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The-Review Covers RoekinghatH Like The Morning Dew I I UK KY And Surrounding Counties Like Sunshine un a iear uay REVIEW THE VlLiLih: THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR. IN THE BIGB CONTRACTORS AND CARPENTERS HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL Number of Contracts Awarded For Business Houses, Resi- j T?to Pnnrl nnrl!Pendin8 to Pave West Markst street dences, Etc. Koad ana, h.ch wji no doubt be fa,orably Street Improvements uoun- tV Commissioners Will Build . . x i Aspnait Koaarrom jjeaits ville-Spray to Draper New School Buildings. jNEW STEMMERY TO BE ERECTED HERE Reidsville at thiis time is also In tlK midst of a residential buifding . boom and the sound of the saw and hammer is beilng heard in practii- , cally all parts of the city. Whereas a few weeks ago there were a num ber of idle carpenters and builders In the city, it is said that the only reason now that more houses have not been started is because there are not enough workmen to go round. Painters here report also that rnore painting Ys being done in this community this spring than in a number of years. In addition to the number of new residences going up a number of homes are being remod elled and many others are being repainted. , Vice-Presidents C. A. Penn and J. H. Mahler, of the American Tobacco Company, Bpent the week-end here making 'and perfecting plans for the erection of a now leaf storage and ', stammery buiding which "VviH b built on th company's property here during this sprlia'and summer. The new building will run from the rear of the present plug plant parallel wth Oak street (or alley) to North Scale3 stress, and will be five, stories high. Chief Engineer and Architect Jno. D. Briggs, of Raleigh, was definitely instructed, so we understand, to pro ceed at once with the plans and the early construction of the mammoth new building. The building wi.ll be used as a dry ing plant and abirrmery for all and every type of cigarette and plug leaf tobacco -used in trie Reidsville plant and means a big addition to the American Tobacco Company's : force of operatives here. In addition to the large number of additional employes Which wjtll be used here, the town, county and State will have several million dol lars worth of taxable property added to the tax lists as a result of the storage of a vast amount of leaf to. bacco which ha3 heretofore been stored in other plants. This is gratifying news to our peo. pie as it shows that the A. T. Co's. policy Is to build up the Reidsville plant from time til time until it will probably be one of the largest units owned by the company.' The city graded school board met Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock and awarded the contract for a new negro school building adjoining the present school on North Scales street. The cost, of the building" when completed will be about $50,. 000. It was planned to construct th,is building some tme ago but was delayed because at that time the bond market was "shot to pieces." Thj new building will include a de partment for carrying on industrial work. While this work has hereto fore been carried on In the negro school here to a most surprising de gree the Instructors and pupils have been greatly handicapped on account of cramped conditions. It is the Uea of the school officials to see that along w'rth book learning the pupils will also use their hands profitably. Te school board also has decided to add two more rooms at the Law sonville avenue schools. This work and also construction of the negro Schoci will be commenced at once. To partially rel,sve the cramped Condition of the Franklin Street School, the school authorities have TDrdered that the auditorium be con verted into class rooms. In the not distant future the conv mteemen hooe to award the con. tract cr a modern high school build ing a-" imorovements at the Frank lin street school. The town commissioners met In special meeting Wednesday after- fwn to pass upon petition for pay. T MOES OF UILDING BOOM ing North Scales and Wentwortn etseets from the monument to the macadam road. Quite a number of North end citizens, including sever, al ladies, were present to lend fores to the petition. Over sixty per cent of the property owners on the twi streets had signed the paving peti tion. The distance is about 4,300 feet nearly one mile. On motion the board unanimously voted to grant the petition. A petition is also acted upon soon by the board. The commissioners some time ago voted I to pave East Market street. Thus o pave there wiill be three jmpontant thiroughfares paved as soon as con tracts can be let for the work. Costs of paving now are more than double pre-war prices. Sheriff A. P. Sands will within th3 next few days give the contract for a residence on his lot on Lindsey street adjoining his present home. B. F, Sprinkle is movJng the old dwelling used as a part of the ser vice station and garage to the North end of the lot and wi.ll remodel and convert it Unto a desirable residence. A brick annex to theflarage will re. place the old dwelling. The brick masons are going right ahead on the Gilmer street building to be occupied by the Ladies' Store. Frank C. Whittemore is adding his mtte to the housing shortage by buildimg a residence in West End. W. R. Cook and B. F. Sprinkle are putting the finishing touches on two residences on North Scales street. J. Rawley Maxwell Is erecting a buiilding Oh North Scales street that will probably be used as a garage. J. A. Llllard's residence on North Scales street is nearing completion. J. H. and R. T. Burton are having erected a service station adjoining theilr leaf factory on South , Scales and ..Settle streets, - -rf' M. W. Pleasants is building a home on Soirth Mai'n street adjoin ing the residence of C. L. Moss. R. P. Miller is building a new residence on Boyd strett. Mr. Coe, who recently cast his lot with the best town, is completing a home on . Thompsonville street. Miss Julia Griffith is also having a resi dence built on the same street. Rapid progress is being made on residesces on Maple avenue of Dr S. G. Jett and A. Wilkinson, respec tively. ' S. N. Whitte and L. W. Cobb will soon erect residences on their re spective residences ifn Hhrdlunhrdl spective lots in Highland Heights. A number of residences have been completed and are nearing complev ton on Arlington and Sprinkle streets. B. F. Sprinkle is the owner. Work on the Presbyterian and Primitive Baptist churches has pro gressed to an extent that these con gregations are now worshipping in their respective buildings. A new residence is goJng up in the Highland Heights section for Mrs. Ed Palmer. And Rockingham county, ivhich during the past five years has made more progress m road building than any county in the State, has no in tention of slowing down. The com missioners have just tentatively ac. cepted a proposition made by citi zens of Spray and Draper to con struct a hard-surface road from the Boii'levard through Spray to Draper, a distance approximating five miles. Certain Conditions pertaining to se curig money for the county at not more than six per cent interest were guaranteed by those communities which when complied with will in sure the letting of the contract and beginning of the work. Future plans look to the building of a hard-surfaced road from Reidsville to Leaks, ville (via an air-lime route) to con nect with, the Boulevard-Draper road. All of which may appear a little visionary just as present, but Is cer tain to come about in due time.. Old Rockingham county the best one in the State is just beginning to grow! The following from the Manufac turers Record of March 13, 1919, ap plies with even greater force at the present time than it did on the day it was written: "Build that house now; construct that highway ' at once; build that school, that church; repair that bro ken pavement; build that garage, and even that chicken-coop, now not tomorrow. v "Go ahead wlth your plant; speed the nation on the road to full em ployment and thus hasten the day of individual and national prosperity and safety. "Preach ttfs from the pulptt, ye ministers of the Gospel; act R from REIDSVILLE, N. C. FRIOAY, APRIL 8TH, 1921. 4 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT OPPOSITION NEVER- DEVELOPS HERE (Charlotte Observer.) What is the little town of Reidsviille now doing but pre- faring to vote a bond issue of $300,000 for school improve- ments? Such . indications of progress as that should be frowned upon by all good and patriotic citizens. Why, it ' , might add the price of a day's supply of cigars to some ' Reidsville man's tax account. M the pews, ye laymen who profess a love for humanity; put it Into effect, ye county, municipal and State of. fictals, and remember, ye business men of America, ye men of "big bus iness' and ye men of 'little business.' important than the small amount of money in yolved which you thfnk you cou! save by waiting. . " "Some men put off the day of salj vation, expecting to attend to it ort their death bed, but not many ever suiceed in doling it at that hour. Do it now, and do It with all your might.' should be the motto of every man in America who expects to do any construction work In : the near future. 'Do it now,' and thus do your part toward individual and na tional business salvation an even more. . "Procrastination -is more than the thief of time; it is the murderer of opportunity." SCHOOLS OF LEAKSVILLE TOWNSHIP CONSOLIDATED At the urgent request of the citii zens, the county board of education has voted to consolidate the school districts of Leaks((ille township, and in the future these institutions wiU be centralized under the superinten dency of one. man. The districts in vol ved will vote on May 10 to verify, the action of the county board. The consolidation embraces? the schools of. Leaksville, Spray and Draper, and the change gives prom , ise , or working ta.a ; ?gucbfriwItijTle.YC. 0.Jtnt4hwi4t!S1 '.tuMAage for the" good of all coh-T "limit": cerned than under the old system. There will be ojie modern central high school, and While the distance for many will be great, improved highways and the proposed sspualt street through the . Boulevard and from Spray to Draper will make traveling to the hfh school dead easy. Pri nary and grammar schools will be dotted throughout the township.- : '- v . A board 'of school committeemen comprising five members one . wo man and four men has been ap pointed, and they will have the hearty co-operation of their fellow citizens in their efforts to build uP a school system unexcelled .in North Carolina; The personnel of the new board is as follows: E. V. Hobbs and L. W. Clark, of Spray; G. C. Gammon and W. W. Strong, of Leaksville, and Mrs. R. I., Smith Leaksville, and Mrs. R. I Smith of Dsaper. UNITED STATES WILL NOT ENTER LEAGUE OF NATIONS An Associated Press dispatch from Washington says: The Harding administration intends to terminate the war between . the United States and Germany by Congressional reso lution, M. Viviani. the French envoy extraordinary to the country, is uti derstood to have been informed to night at a dinner at the home of Senator McCormick. of Illinois. The former premier wag also jn formed, it was icid by Senators pre; sent, that the program of the admin istration does not contemplate en trance of the United States into the league of nations. A "Tacky" Party. Master Earle Miles celebrated his 13th birthday on Tuesday evening by giving a "tacky" party to a num ber of his friends. Several contests were enjoyed but most interesting was a flower contest in which Mis3 Ethel Olidewell won the first prize, a set of forget-me-not pins, and Mas ter Carl PVitchett was the winm-r of the booby. The prie for the two "tackiest" boys were awarded to Masters Leo Prltchett and Earling Smith. The color scheme in tin parlors and halls were green an! white and in the dining room was pink and white. Tempting refresh ments were served consisting of brick Ice cream, cakes, and pink and white mints. The real fun began when the birthday cake was cut and the several prizes were discovered the Jucky ones being Miss Glide well. Pillard Gardner, Jay wood Swann and Byron Pritchett. At a lata hour after giving several toasts to the host the guests departed. Read Th RTiw reffaUrty; TOBACCO NTERESTS ARE TO BE HEAVILY TAXED Government Experts Figure Just How Much is Needed and Slap it on Tobacco $2000,000,000 Revenue From Taxes On Tobacco Into the Internal Revenue Jackpot. Congress, in formulating its inter Did revenue revision measure, will again bo called upon to decide what are luxuries and to make them bear the burden of taxation as far us pos sible to obtain the money to 'sup- j,0. t the government during the tis- cat year which begins July 1 next. The Treasury Department recently estimated that, the American people spent approximately $22.(100,000,000 a year for luxuries. This enormous sum Is only about $2,01)0,000,000 less than the sum of the national debt as estimated by Secretary of the Treas ury Mellon a few days ago. Treasury experts have figured out that $22,000,000,000 a year represents the expenditures in this country for such luxuries as chewing gum, can ly, cigarettes, soft drinks, yachts, electric fans, art works, toilet soaps, joy riding, races and also luxurious services. Congress' has already tax ed practically the entire list prepar ed by the Treasury experts, but the indications are that the taxes on them are going to be materially in creased. The statement Is made by the ex perts that opinion will difler as to whether many of these articlas class ed as luxuries are non-essential aid expenditure on them Is unwise and extravagant. The experts say that expenditure in reasonable measuro for many of the articles ,vou'd not, be regarded as luxurious or waste ful, but expenditure in volume of any of them and the aggregate ex penditure for such things and ser vices wou!d be regarded as unrea socable and extravagant, especlall in view of the present domestic and world conditions. Here are some of the so-called "luxuries'' or "non-essentials" which the law makers will be asked to ecan Chewing turn .. ,. ....$ 50,000,000 Candy .. , ........... 1,000,000,000 Cigarettes . . , . . . . . . . 800,000,000 Cigars .. . . .. .. .. .. 510,000,000 Tobacco and snuff .. .. 800,000,000 Cigar and cigarette holders 1,000,000 The apppropriations made by Con gress for the , fiscal year which be gins July 1 next amount to $3,806, 029,647. Mrs. Paul J. White Entertains. Mrs. Paul J. White entertained In a very lovely manner on April 1st. The guests were met and carried in to the library where they were pre sented with red "dunce caps" In the top of which was pinned a "stunt" which had to be performed by the wearer later In the evening. A group of spirited contests were engaged in and at the end it was foud that W. II. Wilkerson and Henry O. Stal linss tied for the gentleman's prize and Mrs. K. K. Lively and Mar garet Hancock tied for the ladies' prize. Upon drawing, the prlze3 fell to Mr. Wilkerson and Mrs. Lively. Several musical numbers were rendered during the evening at the close of which delicious refresh ments were served by the guests The guests departed at a lafe hour declaring the"April Fool" party a grand success. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Carroll, Wilkerson, Turner, Stallings, Miles, Mrs . Sam White, Mrs. Lively, Mrs. Birch, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Lasley, Misses Mar garet Hancock, Adeline Trent, Annie W. Lasley, Paul Settle and Cecil Trent. Mr. ami Mrs. V. W. Hoke, of Un oolnton, are guests of Mrs. Annie Johnston. The Reading Club. Mrs, Manton Oliver entertained the Tuesday Afternoon Reading Club April 5 at her home on Maple avenue. Prominent politicians were Siven at roll wl Mm. McGehee gave' the first number ,on th pro gram, "American Politics and Socie ty." She gave many Interesting facts about political and social con ditions of today. Mrs. Scott gave the second number on the- program, "It's a New World We Live In" was her subject. "She read "A Tribute to Virginia," and "A Land Without Memories." Mrs. Watt concluded the program. her subject being "American Life in Town and Coun try Id the South." She told manv fne things about the dear SouthlaaJ. After the program Mrs. Ol'ver. as isted by Mrs. B. R. Stone, served a frozen salad, sandwiches, feed tea and home-made mints. Six vaudeville acts as sncl?' add ed attraction at the Colonial Theatre Friday niht 25 PER CENT REDUCTION GRANTED IN REVALUATION County Commissioners Vote a Re duction In Both Town and Coun try Real Estate Assessment Last Year Was $44 Per Acre; It is Now $33 Per Acre. The board of county commission ers met in adjourned meeting at Wentworth Tuesday to pass upon the proposition to reduce assessed val ues on real entate In this county. The board voted to reduce the pie sent valuation on both couutry ani town real estate 25 per cent flat. The average assessment on farm lands last year wa3 $44. per acre; it Is now $33 per acre. Quite a number of land owners were present to advocate a reduction re prese in land valuation. A petition had been numerously signed askng the board to make a reduction of 50 per cent, but this petition was not pre sented as it was found to be imprac tical to make such a big reduction. Those present held a meeting in the court house to discuss the mat ter and agree upon the amount of reduction to be asked for. It was agreed to petition the board to fix the land values at three times what they were valued r.t in 1919, which was then $9 per acre average in the co. nty. This would make the pre sent valuation $27 an acre average But the board found upon Investiga tion that basing a valuation on old assessments would not comply with the law , so it was agreed to mulca a blanket reduction of 25 per cent on all real estate in the county. Tlv? way is still left open for inlviduals to have changes made in tho valua tion of their property and Irregu larities adjusted. REIDSVILLE DOCTORS MAY EQUIP CARS WITH PHONES Every physician owning an en closed automobile can now equip his machine with a wireless telephone out tit. Thusly equipped the doctor would be enabled to be in constant t&miwntinlcatJoft- with' his-noma fan emergency calls. The instrument in the automobile will work successfully up to five miles and use only a small part of the automobile battery's current. You can hear as plainly as over the telephone in your home when sur rounding conditions are quiet, as is of course necessary over any tele phone.', .;.."..';'."'. The inventors of this auto radio phone found that it is not necessary to have antennae high up in the air somewhere, for experiments proved that the wires stretched around the top of the machine were successful in picking the sound waves out of the air and they then solved the antennae problem by running four parallel copper wires around the top of the car on six-inch posts fastened to the corners. They grounded the set to the auto's engine as is done In airplanes. With the machine thusly equipped It is no trick at all for them to sit in their car and ring up their home while on a City or country trip pro vided they are within the prescribed five-mile zone. This is the last word in automobile accessories you may add to your car's equipment, and it is figured that the wireless telephone can bs installed for about $50, or just about the price of a tire or battery THE FIRST STRAW HAT OF THE SEASON SEEN HERE The first straw hat of the season has put in. its appearance in Ite'.Js ville "and attracted considerable at tention. . But why should this be? Have we not been having straw-hat weather? The mercury has been up to 75 and 80. There are many days In the sum mer when it Is no: w armer than this. Indeed, 75 Is summer heat. They wear 'straw hats at Palm Beach in the winter when It Is no warmer, and what Is good enough for Palm Beach Is certainly none too good for Reidsville. We are altogether too prone to adapt our customs to fixed dates re gardless of the temperature. There is a custom of donning straw hats on May 1 In this community and of calling them In on Setember 15. In some places they ring a cow bell and shout "shoot the hat" when a prominent man wears a straw hat either before or after the pre scribed date, but we are glad to say they are more conservative la Reids ville. Made for a permanent purpose. Concrete Building Blocks. Brick, Culvert, and well pipe. Cement for Ml by W. T. Wootton. Mgr., No. 94 West BfaTtet and No. J19 to 227 N. Scales Streets. ISSUED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY INSPECTION OF LOCAL Major B. F. Ristin Is Pleased Wittt Appearance Made by the Reids Vidian Militiamen The Organfza. tion Will Have a Very Expensive Equipment The Roster. "Vou'vo a fine looking set of young men," Major B.' F. Risten, U. S. A., Monday night following hU inspection of the Reldsvllla head quarters company of the First Norta Carolina regiment of the Xatioual Guard. The following named answered "Present" and were given a "loo'i over" by the major: Capt. Jas. II. Mobley, 1st Leut. P, I H- Gwynn, Jr., J. II. Allen, 1 1,akt'r- J- W.. Bowman, D. B W. C, Bar. ham, C E. Brewer, I. M. Clymer, C. ii. Clymer, J. L. Collins, W. Li Coleman, C. F. Chilrey, R. R. Mc Donald, A. L. Duncan, J. F. Daniel, II. L. Dixon, G. W. Faucette, H., G .. Hugglne, 11. C. Hutchinj, J. L. Ilutcliins, P. V. Jones, F, II. Jones, R. E. Jones, O. P. Lambeth, J. R Mobley, II. M. Mobley, W. II. Moore, J. W. Medley, J. M. Norman, Jr., E. W. Paschal, Wm. M. Oliver, E. Peters, R., E. Rogers, E.-Rice; W. E. Somers, J. R. Stadler, R. E. Smith, T. M. Smith, W. A. Stanfield, T. T. Smith, II. L. Tate, A. II. Walk er, J. A.: Soyars.R. T. Smithy, B. Shreve, J. II. Simpson, A. J. Smith, II. F. Trent, C. W. Thacker, C. B Wall, E. P. Walker, B. E. Wilson, G. A. Cox, L. D. Fowler, J. O. Thomas. B. K. Austin," J. B. Rich aVdson, A. G. Robertson, G. R. Ro bertson, F. L. Kersey, W. J. Chambers, C. T. Fulcher, C. L. Cox, L. J- Collins, J. D. Carter, C. R. Strong. The regular army officer inspected the records and papers of the newly organized company of national guard in Reidsville, designated as head quarters company, and wired thu headquarters of the 4th corps area. " 5f which North Carolina Is a part, recommending that official rec ment be secured. Major Rlstla declared, that, ha was. greatly ; pjeas ed ,with tiie "records as presented by Capt. Mobley and that as the com pany had the required number of men, with excellent prospects of add-' ing several more in the near future, he expected that it would became an integral part of the army of tho United States in the near future. The new national guard, units are closer to the regular army of the United States than ever before In, the history of the country, according to Major Ristin. While the companies will operate ' under ths laws of the State to which they be long they will also be under the mili tary laws of the federal government. To make this possible the varlouj Stales have changed their laws so that they conform to the federal i I military laws. - The federal government has set a certain standard which must ba reached and maintained by the va rious units. Each unit will ie fully ' equipped by the government at . cost of from $10,000 to $12,000. This equipment will be sent direct to each unit, instead of being at first sent to Raleigh and then distributed to the various organizations In the State a la red tape route of the past. The Reidsville company (as well as all others) must drill a certain number of times in the year and mii3t spend 15 days at the State en campment. Regular army officers be sent to the State as drill masters arid inspectors. If called into action each unit will go direct to a corps mobilization camp and be ready for action with out the old preliminary physical ex- ' aminations, etc., which were in vague In the time of the old Stat3 militia regime. The fourth corps area, wheh com prises the States of North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Geor gia, Louisiana, Florida and Mississip pi. Is at present under the command of General Morrison, who organized the famous 30th, division, This area consists of one regular army unit . and two national guard unitsNorth Carolina Is In a national guard unit with South "Carolina, Tenessee, and Georgia. JUDGE LANE COMMENDED BY WINSTON-SALTM MINISTERS The Winston-Salem Ministerial Association, in monthly session this morning, authorized the preparation of resolutions endorsing the action of Judge II. P. Lane In sentencing to the coutny roads defendants con victed of violating the prohibition laws. The resolutions will convey to the Judge the appreciation of tho ministers of his firm stand in the matter. A committee was appolnteJ to draw up the paper and present It to Judga Lane. Winston-Salem Sea tinl. 1LITA COMPANY
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