TUBSDAY, DECEMBER 1TH, 19M.
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TOT REVIEW: REID6VEULE, N. 0.
OF LOCAL INTEREST
Make a Christmas present to your
friend. Send them The Review for
a year.
Registration books for the school
election Jan. 13 open at the town
hall Monday, Dec. 15.
Remember "Aycock School Im
provement Day" at your local school
house, Friday, Dec. 19.
The season's greatest event at the
Citinde Theatre Wednesday, Mack
S nnett's famou3 production, "Mick
ey," in seven acts.
There will be a "pie party" at
Lauder's schoolhouse on Wednesday
night, Dec. 17. The' public is cor
dially invited.
The lifting of all fuel restrictions
in the Southern State3 was welcomed
by people hereabouts. "Business as
usual" is the condition today.
In the rush the ad. man made a
mistake im Williams & Co'a. adver
tisement. Neckwear is advertised at
from i)Oc to $1, when it should read
from 50c to M OO. And we want to
jay that a nifty line it is!
Dr. T. W. Edmunds, who recently
completed a substantial addition to
his Danville hospital, announces
that a further addition will be made
as quickly as possible. U is pro
posed to add another story to the
building.
The 8tore3 are operating on snon
UUUJ 3 ttuu . uaiuiau w am. ait cue
has his limit and only a certain num
ber of people can be waited on in a
day. Christmas shopping should not
be longer delayed.
" In December the days keep getting
shorter, along with the people, until
the 21st, , when winter is formally
opened and the sun goes to bed be
fore the banks clo3e. The 21st is the
shortest day of the year "astronomi
cally, but the 26th Is shorter financi
ally by a tremendous majority.
Don't fail to tell us that you have
friends or relatives visiting you.
There are lots of friends who are
interested in your friends. You owe
it as a duty to them to let your
friends know of their doings. Per
haps you think the paper shows par
tiality, but just see if The Review
doesn't treat you right if you give
it a chance. V .
Be sure and attend the Christmas
concert given by local talent in the
Franklin Street Graded School audi
torium next Thursday evening, De
cember 18. There will bo selection
by the Woinack orchestra, the Ju
nior Order Band, and several chorus-
- v.iiri-c1 viiippn with or-
Ul UC1 uui..v. '
chestral accompaniment. ThesL
choruses are under the direction of
Mrs. Francis Womack. " Benefit ot
the Graded School.
The first sleet of the seoson oc
curred early Friday morning when a
fin?, dizzling rain, Which began to
fall shortly after midnight, soon
froze and formed a thin sheet of ice
over the streets, this following a
continued drop in temperature. The
iriest neriod. however, was early
Thursday morning when the mercury
stood at 21 degrees, this figure be-
- . i -i: . 1 K.. n vcrr jthvai ihnr.
mometer. The sleet did not last
.' but a few hours.
The matter of early Christmas
shopping this year is more than or
dinarily desirable, because of the
fact that if it is done with the de
gree of satisfaction the average buy
er seeks, it must be done early. It
would not be a very great exaggera
tion to say that if it is done at all,
it must be done early. For it must bo
remembered that conditions are very
different this Christmas from tat
usual. There is a general shortage
Tf goods at a time when a peculiar
PROGRAM FOR THIS WEEK
AT THE
TEE GRANDE THEATRE
The Ford Educational Weekly.
The Perils of Thunder Mountain.
A two-reel Sunshine Comedy.
i Vivian
rade."
TUESDAY
Martin in "Little
Com-
WEDNESDAY ':
Mabel Norman in "Mickey."
THURSDAY
Madge Kennedy in "The Service
Star."
FRIDAY
International News, a t I t
The Red Glove.
A two-reel Rainbow Comedy.
form of prosperity makes for an un
precedented demand. '
You owe it to yourself and to your
family and to Mack Sennett to see
his great production, "Mickey," at
the Grande Theatre Wednesday.
Our Baptist friends at Madison
closed their campaign for the $75,.
000,000 fund last week. The church
was assessed $3,000 and the exact
amount raised was $5,287.80. .
Mt. Carmel School will close for
the holidays Friday, Dec. 10. A
program has been arranged and
there will be a Christmas tree Fri
day night. Tho.se wishing to place
presents on the tree will please pre
sent same by 6 P. m. Friday.
The sermon by Rev. W. A. Lam
beth has not been surpassed, ac
iording to Tom Bost, by any of the 36
distinguished preachers who have
appeared before the Teachers' As
sembly. We are not all surprised at
this statement, and have no doubt it
is a Just estimate of the sermon by
our Thomasvilie boy. Charity and
Children.
Mrs. Frank Whittcmore was hos
tess to the T. & N. Club on Friday
evening:. After several interesting
games of rook, Mrs. Whittemore
presented Miss Dora Coates with a
lovely box of correspondence cards
as the club prize, and a similar gift
t Miss Fannie Gardner for the visi
tors' price. The hostess served a de
licious salad course to her guests.
We have never attempted to run a
dry goods store, but if we ever do.
we Imagine we would like to have a
trap door in the floor. When the lady
came in who wanted to see every
thing in the store, making the clerk
go clear to the rafters, piling the
counter high and, then remark, as
the wreckage lay before her, 'I really
don't know what I do want, I wil.
look further," we would certainly
throw the trap and the farther tc
the bottom of the cellar, the better
would we be pleased. Statesvilic
Sentinel.
Chas. R. Thomas writes The Re
vitw from Atlanta as follows: "Not
withstanding the boll weevil, ir
some sections of the cotton belt yes
terday cotton sold as high as 42 l-3c.
The farmiers around Waycros3 and
Dublin, Ga., have gone into raising
tobacco and are doing fine. They
ire building big tobacco warehouses
at both places. Any farmer in Old
Rockingham who thoroughly under
stands how to raise tobacco from
start to finish can get rich do wr
here, I have siecn some as fine to
bacco raised down here as I ever saw
anywhere in Virginia or North Care
iina,"
All the church'.' I of Reidsvill'
have at present the best opportunitr
of their existence to an unselfish an',
highly beneficial act. That is to aid
in a matreial way in" rebuilding Ou
St. Paul M. E. church (colored.) I
has been suggested, and steps wil'
be taken, to induce all the churehe
tnd Sunday Schocl3 of Reidsvill'
(both white and colored) to Uike r,
special collection and make, a con
iribution to be used in rebuilding'
''hurch to replace the one that va
burned Sunday. A resolution war
unanimously adopted at the Firs
baptist church (white) to take ur
collection for that purpose next Sun
clay morning, and other churches o
he city are making preparations t
do the came thing. The matter
should be acted upon promptly, fo
il this time ihere are many citizen
"ho are willing to assist in this un
dertaking.
In cne "f the mo3t interesting and
Josely contested games ever play
-d, the Reidsville High School quin
ied the score with the fast Burlinr
'on quint on the latter's court Fri
'py. It was exciting throughout, for
t no stage of the game was victor;'
"ertain for either side. At the; end
of the first half the score stood 6-4
n favor of Reidsville. The score
was tied five times during the game,
'teidsville overcame a lead of fou;
oints during the last 1.1-2 minutes
f the game. Lack of time prevente:-
he playing off the tie. The Reids-
Ule boys were Impressed with the
lrrge number or older people . vho
witnessed the game. They were
here to support their team. The
THgh Point quint comes on the local
ourt Friday night of this week.
Said a gentleman yesterday: -"If
our people would clean up around
heir homes and places of business
ve would have, instead of one p1'
he most beautiful cities in the State,
he most beautiful. The people of
Reidsville are not cleaning up their
remises as they should. I do not
"see how a good Christian gentlemar
can live like a hog and expect to go
to Heaven and enjoy the beauties of
that place; why he wouldn't know p
flower from a jimpson weeed," con
tinued the talker. "And anothe
SATURDAY
Dorothy Dalton In "The Lady of thing, why can't a purchaser of a
Red Butte."
COMING: Albert VIerrea' "Ha
waiian Singers," with an added at
traction. Watch for date.
lot realize that by beginning to bear
tify his property at once he can
increase Its value from 25 to 30 per
cent.. I know that Reidsville is b
rinning to . wake up along these
lines, but the people are waking too
Blow. -I dont want to b . called a
growler,-but r would like to see our
citizens have enough community
pride to do their bit toward making
Reidsville a city beautiful."
I once worked for an old newspa
per editor in Missouri who refused to
publish the death notice of a mer
chant who had not advertised in his
home paper. He said: "People who
don't advertise in the home paper
never were alive and their passing
away has no news value." 'Ex
change. The most prominent feature of
December is Christmas, which finally
comes to a head on the -25th of thy
month. This festival has made De
cember one of our mo3t prominen'
and successful months. The younge
half of the world spends the firs
part of December counting the day
until Christmas, and the older por
tion spends the last half of th
month counting its money with n
slightly dejected air.
There is another kind of funny
critter that we often observe. Tha
is the individual who is eternally
late. And the funny part is, that a
a rule it is the same individual. Yor
can have a meeting, Sunday School
church services or any kind of gath
ering and about the time the whole
affair is over seme lame duck wil
come easing in and look as though
the whole business should break up
and compliment him on getting
there. Funny world, this is. Ex.
A good many local weather fore
casters are predicting a cold winter.
During the disagreeable weathe,
last week, several Reidsville citi
zens recalled that on December 11.
1917, two years ago, the first bis
snow of that winter fell and there
was snow on the earth for nearly
three months. The cold wave strik
ing us about the same time thl
year reminds local weather prognos
tlcators that there is strong proba
bility of another hard winter ahead
In selecting Chrintma3 presents
nothing would please one's out-of
town relatives or friends more than
to receive The Review for a year
tbereby being reminded at least 104
times during the next twelve months
of one's thoughtful friendliness. Run
dreds of people make It a rule V.
send their parents or their children
a year's subscription to The Review
for Christmas. It makes an Ideal
Christmas present. Supose you try
it this year. We are sure yon will
like it. It is only $1.50.
The Reidsville merchants have
laid in large supplies of goods, ant,
there will prdbably be enough gift,
c.f some, sort to go around, but wit!
such an unusually heavy demand
one will be extremely unlikely to get
the things he desires if shopping i
r ut off till late: . All indications arc
'hat holiday stocks are going to h
Hadly broken long before Christma
Eve . this year. The early shoprc:
".ill have the best of it in every way
Thi3 year he is doing no one such p.
favor as himself in buying early.
Reid3ville has a rare treat in
store for it on Thursday evening
!e. 18. A large chorus under th
lirection of Mrs. Francis Womac"
will give several selections, acrmv
anied by a full orchestra. Th
Tunior Order band, under the dime
'ion of I. F. Parker, will be on hand
ind the splendid Womack orchestr.
will lend its help to make the eve
ning an enjoyable one. The Chrial
mas concert is given for the bonefr
f the Franklin Street School an
is thereforesfor a worthy cause an'
hould be liberally patronized.
The Review is anxious to sreurv
rews from the different schools c
Rockingham county, and it extend:
X special invitation to the teachers to
-end in any items which may be o"
interest. information concern in:
ome improveement or the regular or
pecial work being done in a 3dioo
.vill not only be read with interest by
'he people of the county, but it ma;.
iimulate some other school to emu
.ate the example of the one that 1"
.-.laking progress. The Review wish
.u to tak advantage-of every-oppor-
unity to co-operate fully in the edu-
ational progress and development
f the county, and it therefore not
):ily in vices but urges the teachen
j send in items as often as they ma;
ad anything of interest.
The following letter has been re
eived from D. II. Milton, superir
endent of the State Soldier.-
iomo: "In answer to your inquiry i;
regard to Mr. Archer Watklns, thi.
rood man died Aug. 26, 1918, frou
heart failure and was buried in th
Confederate cemetery. This was hi-..
eriuost, and we carried it out. No
better man has been an inmate c'
the Home. He was here one yen
'acking three days." It will be re
membered by the few surviving vet
erans of Rockingham that Mr. Wat
kins was a native of this county. He
Volunteered his services to the
Youth's cause at the age of 16 as a
private. However, by acts of brav
ery he was soon promoted to lieu
enant and served in this capacity
mtil the close of the war. There
were no orders too hazarous for him
o undertake. He was a member of
Co. H, 45th N. C. Reg.
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W . STATEMENT
BANK OF REIDSVILLE
REIDSVILLE, N. C.
AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS NOVEMBER 17, 1919
RESOURCES
LIABILITIES
Loans and Discounts .. .. $563,728.78 C:uHal Stock.. .... .. $50,000.00
Overdrafts Secured , '
and Unsecured . .
United States Bonds ..
... 2,791.?2 Undivided Profits. "Net" .. 61,797.66
.. 50, 60.00
Banking House and Fixtures 15,200.00 Reserved for Interest .... . . 18,957.05
Other Ileal Estate ......... 3,300.00
Cash in Vault and Due
from Banks . . . . . . 622,541.55
Total .. . .. .. $1,258,322.15
DEPOSITS . . . . ...... 1,127,567.44
Total ... . . . .. . . $1,258,322.15
I have for quick sale at a bargain:
"ix-room house, and four-room cot
age on Michael street; three-room
cottage on Piedmont street; , all Ir
good condition, and Just at end of
asphalt BtreetO. L. Hurdle.
Th continue us growth of this Bank since 1882 is the
best evidence of service rendered.
With resources of over ONE MILLION TWO HUN
DRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, we offer
every facility in the proper handling of business entrusted
to our care.
COURTESY -EFFICIENCY SAFETY ASSURED
4 PER CENT. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
J. F. WATLINGTON DR. J. W. McGEHEE W. A. TROTTER
President V. -President Cashier
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WITH OUR SUBSCRIBERS
Went worth,
CJ, li, iiwi-v., I
was a caller at ine iteview ouiL-e-
Saturday. -r:--.--. --
W. P. Strickland, of Mclver, wa
I'mong the callers at The Review of
fice Saturday;
O. ; w. Smith, of Wentworth, one
-f our staunch friends, paid us ,a
;hort call Saturday.
'quire W. I. Witty, of near Sum
merfield, was in town the other day
and called on The Review.
D. I. Cummings, a prosperous
young farmer of near Summerield,
was among the numerous callers at
this sanctum Saturday.
Jno. C. Wall, of the Carmel .?ec
tion, was a ealler at The Review
off.ee yesterday. He says his neigh
bors are preparing for a quiet but
enjoyable Christmas.
W. P. Gunn, one of our value,',
friends, gave us an appreciated call
Saturday. He and Mrs, Gunn are
celebrating their golden wedding
anniversary today, and we join their
hosts of friend in wishing that thi3
couple may enjoy another half cen
tury of happiness.
T. I. Duke, prince among good fel
lows, was a caller at The Review
office yesterday. Mr. Dr.ke says ev
nrything h quiet in his neighbor
hood on Route 4; that his neighbors
'or a time a(r least expect along
with the town people to tnjoy life
by staying at home enjoying the
comforts of a big log fire, ham and
eggs, spare-ribs and the like. Mr.
Duke says he made a remarkable
average this year for his crop of to
bacco. ' ' .;'.-.
German Officera Getting Rich Driving
Garbage Vagons.
Rather than enter a store or office
where they would receive only 400
marks a month, two German officers
have become garbage wagon drivers In
Vienna. Counting the tips they receive
from householders they get more than
1,000 marks a month.
The nature of th?ir work Is kept a
secret from their old associates, while
the high price enables them to mingle
more or less In aristocratic circles.
Do You Enjoy Your Meals?
If you do not enjoy your meals
rour digestion Is, faulty. Eat mod
erately, especially of meats, masti
cate your food thoroughly. Let Ave
hours elafse between meals and
take one of Chamberlain's Tablet
immediately after supper and you
will soon find your meals to be a
real pleasure. All druggists.
City taxes for 1S1 now due.
Please . settle -aX .once. E, -B
Ware, Tax ' Collector. :
USEFUL GIFTS!
Gifts In Hardware
Below Is A Few Suggestions of
"What To Give This Christmas"
a
Air Rifles,
Aluminum "Ware
Auto KoIjcs
Bugy Rolx'S
Bicycles
Carvixi-Sets
Coffco Pots
Cascrolos
Cartridges
Flash Lidits
Nut Cracks
Oil Heaters, "Barloes' Ideal "
- 7- - Oil Cook Stoves
Percolators
Pyrex "Ware
Razors and Razor Straps
Rifles
Roller Skates
Stoves, Heating and Cooking
Shears and Scissors
Guns Silverware, "Yourex' and "Community'
Hunting Coats Saws
Ifammors and Hatchets r Scales
Knives Tricycle?
Knives and Forks Tools
Leggins Vases (Cool)
Manicure Sets Wagons
Mops (O 'Cedar and "Wizard)
Reidsville Hardware
Compa
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