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I Never too late for a S "ALL THE NEWS 8 $ good thing. Join the Most of the Time; $ Mmt of tK News 9 2 SUBSCRIBE NOW! LALL THE TIME" J mwmiMiwiMimi Vol. 1. No. 46 ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, OCTOBER 17, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR , , . N4 V C MMM l((Kk e Richmond County jj Soldiers Lt Victor Pegues, of the tank camp at Raleigh, spent the week end at home. Did you know that up to July 31st India had contributed 1,115,189 men to the British army? Lt Herbert J. Dockery, of Anson Coun ty, is now at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Co. G. 88th inft, 19th division. Sgt. Manly F. Haywood was Sept 13th transferred from Camp Jackson to Camp Sevier, Co. G, 3rd regt, 156th Depot Bri gade. Sambo.. "Ah doneheerd dey fin' Colum bu's bones." Pete-."Lawd! Ah never knew he wuz a gamblin' man." W. K. McNeill was granted a 30 days furlough from Camp Greene Wednesday in order to return to Hamlet and assist in the Bank of Hamlet. Pat Crosland has landed across, accord ing to a card received the 11th. He is in 381 Truck Company, and has been stationed at Ft Sill, Okla., for some months. James Little has been discharged from the influenza hospital at Camp Greene and is again back on the job of cooking. He is in the Development Battalion No. 1, 3rd Company. C. R. Smith, of Hamlet vicinity, has two' sons in France: James T., in 306 Sani tary Train, Ambulance Company, 321st; and Dossie, in Headquarters Co., 56th Pioneer Infantry. A British transport with 699 American soldiers aboard collided with another transport in the North Channel last week, during a fearful storm, and 372 American soldiers lost their lives in the wreck. Walter Covington, of the navy yard at Charleston, and J. A. McAulay, Jr., of the aviation ground work near Norfolk, spent the week-end at home here. Walter Warburion is now on sea duty, from the Charleston navy yard. It is said that a Richmond county mother in bidding her son goodbye as he was leaving for a camp, said: "Remem ber, my son, when you get to camp try to be punctual in the mornings, as so not to keep breakfast waiting." The Post-Dispatch had a visit a few days since from young Ernest J. Allred, Jr., who was born about three months ago on the very day that his father sailed from New York for France. Allred, Sr., is in 318th Machine Gun, A. P. O. 791, Amer. E. F., France. Mrs. F. M. Phillips became a Post-Dis patch subscriber Saturday. She also subscribed for her husband, Frank M., who is in France in Co. K, 324th infantry, A. P. O. 791. She has a brother-in-law in France who takes the paper, S. W., who is in Battery B, 316th Field Artillery. H. T. Baldwin, of Roberdel. has sub scribed for himself and for his son in France. His address is "Wagoner Arhe S. Baldwin. Supply Co.. 119th Inft, 30th Division." The 30th Division, by the way. has been in the midst of heavy fighting the past two weeks. George Entwistle and Thomas Guthrie went, as scheduled, to Richmond Sunday to reoort for service in the Marines. George was sent to Paris Island Monday, hut Tom Guthri was returned home Wed nesday, being turned down as phssically underweight. He only last weeK recover ed from an attack of influenza. ShawEllerbe, colored, died at Camp Greene, of influenza Saturday and the remains were brought to Rockingham Tuesday and interred at Holly Grove church. He was a son ot npnraim mier be and was born and reared near Blewett Falls. Several years ago the family mov ed to Scotland county, from which county he was sent a few weeks ago to Camp Greene. The following are extracts from a let ter written to Robert Huggins by Arthur Capel, whois in Co. F, 6th infantry, it was writtsn Oct 18th: "We have been in the biggest drive ever made by our troops. Our regiment started the drive. I went over the top in the first front line. I was in a squad that made the very first capture. we bags 16 to 50; shows how desperate they are ' for soldierrs. Our drive netted 15,000 German prisoners; can't begin to tell how many we killed. We were under shelling . ... . . . .... 1 J -iV. KIUM .V 111U..V, ....... stHwv a " w... Of UVC Dig gUUS HK 1UIU uao aim uiguia. TOWNS AND MILLS QUARANTINED Rockingham and Hamlet Villages Today Placed Under Strict Quaran Tine. Guards Placed On Roads to Prevent Entrance. County Supervisor Maness at ham and Hamlet and the ten cotton against the influenza. This means that no one can enter the two towns or villages, and drastic prosecution will follow all violations. It is hoped by means of this quarantine to stamp out and check the further spread of the disease. Guards, duly deputized, have been placed on the roads leading into Rockingham and Hamlet and these will arrest anyone attempting to enter the towns. It will be noted that nothing is said about LEAVING the towns; the quarantine ap plies to ENTERING the towns. This also applies to railroad traffic. The Board of Health has vested in Supervisor Maness unlimit ed powers and these powers will be exercised to the utmost for the health protection. It is hoped by the above means that the quar antine can be lifted in a few days. The Spanish influenza epidemic , is steadily gaining headway! throughout the county, but the Board of Health is taking ener getic steps towards checking it. When the disease first made its appearance in me county, tne Board met on Oct 3rd and order ed picture shows, and similar concerns closed and barred the circus and Chautauqua. On Oct 7th the Board met and ordered the suspension of all schools and churches, and requested the peo ple not to assemble in any manner. On Oct 14th the Board again met and elected Dr. J. M. Maness as Supervisor for the county, and gave hira full powers to handle the health situation. Dr. Maness at once established an office in Rockingham, in the old Helms store in the opera house building phone 321, and since Tuesday has been actively on the job. Monday the Red Cross sewing room was opened for the purpose of making masks, and these have been made at the rate of 250 a day. Dr. Maness urges every physician and nurse to wear a mask and advises others also to do so. These masks should never be worn more than two or more hours at a time; then a new one should be used and the old one boiled and otherwise sterilized. Never under any condition invert one, or put the same one back on unless it has been sterilized. The State Board of Health stfongly advises the use of these masks, but they must be sterilized and used as indicated above. The Red Cross held a meeting last Friday and made plans to combat the disease. B. T. Payne was placed in charge of the in fluenza committee; Mrs. W. N. Everett in charge of the nursing committee; Mrs. J. LeGrand Ever est of the supplies committee; Mrs. Boyd Gasque of the nourish ment committee. And after Supervisor Maness was elected by the Board of Health, the Red Cross at once placed the organi zation under his orders and at his disposal. Nurses are being provided wherever possible. Also arrangements have been made for cots and bedding so that the library can be converted into an improvised hospital should con ditions warrant. Many members are individually supplying sick families. " with S)ups and other nourishment: truly will the name of Red Cross mean far more to the people after this epidemic is over! The situation in Hamlet ap pears somewhat improved. Five deaths have occurred there since Friday from influenza. In Rock ingham there are so far about 75 cases. In the mill villages and the Ten Cotton 1 o'clock today placed Rocking mill villages under quarantine, are many. And on the big farms south of the city there are a great number of cases. In fact, the disease seems to have spread to every corner of the county. The doctors of the county are requested to report each night to Supervisor Maness the number of new cases. The report of the 15th showed 220; for the 16th, 132. The epidemic in Wilmington has greatly decreased. The to tal deaths there were 136. Dr. Stiles, federal specialist, has moved his headquarters to Raleigh where there have so far been 32 deaths; there are 450 cases at Camp Polk. It is estimated there are 200- 000 cases in the state of Virginia. Gastonia and Gaston county are hard hit. The stores of that city are closed, only cafes and drug stores allowed to remain open. Up until Tuesday the total number of cases in the army camp was 262,186; pneumonia cases from this were 39,276; deaths 12,340. The total casual ties with our armies in France so far have been only 48,000, of which number about 14,000 were actually killed. And so it is seen that in a month and a half practi cally as many soldiers have died i of influenza in this country as , have been killed in our army in France! There is no estimate as to how many deaths have occured among the civilian population. Percy Coley came Tuesday to spend ten days at home. He will return to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, Thursday of next week. The Proving Grounds are on the Chesapeake Bay, and at this camp the big guns are tested, as well as shells. Percy is in Co. G there. Splendid Advts. The news items of this paper are NOT confined to the front page. Read all ten pages, and especially note the attractive manner in which the advts are prepared. You will find old Hogwallow on page 2, influenza dope on page 3, last week's left-over casualty list page 6, big list of new subscrib ers page 7, and Food Administra tion matter page 9. A Goodly List. On page 7 can be seen the list of 115 NEW subscribers secured in the past three weeks (from Sept 19th to Oct. 14th.) The total number of NEW subscrib ers to the Post-Dispatch from July 1st to Oct. 14th is 348. (This is mentioned for the information of the present and prospective advertisers: that they may know the Post-Dispatch is a steadily j GROWING medium.) HOMICIDE T. C. McKay Killed by Solo man Brigman. Both White. Alcohol the Cause. A good citizen dead and his slayer in prison awaiting trial for life all due entirely to Demon Alcohol. Tobe C. McKay, a tenant on W. L. Steele's place, on main road between Rockingham and Hamlet, was shot Saturday night about dusk by Soloman Brigman, and mortally wounded. He was rushed to James hospital where it was found that his intestines had been perforated. Death re sulted Sunday afteinoon. The interment was held Monday. Coroner A. M. Smith held an inquest Sunday, with the follow ing as jurymen: H. C. Parsons, J. T. Collier, John McPherson, E. L. Cox, L. B. Brady, W. A. Pop lin. These reported that the de ceased T. C. McKay came to his death from pistol shots at the hands of Soloman Brigman. As near as can be learned the facts as follows: Brigman, a white man who lives just across the South Carolina line, ran his car into the bank, on the Rock- ingham-Hamlet road, about three miles from town Saturday about dusk, and the car was badly damaged. He was very much in toxicated. The wreck occurred near a colored man's house, and Brigman is said to have cursed an4 created quite a disturbance. The colored folks sent for Mr. McKay to come and either quiet the man (as there was a sick per son in the house) or get him away. Mr. McKay came and it was in his efforts to help Brig man, that Brigman, drunkenly in furiated, whipped an "Owl 32; out and shot McKay through the body. Brigman then ran back up the road towards Rockingham; Sheriff Baldwin and deputy Rey nolds arrested him in the road a short time later. The man was still drunk and appeared to know nothing of what he had done. On his person was found the pis tol, re-loaded, a bottle of Noah.s Extract of Ginger (contains 82 per cent alcohol) and a bottle of McCormick& Co's Beef, Wine & Iron (contains 20 per cent al cohal.) In the car was found an empty Beef, Wine & Iron bottle. These bottles contain a pint. This is the stuff that turned a sane man into a demon. (It had been reported that Brigman's car ran into McKay's buggy, and that this caused the shooting; this was a mistake. A colored man had driven the mule and buggy to town and had returned just about the time McKay was en deavoring to quiet Brigman; when the shot was fired, the mule in jured the buggy by running it into a bank.) The feeling among the neigh bors and friends of McKay was so strong that the Sheriff deemed it best to carry the prisoner to another county for safe keeping and not run the risk of incarcera ting him in the Rockingham jail. Brigman is married and has six children; his home is on one of the Pegues farms across the State line. He was arrested in Rock ingham in early July for being drunk and required to pay a fine. His drunk then was caused by extracts. T. C. McKay, or "Tobe", as he was better known, was a quiet, hard-working man; surviving are wife and four children; there are five children surviving by his first marriage. , I i . Cotton today 29 l-2c. Spots up 25 1 . s points, dosing at 32.55." OVER THE TOP Richmond County Has Pass ed the Quota of $500,000. $510,350 Subscribed to Date. As was to have been expected our good county of Richmond has nobly come to the front in subscriptions to the Fourth Lib erty Loan. To date (Thursday afternoon) the total subscriptions reported to the various banks of the county amount to the splen did sum of $510,350 thus placing the county on the Roll of Honor. The quota assigned was $500,000, and so it is seen that the allot ment has been passed and two days yet remain for further sub scriptions. Fine ! Latest War Bulletin. The Post-Dispatch was in touch with the Associated Press, Char lotte News, by long distance, at 4:40 this aft. No word had been received from Germany as to developments over President Wilson's last note. The British this morning captured Lille. Germans rapidly being driven from northern Belgium. Admiral Keys, of British navy, entered Ostend at 3:30 this afternoon! .' ..' Canteen Closed. On account of the influenza epidemic the Red Cross Canteen at Hamlet, served jointly by Rockingham and Hamlet chap ters, was closed on Thursday of last week. Register to Vote. The registration books for the Nov. 5th election will close Oct. 27th. If you are entitled to vote and your name is not on the books, go to your registrar with out delay and register. Rose Acting President. Thomas M. Rose was Tuesday ujMutuj; ,. eicvicu uy iue uneciurs as acting President of the Bank of Hamlpr until rfc nr,i mat of the stockholders in January He succeeds the late E. A. Lackey. 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 Cents Per Annum. NATIONAL THRIFT IS THE SLOGAN OF THE DAY 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 people are preparing by adding to their Bank balances. ARE YOU? 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 t THIS BANK THE ONLY SAVINGS BANK IN THE COUNTY. SEE US ABOUT YOUR BANKING. Interest 4 per cent paid on Deposits Compounded quurterly. THE RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK Rockingham, N. Ct Capital $15,000 i ". 1 Surplus $15,000 V" 'ar?0B. ttmtUtmt w. i- scaiaa, -!! r OetYi9.9alo Aaai'ataot Caahl. r ; THIS BANK, IS OfEK EVEftY SATURDAY UNTIL FIVE, P, M. DRAFT NEWS Epidemic Causes a Hold Up For the Present in Entrain ments For Camp. By reason of the influenza epi demic, orders were received the first of the week countermanding the sending of the 35 negroes scheduled to go to Camp Greene Oct. 17th. They will be sent later when the epidemic subsides. Due announcement will be made. S. R. Mcintosh had himself transferred from the Greenwood, S. C, board to the local board and was sent to Camp Jackson the 14th. Jim Ewing, John Coley, Billy McAulay, Lawrence Drawty and Hobson Covington went to Char lotte Wednesday to be physically examined by the district medical board. Vander Robson, John S. Bru- ton and James A. Edwards, all white, were sent Tuesday night to Charlottesville, the University Virginia for special training. The following 7 colored men were sent Tuesday to Greens boro to the A. & T. College for special mechanical training: Wade Alsobrooks Will Freeman Watkins Gee Panttey James Starnes McKinley Robinson Manuel Wallace Jesse Ellerbe Influenza Supplement The Post-Dispatch is this issue enclosing to each subscriber two health supplements, Nos. 33 and 34, prepared by the Surgeon General. These' two bulletins- deal with Spanish Influenza and they contain all known available information regarding this dis ease. Read both of these bulle tins, and then pass them along to some neighbor who may not have seen them Referee's Court. Referee's Court was held here Tuesday, with R. C Lawrence, of Lumberton, acting as referee. Several cases were compromised, others continued, and only two 'gone in to at length (Norman roJ??s- Dai ebb; and Mary A. Brigman et al vs. Admrs. M. T TT. . , t- L. Hinson et al. Decision in ese cases win De announteu Al - 'It t. 3 cases tbye referee next. week) The court adjourned Tuesday afternoon "sine die." t t Deposit Boxes For Rent Two Dollars FiftT Cents Per Annum MMUm Eatwfetk. Vfaa a iid.it t 1 f
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