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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-10-09
Bales Cotton Ginned.

County enumerator G G. Ter
ry gives the number of bales of
cotton ginned in the county to
Sept. 25th at 1850, as compared
with 4,437 to same date last year.
This is an increase in ginning
figures of Alb over last year.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-10-09
Eighteen Pages.

The Post-Dispatch consists of
IS pages this week-and none of
it is patent" Every page was
printed here at home.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-10-09

with their report and after it
was read they were discharged,
having been in session barely a
day. The report gave a good
name for the county home, the
chain gang, the county Offices,
but, as has been the case with
previous Grand Juries, they con-
demned the present courthouse
and urged that a new one be
built at once.
At 4 :22 Monday afternoon the
Foster Parsons case was for
mally begun by the selection of
a jury. Gathered around the de-
fendant, a young white man of
% years, we're his attorneys, w.
R. Jones, Thomas & Phillips, and
A. M Stack. With them were
L. w. P. Webb, an uncle, and two
brothers of the defendant.
Around the States table was
Solicitor Brock, Attorney Glib
bons, of Hamlet, and H. F. Sea-
well, of Carthage.
The regular jury of twelve
was in the box. The first man
excused by the defense was R.
L. Jones, he stating that he did
not believe Parsons was crazy.
In rapid order the following
men were sent to the jury box,
but excused after a contest of
questions, each juror expressing
the belief that the defendant
was not crazy: D. B. Cameron,
John Scales, S. J. Millikin, B. F.
Marks, Jacob Smith, Nance, Lu-
clan Thrower, T. L. Howard, c.
W. Newton, Zack Grist, Edgar
Hayes, w. F. Baldwin. W. H.
Lassiter was excused upon pri-
vate reasons given to the
Judge. B. F. Thomas was ex-
cused; related to Parsons. B..F.
Palmer, excused; has served on
jury in past two years. A. R.
Nevills excused; thought Par
sons was crazy. T. C. Coving-
ton, D. M. Stogner, B. H. Shan
kle, and Homer LeGrand were
excused because they had served
on jury in past two years. Will
Spivey, Willie Napier, Sip Hart,
John Mcpherson excused be-
cause they thought defendant
crazy.
Up to adjournment of Court
at six o'clock Monday afternoon
eight jurors had been chosen.
The defense had used one per-
emptory challenge, the State
none.
Upon convening Court Tuesday
morning the selection of the jury
was begun. The following were
summoned to the box but excused:
J. F. Capel, relative; E. D. Baucom,
believes him not insane; J. 7. Sears,
w. A. Poplin, B. F. Meacham and
Frank Key excused because they
had served on jury in past two
years; Dock Floyd, Jim Thompson,
A. P. Govington, Burt Smith and
Bud Brigham excused because they
own no land in county; E. B. Stog-
ner excused because he though him
crazy; Robert Hines, relative; John
Steen excused because he had talk
ed with brother of Parsons about
the case; w. N. Everett excused be-
cause he is a witness in case; w. H.
Marks excused peremptory chal-
'lange by defense; Oscar Long per-
emptory challenge by defense; Hec-
Continued on Page a.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-10-09
Ford Kicks Baldwin.

Supt. ]. c. Baldwin is this
week nursing a badly bruised
right arm, caused by the kick of
his Ford Monday.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-10-09
Hamlet Man L'burg Officer.

D.. B Brown, of Hamlet, Was
on Oct. 9th elected chief of police
of Laurinburg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
There Should Be No Return to Pre-
War Salaries at the District Building
BY EARL GOODWIN.

Several hundred employees of the District government
apprehensive that is afoot to reduce their sal
aries to the prewar basis
Many of these employees what is known the
statutory roll"-their salaries fixed at certain
immovable figure by Congress.
When conditions made it absolutely impossible for
families to exist the salaries Congress had provided the
Commissioners took these from the statutory rolls and
placed them in positions under umpum appropriations in
which the Commissioners could arbitrarily fix salaries to
suit the wages of the times.
wage board at the District Building, composed of
the heads of six departments fixes the wages of engineer
employees under umpsum appropriations; but there is
the board who represents the employees who
present their side of any controversies.
However wages fixed at reasonable advances to
meet wartime living costs
If there is any thought of putting these back to
prewar salaries whoever has it in mind should remember
that prewar prices of commodities have not returned and
probably will not return. The most recent authoritative
article commodity prices issued by the Department of
Labor this week, predicts continuance of high prices
There are more ntricacies in the business of fixing
wages and salaries by public official than the ordinary
individual realizes
But there is one principle which l hope to fol-
lowed in any wage adjustments at the District Building
that the advance in costs keeping up its regular wartime
speed and that there should be effort made at every
opportunity give employees MORE money instead of less
Any attempt to put back to the underpaid prewar
status will be resented by the employees and by the citizens
of Washington
P S-This editorial has nothing to do with the SOC
called srke that of the employees association heads
is talking about. @.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13

I AVE you ever adopted a
/ ! brother?
Not legally, Of course.
Just theoretically, and for pur-
poses Of general comradeship. It's
an arrangement that find to be
greatly in favor among lively AMI
resourceful young people. It's a
matter also of great concern, even
of strong disapproval, on the part
of parents. Are the parents JUS
titled dor are the eighteen-year-
ODDS?
Il is cutie easy to see how this
make-beleve relationship recon-
mends itself to normal, magma
tive youth. Boy-and-girl friend
ships are such natural, delightful,
even helpful things. Their only
drawback is that there are always
onlookers who scent romance, who
moro than hint romance, who aud
IDLY declare that the sItGation Is
or will be or ought to be romantic.
So that a boy and girl who don't
feel romance, who don't want TO
nance, who look to each other
merely for gay, hearty companion
ship are put to it for some means
of self-defense. The brother-and-
sister idea occurs to them. It's the
perfect solution of the difficulty.
They adopt each other on the spot.
And always after this, besides the
pleasure of being friends and
pals" there's the pleasure of play
ing a game, Of keeping up a de-
hcious make-believe.
Better Than Precocious Love.
Doesn't it seem to you that
there's a good deal to be said for
this sort of game? Consider how
much wholesomer it is than the
precocious love affairs that some
times occur with young creatures
of fifteen, sixteen or seventeen.
What could be more desirable than
that boys and girls should have
free natural companionship with
out any premature pairing off, any
forced juvenile romance.
And if elders and outsiders gen
orally are so indiscreet as TO COM
ment on all youthful comrsdeship,
why isn't the brother-and-sister
game the most ingenious protec-
tion possible?
But there are obstacles. Oisap-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
How the Police Protect dodgers"
An Odd Misprint.

stance had been allowed to remain
our true guide and had not been tam
pered with by some anonymous wag,
reflect a moment upon the sublime
sense OF security surrounding some
of our sweetest stenographers whom
1t would have been absolutely unlaw-
full to throw, push. cast, deposit. drop.
scatter, distribute. or leave in or
upon the Vestibule. yard. parking or
doorsteps. particularly those OF the
huttering, sweetest kind, likely to be
taken up and scattered by the wind.
So should the fair followers Of the
fortunes OF the war desire further
and continued protection against the
usurious and barbarian brutality OF
evicting landlords after the Sauls-
bury resolution shall have been de-
clared unconstitutional, ! refer them
10 the said index to the police regula-
tfons. and suggest that they bring a
test case to have il determined
whether the text IS correct, and il IS
dodgers" tho reflections ct ALL who
are meant to be protected. or whether
the substance OF the text is in error
and the true spirit OF the index gov
erns the application OF this regula-
ton TO the rental conditions
p. B. MOREHOUSE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
BOSS AND DERBY WINNER

When you see signs Of power you may be sure that
power is there Croker used to New York The news
papers described him as "a brutal boss and were quite
content with the description.
He boss and boss of great power with the
energy and the broodng concentration of his Irish
locked up in him. When he got through with politics
and Ireland he announced that he going to win
the English Derby. He it with horse that he bred
himself And Grand Parade the horse that the Derby
che other day. the of orby bred by Croker was
the concentration that enabled Croker breed his
Derby winner and then breed this latest Derby winner
that enabled Croker when he sat in the Wgwam Tam
many Hall to say to "You going to be judge
chen send for Judge and say You can't be Judge again
would cut off my right hand before would let you and
%uu his prediction both Dirt is matter out of
place A boss is useful power, misused.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13

It seems that the provisions OF the
Salisbury resolution were In part al
least unnecessary for the protection
Of our tenants. 1 call your attention
70 mage 2o4 OF the index OF the police
regulations Of the District a Column
bia adopted by the Commissi"0ers' as
follows:
LODGERS- Sec rage
Must not De thrown on
doorsteps il likely to
be blown about. %
To corroborate this most astound-
ing foresight on the part OF those
10 regulate our beloved city. I
turned TO page 65 and read that part
OF section s probably referred to. It
"No paper. handbills. dodgers.
cards. circulars or advertising mat
ter OF any kind shall be thrown,
nushed. cast, deposited, dropped,
scattered. distributed, or left in or
upon any OF the places designated
or within the building line,
vestibule or yard OF any premises. II
likely to be taken up by the wind and
scattered in the streets, etc"
However, il the index in this In
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
Writes Problems and Pitfalls the War Workers
Especially for Washington Women

quite bring themselves to believe
in the brother-and-sister relation
ship. It's a shade too idyllic and
beautiful. They can't quite drive
fear and suspicion from their
hearts. Artificial brother and
sister relationships, they cynically
tell each other, belong to the class
of things that are too good to be
true. They'll develop sentiment
in an hour. Better check them at
the start.
Trust Your Girls and Boys.
And there will, of course, be in
stances where this charming game
is employed as a mask for flirta-
tion-just as there will be others
where romance will Unexpectedly
flower. But these don't justify
general conspiracy of distrust
among parents and guardians. 1t
may be that there is nothing worse
for youth than to distrust it 1t is
very generally true that youth, like
every other period Of life, does
pretty much what you expect Of it.
Distrust it and it may possibly de
ceive you. Trust it and it will
rise to glorious heights Of mag
nanimity and candor.
Somehow l believe that if | had
a daughter who was as straight
forward and sensible in her love
affair as this girl is, so superior
to small jealousies and evasions
and deceits, l would trust her 20
adopt a brother, if she liked, and
get what pleasure she could from
being his helpful chum."
Don't you remember?-can
Won remember?-that lonely, mys-
ferrous time when you were seven
teen or so? The time when it's so
hard to tell things to another boy,
and so useless to tell things to an
other girl, but so friendly and sat
isfying for a boy and girl who
aren't the least bit in love to con-
fide to each other their puzzling
adventures
It is hard to put oneself in their
place. But it pays. For one learns
by it not to thwart these charming
impulses of theirs but to encour-
age them to play brother and sis
ter together so long as the deli
cious innocence Of youth shall last.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
TODAY'S TOPIC
ADOPTINGaA BROTHER.

pleasant for me as he could. he
has said: why should you, be-
cuse your fance is miles away,
shut yourself up, and not have
pleasant times If / can do a lit
tie toward driving the blues away,
consider it a pleasant duty to do
so. If your soldier does not OBJ
ject, no one else should!'
my mother now says she does
not approve Of my going out alone
with this boy. She says people
will talk about an engaged girl act
ing as l do. If were not engaged,
my actions would be without re-
proach, but as it is, l must not go
out alone with him any more
Miss Fairfax, is mother taking the
right stand as the world judges
today? | have done nothing that |
am ashamed of and do not object to
having other people with us when
this boy and l are out together,
but II we are not alone he will not
confide his difficulties, his ambi-
tons and hopes to me and it will
break my heart to give up being
his confdante, for by his own adj
mission 1 have helped him a great
deal. He does not by any means
mistake my feeling toward him as
a helpful sister and chum."
In this case the disapproval is
based on the existence of an absent
fiance. In the next case, it will
have a different ground. The truth
is, l suppose, that parents can't
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13

proving parents are perhaps the
chief Of these. And the problem
that this disapproval occasions is
very interestingly set forth by a
girl from whose recent letter l
wish to quote:
Il am in my tWenty-second
year." she writes, "and am en-
gagged to a soldier four years my
senior. We are devoted to each
other and have always been SEN
sible in our love affair-not silly,
as some are. We trust each other,
and look forward to a happy mar
ried life with ups and downs to
relieve the monotony. He has been
in the service long time and went
to France last May. He met a
French girl who has been very
kind to him, and given him cheer
full times, for which l am very
grateful, as l can we'll imagine
how homesick my boy must often
have been-judging by myself.
Fiance Does Not Object.
About a year ago l adopted a
brother, three years my junior, all
about whom my fiance has known,
and not disapproved. have told
him everything just as if he had
been here. Now this young brother
of mine is devoted to me. and has
done much to cheer me up, causing
me to be invited to his club af-
fairs, taking me to the movies,
teaching me to run a car and in
a general way making things as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
TndnH

Today
Transmission EKercises-Hirst Library.
Georgetown University, p. m. Open only
TO juniors, seniors. AID alumni OF the col
leEe.
Observation-Disclosures Citizens Associa-
ton, BriGhtwood School Building. p. m.
Mseting-West Virginia State Society.
Thomson School. Twelfth and l. streets
northwest, s p. m.
Address-FrankIin d Roosevelt. Assist
ant Secretary OF the Navy Officers Club
OF Washington, 1900 Twentieth street, $50
p m.
Concert-U. s. Sold Home band
ba ndstand, p. m.
Dance - Washington Camp. Modern
woodmen Of America, Old Masonic Temple.
p m.
Lawn CArnival-VictOry Chapter, D. A
R., home Of Mrs. Frank B. Littell, 3O7G
Porter street, Cleveland Park, p. m.
Ice Cream Festival-Men'S C'rN OF the
Congress Heights Baptist CAagv-.. school
grounds, p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
Once-Overs
Copyright 1919, International Feature Service Inc
TALKING TO THE MAN HUNTING A lob

Copyright Featu Service inc.
TALKING TO THE MAN HUNTING A JOB.
Mr. Employer you come to YOU for
Jobs?
applicant how many to dav
realize for inciviity
And there for it is honorable for
services
You conduct your business without help.
You make great without asking
product.
You courtesy your travelling men, for in
stance being men
looking for work
One selling the other is selling products.
One necessary the other.
You don't to take of the
employment.
You have give up business
will look goods.
There direct relation between the which the
should be the and wisely by cvang
acquaintance of those who help from each end
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
What's Doing; Where; When

PIay-"The Prince OF Liars" Home Club
Players Red Cross House. Quanttco. aus
pices War Camp Community Service, s
Entertainment-Y. NJ. c. A. Hut. Fort
Myer, auspices War Camp Community
Service. r. m.
French ClssS-Washington Salon, 1913 II
street northwest, 7:lS p. m. tuition free.
Tomorrow.
Commencement Activities - Georgetown
University. athletic events for seniors.
p IN; alumni-s senior baseball game. y. m
alumni meetinl; and smoker, p. m.
Address-Hannis Taylor, former ambas-
sador to Spain. before Friends Of Irish
Freedom. Liberty Hut. p. m.
Generalization and Canadian Patriotic
Society, Perpetual Hall, llOl street
northwest. p. m.
Picnic--Indiana State Society. Geological
Park. p.
Observation-Disclosures Girls Club, Navy
League Red Cross Rooms. Seventeenth
street and New York avenue, p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
Indiana's OYSters.


The controversy raging in your
column as to whether oysters grow
in the Wabash can be settled in AZ
way, / believe, that will not do vio-
lence to the reputation as naturalists
Of either LABERT ST. CLAIR, Of
Vedeersburg, or of that other good
friend Of mine, OLIN ". KEN
NEDY, erE+-hile Of Muncie and
other good indiana towns.
was born within twenty miles Of
the Wabash. / have some recollec-
ton Of the products Of that part Of
Indiana. The "oysters" that Olin
Kennedy refers to are not oysters
strictly speaking-but 'mussels." |
have heard men declare that they
were as good for eating as "oys-
ters." They look much like the BIZ
valve so popular in the East, but
they are larger. ] have heard my
father, who was a civil war vet
eran, tell how the soldiers ate them
and relished them in war time when
the "mussels" were taken from the
Tennessee river in northern Alabama
near Mussel Shoals. But have had
some doubt about their being as pal
atable as oysters, although some al
lowance must be made for the
tastes of a soldier who has seen
times when ''horse" was a table
luxury. AS DIN Kennedy says, the
pearl industry has fourished in the
lower Wabash, especially in the vi
cinity of GRANVILLE and Mt. Carmel,
where the inhabitants find the pearls
imbedded in the mussels.
JERRY A. MATHEWS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
FIGHTING

The Honorable Mr. Thomas member of the British Par
lament is here to arrange for anwar agreement be-
tween labor unions Mr. Thomas represents labor unonsm
in Parliament. His idea is that American and British
unions should agree that there is any sign of war between
England and America the unions will Immediately strike
tie up railroads, ships ETC., and make impossible.
Another of those nice theories Before 1914 French
and German Socialists also to make impossible by
refusing to fight But when the started, the most
ardent fighters French and German Socialists. If
war between the United States and England threat
ened the most enthusiastic advocates would be the very
labor that Mr. Thomas is trying to get into peace
pact
Pacfsm unionism, ideaism, are all recent words
FIGHTING is old word, old instinct old amuse
ment
When the hair rises dogs back or the fire lights
in a mans eye it fight Then recently acquired
ideastc words and thoughts forgotten until the fight
ing is
Fighting will stop after the at the top make up
their minds that doesn't pay, and after the
bottom get rid of their love of fighting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13

A wife beaten in Rockville was
whipped at the post while a wife m
Washington took the matter into her
own hands and killed the husband
who took to beating her. The Rock
vile brute got twenty lashes, while
a Washington jury will decide
whether or not the husband who was
killed got what he deserved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13

The annual meeting of the So
ciety of Alumni of Georgetown
University will be held at
Georgetown College Saturday at
8 o'clock in the evening. There
will be the election of officers
of the society followed by =
smoker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13

J. w. BOWIE, chief of that di-
vision. has been made deputy game
warden at large for the State Of
Maryland. He lives Just over the
line in Chevy Chase. All kinds Of
game over there to keep Bro. Bowie
busy-believe me.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
100000
BUSHEL WHEAT
CROP FORECAST
Means u. S. Will Supply
Third of Worlds Need
This Year in Greatest
Production in History

You will be interested in the two clippings winch are
reproduced above.
They show how it is possible for cat to Jump two
ways at
The clipping on the left tells the news issued by the
o. s. Government Monday that the wheat crop for this
year will be the biggest in history.
Under headings similar this the newspapers Of Mon
day. all the country told their readers that onethrd
of all the wheat raised in the world this year will
from American farms.
The clipping the right is from the Boston American
of last Friday, giving the gad'' that Monday,
the day the bumper crops announced bread in
Boston would go up cent loaf Large loaves Is cents
small loaves 10 cents.
RecOrdbrealdng crops of wheat and higher prices for
bread make fine facts for discomfort.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13

ANDREW JORDAN GREEN. Of
the Bureau of Pensions. tells me that
the bureau has the worlds record for
per capita subscriptions on Liberty
bonds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13

That spirit accounts for the record
the Young women made there on Sal
walton Army doughnuts. Four Of
them, MISS LILLIAN GODFREY,
MISS MARIE KENEALY, MISS
EMMA SCHWAB, and MRS.
GLADYS CLANCY sold douGhnuts
for a dollar apiece. One Of their
doughnuts sold for IS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
HEARD AND SEEN

Call them the Grand High Arch
Founders Of the Leak Of Nations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13
A Smart Cat
She Jumps in Two Directions at the Same Time.
Bread Going Up Cent
a Loaf On
Monday

Bread is going up one cent loaf
Monday, according to an announce
ment by Hathaway Sons, wholesale
bakers. with plants at Cambridge.
Waltham, and RoXbury. Their action
is expected to be followed by a similar
increase on the part of other Boston
baking firms.
The retail price OF large loaves
under the increase will probably be
l6 cents, IT was stated. Small loaves
will retail for 10 cents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13

The women in the Interest Coupon
Division of the Registers Office,
Treasury. surprised US all by send
ing in to the Salvation Armv an ex-
ira Salvation Army contribution of
nearly $40. Previously they had
subscribed about 500.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-13

Next door to my domicile lives q
family who have two dozen chickens
and hens and four ROSTERS. You
can we'll imagine what glorious
time we have trying to sleep. The
yard where they are kept is not
more than 12x12.
l ask you if it's fair for the Com
nissioners to allow these people TO
keep such nuisances. It's neither
sanitary nor pleasant to have to live
near such places. Yet what can you
do? There is no place where you
can move to.
Please advise through the columns
of your paper the best way to gel
rid Of the ROSTERS. W. A. X