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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-11-21
LOOKS HARD.

Is Just the time when it is wise to
make small and regular deposits
against the rainy day. Surprising you
are enjoying fairly good health, or
even feel that your health is not quite
as nearly perfect as you could wish,
here Is a plan whereby the devotion
OF ten minutes night and morning to
a sort of sinking fund will help to
maintain your efficiency long after
the other fellows has petered out.
Take these exercises undrcssed.
/. Stand rigidly erect and endeavof
to contract every muscle in the body
for a few seconds while you hold
your breath with the chest full OF air.
Erect posture means toeing straight
ahead, abdomen drawn well in and
up shoulders we'll down and back,
chin pulled in, crown of head reach.
ing fer imaginary ceiling.
Q. Rise as high as you can on tip
toes and reach as high as you can
first with one arm, then with the
'OIucI, oIIu LtlCu Will UotA' Uh0hC
mark showing your highest reach, and
strive day by day to better your
reach.
8. Lie fat on back, palms down
Lift first one leg slowly to vertical
and slowly down. Then the Other
Once only, at first, and gradually in
crease the number of times as yol
become accustomed TO unwonted exer
icise. Now turn over and
1. Lie on abdomen, elbows fiexet
and palms on floor Push yourself W
10 arms length, keeping tho whol,
body rigid, and let yourself slowl,
down to floor again, just once. Tai
may be gradually, increased to a
many rs q dozen or twenty times u
yea become hardened and at. Aftel
q month you may begin, trying to Gle
ivats the body ih the same way on on,
hand which Is very difficult but e
CURED by perseverance,.
5. Get up on feet and try how higi
you can kick. with each leg, marking
your high point and striving daily Il
beat It. X.
s. Erect. Hands stretched hig
iabose head. Now bend far forward
keeping knees stiR, and Try Is nearl
sss you can to touch the moor. The
lup again. Nov bend far to the rich
lgnd t1y 70 teach the Aooe with bot
Asn1a. Ats.a<~tEv ha,,tr,A kz.fh h.aJa an
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much as you like. Repeat on the le1t
Day by day increase these move
ments. A dozen times would be am
pie for any Of these movements aftei
several weeks of regular training.
7. Erect. Hands on hips. NO"
squat as low as, you can and SPRING
right up again without sitting on the
heels a moment. Three times at first
increased day by day, till twenty-five
to fifty movements may be done with
out excessive fatigue or next-daS
muscle stiffness.
8. Turn a few somersaults on the
floor, or il you are not equal to this
lie on back, draw up legs and arms In
monkey fashion and jrggie gooc
heavy pillow for few moments.
All this exercise need take no moro
than ten minutes. Follow. 1t faithfully
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-11-21
Meat And Heat

The popular delusion that meat is
more sustaining for one doing hard
work than vegetables or cereals il
hard to down. There are two reasons
why the average man harbors this de.
fusion. First, because meat IS an ap
petizing food; the odor of meat cook
ing or cooked and the flavor both con.
duce to hearty eatng-alas, too hearty
eating for the physical welfare of sed
entary persons. And second, the ex
tractives OF meat, the essence you gel
in meat broth or soup, are stimulat
ing, and the situation is common
ly mistaken for actual energy.
Several years ago Horace Fletcher
the advocate of prolonged mastica
ton and vegetarianism, then abou
SO years old, visited the Yale gym
nasium and surprised everybody b..
far outlasting the best young athletes
IN tests OF physical endurance ath
letes highly trained, whereas Fletcher
had not trained at all.
The hardest work Of the wogsd /.
done by people VINO live on q die,
without meat-the coolies who COD
steamships in the Orient.
Meat eating Is largely habit. me
stimulation produced by fresh meat il
very agreeable, and as difficult to d.
without, once you have acquired the
habit, as is the effect OF tobacco u
alcohol. Not that We condemn men
eating. A certain amount az fresf
meat in the diet seems essential 10.
growing children and may be more b
less essential Tor most adults.
Meat tprOteia) produces greai
deal Of heat which the system can
mot convort into wording Or fame
tional energy. Ihis heat only goes IL
impair re ccsHkort and efficiency 3.
the individuea "a very warm weather
| It makes hin ssz11sr from the heaa
| when tne w. enc who eliminate.
meet fspm <As diet on very warn
days nnas e aAlp % keep 90
i anA ez4sv H.
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of Woodcraft.
Our boys will soon be back al
the Camp. Let's show them
that while we have kept the
home fires burning, we have moi
forgotten to keep their Camp
fires burning, also
Fraternally,
T. B. LILIES, c. c.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-11-21

Half a dozen or more new cases
of flu are reported for the county
each day, but not a case has oc-
Cured in Rockingham in over
three weeks. One death from
the flu is reported from the Hunt.
ley farm, near Ellerbe, a negro,
on the 18th.
The health office, where daily
reports have been received, will
be discontinued after today.
Every physician in the county
has been, or will be, furnished
with yellow Quarantine placards,
and each will quarantine every
home in which new cases develop,
New cases reported:
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GlNGLES' JINGLES
OLD FATHER HANG ON.


you are old Father Hang
On" the young wife said, "and
your pate has lost most Of it's
fuzz; l thought you'd kick out
many long years ago. but in
stead you kick In with q buzz.
The shine of your silver once
dazzled my eyes, your gold made
me yearn to be yours, but years
of experience teaches a bit the
youthful illusion it cures. I'm
sick of the dollars you've
strewed in my way-I'm sick Of
the things they have bought;
their glitter has lost all the glare
for my glims-their cleaning
has all came to naught. I
thought when you shuffied, I'd
be there with bells--a young
looking widow with dough, but
time keeps a speeding and am
declining, while you seem to
stay about SO. My hope of a
future of wonderful bliss is fast
being shooed from my reach,
the lemon l slipped to myself
for your gold can never ex-
change for a peach. You are old
Father Hang On, l loudly pro-
claim, and your hold upon life
is absurd. My word!' Your cling
to this life is y. ~ O.. d +,
a bird" NV cJA
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PERSONAL

Don Coppedge has. returned
from Newport News.
A dance in Mfg hall tomorrow
friday night. Orchestra from
Bennettsville.
C. B. Wallace and family Tues
day moved from Route l to Rob-
erdel No. l.
Rev. ]. H. Hall will fill the
Methodist pulpit Sunday morn
ing and night.
Walter S. Dabbs is with the
Dupont Engineering Co. at Nash
vile, Tenn, 405 Humphrey St.
He was formerly at St. Peters
burg, Fla.
Mr.. NJ. w. Harriss was able to
return to Collision Monday. He
has been ill for the past three
weeks at the home of Mr.. w.
R. Culberson.
Mrs. NJ. F. Hicks, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
E. B. Morse, since Sept. 1st, is in
bad health. She is 60 years old;
her heart IS not function;ng prop
erly.
Miss Susie Ship came from
New Haven last week to visit in
the State. She came this morn
ing to Mrs. w. C. Leaks, and on
Saturday will accompany Mrs.
Howard Foushee to Durham for
a few days.
Miss Emllee Dlckey, OF Macon,
Ca, came Tuesday to visit Miss
Sarah Lily Dockery. She and
Miss Dockery will go to Winston
next Wednesday for a few days
visit at Salem College. Miss
Betsy Bailey went to Winston
Hast Tuesday.
Quite a number of local mer
are spending a part of this week
at Councils, deer hunting; among
Those we have heard of as par
ticipating are: Walter L. Steele
Henry c. Wall, T. B. Hunter
Carl Shores, E. B. Lilies, Brant
Shankle.
/ Mr.. C.M. Hobbs has so far re
gained his health as to permit his
again taking the road He start
ed out Monday. His son, Charles
Stevens Hobbs, is ill with pneu
monia at the Base Hospital al
Pelham Bay, New York, but is
improved today.
| Rev. w. H. Ball, formerly rec
tor of the Episcopal Church al
Rockingham, died suddenly al
Monroe Friday. The funeral was
held there Saturday. He was 81
years old, was born in London
and for 20 years had been a mis-
sionary in South Africa.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Leak ane
Patty left this morning for Col
umbia to visit their granddaugh
ter, Mathilda Boykin Howard
born Wednesday to Mr.. and Mrs
u. Rufus Howard. Mrs. Howard
was formerly Miss Marguerite
Paschal.
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Dear Sister,
Have made a change since last writing
you. We went to the front about two
weeks ago, and while there received an
appointment to come to this Army Candi-
dates School; arrived at the School on
Oct. 7th and am now getting settled. The
course runs from 60 to 30 days and those
who pass are commissioned as End lieuts,
l am going to do my best. For many rea.
sons hated to leave Co. K. Was much
attached to my officers and the men. We
are now in French fort, mostly under.
ground. Our stay on the front was in a
quiet sector, so did not fare as hard as
some.
Always glad to hear from any friends
back home. Letters go good here. With
best wishes to all.
Candidate James F. Hicks
goth Company, 5th Bat.
Army Candidates School,
A. P. o. TIA, A. E. F."
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LOCAL
| ADVERTISER EN- rs
Boy Wanted.

WANTED-a boy to learn the
hardware business. Make appli
cation in your own handwriting
and give references. Must be
over IL years old.
Everett Hardware Co.
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Endicott, johnson.

Received last Friday by Dock
.ery-McNair Clothing Company
by express Is cases of the cele
brated Endicott, Johnson work
shoes for men; prices range from
$3.50 to $500.
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Dog Lost.

Lost, a month ago a pointer
named Don" Is white with
brown head and brown spots.
Finder will be rewarded by re-
turning to E. B. Lilies, or giving
me information leading to his re-
covery. +.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-11-21

Three or four good second
andFord cars for sale, at a bar
gain, to quick purchasers
Warburton at Hamlet or Rock
ingham.
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Dear Madam:
We are showing the photoplay
called THE. SEVEN SWANS
at the Star Theatre on Nov. %,
where Marguerite Clark will
show you how to knit garments
that will transform swans into
beautiful young princes, We
shall look forward with pleasure
to seeing you. and trust you will
bring as many children as you
can with you. 5.
The Star Theatre.
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If you are looking for SOLID
leather shoes for the whole fam
lily, see Arenson.
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Saw Mill Outfit for Sale.

One saw-mill outfit complete
for sale; also a good horse for
sale, cheap. M. B. Leath.
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Farm, For Rent.

For rent, a five-horse farm.
Will either rent as whole, or in
part.-M. B. Leath.
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Ford For Sale.

For sale, a Ford touring car,
1917 model. Apply to Prince
O'Brien, Ellerbe
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SIS for $3.49!

SIS solid leather ladies shoes to
20 at $3.49 at Arenson's.
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night and morning for month and
you will scarcely know the old body
it will look so much better and feel 50
much better
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Safe for Sale.

1800-pound fre-proof Mosler
safe for sale. See Claude Viii
liams at Stephenson-Belk Cos.
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Candidate James F. Hicks.

James F. Hicks, brother of Mrs. E. B.
Morse, is now in an officers training
school in France. We are permitted to
publish extracts from letter home.
'Oct. 9th.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-11-21

Try a pair Of the celebrated
Endicott, Johnson work shoes at
Dockery-McNair's.
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All The Star Theatre Friday,
Nov. 22nd, 1918.

One day only. Admissionl5 and CSC
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-13
OUT OF THE WEST
rW. !. sndger in she OutIool.l

(W. L. Siidger in she OutlOok)
 Troops were expected in at a certain port of entry. The camp had been emptied of 10000 men. That means but one thing that new troops are expected. The great dirigibles sailed out few hours ago. The seaplanes followed. Thousands of Amer ican men and women lined the docks wait ing, peering with anxious eyes out toward the point" Here at this point great cape jutted out into the ocean and around this cape. we were accustomed to catch sight of the conveys first.
 A sense of great expectancy was upon us. We had heard rumors of submarines off the shore for several days. Then sud denly we heard terrific cannonading, and we knew that the transports and the con voys were in a battle with the U-boats which had lain in wait for them. An anxious hour passed. The sun was setting and the west was a great rose blanket.
 Then a shout went up, for the first great transport swung around the cape Then another, and a third, and fourth, and final ly fifth; great gray bulks two of them camouflaged until you could not tell wheth- CT they were little destroyers or group of destroyers or one big ship. Then they got near enough to enable us to see the Amer ican boys, thousands of them, lining the railings. Through the glasses we could make out the names of the transports. They were some of the largest that sail the At lantic. They came slowly in on the full tide, with that rose sunset back of them, the bands on their decks playing across the waters, and 5000 boys on the first boat singing Keep the Home Fires Burning, then the "Marseillaise' and finally The Star Spangled Banner, in which the crowd on the shore joined.
 There were the great ships, and beyond them the cape, ard beyond that the hover ing dirigibles, and beyond them the great bird seaplanes. and beyond them the back ground of rose colored sky, and beyond that the memories of home
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-13

ground inside his own lines, he col lapsed from loss of blood.
 There are dozens of thrillings tales of how machine after machine. skim ming close to the ground, fired point blank into bodies of enemy troops. kill ing a great many, despite the fire from the ground and how they wiped out the crews of enemy machine guns holding up the allied advance. They also effectively attacked the poorly constructed German tanks before they ever had a chance to get into action
 Prisoners from Prussians and Ba- varian divisions have been captured m the past few hours The morale of these men is extremely low. a great many of them expressing the opinion that Germany, twice badly beaten in recent weeks, is on the down grade. headed for defeat.
 The contrast between the number of prisoners taken and the allied cas- ualties is regarded as remarkable For instance, the casualties of the entire allied forces were considerably less than the total prisoners taken. When it is understood that this battle has not been waged for the purpose Of talk ing prisoners, the casualties inflicted on the Germans must have reached a large figure
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-13
Fruits Of Victory

Both the Marne and the Somrne offens- ives seem to have been temporarily checked at least, the Germans electing to stand and fight or the Vesle in the sector of the Marne and on the Peronne-Roye line in the Amiens sector. As to whether they can hold these lines long remains to be seen. The retrograde movement has not been as great as hoped for, and yet 1t Is greater by far than was thought possible month ago when the Germans still held the offensive
 Foch's two victories are not inCOnsldeTable at that. He has taken at least 6OOOO prls- oners, if not more, and about a thousand cannon and countless machine guns, shells, stores and war booty of various kinds. The German losses besides prisoners were cer- tainly more than 100000 in each big drive. So the enemy has nearly 300,000 men, most of them picked troops, less, than he had when he started the drive to take Rheims July ,, besides his losses of ground, guns and morale. And more even than these, he has lost the offensive. To those who may be disappointed at the slow ing down of these drives without more de cisive results, 1t might be said that no one expected Foch to strike full force before late in the fall or early next spring. Foch is just starting. lie may strike in fresh place tomorrow, or he may renew the drive stopped at the Vesle with irresistible force any day. One thing sure he has shaken the German fabric to its foundations and he has put the German war machine out Ot commission for while at least. Another German offensive this year Is now an inn probable if not impossible accomplishment.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-13
DIRECT ROUTING AND CARGO ADJUSTMENT
 BRINGS RESULT
FIFTY PER CENT RETIREMENT IN EFFICIENCY OF AMERICAN BOT TOMS COMES ABOUT THROUGH THIS WORK, ACCORDING TO TRANSPORTATION RECORDS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-Direct routing, unification of cargoes, loading to full capacity and reduction of the lime in port has resulted in a 50 per cent increase in the efficiency cf American bottoms, it was announced tonight by the shipping board.
 According tO the transportation rec OTds, which mark the first effort in the history Of American shipping for 3 centralized organization to contrast the performance of various ships with a view to speeding them up. two ves- se.s now are doing the work which De- fore the war required three.
 On the Pacific coast, the announce Melt said. the average turn ar0unls r0r ships in the cOastwise trade rapid ly are approaching record perfor- mancss e ante-bellum days The swiiter bottoms there, as elsewhere, have been sent to the Atlantic for war transportation to Europe but the vessels allocated to the trade with the Orient and Australia have saved time by calling at fewer ports and by load ing and unloading more quickly than in the past
 Recently the Ventura made HOnc- lulu. Sydney, Pago Pago, back to Hono- lulu and thence to San Francisco in 62 days This feat was duplicated by the Sonoma.
 The average round trip between San Francisco or Seattle and China includ- ing days in port has been cut to 3 and new vessels to be put into trade soon are expected to reduce that time Only 6S days now are required for the round trip to Japanese ports.
 Round trips between San Francisco and the Philippines, including stops at Manila. Cavite, Hong Kong, Shanghai. KCb. Yokohama and Honolulu range from S4 to 130 days, while between New York and Manila-a long voyage in these war days and made only be- cause of vital need of certain com modities-only 165 days is required.
 X new record recently established fer the round trip in the British Indian trade between New York and Calcutta. the average eiapse of time being 207 days.
 In the Atlantic trade similar coudi- tions prevail. The former two trips a month average between Norfolk, Bal timOre and Boston has been increased 10 for trips. Ships formerly made four trips a year between the United States and China ports bringing nj trate, highly important to war 'indust- ries. Recently Commodore Rollins made the turn around in A days.
 Other records established include an S5 day trip around to Rio Janeiro ard a n day round trip between Nor folk and Para. The average turn around in the Mexican oil trade has been reduced to II days and some tankers have made the trip in a week.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-13

were considered sufficiently glaTing to he held, were assigned positions in another part in the room until the rest had been disposed of. They then were lectured upon their duty and each man was instructed what to do to remedy the defect.
 While this was under way. a crowd of several hundred people gathered on the street near the city hall. while all sorts of wild rumOrs flew about. The more hold among the crowd attempted time and again to penetrate the mys- teries of the upper story of the city hall, but all those not having specific business were turned back by guards at the head of the stairway.
 R. D. krebs, county recorder and member of the beard. announced yes terday that the board now had com pleted all its arrangements for regis tratiOn of the men between the ages Of IS and 45 years, and if the bill became law as now is anticipated. the county board would be ready to get its wOr.S done in rapid order
 Estimates made by insurance com panies on the number of men of regis tratiOn age in this county were approx imately 10.600. In order to have a place in which to file all these cards. Mr. Krebs said the board had ordered a solid carload of filing cases to come by express. These will be on hand when the registration day arrives, he thought
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-13

(Continucd from Page One)
 C., stating that an attack with gas was attempted on the North Carolina coast about o'clock Saturday after noon with the result of temporarily putting out of business the coast guard station and lighthouse person nel.' The report goes on to say:
 About forty minutes after the at tack three large oil spots each over one acre in extent were observed pass ing by Smith island to the north. This oil from which the gas was no doubt generated must have been released from a submarine in the vicinity e the entrance to the channel with the hope that it would come in with the tide, but the tide fortunately set along the island.
 Report was made to Colonel Chase, coast artillery corps, Ft. Cas- well, N. C., by Captain Willard Of Inc Smith island coast guard after the ef- fleets of the gas were noted. Six men were gassed. No deaths. The gas had the effect of mustard gas and was eff fective about thirty-six to forty mn utes. Color of the gas has not yet been ascertained and its effect on trees and shrubbery not yet deter mined. The entire matter will be in Yestigated and report made
 The incident was reported by Col onel Chase to the naval district com mandant. Smiths island is off the mouth of the Cape Fear river near the entrance Of the channel to Whining ton, North Carolina"
 Assuming the attack was deliberate, the only explanation offered here was that the submarine commander sought to put the lighthouse out of commls- sion with the attendant danger to pass ing ships. If~that were the purpose of the submarine he did not see why he did not destroy the lighthouse with his guns
 On the basis of reports received con corning the attack on the submarine attacked off the Virginia coast ot- ficials would not venture an opinion as to the possibility that the U-boat was destroyed The time of the attack was not given in the dispatch. The attack may have occurred Sun day and been reported by radio, bu; l the more generally accepted beiies was that it took place several days ago.
 When the destroyer sighted the raic- | CT at some distance, it dashed for ward at full speed The German eVl- dently was maintaining sharp look out for the U-boat soon submerged. The destroyer dropped fifteen depth | charges.
 When the upheaval of the water ] caused by the terrific explosions had | subsided an oil scum was seen. As i this is a ruse long employed by the ! Germans when attacked. the destroyer ! dashed in and discharged two more | bombs No further trace of the raider ! was seen
 In discussing the submarine raIGs | with newspaper correspondents today