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ROCKINGHAM, N. C, MAY 9, 1918.
124 WHITE MEN TO CAMP
Call Issued for Entrainment of 124 White Men from Rich
mond County During the Five-day Period Beginning
' May 25th. This Call About Cleans Up Class One.
' The heaviest call so far made upon Richmond county for draft
ed men is the one for 124 white men to be entrained for Camp
Jackson during the five-day period beginning May 25th. The exact
date for these men to go has not been announced yet, and the no-
irn tn fVia man unit nnf Vta cant- rvnf unftt lha VioHnlo ic roroivpH
from the Adjutant General at Raleigh. This may be in a day or
so, or it may be a week. At any rate, the Post-Dispatch is publish
ing below the names of the white men who will be called here to
report for entrainment during that five-day period. 124 will be
chosen in their order number, and to secure the 124, the board is
calling 137 men.
This call just about cleans up all the white men of Class one.
A number of white men in Class one have filed claims for farm
classification and will be kept on the farms, certainly for awhile.
Anson is to furnish in this call 93, Stanly 129, Montgomery 45,
Moore 63, Scotland 70, Lee 37, Chatham 80, Randolph 102, Union 97,
Robeson 188, Hoke 35.
The Government is calling for
period for the entire Country. 8,114 is the quota for this State.
It is likely that a call for from
Richmond county will be made before the end of June.
- Legislation raising the draft
cussed as a possibility, by the House Military Committee.
Every effort of America and
rush men across to France. The
and the camps are being rapidly emptied and men carried across
much faster than had been originally planned. Consequently, as
fast as the camps are emptied of those already trained, new drafted
men will be sent to take their places. A conservative estimate
would place the number of men
i ne gross quoia ior uie entire
fixed at 21,104, and the State gets
ing the net quota 15,613. Ot this number, 69.7 per cent is composed
of white men and 30.3 per cent colored, or 10,882 white men and
4,731 colored men.
Of the 10,882 white men of
nished already, in excess of the
go to camp under the second call,
Of the 4,731 colored men m
ready furnished in excess of the first quota 2,197, leaving a balance
of 2,534. These will not be entrained on May 25th or during the
five-day period thereafter, but will
tions from the Provost Marshal
weeks after the entrainment of
929 Neaby Talmage Simmons
1143 Benson H. Copeland, R'ham.
115a James Robt Currie, R'ham.
1164 Willie J. Butler. Hoffman.
1176 Edward J. Brooks
1180 John Cornelius Gibson
1187 Chas. Q. Brooks
1209 Pearl James Luther
1212 Clinton Hill Atkinson
1220 Luther Clayton McAskill
1238 John Hales
1245 Foster. M. Arnold
1249 Mitchell Thos. Chisholm
1257 Robt. C. Boyd
1296 Jas. Hampton Covington, Jr.
1299 Elijah Scott Currie
1328 Chasteen Guy Winn
1335 Frank P. O'Brien
1336 Lacy Steele Reynolds
1338 Wm. Harry Entwistle
1362 Jno. Hanson McCaw
1375 Wm. Herbert Bullard
1382 Mason Minor Hinson
1401 Walter A. Phifer
1402 Lcrc Sncll Brown
1415 Hector A. Little
1420 Charlie Hamilton
1424 Wm. David Hudson
1432 Walter Seals
1440 Wm. Walter Graham
1446 Robert Garland Cosby
1453 Frank Fuller
1459 Zebulon Gibson
1466 Tandy Key Shackelford
1471 Robt. Nichols Stansill
1487 Griffin Singleterry
1496 James Daniel Evans
1498 Daniel Mack Weatherly
1520 FredB. Lovin
1525 trvm Quick
1532 Daniel Archie Snead
1548 Perry McLean
1552 Henry Clay Jenkins
1556 Lynn Freeman
1563 Holland Gibson
1570 Geo. Gray Simpson
1596 Wm. Clay Smith.
1601 Wm. B. Carpenter
1619 Whiteford H. Guinn
1638 Protus Leo Shankle
1640 ConardCole
'653 Julian Rouston Gilchrist
1656 Jas. Leak Little
1659 Fairly Hay
1696 Scott Brigman
1720 Sam McNeill
1723 Murph Armfield Gibson
1729 Joseph R. Coley
1732 Enoch Houston Chamberlain
1737 Reuben Kendall
1739 Oliver Jason Morgan
1746 Vander Floyd
1756 Carl E. Garrett
1760 Luke Nash
1761 Robert Lee Smith
1765 Alex Walter Williams
1766 Pinckney Elmore Gore
1772 Chester Steadman Bostick
1797 Jno. Wm. Hammond
1798 Wm. T. Stanback
1801 AlvieChavis
1812 Norman D. Bridges
1818 Walter Cyrus Graves
' 1834 Wm. Henry Watkins
233,000 men for this five-day
50 to 100 colored men from
age to 40 years is "now being dis
the Allies is being put forth to
need is imperative for more rne.;,
already in France at 1,000,000.
state unaer uie second arait is
credit for 5,491 enlistments, mak
the net quota, the State has fur
first quota,' 2,768, which leaves to
a balance of 8,114.
the net quota, the State has al
go to camp, according to instruc
General, sometime within three
the white men.
1841 James J. Cagle
1844 Robert B. Dawkins
1849 James Luke Smith
1851 Oscar Jacobs
1856 Luther Marvin McKenzie
1860 Victor Hartley Coltrane
1875 James W. Ross
1879 Ira Davis
1882 Grover Cleveland Baxley
1895 Wm. F. Hutchinson
1907 Marcus K. Little
1911 Benjamin A. Capel
1926 Walter L. Parsons, Jr.
1930 Jno. Alford Bryant
1933 Geo. Atlas O'Quinn
1943 Ellis Hatcher
1945 Jesse Gardner
1946 John Stansill Morse
1957 James Smitn
1970 Jesse Edward Glasgow
1979 John Crawford Watkins
1991 Dan Allen
1992 WnuCSteen
2008 Jno. T. Cheek
2G10 Silas Stewart
2013 Rowland Smith
2018 Wm. D. Lovett
2022 Wm. J. Covington
2061 W.C. Nichols
2065 Edward H. Hurley
2074 Walter Hunter Davis
2086 Samuel Carter
2114 PeterS. Long
2116 Robt Weaver Gathings
2119 Wm. Lacy Leslie
2124 Charles Kelly Rhyne '
2130 Wm. Hayes Powers
2153 ZackChavis
2169 Dewitt T. Webb
2170 Fulford Neilson Gibson
2177 J. W. McNeely
2181 Lacy Eugene Ballard
2185 Jas. Clyde Hicks
2189 Frank Minor Phillips
2197 Jas. Frank Hicks
2235 Wesley Chavis
2240 Corbett S. Smith
2252 Hilery H. McKay
2257 Jno. Luther Yates
2263 Perisho Hilliard Hill
2275 Lacy Edaar Trodgcn
2287 David U. Bruton
2302 Carl Luther
2310 Robt Troy Gibson
2323 Jno. M. Bethune
2324 Wm. E. Duckery
2327 Chas. Sloan Pearson
2341 Ernest Dalton Long.
The following men have filed
farm claims, but as the Board
had exhausted all in Class 1,
these five men are called. They
will not be taken unless the 124
fail to be secured from the pre
ceding 132 names.
777 Pearl Watkins ,
845 Julc Hunter Caddell
877 Sam T. Haywood
889 Wm. Chavis
927 James C. Craven.
ANDIDATES
SIGN PLEDGE
Candidates for Approaching
Primary Sign Pledge for
Clean Primary.
At the solicitation of a large
number of citizens and at the in
stigation of the Chairman of the
Election Board of Richmond coun
ty, all candidates entering the
rimary were called together at
the Court house in Rockingham,
Monday night, May 6th, 1918,
and signed the following pledge:
We, the undersigned candidates in Rich
mond County Primary, hereby pledge our-selves:-
First: That we will employ no person
or persons, directly or indirectly, to work
for us at any time in the primary; neith
er will we hire any automobile or convey
ance to transport voters, nor in any way
pay the expences of the same; nor dis
pense anything to influence voters; nor
secure or knowingly permit any otner
person to do for us the things herein
pledged against.
Second: That we will make no cash
loans to any voters during the term of
the Primary.
Third: That we will limit expenses to
the legal fees, to such advertising through
the newspapers, print or mail, as each
candidate cares to do for himself, and to
personal traveling expenses.
Fourth: That by this pledge we do
hereby revoke any and all contracts here
tofore made, contrary hereto, and any
workers so pledged to us are hereby re
leased and free to support or vote for
whomsoever they desire.
Fifth: That all citizens and voters of
Richmond County are especially called
upon to help carry out and put into effect
this pledge, and report any and all violat
ions of the same immediately to the Chair
man of the Election Board for prosecut
ion under the "CORRUPT PRACTICES
ACT."
Sixth: Any candidate hereafter enter
ing the Primary will be expected to com'
ply with these obligations, sign the same
and pledge himself accordingly.
IN witness whereoP: We and each of
us. hereby bind ourselves to the faithful
performance of the same
This the 6th day of May, 1918.
W. N. Everett
C. C. Shores
J. R. Bennett
W.F.
Long
R. L. McDonald
Joseph Gibson
R. L. Johnson
T. L. Covington
H. C. Abbot
J. A. McAulay.
A voluntary gift of $100.00 has
been pledged to the use of W. R.
Jones. Chairman of the Board of
Elections for Richmond County,
to use for prosecuting in his offi
cial capacity any violation of the
above pledge and of the "COR
RUPT PRACTICES ACT," and
he especially urges any candidate
or other person to report any vio
lation to him and he will vigor
ously prosecute the same.
MEN TO CAMP
Six Men to Camp.
Six white men will be sent
from Richmond county to Fort
Scriven, Ga., Friday night on
the 7:3a tram, tort benven is
an artillery camp, and is near
Savannah. The men will go by
way of Hamlet, leaving Hamlet
on No. 3.
9 men were ordered to report
here this afternoon at 4 o'clock
out of which number the below mention'
ed six men were seledted. Alex S. Mon
roe was placed in charge. Rev. Harry
North made the men a short talk in pre
senting them with Testaments. Benson
Copeland and James Robt. Currie were
selected as alternates, , and must be
the train Friday night prepared to go in
case any of the should fail to appear.
all show up, then the two alternates will
go will go with the 124 the last of the
month. Also, Willie J. Butler will go
with the 124.
1080 Samuel F. Jenkins, Norman.
1090 Walter Wood, Roberdel.
1095 Walter Moody Bray, R'ham.
1100 Jasper Chambers (Chavis,) Osborne,
1103 Edward L. Copeland, Jr., Hamlet
i 1132 Alex S. Monroe, R'ham.
COMMISSIONERS MEET
County Commissioners in
Regular Session Last Mon
day. Soldiers Exempt
From Poll Tax. School
Tax Election Ordered For
Covington And Powelton.
Jurors For Civil Court
Drawn.
The county commissioners
held their regular monthly
sion last Monday, all the mem-
bers being present. Routine
Routine
business was transacted.
It was ordered that all men
iable for poll tax in this county
who have entered the military
service, either by enlistment or
draft, be granted an exemption
from the payment of poll tax in
this county during their military
service. It was further ordered
that all such men who have paid
their poll tax in this county for
the year 1917 be refunded said
tax.
An election for a special tax
of 50c on the $100 and $1.50 on
the poll was ordered, for school
purposes, for Covington and
'owelton school districts to be
held June 15th. The Covington
school district was so large that
the people petitioned that it be
cut in half, and that the voters
be allowed an opportunity to
vote upon themselves this special
tax for school purposes. The
new districts will be named Gov
ineton and Powelton. The Cov
ington registrar is Alfred Bald
win, and judges C. D. Mclntyre
and W. B. Jenkins. Concord
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church is voting place,
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C. Capel. The voting place
is at i. i. rarKer s residence.
The registration books will open
May 11th and close June 1st.
une 8th will be challenge day,
and June 15th election. A new
registration, and a majority of
the registered voters carries the
issue.
The commissioners drew the
'ollowing jurors for the June
term of civil court, that convenes
June 17th. (The next term of
court is a civil term and begins
May 26th; the jury list for this
approaching term was published
AdhI 4th. The next criminal
term will be m July.) Jurors are:
C. E. Coggins
B. S. Swink
G. S. Shepherd
A. T. Hutchinson
W. B. Baldwin
J. A. McQueen
J. Fetzer Lentz
Ira A. Stuart
J. E. Haywood
A. S. Ormsby
J. H. Thomas
F. S. Covington
B. R. Gasque
B. Millikin
E. Maner
J. W. Dunn
S. V. Hasty
Clyde Cole
L. N. Hasty
R. T. Finger
K. Maner
G. Forbis
R.B. Black
A. Baker
Registered?
Is your name on the registrat
ion books? If not, see your local
registrar without delay; the books
close May 18th. The registrar
for Rockingham township, pre
cinct No. 2, is W. R. Coppedge.
Still Another Feature.
Those readers of a not-too-ser-
ious-frame-of-mind will no doubt
enjoy the humor contained in the
"Hogwallow News" that will now
be made a weekly feature of the
Post- Dispatch. "Dunk Botts" is
some' writer. Read the Hog
wallow News" on page 2.
War Savings Sales.
The Rockingham postoffice has
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sola in war savings otaraps iu -
date $18,428.86, of which amount
the school has subscribed $6,756.
"OVER THE TOP
Richmond County Has Proud
Distinction of Being One
of the Three1 Counties to
Double the Liberty Loan
Allotment Subscribed
$336,200.
Fine for Richmond ' County!
Right royally has the county res
ponded to the Third Liberty Loan
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ment. The other two counties
are Alamance and Durham.
Richmond was asked to subscribe
$152,400, but went clear over the
top with a total snbscription of
$336,200!
The county now has three
honor flags: Hamlet has one,
Rockingham has one and there
is now one for the county.
The State subscription will to
tal over $24,000,000, or about
thirty per cent more than the
minimum allotment The three
billion dollar minimum for the
Nation has been well passed, and
17,000,000 people were subscribers
as compared with only 12,000,000
people for the Second Liberty
Loan. This hearty response upon
the part of our country must be
an additional cause for worry to
that Beast of Berlin!
Red Cross Campaign.
The week of May 20th to 27th
has been set apart as Red Cross
Week and throughout the Nation
a campaign will be waged to se
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Richmond county has hereto
fore responded to every appeal
made, and will not be backward
in this new call. Plans are be
ing perfected for the campaign
in this county, and will be an
nounced next week.
Suffice to say just here: A mass
meeting will be held in Rocking
ham Sunday afternoon, May
19th, at 3 o'clock. A genuine
military speaker will be present!
Also Sergeant John J. Hefferman
and Private Schuyler Mawrer,
who with fifty other wounded
American soldiers were ten days
ago sent back to this country
from the trenches in France by
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Andrew Carnegie is quoted as saying, "Get the first
thousand, and the rest will be easy." Have you accumulated
your FIRST THOUSAND, young man? If you haven't,
start today by opening a bank account in the ONLY SAV-.
INGS BANK in the County. Money in the bank gingers
you up. It gives you confidence. If a business opportunity
offers, you have the CASH. Everybody knows that MONEY
makes MONEY.
You will find that a BANK BOOK is your best friend.
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General Pershing, will be present
to give our people physical de
monstration of what our own
American boys have undergone
and are undergoing. Further de
tails of the program will be an
nounced next issue. Remember
the date, Sunday afternoon, May
19th.
Episcopal Rector.
The Congregation of the
Church of the Messiah has call
ed for the summer months Rev.
Thad A. Cheatham, and are most
fortunate in his acceptance. Rev.
Mr. Cheatham will hold his first
service here next Sunday, morn
ing and night, and will hereafter
visit here each second and fourth
Sundays. He will be at Pittsboro
on the first and the third Sun
days. Mr. Cheatham was born and
reared in eastern Carolina. He
is the rector of the union church
at Pinehurst, during the season
Nov. 1-May 1, of each year, and
during the summer the off-season
from Pinehurst does work
elsewhere. Last summer he had
charge of the largest Episcopal
church between Chicago and
New York Calvary Church at
Pittsburg, a church of over 5000
communicants.
Services next Sunday here:
Sunday school at 10, sermon at
11, followed by Holy Commumon,
and night services at 8:15.
Marriage License.
During the past week the fol
lowing secured marriage licenses:
Willie Woodbury and Josephine
Moore, col., issued the 4th.
Scott Currie and Mannie Rus
sel, white, issued the 6th.
Tom Brown and Nellie Smith,
col., issued the 6th.
Crap Game Routed.
Chief Baldwin Monday after
noon broke up a crap game that
was in full blast in a negro res
taurant operated by John Jones,
on Franklin street. Four negroes
were nabbed, hailed before May
or McNair for trial and bound
over to court under $50 bond
each, which they gave. The men
are Cooper Moore, Seymour Cov
ington, John Jones and Tommy
Little.
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