Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume], May 20, 1918, EXTRA EDITION, Image 1

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$2950 RAISED SUNDAY
An Enthusiastic Rally Held in Rockingham Opera
House Sunday Afternoon, $2950 ; Being
; Raised for the County's Part of the Red
. Cross Second War Fund. Commit
tees to Solicit Throughout the
County This Week.
The campaign to raise Richmond county's proportion of the
Second War Fund for the Red Cross was launched with a splendid
mass meeting m the Rockingham opera house Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock. ; The expectation of
county's quota at tWs meeting was
some sum 01 2u3u oeins? nieaeea
AnnrAL i i J I
end; it is but the beginning of the
ning this morning will canvass the
ed to give as liberally af they can even a dime is most acceptable.
The mills have been well organized (and a keen rivalry is on among
them as to which mill will be in the lead in the giving; that the
citizenship of the mill communities are aroused to the need and
value of the great Red Cross is ysry evident. They will go "over
the top." Zirr'r'j .;..'-:'':-''-': ;-' V ;- " -
Saturday afternoon the local committee of arrangments receiv
ed the following wire from Red Cross Headquarters at Atlanta:
. "French officer not allowed to leave Camp Jackson at this
' , time. Military movements necessitate his detention at
" camp. Greatly regret this but it is unavoidable and could
.. not be foreseen. (Signed) H. V. Carson, Publicity Chair
, . t. man, Atlanta." V' : '.
. The above telegram is self-explanatory. Lieut Liderkerke, a
French officer stationed at Camp Jackson, had been advertised to
be the speaker for the Sunday mass meeting, but at the last minute
military exigencies necessitated his cancellation. For fear the peo
ple would come to the opera house drawn by the attract on of the
Frenchman,' the committee had announcements made in the var
ious churches Sunday morning to
present, but that the meeting would be held and local speakers be
on hand. And right well were our people enthused and entertained.
Mr. T. C. Leak, chairman of
choir under the direction of Miss
Harrison at the piano, opened the
Thou Almighty King." Rev. Z.-V.
tion. The Marseillaise was sung,
spoke for fifteen minutes in a most happy vein, followed by Rev.
Bruce Benton. Mr. Benton, the pastor of the Rockingham Baptist
church, has put in his application to go across as a Y. M. C. A.
worker, and will probably sail during June. He spoke for 35 min
utes and if anyone had even an idea that Germany had not been
the aggressor in this war, it must
concluded. Mr. Benton painted
barbarity of the Huns, the righteousness of America's participa
tion therein and how we must even more loyally put our shoulders
to the wheel Following Mr. Benton came Mrs. W. P. vWebb: she
spoke for ten minutes, and drew a
tenseness of the work of the Red
At the conclusion of these
subscriptions to the Red Cross War Fund. Hands were promptly
raised here and there over the packed opera house, and the amounts
railed out -The first-three subscriDtions were for $250 each, and
then J 100. $50. $25 and on down.
- and the total swelled still further,
meeting $2950 had been pledged. (Only one mill subscribed bun
day Roderdel $250 the other mills to subscribe this week throu'
each milt community.) ......
The Post-Disoatch will in its
of subscribers, with their .amounts, so each mill and township
chairman is urged to write plainly the names and amounts; how
ever, in the event any one does not wish his or her name or amount
published, please so indicate on the pledge card. f ; ; ; m
. And now it remains this week for our people to shove the
county's Quota clear over the topi It must be done this week.
; When the proprrly authorized
cneerruuy ana ao your best, lis a great cause, ana giving money,
if you have it, is as little as you can do ween you remember that
our UUxa are giving their UVEb!
raising a goodly part of the
more than realized the hand
n..i. it!- i 1 ; 11 -
due mis is ov no means me
campaign. CJommittees begin-1
county and our people are ask-'
the effect that he would not be
the Chapter, presided; A large
Mossie Long, with Miss Ruth
exercises by singing "Come,
Roberson offered the invoca
and then Hon. W. N. Everett
have been dispelled when he
Germanism as it really is, the
word-pictu re of heart gripping
Cross in France. . ,
speeches, Mr. Benton called for
Pledge cards were distributed
until by the conclusion of the
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Thursday's issue publish the list
committees approuch you, give
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ROCKINGHAM, N. C. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1918.
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RED CROSS
2 WAR FUND
CAN YOU REFUSE?
SPECIAL ISSUE
Special Red Cross Issue. ' No
Advertisements Herein.
Everything Devoted to
Red Cross.
This issue of the Post-Dispatch
is a special Red Cross number,
issued on Monday morning, ; the
idea being to present to our pea
pie at the very outset of the
War Fund Drive reading matter
pertaining to the Red Cross work
that will appeal to those who
read it -
Beginning this morning all
over this country committees
are hard at work soliciting sub-j
scriptions to this greatest of re-
ief agencies, the Red Cross. The
campaign will continue all oi
this week. $100,000,000 is to be
raised throughout America, and
Richmond county's apportion
ment simply MUST be raised.
Our people must not be back
ward in the matter of giving to
this great war relief work. Too
much is at stake.
The various committees (nam
ed on this page) will this morn
ing begin the canvass. If per
chance none of them see you,
then you make it a point to see
them, or send your subscription
direct to J. LeGrand Everett.
And give as liberally as you can,
knowing that it is the finest in
vestment for humanity that you
have ever made.
And when the ladies of the
committees visit you, greet them
cheerfully. Don't give grudg
ingly and make them feel as
though you were doing THEM a
favor. You are not favoring
them; they are doing a more or
less disagreeable duty in doing
this canvass work.' Git o gladly
to the .Red Cross. ai.i your
heart and conscience will tell
you of the feeling -of happiness
that will come.
The type for this special edition
was set this (Monday) morning
before dayylight, in order that
the paper might be sent out to
the R. F. D. routes . without any
delay; and also be distributed in
town early. There are no ad
vertisements herein. .The ex
penses the issue are underwritten
by the various cotton mills,' and
the paper is indebted to them
for making the issue possible;
they are: Roberdel, Steele's,
Pee Dee, Hannah Pickett, Great
Falls. Entwistle, Midway C and
Ledbetter's.
E.A1
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
Committees Named and Can
vass Begins This Morning
and Will Continue All of
the Week. Contributions,
No Matter How Small, Are
Desired From EVERY Per
son, White And Black.
The Committees will begin
this morning a canvass of
the county to secure contribut
ions to the Second Red Cross
War Fund. No matter how small,
it is hoped every person in the
county will contribute. And cash
can either be paid on the spot, or
made in more convenient install
ments of four payments. One
fourth July 1st, one-tourth Aug.
1st, one-fourth Sept. 1st and one
fourth Oct 1st. In this way, the
payments will not be a burden
and one can therefore give more
than if the cash had to be paid
down. r
The following are the commit
tees: . '
' " . Rockingham. f
Mrs: Boyd Gasque, Mrs. J. T.
Bennett Mrs. R. S. Leak, chair
men; Assistants:. Mrs. . Buren
O'Brien, Mrs. Isaac S. London,
Miss Maude Moore, Mrs. John
Morrison, Mrs. Ben Palmer, Mrs.
T. R. Helms, Miss Ruth Harrison,
Miss Ruby Mcintosh, Mrs. Fred
Dickinson, Mrs. J. L. Hawley,
Mrs. A. Arenson. These ladies
will begin a canvass of the city
this morning," with pledge
cards.
Rockingham Township, out-
. side of Town.
Mrs. George G. Terry, Chm.
Mrs. A. K. Mcintosh, Misses
Elizabeth, Haywood, Bessie Eller
be, Sadie Hutchinson and Mrs.
W. B. Covington.
Steele's township:
A. J. Little, chairman. He will
appoint committees for various
parts of the township.
Black Jack township:
T. G. Thomas, chm; A. J. Har
rington, E. R. Hudson, Miss Irene
Parsons, Miss Laura Capel.
Wolf Pit township
J. F. Diggs, chm; Pierce Whit-
lock, J. M. Dockery, W. F. Camp
bell, Dan Garris, Brant Shankle,
John Sandy Covington, Roger
Lisk, S. P. Quick, Walter King.
Mineral Springs township.
James E. Nicholson, chm; Eller
be B. B. Farlow,0. G. Reynolds
assisted by ladies to be named
later. Ellerbe, Rt 1 J. A. Cov
ington. Rt v 3, Jacob . Smith,
Norman R. V. Ussery. ;
Mills. :
Mr. W. B. Cole is chairman in
charge of the Mills. He has
appointed as chairman at Ledbet-
ter, Mrs. Davis; at Roberdel No.
1. Rev. Mr. Hill; Roberdel No. 2,
H. H. Brown; Hannah Pickit, R.
L. McKenzie; Entwistle, B. C.
Crawford: Steele's Mills, U. ' L.
Waltace;. Midway, John Sand
ford; Great Falls. Mr; Huggins;
Pee Dee No. 1, Dan Mclnnis; Pee
Dee No. 2, J. C. StubbA These
1 lio
will select their own assistants.
Mr. Cole will appoint the chair
men for the other mills tomorrow.
Colored People:
Rev. T. T. Taylor, Rev. Lum
Fletcher and Rev. W. C. DeBerry
have been chosen to act as
head of the campaign among the
colored people. They will ap
point their committees and will
see to it that the negroes do not
fall behind in this great work for
humanity for white and black.
The Red Cross is to minister on
the battle fields to both white
and colored soldiers,' and both
white and. colored people "back
home" must loyally contribute.
Even the smallest amount from
a penny up, will be a help.
Candidates For Primary.
- The time limit in which can
didates for the approaching pri
mary could file notice of entrance
expired Saturday, 18th. In addi
tion to those who have had an
nouncement cards in the Post
Dispatch, the following addition
al men filed entrance notice
Saturday: H. D. Hatch, of Ham
let and J. W. Capel, of Black
Jack for County Commissioners.
Martin Freeman, of Hamlet, filed
notice for the House; (the other
two candidates are M. W. Hines
and W. N. Everett.) r :
The following Republicans filed
notice of entrance: ....
C. J.Jones, Sheriff.
Frank Meacham, Clerk.
D. J. Cashwell, Register.
J. W. Butler, House.
Commissioners: J. M. Dockery,
M. J. Eisenhart,E.E.Vuncannon,
Scott McDonald, W. A. McDonald
Blacklist Orders Issued.
. RALEIGH. May 19th Announcement
was made today by State Food Adminis
trator Henry A. Page that Blacklistxwders
had been issued against T. F. Clark, Oak-
boro, and S. A. Underwood, Albemarle,
as a result of evidence produced at a re
cent hearing of these two Stanly county
merchants in which it was shown that
they had on hand and had sold excessive
Quantities of sugar. The violations of
both of these merchants were of a I
rant nature and the blacklist order means
that as soon as they have disposed of
their present stock of goods, they will be
compelled to go out of business for the
period of the war,
Grover Almond, a Stanly county far
mer, baa purcnasea excessive quantities
of sugar by the process of buying 10
pounds each from several stores and has
been allowed to return the sugar to the
stores and contribute $100 to the Albe
marle chapter of the Red Cross Society
in lieu of indictment and prosecution for
hoarding. This increases the total of
subscription by violators of Food Admin'
istration regulation to this chapter to
$675. ' , " i ..
Also Kenny's grocery; the largest in
Raleigh, was forced to close for one ' day
this week and pay a fine for selling ten
instead of five pounds of sugar to a town
customer. J. E. M. Davenport, a banker
at Pineville, Mecklenburg county, was
found to have several hundred pounds of
sugar hoarded in his house. All of this
was confiscated and he was made tcj pay
$200 to the Red Cross.
Mr. lhos. W. uutnrie arrived
from Washington Saturday s to
spend several weeks with his
parents. ' . . ! -' .j'0 '
- Miss Esdale Shaw returned last
Tuesday from an extended visit
to New York, Houston, Va., Dur
ham and Raleigh.1
S "ALL THE NEWS
Most of the Time, and $
itr Mnt of the New all 2
the Time." :;
$1.50 PER YEAR
$1900 Raised at Hamlet
A mass meeting was held in
Hamlet opera house last night to
raise Hamlets' apportionment of
the Red Cross War Fund, and
splendidly did our neighboring
city respond. $1900 was raised,
this being several hundred dol
lars over their quota. '
Amcng those who made talks
were Revs. Young and Buffalo,
Prof. Criddlebaugh, Secretary
Kikerj and Rev. Bruce Benton
and W. N. Everett, of Rocking
ham.
Locals, Personals & General
Come across for the Red Cross.
John S. Terry was last week
elected as President of the rising
Senior class at the University.
Robert Ledbetter, accompanied
by his friend, sergeant-major
George, of Camp Jackson, spent
the week-end at home. -:
Two carloads of automobile
tags of the new series have ar
rived in Raleigh in nrenaration
for the fiscal year that begins .
shortly. .
An officer from Camp Merritt,
New Jersey, came . to the city
Friday, night and Saturday night
carried back to camp a deserter.
Leo Finley. ; ;
124 white men from Richmond
county will report at Rockingham
to exemption board Saturday at
three. They will entrain for
Camp Jackson on the 7:35 train.
"Spots" closed Friday and Sat
urday at 26.65, the lowest point
it has closed during tne season.
Cotton folks look for a steadier
tone this week but then they've
been looking for that for some
weeks.
Major, R. H. Bradley, marshal
and librarian of the Supreme
Court and Graud Tiler of the
Giand Lodge of Masons, died at
Raleigh last Friday, in his 78th
year. He had been a Mason since
1864.
The registration of those men
who have become 21 since June
5th", 1917, has been officially an
nounced for June 5th. Each
exemption board will do the
registering for each county at
the courthouse instead of in each
precinct
C S. Mason, a Canadian
whose leg was torn off while
fighting in the trenches, is being
sent over the South by the the
RedCross headquarters. He
snoke at the Hamlet opera house
Saturday night, and his descript
ion of this war was most vivid.
He will speak at Wadesboro next
Sunday afternoon at a Red Cross
rally.' - - , .
40 students of State College at
Raleigh were Saturday selected
to , attend the annual encamp
ment at Plattsburg; they must
report at Plattsburg, N. Yn June
3rd and remain 30 days. Their
traveling expenses and stay there
are paid by the government.
Among the forty, we note Sam
uel Otta Bauersfeld, of Hamlet
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