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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-19
MUST SAVE WHEAT
Just at Present, Eat More Mea

Just at Present, Eat More Meat
Meatless Meals and Meatless
Days are no longer required. We
may expect meat conservation to
be required later in the summer,
but at present, owing to lack OF
boats and railroad shipping facil-
tiles, decreased consumption and
increased production, there is at
present plenty of meat in the
country and for the time being
conservation is not necessary.
Lifting this ban at present has
been criticized by a. few people
on the assumption that the Food
Administration didn't know what
it was talking about when it
asked us to conserve meat.
The fact is there has been mr.
gent need of meat conservation
and probably will be again early
this summer. The guaranteed
price of pork and the effort OF
farmers to feed soft corn this win
ter before warm weather has re-
suited in a production of an un-
usual amount of pork. Hogs
were marketed considerably heav-
Ter than under normal conditions,
but in spite of this increased pro
duction, which is desirable, it
would still have been necessary
for us to continue with our con-
servation had there been suffi-
cient shipping to get meat to Eu-
rope. For many weeks the meat
ration in Great Britain has been
as low as three-fourths Of pound
per capita. 1t is plain that all of
our SURPRISES of meat could be
disposed of quickly if we could
ship them to the Allies.
Lifting the ban on meat will
probably help to some extent in
reducing the demand for wheat
We have unlimited quantities OF
potatoes, and with plenty of pota
toes served, also meat and gravy
good meals can be provided with
use OF minimum of wheat. II
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-19

Cross headquarters from Henry
P. Dawson, chairman Of the Red
Cross war council, who is now in
France.
"The situation now is such, !"
Mr.. Dawson S message read,
that every fairly intelligent
American man or woman with the
right spirit and unquestioned
loyalty can be utilized. Put ex-
IRENE pressure upon locating and
sending all who have been asked
for and more. You cannot send
too many and there is work for
all who come. In fact this matter
is so vital that you may think it
necessary to organize on an even
larger scale committee of men
and women who will give their
entire time and attention to this
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-19

Who says this war isn't popu-
lar? A million and a quarter of
persons in the Ninth Federal re-
serve district are buying Liberty
bonds of this Third Loan-that S
one out of every four; men, wo-
men, children and babies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-19
WAR MEASURES
Plan for Registering All Men
Becoming Fl Sustained.

The War Department S plans
for registering all men in the
Country who have attained
the age of 81 years since
June 5, 1917, and for basing draft
quotas on the number Of men in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-19
RED CROSS WORK


There is place of service in
France for every fairly intelli
gent American man or woman
with the right spirit and unques-
toned loyalty.
This was the message received,
at the Northern Division Red
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-19

Even if you are thinking more
of investment than patriotism, the
Liberty bond is the best invest.
ment in the world. S
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-19

Mister Citizen, have you an
swered present to the Liberty
bond roll-call?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-19

You'll never regret buying
Liberty Bonds. You may regret
that you didn't.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1918-12-19
$4,000 in Savings.

The Richmond County Savings
Bank this week sent out hand
some Christmas checks to the
Christmas Savings Club deposi-
tors to the amount of $2400. This
represented weekly savings. and
will be most acceptable just now
to the thrifty.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1918-12-19
PERSONAL

H Mrs. ]. v. Davis gets her paper
at Congaree, S. c., instead of at
! Darlington.
Mrs. Steele Lowdermilk went
toDurham lest Saturday; she is
at ia Burch ave.
C. L. Cotton, of Southport,
spent several days with relatives
IN the city this week.
| F. M. Boggan now gets his pa
per at Wilmington, 205 Anne St,
instead of Bugaw, Rt 3.
Tyler Bennett left here last
Friday for a Gulf port to rejoin a
tanker for another trip across.
Misses Esther Hope and Alma
Sinclair came home Monday
night from the Normal, for the
holidays.
Mr.. c. c. Taylor and Misses
Bess and Sue Taylor went to
Hopewell, Va, Tuesday night to
see Mrs. Bertha Boggan, who is
very i'll with pneumonia, follow
ing an attack of influenza.
Messrs. A. J. and w. T. Har-
rington went to Marshville Tues
day to attend the funeral of
their sister, Mrs. Bette Haney,
who died Monday. The inter
ment was at Forks church. The
two Harrington's returned today.
Mrs. H. c. Watson returned
from Rochester, N. Y, Wednes-
day, accompanied by her grand
son, J. D. Chalk, Jr., and the lit
tie fellows parents. Also, Mrs.
w. S. Stewart came from Char
lotte Tuesday for a few days.
DR.. Walter L. Steele received
a wire Wednesday stating that
his brother-in-law, Mr.. Clifford
Calais, had died in Memphis
Wednesday morning. DR.. Steele
was taken suddenly ill Wednes-
day morning, but is now much
improved and should be out
within a few days.
Deputy Marshal Tomlinson
brought James Gainey, white,
and George McCollock, colored,
here from Scotland county today
for a hearing before Commission
er Guthrie; however, the matter
was continued until Jan. Goth.
A car driven by McCollock was
searched in Scotland the 18th
and in it was found a worm and
cap.
Lawyer A. R. McPhail and wife and
child are sick with the flu.
Mrs. Willie Covington Lcvelace is ill at
the James hospital with pneumonia, fol-
lowing influenza.
Jack Bennett will return Friday morn
ing from Randolph Macon Academy at
Bedford, Va.
Mr.. ]. T. West and family Wednesday
moved into their handsome new 12-room
residence on East Franklin street.
MIR. John Gasque, of Marion, S. c.,
spent Tuesday and Wednesday here He
came to attend the funeral of Mrs Boyd
GaSque.
Mrs c. B. Morton was called to Char.
lotte Monday tc attend the funeral of the
three-year- old son of Mr.. F. w. Bangle;
death occurred of pneumonia-influenza
at the Sanatorium Sunday.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1918-12-19
Mrs. Boyd Gasque Dead.

Mrs. Boyd K. Gasque died
Tuesday night at II o'clock from
pneumonia. She was taken i'll
with influenza on the 9th, while
nursing her two sons; on the
18th pneumonia developed, and
death followed on the 18th.
The funeral was conducted at
Eastside cemetery Wednesday
afternoon by Rev. G. F. Smith,
assisted by Rev. w. R. Cop
pedge. The grave was sweetly
lined with flowers and greens by
her companions in the Canteen
work. Mrs. F. w. Leak and
Miss Long, and Messrs. Perry
West and Stancill Covington rem
dered a quartette, when the
Mists Have Rolled Away"
Mrs. Gasque was born Oct. g.,
1873. On Dec. 10, 1902, she was
married to Boyd R. Gasque, and
to them survive two sons, Boyd,
Jr., and Robert. Also, surviving
are her husband, mother, Mrs.
Rosa S. Johnson, and brother,
Robert Johnson, and to this close
ly knit family is the sympathy
of a host of friends who we're
happy and proud to call her their
friend.
Martha ]. Gasque's very soul
was enlisted in the various war
agencies. She lent her brilliant
mind, tireless energy and warm
hearted unselfshness wholly to
this work. As chairman for
Richmond county of the Woman's
Committees of the 1st, End and
4th Liberty Loans, she was in
strumental in having the county
go over the top. She was a
steady attendant upon the Red
Cross Sewing Room and a never.
falling worker in the Canteen at
Hamlet, being Captain of one of
the days served by the Rocking
ham Chapter. She was chairman
of the Women's Committee for
the United War Work Drive,
and was actively engaged as
chairman OF the Christmas Roll
Call when her untimely death
occurred. During the influenza
epidemic in October she was in
charge of the nourishment COM
mittee in providing soups etc. for
the sick. When her brother,
Robt. L. Johnson, was sworn in
on Dec. End as Register of Deeds,
she was installed as his deputy
clerk, and though she served in
that capacity but a week, yet in
that time she demonstrated that
her ability was more than equal
to the duties entailed.
All in all, her days were filled
with work for others, and hers
was ever a labor of love. She
has gone before to that unknown
and silent shore. A woman,
sympathetic, loyal and true has
gone from our midst, and in her
passing we who are left behind
are the losers.
..So fades summer cloud away;
So sinks the gale when storms are DER;
So gently shuts the eye of day;
So dies wave along the shore"
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1918-12-19

The sale of the Leak Realty
Co. scheduled for last Monday,
was postponed to Monday Of jan
uary court.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1918-12-19
S @ c | A |

Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Corpening enter
tanned a most delightful dinner party on
Friday evening, at the Rockingham Hotel.
Mrs. Corpening'S Leautiful and artistic
! taste was never at better advantage than
on this occasion, when her table was most
attractive with lace and wonder center
piece of Crimson Carnations from o.
Quinn's in Raleigh. Their guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clay Wall. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas c. Leak, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Everett, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Leak, Mr..
and Mrs. Stewart of Blewett Falls. After
dinner Cards wers in order and altogether
an enjoyable evening was spent.
Mr.. w. L. Parsons has returned from
Richmond and Baltimore whittier he has
been with Mrs. Parsons.
Miss Vanderford, of Salisbury, who has
been the charming house guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Clay Wall, has returned
to her home in Salisbury.
Miss Bernice Turner, accompanied by
Miss Octavia Scales, left Wednesday
morning for Charlotte, where they will
spend the day shopping, Miss Turner 60
ing to her home in Statesville for the
holidays and Miss Scales will return to
Rockingham.
Miss Jeanett Farley will leave Saturday
morning to join friends from Asheville at
Columbia S. c. and go to Jacksonville,
Fla, to spend the holidays.
Misses Mamie and Ann Steele returned
Wednesday morning from an extended
vi sit to Salisbury.
Friends of Miss Emma Grey Ledbetter
will be sorry to learn that she has the
influenza.
Miss Leila Corpening has gone to
Statesville to visit relatives and friends.
Mr.. Walter Storey, of the u. S. Navy,
has been spending several days in the
city with friends.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1918-12-19
Marriage Licenses.

The following have secured
marriage license the past week:
Will White and Lily Jones, COL,
10th.
Frank Wall and Ella B. Penn
berton, COL, 18th.
Junior LeGrand and Norah
Leak, col, 10Th.
Larkin Parnell and Maggie Jar
rell, white, issued Dec. 9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Corpening,
of Staples, Minnesota, spent from
Saturday until Wednesday with
his brother, A. G. Corpening.
Dockery-McNair have a lot of
pasteboard boxes that can be
had for the asking. You can
have them to use for Xmas pack
ages. No charge.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1918-12-19

Carrie May Dove, colored, died
in Wolf Pit township the 18th, Of
pneumonia. She had had infu.
enza a short time before. This
makes the Goth death resulting
from influenza, in the county, ac-
cording to the best records the
Post Dispatch is able to obtain.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1918-12-19

All our goods for men, women
and children are greatly reduced
for the Xmas trade. Arenscn.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1918-12-19

Mr.. John Moore, aged So, died
at Great Falls the 18th. Inter
ment at Northam the 10th.
Rockingham post-dispatch., 1918-12-19
DEATHS

4
Julia Wright, colored, aged 81,
died at Monongahela, Pa, the
18th, of pneumonia-infuenza
The remains reached Rocking.
ham Tuesday, and were inferred
at Holly Grove.
Miss Annie Robinson died at
her home in Black Jack township
the 18th, aged II, and was buried
at Mt. Pleasant the 18th. She
was the aunt of County Commiss-
ioner J. w. Capel, who lived with
her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-12

Merely a Suggestion
Pray let me kiss your hand"
said he,
With looks Of burning love.
II can remove my veil," said she,
much better than my glove"
-Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-12
Good Mixers

Thurston How did Jim get
along with the men in the concrete
gang last summer?
Thurstoff-Fine. He said they
were good mixers. Cornell
Widow.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07

The Square Deal Oil & Gas Company will be paying DlVl-
DENDs very soon. Note below the picture of our famous
Well No. 2; also note the picture of one of our great tanks,
filled with the "elaek Liquid Gold" ready to be run into the
pipe line In a few days, as soon as we are connected up, and
which will bring back great wealth to our stockholders. Are
you one of them? If not, here is probably your last oppor-
tunity. Read every word Of this ad, as it may mean great
wealth for you in the near future.
The Square Deal Oil & Gas Company has just finished
the drilling of its first three wells with a fine production of
approximately $50 to 200 barrels Of oil. Oil is now worth
S225 and up per barrel.
One buying stock in this company now is placing his
money in a safe and sound investment. Our present produc-
ton already assures our stockholders a good return for their
money.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07

We are not asking you to carefully READ this ad be-
cause our company is the first great and successful NEGRO
OIL COMPANY in this section Of the country, nor because It
is published in the greatest Negro Newspaper; but because
that which we publish Is true, that which we advertise we
will back up; and, lastly, because we are here Offering you a
chance Of a lfetime-an opportunity to share lNDiSCRlMl-
NATELY in the earnings of millions, the same as the other
fellow has done.
Our stock is selling like "wildfire' at $500 per share. A
few dollars invested In this company will in the near future
mean prosperity and happiness. Remember-the more stock
YOU own the larger your dividends will be-. You can get in"
on this If you hurry. You should buy and encourage your
friends to buy every share Of this stock that you can pos
sibIy get. We told you our company would strike oil. We
have got II, and lots of it. The wells we have already drilled
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07

Our Board Of Directors in order to raise enough money
to purchase a few more tanks, to purchase a larger pump, to
finish connecting up our wells and to begin the DRILLING of
Well No. a, have decided to place a few more shares Of Square
Deal Oil Stock on the market, to be sold and sacrificed at the
very low price Of $500 per share. As soon as this allotment
has been disposed of the next quotation of this stock will,
in all probability, be from $1,000 to $500 per share.
This war for Democracy is bringing great things to pass
for the Negro. Our Government is greatly in need OF oil.
Every dollar invested in this manner is a patriotic duty. The
Negro in this country who fails to assist his Government in
these great times of need, the one who falls to grasp the
great opportunities which are now knocking at his door, will
after this victorious war is over live in want and poverty,
and be looked upon by his fellow countrymen with CON
TEMPT AND SCORNED.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07
WE TOLD Q So!

are but a starter. We expect to drill we'll after we'll until we.
have a great and enormous production of oil per day, and our
stock is worth at least several hundred dollars or more per
share. We told you that If you invested in this company you
would not lose. you HAVE NOT, AND WILL NOT. We
will be paying our stockholders a handsome dividend very
soon. MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES" BUY
YOUR STOCK NOW. This ad was prepared by Samuel r.
Hopkins, an official and heavy stakeholder of this Company.
Facts told are exactly true TO date.
WARNING-lf you wait too long or until our wells are
all connected up, and we begin paying dividends, this stock
will have been greatly advanced in price or will have been
sold or taken off the market. DO NOT DELAY-DO NOT
HEsiTATE-ehp coupon below and mail in your remittance
at once for as many shares of this wonderful opportunity as
you can possibly buy. Invest your money where you are
SURE to get returns for IT,. 20
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07
WHAT the SUCCESS OF the SQUARE DEAL OIL & GAS CO. MEANS TO THE NEGRO OF THIS COUNTRY

it will mean prosperity and happiness throughout the United States,
Canada, Mexico and Central America to each and every one of our
true, loyal and Raceloving stockholders. 1t will mean better homes
for them; it will mean better education for their little ones; it will
mean that broader avenues of business have opened for the Negroes,
and lastly, it will mean that the contributions to the churches will
be larger, thus enabling them to extend forward the work of God.
This, my brethren, is what the success of the Square Deal Oil and
Gas Company means to our Race. This, ladies and gentlemen, is
why we are sincerely requesting you to buy, and encourage your
friends to buy, every share of Square Deal stock that you can pos
sibly get, while you can buy it at $500 per share, as we have only
a few more shares left. In conclusion, ] hope that you will be true
to your God, true to your country, true to yourself and true to your
Race by buying as much as you can of this wonderful opportunity.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07
SIX FACTS ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Il. All our Stock is Common. Every snare nlltleu 10 uVF
dends on exactly the same basis as every other share. You snare
in all the wells that have been drilled just the same as you snare
in all the Wells which are to follow.
az All stock is worcestershire. No assessment OF oDhgauon
can ever be made against your stock or any otner owners toc
8. We are not going to stop with the bringing IN d o II p[ diS.
emit wells. We are going to develop all OF our leases IN n ar
ferent sections of the country. Our present wells prove our Alien
County Leases, and we are bound to make a great deal OF money
when this territory is fully developed; that is why W e ar III
ing stock now. or+n ond
mari, owner in every acre of our present lease or any we may &C
and you share in every dollar of profit N company may
W. make from Oil, Gas or any other source.
S We now have a permanent operating Company LII i"-
tunes for us all is our goal. oouo, bosis
e. There is no preferred stock; you share on an eqpal pass
ui.h Tho rest n MS We all want quick action and are handling
the companys affairs that way. We are IN Ms aea u mahe
money for each and every stockholder-and lots IL IT,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07

Since this company has succeeded in bringing in Real Oil Wells
with a good production, and since it will be soon paying its stock
holders a handsome dividend, it marks a new epoch i'm the financial
history of the Negro of this country. 1t proves to the world that
the Black Man is fully able, without the leadership and assistance
of the White. Man, to finance and operate big business enterprises
the same as anyone else. We have a few more shares of this won
derful opportunity left, and it becomes your duty and the duty OF
every Racelovng Negro to do this bit in supporting and maintain,
ing such legitimate Negro enterprises. 1t must be remembered
though that we are not soliciting your support merely because you
are a Black Man and because our company is a Negro concern, but
because we are here offering you the same great opportunity that
has heretofore been offered principally to the White Man. When our
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07
YOUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY

Heretofore the Black Man has been compelled to invest his
money in White oil companies.
The Square Deal Oil & Gas Company, which is now a REAL
OIL COMPANY, with real producing Oil Wells, is the first COM
pany of it's kind in this section of the country organized and in
corporated under the Blue-Sky laws of the State OF Missouri
controlled and managed exclusively by Negro Men, to offer such
a safe and sound investment.
Our company is managed by competent, efficient, successful
and progressive young business men-men who have studied ana
know the oil businessmen who ACT rather than talk.
NOTICE:-The General public is most cordially and sincere
Iy invited at all times to visit and inspect the office and also see
the uptominute methods in the managing of this tTst great ant
successful Negro Oil Company. 1t is something that we all
should be proud of; It is something that you can indiscrmi-
nately become a part of; it is something that will do you GOOD.
Our Stock is now selling like "wildfire" at $500 per share.
You can get in on this if you hurry. Rememper-he more
shares YOU own the larger your dividend.
Do not hesitate. Do not delay. Mail your remittance at
once for as many shares of Square Deal Oil Stock as you can
nossihlv buy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07

Above a copy of a leter received from the Prairie Oil & Gas Company. We are
going to sell our oil to them We wi get $225 Der barrel nr II drect from PUT Ws
advance several times its present price. Now is the time to buy Square Deal Stock
in a substantial way. Invest your money wheey you are SURE TO get returns LOT IT,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07
This may be your last opportunity to buy this stock.
OaG THIS Fo a MN All QUO

Tms may Sc your last opportunity 70 Buy his stock
O9G TEt9 FoRM-M All oJI0k
SQUARE DEAL OIL & GAS COMPANY, 1915 East 18th s., Kansas City, Mo.
DearS Hs: Enclosed herewith s ......... in full payment or patp payment for
....-,.. shares of SQUARE DEAL OIL STOCK at $500 per share with the ur
derstandng that these shares are fully paid ad worcestershire, now and forever, and
thatI I'm entitled a full pro rata interest in all your present Wells which have al
ready been brought in md every acreo Of your present eases or any you may acquire
ant that sh sharen evGy dollar profit the ompany may ever earn from oil,
Cas- any other source. Yours truly
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07
the PRAIRIE OIL AND GAS co.
l.. N. SMITH, Title Clerk.
INDEPENDENCE KANSAS

Square Deal Oil & Gas Co.,
1915 East 18th Street,
Kansas City, MO-,
Gentlemen:
Agreeable to request contained in
yours of the 18th instant we are herewith
enclosing you 3 of our application
blanks for connection.
Very truly yours,
THE PRAIRIE OIL & GAS co.
JAB. By I. N. Smi tn, Title CLERK.
encl-3 a c..
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07

Above. picture of Our Famous Well No. :. This well alone when COM
phtelyc connected up, will pay u stockholders a fat dividend. Read every
% Ito consider company only o its merits" If u explanation here is
lot explicit enough write to us M We wilt mpart to yu any information
you. may desire to know: # you think well of our Company. invest with us:
where yu will get great returns Send in your remittance at once Tomor-
rm may he tnn late
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07

Above picture showing one Of or great tanks filled with the BLACK Liquid Gold from
our, Owl, Oil Wells ready for market as s%n as pipe hnek completed II has been untashy
Dill & Gas Company has dkpoved this unfOmdd and injurious statement If every fair
minded and intelligent Negrow would properly md Justly condder. and, Particularly the Well
T%Do Classes our company on Its merits we are m@Inc certain tatt this injurious sategsn5
w Fall" Buy sone of thst stock If it is only few shares, butt BUY it only on its merits.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-07

Picture below showing one of the best equipped and most systematically man
AGED Negro offices in the United States. Every dollar invested in thts Company is,
has heen, ant will be, properly accounted for Buy every share Of tisW Wonderful
opportunity you. can possibly get.