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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-03-07
PERSONAL.

G. w. Thomas left today for
treatment at the Montrose Sana-
forum.
Robert Ledbetter will return to
Camp Jackson tonight, after a
stay since Sunday here.
State Councillor H. o. Sapp, sof
Winston, will deliver an address
to the local Juniors tonight.
w. H. Carpenter, of Ellerbe,
Rt. 3, was among the numerous
business visitors in the city Mon
day.
Mrs. Joe Laurens and three
children came from Augusta, Ga.
Saturday to visit her father, ex-
sheriff ]. M. Smith.
Mrs. ]. LeGrand Everett and
Miss Bessie Everett went to
Charlotte Tuesday; they are ex-
pected to return Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Steele have
received a cablegram from their
son Robert, Jr., stating that he
had landed safely "over there"
Misses Nell Fender and Mar
garet Blow will come from Char
lotte Friday night to spend the
weekend with Mrs. F. w. Bynum.
Mrs. Graham Wellington, of
Charlotte, spent Monday night
here. She brought her little son
Joe, who she left with his grand
mother, Mrs. S. w. Covington.
Rev. Francis Osborne, of Char
lotte, held services at the Episco-
pal church Sunday morning. He
is canvassing for a $250,000 fund
for St. Mary's School at Raleigh.
Arthur Capel was three weeks
ago transferred from Camp Jack
son to a training camp near
Chattanooga, Tenn. His address
is Co. F. 9th infantry, Military
Branch. Chattanooga. Tenn.
Capt. H. c. Cooper, of the mar
ines, who has been in the service
in Hayti for the past two years,
spent Wednesday of last week
here with his uncle, Claude Gore.
He is now assigned to duty at
Paris Island. S. c.
Of interest to Methodists is
the gift of $4,000 in Liberty
Bonds by E. B. Borden, of Colds.
boro, last Monday to the Metho-
dist Orphanage at Raleigh. This
gift to the endowment fund will
increase the annual income to
the Orphanage one thousand dol.
lars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Steele last
week returned from Baltimore
and Salisbury, at which latter
place they left their son Arm.
istead at the Stokes hospital.
Mrs. Steele will return there
Monday and the little fellow will
likely be operated upon for
appendicitis.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-03-07
Dog Lost.

Lost, at Pekin, a brown setter
dog. If found, return to w. E.
Ewing, Pekin, or to J. R. Ewing,
Rockingham, and receive reward.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-03-07
Anti-Tipping States

Six States of the American
Union now have anti-tipping laws
namely, Illinois, Iowa, South Car
DINA, Tennessee, Mississippi and
Arkansas.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-03-07
ROCKINGHAM
DISPATCH
LOCAL ITEMS

w. S. S.
Phone 1872.
Subscription $3.50.
-16 pages this issue.
March is themonth of winds;
watch your fires.
Miss Lizzie Mclean died of
pneumonia Friday, and was bur
led at the family burying ground
Saturday.
up to date we have heard no
word from Mr.. Hoover that the
hole in the doughnut should be
made smaller.
Read the War Savings
Stamps features in the supple
mentary section of this issue
and then buy stamps.
AS soon as you have read
about the Huns using gas on our
boys, go buy some more Stamps.
1t is the best you can do.
The case against R. K. Greg
DRY, charged with abandonment,
has been continued at request of
the prosecution, andGregory has
returned to Baltimore.
1t is of interest to note that
sixty banks in this State have so
far bought War Savings Certifi-
Gates to the amount of $215, 199.-
rs. How much has YOUR bank
bought?
"A hefty subject argued in a
debating society in this vicinity
last week: Resolved, 1t is better
to be a giraffe with a sore throat
than a centipede with corns on
its toes"
The order against meatless
meals and porkless Saturdays
has been lifted. Our people are
now asked to observe but one
day as a beefess and porkless
day-Tuesdays.
Rev. A. G. Melton, of Cleve.
land county, arrived last Friday
to assume the pastorate OF
Steele's Mills and Pleasant Grove
Baptist churches. His wife and
infant will come later.
-Messrs L. J. Bell and w. N.
Everett will speak on subjects
connected with the war, at He
bron church Saturday at 3 p. m.
Mt. Airy church Sunday II,
and Concord church Sunday at 3.
and at Bostic school house Satur.
day, 10th, OF 2::30.
"A hot bearing caused a fire
in the card room of Great Falls
mill Monday night at $40, but
was extinguished with small loss.
The mill suspended operations
for the day Tuesday pending a
general Cleaning up" after water
and the slight damage ofMonday
night.
The March term of civil
court convenes the 18th, with
Judge Harding presiding. The
calendar appears elsewhere in
this issue; it is of interest to note
that there are ELEVEN cases on
the docket for divorce! The jury
list for the April criminal term
is also in this issue, court to be
gin April 9Th.
When the committee waits
on you next Tuesday morning in
the whirlwind campaign to raise
$500 for a public library for
Rockingham, meet them with a
smile and the subscription. Let
the smile and money come cheer
fully, remembering the invest
ment you are making for both
old and yound.
Elsewhere in this issue can be
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-03-07
Town SpeclaIties.

There is a man In our town,
And he is full Of prunes;
He has a rusty photograph
And never changes tunes.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-03-07
So Much Settled.

"Do you love met" he asked.
mo. / don't think ! do" said the
sweet young thing.
't0ouldn't you learn to love mer
'Oh, I might"
swell. give me your hand on that,
thea"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-31
woman when he narrica her.

a woman when he marrica her.
Your answer has come to my
mind many times when men have
been talking about the liberty loss In
marriage for the husband. Indeed. |
think have quoted IL once or twice.
II was. III men stake their liberty I'm
marriage. women stake their happs.
ness. and while there can be hnppl-
meas without tho license that men
call liberty. there can be no compen.
ration for the loss OF happiness IT.
self
You have always intrigued my
mind. Margle. I do not believe you
have ever been with me a whole
hour in your life that you have not
thrown out n challenge 10 me. re
member the time I first stayed out
and plsycd cards all night Dear.
that was the very first tragic 4 did
not know In our married life. Be
cause 4 did not know how sad your
dear face could be when IL was tear
stained. because 4 did not know
what that long night OF fear and
hurt could mean to you. ] went
about forgetting In my usual asinine
manner
You see. dear. ! am remembering
all the little riffs that came within
tho Lutte. and | must not forget to
put down here tho most tragic I did
not know of the whole direful. II
silly. business. I did not know that
I had laid the corner stone OF an cd
ificc OF distrust and doubt in your
heart | think. dear. l had the first
rlimmering of understanding the
day that we got onto that scrape OF
Harry Symone's and you went with
El!cne TO adopt the twins. | think.
Margic. that was quite as surprised
AT your attitude in the matter as
Harry was ut Eliene's.
THAT is the great charm OF you
women. We are never sure OF what
you are going 20 do.
"Why. you girls were like generals
who turned defeat into splendid
victory. have often wondered.
Margie. II you would have done the
thing Elieno Symone did in regard
10 those children"
81 am glad the decision did not
come to me-" said to myself as |
read Dicks manuscript. for | really
think. little book. that would have
raised an awful row. At that time
In my life. infidelity seemed the un.
pardonable sin. and to have the liv.
ing. breathing proof OF IL before my
eyes every moment OF the day and
night would. l know, have been
more than could bear. Eliene sly.
none did wonderfully big thing
and. like all big things accomplished
IL made n splendidly big woman OF
her. And those darling twins, little
book. whose existence might have
destroyed her entire happiness. have
become her greatest JOY. | am sure
(To BE Continued
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-31
CONFESSIONS
OF A Wife
DOES MAN OK WOMAN RISK
MOST IN MAKRIAGEy

IL II rather pleasant" wrote
Dick. TO at here outside the world
and write any old thing one wants
to. In the sure knowledge that you
need not take the conventions. the
whima. the intolerance Of the world
into consideration. thifss. before /
end. you will find that | have loved
you. Margio just aa all mortal men
love. IL that love was not satisfy
lns or sufficient. you must blame my
sex. my masculine Inheritance or
even love ltseif. but not me.
While you may not read this
manuscript to my boy uan't u
strange that am aurr our child will
be boy. MarEieD ye; | think. per.
hapH. Il viii help you 20 mako clear
90 him many OF IN. differences In
the point 90 view OF men and women.
II don't want him. Margic. 10
max. "a woman AZ unhappy as
have you. and when say that. dear.
want you 20 realize that most OF
the unhappiness caused you was
thru misundersta nding. l have
come 20 think during these last few
months. when | have stopped living
and been thinking. that all the trag
edy 81 Bfe lies In these four little
words, I did not know
Il wonder. dear. II you remember
that night the smyfhes visited ua
and what you said afterward.
'Smythe. who was always an In
sufferahlc cad. remarked that when
a man married be always siakcd his
liberty In a lottery where there was
a percentage OF blAnks.' confess.
my dear. that sounded very smart
and rather logical to me. for you
must know by this time. Margic. that
man really thinks he e. comforting
tho greatest gift In the world upon
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-31
Certainly a Yeomdnette
Can Marin an officer

Dear Miss Grey; To put my mind
at rest and settle an argument. !
come to you.
am about 10 enter the service
M yeomanctte. and have been told
that after enlisung you are placed
on the same standing as an enlisted
man. that Is to say that all superior
officers are entitled to a salute by a
yeomanette
| have n friend who contends that
since ycomanette IL considered the
same as an enlisted man. there can
be no social association between Of.
ficers and yeomanettcs
For several years past have been
keeping company with young man
who is now an officer In the army.
and on his furlouEh this summer we
have planned on getting married.
what | would like TO know is. would
IT be compulsory for us not to be
seen together in public II we were
married? -. NJ. l..
just asked ycomnnettc II
they were supposed TO salute
and she replied. Not that any
one ever NfFIu VI
Your friends argument about
officers and privatos not being
permitted 10 recognize cgch
other socially In absurd. silly and
contrary TO the spirit in which
we entered this war. We have
gone to fight for DEMOCRACY
the poor mans son and the
rich. the college student. the
workman. a nation indivisible, to
abolish autocracy. snobbery and
nilitarism. to make the whole
world safe for impregnation OF
the germ Of freedom and It's
growth.
America IL waglng n new kind
OF war. Snobbery is being elm
mated The officers are being
picked from the ranks. There
may be n few officers who feel
their oats. but they are not at
all popular. I attended n mum
Der OF social gatherings this
winter. where both officers and
privates were guests, and | no.
ticcd no aloofness on the part
OF the officers.
SO go ahead and be yeoman-
cite and marry your officer
sweetheart. too. because Uncle
Sam would be the last person on
earth TO interfere with your hap
pincss.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-31
Doesn't Pay TO
BE q DO0rDldt

Dear Miss Grey: am very much
puzzled over tho way my husband
acts. lie ~ very dear 10 me. but we
have a woman friend. II mus, call
her that. who comes and stays two
or three days every two weeks
while visiting uA nhc will leave her
children at home with her mother or
az home alone and sometimes she
brings the whole mob with her.
which makes lots OF extra work for
me.
have 90 work hard aa there are
five OF Us In the family and hired
man. Besides my houHework help
with the milking and help do all the
choreH have no help In tho house
ard he has The two boyH. 10 and 10
years 70 help him DO you think II
n right for mo 60 have 10 do 30
much outdoor work when this wos
man Il hcrrf lie thinks he must
visit with her and thinks II awful II
let her do anything. He says she
came out for "a rest. lilo does not
think ! need rest.
lie Will Hay TO her. My dear. you
must not do 40 and 40 for IL ls too
hard for you" which he never
thinks % saying 20 me. He says I
am big and stout and can stand lots
81 hard work and do not care much
for pet names But he has not
called me dear" for ten years
when she eofnes GU, here IL makes
him angry II I want 20 so with him
10 get her or take her hom.. when
she ID no, hero he treats no 90
much better try Co keep my
house and myself and the children
clean. His meals are always ready
and his clothes clean when he wants
them. have never said anything TO
him or her how Aad their actions
make the feet. DO you think am
doing right 20 keep still and le, them
have their way
OLD FASHIONED WIFE.
am afraid you are partly TO
sponAible for tho unhappy Hltu-
alton which has arisen. You
have not demanded enough. You
have mcekiy stood back and let
thr-n ignore you. II never pays
TO play tho human doormAt.
Now In the time for you 20 riao
up In your might and demand
that your husband change his
behavior Tell him II he viii not
politely discourage this woman
from coming 60 your home. you
will h. forced 10 tell her plainly
that she IL not welcome there.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-31
Porch Shades Reduced to S1.75

Wood web Porch Shades, feet in width. Colors
are green and natural only. Because there is only
size left in stock we have reduced them for imme-
date clearance each $1.75.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-31
Observation-Disclosures
: Cynthia Grey's
8 LETTERS
Gracious 10
Entertain Parents

Dear Miss Grey. My daughter II
Go be married at "A large house we'd
ding The grooms family are com
Ing from a distance. IL Il correct
for me to invite them 60 spend tho
night at the house or should the
young man put thcn up az the
hotelf UNCERTAIN.
II IL Is possible to entertain
them II would be gracious for
YOU. na mother Of the bride. 10
invite them 60 stop at the house.
uut II II viii Inconvenience you
seriously. tell the young man you
would gladly entertain them, but
II Is impossible. and he viii take
care OF them
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-31
ONE AMERICAN KILLS
FIVE HUN SOLDIERS

WITH THE AMERICANS IN TT.
CARDY. May all rivatrs Charles
schmitx and Frank Alsnko received
the French war croAs yesterday.
schmitx attacked five Germans sin
gle handed. killing or wuunding all
% them with an automatic rifle.
Alcnko. pairoIllng with thrc. other
Americans. attacked seven bochea.
Altho MORALLY wounded. he carried
message back 10 tho American
lines.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-31
Bride May Wear
Street Costume

Dear Miss Grey; At parsonage
wedding should keep on my hat
and gloves In small veil suit
able for a sailor hatf MARY.
The bride who Is married al
the parsonage wears the costume
she has provided for street ana
travelling wear She wears
face veil n she desires and white
Md gloves
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-31

No book OF etiquct for tho woman
I'm business has ever been written,
but certain rules and customs based
general practice. For instance, II II
considered good form for "A business
woman 10 dress according 20 her sal.
Rry. not better than nor worse than
she can afford. The employer who
pays good salaries has "a right To de.
mand that his office force shall re
fleet the prosperity Of the firm. But
dressing well does not mean dressing
hhowily Tho best dressed women
IN the working world are those who
aTo not conspicuous.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-31
Salute is Like
a Hdndshake

Dear Misa Grey; Please tell IN
why soldiers saluts7
ELIZABETH
The salute In the substitute for
the ordinary forms OF greeting.
used by civilians. and like tho
handmade or raising OF the hat.
th. salute Is an evidence OF hon
or or respect. iiut tho manner
OF the salute Is determined by
tho respective ranks OF tho sol
dlers. and Il Ia evidenced by tho
position of tho hand. rifle. sword.
etc Tho salute In required OF
soldiers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-28
BRUNER SPEAKS
AS CAMP CHIEF
Rock Islander, on short Vacation
From Army CantOnment. TO
Address Hen ut Y. VI. c. 4.

A. NJ. Bruner, VINO for the last
year has been acting as Y. NJ. C. A.
secretary at Camp Taylor. Louis
7ilIe. Ky, and who is spending a
few days at his home in Rock Is
land, will be the speaker at the
regular mems meeting held in the
\. NJ. c. \. gym tomorrow after
noon at o'clock.
MIR. Bruner has been right in the
thick OF affairs at Camp Taylor the
past year; has met and handled all
sorts and conditions of men and
will have many interesting things
10 relate out of his experiences as
a camp secretary.
He is a specialist in mems work
and has long been identified with
he various movements in behalf of
fhe welfare of men, but declares
that the greatest experience of his
life has been that at Camp Taylor.
He will take for his subject "A
World Conquest" basing his re-
marks on what he has seen and
learned at Camp Taylor.
Mr.. Bruner viii be especially
glad to see a large number OF re-
turned soldiers in uniform at the
meeting, as he has come to love
the fellows in uniform. The meet
ing is open to all men in the city.
Admission is free and invitation is
extended to all to be present and
profit by the meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-28

New York-The flying mailman
v Ill soon be an. established carrier
between New York and Chicago, and
i new period in American trans
5Ortation will be opened What, a
1ew years ago, would have been re-
garded as an astonishing feat, be-
comes now a part OF the daily gov
eminent task. And Just as the ear
lier service between Washington
and New York served as a working
laboratory for the longer route be
tween the Atlantic seaboard and
the Great Lakes, so the latter will
prepare for the transcontinental
system which Otto Praeger, second
assistant postmaster general, hopes
to see established within a year or
two.
In the closing days OF the war,
when the ingenuity of nations was
taxed to create engines of destruc-
ton, it became apparent that, once
peace was restored. inventiveness
could be shifted into constructive
channels, and thus the postOffice de-
partment, seeing in The battle plane
the elements of a swift commercial
vehicle, prepared to transport the
mails by air as soon as the neces-
Sary equipment could be obtained
The airplane which viii make the
first flight from New York to Chi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-28

New York City, via Philadelphia.
Train time averages six hours; ar
plane 2i2 TO 3 hours. It is S5J
miles from New York TO Chicago,
and on this route the air mail cuts
down the running time by at least
0ne-half, so that, as other Units 10
The west are added, it is expected
that mail may be sent from New
York to San Francisco in 40 hours.
New York to Boston Next.
It is predicted that New York
Boston service will be the next to
get under way, with a possible eX-
tension, in cooperation with the
canadian government. to Montreal.
From Washington line is to run
southwest to Atlanta, dividing at
that point for Key West and New
Orleans. Another unit will extend
almost due westward from Wash
ington, passing through Cincinnati
and st. Louis and terminating at
Kansas City. Chicago, it is expect
ed, will become just such a center
FOR aerial transportation as it has
become for the railways. From
Chicago there will radiate lines TO
Milwaukee. Minneapolis and St.
Paul; Omaha, Denver, Cheyenne,
Salt Lake City and San Francisco;
st. Louis. Dallas, Austin. San An
tonic and Laredo, connecting at the
last named point with the Mexican
nails.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-28

cago is a CuFtiss R-4, specially
modified. The one which will fly
from Chicago to New York is De
IaviIand 4, as adapted to Ameri-
can use. Each machine is capable
Of an ordinary speed of 1875 miles
an hour, but as improvements are
introduced it is certain that the
present nine-hour schedule Gas
against the 81 hour record offered
by the fastest mail trains) will be
further lowered
Speeding Up Service.
Actual shortening of the distance
between the Great Lakes and New
York City, with the north and south
air line in operation from New York
TO Washington, and with another
extension nOrthward to Boston in
preparation, assure a speeding-up
of mail service throughout practf-
cally the entire United States. A
letter sent upon a long journey de-
ponds for its total time in transit
largely on the speed maintained on
The slowest stage And, hereafter,
any mail matter traversing or
crossing the air routes must have
the benefit of the increased facili-
ties offered.
The accompanying map, which is
reproduced from one issued by the
pOstoffice department, shows the
plans for the immediate future. It
is 225 miles from Washington TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-28
NOT A REAL DOCTOR BUT HE MAKES
ARMY SURGEONS STAND ASTONISHED
AS HE RESTORES SHOCKED YANKEES

Paris.-''DOctor Van" isn't a doc
tor, reaIly-that is, he has never
been inside of a medical school. He
is not a commissioned officer, eth
err Two days after the war was
declared in America he enlisted in
one of the cities of the middle west
and came over as a private. He is
a sergeant now. His experiences
driving an ambulance first, and
after that in the front line and
then in various camps in France
till he was sent to a base hospital
as a patient-would fill several
diaries. if he keeps such things,
which I doubt
But there are a good many men
in that base hospital who owe their
returning health to him, after they
had been in bed for weeks and even
months Now. although they admit
that he is well again, they will not
let him go from the hospital, be-
cause a transfer is a long and tedi-
Gus business 10 bring about, and
they need him there to help out
with the patients.
He was only out of bed a day or
so himself when he came across
two boys in one of the wards who
had been in the hospital since
April. One of them had been an
interpreter with the French army
and the other was a marine from
Chateau Thierry. They had been
shell-shocked, and in all those
months from April to September
they had grown scarcely any bet
ter.
Captain" Sergeant Van said one
morning to the doctor in charge of
the ward. do you mind if I see
what I can do for those men there?
I think I may be able to help them
out a bit, if you don't mind"
The captain looked at him inter
estedly- IF it had been any other
man the captain would have been
Indifferent, perhaps But Sergeant
Van has a way with him.
What do Won want TO do with
them?'' he wanted TO know.