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FOSDICk SELECTED
FOR LEAGUE POST
Will Represent u. S. in Per-
nldnent Secreturiot.

WASHINGTON, May l5.-Raymond e.
Fosdick, New York lawyer, who was
chairman of the Commission on Train
ing Camp Activities during the war,
will be one OF the permanent American
officials In the League of Nations when
the league is organized The exact
position to which Mr.. Fosdick will BE-
appointed was not known to-day in
Washington.
Mr.. Fosdick is IS years old His
home formerly was in Buffalo, where
his father is an educator. He first
came into public notice some ten years
ago. when soon after being graduated
from Princeton and taking post
graduate course at the New York Law
School he began practising law in New
York and became connected with
Mayor Gaynor's administration as AS
sistant Corporation Counsel. A little
later he became Commissioner of Acc
counts and the Investigations he con-
Quoted into municipal affairs attracted
countrywide attention.
During 1918 Mr.. Fosdick worked in
Europe investigating police systems
for the Rockefeller Bureau of Social
Hygiene. When the United States
entered the war he took the chairman.
ship OF the Commission on Training
Camp Activities, serving without pay.
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.'IiIIian Gish In the role of the girl Is .
fruEedienne Of extraordinary ability
Y. Commercial. Geo. NJ. Conan THEATRE
ADV A..
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for her countrymen.' followed. As the
coffin was taken into the cathedral the
hymn, Now the Laborer's Task Is
Ger" which was followed by the read
ing Of the lesson. ] Peter, IL. 19, by
Canon Dechair. Then came the anthem,
II Know That My Redeemer Liveth.'
and Chopin's Funeral March.
While the hymn. Brief Life Is
Here Our Portion" was being sung the
procession formed for the march to the
graveside. There the latter part of the
burial service was conducted by the
Bishop, and the hymn. abide With
Me-" which Miss Cavell repeated just
before she was killed by the Germans,
was sung. The benediction was then
pronounced and the bugle sounded the
Last Post.
The funeral party which accompanied
the body from Brussels to Norwich In
cluded eight members of Miss Cavelrs
family and prominent British and Bel
gian officials.
Among tho notable persons at the SER
vices at Westminster Abbey were the
Queen Mother Alexandra, Princess Nir-
toria, the American Ambassador and
Mrs John w Davis, Secretary and Mrs.
Lansing and many American officers.
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ELGIANS HONOR MARTYR
WITH SOLEMN CEREMONY
Notable Persons and Thousands of Others Pay Tribute
as Miss Cavells Body Is Borne to Railway Sta
ton, Where Services Are Held.

OF Brussels and nurses from Miss Ca
velrs school The bearers were British
gunners.
In the procession which started at 10
o'clock were DR.. and Mrs. Wainwright,
brother-!n-law and sister of Miss Cavell,
and her other sister, Miss Florence Ca
veil. and the Belgian Minister OF War,
the British. Spanish and American Min
listers, Burgomaster Max of Brussels,
representatives OF the Ministers Of the
Interior and Of Foreign Affairs. munich
pal officers and nurses from the Cavell
school.
The route OF the procession was lined
throughout by school children. Lighted
street lamps were covered by crepe, as
were also the childrens banners. The
central portal of the station was draped
in mourning aud the reception room
similarly draped and adorned with
shrubs The central hall had been
transformed into a mortuary chapel
AS the time approached for the arrival
Of the procession the reception room was
filled with representatives OF the whole
diplomatic and social life of Brussels
from the entire Belgian Government
downward. Every personality known in
Brussels who could possibly be present
was there.
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found her lying on her narrow prison cot,
but she arose bravely and drew a dress
Ing gown about her delicate form. She
told him she had never expected such
an end to the trial. but when the judg-
ment was read to her that afternoon In
her cell she had not been afraid to die.
Life had not been all happy for her,
she said, and she was glad to die for her
country. Life had been hurried. and she
was grateful for the weeks of rest, even
though they had been in prison. No
word Of complaint passed her lips about
her trial She had avowed everything.
she said. without appearing to realize
that her confession was not sufficient,
even under German law, to Justify the
capital punishment to be visited upon
her.
More remarkable still, she expressed
an utter lack OF hatred toward any one
as she received the sacrament. Patriot
ism," she said, us not enough. / must
have no hatred and no bitterness TO-
ward any one." SO far as Is known,
they were her last words At in the
morning she and the architect Baucq,
conveyed by the black van to the Tir
National, were shot. Brave and calm
| to the last, Miss Cavell faced the firing
squad without a tremor.
| execution were posted throughout the
city Mortified throngs gathered about
them. and in one OF them a disnified old
Judge said: ut was not the execution
| OF a judgment; II was an assassina-
tionr' When Mr.. whitlock requested
Baron Won der Lancken for permission
from the Governor-General to have the
body buried by the American Legation
and Miss Cavelrs friends, the Baron in
l g. lS.NA ha a
| already taken place. Under the law. he
explained, II could not be cxhumed with
out an order from the Imperial Govern
ment-and the Governor-General himself
had gone to Berlin.
Wrote to Morphine Addict.
Just before the end Miss Cavell wrote
several letters, one OF them to n girl
4 whom Miss Cavell had been assisting In
her efforts to break herself OF the NOR
phlne habit. To this sufferer Miss Cavell
sent word that IL God would permit she
would continue trying to help her.
Other letters, including one for her
mother in England. were turned over to
the German authorities to be delivered
but were never transmitted. Repeatedly
Mr.. Whitlock besought the German off,
Gals for them, particularly the miseive
| that could comfort the aged and sor-
rowing mother. He met with a refusal
on the ground that II he sent them &c
England they would be published. thereby
creating another sensation that would
weaken the German cause. Oven in the
face of his promise that they would no
be printed the Germans remained OBJ
durate, though the officer in charge o.
them said to him finally:
II wish I might give them to you
They are a very sad and uncomforta bi,
charge for me to keep"
What was given into the American
Minister'S care. however. along with
few precious trinkets, was Edith Cavelll
prayer book. And there, amid the othe
entries In her own hand of the scrip
tural verses that fortified her on the las
night. was her own final epitapth:
Died at A NJ on October IL, 1916
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did sho seeh to conceal that she knew
they planned an attempt to cross the
Dutch frontier She did not suppress
her patriotic pride in her work Of mercy,
and when she was asked II she had not
aided English soldiers left behind after
the early battles Of Mons and Charleroi
she candidly acknowledged IT, with the
explanation that they were of her race
and she would help her own.
Gave succor TO 200.
The court, seemingly impressed, in
quired II she had not succored twenty
Yes" she replied, frankly, more
than twenty-five hundred"
"English?"
mo. not all English; French and Bel
CLANS. too"
Thereupon one Of the judges pointed
out that this heightened the seriousness
OF her delinquency, since the French and
Belgians were not of her nationality.
Another Judge asserted In a typically
Teutonic vein that she had been foolish
to aid the English. because. in his opin-
ion. the English are ungrateful.
NO" retorted Miss Cavell, "the Eng
lish are not ungrateful."
How do you know they are not?" de-
manded her questioner.
Because" was the reply, some OF
them have written to me from England
to thank mo-"
This damned her utterly in the eyes
Of her German inquisltors. Helping SOL
diers to reach neutral country like
Holland might not have seemed to call
for ruthlessness on their part, but when
they became convinced from her replies
that Miss Cavell had actually aided
them to get to an enemy country-above
all. England--the enormity of her ac-
lions had no mitigation in their eyes.
Death Penalty Report.
On Sunday. the day after the close OF
the trial, one of the nurses under Miss
Cavell, communicated to the American
Minister q report that the prosecutor
would ask the court for the death pen
atty in the case Of Miss Cavell and sew
eral OF the other defendants. Mr.. Whit
lock, however, considered this wal
merely the practice of prosecutors the
world over, who always asked for the
extreme punishment
At o'clock the next evening, however
Maitre de Leval rushed to him with thu
news that the sentence of death had beer
pronounced on Miss Cavell at 4 80 tina
afternoon and that she would be shot a.
2 o'clock the next morning. II seemed
Incredible to Mr.. Whitlock that ther'
could be such an immediate execution o.
sentence, without time to prepare ant
present a plea for clemency.
He believed that a stay of execution
would be granted. but Maitre de Leva
went to beg for mercy from the Gov
ernor- General. who had gone for n com
Portable game Of bridge at his chatea,
| at Trois Fontainee, ten miles away. ant
returned with the report that 1t wa
hopeless.
Meanwhile the Rev. Mr.. Gahan, paste
of the English church, went to see Mis-
Cavell in her cell, having been sum
moned by a note from some one in tn
St. GILES prison. which contained merel!
the statement in German, Come at once
some one Is about to die"
He was the last representative OF he
own people to see Miss Carvell alive. H
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APPEAL TO BRITONS
BYtSCHEIDEMANN
Begs Not to Impose Slavery
Yelled Threat by Ebert.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON. May 16.-Philip Scheidemann.
the German Premier. has sent through
the Berlin correspondent OF the Daily
Herald, the Labor newspaper. an ap-
peal to the British people 10 realize THE
appalling position Germany is placed In
by the peace conditions" Herr Scheide-
mann makes various points similar TO
those In his recent speeches, and adds:
I'VE cannot believe that fellow human
beings however much under the infiu-
cnce OF a wicked war, can really intend
10 reduce a kindred civilized people to
slavery, for that is what these condi-
tons mean.
1--WE Germans call upon you English
not TO force US TO sign away our birth
right and the peace of Europe in our
hour of weakness"
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Bv the Associoted Press.

BERLIN, May II (delayed) Friedrich
Ebert, the German President. In a state
ment made In Vorpderts has reiterated
his opposition to the peace terms sub
mitted by the Entente, declaring them
unreconcilable with conscience and rea-
son and insisting that they must be
drastically and fundamentally corrected.
Above all. practical negotiations were
necessary, he declared. and these would
quickly result in the attainment Of a
worthy peace II a return were made
to the fourteen points.
"As long as one remnant of hope re-
mans that reason will triumph" contin-
ued President Ebert. I'VE will not speak
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Special Gable Despdtch TO TIE Sun from "a
London Times Service.

Copyright. 1919: oil rights reserved
BRUSSELS, May 10 (deiayed) Bel
gians who have witnessed every public
ceremony in Brussels which has taken
place in their life time assure your cor
respondent the town has never wit
messed a more impressive spectacle than
that of the transfer of Edith Cavell's
body from the Tir National to the Care
du Nord Station, which was carried out
this morning under perfect weather con-
ditions.
Whether one considers the crowds
that lined the streets wherein every
house flew a flag at half STAFF. or the
excellent organization and simplicity of
the procession and the religious serv-
ice at the station. 1t may be confidently
affirmed that no English woman except
Queen Victoria ever had a more moving
or grander progress to her last resting
place.
The coffin, which had been lying in
mortuary chapel of the Tir National.
was conveyed on a British gun carriage
covered by the Union Jack, on which
lay wreaths from the Belgians. tho city
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NOTABLES AT ABBEY
FOR FUNERAL RITES
Service Conducted by the
Dean of Westniinster.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, May Is. - England paid
tr.bute' to Edith Caveli, the English
nurse executed by the Germans at Brus-
sels, October ~, 1915, here to-day when
hAr body, en- route from Brussels to her
native city of Norwich. was taken to
Westminster Abbey for an impressive
memorial service.
1t was a public funeral. in which. It
seemed, every resident of the great met
ropolis endeavored to participate. The
Streets through which the cortege moved
were congested with crowds. and every
inch of standing room in the neighbor-
hood of the Abbey was occupied by
oensely massed multitude which the
eager to do reverent homage to that
brave woman" as the Bishop lof London
described her. who deserves a great
zeal from the British Empire"
Tho congregation at the Abbey in
cluded high officials of the Government.
representatives OF foreign countries and
men prominent in many walks of life.
hnS George was represented by the
Ea'l Of Athlone. brother of Queen
Mary. The service was conducted by
the Dean Of Westminster. No address
wa" delivered. The opening sentences
o! The burial service were sung by the
caoir, which then sang the Twenty-third
Fsa'm and short lesson from the
Revelation OF st. John. Then came
S4I,lvan's anthem, Yea, Though Walk
Though the Valley of the Shadow of
DEATH and II Heard a Voice from
Heaven"
The Idtany, the Lords Prayer and
Two collects were then repeated. fol-
Ln"ed by the hymn. abide With Me"
Inc benediction was then pronounced
and tine Last Post and Reveille were
sounded.
Iae service, which began at noon,
tasted half an hour. The procession
ie't the Abbey to the strains of Chopin's
FUNERAL March and proceeded to the
station. where the coffin of plain oak
wa placed on a train for Norwich.
=, On the coffin was the simple inscrip-
bon,
EDITH CAvELL,
"''N Dec. 4, 1865. Died Dot. II. 1915.
~ Norwich It was placed on a gun
"a rage and was taken to Norwich
.ahedral. The service. which was Of
n,Sia.Iy designated For the funeral OF
E'rh Cavell. nurse who gave her life
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EDITH CAvELL,
Nnrn Dec. 4 1S6h Died OCT IL 1Al

N'hard BaTthelmess as Tho Yellow
an. " Broken Blossoms,' at Geo. M.
seterrations ever s 1872 Sn ths De Mo enss
rslsSraPh.-AdU.
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our last word. but should 1t prove that
this mailed fist peace is to be imposed
upon us we shall have to take our deci-
sions."
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
Crowd the Front Pews. Adver- tise Your Belief. GO to Church.

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The courier-index., 1919-10-03

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
 Rev. ohn Pastor Prayer ing Sunday School Sunday morning
 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
 Rev. Johnston Pastor Sunday Sunday School Prayer meeting each Wednesday evening
 BAPTIST CHURCH
 L.H Hammock, Pastor Sunday Sunday School meeting Wednesday evenings
 ST. ANDREWS CHURCH
 The c. Burke Regular Sunday.
 FIRST CHRISTIAN Bible every Sunday Lords Supper at 1o45 each Sunday
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

vKRTieE FACT ThAy YOU oo TO cAORcs% u PAvs s0o sp,R,YuALlx IT pAvs MATERIALLY. rNs otvAch Gh- UnowMENT hELps susihEes GNviRoNnsNT THa cnuRcn TEACHING EvRRv MAI TO ThsNk CLEARLY AND TO THINK CORRECTLY. THE CHURCH coMnANoMsHTs ARr ONLY rng coMMANoMENrs HEALrH AND MIND
 sass show that with the greater number q churches are prospesou The people vhols are HAPPY AND CONTENT you have neglected going church. don! let another Sunday making v to the house of God
 God f0rgivng He patient But bis pati@ss may be s1 OFFEND GOD you from church. You like to sse your children GO TO CHURCH and Sunday school The chl dren will be DOUBLY IMPRESSED with the importance ct s tending church if they see the father in church
 GO TO CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY.
 GO TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-02-13
Slick Liquor Trick.

A colored man named Bob
Hamilton, aged over three score
and ten, from lower Wolf Pit,
was in town Sat'day. and is minus
a ten spot According to>his
version, he gave another colored
man, Reid Adams, and a man
giving his name as "Sam Craw-
ford" $40 in Rockingham to get
him a quart of whiskey. The
two went off presumably to get
the fiery stuff, but did otreturn.
Hamilton went alooking for his
messengers" and finally found
Adams. Adams put UP a tale
that he too had been buncoed:
that he had given the other fel-
low So to get him some and that
he had disappeared with
both his money and that of Ham
ilton. But the old man evidently
didn't believe this story, for he
insisted on Adams accompanying
him to the Mayors office where
he secured a warrant for the ar
rest of the two, charging them
with fraud. Adams was locked
up about dusk Saturday night in
the new cell of the Municipal
building, while the officers hunted
for the other negro. When they
returned after a fruitless search
an hour or so later, the cell was
empty and Adams gone. He
pried the cell door open.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-02-13
A Mr.. Williamson died near
Norman Tuesday night of pella-
gra.
Rev. 5. M. Hanff Dead.

Rev. Samuel Merrill Hanff, of
Concord, formerly rector of the
Episcopal church at Wadesboro,
died at Longs sanitorium, States
vile, Wednesday morning at $50,
following an operation the Thurs
day previous for appendicitis.
Pneumonia and other complica-
tions caused his death. The re.
mains were inferred at Raleigh
this afternoon, though the Wades.
boro Vestry and ministers of the
other denominations there wired
his wife requesting that his re-
mains be inferred at Wadesboro
and that they be given the privi.
lege of caring for his grave. He
is survived by wife and three
children. He was about 40 years
old, and had been rector at
Wadesboro since 1912.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-02-13
Soldiers of 3Oth Division.

The 30th division will probably
be landed at Charleston within
the next three weeks, and within
two weeks thereafter will likely
be discharged from Camp Jack
son. A big review of them will,
by the way, be staged at Colum-
bia before they disband.
The Post Dispatch is anxious
to get a record of every Rich.
mond county soldier of this 3Oth
division. Please write or other
wise inform the editor the name
of your son, and his company, il
he is in this division. We. want
to publish next issue the Rich
mond county roster of the 30th
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-02-13
SpruiIl Not Guilty.

The sheriff and deputy found
at Oscar Spruill's pig pen, color
ed, three miles northwest of
town, a barrel that had held
still slops, and 200 yards from
the house were signs where a
still had beer in operation. On
this evivence he was arrested
and Wednesday was given a hear
ing before Squire Guthrie; how
ever, Spruillintroduced witnesses
to show that his children had
rolled the barrel from a swamp
"unbeknownest" to him. He
was released for lack Of evidence.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-02-13
Colored School Rallies.

Prof. Charles H. Moore, of
Greensboro, State Inspector Of
Rural Colored Schools, will spend
Sunday and Monday, Feb. 10th
and 18th, in this county. Prof.
Moore is also State agent for the
Rosenwald building fund. Sew
eral colored schools of the county
expect to get aid from this fund
in the erection OF new school
buildings this spring.
On Sunday, Prof. Moore, to-
gctIler with the County Super
visor, Sadie Harris, and Supt. L.
]. Bell. have an engagement to
meet and address the parents in
the following neighborhoods, at
the hours given:
Wayman Chapel, II a. m.
Pleasant Hill, Up. m.
Ellerbe Grove, A p. m.
All the parents and school
patrons and friends in these dis
tricts are nrged to come out on
time. L. ]. Bell.
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What's the Matter?

The Post-Dispatch welcomes
correspondence and items from
every section of the county.
Get busy, you different mill vii
lagos and Routes. Let's have a
breezy news letter each week.
Constitute yourself a committee
of one to write up" your com.
munity happenings. Let's hear
from the various schools, too.
And from Ellerbe. Mangum,
Norman, Covington and other
communities; we want to be
the mouthpice of every part OF
Richmond county.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-02-13
Tar Heels Cited for Bravery.

The commander in chief, in
the name of the President, has
awarded the distinguished-service
cross to the following-named for
extraordinary heroism described
after their names:
Pvt. Hunius Diggs, Company
G, 37lst Infantry, A. S. No.
127l496. For extraordinary hero,
ism in action near Ardeuil,
France, September 30, 1918. AT.
ter his company had been forced
to withdraw from an advanced
position under severe machine.
gun and artillery fire, this soldier
went forward and rescued wound
ed soldiers, working persistently
until all of them had been car.
ried to shelter. Home address,
Henry Diggs, father, Lilesville,
N. c.
Sergt. Lee R. McClelland, Med.
ical Detachment, 371st Infantry,
A. S. No. 187OS96. For extraor.
dinary heroism in action near
Ardeuil, France, September 80,
1918. While administering first.
aid treatment to wounded sol,
4diers on the field Sergt. McClel.
land received a painful wound on
the leg, but without mentioning
his injury he remained on duty,
caring for the wounded under
shell-fire until the regiment was
relieved. Home address, Maria
McC cClelland, mother, Laurinburg,
N. c.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-02-13
Courthouse Bill.

Representative Everett Tues
day introduced in the House a
bill that will provide the legal
machinery necessary for moving
the courthouse of this county
This is House bill No. 502. He
also Tuesday introduced a bill
(No 503) to fix salaries of Rich.
mond county officers.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-02-13
Influenza on Decline.

Influenza conditions through.
out the county are greatly i'm.
proved and a case of flu is the
exception at present. So far as
the Post-Dispatch has been able
to ascertain, there has not been
a death fromit in the county dur
ing the past week.
There are a few cases of flu in
three families on lower Fifth
avenue, this city; otherwise, there
appears to be no other cases here,
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-02-13
City Schools Opened Monday

The City Schools opened Mon
day after "a suspension of four
weeks. The inclemert weather
kept many of the children away
Monday, but with better weather
the pupils are rapidly coming in
again, and the school is begin
ming to present a normal appear
ance once more.
Supt. Bell has sent out COM
pulsory attendance notices to
parents who have absentee pupils
of the compulsory attendance
age, warning them against in
fraction of this law, and it is ex-
pected that these pupils will all
come in without further delay
without the attendance officers
services being called into action.
The town seems to be fairly
clear of influenza now and with
proper precautions on the part
of parents and school authorities
working together the schools
should be made reasonbly safe.