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-. i ' Y- , V " : : - . . -. . V . " UftltlIK(Mtl "ALL THE NEWS $ V.'ATCli YOUR LABEL S I" .Ltf Bcfom Tom Expire in Most of the Tim; - Most of th News ' . H Par, tb fa; Jt ' Send ui your item oi newt M ALL THE TIME" $ WHMHWIMMIM Wit VoL 2. No. 11 ROCKINGHAM, N. G, THURSDAY Afternoon, FEBRUARY 13, 1919. $1.50 PER YEAR Liquor, Flu and Governor. " Some weeks ago a citizen of northern Richmond county, C. J. MdKay,. wrote to Governor Bick ett requesting that five gallons of whiskey be sent him to help in combatting the flu. To the request the Governor replied as follows:, : v t. "'"! I ' . Raleigh, Jan. 6th. Dear Sir.- , . Your letter of recent date, requesting that the Governor send you ten gallons of good whiskey for use in nursing pa tients suffering with influenza, has been . received. In reply I beg to advise that it is impossible for the Governor to fill jour order, as he has not a drop. :, If we had that much liquor this office would feeT impelled to turn it over to the State Treasurer to be used as a basis for the bond issue to raise funds with . which to meet the goverment half-way in its appro priation to build good roads in North Carolina. You say, yourself, that a poor man can't get it. , This being true, then it would be impossible, of course, for the Governor to keep himself supplied on the salary he now receives. ' . Yours very truly, Sandford Martin, Private Secretary. And now Mr. McKay has again written the Governor on the sub ject of whiskey-for-flu, as follows: Pekin, Feb. 7th. Dear Guvner:- sorry you did not send me the five gallons of whiskey to be used in fighting the flu and sorry to know that the salary paid to such a valuable office is too insignifi cant to afford the amount requested and if said amount was available and sold and the money appropriated as suggested by you I venture to say that it would not build thirty steps of good roads in nt gomery county. . Now dear Gpuvenor while I anr indeed sorry that you are, not able to supply roe J must confess that I of late have been extremely lucky and if you should happen to suffer an attact of the flu do me the honor to write me and I will send you five gallons of the best whiskey made around here which in fact is sufficint in its aualitv to make the ears of a Jack mule stand straight but please . ask your secretary not to claim the flu for either you or himself until he really has it for camailageing will not be accept ed m this proposition but my dear Gouv- ernor if the flu serves all alik,e I trust that you will have no occasion to ask for this free will offering and now Gouvenor I am going to ask you not to say much about my proposition for some one might ask from whence Johnnie came. I will close by saying that I hope that within the next year the salary of your office may be increased to double its present proportion. I dm your ardent supporter C. J. McKay. Colored School Rallies. Prof.- Charles H. Moore, of Greensboro, State Inspector of Rural Colored Schools, will spend Dunaay ,ana monaay, reu. j.oui and 17th, in this county. Prof, Moore is also State agent for, the Rosenwald building fund. Sev eral colored schools of the county expect to get aid ; from this fund in the erection ot new ; school Duucungs tnis spring. " On Sunday, Prof. Moore, to gether with the County Super visor, Sadie Harris, and Supt L J. Bell, have an engagement to meet and address the parents in the following neighborhoods, at the hours given: - Wayman Chapel, 11 a. m. Pleasant Hill, ,v 2 p.m. ; Ellerbe Grove, " ; !4 p. m. All the parents and ' school patrons and friends in ; these dis tricts are nrged to come but on time. " , k L. J. Bell. ! On page nineis a brief biogra phy and picture of Col. Oliver H. Dockery, who is in command of the 74th infantry at Damp' De- vens. Tomorrow, ;4th, is St. Valen tine's Day, when the young folks are supposed to send each other loving missives, x Cupid should should reign supreme tomorrow. : Still Captured. Sheriff McDonald, with deputy collectors Shores and Kenley, brought in a still on Thursday afternoon of last week from Steele's township, a short distance north of the steel bridge on Little river. The outfit was nearly ready for operation, with several hundred gallons of beer ready. The worm was not found. Marriage Licenses. Feb. 7th. Andrew M. Bloom- field and Jennie M. Rivers, color ed. Feb. 7th: Jonas McRae and Bessie Tyson, colored. Feb. 8th. Henry Dunn and Mat- tie S. Goodwin, white. Subscription Honor Roll. The number of NEW subscrib ers to the Post-Dispatch the past week is 9. The total number of NEW subscribers to subscribe since January 1st is 106. NEW Subscribers. Mrs. J. F. Johnson E. B. Hudson Mrs. C. E. Thomas Greensboro Daily News W. B. Covington Mrs. C. J. Lentz J.T.Ratliff W. T. Davis Duncan Dove Old or Renewal Subscriptions W L Lampley ED Warner Lena Bostick L O Crawford J R Dawkins - J , J F Covington Rev. W. C DeBerry C A Blake W A Moody ED Whitlock Charity Wall Evelyn Morse Sarah Wooten ER Hudson G L Sullivan J W Nicholson D M Chance " R L Nichols, Sr. J C Watson - N G Terry D W Sedberry W W Ellerbe A C McLeod Abe Spencer D. C. McNeill J. A. Covington Tar Heels Cited for Bravery. The commander in chief, in the name of the President, has awarded the distinguished-service cross to the following-named for extraordinary heroism described after their names: Pvt. Hunius Diggs, Company G, 371st Infantry, A. a No. 1271496. For extraordinary hero ism in action near Ardeui), France, September 30, 1918. Af ter his company had been forced to withdraw from an advanced position under severe machine gun and artillery fire, this soldier went forward and rescued wound ed soldiers, working persistently until all of them had been car ried to shelter. Home address, Henry Diggs, father, Lilesville, N.C. Sergt. Lee R. McClelland, Med ical Detachment, 371st Infantry, A. S. No." 1870896. 'For extraor dinary heroism in action near Ardeuil, France, September 30, 1918. While administering first aid treatment to wounded sol diers onthe field Sergt McClel land received a painful wound on the leg, but without mentioning his injury he remained on duty, caring for the wounded under shell-fire until the regiment was relieved.. Home address, Maria McClelland, mother, Laurinburg, N.C. : ,' " "Look' through those "local" advts on page ten, and you'll find something. Each advt is pithy and to the point v ? The general offices of the Sea board in Raleigh will shortly -be transferred to the company's old administration building on " Hali fax street, in that city, and with this change will go the transfer of General Supt P.;: G. - Walton's office from Hamlet to Raleigh. Influenza on Decline. - Influenza conditions through out the county are greatly im proved and a case of flu is the exception at present So far as the Post-Dispatch has been able to ascertain, there has hot been a death from it in the county dur ing the past week. There are a few cases of flu in three families on lower Fifth avenue, this city; otherwise, there appears to be no other cases here. deaths"! I. Ill No deaths from flu the past week. ' Mrs. Kate Cole Dead. . Mrs. Kate Cole died this after noon at five o'clock of pneumonia, following a several days' illness with pleurisy. As we go to press no arrangements have been made as to time of funeral. Mrs. Ben Wallace died at Bad in Tuesday of pneumonia-influenza, and the remains were brought to Rockingham Wednes day, interment being at Eastside cemetery conducted by Rev. Mr. Benton. Jesse Wall died at the County Home Thursday morning at 3 o'clock. He was between 90 and 100 years old, and had been at the Home for a month and a half. On Jan. 30th he suffered a sroke of paralysis, and for 316 hours wa? practically unconscious uri: able to eat or drink. Interment today in the Wall colored grave yard in Blackjack township. Mrs. Pollie Morris, aged 86, died in West Rookingham Wed nesday afternoon. Interment at Mizpafi this (Thursday) after noon. A Mr. Williamson died near Norman Tuesday night of pella gra. Rev. S. M. Hanff Dead. Rev. Samuel Merrill Hanff, of Concord, formerly rector of the Episcopal church at Wadesboro, died at Long's sanitorium, States- ville, Wednesday morning at 9:30, following an operation the Thurs day previous for appendicitis. Pneumonia and other complica tions caused his dath. The re mains were interred at Raleigh this afternoon, though the Wades boro Vestry and ministers of the other denominations there wired his wife requesting that his re mains be interred at Wadesboro and that they be given the privi lege of caring for his grave. He is survived by. wife and three children. He was about 40 years old, and had been rector at Wadesboro since 1912. - Daylight Saving Law. Unless later changed by Con gress, the daylight savings order will go into effect the last Sunday in March at two o'clock a. m. At that hour the clocks will be set forward one hour, as was the case last summer. , Yesterday, Feb. 12th, was a legal holiday Abraham Lin coln s birthday. "Billy" Sundav will Dreach in the opera house at Greensboro Monday night, 17th. ' ' The German National Assem bly convened at Weimar last week, and on Tuesday of this week elected Fnedrich Ebert President of the newly formed republic by a vote of 277 out of Jy votes. . Covington Building Roads. W. B. Covington three weeks ago finished an extension of the Hamlet yards, and next Monday expects to go to Cumberland county to grade a six-mile dirt road, several miles south of Fay etteville. Jim McDonald will go with him, and he expects to car ry six teams. What's the Matter? The Post-Dispatch welcomes correspondence and items from every section of the county. Get busy, you different mill vil lages and Routes. Let's have a bjreezy news letter each week. Constitute yourself a committee of one to "write up" your com munity happenings. Let's hear from the various schools, too. And from Ellerbe, Mangum, Norman, Covington and other communities; we want to be the mouthpice of every part of Richmond county. Soldiers of 30th Division. The 30th division will probably be landed at Charleston within the next three weeks, and within two weeks thereafter will likely be discharged from Camp Jack son. A big review of them will, by the way, be staged at Colum bia before the"y disband. The Post Dispatch is anxious to get a record of every Rich mond county soldier of this 30th division. Please write or other wise inform the editor the name of your son, and his company, if he is in this division. We vant to publish next issue the Rich mond county roster of the 30th, Hundred Dollar War Stamps. In accordance with a demand expressed in various sections of the country, the Treasury De partment ,is preparing an issue of Wat Savings Stamp Certifi cates of the one hundred dollar denomination. Courthouse Bill. Representative Everett Tues day introduced in the House' s bill that will provide the legal machinery necessary for moving the courthouse of this county. This is House bill No. 502. He also Tuesday introduced a bill (No 503) to fix salaries of Rich mond county officers. First Snow. The first snow of the present remarkably mild winter fell last Sunday afternoon, beginning at 4 o'clock and continuing until dusk. The temperature was about the freezing point, hence much of it melted as soon as it struck the ground; - however, enough stuck to measure two inches. Your attention is invited to the new quarter-page advertise ment of Z. V. Pate, of Gibson, on page five. Spruill Not Guilty. The sheriff and deputy found at Oscar Spruill's pig pen, color ed, three miles northwest of town, a barrel that had held still slops, and 200 yards from the house were signs where a still had been in operation. On this evivence he was arrested and Wednesday was given a hear ing before Squire Guthrie; how ever, Spruill introduced witnesses to show that his children had rolled the barrel from a swamp "unbeknownest" to him. He was released for lack of evidence, , Chandler . Agent Jack W. Hardie, of Greensboro, came to Rockingham Wednesday with a Chandler Six for demon stration. He will be located tem porarily at the Richmond Garage, and is stopping at the Rocking ham hotel. His half page an nouncement of this car is on page three. Reception to Church Goers. The ladies of the Presbyterian Church will give an informal re ception to all the ministers of Rockingham on Friday evening, February 14th, at 8:30. All the members of each congregation are most cordially invited to be present. Slick Liquor Trick. A colored man named Bob Hamilton, aged over three score and ten, from lower Wolf Pit, was in town Sat'day,and is minus a 'ten spot.' According to"his version, he gave another colored man, Reid Adams, and a man giving his name as "Sam Craw ford" $10 in Rockingham to get him a quart of whiskey. The two went off presumably to get the fiery stuff, but did not return. Hamilton went alooking for his messengers" and finally found Adams. Adams pat up a tale that he too had been buncoed: that he had given the other fel low $2 to get him some and that he had disappeared with both his money and that of Ham ilton. But the old man evidently didn't believe this story, for he insisted on Adamsaccompanying him to the Mayor's office where he secured a warrant for the ar rest of the two, charging them with fraud. Adams was locked up about dusk Saturday night in the new cell of the Municipal building, while the officers hunted for the other negro. When they returned after a fruitless search an hour or so later, the cell was empty and Adams gone. He pried the cell door open. - W. S. Lee, president of the Icemorlee cotton mill of Monroe, died in that city last Friday of pneumonia-influenza. MONEY ( In Our Christmas Savings Club is Practically a clear GAIN because it represents a total made up of small amounts conserued weekly and placed on deposit, instead of being spent in the many ways in which small change is usually expended . Become a member and it will be "just like finding so much money" when you ' . ' get a check for your entire savings plus interest, just before Christmas The First Deposit Makes You a Member There Are No Other Requirments n No Fees - No Fines No Extsas Save For Christmas. Save For Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps Everybody Old or Young Invited to join Have Everyone in the Family Become a Member j ENROLL NoW THE RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK THE ONLY SAVINGS BANK in the County v ROCKINGHAM, N. C ' ' , Capital $15,000.00 ' s " ' Surplus $15,000.00 : Jt;,u W. L. Parsons, President; William Entwistle, Vice President; . 1 W. U bcales. Cashier. Miss This Bank is open until City Schools Opened Monday The City Schools opened Mon day after a suspension of four weeks. The inclement weather kept many of the children away Monday, but with better weather the pupils are rapidly coming in again, and the school is begin ning to present a normal appear ance once more. Supt. Bell has sent out com pulsory attendance notices to parents who have absentee pupils of the compulsory attendance age, warning them against in fraction of this law, and it is ex pected that these pupils will all come in without further delay without the attendance officer's services being called into action. The town seems to be fairly clear of influenza now and with, proper precautions on the part of parents and school authorities working together the schools should be made reasonbly safe. one Mary Pickford IN "Rebecca of Sunny- f brook Farm" at Star Theatre FRIDAY, Feb. 14th Matinee 3:30 Night 7 Admission 15 and 25c. A picture with a heart Five reels. vs la c FASHIONS and FABRICS OF The Globe Tailoring Company CINCINNATI To be displayed by GARNER & HINSON February 13th to 15 Inclusive J. T. Townsend "Globe Man" in Charge Woolens Shown in .. Full Length Drapes SAVED Uctnvia S. Scales. Asst. Cash pr 5 p. m. each SATURDAY. J