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ROCKINGHAM, N. G, THURSDAY Afternoon, OCTOBER 3, 1918.
$1.50 PER YEAR
IRoll.otWonor
Xetffiy C. Russell died at CasNp
"Sevier, lie. 11, 1917.
PW&sley R. lidk, .pneumonia, JDog-
ales, hospital, Arizona, May $th,
John F.Slalodk, Hulled in action in
Franc June, 1918.
Corporal Willie W. ShanMe, killed
: in action in France JuO, 1918.
Joseph E. Rascoe, killed tn action
Aug.3tt4t1918. '
ftnWnd Soldier Killed.
ArtJ'still another star' is added this
' weeko'the Roll of Hwnor, of Rich
rmoifb (county boys k have paid the
ftuprame' sacrifice in their duty to
thetrCountry. fhelatest is Joseph
,'E. 'iascoe, whose ome was four
'hiUm west of Osborne and who with
hhrrife lived wiaYttrs. Ellen Smith.
'Hfcfather, Joseph Rascoe, lives at
'Benaettsville.
fits wire received a wire from the
"War Department Sqpt. 24th, notifying
iber that her husbxad had been killed
i ia action in France on August 31st
Nother details asrct are obtainable.
Re.scoe was about 24 years old, and
' was sent to Camp'Jackson in one of
the first calls last fall, leaving here
ii the squad of I9ta September 20th,
1917.
! Richmona County
8 Soldiers
ft.
Lt Henry Graves, of Carthage. iso icSae
aviation service, has lauded across. JLuck
to him! Mgy he become an . Ace maay
times oner.
Jim Stefeha: son's addrees is ""9th Ap
ply Company, 3rd Brigade, ;F. A. . ..
Camp Jackson." He war one of the ,-30
sent thene Aug. 27th.
The address 4f Robert Hampton ,Deaa
is "Headquarters Company -46, -Ctaap
. Sheridan, JWabao a." The camp is near
. Montgonsery. Jean has keen in .the
: service tiaeej Iuac, 1917.
J. W. Bntter,f Hoffman. Monday aub-t
(.scribed for tbe,pai3r to go to his son,,':
TT ' 1 1 " T r .1 . : r- WT
vniuie j. Dgp, in jr ranee, jbc .was ow
.of the "124" MayJISf h, and laatied acrossj
,in the 81st Division the middle f. -August)
iHe is in Co. ,.323rd regiment A. P. D
Z9'.
lLts. H. H. iHardison, of Wafcwboro,
.ami Francis Lates, of .It lesville. left last.
jFriday for CajM.Custer, Michigan. TChey
Jia just been promoted from second to
firgt lieutenants; iboth were returned
ifrqrr. France three week ago for fecial
rfkttaiL
Mrs. Annie McKay, Marston, Rt. 2,
Mod&iv subscribed for .her son, Hillary
H. McKay, who is in France in Co. W,
322nd .regiment, 81st. Divisioc. She has I
rftMttttHUMHtHb
aitatber jon, Oscar J, Mctoy. who wasatJ4()n ch.
way ao-Qas.
The a&nval Reunion of UieCanfederate
veterans at Tulso, Oklaboma, .last week
was a bis sHccess. General 3L M.' Van
Zandt, of Tasas, was chosen commander
in chief. Ge. Julian S. Carx was elected
Commander of the Army ft Northern
Virginia. AH Isonor to our xetectos of
the Sixties.
A cablegram received at Southern
Pines last week- stated that Sergeant
William G. Hewitt, of that town, vas
killed in action Aug, 31st He was one
of four brothers in the service, and was
in the Raeford company of the c&d
National Guard.
Mrs. Nannie Key Friday subscribed
for her two boys who are doing their
part for our Country. Samuel F. Key
volunteered Oct 15th, 1917, and since
March has been in England engaged in
painting aeroplanes. His address is "Pri
vate Samuel F. Key, 711,515, 156th Aero
Squadron, Headquarters American Air
Service, Caring Hotel, Grosvenor Gar
dens, London, S. W. I. England." Some
address, isn't it? Her other son is "Wil
liam C. Key; Supply Co. 316th F. A,
Amer. E. F France." William was in
the draft of September 19th, 1917.
These boys have two first cousins now
la Francs, S. F. Key and Edwin Key. .
'Bakery Co,
France."
Joseph E. Rascoe, of Osborne, Rt, the
latest Richmond county boy to be killed
in trance, date Aug. 31st.
J. A. McAulay, Jr's address is "No. 12
Elm Place (Berkeley) Norfolk, Va." He
is another new Subscriber added to the
list this week.
George OQuinn has been transferred
from Co C. 324th, to Oft L, 167th.
Also John Vf. Hammond from Co H,
324th, to Co S, 167th.
M. B. Nicholsr yesterday ordered the
paper sent to Berry and Eddie Lanriey,
Supply Company, 118th infantry, 59th
Brigade, 40th Division, Amer. E. F. France.
LtJtthn'Q. Baldwin is now sWWetied
Camp 'Meade, Md 31st Field Artillery.
He was'dbut a month ago conwtissidnott
from 'the'dfficers training school tCaip
Taylor.
EliisTyner.reported in the casualty list
tast$ffiiday as missing in action, 'is from
Buies, Hoke county, about WwilleS below
Hoffman. He has a number of 'relatives
inland around Hoffman.
William Harry Ewtwx&ile Wote back
home to a friend that it may be true that
the ocean has never teen iknwwn to rise
fter a rain, but itge&s;powarf ully excited
aunng a storm.
Of the 58 soldiers setting the paper in
France, the subscrfrtion'-ot' 15 has expired
and these will therefow not be sent a
paper this week unless their relatives
renew for them. The&orernment forbids
sending a paper tin AN? in arrears, even
to a soldier.
A card recetwsd by tee editor Sept. 2Mb
stated that Lt JJsacom C. Weill had lauded
safely across. Me tie in Field Kcnxwuxt
Squadron No. 328. Lt. Weill formerly
lived in Rockingham; his mother, Airs.
Carrie Weill, iliwes tia Savannah, Gn, at
217 East fiark Avenue.
Wbeaewsr casualty occurs in Fratoe,
the Dtsrartmfmt .wiKS the family of the
soldier j cnce..anH this is done faJBy a
week totare it lUtpUblished in the daily
papers. Hlherefinte, the Post-Dispuftdh
urges ats vaafiers to at once notify it
soon as $oss2ile after a casualty vine
recehwd.
JtDJiE Rainwaters, of Wolf Pit, snbscrib
ed Satusilay 4or a fear's worth of Post
Disoskii rfur Thomas Rainwaters, who is
in France ur Jiatequarters Detachment,
306th Sield Sgnal Battalion, A. tt 791
TomtKie is:iia.orrksrly. He was one of
the Richmond couaty boys seat to camp
in September., and formerly wortod
with Diggs Pann Dairy. He landed
acroat, in tamby August
The wife if W. H. Johnson, colored.
Saturday sUkscribef for a year for her
son, Lecipjr Aamoisnds, who is now
soldier. He bfi.afc Ctmp Lee, Va, in 155th
Depot Bajgade, &9nd Company. 11th
Trainiar BatRalion.
The PostvOupatcth is glad to number
colored folks among its subscribers, and
especuffiytthoae who have on the uni
form.
ur. u. J. Ujinpeqge Mas been commis
sioned a ikst iieutamat in the Medical
Reserve Corns, with orders to report for
duty at Camp Arthur, Waco, Texas. He
and fannly left there Tuesday for Rose
Male, Miss, where, his wife and two "iii
ltdren will rempocarMy. stay.
Dr. CoppadgespentJX! years in Belgian
TJongo, Aoica, as a tcnrdical missionary,
returmmr to hw ometnrre a month aso
hnr order to do ibv pattan the war.
The State Food Administration recent -
lyibas disciplined a nutabcr of firms in
the Estate for proliteermg and acting as
wholesalers without license. Among those
arelK. u. Caldwell ons.f Lumberton.
andX V. Pate, of Giasonmd Uurel HilL
each ot tnsse nrms toeing.tincd $200 for
the Red Cross. J. W.Carter Co., of Max
ton, ig fined $MKfc E. Cflloythof Eairmont
$100; Eddie Daw. Lajarinburg. $25; New
York Cafe and UIyntpuCdfe,f Lumber
Miss Dora Butler, of Hoffman. Monday
scriDei aor her brother, ' wagoner L
. Butler, Truck Co L 1st Corps, Artillery
f arte, A. r..v. 7i9, Amer. . r , ranee.
Also, Mr. Att. Stutts is sendiw? the
home news .to his brother, j. B. Stutts,
who is over yonder in Battery E. 316th
Field Artillery, A P. O. 704.
We me glad to add these two Hoffman
ites. Tney make 58 of our boys getting
the home paper across the briny. Wbo
will make the number 59?
83 limited service men were two weeks
ago sent from the various counties in the
State to Camp Creese, but nearlv half
of them on reexamination were accepted
there for general service and held for
duty at Camp Greene. Among those so
neld are William K. McNeill, of this
county, and William Bennett Little, of
Anton.
Paul H. Wadden, of the limited service
group, was assigned to work with the ex
emption board of Moore county at Carth
age.
Both McNeill and Bennett were dis
charged before for being under weight,
but the Camp Greene medical examiners
waived that disability. McNeill has been
at the Bank of Hamlet for the oast ten
days assisting In breaking in a "new band"
to his job, and returned to Camp Wednes-
day. '
John H. Phillips' address is'
327, A. P. 0. 721, Amtr. E. F,
Lt. Geo. G. Simpson is now at Camp
Wadsworth, S. C, 62nd Pioneer Infantry.
Any one desiring extra copy of issue
of Sept. 26th containing full list of the
2679 registered men of Richmond county
can get same at five cents a copy at Post
Dispatca office.
Collegemates and other friends of Lt.
Frank M. Thompson, of Raleigh, will
grieve to learn of his death in battle in
France. Frank was a great football and
baseball player at Wake Forest and A. &
E. He 1ws a lieutenant in a machine
tun company and was killed Sept 13th.
J. ft Bennett, of Ellerbe, who volun
teered for Y. M. C. A. work overseas
somw months ago, was Wednesday grant
ed certificate or permit from the local
exemption board. Mr. Bennett expects
to be ordered to report in New York
Within a month.
The call for 1374 white men to be sent
to Camp Sevier Oct 7th (of white Rich
mond county was to send 13) has been
temporarily held up, on account of the
prevalence of influenza.
The names of the 35 negroes to go to
Camp Green from this county Oct 16th
have not yet been prepared by the exemp
tion board; they wilt have same in next
week's paper.
Thomas W. "Gathrie amd George P.
Enrwistte, Jr., have signal up with the
Marines, having on Tuesday and Wed
nesday passed the Kaiainat-.on .and com
peted tne iwauKed arrangements at
Charlstte. They expect to be ordered to
report at Richmond, for training at Paris
Island, in a few days.
I As we -go to prwis we learn that Tom
uuume .is wed 'wr.h a case of influenza,
the scpliahatalady hitting him today.
QC thesBctmen sent from this county
teCBmpaianojcfe, Ga., July 25th, four
are in tthe 54thCompany, 5th Group, M
T.D;ttheyai: Corporal H.T. Pressor,
W. E.fiFfclmes, "W. C. Mathis, J.T. Lov
ing. Hire Post -Dispatch is in receipt of a
banquet andtentertainment program giv
en by (fhe 'Snappy 54th Company" in
'konorf omosrs, friends and enKsted per
sonnel By tevwy, Tyrus Cobb is a Captain in
ueorge i. wuson returned to the re
pair hjp Vestal Tuesday, after a ten
das vwit to his father, Jas. A. Wilson.
at Entwwfcle. George enlisted in the
rcavy.;jujy 6th, 1914, and since October,
1915, has been chief cook of his section.
The Vestal is a repair ship of 12,000 tons,
arci.jfeiue -motner to the neeit, carrying
all forms of repair from a sewing needle
to the heaviest anchor. It is likely the
fcstal will go across before Christmas
to relieve the repair ship that has been
nweritljere for the past year.
-Xmas Gifts for Soldiers.
JElansare being perfected by
the War Department, the postal
authorities and the American
Bad Cross whereby the men in
American Expeditionary Forces
will be provided with Christmas
j)ac&ages, though the limit will
be one parcel to each man.
Coaipons are being distributed by
the Army authorities to the men
overseas to be forwarded to their
relatives and friends, and no
pancel will be received at the
post i office without this label
wJaich. authorizes its shipment,
The contents of the packages
will te supplied by the families
but the Red Cross will furnish
standard cartons, as all packages
must he of the same size and
weight, and will inspect, wrap
and deliver inspected parcels to
the postal authorities.
lne order for these cartons
has already been placed, and they
will be delivered the latter part
of October an time to be distribu
ted to Chapters. No cartons will
be given out until the labels ar
rive from abroad, and complete
details will be sent to all Red
Cross Chapters as soon as the
final arrangements are completed
by the War Department and the
post office.
The standard container to be
used will be 9x4x3 inches and
the weight limit will be 3 pounds
Chautauqua full page program
on page 9. Read iL Dates Oct
11, 12 and 14. Big tent Worth
while event. Are you tagged?
Leak & Marshall & Parsons
are discontinuing their delivery
service after Saturday. Read their
quarter-page announcement
Circus Forbidden.
To the Public:
' The Richmond county Board
of Health has today forbidden Spkrks
circus to exhibit in Richmond county on
Saturday, Oct 5th, this step being taken
by reason of the infiuema epidemic.
The public is requested not to attend.
(Signed) J. R. Bennett,
Chairman Board of Health.
Advt
October 3rd, 1918.
WAR TRAIN EXHIBIT
Trophies and Relics of War
to be Exhibited at Rock
Ingham Next Tuesday, Oct.
8th.
The people of Richmond coun
ty will have the opportunity next
Tuesday from 12 o'clock to 2, to
view some relics and trophies of
the war and of studying many of
the guns, gas masks, and other
accessories now being used "over
there."
These relics etc will be on a
war exhibit train, which is travel
ing through the South in a special
train, and will arrive at Rocking
ham at 12 o'clock, and remain
until two, staying here just two
hours
From here it will go to Hamlet,
remaining from 2:15 to 2:30, then
to Maxton, remaining there from
3 to 530, and then will return to
Hamlet at 6:30 and spend the
night, leaving Wednesday at 11
for points in South Carolina; it
rwlstop first at Kollock, from
11:45-11:50, then go to Bennetts-
ville, remaining from 12:30-2:30,
then return to Kollock and stay
from 3:10 to 5:20, then to Cheraw
at 5:30, where it will spend Wed
nesday night, leaving at 9 Thurs
day for McBee.
When it stons al Rockingham
Tuesday twelve, the war
trophies captured from the enemy
will be explained by a squad of
soldiers. Speakers of national
reputation will address the crowd
on war topics, these being Gran
ville Jones, of Montana, and John
Brooks Fletcher, of Illinois.
Doubtless thousands will be
present at s the depot when this
war train arrives next Tuesday,
for it will contain relics and tro
phies FREE that at any other
time you would have to pay do!
lars and travel miles to see.
Grand Jury Report
lne following is report of
Grand Jury for September term
of criminal court, in session Sept
rd, 24th and 25th:
We have passed on all bills brought
before us, and returned true, or not true
bills as the evidence in each case might
warrant.
We, in a body, visited all the offices in
the Court House, and found them clean
and apparently well kept We also visited
the jail; found it in fairly good condition.
The prisoners all said they were well fed
and cared for.
We recommend that walls he
in places where the plastering has been
knocked off, and all the walls be white
washed.
By Committee, we visited the County
Home and Convict Camps. At the
County Home we found everything in
gocd condition. Plenty to eat and all
said they were faring well. At the Camp
all well except one colored man. All the
mules in good condition and well kept
We recommend the Camp needs two
new stoves and 3 sets piping."
E. D. Whitlock, Foreman."
Will You Help Them?
Oh, Uncle Sam, come blow your horn,
We must save up our wheat, we must use
lip our corn.
Where are our khaki boys today?
They're over the ocean and far away!
And will you help them?
AYE, that will 1 1
A Liberty Bond I will gltdly BUY.
Woman's Liberty Loan Com.
INFLUENZA
150 Cases Already in Rich
mond County. 10,000
Cases in the State.
The Nation is in the grip of an
epidemic of grippe, or Spanish
influenza. In North Carolina a
lone the number of cases is esti
mated at 10,000.
At Camp Lee are 6000 cases,
Wilmington 2000; the number of
cases said to be in Hamlet is 25,
and so far in Rockingham 6; in
several of the mill villages and
the farming communities of the
county are no less than 100 cases.
And it is spreading rapidly.
The disease started in Spain in
May, affecting 30 per cent of the
population. It is unusually con
tagious. The hope of the country
is that it will exhaust its supply
before its dread ally, pneumonia,
arrives in force in the winter
months. The terrible danger of
the malady is pneumonia. If you
have aching, high temperature,
and sore throat, you may be
pretty sure you have influenza.
Go to bed at once and stay there
until you are well, until your tem
perature has been normal at
least two days.
The Board of Health urges the
people not to congregate, to keep
out of crowds, not to spit, and if
you cough or sneeze do so in
your handkerchief; the germs are
carried that way. Also, to avoid
using the common dipper, care
lessly washed glasses at soda
fountains, etc.
But above all else, at the yery
first intimation that you have the
malady, GO TO BED and STAY
THERE UNTIL WELL! Other
wise you are likely to have pneu
monia. Fair Issue Next Week.
Next week s issue of Post-Dis
patch will be a "Fair Week" num
ber. Watch for it. It will contain
special announcements from the
various merchants that will inter
est you.
"THE KNIFE"
Alice Brady in 5 acts
at
THE STAR
Friday, Oct 4th.
A. timely picture; you will enjoy
it One day only. 12 & 25c.
THE RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
Rockingham, N. C.
DON'T KEEP YOUR LIBERTY BONDS
in the house.
PUT IN A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX, FOR YOUR OWN
PROTECTION.
WE KEEP THE BOX-YOU KEEP THE KEY.
Depoitt Boxes
For Rent
Two Dollars
Fifty Cents
Per Annum.
NATIONAL THRIFT IS THE SLOGAN OF THE DAY
!-ClSh0W- that th5 Country to-day is prosperous. Banks'
deposits have increased. Statisticians agree, however that a
period of depression is possible after the European War. WISE
YOU? If vS8.8 t0 their "lances! ARE
YUUC If you haven't a Bank account, OPEN ONE TODAY
If you have a Bank balance, make up your mind to add to it.'
YOU
OWE
YOURSELF
A SAVINGS
ACCOUNT AT
THIS BANK
THE ONLY SAVINGS BANK IN THE COUNTY i
SEE US ABOUT YOUR BANKING. '
Interest 4 per cent paid on Deposits-Compounded quurterly. f
THE RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
Rockingham, N. C
Capital $15,000 Surplus $15,000
THIS BANK IS OPEN EVERY SATURDAY UNT? FWE fl
ORDER NUMBERS
Order Numbers Drawn at
Washington Last Monday.
First Number is 322 be
longing to John Henry
Diggs, Colored.
The drawing of order numbers
for the 13,000,000 draft regis
trants enrolled Sept. 12th was
begun Monday by President Wil
son, and was completed Tuesday
night.
Blindfolded, the President-,
groped into the great glass bowl !
and drew out one of the 17,000-..
capsules. It contained a slip-..
numbered 322, thus giving to men,
holding that serial number first
place in their respective classes.
The Post-Dispatch last issue .
published the names of the Rich- .
mond county registrants and their
serial, numbers. We are here-,
with giving a few of the order- .
number men. ,
The first number drawn, 322;
belongs to a colored man, John
Henry Diggs, of Rockingham,
Route 2.
Second number is 1027, belong
ing to Joseph Tudor Capehart,
of Hamlet, white. Third is 1697
belonging to Dewey Pickett Leak
of Rockingham, colored.
It will be noted from the fol .
lowing that of the first 23 menv
15 are colored and 8 white:
Order No. Serial No.,
1 John Henry Diggs c 32Z
2 Joseph Tudor Capehart w 1027
3 Dewey Pickett Leak c 1697
4 Thos. Jefferson Houston c 438
5 Caesar McCrimmo.i c 904
6 John LeGrand c 1523
7 Oliver B. Stansill c 1249
i 8 James E. Hiason w 1S07
9 Sandy Spencer c 1255
10 Ras Wane Gordan c 2132
11 Robert B. Wise w 739
12 Henry Little c 535
13 Cal Ingram c 219
14 Henry McMillan c 625
15 Wm. C. Whitley w 72
16 Arthur Jas. Martin c 832
17 Millard Williams w 964
18 Henry A. Gurley w 348
19 Phillip Bostian c 4
20 Wiley K. Strickland w 1961
21 VictWoack c 134
22 David JenM w 395
23 Walker Cole C 657
Pay Light Law.
The day light saving te
changes at 2. a. m. of Sund.
Oct 27th, at which time tht K
clocks will all be turned back ohe gS
1 . . .
nour. i.tf.
Deposit Boxes
For Rent
Two Dollars
Fifty Cents
P.. a