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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: . New Yoik Futures Closed ToJjsf 0-t 23.CS 8 22 Co - 22 67 Kocklugliaai Market S:pt.ll T V'.,VI' " One Year $2. Id:-. - 'V f) C ft TV 8 Six months $1. CO CO Three months .75 Single copies 10c each Vol. 7. No. 41. ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, SEPT. 11, 1924. $2.00 PER YEAR t r ' v FEDERAL COURT JAN. 26 Laurinburg-Fayetteville Term Federal Court Continued to Jan. 26th. Some months ago the semi-occasional terms of Federal Court held at Laurinburg were ordered discontin ued; and the cases set for trial there were transferred to Fayetteville. Court was to convene at Fayetteville Sept. 22nd, but owing to illness of Judge Connor the term has now been postponed to Jan. 26th. FOX LAW OCT, 1ST. Some hunters in the county have the idea that the fox law permitted them to hunt on and after Sept. 1st. The open season for "hunting foxes in Richmond county is from Oct. 1st to March 15th, So furb that pack a while longer. The game law for Richmond coun ty are elsewhere in this issue. - KIRSCH STORE OPENING. Carpenters are rushing work on the new tnret-story Watson building on South Lee -street, the first floor of which is to Tse occupied by Kirsch Bros, for a general department store. The Messrs. TTirsch expect to get inte their new quarters week after next. Notice f the formal opening of this new store -will likely be made in next week'B POST-DISPATCH. TWO PREACHERS KILLED. Two Baptist ministers of High Point, "Revs. C. E. Crissman and C. Russell Sorrell, were killed last Fri day when they attempted to cross. a railroad track five miles worth of Liberty. Their Overland Sedan was completely demolished. ANSON TAX LEVY, The fax.llevy for Anson "county for 1924 will be $1.07 seven ;oentB more than the 1923 rate. FREAK PLANT GROWTH. ; , . An unusually freakish plant -growth was unearthed from the yard ot Mrs. S. "W. Steele here last wetik. A pecan twig or Bhoot two feet Ions was pulled from the rground, and it -was found , to be. -growing from the reenter of a Narcissus bulb I .'' - ' . - DISPOSAL OF OLD COURTHOUSE Compter 265, Laws 1919. Fwr the information of TOST-DIS-PATCH ireaders who may 3ike to read the disposition of the old tsourthouse, to he sold by the County Commission ers at aaction Sept. 22nfl, for re moval, the paper is quoting here Sec tion 7, Chapter 265, Laws of 1919: ' S?c. 7. 3t .the said Boarfi (Of Coun ty Cwmriissioners of Richmond coun ty shall .erect a county, courthouse on a new site, the real property ton which the Dresent courthouse nnw ntanrla shall be manta'ined as a public square for the use of the people of Richmond county and far the site of such monu ments s may he erected to the sol diers fo Eichmtmd county." NEGRO CANNING CLUBS. The negro canning clubs of the county, under direction of. Lucy Wade, are doing yood work, if the sample of canned peaches, preserves . and soup mixtures left in the POST DISPATCH office is a fair sample. The samples kft here look good enough to take first premium at any Fair. . .. . . CIVITAN FISH FRY. The Civitan club will partake of a fish fry on the Anson side, of the ferry Friday afternoon, with supper .at 6:30. The members are reminded to be present. Corpening went fish ing this (Thursday) afternoon, and seems confident he will catch enough for the fry--stew. 'ifWT TJ'iW UNTiqjYOUR CAR IS You can't stay the hand of fate If it is turned against you. You can't avoid accidents . , by the most extreme caution, r ' . - You can't match a safety lock against the ingenuity of an aute thief. He acts when you . least suspect him, FIEE IS AN EVER-PRESENT MENACE TO YOUR MACHINE PROTECT YOUR SELF WITH AN INSURANCE POLICY. OUR RATES ARE LOW AND D SOLICITORS ON SALARY. . On and after September 13th next the solicitor in each of the 10 judicial districts of the State will be paid a salary of $4,500 per annum and $750 for expenses. As the $750 is to be paid regardless of whether the offi cer's expense amounts to " that or more, the salary law means that each solicitor will receive $5,250 per an num, whether his work be much or little. The salary is io be paid month ly, from the State Treasury. All the jfee3 heretofore taxed for, the solici tor in the bills 'of cost, except in cases where the costs fall on the county, will be taxed as usual and turned into the .school fund. It is generally understood that in most of the districts the salary will be much less than has been collected under the fee system. In some districts, ac cording to report, fees of the solici tors aggregated two or three times as much as the salary named. If these officers are as diligent in accum ulating ' school monev as thev have been generally crit.eH with nrmim. hulating for themselves, school funds in some ot the counties will be mater ially increased j the conscientious will Of COUrSe be as industrious in holnrnB. the schools as they have been in help ing themselves. Counties, i n nririitinn to help from the school fund, will save tne costs in cases heretofore taxea against the county. Paying the solicitors out of the State Treasury will add $1:05,000 annually to the State's pay-roll. DEATHS MRS. KENNETH BOYD HAitRISON McLEOD miss ola gibson miss ila Mcdonald mks. daisy rodgers Mrs. Kenneth Boyd. Mrs. Xenneth Bovd ham Wednesday afternoon from , a strose r paralysis suffered the latter part of last week. . The remains will he brought to Rockingham tonight, and carried to the residence of W. li the residence of W N. Everett, where me mnerai service will be held Fri day merning at 11 Ti'eltcTc, Mrs. Boyd is survived by three others-Nathan. Nash M brothers Nathan. u Le Grand and one sister, Mrs. W. R. Land; her husbandr Dr. Kenneth Boyd, head of , the Department of nibiory at irinity College, and her 10-yr-old daughter, Mary Elizabeth. Mrs. Boyd prior to her marriage was Mis Pat LeGrand. a Ho Mr. and Mrs. James T. LeGrand. Gifted with an unusually strong in tellect, she possessed the finest traits (Continued on Page' 12) ' COLE BLEASE WINS. In the second primary for United States Senator held in South Caro line Tuesday, Cole L, Blease won over Byrnes by a majority of about 1800, The total -rote was approximately Blease 98,922, Byrnes 97,090. LOEB-LEOPOLD CASE. ; Chicago Murderer Glren Sentence v For Life Instead! of Gallowi Youth alone sawed Nathan I. An. ptld, Jr., aged 19, and Eichard Loeb, la, irom death on the gallows for the kidnapping and murder last Mv nf 14-year-old Robert Franks In Chicago. Instead, Judge John , R. Caverly, roaring chief justice of the criminal court of Cook county, sentenced the two to life imprisonment on the mur der charge, and to 99 years imprison ment for .the kidnanDini?. And . order specifies, that they cannot be paroled until they have sprved more than 37 years in the Joliet peniten tiary. . . The case is ended now. ami the least said the better. Thev . J hoi. a Kaa 1. . . ""n . i . mvimuK... viQseTneLapterj:ilvertising that.'fact STOLEN, 'BUOKED, DAMAGED OUR COMPANIES. SOUND. "... ) i::2u?uii;ce.:. re.lty co:.?ArjY FORT BRAGG SQUAD HERE SEPT. 18TII 100 SOLDIERS, 35-PIECE BAND, VAUDEVILLE AND MINSTREL SHOW IN ROCKINGHAM NIGHT OF SEPT. 18TH. The Fort Bragg Expedition Bat tery, which will form a part of the Made in Carolinas Exposition at Char lotte from September 22 to October 4th, will pass thru Rockingham on September 18th, and will spend the night here. The Battery will be com posed of four officers and one hun dred enlisted men, and will carry a number of interesting war -exhibits which will be on display during the time that the soldiers are in Rocking ham, v ' " In addition to the War Exhibits, the Battery will carry a band of 35 pieces and a vaudeville show. The Band is under the direction of War rent Officer. Lacock, and has made a big reputation for itself in the cities of Eastern Carolina. The Vaudeville unit will play ,at The Garden Theatre on the night of September 18th, and Lieut Mason Wright, who was in the city on Wednesday- stated that the show would be a wow. He said that altho there might be some difficulty in se curing the Garden due to the contem plated sale, that he felt sure that the purchaser would allow the soldiers the privilege of playing there for one night. ; The vaudeville show will have an interesting program composed of. a feature movine Dicture: "The Snirit of the U. S. A.", with Mary Carr and Johnnie Hines, accompanied by a special music score by the Fort Bragg Orchestra. There will also be a new release of the United States Signal Corps pictures entitled "Flashes of Action." which will be the first nhnw. ing to the public of the authentic War Department movies taken in France under shell fire iWorld War. Lieut Wright stated that tnese pictures are truly remarkable, and tell the story of the great ,batt!e3 of the war in a ffranhie mP . 3?am- ln additii these two Pictl there will be compelling manner. In addition to six acts of vaudeville. There will Ke "4'.'!frker,',the thrilling balancing, act. , TI vtl0 e with Barnum an.d Ba',fy:. He balances Wnu on piles of tables, and other places. The Master Violinist will ap pear in a series of violin concertos, planned to meet with popular ap-Pea'-. Then there is a screaming comedy act. "Hollincswort.li and Stem." They are the side-splitters of the bill. The evening will close with a half hour's concert by the Fort Bragg Band. . : On the nineteenth the Htt(0ra ,;n w..v, .l. (1 i leave for Monroe, where they will piay that evening, arriving in Char lotte on the afternoon of the twenti eth. . FIRE ALARM MONDAY. Only Two' Alarms in Three Months. . Both Were Insignificant. The seeond fire alarm in 'three months, for the Rockingham fire de partment, was sounded Monday after noon at 1:07. from box 42. Grnss nn the block between Vance and Bickett Streets had become ip-niterf. anA it was feared some adioinner houses might catch. However, there was no work for the firemen to do. , The only other alarm in three months (outside resonding to the. call to namiet some weeks rsm w the small blaze on the Jenkins house roof, Which Was DUt nut without the ,M f the hose. - - WHO'S WHO IN BUICKDOM. On page nine can be seen a mm. parative statement as to 'the number of six cylinder cars in 13 Southern states. Jenkins Buick Cnmnnnv is nrmiH nt tlio T3;t, v,...: j " "IB U1VI DliVVVlJllf UIIU IS ... 0 GOVERNOR SPEAKS ON PORT BILL PACKED COURTHOUSE HEARS GOV. MORRISON LAUNCH NON POLITICAL CAMPAIGN HERE MONDAY NIGHT FOR LOWER FREIGHT RATES. it it.it ail curliest, pica biiai. vile yvw ple be not scared by demagogues and hypocrites into believing they will be taxed out of house and home, and urging that the State ' continue to go forward, Governor Morrison here Monday night fired the first gun in the state-wide campaign in favor of the proposed bond issue for port ter minals and shipping. The handsome auditorium of the new courthouse seats 1,000 people, and every seat was occupied when ex-Senator Parsons arose to introduce the -governor. Prolonged applause greeted Richmond county's distin guished son, and his first statement that he was always glad to stand be fore a Richmond county audience brought forth a renewal of the action. "What little I know of public speaking I gained from practicing upon you," declared Governor Mor rison. "Time and age have somewhat modified my disposition and I do not ( (Continued on Page 11) ROBERDEL PUBLIC SCHOOL. The Roberdel school will open Mon day, September 22, at 8:30 A. M. AH patrons having children of com pulsory attendance age are urged to have them enter the first day. . The teachers are: Mrs. A. T. Mcintosh, of Roberdel. Miss Alice Otland, of Woodlaw'n. : Miss Bessie Douglass, of Siloam. Miss Mamie Monroe, Principal. PEE DEE SCHOOL OPENING. The Pee Dee School will open Mon day September 22, at 8:30 A. M. . AH patrons ha vine- children in mm. pulsory attendance age should enter them the opening day. -. Following is a list of the teachers: Miss Pat Monroe, Principal. . Miss Kathleen Hicks. . ' Miss Lizzie Covine-ton. v.Miss Katie McDonald. Mrs Don Coppedge." ? j Miss 'Annie Smith. Miss Mary Leak Scales. THEATRE BID INCREASED. Ci-n Qanf 0J TT TT 1 ' ' ' . v... .jci,, oiu n. xi. Anaerson was high bidder for the Garden theatre lease, bld under bankruptcy auction, at $2500. Within the three-day per iod, this bid was raised by McArthur m ijuinucriuii, wncn neces- Isitated a re-sale on Tuesday. McArth- nw p. r:ar. . i Ui ruiiii were tne successful bid- ucis una umo at tne terms of their RiM P.: i a This $2625 bid of Tuesday was this afternoon (Thursday) raised 5 to . vicna, Ul UX- ford. - ...... , - This calls for still another sale, and this will be held at The Garden Sat- "uaJi ww, ai a:au. . ' , . . , This sale Sntnrlo,. -u t.. , ' . , "wj "in ub me last one to be held by the Trustee. No further raise in bid, after Saturday's sale w.H be allowed, All would-be maders therefore had better be on hand and bid their limit L MARRIAGE LICENSES. Paul Caudle A Pok.. . white. . . . apei, Sent, fi ToinW t... ! ' . . " . pi e ,, , ur"er ana Annie L. Bloomfield, colored. . , nfeSw!?ide ChapPeI1 and Jen nie Webb, white. Sent. 8 front A n.. Mabel Fran.; Hawiey," " iueoaore iJunlap and Leo Martin, colored. . i .TH,E THOMAS SALE. It. -bw mm- issue tells the E The ?le that ed at COCpCOOOCOCOCCCaCOCOOOCyC-CCOOC O . ' . O O O C) o () o () C) ) : ) h'i i i Ksi U VI While it is your business whether you save any part of your earnings, it is our business to help you in the matter if you decide to miike saving a regular weekly habit. ,;'.'.''-,.;.; ( '.-,. '.-,.. ''.. . :- '"..,' :. Thrift has its champions" among leaders in every walk of life. President Cool idge says: "The one who saves is the one who will win." Saving is the daily practice . of all who win. ' START A SAVIICGS ACCOUnT TODAY Our bank makes a special effort to develop this f. because we believe we aro performing a real service for induced to save regularly. " COTTON ESTEIATE 12,787,000 BALES GOVERNMENT SAYS -COTTON CROP ON SEPT. 1ST WAS 59.3, AND .INDICATED A -TOTAL YIELD OF 12,787,000 BALES. NORTH CAROLINA 828,000. Cotton has passed through the month of August with less deterior ation than in that month last year and less than the average August of the last ten years, resulting in a fore cast Monday by the Department of Agriculture of 12,787,000 equivalent 500-pound bales for this season's crop. That is 169,000 bales less than forecast from the condition of the crop in the middle of August and 2,657,000 bales more than produced last year. . Ginnings of 958,204 running bales, counting round as half bales, prior to September 1, were announced Monday in the consolidated cotton report of the Department of Agriculture and Census Bureau. CONDITION IS 59.3. The condition of the crop on Sep tember 1, was 69.3 per cent of a nor mal, indicating an acre yield of 151.5 pounds. The August 16 report this year placed the condition at 64.9, in dicating an acre yield of 153.5 pounds and a crop of 12,956,000 bales at that time. Production was 10,128, 478 bales last year, when the con dition was '54.1 on August 25, Ihe (Continued on Page 11) 379 BALES TO DATE. W. T. Covington & Co bought 75 bales of cotton Wednesday, and 90 today. Up to this afternoon a total of 392 bales of new cotton have been sold here. Price today 22c, ' HISTORICAL SKETCH. The historical sketch of Richmond county, as read at the nevf courthouse dedication Sept. 1st, by Paul C. Whit lock is published in this issue on page three. Save it. FOOTBALL PROSPECTS. 'Exactly 26" candidnfes' answered Coach Lawrence's call 'for Dractice the first afternoon, Monday, and new material keeps drifting to the grid iron each ; afternoon. : Franklv. the prospects are undoubtedly bricht.er than was the case at the beginning of last season. And the local fans are confident of an even stronzer team than the fine one that represented R. H. S. in 1923. ' The first srame is the 1 ntV We with Chesterfield, and then on the 26th the strong Mt. Pleasant College team comes here. Oct. 3rd brings Favetteville here; on the 11 the team goes to Charlotte; the 17th Sanford is played at Pinehurst; the 21st Aberdeen comes here; 24th Raeford here; and 31st Durhnm starts the elimination. MATERNITY-INFANCY WORK. Richmond County Welfare and Hy. Riene of Maternity and Infancy Work Progressing. . A health conference fnr and well babies, two years and under, will be held at the . new.. Richmond county1 court house in Rockingham uu oept. ma, at a p. m. o'clock, and at Ellerbe Sept. 16, at 3 at the school. You are toreed tn 'attend baby that we v may help you ; keep healthful. I want to emphasize that babies With anv conrnonnno ni , . " " O w vt. llliuv,- tious diseases are not allowed at the ciinics. ihe prenatal and. baby con ference .attendance is progressing nicely, and we hone tn ennti clinic during the entire winter. Iva L. Carpenter, Rich. Co. Maternity and Inf. Nurse.- . Job Printing Post-Dispatch i - ; -.11 II. ..-.i '2 E B C II 11 f 781 ENROLLED HI CITY SCHOOL RHAM SCHOOL OPENED IIONDAY WITH 471 IN GRAMMAR AND 310 IN HIGH SCHOOL. NAMES AND PLACES WHERE TEACH ERS , ARE STAYING. The city schools, white and color ed, opened as scheduled on: Monday morning, Public opening exercises were conducted in the high school by Rev. J. A. McQueen. The enrollment was as follows: Miss Sparger's room gr, 1B 36 Miss Mabry IB 35 Miss Roddey 1A : 31 Miss Red wine 2 A . 36 Mis3 McCown 2B .36 Mrs. Ewing 3A . 36" Miss Maddrey 3B 42 MisS Golphin 4B 42 Miss Moore 4A 40 Miss Logan 5B 37 Miss Wilson 5B 48 Miss Hornaday 6B ... 36 Miss Terry 6A 16 This makes a total of 471 enrolled in the grammar school building. . The enrollment at the high school building is as follows: Grade 7 37 Grade 8 .. no Grade 9 .' : ; 69 Grade 10 47 Grade 11 ' 47 Making a total of 310 and a total enrollment in both buildings of 781. A course in public school music and sight singiner will be sriven this year by Miss Margaret Motz. She will also organize the singing and chorus work in the high school. Splen did results , are expected from these courses. ' About 60 girls have elected the home economics course and 60 boys are taking agriculture. 110 pupils are taking general science; 77 have elected biology and 45 chemistry; showing that the practical courses are popular. . The enrollment at the colored ' schools on the opening day was 254 The principal this year is J. C, XW1--Hams, a graduate of Fisk Unwwsity,, who has 7 capable assistants. - .... , . ... : Teachers' Directory! -'' " The, names; of the teachers and.' their homes are as follows: ' jAt the teachers' home: Miss LuU -M. Logan, Miss Connor Jones, Miss Thelma Mallard. Miss T.ettie p, Side, Miss Mare-are Wiln- ., -. o r " miss, Annie Redwme, Miss Margaret Motz. Miss Mildred Ellis. ' 'A.4 Mrs- E. D. Whitlock's: Jffeg.: Lomse Golphin Miss Marguerite S&i--drey M1SS Juiia K. Roddey( Misg SlU. he McCown Miss Bernice Hornaday" Misg Ruth Gaither, Miss Marion Ma- brey. ,. ' ., '.. . ' At Mrs. J. F. D;ggs:' Miss Louise (Continued on Page 6) SUPERIOR COURT An interesting incident of last week's term was the effort of M W Miller to get a divorce from SaDie Miller, colored. Earlier in the week a lUrv haA AanlAnA 4.U1. 1.- . . . - mCu umi. ne couia not have the divorce, believing the state ment nf SolM Hitmi ii . , husband was AubA anA , , a right to marry M. W. Miller. Atty. n appeared for the woman, and Atty. Harrill for the mow : i it. nil was not satisfied ; he and his client ..xiuijr ueuevea mat the woman's first husband was still living, and diligent search and inrmi ,),.! j . i.-i. xi. -". "cciuptju Cne jact that the man was living in Monroe. . KiuuBUl io itockingham Sat urday morning, and the Judge took up the case again. His name is Jdhn Fa.rly He testified that he is the hasband of the woman, and most de cidedly was nnt AooA m.. t.j r v.. -iieieupon, Judge Lane set aside the verdict of the in-,. J .. ... " nu me action will be tried again when no' doubt Miller will be granted his divorce. It. is understood that ?. Case nf nun'...,, , t . ins ueen brought against the woman in Ham- ron-Tnnji p- votirr. " 1 " V , fV WWW il W W .s y ' ( ( ( t!ie . c. t 1 1