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Vol. 7. No. 43.
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HITCHCOCK CREEK
NAVIGABLE
THE COURT IN 1801 ORDERED
THAT HITCHCOCK CREEK BE
CLEARED AND KEPT OPEN
. FOR NAVIGATION.
At a County Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions held in Rockingham
on the 19th day of April laui, tne
following Justices of the Peace being
present:
James Cole, Eli Terry,- Moses
Knight, John Cole, Jun., John Crow
son, Walter Leak, John Clark."
; ORDERED.-That Hitchcock creek
be cleared, out and kept open for the
navigation of boats, batteaux, etc.,
from the Pee River up to Terry's Mill
and that all hands living within two
miles of the said creek be subject to
work thereon and to be divided as
the commissioners may hereafter di
rect under the following overseers,
viz:- John Clark, John Cole, Jr.,
James Terry, Senior, and Eli Terry,
and that the overseers clear out said
: creek up to the bridge.
The above old order is handed to
the Post-Dispatch by Mr. C. E. D.
Egerton, who is now attempting to
locate the mill mentioned. ' Some
think that the mill was about a mile
above the present location of Rober
del Mill No. 1, but it doesn't seem
probable that the creek could have
been opened for navigation to even
small boats, past the fall at Steeles
Mills, Midway, and Pee Dee No. 1.
Others have expressed the opinion
that it was located at or about the
present location of the Midway Mills.
Any one having any information on
the subject," and who is willing to
' aid in getting up some historical
-.sketches, will please write to Mr.
'.. Egerton at Rockingham. : ' .
HARD SURFACE
eve;; in 1840
INTERESTING LETTER WRITTEN
IN 1840 IN WHICH LEGISLATOR
URGES THAT MACADAMIZED
TURNPIKE BE BUILT FROM
RALEIGH TO THE MOUNTAINS.
NOTHING WAS SAID THEN OF
PORT-TERMINALS.
LOOKING BACKWARD
ITEMS GLEANED BY THE POST
DISPATCH FROM FORMER PA
PERS PUBLISHED AT ROCK
INGHAM. ALSO, UNDER THIS
HEAD WILL APPEAR LETTERS
AND. ARTICLES OF LONG AGO.
Rockingham locket, March 6, 1890:
NeiU Key and Miss Sallie Smith
were married Feb. 25,
Rainwaters officiating.
Rev. W. T.
The following letter, now in the
nnsaPRsinn of Mr." C. E. D. Eeerton,
was written in the days before en-jloss the night of Feb. 28th, when a
velopes were in common use, and part of their new stone dam blew out.
likewise about seven years before j A force of operatives from Roberdel
nnatAire stamrs came into use m wort at fee JJee Mill while the
CROP ESTIMATE KING AND IIARRELL
NOV 12,598,000
TO DIE NOV. 21
GOVERNMENT ISSUES REPORT SLAYERS OF MAJOR McL'EARY
SAYING CONDITION OF COT'ON i
CROP IN SOUTH ON SEPT 16
IS ,55.4, AND ESTIMATES TO
TAL CROP WILL BE 12,596,000.
NORTH CAROLINA 52 AND
782,000. , ' ,
TRIED AT CHESTERFIELD, S
C, TUESDAY. BOTH TO DIE
NOV. 21 ST AT COLUMBIA. HAR
RELL LIVED IN THIS COUNTY.
The now famous Major McLeary
murder case is now nearing its clos-
America. The folded letter is post
marked "Raleigh, . N. C, Dee. 23.'
In place of a postage stamp is the
umrrl "TTrpn" in tpA ink. This would
9ppni tn imiieat that at this time Law enforcement received quite a
n84( thfl members -of the State ' boost two weeks ago in the sentences
legislature had the- postal franking jand fines inflicted by Judge Lano on
privilege now enioved bv the mem- various convicted defendants in An
son county oupenor couri ai waaes-
The TI. S. DeDartment of Agricul-! ing chapters. The two white men who
Roberdel Mfg. Co. suffered a heavy I ture on Tuesday issued its estimate j killed him were tried at Chesterfield;
of the cotton cipp, for the period o. luesaay, ana ine jury was out
ending Sept. 16th. This is placed but thirty minutes. 'Mortimer N.
at 65.4 7d of normal, and indicates a I King confessed that he alone did the
total yield of 12,596,000 bales.. The -killing, but Frank Harrell was an ac
Nnrth rrarnlin rron ia estimated accessory, and so both will be electro-
continued on Page 8)
JUDGE LANE GETS RESULTS.
bers of Congress only.
"Raleigh, N. C.,
Dec. 23rd, 1840.
To the Acting Postmaster,
Rockingham, Richmond County,
N. Ca.
Dear Sir:-
The few letters we receive here
would indicate that our constituents
are perfectly well satisfied with the
laws and regulations of Richmond
County as they now stand. When I
visited Rockingham after the rise of
the last session of the Legislature, I
was faulted that no Justices of the
Peace had been' appointed in and
around Rockingham. That deficiency
. (Continued on Page 8)
It is as distasteful for us to put
an X mark on your paper as it is for
you to have it on there. So keep
it off by paying up.
THE OLD COURT HOUSE SOLD
boro. In addition to one death sen
tence, two men were given a total
of 25 years in the state prison, and a
number of smaller offenders received
a total of 22 years eight month!? on
the roads. There were two jail 'sen
tences totaling 14 months, and fines
amounting to $335.00
52 and indicates a yield of 782,-000.-
South Carolina is put at 47
and 728,000 bales.
The Government's estimate two
weeks ago was for a yield of 12,-
787,000. The total crop last year)
amounted to 10,139,671.
The present condition of 52 for
the North Carolina crop indicates
208 pounds per acre, and 782,000
(Continued on Page 8)
cuted at the penitentiary at Colum
bia Nov. 21st.
The case is of local interest because
Frank Harrell lived in Richmond
(Continued on Page 12)
MT PLEASANT
COLLEGE FRIDAY
FIRST GAME FOOTBALL SEASON
IS WITH MT. PLEASANT COL
LEGIATE INSTITUTE HERE ON
FRIDAY AT 3:30. HEAVY SCHE
DULE AHEAD. ONLY SIX LET
TER MEN OF 1923 BACK.
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The probable line-up for Friday's
game can be seen on page 7
THE NEW STUDEBAKER.
ROSH HASHONA.
. Next Monday and Tuesday is Rosh
Hashona, the Jewish New Year. In
observance of the two days, the vari
ous Jewish owned stores of Rocking
ham will be closed The Hub, S. &
S., Kirsch Bros., and New York Bar
gain House.
TOURIST TRAFFIC.
B. F. Palmer Pay $1. for Old Court
house That Wat Built in 1889 and
, Now Discarded for the Handtomo
New $225,000 Dedicated Sept. 1st.
,.He Mutt Have The 2-Story Brick
: Building Torn Down and Complete
ly Removed by Doc. 22nd.
A meeting of citizens from various
points between Richmond and Rock
ingham, on Roffte 60, was held at the
Sir Walter hotel in Raleigh Tuesday
to devise plans for bringing the tour
ist traffic south over Route 50 in
stead of it being diverted from Rich
mond by way of Greensboro and
Charlotte.-
Committees were appointed and ac
tive steps initiated looking towards
getting all southbound tourist traffic
to come over Route 50.: Attending th
meeting from Rockingham. wereW.
R. Jones, J. N. Hiisty, M. L. Tucker,
W, E. Harrison.
On page nine can be seen the full
page description of the much talked
of new Studebaker model. P. W.
West, local dealer, brought one of
these models from Charlotte Tues
day, and it is on display at. his show
rooms. The new car is a beauty,
with many new features that are
quite distinctive.
CAR STOLEN TODAY.
SQUIRRELS AND SNAKES.
W. B. Covington informs the paoer
that on Monday Woodson Walker
killed 6 squirrels f.om the same tree,
and two rattlesnakes underneath it,
near Capers mill. One rattler had
13 buttons and the other 5, :
CROATANS STOLE CAR
Richmond county's old courthouse,
built in 1889, was on Monday, Sept.
22nd, sold by the County Commis
sioners, through County Attorney W.
Steele Lowdermilk, at public auction.
B. F. Palmer offered the highest,
' $1.00, and it was knocked" down to
him. Ha gives bond to insure the
complete removal of the two-story
brick structure by Dec. 22nd.
It was stipulated in 'the legisla
tive bill passed in 1919 by Represen
tative W. N. Everett that the , old
courthouse should be torn down up
on, completion of the new $250,000
' courthouse. The new building was
formally dedicated Sept. 1st, and the
Commissioners promptly advertised
for bids for the tearing down and re
moval of the discarded building. The
vacant space in the center of town
' will probably be made into a public
park, and eventually be the site for
a monument.
CONTRACT ROAD TUESDAY.'
CAR BY MISTAKE.
The State Highway Commission
will award the contract next Tues
day, 30th, for hard surfacing the
highway from Rockingham to
river, 6 miles.
".the.
3 APPLES ONE POUND.
Mr. Peter E. Nicholson: of TfoiifP !the day'
3, brought the POST-DISPATCH
Saturday a number of large apples, L .
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cc ui wiuuii uugeuier weigrieu one
pound. They were of the Delicious,
Jno. F. Winter, Buckingham and
Paragon Winesaps. v
As Deputy Heeney was coming in
to Rockingham early Thursday
morning of last week, on the Rock-
lngham-Hamlet Road, he observed a
Ford Coupe speeding ahead. He
gave chase, and overtook the car at
corner of Leak street and Rocking.
ham Road. The driver of the car
jumped and ran, and of course the
officer knew then that the occupants
were guilty of more than simply
speeding. He caught the driver,
while some passer-by kept the other
two occupants guarded. It was then
found that the car had been stolen
at Pembroke the njght before. The
men were locked up, and a Robeson
county officer came for them later in
This (Thursday) afternoon about
2 o'clock a young white stranger
stole Cliff Newman's Ford that was
parked beside the Bank of Pee Dee.
Up to press time he had not been
caught.
The thief is supposed to be the
same fellow who forged a check at
the Farmers Bank & Trust Co., this
morning for $42, forging M. L. Han
cock's name, on the back thereof and
having it cashed. :
MOURNER'S BENCH.
SHELLS OUT AT SIGHT
JAIL DOORS
Jesse Phifer was this week elected
by his mates as Captain of the team
for this season. He is a heady and
hard-working player, and a clean
one; his selection as Captain is a good
one. Stansill Sedberry was elected as
Manager.
With the first football game of the
new season only one day off, much
speculation is rife as to the team's
prospects for 1924. The first game
will be played here on Friday with
Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute, and
it is realized that Mt. Pleasant has an
unusually heavy and formidable ag
gregation.
Rockingham starts the season with
only six letter men "on the squad.
Six of the outstanding men ' of the
1923 team that was runner-up for
the Eastern half in the eliminations
are not in school this fall. Jack Mc
Dowell has gone to State, Ammie
Webb to the University, George Cov
ington to Trinity, Steve Furches to
(Continued on Page 5) i
With the work of demolishing the
old courthouse now in progress, the
loafing place of "Little Bill" and
others of his ilk of necessity had to
be moved. The loafers simply carried
one of the long court benches to the
open square opposite the old building,
and have " made of it a typical
"mourner's bench."
23 ARE KILLED.
' 3 persons, met death in North
Carolina from automobile smashups
during the month of August and
scores were injured.
Negro Plead Poverty, But When Jail
Key Rattle He Forkt Over Coin.
HAD TEN BUT LOST ONE
It was related of W. B. Covington
that when his daughter married back
in 1915 that he went on the porch by
himself and wept copiously. John
Everett approached him and asked:
"what's the matter, Wat?" "Noth
ing," spluttered Wat, "except I didn't
have but ien children, and now I've
lost one:
CONE AND TUBE EXHIBIT.
LAURINBURG TAX RATE
The new tax rate for the town of
Laurinburg is $1.80. The total pro
perty valuation is $3,848,000..
A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT?
One of the attractive and .repre
sentative booths at the Made-in-Car-
olinas Exposition in Charlotte is that
of the Economy Cone & Tube Co.,
and Rockingham Paper Mill, of Rock
ingham. The Messrs. McCall have
gone to considerable pains and ex
pense in preparing a really credita
ble exhibit of this paper and cone
product that is manufactured here
at Rockingham; and the exhibit re
flects credit upon the town.
" Some little excitement was created
. about 3:30 this afternoon when. Mrs.
W. H. Tant, of Hamlet, found her
Nash car was lost. She had parked'
it in front of Terry's, store, and a
. few minutes later found it gone. A
general search was being put in mo
, tion when the car was located a block
away, parked, with no harm done.
A negro had been sent by T. L. Mc
Rae to get his Nash, and he had
mistaken the two cars, taking the
wrong one. When he carried the key
to Mr. McRae, - that gentleman
promptly realized it was not his car
and the negro made haste to return
it.'.' .....'
. Now that the old courthouse is
being torn down, the matter of build
ing a monument to the memory of
our- Civil and World War veterans
should assume a more tangible shape.
The( U. D. C. have it in charge, and
no doubt that organization will- at
once put on foot energetic plans for
raising the necessary funds.
CARNIVAL AT CORDOVA.
WRITTEN PERMISSION REQUI'D.
One day recently Chief Covington
observed a negro, John King, splitt
ing the wind down Fayetteville Road
in a stripped-down Ford, making full
40 miles per hour. He hailed him
before the Mayor, who fined him $10
and costs of $3.65, or go to jail for
30 days,
The negro claimed he had but 65
cents, but thought he could raise the
amount. The officer accordingly car
ried him to a number of prospects,
but no cash was forthcoming. Final
ly Chief Sam headed him toward the
jail, John still protesting that he had
only 65 cents. But just as Mr. Cov
ington put the heavy key in the jail
door lock, John's (face broke into a
broad grin' and digging down into
his pocket he pulled out a roll of
bills, and the officer counted out his
$13.65. .
John found that he couldn't bluff
Rockingham's high sheriff. ,
NEW CAFE
That Blue X Mark.
Is there a blue X mark on the
front p'age of this paper? If so, it
is a reminder that your subscrip
tion has expired, and a request
that you attend to the payment of
same.. ,'
SUPERIOR COURT
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Criminal Term Begint Next Monday,)
' 29th, in New Courthouse. Judge' '
Lane Pretidet, Solicitor on Salary
Batit Oct. ltt. V '
ROHANEN SCHOOL OCT. 6TH
A new cafe is today being opened
in the old Linton Tire Co. stand by J.
C. Martin. He also runs a pressing
club adjoining same. His cafe will
be known as the "City. Cafe." It is
next door to the cafe that is' run by
the Greeks. '
The Rohanen school will open for
the fall term on Monday, Oct. 6th.
The faculty consists of 13 teachers
a lucky number.
AUCTION AT ELLERBE.
An auction sale of real estate will
be held at Ellerbe next Thursday,
Oct. 2nd. Page ten gives it more in
detail. . ...
The enrollment at the Cordova
school is 152. The teachers and
pupils are to have a "carnival" at the
schoolhouse Friday night, Sept. 26th,
to which the public is cordially in
vited. No admission will be charged, apprehended
. Thd paper would remind those
who have been in the habjt of hunt
ing anywhere they 'pleased, without
regard to property rights, that the
Law specifically stipulates that
WRITTEN permission must be se
cured from the land owner in order
to hunt in Wolf Pit, Steele's and
Mineral Springs townships.
The County Game Warden is Wint
W. Covington, and he is going to see
that the game laws are enforced.
And law abiding citizens should as
sist him in seeing that violators are
Miss Jffooty
announces the opening of her
China Shop
Friday, Sept. 26th, 1914
ROOMN.0.15 LONG BUILDING
Classes now being arranged in China Painting', Water
. Colors and Oils. . .
Hours to suit convenience of pupils. : . , :
Superior Court for the trial of
criminal cases will convene at Rock
ingham next Monday, Sept. 29th, with
Judge Lane presiding.
The new courthouse, which was
used for civil cases the first week in
September, will be used for this term
and f qr all subsequent terms, of
course. The old courthouse was sold
at auction Monday for $1 to B. F.
Palmer, and is even now being made
ready for tearing down and removing.
Solicitor F. Don Philips will go on
a salary basis Oct. 1st, , with the first
two days of the term on fees. The
salary will be $4500 and $750 for
expenses. . ; ..
The following is the jury summon
ed for the term, and also the names
of those composing the Six Months'
Grand Jury: '
Sept. '29th Criminal Term:
L. L. Odora J. C. Hancock
W. D. Smith B. E. Davis
S. A. Williams J. T. Strickland-
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
Six Month'
B C Ellerbe
B R Carroll '
J W Diggs, Jr
Robt. T. Pigue
J E Austin .
A H McCall
R S L Davis '
J Lee Smith .
Gaston Terry
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. -
Grand Jury:
Benson F Thomas
F Marchant
Jno W Gibson
L H Thompson
R A Whitley
HW Taylor
B C Vuncannoti
D M Wilkes ,
Henry Dunn '
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