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I : "ALL IHLJNfcWa , :s Most of the Time, and 5 Most of the Newt all the Time ""."v J! i TEN PAGES , THIS ISSUE. m t Vol 1. No. 21. ROCKINGHAM, N. C, APRIL 25, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR 31 NEGROES TO MICHIGAN 40 More Drafted Colored Men to Go to Camp Wayne, Michigan, May 2nd. Other Details of Other Entrain- ments. The local exemption will send 40 colored men to Camp Wayne, Michigan, May 2nd. These men must report here on Wednesday afternoon, May 1st, at four o'clock and will leave Rockingham Thurs day morning at 7:30, May 2nd. They will go by way of Richmond and Cincinnati.andare scheduled to reach camp in Michigan at 7:45 of the morning of May 4th. The board is calling out 57 color ed men to report here the 1st, out of which number in their or der number 40 will be selected. The names appear further down. As published in the Post-Dispatch last issue, 12 white men will go to Camp ' Jackson Friday night, April 26th, on the 7:35 train; they will report at four to the board. The paper published 17 names from which 12 will be selected, last issue, but since then five more white men have been called to make the securing of 12 men certain; they are Alex Mon roe and Benson H. Copeland, of Rockingham, Walter Wood, of Roberdel. Joseph F. Cook, of Hamlet, and Samuel F. Jenkins, of Norman. On April 27th, at four o'clock, 69 colored men must report, 51 of these to leave on the 9:40 night train for Camp Grant, Illinois, by way of Atlanta, Nashville and Chicago, arriving at camp at 5:30 of the afternoon of April 29th. Their names appeared in this paper last week. . On April 30th at four 31 color ed men must report," of which number 24 will be sent to Camp Jackson. Columbia. S. C, on the 7:35 train. - The 57 colored men to report here May 1st, from which 40 wil be selected for entrainment to Camp Wayne, Michigan, May 2nd, at 7:30 a. m., are: " 1474 Willie Whitmore Johnson 1478 JohnReeder 1482 Arthur DeBerry 1490 Willie Steele 1504 Thomas Little 1509 James Belton Nicholson 1531 William OUie Steele 1535 Marvin Ogburn 1538 IsiahLeak 1550 John Mclnnis 1579 Frazier Gregg 1583 Derious Covington 1609 Wiley Goole 1610 Charlie Ingram 1618 Walter DeBerry 1625 1628 1647 1654 1670 Lacy F. Tookes Perry Spencer Norman Seagrove Zack McDonald John Albert Crowder ; 1684 John LeGrand ; " 1687 Joseph F. Leak 1695 Street Edwards 1715 Turnie Chambers 1738 Bush Flowers .. , 1751 William Adams 1752 Simon McSween 1754 Rufus Mobley 1767 1769 1781 1806 1807 Dennis Boone Wiley Nicholson ,- James Farily Robert Townsend j . John Bostick 1810 1811 1830 1843 1863 1866 , 1867 1884 1887 1901 1903 1904 James Patton James Watkins Ernest Heard Hadley Goole Isiah Boggan . Long R. Nelson ' George Alexander . Kay McKay Hezekiah J. McKay Walter McAskill Fred Allen Thomas Bostick 1916 Thomas J. Hadden 1917 John Hailey . 1920 Will Williams 1922 Buck Sam Rose ' 1948 Tom Allen 1953 Arthur L. Robinson 1955 Johnnie Thomas 1964 Milligan Gibson .'981 Sherman Thomas -1985 Flowers Diggs 1997 Herbert Benton 2000 Willie Leak. . Miss Fannie Hamer, a nurse at the James Hospital a Hamlet, spent Sunday : and Monday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hamer. She had just re turned from Washington where she car Tied a patient from Pinehurst . PRIMARY JUNE 1ST rimary For Nomination of Candidates from Each Par ty to be Held June 1st Re gistration, Candidates, and other Information. The date for the primary for nomination of Democratic and Republican candidates for the Fall election will be held Satur day, June 1st. The registration books will be opened April 25th, and will close May 18th. The registrar must be at the regular voting place each Saturday during the regis tration period, from 9 to sun down, and at his regular place of business during the other days, or the purpose of registering those who are not registered and who may be eligible. On May 15th all candidates for county offices must file with the Board of Election notice of their party affiliation, office and pledge, On May 22nd the law requires all candidates to file with the Clerk of Court a statement of ex penses and contributions. On June 1st the primary will be held. : On June 3rd the county can vassers will meet On June 7th candidates (wheth er defeated or successful) must fne supplemental statements of expenses and contributions. Should a second primary be necessary, it will be neid tour weeks after the first primary, on June 29th. ' The Board of Elections of Rich mond county consists ofW. R. Jones, chairman, W. A. McDon ald, secretary,and D. Hatch two Democrats and one Republican. The law requires candidates for Sheriff, Clerk, Register and House to pay an entrance fee of $5 for the primary; Coroner, Sur veyor, County Commissioners and Board of Education members $1.00 fee each. The last Legislature past a law requiring members of the County Board of Education to be nomi nated in the approaching primary, by both parties, and the Legisla ture will then elect Remember, May 15th is the latest day a person may become candidate. He must have his notice filed on or before that day with the Board of Elections. , The counties of Chatham and Moore will furnish the two Sena tors this year for this 22nd Dis trict There are two candidates in Chatham, W. P. Horton and F. M. Farrell, and one in Moore, W. H. McNeill. Registrars and Judges of Election. Steeles Township Precinct No. 1. , T. B. Matheson, Registrar, Mangum. W. A. Smith, Judge Ed P.McLendonJudge " " "" No. 2. J. P. Hadley, Registrar, Covington. W. S. Crump, Judge " James Mclntyre, Judge " Mineral Springs Township -Precinct No. 1. O. G. Reynolds, Registrar, Ellerbe. J. T. McLeod, Judge " A D. Spivey, Judge " No. 2. K. F. Lowdermilk, Registrar, Norman. M.T.Poole. Judge, S. E. Cole, Judge, " Black Jack Township. J. W. Caple, Registrar, Ellerbe, R; F. D. J. A. Parsons. Judge. " . ',. " C. H. Robbins, Judge, " " Beaver Dam Township-Precinct No. 1. A. H. McDonaid, Registrar, Hoffman. M. L. Morrison, Judge, 7 " A. J. Butler, M M No. 2. W. M. Turner, Registrar, Rockingham, R. 3 Nelson Gibson, Judge, r, " , ." W. A. McDonald, Judge, . " Rockingham Township Precinct No. 1 Alex Mcintosh, Registrar, Roberdel. '" , Eli Greene Saturday bought a five-passeneer Paige from agent Coney Steele, and yesterday F.S. Hasty, of Roberdel No. 2. bought a traded Chalmers from him. ; , Archie L. McNeill. Judge, " John Ballard, Judge, " No. 2. J. T. West, Registrar, Rockingham. A.P.Ffye, Judge, " Raiford Terry, Judge , - Wolf Pit Township Precinct No. 1. E. L. Cox, Registrar, Rockingham. Hughey McLean, Judge, " W. Bullard, Judge. No. 2. Ben Covington, Registrar, R'ham R. F. D. E. S. Sandford, Judge Calvin Hammond, Judge " " No. 3. Jim McKenzie, Registrar, Cordova. C. L. Yates, Judge, R. J. Hasty, Judge " No. 4. 1 E. H. Rogers, Registrar, Rockingham. D. M Hay, Judge, Perry Leviner, Judge, " Marks Creek Township. D. M. McNair, Registrar, Hamlet. E. M. Love, Judge, Hamilton Kelly. Judge, "PICK"LEAK DEAD. Prominent Farmer, Manufac turer, and Beloved Citizen Died This Morning at 5:20 James Pickett Leak died at his home here this morning at 5:20 o'clock, and news of his death will be read with sorrw by vast numbers who were pleased to know "Pick" Leak as their friend. Mr. Leak was paralyzed in De cember, 1912, since which time ne was an invalid, and yet was always bright, cheerful and radi ated that sunshine that made his companionship a source of happi ness to those with whom he came in contact. Last Saturday he be came desperately ill, and grew steadily worse until at four o'clock this morning Doctors James, Led- better and Webb decided to oper ate in the hope of relieving the intestinal obstruction. This prov ed of no avail, and death resulted at 5:20. The funeral will be held . from the residence Saturday morning at eleven, and will be conducted by Revs. J. H. Hall, G. F. Smith and Bruce Benton. The inter ment will be in New Eastside cemetery, in adjoining lots where his brother, the late W. C. Leak, is buried. Mr. Leak was born in August, 1861, and so was in his 57th year. In November, 1898, he married Miss Connie Dockery, and sur viving this happy union are two children, Pickett, Jr., and Con cord. He held large farming inter ests, and was connected as an officer and stockholder with var ied industries. He was president of the Leak, Wall & McRae Co., inc. a promoter and hrst presi dent of the Rockinghsm Railroad, director in the Bank of Pee Dee, Robedel, Pee Dee and Midway mills, and was one of the three citizens who might be said to be the "father" of a better system of roads for Richmond county. In the recent death of W. C Leak, and now in the death of Mr. James Pickett Leak, the town and county have lost two strong forces in their material development, for they held niche that was peculiarly their own. Your Acres Planted. The Government is anxious to know just how many acres in eacn county are planted to cotton, how many to corn, etc. To that end, the government is, asking each list-taker to find out from every one listing taxables beginning May 1st just how many acres he or she has planted, This is not done for the purpose of taxa tion. but simply for the purpose of find' ing out just what the acreage throughout the country is for the various crops. So when you go to the list-taker in May, be sure to figure up before hand the number of acres of the various crops , you have planted. Mrs. Baxter R. Yarborough and little son, of Concord, are visiting her parents, Dr and Mrs. h. Davis. ,, Mrs. Z. V. Roberson returned Monday night from a visit to her mother at Oxford. She was accompanied home by her sister. Miss Julia Koyster. - A GREAT MEETING $118,950 Raised in Mass Meeting in Rockingham for Liberty Bonds Last Sunday. Splendid Address by May or Frank McNinch, of Charlotte. Total of $209, 100 Raised in County; the Quota Was $152,400. That was a great outpouring of the people of Rockingham and Richmond county that assembled in the opera house here last Sun day afternoon at three o'clock for the patriotic mass meeting. The opera house was filled, floor and gallery, and the isles were block ed. A conservative estimate would place the number of those unable to gain admission at 750; others say fully 1000 were turned away. it was a great occasion, and a great cause called them. The purpose of the assembly was to hear Mayor Frank R. McNinch, of Charlotte, deliver an address on behalf of the Third Liberty Loan bonds. How well he succeeded.this account will detail further along. Mr. W. L. Parsons presided. Rev. Z.V. Roberson delivered the invocation. The choir of one hundred voices, from the various thuihes sang "Onward Christian Soldiers." Mr. W. N. Everett then introduced the speaker of the day, Mr. McNinch. At the beginning, Mr. McNinch took occasion to explain the absence of Major Dupont, the French officer who was scheduled to be present He stated that Major Dupont had fully intended com ing, but on the day before had sent him this laconic written message, "Regrets. Am unable for military reasons to leave camp Saturday or Sunday." This, said the speaker, was self- explanatory, and the audience could surmise the important mill tary necessity that might have detained him. But the absence of the French officer was no dis appointment after Mr. McNinch once got started." His address was the best regarding the war that has so far been delivered here. It was clear, forciful and emphatic. No words were min ced; he called upon our people to show their colors. "You must be for or against," said he. "There is no middle of the road ground The die is cast There can be no peace but with the complete de feat of Germany. The sooner we wholeheartedly realize this, the sooner all of America realiy put their shoulders to the wheel then and then only will the Ger man Impend masters realize that defeat for them is sure and cer tain." He begged the people to follow every behest of the Gov ernment, to save and sacrifice, At the conclusion of his address Mr. Parsons, as chairman for the Richmond county committee, called for Liberty Loan subscrip tions. Instantly T. C. Leak arose and in the name of the Roberdel mill subscribed for $25,000 in bonds. No sooner was he seat ed than W. B. Cole was on his feet snbscribing $25,000 for Steele's Mills and $25,000 for Hannah Pickett, and $5,000 for Mrs. Cole. And then Claude Gore clamped the lid by pledging the Great Falls mill for $15,000 and stating that if any of their operatives desired to take bonds, his mill would buy them and let the orjeratives pay for them at the rate of 25 cents per week! This totaled $95,000 in less time than it takes to read this; there' upon subscription cards were distributed over the audience, and from them $23,950 was subscribed making a total for the retina $118,950, and sending Richmond county well over the topi The county's assessment is $152.400. aud $90,150 had previously been reported. This with the Sunday amount makes a grand total so far raised of $209,100 and the efforts are not being relaxed, this total will yet be considerably swelled. Much credit must be given the splendid choir for the music af forded during the meeting. Other selections were the stirring rench "Marseillaise," the belov ed "Star Spangled Banner." "Keep he Home Fires Burning," "God old, Save and Keep Our Men," to tune of "America," and lastly The Son of God Goes Forth to War. ' It was a great meeting, and as we have said at the outset a great cause called our people together. Inside Pages. The Post-Dispatch earnestly calls your attention this issue to some especially timely and live articles in the inside pages. Page contains the Sheriffs tax notices, and Hamlet Opera House advt. Page 3 has the Red Cross de partment and social items; also McNair's furniture advt. and that of Dockery-McNair. Page 6 has a column account of a War Y. M. C. A. meeting held Greensboro last week, at tended from this phce by W. N. Everett. Also, on this page can be seen the announcement cards of the various candidates for the primary; the Star program, and column sketch of the re cent colored county commence ment; also, a column of items from over the State. Page 9 has the program of the recital to be given Saturday night by the Rockingham Music Club; this recital is to be free, (Since this was put in type it has been decided to postpone the music recital until a later date.) The Food Administration has a timely item about the use of flour. Coney Steele has a large Hudson display. Page 7 contains Scott's Phar macy new advt and tells about how sugar can be obtained this summer for canning, and how a Raleigh hotel man has a new way of cooking potatoes. Page 8 has a strong appeal from Mr. Hoover to the colored people to save food. These pages above enumerated are wnat we call our inside pages. Of course you will read closely pages 1, 4, 5 and 10. The paper has ten pages this issue. Your best plan is to start at the front and read "clean through," or as we said last fall Lt. Nathan W. Legrand's ad dress now is "25th Co., 7thTrain ing Battalion, 157thDepot Brigade Camp Gordon, Ga" ; Systematic Saying is a TO SUCCESS This Bank invites your subscription Tfce Tp ij op OPENS AN ACCOUNT OUR COUNTRY I In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the RIGHT; but Our Country, right or wrong 1 V "THEY WHO WISH TO PROSPER, MUST WORK AND SAVE." Spendthrifts and idlers are similar! A generation of them would bankrupt a nation. The prosperous are the nation's strength. . A Bank account here leads to a seat in prosperity s cornel". Interest, 4 per cent paid, compounded quar terly. Resources The Richmond County Sayings Bank, ROCKINGHAM, N. C. ; ui our first issue, from kiver to kiver." Incidentally, please take notice of the fact that there are .over 30 columns of pure reading matter set before you. Cotton Wild. In the past two days cotton has drop ped nearly three cents per pound. Wed nesday May futures dropped 103 points, and today May dropped 183! May closed today at 26.04, and spots closed at 27.50. April 4th, May closed at 34.50, with spots at 36.00. April 11th May closed at 32.76, April 18th, May closed at 28.82, while today, just one week later. May closed at 26.04, with spots at 27.50. YOUNG MAN ELECTROCUTED Paul Garris Touched 2,300 Volt Wire and Instantly Killed. A horrible accident occurred in this city last Snnday morning about 8:30 when Paul Steele Gar ris was accidently electrocuted by coming in contact with a live wire. Death was instantaneous. It seems that the wind storm of Saturday night probably blew several electric wires together, causing them to burn apart. The ends were on the wet ground Sunday morning, when about 8:30 young Garris came from the dwelling of his father, W. F. Garris, near Great Falls mill, and was CAciiViiiiiii Uiciit. TLc in sulation must have been burned to a greater extent than he had thought; at any rate, he came in contact with a live portion and the 2,300 volts of electricity in stantly snuffed out his life. The wire burned his back, his hand and a gash below his knee. A bystrnder coming up removed the wire from his body by means of a stick. " - The 'voltage used in the state pen for electrocution purposes is 1800 and it requires several shocks to kill. The voltage that killed Garris was 2300. The funeral was held Monday at Bear Branch, conducted by Rev. Mr. Patrick. Garris was exactly 20 years and four months old. His mother died six weeks ago, and tor a month or so he had been at work near Peachland witn the West ern Union linemen. Miss Ruth Covington and Bennett Cov ington, of Ellerbe, Rt, were in the city Wednesday. TUP PT r TUPATT1P Friday April 26th. One Day Only. World -"The Adventures of a Boy Scout" will be shown at this theatre for fne day and wc want every father and mother to come out to see this special picture as we are going to put it on for the benefit of the Rockingham scouts. Admission 10 and 20c, matinee and night at usual time. Liberty Loan. over quarter million aonars.