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Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24
Shooting IN Anson County.
Wadesboro NJ. & L.


Last Sunday there We're lively do
ings in the vicinity of Concord
church, Ansonville township, when
Henry Mckinney was shot by Frank
Wall and various other offenses
against the peace and dignity of the
state occurred. Every one involved
is colored, and it is believed liquor
was at the bottom of it all. At first
all those present tried to keep the
matter quiet, even Mckinney saying
nothing about it, but it leaked out,
and Wall is now in Jail.
1t seems that several were gath.
cred together, and $40 which belong
ed to Wall had disappeared. He
pulled his pistol and began holding
up every one there and making
them turn out their pockets, looking
for his money. Mckinney didn't
turn out his pockets fast enough, or
something, and Wall shot him. The
bullet entered the back, passed
through the side and came out in
front. 1t did not hit any bones or
any organs, and Mckinney will re.
cover if no complications set in. He
says he caught the bullet in his
hand after it had passed through
his side, but it stung SO he threw
lit down.
Wall went down the road and met
-rnest Tomlinson and held him up.
He had put up his pistol, but got
out his knife and held it at Ernest's
throat while Switch Carpenter
searched Ernest. Ernest has a pis-
tol which SWith Carpenter got.
Switch claims that Ernest told him
to take the pistol to keep Wall from
getting it, and he merely took it to
oblige Ernest Ernest says he was
robbed. The pistol belonged to Jim
Harrington, with whom Ernest had
been staying, and, wanting to gel
his pistol back, Jim told about the
affair. The pistol is now in Sheriff
a 70 Il Il
Braswell's office, and Wall is ii
/ jail.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24

Messrs. H. ]. Amons and Pink
Simens motored to Wrightsville
asst Saturday.
Mr.. Henry Paul and Tebe Bat
ten, of H. P. mill, spent Sunday
evening with w. E, Reed.
We are sorry to see Mr. w.
P. Moree and family leave us.
but hope they win be pleased in
their new home.
The new elevator at the mill is
completed and in operation.
MIR. H. ]. Amons got a potato
out of his patch few days ago
that measured l3 inches long and
13 inches around.
Mr.. Walter Bray and Miss Ola
Lear, both of this place, were
married Sunday. We wish for
them a long and happy life.
We regret to learn that Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Hathcock are go
ing to leave us.
The Woman's Club met at
Mrs. !. B. Pittman's Monday p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Farrell
have returned to their home in
Charlotte after spending some
time with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. w. Wallace, at Roberdel.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Garrett and
little son, Reid. Of Rock Hill, S.
c., spent last week with her sis
ter, Mrs. ]. L. Goodman, at Cor
dova, and this week with Mr..
and Mrs. H. w. Wallace at Rob
erdel.
W.sR.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24
Where 20 We Go From Heres

(From Wellswerth Optometrical
Trade Journal.
The business man who can dis
count the future is certain sue
cess.
The only way to judge the future
is by the past.
The United States Expeditionary
force had a statistical bureau. This
bureau. headed bySCol. Ayres, thor
-Dughly investigated price figures in
the United statos which run back
for a quarter of century. His
charts show that the Righ price peak
over which we have Just climbed
Is nothing new in our history.
Three times in our nation prices
have risen $50 per cent above nor
NAL level.
The first great rise reached its
climax iii 1912, when after slow
but sure climb Of 80 years, prices
reached $50 per cent above what
during the period OF 1900 and 1870
was normal and then began a.steady
decline for another 25 or 40 years
The war of 1872 occurred at thu
peak Of prices. twenty-five year
later prices were back to the loves
level again.
Again fer q quarter Of 3 centur.
they climbed steadily until the Ciyi
War when they once more reaches
the go per cent rise mark am
again slid down into the valley. 4
tbe end 81 another Is years the
hsd once more reached the bottom
they then. once more started "
va ad ior 10 next 2s years the
rozs z|oFIx a1tll ll.s World Ha
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24
aON, roR 4 KIND WORD.
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When q fellow is sitting and rest
ing.
On a, hard park bench all alone
There's nothing that viii SO quickly
cheer him,
As a letter from home sweet home
The crowds pass by in endless mum
bers
All with some aim ahead in view,
But he sits off by himself a-longing
For just one little job to do.
The hours wheel by into the shady
past;
They become known as history,
But what he shall do and where he
shall go,
To him remain amystery.
Folks IN passing give MN a@Naeeii'
stare;
They are trying to read his mind.
Oh, how happy he would be If they
would
Only speak word soft and klndl
Kind words would work wondrous
changes;
Perhaps in that one lonesome
heart,
But the folks pass by and leave him
alone
Out there on the bench in the
park.
Luther Cecil McRae, Roberdell, N.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24
Resolutions from
Colored Teachers.

To MIR. N. C. Newbold and Elk.
ecutives of the State Department
of Negro Education, Raleigh, N.
c., and Prof. [. ]. Bell, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction of
Richmond County, Rockingham,
N. C.
Hon. SirS:,
Whereas it has been
your good judgment to declare
and organize a Summer School
for the special literary benefit Of
the above mentioned and other
counties, and
Whereas you have selected the
very able and painstaking in
structors, H. H. Faulkener, of
Greensboro, and A. NJ Lee, of
Winston-Salem, who have left no
stone unturled to prepare us for
more efficient service, and
Whereas we note with pride
the beginnings of the much-need-
ed improvement of our school
plant here,
Therefore, Be it Resolved:
That we, the teachers in atten-
dance at said school, do hereby
tender our hearty thanks and
high appreciation for such con-
sideration and interest shown.
We have endeavored to take
in the wholesome instruction
which has been so tactfully given
each period of the term (thus
far), which will surely increase
our ability to deliver goods of
classified qualitp in the com
munities of the various counties
in which we may work the ensu-
ing term.
We further pledge to use our
influence in having our people
cheerfully do their part in all
improvements wherever done.
We specially desire that our
school building here be made
second to none in the State.
Submitted:
T. ]. Leak, Chair.
Florence Woodard
Mary T. Little
Servillis Watts
Oliver ]. Stancill
G. A. Alston
Hattie E. Womble, Sec,
Committee.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24

IsEy rocketed them again to "a,
peal: OF $50 rer cent rise.
History repeats itself. We art
|again on the decline.
Hard times for 25 years? Fai
from it. Prosperity and high peict,
have no more in common than oil
and water. II high prices meant
prosperity, Russia, where o month:
board costs 1,500O00 fubles and
postage 1000 rubles would be high
Ily prosperous. She isn'tl
In Germany and Austria and hall
dozen other European countries
they have stopped printing money
because the paper is worth more
than the money printed. In those
lands prices are beyond all reason
high and people starve for lack oi
work.
All through those years of rise
and fall of prices business men
prospered and became wealthy. All
through the slide down into the val
ley they made money and built
business Just as they did on the
gradual climb up to the top of high
prices.
The real question we have to
worry about is not how many OF
the dollars have l." but how much
can ! buy for my doiiarY Inc
men who built Westminster Abbey
received but a cent and fraction q
day yet they were prosperous. Their
pennies bought them all the neces-
sites OF life.
What matters it If our workmen
today receive thirty, forty or nity
dollars a week If the purchasing
power of these dollars has been
reduced TO the point where they
can not buy the needs OF their fam
lilies with their wages?
But in the long run, the purchas-
ing power of a dollar automatically
adjusts itself to the things which
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24
Don Plant Any More Peach Trees


peaches
cos
rentpl IN into bearing the pwinpro
al
market IS concerned "a be considered Is one
Arkansas
production Of early vi Delaware Maryland and New
: formation the
schbu sw malmar
fa in
will dto in the
ha henexku
possible financial
thai
shoot day into the N esardeso Of the production
piiye yepeahpr States ~ sef s-5.s
ell
Is
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the the
Whs, will when production e doubled Or hebeP
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24
Home ! Made Poetry

Original Rostry and Attempts at
Verse Whiting Invited for his
Column IRON nichmend conn.s
" Felix's. -
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24

Bring us your corn. We will
grind it or buy it. t.Allen-Morse
Co. advtl
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24

If it is pant; oil, turpentine,
brick, etc, we have it. Alien
Morse Co, advt
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24
Scoel Cara SEC.

Scoot cars for children at Fox
drug store for SIC.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-08-24

W.sR.
The Washington times., 1922-11-28
u. s. Probe of Khan
Is Under Way In Six
States, Says Colonel

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 28.-Col
George r. Shanton, who investi.
gated the Herrin Qll) mine mas
sacre for the United 6tates, said
here today that the Federal Gov.
eminent was making . sweeping
investiution Of the ku K1uy Klan
in Louisiana. Arkansas, Texas. Ten.
nessee, Mississippi and Alabama and
found that the khan was very active
in all Of these States.
Colonel Stanton. with three
undercover Federal agents, met
here today. It was learned that
evidence in the. hands Of the Gov.
ernment showed that certain Of the
klansmen had crossed into Louisiana
from Arkansas on one or two oc-
casions and from Texas on one
occasion. -.r
with this came the announcement
from Attorney General A. v. Coco,
Of Louisiana, who made the trip 70
Washington with Governor Parker
and who denied that the khan was
active, that the State Of Louisiana,
through it's legal department, was
going to hold an open hearing Oh
the khan in Moorehouse parish.
Coincident, the sheriff Of Moore
house parish wired Congressman
Riley ]. Wilson that everythinG
was quiet there and that Moore
house had never been % law abid.
ing in it's history. The sheriff is al
legged to be member Of the khan
Attorney General Coco will sum.
mon witnesses from Moorehouse and
other parishes, to tell what they
know Of the khan and Its activities.
II Is said that more than 200 are
ready to give testimony.
The Washington times., 1922-11-28
PARENT-TEAcHER MEET
BECOMES sPELLIN BEE

I OAKLAND, Nd. Nov. 2s.--The
monthly meeting or the (, PARENT
Teacher Association Of the Oakland
III ghs and Grammar schools WAS
marked by an old-fashioned spelling
match. ~.
The best spoilers OF the high
school were pitted against team
capta'ned by E., z. Tower, clerk Of
the. circuit court. The high school
team was tho victor. Miss Della
Brennaman on the high team and
Mrs. Grover Stemple on the Tow
er team were the last to leave the
floor. The Rev. Henry A. Grubbs,
pastor of the Garrett Memorial Pres-
byter'sn Church. was the pro-
Xffer- the match, refreshments
were served. the floor cleared and
many In the assembly indulged In
dancing, ri
The Washington times., 1922-11-28
HUNT A WOMAN
ASP0|SONER
| Of VET
Fatal Hotel Luncheon Proves
Deep Mystery to Police.
Guest Vanished.
BY I.sernatlsnai News Service.

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 2S.--In an
effort to solve the most mysterious
poisoning they have ever been
called to deal with, police today
sought for q woman In the case"
Walden Elwynn voge. twenty-five
year-old war veteran, Of Hillsboro.
Ore. is dead, the victim Of power
ful poison, t.
I've been poisoned; get me a
DOCTOR" were his dying and only
words. +ae
He staggered from a fourth floor
room at the fashionable Alexandria
.iotel, where early yesterday he had
registered for Mr.. and Mrs. ". f..
voge, and told the clerk his wife
would arrive later In the day.
So far as hotel authorities know
Mrs. voge never arrived. But
luncheon for two had been served
q the room by q waiter on tele-
phonic orders from Voge shortly
,efore he staggered into the hall
late yesterday and called for aid.
The walter saw no second person
n the room when he served the
lunch. Two chairs were drawn up
the tray. however, and investi.
gators found that coffee had been
poured into two cups. One was
half full, the other drained to. the
,ottom. II was In this cup, police
believe. the powerful poison which
nused almost instant death was
placed.
But whether placed there for
murder. suicide. or by accident, they
are In doubt. u =. at,
The murder theory 10 based on
he possibility that a second per.
son--probably Q woman.-was pres
snt In the room Of voge and par.
took Of the luncheon with him. Au.
horities are m. stified. IL such was
the case, by the manner the per.
ION could :iave left the room.
There iF 40 direct exit except Me
hallway and voge's screams attract.
ed attendants at once, who SAT- NO
one left the room.
The Washington times., 1922-11-28
FIRE AND POLICE:
FORCES ALL IN
RED CROSS
Enrolment of 100 Per Cent
Except in Few Cases
Reported.

Tomorrow-pay day In the Police
and Fire Departments-will be a
determining factor in bringing the
receipts of the District of Columbia
Chapter, American Red Cross, closer
to the s45, 900 mark and in bringing
a record to the city's guardians that
will stand unchallenged throughout
the United States for the year 1922,
in the opinion today Of Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty. manager OF the
Washington Division. Major Daniel
Sullivan and Fire Chief watson.
In all the remaining police pre-
.cincts yet to be heard from-Third,
Fourth, Fifth. Eighth, Tenth and
Eleventh, there In an air of optimism
among the captains. Especially so
is this the case in the Fifth Pre-
.cinct, for Capt w. E. Sanford has
only to "hold up" two men who
have been off on. sick leave and will
return tomorrow, to make his pre-
cinct 100 per cent for the Red Cross.
Police Captains Views.
Capt. G. z. r. Flather, OF No. .,
said today he will renew his efforts
! that have been successful 80 far. to-
morrow morning while Capt. Ira
Sheetz, of No. 4, declared the drive
is on for the 100 per cent goal.
Capt. E. J. Keefe, who has more
than half Of his men enrolled, as is
the case in the Third and Fourth
precincts also, said I'VE are going to
get all we can for the Red Cross
Capt. C. T. NJ. Lord. of the Tenth
Police Station, who has enrolled
more than half of his men 10 going
to make redoubled effort. The out
look in the Eleventh Precinct was
anything but favorable at the be-
ginning Of the drive. but Capt Mar
tin Reilly proudly stated today that
thirty-six of his forty-four men
answered the roll call.
BY saturday r. r. Pierce, chief
clerk of the Fire Department. ex-
poets all reports to be In and he
further declared Il his belief that
the firemen would not disappoint the
washington public. All the com.
panies that have so far reported,
have made creditable showings.
Those yet to be heard from are:
Engine companies s. ., IL, II, 16,
81, %, 23. and "a; truck companies
3, 5, 6, s, and fire boat. ~
An eleventh-hour appeal was 10
sued today by the Red Cross work.
ers in their sixth annual roll call
for the District.
Subscription blanks for the en-.
rollment will be found In today's
issue of The Times and the District
Chapter has, requested all public.
spirited citizens who have not yet
answered the roll call to clip the
membership blank and mail II with
81 to 14A4 + street. roll call head
quarters. M
The Washington times., 1922-11-28
Jets YEAR FOR TRYING
70 MARRY GIRL or I;

HA0HRSTOWN, Nd. Nov. 2s.--
William Ketterman, forty-seven
years old. who procured . licenao
to marry Alice Virginia Houtler,
thirteen, the girls mo her, Mrs. FAN
ME Hostler. signing her consent, vas
found guilty Of perjury BY Jury at
~ ,Wssstmlnstsr, When he ootainsd
tsnosd 10 one year In .jail. !. 81
After the license wss insuoG Wek-
terman tool ne giri 70 the OR(lSo q
NE Rev. Wilflan (. osabrooS. M.
istsr and lawyer. who rsfdSs6 (o
states Attorney Sssvs & sSs % csss' -
AZ - trlal 9 We snsvn ~ sri.
IssAs Z sSs a .ss 49,
The Washington times., 1922-11-28
To URGE
CLAIMS Of
RUSSIA
win Champion Recognition Of
sovists by v. s. In Speech
at Boston.
ny J. BART CAMPBELL,

A smashing campaign for recogni
'ion'of Soviet Russia by the United
States ID about to be ihaugurated
n aao out OF the Senate.
yr announcing today that he ex
pectso to take q leading part in 9
renewal Of the ''drive" to brine
about . reversal Of the administra
tion's Russian policy. Senator Borat
Of idaho. sa;d he attended 10 pu'
the Russian question souarely ur
to Congress In the near future.
Borah WIFI address n mass meet
'nf at Boston Saturday night q,
which he ana other prominent speak
re- WIN urge that the United State
,hould no longer withhold recogni
ton from tho Russian Soviet gov,
eminent. 13
WIN Noe Be ct Conference.
Borsh's Boston engagement VIII
prevent his attending the bipartisan
Progressive conferences here Frida,
md Saturday IN which Senator La
Toilette Of Wisconsin. and other
Progressives. both Republican and
Democratic, win take a leading part
Rccognition of Soviet Russia Ia
however, IN important part Of the
"a Toilette platform, and the JONI
conferences are expected to 70 or
'ecord % demanding that the Anne,
can Government no longer turn IT.
,ack upon the Russian people.
There can be no genuine or last
'ng peaoe In Europe as long as q
yreat nation like the United States
treats the 9oviets a. outcasts and
'efuses to recogn'xe q governn en-
,bviously supported BY the grea,
,ass Of the Russian people," Borah
said.
WIN Put Senate On Record.
"The issue cannot be dodgei much
Ion ger by the State Department. /
10 my purpose SOON to direct the
Senate's attention to II again., anc
o insist that Congress Fat 'leas'
should 70 on record as opposed Il
The United States refusing to &C
knowledge officially the existence oi
the government Of 3 friendly ma
tion which has already existed fcs
,sveraI ysars. li Eg
The Washington times., 1922-11-28
Facing Third Trial as Slayer
She Talks of yesterday"
Mrs. Madalynne 0benchaln,'
Recalling Her Own Career
= In Cell Interview, Asserts
Women's Lives Are Divided
Into Three Periods, Ysster.
day, Today and Tomorrow.

Shakespeare said man has ssvsm
ages, bHt here is q sVonssM sUhs
says a woman's Hfs is divided into
three aets-yssterday, today, and
tomorrow.
The anthor is Mrs. Madaiysms
Obsxchais, Of Chicago, one-tins
college prise beauty, sOho Is in tho
Los Angeles county jaiI at0aiting
hsr third trial on a charge of hav-
ing boom q conspirator in tho
murder Of her former sMitor, j.
Belton Kennedy. Herewith fotlosCs
Mrs. Obsmohsin's first article, On
titled "Yestsrday."
By MADALYNNE OBENCHAIN.
Copyright. 1881. BY cosmopoiitan
News Ssrvice.)
Los ANGELES. Nov. 2S.-The
long road back to yesterday!
A newspapsrman sent In his card
to me the other day and asked for
an interview. It seemed ironic
formality 10 have q card announc-
ing Q caller sent into q Jail cell.
but I like Il because Of its grim
courtesy.
The interviewer asked:
MRS. Obenchain, II you are 90
quilted Of this charge against you,
or, II, in short, you are freed OF II,
DO you think you win be able 70
erase tt from your memoryf Do
you think you will be able to travel
me long road back to yesterday? r.
TIME GREAT HEALER.
Why should I want to erase this
experience fro mmy memory? Only
time will reveal how great the COM
pensation has been for all the SUI.
We should not look back to the
long. road Of yesterday, unless In
looking hack we dwell only on the
constructive thought or feed In rela.
ton to today and tomorrow.
During my Incarceration my
storehouse Of yesterdays findings
has been one OF my most helpful
assets.
Hour after hour I have lived ana
feasted on yesterdays.
Picking Wild flowers when the
fields Of MinneS were green In
the springtime.
Wandering q. Win and gazing
awed and enraptured on the az.
quistte artistry Of the wonderful
paintings In the Metropolitan Au.
scum OF New York.
Senior ''proms" at the Northwest.
ern University at Evanston.
Happy days Of mountain climbing
and canoeing. entranoed by the viv.
ID coloring and ruSHed Canadian
Rockies at Lake Louise.
All OF these things have built
the foundation that CARRIED me
through when the crisis came.
A woman's life is composed Of
three stages. divisions or acts
YESTERDAY. TODAY and TO
MORROW. 90
Yesterday-the formative period.
Today-the reaching out period.
Tomorrow-the attaining period.
The great goodness and under.
standing Of my father helped me
to think It out long ago; conss.
quently. I was prepared and prop.
erly equipped when the storm came.
In my next article viii tell you
what TO-DAY. means to me.
The Washington times., 1922-11-28
XII KLUXF0RCEs
COUPLE TO.
/. MARRY
Ceremony Follows Visit Of
Band to Homo Near
Hagerstown:.

HAGERSTOWN,. Nd, Nov. 2S.
Close on the heels Of the kid
mapping and branding Of Edward
Fisher, Norfolk and Western rail-
road signslman,, near here last
week, 1t became known today that
four men, wearing the insignia of
the Ku Klux Khan, appeared at
the home Of m unwed couple here
who had been living together as
man and wife, lectured them con-
cerning the life they were lead
ing, and then ordered them to be
married immediately. >
They were married the following
day, the rumor has II.
Couple Arc Silent.
The couple. who were visited Sat.
urday night, refuse to talk. The
bridegroom has not left his home
since the marriage. The story of
the visit of the Klansmen. four In
number. came from sources close to
the local khan. r.,
Saturday night an automobile
drew up In front of the house
where the couple reside. Four fig.
ures stepped from the machine and
raped at the door. They were ad-
mitted by a frightened, man.
The woman and man were warned
to keep quiet. Still hooded, one
Of the Klansmen lectured them for
fifteen minutes. and warned them.
The four men then. drove away, and
the couple were married the next
day. ..s
This is the fourth known appear.
ance Of the khan here within o few
months. Two months ago four
hooded men swooped down on an
automobile in which q couple were
seated near the Hagerstown Coun.
try Club and warned them II they
were caught again they would be
dealt with harshly.
More Visits Expected.
A week later residents in the
southern section Of tho town were
startled by the cry Of q woman and
several, upon looking out Of the
windows Of their homes, observed z
couple. who had been sitting In an
automobile in Willow lane. fleeing
across the fields, pursued BY -four
white-robed figures. The woman.
who is married. was given q lecture
and then freed.
II Is said that these four appear.
ances of the khan are just few Of
many during the past few months
that have become known. Many
others who have been approached
by klansmen have been either afraid
or ashamed to report.