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;,VoI. 2. No. 23
ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY Afternoon, MAY 8, 1919.
$1.50 PER YEAR
THE TREATY OF PEACE
Treaty of Peace Consisting of 80,000 Words
Formally Given German Delegates by Allies
, at n Versailles Wednesday Afternoon. . Ex
pected to be Signed Within Three Weeks.
The treaty of peace, submitted to the German delegates at
Versailles Wednesday afternoon by the representatives of the 27
allied and associated powers, reduces Germany to military impo
tence, deprives her of her colonies, restores Alsace and Lorraine to
France and provides for reparation for damages.
At the same time official announcement was made that Presi
dent Wilson had pledged himself to propose to the Senate an agree
ment that the United States, in conjunction with Great Britain,
would go to the assistance of France in case of an unprovoked at
tack in the future bv Germany.
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It is expected the treaty will
weeks; in the meantime the German delegates may try to haggle
and squirm for better terms; but the prediction is that she will
finally sign just where the Allies bid her.
The main points in the treaty of peace is as follows; the Post-
Dispatch will next week devote a
a i a j : . t?
borders are to be in French control.
The port of Danzig is permanently internationalized and most of upper Silesia
is ceded to Poland, whose independence Germany recognizes. Poland also receives
the province of Posen and that portion of
Vistula.
The Saar coal basin is temporarily internationalized. The coal mines go to
France.
Germany's colonies are taken from her by the clause in which she renounces
all her territorial and political rights outside Europe. The league of nations will
work out the mandatory system for governing these colonies.
Belgium is cenditionally given the Malmedy And Uupen districts of Prussia
bordering on Belgium, with the opportunity to be given the inhabitants to protest.
The league of nations has the final decision.
Luxemburg is set free from the German customs union.
All concessions and territory in China must be renounced. Shantung is ceded
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' German troops and authorities must
Kiel canal within 10 days after peace. A commission will be appointed to super
vise a vote of self-determination in the territory, and the districts wishing to join
Denmark will be ceded by Germany.
Helgoland must be demolished, and by German labor the Kiel canal must be
opened to all nations.
The German cables in dispute are surrendered.
Germany may not have an army of more than 100,000 men and cannot resort
to conscription.
She must laze all her forts for 50 kilometers east of the Rhine and is almost
entirely prohibited from producing war material. Violation of the SO kilometer
zone restriction will bi considered an act of war.
Only six capital ships, of not more than 10,000 tons each, are allowed Germany
for her navy She is permitted six light
in addition to six battleships, but no submarines.
All civilian damages are to be reimbursed by Germany, her initial payment to
be 20,000,OOCUXX) marks, with subsequent
She must replace shipping ton for ton, handing over a great part of her mer
cantile tonnage and turning out new constrution for the purpose. She must also
devote her enonomic resources to rebuilding
Parts of Germany will be occupied on
made.
Germany must agree to the trial of
court for a supreme offense against international morality and to the trial of others
of her subjects for violations of the laws
The allies and Germany accept the league
ing only in principal and not as a member.
All treaties and agreements with bolsheviki Russia must be abrogated, as well
as the treaty of Bucharest with Rumania.
r.pmmn nrisoners of war are to be renatriated. but the allies will hold German
officers as hostages for Germans accused
FM7 A TUC
Mrs.,M. C. Gillis died at her
home on Route 5 last Friday
morning. Interment at Green
Lake Saturday.
Mr. W. S. Warner died at Pee
Dee No. 2 Sunday night, aged
about 70. Interment at the
Thrower family graveyard Tues
day, conducted by Rev. Mr. Wat
son. ,
Mr. EL B. Reynolds, a6cd 51,
died Wednesday a. m. after an
uncomplaining and long struggle
against the deadly cancer.'
The interment was held today at
the Lovejoy church, six miles j
north of Troy. Surviving are
' his wife and six children.
Memorial Day.
. Bear in mind that Saturday,
May ylOth, is Memorial Day.
, Take ' enough time off to clean
up and decorate the graves of
our immortal Confederate heroes.
Don't forget them. .
be signed within the next three
page or more to the terms :
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the province of West Prussia west of the
evacuate Schleswig-Holstein north of the
cruisers, 12 destroyers and 12 torpedo boats
payments to be secured by bands.
the devastated regions.
a diminishing scale until reparation is
former Emperor William by an .internationa
and customs of war.
of nations, Germany, however, accept
of crimes.
Ball Game.
The S. S. team and a team com
posed of town "hard workers"
will cross bats at the Fair Grds
Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock,
No admission charged. .
Extra Session of Congress.
President Wilson Wednesday
issued a call by cable for a special
session of Congress to -convene
Monday, May 19th.
Leave France by Aug. 1st.
Secretary of War Baker this
week announced that by August
1st the last man of our army will
have been withdrawn from
France, and will be either at
home or on the way home.
Report of Roberdel school clos
ing on page eleven.
It will be here May 31st. What?
"The Man of Might" featuring
William Duncan, at Star Theatre.
. See Fatty Arbuckle at The
Star 'next Thursday in "The
Sheriff;1
See May Pickford at Star, May
16th. .
COMMISSIONERS MEET
County Commissioners Met Monday.
Routine Business. Federal Road
Aid. Jurors Drawn.
The county commissioners
met in regular session last Mon
day, all five members being pres
ent. W. C. DeBerry, colored, was
released from payment of tax on
$960 town lots. Pier Covington,
colored, was released from tax
of 6 acres of $240 listed in the
name of Joe Neal est.
Emeline Freeman was placed
on outside pauper list at $3 per
quarter.
It was decided by the Board
to make application for Federal
aid in road construction to
amount of $400,000. The Federal
government pays one-half of this,
the State one-fourth and the
county one-fourth.
The jury list for the civil term
beginning May 26th was publish
ed in the Post-Dispatch April
10th, and dravn April 7th. At
the meeting last Monday the
Board drew the jury lor the civil
term that begins June 16th; thty
are:
J P Hadley
J A Goodman
Rich Grissom
C C Wilson
A T Dockery
Vernon Webb
S R Thrower
V C Andrews
Luther Wilson
C M Adkins
J W Phillips
Ernest White
H S Hasty
O G Reynolds
J L McDonald
J L Saunders
John Monroe
Henry Williamson
W A Hope
J M Sedberry
J W Pegram
Trophy Train.
The Trophy Train containing
artillery and cars of war relics
will reach Rockingham Friday at
twelve o'clock, and will remain
until two o'clock. Our people
are urged to go to the depot and
visit this train and see first-hand
the implements of war use over
seas. Speakers from without the
State will be with the train in
the interest of the Victory Loan.
Tank Ambled Tuesday.
A 6-ton baby, or "whippet,"
tank gave an exhibition in Rock
ingham Tuesday, and our people
are still marvelling at the wond
ers this powerful engine of des
truction can perform. The tank
is sent over the State by the
Treasury in the interest of the
Victory Loan, and is in charge of
W. D. Thurmond, of Mississippi,
and J. A. Evans, of Baltimore.
The tank reached town Mon
day night by freight from Wad
esboro. At eleven Tuesday a
meeting was held for the Loan in
front of the courthouse, after
which the crowd followed the
tank to the dense undergrowth
east of the jail where it gave an
exhibition of knocking down
trees, climbing up and down rug
ged places etc. This tank is of
the six-ton variety, and is equip
ped with one machine gun in a
revolving turred. Tanks as large
as 50-ton s, with a dozen machine
guns, were used overseas.
Seaboard Wreck.
Engineer R. B. Hill, of Hamlet,
was instantly killed when his
train No. 13, from Wilmington
to Charlotte was derailed last
Friday night at 9:30 one mile
west of Lilesville. His colored
fireman, Ellis Hammond, was so
badly scalded that death resulted
Saturday. The express messen
ger, baggage man and several
others were more or less injured.
The supposition is that the engi
neer saw a draw head on the
track, and in applying the emer
gency quickly the engine was de
railed. The express car was fill
ed with boxes of fish and straw
berries, and in the smashup these
were scattered and broken open.
People by the hundreds for miles
around visited the wreck and
helped themselves to fish and
berries. Sunday was a feast day
for that vicinity. . ; ;
New Feature.
In its endeavor to make a well
rounded paper, the Post-Dispatch
is constantly on the alert for
features that will strike respon
sive chords. We announce this
issue the beginning of "SLATS'
DIARY." Look it up on page
two.
This is syndicated stuff, but
the humor and folksiness of the
little fellow is so catching that
we feel sure the little folks and
older ones, too, will look forward
each week to what SLATS has to
say.
Some poet has said that "no
man has lost out of him all the
boy." That is why we say the
older folks will enjoy what Slats
has to say.
If our more sedate readers dis
approve of this frivolity, why
simply pass it up and skip it.
The Post-Dispatch has many,
many hundreds of readers, and
all their tastes are not alike.
All the same, we venture the
assertion that 99 out of every
100 will "get the habit" and look
for Slats' Diary each week.
Baseball Organized.
A meeting was held by a num
ber of fans in the Sunday school
room of the Presbyterian Church
Monday night, and the Rocking
ham Sunday School Baseball
Association formally organized.
The officers are Rev. Z. V. Rob
erson, President, and J. A. Mc
Aulay, Jr., Secretary and Treas
urer; with Wm. C. Leak Mgr.,
of the team, Wm. T. Haywood
Captain.
The purpose of the organiza
tion is to stage games here and
out-of-town with other amateur
teams. And the team will have
the backing of the Sunday
schools.
Of course funds are necessary
to operate the team, to get it
started, and the citizens of the
community will be approached
within a few days for subscrip
tions. The Association will lay out a
splendid diamond at the Fair
Grounds, and active practice will
begin at once. There is material
among the home boys for a
cracking good team, and with
the support of our people a win
ning team can be assured.
Read French?
On page eight is an advt from
the Chero Cola company that is
written in French. Those of our
readers who cannot translate this
advt. can get it done by any boy
who has a gold stripe on his left
sleeve.
Star picture show program for
next week on page eleven.
New Serial featuring William
Duncan starts May 31st at Star
Theatre. "The Man of Might."
The
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THIS BANK IS OPEN EVERY SATURDAY UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK
The Richmond County Savings Bank, Rockingham, N. C.
' CAPITAL.: $15,000.00
SURPLUS ....-....-..-.$15,000.00
W. L. PARSONS, President ' WILLIAM 2NTWISTLE, Vice President. W. L, SCALES Cashier
OCT A VIA S. SCALES, Asst. Cashier. .
TOWN ELECTION.
129 Votes Cast. McNair and Old
Board of Commissioners Re-elected
without Opposition. Special tax for
Support of Library Carries.
The bi-enniel town election
was held Tuesday; there was no
contest, and only one ticket. The
only matter of interest was over
the question of levying a special
tax of ten cents on the $100 and
30 cents on the poll, for support
of a Carnegie library. This car-
ried'by a gratifying majority, 98
voting for to only 27 against.
Mayor W. E. McNair received
115 votes (3 votes were marked
for Mr. E. A. Fenton, who was
not a candidate.)
The vote for the five Commiss
ioners was:
W. M. Hale 118
L. D. McPhail 117
Geo. P. Entwistle 117
John L. Everett 116
E. B. Liles 116
The registrar was A. B. Nich
olson, and judges were W. F.
Long and J. E. Haywood.
Whitlock County Assessor.
The State Tax Commission
has appointed Mr. E. D. Whit
lock, of Rockingham, as assessor
for Richmond county, under the
new Revaluation. Mr. Whitlock
has accepted and will devote his
entire time to this very import
ant and exacting work. He will
begin in June and during the rest
of the year will visit every home
and farm and place of business
in the county for the purpose of
making a true tax valuation.
Blockade Stills.
Three stills were put out of
business during the past week.
Sheriff McDonald with deputy
Reynolds and deputy collectors
Morrison and Shores broke up a
100-gallon still Friday morning
in Steele's township, about half
a mile above the Stanback bridge.
Friday afternoon the officers
bagged a 35-gallon still in Marks
Creek, about 5 miles southwest
of Hamlet.
Saturday morning a 35-gallon
still was captured in Wolf Pit
about a mile from the Everett
mill.
Waitress Wanted.
Wanted at once, a waitress for
the Rockingham Hotel. A. G.
Corpening. 1
Stocks and Eonds.
We deal in stocks and bonds
of all kinds. We buy and sell.
See us. Richmond Insurance &
Realty Co..
SPECIAL attention is called to
the close out prices advertised in
this issue by the W. E. Harrison
& Land Co.
Sjodk around jycu for the cViftettcciUs
c&rtftfhcrc. SJUcn ttfho arc eamirw css than
you, own their ovCn tiomcs and hatfc tno
tictj inthecmU bcsties.'lfieir pstinie5,tlwr
cjuartcw arid their dollars xi&rc &vteb sijs
tematicatUj! -pcrytrfetrtly. &n it utorih tfh'ik?
TRY IT AT
Richmond County , Savings
SAVINGS BANK in the
Salvation Army Drive.
The week of May 19-26 has
been set apart in which to wage
a campaign throughout the Na
tion for funds for the Salvation
Army Home Service. Richmond
county is one of eight counties in
what is known as the Charlotte
Zone, the quota of which is
$30,000.
The quota for Richmond coun
ty is $3,000. Mrs. J. T. Bennett
has been appointed as chairman
for the Drive for this county,
with B. F. Reynolds as Treas
urer. The purpose of the Drive is to
secure funds to carry on the
Home work for the next twelve
months. The Army in the past
has raised funds by daily appeals
and by the "tambourine" meth
od. After this campaign the
smiling Salvation Army lassie
will be seen no more collecting
by this means.
The Salvation Army nobly
helped the soldiers overseas, and
in its desire to aid still further,
both over yonder and at home, it
asks the people to liberally aid
them.
Flowers for Mother.
Sunday is "Mother's Day."
You will doubtless wai.t appro
priate flowers for the occasion.
See or phone me at once and let
me order your flowers. I repre
sent the leading florists. Mrs.
A. G. Corpening, phond 137.
I also have tomato plants and
Calendula plants for sale and
now ready for delivery.
ELIXIR
For
Headache, Neura'eK Rheumat.c,
Sciatic, and Periodic Pains.
Relieves within a
few minutes.
FREE IF IT FAILS
Get it at your druggist's in
25 and 50 cent bottles.
MARGUERITE ClARK
at
STAR THEATRE
FRIDAY, MAY 9TH
in
"Bab's Matinee Idol"
(One of the famous "Sub-Deb"
stories, by Mary Robarts Rine
hart.) A big comedy
in 5 reels. Also a
PATHE NEWS. .
6 reels in all.
Matinee 3:30, Night 7:30
Admission 15 and 25c.
Call at Biggs' drug store and
get a glass of delicious butter
milk. .
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F. & M1
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