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The Trading public 1AF Liberally Patronlx MrrehaoU V'bo Bid For The Tra4 i i i 4.-' . . 1 Watch For Tho Bidders VOL. NASHVILLE, North Carolina,, July 31st, 1919. no. a i. 1 ha always prevailed hard and conscientious work on the part of iia O.Tieers and Directors a will ingness to aid and advine with its depositors,' also the necessary principle of SAFETY in each transaction. ' " ' '' ? If without a banking , home, we'll welcome " , your account. , , The first National Bank r... ' - . X - " . ' i . d . ' . . . Rocky Mount, N. C ,: . y -Safest For Savin- THE NATIONAL BANK . OF ROCKY MOUNT , ROCKY MOUNT. N. C. Capital and Surplus , . $200,000.00 , p-frr, Compounded Quarterly , On . . v . , Savings. Your Business Solicited. ' Thoa. H. Battle, President. ?y R. H Ricks, . , Vice-President. ' A. P. Thorpe, - Vice-President-J. L Suiter, - -' -Cashier. W. 0. Robbins, ( . Asst. Cashier. ' N. S. Bennett, - ; . Asst. Cashier. Visitors From Nashville Stop At,The, RccUy tlsHnt Hotel, . '.' 248S.'MatoSt, , , For'Udtea and Gentlemen, European PJan ' ' t Central Location, Steara Heat and Running Water in Every Room. Best SefS?e Guaranteed. Czjin The Hew Year if ?''( .4 ,:"v.";:. . '"''' "" "' ''VA.i.T .Look Dressed Up . , At All" Times. Have Your Clothes Cleaned and Pressed by the 2Clh Century Fres Club, J. J. STATON, Prop'r. Nai"iviI!J, - - N. C. - 4r 1 v i L 1 f r ED ...j AT hope Friends Pay Lrt Sad Tribute of Re jpect To Kr. Perry. V Rcnfrow, Last Thursday Afternoon., v The death of Mr. Perry V. Reri frow, which occured in the city of Raleigh on Wedueday afternoon of last week after an illness extending through several months, brought genuine regret to scores of people in Naah county and especially at Spring Hope, where some years ago he resided.' " .". Mr. Renfrow was a former citizen of Nashville, residing here for many years prior to the completion of the railroad- from Rocky. Mount to Spring Hope. He was born near Nashville and was a member f that; band of iearlesa Nash County sol diers who went through the street struggles of 1861 to 1865, being a member of Co. I, 30th North Caro lina regiment With him were also two brothers, who remained in the service' of the Southland until the surrender. In the early history of Nash county after the war he served in. the capacity of deputy sheriff during' the - term of Sheriff Nick Lewis and was also, officer of the Court for quite a number of years. He resided in Nashville for quite a number of years, and, when the Rocky , Mount to Spring Hope ex tension of the A. C. L. was under way, Mr. Renfrow with his family moved to Spring Hope and became one of its pioneer, citizens. In the early history of that town he figured conspicuously, and to-day there are many visible evidences of his handi work in many o he buildings, now remaining as landmarks of the early history . - of that town. His wife, who died several years ago, was formerly Miss Ellen Sorsby, sis- ter of the late B. H. Sorsby, former Clerk of the Court of Nash county. By this union were seven children. six of "whom survive. . These are, Mr K. F. Renfrow, of Raleigh; A. H, Renfrow, of St. Louis, Mo.; S. S. Renfrow, of Parsons, Kan.;, L. E. Renfrow, of-. Norfolk,' Va.; Mrs. Charles Q. : Poak and Miss Pansie Renfrow,- of Raleigh. He is also survived by one brother and one gister, vi: Mr. W.' H.: Renfrow, of Roper, N. C, and Mrs. M. E. ' Rig- gan of Rolesville, N. C, while other relations iri all seotions of Nash poonty number bt the score." ; For many years the deceased nad been a member of tb,e Episcopal Church. His remains were brought from Raleigh to Nash county, on Thursday afternoon of last week and taken to Spring Hope; where they were tenderly laid to rest by the side- of his wife, ;(who entered. tha Spin iJai 8everal years a0' The furiefaliBervices were conduct ed by Rev. B.B. Slaughter, pastor of the Spring Hope Metnooisi nurcn, and his grave tenderly covered with beautiful ; flowprs: ;- sweet-scented griasjlebt WVensoi esppsw mn iqf from many friends. tn ii-b." A rtUU llL ii., BalUnjore interests lnvest!Satini Nash ville's Kceis and Are Impressed , V; -v: O Reception Accorded. W Mr 7alec Motzno. of Baltimore. spent a few days in Nashville this week conferring with citizens wtn reference to the establishment of ; modern steam )aun4ry to meet local as well a3 nearby demands, and al.so for the location of an ice manuf actur : Mr. Motzno represent some Baltimore friends who have hsen considerine Ibis matter for snme time and : he eame '.ov.er to n s ke a personal investigation of the : 'i. , ' : - ' !' rpent some time going over ' ' ter v ;th Secretary Lincke, 1 i -1C'. ..wtber -of Commerce ; i -1 with the . ' C "' ' i ni'at- ' - ' ; ' t ; ion es "- ' " ; - 1 ( i;ite:: r. tit ..i.vj JASII COUNTY HAH KILLED BY AUTO Both Le;s Crushed Aod Other In Juries Caused Bis Death . FRANK THOMAS VICTIM While Crossing Street la Winston-Salem He k Run Down By Speeding Car Killing To Be Investigated. The death of Mr. Frank Thomas, a former citizen of Nash county and well known in . Nashville ; and throughout the county will be learn ed with keen regret by many friends. And the manner of his death, which occurred in Winston Salem on; Sun day night after havlrig been ran down by an automobile late Sunday afternoon,, make it the more dis tressing to his friends. . r' f From what . can be gathered re garding the accident which led ' to his death it seem that on Sunday afternoon Mr. Thomas was crossing one of the principal streets of Win ston and in trying to avoid one ma chine, a Ford car driven by a Mr. Frank Yokely and which was moving at a high rate of speed in pursuit of another automobilist whom Yokely' son claimed had run into his motor cycle, struck Mr. Thomas, running over him and dragging him a con ciderable distance. ' Mr, Thomas was rushed to a hospital in Winston and an examination showed both legs to have been broken and other in juries received about the head and body which caused his death a few hours later. It is stated that an investigation is being made of the affair. . v'Vr ?--; William Frank Thomas was a for- mercitwen of Nash -countv and within recent years had" been one of the guards for the convict force of Nashville Township Road Dist rict, coming to Nashville from his farm in the Philadelphia section of Griffins township. During his stay here be made many friends. He was about 56 years old and is survived by, two children, one daughter residing in Minnesota, and : a son' Mr. 'Aldin Thomas, residing in Winston-Salem and whom Mr. Thomas was visiting at the time he came to his death. He was a member of Nashville Council Jr. O. U. A. M. and , a spe- ical committee from . the Council met the remains 'upon , their arrival in Nashville on Tuesday afternoon and accompanied them to' the old Thomas homestead in Griffiins town ship where the interment was made that afternoon. , 1 SHOOTING AFFAIR IN GOLD ROCK SECTION On Monday of this weelr a white man named G. D. Smith,! of the (old Rock section, calmly walked in - the ahoriff 'a office and surrender ed himself to Sheriff N. C. I Warren, --iO?- tiiMhi time s. informing 5. the Sheriff that he, Smith, had shot and nrtell? woundeo a ueaiw, name The Graphic reporter was un able to learn. In relating his story Smith informed Sherltt warren mat the occurence was the outconifl M threati made against mm Dy a ne- o nnnthi nan and more re- cenUy.. ' ' ' ' it lssiatea ue "". : wintpntiori f or army duty was or- 'Aarpd. was 8, "slacker,!', and instruc- tics were issued to Shenlt warren f ofTopr his, crrpst. ' After many at- tempts Sheriff VV'rr a unablp fn rnntnre the negro.. He deputlz- pj Smith to assist mm in maMiig th or "'"-a pnd later ueputy amun apprehended U It "as then he-swore vengt-aiieB Smith. ..The negro, was inducted intn sprvice and was sent overseas. r eni'y upon his return he renew- i j.-, rUy.,., o-amst bnuLi ana 1 1 ' T 1 . 'i r- i v J - r to VETERANS' REUNION AT ROCKY MOUNT Annual Event Takes Place In Railroad Cidy Aagu4 5th to 7th.WIII Be Largely Attended By Vets.". I, General James I. Metta. command er in chief of the North Carolina division of the United Confederate Veterans, haa just issued orders for the annual encampment of the he roes of '6165 to be held this year at Rocky Mount, Augusts 7. Invitation is extended the veterans by the city of Rocky Mount, second ed by the Rocly Mount chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The! following is the order: "Headquarters, North Carolina Di vision, United Confederate Vetera ns Wilmington, N. C. July 8, 1919. "General order No 14: "Par. - 1. It.ls very arratifyinsr to announce that' the city of Rocky Mount backed by the U. D. C. chap ter and the various commercial bod ies of that city extend to the North Carolina division, United Confeder ate Veterans, si most cordial invita- tlontohold their 1919 reunion in Rocky Mount, August 67. "Par. 2. "The citizens generally of Rocky Mount are exerting them selves to give the veterans a glo rious time and it is earnestly desired that a full representation of veterans will avail themselves of the pleas ure which usually attend these reunions. ; 'Par. 3. According to the laws of the U. C. V. no camp can have representation unless ; their annual dues have been paid to General W. E. Mickie.S 824 Commerce Street, New Orleans. 'Par. 4. Provisions will be made for those unable to pay board and lodging. Cots will be furnished but the 'Vets' must bring their blankets. ' 'Pat." 5. v The .'railroad .. admin istration has authorized rate of 3 cents per mile in each direction for state reunion of the U. C, V., the rate to be available only to members of the U. C. V, and members of their families, upon presentation to ticket agents of identification certificates at time of purchase of ticket. It is the duty of the officer of theU. C. V. and also the officer! of each of the auxiliary bodies to countersign these identification certification in behalf of their respective organization and make distribution thereof direct to the members. ' The , indentification certificates are , supplied by W. F. Craig, chairman southern passenger traffic committee, Atlanta Ga., and must show fac simile signatures of the officers designated to counter sign them By order of "Major General Commanding N. C. Division, U. C. V. 'Cot. W. P. Wood, Adjt. Gen. and Chief of Staff." TORACCQ CROP !N NASH SUFFER BADLY Heavy Rains, Hot Sultry Weather And Labor Conditions Make ' Situation t Very Serious For Growers. It is impossible to estimate the damage tobacco farmers have sus tained within the past week on ac count of the excessive rains followed by hot sultry weather, which caused tobacco ' to . flop , m the fields and burn uo before many farmers co make y aopieclle 'sHayTfrg m gatherings the .oron. m some in stances the farmers have practically lost' their entire crop, with the ex ception of a few earjy cures, while nrhers.'on account of the scarcity of portion ui mcu i iviy. , , Th labor Situation ' has been another factor that has contributed largely to their losses. Besides nnntv field laborfci-S have OPg!niijed and adopted a scale of wages rang ing from $2.50 per day tor Children rp to $5.00, 16.00 and $7.00 per day. i ny farmers have heretofore re- i , "Mwn labor," which to le it) a larg mea- . ) U c. "' -wy, re now de " .fancy civs whenever ' fr J, if r i ts ere true, I '1 t!c: ' J tr, r in FILL OUT YOUR QUESTIONNAIRES Property Owners Urjed To Care fully Answer Questions Fully. WORK WELL UNDER WAY Names of The Various Township Field Workers Will Be Announced Next Week By Supervisor Cornwell. County Auditor John L. Cornwell, who is supervisor of the work in volving a re-valuation of all the real and personal propety under the legislation enacted by the last General Assembly, set to work this week mailing questionnaires to property owners. Each letter is ac companied by a uniform letter of explantion prepared by the State Tax Commission in which the full purposes and intent of the question naire are set forth, while the questionnaire itself also carries explicit instruction to all property owners. The first questions have been mailed to (he property owners residing in Coopers Township and each person receiving the question naire is expected to promptly fill but same and have in readiness for the field workers, who will call within the next few days, take up the questionnaires and secure such other data as will enable them to handle this important question with justice and fairness to all concerned . It is expected the field workers will complete their personal canvass by Friday, July 25th. Then the question naires will be sent to landowners in another township until every township in the county has been covered. Blank for Listing Land Acreage. The purpose of this blank is to dis close the fair, actual cash value of the tract of land listed. It carries the guarantee of the state that the purpose is not to increase the total amount of taxes paid, , but to find the value of each separate piece of property equally, and by the same standard rule, so that equal justice may be done to each tax payer. The total increase in taxes cannot exceed ten per cent for the state, fpr the county, for any special tax district. A separate blank must be filled out for each separate piece of real prop erty. The supervisor must require that full answer be made to every question. If you cannot answer any question with absolute accuracy, give the apswer that represents your best judgment as an estimate. The board of appraisers will not be bound by. your answer as to, the ac tual vqlue of the. property. XV answser ahp.ujd, represent your best Judmeji$ of the value. The assess ment will represent the best judg ment of the county board of ap praisers, which may be higher or lower than yours, You will in any case be notified in writing by mail of assessment made, and will be given opportunity to be heard if in your judgment it is assessed for more than its actual cash value. County of?. .Township?.. Name of owner?. ...Race?. Name or description of tract?.... Contain ing:.acres.,.. Adjoining lands p! r, .Distance from nearest city or town.-..mile8?l..'.Name of city or town?..A.- &p;tftkffl;,ii Does it adjoin improved graded road?. If not, give distance fjcjm. such road,', . , . . Muoip-elf acres In cultivation, Value?.... .' ; , No. of acres in grass or pasture, Value?...:. , , ' . ' . . No. of acres in waste lan,cL Y-aAuef v No. o,f acres Ut tmhe, value?.... o, of dwelling houses, value?... No. of storehouses, value?..... ' No. of barns, value? - No. of other buildings, value?..". i r Total value of land and, aJl - ijr$ provements lu.U-l; In:,' your f 'best judgement, dbm the answer given to the above question represent the actual cash value of this tract of land and all improvements on May 1, 1919?. .-.If not, what was ao. tual va!"5 pj t',t3 prape'rty as a '3t:- tc ( f t' . t r GRAPPLING WITH THE BRIDGE SITUATION County Board of Commissioners Meet To Discuss Situation Devise Plans For Bridge-Building Campaign The Board of County Commission ers met in special session on Monday the prime object of the meeting be ing for the purpose of considering the bridge, question which, on ac count of the heavy rains and terri bly swollen streams throughout the county has entailed quite a bit of destruction to county property which will aggregate approximately fifty thousand dollars or more. Reports from all sections of the county show that many bridges, some large and some small, have ben either swept away entirely or have been badly damaged, and it will require some time before they may be permanently re-built, while many of them are being temporarily repaired in order tnat travel may be resumed. The scarcity of experienced bridge builders and labor also'' contribute to the annoyance of the situation, however the Board has taken steps to try to meet the situation, as early as possible. It is quite likely that on next Monday, their regular meet ing day, they will take up the prop osition of letting contracts for sev eral steel, or re-inforced concrete bridges in some sections of the county where the bridge problem has been a somewhat perplexing as well as expensive proposition to the county. At a recent meeting of the Board the contract was closed for the erection of a re-inforced concrete bridge across Stony Creek, on the Nashville to Castalia road and the Board also considered the proposal of the bridge people to erect a simi lar bridge over the same creek on the Red Oak road. While the Board qloseda contract for only one of these bridges, it is quite likely they will give the order for the erectio ef two or more such bridges, to be completed as early as practicable. Has timber right been sold and conveyed? If yes, to whom? What was the consideration of sale?.... Give amount of insurance on buildings? If whole property was rented in 1918, what was the value in money of rent received? If cultivated by owner, or partly cultivated and partly rented, what was the. fair rental value of the whole?.... When did you acquire this tract of land? If by purchase, what was consider ation? Were there any circumstances connected with the sale which caus ed it to sell for more or less than its value at that time? Give cost of improvements made since purchase? $ Have you sold any part of it since purchase?:... If yes, at what price per acre?.... What part sold worth more or less per acre than balance of tract? Have you had a genuine offer f qj: this tract or any part of ipK in the last two years?.... ' If yes, gyre kighest offer? State of North Carolina, County of '' I,-.--....I..-..-.. do solemnly swear tor affirm) that to the best of my knowledge, information and be lief , the. tow going , statement (or Statements) contains a true, full and correct list of all real property own ed by me on the first day of May, one thousand nine-hundred and hine teen,:or vhiob. am authorized or reQi&ed to list as agent for another; that such -property, has been fully and fairly described and its true con dition represented; that I have in no case sought to mislead the supervis or or his assistance as to the entire Quantity, aoality' or ; Value of , the property; that I have, to the best of my knowledge and judgment, valued the said property at its true and ac1 tual value on the first day, of May( one thousand niuo hundred and nine teen,, by whieh I mean the price that eould be obtained for said property at private or voluntary tale for cr sr.J not the price v.i: 'r ' ' tl . r " -1 Et a forts tn '.'..if ' ' 3 ' '3f-:if It 3 THE - Wide-Awake Farmer .. t is no more contest with slin- shod methods in handling his personal, household and farm finances than with un scientific, haphazard meth ods in the management of the farm itself. The maintenance of a Checking . Account provides for a simple, accurate system of book-keeping which has many times proved its worth. It is a modern necessity and con venience that no alert, progres sive farmer can afford to OVERLOOK. Planters Nation'! Bank Rocky Mount, .C. OKF1CERS: J. C. BR AS WELL. J, M. SHERROD, M. C. BRAS WELL. MILLARD P. JONES, -A. L. CAVANAUGH, -W. F. MARK WOOD. . President Vioe-Prai. Vioe-Pre. Cashier. Teller. Teller. Farmers & Merchants Bank. Rocky mount. Half Million Dollars Resources in Two Years. "We have grown through service." 4 Interest 4 paid on savings. We invite your account. T. T. Thorne, President. Vice-Pres. Vice-Pres. Cashier. M. 0. Blount. T. A. Avera, W. W. AVERA, i The safest, surest and most eco nomical form of light and power. 6. F. HARRELL. Agent ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. i4Tisa:...u.i. 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