The Jtm'rw Covers Rockingham Like The Morning Dew And Surrounding Counties Lkc Sunshine On A Hear Day m ME VI REIDSVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 29TH, 1921. ISSUED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY TH IRTY-FOU BTH YEAR. SVI local fame to GO INTO CAMP IN JULY M-.Hnn.-ii r.uard Encampmeru Near Morehcad Crty For Two Weeks Peoinning July 1C Seventy Offi cers and 103 Enlisted Men Will Be Present. NEWS IN BRIEF FORM SINCE GUI. LAST ISSUE North Carolina's National Guard chool of Instruction at Cam;) Gienu '..us just been announced by Hie ad jutant general fr July;, 8 nl " ..ml encampment, of two weeks fol- uiwing. Tho camp Instruction during these Tour day j will be conducted by two .,r less oilicers to eight enlisted men from each unit, Hide will be least .ot be more than two tu such units immediately aftor this school en campment will follow for ID days be ginning with July 10 and running aroegh July 21. Approximately T. o Hi c-rs. ami I. '.i'0 enlisted mn will be present fir: t:il4 l.".-day encampim nt. I'lte or ganization is composed of one in '"atitry regiment complete, and one ..iuatlron of cavalry, plus one troo?) . :' cavalry, on? divisional signal company with a possible additional unit to be organized between nov and the date of camp. Major U. F. Re-pii.e. of the I'ni 1.(1 StntAs army, will be inspector' instructor for the North Carolina National Guard and will b" assoeia . tnl by five offers and 10 .non-com-missioned officer- .Moving pis tures u( a b:ind in .omp will keep the f aard ntertain?'.i. ut i Mat t tie -5 V -elect" i .Wit'.. '. le'e Z. c'.U It . of t'OIISW. V'O--. :i,,.!.j '.! the l-laa iD cud !()! war by resolution of Con- , l.ee. Of Ch.;. . H e has b"..l V- esi.leat of Hit t'i-dmo;:t & -. railroad to su-cVi d tin V. Taylor. Hutu 17D.000 unionised ma- LOOKING FOR GOAL IN THIS ! COUNTY MAN STRIKES OIL. HE RECOMMENDS DRILLING HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL TP, A r-n7Twn. nv bpatttvi A BOUQUET FOR MADISON FROM WINSTON SALEM A recent issue of the Winston-Sa lem Journal contained a fme write-up of Madhon aril referred editorially io that town m fallows: t was a hi? surmise to most of our readers, no J.ir.l t, as it war. to ud to ".earn that th" iown of Iailson "l.as the greatest wealth p.r raplra . of. any town Pi Northwestern Xovtft " Carolina."" And that was Just tiie beginning of the thrUMtig story oi Mi.dison'8 pros.-):.. and p-osperitv as told by the exft correspondent of The Journal la yesterday's issue. In spite of the fact that they live under the (shadow of ' both Winston Salem and Greensboro the people of Madi son have succeeded iu building in a territory- that both of these cities claim as their own one of tho lives', richest and moot progressive sma'.'l towns i-rts North Carolina. 'Pm secret (f their success in the face of gren; hMacles lies in the fact '''at th people, of Madmort have .made their town a food pi. a. "e to live in. - Their splendid, school,-, ..and churches 'near fdoq.it nt testimony to the c'naracts. fif the commuj'ty We are glad to know more about them. And with th.it knowledge '-oems a deeper pridj than ever in the faci that we - have Madison as a neighbor working hand-in-hand VAth . us for the . uplift and progress '.of this fine src'ion of North Carolina rino iiie;ners, tireuien and ;eaui"'t tlfeateo to strike May 1 in protest ati 'li'.Ht wase cuts.- '.tve the babies" is the lUiderly ins tlieiae of the sessions of tho State convention of public health workers at I'inehurst. Chairman VoUtead of tho judici ary committee introduces a bill ,o prohibit the' sale of beer to the sic': oh a doctor's prescription. M. K. I'-'JUlwell, a Georgia farm el, alleged driver pf a lyucU'.ia car, is the first ot nine defendants to b: placed en trial for mob violence. Oj error Morr.son ha appointed W . i.'.. S'iikinson, (.narlotiu banker, on the State Highway Commission t Btieeeed Worth H. Wood, resigned. Slate College trustees hav.; el.c ed Dr. Clarence I'oe .chairman a.ii named a buildir ciunmisMon to pro ceed with tiie expenditure of $;0 vi)o for new buildings. The Suite Jlighway Commission, at't.'r a lotm conicrence with Gover nor Morrison and .the - council ' of State, is ready to spend 1 10,000,000 in road building this year. North Carolina is not tho only State with which rresid;;: t Harding is having - trouble over pation.-ge. Tu every' State rival factions are con ttndirr; lor the advantage.. Frank A. I.iuney will be nomina ted lor the Westtrn district altor neysrip despite the opposition of tho Northern negro organization i nd his own aspirations for the Circuit judge; -ship. , Continuation of David 11. Hair for Commissioner of. Internal Rev enue was held up Wednesday in the Senate by Hiram Johnson, in a spir it of revenge for what happened at tin? Chicago convention. The American, , government is awa'ting information as to he tj in';- si I'iw allied -to-wed- Germany's counter proposals . before renlyin? to tiie Berlin cominunica tion. France declares the new nro- posaU "absolutely unacceptable." Mining Engineer Godfrey Makes Re port On Survey of Dan River Coal Field Unaole to Fi.id Coal of Suf iicici.,t GuanO y to Mine, 'But Does FinJ Sirang Indication of CM. W. H. Godfrey, miiung eat,iaeer 1 Bills .were found iu the hithvu.y about uii'j nud o: -toui ih un.e iCa .t of the depot at Madison; one in.'. ifiast ulons the road and 300 yards .Vntheast of tho home ol Al.'s. l.ut Trent; ul.s0 at J. 11. l,ewis' pluc-j, lve miles Kasi of Muuis.m; I.immi e-t t-si ot cartir 8; i t - nub W e,l 'i'he !int annual ever published by , sue ux-ai HiKti hiiiooi lias just ar rived from tlie publishers and its uppei.rai ee is prepossessing, to Hay ill,, least. Tiie caption of the "ew publication is "The Souvenir," and it (ontu.ns 1-2 ages. Ninety-two o Huso are subject matter an I thirty aie advertiss mtuts. I The appearance of the book in it self givs an imipression of high- V.'iiwtu: Salem, U racei: been j of SetUo's bridge, and alorg ihe load 1 ,,it!m Workmanship which a careful engaged in CApluring the uiiUKral tnreu-!ourths of a mile Northeast or propeities of ilie lauds iu this sec-' tagle Falls. All are of various di-: Hon. lie has had wide experiiiico in tuensious. j iiiining operations in coal, gold, oil "1 made several tests from various ' and other nui-erals. He is largely Places tin the TriusKic field r.id fail- j inUiested in gold mining proputkM ' M utterly to draw a blank, evtry om j iu Piedmont and W'estera Kurdi ' ot the tests showing from strong to ! Carolina. He has been wot 'ting la i behalf of a group of men investigr. J ting the appearance of oil in the Dan river section, anil uas reported a siv uation which is .most premising; though dciuiite facts us to the Utiaiit it ie.-.s in which oil may exist can only be determined by sinking wells at considerable depth. Jiii reporting on the held which Is bi lieved to exist in what is known as the Dan river section, Mr. God i'red states that, the structure gives every promise of success, though ac tual proof can only be made by sink ing a well. "On the maps of coal fields of the United States there is shown in the Northern, part of North Carolina a narrow belt in the Pied mont plateau which is called the Dan River Coal Field." Although this small field has been known for near ly a century there is no record 'of coal production from it. "Triassic sedimentary rocks ex tend from a point just North" of th4 Virginia Una Southeastward along Dan river through Spray, Leaksville, Madison, Pine Hall, Walnut Covq and Germanton. "High grade coal has bee.i found at several "places from a few inch 63 to a foot in thickness. This fact, and a belief among people of tho district that black shale is a sign of Coal and if followed far enough under cover will lead1 to coal, have taubt;d more or le extensive' pros very heavy sho-vii.g of pe-ruieuin. livery test and investigation in this fi.e'ul gives the 'most encouraging and nattering promise or leing a fii'M nf nvcnt t.innllv mmlit . atid production anil will be of great commercial value. exanuuauon ot hh contents pro Pound ia black limp leather, oo'.e linisli and overlapping edges with the name and year stamped in gold oa the front, the combination is bot'i good to look at and shows the school colors to pleasing advantages." ! A look withiu the annua! gives j one the idea that it seems more like a college publication. The contents I are well arranged, printed clearly i on excellent paper, and the cuts of I both individual and '.roup pictures ire exceptionally good. Another es- MAM R. ANDERSON APPOINTEQJPOSTMASTER President Harding Sent to the Sen. ate- His First North Carolina Nom ' inaticn For Postmaster Mr. An uerson's Appointment Madj Unciej Old Civil Service Rules. pecially pleasing feature Is : ketches drawn 'The evidence adduced liv ilii i'i TssiiL-Htion lead to the .- lui ,n t " iill:'l design and excellently that the structure will he t- num- oolin and will l,e erm-i n,,,,, All of the subject matter was pr throughout the full length of th? structure and field, which will prob- v.c.tu4;-u4i '-lifr oUverop-iat favoraJilwAV ", ably f-ive full length of the structure and iield. which will prohabbly givp full length of 40 miles, or 200 sonar miles, or 12S.000 acres, which if the Structure was 300 feet thick. al though it . actually shows nun'3. would give a reservoir- space, which if it should show voids of 10 lie Cent, as used by the l S. GeiTogicil survey, and the recovery of oil should b3 DO per, cent of th ? void;, the following would be the number of barrels of crude oil recoverah'e from the entire field, allowing as the same authority does the storage of 1,000 barrels for 10 per' cent voids per acre foot,1s 19,200,000 barrels. "As to the amount of oil in tho structure, quality of same, etc., there is only one way to determine these things and that is by drilling and I recommend doing this. Hav ing the favorable signs it would he ft shajeie to allow this matterjii) drop and fo' no farther with it." t " GERMANY'S OFFER SOUNDS NEARER IT A Paris cable says: The repara tions commission has fixed 132,000,- 000,000 gold marks as the total dam ages for which reparation is due by Germany under article 233, second paragraph,.-And annex or.c. Part eight, of the treaty of Versailles. Thd commission's decision was of ficially communicated to Dr. Von Eortzen of the Geirman war 'urdens commission, tonight, THE: STATE APPLE CROP IS NOT A TOTAL LOSS While most varieties of : apples have had a lar;-i percentage of the buds and fruit killed by th recent low temperal.ureH there's t-til! enough live fruit in mauy, Carolina orchards to produce a profitable crop, accord ing to C. D. M.).Mhnvs. State Horti culturist. . Severe injury to the peach crop i throughout the Sfu;e was gener?! with the .exception., of the Sand Hi'.I j Region where little or no injury is i reported, but instead a crop of ovei ' f.eO carloads which will be the larg est ever; harvested provided it is not reduced before g ichei iug time. Pe ' ports- from other- rarts of the Stat.? to -the N. C. I)ii5ii' of Hurt culture Indicate a loss ringing from DO per cent injury to total' destructien The ultimate total indemnity which Germany agrees t o pay the' failles is 2i)0,Oti0,000,00t) gold marks, as against 220,000, 000,000 demanded by the allies in their Paris terms. A Berlin cable says: This is pos itively stated by those close to th3 government, although the German counter proposals have not been made public here. Dr. Simons, the foreign secretary, did not present the new proposals to the Reichstag today because of an undrerstanding with the Americaa embassy aud for the additional rea son that there is a paragraph in the :note .to 'President Harding suggestin-; that he feel free to query back for further information " or "he elucida tion of any point not clear, if he so desires, before submitting tho note to the entente. The Germans suggest making th ) annuities iu the payment of the rep arations flexible, dependent jpon thr recovery of German industries. An international loan is suggested, to be floated immediately, to place ready ca'h at the disposal of the entrnte. but no sum is named. . j Germanv expresses her willing RUTHTRFORD r 3 WOMAN IS ness to pledge the customs revenues DEAD AT "HE AGE OF 1 05 11 guarantees, and further offers to ddi.er manufacturej articles to the Mrs. Rutli Poi'jr Watson died on allies with the understanding that Fur.day afternoon ar her home nr Get .many wil pay the producers and plar es. A' bed of bright black flake carbonaceous shale .several- -' feet tjiicl' near Walnut Cove, has excited some interest from the promising ap peaaruce, but as it carries over -10 per cent ash it has no present value as a fuel. , "It was about 1917 that a citizen of -Winston-Salem spent several thou'-, sand dollars sinking a shaft on. this carbcr.aeeous bed and in a lii.tinond drill hole at Walnut Cove, but failed to find a workable coal depo;-it. "All known exposures and natural and aitigcial outcrops were examin ed, amd a number of pits reopened and carefully examned with the re sult that, all the evidence brought to light leads to the conclusion that there are no reasons for expecting to ANNOUNCEMENT IN RELIGIOUS CIRCLES pared for the annual by students ot the high school Including tha sketches. The Senior Class had charge of the publication tf "The Souvenir," and their first attempt, promises to be successful as well as worthy. Elsie Perison is editor-in-chief and James Thompson 's busi ness manager of the annual, and to them and their hoard of associate editors goes most of the credit for the success of the 'new venture. J. P. Hell & Co., of Lynchburg, Va., are the publishers, and Miss Mary Ra ker, of Reidsville, is the official pho tographer. Many of the business firms of Reidsville supported the project by extensive 'advertising. Tho President un "Wednesday sanj to Hie Senate his iirst Not'.h Ca.ro Una nomination for postmaster.' Mr, llardi.ig named William K. Andet. Mm to be postmaster at Reldsvili. Tho Washington correspondent j the Greensboro News says. It fs understood that this appoint, mint, along with a number of o'.Li, era in several States, was niado ua .),. l. ..1.1 j..H ......I. ..ir...n!nAi!.., Ufl IliO UiU 1 11 DCI V ItC VAil'll.UiabiUi rules. The President has . not 'yet decided what he will do about modU fying or revoking' the Wilson execa five orders, putting postmasters uo des civil service classification. Wheu he was asked on yesterday if the al mlnistratJon had evolved a policy on IKistofliice appointments, the Pres' dont sld it had not, and s-iggestei that there were "two schools ct thought" regarding this problem, The President indicated he has not yet taken sides with either. . MRS. W. R. DALTON HOSTESS TO THE READING CLUB Revival services at the Montgom ery Street Christian church. You are invited. Rev. C. F. Sherrill will preach at Salem Sunday at 11 a. in. Sunday Schoob at 1C a. m. St. Thomas Church, Fifth Sunday after liaster: a. m., Holy Com m union.- Services at: 11 a. m evening service. Rev. R. 1). Sherrill will preach a special Bermon at Main Street M K. church Sunday morning, .May I, to the members of the local lodg-3 Improved Order of Red Men. Ituflln Charge: Dr. S. IS. 1 urren find commercially valuable coal beds tme- president of Greoiioboio Col in the Dan river district. 1(rf'- wil1 P'each at I'eiham next The beds of seml-anthrar Ite are Sunday, , May , at li a. m. Come and hear him. Also preaching at local lenses of small lateral extent only a few inches thick; and the thick beds of carbonaceous ahalo H valueless as a fuel. 'The Dan river field lies along the Dan river amd Town Fork in Rock ingham and Stokes counties. Tii" principle tributaries of the Dan river in this field are Smith river, near Leaksville and Spray, Mayo river which joins Dain at Madison, and Town. -.Fork, which . flows through Germanton and' Walnut Cove, joining Dan river between-there aai Pine Hall. "Diabase is the latest tetrusivo rock known in this part of the State and is probably of triassic age, ir occurs in dikes which ' co nnion'y cut across the strike and dip of a'l the older formations, tilling a serie-; of fissures which have a genet,-.) North to Northwest strike. The di i Ruffin Sunday at 7:30 p. in. You are invited to attend. H, C, Starr, Pastor. Rev. C F. Sherrill expects a great time -at. Lowe's tnext Sunday at 3 p. m. Rev. Grover T. Pond, pastor of Spring Garden Methodist church, Greensboro, will preach. He will bring with him his quartette and some fine music will he given. The public is cordially invited. A great revival is iu progress at the North Scales Street Christian church, which is being conduned by lvvangeusi u. u utey, wiio is i Mrs. W. R. Dalton was hostess to the Tuesday Afternoon Reading Club April 2G. Quotations at second roll call were Famous Statesmen in the World War. , The first, humber on tho program, ."Ws)ro ,Wil.iop by! Mrr; Dalton, tolct of Wflmui'fc-f ,It'-taiaii,-ike k Impossible for the world to ever havo another war; how his heart wps broken when he had to declare war with Germany and send the best young men in our land to t .e; how he was broken in body and spin., when it was over and his owr people the ones that he had every reason to believe would uphold him ill th'-) i. r .... t ... . i . i . . . loea.is jie was trying it get tne na jij . t ions ot the world to pledge them. . I selves (6 live up to, failed him, it looked as if his sacrifice bad been in vain. It was not Woodro Wilson that was a failure but the spirit- o." the people back of him. The second paper, "llardiug's Cab inet," by Miss McKinnev. l';iv .i short sketch of the lives of the ten men that form the Cabinet. Her bert Hoover is the best known mem ber of the Cabinet. From yr'vate in the marines during the World War to Secretary of the Navy, is the en viable record of.-Kdwin Denby. Mr. Hushes, Secretary of State, has been .prominent in public affairs in our country for a number of years, The last paper, -"Henry Cabot Lodge," written by Mrs. A. L. Har ris and read by Mrs. Oliver, showed I very clearly the great difference in Lodge,, the scholar and statesman, and Lodge, the politician. His one thought in the last, two year,, of Wil son's administration seemel to he MOVEMENTS OF THE ' PASSING THRONGS Mrs. Sam Walker, of Kiuscon, . id) visiting relatives here. Miss Marguerite Penn has return ed from a visit to New York.' F. A. Worsley has entered a Bat timore hospital for treatmekt. Mrs. Sue Gameweill, of Eaaiville, l " fiieot of Miss Hattie Millner. Miss Annie Sloan, of Wiiiston-Si letn, was visiting hero yesterday. F. S. Mile? spent tho pa-t few da-3 in AltaVista and LyncVjur; oa business. ' ' Mrs. J. W. Menifee, of Hraham. and -Miss Pinner wniliamSon, ot Greensboro, are guests of Mr. John, N.--Watt. MISS HELEN. FETZER RANKIN BRIDE OF PAUL J. PRICE V A' pretty 'but 'quleUmarxiagefce.re.;.. lh'ji-y ''was V.erfcii hn , last" ftrday- - nun n.ng at- V : :io o'clock .yrv.en - Mis -Helen Fetzer Rankin, younaesC daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ,T. F. Ran, kin, became the bride of Paul J. Price. The ceremony Was performed at the home of the bride ay her pastor, Dr. D. I. Craig, in his usual beautiful and impressive manner. Owing to a recent bereavement irt tii.j family the wedding was of a . Bimplq nature and only the immediate rel atives of i lie contracting partie : were present. Mr. and Mrs. Price left -..mimed! ately for Ashevllle and othr placej of interest whore they will spend some time before returning to their homo at Mad son. Mrs, Price was educated at Flora MacDonald College, and has won many friends by her tactful and sun ny disposition. Mr. '.price. i3 a sub stantial and successful business man, We extend to each th. wishe of a. long and happy life. Lawsonvillei Avenue Defeated. The junior class of the high school opened up the City School League Tuesday by administering a decided drubbing to th Ixiwsonville avemue school nine to the tune 9-4. The con test was a walkaway for ihe third year, team, with Watt effective in the pinches, and Pettiarew, of Iaw sonville avenue, having a had day. The City School League Is compos- just to humiliate and do. all in Ills power to disgrace the President. j ed of three teams from 'he high After the program -Mrs. - Halt mi in- 1 school and ore nine from Lawson- into Hie dihitu' ville avenue. Since the- -senior- cla in high scdiool was too small to put out a team their members were an- liv .tion of soulf his pur-1 tea and home-made inints were I imilioned to the junior class and to ' ... . i ..... pose, he pre-.ahes the jospel ines; served Invited guests of Via I )al- ' 11 wwrwi ville a venue by ag-eement. ssurn. with frot fnivo n 1 oivihjwi.. i inn -u-a- it .c r,.n.i..;.- ! Ms firi-.incenipnt innkinv an even 1, - o- - .... v. v. . ..... ., ..'v t 1'.,., - ,,1. 1 1 l.cl LI li tl'.: . ....... ... .. ..... base is a dense- -hard. rock. dat i asm and absoliitelv without fear V';i : Mis S:iin,. i.v!,i,r .of. -r.o.'l'division o" strencth in the leasrue. green to black in color, composed I Already several have accepted I boro. 'and Mrs.' If. M. Nelsb.i. . On- Mondav afternoon the -senior- chiefly of augite and plagioclas-; Christ. Much interest is ru ing shown j - - - and juniors combined and met tin felspar, with small bits of clivin.-, 1 by the people of the co'i.mui.'tv an 1-1 preaching the most powt rt til ser mons ever delivered in Reidsville in , vited her guests a way that everybody can under- i room wliore at beautifully aj pointed stand. The Bible being .Ii.s theme-' tables a dainty salad course. , ieed r. . . I 4 1 . 1. ! . . .. ... , , C111L1 III, h, Kutherfordton. ?n.- was 101 year. six months and eigiu days old. Sh" lived with her fourth son, Tom L Watson, three a.iles Fast of Ruther forCton . She -ha. I- iiee-r, ill .severe Kif liS She was said isi be the only woman In the South having three living sons who are Confederate veteran, oh-- leaves eight children, 29 graid th-.Hifn, Hi greut-grandchildren an 1 J- great great graiuhildren. TfJ her Fons ha. jreat grandchildren. She wa one oi th? oldest women in the country. biotite and magnetite. The ouict": j splendid fellowship and c o- j erat ion ) is generally marked by characteristic-, -is'.' being -manifested by members --'jf spheroidal boulders scattered over I some' of the other churches in town the surface. "'- This-: is ' highly' appreciated by Pas- "These diabese dikes range from ; tor Maybew and his ongrmat ion. a few Inches up to 100 fet in tbi' ness. The largest dike seen -in tl field is in a railway cut on the ban I The revival will continue i not her i week and those who have n., tak'ii of the Dan river, three miles West of Madison. It has a North to Smub strike, stands vertical, and is -12. to 130 feet wide. The rock is blarv. fine grained, and is composed of la h . have to be urged to come again. shaped plagiovlase feldspar with a;- gitr packed in the interstices. There Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Si tie and advantagr of an opport'iinty to hear Rev Mr. Otey are given a coidial in vitation to attend these service-i. Come one time to hear this strong gospel messenger snd you will not net credit on the indemnities Ger many also offers immediate partici pation in the work of restoration In the devastated areas: labor and ma terials to be supplied by Germanv and credited against the indemnities No suggeetion is made of Ger tnany's willingness to assume the in debtedness of the allied powers t j the t'nited States. M3 a,so 80me olivine, partly altered ' children. Misses Annie and Ressi Germany's counter proposals are i to serpentine, with apatite. megn-j and Master Luther, of Raw.ings, Va , so intricate and involved that the! tite ad other accessory minrrals A are on a two weeks vacation visit ) TOBACCO GROWERS' MASS MEETINGS. Saturday, May 7, Dr. Clarence Hoe, Editor Progressive Farm er, greatest authority on Farm ers' Organizations fop Coopera tive Marketing in the South, will make two a-'drcsses in Ror.k ingham County on date given above. At Madison at 10 a. m. At Reidsvllie at 3 p. m. Subject: Marketing Tobacco Through Growers' Co-Operative Organization. Everybody come and hear this matter thoroughly discussed and explained. sfrnntr tivim from the: freshman souhomore clashes. The reu t wa n victory for the upper classes, the .c(jre beinz 7-3. The game was well fought, with the upper classes show ins more drive and power In the hot. M. K. Boatweli, found not trudty the mfeb violiiuc.' . experts who have read them express ' continuation of this dike otitcron ing brothers and sisters and relv th?" on'nion tht thev mtv b? misin i in 'he highway a mile West of the fives and friends of RKsviJle, terpreted. as th London ofer wan , house of Mr. Wall, at the forks of bv nersocs who did tint snalvze theru i the road two miles West of Madison. u?orgiaa, wa . crefullv and work out the total; of violation of inimnit tht would have been yieldd Ul exoosed in the Mayo river Creensboro. Winston-Salem, ttnd also their old neighbors In thi Perrr Very much like these diks Is a j section. They report tobacco plant short snd fruit all killed down in a eater. just above Mayodan. Other dikes and Virginia, Fresh meats beef, pork, ' sausage, cured hams, fresh fish. Prices as lov as the lowest. Meats delivered any where in town. Phone me vour or ders. T. E. Cook. Phone -142 Cor ner Montgomery and Burton Sts. The Commercial Bank of Stokes lal" was. entered some time Tuesdav night' and a sum of monev. .)plieve1 ! n amount to abctut S200 was recured. Kntrance was mad1 bv battiing 'n a side of the wall opposite vauP, i his battering ram bein used. A hole about eight inches hign and IZ inches lone was made and is the belief of many that a chili vas sent through this opening as it Is belier nd that no adult could have managed to get through the small t.rening. The robbers failed to get Into the vaulC obtaining only the currency which had not ben p'aceif in ha vautt when the bank clos"l Tuesday night Local officers r-elievj tha work was that of amateurs.