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ROCKINGHAM, N. C., THURSDAY Afternoon, JUNE 20, 1918.
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Richmond County
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(In this column will be given each
week change of addresses of Richmond
county soldiers and sailors.. Also, letters
from them. Friends and relatives of
Richmond county volunteers and drafted
men are urged to keep the Post-Dispatch
informed of the movements of their
men, and to send the paper, for publica
tion, letters or extracts of letters from
them.)
Luther McKenziewas last Friday trans
ferred to the regimental band at Camp
Jackson. He used to play with the Rober
del W. O. W. band. Luther will be
found equally ready, with gun or horn.
William Dockery says he has seen but
two bald-headed men at Camp Jackson
himself and his twin-brother Henry.
James Covington writes from Camp
Jackson that he does not go to the pict
ure shows in Columbia, because the Gov
ernment now puts tax on the seats.
She Will you be happy when you
start for France?
William HarryHappy? We will be in
transports!
Like' the "stuff in this column? Give
the editor any anecdotes you may know
on the boys. As we said last issue, let's
make this department real "folksy."
' Sain McNeill, son of L. B. McNeill who
. lives one mile north of Roberdel, is' the
latest Post-Dispatch subscriber. His fath
er wants the home paper to follow him,
even if he goes to Kalamazoo. Sam is
in the 19th Company, 156th Depot Bri
gade, and went to Camp Jackson May
25th in the 124-squad. He has recently
been in the camp hospital for treatment
of a bum foot
Robert Stanill is said to have a girl's
picture m the back of his wrist watch.
Why? Because he thinks she will love
him in time.
All field artillery activity will hereafter
be concentrated at four camps: tort bill.
Oklahoma; Camp Zackery Taylor, Ken
tucky; Camp Jackson, South Carolina; the
fourth camp will be designated in a few
days. Artillery brigade training centers
will be locatad 'at all four of these camps
and there will also be artillery replace
ment depots at Camp Jackson and Camp
Taylor
An Anson county colored soldier who
recently was sent across to France, wrote
back that' if the only means of returning
home was by way of ship, he would re
main in Europe for life. 'He said the gov
ernment would have to bridge the Atlan
tic to get him home. He formed an av
ersion for seasickness. '
Are you sending your soldier boy your
home? If not, why now ,; The cost is
trifling and 'tis like a letter from home,
Try it. . , :
A drafted colored soldier from Mont-
applied for the full amount of soldiers'
insurance ($10,000), but asked couldn't
he get more. He figured the government
wouldn't be as apt to send a 'high-priced'
man to the front as quickly as one carry,
ing a smaller amount of insurance.
' Arthur Morgan, who is taking the gov
eminent mechanical training at A. & E.
as a volunteer from Richmond county,
spent the week-end at home. He has a
bout four more weeks before the course
is completed.
The Camp Jackson boys say tney are.
well fed: they are given seasonable vege
v tables, potatoes, corn, beans, beets, and
' even cantaloupes; besides .meats, and
desert every day .and they are not limited
in quantity. Each has his own plate,
they form in line, march by the. serving
counter and plates are filled. They then
repair to long tables and eat. Should
one wish a second helping of anything,
he has but to get in line and have his
plate replenished. Everything is painfully
clean, especially to those whose turn if.s
to do kitchen police. The tables, count
ers and kitchen generally, are scrubbed
alter each meal, and the tidiest housewife
in Richmond county hasn't a thing on the
; cleanliness of the mess halls.
Spending the week-end at their retwt
ive homes Were" William Dockery, Wm.
Harry Entwistle, David Easterling, James
Little and William Stanback. These pop
ular young fellows went to Jackson May
25th in the "124." and this was their first
visit home. They look splendidly in their
-uniforms, and their looks belie any sup-
posed notion that camp life'does not agree
with them. i
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Look on page ll and you'll see an
teresting letter from Robert Waddell.
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It is reported, as we go to press Thurs-
uay, mat a large part, it not all, ot the
124" at Camn Jackson will be transfer
red to Camp Sevier the last of this week.
Corporal Thos. E. Rogers, of Co. A,
323rd - Regt, Camp Sevier, came home
Wednesday for a week's furlough. He
was in the draft of 13 men sent to Camp
Jackson last November 21st
John Angus McAulay, Jr., ' returned to
Norfolk Tuesday night after three days
spent et. home. He is in the clerical
office on the receiving ship Richmond.
Navy life.simply can't wipe John's ever
ready smile off.
Alex Monroe spent from Saturday night
until last night at home here. As we
mentioned last issue, he is doing soldiers'
insurance work in the Personnel office.
Headquarters 6th Division, Camp Wads
worth. It is said Alex came home to at
tend to some "unfinished business;" the
unfinished part was spent at 'Nollid.'
Henry Dockery entered a Columbia
drug store last week, called for two lem
onades, planked down a quarter and re
ceived a nickle back as change. He is
saving that nickle as a souvenir of the
war, when lemonades went to ten cents.
But then this jovial lawyer-soldier is a
real optimist; he reflects that while a dol
lar does not go as far as it used to it go
es faster while it is going.
His friends will be glad to know that
Nath LeGrand has been recommended
for a Captaincy. At present he is a 1st
lieut at Gordon, 25th Company, 157th
Depot Brigade. Also, Bascum Weill who
was born and reared on Fifth Avenue
(Rockingham, not New York) hat. been
recommended for promotion to second
lieutenant from sergeant. He is in the
remount station at Camp Gordon.
T. C. Ft. a son of W. T. ?-", '
Monday night for a few days. H will
return to his camp at Camp Beauregard,
Louisiana, Saturday morning. Young
Fry left his fellows of the Pee Dee band
in February of last year, and for seven
months made the rounds with the John
ny J. Jones carnival as a solo cornetist
Last October ; 1st he volunteered, and
since then has been stationed at Camp
Beauregard; six miles from Alexandria,
La. v Ho i n the 24-piece band of the
U4tn Engineers, 39th Division, and says
that it is "the life."
Baxter E. Wriffht arrived in the city
Tuesday night and will remain until bun-
day. He 'ort Mills product, Dut tor
.three years pleased hundreds of bearded
ones with his expeditious tonsorial ability
in a Rockingham shop. He was sent in
the draft with 11 other Richmond county
men to Camp Jackson Sept 9th, last.
Three weeks ago he was transferred to
Camp Sevier, Co. B. 306 Field Signal Bat
talion. He has gained 20 pounds in
weight since Uncle Sam took charge of
him, despite the fact that he has several
hundred men to shave in his three com
panies. Preston Brooks Pegues passed through
Hamlet Wednesday afternoon on a troop
train en route from Anniston, Alabama,
to probably a port of embarkation.
Preston volunteered at Cheraw Decem
ber 1st and was sent to Fort Scriven;
from there he was sent to a camp in
Texas. Two weeks ago he was detached
from the aviation ground-work, and put
in the Ammunition Train at Anniston.
He was given the option of driving a
motor truck In the Train, or a horse of
mule outfit; he preferred the horse route.
His father, Mr. Frank Pegues, and
brether, Marlborough, went to Anniston
last Friday to see him, returning Mon
day. ; ". ....
Grover Dnbson Bland spent Thursday
and Friday of last week in the city, and
he wore the same old bland smile, in ad
dition to Navy clothes. He worked in
the drug, store here for three years, leav
ing in Aueust. 131C. for Macon. Iu May.
1917, he enlisted in the Navy as a second
class hospital aoorentice. and now is a
second class pharmacist mate on the
Agamemnon. This transport of the dif
ficult name was formerly the . Kaiser
Wilhdm H; when the United States de
clared war last year, the Germans tried
to wreck the scores of German ships that
were in American harbors; however this
larire vessel was renaired and is now do.
ing splendid transport work. It is 706
feet Ions, has a crew of 1000 and carries
6000 soldiers. Bland has made four trips
across the water oa her, and at the end
of his leave the last of the month will
return for further voyages. . ,,
On page 1U can De seen
Mayor McNair's proclamation
regarding War Savings week,
and on page 3 is a sketch ot
Mecklenburg . county . by . , Dr,
Kemp lJ. Battle. Oil page 11 are
four columns devoted to W. S. S,
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A WhCtAAAjS)
The- amount of War Savings
Stamps sold at the Rockingham
nostoffice up until today amounts
to pzo.w.
Cotton advanced somewhat today,
closed at 30.70, going up 40 points
futures went up 30 points. ' ' '
Spots
while
WAR SAVINGS WEEK
War Savings Week Begins the 23rd and Ends
. 28th. Richmond County Assessed $432,806.
Pledges to Be Secured. Canvassers
Named. See W. S. S. Advertise
ments in This Issue.
By proclamation of the Presi
dent, next week has been desig
nated as War Savings Week.
The people of the Nation are
asked to either subscribe their
various quotas' during this ap
proaching week, or to fill out
pledge cards stating what amount
in War Savings Stamps they can
purchase between this time and
December 31st.
A point we must bear in mind
is that we are not asked to pledge
what we are able 'to pay right
now BUT WHAT WE WILL BE
ABLE TO PAY for, through sav
ing and economizing, DURING
THE REMAINDER OF THE
YEAR!
As to how much you should
pledge, that is a matter for you
and your conscience to decide.
The widows mite looms just as
large, in pi oportion, as the wealth
ier person s $i,0ou subscription.
And remember this is not GIV
ING, but SAVING, with INTER
EST. The State's quota is $48,538,314.
The quota for Richmond county
is $432,806. In other words, the
per capita quota is estimated at
$20 person, though of course
many will save much more than
this, while some will not be able
to save as much. But the idea is
to get EVERYONE to SAVE
SOMETHING.
The quota assigned each town
ship to save is: .
Beaver Dam township :-.$ 23,100
Black Jack township 17,886
Marks Creek township 84,546
Mineral Springs township 31,108
Steele's township 55,396
Wolf Pit township 82,038
Rockingham township.. 138,732
The amount already subscribed
in Richmond county, to date, is
about $40,000. So it is seen that
the county must subscribe and
pledge 10 times this amount be
fore we can go over the top and
come up to our part. .
Mr. Claude Gore is chairman
for the county. He has appoint-
the following in the various pre
cincts to act as chairmen and to
in turn appoint local canvassers.
These canvassers will begin their
work, next Monday morning.
They will visit the people, secure
pledges from them as to the a
mounts they agree to SAVE and
buy between now and December
31st On June 25th and 27th
these canvassers will meet their
respective chairmen and confer,
and on Friday the people of every
school district throughout the
Nation are urged to assemble at
their school buildings and hold a
mass meeting for the cause of
these W. S. S. The chairmen of
the precincts will notify the peo
ple of their district by postal card
of the hour and place for this
Friday meeting. Be on the look
out for this. The chairmen are:
Steele's Mills H. T. Wallace.
Wolf Pit country district No. 1
M. B. Leath; No. 3, P. G. Webb;
No. 4, Mrs. John Sandy Covington.
Steele's No. 1 R. R. Little; No.
2, Alfred Baldwin.
Mineral Springs No. 1 B. B.
Farlow; No. 2, R. V. Ussery.
Black Jack Mrs. E. N. Ingram.
Roberdel Mill No. 1-J: W. Cul
berson, Mrs. G. G. Terry.
Midway Raiford Dawkms.
Great Falls -J. F. Cunr.ir.gham.
Zion Mrs. R. T. Nichols.
Rockingham W. E. Harrison.
Mr. Harrison has appointed Mrs.
Boyd Gasque as chairman of the
canvassing committee.
Pee Dee Mill No. 1 Neill Mc
Innis; No. 2, E. D. Patterson.
Roberdel Mill No. 2.-H. H.
Brown.
Hannah Pickett E. N. feller.
Entwistle W. A. Hope.
Marks Creek J. P. Gibbons.
Beaver Dam No. 1 C. H. Tea
gue; No. 2, D. L. Culberson.
An Appeal to Save.
' (By Claude Gore)
My neighbor of small income,
my friend the wage earner the
time has come for you to show
with how much earnestness you
want our beloved country to win
to show that the supermen do
not v'0 CwuUn t.e iviiinc
In this War Savings opportunity
is locked up the two greatest re
wards of service: the satisfaction
oi: knowing' that you have done
what you could to save humanity;
that you have done what you
could to save your country,
When you perform this service
your immediate reward is that
you have saved yourself, for if
your, country loses YOU are lost.
You also save yourself in other
ways: When you save, you spend
less; when you spend less, you
decrease the demand; when you
decrease the demand, the price of
a commodity is lowered!
Saving is an anchor to wind
ward. Wages and the prices of
farm products are not always
going to be high. If you do not
save while these things are high
you will suffer when they go
down.
War Stamps are the best invest
ment ever offered to a race of
men. They are as safe as can
be; they pay a good return, and
they are redeemable in ten days.
Your assestments have been
made as low as possible. If you
look on this matter as a wise man,
you will have them increased as
much as possible and lay aside
that amount of savings that when
li will ;u
follow this boom) comes you will
be able to weather it.
Next week is your test. Prove
to your country that, you are a
man, that your heart is in the
right place and that your head is
full of brains. Pledge yourself to
the limit, whether that limit is
the widow's mite, as is mentioned
above, or the full limit of $1,000.
Help carry old Richmond county
over the top with a whoop that
can be heard in the deepest dun
geon in Berlin!
Physically Rejected.
In addition to the list published
in the Pos-Dispatch last week
of those rejected from camp on a
more thorough physical exami
nation, are the following who
have been sent home as physical
ly disqualified:
Hector A. Little, May 28, Pearl
James Luther, 28th, Pinckney El
more Gore 28th, John F. Freeman
28th, Grover C. Baxley June 3,
DeWitt T. Webb May 30, Jule
Hunter Caddell June 8.
WHITE MEN TO CAMP
15 White Men to Camp
Jackson Next Tuesday.
25th. 19 Called to
Report.
19 white men are called to re
port to the exemption board at
four o'clock next Tuesday, June
25th. From this number 15 will
be sent on the 7:35 eastbound
train for Camp Jackson.
26 men will be sent from
Moore county on same day and
same train from Hamlet. 12 men
go from Anson on the 25th. The
Post-Dispatch will have a picture
of these men in the issue of July
4th.
The 19 called are: Herbert F.
Benoy, John Lloyd Hill, William
Chavis, John F. McDonald, Ellie
Lee Hinson, Percy C. Coley, Robt.
F. Lisk, Herbert S. Smith, Zoll
Oscar Ingram, John Matheson,
Henry Nona Watkins, Tillman
Dunn, Frank G. Mclntyre,
Walter S. Sedberry, John Frank
lin Ledbetter, Luke Gibson, Jr.,
Hugh Pate Green, Colon A. Mc
Fadyen, Pleasant Long, Jr.
NEGROES TO CAMP
Negroes to Go to Camp
Taylor Friday Night 12
Called. Schedule.
Twelve colored men have been
called to report to the exemption
board at four o'clock Friday af
ternoon, June 21st. From this
number 7 will be selected to go
to Camp Taylor, near Louisville,
Kentucky. They will leave Rock
ingham on the 10:12-southbound
train Friday night, arrive it At
lanta at 8 next morning, leave
Atlanta at 4:45 Saturday after
noon, and arrive at' Louisville at
7:35 Sunday morning; they will
reach camp at Dumesnill at 8:35.
17 colored men from Anson
county will go on the same train
and schedule as the above. 7
men will go from Moore county
on the same day, 21st, but will
go by way of Richmond. Mont
gomery will send only 2 men;
these will go by Charlotte and
Chattanooga.
The Post-Dispatch will next
week have a picture of these 7
colored men.
. The 12 to report here are: James
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"If you want to know whether you are going to be a
SUCCESS or FAILURE in lile, you can easily And ouc. The
test is simple and infallible. Are yo'.i able to save money ?
If not, drop out. You will fail as' sure as you live. You
may not think so, but you you will. THE SEbD Ot' SUC
CESS IS NOT IN YOU."
Habits are seed. Each brings forth of its kind. Do
you want to "Drop Out"? Then take care that you sow the
SEED OF SUCCESS.,
LEARN
, 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 I y opening a bank account in the ONLY SAV
INGS BANK in the Ccunty. Money in the bank gingers
you up. It gives you confidence. If a business opportunity
oners, vim have Jie CASH. Eveyiouy . kimws tiiat MONEY
makes MONEY. ' .
You will find that a
Interest 4 per cent,
deposits.
This Bank invites you
depositors.
The Richmond County
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Bland, Edd Stubbs, Preston
Chambers, Ora Bailey McKinley,
Will Covington, William Leak,
Jerry Grant, EJn.und Ellerbe,
Norman Segrove, Wm. J. McKay,
Willie Nicholson and James Wat-kins.
334 PER CENT
Rockingham Chapter Went
"Over the Top" in Recent
Red Crops Campaign
By 334 Per Cent.
The treasurer, J. LeGiand Ever
ett, has prepared his final report
to Red Cross headquarters of
moneys received in the recent
Second Red Cross War Fund
drive. This report shows that
Rockingham Chapter (which em
braces all of Richmond county
outside of Hamlet, which has a
Chapter of its own) subscribed a
total of $10,705.70! The quota
assigned the Chapter was, $3200,
and so from this it is seen that
the over-subscription amounts to
334J per cent.
Rockingham (City) ....$5,674.38
Rockingham township 54.27
Wolf Pit township 799.96
Steele's, Mangum Brance 217.04
Black Jack township 241.55
Beaver Dam, Hoffman Com
munity Club i. 37.50
Mineral Springs township 467.00
Pee Dee Mill No. I 309.75
Pee Dee Mill No. 2 256.10
kooerdel Mill No. 1 4B0.20
Roberdel Mill No. 2 421.96
Steele's Mills . 365.00
Hannah Pickett Mill 293.07
Midway Mills .....;..t. 263.60
Entwistle Mills 380.00
Ledbetter Mills , , 212.12
Great Falls Mill 200.00
Chappell's Grove Baptist Church ;
- (Colored).. 7.00
Holly Grove Church (Colored ) . . 25.00
$10,705.70
IMPORTANT
Conference of Richmond
County Merchants and
Dealers for next Monday
Night.
The County Food Administra
tor wants to see every Richmond
County merchant at the Court
House in Rockingham ' at 8:30 P.
M. on Monday, 24th. Wholesale,
retail, drugstores, and soda foun
tain vendors ?.nd bottling works;
also hotel & restaurant operators.
Important rulings made by the
Washington and Raleigh Admin
istrators will be explained
W. N. EVERETT,
County Food Administrator.
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