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ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, JULY 18, 1918.
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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
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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
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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
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is yours buV tomor row belongs to The manemnd
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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 , ,
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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
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more waya zsian wit-
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