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REIDSVILLE, N. C AUGUST 5, 1913.
ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
SAFE NENYEXPLOSIVE
Stronger Than Dynamite, Yet
Less Dangerous.
military men the safest high power
explosive the world has yet seen, aa
explosive equal to 80 per cent dyna
mite, the strongest dynamite made,
has been nrodueed by a lieutenant of
the New York national guard after
three years' work. lie will give it to
the United States government, al
though It is said that a half dozen na
tions would pay from $500,000 up for
the formula.
Lieutenant Harold Chase Woodward
of the Twenty-second engineers, na
tional guard, New York, Is the In
ventor of trotol, the new explosive,
lie Is employed In the New York post
office at a branch station. Three years
ago a brother came across an old vol
ume that had been presented to Oer-
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Prussian war. In the book were 2,000
formulas for high explosives, mainly
anonymous. The Germans had sim
ply shelved the book, perhaps discour
aged by the number of recipes and
the Impossibility of testing them all.
Hit Upon It by Chance.
Woodward tried five formulas at
random and found them all either
worthless or inferior to explosives now
In use. lie tried a sixth at random
and found It extraordinarily safe and
good, but rather weak as, compared
with the best dynamite. But from it
he developed trotol.
Trotol can be exploded only by ful
minate of mercury, the substance
used to explode dynamite. It cannot
be set off by any shock, however
great. In a test at Fort Wadsworth
trotol was packed Into a twelve inch
shell, and the shell was fired at armor
plate 1,000 yards away. The shell
struck the armor plate while going at
a rate of 2,750 feet a second, but the
trotol Inside remained unexploded In
spite of the terrific concussion.
Six ounces of trotol, it is said, will
- the explosive worlc of twelve
ounces of dynamite. . Dynamite de
teriorates in water or on the water
and under certain atmospheric condi
tions. Trotol can be soaked in water
for years and be as good as ever. It
looks like wet brown suar and is
made up in sticks like dynamite.
Trotol can be carried wet or dry, and
the fulminate of mercury, tfhich must
be kept yards away from dynamite
Jest a premature explosion result, may
come as close as six inches to trotol
without danger. Like dynamite, trotol
cannot be exploded by Ignition.
The Government's Experiments.
Trotol has a longer name. It is de
rived from a coal tar byproduct which
lias been subjected to step up nitra
tion that is, reduced to dregs. After
Mr. Woodward had worked over it for
a year the United States government
began experiments which lasted for
two years and which concluded at
reekskill, N. Y., a short time ago. No
possible tests remain to be made of
the new explosive. If there are fur
ther ones they will have to be espe
cially Invented for it
Tests were conducted at Fort Wads-
worth and reekskill, and the Du Font
tie leiiiuui3 I uwuei i;umimujr uua tv
J -it rt . l .. t.
hausted its tests on trotol without find
ing a flaw in It The secret formula
is possessed in its entirety only by
Lieutenant Woodward. Government
engineers have parts of the secret and
the Du Pont people have parts.
Lieutenant Woodward declares that
le will give the full secret of trotol
only to Uncle Sam and will take no
money for It
MAN POSED AS GIRL LONG.
For. Ten Years He Toured Country as
a Vaudeville Artist. .
i May Belmont, a vaudeville singer,
accused in Syracuse, Ivy., on Informa
tion given by a patron, was found to
be Harry Thompson, ' twenty-seven,
who has practically- all his life been
known us a girl.
Thompson said thiit only his parents
tnew that he was a boy. and for some
Ter.son they had choson.to dress blm it
.girl's clothing and gave him a girl's
name. He was born In the west and
ten years ago moved east and made his
debut as a vaudeville performer and
since that time has toured several
states, during which he has been ar
rested and searched by police matrons
five times without ever having one
detect that he was a man .or even
suspect It.
Thompson's hair Is very dark am
luxurious and reaches to his waist. EI
ays his beard grew very fast but hi.1
discovered an acid preparation which
removed the hairs and kept his face
sinooth. '" " ,;
Never Wore a Hat; Is a Hundred.
Mrs. Mattie Crtse of Somerset, Pa
jWho became 100 yeara old recently
tins always lived in the same place and
In her 100 years never saw a railroad
'train, a street car or a telephone. She
; never wore a hat, a knitted hood tak
jlng its place. " '
ROCKINGHAM SUPERIOR COURT
WITH JUDGE LANE PRESIDING
Rockingham Superior court for the
trial of criminal cases only was convened
at the county seat Monday. His Honor,
Judge Lane, is presiding over the court
for the first time since he was elevated
to the bench. A redisricting of the
State when the last session elected
some new judges started all the judges
off in their respective districts, or it
would have been two or three years
longer before Judge Lane would have
been in Rockingham to preside.
Solicitor S. Porter Graves as prese-
cutor is at his desk and is representing
the State with the same fidelity and
ability which has characterized his ad
ministration. He is undoubtedly one
of the albest, if not the oblest solicitor
in the State, and his friends throughout
this section think that he ought to be
made the district attorney to succeed
Mr, Holton. AH agree that he would
discharge the duties of the position in
a manner which would reflect credit
upon the State. Mr. Graves' friends
declare that he had the best endorse
ments from the legal profession, includ
ing the Supreme and Superior court
judges of any candidate for the posi
tion." Judge Lane's charge to the juiy will
be given in an extended form in a later
issue of The Review. The charge was
complete in dealing with every phase
almost of the law governing offenses
against the statues; and the attorneys
present and the public generally have
been loud in their praise of his conduct
of the court as well as the charge to the
grandjure.
Judge Lane is the youngest judge on
the bench and he is rapidly becoming
one of the ablest jurists.
The docket is a full one, and one
murder case, that of Waltei Shelton
for killing his wife, will be heard at this
term unless something unforseen at
tltia tima fatrotf rtlaa fn nravonf '
-The county . Las t had -vterm offeror !.!re
court for the trial of criminal cases since
February, and it is probable that all of
the week will be taken, up by the court.
It is probable that one afternoon ses
sion will be devoted to a memorial ser
vice for the late Attorney George D.
Bennett, who died at his home in
Reidsville several weeks ago.
JURORS FOR THE ROCKINGHAM
SUPERIOR COURT THIS WEEK!
The following is a list of the -jurors
drawn for the August term of Rocking
ham Superior Court, which convened at
Wentworth Monday: " " "
T. J. Meador, T. S. Bondurant, Jno.
A. Herbin, J. F. Watlington, R. S.
Smith, A. C. Comer, Ed. Price, W. II.
Grogan, J. R, Smothers, W. T. Moore,
C. B. Price, C. A. Lipford, J. W. Eggle
tin, R. P. Saunders, G. W. Baker, J,
J. Ratliffe, Casper Roberts, A. B. Mc
Kinney, F. L. Combs, Arthur J. Powell,
J. II. Joyner, Frank Mitchell, J. W.
Dillion, Jno. D. Baynes, Rasco C. Sharp,
1). R. Hughes, W. A. Ragan, C. E. Hub
bard, J, T. Richmond, Geo. W. Par
ham, Scott Williams, H. L. Broome,
Y. T. Matthews; A, 1). Pratt.
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw, Harry . K,
Thaw's wife, filled a voluntary petition
in bankrupicy. Her liabilities are
054 and assets are $250.
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PIEDMONT GROCERY CO
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SAYS HE'SA MARQUIS
Claims. He is Rightful Heir to
Waterford Title.
According to dispatches from Lon
don, the courts there may have to de
cide whether or not George Tooth, a
London jobbing gardener, la the son of
a cook or of the fifth Marchioness of
Waterford.
The first step in what may prove to
be a sensational fjgut was taken re
cently In the chancery court. It con
cerned the technical point of proce
dure referring to the perpetuation of
evidence taken before an examiner
which would be uninteresting to the
general render, but behind these tech
nical preliminaries lies a romantic
story, the truth of which will require
much disentangling.
Tooth's claim to the marqulsate of
Waterford and the big family estates
of the head of the well known Beres
ford family is briefly this;
The fifth Marchioness of Waterford,
who died oh April 4, 1873, was first
married to Captain (the Hon.) John
Vivian, but she eloped to Paris with
the fifth Marquis of Waterford, who
married her after Captain Vivian had
secured a divorce at the registrar's of
fice at St George's, Hanover square,
on Aug. 9, 1872. On March 29, 1873,
the marchioness at Chesham place
bore a child. It was reported to have
been stillborn, but Tooth declares that
the child was born alive and la him
self. He suggests that tba existence
of the child was concealed because the
Waterford family objected to the
marchioness.
Tooth's strange Story.
"The deuth of the marchioness," says
Tooth, "was registered at Somerset
House, but the death certificate lacks
the signature of any doctor. At 0
o'clock in the evening of the day I was
born I was taken to my first foster
mother, Mrs. Duncan, now dead, who
lived in Seymour place, Fulham. My
mother's maid, Prlscilla Kynaston, and
I have
gathered this Information from Mrs.
Duncan's daughter, who is bow Mrs.
Godfrey Tborntogeath and who waq
my foster mother after the death of
her mother.
"I remained in the care of the Dun
cans until I was about sixteen years
old. my father, the Marquis of Water
ford, paying them 2 guineas per
month. As often as not, especially as
1 grew older, he visited the house per
sonally on the 8th of every month
and refused to hand over the money
until he saw that I was alive and well.
Mrs, Duncan called me George Tooth,
but my father always called me
(ieorge, . 1 went to his nouse on
Charles street, off Pail Mall, about a
dozen times, and always before he said
giMKlliy he would pull out some
money. or 10 generally, - saying;
'Here is some money for you. If you
want more let mo know.' I used to
write him and address him as 'Dear
Father, and he wrote to me as 'Dear
George.' His last letter to me was In
1805 shortly before he shot himself,"
. A Workhouse Child.
There is another side to the story, of
course. Georgina Tooth, a single wo
man, who was a cook in the service 6f
the marchioness when she was Mrs.
Vivian, became the mother of a child
In the Uolborn workhouse infirmary
on Jan. 25. 1872. She died there
on Feb. 3 of the same year. Mrs.
Vivian caused the child, who was
named John Tooth, to be taken to the
Franciscan monastery at Porto Bellord
for a few days. Then a maid placed
him to the care of a Mrs. Jones, whose
address is unknown.
It is asserted that the child was
afterward placed In care of the Dun
cans and isthe present claimant,
George Tooth. The various dates giv
en by some people are disputed by
others, and the usual contradictory
statements are made. Efforts to find
a record of the birth of John Tooth
on Jan. 25. 1872. have hitherto failed.
The sixth Marquis of Waterford was
the son of the fifth marquis by his
second marriage, He was drowned In
1811. nis son, a boy of twelve, Is the
present marquis.
About a year ago Tooth created a
sensation by appearing la Fleet street
In a frock coat and silk hat carrying
sandwich . boards, on which was in
scribed: "I am the sixth Marquis of
Waterford. I do this to forward my
case and obtain justice."
Gets $1,000,000 on Paper.
The will of George Boehrlnger of
Gloucester City, N. J., admitted to pro
bate recently, named nenry Meyer as
executor and sole legatee. The estate
consists Qf packages of worthless pa
per. Years ago Boehrlnger read In a
newspaper of a man who became
wealthy almost overnight through the
itocka . and
bonds which be owned and which had
been considered worthless: From that
time on he purchased worthless stocks
and bonds, and the face value of the
accumulation ia said r to be about
11.000.000. .
OU Easerj 25c, JOQ At thlf office
YOCSJi' PEOPLE HAVE JOLLY
TIME ON CAMPING TRIP
For the oast t wo weeks a iollr crowd nl
girls have had vheir annoaf camping
trip at Wny's farm, four miles north
01 town. Prior to the coming of the
campers a unique pavillion was btfilt for
dancing. Besides this amusement, fish
ing swimming and riding were enjoyed
b the chaperone, Mrs. W. B. Wray and
the regular campers; Misses Helen
Wray and Elizabeth Mills, Baltimore,
Md', Elizabeth Johnson, Norfolk. Va.,
Lucie and Marion Wray, Edna King
Annie and Emma Jones, Reidsville.
Misses Lucile and Pattie Wray Worn-
ack, Messers. Chas. Fogle and Clark
Starbuck of Winston, Thos. M, Price,
of Spray, Sam Hurdle, Henry Clark,
Reidsville, and Marshall Cobb, Danville.
Va were week end visitors of the camp
ers.;;;
On Saturday night a delightful bruns
wick stew and barbecue was given by
Mr. Wray. Those present were: Miss
es Helen, Marion and Lucie Wray, Eliza
beth Johnson, Annie and Emma Jones,
Elizabeth Mills, Lucie and Pattie Wray
Womack, Lady Harris. Dorothy Jones
Willie Morphis, Sadie King, Kittle May
Irvin; Messrs. Charles Fogle, Clark
Starbuck, Thos. M. Price, Marshall
Cobb, Wilson Cosby, Wilson William
son, Bracken Watlington, Dr. Sloan,
John Cosby, Frank. Abbot, Will Dalton,
Wesley and Ben Trotter, Dr.Cummings,
Hery Clark, Sam Hurdle, J Dillacd
Hall, Tom Carter, Jno. D Hufflnes,
Robt. Wray, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hur
dle, and Mrs. C. G.Jones.
THE NEWS OF STONEYILLE
REPORTED FOR THE REVIEW
Mrs. Annie Thrasher returned Sunday
night from Lithia, Va., after spending
two weeks with Mr, Thrashers' relatives.
Mrs. Mary Claybrook, Mrs. C. K.
Nolan and two children left for Moores
Springs Tuesday morning,
Mr. Eugene Scales, Mr. Ben Taylor
and children and Miss Emma Price
spent Sunday in the country with Mr.
James Price.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Smith visited Mrs.
Walls' grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Zack Wall last week.
Mr, Frank King and Miss Minnie
Taylor spent Sunday at Moores Springs
with friends.
Mr. James Oakley and Miss Lizzie
Roberts were married Sunday evening.
Mrs. Hunter Penn and mother, of
Mayodan, spent Sunday with Mr, and
Mrs. Percy Thomas.
Miss Mattie Deshazo, of Spencer, Va.,
was in Stoneville on her way to Went
worth to attend the Institute.
Miss Flora Glenn and family attended
the ice cream supper at Deep Spring
Saturday flight.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Price are at
Moore Springs. Do hope Mr. Price will
be very much improved.
Mr. Alfred Linsley, Jr., is home from
South Carolina for a vacation.
Mr. Willie Taylor came in from Colo
rado Thursday to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Taylor.
Mrs. Haywood Lewis, Mr. and Mrs,
Hodgin, Mrs. Birdee Jackson and chil
dren, Mrs. Flora Glenn and visitors
from Danville spent Tuesday near Mayo
dan with Mrs Lewis and Mrs. Glenn's
sister, Mrs. Robert Phillips.
.Mr. Henderson, relief agent at depot
left for his home in Va., Saturday
morning after being here about three
weeks. He made friends while here
and all regret very much to see him
leave.
Sheriff and Mrs. Kemp and children
spent Sunday evening with Mrs. Jessie
Smith and so sorry to see Francis, Jr.,
looking so badly do hope he will soon
be allright..
Dr. and Mrs. Lenny Taylor returned
from Moores Springs last Friday.
Mr. Nat Lewis is hauling and is to
put up a large brick warehouse near the
Bank. When that is completed we
will have four tobacco warehouses.
Mrs. Gerrey and family left for Em
grun, Va., to spend several months.
Was very sorry to see Miss JIattie
King's death in your paper. The
family have my deepest sympathy.
Costly Treatment. ,
I was troubled with constipation
and Indigestion and ePfiat hundreds
of dollars for medicine and treat-
Dofw. Ark. "I went to a St, Louis
hjoapltal, also to a hospital in New
Orleans, but no cure was effected.
On returning home I began taking
Chamberlain's Tablets, andl worked
right along. I used them for some
time and ani'now all right.' Sold
l Gardner Drug Co. ; ; .
DR. JOYNER'S SPEECH
Arouses Enthusiasm for Farm
Life School.
The Rockingham County Teachers'
Institute closed last Friday in a blaze
of enthusiasm. A large crowd of inter
ested eitiieDs with their wives and
daughters gathered at the County seat
to hear Xorth Carolina's distinguished
Supt. of Education, Dr. J. Y. Joyner,
discuss in all its bearings and various
viewpoints a Fam Life School for Roek
ingham county. The day was warm,
but that did not keep the court room
from being filled', when Dr. Joyner, at
11 o'clock, a. m. delivered his address,
which was a nmterpieee along the line
he had chosen.
Every person present enjoyed his
great sreech and' the Farm Life School
Committee feel especially grateful to
him for his awakening arguments and
admirable address, At one o'clock the
State Normal Alumnae served a delight
ful picnic dinner on the lawa of the
Presbyterian church and distinguished
visitors, citiiens, teachers and School
committeemen enjoyed the delightful
repast. In the afternoon the teachers
assembled for the lost meeting and Supt.
Hickerson called the meeting to order
and stated this meeting was intended as
a memorial service in honor of the four
teachers who had passed away since
their last meeting.
On motion of Prof. Geo. W. DeShaao,
of Spray, a committee was appointed to
draft suitable resolutions, which appear
in this issue. All in all the Institute
just closed is adjudged by everyone to
have been the most successful Institute
ever held in this county. At one time
there were nearly 150 teachers enrolled.
The conductor, Prof. A. T. Allen,
Supt. of the Salisbury Graded Schools
is a scholarly gentleman throughly
equipped and his work was exception
ally fine,., . ,;
The Primary Conductor, Miss Daphne
Carroway, of Wilson, is known to be
scarcely equalled along her chosen line
of work. She made friends with every
one and her work will abide to bless
the teachers.
And what can be said of Supt. Hick'
erson whose difficult task it has been to
bring all this about? The thanks of
the people are his.
Since the last meeting of the Rock
ingham Teacher's Institute it has
pleased our Almighty Father to remove
from our midst four of our bebved and
efHccnt teachers, Miss Mattie Rica and
Mr. George Bennett of Reidsville, N. C,
Miss Hattie King, of Leaksville, N. C,
and Miss Maud Fagg, of Stonesville.
In view of this sad providence we, the
teachers of Rockingham County, have
adopted the following resolutions.
First: that we have sadly missed
their presence at this institute, andjthat
their memory will ever be held dear to
us, not only as most able and conscien-
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REFEREE HEARD 1HE
REIDSVILLE BANKRUPTS
Meetings of the creditors of the three
Reidsville concerns, Robert Harais and
Bro., the Reidsville Fertiliier Co., and
J . II. WTalker and Co., were held before
the referre, G. S. Ferguson, in the fed
eral court room Friday. These were ad
journed sessisons from July 25.
The principal thing in the matter of
Robert Harris and Bro. was the exami
nation of Wm. C. Harris, one of the
bankrupts and B. L. Hurdle, bookbeep.
er. .
In the matter of the Reidsville Ferti
lizer Co. the creditors authorized the
trustees to sell some personal property
consisting of guano and supplies, suh-
ject to the confirmation of the court.
this to be a private sale.
In the ease of J. H.Walker and Co.,
a resolution was passed authorizing the
trustee to lease the flour mill from now
until the 30th day of August, which is
the date for the sale. A petition wa
filed signed by a number of citizens of
Reidsville on the grounds that the mill
is a public necessity. The creditors
were unwilling for the trustee to operate
that plant bat to lease it, the lessees to
give bond for the payment of rents and
taxes, etc.
SPECIAL FARMER'S MEETING
AT THE EXPERIMENT PLOTS
On Saturday, August 9th, Mr. E. H.
Matbewson, the Government represen
tative, in charge of the Experiment
Station located on the Farm of the late
Mr. Pinckney Somers, about 4 1 2 miles
south of Reidsville. wishes us to an
nounce that on Saturday of this week
there will be a FARMER'S MEETING
and BASKET PICNIC oa the Experi
ment Station grounds from about 10:30
A; M, to 4 P. M. at which everybody
especially including ladies are cordially
invited to be present.
The experiment plots and demonstra
tions wilt be carefully inspected and ex
plained and good speakers from both
the State and Federal Departments of
Agriculture will be present.
It is earnestly hoped that everybody,
especially farmers and their families,
who can possibly do so will avail them
selves of the opportunity to be present
at this meeting,
Now Is the time to subscribe.
tious instructors, but as real friends as
well; and that we bow to the will of the
Great Teacher at whose feet they are
now sitting, and that we extend to the
families of these departed ones our
heartfelt sympathy.
Second: that dopies of these resolu
tions be sent to the county papers for
publication and also to each family of
the deceased ones.
MISS MAMIE BENNETT,
MISS LUCY 1). HALL,'
MRS. B. W. RAY,
Committee.
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