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ROCKINGHAM, N. G, THURSDAY Afternoon, FEBRUARY 13, 1919.
$1.50 PER YEAR
Liquor, Flu and Governor. "
Some weeks ago a citizen of
northern Richmond county, C. J.
MdKay,. wrote to Governor Bick
ett requesting that five gallons
of whiskey be sent him to help
in combatting the flu. To the
request the Governor replied as
follows:, : v
t. "'"! I ' . Raleigh, Jan. 6th.
Dear Sir.- , .
Your letter of recent date, requesting
that the Governor send you ten gallons
of good whiskey for use in nursing pa
tients suffering with influenza, has been
. received. In reply I beg to advise that
it is impossible for the Governor to fill
jour order, as he has not a drop. :, If we
had that much liquor this office would
feeT impelled to turn it over to the State
Treasurer to be used as a basis for the
bond issue to raise funds with . which to
meet the goverment half-way in its appro
priation to build good roads in North
Carolina. You say, yourself, that a poor
man can't get it. , This being true, then
it would be impossible, of course, for the
Governor to keep himself supplied on the
salary he now receives.
' . Yours very truly,
Sandford Martin,
Private Secretary.
And now Mr. McKay has again
written the Governor on the sub
ject of whiskey-for-flu, as follows:
Pekin, Feb. 7th.
Dear Guvner:-
sorry you did not send me the five gallons
of whiskey to be used in fighting the flu
and sorry to know that the salary paid
to such a valuable office is too insignifi
cant to afford the amount requested and
if said amount was available and sold
and the money appropriated as suggested
by you I venture to say that it would not
build thirty steps of good roads in nt
gomery county. . Now dear Gpuvenor
while I anr indeed sorry that you are, not
able to supply roe J must confess that I
of late have been extremely lucky and if
you should happen to suffer an attact of
the flu do me the honor to write me and
I will send you five gallons of the best
whiskey made around here which in fact
is sufficint in its aualitv to make the ears
of a Jack mule stand straight but please
. ask your secretary not to claim the flu
for either you or himself until he really
has it for camailageing will not be accept
ed m this proposition but my dear Gouv-
ernor if the flu serves all alik,e I trust
that you will have no occasion to ask for
this free will offering and now Gouvenor
I am going to ask you not to say much
about my proposition for some one might
ask from whence Johnnie came. I will
close by saying that I hope that within
the next year the salary of your office
may be increased to double its present
proportion. I dm your ardent supporter
C. J. McKay.
Colored School Rallies.
Prof.- Charles H. Moore, of
Greensboro, State Inspector of
Rural Colored Schools, will spend
Dunaay ,ana monaay, reu. j.oui
and 17th, in this county. Prof,
Moore is also State agent for, the
Rosenwald building fund. Sev
eral colored schools of the county
expect to get aid ; from this fund
in the erection ot new ; school
Duucungs tnis spring. "
On Sunday, Prof. Moore, to
gether with the County Super
visor, Sadie Harris, and Supt L
J. Bell, have an engagement to
meet and address the parents in
the following neighborhoods, at
the hours given: -
Wayman Chapel, 11 a. m.
Pleasant Hill, ,v 2 p.m.
; Ellerbe Grove, " ; !4 p. m.
All the parents and ' school
patrons and friends in ; these dis
tricts are nrged to come but on
time. " , k L. J. Bell.
! On page nineis a brief biogra
phy and picture of Col. Oliver H.
Dockery, who is in command of
the 74th infantry at Damp' De-
vens.
Tomorrow, ;4th, is St. Valen
tine's Day, when the young folks
are supposed to send each other
loving missives, x Cupid should
should reign supreme tomorrow.
: Still Captured.
Sheriff McDonald, with deputy
collectors Shores and Kenley,
brought in a still on Thursday
afternoon of last week from
Steele's township, a short distance
north of the steel bridge on Little
river. The outfit was nearly
ready for operation, with several
hundred gallons of beer ready.
The worm was not found.
Marriage Licenses.
Feb. 7th. Andrew M. Bloom-
field and Jennie M. Rivers, color
ed.
Feb. 7th: Jonas McRae and
Bessie Tyson, colored.
Feb. 8th. Henry Dunn and Mat-
tie S. Goodwin, white.
Subscription Honor Roll.
The number of NEW subscrib
ers to the Post-Dispatch the past
week is 9. The total number of
NEW subscribers to subscribe
since January 1st is 106.
NEW Subscribers.
Mrs. J. F. Johnson
E. B. Hudson
Mrs. C. E. Thomas
Greensboro Daily News
W. B. Covington
Mrs. C. J. Lentz
J.T.Ratliff
W. T. Davis
Duncan Dove
Old or Renewal Subscriptions
W L Lampley ED Warner
Lena Bostick L O Crawford
J R Dawkins - J , J F Covington
Rev. W. C DeBerry C A Blake
W A Moody ED Whitlock
Charity Wall Evelyn Morse
Sarah Wooten ER Hudson
G L Sullivan J W Nicholson
D M Chance " R L Nichols, Sr.
J C Watson - N G Terry
D W Sedberry W W Ellerbe
A C McLeod Abe Spencer
D. C. McNeill J. A. Covington
Tar Heels Cited for Bravery.
The commander in chief, in
the name of the President, has
awarded the distinguished-service
cross to the following-named for
extraordinary heroism described
after their names:
Pvt. Hunius Diggs, Company
G, 371st Infantry, A. a No.
1271496. For extraordinary hero
ism in action near Ardeui),
France, September 30, 1918. Af
ter his company had been forced
to withdraw from an advanced
position under severe machine
gun and artillery fire, this soldier
went forward and rescued wound
ed soldiers, working persistently
until all of them had been car
ried to shelter. Home address,
Henry Diggs, father, Lilesville,
N.C.
Sergt. Lee R. McClelland, Med
ical Detachment, 371st Infantry,
A. S. No." 1870896. 'For extraor
dinary heroism in action near
Ardeuil, France, September 30,
1918. While administering first
aid treatment to wounded sol
diers onthe field Sergt McClel
land received a painful wound on
the leg, but without mentioning
his injury he remained on duty,
caring for the wounded under
shell-fire until the regiment was
relieved.. Home address, Maria
McClelland, mother, Laurinburg,
N.C. : ,' "
"Look' through those "local"
advts on page ten, and you'll find
something. Each advt is pithy
and to the point v ?
The general offices of the Sea
board in Raleigh will shortly -be
transferred to the company's old
administration building on " Hali
fax street, in that city, and with
this change will go the transfer
of General Supt P.;: G. - Walton's
office from Hamlet to Raleigh.
Influenza on Decline. -
Influenza conditions through
out the county are greatly im
proved and a case of flu is the
exception at present So far as
the Post-Dispatch has been able
to ascertain, there has hot been
a death from it in the county dur
ing the past week.
There are a few cases of flu in
three families on lower Fifth
avenue, this city; otherwise, there
appears to be no other cases here.
deaths"!
I. Ill
No deaths from flu the past week.
' Mrs. Kate Cole Dead. .
Mrs. Kate Cole died this after
noon at five o'clock of pneumonia,
following a several days' illness
with pleurisy. As we go to press
no arrangements have been
made as to time of funeral.
Mrs. Ben Wallace died at Bad
in Tuesday of pneumonia-influenza,
and the remains were
brought to Rockingham Wednes
day, interment being at Eastside
cemetery conducted by Rev. Mr.
Benton.
Jesse Wall died at the County
Home Thursday morning at 3
o'clock. He was between 90 and
100 years old, and had been at
the Home for a month and a half.
On Jan. 30th he suffered a sroke
of paralysis, and for 316 hours
wa? practically unconscious uri:
able to eat or drink. Interment
today in the Wall colored grave
yard in Blackjack township.
Mrs. Pollie Morris, aged 86,
died in West Rookingham Wed
nesday afternoon. Interment at
Mizpafi this (Thursday) after
noon.
A Mr. Williamson died near
Norman Tuesday night of pella
gra.
Rev. S. M. Hanff Dead.
Rev. Samuel Merrill Hanff, of
Concord, formerly rector of the
Episcopal church at Wadesboro,
died at Long's sanitorium, States-
ville, Wednesday morning at 9:30,
following an operation the Thurs
day previous for appendicitis.
Pneumonia and other complica
tions caused his dath. The re
mains were interred at Raleigh
this afternoon, though the Wades
boro Vestry and ministers of the
other denominations there wired
his wife requesting that his re
mains be interred at Wadesboro
and that they be given the privi
lege of caring for his grave. He
is survived by. wife and three
children. He was about 40 years
old, and had been rector at
Wadesboro since 1912. -
Daylight Saving Law.
Unless later changed by Con
gress, the daylight savings order
will go into effect the last Sunday
in March at two o'clock a. m.
At that hour the clocks will be
set forward one hour, as was the
case last summer.
, Yesterday, Feb. 12th, was a
legal holiday Abraham Lin
coln s birthday.
"Billy" Sundav will Dreach in
the opera house at Greensboro
Monday night, 17th. ' '
The German National Assem
bly convened at Weimar last
week, and on Tuesday of this
week elected Fnedrich Ebert
President of the newly formed
republic by a vote of 277 out of
Jy votes. .
Covington Building Roads.
W. B. Covington three weeks
ago finished an extension of the
Hamlet yards, and next Monday
expects to go to Cumberland
county to grade a six-mile dirt
road, several miles south of Fay
etteville. Jim McDonald will go
with him, and he expects to car
ry six teams.
What's the Matter?
The Post-Dispatch welcomes
correspondence and items from
every section of the county.
Get busy, you different mill vil
lages and Routes. Let's have a
bjreezy news letter each week.
Constitute yourself a committee
of one to "write up" your com
munity happenings. Let's hear
from the various schools, too.
And from Ellerbe, Mangum,
Norman, Covington and other
communities; we want to be
the mouthpice of every part of
Richmond county.
Soldiers of 30th Division.
The 30th division will probably
be landed at Charleston within
the next three weeks, and within
two weeks thereafter will likely
be discharged from Camp Jack
son. A big review of them will,
by the way, be staged at Colum
bia before the"y disband.
The Post Dispatch is anxious
to get a record of every Rich
mond county soldier of this 30th
division. Please write or other
wise inform the editor the name
of your son, and his company, if
he is in this division. We vant
to publish next issue the Rich
mond county roster of the 30th,
Hundred Dollar War Stamps.
In accordance with a demand
expressed in various sections of
the country, the Treasury De
partment ,is preparing an issue
of Wat Savings Stamp Certifi
cates of the one hundred dollar
denomination.
Courthouse Bill.
Representative Everett Tues
day introduced in the House' s
bill that will provide the legal
machinery necessary for moving
the courthouse of this county.
This is House bill No. 502. He
also Tuesday introduced a bill
(No 503) to fix salaries of Rich
mond county officers.
First Snow.
The first snow of the present
remarkably mild winter fell last
Sunday afternoon, beginning at
4 o'clock and continuing until
dusk. The temperature was
about the freezing point, hence
much of it melted as soon as it
struck the ground; - however,
enough stuck to measure two
inches.
Your attention is invited to
the new quarter-page advertise
ment of Z. V. Pate, of Gibson, on
page five.
Spruill Not Guilty.
The sheriff and deputy found
at Oscar Spruill's pig pen, color
ed, three miles northwest of
town, a barrel that had held
still slops, and 200 yards from
the house were signs where a
still had been in operation. On
this evivence he was arrested
and Wednesday was given a hear
ing before Squire Guthrie; how
ever, Spruill introduced witnesses
to show that his children had
rolled the barrel from a swamp
"unbeknownest" to him. He
was released for lack of evidence,
, Chandler . Agent
Jack W. Hardie, of Greensboro,
came to Rockingham Wednesday
with a Chandler Six for demon
stration. He will be located tem
porarily at the Richmond Garage,
and is stopping at the Rocking
ham hotel. His half page an
nouncement of this car is on page
three.
Reception to Church Goers.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Church will give an informal re
ception to all the ministers of
Rockingham on Friday evening,
February 14th, at 8:30. All the
members of each congregation
are most cordially invited to be
present.
Slick Liquor Trick.
A colored man named Bob
Hamilton, aged over three score
and ten, from lower Wolf Pit,
was in town Sat'day,and is minus
a 'ten spot.' According to"his
version, he gave another colored
man, Reid Adams, and a man
giving his name as "Sam Craw
ford" $10 in Rockingham to get
him a quart of whiskey. The
two went off presumably to get
the fiery stuff, but did not return.
Hamilton went alooking for his
messengers" and finally found
Adams. Adams pat up a tale
that he too had been buncoed:
that he had given the other fel
low $2 to get him some and that
he had disappeared with
both his money and that of Ham
ilton. But the old man evidently
didn't believe this story, for he
insisted on Adamsaccompanying
him to the Mayor's office where
he secured a warrant for the ar
rest of the two, charging them
with fraud. Adams was locked
up about dusk Saturday night in
the new cell of the Municipal
building, while the officers hunted
for the other negro. When they
returned after a fruitless search
an hour or so later, the cell was
empty and Adams gone. He
pried the cell door open.
-
W. S. Lee, president of the
Icemorlee cotton mill of Monroe,
died in that city last Friday of
pneumonia-influenza.
MONEY
(
In Our Christmas Savings Club is Practically
a clear
GAIN
because it represents a total made up of small amounts
conserued weekly and placed on deposit, instead of being
spent in the many ways in which small change is usually
expended .
Become a member and it will be "just
like finding so much money" when you '
. ' get a check for your entire savings
plus interest, just before Christmas
The First Deposit Makes You a Member
There Are No Other Requirments
n No Fees - No Fines No Extsas
Save For Christmas. Save For Liberty Bonds
and War Savings Stamps
Everybody Old or Young Invited to join
Have Everyone in the Family Become a Member j
ENROLL NoW
THE RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
THE ONLY SAVINGS BANK in the County v
ROCKINGHAM, N. C ' ' ,
Capital $15,000.00 ' s " ' Surplus $15,000.00
: Jt;,u W. L. Parsons, President; William Entwistle, Vice President; . 1
W. U bcales. Cashier. Miss
This Bank is open until
City Schools Opened Monday
The City Schools opened Mon
day after a suspension of four
weeks. The inclement weather
kept many of the children away
Monday, but with better weather
the pupils are rapidly coming in
again, and the school is begin
ning to present a normal appear
ance once more.
Supt. Bell has sent out com
pulsory attendance notices to
parents who have absentee pupils
of the compulsory attendance
age, warning them against in
fraction of this law, and it is ex
pected that these pupils will all
come in without further delay
without the attendance officer's
services being called into action.
The town seems to be fairly
clear of influenza now and with,
proper precautions on the part
of parents and school authorities
working together the schools
should be made reasonbly safe.
one
Mary Pickford
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"Rebecca of Sunny- f
brook Farm"
at Star Theatre
FRIDAY,
Feb. 14th
Matinee 3:30 Night 7
Admission 15 and 25c.
A picture with a heart
Five reels.
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FASHIONS and FABRICS
OF
The Globe Tailoring
Company
CINCINNATI
To be displayed by
GARNER & HINSON
February 13th to 15 Inclusive
J. T. Townsend
"Globe Man" in Charge
Woolens Shown in ..
Full Length Drapes
SAVED
Uctnvia S. Scales. Asst. Cash pr
5 p. m. each SATURDAY. J