Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-05-23
OVER THE LAND OF.
The LONG LEAF PINE
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.

CAROLINIANS.
Secretary of War Baker recently in
spected Camp Greene, Charlotte.
Unless 100000 is raised within q
few days Queens College will be lost
to Charlotte.
Seven negroes, convicted for vari-
GUS crimes, are awaiting death in the
penitentiary at Raleigh.
The great nationwide Red Cross
drive for funds begins May 20 and
continues through the 9th.
Only four markets reported sales Of
tobacco the past month, the total num-
Der of pounds being 43,710.
Joe Jackson, famous outfielder Of
the White SOx, has begun wor kin
intending it seems to claim
exemption on industrial grounds, he
being placed in class by the Green
vile, s. c., exemption board.
With the purpose of curing vagran-
cy rather than merely Furnishing va
grants, Governor Beckett issued O.
proclamation calling upon the couties
of North Carolina to hold meetings.
on Wednesday, May 20, to discuss the
problem and to appoint delegates to a
State convention to be held in Ra-
leigh, Tuesday, June 4.
Peter Youngblutt, a native Of Lux
emburg, Germany, was given a pre-
liminary hearing before United States
Commissioner M. L. Flow, on charge
Of seditious utterances. He was re-
manded to jail upon failure to produce
q $1,000 bond, to await the converting
of Federal Court in Charlotte in
October.
The demand for thoroughbred cat
tie in Union county is steadily In
creasing. Mr.. T. J. w. Broom has
twelve applications for registered
heifers on hand now, and ia seeking
to have them filed. Jerseys are the
most popular in the western part of
the county, where most Of the twelve
applications came from.
Mrs. Hyman Stadiem Of Kinston has
no son old enough to enlist. Mrs. sta
diem's sister at Manchester, Eng, has
seven sons in the service Of their
king, however, which beats all Kinston
records. Mrs. Stadiem resided at
Manchester when a young girl. She
probably would prefer to have this in
very small type: She was born at
Berlin.
National Memorial Day, Thursday,
May 80, is designated by President
Wilson in a proclamation as a day
Of public humiliation, prayer and
fasting. The people of the nation are
asked to gather that day in their
places of worship and pray for the
victory of the American armies which
will bring peace founded upon
mercy, justice and good wilA !
An address on food observation by
State Food Administrator Henry A.
Page, the election Of officers for thu
ensuing year and the selection OF
Fayetteville as the next place Of meet,
fng were the features Of the T. P. Al
invention and Dutch luncheon givenl
by the Wilson Chamber of Commerce.
which came to a close at Wilson. Thel
date Of the next meeting was left
open.
The surrender of the last twenty
nine State convicts who have BEEN
engaged in the building Of the Elkinl
and Alleghaney railroad to the prfsonl
authorities leaves none OF the State's|
labor working for bonds Of q railroad
iR-the-buildAug. At meeting Of theI
State Prison Board here the announce
ment was made that convicts hired
under contract In the future would
command cash to the State for their
services.
Little strands Of cordite
Little grains Of wheat
Make g combination
The Kaiser cannot beat.