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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-06-02
Society Contests. ,

On Tuesday morning, June z,
at II o'clock, in the School Au-
ditorium, the annual contests
will be held among representa-
tives of the Woodrow Wilson
and Patterson Literary Societies
for the T. c. Leak Declaimer's
medal and the Reciter's medal.
The contestants this year, with
their subjects. are as follows:
Hol For Carolina !. Ledbetter Mckenzie
The Tragedy of the
Reforrner- VIM. Edward Harrison
The Home and the
Government Frank Ellerbe
The Soldier Boy Thomas Leath
The New South -Athos Cockman
Spartacus,to the Gladiators 80 Jim Bell
The Unknown Rider Everett Hamer
The Traitors Death Bed Tom McRae
In The Pantry Julia Maurice
Asleep at the Switch Pearl Haywood
Jim in Fishin' Time - Johnsie Benoist
Sonny's Schoolin' Juanita Taylor
An Experiment in
.Matrimony ny------------T Thelma Furr
BY Courier ------------- -Sudie jenkins
Mrs. Rastus at the u
Weddin' Il Nancy Couington
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-06-02
Closed Last Monday

The stores in rockingham we're
closed half a day last Monday, in
recognition of Decoration Day
The Woman's Club sold 200 pop
spies for the French war orphans,
and could have sold a Thousand;
only 200 had been sent from At
lanta.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-06-02
Richmond County Census.

The Post-D Dispatch is in receipt
From the Census Department Of the.
preliminary figures for the agrieul
tural data for Richmond county,
and this will be published IN full
next issue.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-06-02
renris Tourna,ient.

On page five can be seen the
schedule Of play for the singles ten,
mis- aoofnament that begins on the
three eeufts of the Rockingham
Ternais Club, fronting LeGrand
street, in June 18th.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-06-02
DANCE SCHEDULE
L.akeyiew
and
.Jaclsor, Springs.

Dance schedule for LAKEVIEW
dancing starts al $50 every Monday.
Wednesday and Friday nights,
JACKSON SPRINGS a
3 o'clock every, Tuesday and Saturday.
Real music; The Rockaway s. Syn.
copated Orchestra.
Come and have good time. Polite
entertainment exclusively Clip this ou!
for reference.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-06-02
Strike at Charlotte.

About 5000 mill operatives at
Charlotte Concord and Kannap-
oils went on strike Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-06-02
ElIerbe Financial Report.

The POST Dispatch will publish
next issue the financial report of the
town OF Ellerhe for the period from
MAJ 1, 1919, to May /, 1921.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-06-02
Graduating Exerei.es.

The graduating exercises will
be held in the school auditorium
Tuesday night, June 7th, at $50
o'clock. The program is as fol
lows:
Song ng-------------.- -.------G----Sc School
Invocation on----------R Rev. A. E. Dallas
Address Hon. Walter Murphy,
Of Salisbury
Prese ntstion of Diplomas
--------- Hon. W.N. Everett
Announcement of prizes and awarding
of attendance certificates.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-06-02
Ford and Cow.

For sale, a Ford touring car and
fresh Jersey cow John 1. Armistead-
Evening star., 1921-04-08
CONTINUED from Yesterdays star.)

! 1t was with almost a look Of relief
| that Mr.. Benton listened to his tale OF
woe about his car.
, "Of course you must stop here for
the night" he cried. phyllis, my
dear, will you tell them to get room
ready.
/ With an inscrutable look at Hugh
| in which thankfulneSS and apprehen-
! sion seemed mingled, the girl left the
room. There was an unnatural glitter
| in her fathers eyes@a flush on his
cheeks hardly to be accounted for by
| the warmth of the evening. and 1t
| struck Drummond that, during the
time he had been pretending to look
at his car, Mr.. Benton had been for
tifying himself. It was obvious, even
to the soldiers unprofessiona1 eye,
that the mans nerves had gone to
pieces, and that unless something was
done soon. his daughters worst fore
bodings were likely to be fulfilled. He
talked disjointedly and fast! his
hands were not steady, and he SEEM
ed to be always waiting for some
thing to happen.
Hugh had not beSn in the room ten
minutes before his host produced the
whisky, and during the time that he
took to drink a mild nightcap. Mr..
Benton succeeding in lowering three
extremely strong glasses of spirit.
And what made it the more sad was
that the man was obviously not a
heavy drinker by preference.
AT II o'clock Hugh rose and said
good night.
You'll ring If You want anything.
won't your said his host. We don't
hope you'll find everything you re-
Quire Breakfast at nine"
Drummond closed the door behind
him, and stood for moment in 81
deserted. but he wanted to get the
geography Of tho house firmly i'm
printed on his mind. Then a noise
from the room he had just left made
him frown sharply-his host was
tion-and he stepped across toward
the drawing room. Inside. as he hoped.
he found the girl.
She rose the instant he came in and
stood by the mantelpiece with her
what was it?" she half whispered
that awful noise at dinner?
He looked at her gravely for a
while. and then he shook his head.
Shall we leave it as a night-bird for
the PRESENT." he said quietly. Then
hands in his own. Go to bed. little
girl" he ordered. this is my show.
And, may l say I think you're just
wonderful; Thank h. God you saw my
Gently he released her hands, and
walking to the door. held it open for
her. II by any chance you should hear
things in the night-turn over and go
to sleep again"
but what are You going to dor'
she cried.
Hugh grinned. IT haven't the remot-
est idea," he answered. Doubtless the
Lord will provide"
The instant the girl left the room
Hugh switched OF the lights, and
stepped across to the curtains which
covered the long windows. He pulled
them aside, letting them come to-
gether behind him; then, cautiously
he unbolted one side Of the big CEN
ter window. The night was dark, and
Evening star., 1921-04-08
But what about you,"

cally. But what about your
She stamped her foot lmpatiently.
I'm all right-absolutely all right.
Get him away-that's all that mat
ters."
Drummond grinned. The humor-
Gus thing is that / haven't an idea
who the bird is-except that" He
paused. with his eyes fixed on the
mans left thumb. The top joint was
crushed into a red. shapeless pulp.
and suddenly the meaning Of the in
strument Lakington had produced
from his pocket became clear. Also
the reason Of that dreadful cry at
BY Godw whispered Drummond.
half to himself. while his jaws set like
a steel wise. "a thumbscrew. The devils
the bloody swine -
an agony. They may be here at any
moment" She dragged him to the
door. and together they forced the
man into the car.
"Lakington won't" said Hugh. with
grin. And II you see him tomor-
row-don't ask after his jaw. .
Good night. Phyllis"
With quick movement he raised
ner hand to his lips: then he slipped
In the clutch and the car disappeared
down the drive.
He felt sense Of elation and of
- ~ A]'Ahc oi Nht III - iouHu
and as the car whirled back to Lon
don through the cool night air his
heart was singing with the joy of
action. And it was perhaps as well
for his peace Of mind that he did not
witness the scene in the room at the
Elms
Lakington still lay motionless on the
floor: Petersons cigar still giowed
steadily in the darkness. 1t was hard
to believe that he had ever moved
from the table; only the bullet i'm
bedded in a tree proved that some-
body. must have got busy. OF course.
it might have been the girl. who was
Evening star., 1921-04-08

IN the room were almost simultaneous:
and the next second. with a roar of
.Come on. boys" he burst through the
window. At an immense advantage
ever.the others, who could see nothing
for the moment. he blundered round
the room. He timed the blow at LAX
ington to a nicely: he hit him straight
on the point of the jaw and he felt the
man go down like a dog. Then he
grabbed at the paper on the table,
which tore in his hand: and picking
the dazed signer up bodily. he rushed
through the window on to the lawn
There was not an instant to be lost;
only the impossibility Of seeing when
suddenly plunged into darkness. had
enabled him to pull the thing of so
appeared he had to be back at the
Larches with his burden. no light
weight for even a man of his strength
to carry.
But there seemed to be no pursuit..
no hue and cry. AS he reached the
and he fancied he saw outside the win
dow CLEAN of white, such as a shirt
front. He fingered for an instant.
peering into the darkness and recover
ing his breath, when with a vicious
phut something buried itself in the
no more; long years of experience left
no doubt in his mind as to what that
something was.
"Compressed-air rife-or electric"
he muttered to himself. stumbling on,
and half dragging. half carrying his
dazed companion.
He was not very clear in his own
mind what to do next. but the matter
was settled for him Unexpectedly.
Barely had he got into the drawing
room. when the door opened and the
girl rushed in.
Get him away at once" she cried
I'm your car :. Don't waste a
second. I've started her up"
Good girl" he cried. enthusiastic
Evening star., 1921-04-08

childlike confidence that the rest Of
the gang would bow down and ad-
mire his honesty. Did they? Not SO
you'd notice it! They merely bowed
down and took his $4,000 away from
him. And now he's calling the world
names and wanting to knife whoever
it was that told him that Honesty
was the best policy
/ had double reason to note his COM
plant. for he came on the heels of a
Doleful Dame who had just about
disrupted her whole family because
she also insisted on telling the whole
truth and nothing but the truth. She
didn't lose $4,000. but she almost lost
her husband. who was worth nearly
that much. She. too. believes that the
whole trouble came because the HUI
man Race didn't appreciate an honest
soul when 1t saw one.
The Honest Hombre and the Doleful
Dame are wrong. all wrong. There's
nothing disastrous about either hon.
esty or the human race. but you've
got to be careful how, you mix 'em
Honesty is the best policy, but that's
no reason why you should show all
your back teeth every time you say
anything. always did believe in
tempering Righteousness with discre-
tion. Let old Common Sense ride hard
on your heart throbs. folks Why
should you expect God to keep the
voyotes away when you're amply
equipped to do it yourself?
Evening star., 1921-04-08
Things You'll Like to
Make.

It Is very often a problem to know
where to keep ones snightdress during
the day. Make a nightgown case and
after airing your gown each morn
ing place it in this case and lay 1t at the
foot Of your bed or on your couch. There
it will serve as handsome cushion. Cut
tWenty.eieht inches @lonx and twenty
inches wide. Pad aslightiy with sheet
cotton, sachet it and line with silk. Bind
or cord the edges. Sew a rosette with
ends at each side center with which to
close your nightgown case. II you
are handy with oil paint and brush, you
can have a gorgeous case Of plain. heavy
satin with some large roses or any fav-
orite flower painted upon it FLORA.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1921-04-08
Spring Fancies.

Fancy piQues are used for the waist.
coat blouses worn with two-piecA
suits.
Very large evening hats are m.da
OF heavy lace. horsehair and crepe
de chine.
Chantilly lace is being displayed
IN shrimp pink. grass green and con-
Brilliant-colored bands of embroid.
cry trim coats. suits and street
Foulards are incrustated on chiffon
IN smart black and white combina-
tions.
Paillettes in square and oblonp
shapes are In much demand for even.
Ing gowns.
Cream lace is draped over black
satin, taffeta or chiffon, for after
Broad bertha collars of heavy ItaI.
ian lace are used on serge and taffeta
Chic. all-over. embroidery tac.et.
are worn with plain skirts, giving 3.
two-fabric effect.
Afternoon dresses feature fullness
between hips and knees given by
st1nened godet goreA
Mixtures and plain colors are shown
IN wool goods. Stripes and checks
are not popular
Evening star., 1921-04-08
Mock Angel Cake.

SIT four times: One cup Of sugar
one cup Of flour. three teaspoonfuls
of baking powder and q pinch of salt
Add to the above mixture one cup OF
milk heated to the boiling point. Beat
well. add flavoring. then put in the
whites Of three eggs beaten stin
Fold, but do not stir the eggs in
Bake in an angel cake tin. one with
a hole in the center. until the cake
does not adhere to a broomstraw
Have the oven very hot until the cake
has risen. then cool it by degrees un-
til the cake Is done. Leave 1t in the
pan and turn it at once upside down
to cool This makes a large cake.
Evening star., 1921-04-08

possible. Then as she watched Peter
run headlong she grinned. Just as
Peter had laughed at the fright Of
the little cubs, Mrs. Bear grinned at
Peters fright.
I hope that will teach him a les-
son, muttered Mrs. Bear. way down
In her throat. Il can't AFFORD to have
that long-eared bunch of curiosity
hanging around here. He'll be getting
a glimpse or those youngsters Of mine
and then my secret will be out /
might just as well go out and tell all
the world as to allow Peter Rabbit to
fnd 1t out. 1 hope those cubs have
kept quiet while I was away"
Mrs. Bear turned in to the entrance
to the bedroom under the windfaII.
Wnle Peter Rabbit kept on. lipperty-
MPperty-np, Hpperty -lipperty- lip,
through the Green Forest toward the
Green Meadows and the dear Old
there and tell the news of Mrs. BeaTs
long-kept secret
Copyright. 1921. BY T. W. Burgess)
Evening star., 1921-04-08
National Photo, Wash.

at the handwriting Of the great Presi-
dent. both when a boy and when he
became President. The collection is
called the Col. o. H. Oldroyd collec-
tion, for he spent years in getting to-
gether data and things connected with
Lincoln. There is Lincoln's favorite
rocking chair, a rail he split in 1890
just think, that is ninety-one years
ago-and a stand made of logs from
a house in Illinois where Lincoln once
lived. There is a hand bill telling
how the War Dep; -tment offered
100000 for the CAPTURE of Booth. and
you can see the spur Booth wore.
This is the one that caught in the
curtain of the Presidents box and
caused Booths leg to break in falling
to the stage. The house in which
Mrs. Mary Surratt lived and in which
the conspiracy against the President
was planned is about to be torn dowff,
for some one wants the location for
business. 1t is at 604 H street north
west and quite ways from the house
on 10th street. RUSSELL BURKE,
The Travelog Boy.
Evening star., 1921-04-08

Just lighting another cigarette from
the stump Of the old one.
At length Peterson spoke. "A young,
man. of dash. and temperament" he
said. Genially. 1T will be pity to
lose him."
Why not keep him and lose the
gir!?" yavEed Irma- II think he
might a,nuse ME"
we have always our dear Henry
to oonsifer,"@ answered Peterson.
Apparently the girl appeals to him.
I'm afraid. Irma. he'll have to 30
and al once.
The speaker was tapping his left
knee softly with his hand; save for tha:.
slight movement he sat as IL nothing
had happened. And yet ten minutes
before a carefully planned coup had
failed at the instant of success. Even
his most fearless accomplices had
been known to confess that feterson's
inhuman calmness sent cold shivers
down their backs.
Continued in Tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1921-04-08
Baked Cheese Rings.

Place one cup of water. half a cup
Of butter and half a teaspoonful OF
salt in a saucepan. When the water
boils add one cup OF pastry -four and
stir the mixture until it leaves the
sides of the pan. Remove it from the
fire and allow it to stand until it Is
lukewarm. then add three eggs. one
at time. and beat each one thor
oughly. Add half a cup of stale graf .
ed cheese and place the mixture in a
pastry bag with a tube. Line a bis
cult pan with paper and shape the
mixture through the tube into rings .
upon the pan. Sprinkle them lightly
with grated cheese and bake them in
a moderate oven until they are thor- :
oughly done. :
Evening star., 1921-04-08
Washington.

Washington.
Dear boys and girls: Just around
the corner in 10th street, from busy F
street, is the house where Lincoln
died I have received many letters
asking me about the house, so / went
to see 1T again the other day. Across
the street is the old Ford Theater
Lincoln attended on the night Booth
attacked the President. That has
been closed ever since and never has
q theater performance been given in
the place. The house is the one to
which the President was carried. 1t
has the oldfashioned steps leading up
to the front door with the turn in
them that was SO customary in houses
during the civil war days. There is
also an entrance right off the street
and under the little platform at the
top of the steps that go to the front
door. Thousands of people have Wis
tied the little house since that Good
Friday In April nearly sixty years
ago. There are many interesting
things to be seen there, and / looked
Evening star., 1921-04-08

A dress Of poiret twill and navy
and white foulard is trimmed with
white beading and hand-run stitching.
A sailor of scarlet crepe francais
has a fiat top crown Of shiny black
straw, and is trimmed with clusters
Of cherries.
The present long-pointed corsages
and short shoulder capes show the
influence of period o. Henry II and
Francis l.
Evening star., 1921-04-08
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON.

I've been listening to ths Hswls of
an Honest Hombre He liASreason to
howl. He has just dropped q cool
$4,000 in one Of the wickedest little
Oil deals that ever sprung a dry gush-
er. And for why? For the sweetly
simple reason that he told all he
knew, and kept on telling it with
Evening star., 1921-04-08
Peters GIee Is Short Lived.
BY THORNTON w. Bur

You'll ind Il very seldom pays
To play q joke that works both ways.
Peter Rabbit.
As two frightened little cubs ran.
whimpering and tumbling over each
other. for the safety Of the bedroom
under the great windfall. Peter Rab-
bit thumped twice more. just by way
Of adding to their fright. You know
it was just such a thump that had
frightened them in the first place. It
was most unkind of Peter. OF course.
He should have been ashamed Of try
ing to frighten babies. and those two
cubs were babies and nothing more.
They were baby Bears.
But Peter had SO often felt little
sold chills Of fear chasing each other
up and down his backbone in the pres
0nOe Of Buster Bear and Mrs Bear
Evening star., 1921-04-08

that Il dcakled him to be-abie to scare
any Bears. big or little Truth to tell.
It gave him a feeling as IL somehow
he was getting even with Buster and
Mra Bear. OF course. he wasn't Ger
t@inly not But he had that feeling
cowardly it was to frighten babies,
even though they were baby Bears.
After the two cubs had disappeared
he could hear them ambling along
under the great windfall as they hur-
ried for the darkest corner of that
dark bedroom, where Mother Bear had
left them when she went out to look
Tor something to eat All the way
there they whimpered. just as IL they
thought some dreadful enemy was
after them. Peter laughed until his
sides ached and the tears came to his
eyes.
An angry snort right behind him put
a sudden end to Peters laughter and
glee. 1t was his turn to run headlong
and to whimper az he ran. My, what
Jumps he made; It seemed as If his
feet barely touched the ground before
he was in the air again. II those little
cubs had been scared. Peter was twice
as scared. They had run without
knowing what they ran from But
Peter knew what he was running
from He was running from an angry
mother. and that mother was a Bear.
II was enough to make anybody run.
Peter had been 30 intent on fright
ening those little cubs and then
laughing at them that he had not
heard Mrs. Bear until she had given
that angry snort right behind him.
Then he hadn't stopped to explain.
Peter believes in running first and ex-
planning later. But at the rate he
was going now there wouldn't be any
explaining, because by the time he
3opped Mrs. Bear wouldn't be near
enough to hear q word he said.
The fact II. MrA Bear didn't follow
Peter. She simply GroWled onoo Or
twice in her deepest, moot g1unDly.
rumbly voice. Just to add a little speed
= Peters long legs. II that were
Evening star., 1921-04-08

The collars on wool serge or crepe
gowns are made OF heavy lace.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-05
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE

7 2 a
Thee and Howell shipped carload o
hogs to ST. Louis yesterday.
Miss Ethel AlDn went to Hallsvilli
yesterday afternoon.
H. NJ. Reese left yesterday for bust
ness trip to St. Louis.
Miss Nan 0endening returned TO ST
Louis yesterday afternoon.
]. A. Medley went to Hallsyille yes
ierday afternoon.
Miss Helen Yaniis and Miss Zella
Whitmarsh spent the weekend in Full
ton,
Miss Murrell Clayton has returned to
her homo in Marshall after spending the
weekend in Columbia.
Mis- Frances Jenning and Miss Ar
lene McCsusland spent yesterday morn
ing in Columbia and returned TO Cen
traIia in the afternoon.
Mrs. Julia NJ. Rocheford left yesterday
for Kenneti, where she viii do agricul-
ture extension work for the Boone COun-
ty Farmers Bureau.
Miss Helen Ramsey Of Monticello Sem
mary returned yesterday TO Godfrey, ILL.,,
after visiting Miss Helen Dillenbeck and
Miss Dorothy Barter at Stephens Col
Ieee.
Richard A. Coons Of Kansas City spent
the weekend with his father. Harry
Coons. He is connected with the Mis-
souri, Inspection Bureau at Kansas City.
Mrs. Caretts Myers. grand adviser Of
the Missouri Woodmen's circle returned
to her home in ST. Joseph yesterday after
completing some work in Columbia.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-05
20 SCHOOLSTO
SENDDEPUTIES
Delegates From Six Big Ten
Universities to Be Here
for Conference.

The Midwest Conference Of College:
and Universities. which will meet in Co
lumbia Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Of this week at the invitation Of the Uni
yersity Of Missouri, will be composed Of
about thirty delegates representing about
twenty schools. Only two schools Of the
Missouri Valley besides Missouri will be
represented but there will be six schools
from the Big Ten represented.
A tentative program has been worked
out by comnittee, as follows:
April 7. Thursday l0-l2 a. m. en-
rollment of delegates and organization
Of conference; 1870 to l:30 p. m, open
ing luncheon; 2 to $50 p. m, opening
session Of conference; 800 TO 1000 p.
m, conference in session.
April 8. friday 300 to 1900 a. m,
conference in session; Loo to $3.50 p. m,
conference in session; 400 p. m. base
ball game; 800 p. M, Farmers Fair.
April g. Saturday, 900 TO 1900 a.
m, conference in session; loo to 500
p. M, Conference in session; $50 p. m,
banquet.
Each member Of the temporary execu-
tive committee has been assigned a Ger.
tain topic on which they will lead the
discussion. The delegates from Texas
viii have athletics; from Purdue memo
nal plans; from Minnesota social. pro-
fessionsl and honary societies and from
Iowa publications and theatricals.
Fred Eldean as president Of the stu