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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-06
MORTGAGE LAND SALE.

BY virtue of the power and au-
thority contained in a mortgage
deed executed by d. f. Pemberton
to Lexington Grocery Company on
the gath day of April, 1917, which
said mortgage deed is duly register
ed in the office of the Register OF
Deeds for lic mond county in Book
No. 1917 at page rs, the undersigned
mortgage viii ell at public auc-
ton to the hIgnest bidder for cash
at the court house door in Rocking
ham, N. c., on Saturday the 18th
day of January, 1921, at IL o'clock
m, the following described tracts OF
parcels of land, to-wit:
First Tract: Lot No. one in Block
7-same Sc by so feet fronting Moore
street in the Town of Norman, n. C.,
as shown on map of Town OF Nor
man made by ]. r. Edwards said
map being on file in the office OF
the register of deeds for Richmond
county. See deed from w. F. Swift
ana Wlle W ~. E' Ciln1OA tOh AS6AS
tered in the office of the register OF
deeds for Richmond county in Book
rs at page 81.
Second Tract: The same being
three town lots in the Town of Nor
man, N. c., near depot on East side
| of Railroad, same being lots No. 1, z
| and IS in Block 6 as shown ON the
map of the Town of Norman. Sec
deed from w. S. Pemberton ano
| wife to d. E. Pemberton registered
in Book 70, page 155,
This December. "a, 1920.
LEXINGTON GROCERY CO.,
Mortgage.
llR. T. POOLE, Attorney
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-06
SALE OF LAND BY TRUSTEE. :

: SALE OF LAND BY TRUSTEE.
= That whereas L. F. McCaskill did
on October 9th, 1919, execute and
deliver to the undersigned trustee a
Deed of Trust to secure the payment
of certain Indebtedness therein NAM
ed, which said deed of trust is prop
erly registered in Book 1874, at page
PA, etc; and whereas DEFAULT has
been made in the payment of said
Indebtedness as in said instrument
specifically stated; and whereas the
holder of said Indebtedness has de-
manded that the undersigned make
sale of premises for the purpose of
discharging and paying off said in
dcbtedness. Now therefore the UNI
dersigned trustee by virtue of the
power and authority in him vested
in said Deed of Trust will on Mon
day, January oath, 1921, in front OF
the Court House in Rockingham,
North Carolina, at IL o'clock noon,
offer for sale to the highest bidder
for cash the following described real
estate, lying and being in Wolf Pit
township, Richmond county, North
Carolina, and described by meteS
and bounds as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a stake in the Sand
hill road leading from Rockingham
to Diggs,' and runs S. 22-45 w. 1851
feet with said road; thence S. &c w.
IT'S feet; thence S rs w. 2076 feet;
thence S. 1850 w. 179 feet to a
branch; thence up the various
courses of said branch to an iron
pipe in the original line; thence N,
1880 E. 1858 feet to an iron pipe, a
corner of No. 3; thence with the
dividing line between lots 3 and 4,
| N. 1880 w. 1886 feet to the afore-
mentioned road, the place of begin,
ming, containing 69.2 acres.
This December Goth, 1920.
f! A. r. M'PHAIL,
| Trustee.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-06
Notice to Contractors
State Highway Construction
n. c. Federal Aid Project Ne. 12s

Sealed bids for the construc-
ton Of approximately 1928 miles
of State Highway in Richmond
County, N. c., will be received
by the North Carolina State
Highway Commission at the
Division Office in Raleigh, N. c.,
until IL o'clock NJ, on the 18th
day of January 1921, when they
will be opened and read.
No bids will be received after
the hour fixed.
The work will consist approx
mateley as follows:
43 Acres Clearing and Grub
bing.
$1,000 Gu. Yds. Common Ex-
cavation.
1000 Gu. Yds. Borrow Excdva-
ton.
$40 Lin. Fl. Is" T. C. Pipe.
670Lin. TT. 10" TIC Pipe.
270 Lin. Fl. "a" T. C. Pipe.
120 Lin. Fl. Is" Corrugated
Iron Pipe.
1870 Lin. TT. IS" Corrugated
Iron Pipe.
142 Gu. Yds. Class "B" Con.
crete Headwalls)
45,6l2 Gu. Yds. Artificial Sand
Clay Surfacing.
No bids will be considered un'
less accompanied by a corporate
surety bond, or by a properly
certified check for 100000
made payable to Frank Page
Chairman.
A corporate surety bond, o.
other satisfactory securitey vii
be required for the complete full
filment of the Contract.
Specifications, forms of con
tract, proposal blanks, etc Cal
} be obtained by writing to the o.
fee of the State Highway Com
mission, Raleigh, N. {.
Plans may be seen in the offic
of the Division Engineer at Ra
eigh, N. c.
The right is reserved to rejec
} any or all bids or to accept an
bid deemed best for the Stat
,, and the County.
By order of the North Care
} lima State Highway Commission
} This 18th day of Decembe
. 1920.
0 w. S. FALLS,
0 State Highway Enginee
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-06

One dwelling house, four rooms,
barn and stables, four acres nice
land in the village of Roberdel, N.
C. Fine we'll of water.
One horse, buggy and harness,
horse gentle, any lady can drive.
Call on or address
w. S. THOMAS,
Agent for G. M. Rainwater,
Rockingham, N. C.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-06

12S6-G C. Baldwin reg vital statistics Hoffman, Co., SIS
28-Seaboard Air Line freight ON supplies County home
Il Davis nine for Court 450
29-James Baldwin part 100000 100000
A. c. Everett reg vital statistics Rockingham $500
pauper to Basam N: c. - -. -. .-----........ 500
L. Baldwin months S10OO0OO 10000
Grand Total Disbursements for October S 3S47S8
Continued on Page IA.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-06

After January LIST l will dis
continue charging to my regular
customers and will also dlscon-
tinue my delivery service except
in quantities. w. G. Lowry.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
WAR ON MOTOR
LAW vI0LAT0RS;
ONE is WOUNDED
Jack Meyers Shot By Officer, Who
Attempted to Step Speeders
on Rockingham Road.

Drastic action will be taken
against automobile speeders in
Davenport, according to Mayor c.
l. Barewald, acting chief of police,
following the shooting of Jack
Meyers, 1141s East Third street,
Davenport, last evening.
Meyers was shot in the neck by
Officer pat" Lodge when the po-
liceman fired at Harry Rohlff, rail-
road clerk, who failed to stop his
machine at his command. Meyers
vas riding with Rohlff. Miss Dor
othy Morris was a passenger in the
car.
They were driving along Rock
ingham road at rate of speed said
by police to nave been As miles an
hour. Residents in the 1900 block
on Rockingham road complained to
the police and Officers Lodge and
Dietz answered the call. Rohlff
was followed on the road but fail
ed to stop when commanded to do
so by the officers. After a chase
of a mile. Officer Lodge shot, the
bullet striking Meyers in the neck,
Meyers was removed to Merc9
hospital. He will recover. Rohlff
was arraigned in the Davenport pcl
lice court this morning and fined
SIS and costs.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
HERD OF PONIES
WILL ENTERTAIN
KIDDIES IN PARK

Riddles of the city are being at
tracted by the arrival of the Sunny
side Shetland pony show which ar
rived last evening and will give a
weeks exposition in Reservoir park,
Sixteenth avenue and Twenty
fourth street. Thirteen ponies and
a stable sent here from Monmouth,
Ill, will be on exhibit.
An entertainment will be given
free OF charge to the public each
evening. A ring has been erected
and boys and girls of all ages will
be given an opportunity to ride the
ponies each afternoon from 2:S0 to
$50 O'Clock and in the evenings
from 1880 O'Clock until dark. Girls
are invited to enter the girls rid
ing contest to be held at the park at
$3.50 O'Clock Wednesday morning.
The boys will compete in an I'm
dian and Cowboy fight" at 1920
o o'clock the same morning.
The ponies are well trained and
have almost human intelligence.
Many interesting stunts and exhibit
lions will be given by the little ami
mails. The Sunnyside stables are
said to be the largest in the country.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
MRS. DASS0, SS,
G0EST0 reward
Resident OF Rock Island for Half
Century-Death Follows
Brief Illness.

Mrs. Fredericka Dasso, aged IS
years, a resident of Rock Island so
years, died at noon today in the
family residence, S25 Fifth street.
SIZE had been lily. several days and
death was the result OF paralytic
stroke.
Mrs. Dasso, who was Miss Fred
ericka Gest,, was born in Germany
Oct. Ia, 1881, and came to this
country directly to Rock Island
Dec. 25, 1870. She was married
to Henry Dasso, who preceded her
in death Is years. She was mem
Der of the Emmanuel Evangelical
Lutheran church.
Surviving are two sons, Charles
and Henry and two daughters, Mrs.
James Dixon, and Miss Amelia
Dasso, all of Rock Island.
Funeral services will be held at
2 O'Clock Monday afternoon in the
family residence and at 2:30 O'Clock
in the Emmanuel Evangelical Luth-
eran church. Rev. Phi. Wilhelm
will conduct the services. Burial
will be in the Germany Lutheran
cemetery
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
Obituary
Lawrence s. O'NeilI.

Lawrence S. O'Neill, at one time
police magistrate of Moline, was
called to rest at 7:10 this morn
ing in the home of his daughter.
Mrs. Gus Jors, 1926 Eighteenth
street B, Moline He had been ill
for nearly year.
Mr.. O'Neiil was very well known
in Moline, having served as police
magistrate for eight years and also
as water commissioner. He was
a moulder by trade, but his last
occupation was that of an insur-
ance agent. Lawrence O'Neill was
born Jan. IS, 1851, in Ireland, from
which place he came to this coun-
try in 1870. He married Miss Sar-
ah Manley in 1878 at Rock Island.
She survives him with seven chill
dren, William, Charles, Mrs. Will
liam Quick, Mrs. John Mcdonnell
and Mrs. Gus Jors of Moline; War
rem of East Moline, and Mrs. Ernest
Salzmann of Annawan, ILL.,, and two
brothers, John and William ONeill
of East PeDperell, Mass. Mr.. O'Neill
was a member of st. Mary's church
of this city.
Funeral services will be held at
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the
Knox chapel. Interment will be in
riverside cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
MAKE BID FOR
A 100000
! RAILROAD HOME
o. C. Hickman ut National Conven-
t1on to Ask for Institution In
Rock Island

o. c. Hickman, 1407 Seventeenth
street, delegate from Rock Island
lodge No. 1148, Brotherhood of
Trainmen. leaves tonight to attend
the national convention in Toronto
Canada. He will urge Rock Island
as the site OF the Loco, 900 home to
be built for retired members OF the
brotherhood.
The project will be voted on at
the convention and Mr.. Hickman
hopes to locate the institution here.
He has been promised assistance of
delegates from other states. All
members OF the brotherhood will
donate a days wages Oct 81 to
b&ild the home. With more than
25o, 900 members the amount will
more than be raised
The home will provide for train
men that have been in the service
Tor many years and those that have
been disabled in service.
Inquiries Of death benefits will
also be another important factor of
the convention which will last from
next Monday until Monday, Aug. %.
Mrs. Frank Danberg, SIG Forty
second street, left this morning for
the convention to represent the
Loyal Star No. 80, the ladies', auxil-
larry Of the order. The auxiliary
has go members and the brother
hood has $50 members in Rock Is
land The national organization
is said to be the strongest of rail-
road brotherhoods. Fourteen hun
dred delegates are expected to be
present in Toronto.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
DAVENPORT MAYOR
SUSPENDS POLICE
CHIEF TEN DAYS

Mayor c. l. Barewald of Daven.
port started a personal investiga.
ton OF the vice conditions in that
city today in connection with the
suspension OF Charles Boettcher
chief of police, for a period of ten
days.
The impression had become gem
eral that Chief Boettcher was too
lenient in handling vice conditions
and with this In mind the mayor
TOOK matters in his own hands. If
the mayor finds the report true at
the end of ten days, Chief Boettcher
VIII be relieved of his duties and a
new chief will be named, Barewald
threatens.
Among the resorts closed by the
mayor so far is place known
as Bloody Hollow" near Forest
park, the near beer bar adjoining
the Columbia theatre, and several
other near beer" places.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
EASTERN PROPHETS
MAKING INQUIRIES
FOR RESERVATIONS

Arrangements for the housing CT
Newark, Baltimore and Brooklyn
delegations to the 1922 supreme
council meeting of the Yelled Pro-
phets were being made yesterday
by C. F. Feltman of Newark, N. J.
He reported that an immense east
ern attendance is being predicted
and that Elmira, N. Y, had already
made application for q special train
over the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad. which he
R D. Chappeil, sec
Rotary Of the chamber OF commerce
at Rockford, in a communication
to the chamber here reported that
Rockford had already enrolled 800
members In the ION to the tri-cities
club" which was being organized
there.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
LIGHTNING Is
CAUSE OF MUCH
WIRE TROUBLE
Fire Alarm Calls Must Come by
Telephone - Police Captain
Gets Shock at Board.

The electrical storm last night
caused serious damage to the fire
department box alarm system and
to the police call system. It broke
an arc circuit on the lines of the
Peoples Power company which
This latter trouble will be repaired
This latter trouble vii lbe repaired
by night, but the damage to the
fire department call system will re-
quire several days to repair.
City Electrical Inspector Will
liam McNealy warns that telephone
be used to give alarm Of any fire
in the downtown business district
and also in the residence district
south of Seventh avenue and be-
tween Fifteenth and Twenty-f1fth
streets.
All boxes in these two districts,
while in good order themselves, are
on a circuit in which the main
cable leading to the fire stations is
burned out
Workmen hope to find the trou-
BILE and repair it by night, but IN
the districts named all fire alarms
should be sent in by telephone un-
til further notice, Inspector Nc,
Nealy states
Captain BIeuer Gets Shock.
Captain Charles Bleuer Of the
police department received slight
shock while at his desk at the po-
lice call board when circuit was
broken on the board, stopping calls
from all police boxes in the down
town district
a
board several seconds. The bolt
struck somewhere along the line
and the blowing out Of one of the
Captain Bleuer from serious in
jury He received a slight shock
and flashes of electricity playing
about the board scorched report
sheets and on the police blotter.
The flash jumped along the blotter. |
burning the paper at even spaces
about an inch apart
Damage to the Peoples Power |
line was caused when a
tree limb fell IN the wires at Eighth |
avenue aLN twentieth street. The |
wires carried 5000 volts and it is |
believed that this power might have !
come in contact with the fire and !
police wiring systems and added to |
the serious damage that was done. |
Cooler Tonight.
Rainfall during the night was SS |
Of an inch-not an unusually heavy |
but remarkable for !
the short period of the downpour /
There was a high wind.
Weather reports indicate fair to-
night and DrObahIy Sunday CooIer
is promised for tonight.
Yesterdays high was SO and the
low last night 81. The river is up
, of foot to % stage this morn
ng.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
NEGRO SHOT IN
CLINTON Will
GO TO JOLIET
Tobey Parker, Held for Auto Theft,
Fails to Escape-Finish
Manslaughter Term.

Tobey Parker, Rock Island ne
gro, who was slightly wounded
Thursday afternoon attempting to
escape from Clinton county au-
thorities, will probably be returned
to Joliet TO complete IL years of
his sentence for manslaughter.
Parker was in the sheriff's office
talking to Parole Agent Bert Car
ter, Deputy Sheriff Hillyard, Mrs.
w. F. Ramsey, swife of the sheriff,
when he made his dash for liberty.
He locked the three people in the
Jail back of him, but the alarm was
sounded and pursuit taken up by
Sheriff Ramsey, who shot twice be-
fore the negro stopped. One bullet
grazed his head but did not pene-
trat the skull.
Parker told conflicting stories of
his venture in automobile dealing,
finally declaring to the parole
agent that the machine belonged
to a white woman, 1 am protect
ing. I'd rather go. to the pen than
give her away" the negro declared.
Car Leads to Downfall.
Clinton police arrested him Mon
day. He was driving a car with
an lin transit" sign in place of IL
cense plates. He first said the ma
chine was being driven through
from Rochelle to Rock Island for
an Illinois dealer. but he changed
this story and said he had taken
the car in a trade. Rock Island
police meanwhile had furnished the
Clinton authorities with Parker's
history and his Joliet record. The
parole agent arrived to take up in
vestigation of the case, and really
ing then that he was facing serious
trouble Parker made his sensation
al effort to escape.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
QUIT MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take Glass of Salts IL your back
hurts of Bladder Troubles
You.

NO man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally,
says a well-known authority. Meat
forms uric acid which excites the
kldneys, they become overworked
from the strain, get sluggish and
1all to filter the waste and poisons
from the blood, then we get sick.
Nearly all rheumatism. headaches.
'l'er trouble, nervousness, dizzi-
ness, sleeplessness and urinary dis
or0ers come from sluggish kidneys
Inc moment you feel a dull ache
IN the kidneys or your back hurts
or II the urine is cloudy, offensive,
IuIi or sediment, irregular of pas
sage or attended by a sensation Of
scaidlng. stop eating meat and get
ABOUT four ounces of Jad Salts
rom any pharmacy; take a table
spoonful in a glass OF water before
breakfast and in a few DAYS your
hlcneys will act fine. This famous
saits Is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice. combined |
Win Htn1a, and has been used for
generations to flush and Stimulate !
the Kidneys, also to neutraIize the !
aclds In urine SO it no longer causes +,
thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad salts Is inexpensive and can
not lnJure; makes a delightful ef-
lerVescent Whitewater drink which
everyone should take now and then
o Keep the kidneys clean and active
.lu tne Dlood pure. thereby avoid
ny serious kidney complications.-I
advertisement
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
WILL INVESTIGATE
STOCK AND BONDS
ISSUED FOR SALE

Thorough investigation of all
stock and bond issues offered for
sale to Rock Island investors will
be made by a committee appointed
by the Chamber of Commerce in
conformity with a plan adopted at
recent investment conference Of
the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.
The committee consists of S. P.
Burgess, II. A. Clevenstine, ]. J.
Ullemeyer, H. NJ. McCaskrin,
George S. Perrin, J. ". Houder and
Leroy Dehler.
OFFICIALS OF the chamber say thew
are in possession of facts at the
present time of an effort to place
before Rock Island citizens stock
in corporation which has been
termed 1.-THE widest deals in wild
cat finances ever launched in lii
nois"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
THROWS BRICK AT
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE
AND rs ARRESTED

Herman Schultz, 1o11 Fourth
street, was scheduled to appear be-
fore Magistrate D. J. Cleland in po-
lice court this afternoon on a
charge Of assault with a deadly
weapon
Schultz was arrested last night
on complaint filed by Mrs. Mamie
Huntley, 1908 Fourth street. who
charged that Schultz had thrown
brick at her and had otherwise at
tempted to do her bodily harm.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
HEAVY FINES
ASSESSED ON
TWO CHARGES
Emil Stuhr and Eta Schneiser "A
NIT Guilt When Arraigned in
County Court.

Emil Stuhr, 1905 Seventh avenr.
was fined $500 for making liorm
and an additional 5000 for statnto-,
offense by Judge F. ]. Landes !,
county court this morning E,,,
Schneider was fined 800 on N,
latter charge. The charge assi,..
her of making liquor was noII.
pressed. They were arrested AZ :,
O'Clock last night at Schneida,.
residence by Deputy Sheriff Ja,.
Hanna and Constable Charles Fla
agan.
The officers found all the inD,,
ments of hooch making and hooct
itself in plenteous quantities tSs.
say. Stuhr lives in a place reser,
bling garage. In the cellar We,
a large still and eight 32-eallo,
barrels. One barrel contained booch
it is said, while the others wer,
filled with mash.
They pleaded guilty tn ~,
charges and made ARRANGEMENTS :,
pay the fines.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
ARTY
ANSWERS CALL
Native of County Succumbs After
Extended Illness-Born in
Carbon Cliff.

Mrs. Henry McCarty, aged 81
years, pioneer of Rock Island
county and resident of Rock Island
45 years, died at 1880 o'clock this
morning in the family residence,
307 Third street. Death followed
an extended illness.
Mrs. McCarty, who was Miss Mar
garet A. Murphy. was born in Car
bon Cliff. At the age of IL years
she came to Rock Island, where
she had since resided. She was
married to Henry Mccarthy April .,
1891, in Colona- She was a mem
Der of st. Joseph's church.
Surviving are the widower. a
daughter Harriet and three sons.
James E., Joseph H. and Francis
D., all at home.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 O'Clock Monday morning in
the family residence and at 9
O'Clock in st. Joseph's church. Rev.
P. H. Durkin will conduct the
services. Burial will be in Calvary
cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
TRENKENSCaUE LOW
BIDDER ON SEWER

p. F. Trenkenschuh was low bid
der for the contract of laying an
S-1nch sewer on Seventh street
from Fifteenth to Nineteenth ave
nue., when bids were opened at the
city hall this morning. His price
for pipe was S1.05 a foot. So each
for yves, $50 each for manholes
and Sc a cubic yard for rock ex-
cavation.
Ray r. Reddig asked $3.50 a foot
for laying the pipe, 81 each for
yves, $40 each for manhoIes and
81 a cubic yard for rock excava-
ton.
w. F. Evans was the only bidder
for laying sidewalks on both sides
of Fifteenth street at all points
from First to Eighteenth avenue
where the property holders have
not already put in the new walks
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
Personal Points

Miss Alberta Butts, head of the
millinery department OF L. s. Nc
Cabe and company, has returned
from a purchasing trip to New
York city.
Louis Bruhn OF 903 Fourteenth
avenue left last night for a weeks
visit in Chicago and Michigan City,
Ind. He will visit in Michigan City
with his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and, Mrs. Edward Newcomb.
Miss Florence Tams of 928 Four
teenth street returned home yes
terday after a weeks visit with
friends in Reynolds.
Rev. H. w. Reed, former pastor
OF the First Baptist church and now
OF Belvidere, ILL.,, arrived in the
city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Sala and
daughter Miss Marjorie of 1915
street, have return
ed from two weeks visit with
friends and relatives in Chicago.
They made the trip by automobile.