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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-20
LUMBER REFORMS
MAY CUT WASTE
Builders Hail Plans to Stand
ardize Size and Brand
Grades.

Plans Of the lumber industry to
standardize the size and brand the
grade of lumber on each piece of
wood manufactured are being hailed
by builders and contractors generally
as an advanced step toward elimina-
tion OF waste in construction. A con-
ference In this connection will be
held In this city Monday.
At the head offices of the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association
here It was said yesterday that the
confusion and commercial dissatis-
faction and friction resulting from
the various grades and varying
dimensions of lumber and timbers
had long been matter of concern
to the manufacturers of lumber.
Every regional or species lumber as.
ISOLATION has it's own system of
grades and dimensions Most of them
are based on local practice that has
grown up and spread with the evolu-
tion of the lumber industry from a
simple local to complex national
business.
Not only Is there great lack of
uniformity between the grades of dit
ferent districts. but the grading syS-
TENS everywhere are Illogical, con-
fusing and even misleading except to
the experienced. as a consequence OF
growth by additions and extensions
finement of manufacturing processes
instead of by Tecastings of the whole
field of grades.
Evils of Toleranees.
There is also the question of what
Is technically known as tolerances,
which can be illustrated by asking,
what Is a 2x4 studding? The layman
would think that it meant stick
two inches thick and four inches
AS V nf
fact 1t is never exactly that size, IS
always smaller and may be as small
IS 11x3t. So long as custom per
mits such a liberal tolerance it is
natural for the manufacturers TO
tend to go the limit. The consumer
never knows when buying at random
precisely what dimensions he Will
have to deal with.
As to the number of sizes of lum-
Der, 1t is understood in the business
that competition has led to the manu-
facture of an uneconomical number
of sizes. including some that are
rarely called for. but that have to be
kept in stock. thus wasting storage
space and tying up capital.
The whole problem of STANDARDIZED
ton. impartial grading and identifi-
cation by branding came TO mead
at the annual meeting of the National
Association in Chicago :he first week
in April. Mr. Hoover was invited To
attend and the proposed reorganiza-
ton Of the business was explained to
him. He was so much interested that
he agreed to meet with representa-
tiveS of the lumber manufacturers of
the different regional associations in
Guiding the hardwood men of the lum-
Der retailers, of building engineers,
architects and lumber consuming de-
partments OF railways, in Washing
ton during the week of May %. to
further discuss the proposed reforms.
Farley to BE Representative.
The conference during that week
will be representative of practically
the entire building industry of the
country SO far as wood is involved
The lumbermen plan, after receiving
the counsel of Mr.. Hoover and his as
sociates in the housing division of the
Department of Commerce, to proceed
eNnedifi QuSlY with the crvst Liza Inn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-20
CONTRACT FOR HOUSES,
New Plan for STIMULATING Cost in
Advance.

Contracts for a number of homes to
be built by the Topper Construction
company on its new plan of stipuiat-
ing IN advance the cost Of the com
pleted house were closed in the ne a,
few days. it was announced TODAY.
Among those who are already
building by this plan are Benjamir,
a. Leatherman. WHO 10 having built a
hve-room and two-bath bungalow OF
stucco construction in square l44O
Conduit road, District OF Columh,a
Earl B. Wadsworth, who has con-
tracted for a six-room bungalow a,
441O Fessenden street. Wisconsin
Avenue Heights, and Fred N. Thring.
for whom a home is being erected al
1851 Conduit road. District of Colum-
bia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-20
Business Men Should Cheer Up,
Says Babson.

Talk about musicians and actors
being temperamental! They gcannot
beat the average business man. who
is up today and down tomorrow.
Within a period of sixty days he will
be a pessimist, an optimist and back
again to q pessimist, when all the
time nature is slowly but surely fol-
lowing its natural course" said Roger
W. Babson In his weekly interview
on business conditions.
"a year ago business men were very
pessimistic: then came a temporary
upturn in business. and, following the
lead OF certain federal officials and
prosperity boomers, they became OPP
timistic. Since. however. these pros
perity forecasts have not matured,
they are again down in the dumps.
How long will 1t take US to learn
that Presidents don't make business.
but rather business makes Presidents.
1t is true that conditions are dull at
the present time. partly on account of
the late wet spring, partly due to the
foods Of the south. partly due to the
York state, and partly due to the up
set conditions in Europe. When.
however. business is looked upon from
a long range 1t will be seen that it is
passing through only a natural read
justment. which takes always consid-
efaDIc tlfNS. i StdIeu more imam TWO
years ago that no permanent improve
ment could be expected before August.
1922. and I still feel that way. Even
after the corner turns in the summer
or fall of this year. ii will be a slow,
although steady. climb upward
Comeback Time Varied.
ION the other hand. as all Industries
were not hit at the same time. they
will tend to come back at different
times. The industry that was first
hit will be the first to come back.
This was the silk industry, and a
change for the better is already in
evidence. The industry which was
most suppressed during the war will
show the greatest recovery during the
next few years; indeed. it is already
recovering. l have in mind the build
ing industry. There is marked in
crease in the demand for all building
materials, notably lumber. although
iron and steel are sharing in the
building boom. The sales of hard
ware and paints have increased. If
labor does not become too hungry for
increased wages, this squirt in new
building may develop into a real
boom.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Small Fire.

The fire alarm came from the
court house box Saturday night
about 7:45 o'clock. An oil stove had
set fire to the top of the restaurant
tent OF Jim Little, on New street,
but the flames were put out before
the truck arrived.
And right here the people should
be warned again about driving to
the curb when the fire bell rings.
Saturday night q car came within
fraction of being crushed by the
heavy fire truck-all because the
driver failed to obey the oftrepeated
injunction of driving to the curb
when the bell rings. The lire truck
has the right OF way and pedes-
TRANS and vehicles must clear the
track.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12

The courageous stand taken
by a citizens of Rockingham, A.
G. Corpening, in the recent blind
tiger cases should be heartily
commended by all law.abiding
citizens. 1t is no easy matter to
buck the whiskey. ring, and yet
he did this very thing; and as a
result one {: blindtiger was last
week sent TO the roads for Is
months and another was con-
victed and sent to the roads for
II months, but appealed. And
still other cases are on the docket,
with other arrests yet to be
made. Yes, Mr.. Corpening has
acted the MAN throughout.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12

THE mathematicians of Wash
ington have counted 1871 bills
of all sorts and descriptions that
were introduced in the House of
Representatives since the Sixty
seventy Congress went to work
in April. Of this number l,O57
were passed. The record of the
preceding Congress was 1892
bills introduced and 734 passed.
There are said to be upwards of
$1,000 laws now on the Federal
statue books. There are well
over a billion laws and ordinances
in the United States.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Raefora 70, R'ham ;.

Raeford and Rockingham highs
.batted through ~ and IS min
ute quarters at Raeford last Friday,
Raeford nosing out a victory by
score of 10 to Z. A misunderstood
ing developed afterwards, the Rock.
ingham team contending that there
remained from 50 seconds to min
ute to play, White the Raeford con.
tingent claimed time was up. The
ball was on Raeford's 5-yard line
in Roekingham's possession, when
1t ras announced there was a min
ute and a half left to play. Rock
ingham then made one play, carry
ing the ball to within six inches OF
the Raeford goal, and at this juno
lure some one took the stop watch
from the regular timekeeper and an
nounced that time was up. Undoub,
teddy one more play would have
carried the ball over.
However, the local boys feel they
outplayed the Raeford team, though
the score, according to the Raeford
timekeeper, shows Raeford won.
X u 4 "a
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Contents Of Box in Corner Stone Of
Court House.

Chapter 265 OF the Public Local
Laws of North Carolina, Session oil
1919, and Chapter 1888 of the Public
Local Laws of North Carolina, Elk
ira Session of 1920, authorizing the
building of new court house.
Names of state officers, of con-
gressmen of this Congressional Dis
trict, of Judge and Solicitor of this
Judicial District, of all county Off
GERS and of the officers of the town
of Rockingham.
Financial state of Richmond
county for year 1922.
Copy of the Minutes of the Board
of County Commissioners of May
list, 1922, selecting site for new
court house.
Copy of the Minutes of the Board
of County Commissioners of May
Bird, 1929, awarding contract for con
struction of new court house to
Messrs, Jno. P. Little and Son.
Copies of the Charlotte Observer
of October 18th, 1922, of Soldiers
Weekly of October 9th, 1922, of the
Hamlet News-Messenger of October
., 1922, of the Rockingham Post,
Dispatch of April 9th, May 4th and
October 9Th, 1922.
Copies of Deeds executed by John
Cole, Sr., to Henry w. Harrington,
John Cole and Robert Webb, Esqrs.,
Commissioners, and of Deed from
John James, ST., to Henry w. Har-
rington, John Cole and Robert
Webb, Esqrs., Commissioners,
wherein IS acres of land were con-
veyed upon which the town OF
Rockingham now stands, including
this site. Copies of Deeds from ].
p. Leak and Mollie Russell, and
others, conveyed to the County OF
Richmond the site upon which this
building is being erected.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Davis.Pond Marriage

James r. Davis, the efficient and
congenial foreman for r. L. Steele,
III, and Miss Linnie Mae Pond,
granddaughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
Breach, were happily married at the
home of Mrs. Breach on Watson
Heights on Sunday afternoon, Octo-
Der Sth. No elaborate arrangements
had been made and only few in.
innate friends were present. Viii
liams Little Steele, Esq, officiated
in his most dignified manner. MIR.
and Mrs. Davis will make their
home with Mrs. Breach for the pres
ent.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
School Fire Drill,

The Rockingham graded school
had a most excellent and realistic
fire drill Tuesday morning. The
tire alarm was turned in at 1914
from Box IL in front of the graded
school building and two minutes af-
ter the alarm, the fire fighters had
run up an extension ladder to the
second floor and had the chemical
hose in action; and in 2 t-2 min
utes two streams of water were
playing upon the building.
When the fire gong within the
school building sounded, the chill,
dren quickly and with no confusion
dropped into line and the building
was entirely emptied of the more
than 400 children in FIFTY SEC.
ONDS. In the ten seconds interval
from emptying of the building and
arrival OF the truck, the children
had marched some distance from
the building and were in orderly
ranks waiting for further orders.
1t was an interesting and gratifying
sight, and the firemen executed the
various manoeuvres rapidly and
without lost motion"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
THE great American throat is

THE great American throat is
not so parched as it was. 1t is
becoming wetter every day.
Statistics from Washington
state that in 1921 every man,
woman and child in the United
States consumed an average of
forty-nine gallons of milk, or
nearly a gallon a week per cap
tia.
That is encouraging. cit is also
disheartening to Z those who
would abolish prohibition.
A nation that consumes al gal
lon of milk a week per person
will surely not suffer to any
great extent as al result of ssthat
terrible thirst"
In time it may become corpu-
lent even fat and.it surely is
good drinking!
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Do you ever change you

Do you ever change your
mind?
The stubborn man, seldom
changes his. That is the reason
why he is known as d stubborn
one instead ofsas "a successful
one.
Great mindsssare susceptible to
change upon submission of proof.
Little ones are unable to grasp
the proof, and, therefore always
remain little, and in time become
stubborn.
When a strong mind changes
it is invariably forl 1.-THE better.
That makes it evensstronger, as
the small one becomes smaller.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12

# is unwise to brighten your
child BY picturing a bogie man
who is laying in wait to devour it.
Tirnidity is natural to the
young. and cowardice is but a
step removed from timity.
You don't want your child to
develop a yellow streak, but
then neither do you want him to
be quarrelsome and a scrapper.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Notice Of Resale
of Real Property

Under, and by virtue Of an order
Of the Superior Court OF Richmond
County, N. c., in an action therein
pending entitled &c. E. Hinson ct al
vs.. Mrs. Rena New Hinson ct al"
the undersigned commissioner will
on Monday, the 23rd day Of October
1922, at IL o'clock NJ. at the court
house door in the town of Rocking
ham, N, c., offer for sale to the high
est bidder for cash the following
described real estate, to-wit:
Lying and being in the Town of
Rockingham, Richmond County,
North Carolina, beginning at stake
the intersection OF Franklin street
and Hancock street thence South
along and with the East side of
Hancock street 10S feet to a stake,
lot No. 4 in the plat of G. Z. Hinson;
thence in an Easterly direction to
and with the line of lot No. 4 no feet
thence with and along the West
line of said lot No. 2 100 feet to a
to a stake, lot No. 2 in said plat;
stake, Franklin street; thence West
i05 feet to the point of beginning,
being lot No. on plat of G. E. Hin
son, said plat being recorded in
Book 2, page - of plats, Register
of Deeds office Richmond County,
N. c., on said tract is situated one
8 room dwelling house.
This is resale of the above lands and
the bidding will start at $4,000.
This the 9th day of October, 1922.
OZMER L. HENRY, Commissioner.
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Football Results.

Raeford ID, Rockingham Z at Rae
ford October 9Th.
Fayetteville 10, Ellerbe 7 at Fay
e5teville, October 9th.
Wilmington Highs z, Hamlet 0.
Yale IS, Carolina 0.
w. & L. 10, State I. q
Ga. Tech 10, Davidson 0.
Trinity n, Hampton7Sidney 0.
Charlotte 10, Shelby 0.
Princeton 5, Virginia 0. Z
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Contents of Copper Box in Corner
Stone Of High School BUILDING.

/. Names of white pupils of city
schools, 700 in number.
2. Names OF white teachers OF
city schools, Is in number.
). Board of trustees OF city
schools, 1922 IL in number.
d. Former members of board of
trustees-17 in number,
5. Building committee of board
of trustees in number.
6. Names of students of CITY
schools who entered service during
World War-100 in number.
Z. Corporal Willie Shankle--kiiI-
ed in action in France.
s. Mayor and beard of aldermen,
town of Rockingham.
8. Names of medal winners in
city schools-36 in number.
TO- Copy of Rockingham School
News.
6, 1922. sxlFa
r. Copy of Post Dispatch, Octo-
Der 5, 1922.
10. Clipping from Post-Dispatch,
February %, 1929.
H. Copy of Soldiers Weekly
10. Copy of Charlotte Observer.
Id. Copy of Greensboro Daily
News.
II. Copy Of Raleigh News and
Observer.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12

$50 Attended Meeting q McInndon
G Club At Methodist Church sun
day Afternoon Great Interest
and Earnest Purposes Evidenced.

II is doubtful if the people gener
ally OF the county realize the ear
nest purposes that actuate the Nc.
Tendon Club. This club is a power
for morality, and through this
agency Richmond county is to be
made cleaner county and better
place in which to live. And block.
aders and blindtigers had just as
well realize this-and move on. The
liquor business has got to go; the
traffic has no place in the lives OF
our people, and go it must.
Last Sunday afternoon was the
regular semi-monthly meeting OF
the club. The Methodist church at
Rockingham was well filled, over
$50 men being present. Spirited
talks on law enforcement, ETC.,
were made by T. C. Leak, ]. L.
Hawley, Mr.. Tutor, w. N. Everett
and others, and when the club ad.
journed it did so with an even
deeper purpose to clean up immor-
atty wherever found. Every citizen
of the county who is interested in
making the county a cleaner county
is invited to join the club and at
tend the meetings. The McLendon
Club is most certainly functioning.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
The flapperEhas had a great

The fapperEhas had a great
Iunafor her money! =.
She has been the observed Of
all observers, the admired of all
admirers, and the scussed of all
cussers.
& She tapped herself into ::fame
and now she is on the verge of
flapping herself into oblivion.
But there's a reason.
Americans like sensations
those that are spicy, but brief.
We haven't the time to pursue
~ one sensation to a great
length. There are too many
!, ,.siers waiting to edge in
The f1apper was a sensation
for a time. But she tapped so.
strennously, in season and out,
that she became wearisone to
the public, and now she is about
to become a nuisance Soon she
win be Tapping only for her own
admiration
But she was quite worth while.
She furnished US a few thrills,
and was the object of many new
tests all Of which is necessary
ID the average American day.
we viii bid her adieu without
regret.
But, Lord What viii we Get
next
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12

The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Census,
announces the preliminary report
On cotton ginned by counties in
North Carolina, for the crops OF
1921 and 1922. The total for the
state was made public at 10 a. m.
Tuesday, October Srd.
Quantities are in running bales,
counting round as half bales. Lin.
tiers are not included.)
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Reuistrasion Books.

The registration books for the
November 9TH election opened Oc-
.tober 5th, and viii remain open
until October 2Sth. If your name is
already on the books, you do not
have to register again. II you have
become 81 years Of age since the
last election, Or will be p on or be-
fore November 9TH, you arc entitled
to register.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Address SUNDAY,

The Brotherhood of st. Andrew
will hold its monthly public meet
ing at the Episcopal church Sunday
at ESQ and the pubic is cordially
invited. The West Rockingham
quartette will sing and addresses
will be made by Messrs. Claude
Gore and w. N. Everett.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Church Sunday,

There will be no services at the
Episcopal and Presbyterian church
es Sunday morning, these two call
ing in their morning services on
account of the missionary lecture
by Miss Daisy Davies at the Metho.
dist church at II. The public is
invited to attend this service. There
will be no services at the Presbyter
ian church Sunday night
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Auction. Lots October 10th.

The Cooper lots will be sold at
auction October Goth beginning al
2 o'clock. They are valuable lots
and the sale should develop eager
buyers. An advertisement of this
is elsewhere in this issue.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
Cotton and current Interests.

Cotton is all opened and will
soon be harvested. We have
seen one man already turning
his stalks and sowing rye for
cover crop.
Just After This Nice Rain
is the time to get busy on prep
arations and sowings of grain
and vetch cover crops to con.
serve fertility and improve the
soil.
Turn the cotton stalks now to
rob the weevil of his late food,
and force him on to other fields.
Besides, the leaves and twigs of
cotton stalks are richest in plant
food of any part of the plant. and
are usually blown or washed
away, when should be under the
ground.
Sweet Potato Curing Warehouse.
All farmers in reach of Rock.
ingham who want to raise a few
sweet potatoes to be marketed
Vn
comparatively through a curing
house at Rockingham, better see
at an early date, the following
committee on organization
James M. Dockery
R. L. Nichols
J.F. Diggs
or the undersigned. Don't wait
until the organization is com.
pleted and complain that you
were left out. IT'S UP TO YOU
TO GET IN-not to be dragged
in, or left out where the whang-
doodle mourneth and the boil
weevil bareth.
The County Fair
will open Oct. 18th, without any
parade. The cost of parade will
largely be placed in the shape of
better premiums on exhibits.
We had the best Fair ever held
last year, and it was done with.
the products grown during the.
worst drought for years.
We have had unusually fine
seasons this year, and products
are excellent, and of course we
are going to make the exhibits
building groan under the biggest
and best supply ever put up be-
fore.
Let's go-just a little, by each
individual, and the thing goes
over with a whoop!r
w. H. BARTON.
PUSH ROCKINGHAM FOR.
WARD.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12

COMING
TO THE STAR THEATRE
DURING
OCTOBER
AND NOVEMBER THE FOLLOW
ING
saturday Night"
The Delicious Little Devil"
Mae Murray.
Man Slaughter" Thomas
Meighan.
THE Ghost Breaker Wallace
Reid.
mice People," Wallace Reid;
"Moran Of Lady Lefty" Valentino;
Smiling Through" Norma Tai
madge;
"Blood and Sand" Valentino.
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Mills-Harward.

Mr.. Hollis T. Mills and Miss Ruth
Harvard, both of the Gibson mill
section, were married in South Caro-.
lima Sunday.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12

Tax reduction for the buccaneers.
A Tariff for the profteers.
A Ship Subsidy for the privateers
Senate seats for the auctioneers.
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Younn Milk Cow.

For Sale, a young milk cow, with
two-weeks -old-calf.- Don. L. Culber-
son, Route 3, {Ledbetter's MilD.
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Mae KeIIY pulck.

Mae Kelly Quick.
Nay Kelly, year.old infant OF
Alonzo Quick, OF Cordova, died DC.
toher 9th and was buried at Pleas
ant Hill, S. c., the 7th.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
DEATHS
McCaskIll child.

The 3-year-old daughter 81 MI.
Lonnie McCaskill, RoberdeI No, 2,
died Tuesday night, and the inter
nent was at New Eastside cemetery
Wednesday.
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WYIIiam cha,vIe

William Chavis
William Chavis, aged So, OF Wolf
PHI, died October 9th, and was bur
led the It'll at Pleasant Hill church,
South Carolina.