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The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-21

In the Circuit Court of Buchanan
County Missouri, to the October
Term, 1920.
Lena Harrison .......... Plaintiff
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
BOLD BURGLARY
Porter and the Stephenson-Belk Stores
Burglarized Tuesday Night.

A bold burglary was perpe-
trated in Rockingham Tuesday
night, and so far the n1iscreants
have eluded detection. While
the night officer was on his beat
elsewhere, the robbers priced
open the front door of A. w. Por.
ter's store, between 2::30 and 4
o'clock, and stole therefrom two
pistols, two watches, a knife and
perhaps other articles. 'Che near
by store of Stephenson-Belk was
then entered Tor perhaps this
store was entered first), the front
door being priced open. Socks,
a raincoat and other wearing ap-
parel were taken.
Two strangers were in Porter's
store before closing time Tues
day night, looking at his pistols,
and tits believed they may be
the guilty party. The matter is
being investigated by the local
officers.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
Another Auto Concern.

w. w. Gather has secured the
agency for the Hupmobile tor
Richmond, Arson, Montgomery,
Moore and Scotland counties, and
will at once open up a show room
in Rockingham. He will have
the place formerly used by the
Post-Dispatch, but more recently
by the Automotive Supply Co.,
opposite the Hotel, and next to
the Chinaman's laundry. The
Automotive Supply Co., is
moving to the Rockets, in the
corner building formerly occu-
pied by West Bros.
Mr.. Gather is formerly of
Statesville, and for the past
several years was in Government
employ as timber buyer and in
spector. He expects to move
his family to the city shortly.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
DR.. Hall Testifies.

A trial of much interest has
been in progress at Statesville
this week, a white man, Ed.
Alexander, being tried for the
murder of ]. c. Rayle in a pool
room at Statesville, Dec. 23rd.
Of interest in Rockingham is
the fact that DR.. J. K. Hall was
one of the chief witnesses for
the defendant. DR.. Hall testified
that he Cexamined Alexander
thoroughly and it is his opinion
that the man is insane, physically
diseased and mentally defective.
DR.. Hall is from Westbrook San
atorium, and our readers will
recall his appearance at Rocking
ham last October in the Foster
Parsons insanity trial.
However, in spite of the ex.
pert testimony that the man is
insane, the jury found him sane
and guilty of the murder; the
jury was out but As minutes,
returning their verdict Wednes-
day afternoon.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
Notice to Republicans
of Richmond County.

Pursuant to call of the State
Executive Committee, the Repub-
licans of Richmond county are
hereby called to assemble in con-
vention at Rockingham at 8 o.
clock Wednesday night, Feb.
18th, 1920, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the State
and Congressional conventions
that meet in Greensboro March
Bird, and transacting any other
business that might come before
the convention.
Feb. 2, 1920.
w. F. Long, Jr., Chairman
w. V. Brown, Secretary
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Petitions for Consultations Received
by Board Of Education Monday.
Special Election Ordered for Oak
dale District. Two Wayne Motor
Trucks Ordered.

Written or verbal petitions for
possible consultations were re-
ceived Monday, Feb. 2, by the
County Board of Education from
Paradise School district, Mcleod
School district, Oakdale, Gibson
Mill, Harrington, Campbell,
Spring Hill, Oakridge. These
will be taken up for consolidation
by the board and decision reach
ed before the beginning of an
other school year.
Special school tax election
was ordered for Oakdale school
of IL cents on the $100 dollar
property valuation and 36 cents
on the poll.
The County Board of Educa-
ton has purchased two Wayne
school motor trucks, Ford chassis
II feet in length, carrying Ca
pacity Is pupils.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
DINNER Law.

The town commissioners have
instructed me to rigidly enferce
the DINNER" law. This is to no.
tify the public that their instruc-
tons shall be obeyed. Ihope the
auto drivers will obey the law in
the matter of dimming their
lights without necessity of COM
pulsion.
S. E. Covington,
Chief of Police
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05

The flu situation as regards
Rockingham is as yet not alarm.
ing. True, there are 16 cases in
the city, but all are of the mild
type. The Rockingham doctors
reported l3 cases for the city and
81 for the mills and country,
among their patients, up to We'd
nesday; and today Thursday
the same doctors reported 3 new
cases in town and IL in country,
making to date on their lists 16
for town and Ga for country.
The County Board of Health
met Wednesday, but no positive
steps were taken for a quaran-
tine. The Board urges the peo-
pie to abstain from gathering in
crowds, to keep from congregat-
ing, as flu is strictly a crowd
disease. The Board ordered that
every drug store and soft drink
stand in Rockingham at once
discontinue the use of glasses,
and use sanitary drinking cups
instead.
1t had been reported that the
town school was closed on &C
count of the epidemic. This is
a mistake. The heating system
of one-half the school became
deranged and prevented that
part of the school opening last
Monday. However, the system
supplying the grades from to 4
is working o. k, and those
grades are being taught as usual
every day. Only the grades
above the fourth have been out.
And it is likely the plant will be
repaired in order to start fully
again Monday morning.
The number of cases in Ham
let up to this morning was 62,
and but few of these serious. AS
a measure of precaution, the city
board ordered the school and
the opera house (moving pictures)
closed last Monday, and unless
the situation considerably clears,
will not be allowed to reopen
next Monday.
Only one death has occurred in
the county from flu to date-Miss
Vera Wallace, daughter of Bob
Wallace, near Marston. She
died last Friday. Four other
of the family were ill,
but they are better.
Don L. Culberson, at Led
better's, has been very ill with
pneumonia from the flu, but we
learn today that his temperature
has dropped this morning to 100
and that his condition is much
more favorable.
AS a precaution the schools at
Roberdel, Steele's Mill and Led
better's, in addition to the Ham
let school, closed last Monday
and will remain closed until con-
ditions improve.
AS a matter of fact, the cpl
demic so far in Richmond county
is of small proportion as COM
pared with that prevailing in
other portions of the State. The
schools, churches and theatres
in scores of towns have been
closed. The Methodist Orphan
age at Raleigh has had over 200
cases, with two deaths.
1t is to be earnestly prayed
that the county will be spared a
recurrence of the disease in the
intensity of 1918. Our people
must keep cool, guard against
colds, keep from crowds and on
the slightest indications of sick
ness, 60 to bed and call a doctor.
Don't imagine you can fight it
off; stubbornness and the refusal
to give in" is one cause of flu
turning into pneumonia in so
many cases,
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
COMMISSIONERS MEET
Janitor and Home Demonstr a ion
Agents Salaries Increased Slightly.
Jury for Civil Term Drawn. New
Index System.

The County Commissioners
were in regular monthly session
Monday. The newly appointed
commissioner, L. D. Frutchey, of
Steele's township, was present;
he was appointed Jan. 1st by
Clerk of Court to succeed Jas. L.
Baldwin, who has moved from
the county to Mt. Gilead. The
other Commissioners present
were Chairman B. F. Reynolds,
H. D. Hatch, J. w. Capel and J.
A. McNeill.
1t was ordered that the salary
of W. D. Coppedge, janitor of the
Courthouse, be increased from
$40 to SIS per month.
Also ordered that the salary
of Mrs. John Sandy Covington,
Home Demonstration Agent, be
increased from $3.50 a month to
$50. The Federal department
defrays the rest of her salary.
Ordered, that the Farmers
Bank be released of excess cor
poration tax amounting to $3.50.
Ordered, that L. D. Frutchey
be released of $1,000 solvent
credits by reason of error i'll list
ing.
Ordered, that a new index
system be installed, and that all
old records, mortgages, grants,
plats, etc., be re-indexed.
The following were drawn as
jury for the civil term of Superior
Court that convenes March 18th:
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
Minstrel Show.

Manager Atkinson has signed
up the DeRue Bros. Minstrels (all
white) for appearance at the
Opera House on Tuesday and
Wednesday nights of next week.
The half-page announcement of
this is elsewhere in this issue.
Admission rs and 81, plus war
tax.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
Cotton Market.

New York futures had a bad
break this week, being about $50
points down from what they were
on Thursday of last week.
Pounds Sterling is said to be one
of the causes for the slump, Ster,
ling being now quoted at the ex.
treme low of $3.19.
March closed today at 34.78,
May 1926. July 30.47, Oct. 2S.46.
See upper right-hand corner of
this page for Rockingham market
prices.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
ESCAPE FROM JAIL
Two Colored Prisoners Escape from
County Jail Last Saturday Night.
Third Jail Delivery in Past Twelve
Months.

Two prisoners John Jones and
Lonnie May Smith-made their
escape from the county Jail Sat-
urday night shortly after dusk.
These two were committed to
Jail two weeks ago, in default of
bond, to await the April criminal
term, charged with larceny of
cow-hides. Jones was also
charged with stealing a bale of
cotton.
This makes the third delivery
in the past year, three escapes
being effected in pairs.
This leaves but one inmate of
the jail-Dock Mckay, who is
confined on the second floor
pending his recovery from an
operation a month ago at the
James hospital for rupture; when
he completely RECEIVERS he will be
returned to the chain gang; he is
serving a two years sentence for
stealing Kenny Garner's Ford
last July.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
FLU SITUATION

Flu Again in Epidemic Form
Over Most of State. Only
16 Mild Cases in Rocking
ham. Board of Health
Urges People Not to Con
gregate. No Quarantine
AS Yet. Only One Death
in County. School and
Opera House at Hamlet
Closed. 62 Cases in Ham
let.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
Pennsylvania Tubes Given
Away During February.

With each Vacuum Cup casing
purchased from us during the
month of February, we will give
absolutely free, a Ton Tested
Tube. The tube must cores
pond with the size of the casing.
With each sale of a Cord Tire,
we will furnish free a Cord type
Tube. Everett Hardware Co.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
Groundhog.

The Grounding failed to see
his shadow Monday until we'll in
to the afternoon; the sun came
out then and so the little varmlnt
scurried back into his hole, there
by predicting that winter is not
nearly over.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
EPOCHAL MEETING
Educational Meeting in Rock
ingham Last Saturday a
Splendid Affair. Common
sense Addresses and Fruit
full Interest.

Notices had been sent out by
the Board of Education that a
meeting in the interest of educa.
ton would be held at the school
at Rockingham Saturday, Jan.
3lst, and it was expected that
quite a number of school COM
mitteemen would attend. But
that such an overwhelming per-
centage of them would come was
scarcely to be thought of. That
over 80 of the 125 committeeman
of Richmond county should come
is convincing evidence of how
vitality interested these patriotic,
unpaid school committeeman are
in their respective schools. So
important in the educational life
of the county does the Post-Dis-
patch consider this meeting that
we are devoting extended space
thereto, and giving in full below
the names of the various COM
mitteemen who did come.
And, too, as evidence of the
fact that this meeting is bearing
fruit, your attention is invited to
the account elsewhere on this
page of the meeting of the Board
of Education Monday when a
number of school districts Pc
titioned for consolidation.
The out-of-town speakers for
the meeting were State Supt. of
Education E. c. Brooks, and R.
F. Beasley, State Commissioner of
Public Welfare. The local speak
erS were }. + Gibbons, w. N.
Everett, B. F. Reynolds, L. J. Bell
and O. G. Reynolds.
The meeting began promptly
at II in the graded school audito-
rum, with the invocation-prayer
delivered by Rev. W. r. Coppedge,
former Superintendent of Educa-
tlon for Richmond County.
County Supt. L. ]. Bell then
gave a welcome to the committee
men and visitors present.
Mr.. w. N. Everett arose to in
troduce Mr.. Brooks. 1--WE have
two of the ablest men in the
State here today" said he, "and
if we had DR.. Rankin, of the State
Board of Health. the trinity would
be complete" He then defined
his views upon education. He
stated that the community of
Rockingham was meeting the
educational problem more than
half way. That the $4,000 bond
issue voted by it last summer
was to erect a high school build
ing, over the door of which he
hoped to see the words, en-
blazoned for every part of the
county, Everybody Welcome,
Everything Free" He wants
every child to have the same
Continued On Page 6.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT
General Fight Sunday Night. Officer
Ben Key Knocked Unconscious.

Four white men-Walter Chill
ders, J. A. Scruggs, H. B. Jami-
son and Bud Henry-were given
a hearing before Mayor Phillips
Monday, charged with an affray.
They were bound over to- Super-
ior Court under $500 bond each,
J. W. Jenkins furnishing bond
for Scruggs and Jamison, and
Luke Childers giving bond for
Childers and Henry.
AS near as can be learned, it
seems the four in the Busy Bee
cafe Sunday night about II
O'Clock in a drinking condition.
Some were more intoxicated than
one or two,ot the others. Laying
aside the question of who started
the affray, a general fight result
ed between them. While the
melee was in progress, night
policeman Ben Key entered the
store to restore order. AS he
entered one of the four struck
him over the head with a stool
and another hit him with a glass;
he fell like a log and was uncon-
sclous for ten minutes or more.
The fight continued, and when
the smoke, fguratively, cleared,
was found that Jamison had
two cuts on the back of his neck
that required ten stitches. Chief
Covington, officer Hamer and
Sheriff Mcdonald were phoned
for, and when they arrived they
arrested Henry and Scruggs and
placed them in Jail; Jamison was
carried to a doctors office and
allowed to be kept at his board
ing place, but Childers was not
to be found. The officers visited
his home, his mothers, but he
was not apprehended. However
Oh Monday morning he volun-
tarily came and surrendered. The
preliminary hearing was had be-
fore the Mayor, and he bound the
entire outfit to Court to have the
intricacies threshed out there, as
to the various quilts. !.
Too many cases Of rowdyism
have occurred in Rockingham
recently, and the small fines i'm
posed seem to have no effect. A
conspicuous example was the,
shameful drunkenness on the
streets Christmas night, at which
time one or more of the bunch
assaulted the Chief af Police and
actually had him down. And IN
the past two weeks two men
entered a mans place of business
and proceeded to "cuss him OUT
because of an alleged grievance.
This kind of thing cannot be
tolerated in a self-respecting
community. The law cannot be
fiouted with impunlty.
Aside from this particular case,
the matter of lawlessness in
Rockingham simply must stop.
A real sentence, a road sentence,
is the most effective bracer; and
when rowdies tank up on gin and
blockade whiskey> and try to
overthrow the Law, they should
get their just deserts. And this
applies to white or black, rich or
poor, and has no reference to any
particular person or persons; the
shoe can fit who it will.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1920-02-05
Marriage Licenses.

Jan. 3O-Webb Jackson and
Hettie levers, colored.
Feb. 4-Noah Duncan and Esa-
bel Goodman, white.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-27
PACIFIC ISLAND
TRADE SHIFTING,
REPORTS AFFIRM

Washington, Sept. 27.-Many in
dustrial and commercial changes are
occurring in the South Pacific Is
lands and their effects are bearing
strongly on the trade relationship
heretofore existing between the is
ment of island trade is now progress
ing along new lines. Sydney is a
collecting, not a consuming. port for
copra, and this trade is turning from
Australia and toward direct relations
with theVEJnited States, Japan, France
and England.
United States Consul Edward J.
Norton of Sydney, in a special report
to the Department of Domestic and
Foreign Commerce on the trade sit
nation of the South Sea Islands, es-
Inmates that the total annual produc-
ton of copra in the South Pacific
Australian consumption of copra in
recent years, he says, has only been
about 10000 tons per year, and of
this quantity perhaps one-half is ex-
oil cake, and only the remaining
half retained in Australia for soap
manufacture and oil cake
Owing to irregular transport facii-
on the various islands there do not
appear to be any prospects for the
establishment of a permanent export
trade in cocoanut oil; it has been
the islands exports will in all like1i-
hood continue to remain as they are
now-that is, in bulk copra. If Aus
tralia loses the copra trade it will
also lose a large part of the present
merchandise distributing trade. Aus
tralia now supplies about one-half of
the islands requirements AS the
United States is a large consumer of
copra and a producer of goods suit
able for the island trade, direct
trading relations should improve the
American trade position throughout
the South Seas.
The quantity of copra exported
from the Solomons has risen from g.
262 tons during 190S-9 to 1891 tons
during 191S.19. Future exports will
tations came into bearing. Rubber,
sugar cane and cotton thrive excel
1ently, but present labor conditions
are not conducive to profitable cult,
mother of-pear1 shell are items of ex-
port.
The New Hebrides produce copra
cocoa, coffee, cotton and corn. Bread
fruit, sugar cane, arrowroot, pine
apples, oranges, lemons and lines do
well. Large supplies of kauri pine
are found on some of the islands
The min, mineral resources T of the islands
be important deposits of sulphur on
some islands, but these are not easy
to- reach. On the Jones and Bank
group, which are included in the
New Hebrides, there are large sui
phur deposits, which were at one
time worked by French company,
but the enterprise was abandoned.
The mineral resources of New Sal
edonia are important Chrome, CO.
bait and nickel are found in abund-
ance; coal has been found there, and
antimony, mercury, silver, lead and
copper as we'll. The nickel deposits
are of special value. Nickel ore, nick
ell matte, and chrome ore constitute
the chief exports. Agricultural pro-
ducts are coffee, cotton; corn, tobac
co, copra and rubber. Other export
able products are hides, trochas,
beche de mer and sandalwood.
Products of Other Islands.
The Huon Islands (four in the
group) lie to the northwest of New
Caledonia and also belong to France.
Thees are leased by the Austra1
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-27

Guano Company, whose headquarters
are in Auckland. The guano deposit
at Surprise Island is very old an
valuabel one; there is another deposit
on Fabre Island. Walpole Island,
about $50 miles from Noumea, New
Caledonia, contains large deposits of
guano, which are worked by the Aus
trail Guano Company. Another is
land (Mato Island) is reported to
contain photographic stone of excel
lent quality.
The islands of British New Guinea
possess gold (alluvial Deposits, trac-
es ftin, coal and oil. Copper ore
is among the exports of minerals.
The agricultural products are hemp,
copra, sugar cane and breadfruit.
Rubber is shipped in limited quaint
ties. Pearl and turtle shell, pearls,
timber, sandalwood and beche de mer
are other products figuring among
the exports.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-27
COFFIN FACTORY
IN FRANCE FOR
AMERICAN DEAD

Cherbourg, Sept. 27.-A coffin man
ufactory destff IL to turn out collins
to receive the re--Nins of American
soldiers buried in France, has been
installed here under the manage
ment of Major Riley of the U. s.
army. The Major expects to have
nearly $4,000 collins constructed.
Thirty carpenters are already at
work. Remains of soldiers will be
placed in a large warehouse nearby
and from time to time American
transports will call and take them to
America
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-27
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-27

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-27
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Every person. firm or corporation
PRESIDENT or NONRESIDENT liable to
taxation on real or personal property
in the Town and City of Bridgeport
on September 1, 1920, MUST FILE
with the Tax Commissioner sworn
statement of all taxable property own
ed by such person. firm or corporation
in the Town and City OF Bridgeport,
on specially printed lists furnished by
the Tax Commissioner. Such lists
must be filed during the month of
September, 1920.
FAILURE so to do will compel the
Tax Commissioner to make out such
lists from the best information OBJ
tainable, to which a penalty of ten
per cent will be added as by law re-
quired.
LISTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
if each parcel or real estate is not
separately listed. and properly de-
scribed, giving metes and bounds;
street number or lot number. Build
ings thereon must be entered sepa-
rately from the land value.
FAILURE TO FILE A LIST de-
prives the owner of the right to appea!
to the Board of Relief.
Hours: 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily.
a. m. to p. m. Saturday
A. F. CONNOR,
Lao al Tax Commissioner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-27
BIZ HayIDmd
By &. NJ. Payne

King Albert of the Belgians to this
country The stamps bill be Of the
100 refs denomination, and will bear
the portraits of King Albert and
President PeSsoa.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-27

LADIES' AND GENTS second hand
clothing bought and sold; also fur
n.ture. Mrs- c. Meyer. Az F.. Main
St 3. 5174 P8alls
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-27
WANTED TO BUY

SECOND HAND FURNITURE and
store fixtures for sale. 1 also pay
highest prices for furniture. 1855
Main st. Noble 1859. I24 al
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-27
ISSUE SPECIAL STAMPS.

Rio De Janeiro, Sept. 27.-Special
postage stamps for use in Brazil only
will be issued during the visit of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-27

HANSON TRUCKING co. - Furni-
ture guaranteed from breakage,
local and long distance trucking. Al
HiIlhouse Ave. Bar. 3451. I3all~