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N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 28, 1954
ISAAC S. LONDON, Editor
VOL. 37 NO. 12
ROCKINGHAM,
ttinoon's
Historical Matters Pertaining
" to Richmond
These articles are being written with purpose later of
revising them into a History of Richmond County. If
you find any errors herein, please let me know of such.
Isaac S. London
No. 38
Post-Dispatch
Richmond County
Families
written by
I. S. LONDON
Post-Dispatch Jan. 28, 1954
No. 20
Charlotte Covington
(No. 55)
The issue of January 21, 1954,
gave the complete line of
Martha Wall (51) Covington
and her husband James Jack
son Gathings. Now below " we
give the line of Charlotte (55)
Covington and her husband!
first Rev. Robert Raiford
by whom she had six children;
and second marriage (about
1858) to J. B. McDonald by
whom she had one son Charles,
who died single at age of 28.
This Charlotte Covington was
the seventh child of Uncle
Billy (14) Covington and his
wife Mary (Polly) . Covington
married April 1, 1799. Uncle
Billy and Mary had ten child
ren; they built about the year
1825 the house that now stands
nearly, a mile north of Zion
church in Richmond county
the house in which now in 1954
lives his great granddaughter
r,X&rrie Covington Nichols (whose
husband' the ' late Sandy Kich-'
ols was also a great grandson
of, Uncle Billy).'
This Uncle Billy gave the
acre lot where Zion church is
built, the deed bearing date of
1829. Uncle Billy was born
January 16, 1777 and died July
14, 1858. His Will is recorded
in the courthouse at Rocking
ham. His wife was his cousin,
Mary (Polly) Covington daugh
ter of Henry (3) and Elizabeth
Sands Covington..
The subject of this week's
sketch, Charlotte (55), was
married in the Uncle Billy home
to Robert Raiford. Their five
children were born in North
Carolina. Charlotte was born
May 23, 1816. Charlotte and
Robert with their family moved
in the early 1850's to Calhoun
county, Arkansas where Robert
died about 1855 (born 1811).
Then about 1858 Charlotte
married her second husband
J. B. McDonald who was born
about 1820 in Georgia, and who
was living in Calhoun county
when he and the widow Char
lotte married; they had one son
Charles born in 1859 and who
died some 28 years later.
Now for the Charlotte (55)
Covington line:
Charlotte Covington
(No. 55)
MARRIED ROBERT RAIFORD
Charlotte Covington (55) sev
enth child of Uncle Billy (14)
and Mary (Polly) (25) Covington
Covington, was born in Rich
mond county, N. C. May 23, 1816.
She married at her father's
home near Zion church to Rev.
Robert Raiford, he born 1811.
About 1852 or 1853 they moved
to Calhoun county, Arkansas,
with their children. Robert Rai
ford died in 1855. In 1858 she
married J. B. McDonald, he Born
about 1820 in Georgia. They
had one son Charles born in
1859 and died about 1887.
The children of Charlotte and
of Robert Raiford were:
55-1 James William Raiford,
born Oct. 1 1, 1843, married to
' Clementine Furr.
552 John Kiah Raiford born
1845; killed in the War and
buried in Atlanta.
55-3 Martha Caroline Rai
ford born Aug. 6, 1847, married
to Joseph Burnett.
55-4 Tabitha Ann Raiford
born May 3, 1849, married to
Henry Clay Black.
55-5 Robert Joseph Raiford
born in 1851, married three
times and had four children by
HiSTony
County, N. C.
Rockingham
January 28, 1954
one or both of the first two.
marriages.
One child by seco:id marriage
; to J. B. McDonald, this child
being Charles McDonald, born
about 1859, died about 1887.
(Information on! this fam
ily line furnished in 1937 by
Mrs. Maude Covington Rai
ford Strong of Hampton,
Arkansas').
JAMES WILLIAM RAIFORD
(55-1)
vson of Robert and Charlotte
Covington Raiford, was born
October 11, 1843, in Richmond
county, N. C. He died Feb. 18,
1919, in Thornton, Calhoun
county, Arkansas. James Wil
liam Raiford was narried near
Hampton, in Calhoun county,
in jnuary, 1868, to Clementine
Furr, she born Nov. 7, 1849, in
Lonoke, Arkansas. She dau
ghter of James and Mary Shouse
Furr, and she died (January 18,
1891 near Hampton. James and
Clementine had ten children.
After Clementine's death, James
married Mrs. Ada Moses and
they had two children, Claude
and Dawson, both ofj whom died
at ages 2 and 3.
Now for the ten children of
James and Clementine:
55-1-1 Robert E. Lee Raiford
born- in December J 1868,
but
died when six weeks old.
55-1-2 Maude I Covington
Raiford born February 27, 1870,
married to .Isaac Barrineau
Strong. ": ' " r;-"W; 'y.i&r
55-1-3' James Gathings Rai
ford born October 13, 1872, died
in December, 1885.
55-1-4 William Preston Rai
ford born January 10, 1874, died
in 1876.
55-1-5 Lillian Gertrude Rai
ford born November L, 1879, died
1901, married to Lucius Norph
lett Hollis.
55-1-6 Charles Raiford
(twin) born and ded Nov. 1,
1879.
55-1-7 Minnie Lee Raiford
born February 20, 1882, died De
cember 5, 1888. J
55-1-8 Emmett O'Neal Rai
ford born January la, 1884, died
in June, 1888.
55-1-9 Jewell Raiford bora
January, 1886,, died in August,
1889.
55-1-10 Elmo Ra,ford born
January 18, 1889, died at age of
20 years.
Second Wife of Raiford.
After the death of Clementine
Furr, James Willia m Raiford
married Mrs. Ada Moses and
they had two child ren Claude
Raiford who died al.: age of 2,
and Dawson Raif ore who died
at age of 3.
Maude Covington Raiford
55-1-2
Maude Covington Raiford, No.
55-1-2, second child of James
Wiiiiam and Clementine Furr
Raford, was born Febuary 27,
1870 near Hampton, in Calhoun
county, Arkansas, and was mar
rier in Hampton onj February
13, 1890 to Isaac Barrineau
Strong who was born on Feb
ruary 6, 1869, son of Isaac B.
and Laura' Ricks Strong of
Edgecombe county, N C. He died
October 22, 1931. Isaac and
Maude Covington Rai ford Strong
had nine childreen, as follows:
1 Leula Gertrude Strong,
born Dec. 31, 1890, near Hamp
ton, died Sept. 18, 18$2.
2 Edwin Raiford) Strong
born Nov. 26, 1892, near Hamp
ton. Married in Ax; gust, 1918,
in Little Rock to Erna Hazlip
and in 1937 they were living in
San Antonio. Erwin was a First
Lieutenant in World War One,
and taught in a military school
rfter the war in San Antonio.
Edwin and Erna haze one son
son Erwin Raiford Strong Jr.,
born August 19, 1919 in San An
tonio. (3) Clementine . :ay Strong
born Nov. 13, 1895, near Hamp
ton, died April 25, 1920, at
Thornton, Arkansas.
4. Laura B. Strong born Oc
( Continued on page 2)
Maske Chosen
Claude Maske Selected As
President of the Merchants
Association for 1954.
The annual business session
of the Rockingham Merchants
Association (88 members now)
met at Sidney's for supper the
night of January 22nd. Thirty
five firms were represented
not a bad number considering
.he heavy rainfall at that hour.
By vote of 29 to 4 the mem
bers decided to elect directors
from "at large" and not from
groups or classifications.
By secret ballot, the members
elected the following twelve men
as Directors:
Claude Maske, R. W. Good
man, W. A. Vick, Koy Dawkins,
Walter Long, Worth Walker,
Paul Scholl, J. E. Williams, M.
F. Grantham, J. W. Henderson,
O. O. Bradshaw, Athos Cockman.
The Directors met after ad
journment ?tnd made ; Claude
Masket President for 1954; and
re-elected Mrs. Edna Gillis as
Secretary, and Margie Hawkins
State as her assistant.
Mr. Maske operates the Eco
nomy Auto and is so well known
over the town and county as a
fine gentleman, square-shooter
and live-wire booster that
any longer "eulogy" or descrip
tion would be out of place.
Claude will put more pep into
the Association. It should have
150 members instead of the
present 88.
Roy Phillips was re-elected as
member of the State Board
Speaker r.t the banquet was
Rev. E. C. Crawford.
81
WHO'SIIEVJ
Iff
Babies Born
WHEN and WHERE
Post-Dispatch :
Issue of January 28, 1954
Early Sunday a. m. Babies.
Born, at 7:09 a. m. January
24, 1954, in Memorial hospital
here a third son to Herman
and Frances Louise Mclnnis
Jenkins; and at 7:35 a. m. 26
minutes later, a girl to Homer
Richard and Elsie Louise Bittle
Callahan, their first child.
Baby Girl to Boots-Effie.
Born in Memorial hospital
here January 25th at 3 a. m. a
daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John
(Boots) Eby. The baby weighed
7 pounds.
This is their second child, the
other a boy William Carroll born
Sept. 5. 1952. Mrs. Eby was the
former Effie Carroll. Boots
is coaching and teaching in the
Fairview school in Union coun
ty. Wentz Fifth Grandchild.
Born, January 25, 1954, in he
hospital at High Point, a son
weighing 7.3 pounds, to Henry
and Ella Mae Morgan Wentz.
The baby will be Henry Jr. and
is the fifth grandchild to the
grandparents, W. U. operator
W. A. Wentz and wife.
Henry is with the Goodyear
store in High Point. He and
Ella Mae were married in New
port News June 30, 1951.
Son to Bob and Mary Cagle.
Born, on January 22, 1954, in
Memorial hospital at Rocking
ham, son to Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert C. Cagle Jr. The baby
weighed 7.1 pounds, and will be
Robert 3rd. Bob and Mary
Yarborough were married July
29, 1951, she having taught in
the elementary school here 1950,
1951 and 1952.
Harry and Connie a Baby.
Born, January 27th in Flori
da, an 8.2-pound daughter
to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Henry
Jenkins. The baby will be nam
ed Palea Ann. Mrs. Jenkins was
the former Constance Theresa
Muscarella of Clearwater, Flori
da, married to Harry Jenkins
January 10J 1953. Sgt. Jenkins
got out xi the army last fall,
and is now enrolled at the Uni
versity of Tampa.
A son was born to Sgt. and
Mrs. Edward Emanuel Schnell,
II, on December 21, at Lawton,
Oklahoma, where the couple
Hospital Supt, of
Nurses Resigns f
k -
Mrs. Margaret Hicks Deese -
T10 a of in o- SnnArintendentT
Memorial Hospital,, one nfle
southeast of Rockingham, isto
have a new Superintendent I of
Nurses effective February 5th.
Miss Miriam Wall, who has
filled this position ever since
the hospital was opened Nov
ember 10, 1952, recently resigned,
effective February 5th.- She will
return to Monroe to be Supt. oi
Nurses for the Union County
new and enlarged Memorial
Hospital starting February 15th,
Administrator Joe Lennon and
the Hospital Board have not yet
secured a replacement for Miss
Wall but are carefully consider
ing several nurses. If a Supt. is
not secured by February 5th, an
Acting Supt. will be named
pending securing the new Supt.
In the meantime, the Acting
Supt. effective Feb. 5th will be
a member of the staff Mrs.
Jack Dempsey Deese, the former
Margaret Hicks, daughter of J.
F. Hicks. She has been with the
hospital since it opened Nov.
10, 1952, and is supervisor of
the Delivery Room. Margaret
was graduated from Memorial in
Charlotte, and passed the State
Board Sept. 11, 1946. She and
Jack Deese were married March
1, 1950.
High School Teacher Resigns '
and Mrs. Everhart Succeeds. f
A new teacher began her du
ties with the eighth grade ip.
Rockingham High Monday, Jan
uary 25th.k She is Mrs. Frances
D. Everhart of Hamlet, wife of
Dr. Guy Everhart. . Mrs. Ever
hart fills in the vacancy made
by the resignation as of January
22nd of Miss Peggy Ann West
who has returned to her home at
Goldsboro. Miss West was gradu
ated from Wake Forest College
last June, and this was her first
year of teaching. ;
Mrs. Everhart attended lilgh
school, in Spartanburg, and i
gptt&$etfeO iWinthaCkUei
majoring In Ehgliihrhd Social
Studies; and also has taken Ex
tension courses from the Uni
versity of Indiana and South
Carolina. ..
Mrs. Biggs and Her Two
Broken Limbs, Soon Home.
Bigg's had a fall and fractured
her leg. It was put in a cast.
On January 15th she had an
other fall at her home, and broke
her right arm. She was attend
ed to the Pinehurst hospital. Leg
break appears healed apd the
cast was taken off . on January
25th. It is probable that she
can be brought home this Sat
urday, arm and shoulder in a
cast.
Billy Graham Movie at Cobb
Memorial Church Feb. 1st.
The Billy Graham movie, "Oil
Town U. S. A." will be shown in
the auditorium of Cobb Memor
ial Baptist church at 7 p. m.
February 1st. Rev. H. V. Kinney
states that there is no charge
for admission, and the public
is cordially invited.
Tax Penalty Feb. 10
In this isssue is the Notice
from the County Tax Supervisor
that on and after February 10th
the 10 tax penalty will be im
posed on all who fail to list their
taxables by that date. The Law
is mandatory and there can be
no excuse given. The tax man
is advertising the fact through
all three papers in the county;
it should be due notice to all.
DEATHS
Lacy McGee
D. L. Hendrix
J. T. Clodfelter
Clarence Gatewood
Mrs. Ella D. Turner
Mrs. Clement G. Wright
Mrs. Nettie Smith Moore
Mrs. Henley Pickett Cole
make their home. Mrs. Schnell
is the former Sadie Allen,.daugh
ter of Mrs. B. F. Allen. Sgt. -Schnell
is attending Helicopter
school and will be a pilot.
Mr. and Mrs. Lumus Rushing
of Route 2, Rockingham, are
the parents of a son, born on
January 27, at the Richmond
Memorial hospital. Mrs. Rush
ing was the former Martha JJtaw-kiiu.
MarcK Of Dimes
Have You Contributed
to the 1954 Polio Fund?
The Goal is $23,000.
'Womanless Wedding" at Bell
School Friday Night and
"Mother's March" Fri. Nite.
The goal of $23,000 set for
Richmond county to raise for
the Polio Fund is far short,
despite the vigorous activity of
Director Koy Dawkins, Secretary
Helen Bryson, and the various
committees.
However, no attempt is being
made now to total up the
amount so far turned in. Many
schools and about all the mills,
are yet to report.
This Friday night will witness
the "Mother's March." You are
asked to keep your porch light
turned on from 7 to 8, and you
will be visited for a donation.
The town and the various com
munities have been divided into
many committees for this
"inarch."
Also, on Friday night at 8:30
will be the "Womanless Wed
ding" at the Bell school, with
admission $1 adults, 50c child
ren. The bride will be Jay Helms,
and the groom is Jimmy
Williams. The cast consists of
fat and lean men, tall and runts.
It promises to be a "scream."
On January 22nd the Civitans
again held the Line and took in
$187. The Jaycees had the Line
January 23rd and despite the
sleet-snow-cold they got $64.
Sunday, January 24th, the
colored "sing" at the Courthouse
took in $102 in free-will offer
ing. The Rotary members at their
luncheon January 27th raised
$500 among its members in a
matter of five minutes!
Other, large ; donations were
$1020, from Safie mill ($858.08
from employees, and $161.92
from the Mill itself;) also the
Hallum store group and owners
chipped in $330. ;
The Lions club served hot cpf
(Contitnuei oV page 3) ,
"Maneuvers
60,000 Troops to Maneuver
Camp Mackall and Ft. Bragg
Areas in April-May.
A large scale field maneuver
involving 60,000 troops will be
held in the Ft. Bragg-Camp
Mackall area in April and May.
The purpose of the exercise,
named "Flash Burn," is to train
troops in defense against atomic
weapons.
The 82nd Airborne Division
(Continued on page 2)
Recorder Court '
Fees at Hamlet
According to figures released
by the County Auditor, the Re
corder's Court at Hamlet hit a
new high in 1953 kith total fees
of $17,533, as compared with
$14,081 in 1952.
The fees for each year:
1950 ... $ 8,637
1951 10,044
1952 . 14.081
1953 ... ...... 17,533
Broken down, the amounts
each, year were as follows:
In 1953, $14,348 if the total of
$17,553 kas in fines, $2,415 in
court costs, $769 in patrol ar
rests and witness fees.
For 1952, of the total of $14,
081, the fines amounted to $11,
463, court costs $2,019, patrol
and witness fees $599.
Of the total of $10,044 in 1951,
the fines were $8,136, court costs
$1,589, patrol and witness fees
$319.
And finally, in 1950 of the
$8,637 turned in, $6i650 were
fines $1,724 court costts, $264
patrol and witness fees.
Rev. E. C. Crawford to is
be- Legion Speaker Jan. 28.
Commander Mike Meginnis of
Rockingham Post 147 .pf The
American Legion made the fol
lowing public information re
lease today pertaining to the
social meeting and roast beef
supper to be held at The Am
erican Legion hut on Ledbetter
Lake, Thursday, Jan. 28, with
the supper being served at 8 p.
m. Brig. Hon. Pearson Menoher
was tobe the speaker tonight
(Thursday) but he wired Com
mander Meginnis Wednesday
aight that he was seriously ill,
and cannot come. And so Rev.
E. C. Crawford will pinch-hit
for him tonight.
River 7.9 Feet
Over Dam Jan. 24
Highest on Record was 14
Feet Sept. 17th, 1945.
The rains of la,st week brought
the. first real freshet in Pee Dee
river since March, 1952.
On January 24, 1954, the wa
ter was 7.9 ' feet over the dam
at Blewett Falls. However, this
is a long ways from the record
high of Sept. 17, 1945, when it
registered 14 feet over the dam.
And that is the day Rocking
ham had its huge flood, with.
Ledbetter mill dam breaking,
and washing away Pee Dee No.
1 dam (and at 9 a. m. that day
the big strike started at Entwis
tle mill, and lasted 160 days un
til Aleo bought the mill Febru
ary 25, 1946).
Old-timers say the worst
flood in the history of the river
was in . March, 1865, and it is
known as the Sherman Freshet
(about the time GeneraJ. Sher
man and his Yankee troops
came through this section).
Various records for the river:
Sept 20, 192 11.7
Oct. 4, 1929 -. 9.9
Sept. 17, 1945 14.0
July 14, 1949 7.4
March 5, 1952 8.2
January 24, 1954 7.9
The Weather
The entire section had a
heavy rainfall Friday, January
22nd, climaxed at Rockingham
with a downpour about 7:45 p.
m. Then the cold wave
swooped in and around mid
night sleet, end the snow began
falling, and despite the tho
roughly soaked ground, the
flakes stuck to roofs and grass,
possibly half an inch. In Char
lotte . it was 2 inches, Raleigh
5 inches, Winston 7 inches.
Saturday, January 23rd bod
erated and melted the coating.
The rainfall Friday, 22nd,
amounted to 1.60 inches for, the
day. -
Low temperatures here:
Thurs., Jan. 21 59
Fri., Jan. 22, rain 52
Sat., Jan. 23, snow 24
Sun., Jan 24, cloudy 28
Mon., Jan. 25, fair 32
Tues., Jan. 26, fair . 40
Wed., Jan. 27, fair 53
Thurs, Jan. 28 36
Radio at 7 a. m. Next Monday.
Beginning next Monday, Feb.
1st, WAYN starts on the air at
seven o'clock.
Rockettes Rockin'
By Large Scores
Probably the best Girls Team
Rockingham High has had in
Many Years. 57 -pt. Average.
Rockingham high has by far
the best girls' basketball team
in many years. The girls have
played seven games up to Jan
uary 26th, and won six and lost
1 (to Lumberton 59-65).
The remarkable part is that
the girls coached by Mrs. Louise
Guthrie have rolled up such
astondding -scores, for a girls
team. They have amassed 400
points to 320 for the seven op
ponents a game average of
57.1 per game!
Another girls team that is
cutting a wide swajth is that
at Rohanen. It will be a, strong
finish in the county tourney
between these two sextettes.
Raiford will be played here
this Friday night 7:30.
Sue Fleming on Deane's Staff.
The quite pretty Sue Fleming
of Boonville, a junior at WCUNC,
goes to Washington next week
to join the office staff of Con
gressman C. B. Deane. She is
the daughter of Henry Fleming
of Boonville.
Superior Court for Civil Cases
Starts Feb. 4th for Two Weeks.
Two weeks of Superior Court
for civil cases is on tap for Rich
mond county, to start this
Monday, February 4th. There
are two sets of jurors summon
ed. Bible Nook Closed Jan. 15th.
Mrs. Eva Webb in December,
1952, opened a "Bible Nook" in
a corner of s the Service Office
Supply store on Franklin street.
She closed it January 15th, and
is now clerking for the Office
Supply of which Herman Holt
Li manager.
Not
County
Manag
er
County Commissioners May
Rescind Motion at February
1st Meeting of Board.
Chairman Palmer Nicholson
Issues a Public Statement.
On January 4th, 1954, the
Board of . County Commissioners
i adopted a motion submitted by
Jesse C. Leigh Jr., that effective
July 1st the County employ a
County Manager.
The Board (with John Hamer
absent) -adopted Mr. Leigh's
motion, which reads,
"Moved, That the County
Manager form- of Government
be adopted; that efforts be be
gun today to secure a man train
ed in this type of work; that,
this appointment be effective
July 1, 1954. To assure the cit
izens of Richmond county that
this will not be a political ap
pointment, this position should
be given to a man who is not a
citizen of this County."
Around the middle of January,
Commissioner Leigh wrote , a
letter to J. C. Ellis, chairman
of the State Association of
County Commissioners, in which
he suggested ten amendments
for improving the county gov
ernment. In addition to a Coun
ty Manager, he suggested that
the offices of Sheriff, Clerk and
Register of Deeds be abolished,
and the clerical duties of such,
be in a set-up under direction
of a County Manager, subject to
the Board of County Commis
sioners. And he provided that
(Contitnued on page 3)
Sheriff Candidates in Moore.
C. J. McDonald, sheriff . of
Moore county for the past 25
years, will have opposition in
the May 29th primary. Two men
have already signified their in
tention to run against him.
Sgt. Burney- Dabbs to Japan.
, T-Sgt., Burner; T.-abbsV and
family have been here for a
month, he on furlough. He left
Rockingham January 27th by
train for California, then by
plane for duty in Japan. His
wife and four daughters will
remain here with his mother,
Mrs. B.'R. Dabbs, until he can
get clearance for them to join
him in Japan.
Burney was born July 20, "1920.
He enlisted Sept. 30, 1940, and
so is on his fourteenth year with
Uncle Sam. He and Mrs. E. I.
Heller of St. Louis were mar
ried July 19, 1945. They have
four daughters Carol Jean,
Sandra Kay, Donna Marie and
Mary Beth.
Democratic Attorneys Still
On Federal Court Pay-roll.
To the victors of course be
longs the spoils, politically. And
so some weeks ago District At
torney Bryce R. Holt and his
two assistants (Kennedy Harris
and Theodore Bethea) handed
in their resignations to the Jus
tice Department, to be effective
February 1st.
But the powers-that-be in
Washington can't make up
their mind as to which Republi
can faction in North Carolina
shall distribute the plums, and
so Attorney General Brownell
has asked Holt and the other
two lawyers to hold on until
March 1st. Maybe by that time
the new District Attorney may
be named. If not, then Bryce
will hold the March term of the
Middle District at Rockingham.
Square Dance at Skating Rink.
The Glenwood community,
with Clarence Stogner as chair
man, is to put on a Square Dance
this Friday night in the Skat
ing Rink. Starts at 9 : 30 and
ends at 12. $1. per couple. There
will be a good string band, and
the public is cordially invited.
The proceeds are for the March
of Dimes the Glenwood co
operative effort to help in this
worth-while polio-fund-raising
campaign.
Bishop Baker Here March 21st.
v Bishop Baker will be at the
Episcopal church here March
21st at 11 a. m. at which service
a class will be confirmed.
Lynn Castleberry
Going to Ohio
James Lynn Castleberry will
leave Rockingham Feb. 21st for
Columbus, Ohio, to j oin the of
fice staff of the Farm Bureau
Mutual. He will take the 18
(Continued On Page Four)
Meter Receipts
Parking Meter Receipts
$300 Less in 1953 Than
in the Year 1952.
The town of Rockingham on
August 13, 1947, installed parking
meters. These old meters were
replaced by a new and more
modern meters on August 19,
1953 about 220 of them in use.
During the year 1952 and 1953,
the town set aside several FREE
parking areas close to the busi
ness section; but in spite of
these free spaces, the "take"
eacn month from the meters
average $1,000. The receipts for
; 1953 were $300.97 less than the
twelve months of 1952. Here
are the years:
1952 $12,280.71
1953 $11,979.74
i Sale of Coley Town Lots.
In this issue is the advertise
ment for division, the sale to
be on the premises at 11 a .m.
February 23rd three lots of the
Coley Estate. One is the house
and lot fronting 82.2 feet on the
corner across from the Presby
terian church. The next lot is
at.the rear of this lot, and fronts
50 feet on Randolph, and the
third lot adjoins this one, 52
feet on Randolph street. On this
last lot is a 6-room dwelling.
Ground Hog February nd.
Keep a sharp lookout next
Tuesday, February 2nd, for the
groundhog. If the morning is
fair and sunny, he will see his
shadow, go back in his hole and
I thus predict that there will be
! six more weeks of real Win
ter. If it is cloudy, and he can't
see his shadow, he will remain
out, thereby assuring us that the
backbone of Winter is broken.
New Presby. Pastor February 7.
Rev. Dwight Barker will be
formally installed February 7 as
pastor of the Cameron! an
church at 3 p. nuland at Paris
Avenue church at- 3 : 30.
Durham's New Water Rates.
. The city of Durham charges
a minimum of $1.50 for water
INSIDE the city, but has raised
t-he minimum rate to outside
users to $4.00. The several hund
red out-of-town water users are
planning to fight the increase,
through legal channels.
North Carolina Population.
According to the Census de
partment at Washington, North
Carolina gained an estimated
118,000 iri the three year period
1950 to 1953. The population
figures are put at 4,132,000 as
of July 1, 1953.
Robbed Drive-in Theatre.
Two teen-age fellows the
night of January 24th held up
the cashier and the manager of
a Drive-in movie on outskirts
of Lumberton, and got $350 in
cash.
Tobacco Men Meet Feb. 2nd.
The directors of the Farmers
warehouse have called a meeting
for Tuesday,' Feb. 2nd, at the
High School auditorium to elect
officers for the coming year, it
was r.nnonuced today.
To begin at 7 : 30, all stock
holders are urged to be present,
as a complete report on last
year's operations and plans for
1954 will be given.
Chicken Supper Cordova Jan. 30.
There will be a Chicken Sup
per given on Saturday night,
January 30, at Cordova School
cafeteria, proceeds for the Cor
dova Methodist church. The
hours will be from 5 until 9
'c!ock in the evening. The pub
lic is cordially invited to be
present.
Monroe Depot Gets $13,000.
The Seaboard depot in Mon
roe, built in 1906, is to be mod
ernized. The railroad is to
spend $13,000 in improvements
on it.
Lieut.-Com. Hunter Garrett.
Hunter H. Garrett on Janu
ary 1st was advanced to Lieut.
Commender in the Naval Air
Forces. He was home Jan. 21st
visiting his mother, then con
tinued on to his new assignment
at Jatuxent River, Maryland
His wife and son,.22, will remain
at Pensacola, Florida, for the
present. Hunter was born July
24, 1909, and has been in the
Navy since 1928. He is in Main
tenance breach of the &ervic