Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-05-04
General NEWS NEWS

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holds the distinction of being thu
first girl in the United States Il
draw a grand jury for a fedora
court. She established the preceden
at New Bern April rs.
On April 25 federal prohibition
agents seized solid carload of bot
tied whiskey packed in barrels in
the freight yards of the Seaboard
railroad at Richmond. 1t was con
signed as 'barreled copper and was
shipped from Savannah to Jersey
City. There were IS barrels and
each barrel contained about &C
quarts of Scotch, Irish and rye
liquors.
The Episcopal CHURCH at Chapel
Hill has bought the Barbee meadow
just west of the church grounds, and
will build a new church building
costing around $4,000. 1t will be
connected with the old church by
means of a colonaded structure.
And still another case of disre'
garding the stop, look and listen
sign of the railroad. On April 9th
near White Oak, Ca, a Seaboard
Air Line train struck an auto con-
tanning I persons and killed 5. The
car was driven by Rev. B. c. Pickett
a Methodist minister, and he was
one of the five killed.
f. M. Johnson was on April 25
nominated as Mayor of Lumberton
in a primary over E. M. Britt; the
vote was 44t to 1856, The election
will be May list.
The University athletic committee
last week passed a rule that no
member of the University base ball
team can play summer ball on any
team that is scheduled to play more
than three games a week; and they
can play only for actual expenses
which shall not exceed 81 for any
day.
The 35th conclave of the Knights
Templar came to a close at New
Orleans April 9th, after electing Of
ficers for three years and selecting
Seattle, Washington, as the next
convention city. The organization
is TO spend 100000 annually for the
education of American boys and
girls and for this members of the
order will be assessed $40 a year.
An up-to-date bakery was last
week installed at Troy by C. L. Dea-
ton, C. w. and ]. C. Atkins. J. w.
Harris, of Alben, arle, is in charge
A. NJ. Ledbetter, merchant on the
edge of the town of Troy was held
up on Saturday night, April 22nd, in
his store and robbed Of $40. He was
counting his money when a tall ne
gro appeared in the store door with
gun levelcd and ordered hands
up He has not been captured.
Miss BESSIE Poteat, niece of Presi,
dent w. L. Poteat, of Wake Forest,
was almost instantly killed in Dur
ham last Friday afternoon when she
became "arglIi in an automatic ele-
vator. Her hand was crushed and
neck broken.
Benson F. Prior was taken out on
a country road near Independence,
Kansas, the night of April 2Sth and
whipped by two women, who &C
cused him of slandering them in al
pool room.
The Carolina Playmakers will
present three folklore plays at
Charlotte tonight; they are THE
Lords WILL" "Trista," and Dog
wood Bushes"
Paul Deschanel, former president
Of France, died i'll Paris April %
from flu-pneumonia.
\ jury in federal court at Sails
bury April 2Sth awarded ]. w
Smith, of Albemarle, $4,000 damages
for the death of his son, James,
whose death was caused by coming
n contact with ii live wire that was
current to the Jethro
Almond show The damages are
assessed against Almond.
And still another case of stop,
Look, Listen Mrs. J. w. Draughn
md Miss jamie Anderson were in
SANITY killed and J. J. Dell, with