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ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, JULY 25, 1918.
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Richmond County
Soldiers
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Have you noticed the splendid window
display at Watson-King grocery? There
are a number of pictures of soldiers
arranged.
A. G. Williams, who volunteered in
May, 1917, when but 19 years old, landed
in France in May. Letters from him to
his mother at Roberdel states that he is
well. He is in Co. L, 119th Infantry,
American Exp. Forces, France.
Musician John Hall, of Carthage, 119th
Infantry Band, played a solo for the King
of Belgium, June 23rd. Our American
troops on the Chauteau-Thierry section
have been playing a different tune dur
ing the past few days for the Kaiser.
While a troop train from Texas, loaded
with colored soldiers, was standing at
Hamlet, last Saturday, one soldier stab
bed another in the back, and then jump
ed through the window of the coach and
fled. However he was caught, and car
ried northward on the train, under guard.
Messrs. Bruce Benton and Frank L.
Pickett are still in New York. They,
with over 1,000 other Y. M. C. A. men,
have oeen wailing embarkation ior sev
weeks. They had not sailed the first of
the week, and it may be a week or more
yet before they start across.
Victor Sedberry Townsend and W. C.
Leak, Jr., successfully passed the physi
cal examination at the Navy enrolling
office at Wilmineton. and have been
notified to hold themselves in readiness
to report. They will likely be ordered
into the Naval service within thirty days.
On an average the soldiers who come
from the city and rural sections are
about equal in health. Statistics show
that out of 315,000 registrants in the
draft, the rejection of country boys for
physical defects was 27 out of every
hundred, and that of the city boys was
28 out of every hundred.
"Why don't you put more about the
Navy boys in this column," inquired a
friend.
Bless your heart, the editor will -if
you or your folks take enough interest to
inform him of your navy boys. The edi
tor is no mind-reader. We want items
about ALL the boys who are in Uncle
Sam's service, whether in army, navy,
marines or aviation.
Since the first day of July, SIXTY-FIVE
(65) NEW subscribers have been added
to the Post-Dispatch lista pretty good
number, and the month is not yet ended.
The names of these new subscribers can
be found on page 2.
Is your son's name on this list? Wouldn t
your soldier-boy or soldier-relative be
interested in the news of "back home?"
Start the paper to him for three or six
months.
Hereafter no applicant undtr the age
of 18 will be enlisted in the navy or
army until he has proven to the com
plete satisfaction of the recruiting officer
that he has reached the age of 18 years.
Many lads from a patriotic sense swear
falsely to their ages in order to enlist,
and this is to be deplored. The prouf
required now is (a) birth certificate,
baptismal record, or school certificate, or
in case (a) is not available, (b) affidavit
of parent or of guardian with legal evi
dence of guardianship.
You can bank on a Richmond county
lad enjoying "sweets," no matter where
he may be. One of our soldier-boys,
while at Camp Upton, a few days ago
meandered into little old New York; with
a girl friend, he was sitting side by side
in Battery Park. ... j
"I wonder," he whispered as he glanced
out across the beautiful bay and saw the
Statue of Liberty in the shadowy (gloom,
"why they have its light so small."
"Porhana " renlied the eirl. blushing,
th smaller the lieht the greater the
Liberty."
' Little did Germany think several years
ago when she was building such large
and snlendid Dasseneer ships that they
latpr would be used in carrying across
hundreds of thousands of American
troops, and yet our chief transports were
fnrmallv German shins. The number
of German ships seized in American
WVs at the outbreak of the war was
ina anH thir nuick reoair stands as
miracle of American engineering. Every
one of the ships had been ingeniously
and hadlv damaged, so badly, in fact,
hot it was thought 18 months would be
ronnirffH to renair them. Yet all the
renaired and in service in
irXZ months after war was declared,
Sixteen of the largest are troop ships,
ith total mnacitv of almost 60 thoa
.oni Affirm-, and men. Allowing three
vnvams every two months, these ships
,irin take 1.080.000 soldiers "over
Let us hope- the world will get a dove
in its worn, knitted sock, this Christmas.
Let the editor have the address of your
soldier or sailor, and send in items of
interest concerning them.
Started the Post-Dispatch to that army
or navy boy of yours yet? It will make
him feel good, reading the home news.
Subscribe for him.
Joseph Edmond Young, who will be 19
Jan. 25th, went to Charlotte Monday
morning to take a shot at enlisting in
the Navy.
The clash of accoutrements in our
camps sounds the death knell to Prussian
militarism, and America's abundant
wheat harvest will give it the coup de
grace.
Relatives at home have received letters
from Preston Pegues. He sailed for
France June 26th, and landed safely. He
is in an artillery supply train.
Walter Lee Speight, who was transfer
red from the Richmond county exemp
tion board to the Raleigh board and in
ducted and sent to Camp Jackson June
26th, was given an honorable discharge
July 18th on physical grounds.
The Russian Czar has a remarkable
way of coming to life. He is dead one
day, and alive the next, according to
press reports. We suspect that the re
ports of his death (like that of Mark
Twain) were greatly exaggerated.
John F. and Erank S. Morse came to
their home in this county last week on
an eight days' furlough. They joined
the army four, years ago, and have -een
service in the Phillipines. At present
they are stationed at Fremont, California,
the former in Co. L, 13th inft. These
boys say they have always had plenty to
est nt TInrle Sam's table, bfivp waxed
tat, and are "rearing" to go across.
David C. McNeill spent Monday night
with his father, N. A. McNeill, near Rob
erdel. He left Tuesday for Red Springs
to see his wife, who has been critically
ill. He stayed there until Wednesday
morning when he left for New York,
to rejoin his company, which had left
Camp Hancock Monday for a port of
embarkation. McNeill had been given
a four days' furlough. He says to tell
his friends goodbye, and that he expects
to go across, do the best he can and re
turn in due season.
The University is to send 69 additional
men for sixty days intensive training at
Plattsburg, N. Y., making a total of 116
men there from the University. Among
these additional 69 men are T. G.Gibson,
of Gibson, and W. H. Williamson, of
Carthage. They must report at Platts
burg Aug. 10th. They will be under
temporary enlistment for sixty days, with
a private's pay. At the end of the sixty
rinvs thev will be discharged to resume
their work at the University where they
;n art ns assistants to the military in-
etmrtnrs spnt there bv the Government.
One faculty member for each one hun
dred students is also sent to the camp.
Earnest S. Young, a son of Mr. Claude
Young, of R'ham, came last Saturday
and will leave Friday for his ship, the
"Louisiana." He, while but a lad of 19,
volunteered to "sail the deep, blue sea'
Dec. 27th, 1916. The gladsome spirit oi
the Christmas season was still upon him
-and. by the way, his navy me nas noi
caused him to lose any of that happy
spirit. He is now a 3rd class coxswain,
and he is a first-class gun pointer for one
of the big twelve-inch guns. The Louisi
ana was built in 1902, and though not as
new and as large as some of the more
modern dreadnoughts, still it is "some
baby," and the 1100-odd men on board
are just as anxious to meet some of the
Kaiser s vessels as are ine men mi mc
newest dreadnoughts.
Robert Stansill and Henry Dockery
spent Sunday Here, uavia r.asieiin
spent Sunday ai uamici unu . miwii.
Of course these young men know noth
ing as to their future movements, out
the guess of their friends is that they
u,;ii hp northward bound from Camp
Jackson before the end of this week, for
port ot emDarxation. kuikh ""
Easterling are in the personnel ot tne
artillery, and Henry Dockery is in the
trench mortars; all this belongs to the
81st division. Doubtless Deiore wis is
read, all three of them will have gone
north.
The government is discouraging the
buying of platinum rings and anything
pio. that contains Diaunuiu. x wuuuui
ie irprv nprpssarv in makine nitric acia.
With the aid of platinum from one ordi-
uipriiiincT rins about 1UU pounas OI
nitric acid can be made. This 100 pounds
inin h'"b exolosives ";tl! "end
a number of 3-inch shells against the
Huns and be a help in bringing our boys
back home. There is a shortage in the
supply of platinum. Russia has a corner
in the world s suppiy -a vicmuuij
a corner on Russia at present.
Explosives cannot oe maae wnn-
out sulphuric ana nunc acios; me
manufacture of these acids requires the
use of olatinum; airplanes must nave
platinum for important instruments m
their construction; piauuum i auawuisi;
essential in the manufacture of special
pyrometers; pyrometers are necessary in
all steel treatments; mm u guim -
made without the use of pyrometers.
Andui remember when you ladies buy
platinum rings, platinum pins, platinum
mesh-bags or platinum cigarette cases,
you are simply putting a scotch into the
wheel of war progress.
Easy to buy, convenient to handle, no
red tape--get a WAR SAVINGS STAMP
today.
The address of Eli- Herbert Shankle,
who enlisted May 21st, is "Headquarters
Co. 604th Engineeii., Camp Glen Burnie,
Maryland."
Frank B. Phillips and Emmett Smith
entered the service at the Charleston
Navy Yard July 9th. Phillips is i.i Co. 5,
Section 1, 4th regiment.
A colored man, Albright McLean, who
was recently carried to Camp Greene,
has been given an honorable discharge
on account of physical disability.
Phil Little, of Charlotte, but formerly
of Richmond county, left ten days ago
for Austin, Texas, to t iiter an aviation
camp. He has volunteered for the air
service.
William Head fpent Sunday here at
home. He has been in the hospital corps
at the Charleston Naval Training Station
for over a month. He looked natty i:i
his navy clothes.
Mr. II. L. Guthrie received a letter
from Benjamin Garner, f Moore county,
Tuesday, stating that he was Monday
sent to a military camp by the Moore
county exemption board. Garner is six
feet, three inches, and weighs 225 pounds.
The company and kecimisnt address
of the Richmond county boys who were
at Camp Sevier and who in the past revv
days were transferred with the 81st
division to Camp Upton, N. Y is still the
same, only direct mail to Camp Upton,
N. Y., instead of Camp Sevier.
Send the Canteen workers some melons
for the troop train soldiers. Watermslons
and cantaloupes are wanted, and every
melon counts. Leave them at Everett
Hardware stre. On mi'"-
of pleasure and "inward" satisfaction to
half a dozen soldiers.
Wade G. Terry, of the 118th Ambulance
Company, 105th Sanitary Train, Ameri
can Exp. Forces, arrrived in France the
middle of June. His folks received a
letter from him July 14th in which he
stated that he was well, enjoying his
new life and was 'powerful' impressed
with the number of good looking French
girls he saw. Wade was sent to Camp
Jackson Easter Sunday.
A letter was received by relatives on
July 13th from G. P. Fogleman, stating
that he had landed safely overseas. He
left here March 6th for Camp Jackson,
staying there two months and then
going to Camp Merritt, N. J., from which
place he embarked. His address is
"Private George P. Fogleman, Truck Co.
6, 1st Corps Artillery Park, A. P. O. 703,
American Exp. Forces, France, via New
York."
Oren Johnson and Tommie Rogers
passed from Sevier northward bound
Saturday night at 9:30. A number of
Richmond county boys passed on troop
trains Sunday night: Cole Nichols, Watt
Parsons, Watt Davis, William Stanback,
Jim Little, Jim Cagle and George A.
O'Quinn passed. At 11 o clock Sundav
night Benson Hertis Copeland and Mason
Minor Hinson passed.
By the time the Post-Dispatch is pub
lished, the entire 81st division will have
left Camp Sevier. It is estimated there
are at least 160 Richmond county boys
in this division, most of them being of
the "124" increment who were sent to
camp May 25th. They are bound for a
port of embarkation, and will likely sail
within the next ten days.
While many of the troop trains from
Sevier passed through Rockingham over
the S. A. L., many more were routed
over the Southern by Charlotte. William
Harry Entwistle and James Covington
went by way of the Southern Sunday
Lt. Claude Poole, brother of Mrs. F. J.
Carrctt, passed through the city Tuesday
afternoon, from Chattanooga, en route to
port of embarkation. Wm. D. Lovett
passed Monday night.
We doubt if there is a single person
now who is at all cognizant of the Can
teen work, who will decry the good that
is being done by this branch of the Red
Cross work. A singie visit to a troop
train and the pleasure and comfort af
forded the men by the Canteen service
would banish any illusion as to the need
lessnes of the Canteen.
Last Saturday a soldier from Spring
field, Ohio, on a troop train, became ill
while en route and was left at Hamlet
in the hospital. The Rockingham ladies
who were serving the Canteen there that
day immediately visited the hospital,
Drovided the soldier with new pajamas,
tooth brush, and other conveniences, and
since then have regularly visited him
each day and have seen to it that this
lonesome soldier from the Buckeye State
lacks for no comfort. And what our
Canteen is doing for this soldier, possi
bly some Canteen somewhere else may
have to do for YOUR soldier-boy. Yes,
help the Canteen.
George Phillips, formerly night
operator for the Seaboard at Ham
let, writes that Uncle Sam took
him over" at Charleston Monday
and that he is now in the Naval
Radio School at Charleston. He
expects to be an expert wireless
operator soon.
MORE MEN TO CAMP
Six White Men Sent to Camp
Hancock Last Monday.
Seventeen Colored Men To
Go To Camp Greene July
30th. 31 White Men to
Camp Wadsworth Second
Week in August. New
Registrants Examined.
The following six white men
were sent by the Richmond coun
ty exemption board Monday, July
22nd, on the 7:35 p. m. train to
Camp Hancock, near Augusta,
Ga. The six were inducted at
lour o'clock, presented with
bibles by Rev. Z. V. Roberson and
were 1 hen carried to Morgan's
Siudio where a pict ure was made
of them, for next week's Post
Dispatch. Hubert Timothy Pros
ser was placed in charge of the
squad: Mr. Prosser was for sev
eral years the land and industrial
agent for the S. A. L. Ry.
The six were:
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Talmadge Morrison
Wm. Connie Mathis
James Thomas Lovin
Wm. T. Maner
Hubert Timothy Prosser
Wm. F. Holmes
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17 colored men will be sent to
Camp Greene. The following
colored men are ordered to re
port here at 8:30 o'clock, p .m. and
from that number 16 will be
selected. They will leave on the
10:07 a. m. train, arrive at Char
lotte at 12:40 and at Camp Greene
at one o'clock. Anson county
will send 36 men to Camp Greene
on this same train. The men
called are:
1436 Hampton Miller
406 Jim Neal
1002 Thomas Belton
533 Solomon Webster
60 Walter Ewing
2169 Wash Hunter
1193 Henry Leach
1942 Henry Richard McRae
765 Jollie Collins
2129 John Allen
2156 Pearl Ingram
1532 John Robert Hines
2105 Wm. Henderson
290 James Paramore
399 James Lindsay
370 Edward Johnson
1124 Oscar Carter
2149 John Poe
1948 Oscar Chambers
737 Alex Mobley
876 Isaac Bonds
188 Henry Drake
During the five-day period be
ginning August 5th, 31 white men
will be be sent from this county
to Camp Wadsworth, Spartan-
Luis, 3. C. The buaid has about
22 men in the first registration
available for this call, and will
have to get only 9 from the new
registration. The names will be
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THIS BANK IS OPEN EVERY SATURDAY UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK
am 12, Randolph 29.
107 of the 153 newly regis
tered men underwent physical
examination here Monday and
Tuesday. 107 had been classified
in Class one. 51 were examined
Monday and 56 Tuesday. The
percentage of those passing the
examination was splendid, about
95 per cent successfully undergo
ing the required examination.
Four colored men will be sent
from this county to the A. & T.
College at Greensboro August
15th.
From the following six white
men three will be sent to Syra
cuse, N. Y., July 30th, to act as
watchmen, etc at ports of embark
ation. A telegram to the local board
this afternoon stated that sche
dule for these men would be
forwarded tomorrow.
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Wm. F. Baldwin
Pet Yates
Frank T. Dawkins
Nathan E. Levy
I Harry T. Odom
Mayor's Court.
Arthur Dunlap, who has been
working at Newport News, came
for a visit a few days ago, and
was arrested Saturday on the
charge of gambling on May 6th.
TVtV:r INfrmrtav roniji't'oH
him to give bond in the sum of
$50 for appearance at next term
of criminal court.
Arch White was tried Monday
for operating a jitney in the city
without license. The charge is
that he carried some passengers
from the city to Ellerbe July 4th.
Mayor McNair fined him $10,
but his attorney gave notice of
appeal to superior court.
Merchants Meeting.
A special meeting' of the mer
chants of Richmond County, will
be held at the court house in
Rockingham, on Wednesday,
July 31st, at 8:30 P. M. for the
nuraose of discussing the situa-
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tion regarding certain food com-1
modities.
Mr. Paul J. Leonard, secretary
of the North Carolina Merchants'
Association will also address this
meeting in the interest of the
War Savings division of the N.
C. Merchants Association. All
merchants of the county are
urged to attend this meeting.
The public is also cordially in
vited. Be sure to attend this
meeting.
W. N. EVERETT,
County Food Administrator.
E. A. ALLEN,
Township Food Administrator.
Reeardless of cost, straw hats
are being closed out.
W. E. Harrison & Land Co,
Attention is called to the tailor-
ine- announcement in uus issue
, E Harrison & Land Co.
"Vtsterday is utterly over mlh-'Time iVtff onlyjhin3.tt'ihl
Vsfc. which can W completely destroyed . .
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old universe displayed such riches.so many gnerousoppor,
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The Richmond County Savings Bank
Rockingnam, N. C.
The ONLY SAVINGS BANK in the county
War Saving Stamps.
The amount of War Savings
Stamps sold at the Rockingham
postoffice up until today amounts
to $51,630.00.
Superior Court.
The next term of Superior
court for Richmond county will
convene Sept. 2. It is for trial
of civil cases only. The next
criminal term begins Sspt. 23rd.
The jury list will be drawn August
5th.
Bound to Court
State vs Tom McEachern was
heard before Squire Guthrie in
the courthouse Monday. The
large crowd of interested colored
people necessitated hearing the
case there instead of in Mr.
Guthrie's office.
McEachern, colorcd.is charged
with serving a poisoned liquid to
Philmore McRae last August,
while conducting a restaurant
near the depot here. After par
taking of the alleged poisoned
liquid, McRae crossed the rail
road and gave some of it to a
colored woman, Ella Little, who
died from the effects. This hap
pened last year, but the evidence
could only recently be secured.
McEachern now lives at Hamlet,
ne was represented oy H. r'. Sea
well, W. R. Jones and H. S. Bog
gan. Bynum & Thomas prose
cuted for the State. Mr. Guthrie
found probable cause for man
slaughter, and bound him over
to court under a $500 bond, which
he gave.
Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses have been
issued during the past week to:
Norman Little and Ethel Allen,
colored, issued 20th.
William Leak, Jr., and Winnie
Little, colored, issued 20th.
Raife Baldwin and Lula Baldr
win, col., issued 22nd.
John AlexanderGale & Miriam
Murray, white, issued 22nd.
Road Work.
The convict force No. 1 com
pleted the Hamlet-Rockingham
road Monday, and Tuesday be
gan work on the street-extension
road from Hamlet corporate lim
its to the highway. This will re
quire a week's work, and then
the force will work the Ledbetter
Hamlet road.
The force now numbers 26
men. A prisioner named Pankey
was brought to the force from
Laurinburg recot der's court Fri
day for a four months' term for
larceny.
Ladies' voile and percale waists
48c and 98c.
W. E. Harrison & Land Co.
more rvava tJon
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there" in a year.