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ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, OCTOBER 10, 1918.
$1.50 PER YEAR
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Soldiers
Cecil Smith has had influenza at Camp
Sevier, but is now getting well.
- Suitable Sunday paraphrase:
keep the borne tires turning."
"Don't
Koteit Williams, of Hemp, . Moore
county, died of pneumonia at Camp Jack-
avm iwA wsksklra oon
; Wm. Harry Entwistle has been made a
cqporal; he is well, according to a letter
mceived by home folks Wednesday.
Well, well, look who'se here. Our old
friend Hog wallow again. Hunt for him;
he's in this issue, as perky as ever, too.
Sergeant James McKenzie is in 426th
Labor Battalion, Q. M. C, Camp Sevier,
S. C Of course he is a P.-D. subscriber.
Murdock McRae, a popular young man
of Maxton, died at Camp Jackson Oct. 3rd
of pneumonia, following an attack of
influenza.
A new valued subscriber, is our towns
man, Sergeant Stephen W. Steele, Jr., who
is in Battery E, 50th regiment; Camp
Stewart, Va.
Stephen W. Steele, Jr' is now on the
water en route across, having' jet sail
' from a Virginia port last Sunday. He is
in Battery E, 50th regc, ' : s
And yet another soldier subscriber 'is
Stanlv M. Colei wbo is in Batter P, 7th
regiment, 3rd Brigade, P. A. R. D., Camp
Jackson. Cole waa one of the 8 sent to
camp Sept 8th. ; 1
EXTRA 1 1 1
On page 2 can be seen a special letter
written by the German Clown Prince to
bis paps, the Kaiser, and purloined for
the Post-Dispatch by its Hogwallow writer
v Mrs. W. T. Smith Saturday subscribed
for her husband, who is a bugler in Com
pany A, 306th Tr. Hsadquarters & Mili
tary Police, Amer. E. F., France. He was
one of the 18 sent to Camp Jackson Nov.
21st, 1917. '
Mrs. Sarah Key renews for her two
boys, in France, S. F. and Edwin. Both
boys write home that they have been get
ting the paper with remarkable regularity
and words can't express the pleassure
and comfort it affords them.
W. K. McNeill's address is Co. 1, Re
cruit Camp, No. 4, Camp Green. . He is
doing clerical work in the office of the
Sergeant Major. He says two-thirds of
the boys of his company have influenza
and the hospital in fulU
. E. C Sh ankle, of Covington. Saturday
subscribed for his sorf, Eli Hurbert Shan
kkvwno landed across in September. He
is- in Headquarters Company, 604th
Encrineers. Eli will be 23 Jan. 23rd- two
shidoo numbers together.
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John Cole annlied Aug. 8th for admis
aioa into an officers' training camp; last
week he received notice of his accep
tance. with orders to report Oct 15th to
Camp Gordon for entrance into the in
iantry officer's training school.
Tom Guthrie and George Entwistle ex-
nect to leave Sunday for Richmond, to
reoort at Marine headauarters for duty.
They will then be sent to Paris Island,
likely. Thomas has about recovered
from his wrestle with influenza.
Jimmie Horan, with Fox drug store at
Hamlet In filling out his questionnaire
stated that he was born in Fran-, lived
13 rears in England and for the past sev
era! years in this country. Jimmie is i
brother of Mrs. Steele Lowdermilk.
Oscar Jacobs, sent to Jackson May 25th
in the "124" and later transferred to
Camo Sevier, was last week assigned to
"stockade euard" dutv. He waa operated
upon for appendicitis in the early part of
May, before going to camp, and his aide
has realty never completely neaiea.
. Major R. Emmett Lee, of Danville, died
Oct 8th at the hospital ae Fort Benjamin
Harrison, at Indianapolis, as the result of
an accidental shot in the chest about a
month ago at Camp Perry, Ohio. His
wife waa formerly Miss Anna Thomas, of
, Mrs. S. F. Gibson esteUv subscribed
lor her two boys ta-.Franc t Starling
fitedtnaiLOf Batter D.. 316th' Field Ar
tnserti A. P. 0. 704; and John C, Co. H,
IXioA infantry. Stedman went to camp
Oct 17. 1917. and John went In the "124'
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There are at present 1480 American
prisoners of war in Germany.
. Lt Carl Smith has been ill with influen
za at Camp Gordon, but is now improved.
September in France is a cold month.but
the allies managed to keep warm running
after the Germans.
Elsewhere in this Issue can be seen the
names of 194 men called for examination
forOctlOthand ilth. '"-; -xc -v
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Carl Leligney, of Mt. Gilead, died at
Camp Jackson last week of pneumonia-influenza,
and was buried at Mt. Gilead
Monday. ,
A fair friend (?) of Lt Jas. A. Hardison,
Jr., is having the Post-Dispatch sent him
in France; he is in Co. 1, 322nd Inlantry
A. P. 0.791.
The Kaiser's hair has grown gray since
the war beran. Probably in the same
proportion in which his prospects have
grown dark.
Word was received by Mr. and Mrs. W.
Scales Saturday' that their son, Lt Walter
L. Jr.. had landed safely across. He is in
Co. G, 55th Pioneer infantry.
Old Bill Shakespeare, who classified the
seven ages of man, would have enjoyed
himself Sept 12th, He'd have found
most of them at the registration stations.
Mr. S.F. Key, of Covington, has ordered
the paper sent to his nephew, Sergeant
Tebie D. Sanford, who is in the Medical
Department 61st Infantry, Amer. E. F
Prance. Tebie volunteered about two
years ago.
Jas. Leak Little, a limited service man
sent to Camp Greene Aug. 30th, has been
in the base hospital there for the past
ten days with influenza. However, he is
recovering. His brother, Bryant Monday
subscribed for the home paper for him.
Lt Victor Pegues spent from Saturday
to Tuesday -morning With relatives at
home, en route frotni Pfe' Sill, Okla, to
Camp Polk Raleigh.' s He volunteered
for tank service and is now in Raleigh for
training in that new branch. . , '
Mafor Don M. Scott of Graham, has
just been promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel
in France. ' He is in thelzOth, which con
tains most of the old- Third Regiment
Don has a number of college friends in
this county who remember him pleasantly
as a good "scout :
Annie Wooley. of unoer Richmond,
colored, is determined that her boy, Dock
Emerson Wooley, shall read the home
news while he is in France. He is in Co.
C. 323rd Labor Battalion. Q. M. C, A. P.
712. He was one of the 51 sent to
Camo Grant April 27th. and has been in
France for several weeks now.
Mrs. Lauthie J. Mclnnis wants her
husband t keep in touch with the home
news, and so Saturday subscribed for a
year for him. He was one of the 31 sent
to Camp Wadsworth, Aug. 8th, and has
been in France now about three weeks.
He is in Headquarters Co, 56th Pioneer
Infantry. He makes the 61st Post-Dis
patch subscriber over yonder.
Miss Fannie Covington is having the
racer sent to Moody Covington at Camp
Jackson, Battery E, 14th regiment, F. A.
r. d. Moody was one ot tne jus sent
tl ere Sent 15th. He finds his new life
quite different from that of rolling pills at
Fox's drug store; but the cheerful Moody
ia no kicker, and philosophically acquies
ces in whatever is assigned mm.
A letter received Monday by Leake S.
Covirgton from David Easterling, Battery
F, Heavy field Artillery, American fcxp.
Forces, written Sent 8th. stated that he
was quite well. He says they are billited
in a small French village, and literally
sleep in a barn with the cows and chick
ens; but all the same it is "the life."
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A subscriber has asked of us the sieni
ficance of the three kinds of stars:
The blue star is for military or naval
service.
Gold star for killed in action.
Silver star for wounded in action: it
may be changed to gold star in case of
death; disabled or invalided home, silver
tar.
Two sailors were arrested in Hamlet
the first of August as deserters and held
in the jail here for over a .month before
they were sent for. ' About three weeks
ago they were carried to the iNavy yard
at Charleston, but one, Glenn Wilkinson.
made his escape from Charleston on
Thursday of last week, and on Sunday
was found by Kicnmond county author!
ties two miles from Rockingham. He
said he was trying to make his way to
his borne in New Orleans. He ia now
in jail here awaiting officers from the
Navy Yard at Charleston. .
Melvin Lowe, of Co. A. 306th. Field
Signal Bn. A. P. O. 791, has sent home
the following letter which King George V,
jn April gave to each soldier passing
through England: "
"Soldiers ot the United Slates, the peo
ple of the British Isles welcome you on
your way to take your stand beside the
armies of many nations now fighting in
the Old World the great battle for human
freedom. The Allies will-'gain new
heart and spirit In your company. . wish
that! could shake the hand -of each one
of yon and bid yon bod speed on your
nuesion, . ueorgs k. l, svpru, wis, .
Rev. Z. V. Roberson, who is taking
special training for war Y. M. C. A work
at Blue Ridge, has been sick with influen
za there, but is now much better.
Pneumonia-influenza claimed another
Maxton soldier Saturday, Ernest L. Aus
tin dying at Camp Humphrey, Va. He had
joined the engineer corps two months ago.
Hubert T. Prosser was last week made
a Sergeant at Camp Hancock, with Mess
Sergeant's duties. Of course he is a P.-D.
reader. : His. address is 54th Co, 5th Group
Notice to the Public
Board of Heahh Suspends Schools,
Churches and Public Gatherings.
, The Board of Health of Richmond
county believing that it is to the best
interest of the people of the county, Order
that all schocls be closed and Churches
and Sunday school services be suspended
and public gatherings of all kinds be
stopped, until such time as the Board of
Health may deem it best to rescind this
order.
We also make special request that all
children be kept at home closely, and all
persons are warned not to congregate
any more than is absolutely necessary.
All soda fountains must have sanitary
paper drinking cups, and must sterilize
the spoons.
This, Oct 8th, 1918.
J. R. BENNETT.
Chm. Board of Health of
Richmond County
Clown Prince Willie Writes
to His Father, the Kaiser.
'On the Run,
Somewhere in France,
Dear Papa:- I am writing on de run, as
de brave soldiers under my command haf
not time to stop. Oh, papa, der haf been
off el dings happened here in France of a
late.
First I started in my big offensive to
crush dem fool Americana, but dey know
so little about military tactics dat dey
will not be crushed. I sent my men in
big waves against dose money loving
peoples and when they got to them they
sail
id "boo" as loud they could holler. Veil.
according to vat you have always tolded
me, de Americans and Indians should
have turned and run like " blazes. But
vat do you tink! Dem fool Americans
don't know nothing beut war and stead
of running de odder way they cam straight
toward us. borne ot dem was, singing
some song about "over, over dere," and
others were laughing like somedings was
funny. And, my, dey was the rekless
mit de guns. And den it was my men
took a notion to go towards de Rhine,
And dose Mericans use such terribul
language. I hates to tell you, but one, a
big fellow from Richmond county, Caro
lina, sais I hates to tell you, papa said
right in my face, 'To HELL mit de
Kaiser! Did you ever hear anyting so
offel? And so I stopped my ears and ran
mit de other boys.
You know dem breast plates you sent
us? Well, papa, could you might send us
some back plates.' Dose cowardly Amen
cans keep shooting us right in de backs;
and some of our boys took der breast
plates off and put dem on der backs and
de Americans played de spangled btar
Banners mit machine guns on dem iron
plates.. De rattle-tattle-rattle was some-
dings amazings.
Oh, papa, won t you Dieeze move my
army back to Belgium vhere ve von so
much glory? My mens can Vhip all de
womena and childrens der Beigiums can
bring up. But dese Americans are so
rou.zh and ignorant Ve can't make dem
understand dat ve arede greatest soidiers
in de world. But ve are getting de best
of dose cussed Americans we can out
run dem. Nobody can keep up wit us
wen we tink of der dear old Rhine. Hop
ing you vill send de back plates and dat
de Americans vill learn some sense, I am
your son, wane.
(L S. L.)
Cotton Ginned.
County Enumerator G. G. Terry
states that the number of bales
of cotton ginned in this county to
Sept 25th was 4437, as against
1546 to same date last year.
This is the largest amount gin
ned to that date in the history of
the county, showing how remark
ably fast cotton has opened.
Elsewhere in this issue appears
the Hart-Parr tractor advt; repre
sentatives are B. D. Nelme, of
Wadesboro. and B. I. Dunlap, o:
Ansonville.
Referee Next Tuesday
V C Tawrence. of Lumbarton. will act
is referee for a number of civil cases
here next Tuesday. ; The calender tor
these cases is on page 4.
Mrs. . T. Collier was called to Atlanta
Monday night by the illness with influenza
ot her daugnter., , ;
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
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nfluenza is Raging Over
Nation. 167,000 Cases in
Army Camps. Estimated
500 Cases in Richmond
Country Churches, Schools,
Fair, Picture Shows, Etc,
Closed ty Board of Health.
Richmond county along with
the rest of. the State, is being
hit hard , by the epidemic of
Spanish influenza that is spread
ing oyer the nation.
In Rockingham the number of
cases so far is small, only about
40 being affected in the city, but
in the mill villages and the sur
rounding country, the cases are
very numerous. At Hannah
Pickett; mill there are 100 cases,
Steele's Mill3 about 75, and many
cases at the other mills. At
Hamlet the number is estimated
at 300, two of that town's phy
sicians being ill with it (Drs.Kins
man and Terry.) Rockingham
physicians .have been assisting in
Hamlet, in addition to caring for
their own patients,
The disease became epidemic
about Sept. 13th and since then
67,000 cases have occurred in the
army camps, of which 18,000 de
veloped pneumonia, and 5,200
deaths have occurred.. The dis
ease has been just as bad with
the civilian population.
In Wilmington the number of
cases is 6,0C0; soup kitchens have
been scattered over that ' city to
supply warm, nourishing food to
the qc and actually call? ; nave
been sent-to other cities for "un
dertakers toxome and Kelpi' take
care' of the dead. Doctors and
nurses from other sections have
been rushed there by the Red
Cross to help.
In Roxboro on last Monday 13
deaths occurred.
At the State A. & E. College
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six deams. rracticaiiy every
tYim tor t-Kp Stat has rinsed the
suiuuis, Liiuicuco, m-li"c oitvvo
onA tV rwnnlp nrA nrc-'fH nnfc
vwv,
10 Congregate.
Th Rnarrl of Health of Rich-
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mona COUmy met JCl. ora ana
, . y-k . n 1 1
nrhri t rip nnnparanrp of Snarks
w..w.i r
circus, scneauiea ior tne otn;
the Board also ordered tLe Fair
to be costooned. ' the picture
shows to close. Last Monday
the Board met again and ordered
all schools to close, the churches
and Sunday schools to suspend
and asked the people not to as
semble in crowds.
And so the the schools of the
countv are now closed, ana no
church services will be held any
where in the county until the
order of the Board is rescinded.
The disease is purely a GERM
disease. It is highly communica
ble; The great danger is pneu
monia which often follows inflen-
za and it proves terribly f ataL A
Symptom of influenza is high tem
perature, sore throat, aching in
limbs. It is important, as soon
as you expeiience any of these
symptoms, that you GO TO BED
AND STAY THERE until your
temperature has tsen noimal for
at least TWO days. Therein lies
the danger of pneumonia peo
ple get up as soon as the temper
ature falls, and think they are
well and pneumonia results and
then the chances are death.
If you cough or sneeze, do so
in your handkerchief. The germs
are sprayed in the air by cough
ing. Don't drink out of same dip
per, with others; don't use towels
with others; keep out of crowds.
And above all, if you get the dis
ease .GO TO BED and STAY
j The disease originated in Spain
contracting it It is also called
"epizooty," from the two Greek
words epi, upon, and zoon, an
animal. It first prevailed among
animals like a distemper, and
spread among the Franco-Prussian
war soldiers in 1871;iinthe
following year it swept ovetfthe
United States; doubtless ovuf old
er readers remember its visitita
tion at that time. . . .
DRAFT NEWS "
35 Negroes to go to Camp
Greene Next Week. 7
Negroes-and 3 Whites to
Greensboro and Virginia.
14 for Examination.
The following 14 men were
this afternoon- called , to report
here next Monday,, 14th, at 9 a.
m. for physical examination:
Benson G. Ledbetter,
James Julius Jones '
Wm. Fred Baldwin
Colon H. McAskill
Lacy R. Beihune
Earl B. Hutchinson
Vernon Lee Jones
Calvin Terry
Vernon Gibson
Mack Carl Smith
Bertram Colyer, Jr.
Clarence W. Davis
Charlie Wooley
Dan F. McKinnon
3 Whites to Virgina.
The following 4 white men are
called to report here at 4 p. m. of
Tuesday, 15th, from which 3 will
be sent on the 7:44 train to Char
lottesville, to University of Vir
ginia for mechanical training:
Vander Robeson
John S. Bruton
James A. Edwards
George H. Mullen .
35 Negroes to Camp Greene.
ine loiiowmg as negroes ,are
called to report her? at-4 p. m. of
Wednesday, 16th, from which
number 35 will be sent on the
10:07 train Thursday, 17th, . to
Camp Greene, Charlott:
Alexander Knox ' Walter E. Greene
Norman Ledbetter Jack Harris
Arley Mather Allen Andrew Capel
Eugene Dowell Walter Baldwin
Baxter Baldwin Joe worth Jr.
Henry LeGrand George Little
Sylvester Leak Herbert Steed
Nemiah Allen Arthur LeGrand
William Nicholson
Elisha Crouch
McKinley Hailey
Enoch Adam
Ollie Ingram
Thomas Stany
Isham Nicholson
m - ice Simon
Mack Jones
SamuelShort
Essie Terry
Alexander Little
Will
ha iTAtjnrti
Floyd Bailey William McRae
Fleman Harrington Rufus Dockery
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jaiuca iviuiaii job. r. uviugiuji
William Ellerbe Robert LeGrand
An appeal for Green Lake
church on page 3; also county
health report for September on
page 3.
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.
Depostt Boxes
For Rent
Two Dollars
Fifty CenU
Per Annum.
NATIONAL THRIFT
IS
Statistics show that the Country to-day is prosperous. Banks'
deposits have increased. Statisticians agree, however, that a
period of depression is possible after the European War. WISE : .
?mple are preparing by adding to their Bank balances. ARE .
OU7 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.
SEE US ABOUT YOUR BANKING. '
Interest 4 per cent paid on Depot te-Com funded quarterly,
THE RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS .BANK
Capital $15,000
W. L. raraB, Proaldaat I Wnttaaa Eatwlatla, VleetVetMsnt
V. U Sealee, Caekier v , Oetarla S. Seal As!tt Casbitr
- THIS BANK M OPEflT KVtST B ATI II; 2. AY L'KTlL TTVT. 9. M
7 Colored to Greensboro
The following 10 colored men
are called to peport here at 4
o'clock next Monday, 14th, out of
which number 7 will be sent on
the 8:19 train Tuesday morning to
Qreensboro for a mechanical
course of instruction at the color-.
eilA&-T. College:
Wade Alsobrooks " .
V "v Will Freeman Watkins
.t Gee Pankey " " J
James Starnee
Henry Jones
Charlie Ward
McKinley Robinson : ;
Manuel Wallace
Jesse Ellerbe ) '
Troy Rivers
. War Train Exhibit
The war train sent out by the govern
ment with relics and trophies from in
France, reached Rockingham Tuesday
promptly on scheduled time, twelve o'
clock. The train consisted of two flat
cars on which were a dozen guns, and a
box car in which was a large array of
relics, gas masks, helmets, sniper's uni
forms, mines, torpedoes, etc.
The train on its arrival was shunted to
a sidetrack, and the exercises were at
once opened, the speaking being from
one of the flat-cars. On one end of the
car was a piano, a special singer from
New York led the crowd in singing the
"Star Spangled Banner." John Brooks
Fletcher, of Illinois, spoke for five minu
tes, explaining the object of the train,
and urging the people to invest m Liberty
Bonds. Next followed Granville Jones,
of Arkansas, who spoke on the same line.
Both gentlemen woke the crowd of 750
to repeated bursts of applause. At the
conclusion, Mr. Fletcher introduced to
the audience two wounded French sol
diers, and two American soldiers; of
these two latter, one was minus a leg, left
on the battlefield of France, and the
other had been badly gassed.
Subscriptions to Liberty Bonds were
then called for, and in a few minutes
$20,000 was pledged. After this the cars
were opened and the public allowed to
file through and inspect the various war
trophies. ....
! The train left at 2:15 for Hamlet,
where after visiting Laurinburg and
Maxton, it spent Tuesday night, going
Wednesday to points in South Carolina.
Pee Dee Association. .
The annual meeting of the Pee Dee c
Association was held in Hamlet, October
3rd.
The following officers were re-elected
for the coming yean President, Mrs. T.
B. Henry, of Wadesboro; Vice President,
Mrs. W. J. Mathews, of Maxton; Corres
ponding Secretary, Miss Fannie Mav
Long, of Rockingham; Treasurer, Mrs.
H. B. Covington, of Wadesboro; Secretary
of Literature, Mrs. L. C. Bennet, of
Wadesboro; and Miss McMillan, of Wa
gram was made Recording Secretary to
succeed Mrs. M. H. McLean, of Wades
boro. Miss Mary Barrett, of Peachland,
was re-elected Personal Service Leader.
Mrs. S. H. Poe, of Aberdeen, Sunbeam
Leader, and Mrs. Frank Little, of Wades
boro, Y. W. A. Leader.
Those attending from Rockingham
were: Mrs.J. R. Coley, Mrs. Richard
Gregory, Mrs. B. F. Palmer, Mrs. S. R.
Mcintosh, Jr, Misses Fannie Mae Long,
Allie Mcintosh, Ruby Mcintosh and Sara
Lilly Dockery.
The next meeting will be held at Mor
ven. Cotton today ranged from 29 1-2 to
30c Mew York spots closed at 32.40.
Deposit Boxes
For Rent
Two Dollars
Fifty CenU
- Per Annua
OF THE DAY
THE SLOGAN
Rockingham, K. Cy -7
Surplus $15,000