North Carolina Newspapers

The hnwv Covcre Rdckinglwm Like The Morning Dew And Surrounding Counties like Su.-shme Qn A Clear Day THE RE REVIEW REIDSVILLE, N..C. FRIPAY, MAY CTH, 1921. ISSUED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HIRTY-FOURTH YEAR. IDSVILLE SPRAY MAN IS SHOT TO DEATH NEAR THE CITY "Tern Rcbertson Killi in Battle With Officers at N aide's Sprinq He i Belte,ved to Bs te One Whj Shot and Killed Poli isman iJlcCuis :an in Greensboto. Three in Murder Car Pursue I By Officers Only One Get Away Three Cases of Llqi.or Found ,n Dodge Car. Slain Man Was Out On Bail Or Charge) of Shooting Officer Henry Oallas. of LeaksviMs, 3 Few Mootht Ago. Responding to n call froin Greens boro ','iat W. Thomaj McCuiston, Greensboro policeman i;.d ben sho an1 klled, and that .1 Do lge ea- " containing the murderc, wae hear"- ed this way, Chief C. W. Jackson on Wednesday evening nout 6 o'cloc': Urpa:che& a couple of car3 with posses or. roads to Gteensboro and SummerOeld. Deputy "sneriff T. G. Dallas, Policeman Rascje and Jim Mobley took the direct road to Green3t"ro while Chief Jickson and policeman E. H. Carroll went out on the Surnnierflell road. Whan the two last named were near Nanc-i's spring, three nti es S wtb of Reidsville, they heard shooting and proceeding about one hundred yards came uron the men wao had engag ed in tho battle. It is believed that Rob3"fson, who was being pursued by Greensboro officer:!, heard the Reidsvi le car Approaching wiierus on thj criver of the Dodge car cut suddenly Into a yard of a country house and was backing. Apparently his p'au was to throw his car int" the r ad at a narrow place, just in front of the approat'i'ur.g cars and cause a collision, but to escape he fore t ho impact! But ;.he pjrsuers were to? close. It !3 rlalmed that Robertson offered resistance and reached his haul to a rear pocket. The Officers thor. minned Are On ..bullet entered, KoberUoJi's rlht aide ranging through his light breast, while auother, the one that dvubtless , cause! irstant death, enten-d hii neck and punctured the lUgulai vein The pursuing officers might have captured Robertson alive but they were under the impressions that two , companions were in the -Dodge with Robertson and thpv wern tniim nr ,.. chances. : Robertson's body was brought to a Reidsville undertaking establish ment. Some one identified him as a man by another name but" later a Spray citizen correctly identified him. About 10 o'clock Mr. a&3 Mrs. Dave Robertson, parents 'of the de- " ceased, viewed the dead body and claimed him as thtir son. The body will 'he sent io Spray Saturday. . Robertson i a dark compU-xioned youth about 2! years of ago, ind is the son of Dave Robertson, of Spray. - In the ; dead msn's car - the ollH erS found about eiht gallons of liquor in three cases of fruit jars. itobrt son at the time of his death vas out on bond on a charge of shooting Of ficer Henry Dallas near Leaksville several months ago. Robertson was being chased with thrills and . excitement by officers Avho were after him for shooting and killing, as they thought, Policeman McCuiston in Greensboro vednes- . day afternoon: tahout--5 -4!&Lwk-4ust as he attemptl to size an auto mobile loaded with whiskey and oc cupied by. three men. Lewis Ed wards, son of VV. S. Edwards, a po liceman of the Danville force, - was captured near the Battleground, af tov a spectacular rounl-up, w,h:ie the : third map, Eddie Paxton, of Hous ton, Va , i3 probably surroundned by posses in the wxidland W'esc of the Battleground. The tragic chapter started when! : the Greensboro - police department wa informal f hat there was a ganj; f blockaders (n that cltv nd at- tempting to deliver a load of liquor, j Officer McCuiston finally fourd the ca and when h? called to the men ! in ine car to stop on of th3 three men- pressed a jijitel into the- officer's breast and fired, the ball catering near.the heart in J death was almost instantaneous Officers jurEwi Into a bi St . de baker and from then until the driver cf the murder car was quitted in death, the momentous chase tontin-1 w:a cms& of over 0 tnils. last-1 irg npar to two hours. i Edwards, when captured told the officers that his name wa Dave Jones and that the man In the woods was Frank Joae. his cousin, and that they lived in Norfolk, .laving oome to XorU Carolina about a week PLAN OF ORGANIZATION OF Form id By Representatives Who M.k; Plans For Organizing the Co. inly arid Townshios Into Work ing Urits of the Commun.ty Life Aior.iation of Rockingham County In a committee ni."''n5 of repro 8entaKes of the various townships of rljzl. tiigham county 'dans for or ganltiiij the county and townships Into working units of i'r-t Community Life ssoclation of Rockingham County vera read and .adopted. The jneetin,g llm'r. -adoptoJ these plans was held in the count court house at Wei-J worth Saturday. Officers for the county organiza tion v-ie elected as, iior.cws: President Supt. U N. Hickersoi Vi-3-Piesident Fred 3. W.tlker. Sec-vtaiy Miss Ethel Woils.' Treasurer M. T, Smiih. Soms of the townships had already met and organized the ocal units of the Community Life Association ana have itarted to work on Township Community Fairs. Othr townships are expecting to organize at an early date. Half a i. hour was given on the main i rograni of the Couniy Com mencement exercises for the pre sentation of the plans cf the Com munity Life Association to the largo crowl cf people present. Miss Ethe! Wells, home demonstration agent, introduced A. D. Ivie, of Leaksville, who spoke of the wonderful oppor tunlties of development along com munity lines of the lives of all ;he resource of the county,, by such an organization. It Is th? urposs of the organizulion to have Jn each local unit committees studying and work ing on these and othar kindred sub jects Education, Social Lifo and Recru-ition, Roads and Strer.s, Hy giene ard Health, Community Fairs, etc. v- s Tha definite piece of work the as eoclatloa means to da this ear is to put ever in a splendid way, the Township'" Community.- Fairs. This organization grew out of a county-wide meeting bMHn " Reidg ville on March 12 at which time the advantages and great m-efulaess of such an organization were presented and tilfcussod. ago. He said that the driver of the car was a negro, who they h'jed - on Tuesday to drive their car, having brought the car from Norfolx with them. He stated that the negro driver fired the shot that killed Mc Cuiston. He denied having any whiskey in the car. Edwards, being informed that Robertson had been killed, "said that his name was Lewis Edwards, and that Paxton is the name of the man who escaped.- His tale about the negro driver is hot believed by Greensboro officers. Policeman McCuiston was aoout 50 years of age and had ho served -through' 'today. .would have completed 14 years of service on the AJreens boro police force.' . " Dr. j. T. Taylor, of Madison, the couniy coroner, empanelled the fol lowing jury o hold an inquest on J Thursday morning : Scott Fill man, Ds. R. Pritchett, Jonah Delancy, C. H, Saunders, W.'H. Bolyn and iTelix Miles. They viewed the body and Coroner Taylor instrncted Underta ker Blalock to to hold the body un til it is viewed by Edwards, who was arrested in Greensboro, Kd- COUNTY ADOPTED wards is xpected herthisfte1phtcbrhTowerxoTirtsw'err reversed noon after which the body will be turned over the relatives at Spray. The jury will hold an inquest Friday nigrt at So'clock at the town hall. TROXLER-HOPKIMS. A wedding culminating a. romance begun in childhood occurred at the Fair Grove M. P. church Sunday, when Miss Jennie Troxler ' occame the bride of Clarence Hopkins. The ceremony was conducted bv Rev. Mr. Edwards, pastor. The hride is the youngest datrghier of Mr. Sallie Troxler, of Brown i Summit. She is beautiful and ac- rompushed and possessed of lovable ; traits, fhe is the church organist and a teacher in the Sunday School. The groom is a son of Jame? Hop kins, popular and prominent. The marriage came as a surprise Hon of David H. Blair to the finance to friends of the couple. Following committee with Instructions lo-invee-the ceremony they left for Vlreens-) tlgaro the Winston-Salm raaa' ousl boro, from which place they went I ifica'oJs to Richmond-, and other points to! pass their honeymoon Secretary Hughes has notified i sational stage play." "The Rid lie: Panama that unless she voluntarily Woman." with. Geraldine Farrar in acts within a "reasonable time," the terpreting the role created by Ber United SUtee will Uke steps to that-KaJch. at the Colonial today, compel her to release the disputed This picture created a furor? on the Coto territory to Cbsfa Rica ' stage. Register By the 14th of This Month For the School Bond Election May 24th. Schools Face Dire Necessity 'A town is knuvn by the school It keeps." I he greatest sj'!t of any town is first class educational system. The greatest liability of any town is a pocily organized, miserably equipped, and half starved edu cational system. 1 h3 most de sirable citizens for any commun ity fcre home-builders fathers and Mothers with their ch.ldren. Tiie-y loentify themselves wHth the community and stimulate its business life. Ojt the day Is pat;t when such a c;ass cf citfc zeiship can be attracted to a town with sorry public schools. Any town that desi.es to keep abreast of the times mutt deal generously with its school sys tem. Some years ago a large manu facfjrer desired to come t North Carolina and establish a branch factory In oms city in the State. The then lagsst city in the State was vary anxious to . secire this enterprise, for 'It meant something in the way of prestige and outside -advertising! , , The company sent a represent. ; tive down to this c'.:y to inves tigate conditions and make a r port. He was told to get special Information on two thfngs , HEALTH CONDITIONS and the' PUBLIC &CHOOL8. He report ed thai health conditlonss were ideal, bet that the iools wers . not if to the standard desired. Of course the factory was loca ted eltewhere, and the chamber of commerce of the above men tioned city never had tie nerve. ,) to te.li the reason yiy. v The Reidsville puullc schools ; are face to face wi'h dh-e neces-V sity. For years the members of the school board, which has" beet composed of progressive men and women, have helped to r carry the financial burdens of the schools by mean3 or" their ; own personal notes. And sme rilre,i4 Am ' tn haws th '-ti thit such a condition "cWji orVrS forever. But the: burden' hat grovn too great. The end has come. It will be Irrpossib e for NEWS IN BRIEF FORM SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE The German cabinet has resigned. North Carolina Reel Men are in sessio i ai, Goldsboro! The hearing on Senator Johnson's charge? against David H. Blair is scheduled for Saturday. Indictments 'charging.. John S3'. . Wll liams and his three sons with peon age iiave boen returned by a Federal grand jury at Macon, Ga. Ad extremely, acute situation Is re portv 1 in Upper Silesia, where Polish insurgents are said to have seizod the entire industrial regions. E. F. McCullough, ar-poin d .by Governor Morrison a few weMts ago as superintendent of the Sti'e pri son, dfepped dead in hls.'orfic at RaleiKh Tuesday. The U. S. Suurerae Court has set aside the conviction of Senator New berry and 16 others for violation of the corrupt practices net, holding the act unconstitutional. The North Carolina Supreme court Wednesday handed down a batch of 11 decisions on appeal cases, in In a majority of instances. Pra ) lent Harding on Tuo day warn.'d executive detriments that they must -.put an end o tho habit of liv'nT beyond ' th. ir allowances and ral'ing upon Congv-ss t make up pe deficit. Tue Senate naval committee, at President Harding's' request, has re fused to incorporate in the naval bill Senator Borah's poposal to have the President Invite Britain and Japan to a disarmament conference. Tne supreme counctl .as decided to in-ite the United States tc SncV a rai- eentative to pircipice as a member of the counc'l- Complete agreement was reachfd on the alt! j mat 213 ti be sent Germany. As a result of oppOiiion led by Hirim Johnson, the Senate ci: Tues day iotcu to recommit the aomina The long awaited photod-amitlc production of the amazing nn l sen- the sct'ool board to continue to mairtdin the credit of the scvioij by borrowmj from year to yer to make up the deficit. IT IS THE DUTY OF THE TAXPAYERS TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS QF THE SCHOOLS. And Ihrir greatest need today is for more housing l,:M'.c. Without additional bo ld cgs K will be impossible to ccrUnue the present program of p'iblic education In the city of RekVv.lle, to say nothing of fu- . tura growth. Another twelve months under present conditions wju'd render it impossible to accommodate any xcept the ml vmum required by law; that Is thore between (he ages of eight and fourteen. That would me 41 the elimination of all first and second grades and of two yers in the High School. Uo not imagine that this statement Is overdrawn. AM one has to do o to secure proof of it Is to get the facts and figures, from the office cf the superintendent. -Now the membership of the school board do not believe that the citizens of this community desire any such con lition of af. fairs tin come about. But they "also realize that IT TAKES MONEY to build and -equip schools In accordance with the laws laid down by the State; Hen; they are giving the eople of thf community an oppcrtunl ty tr vote an appropriation for our Fchools sufficient to piovlde tor tneir growth ovir a period of years,. On May 24 REIDS VILLE WILL BE PUT JO THE TEST. In the last five1 years not a r-ity in North Carolina has vo ted down a bond issue for schoos REIDSVILLE WILL NOT DISGRACE THIS FINE RECORD. Remember that a vcte against the bends Is a vote against the children,, and a vte for the bona! Is a vote for the children and ptogrejssr AMt) IN ORDER TO VOTE YOU MUST BE REG ISTERED BY THE 14TH OF MAY. ANNOUNCEMENTS IN RELIGIOUS CIRCLES There will be preachins in the Methodist church vt Wetitworth Sunday at 11 a. m. Rev. A. W. Plyler, nresiding elder of the Greensboro district, wjll preach at Bethlehem Sunday 3 p. m. St. Thomas Church: First Sunday after Ascension 7:30 a. m., Holy Communion. Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Rev. E. N. Johnson is assisting Pastor D. W. Oveiby in conducting a very successful revival at Tnomp sonville Baptist church. Rev. C. F. Sherri'.l .s prepajlng for another great rally at Si.em the third Sunday at 3 p. ir.. Prof. R. L. Flowers, of Trinity College, will de liver the address. The rally Is for the whole circuit. Members of Carolina Cocrcil No. 9, Jr. O. U. A. "M., will meet n their hall next Sunday ;it 10 30 a. m. and go In a body to the Montgomery Street Christian church to hear th? evangelist conducting services there. Ruffln Charge, Hv. H. F. Starr, Pastor: Sunday, May 8--Preachlng at Ruffln at 11 a. m., .xnd Sariler at 3:30 p. m ; Rutlin 7:40 p. m. by Rev. A. W. Plyler. presidi- elder. Sun day School at Ruffln at 10 a. m. and at Sariler at 2 p. m. .""ome to these services. THIS MAN TEACHES TWO WILD GEESE TO DO HIS FISHING A, spocial from X.Mchc-r Miss., says: J. T. Kerr, a r-lanter- of Con- cordia Parish. Ia., end member .-.of the Fifth District Levee Bo.rd, has a pair of trained W'ld gerse fully equal in Intelligence io the. famous hunting hog of Col. Tucke Gibson the noted big-game hunter of Natch ez. Mr. Kerr has Just finish d teach ing the gese to fish and declares that, as they already Know how to swim and dive, it was only necessary to impress on them to catch the fish and brrns them to the boat which he rows alongside. HU greatest tronb'3, Mr. Ken said, was teaching thj geese to dis criminate the Tend of fbh, as he wanted only perch, bass or tiout. He declares that this difficulty has beeo overcome and that be is prepared to give demonstration at Luke St. .Trthn. In Concordia Parish, at any time. HEIOSVILLE'S EtECIION WAS A HE AFFAIR -, . Out of Registration of Nearly One Thousand Loss Than two Hundred Votis Were Cast Only Twenty Votes Were Cast Against the Man agerial Form. For the second time sla':e the "memoiv of man runneth not co the contrary notwithstanding',' thor? was nu contest In the citj elec'.ioT here Tuesday and it may properly te termed tho tamcot affair ever pulled off here. In tho first place oi.ly about halt of the (itlens availed themselves of the epportun ity to register and of those who did regiBler only about oie-flfih took the trouble to cast th".: ballj's. Very II i tie opposition developed to the managerial form of government omy 2t votes being asl against the proposition. Following Is the vota-Maj-or M. P. Cnnunlngs . . ... .192 Recorder I. R. Humphreys ....192 So'.lcitor E. II. Wrena .. ......193 Commissioners J. V. Smith 19 ; N. C. Thompson .. 197 G. K Crutchfleld .. .. .. .7.19' W. B. Wray Jn. F Scott .. .183 Managerial Form, for .. . 166 Agr.inst .. .20 Total registration . . 893 In some of the othej- ,pwni of the State tho battle waged with fury. Jim Tunes defeated Rev. Mr Jim'. son for mayor of Wlnston-S-v'em by over 1.000 maforlty. T. U. Eldrige, formbily of Reids ville. war. elected miyor of Raleigh by a rmall majority. John W. Hedrkk. P.epublicin, de featal Fred N. Tate. IVmocmt, for mayor t: High Point by a majcrity of 373. ; Jam-s O. Walker was elected mayor of Charlotte by nearly four to ' one ov t his opponent. Three woaien were elected on the ser.ooH bj: rd Frai.k A. Brooks, C'?aude Kiser, Georgo A. Grimaley, LUv'd White, E J. Mendenhall, R. G. . Hiatt and Jul lan Trice recelred the higheft vote in. he. luunlcipal. electiui in Greens., boro and will serve that ity pp crun cilmea under the managerial orm of government which becomes -'effective there May 10. McLVILLE'S COMEDIES HERE . ' MONDAY. The following from the Tampa T-imes tl recent dato will be of in- te rest 4 j the amuseaitiiH levers of! this city, since Melviiio's Comedians will sthvt an engagement in their canvas theatre here Monday night: "Tumpr. theatre-goers who missed that famous drama of tne Northwest, 'Broken Hearts,' by Melville's Come dians at the big tent, can drr.w con solatioa onily from pno old adage, 'Where ignorance is LHr-s.it is folly to be wise,' while the hundreds of enthusiastic attendants are conscious that 1 hey witnessed on of the best staged, best acted, best :- plotted dramas that has baen s!bged in Tamp i in several years. "TVe second week of the iadeflnite stay of this popular company in Tam pa surely must be ono oi their fea ture weeks, for the pmgram for the last half. 'The Milllo mire's Son' and the 'Shop Girl' are p." ving equally popular with the bii crowds that visit 'Lis show every flight. "For the first half if next week 'The Cjtirclv and Peaule will hold he boards.. This plav waa leased from the author, togjiher with spe cial scenery designed and painted under the personal direction of the author, and everything has been done 'hat could give promls-' of ma king its run In Tampa one of the most successful. ' "For the last half of .th fourtn week The Brat' Is under contempla tion, but. It has not yet bf en de- termi-ied definitely. 0.h"r a ebrated j and specially royalty plays scheduled for -in carl appearance arv Tsh mael.' 'With the Law.' and many other ones that are well known to the successful profe-ional stage. "O.tj of the unusu il contributory source to the buocms of the Mel ville Comedians is the exceptional elect-'ical effects, which include more than 500 electric lani"s, pa.i lamps and color combinations, which are capaala of turning the ordinary light of nignt into the glow of f u 1 moon rays. ' "Tne tent. Is new an rsin proof and comfortably heai)i throughout and e very seat i s wlihin ea. y hear ing of tie stage and occupi-3 a full view rf the entire staae. "The Melville Comertians are ex ceptional entertainers aid tho cordial welcome extended mTces each and "tt attendant determined to re-1 tarn." Tampa Times. EVERYTHING READY FOR THE LEAGUE- OPENING King Baseball is Gueil of Honor In Reidsville and Other Towrt Com. prijiij the Bi-Statj League Fri day.--Fans Anxiously Waiting for the Bi'j Opening. Kluar Baseball Is scheduled io hold sway in Reidsville Friday and thou sands aie waiting with ope arms to give i he locals the wrrmebt. most enthuskiKtlc, most whoi )-heart,ed re ceptin they ever re -.cived Mer chants, lawyers, bankers end all oth er red blooded humanj are going to decln'-) a two-hour holiday aid Join the crowd at Red J park at 4 o'clock to wttitrs the terrific ciasb between Reidsyi.lc and Schoolfiel). From alt indicatlots it is going to be the big gest :rfwd that ever attended a base ball M'tf-.e in Reidsville, and -if the weather man is kind tae park will be filled to capacity. F:Iday marki the formal opening of the new Bl- ' State League. People are going to tb bait gamo that huve never befora - attest dod s gam?. "I have lived tor more than forty yerrs without seeing a league gam?, but I am going out to see our boys licit those School Held folks, do? gone thtir hides." Such was the n mark of a Reidsville m in toiay ari there arc hundreds of others Jujst like him that are going. When a few f the proEresBlv-3 citizens met ana uouaea inai Keia?viie was oir enough'' to put out a league teatr they tr,cr.ed people's eyas. Then f) make the "fever" rise still higher, the atockholders selected Dr. WelU and a loard of directors tha hal the nervi! not only to jump .n" but the brass to organize the leagu) and sehtted Bill Nichih and Hunter Mobley to take the heim and guide the Ro'.csville club througn the rough tr.d stormy sea of a league" 8cb.edu!';. That was th?- match that lighted the tinder that was th? flume tl at spread Mnoughout thi community like wlldhe. , The Bi State League Is a reality and Reids ville i. in with both fert,-' Tho game Friday afternoon wii: b in thi uature of a "h'jusewurmlrig"' party, t r.d everybody h invi'ed, and most everybody Is goin. S ine ar going 1( cause they ute personal friends ol the players; others are going l.ncause they haa heard so much t ilk about basobill this spring that they can't stay awiy, but the big majority are going because of tneir ice or tne wauonal tasfme. , and l eu-use it will do '. heir hearts good to have the assurance of see ing Reidt ville have a -vackii'g team to pit against the taniol Schooltield aggrealion, and the hoje that th locals Will get a fast and dashing victory. ' The otrning game promisei tr. be especially exciting. Bith teams will fight Hie.! fury to gain tie lead over their opponents, and ff.ere's going to be lots of fun for the fans. MOVEMENTS OF THE r -PASSING THRONGS Miss Bess Boyd, of Washington, U viRitin? friends here. : ';.' Mrs. Harris Nelson Is spending a few days in Portsmouth. Mrs J N. Hester 's visiting Mr3. Oscar Moffitt in High point, B . 'tf .. . Sprinkle has i f turned f'Ortl a business trip to Jaei'.sonvil'e, Fla. Mr;. Fheen. of Eliiheth City. In fvi siting her daughter, Mrs. P. W. Glid-veM. Jni. C Hutcherson, of Winston SalfMiv. w is s mingling with relative and friends here Wednesday. Kif4?iie Balsley. of Asheville, ii spendln.; tlie week in Reidsville. Ha is - recovering' from an attack of ton soli'f:-!. . . Mrs. P. w. -Siicrinty and little son. of Greensboro, are viBitins the former's motheTTMrs. Eliza Daiioy, and other relatives on Llndsey street. Farmers Adopt Resolutions. The following resolution was adop ted by the Rockingham County Farm ers' Vnion in regular session at Wentworth on April 30, 1921: "Resolved, by the Rockingham County Farmers Vnion In sessioa this the 30th day of April, 1921, that we ask all business men to co-operate with us.to travtf.ih9..1?2l.'crop of tobacco, reduced. And we would sug gest that all of us refuse to lead money to or furnish any one to make a crop unless they will agree -to reduce their tobacco, crop thU year. "Resolved, that we as It The Reids ville Review to publish these resolu tions." ' K free ride to the oeseball park at every game. Catch the big truck.