PAGE EIGHT
SOCIAL
The Twentieth Century Study
Club met with Mrs. H. C. Led
better Thursday of last week.
The dub is enjoying the study
of "Macbeth." Roll responded to
with a quotation from the play.
A brief sketch of the play was
given by Mrs. Fairley Long. A
character sketch of Lady Mac
beth, Mrs. H. D.Ledbetter. Read
ing by Mrs. E. G. Scott, "Was
Lady Macbeth Intoxicated?"
The club elected Mrs. W.J. Ad
ams an honorary member.
A charming hospitality of Sat
urday afternoon was the "at
home" given by Mrs. E. G. Scott
in honor of her sister-in-iaw,Mrs.
Watson D. Scott, of Leaksville, a
recent bride. Mrs. Henry Led
better welcomed the visitors at
the door. Miss Faith Covington
directed them to the parlor where
Mrs. Scott introduced them to
the honoree. Assisting were
Mesdames W. J. Adams, Laura
Alden, of Savannah, Fred By
num. Misses Laura Page Steele
and Berta West served refresh
ments. Mrs. Eugene Payne
poured tea. Ruth Harrison and
Octavia Scales played dehghtfnlly
on the piano. During the after
noon there were many callers.
The Junior Study Club met on
Monday with Miss RuthHarrison.
"Southern Literature" , was the
subject for study. Roll call was
answered by a Proverb from
Emerson. Mrs. W. E. Crossland
read a most interesting paper on
the "Progress of Literature in the
Qinth QinrA th War" "Mnct
Prominent Southern Writers and
Their Works, by Miss Bessie
Terry. Poem of John Charles
McNeill read by Mrs. Robersoa
Miss Lillian Long read a selection
from "Uncle Remus." By special
request William Ed. Harrison
gave a "Drum Solo."
Mrs. John Ledbetter entertain
ed this week in honor of Mrs,
W. D. Scott, the house guest of
Mrs. E. G. Scott . "42" was the
game. Alter several most en
thusiastic rounds, the hostess
presented the honoree with a
lovely corsage of Parmer violets,
A delicious salad course and ao
cesories were served.
Saturday evening Mrs. H. D.
Ledbetter gave a most enjoyable
"Moving Picture Party" to Mrs.
E. G. Scott and her visitor, Mrs.
Watson D. Scott After "Pic
tures" the company adjourned to
the drug store and were &erved
refreshments.
Mrs. J. M. Ledbetter was hos
tess to the Young Ladies' Bridge
Club Wednesday afternoon. Five
tables' were placed. Mrs. Arthur
Douglas and Mrs. E. G. Scott
"tied;" the cut proved Mrs. Doug
las to be the winner ot a bottle
of "Mary Garden" perfume. The
hostess served a delidou? fruit
salad and iced tea.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Jones
celebrated their "eighth anniver
sary" on Wednesday evening.
Auction bridge was the game
cnosen. several progressions
were made before the final scores
were called; Mrs. J. M. Ledbetter
holding the highest was given a
handsome box of stationery. Mrs.
Jones served chicken salad and
accessories.
To The Merchants. ;
The Post-Dispatch has in stoci
a large number of the Certifi
cates, printed on a good quality
of white Bond paper, that must
, be used by the merchants in sell
ing flour to the farmers. If you
desire any of these, phone or
write the Post-Dispatch; will sell
in any quantity, from a dozen up.
Price 10 cents per dozen, or 60
cents per 100. , Special price ' in
250 or 500 lots. ; In ordering by
mail. inrlnrl mstac- ...
School Record of Stamps.?
The following tis the amount
of War Savings Stamps and Cer
tificates subscribed by the vari
ous grades of the Rockingham
(white) school to March 4th:
Grade 9 .....$298.75
Grade 5.......... 260.50
Grade 1............. 2525
Grade 6 ...........251.25
Grade 8 ...........24625
Grade 7...-'.-.- ,....232.50
Grade 2....... ..-159.00
Grade 10 & 11.. 157.75
Grade 3&4 (Moore)...:.I56.50
Grade 3 116.75
Grade 4&5 (Eaves)..... 107.00
Grade IB. 56.00
MisceDaueous 5.00
Total
......$2299.50
.......f.
March 4, 1918.
Even in Fun.
The law holds a person liable
who points a pistol at another,
even tho' the weapon is unloaded
and the parties are in fun. And
this is right; it is intended to dis
courage the "didn't know it was
loaded" class. Two weeks ago
a negro, Willie Leak, while trying
to sell a pistol to Edgar Quick, is
said to have pointed the weapon
towards the said Quick and cock
ing it remarked that it was "rear
ing to go." And sure enough it
did go, the ball entering Quick's
hand. Sure, Willie claimed it
was an accident Leak was ar
rested and last Saturday given a
hearing before Squire Guthrie
charged with assault with deadly
weapon and carrying concealed
weapon. He was bound over
to criminal court tnat convenes
April 8th.
Memorial Service.
Arrangements lor the memo
rial service for the late W. C.
Leak, who for nearly 17 years
was Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the city schools, are
taking final form. It will be
held in the school auditorium on
Wednesday morning, March 13th,
at 11 o'clock. The exercises
will be in charge of the school
board and will be presided over
by Hon. W. N. Everett newly
elected chairman.
The order of the service wiil
be:
Song Holy, Holy, Holy. .
Invocation-Rev. Bruce Benton,
Sketch of life W.N. Everett
W.C. Leak, the friend-H. S.
Ledbetter.
w. L. Leak, the Business man
Claude Gore.
A tribute to his memory from
the school faculty by Miss Bes
sie Dunlap.
A tribute from the pupils by
Elsie Fairley.
Song "Now the Day is Over."
The school children will be
encouraged to bring floral offer
ings from their home gardens
which will be arranged by a
committee of ladies and later
sent to Eastside cemetery. The
public is invited to be present
Compulsory School
Attendance.
John W. Lassiter was given a
hearing before Magistrate Guth
rie Saturday, charged with
violation of the schoolcompulsory
law. It was in evidence that his
nine and eleven-year-old children
attended the Zion school but 12
days out of the required 80. He
was found guilty and fined $5 and
costs.
The compuisory attendance
law requires the parent or guard
ian of every child between the
ages of 8 and 14 years to cause
such child to attend the local
public school continuously for
four months of the school term
of each year. The law exemps
the attendance of any child who
is physically or mentally unfitor
where the child resides 2 miles
or more by the nearest traveled
a . mm )
route rrom tne scnooinouse; i or
where in case of extreme poverty
the services of such child are
necessary for its own support of
Ozmer L. Henry in Camp
The following letter was writ
ten to a friend in Rockingham
by Mr. Ozmer L. Henry, and
was not, intended for publication.
However, the editor got his
clutches on it, and is passing it
on to the Post-Dispatch readers.
Mr. Henry relinquished his law
practice nere several weeks ago
to enter the service in Army Y,
M. C. A. work. He is now sta
tioned at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga
Camp Forest Army Y.M. C. A
31. This letter was written
March 2nd: . f
"We are really hard at work
these days from five-thirty in the
morning to nine at night Every
body is on the move hurrying up
preparations for going over. As
I write this heavy motor trucks
and long lines of soldiers are
tramping by headed for the sta
tion with full accoutrements.
Last night we said the last good
bye and in a few hours they will
leave. O! well, we don't know
exactly where but to do their
duty for their Country and in de
fence of our homes. They are
all seemingly happy and each
army truck piled high with milit
ary stores ana men as many
fellows as can stick on; the fellows
are singing and waving Old Glory
above them. Capt Davison just
dropped by to tell me that he
would save a good place for me
when I was transferred and that
he hoped to sit across table from
me when we dined in Berlin
sometime in the future. They
are going across with the idea to
do or die and you may take it
from me that they are going to
give old Germany HELL before
they come back. The recent
sinking of a transport by a sub
marine, instead of creating fear
of going across, has only made
the fellows all the more anxious
to get at the Hun and make him
pay dearly for doing the trick
These old chaps, most of them
having seen service in Mexico or
the Phillipines, can't be bluffed.
Today s crowd is the seventh to
leave since I came into camp and
more are trained and accoutred
ana waiting the word. Just as
fast as they leave others come in
to take their places. The Com
manding officer told me last night
that fifteen hundred men from
Ohio were to be removed from
the detention Camp this afternoon
to fill up the baracks and more
were expected from Indiana to
morrow. "To say that I am enjoying my
work and nothing more would be
speaking in a whisper. I am re
veling in my work but chafing
under the collar with the thought
that I cannot go on over now and
get into the fray.
"I presume that more and
more tne people of Richmond
County are realizing what we are;
up against and we shall go
united in the defence of our
homes and the sacred principles
we cherish. . Of course we are
going to win but not until every
American Citizen has done every
thing in his power to force the
issue. The sooner we all realize
that great necessity the sooner
will the stars and stripes float
over the Kaiser's Palace in Ber
lin." St
"Snow White"
(Contributed)
The pupils of the City School
on Friday evening, March 22nd
will give the , beautiful Opera,
"Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs." Therewillbe about 50
pupils in the cast, who are pract
icing daily under the able direct
ion of Miss , Bemice Turner. ' A
number of very attractive songs
and choruses are ,, found in the
score" These parts' are being
taken nicely by the Rockingham
pupils, some of whom have voices
of decided talent The proceeds
of the play will he divided be
tween the Thrift Stamp Cam
paign movement and the local
Red Cross. 4 Fuller announce
ment will he made in next week's
An Ingenious Idea.
Members of the Women's Aux
iliary to the U. C. T at Great
Falls, Montana, have formulated
a plan by which they hope to
raise $1,000 for the local Chapter
of the Red Cross. The plan is
for a Red Cross quilt, the center
peice of which will be a large
Red Cross. Other blocks inHhe
quilt will be smaller Red Crosses,
172 in all. Each woman who
pieces a block for the quilt will
be permitted to place her name
in that block. Space in the quilt
will be auctioned to the women
of the dty. The large cross in
center is expected to command a
particularly large price.
Red Cross Notes.
(Contributed) t
A word about the COMFORT
KITS for "OUR BOYS:" - .
We are told that the boys' will
go in lots oi htty or more irom
now on. Shall we send them off
without this parting GIFT?
Mother has looked after the
darning and patching for her boy
but he must look after these for
himself. Is it asking too much
of our people to sacrifice iust a
little more and help to provide
the Comfort Bags.
We have beentold by the boys'
who receive them,that they were
rightly named "COMFORT," for
they were a comfortto every boy
in camp. 1
We have been told sometimes
that the boys have all, or parts of
these things. " We; have asked
everyone who has all, or part of
these : things, to share his bag
with one who has been less, for
tunate, and this has been done in
many cases. ,
The bag and contents cost
about $1.50 wholesale, and truly
that is not on expensive gift for
the boys who are to fight for us
and our liberty. But we must
have HELP if we are to keep it
up. . ' "
Citizens of Rockingham alone
have provided everyone for the
boys who have gone thus far.
We now ask help from the
county at large Ellerbe, Hoff
man, Mangum, and every person
throughout the county.
Mrs. R. a Waddell is Chair
man of the ComfortKitCommittee
and will be glad to receive from
anyone a donation for this cause.
Leave it at Miss Legg's Millinery
Store or Dr. Biggs' Drug Store, if
not convenient to see Mrs. Wad
dell. and she will receive it all
right
A Member
THE STAR
Picture Theatre:
PROGRAM
Monday, March 11 to 16
,. V1'- ' MONDAY . -
Metro "Alias Mrs. Jessop" in
five acts, featuring Miss Emily
Stevens.
TUESDAY -v l4
Pathe "The Hunting of the'
Hawk in five reels, with Mr.
William Courtenay and Marguer
ite Snow. We would like for
you to see this picture for it is
going to be good; made by Pathe
Company. r
WEDNESDAY
Mutual "Molly, Go Get "Em,"
in five reels with Margaret Fisher
and an all-star cast
THUR8DAY
Pathe-"The Price of Folly-'
Ruth Roland. Paramount "His
Hidden Purpose," a two reel com
edy; you laugh all the time you
are in the show. A "Hearst
Pathe News," five reels in all
.... FRIDAY j;
Ijoldwyn Married ; this is
another of those good GOLDWYN
PICTURES featuring Miss Madge
Kennedy, in six acts. Admis
sion 15 and 25cents. '-V '
' ' - " ' . SATURDAY ' .
Vitagraph"The Fighting
Trail'in two acts.' Keystone
"Hunted by HimselfIn two reels,
with a "Pathe News,' which will
make five reels in alt
MCo:a)"WiiPsiio2isxo:u,i;cE2iiK
Group Centres March 23$,
Count Commencement at
A series of school commencements will be held this year for
the .public schools of Richmond county of the group centre schools.
The usual literary'and athletic contests ;; will v be; conducted, the
winners of Which will contest iter against each other in Rocking
ham as conducted in, the past. " ; !i s ,
The dates for the Group Centre Commencements will be as
follows:
Little's MUls.,f;i:.;.lr;..March28. J
Ellerbe High School...:.....March 29.
Cordova....... ...April 2.
' Roberdel High 5ch6oi:r..;.i:.i; April 3.
Pee Dee ...:..i'.-...:..r..:April 5. "
The usual County Commencement contests will be held in the
courthouse tat Rockingham,, Saturday, i April 6th, beginning at
1050 o'clock. The prizes offered
Stamps. - The prizes offered at the
will , be valued at $1 each, those at
each. -'; - :;:r
The cdntestants will be divided into three classes: ; Primary,
including grades 1 to 3; Intermediate, including grades 4 to 7; High
School, including grades 8 to 11. For the contests each teacher
will be allowed to enter one contestant for each prize for which he
or she has eligible pupils, but they
of the school for at last one half
than one teacher, each teacher's
school
PRIZES
FOR BOYS OR GIRLS.
Best declamation, primary..v.l..
Best declamation, intermediate :l. ......... ..... ....,.$2.00
Best declamation, high school. 1:2 J.. .... .....:. .$2.00
Best reading, grade one.: i L . i. ..... . . . . . . . . :;$2.00
Best reading, grade two-.l.'.:.:!:....!;.!.. ..$2.00-
Best reading, grade three.,.......: $2.00
Best writing, gFade one.
Best writing, grade two.. .:.:.:.. I..... i..i.$2.0O
Best wliting, grade threejJii.l':..!:
Bedt oralrspelIuig, priniaryllw2!....,.";.:.'l2 Zu2 U$2.0O
Best oral spelling, intermediate ..$2.00
Best written spdhngTihterrn
Best written spelling, high school $2.00
Best addition, primary ... . ... .2 ... . . . .............. .. . . .$2.00
Best addition, intermediate .$2.00
Best addition, high school $2.00
Best multiplication, intermediate j $2.00
Best multiplication, high school $2.00
Best long division, intermediate ..; $2.00
Best long division, high school $2.00
Bast work in pine straw, wire grass or shucks, pupils of
any grade $2.00
Best work in plaid sewing, fancy work, any pupil.. ....$2.00
Bast work in wood or iron, any pupil $2.00
Best exhibit of school work from a one-teacher school.. $2.00
Best exhibit of school work from a two-teacher school $2.00
B ist exhibit of school work from a school of three or more ''
teachers ............... ...J.l ..:... .$2.00
ATHLETIC EVENTS
The athletic events will take place on or near the grounds d
the Rockingham school at 3 P, M. These contests will.be under
the direction' of a committee composed of W.fc. McColl, 0. G.
Reynolds, T. L. Williams and Raymond Peele. Mpils from Ham
let and Rockingham City Schools will be allowed to enter these
contests. The rules governing the same are asfollows:
Two men from each school
except the relay race in which three may be entered. The winner
of first place shall receive 5 points, second place 3 point third,
place 1 point The winners of relay race and basket ball contests,
will receive pennants. , The school receiving thje highest total num
ber of points will receive the Silver Cup for the coming year. If
this cup shall be won 3 years in succession by any school it shall
become the property of that school. Thrift Stamp prizes for the
winners in the athletic contests wjR be, given to theyalueof $1 for.
first placa, 50c for second place antf 25c for third place. Events-
are as follows;
100 yard dadi.....,..
100 , "
100 r , "
,;5ii;,.
Standing High Jump;.
; 220 yard Dash.... ..2
50 yard Sack Race..,.... .Grammar brades
Running Broad Jump; High School ;
. V " , .... Grammar Grades
Pole Vaultl.:...Ll----2-i-2--.High Schools
? '.i....-...' 2..Grammar Grades :
Shot Put, 12 lbs.: v:-.::.:,..2.....ir..jUl Grades!
Relay Race.....---:-2.;..:.-......:.....3 boys3
Arrangements for the basket ball games will be made and?
announced later. . ; v
Examinations for 7th Grade Diplomas, Etc
The examination for 7th grade diplomas which entitle the
holders to enter any High School of the county without further
examination , will be given at the Group Centre Schools on March
28. The diplomas will be delivered to the, 7th grade graduates in
Rockingham on April 6th. " Teachers and pupils are urged to file a.
cooy of this paper for constant referencet. The cooperation of every
teacher and committeeman in the
to the end that the commencement may be made creditable in
every respect No school in the county should fail to have an ex
hibit of work.- The poorest exhibit a Khool jcan ihake is to Jnake
none. The pne-teacrer schools are given an equal chance in the
contests. Let ho school or teacher fail to enter i contestant for
every possibl? event I shall be j glad to . hear and consider sug
gestions from any teacher of committeeman in the county. The
contests will begin prerjaptly at 1050 o'clock. , Let ' everyone make
a determined effort to be on time-teachers, pupils and parents.
2Slh, April 2nd, 3rd and 5th.
Rockingham April 6thi
this year will be paid in Thrift
Group Centre Commencements
the County " Commencement $2
must have been bona fide pupils
of the term. In schools with more
department will be counted as a
,..,....$2.00
2:$2.0O
may be entered for each contest.
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T. ..High School boys
. . . .Girls any grade ?
.Grammar Grade boys ;
.........;High School
.....Grammar Grades'
-..... ..
..High School
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county is solicited and expected
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