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itlH(tltHftHMtltl t "ALL THE NEWS J I Most of the Time; Most of the New L ALL THE TIME-j (MkVS ipifc I i82 HEW : I S Subscribers since July 1st! : $ $ 10 PAGES THIS ISSUE Vol 1. No. 40 ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, SEPTEMBER 5, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR WAR-SAVINGS THREE-DAY DRIVE BEGINS MONDAY. WS.S. TCJLSOTIHGS STAMPS MCUBD V THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Drive to Complete Richmond County's Apportionment of $186,010.10 to Begin Monday, Sept. 9th, and Continue Three Days. WS.S. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ISSUED BY THB UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Richmond County is apportioned to raise $432,806 in War-Savings Stamps. To date only $246,835.90 has been subscribed and pledged. This leaves a balance of $186,010.10 to be pledged. Will the county do it? Next week will show. Canvassers have been appointed and a campaign will be launched Monday, to continue three days, to secure in pledges the balance of the county's quota. Possibly when you were solicited in June your circumstances may have been such that you THEN could not pledge as much as you now can. At any rate, to quote a famous Admiral, "Richmond County Expects EVERY one to do His or Her Part Next Week!" There are at least 165 men and women in the county who ought to take out the full limit of $1000 in War-Savings Stamps, but to date only 46 have done so. ...... The Chairman for the county, Claude Gore, has promised a flag to the township that first goes over the top. Which township will win this honor? Our people are by this time thoroughly conversant with War-Savings Stamps and what they mean. But we commend to them the open letter from Mr. Gore on page 10. Read it. You can buy Thrift or War-Savings Stamps at any postoffice or store. All pledges to buy must be fulfilled by December 31st. . . Next week every citizen is going to hear the war-call of the Government. He is going to be asked to LEND his money by pledging to buy all the War-Savings Stamps he can pay for during the remainder of this year. This next week every citizen is to make a record for himself and pos terity Before the war is over the Government is to publish, by States, a huge book, containing the names of W. S. S. purchasers. And the plan is also to have the purchasers of Richmond county in scribed on the records of the county in the Register of Deeds office. TOWNSHIP CHAIRMEN: M E. Block, of Greensboro, is spending several days in the city assisting in arranging the details for the campaign. The following have been appointed for each township, and they in turn will appoint their local canvassers : , E. A. Allen .IWUVXIlgllCUIl bV T AAJt B. F. Meacham C. J. Hildreth, C. H. Teague, Don L. Culberson J. P. Gibbons Mrs. John Sandy Covington B. B. Farlow " Rufus Little, Alfred Baldwin TOWNSHIP STANDING : Tne following is the status of each township, the amount each is apportioned, the amount each has so far' subscribed and pledged, and finally the amount remaining yet to be pledged by each: Black Jack Beaver Dam Marks Creek Wolf Pit Mineral Springs Steele's Ri 'kingham To1 Black Jack Marks Creek Mineral Springs Steeles Wolf Pit Beaver Dam Apportionment Pledged To Be Pledged $138,732.00 $93,716.40 $45,055.60 17,886.00 4,515.00 13,371.00 84,546.00 65,000.00 19,546,00 31,108.00 18,220.00 12,888.00 55,396.00 17,825.00 37,571.00 82,038.00 35,319.50 46.118.50 23,100.00 12,240.00 10,860.00 $432,806.00 $246,835.90 $186,010.10 LOOK AT YOUR LABEL! The War Department has classed the paper mills as a necessary in dustry and has issued the following directions as a precaution against shortage and to conserve the fuel supply issued to the mills : "That all Newspaper, ahall on the firat day of October drop from their liat all delinquent aubacribera who hare not paid In adrance." This rigid order of the Goveenment is LAW and of course thenews oaDers have no alternative than to obey. There are hundreds of Post Disoatch readers who are in arrears, and whose papers will of necessity have to be stopped October 1st unless they renew before that time. The Post-Dispatch has no choice in this. The " Government has issued the order and it must be obeyed. It applies to EVERY paper. After October 1st no paper can be sent to a subscriber who is behind Not only that, but the Government forbids the sending of compliment ary or sample copies. We therefore urge those subscribers who are in arrears to renew without delay. ..., Look at the label opposite your name. If it reads 1 Feb 18, you of course know that you owe from February 1st, 1918, which, to October 1st would be $1. Add to this whatever amount you wish to pay in ad vance and send us. $1.50 will pay for a yew, $1. for 8 months, 75 cents for months and 50 cents for 3 months. Your early attention to this small matter will be appreciated. ISAAC S. LONDON, Editor Post-Dispatch. Fair Premium List. The Post-Dispatch is pleased to publish this issue, page 7, a part of the Richmond County Fair premium list. The Depart ments "A" and "B" are given; next issue we will give the bal ance of the premium list. The dates for Fair are Oct 16, 17, 18, 19. - Criminal Term Sept 23rd. The next term of criminal Telegram About Shankle. Relatives of Willie Shankle re ceived a wire from the War Department at Washington last Friday stating that he had been severely wounded in action July 20th. No other information could be learned, and so it is not known whether he is dead, as re ported, or not The report that he was dead came from a letter written by his cousin who was with him in the battle. Chautauqua Oct 11-14. The Radcliffe Chautauqua will give its series of patriotic enter tainments at. Rockingham Oct, 11th. 12th and 14th. About 20 of our citizens have guaranteed the attractions. Details of the var ious concerts etc will be announ ced later. REGISTER SEPT. 12 Thursday, Sept. 12th, Named in Proclamation Last Sat urday by President Wilson as "Registration Day." Ages 18 to 21, 31-45. MEN TO CAMP Names of 9 Whites to go to Camp Jackson Sept 6th, and of the 13 Sent Last Sunday to Camp Lee, Va. Other Draft News. Thursday, Sept. 12th, between the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. has been set aside as the day on which all men between ages of 18 and 21, and 31-45, must go to their respective voting precincts and register for military service. The names of the registrars and assistants were published in last week's Post-Dispatch, and are this week published again on oaee 9. Turn to that page and see who your registrar is. All male persons who shall have attained their 18th birthday and shall not have attained their 46th birthday on or before Sept. 12th must register. This is sim ple and leaves no chance of a misunderstanding. It is estimated that at least 12,278,758 men will register, com pared with nearly 10 million be tween 21-31 June 5. 1917. Of those who enroll next Thursday it is estimated that 2,300,000 will be called for general military service and will be in France be fore July 1st. The idea is to 13 Negroes Last Sunday. Of the 20 colored men ordered to report here last Sunday Sept. 1st, at four o'clock, the following 13 were selected and sent to Camp Lee, Va., on the 7:35 train. Willie Parks was placed in charge with Albert Terrell as assistant: Jess Williams Albert Terrell 5 Willie Parks 136 27 James Diggs 51 54 Haywood White 81 58 Donnie Leak 30 76 Alvis Barner 131 80 Lucious Stephens 94 83 Will Hurley 40 88 Frank Rush 52 91 Frank Covington 14 102 Preston Waddell 138 105 Arthur Hailey 9 Whites Tomorrow. The following white men have been ordered to report here to morrow (Friday, Sept. 6th) at 4 o'clock, from which number 9 will be sent on the 7:35 train to Camp Jackson. Randolph is to send 50, Chatham 22, and Moore take the eligible men 6L-6 nrst, 8 these men meeting at Hamlet then 37-45, then 19-20 and leave anci going t0 camp on same train: tne lo-year-oia Doys 10 me very last. About 2300 men registered in Richmond county June 5, 1917, and it is expected that at least 2700 will register Sept. 12th. Food Bulletin. The Post-Dispatch is carrying an "insert" this issue, in addition to our regular ten pages. The "insert" is called "The Official Bulletin," sent out by the U. S. Food Administration. Marriage Licenses. During the past week the fol lowing have secured license from Register of Deeds to marry: Saturday, Aug. 31st, was banner day four couples, three white and one colored, securing license: Wm. O'Connor Baker and Eliz abeth May Chappell, white, 31st. Willie Milton and Lee Clifton Paul, white, issued 31st. W. Oscar Hite and Maggie Clark, white, issued 31st. Sam Hickman and Lou Piatt, colored, issued 31st. Calvin White and Chavis Leak, colored, issued Sept 2nd. Wallace Ledbetter and Annie Thomas, colored, issued 4th. Joe Farmer and Lettie McLean, colored, issued the 5th. Commissioners Meet The county commissioners were in monthly session last Mon day, but no business other than bills ordered paid, was transact ed. It was a remarkably quiet meeting. For a wonder there were no road delegations present. 1799 2140 59 116 236 1950 724 699 2338 Furman James McLeod Wm. Lacy Lampley Enos Luther Luther N. Gibson Samuel Franklin Parks Ralph F. Brigman William Wallace James Franklin Poole Stanly M. Cole Two Went To South Carolina University. Two white men, James Hall and Barney Armstrong Maness, were sent by the board Sunday, Sept. 1st, to the University of South Carolina, at Columbia, for a special mechanical course. 2 to Camp Greene. Two limited service white men were sent to Camp Greene Fri, Aug. 30th; there were Nathan E, Levy an James Leak Little. Classification Changed. The exemption board reviewed a number of cases Tuesday, and revised several classifications: Charlie Huneycutt, white, was changed from Class 4 to 1. Daniel Thomas Wallace, white, was changed from 4 to 1. Tames Neal, colored, of Ham let, was found to have quit his tailoring business and has gone to work in an essential occupa tion in the railroad round-house. Marvin Grant, white, was al lowed to remain in Class 4, but his case was held up pending his entering a satisfactory occupa tion, which in this case will be a cotton factory. Redmond Chavis, of Osborne; case continued to next Tuesday that he may procure witnesses. Henry Smith, Osborne, Class one limited service; had been sent to camp and turned down on physical grounds. Soldier Department On account of the importance of the War-Savings Drive to be held next week, the first page of the Post-Dispatch is devoted to it this issue. The "Soldier De partment" is on page 9; also, a write-up of Dr. Coppedge's Afri can work. Cotton Off. Cotton has been wild the past few days. The Government crop estimate issued Tuesday predicting a yield of only 11,137,- 000, or 55.7 per cent condition, sent the New York market up 200 points, spots touching 38.20. W. T. Covington & Co. bought over a hundred bales here Tues day and Wednesday at 35c. The firm paid 34jc for a while this morning, but the New York market had a big break and so the prevailing price paid here today was 33c. New York market spots dropped 145 points, closing at 35.55, and October closing at 33.75. (This is 150 points under the closing of Thursday of last week.) The Murphy carnival that showed here last week, left Sun day for Albemarle for a week's stand. o War Sayings Stamps Sales. The total amount of War Sav ings Stamps sold by the Rocking ham postoffice to date is $59,319.-65. Patriots Will Register September 1 2 th ! Others Must !! O Men between the ages of 18 and 45 years (both inclu- sive), except those previously registered your coun- try calls to you to Fegister for Selective Service. Our Country needs more than 2,000,000 new fighting men to build up the 5,000,000 army that will beat the 5? Hun to his knees. These Soldiers will be chosen from the 13,000,000 Americans who are 32 to to 45 years, and 18 to 21 years old. These 13,000,000 men the country calls upon to register for Selective Service on September 12th. Each must appear bctoie the registration board of the district wherein he lives, state certain facts about himself and receive his registration card. . Q DO YOUR DUTY ON REGISTRATION DAY. ; M Speed is the need of the hour. Quick registration means a quick victory over the Hun. ..The .War De partment will make this huge registration in a single day. Each man subject to registration will do his part, his special duty, if he goes promptly and honestly to his registration board and registers. 1 : Speed the work. Find out where you register before the day. Don t let ANYTHING, big or little, prevent the performance of this most important duty of your life. Honesty, conscience, patriotism, and necessity command the fulfillment of your registration' duty. Nothing exempts a man of the ages stated from registration. Regardless of physical defect, regardless of business or domestic circumstances and conditions, he must register. The man who waits is a slacker. The man who evades is a felon. , REGISTER FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE SEPTEMBER 12th ! This space contributed to Winning of the War by ' The Richmond County Savings Bank, ROCKINGHAM. N.C. ' - . o o o o o 0 0 o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o This Bank is open until 5 p. m. every SATURDAY. . 0OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOCU court convenes Sept 23rd. '
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