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The Washington times., 1918-05-17
MEADE GUlNNERS TRY
OUT ANTT-TANK GUN

CAMP MEADE, Nd, May 17.-Meads
Eunners are getting acquainted with
the antItank gun-the 37-millimetre
cannon-which has been demonstrated
TO be the most effective artillery piece
for opposing tanks.
Tests and demonstrations OF the
gun at the camp have proven Its
features. Accuracy is one OF them.
Out Of forty times the gun was hred
by different crews, thirty-hve hits
were scored against a nine-inch tar
get at 600 yards. at which distance
the weapon is most effective against
tanks.
Another use for the 3T-millimetre
gun is against the German pin
boxes''-the small. round. concrete
hutlike stations in which German
machine Eunners are stationed 10
hsrsss advancing parties OF allied
soldiers. The 3T-millimeter gun is
particularly effective in smashing and
rendering untenable there Pill boxes
The Washington times., 1918-05-17

Irigoyen's message. which was read
by Vice President Luna yesterday at
the opening OF the Fifty-seventh Con-
gress.
President IrIgoyen 10 en- route TO
Patagonia to inspect the govern
ment's oil properties.
The Washington times., 1918-05-17

Pay yOur income tax now and our
boys will help to deliver your mes
aaEe to the Kaiser.
The Washington times., 1918-05-17

Lightls. Miss Helen Reui. Miss AIMS
Belle stinnette. Miss Marthan Wilson,
and Mlss Anna Stokes.
The Washington times., 1918-05-17
ARGENTINA TO CONTINUE
POLICY OF NEUTRALITY

BUENos AIRES, May 17.-continu.
Ance Of Argentina's policy OF neu-
trality was emphasized in President
The Washington times., 1918-05-17
DELEGATES APPOINTED.

Delegates to the twsnty-third annu-
al convention CT the National AssocIa-
tIon Of Manufacturers in New York.
May 20. 21. and %, were named to-
day by A. Leftwich Sinclair. presi-
dent OF the Chamber OF Commerce.
They are Joseph A. Berberich, A. A.
Chaplin, Mics Lillian NJ. Chapman.
George 2. Killian. Joseph Letter.
Frank A. Munsey. Henry T. Offer
dinEer and Joseph I. Saks.
The Washington times., 1918-05-17

Potatoes are periShabIe-eat the old
crop fIrst.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31
THE RESERVES TO THE COLORS
A Call By The Governor.

On the 3d day Of September 1917 issued proclamation call
ing into active military service all between the of twenty
and foryv These constitute the Home Guard and
the guardians of the peace and safety of the State.
call to the Coors all the in the State and all the
The task before the American people the win
ming of the
The necessity for the winning of the food
The way to supply this supreme necessity is to
the bread line with power the boy power the power
of the State.
hereby nominate and appoint every in the State com
mee of Garden Spots The duty of each committee is
twofold
To take steps prepare and cultivate garden spot
for herself and family.
To it that every parcel of land in the neghbor
hood in which she lives is converted into garden spot
urge every the State join some active canning and
drying club the end that everything be saved and nothing lost
Last year the canned eighteen times much fruits
vegetables they did the year before This glorious record
Double it.
call the Coo every boy and girl between the ages twelve
and twenone urge of to join the Corn the Pig
and the Poultry Clubs In doing you will become essential
part of the army that must win the
Today have only hysx hundred Corn Club boys want
no boy be Stacker but let every fall promptly in line
these shall hearken to this call will surely the
and the victory achieved will much for happiness
in the coming years will count for in this supreme
crisis in the world struggle for enduring peace
T.W. BECKETT, Governor.
January oath, 1918 0..
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31
General H f4EM$

Under the new food rcgula-
tons Swiss people are allowed
only one-ifth of a pound of but
ter per person per month.
$50 tons of coal and the NAM
moth coal chute of the Seaboard
Ry. at Norlina we're destroyed by
fire last Thursday morning caus-
ed by a spark from the pump
house nearby. For several days
trains were coaled by hand at
Henderson until a steam shovel
could arrive from Hamlet to
meet the emergency.
The soldier at the front is a
deadly machine; kills the enemy.
Machine is kept going on wheat
bread and bacon. You cut down
your ration so much per day.
By and by the saving amounts to
a days sustenance for a soldier.
Every now and then your soldier
kills a German. You helped kill
the German. Not but what the
other man had the heaviest end
of the job, at that.-Exc.
| When war was declared the
strength of the United States
army in animals was 66,245; it is
now $4,000. The greater pro-
portion of deaths of army ami
mails results from influenza, pop.
ularly known as shipping fever"
British losses on horses purchas.
ed in the U. S. during the war
have been about ten per cent,
counting only deaths occurring
in this country.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31

In a signed statement furnish
ed the press Sunday, ex-senator
John L. McLaurin, of Benefits
vile, S. c., says he regards the
election of Cole Blease or Ben
Tillman to the United States
Senate next fall as a stupendous
blunder, and shall vigorously op-
pose the election of either. He
says the advent of Blease into
the United States Senate would
greatly strengthen LaFollette
and the little group of willful
senators who are doing all in
their power to hamper the con-
duct of the war;" In other words
he looks upon the honorable
Cole L. as an undesirable citizen
and altogether unpatriotic. Re
ferring to Senator Tillman's ex-
pressed desire to die in harness. u
McLaurin says this talk is all
rot. A broken down horse dying
in harness is cruelty to animals
1t is unfair to the balance of the
team when the load is heavy and
the pace fast to be handicapped
by bog SPAWN and heaves in ar
old horse which won't work al
all times unless he is in the lead
Then, too, we need gatling gun:
instead of old rusty WORKOUT
pitchforks."
And from McLaurin's remark:
one would judge that he himself
would like to be the new-bloodec
gatling gun. Now watch South
Carolina begin to boil; the south
ern horizon is beclouded already
with the smoke of the impending
battle.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31

Treasurer Of the United States,
has been referred to this, Office
for reply.
I'm regard to the supposed
counterfeit quarters you are ad-
vised that there were two issues
of these coins bearing mint date
1917.
ION the reverse side of the
original issue there were seven
stars on one side and six stars
on the other side of the eagle.
Shortly after this first issue of
coins the dies were changed.
The eagle was moved more to
the center of the coin and the
stars were placed five on either
side and three underneath the
eagle.
1T would appear that the coins
you have submitted are genuine.
Respectfully,
w. H. Moran, Chief"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31

THE Christian Sun finds that
automobiles may be new in his
tory but not in prophecy. 1t says
thousands of years ago the prop
het saw and said The chariots
shall rage in the streets, they shall
jostle against another in the
broad way; they shall seem like
torches, they shall run like the
lightning Nah. 2:4.) 1t is doubt
full if a present day writer could
in a few words, describe the auto
mobile better than the prophet die
here" A very excellent descrip
ton of the Ford, to say the least
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31
Teachers 70 Help.

The government is DESTROYS of
having every man of draft age
classified according to his occu-
pational ability, and to this end
is urging the teachers of each
county to card index each draft
name. AZ questions are to be
filled out from each question
naire. The reason the govern
ment wishes this classification is
that if, say 1000 men are wanted
from this State for firemen, or
for garage work, or for any other
particular vocation, the authori-
ties could at once tell from Rich
mond county's card index ex-
actly how many men in the
county are fitted for the especial
word desired.
The IA teachers of the Rock
ingham city school and ten teach
ers from adjacent schools, have
volunteered to do this card index
classification, beginning next
Monday; the work is to be done
without compensation. The
teachers who will do this are
Misses Lillian Long, Elma War.
burton, Mary caves, Ollie Dob
son, Bernice Turner, Maude
Moore, Sallie Boddie, Flora Coop
er, Lula Wicker, Jennie Cameron
Bessie Dunlap, Norma Burwell
Tempe Boddie, Matte Mckinney
Louise Gill, Elizabeth Nicholson,
Capella Capel, Mamie Monroe
Zena Pence, Pat Monroe, Bessie
Terry, Kate Finley, and Messrs
Raymond Peele and L. ]. Bell.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31
THE Monday closing order,

The Monday closing order,
together with the previous five
day closing order, marks the first
real sacrifice the people of this
country have been called upon to
make in the prosecution of the
war, other than sending their
sons to the service. Its reception
and the spirit in which it is being
met is a barometer that correctly
records the degree of patriotism
of our people, both in Richmond
county and throughout the nation.
That the response was so unani.
nous and so hearty must be q
cause for much satisfaction to
our Allies, and a corresponding
degree of worry to the Huns.
And, incidentally, every failure
upon our people to observe tc
the very letter the orders anc
requests of our government II
the matter of wheat, meat anc
fuel conservation is just tina
much help being given the Ger
mans. Failure to comply literally
means a stab and a blow at al
American soldier, thereby max
ing of yourself a MURDERER
Sounds harsh, but in the fina
analysis it's true.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31
Continued from Page Eight.

OF the foregoing cases. the following have been set
for trial Tuesday, Feb 5th:
No. 1877 A. X. Atkinson VS. Va F. & NJ ms. Co.
No. 80 Backer Bros Sarah McRae ct al
No. SO H. l. Monroe VS. w. u. T. Co.
No. 88 T. V. Pate VS. D. J. White.
No 100 Mary Brigham and husband vs. no Everett ct al
No. 1913 Jerry Leak ct al VS. +. Blacker
No. 1874 Blacker Bros. VS. Jeff WALL
No. 160 Bostick Mule Co. VS. A. Parsons.
No. PIG l. Medlin VS. Jr Q. Y. A. M.
No. 221 H. L. Monroe VS. ]. c. Baldwin.
OF the foregoing cases, the following have been set
for trial on Wednesday, Feb. 9th:
No. 264 G. w. Hearne ct al VS. H. S. Ledbetter ct al
No. 267 J. A. Neimeyer VS. D. w. Mcdaniel
No. 287 McPhai Auto Co. VS. James A. Covngton.
No. 331 w. 7. Hnson ct al VS. Press Nivens
No. 800 American Carriage Co. VS. M. r Sharpe.
No. 34 National Cash Register Co. VS. II. A. Page Jr ct al
No. 162 c. C. Capel VS. r. R. Little.
CA Yarboro VS. R. R. Little.
Bank of Rockingham VS. Henry Fairly ct al
No BAT D. B. Currie M. F. LedWel
All parties interested in any of the included
in the above order should appear at Rockingham next
Tuesday and Wednesday to find out just when their
tcuIar case will be for trial by the arbitrator referee
af the may be.
IA. McAULAY,
Clerk Of Superior Court
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31
Shovel Day.

In pursuance with the request
of the National Authorities, the
Rockingham boy scouts ga in
number) Wednesday made a
house-to-house canvass of the
city and left at each place a tag,
on which is a list of printed di-
rections as to the saving of coal.
The purpose of this Tag-Your-
Shovel Day is simply to remind
our people that a shovel full of
coal saved is equal to half a loaf
of bread, and that every shovel
full saved means that much adj
ditional power and health and
support for the American SOL
diers. tits estimated thatif every
user of coal in America would
save a shovel full each day, So
100000 tons would be saved in a
year, which at the present price,
is equivalent to the stupendous
sum of $4OO,000,000!
The hints on the tags for the
saving Of coal, are:
l. Cover furnace and pipes
with asbestos, or other insulation,
also weather strip your windows,
or stuff cracks with cotton.
2. Keep your room at 68 de-
grees best heat for health.
3. Heat only the rooms you
use all the time.
A. Test your ashes by sitting.
| If YOU find much good coal, there
| is something wrong with your
heater. See a furnace expert.
5. Write to the maker of your
| furnace or stove for practical di
lrections for running economi
cally.
/ 6. Save gas and electric lights
as much as possible this will
!, save coal for the nation.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31
THE STAR po..
Picture Theatre:
PROGRAM
January oath, 1918.

AO~N@W34A~
from Monday Feb. 4th to 9th
MONDAY
Bluebird-"Little Terror" five
acts; Miss Violet Mesereau.
TUESDAY
Garfield day for the Movies.
No show.
WEDNESDAY IN
Mutual" American Maid;;" 5
acts; Miss Edna Goodrich.
THURSDAY
Pathe-" Seven Pearls, IS; two
acts Mollie King. Pathe-Hearst
News 1O3. Paramount, Tanning
Target Center" in 2 acts, a great
comedy is this Sennett picture.
FRIDAY
Fox 1.-TWO Little Imps" in 6
acts. Hot comedy; features the
two Little Lee kids.
SATURDAY
Vitagraph will present that
great serial, The Fighting Trail
featuring William Duncan and
Carol Holloway. First episode
today. 1t is a fine Western serial
and we want you to see every
episode. Also today a Hearst
News 104. and a 2-reel Keystone
comedy; open today from 2:30
to HOO p. m; come early and
stay late. You are welcome.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31

So much is being said now
about the relative values of wood
and coal for heating purposes
that the following from that ex-
cellent sheet, the University of
North Carolina News Letter, is
of especial interest:
without bothering our readers
with neat unit figures, as found
in standard work on fuels, DR..
j. NJ. Bell, in the University
school Of chemistry, reminds us
that the heating value of a cord
of dry oak is about one-ffth less
than that of a ton of coal.
On this basis a cord of dry
oak, sawed in short lengths and
split for instant use, ought to
cost about four-ffths as much as
a ton of low grade coal. If such
coal can be delivered for Sc a
ton, a cord of dry oak ready for
use, is fairly worth S., and dry
pine So a cord. If the prices OF
wood rise higher than these
ratios, then the prices are toe
high and somebody is proftine
unduly by the war situation.
'Translating British therma,
units into money values says
DR.. Bell, it is more economical
to burn dry oak at SIS a cord thar
coal of any kind at a price ovel
1$6 a ton.
On the other hand, pine wooc
has much lower value than oal
wood. Fuel enginees in theil
calculations take two tons of Goa
as equivalent to five cords Of pine
wood. In terms of money, Dint
wood at & a cord is more expen
sive than coal at any price undel
l$10a ton"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31

The report was circulated in
this section recently that a large
number of almost perfect coun-
terfeit quarters were in circula-
tior, counterfeited, so the report
went, by a jeweler in New York
city. 1t seems that two series of
quarters were minted in 1917,
one series having three stars
under the eagle and the other
none. This was one reason that
lent color to the counterfeit
rumor. At any rate, many
stores refused to honor the sup
posedly spurious quarters.
One of the local banks there.
! upon sent two of the quarters to
the treasury department al
Washington, and received the
following reply, which of course
effectively puts at rest all doubt
about the genuineness Of the
coin:
4Your letter of the 18th, ad
dressed to the Hon. John Burke
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31
Subscription Rates S1.50 Per Year
Entered at the post Office at Rocking
ham, N c as secon class mail matter
The President Calls,
WILL YOU HEED?

In a proclamation issued Sat-
urday President Wilson appeals
to every loyal American to Oh
serve fully the suggestions now
being circulated by the Food
Administration; the President is
merely requesting this now, and
if the people do not observe it to
the very letter, a drastic law will
be enacted compelling the obser-
vance.
The President points out that
the consumption of wheat must
be reduced thirty per cent in
order that our Allies in Europe
may be fed. To this he directs
that every Monday as we'll as
Wednesday be made a wheatless
day-not only in every home but
in every cafe and hotel. This
means no wheat bread for break
fast, dinner or supper on those
two days. 1t is also requested
that on the other five days Of the
week one meal each day be made
a wheatless day.
To conserve meats the Presi-
dent sets aside one meatless day
a week-Tuesday-and two pork
less days a week Tuesday and
Saturday, and also one meatless
meal each of the other days.
Wheat millers are required to
produce one barrel of flour of
1876 pounds from 264 pounds of
wheat, which represents a "a per
cent flour. Bread made from
this -four will be known as "Vic-
tory bread"
The President by proclamation
has outlined these rules as being
necessary as a war measure, and
no person can afford not to heed
the Presidential directions. Fol-
lowing the directions is helping
win the war. With our young
men training in the camps and
in France for battle, CAN WE
AT HOME DO LESS THAN
OBEY?
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31

We heard on the street the
other day of a man who claimed
he was too poor to take his home
paper, but at the same time he
read a notice in one of our coun-
try papers telling how toprevent
a horse from soldering, and
sent $1.50 for receipt. When the
S1.5O worth of information came
it said: Teach your horse how
to spit" ,
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31

Mrs John F Kennedy returns to Norfolk
tonight after having visited Mrs Robert
L Leak.
Mr.. George Shannonhouse was the
18th transferred from Youngstown, Ohio,
to Wilmington, Del, from which place he
will, in day or so, be sent to Hopewell,
Va. Mrs. Shannonhouse is now visiting
in Richmond, but expects to arrive in
Rockingham the last of this week.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31

Four tons of shipping capacity
are required to transport a sol
der, and another ton is neces-
sary for his equipment. In ad.
dition, it takes SO pounds of ship
capacity a day to keep him sup.
Piled with food, clothing and
ammunition.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31
Groundhog Saturday. End.

! That wise old prophet, the grounding.
is scheduled to come out of his hole Sat
urday, Feb. End, and take a squint at the
weather. If the. sun is shining and he
can see his shadow, he will scurry back
into his hole, for well he knows that Win
ter is not nearly over But if the sun is
beclouded and he fails to see his shadow,
he will remain out, knowing full we'll that
the backbone of Winter is broken and
the gentle breezes of ye Equatorial warmth
on the way.
Some one hold an umbrella over the
sun. please. Or better still, some one
catch him, even if it is porkless day.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31
Card of Thanks

H. A. Haywood and children desire to
return their heartfelt thanks to the
friends and neighbors who so kindly
ministered unto them in the recent loss
of Mrs. H. A. Haywood. ....a
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31

The United States, importing
before the war as much as
$10,0O0,000 worth of aniline dyes
a year, in 10 months of last year
exported dyes valued at SIP.
100000.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31
ROCKINGHAM
P OST-DISP AT c H
Isaac s. London
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

The Post established January 9Th, 1909
The Dispatch established Jan. LIST, 1916
Bought by Isaac S. London in Novem-
Der, 1917, and consolidated under name
of Rockingham Post Dispatch Dec, lst
1917, with first issue Dec. 9th, 1917.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31

For artistic Job Work phone
or call on the st-Dispatch.
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We can turn out any
thing in the printing
line that you need, at
a price as low as any
one. quality, material
and workmanship con-
sidered. Come in and
see US before placing
your order elsewhere.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-31

Published Every Thursday
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-02-01
February |, 1918.

agricultural development for it will re-
suit Immediately in considerable Jew
ish immigration to Palestine. Zionist
leaders estimate that upwards of half a
million Jews will return to the old home
land during the next decade The repatri
ates will go back with Ford tractors and
modern American farm machinery, with
the most advanced agricultural methods,
with the American telephone and cleo
trio power and hydraulic machinery, and
finally, American methods of sanitation,
sewage disposal etc. The American
made trolley car will whizz through the
amazed streets of Jerusalem. The for
nation of the new state also will bring
about a great revival of Hebrew culture.
The establishment of a great Hebrew
University in Jerusalem was under way
when the war broke out.
The Jewish immigration of the past
thrty-five years brought modern educa-
tional methods to Palestine Everyone
of the forty-eight Jewish colonies has it's
schools, with Hebrew as the basic lang
uage. The higher schools established
by the Jews in the towns have become
models through the Near East and the
best Turkish and Arab families send their
children to them. The Bezalel School of
Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem has attract
ed wide attention among educational
circles in Europe, and the technical in
stitute recently established at Haifa will
without doubt become great factor in
Educational progress, after the war The
diploma of the gymnasium at Jaffa is
accepted for admission to Columbia and
other American and European univer-
sites. Already the new education has
made Hebrew the language of common
life in the Jewish colonies and in several
of the cities. Any business man in Jer-
usalem today who could not speak Heb
rev would labor under a great handicap.
Jewish leaders in America feel that in
agricultural and in education an excellent
state. AS soon as the first million dol
lars of the Restoration Fund has been
raised, commission will be sent to
Palestine to determine the needs for
establishing the new state on a solid
foundation A medical unit will also be
rushed to Palestine, where disease has
become endemic owing to the lack of
physicians and privations due to the war.
Altogether American and English Jews
are preparing in a systematic and gen.
erous way to do their share toward re-
establishment in Palestine.