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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-08
The Stories of the Months--January

the year after Janus, for II 10 SYM
bolic OF looking forward and look
ing backward. Looking forward to
the time when our incometa1 will
be due in March and looking back
ward at the time It IL overdue.
Resolutions are made on the hrst
day Of January 30 that there viii be
something to break during the year
besides the Ten Commandments.
Our hats OF to Janus. but not our
Winter nannsls.
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Quincy Todd on New, Year Resolutions

life for seven years. during which
time he was In Sing Sing.
when this Rednose Higgins gets
along in years he sort Of loses his
cunning in the other arts and pro-
LESSONS and confines his activities
to the elbow exercises Of those days
when 1t Is fifteen q throw or two
for Q quarter. People get SO used
to seeing him potted that II he ever
happens to show up sober at any
gatherings they all get nervous and
wonder what is the matter. And
he looks so peculiar and fendish
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Of promise by q show girl. Several
thousand persons viii eat person
ally conducted mushrooms with
suicidal intent. ....
JULY: Independence Day WIN
be celebrated with the mufflsr
clamped tight. Freedom Win
shrek. but In . husky voice.
There will be an earthquake in
Hayti, but nobody win know It.
The world will come to an end at
midnight on July II, and will start
up again at the same time.
AUGUST: Tired business man
win begin counting the days IN
til wife gets back from her W
cation and will marvel at the way
time flies. Several Of tho maya
zines will have pictures Of pretty
girls on the covers Of the Christ
mas numbers issued this month.
SEPTEMBER: sixty-ssven sure
fire hits viii open on broadway
for . seasons run, and two of
them will run until October. King
George will have his picture taken.
standing behind the Queen. New
evidence will be discovered in the
Stillman case. Lloyd George win
address Parliament on the Irish
question. Germany will pay 1885,
546 marks on her Indemnity, the
same having Q value Of $158.
OCTOBER: De Wolf Hopper
will recite Casey at the Bat" The
1922 baseball scandal will begin
to bubble. Food prices win take
another drop. eggs dropping from
81 cents to SO cents q dozen. Beef
steak win fall from 81 to 81 cents
pound. Sixty-seven American
movie stars will sail for triumphal
tours of Europe. .'.
NOVEMBER: Mary Pickford
will have her picture In some mag
azine. Several investigations Of
city government VIII start but win
forget where they are going. Skirts
viii be made more modest BY %.
ing cut off at the bottom one inch.
A great many people will hunt
around for something to be thanh
full for.
DECEMBER: Norma Talmadgs
will have her picture taken. Lloyd
George win have his annual hair
cut. Relatives will begin writing
TO one another. II being near
Christmas. French pastry In res
taurant windows win be changed,
this being an annual affair. One
hundred million people will ~
solve to save. more money durinS
1928 than they did In 1872.
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Hednose Higgins every year begins
to make up his mind that he has
got to sober up and quit the Ink
altogether. But he says to himself,
I can't QUIT until New Years be-
cause that Is the proper time to
quit and he gets sorry for himself
and starts in drowning his troubles.
not moving that every trouble
wears . non-sinkable life-preserver.
He gets to talking about quitting
on New Years Day. and . lot Of
fellers who haven't give the mat
ter any thought az all they begin
talking about New Years. toe. and
mako up their minds that they
might Just as well enjoy themselves
during the short time that 10 left
them. and the cash register in the
Golden Nugget cafe gives q correct
imitation OF the McGibney Family
of Bell Ringers.
This New Years spirit keeps
spreadin' during October. November
and December. and everybody seems
determined to have something
to swear OF when the time
comes 80 they can get some credit.
A Teller that hasn't got nothing to
swear OF IL no hero. I often think
In those days that the whole New
Years idea Is got up by some dis
tillery firm. aided and allotted by
several breweries. This gang hides
enough hard and soft ticker during
the three months prior to New
Years to assure good dividends In
the wet-goods business for the en-
tire year, even allowing for the one
week of poor business after New
Years Day.
$50 II It isn't for this New Years
thing practically nobody in our
town will be getting Spilled to any
extent except Rednose Higgins.
"Once on the week after New
Years when Rednose Higgins ID
dead sober some farmer out In the
country misses q lot of silverware
and q couple Of watches, and Red
nose is arrested on suspicion As
usual. Being dead sober, he cannot
put up q good argument for him
self like he does when in his natural
condition, and the last We see Of
him he is on the train going to the
hoose-gow for nine years, all on 40
count OF New Years.
"Some people 60 so batty over
this New Years business that they
swear of things they never did. I
know q guy once who swore of
wearing earrings and another who
gave up rouge. It is just the idear
of giving up something. It is AZ
ways pleasant to have the thrill Of
giving up something Just as long as
II isn't money.
"Baldy Peters, our banker, makes
up his mind last year that he has
got to 20 through the motions Of
swearing of something, SO he swore
OF eating persimmons, and he never
tasted Q persimmon in his life.
That's the kind Of Q New Years
resolution to make-one that you
can't breakand one that will bring
no regrets"
Il suppose you viii be in style
and swear of something this year"
says Elias @. Higginbotham.
Sure" says Quincy. 81 am going
to swear of trying h make pair
Of sevens stand up against four
aces-something that have never
dome vet"
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II
would call a saint, and SO
tar as know there are no cathe-
drals named after him, either here
or In unregenerate Europe, and he
doesn't make no great splurge about
being better than q white man ought
to be and he amt never as yet
hauled Of and started any revival
meetings or sold hymn books on
the lamp-and-wick circuit, but he is
. pretty average guy at that in
spells, II you get what l mean. and
he never does anybody a bad turn
II there amt anything in It for
himself.
have known Quincy for long
time. and I have never yet known
him to rob a cripple who is gather
ing pennies IN tin cup, and I have
never known him to take any pen
mics off'n children who are on their
way to the candy store. He doesn't
60 In for small games of that ma
ture. II Quincy can haul off and
wallop some plutocrat or malefactor
Of great wealth and put q crimp n
him for fifty or sixty thousand ber-
ries. Quincy figgers It is nobody's
business.
His motto is there Is no use try
ing to graft off'n any guy that hasn't
got nothing. SO a Teller can be per
fectly honest with the majority of
people without losing anything
worth while. All he has to be
crooked with are the few people
who have got nothing but money.
30 he always flggers that he is do
ing the greatest good to the great.
est number and being square with
the poor people-he is square with
almost everybody. But, although
he Is very much to the Billy Sun.
day with the vast majority Of peo-
Sle, there is one thing that Quincy
Is set against. and them are New
Year resolutions.
Il got no use" says Quincy, "for
any bird that Is so weak-minded that
he has to pick out . certain date
20 swear OF something. He wants
% start with a big bunch Of other
guys and ID afraid to 30 II alone.
Now, II I was to swear OF playin'
poker I would Just as soon quit on
August II as on January I. although
probably would lose quite q lot
Of dough BY quitting on the earlier
date. II depends a good deal on
how the cards are running.
Back In my old home town, when
the ginmills are in bloom and
Brother volstead Is still wearing
Ais fathers pants held up with a
piece Of clothes-line, New Years
Day IL Q horrible event for our peo-
pie They hate to see II come.
They know that about a week after
New Years everybody-even those
that never took q swig before
would begin falling OF the wagon.
When . whole community goes so
blamed good all Of sudden there
Is something wrong, The constable
has q good rest and can stay home
and polish his star for about week,
and then ne has to swear in seven.
teen deputies to keep the New
Years resolutioners of the street
and make room for the regular
peace-time traffic.
"The week before New Years is
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Ads. That Mean Something

<<K MISCELLANEOUS FOR
|N SALE" Wonder If it's
new miscellaneous-or Q
secondhand onef
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H-.a &c N..-y
f' NOXkS0lkOkx0 Va q NOCAOO
TO doubt Adam had his troubles wnen I've came into hh M b -
thing ceran-sne never conp'Aneo 70 MN tns h soende
had FUR coat ana me didnr sse why sne ouiant have tso
80 81
ana look Wise fonsDV neh O~ W " % IN encaen expert
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This 70 On aesrssss'ne wonos
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johnnie sd the eacnef me- me WORD
worn out not win randnS tae t4s
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you Cant Get Away from Wool
en- Underwear at These Prices"
We've never been able to get away
from wooden underwear at any price.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-08

~Underthings and Hosiery"
Right! Hosiery is no longer under
anythingi
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'Our Stockings Are Down Il
Stay" Rolled-or accidentf
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copyrisht. 1879. By Star %.
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Buy in November; Pay in Janu.
ary." This arm evidently figures
it's going to be . cold day when
they get their psyi
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"women's Vests and Pants, 7sc."
Must have to buy the coat extra to
get . whole suit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-08

Buy Your Hats Here; Trimmed
Free Of Charge" The hatsf
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"women's Dresses Reduced to AL.
most Nothing" Amt theyf
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Coolers Talking Machines Break
All Records This advertisement
speaks for itself.
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Great Britain RIGHTS Ressrvss
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Fashions In Brief" Can't help
but notice Il.
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TIP and the world tIps WITH you,
eavs and you save alone.
For many . man nurses ten-eent tip
And hIs soup 10 % cold ~ . stone.
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Another advance in the cost Of living be expected
,eatobbes wife Just granted divorce with heavy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-08
or day one of his cows had died. Tirst

Our miliman told N the other day
time We ever knew he kept Q COW.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19
Baptist Church, Feb. 5th.
tContrlbuted)

tContrlbuted)
Rally at First Baptist church,
Rockingham, Sunday, February
5th at II o'clock.
It is the desire of the pastor
and board Of deacons Of the First
Baptist church Rockingham that
|eveEy member of the church be
present on this Rally Day, Sun
day Feb. 5th atll o'clock, a. m.
Let every member be present:
Take It upon yourself to notify
those living out of town and urge
them to be present. The Baptists
|of North Carolina have a great
work to do this year and we can
only accomplish this great work
/ for the Master, by getting togeth-
Ter. learning of the work to be
done and then put our shoulders
Ito the work. and do our part.
| The church needs your help and
cooperation.
Don't forget the date Sunday
Feb. 5th., 1922 at II o'clock, j. n.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19

The schedule Of the remaining
six weeks the State Dentist viii
remain in Richmond county j:
|as'follows:
HOFFMAN, Jan. % %. in
elusive.
Derby school goes to Hoffman
Jan. "a and rs. 2
Marston goes to Hoffman Jan
rs.
Prospect goes to Hoffman Jan
q.
Cognac goes to- Hoffman JAMS
OAKRIDGE, Jan. 80 Feb. 4,
inclusive.
Spring Hill goes to oakridge
Jan. 81.
Cameron goesto oakridge Feb,
2.
Marks Greek goes to Oakridge
Feb. 3.
ROHANEN, Feb. Gil inclus-
i've.
Campbell school goes to Ro.
hanen Feb. 8.
ROBERDEL High School, Feb.
1913, inclusive.
Ledbetter school goes to Rob-
|erdel Feb. Is and Is.
STEELE'S MILLS, Feb. POPS
inclusive. Lewarae goes to
Steele's Mills Feb. 81 and %, and
Zion goes there Feb. % and %.
1t is impracticablefor DR.. Daw.
kins to visit each school. Tcc
much of his time would be lost
on the road and in packing and
unpacking his equipment.
Therefore central schools have
been selected and the children Of
other schools viii receive treat
ment by going to the central
schools on the appointed date.
Parents should clip out this
schedule for future reference.
Teachers and parents should
cooperate most heartily in this
effort upon the partof the State
to render to the children of our
county this great service.
L. ]. BELL,
Co. Supt. Schools
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DEATHS
Ms. J. H. WaIsh.

-
Inc tost.Dispatcn carried a
two-llne NOTICE q the death q
MRS. Il. walsh mere Last issue
her death occurring at I ~. O'Clock 9!
thursday nlgnt' Jan. LIN Inc
funeral was nom tne resloence
rlluay ailelnoon NsSs Ml' "
/, mono pdylaR lne uscedseu 8 !.
D 4 n,. !. tIiDule' intellhelt was =
= ~ ~ E Ss,s,sI
/, o m's : WASH wds poLn l's1 r.
l, e.'''. = lu.lsld,la' sslOus'1slle.'ss
s s.sI. !. 4. = 'lsl amy 49,:
81 60 L : S''I II ~ 49,. ..o'.'s =
$3.50 - T l,.l n.a'uet cl l'a''.e vac
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19

4 Civil engineers are now sur
tyeying between Laurinburg ard
Maxton for the + purpose Of select.
ing the best route for the hard.
surfaced road to be built this
summer between those two
towns.
t The store and extensive bust.
interests of john F. McNair, OF
Scotland county, were recently
incorporated and now the bust
ness is being conducted as a cor
porati IN Z.V. Pate, James L.
McNair and others will be in
active charge of the varied in
terests ofsthe corporation.
4 Georges Carpenter staged a
] come back" on the night of Jan.
Eth when in the fourth round
be, knocked out the Australian
Champion George Cook, in a
inLondon. Carpenter
weighed ITO, Cooh l89
u Truman H. Newberry was on
Jan. 18th declared by the Senate
to be entitled to the seat which
he holds and which was made
the basis Of a contest by Henry
Ford, his democratic opponent in
the 1918 Michigan election. The
vote I'd seat Newberry was AS to
Al. ALL of Senator Newberry's
supporters were Republicans ex-
cept nine who threw their votes
with the Democratic side,
Shaw W. Pruette, formerly. Of
Nadesboro, recently passed the
bar examination IN Missouri and
WillIRow practice law in St.
Louis.
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New Pressing Club.

We are opening a new pressing
ard cleaning business upstairs
over the Hinson meat market,
under the name Of the IS. &! b.
Pressing Club" We are install
ing a complete new outfit and
will be equipped in first.class
shape for the work. SWe will
handle your orders quickly and
to your satisfaction. Phone ia
and we will call for your clothes.
Give us a trial. Will be open tor
business next Monday, Jan. 23rd.
Ed Stansill, manager.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19

The Siler City Grit has again
changed hands, Mr.. P. H. Elkins
last week selling it to Colin G..
Shaw, who also operates the
Chatham Record at Pittsboro.
Mr. Shaw is changing the Grit's
name to the Weekly Herald. Z
Mr.. Elkins edited The Grit from
about 1905 to 1907, he selling It
% w. S. Durham who operated
i until April, 1909, it then being
bought BY S. London. who con
Quoted it until November, 1917;
when he sold it back to Mr.. Ell
kiils and came to Rockingham
and abhshed the Post Dispatch.
And now Mr.. EIkins again gets
out and The Record man steps
II. Mr Shaw win handle The
Grit and Charles A. Brown will
loslk after The Record, and bel
tween the two we hope wealth
VIII accumulate. 90
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19

Mr.. Sides has organized am orches-
ira that will play in chapel exer-
cises each morning. 1t consists Of
two violins, two comets, two saxo-
'phines, piano and a double
quartet.
'Tis with much regret that we
loose one Of our most promising
members Of high school formerly,
Miss Verde White, now Mrs r. E.
Nance. Some Of the teachers seem
to think that we are about to loose
several more the same way.
Little John Strother, who had the
misfortune Of getting his hand cut
Of during the holidays in his faith
er's shop, was brought home from
the hospital q few days ago and is
getting along nicely,
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19
Sale Of Automobile.

Under and by virtue of the authority
conferred on me, the undersigned Chief
of Police of the Town of Rockingham
North Carolipa. said authority being seq
ton 3404 of the consolidated Statutes,
and having complied with the provisions
of law regarding the sale of automobiles
seized under the Prohibition Laws of said
State, | will, on Monday, the 30th day Of
January 1922, offer for sole to the high
est bidder for cash, at public auction, in
front Of the Court House door in the
Town Of Rockingham, N. c., the follow
ing automobiles y
ONE FORD TOURING CAR.
Time of sale, II o'clock, M
Place, Court House Door in Rocking
ham, N. c.
Date, January 30th, 1922.
This 18th day Of January 1922.
IS. E. CONVICTION, I.
Chief Of Police Of the Town of Rock
ingham, N. c,
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TERMS.

/. Coaches or teachers to ref
cree and umpire games, alternat-
ing at halves for respective
schools.
2. County games to be played
according to state championship
rules. These rules can be OBJ
tanned by writing to Mr.. E R.
Rankin, Chapel Hill, N. C.
3. Teams, boys and girls,
failing to play without agree
ment with opponent on date
scheduled, forfeits game.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19

. y ~
The schools of Ellerbe, Derby,
Roberdel, Zion, Rockingham,
Hoffman and Pee Dee have en-.
tered a county basketball league,
each school having both a bows
and girls team. The final and
championship games will be
played Feb. 18th.
The following is the schedule,
and rules governing same:
January 20
Derby at Ellerbe R'ham at Pee Dee
Hoffman at Roberdel Zion off
January ~
Ellerbe at Rham Pee Dee at Hoff'n
koDerdei at Zion Derby off
February3
R'ham at Roberdel Derby at Pee Dee
Holman at Zion Ellerbe off \
February 10 lAr
Zion at Rockingham Hoff'n at DERBY
Roberdei at Ellerbe Pee Dee off
February IL
Kham at Hoffman Derby at Zion
Ellerbe at Pee Dee Roberdel out
February "a
Zion at Eilerbe R'ham At Derbv
Pee Dee at Roberdel Hoffman off
February %
CHAMPIONSHIP CAME q.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19
Annual Meeting OF The Farmers
Bank of Rockinuham.


The twenty-first annual meeting
Of the stockholders of the Farmers
Bank Of Rockingham was held at
their banking house on Friday, Jan
uary 9th.
An increase of 100 per cent of the
capital stock was ordered.
A dividend of ten per cent, be-
ing the regular semi-annual divi-
dend, WIS paid out OF earnings of
1921.
The present officers of the bank
and their directors were reelected,
with Mr.. R. L. Phillips added to the
directors.
The bank reported a good year
and increased their surplus and re-
serve account.
The officers and directors are:
Robert L, Steele, president.
N. H. Fowlkes and L, S. Coving
ton, vice-presidents.
I. s. Phillips, assistant cashier.
E. S. Reynolds, collector, and Miss
Margaret Hancock, bookkeeper.
Robert I. Steele, M. H. Fowlkes,
DR.. F. J. Carrot, DR.. r. S. Cole, H. f.
Long, L. s Covington and R L. Phil
lips, directors.
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BIcKETTS DREAM:
ing phrases

s.Gentlemen Of the general assem-
bly,, ladies and gentlemen: | have
epdeavored to visualize my dream of
afrirer and finer state. have out
lined the means bv which l hope to
make the dream come true. And
the means all reach out to a single
endra larger hope, a wider door for
the average man than he has ever
Known.
St'With a siX-months school guar
anteed to every, child; with the
forces OF. disease routed from their
ancient strongholds; with the curse
of rum lifted from every home;
with our fields titled by the men
Who own and therefore, love them;
with our harvests free from the
crop liens deadly blight; with mod
ern ;cenvenienccs and wholesome
diversions within reach of every
country home, our dear old state, re-
leased from her bondage to the
blood-kin tyrants Of Ignorance,
Poverty, Disease, and Crime, will
begin to realize her finest possibili-
ties in riches and grace; will as
sumo her rightful place in the
march of civilization; and from the
blue ofthe mountains to the blue of
the sea there will spring up a har-
dier, holier race, not unlike the
giants that walked the earth when
the sons of God mated with the
daughters Of men,"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19

My advt in the last Post. Dis
patch brought me good results Y
my business last Saturday was
fine. ! want to further notify The
public that my barber shop viii
be opened each day at 7:3O a. m.
and that on Friday nights I viii
keep open until late IL night
Open Of course every Saturday
night too. Let me serve YOU y
3. B. Stogner, barber shop aupl
stairs over Hinson Meat Market
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19

$500 looks as big as a hundred
used to- and so when one reads
Of over two hundred thousand
dollars in actual cash being
found in the safe deposit box Of
the late Senator Boise Penrose,
of Pennsylvania, one is filled
with amazement that so much
real money exists.
The Penrose safety box was
opened last week and in it was
found $236,lOO in cash, this ii
five $4,000 notes, the baanee III
denominations of $1,000, $500, 500
and $50 bills.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19

TIE recent sudden and lsnent'
ed death Of former Governor I,
W. Beckett calls 10 mind the
closing words Of his inaugural
address as Governor Of North
Carolina on January II, 1917
ilst five years ago Though
dead, he yet speaketh to- all
North CaroIinians in these stir
ring phrases:
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19

A locomotive whistle now
resounds in the corporate limits
of Chapel Hill. In order to -ex,
pedite the dormitory building
operations at the University, a
track has been laid from Carr
boro, over a mile, to the Univer.
sity grounds. And the first
train run over this spur track
came in last Thursday A pas
senger station will be built near
the residence of Mrs. Daniels, on
Pittsboro street, and this will be
a great convenience to the
students and others who use the
trains in going to and from the
Hill. Older alumni no doubt
remember the poor Dave, '"Bil"
and other hack drivers of ye
former days, before the gas
wagons pushed the livery in the
discard P,,t ro,xr tbhv con 0ol
there and step from the train
right into the University grounds.