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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-08-18
North Carolina: Percentage Negro
By Counties.

The population of the State of
North Carolina is 69.7 per cent
white and 2S.S per cent negro. In
1910 the percentage negro was BIG.
The negro population, which was
697,S43 in 1910, increased to 763, ,407
in 1920, an increase of 81 per cent.
The white population in the same
period increased from 1,500,511 to l.
1879, or 1879 per cent.
The white population Of the state
consists almost entirely of native
Americans born of native American
parents, the total native white of
native parentage being 1,765,203,
while the foreign element is repre-
sented by 1909 foreign-born whites,
5,737 native whites who had foreign
born parents, and $40 who had one
parent foreign born, the other being
native. The total population inclues
almost 1884 Indians, SO Chinese,
"a Japanese, and Hindu.
In most counties of the state the
percentage of negroes has decreased
and in 81 of the 100 counties there
was also decrease in the number of
negroes.
The percentage of negroes in the
total population of each county for
the census of 1920 compared with
1910, is as follows: In Richmond
county the percentage Of negroes
for 1920 is 41.2 of the tct"i popula-
ton, as compared with A60 ten years
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-08-18
i. Boil Weevil in County

There seems to be no doubt
about there now being boil wee.
vii in Richmond county. On a
number of farms in Wolf Pit
township, near the South Caro-
lima line, there was fond this
week numerous small bugs which
it is pretty we'll determined are
the real boil weevil. Mr.. Jim
Dockery had a bottle full in town
Tuesday which he shook from a
stalk of cotton just below the
Seth Andrews house; and in other
fields surrounding are to be
found many of these pests.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-08-18
Aqe in North Carolina.

According to the census of 1920,
40.4 per cent, or over two-fifths of
the people in the state of North
Carolina are either infants or chill
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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-08-18
FATHER KILLS DAUCH-
Ter, THEN SELF
Edmund Timmons Friday
Night Killed Daughter in
Black Jack Township, Then
Kills Himself. Drunken
Rage.

Whiskey or extracts is response
bic for two lives being snuffed ou'
in Richmond county last Friday
night; and so needlessly, too.
The homicide and suicide occurred
in Black Jack township, about g
mile from Blewett Falls dam, or
the Ben Ussery farm on the night
of Aug. 18th. The girl killed was
Hazester Timmons, aged about 16
and the murderer was her own faith
er, Edmund (Tillman) Timmons
who after shooting his daughter
turned the shotgun on himself anG
blew his face and part of his head
off. The parties are colored.
Coorner A. M. Smith was summon.
ed to the Timmons house about mid.
night Friday; he impannelled the
; following as a jury: M. L. Tucker
A. P. Barrett, Leo Warburton, T. S.
Linton, A. L. Kendall and H. w.
Terry After investigating, the jury
rendered a decision that Hazester
! Timmons came to her death from
gun-shot wounds at the hands OF
: her father, and that the father, Ed
mund, then killed himself.
From various accounts, the Post
Dispatch gathers the following YER
sion:
Edmund Timmons, or Tillman, as
some called him, returned to his
home in Black Jack township last
Friday afternoon in an intoxicated
condition. He asked his daughter
Edna to fix him something TO eat
Hazester remarked to Edna that
| they had better take off their gooC
clothes so they would not be soiled
| this or the delay seemed to anger
Edmund. At any. rate, the girls
went to their grandmother and lat
er Edmund followed them with his
shotgun. He pulled the gun OF
Ha2eSter and forced her to return
| home with him. When within {
couple of hundred feet OF the house
(about dusk the girl evidently at
tempted to run, for she was founC
out Of the path and load of sho
in her back. She lived probably ar
hour After shooting the girl, the
father then turned the gun on him
self, presumably pulling the trig
ger with his toe. The load ranged
upward under his chin, taking of
the greater portion of the face anC
part of the head. He fell in his
tracks, instantly killed, and within
20 feet of where his daughter lay
dying.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-08-18

The schedule of dates and places
OF free treatments is as follows:
clip this out for reference, and don't
fail TO be on hand for each OF the
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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-08-18
Several New Teachers to Fill
Vacancies in Sple n di d
Faculty of Last Term. J.
B. Lawrence to Teach Vo-
cational Training. Splen-
did Athlete. State College
Star. School Hours to be
Changed. Compulsory At
tendance Law Different
from Heretofore.

The city schools. white and
colored, will open Monday, Sep.
tembef 5th. The teachers select
ed for the coming year are as
follows:
HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Kate Finley. (Principal) English.
Isabel Arrowood, Latin.
Lillian G. Allen, French and Science.
Mary B. Paris History and Civics.
Annie May Ashcraft of Monroe,
Mathematics.
Agnes E. Williams, Home Economics.
]. B. Lawrence, of Statesville, Voca-
tional Agriculture.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Meriel Groves, Principal
Hart Sheridan
Bernice Hornaday
Bessie Terry
Annie Glenn, of Gastonia
Kate Lea Owen
Maude Moore
Mabel Brooks
Rebecca Stimson
Nancy Stacy
Louise Gill
1t is thought that the faculty
for the coming year will compare
favorably with that of any pre-
vious year. OF the new teachers
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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-08-18
TWO WHITE MEN JAILED
BLOCKADING CHARGE
Kelly Faircloth and Ananias VuncanOn,
Both White Men Of Beaver Dam
Township, in Rockingham Jail on
Charge Of Blockading. Officers
Find Five Men at Still Near Marston
Saturday Morning. -Four Escape.

Last Saturday morning officers
Mcdonald, Shores, Reynolds, Key
and Braswell closed in ON a still
about two miles north of Marston,
and as result caught Ananias Vun
cannon, white'man about 45 years
old. The officers surrounded the
still, but two young fellows station
ed on hill gave the alarm, and the
three men at the still made a
break in the opposite direction.
One man, Vur cannon, had a shotgun
in his hands, and ran directly into
officers Shores and Braswell; he
dropped the gun and turned into
the swamp, but the officers caught
him. The other two men with him
escaped. All were white men. The
still was O. 100-gallons capacity, and
the liquid had just begun to boil.
Five stands of beer were on hand,
and this if the run had been COM
pleted would doubtless have made
about rs gallons of whiskey. The
still was of wooden sides, with gal
vanized top and bottom; the cap
was of wood and worm of copper
The officers cut up the uottit, and
brought the prisoner to Rockingham
where he was at once given hear
ing before Squire Mullis. Attorney
Fred w. Bynum defended him
though no evidence for the defense
was put on. He was bound over to
Sept. 26th term of Superior Court
under $1,000 bond which he was
unable to furnish, and so was locked
in Jail to await court.
On Thursday of last week Mrs
Mary Toler was tried at Rocking
ham on charge of manufacturing
and keeping fer sale, and was
bound to court under $500 bond
which she gave. She lives about {
mile north of Hoffman. A still
had been found within 500 yards
of her home and two gallons ot
whiskey in her house. The officers
believed that Kelly Faircloth, 6
white man aged about 35 who witt
his two children lived in the same
house with her, was engaged in
operating the still, and so on the
next night, Friday night, they had
reason to believe thai he was on the
point of leaving the county. Officers
Shores, Reynolds and Key drove tc
the bridge over Drowning Greek
between Hoffman and Aberdeen
Friday night and about 8 o'clock a
car passed in which Faircloth was
riding. The car was stopped on
the bridge, end Faircloth arrested;
he was going to his brothers home
below Raefoyd. He was brought tC
Rockingham jail, and Saturday
morning was given a hearing before
Squire Mullis, Attorney Fred W.
Bynum defending him. No evidence
for the defense was introduced. The
Squire ordered him committed tC
jail in default of $1,000 bond, tC
await Sept. 26th term of Superior
court He is still in jail, not having
been able to furnish the required
bond.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-08-18
Youthful Offenders.

Two colored youths, A. exande>
Cole and Willie BosticK, aged 10 and
II, broke into the Allen-Morse store
Saturday night and were caught
red-handed.
A small amount of change was
missed from the open cash register
at the store on both Thursday night
and Friday night, and so on Satur-
day night Mr.. ". J. McLaurin sat
up" after the store closed at 10
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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-08-18
MANY TAKE TREATMENT
Scores Meeting County Physician at
Dispensary Points to Be lnoeulated
FREE Against Typhoid Fever and
Diphtheria.

The campaign against typhoid
fever and diphtheria that is be.
ling conducted for Richmond
county FREE by the State Board
of Health and County Commiss.
toner's, is making splendid prog,
ress. DR.. w. R. Mcintosh, the
county physician, and Carl Coley
acting as clerk, began the listed
rounds Monday, the first appoint
ment being at Roberdel No. l
where 266 were inoculated against
typhoid fever.
Adults and children, white and
black, are taking the free treat
ment, and every person in the
county who has not been inocu.
lated in the past three years
should by all means take advan.
tage of this campaign. Each
point will be visited three more
times, and this will enable any
who may desire to do so to start
the treatments the coming week.
If any who were treated should
miss a meeting, they will have
opportunity in the next three
visitations to complete the series
The treatment calls for three
inoculations.
The number inoculated at the
dispensaries on Monday, Tues.
day and Wednesday are as fol
lows; the dispensary today
Thursday Is at Norman, Fruit.
chey's store and Ellerbe, and the
schedule for the other appoint.
ments is given below:
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-08-18
QUARTER MILLION
UNABLE TO WRITE

lO4,673 Whites in State Over 10 Years
Old Illiterate. 1856 Negroes.
In Richmond County 1874 Percent
Of Total Population Over 10 years
Old Illiterate, 7.2 Percent Of Whites
and 22.6 Of Negroes. Percentage Of
Negroes in Total Population Of
Richmond County Decreases from
46.9 in 1910 to 4l.2 in 1920.
Interesting Census Figures Just
Announced for North Carolina.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-22
TRACE CONTAMINATION
 TO BEEBE FARM SPRING

A telephone report of the analysis of samples of water taken from the farm of George Besbe on Scotland road togetl- CT with a sample of the milk and samples of milk and water from a farm where Mir Beebe bought milk. was received by pr. F.. J. Brophy on Wednesday morning. The report was given at the request of Dr. Brophy who is endeavoring to locate the cause of numerous cases of typhoid fever in this city.
 The report showed that of all the sam pies sent only one showed contamination which would cause typhoid. This sample was taken from the spring near the barn of Mir. Bee5e and the analysis showed that the contamination resulted from in- testinal contents. The water from this spring had been used to rinse the milk cans used by Mir Beebe. The other sam pies of water and milk were found tc contain nothing of an injurious nature.
 An Investigation of the spring and l.! ] surroundings was made on Wednesday b, City Health Officer Brophy. Town Hesltl Officer George Thompson and Milk In spector Paul F. Gadle. It was found tha in all probability the contamination wa! due to surface drainage from the barn.
 The most recent case of typhoid reDorte' to the health officer is that of a Broal street woman who drank some of th milk in question al the home Of 8 trien' | whom she was visiting.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-22
XMAS TREE FOR NEEDY
 CHILDREN OF NORWICH

Mercier council. Catholic Ladies of Columbus have invited Santa Claus to be their guest at a Christmas party in T. A. B. hall on Monday afternoon at o'clock when the poor and needy chil- dren of the town will be the guests of the local council. Santa Claus has wire lessed the local council that he surely will be present on that afternoon and has promised to bring a large bagful of toys for the children. He also says that if the ladies of the council will have a Christmas tree in the hall he will decorate 1t and hang some gifts on it as he passes through Norwich on Christmas eve.
 The council has agreed to all that Santa Claus has suggested and will have a tree ready for him when he arrives. Invitations have been sent out by the council to 250 of the nedy children in
 the city and there is expected to be a
 very large attendance of children on hand to welcome Santa Claus when he | arrives.
 Of course tAcre is some financial ex- pense attached to the visit of Santa Claus to this city and Miss Mary G. ] Ward of 191 West Thames street is 1 the treasurer and would gladly welcome 1 any donations to this worthy cause
 Miss Ward would be glad to receive any
 contributions at the town clerks office
 during the day.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-22
BY AUTOMOBILE AND
 NTOToRCYCLE TO EInRInA

-Four Norvt.h men. s. J. Bottonlev and son. Samuel Otho Chase and ". L. Fletcher. Jr., leave today for Miami. Florida, where they will spend the win ter. Mir. Bottomley and son will go by automobile and Mir. Fletcher and Mir. Chase will go in MT. Fietcher's motor cycle.
 The party expect to camp by the road on the trio down and by running all day today and far into the night they expect to be far enough south so that camping b- the roadside will not be a ha-dshin. The automobile in which Mir. Bottornley and his son will travel has been httsd uD for the trin in a novel way. The two forward seats fold back so that a bed Is formed in which the four will sleep. I7 the rear of the ma chine is located the kitchenatte. fnclud- ing oil stove. cooking utensils. food and
 other necessities for the trip. A tent | Is to be taken along and can be put UT covering the automobile providing wet 1 weather Is encountered. The party did not intend to start until after Christ
 mas but the predictions of storms and
 cold waves made it imperative that the I start be made al once.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-22
LOCAL LIQUOR LAZY
 VIOLATIONS BRING FINES

Five Norwich licuor law violators pleaded guilty to the charges against them in the court of common ple5s at New London Wednesday. Octave Caron and Karl Karpena were each fined S20o and costs and sentenced to 30 days in iail. The jail sentences were suspend ed.
 Rennie Mandell and Joseph Sullivan were each fined S2o0 and costs and given ten days in iai,. the jail sentences being suspended. Samuel Pascatella drew fine of S200 and costs. The charges against Elizabeth Malin- | oksy of Montville for violation of the liquor law was nolled Frank Gikowski or Colchester was fined $50 and costs TOT violation of the liquor law.
 The case against John Simmons of 1 New London. IT years of age. who was l charged with violation of the dog law during the recent quarantine was noll- ed.
 Angelina Messer of New London was i fined s2o0 and costs on a charge of VI 1 olation of the liquor law.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-22
OBITUARY.
Amos D. Slack.

Amos Edwin Slack died Wednesday morning at the home of his daughte~ Mrs. Lizzie Crouch on Broad street New London in his 97fhe year. MT, Slack was born Nov. 10, 1895, h ston- lngton, the son of Amos Slack and Lucy Frlnk Slack, where he spent much Of his boyhood and attended the public schools. In 1846 he was married to Miss Unls Wilcox of that town. During the Civil war he served in the 18th reg iment and a part Of his time at Port Hudson. He was q stone mason by trade and the past twelve years of his life were spent at the home of his daueh- ter where he died.
 He leaves besides his daughter 4 granddaughter, Mary Crouch. 2 grand son, Irving Crouch, and three great grandchildren, Lois. Ellis and Irving Eugene, children of Irving Crouch
 Albert Augustus spauldfng. | Albert Augustus Spauldarg. president ! of the John c. Machines Company died at his home in. Worcester. Mass. Sunday after a long illness. He was horn in Ashford. Cenn., Oct. 14, 1853, a descend ant in the eightba generation of Ed ward Spauiding wl'o came to James. town Va. in the seventeenth century and who afterwards was a pioneer settler Of Braintree, Mass MT. Spauld- ing was active during his life in severa- successful commercial concerns in Wor- cester. He was a member of the oIf Worcester Board of Trade and its sue cessor, the Chamber of Commerce, o+ which he was vice presidentfor severa years; the Worcester Automobile club and Quincigamond lodge, I. o. o. F. H, was ? man of attractive personality an( a lover of outdoor sports. He traveleC extensively making a tour of Europ. twenty years ago, accompanied by h. eldest daughter, and winter trips tt California. Two daughters and a so1 survive him.
 Dr. Lucy Wetherbee- Rockwell
 Dr. Lucy Wetherbee-R Rockwell. wife o Dr. 4. E. P. Rockwell, formerly of Bos ton and late of Worcester, who died i Worcester on Sunday. was born 1T. Rosto but was a resident of the latter place f0 most of her professional and private life She was graduated from the Bosto
 School Of Medicine in 1899, taking tn : honors in scholarship in a class of ez ceptional ability. For a year and a ba' she was house physician at the Masss chusetts Homeopathic hospital and l 1902 established herself as genera
 practitioner in Worcester.
 In 1915 she married Dr. Rockwell fo,
 rnerly of Norwich, a classmate in med
 cal school. During her professional If , Dr. Rockwell had been at various tim.
 president of the Worcester College c;u
 and had also been secretary of IT ? HahnenSQn Hospital association.
 She is Survived by her husband and
 sister Mrs. Kenneth l. Marks. who !s a. 8 sistant professor in chemistry at Sin r mons college
 The funeral took place at St. Mark q chapel in Worcester on Wednesday mm7 ], ing and burial was in Yantic cemetery ; r 3.15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-22
JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF
 $500 IN AUTO DAMAGE SUIT

Archibald NJ. Clarke, the defendant. Both sides rested at 1120 o'clock. The argu- rnents then followed and at 2.52 o'clock Judge Hinman started his charge to the jury.
 The jury took the case under considera- tion at 3.35 o'clock. At o'clock they filed into the court room with a request for information. The information asked for was given by the judge and the jury retired at 5.15. returri' / .at SOS o'clock with the verdict of s5Ot or the plaintiff.
 Judge TTinman thanked the jury and in discharging them extended tAe seasons geetings. The jury were Ad off by | George E. Parsons. clerk ci the court, who wished each of the jurymen a merry Christmas and happy new year. MT Law brought the suit against MT. Clarke for injuries which he sustained | in a collision between an automobile he
 was driving and MT. Clarke's machine | driven by his son, Fred T. Clarke, a; | Norwich Town. Damages of S5,0o0 were
 asked for in the suit.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-22
STREET IN ROCKVILLE FENCED
 FOE DISTANCE OF 200 EFF


 Up at Rockville residents were sur prised Tuesday to find a board fence through Main street in the center of the ely. By t motorists have been deprived of convenient parking place because J,lci3.s wished to protect the city against damage suits which might result from accidents. The fence defines the property line in front Of a board walk covering the Rock mill canal, which is about 20 feet wide.
 In the past drivers have had about 30 feet of space for parking. This was pri- vate property and the land covered the canal Tuesday noon Superintendent
 Swain of the public works department put 10 men at work building a 300 foot
 fence to divide the property This was
 brought about by several cave-ins of the canal coverings witch were not repaired by abutting owners.
 The property along the board walk is owned by George P. Wendheiser The canal is owned by the Rock Mfg. Co. and | in 1S46 a privilege was given the abutter to bridge the canal Of late years this | has been the only public parking place ir Rockville. and it has been used to a great i extent. Heavy trucks have travelled over ] the canal covering. and during the past 1 two weeks it has frequently broken in
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-22

At SOS o'clock Wednesday evening, two and half hours after they had re tired to the jury room the jury in the case of Henrs Law of Norwich against Archibald NJ Clarke of Jewett City brought in a verdict of $500 for the plaintiff. It is understood that counsel for the defendant will file a motion today (Thursday) to set aside the verdict. When court adjourned shortly after the jury brought in it's verdict it adjourned until 10 o'clock Saturday morning. at which time the motion to set aside the verdict will be heard.
 Trial of the case was started in the superior court Tuesday. When court convened Wednesday morning Fred T Clarke, son of the defendant, who was driving the defendants automobile on the night of the accident in June, 1919, and who was on the stand when court went out for the day Tuesday at p. m. was | recalled to complete his testimony. Other witnesses for the defense heard Wednes. day morning were Alpherie LeClair and
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-22
MERCURY DROPS 2s

DEGREES IN 12 HOURS
 Old Man Weather hit the New Eng land states Wednesday afternoon and evening bitter slap in the face. and continued to slap with a vengeance throughout the night. Early this (Thurs6ay) morning the thermometer at The Bulletin office registered only de- grees above zero. The old man deliv- cred his first blow about noon time, when the mercury started down the lad der toward zero For tie first two hours after noon the mer :ue 2 dropped only 1 degrees. but, gaining momentum, it drop ped degrees in the next two hours and then slowed up a trifo. covering only ? degrees from 4 o'clock until 6. Getting a fresh start about o'clock. it contin- ued down until at o'clock it was only about 10 above. and at midnight it was only , more degrees to zero In 12 hours the mercury took a drop of 2S de- grees, ushering in the first day of win ter, which started this morning about 4 o'clock with a temperature that can be l said to be truly winterish.
 The fastest drop in temperature was i between g and 10 o'clock, when the mer- l cury dropped degrees within a period of less than half an hour The auto mobile owners who were caught un- l awares by the cold wave will have neat ] repair bills for frozen radiators Those who left their cars on the streets early 1 Wednesday evening to go to the theatres l or to do shopping or attend meeting. | found much difficulty in starting the mo l tors later .n the night
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-22
BURIAL OF MRS. HENRY BAILEY.
 FORMERLY OF NORWICH

The body of Mrs. Nellie Bailey. former ly q resident Of Noank. but lately of Newburyp0rt, Mass, was brought to Noank for burial Monday. For many years Mrs. Bailey lived in the old house on Water street, Noank while her hus- band. Capt. Henry Bailey. made long whaling voyages. The latter part of his life he was engaged in lobsterine After his death the widow made her home with the late Capt. Thomas and his wife, Lydia Potter where s',o lived for num- Der of years. After their death she acted as housekeeper for MT. and Mrs. Calvin L. Rawson of Norwich but of late years has lived with her daughter in Newbury- port. where she died.
 Mrs. Bailey was in the habit of spend ing several weeks during the summer
 months visiting old friends in Noank until age kept he2r at home
 She is survived hy one son. Joseph Bailey. of New London. and her daughter, Abhie, with whom she died
 She was Q SDir:tua,ist and was endow- ed with strong raoIiumistfc powers. She was buried in the Noank Valley cemetery 1 beside her husband