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BOOmOIIAZI FCST-DISPATCn
PAGE ELEVEN ,
Report of the condition of the :,r
Bank of Pee Dee
"' -- l at Rockingham, N.C,
in the State of North Carolina, at the
close of business May .11, 1918.
r RESOURCES .
Loans and discounts . $558,273.94
, Overdrafts " ' v 1 209.72
Liberty Loan Bonds . 24,500.00
All other Stocks, Bonds and '
Mortgages . : v .11,500.00
Banking House, $9,000,00, Fur
niture and Fixtures $1,000 10.000.00
All other real estate owned 14,171.08
Due from National Banks 34,016.97
Due from State Bank and v
Bankers . . . 12,203.92
Gold coin . . . . 870.00
Silver coin, including all minor
coin currency . . " 4,059.93
National bank notes and other
, U.S. notes . . . 8,696.00
U. S. Treas Certificates ' ." 55,000.00
Total
$734,501.56
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in . $50,000.00
Surplus fund 50,000.00
Undivided profits, less current
expenses and taxes paid 49,161.92
Dividends unpaid . . 174.50
Notes and tills rediscounted 40,522.82
Bills payable 80,000.00
Deposits subject to check . 414,040.87
Time certificates of Deposit 41,689.18
Cashier's checks outstanding 1 111.76
Certified checks . . . 90.13
Due to State Banks, Bankers and
Trust companies . . 7,710.38
Total $734,501.56
State of North Carolina county of Rich
mond. May 18th, 1918,
I, H. C. Parsons, Cashier of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
H. C. PARSONS, cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
18th day of May, 1918.
W. L. SCALES,
Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
Henry C. Wall, -
W. N. EVEKfcTT,
Wm. Entwistlb,
Directors.
Report of the Condition of
The Bank of Ellerbe
. at Ellerbe
in the State of North Carolina, at the
close of business May 11th, 1918.
RESOURCES '
Loans and discounts . . $97,543.78
Overdrafts secured $ 114.90;
" unsecured 283.75 398.65
U. S. and Liberty Bonds 950.00
Banking House $2900.00; Furni
ture and Fixtures $1732.04 4,632.04
All other real estate owned 2,000.00
Due from National Banks - 16,027.91
Due from State Banks & B'kers 5,329.49
Checks for Clearing None
Gold coin 45.00
Silver coin, including all minor
coin currency 750.52
National bank notes and other
! U. S. notes 1,732.00
. .:. , $129,409.39
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in ' ' $10,000.00
Surplus fund 6,000.00
Undivided profits, less current " '
expenses & taxes paid 1 200.21
Dividends unpaid -- 500.00
Notes and bills rediscounted 7,482.25
Bills payable 5,000.00
Deposits subject to check 78,596.58
Time certificates of deposit 13,842.25
Cashier's checks outstanding , 6,788.10
J ;, $129,40939
t B. B. Farlow, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly affirm that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
B. B. FARLOW, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 17th day of May, 1918,
,C, M. Brady, Notary Public
J. R. Wall
J. R. Bennett .
W.L. Howell
.......-. t Directors
Order of Publication.
North Carolina, Richmond County. In
the Superior Court.
Mrs. Mary Freeman, Henry Willoughby,
Joe Willoughby on the part of them
selves and for all other heirs at Law
and next to kin of Phebe Williamson,
deceased. '
: vs.
J. W. Lide, personally and as executor of
J. H. Williamson, deceased, W. J. Tolar,
et aL all the next kin.heirs at law lega
tees and distributees of J. H. Williamson,
i deceased whose names, ar known and
, unknown, et al.
It appearing from the affidavit of Mrs.
Mary Freeman, in this action, that W. J.
Tolar, A. G. Tolar, A. L. Tolar, Hattie I.
Tolar", Claud Newberry.Gladys Newberry,
Eva Byrne, J. B. Tolar, Elder Tolar, Ruth
Tolar, Stella Byrne, Oneida Byrne, Mattie
Byrne, J. T. Byrne, A. E. Byrne, Thomas
Williamson, Nathan Williamson, T. J.
Horneday, Mattie Horneday, W. J. Evans,
Sallie Evans, Emma Lee, V.L. Williamson,
N. Gl Tolar, Bessie Williamson,Ellis John
Hix Ellis and all other heirs at law, next
of kin, legatees and distributees of J. H.
Williamson deceased, whose names are
unknown, the defendant therein, is not
to be found in Richmond County, North
Carolina, and cannot after due diligence
be found in North Carolina, and it further
appearing that said, action relates to real
estate, rents and profits for the use and
occupation thereof and for' damages
thereto for the recovery thereof etc.
It is therefore ordered, decreed and ad
judged that notice of this action be
published once a week for four success
ive weeks in the Rockingham Post-Dispatch,
a newspaper published in Richmond
county.setting forth the title of the action,
the purpose of the same, with a brief
recital of the subject matter of the same
and requiring the defendants above nam
ed and all other heirs at law, next of kin
legatees and distributees of J. H. William
son, deceased, whose names are unknown
to appear at the June term of the Superior
Court of Richmond county to be held on
the 17th day of June, 1918, at the court
house in said county and answer or demur
to the complaint of the plaintiffs or the
relief demanded will be granted.
This the 15th day of May, 1918.
J. A. McAulay, C. S.C
Lorenza Medlin, Attorney for Plaintiffs.
Rockingham, N. C.
Report of the Condition of The
BANK OF ROCKINGHAM,
at Rockingham,
in the State of North Carolina, at the
close of business May 11th, 1918.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts . $211,570.44
Overdrafts . ... 148.23
Banking House, Furniture and
Fixtures . , . . 3,860.00
All other real estate owned 18,917.35
Due from National Banks . 19,902.63
Gold coin 400.00
Silver Coin, including all minor
coin currency . . . , 2,674.28
National bank notes and other
U. S. Notes . 6,600,00
Total
$264,072.98
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in . . $25,000.00
Undivided profits, less current
expenses and taxes paid 17,928.39
Bills payable 45,000.00
Deposits subject to check 170,110.35
Time Certificates of Deposit 2,696.97
Cashier's Checks outstanding 331.27
Certified checks . . . none
Total . . $264,072.98
State of North Carolina County of Rich
mond, May 22nd, 1918.
L B. F. Reynolds, cashier of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
B. F. RE YLOLDS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 22nd day of May, 1918.
Robt L. Johnson,
Notary Public.
Correct Attest;
A. C. Everett,
R. T. Nichols,
M. W. McRae,
Directors.
Personals From Rockingham
School News.
Miss Tempe Boddie will at
tend the Summer Session at Col
umbia University, New York
City. . ' :
. Laura Page Steele has stopped
school on account of bad health
and is now visiting her sister at
Rutherfordton.
Through the kindness of Mr.
W. L. Parsons, one of the town's
Liberty Loan flags is flying , over
the school building.
C. Y. Coley is business manager
of the play, "The Captain of Ply
mouth, to be given in the Opera
House May 28, by the High
School.
There will be a big fight be
tween the Indians and soldiers at
the Opera house Tuesday, May
28th.
Tom Marks has gone to Pough-
keepsie to take a business course
Good luck, Tom.
Minnie Garrett will cpraduate
from Greensboro Female College
the last week in May.
, Arabella Gore has been chosen
editor-in-chief of the School News
in the place of Laura Page Steele
resigned. Arabella will deliver
the goods.
John Coley has been elected
President of the 8th grade for the
remainder of the school term.
John is "bulking up" in the grade
in more ways than physically.
Come out and see Priscilla and
Katonka make love to the men
on Tuesday night, May 28th, at
the Opera House. .
John S. Terry, of the State
University, has annexed j the
Presidency of the Senior Class.
John is the greatest absorber of
honors that ever sojourned at
Chapel Hill.
. John Alden Brown and Pris
cilla Gibson will be married at
the - Opera House, May 28th,
Brewster Williams, officiating.
Your wedding present will be di
vided equally between the Red
Cross and the Athletic Associa
tion. Bring your half dollar. '.
Miss Tempe Boddie, who has
been the efficient high school
Latin teacher for the past year,
has been offered assistant's place
in Latin at the State Normal
College for next year and will
accept. Our school rejoices at
this deserved honor, but will see
her leave Rockingham with
many, many regrets.
MACHINE
present; re maue me nate war ana
wonder why such things were counte
nanced by civilization, and all the spice
and glory of ye conflict would disap
pear, leaving the grim reality. But
after leaving the spot and filling your
longs with deep breaths ot pure, fresh
air, you forget and once again want to
be "up and at them."
CHAPTER XVI. i
Listening Pott.
It was six In the morning when we
arrived at oar rest billets, and we were
allowed to sleep until noon; that la,
If we wanted to go without our break
fast . For sixteen days we remained
Entrance to Duflout
tn rent billets, dlgglnf roads, drilling,
and other fatigues, and then back into
the front-line trench.
Nothing happened that night, but the
next afternoon I found out that a
bomber Is general utility man In ft sec
tion. About five o'clock in the afternoon
our lieutenant came down the trench
and stopping 1 front of a bunch of us
oo the fire step, with a broad grin on
his face, asked :
"Who Is going to volunteer for listen
ing post tonight? I need two men."
It Is needless to say no one volun
teered, because it Is anything' but a
cushy Job. I began to feel uncomfort
able as I knew It was getting around
for my turn. Sure enough, with another
grin, he said :
"Empey, yon and Wheeler are due,
so come down Into my dugout for In
structions at six o'clock."
. Just as he left and was going around
a traverse, Fritz turned loose with a
machine gun and the bullets ripped the
sandbags right over his head. It gave
me great pleasure to see him duck
against the parapet. Ho was getting a
taste of what we would get later out
In front.
Then, of course, It began to rain. I
knew it was the forerunner of a mis
erable night for us. Every time I bad
to go out in front, It just naturally
rained. Old Jupiter Pluvi'us must have
had it in for me. .
At six we reported for Instructions.
They were simple and easy. All we
had to do was to crawl out Into No
Man's Land, lie on our bellies with onr
ears to the ground and listen for the
tap, tap of the German engineers or
sappers who might be tunneling nnder
Ha MuiiB land to establish a nlne-
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Commissioners Sale of Land.
North Carolina-, ' '',
Richmond County.
Under and by virtue of the powtr upon
me centered by an order of the super
ior court of Richmond county in the
special proceeding entitled. W. A. McDon
ald, Administrator of Sandy Locklear, De
ceased, vs. Ed. Locklear, et al, heirs at
law of Sandy Locklear, deceased, I will
on Saturday June 22nd. 1918, at 12, o'clock
M. in front of the Court house door in
the Town of Rockingham offer for sale
to the highest bidder for cash, subject to
confirmation by the Court, the following
described land:- Lying and being in the
a foresaid County and State and in Wolf
Pitt Township, to wit:
Lot Number 2 of the Harriett Jones
property as divided among the heirs at
law of Harriett Jones, deceased, lying on
the railroadjbelow Roberdel village and
aiso a one acre tract in the same location,
said lands being particularly described in
the Petition in the above entitled action.
This the 20th. day of May, 1918.
W. R. JONES,
Commissioner.
Idem
WHO WENT .
GUNNERE RYING IN PRANCE" '
1917 BY
ARTHUR tUYCWfYl
ceaa oeneata our
Ot course, in our orders we were told
not to be captured by German patrols
or reconnolterlng parties. Lots of
breath Is wasted on the western front
giving silly cautions.
As soon as It was dark, Wheeler and
I crawled to our post which was about
halfway between the lines. It was
raining bucketfuls, the ground was a
sea of sticky mud and. clung to ns like
glue.
We took turns tn listening with onr
ears to the ground. I would listen for
twenty minutes while Wheeler would
be on the qui vive for German patrols.
We each wore a wrlstwatch, and be
lieve me, neither one of ns did over
twenty minutes. The rain soaked ns
to the skin and oar ears were full ot
mud.
Every few minutes a bullet would
crack overhead or a machine gun would
traverse back and forth.
Then all firing suddenly ceased. I
whispered to Wheeler, "Keep your eye
skinned, mate; most likely Fritz has
a patrol out that's why the Boches
have stopped firing."
We were each armed with a rifle and
bayonet and three Mills bombs to be
used for defense only.,
i I had my ear to the ground; All of
a suddens'! heard faint dull' thuds.
In a low but1 excited voted? whispered
to Wheeler, "I think they are mining,
listen' 4
He pufthle ean to toe ground and
tn an unsteady -voice spoke Into toy
ear: f ?
"Tank, that's a patrol and If s head-
tn ottr way. For GodV sake. i&$
still" V
I was as Attn as a moose anffTPWi
scared stlft
Hardly breathing and with tyw-trj
tag totpierce the Inky blackness, we
waited, f would have given a tbon
sand pounds to have been safely tn
my dugout '
Then we plainly heard footsteps and
ona hearts stood still.
A dark form suddenly loomed up in
front of me; It looked as big as the
Woolvorth building- ! could bear
the blood rushing through my veins
and It sounded as loud as Niagara
falls.
Forms seemed to emerge from the
darkness, There were seven of them
tn all I tried to wish them away. I
never wished harder In my Ufa They
muttered a few words In German and
melted Into the blackness. I didn't
stop wishing either.
All of a sudden we heard a stumble,
a muddy splash, and a muttered Don
ner and Blttzen." One of the Boches
had rambled Into a shell hole. Neither
of ns laughed. At that time It didnt
strike ns as funny.
About twenty minutes after the Ger
mans had disappeared something from
the rear grabbed me by the foot I
nearly fainted with fright Then a
welcome whisper In a cockney accent
"I sy, myte, we've come to relieve
you."
Wheeler and I crawled back to onr
trench; we looked like wet hens and
felt worse. After a swig of rum we
were soon fast asleep on the fire step
In our wet clothes.
The next morning I was as stiff as a
poker and every Joint ached like a
bad tooth, but I was still alive, so It
old not matter.
CHAPTER XVI.
Battery D 238.
The day after this I received the
glad tidings that I would occupy the
machine gunners' dugout right near
the advanced artillery observation
post This dugont was a roomy affair,
dry as tinder, and real cots In it
These cots had been made by the
R. It's who had previously occupied
ma awrccV J was the first to enter
mj name and number on it and sus
pended it from the foot of the most
comfortable cot therein.
In the trenches It Is always "first
come, first served," and this Is lived
up to by all.
Two R. F. A. men (Roydl Field ar
tillery) from the nearby observation
post were allowed the privilege of
Btopplng In this dugout when off duty.
One of these men, Bombardier Wil
son by name, who belonged to Bat
tery D 238, seemed to take a liking
to me, and I returned this feeling.
In two days' time we were pretty
chummy, and he told me how his bat
tery In the early days of the war had
put over a stunt on Old Pepper, and
had gotten away with It
I will endeaver to give the story as
far as memory will permit In his own
wards:
T came out with the first expedi
tionary force, and, like all the rest
thought we would have the enemy
licked In Jig time, and be able to eat
Christmas dinner at home. Well, so
far, I have eaten two Christmas din
ners in the trenches, and am liable to
eat two more, the way things are
pointing. That Is, If Frits don't drop
a whizz-bang' on me, and send me to
Blighty. Sometimes I wish I wou'd
get hit because It's no great picnic
out here, and twenty-two months of It
makes you fed up.
"It's fairly cushy now compared to
what It used to be, although I admit
this trench Is a trifle rough. Now,
we send over five shells to their one.
We are getting our own back, but In
the early days It was different. Then
you had to take everything without
reply. In fact, we would get twenty
shells In return for every one we sent
over. Fritz seemed to enjoy It, but
we British didn't; we were the suf
ferers. Just one casualty after an
other. Sometimes whole platoons
would disappear, especially when a
'Jack Johnson plunked into their
middle. It got so bad that a fellow,
when writing home, wouldn't ask for
any cigarettes to be sent out because
he was afruld he wouldn't be there to
receive them.
"After the drive to Paris was turned
back, trench warfare started. Our
general grabbed a map, drew a pencil
across it and said, 'Dig here.' Then
he went back to his tea, and Tommy
armed himself with a pick and shovel
and started digging. He's been dig
ging ever since.
"Of course we dug those trenches at
night but it was hot work, what with
the rifle and machine-gun fire. The
stretcher bearers worked harder than
the diggers.
"Those trenches, bloomin' ditches, I
call them, were nightmares. They were
only about five feet deep, and yon used
to get the backache - from bending
down. It wasn't exactly safe to stand
upright either, because as soon as
your napper showed over the top a
bullet would bounce off It, or else come
so close It would make your hair stand.
"We used to fill sandbags and stick
them on top of the parapet to make It
higher, but no use; they would be
there about an hour and then Fritz
would turn loose and. blow them to
bits. My neck used to betscwe from
ducking shells and bullets?
, "Where my ftattery was stationed a
hasty trench bod Deen dug, which
the boys nlcknantecV 'Suicide ditch,'
and, believe me, Tank, thlswas the
original 'SulddeNlltcV AU the others
are Imitations.
"When a. feffcor went Into that
trench Itwaa an evn gamble, that he
would efflue out oo a stretcberr At one
Um (CScotfch batOUlon held ft and
when they heard the betting was even
money that they'd come oat on
stretchers; they gr&bti&d all the nets
lAdgbt like a tefof bally Milts, sev
eral qf the battery men fell for their
g&mei and put uq real monex. The
'Jocks' suffered a lot of casualties, and
the prospects looked bright for the
battery men ft) collect sme easy
money. So when the battalion was re
lieved the gamblers fined np. Several
'Jocks got their money tor emerging
safely, but the ones who clicked It
weren't there to pay. 33e artillery
men had never thought It out that
way. Xhose ScotUes were bound to
be sure winners, no matter how the
wind blew. So take a tip from me,
never bet with a Scotrie) 'cause youll
lose money.
"At one part of oar trench where
a communication trench Joined the
front line a Tommy had stock up a
wooden signpost with three hands or
arms on it One of the hands, point
ing to the German lines, read, To Berlin,-'
the one pointing down the com.
munlcatlon tronth lead. To Blighty,'
while the other said, 'Suicide Ditch,
Change Here for Stretchers.'
"Farther down from this guide pest
the trench ran through an old orchard.
On the edge of this orchard onr bat
tery had constructed an advanced ob
servation post The trees screened It
from the enemy airmen and the roof
was turfed. It wasn't cushy like ours,
no timber or concrete re-enforcements.
just walls of sandbags. From It a
splendid view of the German lines
could be obtained. This post wasn't
exactly safe. It was a hot corner,
shells plunking all around,' and the
bullets cutting leaves off the trees.
Many a time when relieving the sig
naler at the 'phone, I had to crawl on
my belly like a worm to keep from
being Mr.
(TO BE CONTINUED NEXT ISSUE)
If you need
some come
In and sea
US
OVER THE LAND OF
THE L0NGLEAF PINE
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
Secretary of War Baker recently In
spected Camp Greene, Charlotte.
Unless $10,000 is raised within a
few days Queens College will be lost
to Charlotte.
Seven negroes, convicted for vari
ous crimes, are awaiting death in the
penitentiary at Raleigh.
The great nation-wide Red Cross
drive for funds begins May 20 and
continues through the 27th.
.A
Only four markets reported sales of
tobtcco the past month, the total num
ber ot pounds being 43,710. .
Joe Jackson, famous outfielder of
the White Box, has begun wor kin a
shipyard, intending it seems to claim
exemption on Industrial grounds, he
being placed in class 1 by the Green
ville, S. C, exemption board. '
With the purpose of curing vagran
cy rather than merely punishing va
grants, Governor Bickett issued a
proclamtaion calling upon the coutles
of North Carolina to hold meeting
on Wednesday, May 29, to discuss the!
problem and to appoint delegates to a
State convention to be held in Ra
leigh, Tuesday, June 4.
Peter Toungblutt a native of Luxn
emburg, Germany, was given a pre
liminary hearing before United States1
Commissioner M. L. Flow, on charge!
of seditious utterances. He was re
manded to jail upon failure to produce,
a $1,000 bond, to await the convening
of Federal Court In Charlotte In
October.
The demand for thoroughbred cat
tle In Union county is steadily in
creasing. Mr. T. J. W. Broom has
twelve applications for registered!
heifers on hand now, and Is seeking
to have them filled. Jerseys are the
most popular In the western part ofj
the county, where most ot the twelve
applications came from.
Mrs. Hyman Stadlem of Kinston has
no son old enough to enlist. Mrs. 9ta
dlem's sister at Manchester, Eng., has
seven sons In the service of their
king, however, which beats all Kinston
records. Mrs. Stadlem resided at
Manchehster when a young girl. She
probably would prefer to have this in
very small type: She was born at
Berlin.
National Memorial Day, Thursday,
May 30, Is designated by President
Wilson In a proclamation as a day
of public humiliation, prayer and
fasting. The people ot the nation are
asked to gather that day in their
places of worship and pray for the
victory of the American armies which
will bring a peace founded upoq
mercy, justice and good will !
An address on food onservation by
State Food Administrator Henry A.
Page, the election ot officers for theV
enenlnc year and the selection os
Fayettevffle as the next place of meet
rag were the features of the T. P. A.
onventlon and a Dutch luncheon given
by the Wilson Chamber of Commerce!
which came to a close at Wilson. The!
date ot the next meeting was leftf
open.
The surrender of the last twenty-
nine State convicts who . have been
engaged in the building of the Elklni
and Alleghaney railroad to the prison
authorities leaves none of the State's
labor working for bonds of a railroadi
in-tne-bulUUng. At a meeting ot the
State Prison Board hue the announce
ment was mane taut convicts hired
under contract In the future would
command cash te the State for their
services.
Little strands ot cordite
Little grains of wheat
Make a combination
The Kaiser cannot beat
The Medical Optional Selective
Draft Commission was created by
Governor Bickett In pursuance to pe
tition from the North Carolina Med'
teal Society which at its last meeting
tn Pinehurst adopted resolutions to
apply the draft to the enlistment of
medical men In the service.
As he stooped to pick up the body
of Ms wife, who was found fld In
the woodhouse ot his home in Zebu
Ion, Mr. Wiley S. Broughton, about 65'
years old, fell over unconscious and
died thirty minutes later.
v The National Judiciary of the Junior ;
Order of the United American Ma-;
chanics has Issued a proclamation ex
pelling from the fraternity the officers
and members of the' Trinity, North.
Carolina, Council, No. 307." The ac-'
tlon is a subsequent event to the spe
cial sitting ot the National Judiciary
held in Greensboro on April 20.
Governor Bickett will be given twoj '
pounds et wool from President Wil
son's sheep to be told at auction in
North Carolina to the highest bidder.