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Redpath Chautauqua at Rockingham from May 9th to 13th j Rockingham Market MAY 5 Strict ai (Idling .4 He mmu - 10e SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.00 Six months $125 Three months . . . .75 Single copies 10c each Strict Uw ... S-c New York Fatvti Cbu4 Tod.j ! 12.68, W 13.17, Ort 13.78 Vol. 4. No. 23 ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, MAY 5, 1921. $2.00 PER YEAR OFFICERS KILL THREE BLOCKADERS Revenue Officers Raid a Huge Still on the Virginia North Carolina Line on Thursday Night of Last Week and Killed Three Colored Blockaders and Wounded Six. Shores, Ramsey, Gulleyand Others Composed the Party. Federal Prohibition Agent Carl C. Shores, of Rockingham, is a fearless officer. He was in a party of nine officers- who raided a huge blockade plant near the Virginia-North Carolina line on Thursday night of last week, during which the officers were attacked by the 17 negro block aders and when the smoke clear ed three negroes were found dead and six were later found injured. The plant had three stills, cap acity of 475 gallons. The officers I poured out about 150 gallons of actual whiskey. Inasmuch as Officer Ramsay is known in this county, and Offi cer Shores has his home here, a full account of the raid and shoot ing will be of especial interest to our Richmond county people; and so the Post-Dispatch is copying the following account from the Raleigh News& Observer of April 30th: "Three unidentified negroes were kilted outright and six others wounded when a party of nine pro hibition officers, headed by It. G. Gultey, of Raleigh, raided a monster distillery, six hundred yards beyond the Virginia line , from Warrpri county yesterda morning at 5 , o'clock. None of the officers were wounded. Tine plant, with three Continued on Page 8 DEESTRICK SKULE' Local Talent Play at Opera House To. morrow (Friday) Night. Mrs. George Steele is Teacher. An Evening of Fnn Promised. Sedate Citizens Becoming Mischievous School Children. Commissioners Meet. The County Commissioners were in regular monthly session last Monday, with all five Com missioners present. Routine busi ness was transacted, and pay ment of bills. The jury for the May 30th civil term was drawn at the meeting in April and has here tofore been published. The Commissioners Monday drew the jury for the June 20th civil term, they being : Winston Terry J. L. Hawley B. W. Dickerson A. C. Phifer T. C. Covington W. W. Gibson P. C. Clark R. H. Sessoms, Sr. W. W. Covington it, L. Phillips 'B. A. Porter Reid Dawkins W. V. Covington Jas. A. Covington B. F. Phillips W. T. McCaskiil E. T. Hest r W. D. Freeman S. E. Tutor J- F. Crouch W. A. McDonald W. Ralph Smilh G. W. Layton M. W. Nicholson Those of our citizens who at tended the 'VVomanless Wedding' here several months ago doubt less still remember that occasion with pleasure. And now the op portunity is again to be presented them to spend an evening of laughter and fun, for the "Dees trick Skule" is to be presented at the Opera House tomorrow (Fri day) night beginning at 8:30 promptly. Mrs. George Steele is the teacher. Her pupils, number two dozen or more ladies and gentle men of the city, and these are all groomed to act the carts of mischievous school children to perfection. Bud McAulay has a speech n "cows" that would make a bovine's eyes run milk. Mrs. Hull acts the part of a cry- pupil as though that might have been her lot several years ago. Lawyer Thomas as a bare-foot urchin will immortalize himself. And so on with other would-be actors. ' If you come expecting seriously good, you will be disap pointed. Instead it is intended to furnish an evening of frolic and fun; leave your seriousness at home and bring along half a buck and forget hard times. The admission is 50c for all, with no reserved seats, and the time is Friday night, May 6th. The proceeds will go to the organ fund of the Episcopal church. The following take part in the "Skule": Mrs. George Steele, Mrs. Buren O'Brien, Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrs. W. N. Everett, Mrs. L S, London, Mrs. Maude Hull, Mrs. John Armistead, Mrs. Walter Parsons, Mrs. A. G. Corpening, Mrs. Walter Thomas, Mrs. Jake Hinson, Miss Eloise Smith, Miss Nancy Fairley, Miss Esdale Shaw, Miss Mossie Long, Miss Berneice Turner; Messrs. J. A. McAulay, W. S. Thomas, Owner Henrv, I. S. London, B. T. Payne. W. N. Everett, Jr., Fred. W. Bynum, Walter King, Buck Entwistle, Bill Onuond. Pressing Club for Sale. For snle, at a bargain the Red Star Pressing Club. See Mrs. B. W. Biggs or T. H. King at the place of business. Marriage Licenses. April 30 Wm. Champ Gibson and Cora Lee Terry, white. April 30 John R. Hines and Myrtle Halton, white. Penalty for Failure. Section 82 of the Machinery Act of 1921 provides that all who fail to list for taxes during the month of May must pay a penal ty of 25 per cent of the returns, to be added and taxed with the cost. This is a State law and it provides that failure to list shall be prima facie evidence that such failure was willful. See your list taker during the month of May and avoid the penalty. See Mary Miles Minter at the Star tonight, (Thursday,) in "Ann of Green Gable." TOWN ELECTION r Democratic Primary Last Fri day Night and Election Tuesday Result in Splendid Set of Officers for Rocking ham for Ensuing Two Years. Progressive Resol utions Adopted. MAYOR: W. Steele Lowdermilk TOWN COMMISSIONERS: A. G. CORPENING E. A. Alien J. N. Hasty J. T. .West R. R. Simmons In the actual town election held Tues day, May 3rd, only 65 votes were cast. No interest was taken in it inasmuch as the convention held last Friday night was the real factor. Tho foregoing gentlemen are tui trusted with the administration of the affairs of the town of Rocking ham for the nevt two years, they having been nominated by the Democratic mass meeting last Fri day night, and duly elected at the election Tuesday. It is a progressive set of officials, and it is confidently expected that under their initiative the town will make substantial pro gress. Neither the retiring Mayor F. Don Phillips, nor the old Board of Commissioners (L. D. McPhail, John L. Everett, W. M. Hale, E. B. Liles and G. P. Entwistle) were candidates for re-election; and so a!n entiiely new set was chosen. Under the administration of the for mer regime, the finances of the city were kept in bounds; they were not stampeded into extrava gant expenditures whefr prices, were Continued on Page 2. REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA Five Days of Splendid Attrac tions Under Tent Next Week. Begins Monday. 25 Guarantors. King's Daughters Selling Tickets. PIE HUNGRY Republican Candidates for Rockingham Postaffice Will Likely be as Numer ous as the Sands of the Sea. Great Falls Suini An action for a hu, money was instituted the Superior Court for county, Tuesday, whe: Ozmer L. Henry fil against the Ford Motoi for Great Falls Mf damages for breach to amount of $300, hoped to try the case mer. The Great Falls Rockingham had a supply 54-inch drill tc manufacturer, he usii upholstering and top is said. The suit is f for alleged breach of the part of the Ford c Ellerbe school commem Sunday. May 15th, and ea May 18th. Full program Post-Dispatch. Cotton Seed foi For Sale, 180 bu. of imf land Big Boll cotton seed acre kind. See J. A. Ma house. The Redpath Chautauqua will open its 1921 engagement in Rock ingham Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and at 8 o'ciock at night. It will continue here for five days closing Friday night, May 13th. It will be held under tent on,' the graded school grounds. The Circle of King's Daughters is selling 'season' tickets, the ad mission for the ten attractions being $2.75, th's including war tax. Children's 'season' tickets are $1.38. Single admissions for each show will be 75cents, con sequently quite a bit is saved by buying a 'season' ticket. The local guarantors are: W. S. Thomas, F. D. Phillips, John L. Everett, L. D. McPhail, Fred W. Bynum, Geo. P. Entwistle, E. B. Liles, M. W. McRae, F. W. Leak, W. N. Everett, Jr., Minor T. Hin son, W. P. McRae, L. G. Fox, T. L. McRae, E. A. Allen, M. W. Leak, Henry C. Wall, J. F. Diggs, J. LeGrand Everett, T. C. Leak, Ozmer L. Henry, W. R. Mcintosh, W. E. McNair, J. D. Cameron, H. C. Rancke. The Redpath Chautauqua is really decidedly worth while. It has talent of the highest order, and the attractions are of nature that should be encouraged. As can be seen above, 25 local men signed a contract to pay what ever deficit below the agreed price that might be incurred Continued on page and- e Court ichmond were af- lie Hines Reynolds es of land nship val- Superior favor of the Su- med this case was Morrison; of part of ior Court Supreme verdict. diss Beth ter Story rty given ckery this The wed ssbyterian le 8th. A it of the e in this m onsli m mi mi umm . . mam 'mm wm HBSHinW um n. LOOK AT YOlfR BIO ell's column The postmaster of the Rocking ham postoffice is a Democrat. When his term expired, he was reappointed for four more years, and this second term will not ex pire until July 28, 1923. The only way Postmaster W. S. Thomas can be removed from the lid is by death, resignation or charges. As for the first, he is in good health and has no inten tion of shunting this mortal coil simply to make room for a Radi cal; and for this same reason he has no intention of resigning And he has conducted the office so that charges would be a mighty difficult thing to bring against him successfully. But the Republicans naturally want all the offices in sight. And who blames them? For eight long years they have hankered for the pie counter, and at last the Promised Land has been reached. There is no telling what tricks they may resort to in order to clean out the Democratic incumbents, civil service and other forms of examination to the contrary notwithstanding. And if by some means they should get a vacancy at the Rockingham postofnee, what a rush would follow! Already it is reported there are anywhere from half a dozen upwards of canditates. One candidate, B. C. Crawford, has handed the Post- DlSPAflHB an advertisement hes to get before And in it he states not trying to get the t incumbent out, but the support of the people so that he can get the job when Postmaster Thomas' term ex pires (July 28, 1923.) The follow ing is Mr. Crawford's advertise ment, which we are printing in connection with this article in stead of in the regular advertising columns: 'Rockingham, N. C, April, 1921. To the Republican Executive Committee of Richmond county, Rockingham, N. C. Dear Sirs: This is to apprise you of the fact that I am an applicant for the appoint ment by President Harding as Postmaster at Rockingham, h. C. I am soliciting ) the approval of the Executive Committee and would be glad for the matter to be left to the local patrons of said office in the town of Rockingham, to say through a primary, or some other method of expressing their wishes, as to whether or not my appoint ment at the expiration of the term of the present incumbent will meet with their approval. Yours very truly, B. C. Crawford." Bank Statements. Elsewhere in this issue can be seen the quarterly reports of the following banks: Pee Dee, Rock ingham and Farmers. PUT IT UP TO PAYNE "Honestly it's the best Policy." ROAD SECURED State Highway Commission Designates R oad from Hoffman to Rockingham as a State Highway Road. Efforts of Interested Citi zens Successful. The State Highway Commiss ion has finally designated the Rockingham-Hoffman road as a part of the State Highway Sys tem. On Wednesday of last week a delegation of Rockingham citi zens, consisting of W. N. Everett, T. C. Leak, A. G. Corpening, I. S. London, G. P. Entwistle, John L. Everett, Fred. W. Bynum, B. F. Reynolds, J. N. Hasty and W. L. Parsons, went to Raleigh and presented the merits of the Rockingham-Hoffman road be fore the State Highway Com mission. As a result, the Com mission that night passed an order placing this road in the list of future projects. The securing of this road does not conflict in the slightest with the Hoffman to Hamlet highway; nor are the two roads in the least antagonistic. The road from Hoffman to Hamlet is now being graded and surfaced by con tractors at a cost of $3500 per mile. This will give southeast ern Richmond and the territory radiating from Hamlet a tine out let towards the North. But the contention of the Rock ingham delegation was that the Rockingham-Hoffman link of 14 miles should be built so that the county-seat could be connected up, and also to give points west a direct and shorter route East and North. The county and the State needs both of these high ways. In course of tine this Rockingham-Hoffman road will be let to contractors and will be graded and surfaced similar to the Hoffman to Hamlet road,. There is no idea at the present time, and perhaps for several years yet, of having either of these roads hard surfaced. The State's hard surface program will hardly embrace such roads until the needier sections (the eastern and western parts of the State) have been attended to. But what our people wanted now was the assurance that this important road would ultimately be includ ed in the Commission's program as a State Highway and they were successful in their request. William S. Hart. Friday in "The Cradle of Courage" Also one-reel comedy: 'Rest in Peace' AT THE STAR THEATRE Friday, May 6 Admission 20-30c Matinee 2:30: night 7 When Your House Burn; Will You Have INSURANCE AND COMFORT LOSS AND POVERTY? After the fire is a poor time to bemoan your fate. It will not restore your loss. Before the fire is the time to insure.. It will keep you from possible poverty and you years of useless labor. Insurance is so inexpensive any one can afford it. The disastrous results of a fire are so great no one can afford to take them. Richmond Insurance & Realty Comp A. G. Corpening, Sec.-Treas. Office in Hotel Buildii 1 1 1 J C ;iaeni naming oays: if t is the foundation of fortune, the note of security. Thrift is not miser- br meanness, it is provision." ire ready to help YOU to be thrifty. saving by depositing small amounts with this bank. :hmond County Savings Batik VROCKINGHAM, N. C. $2.50, $5.00 audSlO.00 per year. Opes each SATURDAY until S p. m. DOE