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The Washington times., 1918-11-24

have been established one sees spin
ding infants growing into healthy
and happy children
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
RALPH CONNoR.

Rev. Charles William Gordon, who has attained worldwide fame as ap author under the pen name of Ralrf1 Connor, and who went to Europe as chaplain of the second Canadian con- ungent, was born fifty-eight years ago today, Sept. 13, 1860, at Indian Lands, Glongarry, Ontario. The Canadian clergyman author chaplain IS of Scottish percentage and the son of a minister Rev. Daniel G. Gordon. Since 1894 Rev. Mir Gordon has been minister of St. Stephens church in Winnipeg and leader in Canadian Presbyterianism, but he has also found time to write a score or more of novels, among the best known be- ing "The Sky Pilot" "The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail" Corporal Cam eron' and The Pilot of Swan Creek" In volunteering for active service ar the front Dr. Gordon manifested a natural leaning toward active life and adventure, which in his younger days left him to the wilds of the Canadian Northwest as a missionary among the miners, lumbermen and Indians. For many years he has been chaplain to the SeventyNinth Cameron High flanders of Canada. In addition to his novels Dr. Gordon has written re- hgious and biographical works.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

Der from a few score to many thous- and pieces, some of which have found favorable comment at American head quarters. These armor dlefenses in- clude even arm ands leg guards, the
 use of which was suggested by the study of hospital statistics in France and England. It appeared that more than 40 per cent. of the hospital cas- ualties suffered were leg wounds, and no less than 35 per cent. arm wounds.
 In connection with this work every effort has sbeen made to improve the character of metal used in the armor making. A committee of the Nation Council of Defense, including the names of such armor experts as Alex ander McMillan Welch, Edward Hubbard, Litchfield, Ambrose Mon nell. Dr. G. o. Brewster, and Clarence H. Mackay, has dealt especially with the problem of personal armor. And some of the most eminent metallur- gists of the country. including those on the committee, have devoted al- most their entire time to the ques- | ton. Among these Is Prof. Henry M Howe, of Columbia University,
 who has made an exhaustive study of helmet metal, aiming to give the American soldier better protection than the soldier of any other na- | tion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
WHERE FATHER COOKS
 AND MINDS THE BABY
By Welthy B. Honsinger, in World
 Ontlnnlr for Cnnto.nh 1n.n

By Welthy B. Honsinger, in World
 Outlook for September, 1918.
 In olden times, when, as Barrie tells us, "the world was so young that pieces of the original egg-sheu still | adhered to it," long before the Tai | Pings or long-haired rebels ravaged this part of China the two provinces of kiangsi and Fukien were quarrel | ing. The men went out to fight and left the women at home, even as we do today. The women did not know anything about planting crops or pud- ding rice fields. At first they just let things slide, hoping the men would soon return.
 But the fueds grew iercer and mora men were called out. The fighting reached the Kan and Hsia Kiane. Finally all the strong men disappear ed from their ancestral halls. In the swift years that followed the women found, to their surprise, that they could make the rice shops prosper More junks were sailing up the river than in former days and clean little houses lined the shore for long dis tances
 put altn0uSn everything was going I beautifully and the women were mak- ing more money than they ever had i before, the feeling gradually grew that no town could be complete without ! husbands.
 A vote was accordingly taken and the majority decided that husbands should be imported.
 Enter husbands from a nelghboring clan. The women having conceived the scheme, worked 1t out logically. Husbands were soon given to under stand that they were husbands only, and imported at that
 We shall still be managers of our lands and rice shops. We will run this town and see that no harm befalls the province. You are to look after the children" So :ne 6ictum ran and the men mildly subsided into
 mere men and became very useful to
 the community.
 So the women managed with a high
 hand in Hsia Kiang, just as our men
 did In the Flint Age. And the wona-
 en in Hsia Kiang have kept on man. aging just as our men have liked to
 manage a man-made world even to
 the present day.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
ANCIENT ARMOR EMPL DYED IN CONSTRUCTION OF DEVICES
 TO PROTECT U, s. SOLDIERS
Mail Coats Helmets, and Shields Worn By Knights of Old Being Studied By Experts in
 Metropolitan Museum.

ancient armorer's art. Included among these are about 90 kinds of anvils and stakes several hundred different types of hammers, curious shears, and instruments the very knowledge of which has today almost ppeared---almost, because there still exists armorers who have in herited the skill of their ancestors.
 At least six of them are known to
 be working today, one in Dresden, one in Switzerland, two in Japan, one in London, and one, a French artist named Daniel Tachaux, who is now working under the supervision of
 Mai. Bashford Deaan, of the Ord nance Department, in the armor workshop of the Metropolitan Mu- scum of Art
 As an artist in hammer work M. Tachaux, many students believe, is superior to all. He was born in Blois. where his forbears had been doing metal work for many generations.
 going to Paris in the seventies, he was apprentice to the famous Klein, who was brought from the Dresden armory at the order of Napoleon III to SlSdu anu I0pdII ID6 dTIHOT WI1CH Napoleon III was then installing in the beautiful Chateau of Pierrefonds.
 Thus, both by training and descent, M. Tachaux represents the skill of the armorers of ancient times. Ten years ago he was brought to New
 York and given an appointment as
 assistant to Maj. Dean, then curator of the armor collection at the Metro
 politan Museum of Art. There the
 Frenchman's skill was needed in clean ing and mounting the armor of the collections.
 When the war broke out, learning that the government was in need of skilled makers of models for the prep
 aration of armor, Director Robinson,
 of the Metropolitan Museum, with
 the sanction of the trustees, placed the department of a;rmor at the dis position of Secretary of War Baker. Since then numerous designs have been carefully worked out by Maj. Dean and actually made by Tachaux and his young French assistant, Ser geant Bartel, now of the Ordance Department.
 Mai. Dean himself was brought in-
 to the service of the Army in Novem-
 Der, 1917. Owing to his lifelong study of the subject he was commissioned
 as a major and sent abroad, at once to report on the status of armor. He returned to the United States late in January and has kept the armor workshop of the museum busy, week days and holidays, turning out mod el in accordance with the suggestions of Gen. Pershing and the Ordnance Department. No less than 25 differ
 ent types of armor defenses have been made in various factories in experimental lots, including in mum.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
GROUND FLYING EXCITING PART OF
 AERIAL TACTICS

Behind the British Lines in France, Sept. --(Correspondence of The Associated FEess)---"Ground flying" is perhaps the most exciting of all the aerial tactics in which the British airmen are instructing their Ameri- can pupils in Northern France. It demands a high combination of skill and Caring, but it is a game in which the British have during the past year won a marked superiority over the Germans
 The training of ground flying pi- lots is particularly thorough and in- cludes much necessary practice in leaping hills, trees and telegraph poles, etc, a manner which promptly leads the uninformed spec tator to condemn the airman as a reckless fool.
 But failing this practice the pilot would never acquire the skill and con- f1dence necessary for this highly specialized type of work. The ma chimes used are fast and difficult to fly, and operating so close to the groun3s the pilot knows that he has literally no more margin for indecis- ion or hesitating than he has in ac- tual aerial combat
 In ground flying" tactics the pilot acts mainly on his own personal in- itiative, and he must be prepared to attack the enemy whenever he may be found, either with bombs, gren- ades, darts, or machine gun fire. Thus German officers in charge of ammu- milton dumps have every reason to fear the approach of a British How f1ier.' The fear of machine gun fire is even greater and whole. German regiments have been decimated and demorali@ed by Britishh airplanes. | German batteries, railway stations
 billets, training grounds and aero dromes are frequently attacked ir this way, and the moral effect is very great. Von Richthofen, the famous German air-fghte-, now dead. once
 described how an English machine
 one night came down to a height o1
 l5O feet. through a fusillade of gur fire and blinding glare of search. | lights, to bomb a German aerodromt
 with deadly effect Rfchthofen con.
 sidered it tremendously -plucky tha-
 the man didn't swerve but came
 straight on in accordance with hi, plan"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
JERUSALEM SCHOOL
 IS FREE TO ALL

Jerusalem, Sept. 13-The cere- mony of laying the foundation stone of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus was witnessed by 5000 people The site is on the eastern slope of the mountain, overlooking the valley of the Jordan as it enters the Dead Sea.
 Dr. Weizmann head of the British Committee in charge of the work, said in his address:
 "Out of the misery and desolation of war is being created the germ of t new life. This university, although intended primarily for Jews, will give an effectionate welcome also to mem bers of every race and every creed, and will be accessible to all classes Of the people"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
ToDAY's ANNIVERSARY.

The first of the great essayists was Michael de Montaigne, who died near Bordeaux, France, 326 years ago to- day Sept. 13, 1892. Montaigae might truthfully be called the inven- tor of the essay, and his works rank as the great classics of their kind. He wrote in the vernacular, and was one of the pioneers in the development of the genius and literary power of the French tongue. Montaigne admitted that he was addicted to most of the vices, and expressed the opinion that there is no man who has not deserved hanging at least five or six times For women and marriage he had a kindly contempt. His own marriage, he confessed, was but a concession to cus- tom, and if left free he would not have welded Wisdom herself had she been willing"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

Armor TOT the American soldiers helmets, shields, and breastplates--- is being modelled in the workshop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York city, the War Department announces.
 Comprising all that was best in the types of armor used in the days of the ancients this armor, in some in- stances, is being wrought into shape on ancient anvils and by hammers that were actually used centuries ago.
 And in direct charge of the work shop is a French artisan whose skill has been known to collectors the world over and whose forebears, for generations back, have kept alive the dying trade of the armorer.
 This war in Europe, which has brought back into use many discard ed weapons and practices of medieval warfare, has found use for arnror as we'll This is shown in the adoption of steel helmets by all the warning powers in the use of heavy breast plates by the Germans, and lighter breastplates, for attack, by the Eng fish: in the armored waistcoats used by the Italians, and in trench shields which all the armies are using. Because of this it has become desir- able to review the entire study of an- cient armor, to which for centuries some of the greatest artists and scien- l lists gave their best efforts. To such masters of the science of arr1or de- sign as Leonardo, Guilio Romano, 1 Cellini Holbein, Duerer Michael An gelo and others, are ordnance experts of today turning for guidance and | inspiration. In fact, 1t can be stated that so completely were armored de- lenses stu5ied in the past that today there is scarcely a technical idea brought forward which was not work i ed out in elaborate detail by the old
 time armor makers.
 Fortunately for the Ordnance De- partment, one of the greatest collec-
 tions of ancient armor in the world,
 accessible to study by the American
 armor designers, is in the Metropoi-
 tan Museum of Aart in New York city. This collection, ranking prob
 ably seventh in the world, now in-
 cludes the famous Riggs Collection, which represents the life work of a
 wealthy student of the subject, and includes some of the richest and rar-
 est pieces that have been in the mar
 ket since 1850.
 It is an incident to this collection that there was established at the museum an armorer's workshop. So far as is known it is unique. It was established for the purpose of clean- ing, repairing, or. in rare cases, re- storing pieces that were defective. To this end the museum has studied ex- haustively the processes of making armor, and has collected from all parts of the world the tools of the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
WOMEN WHO WOULD
 A-SOLDIERING GO

(By Madeline z. Doty in World Out
 look for September, 191S)
 women do not make good soldiers. They shrink from the terrific on- slaught. The Russian Battalion of Death was a failure. Madame Botch- kareva acknowledged it. She said when in America:
 "I am keenly disappointed in wom- en as soldiers. I do not say this be- cause of their physical endurance. My battalion had women as strong as men. Many of them came from hardy peas ant stock. But say it because wom- en will not stand discipline. They cannot forget personalities long enough to take commands imperson- ally for the sake of a common ob- jective. When 1t comes to war the only thing that counts is what you can do, not who you are. I am go- ing back to fight as a soldier, but never again will I undertake to drill and discipline battalion of women"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

transport service, William J. Ruppert and William c. Colson, contractors, were sentenced to three .ears at At. lanta by Judge Julius M. Mayer in the New York Federal District Court for accepting bribes
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

Senator Pomerene will head a sub committee of the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate the taking over of the Hudson tubes ordered by the Senate.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

The Spanish government has ap- pointed General De Montevedeto to head the Spanish military mission, which will visit the American front in France.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

The stories of German atrocities are not strictly true, as they don't make them out half as bad as they really are. s'--
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

Representatives of the Cuban gov ernment and of big Cuban sugar planters are in Washington to explain to the Food Administration why the price of sugar should be increased
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
Commissioners Sale of Land.

Under and by virtue of the power upon
me conferred by an order of the super
Tor court of Richmond county in the
special proceeding entitled. w. A. Melon
aid, Administrator of Sandy Locklear. De-
ceased, VS.. Ed Locklear, ct al. heirs at
law of Sandy Locklear. deceased, will
on Saturday June 22nd. 1918, at IL, o'clock
M. in front of the Court house door In
the Town of Rockingham offer for sale
to the highest bidder for cash. subject to
confirmation by the Court, the following
described land Lying and being in the
foresaid County and State and in Wolf
Pitt Township, to wit:
Lot Number 2 of the Harriet Jones
property as divided among the heirs at
law of Harriet Jones, deceased. lying on
the railroad below Roberdel village and
also one acre tract in the same location,
said lands being particular y described in
the Petition in the above entitled action.
This the Goth day of May, 1918.
W. R. JONES.
t$ 80 e1E ~ Commissioner.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

North Carolina, Richmond County. In
the Superior Court.
Mrs. Mary Freeman, Henry Willoughhy,
Joe Willoughby on the part of them
selves and for all other heirs at Law
and next to kin of Phebe Williamson,
deceased.
]. w. Lide, personally, and as executor Of
]. H. Williamson, deceased, w. ]. Tolar.
ct al, all the next kin, heirs at law lega-
tees and distributes of ]. H. Williamson,
deceased whose names ar known and
unknown, ct al.
1t appearing from the affidavit of Mrs.
Mary Freeman, in this action, that w. j.
Tolar, A. G. Tolar, A. L. Tolar, Hattie 1.
ToIar, Claud Newberry, Gladys Newberry.
Eva Byrne, ]. B. Tolar, Elder Tolar, Ruth
Tolar, Stella Byrne, Oneida Byrne, Matte
Byrne, ]. T. Byrne. A. E. Byrne, Thomas
Williamson, Nathan Williamson, T. ].
Horneday, Matte Horneday, w. ]. Evans,
Sallie Evans, Emma Lee. W.. L. Williamson,
N. G. Tolar, Bessie Williamson, Ellis John
Hix Ellis and all other heirs at law, next
of kin, legatees and distributes of J. H.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

williamson deceased. whose names are
unknown, the defendants therein, is not
to be found in Richmond County, North
Carolina, and cannot after due diligence
be found in North Carolina, and it further
appearing that said action relates to real
estate, rents and profits for the use and
occupation thereof and for damages
thereto for the recovery thereof etc.
1t is therefore ordered, decreed and ad-
judged that notice of this action be
published once a week for four success
i've weeks in the Rockingham Post-Dis-
patch, newspaper published in Richmond
county, setting forth the title of the action,
the purpose of the same. with brief
recital of the subject matter of the same
and requiring the defendants above nam.
ed and all other heirs at law, next OF kin
!egatees and distributes Of ]. H. William
son, deceased, whose names are unknown
to appear at the June term of the Superior
Court of Richmond county to be held on
the 18th day of June, 1918, at the court
house in said county and answer or demur
to the complaint of the plaintiffs or the
relief demanded will be granted.
This the 18th day of May. 1918.
]. A. McAulay, c. sc.
Lorenza Medlin, Attorney for Plaintiffs.
Rockingham, N. c. %....'.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
NOTICE.

All persons will take notice and are
hereby notified that the undersigned has
this day sold and transferred his entire
stock of drugs. goods. fixtures. etc. 10.
Gated in the building known as Hunters
Pharmacy, situate in the town of Rock
ingham, to E. G. Scott. The said E. G..
Scott is liable for all indebtedness on
said business accruing from this date.
the said T. B. Hunter now and hence
forth having no connection with the said
business. .e 7f''a.''}G
All moneys due said firm are payable
to T: B. Hunter. as
This goth day of April, 1919
THOS. B. HUNTER.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

Editor Post Dispatch
Just a few words to say in
regard to the canning school and
confirm which is in session at
A. & E. College. l arrived here
Monday, June 3rd; came direct
to Y. M. C. A., where / was as
signed my room. We were al
lowed the privilege of asking
whom we wished to room with
US, so a good friend of mine, who
had arrived ahead of me, had
asked that she might room with
me and had gone ahead and
made things look home-like. Wei
have breakfast at 7:30.
Tuesday morning we had all
lesson in steam pressure canning;
also a lesson on gardening. The
last on the program before noon
was a general conference in the
auditorium of Y. M. c. A. In
afternoon we had a course in
demonstration; also a lesson in
poultry raising. In the evening
we had an address from Dean
Arnold, of Simmons College,
Boston.
Wednesday morning we had
lessons in grading and packing
and gardening and a general con-
ference again just before noon.
The afternoon was taken up with
lessons in dairying, poultry rails
ing and demonstrations.
For two days our instructor in
gardening carried us to the col
lege garden ana then in the
garden taught us how to sue
cessfully grow lettuce, swiss
chard, turnips, cauliflower, kohl,
rabi and many other vegetables.
Every day is taken up with
lessons and demonstrations of
some kind. We sure are kept on
the job. These lessons l find to
be quite helpful and beneficial
to me in my work.
l forgot to mention that there
are one hundred and five women
here from the different counties
of the State and we are divided
into squads and each squad or
bunch assigned to the classes
thought to be most needed by
them. | forgot to mention that
Dean Arnolds address was on
Food Will Win the War" Mr..
Page made a splendid address
on food conservation Wednesday
morning.
The demonstration with the
K-wick steam pressure and Caro-
lima Gamers have been very in
structive, and hope to place a
good many of the steam pressure
and K-wick Gamers in Richmond
county. "
There are 100 boys here at A.
& E. taking military, training,
one to three from each county.
Richmond county is represented
by Arthur Morgan, of Rocking
ham.
| Most all the women here at
tended church this morning, each
one going to their own denomi-
nation, l going to Edenton St.
methodist church. There, now,
l have given myself away. In
what way? you will say. Why,
writing this letter on Sunday
afternoon! But really it is the
only time have to write.
Mrs. Jno. Sandy Covington,
Raleigh, June 9th.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
Rooms For Rent.

For rent over E. B. Morse's
store, two or three rooms; equip
ped with lights and water.
B. F. Palmer or E. B. Morse.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
Notice of Land Entry.
North Carolina.
Richmond County

North Carolina,
Richmond County.
T. w. F. Norman, claim and enter 100
acres of land in Mineral Springs township
Richmond County, North Carolia, lying
on the West side of Rocky Fork of Hitch
cock, and bounded on the North by the
lands known as the Crouch Place, now
belonging to w. F. Norman. on the east
by the lands of w. F. Norman, on the
south by the lands of w. F. Norman and
]. P. Stafford, and on the West by the
lands ]. P. Stafford and H. NJ. F. Horne.
The said land is vacant and unappro-
priated.
Entered May 29th, 1918.
w. F. Noaman.
Notice is hereby given that a warrant
of survey for said entered land will be
issued the above claimant, unless protest
is made to the undersigned Entry Taker
within thirty days from date hereof.
This the 18th day of May. 1918.
B. F. Reynolds,
Ex-officio Entry Taker.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-29
LIBERTY.

Lovers of fight scenes in photo
plays will be thrown into the land OF
ecstasy after they have viewed Will