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Vol. 1. No. 32
ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, JULY 11, 1918.
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Mohammed V, Sultan of Turkey, was
either assassinated or died of natural
causes, on Wednesday night of last week.
In either event, 'tis a goodridance; a pity
all succeeding Sultans couldn't follow
suit.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ashworth have re
ceived a card notifying them that their
son, Charles E. Jr.. had arrived safely
overseas. He is in Company I, 120th inft,
30th Division, American Expeditionary
Force, France,
Carl Garrett spent the Fourth with his
mother here. He is at Camp Jackson, and
is assigned to the Ambulance service.
Carl will make a good ambulance driver,
especially if it happens to be of the 4d
pursuasion.
Sergeant Robert S. Ledbetter, file clerk
in the office of the 156th Depot Brigade
at Camp Jackson, and second-class sea
man Hal S. Ledbetter, Jr., of the Naval
Reserves at Wilmington, spent the week
end with their parents here.
The address of John Cornelius Gibson
is Co. H, 324 inft, Camp Sevier, S. C.
Jas. W. McKenzie is in Headquarters Co.
o-nh mlt, idiup beviei. luey teii ntie
in the "124" May 25th, and were trans
ferred from Jackson to Sevier two weeks
ago.
William F. Holmes' example is to be
commended to others. He was placed in
Class three on account of the dependency
of his sisters; the repeal of the child labor
law enables them to work now, so he
voluntarily came to the exemption board
and asked that he be placed in Class one.
The Army right now has a sufficient
number of veterinarians. The corps has
1700 officers and 10,000 enlisted men on
active duty. Veterinary graduates sub
ject to the draft will have to enter the
army service as privates. Later they
will be allowed to take examination for
veterinary officer commissions to fill
vacancies.
John F. Ledbetter and John F. McDon
ald, who were sent to Camp Jackson June
25th, have returned home, they being re
jected from camp on physical grounds.
Alro, three colored men have been re
turned home on physical grounds, from
Camp Grant, Illinois: Dockery Hines,
John Wright and Suny Ford.
The Ordnance Department is turning
out 3,000 .45 caliber automatic pistols
daily now and the production is steadily
increasing. This is the standard pistol
of our army and much better than the
German pistol. A shot from an Ameri
can .45 takes a man out of action com
pletely, while men hit by the smaller
German pistols frequently continue in
action effectively.
Lieut. Dudley Robbins, of Raleigh, was
killed in France last week when his
aeroplane caught fire and fell to the earth.
Robbins was 23 years old and had been
recommended for captaincy. He has one
brother in the army and two in the navy.
He was a splendid young fellow and in
his death the war is brought closer U
large number who were pleased to claim
him as a friend.
In the Fourth of July parade at Wil
mington last Thursday the procession of
several hundred foreign born citizens
was headed by a striking float which
represented bleeding Europe with Miss
Vollers dressed to represent the Goddess
of Liberty and Private Hal Ledbetter as
the guard. Hal, besides being good-looking,
has a splendid physique; we venture
it required no amount of persuasion to in
duce him to act as guard for the goddess.
47 members of the coming Junior and
Senior classes and members of the Facul
'ty of the University are eligible to be
sent to Plattsburg for 60 days intensive
training, beginning July 18th. The object
of the act is to prepare them for assist
ants to the military instructors at the
approaching school year. Students who
go to the camp will be under temporary
enlistment. This is a pai t of the War
Department's plan for military training
in schools and colleges during next
year.
There is work aplenty for every man:
if he can't stand the active military life;
if he knows nothing of farming; then
there is need for him in some of the war
industrial plants. Did you know the war
industrial plants are short of 400,000
laborers, and that lack of workers in the
coal mining industries is imperilling war
productions? There is also a shortage of
skilled labor. One of the largest muni
tion plant), turning out heavy caliber
guns, is shsrt 2,000 machinists. The war
plants of Connecticut and Maryland are
undermanned and need 35.000 machinists.
Mo excuse for an idler, with work and big
pay a-begging them.
With recent loans of nearly $16,000,000
to Greece and $11,000,000 to Belgium, the
aggregate loans made by the United
States to our allies now amount to prac
tically $6,000,000,000.
Second Lieut. George D. Davis, field
artillery, has arrived safely overseas, ac
cording to a card received by a friend
here today. He is a son of Rev. E. H.
Davis, of Laurinburg.
Arthur Morgan spent the week-end at
home. He has been pursuing the me
chanical training at A. & E. College at
Raleigh for the past two months, as a
motor mechanic; the College training
period will be ended this week. He
doesn't know whether he will be sent
directly across or assigned to some camp
over here.
William Leak and Walter Covington
went to Wilmington last Friday to stand
the physical examination for entrance
into the Navy. They returned here Mon
day. Walter passed Okeh (as President
Wilson writes it,) and expects to be or
dered to report within thirty days; by
reason of an arm broken when seven
years old, it is problematical whether
William passes or not. Both are of the
new registration, having become 21 since
June 5, 1917.
Hunter McQuire Fowlkes was exempt
ed from active military service on account
of physical disability and was placed in
Class 5. However, upon his request he
was a few days ago inducted into the
limited service branch; and was ordered
to report in Washington, D. C, on July
8th for the four months' course of in
struction in the Bacterialogical Laba
tory of the Army Medical College, Sani
tary Corps. For the past ten months
Hunter has been with the food and oil
division of the Department of Agricul
ture at Raleigh.
General Pershing says there is every
difference between the soldier who gets
hrurlit '-iAP-fitl lttor frnrv Vm nA
the one who gets gloomy, sorrowful, wail
ing and pessimistic letter. He urges the
home folks to write often to the boys in
France and to write them happy, cheer
ful letters. If you have troubles at home
don't write about them to the
boys: they can't help you any at home
and it makes them worry and brood, and
thereby lessens their ability to make good
soldiers. Keep the worry at home and
send optimism to the boys.
The address of W. E. Thomas, Jr., is
"Headquarters, "(llli Division, American
Expeditionary Forces -B. E. F., France."
From this it is presumed that V division
is temporally brigaded in a Bri ;,n corps.
In a letter to his parents here, dated June
15th, and received July 6th, he told them
not to worry about him; that he is well
looked after and at present in no im
mediate danger. He says they are located
in a beautirul section of France, and that
the peace and tranquility that pervades
there is utterly foreign to the war that
is raging in other parts of that country.
G. G. Simpson, who left his desk at the
Great frails mill to go to the fourth Of
ficers Training Camp at Camp Sevier May
15th, spent from Fridav to Sunday with
friends here. This is the fourth training
for officers, and at the outset 1200 entered
but the number was gradually weeded
down to 1.000. It is likelv that this school
will be transferred to Camp Gordon in
the next week, as the officer-instructors
will be called to their places in the 81st
division. This means that the 81st divi
sion, of which practically all of the 124
May 25th Richmond county boys are a
part, is on the eve of moving for a port
of embarkation. With this school for
officers it is interesting- to note that,
whereas in former schools defensive and
trench tactics were closely studied, in
this one offiensive is to the front. It
indicates a better day ahead; it shows
the faith of our government that the time
for offensive work is not far distant,
rather than continued defensive.
Or couiiic you kuow- there is a law
against selling whiskey to anyone -sol
dier or whatnot; but did you also know
that it is a very serious offense to even
GIVE a soldier a drink, even in a "social"
way? It is against the Federal law to
give a soldier, whether a private or officer,
a drink of intoxicating liquors even in
your own home. And the blindtiger who
sells a soldier whiskey is courting, not
merely a road sentence at the hands of
the county court, but a. more drastic
sentence from the hedefai authorities.
Weakened by alcoholic poison, the effi
ciency of the soldier is impaired. Good
health is the first requirement of a good
soldier, and absolute prohibition is vital
for an effective army. And Uncle Sam
is determined that his soldiers shall be
protected from whiskey whether in pri
vate homes, blindtigers or open saloons
Captain Donald Fairfax Ray, of
Fayetteville, died at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma,
July 6th, as a result of a sunstroke. Don
Kay was a hne tellow and had a promis
ing luiuic, lie tias a number of CwUccc
friends in Richmond county who will
learn of his death with sorrow. He en
tered the University at age of 14, gradu
ated at 18, studied Law at Harvard,
traveled a year m Europe and was
nracticiniz law at Favetteville when he
entered the first officers training school
at Oglethorpe last summer. He was
commissioned a First Lieut, but in
December was made a Captain. He was
attached to the 156th field artillery at
Camp Jackson, but was at Ft Sill taking
a ten weeks' course in aerial observation
when death resulted.
Don. Ray was 29 years of age and last
August was married to Miss Ann Mc
Kimmon, of Raleigh, a daughter of Mrs.
Jane S. McKimmon, who is well known
to - Richmond county housewives, -she
betas in chars of the Home Demonstra-
' tion work for this State.
Lt. Barnard Garrett since the 6th of
June has been detached from the 20th
Engineers, and has been in Paris taking
special instruction in X Ray work.
Fred Taylor's address is "Co. 6, Sec. 3,
4th regt. Naval Training Station, Char
leston, S. C." Fred says he has fallen in
love with his new life almost as quickly
as he does with each new girl he meets.
Joseph Howell Haywood, who was 21
Dec. 8th, 1917, went to Wilmington the
last of May to enlist in the Navy. He
was allowed to return home to await or
ders. These came this week, and Hay
wood left Wednesday for Charleston to
report in Uncle Sam's Navy.
Willie M. Fowlkes, who has been a
registered druggist at Stonewall Phar
macy, Charlotte, for the past four years.
arrived here today. He volunteered for
service in the Navy a month ago, and has
now received orders to report in Norfolk
next Monday for duty; he will be a Phar
macist in the Navy.
James Thomas Garris last year regis
tered at Englewood, Bergen county, New
Jersey. He has been at his home in this
county recently, and when he was called
by his New Jersey board he secured per
mission for the Richmond county board
to induct him. He was accordingly in
ducted by the local board July 4th and
sent to Camp Humphries, Va.
James C. Fowlkes. aged ID, who volun
teered at Charlotte and was sent to Camp
Greenleaf Nov. 6, 1917, arrived safely
overseas three weeks ago. His mother,
Mrs. J. D. Cameron, received a card to
this effect a few days ago. His address is
"Private J. C. Fowlkes, May draft re
placement camp No, 2 from Camp Green
leaf, American Expeditionary Forces,
France, via New York.
Minor T. Hinson, who attended an offi
cer's training camp at Oglethorpe several
months ago, received his commission as
second lieutenant last Friday. Minor is
at tamp miiis,, in. i., in tne oin uivisiun.
Alex Monroe is in the same division.
Lt. John Hall is also at Camp Mills, but
we do not know whether he is in the
same division or not. It is likely that all
three of these have either sailed, or will
embark in a few days.
Don't you think your soldier-boy would
be interested in reading his home paper ?
There is so much more in this paper than
you could possibly write, and it would
keep him in closer touch with things back
home. It doesn't matter whether he is
in France or this country, the paper can
follow him. Subscribe and have it sent
to him.
During the week ending June 21st the
number of sick and wounded in this
country from th-j Expeditionary Forces in
France was 185. These men were sent
to various hospitals for treatment and
physical reconstruction. Many of them
are maimed for life. And in contempla
ting the condition of these men, some
sightless, some legless, who is there but
feels the deepest sense of gratitude to
them? Who is there but feels that noth
ing is too good for these boys who have
offered their lives for our safety? The
least that any of us can do is to SAVE
and LEND our MONEY to the Govern
ment, that it may take care of them.
This we can do by buying liberally of War
Savings Stamps.
Corporal Willie W. Shankle, with the
Expeditionary Forces in France, in a
letter to home-folks written May 29th,
says that for amusement in the trenches
they have the tnendly little coutie. ut
ten while lying on a bunk in a dug-out
a-dreaming of the girls back home, a
sudden sharp pinch is felt; you awaken
with a start, thinking it to be a slap from
the girl, but sadly find it to be a coutie
or rather couties, for they visitate in
regiments and not singly. Also, he says
they are often entertained by the rats in
the trenches; often the rodents will take
rifle from you and try to go through the
Mnrtiel of Amis, or v.'iM rv.n off with i
and make a duck-board, see-sawing
merrily away. Shankle says plenty of
Bull Durham is given them and that the
cigarettes are a great comfort; also,
chewing gum. Both help the nerves
when you are to shoot at a Boche or
while being shot at. When a particularly
big shell explodes nearby, a fellow car.
bite the gum instead of his tongue.
Hal Ledbettsr was in the surf at
Wrightsville a few afternoons ago.
Nearby was another large fellow, well
built and a eood swimmer.
Now in swimming, mind you, there
appears none of the insignia that indicates
a soldier s rank; tne private ano a general
appear alike in a bathing suit.
Hal and the stranger were drawn to
each othermutually as well as by tne
tide -and they spent a most pleasant
afternoon together, swimming and mark
ing time on the sands. They animatedly
discussed the war, the stranger giving
his opinion of the varying war conilninn'
and Ilui iieiiui'allv uufciing. 'Th; r.aLuiu
for Hal to take the opposite view, you
kno.
Finally towards dusk the two wended
their way bath-houseward.
"I'll wager a dollar I'll beat you dress
ing," called the stranger as the two enter
ed their respective dressing rooms.
"You're on," replied Hal.
Being a second-class seaman, Hal had
nothing to slip on but a smile, a blouse
and a pair of baggy trousers. Quickly
he appeared at the stranger's door. Two
minutes passed, five, ten; at last the
stranger appeared. But instead of garbed
as a mere civilian, he wore the hahili
ments of a Major of the United States
Army. Expecting to see in Hal a soldier
or naval officer of equal rank, he found
confronting him a seaman of the lowest
grade. "My Lord," said he, "you might
at least have been a Second Lieutenant!''
Nothing has been heard from Rev.
Bruce Benton in the past few days. He
expected to embark about the middle of
last week, and if so then cards will likely
be received within the next three or four
days announcing his safe arrival over
seas. He is engaged in army Y. M. C. A.
work for duty in France. Monroe War
burton is another volunteer for Y. M. C. A.
work, and must report in New York July
15th. He will leave Rockingham Satur
day night; he goes as .a motor mechanic.
William H. Hall reported in New York
July 8th for Y. M. C. A. work, and it
is thought he will sail by the first of next
week.
Passing the Buck.
(Contributed)
The Colonel tells the Major
When he wants somethine done.
And the Major tells thevCaptian,
And gets him on the run.
The Cap'n thinks it over,
And to be sure an suit
Passes the buck and baggage
lo some shave-tail becond Lieut.
The said Lieutenant ponders;
And strokes his downy jaw.
Then calls his trusty Sergeant,
And to him lays down the law.
The Sergeant calls a Corporal
1 o see what he can see.
So the Corporal gets a Private,
And the poor damned Privates ME!
CHANGE IN ROAD WORK
The Two Convict Forces to
be Consolidated. Two
Trucks to be Bought. Road
Supt. W. B. Covington re
signs. At a special meeting of the
county commissioners last Mon
day Road Superintendent W. B.
Covington tendered his resigna
tion, effective August 1st. He
has been Superintendent of the
roads for seven years. The chain
gang system was established six
years ago.
The board decided to make a
change in the road work. As
soon as the Force No. 2 completes
the present work near Norman,
it will be combined with Force
No. 1 that is now working on the
Hamlet end of the Hamlet-Rock-ingham
road. At present there
are 7 convicts and three hired
men in the upper squad, and 8
mules; and 14 convicts and 10
mules in the lower squad. The
board has decided to sell six of
the mules, and in their place buy
two motor trucks a Ford truck
and a heavier two ton truck. The
plan ia after the present work is
completed to do no more heavy
work, but use the combined force
for maintenance. With the trucks
the force can be more mobile and
necessary work at widely separ
ated points can be attended to.
School Committeemen.
On page 9 can be seen the list
of school committeemen for the
various school districts.
Fair Price List9.
There is no change in the
prices of the Fair Trice List as
published last issue, except as re
gards corn meal. The price is
now changed from 5 cents to
six cents per pound.
Food Administration.
The attention of our people is
called to the Food Administration
article on page 4. Bear in mind
that EVERYBODY, outside of
household users of sugr, must
get sugar certificates from State
I Administrator raze oil or belore
July 15th! This is imperative.
Quarterly reports of the
four Rockingham and one Ellerbe
banks on page 9. The com
bined resources total $1,898,681.
69. The merchants of thei city
are urged to make a report to
Chairman E. A. Allen on Monday
of each week of their War Sav
ings and Thrift Stamps sales.
SUPERIOR COURT
July Term of Criminal Court
Begins Next Monday. 12
Prisoners in Jail. Names
of Jurors. Judge Adams to
Preside.
The July term of criminal
court will convene next Monday
with Judge Adams presiding.
The term is for criminal cases
only.
There are 12 prisoners in jail
awaiting trial 6 white and 6
colored. One of the six colored
is a woman.
The jurors, as previously pub
lished in this paper in the issue
of June 6th, are:
D. F. Gurley W. J. Freeman.
Will O. Ellerbe O. H. Hinson.
S. C. Gibson J. T. Haywood.
Robt. A. Wilson. E. M. Phillips.
J. M. Thomas Ed Baxley.
W. T. Meeks R. R. Little
R. P. Clark Sandy Smith
J. M. Dockery M. S. Parsons
B. W. Walker John Dunn
R. A. Easterling W. C. Ellarbe
B. G. Martin Sam B. Terry
P. S. Covington E. A. Allen
L. B. Buckshaw Shaw Dawkins
J. D. McLendon. J. A. Marks
H. Fairly Long W. J. Goodwin
A. M. Gibson W. C. Nance
B. F. Steen C. G. Pepper
S. O. Bauersfield J. P. Gibbons
Chickens for Canteen.
The Rockingham Canteen work
ers are desirous of providing the
troop trains passing Hamlet
next Monday with fried chicken,
and are asking the people of
town and county to donate chick
ens for this purpose. If you can
give a chicken, kindly have it
sent to the Everett Hardware
store Saturday, alive.
The soldiers during their long
ride from the Southern camps
to ports of embarkation are fed
mostly on canned goods; imagine
their pleasure and appreciation
if served hot, fried chicken!
True, no Richmond county boy
will likely be on these trains but
just think how you would feel if
YOUR boy were served tempting
chicken by some Canteen work
ers elsewhere, after they had
been car-weary from riding
many miles!
If you can spare a chick, send
it to the store Saturday.
Red Spider on Cotton.
Reports from various points in
the county are to the effect that
the spider pest is damaging cot
ton. Our information is that this
spider appears only in dry weath
er, and when the present drought
is broken the inroad will be
stopped.
Parts of the county had a fair
rain the first of the week, but not
enough to greatly benefit corn,
which is suffering badly from the
drought.
W. S. S. Premiums.
The Richmond County Fair
management announces that the
premiums this fall will be given
in War Savings Stamps. This is
in line with all the other Fairs
to be held throughout the coun
try, all agreeing to the W. "S. S.
plan.
Trip Hates for the Fair are Oct.
16, 17, 18, 19. Our people are
urged to begin planning now ior
exhibits, whether in canned goods,
preserves, cattle or what not.
Rally to tne ram ,
Potato Slips FREE
The Post-Dispatch has a large
quantity of sweet potato slips
that can be had tor tne asking.
They are free, no strings attach
ed; simply call at the Post-Dispatch
office and you can get as
many as you wish.
MEN TO CAMP
Five White Men Went to
Camp Greenleaf Last Sat
urday. Six Whites to Go
to Camp Hancock July
22nd. 16 Colored Men to
Camp Greene July 30th.
Schedules for Departure.
The following five white men
were sent from Richmond county
to Camp Greenleaf, near Ft. Ogle
thorpe, Ga., July 6th. They were
inducted at four o'clock, present
ed with bibles, had their picture
taken by the Post-Dispatch (pic
ture on page 10,) and departed
on the 8:37 train. The five are:
937 Ralph Fairley Covington
1001 Elisha Rowland Baxley
1590 Henry Harrington Graham
2045 Luke Gibson, Jr.
2103 Hugh Pate Green
As announced last issue, 15
colored men will be sent to Camp
Dix, New Jersey, July 17th on
the 7:35 train. Their names
were published last week, but
we are again giving them. The
board will officially send out
notices to them today. They will
report here at four o'clock July
17th, and due to arrive at camp
at 6:35 of the morning of the 18th.
Trip 90 to rpnrrt VP1"P, from
which 15 will be selected, are:
1843 HadleyGoole
1901 Walter McAskill
1917 TohnHailev
1948 Tom Allen
2003 William Ewing
2010 Silas Stewart
2015 Robt. Roberson
2032 Isaach Ledbetter
2035 Earnest T. Fletcher
2037 Mallow Frieson
2039 Henry Leach
2046 Frank Wall
2050 Will Norwood
2075 Toe Walter Leslie
2091 Henjamin F. Reddick
21U1 Lallie Kutus tovingtcn
2113 Clifford Moore
2117 George Collins
2123 James Ratliff
2143 Cap Chambers
Six white wen are to be sent
to Camp Hancock, near Augusta,
Ga., July 22nd, on the 7:35 train;
they go by Columbia and will
reach camp at 6:20 of the morn
ing of the 23rd. The nnm?s
have not yet been prepared. On
same schedule will go 40 from
Moore and 28 from Chatham and
6 from Anson. Scotland sends
none on this call. Montgomery
sends 23, these to go by Norwood,
Wadesboro and on by the South
bound, arriving camp at 1:25 a.
m. of the 23rd.
Sixteen colored men will be
sent from this county on the
10.07 liuin oii the morning of
July 30th; they will arrive there
at one p. m. 36 go from Anson
on same train. Chatham sends
17 and Moore 8 on the 31st.
Scotland sends 21 on the 29th,
leaving Laurinburg at 8:51 a. m.
Montgomery sends 8 on 30th,
going direct, leaving Troy at
11:43 a. m.
War Savings Campaign.
The War Savings campaign
shows that Richmond county has
so far raised nearly seventy per
cent of her quota. Exact figures
arc not obtainable as yet, but will
be given next issue, by townships.
Rockingham township has raised
fully ninety per cent of its
quota.
Cotton Looking Up.
New York cotton market re
cently has been "looking up,"
futures and spots slowly rising.
Spots closed today 15 points up,
at 32.95. This is the highest point
spots have reached since the big
toboggan began in April.