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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-01-09
Letter From Jim Currie.

The following are extracts
from a letter from James r. Cur
RE, of Co. X, S23rd, 8lst division,
to his sister, Miss Minnie Currie,
written Dec. 18th:
-Four months ago today we landed al
Liverpool; one month ago today we came
from the front lines; both were some
days for us. and now we are looking fol
the next BIG day to be the one we land
in good old U. S.A.
! On Thanksgiving Day we were on a
hike, going 80 kilometers that day; We
hiked about 200 kilometers, 12s miles, in
II days.
OF course we have no idea as to when
we will start for home, but you may be
sure all of us will be ready. Raining
hard outside, as indeed it seems to do
all the time.
We went into action Nov. 10, and on
the 18th went over the top; that was the
time of my life. and something not to be
forgotten. Lying in shell hole or be-
hind rock is some sensation; and dode:.
ing big shells, machine gun bullets and
gas shells is some job. must have done
good job at it. as | am alive to tell the
tale.
Received my Xmas box and divided it
with the other fellows. Am feeling fine;
army life has agreed with me. We are
drilling five hours day now. The sun
stays up only about six hours. We are
up before daylight and have breakfast
and beginning drilling about the time
Old Sol sticks his nose up. Then one
hour for lunch and drill again until $3.50,
then 10 minutes for retreat" then dark
and then to bed by 8 o'clock. We have
good billets here at Grancey. Bed sacks
filed with straw, and candles for light.
When candles give out, we borrow
grease from kitchen and stick a piece of
cloth in it for wick"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-01-09

ANY newspaper is the compan-
ion and friend of the family, but
the local paper is one identified
with the interest OF the home. 1t
is conducted by those whom you
know. Its columns are filled with
what is special value to you. In
its prosperity you have a vital
interest; and to its prosperity you
can best contribute by giving
your support and patronage. It
is your neighbor.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-01-09


A subscriber Of the Post.Dis-
patch has written the paper in.
quiring as to the amounts 50 far
loaned our Allies BY the United
States. We take pleasure in civ.
ing the desired information.
Under authority of four acts
of Congress, the Secretary Of the
Treasury was empowered to es-
tablish credits in favor of foreign
Governments not exceeding ten
billions of dollars. To date, or
rather to December 31st, this
country had loaned a total Of
$S,5S5, 523,7 o2 to eleven countries.
The disbursements of the
Treasury from April !. 1917, the
time we entered the war, to Dec
ember 81, 1918, amounted j to.
$24, $50. 9S6,OOO of which d third
was loaned to our allies. If the
nation had been at peace during
this twenty-one months, the nor
NAL expenditures would have
been about $2,OOO,OOO,O 1000, which
means that the cost of the war
to the United States so far isl
$22, 589,9S6,OOO but of this sum
we have lent our allies over eight
billions, making the total cost to
us to date of $l4,9O4, $4,000.
The credits on Dec. 81, 1918,
were as follows:
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-01-09

made a lasting impression upon
the thought Of his generation.
Vigorous minded, aggressive. he
had been in the public eye for
many years; he drew mems at
tention; he enlisted their interest.
There was never a halfway
ground for him. The world at
large this week paid a sincere
tribute to a remarkable man.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-01-09

It is said that when an Indian
dies his surviving relatives pay
all his debts. We are acquainted
with a man whom we heartily
wish would turn Indian and die.
# he reads this it viii be just
like him to wonder who's meant.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-01-09
Report Of the condition Of the
Bank Of Pee Dee

at Rockingham. N. g.
in the State Of North Carolina, at the
close Of business Dec. slst 1918. 3
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts S407, 3S7.74
Overdrafts unsecured 2Qo43O
Liberty Bonds 5O.6Oo.O0
Banking House, $9,OO0,00, Fur
niture and Fixtures $1,000 100000
All other real estate owned S,I7l.O8
Due from National Banks l74.55a4l
Due from State Bank and II!
Bankers M 3i.saI.s2
Gold coin 5000
Silver coin. including all minor Il
coin currency 2,sssss
National bank notes and other, N, M
!, Y. $. notes 10000
Total s7s8,4o7,7s
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in $5O,0O0.O0
Surplus fund 100000
Undivided profits, less current
expenses and taxes paid 554ss.sl
Dividends unpaid 1890
Deposits subject to check 49l, 253.Ss
Time certificates of Deposit 4S,726so
Cashiers checks outstanding 2,4OO.65
Certified Charl,e a. 1on ~
Due to State Banks, Bankers and
i Trust companies 3O,308.23
Total $72s4oz7sI
State of North Carolina county of Rich
mond. Jan. 9Th. 1919.
I. H. c. Parsons, Cashier Of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
and belief.
H. G. PARSONS. cashier.
and sworn to before me, this
9th day of JAM, 1919.
WI. SCALES,
Notary Public.
Correct---Attest:
H. C. WALL
VIM. ENTwIsTLE
T. C. LEAK
Directors
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-01-09

U. S. Attorney J. S. Carr Mon
day resigned, and will return to
his private practice at Whining
ton. Thomas D. Warren, of
Newbern, will succeed him.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-01-09

Lost, a lady's black lace shoe.
Finder rewarded BY returning to
Claude Polk, Rt. 8, or to Post
Dispatch Office.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-01-09

at Rockingham. N. g. Y
in the State Of North Carolina, at the
close Of business Dec, slst 1918. 3
RESOURCES
Williams news., 1919-10-10
INSISTED ON QUICK ACTION
This Father About as Sensible as Many Who Expect Wonders From Cor
 respondence School.

Henry P. Davison was talking about the numerous correspondence courses in five ieSSons-each lesson to be mas tered in one evening over the after dinner cigar-which teach a man how to become a Napoleon of finance.
 "You can't learn to be a Napoleon of finance or anything else so easily" he said. "These courses remind me of the man who brought his son to the school of mines and growled:
 T want you to learn this here boy to be an expert minin' engineer, but look a-here-I don't want him to waste his time over a lot of book nonsense about strata and denudations, and don't bother him with minerology and crystals, neither. What I want him to learn is how to find gold and silver and copper in payin' quantities -payin' quantities, mind you-and I'll call for him and put him in to work Monday a week'''
Williams news., 1919-10-10
RECOGNIZED THAT ART WORK
Profiteer Picked Out Wrong Man to Boast About Picture He Had
 Picked Up."

A Kansas City prof1teer moved into his gaudy new home last week, and last night was piloting a salaried friend around through the new rugs and furniture. As they entered the library" the profteer pointed with great pride to lurid picture 6 by g, on the wall, and. said:
 'How dye like that for art? I'm ashamed to tell you how cheap got that down at the art shop the other day. See that torn place in the cor ner? That was made, the dealer said. by one O them German loOters in the Thirty-Yea war"
 ''The dealer was mistaken" observed the salaried friend. 'It was another war. It was made by beer bottle I threw myself. I never could stand that picture, especially when I was lit up Grogan's bartender kicked me clear across the sidewalk the night heaved that bottle. So Grogan's selling of his pictures, is he?''-Kansas City Star.
Williams news., 1919-10-10
WILL SHE BE SENATOR ANN MARTIN?
Is the United States senate to have

Is the United States senate to have a woman member?
 Anyway, Ann Martin, one of the prominent suffragists in the country, is preparing to run for senator in Ne vada next year, either as Republican or an independent. She ran last year and was defeated, getting about half as many votes as the Republican candi- date, and spending only $15,OOO, com pared to about $1OO,OOO spent by an- other candidate. But she is coming back for another whirl.
 Being a wise politician, Miss Mar tin has advised Will Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee, that she either will accept the Repub- lican nomination and fight it out with the Democrats, or run as an independ- ent and make 1t a three-cornered race. All of which has given Win something to think about.
 If Miss Martin should get into the senate, by the way, the historical knowledge of the place would have a 2 History department of the Nevada Sts
Williams news., 1919-10-10
sWOPE IS THE PAST TENSE OF SWIPE

When King Swope, the twenty eight-year-old discharged soldier, who has swept a strongly Democratic dis trfct into the Republican column for the first time in 23 years, took his seat in the house the other day as repre- sentative of the Eighth Kentucky dis trict, he was the target of all eyes. The Republicans greeted him with cheers and the Democrats gazed at him with unconcealed interest.
 Does his election mean anything out of the ordinary? And if so, what does it mean? The politicians of con- gress would like to know.
 Anyway, King Swope's election was certainly out of the ordinary. He was struggling young lawyer in Dan vile, who had seen honorable service overseas and comes of a well-known Kentucky family. He was a speaker at the Lincoln day banquet of the Kentucky Republicans in Louisville. He denounced the League of Nations, de claring Americans should be ashamed much of it.
 Representative Harvey Helm died UtE~<~ 1A<,--o A---- n
Williams news., 1919-10-10
MELLEN FOR GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP

Charles S. Mellen, former presi- dent of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, has come out in fa- vor of government ownership of the railroads. He says, among other things |:
 'I was A years a railroad man, beginning as $25 a month clerk.
 '"The best solution for the railroad problem from my viewpoint is govern ment ownership. believe the govern ment should control the railroads as it does the postoff1ce-own them ex- clusively. It might mean a heavy deficit for awhile, but in the end it would work out all right.
 "In addition to owning the rail- roads, think the government should acquire all public utilities.
 'I am sure there would be no more political conniving in operating these utilities than there was before.
 'aThe civil service laws could oper- ate in ruling the railroads, as they have done in having Jurisdiction over CT lines. And the cities could own and le principle.
 ion that existed between the railroads
Williams news., 1919-10-10
THEIR NAME IS AMERICAN LEGION

In connection with the speaking tour of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, whose portrait is here presented, in IA states in the interest of recruiting for the American Legion, it has become known that there is a movement to get to- gether all the veterans of patriotic or ganizations. The attitude of the G. A. R. toward the proposition is shown by the following extracts from a letter from c. B. Adams of Omaha, com mander in chief. to Henry D. Lindsey, chairman of the national executive council of the American Legion:
 "In my opinion the time has now arrived for all army men and all patri- Otic societies to strengthen their po- sition by federation of organizations. This action cannot come too soon-the Reorganization that is so rife today must be curbed. And it will take the united force of us all to make the proper American construction that is so urgently needed. I have visited 27 to more than half million people. The 'ettled American policy and the nation the lead"
 le direction of the Legion's national -1raS of fhe national momherShiD drive
Williams news., 1919-10-10
Gettinu Posted.

Lord Nocoyne-I say, old dear. what is the usual procedure in catching an American heireSs?
 Reggie-It's very simple. old chap You tell the girl how much you love her, and her father how much you owe.
Williams news., 1919-10-10
Suspicious.

"Did the detective discover who it was that stole your jewels?'
 q rather think he did. However, have another detective hunting for im.''-Judge.
Williams news., 1919-10-10
FOREIGN

Marshal Foch has recently asked the Belgian government to have a search l made for the body of his son, who was killed in August, 1914, in the Belgian | Ardennes.
 Thomas Howell, Canadian national secretary of the International Brother hood, announced at the city temple in London that Lloyd George is going to visit America soon.
 The Porto Rico government has an- nOunced that the last sugar crop az gregated 100000 short tons, or 37,OOO tons less than the 1918 crop. It added that shipments to date had been 341,- GOO tons.
 Five masked men bound and gagged the mail clerks on the Ocean Limited express of the Canadian National rail- way near Harlaka and robbed the mail car of $75,OOO in silver and paper. The money was being shipped from Mon treal to Halifax
 An American company having cap-
 ital of $1OOOOO,O0O is being organized in Poland to extend credits to Polish
 cities so they may meet their necessi- ties, especially for the construction of
 canals, water plants and hospitals, ac-
 cOrding to the Vossische Zeitung of
 Berlin.
 Extension of relief activities in western Russia and the Baltic prov inceS has resulted in the American Red Cross increasing the appropriation for it's commission in that region from $27O,OO0 to $5OO,OOO, it has been an nounced. Both Esthonia and Lithu- ania will benefit.
 Russian troops on the Archangel front are carrying out successful of fenSive against the BOlsheviki in the railway sector, says an Archangel mes sage received in Paris. Russian volun- teer troops, it is announced, have oc- cupied the town of Omega, which was taken by the Bolsheviki in one of their recent pushes northward.
 Alberta'S wheat yield a few weeks ago was estimated as being practically negligible, but two weeks fairly steady rains so improved thes ituation that the yield is conservatively estimated at 21, ,94S, ,0OO bushels, while the yield of oats is estimated at 56,220,0OO, barley 7,O51 ,OOO and rye 75O,OOO. These fig ures are certain to be exceeded as the threshing results are exceeding expec- tations.
Williams news., 1919-10-10
The cutieura Toilet Trio

Having cleared your skin keep it clear toilet preparations. The soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and
 heal, the Talcum to powder and per fume. No toilet table is complete without them. 25c everywhere.-Adv.
Williams news., 1919-10-10
Find Coal fin Argentina.

Coal deposits have been discovered in the Andean foothills of Argentina. Consular Report.
Williams news., 1919-10-10
Burmese Prooressinu.

Among the successful candidates for a degree in 1918 appears the name of Ina Thein, the first Burmese lady to obtain the distinction.
Williams news., 1919-10-10

it.
 Representative Helm ana were confident he would not get by 1.7OO majority district
Williams news., 1919-10-10

 control their public utilities  a ut what the patrons
  with conditions which previously lght
Williams news., 1919-10-10

Making promises is one thing, but making good" is something else again.
Williams news., 1919-10-10

my health so can do all my work and I am SO grateful that am recommend ing it to my friends. ''- Mrs D. A. ALTERS, R. R. 4, Oregon, Ill.
 Onlywomen who have suffered the tor lures of such troubles and have dragged along from day to day can realize the relief which this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia P. Pinkham's Vegetable
 Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters condition should profit by her recom- mendation, and if there are any com plications write Lydia E. Pinkham's Medicine Co.,, Lynn, Mass, for advice The result of their 40 years experiences is at your service.
Williams news., 1919-10-10

ganlc trouble which pulled me down un-
 til 1 could not put my
 foot to the floor and
 could scarcely do my work, and as I live on 8 small farm and rais e six hundred chickens every year it made it very hard for me.
 "I saw the Com pound advertised in our paper, and tried it. It has restored
Williams news., 1919-10-10
NOW RAISES
 600 CHICKENS
After Being Relieved of Or. ganic Trouble by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
 Compound.

Oregon, Ill.-"I took Lydia E. Pink.
 hams Vegetable Compound for an or
Williams news., 1919-10-10
GENERAL

GENERAL
 that upward of $1S,OOO,OOO worth of automobiles were stolen last year. Jack Kearns, manager of Champion Jack Dempsey, has refused to consider an offer of $15O,OOO for a champion ship bout in London, according to re- ports in New York.
 The wreck of the steamer Barnsta- hle, disabled in a storm en route to Ha- vana, has been located by the revenue cutter Itasca and one survivor rescued. Eleven others of the crew are believed lost.
 Capt. Kermit Roosevelt has been appointed secretary or the American
 Ship and Commerce Corporation, the holding company of the Cramps Ship building Company and the Kerr Navi- gation Company.
 One soldier, Oliver Eager, 19, is dead and five others are in the hos pital at Fort Benjamin Harrison as result of drinking poison which it is said they mistook for whisky. The men were prisoners.
 Miss Julia Heinrich of Philadelphia, a Metropolitan Opera Company singer, was instantly killed at Hammond, La., when she was struck by baggage truck which was knocked from the H. linois Central tracks by locomotive.
 A radio experiment made off New London by the experiment station, naval section, established communica- tiOn, both telephOnic and telegraphic, between a hydroplane flying nearly 1000 feet in the air and a submerged submarine several fathoms in the wa ter. This is said to be the first time that an airplane and a submarine Sub- merged have communicated with each other directly.
 A bomb was found at the rear en- trance to the federal building directly under the window of District Judge M. B. Blanding's office at Lawton, Okla. A percussion cap was in place, but the mechanism to explode it had not been attached.
 A campaign urging the government to reissue the 2-cent coin, withdrawn from circulation in 1874, the new coin to bear on the obverse side a baS re- lief of the late President Roosevelt, has been inaugurated by the Women's Roosevelt Memorial Association. The pew coin, it is pointed out, would be l useful in the payment for war taxes | on small articles, newspapers and | street car fares.
 Demobilization of the navy has de | moralized the Atlantic fleet so far as | man power is concerned, it has been | said at the Navy Department. Scores | of battleships, cruisers, destrOyers and | other vessels are mOored at navy | yards with crews so greatly reduced | that in many casts it is difficult, and | in some cases impossible to keep | up steam. Only two battleships of the Atlantic fleet have anywhere near full crews.
 TWenty-nine lumber dealers and | eight ice cream dealers and manufac- turers were charged, in indictments re- turned at Dayton, Ohio, by the Mont gomery county grand jury with viola tiOn of the Valentine antitrust act in operating in restraint of trade and fix ing prices.
 The Senate at St. Paul, Minn., passed the House bill providing bonus of $15 for each month of service for soldiers, sailors and marines who served the colors at some time between the dec of war and the signing of the armiStice The minimum bonus is $50 |
Williams news., 1919-10-10
One for Pa

Willie-"Pa, is a tongue called an or gan? Pa-:'Well, if it is, your mother is the finest player in the worlds
Williams news., 1919-10-10

Every man ought to have a good-na- tured wife to grumble at occasionally
Evening journal., 1919-05-13
ARREFT FOUR MEN
AFTER LONG CHASE

Discovering four young men lettering
about Third and King streets al g.SO
O'Clock this morning Patrolman Elder
kin started towards them and they ran
The officer followed them, discharsins
his revolver In the air to attract the
attention OF other patrolmen. who he
thought could head the men on. The
chase continued up King street 10
sixth and down that street. AZ Walnut
street patrolman Michael McGillion'
who had heard the shots fred by the
officer. sprang upon The men as they
tried 10 pass him. They were taken
10 the police station. where they gave
their names as James Dunlap, Brooks
Pusey, Adm Boone and Walvin West
The police claim ono OF them con-
fessed 10 breaking a pane Of glass at a
shoe store at Third and King streets
and stealing two pairs OF shoes. lie
implicated the others in the case and
an four were held under $1,000 bail on
charges OF breaking and entering for
the grand jury by Judge Churchman
in City Court today.
Evening journal., 1919-05-13
GRADUATE NURSES
MEET TOMORROW

The Delaware State Association Of
Graduate Nurses has secured Mrs.
Helen Hoy Greeley. one Of the proml-
nent women members OF the New Iork
bar. 10 address the association %
Military Rank for Army Nurses at
Us spring meeting. to be held at Clay
mont tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Greeley H. a graduate or Nassar
College and OF the New York University
Law school. She has been in active
practice in New York City for several
years and Is well known in connection
with matters OF legislation In the in
ierosts Of women. She has been identi-
lled with the cause Of the nurses sinco
Americas entrance into the war. Last
summer she was retained as counsel
By the National Committee on Rank for
Nurses, OF which former president
Taft Is honorary chairman, after haN-
Ing given much OF her professional
time and service TO earlier attempts to
persuade The officials OF the War Col
lege and the Medical Department Ia i'm
prove the position OF the army nurse
by defining her saaius and giving her
a means 10 enforce her authority over
the enlisted hospital corps men in tho
wards.
The meeting viii liza held al the hous
Of Mrs. Estella Hall Speakman. first
vice. president OF the association. There
Will be a luncheon at 1890. Nllowed
by The speaking at o'clock. -
Evening journal., 1919-05-13
COUNTY FENCE
VIEWERS NAMED

In Court Of General Sessions yester-
day, Chief Justice Pennewill and Judges
Rice and Heisel appointed the following
Fence Viewers FOR the ensuing year:
Appoquinimink hundred-James Boyd,
Edward Hart, Mianloye J. Jones, George
J. Crouch. William e. Money, George
Whitiock.
Blackbird hundred-James A. Buck
son, William l.. Reynolds, John Locker
man. John A. Latta. J. II. David. VIII
liam J. Rowland, James r. Pryor, JOS
eph Nanpelt.
Brandywine hundred-L. Corliss Tai
ley. Harry Passmore, Lewis Miller. J.
Wilson Talley, Jacob r. Weldin, Henry
p. Talley, Leonard Talley, William
Hinks0n.
Pcncader hundred Charles Walton,
Benjamin Johnson, William 7. Dayett'
y. o. Mccarthy, Jehu W. Davis, John
T. Wright.
Mil Creek hundred Newton J.. Brack-
in. Richard O.. Buckingham, Philip
Chandler. William H. Highneld. Howard
7. Jordan. Joseph Easiburn. 4. Frank
Klair, samuel Bailey. Alvin Satterth-
waite.
Christlana hundred-William J. Arm
strong. BENJAMIN =. Fluharty. William
Frederick. Richard Rothwell. Samuel NJ.
Harvey, A. Jackson Cloud, Isaac Hopes,
Ernest Dilw0rth.
st. Georges hundred-Hiram r. Pleas
anton. p. L. MeWhorter,' J. T. Shall
cross James Carpenter. Charles p.
Cochran. Clarence =. Pool. Robert ;.
Carpenter, Isaac J. Woods, Daniel Cor
bit. James L. Warren.
New Castle hundred-William II. Har-
rlngton. Edward Davis, Z. T. Wier, T. 7.
# Clark, Alfred Sterling. John J. Walls,
w. Ratledge, Edward Davidson, Charles
AiegginsOn.
White Clay Creek hundred-David G.
Oliver Appleby, @. /. Durnal,
Lindsay Wilson, William G. singer VIII
liam Clcaves, d. w. Forrest ;. e.
Stroud. ,,
ned Lion hundred-W. J. Beck, VIII
liam @. Janvier, Samuel G. Lester, J.
Amos Collins, William z. Smith. Daniel
". Cush. william Vail. James ii. CLARK.
Wilmington Hundred i9i9-James u.
Leonard L. Purks, Thomas =.
peeney. Henry w. Perkins, Neal B.
Kelly. William T. foreman, Martin II.
Cooney. Charles A. Anderson, Thomas
M Melvin, Clarence n. Holt.