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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

The total subscriptions for Richmond
county for the Fourth Liberty Loan will
possibly amount to $650Q0O. The exact
figures are not available this week. Al
ready, however. 100000 has been ac-
counted for. The quota was $500. 900
Over 1900 people subscribed.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24
Cotton today 2S 3-4c. Spots up 10
points, closing at 3l.55.
Register To Vote.

The registration books for Nov.
5th election will close Saturday
night. If your name is not on
the books, attend to the matter
AT ONCE. Failure to have your
name on the books will keep you
from voting.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Extracts from letter from Corporal ].
Crowell Shankle, Co L, 18th infantry, to
Mrs. Chas. P. Tyson, written Sept. 25th,
has this to say of Willie Shankle's death:
willie was hit by fragments of high
explosive shell, peice piercing his heart;
death was instant and he suffered no
pain.
Would like to be back home. but will
of course stay to the finish. Have been
through so much, that to miss the rest
would be hard"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24
Definition of He'll.

Said a Rockingham merchant
last Saturday when the quaran-
tine was on strict, and not a
person on the streets except the
clerks:
Some folks say dere vas no
hell, but if dere vas no hell, we're
in hell has bisniss gomez"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24
Cotton Nearby Counties.

The government figures for
cotton ginned to Sept. 25th this
year as compared with the bales
ginned to Sept. 25th of last year,
for our neighboring counties are
of interest
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

On page 3 the quarantine de-
livery hours of Everett Hardware
Co. Their truck will have a reg
ular schedule to the various exits
of the city while the quarantine
lasts.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Willie F. Baldwin is in very serious
condition at the base hospital at New
Cumberland, Pa. Suffering from pneu-
nia-influenza. Baldwin was sent to
Syracuse July 30th for limited service,
and was later transferred to New Cum
berland. He is son of Mr.. W. w. Bald
win.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Ozmer L. Henry sailed the first of the
week for England. From there he will
20 to Messopotamia to be engaged in
War Y. M. c. A. work. He has been in
New York for several months in charge
of the Southern Division, War Y. M. c.
A.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

The Fuel Administration estimates
that million barrels of gasoline were
saved in this country by observance of
gasless Sunday, the request for which
was last week withdrawn. Those citizens
who failed to heed the request during the
past two months have had their measure
taken, and the record will stand.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

An all-American bombing expedition
occurred behind the German lines near
Verdur last Friday. 140 machines took
part, and every one returned unhar med.
Not only did the bombs do much damage,
but the scout planes that accompanied
the bombers shot down IL enemy ma
chimes.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

All the American dead in France will
be taken home after the war, according
to orders received by army chaplains. All
graves are being marked with this plan
in view.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

The conscientious objector sees a
'.hard" time, to their way of thinking. A
court.martial at Camp Meade, Md, last
week sentenced conscientious objector'
to hard labor for term of Is years; he
had refused to do farm work, or put on a
uniform or work in the utilities detatch.
ment of the quartermaster's corps. Looks
like such an undesirable citizen got off
light with Is years.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

James Blake Neill is in the Students
Army Training Corps. Co. B. University
of Georgia, Athens, Ga. He is taking a
medical course. James is son of Mrs.
Lilly Fowlkes Neill, of 608 West 37th St.
Savannah.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

The Post-Dispatch still has on hand a
number of those copies that contained
the full list of 2679 Sept. 18th registrants.
Five cents copy. Better get one and
file away for reference years hence.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Mrs. Annie Mckay Marston, Rt 2,
besides having the home paper to Hillery
H., in France, is now sending it also to
Oscar J., who is over yonder in Co. E,
Mechanic Repair Shop Unit, 30S M. G. G..
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Henry Dockery, who was sent to camp
in May and to France in August, is now
in an artillery officers training school
over there; at the Saumer Artillery school
France. William Dockery and VIM. Harry
Entwistle are understood to be placed in
training schools for officers, and probably
by now are taking the prescribed courses
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

ia. Morse Thursday received word
that his sons, John F. and Frank S., had
landed safely at port in Siberia, as part
of the expeditionary forces.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

If your name is not on the reg
istration books, you cannot vote
Nov. 5th. Books close Saturday.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Carl R. Roller is the latest Post-Dis.
patch subscriber in France. He is over
there in Co. G, 166th infantry. J. S
Roller subscribed for him.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Zack Chavis is another Richmond
county soldier getting the home paper
He is at Camp Sewer, @. M. c., Recla-
nation Farm"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

William Head is recovering from the
fue at the Naval Training Station a
Charleston. He is now frst-class hos
pital apprentice.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

y Fifteen thousand retreating German
soldiers cut off by Belgian troobs were
Saturday interned by Holland. That is
just as good as capturing them and GER
tainly cheaper.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Henry H. Graham has been quite i'll
with influenza at hospital at Camp Colt
Gettsburg, Pa, but is now recovering
He is SON of D. G. Graham, Ellerbe.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Don't forget to turn your clock back
an hour next Sunday.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Miss Blanche Ingram Saturday sub.
scribed for Z. o. Ingram, who is over
yonder in Co. H, 32lst inft, A. P. o. 791.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

c. 3. Deane, member of tn S. A. T.
c. at Trinity, is recovering Awaits hos
pital from a relapse of influenza.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

Fred Patterson, of Concord, former
star U. N. C. baseball player, lost les
in action in France several weeks ago.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

The cases so far reported daily
for the county, are as follows;
these total 1909, and there were
several hundred cases before the
reports were begun:
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

And still another P..D. reader in France
is J. Robert Waddell, U. S. Marine Corps,
A. P. o. 727.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

A new infantry officers training camp
will be opened at Camp Fremont, Califor
MIA, between Nov. rs and Dec. !. 1t will
accommodate 10000 men, of which this
State can send 4l0. Applicants must
come from civilians between ages of 18
and 46. If you wish to try for this two
months off GERS training camp, write
Major Hulvey, Commandant at the State
A. &. E. College atRaleigh for application
blank.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

A letter from Jennings Gerald, Co. L,
10th infantry, to his sister, Mrs. ]. M.
Stankwytch, written Sept: 23rd, in part
says:
Nights are surely cool here, and es-
pecially the early mornings. 1t is a great
experience going over the top. You
either have to kill or get killed. Forum
ately so far have done the former. My
pal H. H. Hall was killed in 80 yards of
me recently. have accounted for sew
eral Huns myself and hope I'll get many
more. We have been in part of Belg.
iun, but are now again in France. Tell
the boys that they had better get in the
army, the life is a lot better than staying
at home. Bit if they do stay at home,
then everyone of them ought to save and
buy War-Savings Stamps to the utmostr'
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-10-24

L. c. Cole, in writing the paper his
change of address to "11th Service Co.,
Fort Sherman, Canal Zone" says:
q have just been transferred from the
Pacific side of the Canal Zone to the At
lantic side. My work consists of tele.
phone work and construction work of
the Signal Corps; also have duties in the
Pigeon Section. We train hundreds of
homing pigeons----that valuable bird that
is doing such splendid messenger service
over yonder. Their speed is 70 miles an
hour.
Receive the home paper regularly;
rarely does copy miss coming. 1t is
worth its weight in gold to me.
1T is my highest ambition to go across,
but as an enlisted man has to serve three
years in the Canal Zone unless ordered
away on special orders, it looks now that
Twill be unlucky as to miss getting over
in France and doing my bit there. We
fellows here feel it keenly that we are
not allowed to go across"
Washington Journal., 1918-06-21
Nortletuns foIst).

Gut gemeint. @oit gum
&Sirt): gtun babe i'd ihon lieben
BlaS Bier ~gctrniten, nnO nm looet
mid mcin 6relmo ein, i6 ioa mt
lbm cine 6lnid)r Set! trinfen, miro
oas nIdts nIad)cn2
Nirt: Ad, Dos maht Dem 8iere
nidtS = minotlte!
Washington Journal., 1918-06-21
Giinftes aapitel.

Dim anoeren Sag rubten antbanas,
Stpan uno peter UNI bic Mittassoeit
am Walbrano BON Der Ir6eit aus.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-12

think s5.60 day of five and one-half hours for school teachers is not enough, while you are working for $3 or less for a day of eight hours, go to the town meeting and vote the extra $100 year. making the increase S27,- 900 for the year. At the same time bear in mind that you have got to pay $11 a ton for 1000 tons of coal,
 making $11, ,000 more, when coal is selling in inland cities right here in Connecticut for good deal less, and there is no protest from our civic
 body.
 In an address by the late Hon.
 Charles F. Thayer when mayor of the city of Norwich to the court of com mon council he used these words:
 My dream of the twentieth century
 is a city without a taxpayer or a tax list" l wonder, Mr. Editor, if he were on earth at the present time, and
 viewing the situation, would he be willing to extend the time? And | finally, MT. Taxpayer, so to the town
 meeting and support your school board
 who have done the fair thing by the 1 school teachers and the town taxpay CTS, and don't be impesed upon by 8 very few of the school teachers and their parents. who have insulted oul town board of education by the course 1 they have taken to increase your bur den beyond reason for their own per sonal gain.
 A TAXPAYER. l Norwich, July il, 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-12
TAXING LUXURY.

When it comes to a matter of taxa tion everyone is interested, and par ticularly is this true of some of the recommendations which have been offered regarding the levy to be made in order to raise the necessary reve- nue for the government to conduct the war.
 In the previouc revenue bills luxur- ies have not escaped but it is hinted that they will be taxed more heavily 2 than ever. Just what is to be done nc one knows. There is lot of talk be- ing indulsed in at the present time because it is necessary to consider the many ways in which the tax can be made to apply. to distribute the taxa. ton as much as possible and to see that those who are the best able tc pay should not be overlooked.
 It is quite natural therefore that luxuries will be made to provide a. much as possible. This of course vii
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-12
EXPORTS TO MEXICO.

Much in the line of what was to be expected is the announcement made by the state department to the effect that the ban on the shipment of goods to Mexico has been lifted and that ar engagements have been made to ship a large quantity of corn and manufac tured articles of various kinds into the republic to the south.
 It has always been the purpose of the United States to help Mexico. Our disposition has been suspected and doubted in Mexico and it has been impossible to come to an understand ing which would eliminate the feeling of distrust, but in view of the recent expressions on the part of President Wilson to the Mexican editors and the representations which have been made in Mexico City by Ambassador Fletcn- CT it is but natural that Mexico should seek such a manifestation as this action is intended to give. We are seeking large quantities of sup plies from a country the government of which we have recognized and it is quite natural that Mexico should seek to secure supplies in return from this country.
 The embargo was considered neces- gary for our own protection but noth- ing can be expected to improve the re- lations of the countries more than this resumption of trade relations es. pecially when the goods involved are those which Mexico actually needs for it's own requirements and development All the bars have not been taken down but it is to be hoped that it will mean the beginning of the time when such will be possible.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-12
OUR AlRPLANE PRODUCTION.

That we are steadily moving ahead in the task of providing airpianes of various types for the army. even though we may not be accomplishing all that was expected by this time. is shown by the reports of progress that are being made from time to time. We are building machines of various types. some of which are fashioned after sur own ideas and others which are be-
 ns constructed in accordance with the models which are being built by the allies and which are being relied upon oy them in their air activities.
 There has recently been built i1l this country large bombing machine of English pattern which has met the re- auirements of the test and been ac- eepted by the government It Is a huge affair weighing 5000 pounds and with wing spread of 100 feet which can make 100 miles an hour and cas- fly carry 20 men. a large cargo of bombs and two machine guns This of course means a valuabie raiding machine, and an interesting feature in connection herewith is the fact that in it's tests it was driven by two Liberty motors of 400 horsepower each, which adds new laurels to the attainments in that direction.
 With the American product show ing up so satisfactorily there are req sons for believing that, in spite of the haHd!caps which have been expert enced, that our resources will be ablt to make valuable contributions to the aerial service and aid materially 1T the increase of the air supremacy which is now claimed by the allies ant which it is so necessary to keep.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-12

mean that many people will get along without many of them or without as many, or as much of any one as they were previously inclined to buy. But it is not to be supposed that the tax which will be applied will be so heavy that it will result in a complete stop ping of the sale of such articles. That would defeat the very purpose of tax ing them for if no sales were made there would be no revenue. It will probably mean that more people will get nearer to the simple life and find that they are able to get such luxur- ies as they need. whatever form they may take. for increased prices have been experienced by the American people before and there is no ques- tion but what they will be able to meet them without serious inconven- fence whatever they may be.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-12
THE PURCHASED ADVENTURE

and then drew my foot back gently to give her an easy start. She started. I waved good by to the neighbors, fed her a little gas, threw her into sec ond'-and she began to spit.
 Then she stopped. I couldn't get the engine to turn over, though pulled at the choker and pedaled the starter for dear life She simply would not take hold. I fused there for half an hour while the family blushed and the neighbors went indoors and peeped from behind their lace curtains
 "A friend of mine happened by and suggested that I pour hot water on the manifold to make the gasoline vaporize. So the family got out and went in while I tried hot applications to this case of locomotor ataXia After this treatment I hopped in started her again. She ran all the way around the block.
 So I stopped in front of the house once again and whistled for the folks
 They got in without a great deal oi
 confidence. And then she baked
 She wouldn't move a peg.
 'I excused myself and went to f1nt a regular mechanic. When I returned . with him the car was vacant and al our front shades were drawn. Tn, man pulled off his coat and tinkeret around and said the main trouble wa in the carburetor- that the sprinl was too weak to throw the spark But besides the plugs were too heavil. coated with carbon, the valves wer leaky, the shaft in the water pump wa
 bent, and the battery was nothing bu l junk
 We got some fellows to help us pusl l it up the street to a repair shop. paid them $65 to fix the thing so tha
 I could drive it back to the place wher I'd purchased it. And then, believ me, I traded it in double quick. The. let that $500 apply on the cost of m | new car. But. do you know, it wa quite a while before I could persuad i the family to come out and take spin with mel"
 The prospective purchaser ha l listened with keen attention. Then h
 burst out: Say, rnan-how long az did you trade that car it? This ol 1 model I was thinking of buying ha a new top and side curtains and fires paint and food lines. And they wan l exactly $500 for it!"-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-12

The question of just what constitutes
 military camp is likely to be brought
 up before the war department for
 ruling at an early date in connection
 with the new dry zone regulations
 just issued by the president and sec
 retary of war. The regulations estab- fish dry zones around all military
 camps where there are 250 or more
 officers and enlisted men. The revised
 regulation emanated from the com
 mission on training camp activities
 and under certain conditions the dry
 zone is to extend from one-half mile to five miles, from such camps, ac- cording to whether or not the towns in which they are located are wet or dry. The question now arises as to whether a military post or garrison is a camp, and on that decision will de- pend the application of the new regu- lation to arsenals, armories and muni- tion plants and similar plants where
 military guards are maintained. Con- necticut will probably have to ask for | a ruling, as in many of the great mu- | milton plants a heavy military guard | has been established since the begin ming of the war. Take, for example, a l great intuition plant with a military guard. Should the number reach 250 will the war department classify them
 as being in military camp or a gar
 rison? On that may hinge the estab- lishment of a dry zone in the city
 where the plant is located. Heretofore l the department has held that garri-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-12
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Ask. That School Board Be Supported

Asks That School Board Be Supported.
 Mir. Editor: Just few words in re-
 gard to the town meeting called, it would seem, directly by the Chamber of Commerce, judging from the sigma lures. on the petition to the board of
 selectmen in regard to salaries of the
 town teachers. At the present time
 the town school board is paying the
 teachers s5 a day of five and one-half
 hours for every day they work and
 have offered them S100 more for the school year, making their pay $5.60
 day, and if they succeed in getting slea more at the town meeting. which they expect to, it will mean $6.20 for
 five and one-half hours work, an in crease of s2I 900 to be added to the 2s l-4 mill town and city tax which
 we have at the present time.
 If this is put through what is to hinder the teachers from doing the
 same thing every year? Now, MT. Edi- tor, we have got a school board com posed of men who have made a per feet success not only of their own bus mess but of our town schools.
 Mir. Taxpayer, please take notice at this time that if the Chamber of
 Commerce. had had its way at the last city meeting you would have had a 20 mill city tax instead of a 1S 1-4 ] mill tax. Now. MT. Taxpayer, if you
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-12

"Fm trying to figure out why I
 should spend bunch of money on a
 new car when I can pick up an old
 model for half the price," reflected the
 prospective purchaser 'I think I'll
 buy the old one and save a lot of cash"
 'Tt's a great scheme, if you can put it over" laughed his friend If you're
 mechanic enough to know what you're
 getting all right. otherwise-weIl
 maybe you are fond of adventure and
 variety and all that sort of thing, so you will get your moneys worth any way.
 T know whereof I speak," the friend continued. The first car I bought was one of those that had known very many owners. But the thing looked
 like new on the outside, and I didn't know anything about the inside of automobiles. It had a brand new top and side curtains and was freshly
 painted. And the lines were good. 1 felt proud as Lucifef that morning
 when I handed over 500 bucks and drove my own little buggy out into the traffic
 I had gone dozen or two blocks
 out the avenue with my chest inflated and my head poised like a giraffe's when some one in a passing car slowed up and yelled: Do you knoV your | cars leakin' good deal? q stopped along the curb, got pail ! ful of water, filled the radiator, then climbed in and sped on high a few i miles, when a kid hollered: Say
 mister. you got fiat tire!' q crawled along on first to the
 nearest garage, filled the expiring tire l with seventy pounds of free air, anc | then went briskiy on my way Thai l stretch over to Jackson park I took a ! about twenty five. She was running so well that I thought I'd go by home and get the folks T could feel the pride surging bacl 1 into my manly bosom as I drew up 1T front of the house and saw the neigh
 bors take the new outfit in. Some ot l them came out on the sidewalk for ( 1 closer inspection.
 T bowed and smiled dramatically a.
 tucked the family into the real
 seat Then I hopped gracefully un. der the ignition button, stepped on tn, starter, jerked the choker, threw ou
 the clutch. put the gears into first,