tl'e Jones, lhelma Mallard, Louise Sim
POST-DISPATCH to ask all the vets nions, Mary Wall, Lottie Burnside,
and widows who are entitled to these
checks to call or send for same; or
send him their postoffice address so
he can mail the ,checks out to then
promptly.
SAMPSON OFFICIAL RESIGNS
Charged With Miiapproprlating Con
federate Pension Fundi. Was
Chairman of County
Committee.
Republican
Juries for September Civil and Crim
inal Terms.
The County Commissioners on
Aug. 4th drew the following names to
appear here at the September civil
and criminal terms of Superior Court
to serve as jurors: ' ' ' ,.
Sept. 1st Civil Terms ;f
M'roe Warburton David F. Rice
A. N. Graham M TV n
Clinton, Aug. 5. Entering a plea
of guilty to charges of misappropri
ating funds intended as pensions for
Confederate veterans, W, Fleet . Ses
soms, for more than twenty years
clerk of Sampson court, is at liberty
ur.dcr five thousand dollar bond for
his appearance at the October term
of court when the degree of his pun
ishment will be determined.
Just before court convened this
morning, Mr. Sessoms tendered his
resignation to Judge Henry Grady,
who was out of town. The resigna
tion was accepted by wire.
So culminates one of the most in
teresting cases ever to come before
a, Sampson County court. For nearly
John W. King, Wade H. Beck, J. B.
Lawrence.
The faculty of the grammar school
building will be as follows: '
Bessie Terry, Principal; Bernice
Hornaday, Lula Logan, Louise Gol
phin, Margaret Wilson, Maude Moore,
Marguerite Maddry, Sallie B. Mc
Cown, Anne Redwine, Julia Roddey,
Marion Mabry, Elsie Sparger, Mar
garet Motz.
Of the new teachers, Miss Mary
Wall is a graduate of Converse and
Columbia University; Miss Lottie
Burnside is a graduate of North Caro
lina College for Women, and both
have had several years of successful
experience elsewhere.
John W. King is a graduate of
Wake Forest and Wade H. Beck of
Trinity. Both are highly recommend
ed. Mjsses . Wilson and Redwine are
graduates of North Carolina College
for Women ; Misses Mabry and Motz
of Winthrop College, all being teach
ers of several years' experience. ' ' ,
Public school music, or sight sing
ing, will be introduced this year, and
this course will.be given by Miss
Margaret Motz, who has had special
training for it. ,
The buildings are being overhauled
OPENING BOTTLING PLANT.
The formal opening of the new
Orange Crush bottling plant took
place Tuesday night The enterpris
ing management kept "open house'!
from supper time until nearly mid
night, and scores of folks visited this
new sanitary plant and saw the ma
chines m operation. Souvenirs were
given away, as well as around 5,000
bottles of freshly made Orange Crush.
Jazz music was furnished throughout
the evening by a seven-piece orches
tra, "Tommie's Tar Heel Seven."
This new concern has Anson, Rich
mond and Scotland for its territory,
and has three large orange-colored
trucks in operation. The capacity will
be around 600 cases a day. The drink
doubtless :will prove a popular one,
since it is made of pure fruit juices
and combines a nutritive value in
addition to the beverage enojyment.
Paul Harmon,.of Charlotte, is resi
dent manager. Assisting him this
week in the opening and getting
started, was Mr. C. J. Washam, of
Greensboro, who- operates there the
largest plant of its kind in the State.
Jas. K. Watson "
Neil Prevatt
A. M. Gibson '
C. R. Baucom
P. F. Palmer
J. M. Hutchinson
D. L. Wicker
J. R. Hines
J. A. Allred
B. L. Finch
C. K. Rhyne
C. J. Covington
R. S. Gaddy
J. A." McRae .
W. H. Kellis
A. C.Davis
R. C. Cole
O. T. Goodwin
Marvin Terry
W. W. Covington
Sept. 29th Criminal Term:
a ouarter of a eentiirv Tin hat hpri
chairman of the Republican County 2nd everything put into ship-shape.
executive committtee here. J ?lne wans oi-tne.. grammar school
J " ,", , ...1 ; , il'iiftg.a.re! being freshly painted a'
EACH WANTED BEST POSITION I. I.creanT which is neatly improvi.
is iw abearance. " j-
The teachers' home on Everett sf "
formerly the Dr. McPhail residence
will be gotten ready and furnished
before the- opening of school. It will '
Misses Mary Belle and Ledonia
Thomas returned Wednesday night
from a ten dcys' visit to their uncle,
W. J. Thomas, in Charlotte. Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas and Miss Frances re
turned with them and will remain
"here" through. Saturday. '
L. L. Odom
W. D. Smith
S. A. Williams
R. N. Stansill
Henry T. Roller
D. E. Reynolds
J. T. Efird ' -W.
T. Black
Joe Eudy .
W. H. Napier
J. W. Webb
W. A. Poplin
J. C. Hancock
B. E. Davis
J. T. Strickland
W. C. Nichols .
E. J. Covington
J. F. Crouch
T., A. Shaw
J. J. Boyette
S. T. Haywood
Gaston Green
N. A. Campbell
I. J. Neff
NO SPECIAL TERM.
The County Commissioners were
last Monday requested by the Solici
tor to ask for a special term of crim
inal court to be held this month, but
favorable action was not taken.
BUILDING WALL DAM.
The portion of the H. C. Wall fish
pond dam, down in Wolf Pit, that
washed away in June, is now being
replaced with a solid concrete tumb
ling dam. This work will be com
pleted by the middle of September.
ROOMS WANTED.
,, Wanted, two rooms for light house
keeping. Phone 372. v .
The city of. Raleigh has a certain
section of street set apart for the
curb market, and charges each wagon
or car ten cents a day parking space.
But much bad feeling resulted amon . , . ate t.en teachers. The school
the curh marVpt nrnlw i 00ara Ieels that it has been verv
the curb market producers over "po
sition." Each wanted the choicest
stands. And to remedy this the city
commissioners passed a rule that a
drawing should be held daily, to de
termine where the various wagons,
etc should stand. ,
TOOK IN $68,000. 1
fortunate in securing Mrs.: S. R. Mc
intosh as matron, andtthat thereby
the success of this new undertaking
is assured and that the teachers there
will be given a really home-like place
in which to live and work.
. , Everything points to an increased
enrollment and an unusually good
year's work. ;
Owing to a recent ruling of the
State Department of Education, spec-;,
at tuwwreu acnooi can no longer av
The Rockingham branch of th
State Auto Licensing department,
Lloyd Jenkins in charee. ha taken in
a total of $68,000 for licenses since 5ep outside Pupila on a tuition-paying
tne last of June. 3900 automobiles oasls- 11 Bucn PUP1U attend a special
and 350 trucks have been given jj. . charte"ed school it must be by per-,
cense plates through this Rockinr-,mission of the County Board of
nam omre. . . i .uucauun. wiLn me latter nrnviimo
for the expense; therefore, pupils
will not be admitted to the Rocking-,
ham City Schools on the tuition plan
during the coming school year. , ,
LEGISLATURE CONVENES.
The Legislature convened in special
session at Raleigh today (Thursdav)
at U o'clock. Gov. Morrison's address
consumed an hour and a half, and
dealt principally with the water and
ship bill, for which consideration tho
Legislature was convened.
The session will last at least , the
full 20 days (no pay after 20 days.)
Richmond county is represented by
W. E. Harrison, , of Rockngham, in
the .Senate, and Jas. R. Bennett, of
Ellerbe, in the House. These twd men
went to Raleigh Wednesday night to
be on hand promptly when the Leg-
CLYBURN TO DIE NOVEMBER 28.
Vance Morgan, alias Vance Cly-
burn, negro, found guilty last week
at Monroe of the murder of Mr. But
ler Funde'rburk, was sentenced to the
electric chair Friday, Nov. 28. .'.
PUPS FOR SALE.
For sale,' five beautiful English
setter pups, 2 V4 months old. Two
islature met this morning. Mr. Ben- solid white, three white with tan
nett is in favor of Submitting the j markings. These pups are from best
waterways proposition to a vote of breeding, and are .guaranteed to give
the people; we have not learned Mr, satisfaction.- J. - Gus Covington,
Harrison's views.
Rockingham, N. C, Route 4.
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PIP UNTIL YOUR CAR IS
STOLEN, BURIIED, DAMAGED
You can't stay tho hand of fate if it is turned against you. You can't avoid accidents .
4 ' by tho most extreme, caution.
You can't match a safety lock against the ingenuity of an auto thief. lie acts when
you least suspect him. "
FIEE IS AN EVER-PRESENT MENACE TO YOUR MACHINE. PROTECT YOUR
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habit. ; . ' . ' ',
Thrift hr.sits champions Emoiig lcrdors ih every walk 'of' lire. Pro-jivlcnt Coo!-'
idge rays: -"The o;ic who saves is the ono who will win." Savb.j is tha d;!ly rractice
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START A SAVINGS ACCOUNT TODAY
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because we believe we ore performing. a real rvice for our iniL: c.,; rs v,': . . ; -induced
to save; regularly. " 1 '