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I ttttt I "ALL THE NEWS Moit of the Time; i 10 PAGES - THIS ISSUE. Most of the News J L ALL THE TIME" Mr Vol. 1. No. 33 ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, JULY 18, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR r ft Richmond County Soldiers $ Fred Taylor's address is Co. 7. Sec. 3, 2nd regt. Naval Training Station, Charles ton, S. C. Arthur Morgan, who last week com pleted the special mechanical course of two months at the State A. & E. College at Raleigh, was sent Saturday to Camp John, Jacksonville, Fla. Elsewhere in this issue can be seen a notice to the effect that parcel post packages sent to the boys in France must not weigh over seven pounds, and must not be boxed. They can be wrapped in paper, cloth, or cardboard, but not in a wooden box. Monroe Warburton was to report in New York July loth for Y. M. C. A. work overssas, as a motor mechanic, but on the 13th received a wire ordering him to remain here until further advised. The delay is due to a congestion in headquar ters in New York. Ten of the technicians who have been in training at the State A. & E. College for the past two months have been recommended to take a course at the Central Officers' Training Camp to be come officers. Among the ten is Leon E. I" w.aci, oi Ivluoie cou.il. W. R. Bowles was in receipt of a letter July 10th from his grandson, Charlie Bowles, who is in France, in Co. L. 120th infantry: the letter was dated June 13th. Young Bowtei writes that they give the soldiers plenty of tobacco, but he was hungry for a plug of good old "Apple"; Second class .seaman Hal Ledbetter writes that the Wrightsville b-thing girl is at least making an effort to conform to the regulations laid down by the Beach board of aldermen, and the bare legs of a week ago are . now encased in dainty socks that extend almost above the ankle. Ncrman D. Bridgers came home from Camp Sevier last week on a furlough, and just before returning to camp Fridny night he and Miss Sallie Gertrude Cude, of Guilford county .were united marriage, Rev. Mr. Page, of Hamlet, officiating. Norman is 22 and was sent to Camp Jackson with the "124" May 25th, and three weeks ago transferred to Camp Sevier. nf a wounded or killed nntifipd hv wire saveral days before the name apperrs in the daily Casualty Lists. And so the Post-Dispatch would appreciate your notifying the paper . innn qi anv mirh iiivf ortunate message i received. Let us way .the wires will have occasion to convey few such mes sages to our Richmond county homes. Allison Page, son of Mr. Frank Page of Aoerdeen, was wounded in action in EVan Tun 2nd. He is in the marine Mvrna A 11 ion n who was a freshman at Trinity College, enlisted when only 19 anH landed in France June 26, 1917. Just a vear later, his father, Capt. Frank Page ,kn is with a railroad unit, landed in France for service. He has a younger brother, Frank, who is at a naval train ing station. In directing a letter to auy soldier in France, be sure to spell out the words, "American Expeditionary Force," instead abbreviating them, "A. E. F." You know there is another country in this little old world that begins with an "A" as well as our own God-blessed land Australia, and letters directed to "A. E. F." might find their way to a regiment of Anzacs instead of to your Tar Heel. Joseph H. Haywood's address is Co. 5. section 2, Naval Training Station, Charles ton, S. C. He went there last week. In a letter to his parents a few days ago, he told them not to worry about him, that he was liking his new life and getting on nicely. And that's the spirit of all our boys. If the folks back home give them the proper support -leaving out pes simism and grumblings they'll the sooner have Kaiser William hanging to a sour apple tree. Mr. Calvin McQueen, of Pee Dee mill Mn 9. is rlntprmined that his son, Alex, shall rear) the hnme news: and he has ordered the Post-Dispatch to be sent to the young man, who is in Company B, 190th infantrv American Exo. Force. France. Alex volunteered two years ago and has seen strenuous service fighting sand on the Mexican border. He landed safely in France about sue weeks ago. In a letter to his mother, dated June 25th and received June 16, he stated that he was quite well. Said he would be glad to have letters from friends back home, and hoped they would write often. His letter was "Okehed" by Walter Clark, Jr. Lonnie J. Butler, of Hoffman, landed overseas over a month ago. A letter written to his relatives June 18th stated that he was well and enjoying his new experiences. His address is "Truck Co. 1. 1st Corns Artillery r arK, a. r. u. uj, American Exp. Forces, France, via New York." Hayti formally declared war on Ger many a few days ago. And still thev come. There are mighty lew peoples ot this earth who are not against the imnerialistic aims of the Huns. And the number of neutrals is steadily diminish ing. Germania delenda est. (Hope no high school Latin scholar will "call" the editor on this.) Again we urge you to send the Post Dispatch addresses and items of interest of your soldier, marine or navy boys. And, by the way, are you sending your boy the home paper? It would help him pass many a lonesome minute, seeing the fresh happenings of back home. Subscribe and let him not lose a single copy from now on. Frank P. Graham, of Charlotte, who entered the marines as a private, has been promoted, to 2nd lieut. He is at the marine training school at Quantico, Va. Frank is a son of Prof. Alexander Graham, of Charlotte, and is a brother of David S. Graham, who was a few weeks ago killed in action in marine activities on the western front. Dr. P. M. Abernethy has been a prac ticing veterinarian here for several months; About ten months a?o while in Iowa he put in his application for the Medical Reserve Corps. Last Saturday he received notice that after July 21st he must hold himself in readiness to report for duty on twenty-four hours notice. He may be called in a few days thereafter, or it may be weeks. The veterinary branch of the army now has 1700 officers and 10,000 enlisted men. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Abbott went to Camp Meade, Maryland, last week to see Mrs. Abbott's brother, Andrew Jack son Cottingham. Cottintiam's home is in Rofccrson county, rut . t'ic tw oi the regibiration last year he was working at Camden. New Jersey. He was drafted and sent to Camp DJx. by the Camden board six weeks ago, ana ten aays ago was transferred to Camp Meade. Last Thursday his division left camp for a port of embarkation, and by now they are on the high seas rrancewara oouna. Quick work, that: .six weeks, in training: H thn. thnw men will be drilled and trained for two or more months in France before being assigned to actual hghting. Let us hope young Cottingham will be as good a soldier as his namesake, Old Hickory." Pmvnst Marshal General Crowder has written a letter to every exemption board suggesting that a plan tor tne systematic instruction of selsctives prior to their call in the draft be instituted. The plan includes all such measures as are best calculated to prepare the selectives to go camp willing, loyal, intelligent, clean and sober, and thus better fit them for rapid progress in the military education after joining the army. .The plan is to have a special board of instruction appointea in crh rnnnfv and that the selectives be given the rudiments of drilling. This preliminary training at nome wouia De given to all selectives who desire to take it, and would not be compulsory. It is not known as yet whether the Richmond county exemption board will appoint a board of instruction, and carry out this idea or not. as can be seen in the Casualty List in this issue, John Franklin Blalock was killed in action in France between June 1st and 18th. He was in the 49th Com pany, 5th Regiment of Marines, and enlisted in March of last year. He was born near Cheraw, but spent most of his life farming in Wolf Pit township. His father, Julius Blalock, lives in Hamlet. Mrs. John Sandy Covington last Friday received a letter from young Blalock, written May 27th, from "Somewhere in Pranre " And his letter breathes such a splendid spirit, that we are publishing .J A.M..'. it. 'Vnur letter was most welcome and felt to me just like a letter from mother. No, I am very glad to sayI am still in Fiance and not in Germany. I wont mind going to Germany a bit, but I can assure you I shall never go there as a nrisnner fnr if thev can't kill me I think I have had enough training in that line to do it myselt. Not tnat i mean 10 commit suicide but I just don't intend falline into such ruthless and barbaric hands as a prisoner. "How I would like to be bacK in st. Paul! Yes, I am sure that everyone at home is interested in we boys in France. I am sure everyone is doing his or her bit to keep us here until we shall have accomplished what we came for. We soldiers know, that our people are whole heartedly behind us -in conservation and saving to the end that this war may be shortened' and we returned victorious. You who are putting forth every effort in producing food, and encouraging us by word and deed, are doing just as much towards winning oi the war as we soldiers and marines who are actually on the fighting line. So don't forget that while you loved ones at home are praying nA wfrrno fnr nnr welfare, we will use ever inch of our manhood to try to prove wnrthv of title of a true Ameri can. Write me soon, ior your letters are a ureat relief in lime ot trouble and sorrow. I am, yours smcereiy, jonn r . Blalsck." And so another bright life has gone into the maw made by the hateful Huns. rtouen'r si letter like the above inspire YOU to fresh resolves to SAVE and xunav onrf atill more to do vour nil in order that our boys may be unshamed when they return? , Oscar F'owers, colored, on July 13th was classified in the Emergency Fleet roll. He has gone to the government ship yards. Grady Garrett, who has been stationed at Camp Greene for sw: t'me, in the aviation personnel, is now on the high seas bound for France. Herbert Stansill Smith, one of the 15 sent to Camp Jackson June 25th, was on July 12th given an honorable discharge on account of physical disability. Shem Kearney Blackley, of Hamlet, one of the 1919 tegistered men, was on July 16th accepted at the enrolling office of the Navy recruiting station at Wil mington. Mrs. R. D. Phillips, of Lauringburg, received a letter from Don Phillips last week stating that he just returned from a week's stay in a hospital, recovering from a slight gas attack. James F. Hicks spent Sunday here with his sister, Mrs. E. B. Morse. He was one of the May 25th "124," and is in Co. K, 324th infantry. If his regiment has not already left Camp Sevier for a port of embarkation, it will leave within the next day or so. Robert Stansill and David Eayterling have been transferred to the clerical de partment of artillery in 81st division at Camp Jackson and will be sent north to a oort of embarkation witnin tne next day or so. Henry Dockery will" also be sent. Georee Gladstone Phillips, a telegraph operator, who a few weeks ago applied at the enrolling station at Wilminton for admission into the Navy, a tew aays ago received a wire ordering him to report at Charleston Navy Yard July 22nd for duty. He will be in the radio branch. And so another KocKingnam young man responds to the call of humanity to do his bit in his chosen field. Arthur SianDack, coioieU, is another man who deserves credit for changing his status when he found he could con veniently do so. He lives in Cordova, and was placed in uass iour Dy reason of a dependent wife. He and she ap peared before the exemption board a few days ago, and she waived claim for dependency so that he could be placed in Class one arid be called to the colors.' All this was voluntarily done. . . Troop train on which was William Dockery of Company L, 322nd, ' pass ed Charlotte at 7:35 Tuesday northward bound. Ollie Morgan, Co. K. 322nd, passed Rockingham on tram luesday ninht far nnrt nf embarkation. It is expected that a large number of our boys at Sevier nave gone norm in oisi uivisiuu rinrincr the nast few davs. and others will eo tonight and tomorrow. The bulk of them are iroine bv the Southern. One troop tram from bevier on whicn it is expected will be Richmond county boys will oass HamlA tonight at midnight. The Rockingham Canteen ladies will serve this train with fried chicken. Several weeks ago the exemption board at Camden, S. C, wrote the Richmond county board that they could induct two Richmond county negroes there, if the local board desired. They were Alex Huff and Will Dyes. The local board sent the proper papers to Camden board and the Camden board inducted them and started them on the train to Camp Jackson. The next heard of the two was at Hamlet, when they were arrested by Chief Brasswell. It seemed that they headed north instead of south, and didn't go near Camp Jackson. And so Chief Brasswell was sent with them by the local board to Camp Greene, and be turned over to the military authorites as deserters. There is a man in a neighboring county who will probably go through life bewail ing the injustice of the exemption board Via- "ort,fipH him for service despite the iact tnat ne presented a letter written by his wife to prove that he had a dependent family. Here is the letter. 'Dear United States Army: My hus band ast me to write a recommend that he sunnorts his family. He can t react, so don't tell him. Just take him. He am t no good nohow. He ain't done nothing but play a fiddle and drink lemon extract since 1 marnca mm, cim yeais agu, a.m I gotter feed seven kids of his. Maybe vou can get him to tote a gun. He's good on squirrils and eatin . 1 ake him an welcum. l neen tne gruu aim ma ucu for the kids. Don't tell him this, but take him." wnnr if there are anv wives in Rich mond county who would like to pass a husband on to the army? Amrma those who were sent in the past few days to Camp Upton, preparatory to embarkation, is Zoll Oscar Ingram. Young Ingram was rer-.twith the 15 -zcp.zi to C-'mn j?rkson jum rn ' ryv 11th he was transferred to Lamp sevier onH Mn Hws inter "p a train enrpnt? tn the nort ot embarkation. wuick work, that. 25 days alter Being moucteu he wns on bk wr.y North. But tner-., a: nsnt,rvTioH hefnre the men Will Df Tram erl fnr two or more months in France before expenetr-m" acH1?.! ngntrng. 1 ne Die liircinn nraQ t-eaHv ann he and other OlBl " ' J , , f.hiir drafted mpn were nlaced therein to brins it to full strength. An American nnn Pronrh 1RD00 Herman 12.000. In- nram ia a ann I. AQQlSOn 1IIK1UU1. Ul , ------- , Steele's tnwnshin. and margin of but Aran tnnntha at Ann between mm ana "out of the draft" He was 30 years old Jan. 21st, 1917. DRAFT NEWS 15 Colored Men Sent to Camp Dix July 17. Names of 6 White Men to Go to Camp Hancock July 22nd. Other News. Fifteen colored men were in ducted into the service by the ex emption board Wednesday after noon, presented with bibles and dispatched on the 7:35 train for Camp Dix, New Jersey. They are due to reach camp at 6:35 this afternoon. They were plac ed in charge of Thomas Jackson, of Hamlet, who had asked that he be sent now, though he was not scheduled to go by the board. Mallow Frieson and Benjamin Reddick were selected as his as sistants. The Post-Dispatch has had a picture made of the squad and this will be published next issue. The 15 who went July 17 were: Thomas Jackson 2037 Mallow Frieson 2091 Benjamin F. Reddick 1901 Walter McAskill 1917 JohnHailey 2010 Silas Stewart 2015 Robt. Roberson 2035 Earnest T. Fletcher 2046 Frank Wall 2050 Will Norwood 2075 Joe Walter Leslie 2113 Clifford Moore 2117 George Collins William Adams Six white men are to go to Camo Hancock, near Augusta, Gal, on the 7:35 train next Mon day. July 22nd. The following I have been called to report, here at 4 o'clock of the 22nd. from which number 6 will be selected: 199 Talmadge Morrison 602 Wm. Connie Mathis 619 James Thomas Lovin 675 Wm.T. Maner 798 Hubert Timothy Prosser 876 Wm. F. Holmes 993 Stephen J. Fesperman 1168 Frank Auman Garrett 1421 Clarence H. Hedgepeth On Tulv 30th 16 colored men will be sent to Camp Greene, Charlotte. The names will be criven next issue. Richmond county is entitled to send 4 colored men to the A. & T. College at Greensboro for a short technical tranine these to eo Aueust 15th. Colored men who wish to take this opportun can apply to the exemption board at once. This county is entitled to send 3 white volunteers for limited military service to act as watch men and firemen at ports of em barkation, and must report at Syracuse, N. Y., during the five day period beginning July 29th. Volunteers will be accepted. Ap ply to exemption board. A call was issued Wednesday for 46.000 white men to entrain between August 5 and 9. Of To-day Never m ail old universe tunitics as W'm TtemosV.lerrffac Century i Will pay you 4 per cen interest compounded quarterly. Capital $15,000. Surplus $15,000. W L. PARSONS. President WILLIAM ENTWISTLE, Vice President. W. L. SCALES, Cashier W.L.1-A s,r OCTAVTA S. SCALES, Asat Cashier. v THIS BANK IS OPEN EVERY SATURDAY UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK this number North Carolina will furnish 2,500 white men, and these will be sent to Camp Wads worth, Spartanburg, S. C. It is not known as yet how many Richmond county will be requir ed to furnish. The work of classifying the questionnaires of the 153 newly registered men is nearly finished; it will show about 125 as being placed in Class one. The board will call those placed in Class one for physical examination for next Monday and Tuesday. It is very probable that the men called for entrainment Aug. 5th to 9th, will come out of the newly registered men. W. S. S. IN SEPT. Total Amount Pledged by Richmond County Only 56 Per Cent. Marks Creek j Township Leads With 77 j Per Cent. New Drive to I be Made Second Week September. in Richmond county was asked to subscribe $432,806 in War Sav - ings Stamps, but to date only $239,904 has been pledged. This is 56 per cent of the total. The chairman. Claude Gore, intends to make a another Drive the sec- is hoped the full quota will be subscribed. To date the amounts pledged by the various townships shows Marks Creek leading with 77 per cent subscribed; Rockingham with 61 v per cent; Wolf Pit 52; Mineral Springs 52; Beaver Dam 46; Steele's 35; Black Jack 9. Rockingham Township: Quota. $138,732 Pledged 84,540 Balance ...$54,192 J. F. Cummings -$ 9,600 W. E. Harrison... $62,300 (Mr. Harrison was chairman for the township; he had two chairmen for the city, Mrs. Boyd Gasque and Mrs. W. N. Everett, and these in turn were ably assisted in the canvassing by the following ladies: Mrs. Burcn O'Brien, Mrs. Geo. S. Steele. Mrs. John L. Armistead, Mrs. W. N. Everett, Jr., Mrs. I. S. London, Mrs. B. F. Palmer, Mrs. John Morrison. Miss Maude Moore, Miss Bessie Terry, Miss Ruth Harrison.) T. J. Thomas $ 540 J. A. Harrington $ 275 Mrs. R. T. Nichols $ 2,000 N. H. Mclnnis $ 2,530 J. W. Culberson -$ 5,060 Mrs. G. G. Terry - $ 1.020 Mrs. W. B. Covington $ 1.215 Steele's Township: Quota ...$55,396 Pledged 19,165 Balance.... $ 36,231 R. R.LUtle- $11,045 Alfred Baldwin $ 8,120 Wolf Fit Towi.wliip : Qucta ...$82,038 Pledged 42,669 Balance $ 39,369 E. M. Keller -- 3 8,000 M D. Leath.l $ 6,800 P.G. Webb -$ 4,287 "Vesterday is utterly over with-Time is j - . .i is yours buV tomor row belongs to The manemnd n . liie uimto lion v'ers cr its mstory. nas tms secretive displayed such riches.so man g-enerouspPfJr NOW- yousself , shake your self and DO jUrt TO DAY foMve money miAeRinA- We will help you in The Richmond County Savings Bank Rocking nam, N. C. The ONLY SAVINGS BANK in the county Raef Dawkins - $ 1,820 H.T.Wallace -$ 7,400 W. A. Hope - $ 1,495 H. H. Brown - - $ 2,510 Mrs. J, S. Covington... .$10,357 Mineral Springs Township : Quota $31,108 Pledged 10,805 Balance $15,008 R. V. Ussery -$ 6,000 O. G. Reynolds $10,010 Beaver Dam Township : Quota $23,100 Pledged 10,805 Balance $ 12,295 D. L. Culberson $ 7,015 R. L. Hildreth -$ 3,790 Black Jack Township : Quota ...$17,886 Pledged 1,625 Balance.... $ 16,261 B, F. Meachem $ 1,625 Marks Creek Township : Quota $84,546 Pledged....'... 65,000 Balance $ 19,546 J. P. Gibbons - $65,000 - Attention is called to the big two-page advertistment of Steph-enson-Belk on pages 2 and 3, and to the new quarter-page advt of , the Richmond County Insurance i&.aityco on page , , nu mi. v, . n to oe neia tu.nonuw irruwy. 115 Point Rise. Cotton, spots, advanced 40 points today, closing at 34.10, which is a rise of 115 points smce July 11th. Prof. Cridlebaugh Dead. The death of Prof. W. L. Cridle baugh at his home at Hamlet this morning at 8 o'clock is a shock to many friends. He was paralyzed Wednesday. Funeral services are being con ducted at 5:30 this afternoon at the Hamlet Baptist church, His remains will lie in state m the high school building tonight, his Masonic brethren to keep vigil. The remains will be carried to the family burying ground in Davidson county Friday a. m. Surviving are his wife and 3 children. Prof. Cridlebaugh was in his 46th year. He taught at Ellerbe, then Roberdel and ior the past 13 years has been Sup erintendent of the Hamlet schools Drive to the Right The city Wednesday installed 15 traffic guards at the intersec tions of the principal streets. Each has a red flag at the top iron bases. They warn the people to drive slowly, and to keep to the right. The officers are determined that the traffic laws shall be obeyed. IhtJ onlHing,nthl l '.a.. 1 " more waya zsian wit- I