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The Lamar register., 1918-11-27

Some members of the Council of
Defense are trying to compile a War
Scrap Book which may be placed in
the Public Library or in some other
public place for the benefit of all who
wish to refer to it.. All of you who
are readers of this column have doubt
less seen from time to time some car
toon, some picture. poem or good ar
tiele which you thought worth saving.
If you have these now, or can get
them easily, please send them in to
Miss Ruby A. Johnston, care of Coun-
Gil of Defense, Lamar, Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1918-11-27
American Casualty Reports.

The announcement by Gen March
on November 90 that the total neri-
can casualties up till November II,
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
Fine Wheat Crop.

The condition of the wheat
crop throughout the State is the
best on record. 1t shows SO per
cent of a full crop. which with
the acreage estimated should give
13, 100000 bushelsofgrain. This
is an increase of about one-third
over last year.
The acreage of oats is two per
cent larger than last year. The
production expected is 100000
bushels as compared with $3.50
600 last year.
In Richmond county by fal
more wheat is raised this year
than in three years heretofore
The stand is good, well headed
and the weather has been salts
factory for cutting. Instead o.
the swish OF the cradle, the hum
of the binder has made music fol
the past ten days.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
THE RED TRIANGLE IS
KEEPING ITS PROMISES
Y. M. G. A. Secretaries Follow The
Soldiers Out Into No
Mans Land
No Job Too Small For The Biaoest
OF Men

The American Y M. c. A. Is keep
ing its promises. American secretaries
are now, and have been for many
weeks, at work in the forward areas
along the battle front in France. To
an indeterminate number of Red Tri-I
angle men "over there" gas and she'll
fire and mud and actual battle are a.
grim reality-a part OF the days
work.
A personal letter Of absorbing inter
est was lately received from Mr.. Ralph
HARRISON, president of the Pittsburgh
Y. M. C. A. and a well known business
man of that city, who has been in
France on a special Y. M. G. A Mis-
sion.
The Letter
Casualties had occurred among our
soldiers just before we arrived at our
village" the letter reads, land we werel
ordered to get under cover Of our dol
suite. After a supper of chocolate, war;
bread, and canned beef, the six OF us sec
retaries were ordered to the cellar oil
the ~ together with fifty soldiers who
happened to be in the old shell-torn
building, as the boche were beginningl
again to shell the town. We took can
dies, a big basketful of canteen sup
plies, to last us in case we should have
to be dug out later, overcoats and blan-
kets. We fitted our gas masks on tol
be sure they were working well, and
then settled down--or tried to-in the
dungeon. We expected to have to stay
all night, but in an hour sentry call
ed, All out. and up we gladly went.
The rest Of the evening we spent up
stairs in one of the reasonably whole
rooms, with piano and songs and st0-
ries and the ever-present and wonder
full canteen, at which / took my turn.
Needless to say, l slept none that
night, with all the bang and noise out
side, but nobody does, I'm told, the
first night. The night before got
about two hours of doing with a sdn
neck, sitting up in a crowded night
train, but, strange to say. l never felt
| the lack of it for minute.
1--WE were up the next morning at
une bonnie heure, and after breakfast
at the officers mess Clarke and
started off for the trenches, each OF
us ladened with about fifty pounds Of
canteen supplies besides our helmet.
gas masks, carried at all times 1t
'alerts,' etc.
For two hours We pursued tor
tuous way among the various lines OF
trenches and connecting trenches,
stopping frequently to dispense our
popular wares among the boys, some
repairing the trenches, some building
new ones, some On sentry duty. some
sleeping In ths dugoats. some man
wing guns and vasOhAnssfor German
heads.
"As w entered uhe front-hne
trenches, W. suddenly ran into Score
tary Baker and accompanying ofhoers.
I atopped aside a. veil a. I could. Ha-
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
Y. NJ C. A. WORKERS..
On ARMY TRANSPORTS
r. N. c. A. Secretaries Now Accom-
pany Troops From Homo To The
Comp And From Camp All
The Way To The
Roche Trenches

Y. NJ C. A. secretaries hc-e carried
their wrk to the troops In transport.
says IN announcement Just received
from the National War Council Of the
Y M. c., "A. and are now promoting
systematic recreattonal educational.
social and religious program for the
soldier boys en- route by sea to
France. with the sanction Of the War
Department each transport now car
RES one or two such secretaries whose
function it ts to do all that is possible
to make the voyage both comfortable
and enjoyable for the fighting men
abroad.
Games are provided, musical and
movie entertainments staged, maya
zines and books are supplied and writ
ing paper is issued free to the men,
the statement continues. "A report
Of transport worker recently arrived
shows that in his equipment there were
such articles as a folding organ and
song books, motion-picture equipment
with 20 reels. pocket testaments, writ
ing paper, boxing gloves, medicine
ball, rope quoits. checkers, dominoes.
Victrola and records and Sonora ma
chine.
"The appointment of transport secre
taries completes the link OF Y. M. c.
A. work, which begins with the re
cruits In camp, continues through the
training period. comes overseas on the
transports and goes on in the camps
in France all the way from the ports
to the front line trenches. Transport
secretaries are assigned to chips. and
remain on their ships a. does tn
crew."
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S. S.
Phone 1872.
Subscription $1.50

The railroad employees are
pleased with the increase in their
wages, but after all they are not
as lucky as the aircraft boys, who
get a raise every time they go up.
The hearing of the applica-
ton of the telephone company tor
permission to charge a toll be-
tween Hamlet and Rockingham
will be heard by the Corporation
Commission July End.
The annual Missionary meet
ing of the Rockingham District
of the Methodist Conference will
be held in Hamlet June 1920.
Mrs. Allen G. Powers, of Hamlet
is district secretary. Representa-
tives from Young Peoples Mis-
sionary Auxiliaries and % adult
-Auxiliaries are expected to at
tend.
The Belk chain of II stores
throughout the State has inaug'
urated a competitive system a
mong its employees. To the
clerk in each store who makes
the biggest gain daily in sales
over her sales for the same DAY
of the previous year a Thrift
Stamp is given. A stamp is
given each day to one clerk If
eachof the II stores -. =:
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

DR.. Watt Cole, of Greensboro,
spent from Friday to Wednesday
night here.
The localtelephone company
today distributed new phone
directories, with phones correct
ed up to May lst.
County officers this morning
at 11:30 made a raid near the
South Carolina line. A still and
two fermenters were the sole
booty, the other parts having
been removed
The 1000 check sent Chair
man w. E. Harrison for the Bap-
fist Educational Fund, as noted
in last weeks Post, Dispatch, was
the contribution of Mr.. Claude
Gore. Mr.. John c. Dockery last
Sunday also gave $1,000 for this
fund.
Boyd Gasque, Robert Shepard,
lack Long and William Scales
left this morning for Bingham's
School, near Asheville, to take
the six weeks military training
at the University Summer School
Camp. Capt. Stuart Allen will
be in charge. 1t begins June IA
and closes July 25th.
Mrs. J. w. Stephenson, Miss
Mildred Stephenson and Mr.. Jim
Stephenson met tired to Raleigh
Tuesday to attend the marriage
there Wednesday morning of Mr..
Karl Hudson and Miss Mary
White. They returned Wednes-
day night, accom- aaied by Miss
Elizabeth Hudson, of Monroe,
who will visit here for a week or
more.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
$40 for Red Cross.

Those who attended the con-
cert at the opera house Tuesday
evening enjoyed a rare treat Gin
the singing of Miss Marie Tor
renee, a North Carolina girl who
has attained a high place in the
music world. She was assisted
by Mrs. James A. Page, as pianist,
and the Rockingham Music Club
rendered several excellent num-
bers.
Miss Terrence is engaged in
concert work, but during the
next few weeks she is giving
her time and voice for the men
in camp. She will visit the var
ious camps and sing. SMiss Tor.
renee not only declined to share
in the proceeds of the concert, but
refused to let tee local club pay
all of her expenses here. The
sum of $40 has been turned over
to the Red Cross Chapter by the
Music Club as the net returns
from Miss Torrence's visit. The
friends she made trust she will
come again.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
KING Ease Ball YIELDS
7ovQ|lLE{sAll NcAMP
PapNar1eu 81 veltey BAN Amons soG
diers Surprises Al oId eass-
ball EanA

What are the favorite games with
the soldiers in training camps in the
southeastern division! The immediate
response would naturally be baseball.
However, this Is not correct. according
to the latest statistical report com.
piled by h G. Cubbon. Army Y. M. c.
A. physical director for the southeast
ern division. aided by the the 126 phys
ical directors In the CAMPS. Their f1g.
ures of the number Of games played
and the number of men participating
show that vohey ball is the most pop
ular of all sports.
There was time when baseball was
the most popular sport in the camps.
and in the month Of March 1t was
three times as popular as any other
game, but in the following month the
newly introduced game of volley ball
was taken by the soldiers with the
greatest Of enthusiasm and the report
Of the physical directors in the camps
Of the southeastern department show
that, commencing with the month Of
April, volley ball has easily held fiyst
place as the most popular sport with
the soldiers.
This is very easily understood when
1t is explained that volley ball can be
played in very small space about
the size of tennis court. The sol
diers with little practice can become
quite expert in the game. Another fea-
ture is that all of the players on both
sides are playing the entire time, (no
bench warming) and the. games do not
last nearly so long as baseball, in fact
not much longer than the average
baseball inning. The only equipment
needed for this game 10 one ball and
| one net.
, Playground baseball is another game
that is making great hit with the
soldiers and now ranks fourth in pop
ularity. This game also can be play
| ed in a small space, the distances be-
tween bases being only thirty feet.
In this game large. son ball is used
and the pitcher Is required to use the
underhand throw. All the skill ofSthe
parent game Of baseball is required
| Tor playground ball and the playing
| has all the thrills and tense moments
that is to be had in the national past
time.
| AS an entertainer boxing y very
much in the nmelight In the camps
and like baseball has an immense fol
lowing OF deyotees. Providing games
4 Of entertainment Is Of no small import
ance in the camps as It'll shown in tht
physical directors report that 500, S7l
Il spectators were IN attendance at 14s,
1 34s games In which 662.O56 soldier
y participated IN =. n. g. A games.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
TO FRANCE
New Rules Governing Parcel
Post Packages to Soldiers
in France.

Postmaster Thomas, of the
Rockingham office, a few days
ago received explicit instructions
from the Department as to how
to wrap packages for men of the
expeditionary forces in France.
The rule now is that no pack
ages can be accepted for the
boys in France unless the sender
encloses within the package a
written request of the addressee
that is approved by his regiment
al or higher commander. In
other words, the mails cannot be
congested with indiscriminate
packages; the soldier in France
must send a written request
home for what he wants and
this request must be approved
by his superior officer; and then
the person at home here must
ENCLOSE this written request
IN the PACKAGE, so that when
it is opened at the Rockingham
postoffice by the postmaster he
can verify it. Each package
marked for a man in France
must be opened and inspected
by the postmaster from the start
ing point. If the package does
not contain the written request
properly approved, then it is re.
turned to the one sending it.
The endorsement of the SIGMA.
ture or initial signature or initials
of a lieutenant together with the
letters 20. K" on a soldiers let
ter is merely for the purpose Of
showing that the letter has beer
censored, and this does NOT
constitute an annroval for any
request for articles. In each
instance it is necessary that the
request be duly approved by thu
regimental commander.
The postage rate on packages
to France lin 9th zone) is of in
terest to Post-Dispatch readers
1t is remarkably cheap. Thu
rate is 12cents per pound and il
addition a revenue stamp of
cent for each Is cents postage
is charged. And so a package
weighing so pounds the maxi
mum weight allowed costs $500
4 postage plus "a cents revenue
tax, making total charge 70,
transporting a so pound pack
age to France only 1924.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
Advertised Letters.

The following are the adver-
tised letters at the Rockingham
postoffice for the past week.
Misses Daney Baldwin, Johnsie Diggs.
Ada May Leuk, Josie Mcintyre. Mealan
Worth.
Mesdames Josie Coleman, Lille Ewing,
Bessie Horn, Annie McLaurin, L. ]. Nc
Donald, Rosie Russell. Matte Smith, Ida
Williams: ',. .
Messrs. Beach Caulter, 5. w. Coward
Alonzo Dockery, A. V. Johnson, Fayte
Martin, Noah Quick, Miah Redick. Ed
Richardson, E. L, Smith, Roach Sowell,
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been
issued during the past week to:
lanes H. Mcdonald and Myr
tie Mcdonald, white, issued 9th
Calvin Dockery and Rosa May
Lomax, colored, 9th.
Will Oliver, Jr., and Lizzie Al
len, colored, issued the 10th.
Arthur Dove and Sallie Baker
colored, issued 18th.
Alex Mobley and Leola Consel
colored, issued 18th.
William Bailey and Rosa Viii
son, colored, issued 18th.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
Examination of Teachers.

There will be a public exam
nation for white and colored
teachers given by the State for
all classes of certificates, at the
school building in Rockingham
on Tuesday and Wednesday, July
9th and 10th, beginning at $50.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
Burns Wins For Senate.

In the primary in Moore coun-
ty June LIST for State Senate K
I. Burns won over W. H. Nc
Neill by a majority Of | vote, he
getting 463 to 462 for McNeill.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
Born, June 9Th, to Mr.. and Mrs.
]. c. Nichols, on route A, a son.

j. c. Nichols, on route A, a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Williams
went to JacksonSprings Saturday
to. spend some. time.
Mr.. Charlton K. Terrence, of.
Atlanta, spent Tuesday here with
DR.. P. M. Abernethy.
Misses Name and Ann Steele
have as their visitor Miss Sallie
Hanes, of Mooresville.
Miss Willie Gibson left Satur-
day to spend two weeks with her
father, F. P. Gibson, at Rocky
Mount.
Miss Corinna Gibson returned
to Townsville, Ga, Wednesday,
accompanied by Miss Lois Glib
son who will visit her.
Mrs. John Watts returned to
Cheraw Wednesday night after
having spent since Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. J. D. Cameron.
Mrs. c. X. Waddill and daugh-
ter, Francis Dockery, of Cheraw,
came last Sunday for a weeks
visit to her mother, Mrs. Henry
c. Dockery.
The 9th Grade War Savings
Society will meet at the school
auditorium Monday afternoon at
S o'clock. Every member asked
to be present. -.
Mrs. j.. Goodrum and Miss
Mary Goodrum, at Newman, Ga,
came Sunday to visit Mrs. John
Armistead, a granddaughter Of
Mrs. Goodrum.
Mr.. Robert Randolph Simmons,
of Rutherfordton, came to the
city Wednesday night to spend
several days. He and Miss Jessie
Steele will be married June 10Th
| Misses Mary McBryde and
Hattie B. Marks and Charles B
Dean went to Winston Wednes
day to attend the B. Y. P. U
convention. They will return
Friday night.
i Mrs. William Little Steele, Mis-:
i Maude Moore and Henry Steele
motored to Wendell Thursday tt
visit Mrs. Haughton Ihre. Mrs
Steele and son returned Sunday
,lMiss Moore returned Wednesda,
accompanied by Miss Kate Hill
Ihrie. -,
i DR.. F. J. Garrett and Reid Gar
rett will go to New York Satur
day night. Reid will work in al
:. aeroplane factory near that city
and DR.. Garrett will spend sew
eral weeks pursuing a specia
course of study in the treatmen
of the eye, ear, nose and throat
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
Fire Last Saturday.

SSSa&S
1.-THE fire alarmIsounded Satur-
day afternoon, and the truck was
rushed to the Seaboard freight
yard where a box car loaded with
100 bales of cotton was.aafire.
The car had been set on the
siding about two hours before
and it is presumed a spark from
the engine had caused a smould-
ering fire in the cotton. After a
burst hose had been replaced, a
good water pressue was obtained
and the fire extinguished after
only a third Of the car had been
burned. Approximately a third
of the cotton was ruined.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
PERSONAL

Miss Myrtle Porter had her
tonsils removed at the Hamlet
hospital Wednesday.
Charlie WE'LL, who is doing
well in Greensboro in the insur-
ance business, spent Monday in
the city.
Miss Elizabeth Ellerbe is taking
the six weeks Summer School
course at the A. & E. College at
Raleigh.
Miss Ethel Covington. of Laur-
inburg, came last Sunday to
spend a week with Mrs. R. B.
Napier.
Mrs. w. w. Gather and son,
of Statesville, are visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Gull
berson, at Entwistle.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Gay, Miss
May Floyd, Mrs. Gertrude Long
and Sarah O'Brien motored to
Columbia to visit Camp Jackson
Sunday.
Tyler Bennett left Friday night
for Jacksonville, Fla, to work in
a shipbuilding yard. Charlie
McCollum and Tom Marks Mon
day night went to Norfolk, near
which place they will also work
in a shipbuilding plant.
Miss Inez Kyle and Mrs. Whit
field Davis, of Galax, Va, came
Monday night to visit their uncle,
w. r. Jones. Mrs. Davis was
married in December, and her
husband, a doctor, went to France
in March in the Medical Reserve
Corps.
FL. Pickett who has volunteer
ed his services to 60 overseas in
the Y. NJ. C. A. work, last Sun.
day received a wire to report in
New York not later than the oath
for duty abroad. He is connect
| ed with the Black & Pickett five
& ten cent store at Hamlet. The
store there will be run by Miss
Willie Moore Lilies, the clerk; anc
| J. A. Black will spend most hi:
time there also.
Miss Emma Gray Ledbetter j:
entertaining a bevy of her Con
verse College mates; they arriv
led from Wrightsville Beach
Tuesday night and will remain
here until Saturday. They are
Misses Winifred Swift, of Way
nesville; Louise McCorkle, o:
Uniontown, Ala; Harriet Hardi
son, Of Fayetteville; Lavinia Cur
RE and Margaret Porter. of Paris
Tenn. The party will spend to
night with Miss Elizabeth Cole
Miss Elsie Stiles, of Etowah
Ga., was among the passengers
drowned when the City of Athen
sank about May End as a result
of a collision with a French collie
off the Jersey coast. She wa
bound for Savannah from New
York, where she had been pursu
ing a course of study for nursing
She will be remembered here a
having visited Mrs. w. c. Leal
several years ago while still
student at st. Mary's.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13
That Peck of Meal

The party who had a peck Of
meal ground at my mill Tuesday
morning and paid my little boy
60 cents for same, will please call
and get their money back. Jacob
Perkins, Rt A.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

Studebaker Racer for Sale.
Self-starter Studebaker racer
for sale; fine running condition.
--McRae Grocery Co. ~ss.,
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

Harry Carey in THE Phan
tom Rider" a 5-reel western pic.
ture, at Star next Tuesday.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-13

LOCAL ITEMS

Short News Items of Interest
of Town and County, Con-
densed Into Paragraphs
for Hurried Reading.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-13

Of cattle, goats, sheep, pigs and chickens
while others have contributed butter
wood, grain, potatoes, lard eggs and
fruits. The sale will be conducted along
regular lines, and bankable notes will be
accepted on all sums exceeding $40 il
the bidder so desires. These notes, how
ever, will bear interest al the rate OF
ten per cent, which makes it possible
to realize upon them without delay.
This novel plan of increasing the Red
Cross fund has met with the hearty APP
prevail of the people Of that neighbor-
hood, and contributions are being made
without the asking. Among those who
have offered stock for the auction are
the following: Angora mamie and kid
registered, w. Riddell, Jr.; Jersey bull
calf, eligible to register, R. 20. Dodson
Jersey calf, registered, p. o. Powell
yearling heifer, Darrell Stump; 7 montl
heifer, Paul Riley; 5 month heifer, e
E. Hiltibrand; 2 heifer calves. Price
Bros. and Il. Whiteaker; Cotswold Eve
yearling, registered, @. florence; Lincolr
Ewe, yearling, registered, Riddell Bros
Lincoln Eve, yearling, registered, Glow
Bros; one sheep, registered, Riddell 8
Huffman; Cotswold Eve regis cred
Rlddell & Son; Cotswold Eve, erode, T
). edwards; 0. l. c. pig registered, Mrs
Ballard & Son; Doroc SOW, 8 mo-, elig
ible to register, Leteoff Farm; o. I. C.
rIg, registered, Wendell Van Loan;
Doroc pigs, John Palmer, 9. P. Hembre,
aud Jasper Thompson; 0. I. G. pig, reg
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-13

Ito ACRES, 80 cultivated, 80 timber
pasture, 40 acres in crop, good build
ings, on rock road, two miles from
town, some stock and implements,
price $1100, will take $4,000 Salem
residence, some cash and easy terms
on balance. 100 acres, 80 cultivated
so bottom, 5 timber, all fenced, good
road, new 6 room bungalow, barn,
close to school, 81 900. 20 acres
Yamhill county, exchange for b
room bungalow in Salem. Equity in
40 acre Idaho irrigated farm TO
ranch neal Salem or Dallas, not over
$4,000, price $4,000. 20 acres close to
Salem, 6 cleared, good improvements,
rock road, $4,000. IS acres, As cult
waited, 25 beaverdam, IL pasture, ]
orchard, good barn, fair house, join
ing town, running water, $4,000 easy
terms. Modern 5 room bungalow,
furnace, paved street, $500. Mod
ern s room bungalow, furnace, fire
place, bath, Dutch kitchen, close in,
$4,000. $500 worth of acreage and
residence property to exchange for
ranch any where. Socolofsky, 34l