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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-03-14
Administrator Notice.

Having this day qualified as admins
traitor Of the Estate of Gibson Hasty be-
fore ]. A. McAulay, Clerk of Superior
Court for Richmond County, this is to
notify all persons having claims against
said estate to present them to the under
signed duly verified on or before the
26 day of Feb. 1919 or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment.
This Feb. 26th, 1918.
1T. HASTY,
Admir- of Gibson Hasty, decd
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Administrator. Notice.

Having qualified before the Clerk Of
the Superior Court of Richmond county
as admin, .-ator of the estate of PATSY XII
ger Flowers, deceased, this is to notify all
persons holding claims or accounts against
said estate to present the same to me for
payment, duly verified, on or before
the 7th day of March, 1919, or
this notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery All persons indebted to said
estate, whether by note or otherwise, are
requested to make prompt payment.
This. March 9TH, 1918.
s w. W. KING, Admir-.
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Sale of Land.

Under and by virtue of the bower con.
tanned in a certain Deed of Mortgage
executed on the 18th day of October
1916. by ]. S. Brown and wife, M. ].
Brown, to Pinkey Ewing, which said
mortgage was duly assigned to M. w.
McRae and recorded in the Office of Reg.
lister of Deeds of Richmond county, N.
c. in book No. 100, page I'll, the under
signed, will, at the court house door in
Rockingham, N. c., on Saturday, the 9Th
day of April, 1918 at IL o'clock noon,
offer for sale to the highest bidder for
cash the following described lot or parcel
of land, to-wit.
Lying and being in the town of Rock.
ingham, N. c. on the west side of Stew.
art street and known as the Dudley
Steele lot,::a being the same lot that
was conveyed to Harriet Steele by Till
man Dunn and wife by deed dated July
6, 1889 and duly recorded in the Office Of
Register Of lDeeds for said county in
book 600, at page 496, reference to
which is had for full description.
Time of sale, Saturday, April 6. at Il
o'clock noon.
Place Of sale. couB house door, Rock
ingham. N. c. ~
This March 5. 1918.
PINKIE EWING.
Mortgage
M. w. McRae, Assignee.
Bynum & Thomas Attorneys.
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Notice of School Election.

North Carolina, Richmond County.
A petition containing one-fourth of the
freeholders of Ellerbe School District,
being school district No. in Mineral
Springs Township, Richmond county,
North Carolina, asking for a special
school election to be held in said district;
said petition having been endorsed bv
the Board of Education for said county,
being filed with this board, the following
order was unanimously passed, to-wit:
Pursuant to said petition and to the
Public School law of North Carolina, be-
ing Chapter SO and Section Ais of the
Revisal of 1905 of the Revisal of 1905,
and to Chapter lO2 of the Public Laws Of
North Carolina, session of 1917, we, the
Board of Commissioners of Richmond
county. North Carolina, being in regular
monthly session on Monday, March 4th,
1918. quorum being present and voting,
do hereby call and order an election to
be held on Saturday. April 18th, 1918, at
the Bank Of Ellerbe building in said dis
trict comprising the following boundaries,
viz:
i Beginning at the southwest corner Of
school district No. I, Mineral Springs
! township. thence down Bells creek to
mouth Of Powell's creek; thence up Glib
sons branch to.fair grounds and = Gibson
Mil public road; thence with said road
to Jim Simmons place. thence with old
Thrower mill road to Cartiedge's creek;
thence down said creek to Black Jack
township line to sign board near Lentz's;
thence with Grassy Island road; thence
eastward with road to road leading to
Wade's mill at Little Mountain Creek;
thence up creek and up south prong to
head; thence in a straight line due east
| to line of said district No. l; thence with
line of said district No. to beginning.
Also comprising the lands belonging to
J. w. Webb, to ]. R. Dawkins and to H,
c. Webb in Black Jack township.
Said election is ordered to be held on
Saturday, April 18th, 1918, for the pur.
pose of deciding whether or not an adj
ditional special annual tax of twenty
cents on every one hundred dollars valu
alton of all property and sixty cents or
each taxable poll in said school district
. No. 4 shall be annually levied and collect
ed by the commissioners of said count,
to supplement the special school taxes
now provided for said district and the
public school fund as apportioned by the
County Board of Education to sale
school district.
A new registration is hereby ordered
for said special school election in sale
school district. The registration ant
election shall be had and conducted a
provided in Chapter 102 of the publi
laws of North Carolina, session of 1911
: The said special school election is hereb,
ordered to be held at the place and OF
the date aforesaid, and A. d. Spivey i
hereby appointed registrar, and J. T. Nc
Leod and W. M. Henderson are hereb,
:: appointed judges of election, respectivel
to conduct said election.
Done by order of the Board of Com
: missioners of Richmond county, Mort
Carolina, March 4th, 1918.
B.F REYNOLDS,
Ex-Oficio Clerk to Bid. Co. Commr'.
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Funeral Directors and
Embalmers.
ROCKINGHAM, N. C.
Phones: Res. 217 or 159; Office IS.
Executors Notice.

Rockingham, N. c., Feb. S, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, Nancy P. Leak and Thomas c.
Leak. have qualified before the Clerk of
Court of Richmond County as Executrix
and Executor of the viii of w. C. Leak,
deceased, of which all interested parties
will take notice, and all persons indebted
to said estate are hereby notified to make
pror pit payment of such indebtedness to
us; and all persons to whom the said w.
c. Leak, deceased, was indebted will pre-
sent their claims to us for payment; and
notice is further given that any claims Of
Indebtedness not presented to us within
twelve months from date hereof will be
barred under the law, and this notice
may be pleaded in bar of any such in
debtedness after the expiration of twelve
months.
Nancy P. Leak. Executrix
Thomas c. Leak, Executor
of the VIII of w. c. Leak, deceased.
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Crushing Blow Believed lmpend-
ing and Fall of City Seems
Inevitable.
ALLIES STILL ADVANCE
Enemy 10 Hard Hit on Both FIanks
and Center--American Aviators
Down Two Of Foe
Machines.

London, Aug. 17.--Allied pressure
has been effectively renewed against
the German line In the region of Roye
on the Picardy battlefront. The en-
emy is clinging determinedly to this
town as bulwark of the positions he
took UP after being driven back from
the Amiens region. Both the French
and the British are pushing closer,
however, and making his prolonged
tenancy of the place doubtful.
London reported the British lines
advanced northwest of Roye in the
neighborhood of Dammery and Par
villers, while Paris reports forward
movement on the part of the French
west and southwest of Roye on front
OF about two and one-half miles.
French Gain West of Disc.
Between the Disc and the Matz, the
French continue their steady pressure
and have gained additional high
ground west of the Disc and north
west of Ribecourt. The Germans
fought hard to hold Monollthe and
Attiche farms, but were finally driven
out by General Humbert's men. The
farms are east of Thiescourt wood
and are on the high ground dominat.
Ing the river Divette. small tributary
of the Disc.
appointment of General Won Boehn,
who led the retirement from the
Marne, to the command of the German
group In Picardy, is confirmed off,
cially from Berlin. II is believed In
London that because of the scarcity
of reserves the Germans will fight on
the defensive on their present line.
Fifteen reserve divisions already have
been thrown In between the Ancre
and the Disc and the enemy is said
to have only 16 fresh divisions on
the entire front from the North sea to
Switzerland.
German Losses Large.
Unofficial estimates In London place
the Allied captures since Aug at
$4,000 men and $40 guns. II Is de-
clared the proportion of German to
Allied losses has been greater I'm the
recent fighting than at any time since
1914. The total Allied casualties may
not be as large as the number of Ger
man prisoners captured.
The German artillery fire and aerial
activity has decreased along the vesle
where the French and Americans
maintain their pressure.
Americans Join In Bombing.
Aerial operations still are intense.
On the British front 2S German ma
chimes were put out of action while
the British lost 10. Bombs have been
dropped on railway functions within
the German lines and British aviators
have flown into Germany to attack
Thionville and Offenburg. American
aviators have brought down two more
enemy machines. Paris was visited
by raiders who dropped several bombs.
Several persons were killed and there
was some property damage.
On the Italian front the Italians
have seized an islet In the southern
reaches of the Piave.
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TWO DIVISIONS FALL BACK
American Guns Make Life Miserable
For Germans.

With the American Army on the
Vesle, Aug. 16.-The sustained pres
sure by the French and the Ameri-
cans on the line between scissors and
Rheims appeared to be having the ex-
pected result. Information from be-
hind the German front, obtained by
observers, indicated the withdrawal of
one or two enemy divisions.
In addition, the counter actions of
the Germans have been notably re-
duced of late. The enemy's reply to the
Americans guns, which never have
ceased their punishment, has been ap-
preciably less prompt.
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MOVING AT TOP SPEED
American Troops Continue to
Pour Into France.
Secretary Baker Says Britain Is Fur
nishing Ships Without
Compensation.

Washington, Aug. II. - Secretary
Baker said that rapid shipment of
troops now going on will continue un-
der the program of the war depart
ment and the draft.
Even il the new draft law cannot
be put into operation before October
there need be no diminution of the
flow of the men to Europe, as there are
100000 in training in the United
States, which is 100000 more than the
regular plans would make necessary,
Mr.. Baker added. With this margain
to draw on, the secretary said, there
would be no serious shortage of man
power.
Troop movements to Europe are be-
ing kept at top speed, largely through
the help of the British government in
providing shipping, the secretary said.
For this no compensation has been
given to Great Britain and such ques-
ton was not even considered during
the negotiations that made the pooling
of ships necessary.
There are now approximately 2,600,-
900 American soldiers in this country
and overseas, Mr.. Baker added.
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CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE
Allied Airmen Drop TWenty-Six
Bombs on Frankfort.
Explosions Are Said to Have Killed
Twelve Persons and Injured
Five Others.

Geneva, Aug. I7.-Twelve Allied
aviators dropped 26 bombs on Frank.
fort. Germany, killing twelve persons
and injuring five others, an official
dispatch received here from that city
says
Reports from Basel, however, assert
that the casualties were far more nu-
merous.
These say that bomb fell In the
crowded Kaiserstrasse, killing many
persons and stopping the street cars.
That another fell In the middle OF the
large station and several in its vicin-
ity, while two more fell in the bar
racks and still another near Goethe's
house, which was undamaged.
The Basel dispatch says the aerial
attack has increased the panic reign.
Ing in the Rhine towns.
Twenty-Five Shot Down.
London, Aug. 17-Twenty-two Ger
man airplanes were destroyed and six
driven down out of control, according
to the official communication on aerial
operations, issued. Fifteen British
airplanes are missing as result of the
air combats.
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Large Submarines of Cruiser
Type Are Operating in
American Waters.
CRAFT ARE Low SPEED
Washington Naval Officers Believe
That the U-Boats Are Merchant
Submarines Converted for
War Purposes.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Enemy divers
raiding shipping in American waters
are of the cruiser type, very likely
converted merchantmen, like the
Deutschland, which made two peaceful
trips to the United States before this
country Joined in the European war.
The submarines are low speed craft
with great cruising radius, carrying
large crews, So inch guns and mine
These conclusions have been drawn
by naval officers from detailed reports
gathered since the U-boats first ap-
peared off the Atlantic coast last May
The largest of them, probably, is not
more than 300 feet long and officers
are satisfied they are not the super
submarines which frequent reports of
late have said Germany was building
The Germans are believed to have
turned out six merchant submarines
aud two of them, the Deutschland and
bremen, are known to have been cap
tured before this country declared war
At least one and possibly two of these
vessels are believed to have been de-
stroyed, but the others unquestionably
have been converted into fighting
ships. Their great beam enables them
to mount much larger guns than the
ordinary U-boat and this accounts for
the fact that they have outranged
nearly all of the armed merchantmen
when they dared to attack.
Barrett Crew Landed.
Cape May, N. j., Aug. 17.-Captain
William Merritt and crew of 10 men
of the American schooner Dorothy
Barrett, sunk off Cape May by a
German submarine, were landed here,
having been picked up by a patrol
vessel while rowing ashore. The
schooner was sent down about 20
miles off the coast, Captain Merritt
said
"The last we saw of our vessel it
was i'm flames and fast sinking, but
whether the Germans had boarded
and fired it, or the ship had taken fire
from the shells, | do not know" Cap
tain Merritt said.
The schooner, according to Captain
Merritt, was valued at about $150.000.
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FIGHTING FOR THEIR IDEALS
Noted German Editor Praises Amer.
leans and British.

Noted German Editor Praises Amer
leans and British.
Washington, Aug. 17-Another vio-
lent attack on Prussian policy with
warning of the storm brewing in Rus
STA and frank tribute to- British and
American soldiers fighting for their
ideals has Just been published in the
Zukunft by Macmillan Harden, the
free spoken German editor.
Harden declared the soul of modern
Germany is dominated by the idea of
bondage summed up in down on your
knees
do you think that the British and
Americans are such as the conserva-
tive papers represent Them" he asks.
"They have proved themselves to be
very different on the User, at Arras
and at Dormans. They have shed the
best of their blood, spent hundreds of
thousands without dreams of conquest
simply for their ideals. Does this in
any way correspond to the picture
that you have drawn of them?"
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Roads Want Men Exempted.

Minneapolis, Aug. 17.-Railroads
of the Northwest, facing . crit
ical labor shortage which threat
ems to hold up the movement OF the
vast grain crop, appealed to. Mime
apolis draft boards to place operating
employees Of the carriers in deferred
classification. The acute labor situa-
tion In transportation was explained to
draft board members 1T q meeting ct
the Builders' Exchange, called BY Hugo
". Koch, head Of the United States en-.
pl0ymsnt service A Minnesota.
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Washington, August 27.--Twenty-six
women who have been defying the po-
lice In Women's party demonstrations
opposite the White House In protest
against the Senate's delay on acting
on the federal suffrage amendment,
we're given jail sentences In the police
court when they refused to pay fines.
Ten day sentences were imposed for
unlawfully holding meeting without
permits and seventeen of the defend
ants were giyen fve additional days
Tor climbing on statue Of General
Lafayette.
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Anthracite Shipments Increase.

Philadelphia. Aug. Shipments OF
anthracite coal In July attained high
record and, with two exceptions, were
the largest ever reported In any one
month. Figures issued by the anthra-
cite bureau of information show ship
ments. Of 7,e84.775 gross tons for the
month. against 6,6S7,669 tons In June
and 6,124.252 tons In July last year.
For the first four months Of the cur
rent coal year the shipments have
amounted to 27,206.O7s tons, compared
with 26.2S3. .l1s tons for the correspond
Ing period In 1917.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-17
BRITISH ARRIVE AT BAKU
Force From Mesopotamia Will Back
the cxecho-S -Siovaks.

Washington, Aug. II. Arrival OF
British troops at Baku is considered
here as highly important because 1t
opens way in that port of the world
for Allied aid to Czecho-Slovaks and
loyal Russians.
Some weeks ago body of British
soldiers succeeded in pushing from
Mesopotamia through to Resh. Ships
were acquired at Enzeli, the seaport
of Resh, and 1t no doubt is this force
that has reached Baku.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-17
THIS YEARS CROP LIGHTER
Canadian Wheat Yield Falls of 7,f42,-
$50 Bushels.

Ottawa, Aug. II. Canada's wheat
crop this year is 232,S00,000 bushels,
or 7,742,S50 bushels less than last
years crop, according to report of
the Dominion Bureau of Statistics,
compiled from returns of correspon-
dents. Oats are expected to yield
416.000.000 bushels, an increase of 49,
OO0,0 900 over last year.
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Attitude Of Labor Commenced.

New York, Aug. 17.-"Patriotic and
constructive attitude of the American
labor movement under the leadership
OF Samuel Gompers," was recommended
in resolutions adopted at conference
held by the National Civic federation.
The purpose Of the conference, It was
announced, was to consider vital in
dustrial and war problems and to meet
the commission that II soon to sail for
England. France and Italy under the
chairmanship Of Mr.. Gompers. The res
olutions appealed Ter support Of IL
people OF Russia
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-17
Allied Forces in Siberia Have Ad-
vanced About One Hundred
Miles.
FLANK MOVE BEGINS
Yankee Troops From the Philippines
Land at vladlvostok and VIII
Join the international Armies
at Once.

Amsterdam, Aug. 1.-THE Don
Cossacks have cleared the left
bank of the Don of their opponents
and are marching victoriousIy on
Zaragin, from which they are only
one days march distant, says an
official statement issued by the
Don Cossacks' staff and received
here from kiev.
London, Aug. 17.-On the east
front from Moscow to vIadivostok
and from the White sea to the
Caspian the situation daily be-
comes more interesting and men,
acing to Germany.
From ArchangeI Allied troops
have made good progress south
ward toward voiogda, and appar-
emily are operating In three COL
umns against the BoIsheviki.
London, Aug. lit is announced
here that the Allied expeditionary
force has reached Pabereshakala, 100
miles south of Archangel, on the rail-
road toward Vologda
Bolsheviki forces on retiring are de-
clared to have committed every form
of atrocity upon the civilian popula-
tion.
Fairly determined resistance to the
Allied advance was offered by the Boil
sheviki and the progress of the expedi-
tionary force was delayed.
Allied forces have been landed along
the shore of Omega bay, 100 miles
southwest of Archangel for the pur-
pose of intercepting the Bolsheviki
retiring from Archangel, il Is learned
here.
Another Allied detachment is push
ing toward Kotlass, 260 miles south OF
the Volga river Generals Alexieff and
Denikine apparently are endeavoring
to amalgamate their anti-Bolsheviki
forces with the army of the Czecho-
Slovaks.
Vanks Land at vIadlvostok.
Washington, Aug. 17-American
troops began to disembark at Vladi-
vostok and Immediately will join the
international force to aid the Czecho-
Slovak army in it's campaign in Siber-
la. The Americans compose the
Twenty-seventh regular infantry regi.
ment from Manila, and will be follow
ed by another regiment from the Phil
ippines and additional troops from the
United States.
The Twenty-seventh regiment has
not been recruited to war strength and
the exact number of men is not def
nitely known here but is estimated al
from 1900 to 1900. Colonel Henry ID
Styer commands the Twentv-seventh
regiment. The entire American force
will be under Major General Graves
who has been commanding regular
army division in Camp Kearney, Cal
BoIshevki Near Rout.
The march of events in Russia from
news received seems to be rapidly
assuming the proportions of a rout oi
the Bolsheviki and of nature to bring
dismay to Germany.
With Allied troops rapidly moving
south from Archangel, forces of Brit
ish, French, Japanese and American
troops at Vladivostok and operating Il
the westward, and British force Al
Baku, the Czecho-Slovaks have taker
new heart in their heroic fight against
the Germans and Austrians
The Bolsheviki throughout Russis
are reported not only fleeing the ad
vancing Allies but the newly aroused
Russians, who have learned that tn,
Allies are not beaten on the Western
front, as the Germans and Bolshevik
have been persisten.ly preaching.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-17
AFFECTS VITAL WAR PLANTS

Shortage Of Fuel 10 Causing OsfscIals
Much Concern.
Washington, Aug. 17.--Shortage Of
fuel which threatens to hamper out
put of vital war industries is causing
concern to officials OF the industries
board and the fuel administration.
Conferences are In progress to de-
wise means to stimulate output. 1t is
proposed that new mines be opened In
territory close to plants suffering for
coal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-17
DRAG SEA FOR SUBMARINE
Seeking Proof for Destruction Of the
undersea Craft.

Washington. Aug. 17.--Naval off,
cials on the scene of the sinking OF
the Dorothy Barrett. believe they de-
stroyed the u boat, although the de-
partment is without proof. Secretary
Josephus Daniels said. The sea IL
being dragged in an attempt to find
the submersible. believed to have
been wrecked by depth bombs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-17
AZ CASUALTIES ON U. S. LIST
Eighteen Are Killed and Twenty-Five
Are Severely Wounded.

Washington, Aug. 17.--Forty-three
casualties were announced in the last
list, including Is killed In action and
25 severely wounded.
Northwest names appear as follows:
Private John b. Eide, Daglum, N. D.;
Cecil l.. Congdon, Jud, N. d., severely
wounded.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-17
Foe Bomb PIotter Caught.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Robert Fay.
notorious German bomb plotter, has
been arrested in Spain, the State de-
partment announced. Fay escaped
from the Atlanta penitentiary about
year ago. He is being brought back,
the State department said, without
extradition.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-17
BRAZILIAN SHIP T0RPED0ED
Sunk by Submarine OF American
Coast

New York, Aug. 1.-THE Brazilian
motorship Madrugada, 1913 tons gross,
has been sunk by a German submarine
Off the American coast. Word of the
loss of the ship was received here by
insurance circles. The crew was
picked up by another vessel and will
be landed at an Atlantic port.