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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-23
PASTOR RESIGNS
Presbyterian Mini S er at
Rockingham Last Sunday
Resigns. Will Go to Mt.
Airy Feb. LIST.

The community as a whole is
sincerely sorry to know that Rev.
Z. V. Robson has resigned as
pastor of the Rockingham Pres
byterian Church. Mr.. Robson
rendered his resignation last Sun
day night. He goes to Mt. Airy
on February LIST as pastor of a
larger church.
During their residence in Rock
ingham Mr.. and Mrs. Robson
have made many friends, and in
their going his church and the
community are the loser.
The church Sunday night ap'
pointed ]. A. McAulay as a COM
mittee of one to take immediate
steps to secure a new pastor.
In rendering his resignation
Sunday night, Mr.. Robson reat
the following explanation to hi
congregation:
ITO the officers and congregation
of the First Presb yterial
Church, Rockingham, N. c.
The First Presbyterian Churcl
at Mount Airy, N. e., has extend
ed me a call to become their pas
tor. | have been there to see tn
church and the field of labor
After a great deal of serious
careful, and prayerful thought,
seems that / ought to accept tn
call On several previous occ;
sions / have turned adeaf ear t
suggestions and offers from othe
churches, because I felt unde
obligations to you to stay her
until the church building wa
complete and no longer encun
bred with debt. This, we ma
say, has been attained.
AS concerns the reasons tn;
cause me to feel that this offt
ought to be accepted, | will So
that the one motive is the tai
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-23
that it seems to offer a good bit
larger sphere of service and USE

that it seems to offer a good bit
larger sphere of service and use
fitness. 1t is the only settled
Presbyterian pastorate in a coun-
ty $4,000, in a town of over 5000,
with a church membership and
Sunday School about two and one
half times the size of this church,
together with two mission Sun
day Schools run by officers OF the
First Church.
1t would be impossible to begin
to .enumerate the ties that bind
us to the people of this congre-
CATION and this town. You have
shown your regard for us in hum
dreds of ways. We have formed
friendships here that We trust
may never end. We know that
our lot can not fall among a bet
ter or more loyal people. We
will go because itseems to be the
leading of Providence.
Therefore, we ask that you join
with me in asking Mecklenburg
Presbytery to dissolve my pas
toral relations with this church
that | may accept the Mount Airy
call to become effective February
1st, 1920.
Signed:
Z. V. Robson, Pastor
First Presbyterian Church,
Rockingham, N. c
December 81, 1919.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-23
SANTA CLAUS LETTERS
A Few Santa Claus Letters Received
Since Last Weeks Issue.

Dear San ia Claus: will rite you fue
lines to let you know what would like
for you to bring me for xmas. please
bring me some oranges apples and nut
also some bahamas an raisns an lots OF
good candy so will close my letter an
a waite youes coming
Annie May Quick
Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a
little rocking chair so can sit by the
fire like daddy and mother does. And
bring me nice Kiddy Kar too and big
ball and heaps of other things. Please
don't forget my baby sister. am trying
to be a good little boy. With lots of love
some kisses too, your little friend
Jack Haywood, aged 2.
Dear Santa Claus: l will be pleased very
much if you will bring me tricycle.,
picture.book, drum, oranges, apples, and
ball. hope to see you on Christmas
morning. Wishing you Merry Xmas,
am your little FREUD,
VIM. O'Brien Mcintosh
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-23
Candy Received.

Just receiveda fresh shipment
of Nunnally's candy. The Candy
of the South. Specially arranged
in handsome Christmas boxes.
Sweets to the sweet. An ideal
Xmas remembrance. = Fowlkes
Pharmacy.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-23
James STICKY Says, 'Rat Cost
Me Sl25 For Plumbing Bills"

Me $125 For Plumbing Bills"
"We couldn't tell what was
clogging up our toilet and drains.
We had to tear up floor, pipes,
etc., found a rats nest in base
ment. They had choked the pipes
with refuse. The plumbers bill
was $125. RAT-SNAP cleaned
the rodent out" Three sizes,
25c, SOC, $1.0O. Sold and guar
anteed by Everett Hardware Co.,
Watson-King Co., and Dox Drug
Store. 49,.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
typical Design Of spIlt-Loa Drag.

Typical Design Of split-Los Drag.
the rungs. These boards should be
about s inches wide and their length
should be slightly less than that Of
the runners of the drag.
The chain by means Of which the
drag is drawn should be about 8 feet
long and It's links should be made
Of three-eighths-inch steel. On light
drags two trace chains may be used
for this purpose.
Many road drags constructed as
above described, without metal-cutting
edges or other notifications, have been
very satisfactorily used where the con-
ditions were favorable. It is evident,
however, that such drags are effective
only on comparatively soft road sur
faces, and to diminish this limitation
and also to Increase the life Of the
drag 1t Is very desirable to provide
metaI-cutting edge for the front run
ner. An excellent edge of this kind
may be made from strip OF iron or
steel about one-f0urth inch thick and
about four inches wide, and even old
wagon tires or WORKOUT grader blades
have been very satisfactory.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13

Listen to me! Take no more sicken-
ing. salivating calomel when bilious or
constipated. Don't lose n days work !!
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile, crashes into it, break
ing 1t up. This is when you feel that
awful nausea and cgamping. If you
are sluggish and "all knocked out" If
your liver is torpid and bowels consti-
pated or you have headache, dizziness,
coated tongue, if breath is bad or
stomach sour, just take spoonful OF
harmless Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-GO to any
drug store and get bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone for a few cents. Take a
spoonful tonight, and if it doesn't
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
Important TO all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect il.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dltlon, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head.
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous. irrita-
BILE and may be respondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that Dr.
kiimer's Swamp-Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to see
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
flyer and bladder medicine, will do for
them. BY enclosing ten cents to DR..
kiimer & Co.. Binghamton. N Y. you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size BEETLES at all drug stores.-Adv.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
Tonight! Take Dodson's Liver Tone!
Better Than CaI0meI For Liver
Calomel siekens! IF bilious, constipated and head
achy read my guarantee.

straighten you right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning,
want you to go back to the store and
get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone
is destroying the sale of calomel be-
cause it is real liver medicine; entire
~ vegetable, therefore it can not sall-
vate or make you sick.
I guarantee that one spoonful or
Dodson's Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
bowels of that sour bile and consti-
pated waste which Is cloggins your
system and making you feel miserable.
1 guarantee that a bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam
lily feeling fine for months. Give it to
your children. 1t is harmless; doesn't
grippe and they like its pleasant taste.
ADV.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
PLAN TO MAKE A ROAD DRAG
illustration Shows an Implement
Which Is Simple and inexpensive
Tough Wood Best.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF AgricultureD
The accompanying illustration shows
typical design for a road drag, which
is very simple and inexpensive. The
design contemplates the use of an ordi-
nary log of timber, such as may be
readily obtained in almost every local
ity. The log should be about Z or 8
inches in diameter and from 6 to 8 feet
long, and should preferably be of hard,
tough wood which will not decay very
White oak, burr oak, chestnut, cedar,
hickory, walnut, or any similar wood
may be satisfactorily used, provided
that it is well seasoned before the
drag is put into use. Railroad ties
have been frequently used for this
that they are already cut to about the
right length. In selecting the tie,
however, care should be exercised to
see that it is of sound wood and of
the proper size.
The drag is made by splitting or
SdWluS Tic 1OS IuIO L"O C4uoA SCAAA
cylinders, which are then framed to-
gether in the manner shown in the
illustration. The better of the two
pieces should form the front runner
of the drag, because it is the one sub
jected to the greater wear. Moreover,
while the front runner should always
be placed with the face forward, it is
claimed by many that better results
may be obtained by having the round
part of the back runner go forward In
order to increase the smearing action
Of the drag. The two runners are
usually spaced from about 80 inches
to SO inches apart, and are connected
in ladder fashion by means Of cross
stakes or rungs.
The ends of the rungs are ordinarily
fitted into pinch auger holes, bored in
the runners, and are securely held in
place by means of end wedges. The
auger holes are so arranged that the
runners, when framed together, will
be displaced in longitudinal direc-
ton with respect to each other. The
OUJcCL lL4Ao Va OAASCS
as 1t is usually termed. is to make the
ends of the front and back runners
follow approximately the same line on
the road while the drag is in oper-
alton. The amount of displacement,
therefore, should depend on the amount
of skew necessary to make the drag
empty itself. But since this skew va
ries with the condition of the road
surface, the proper offset to be given
to runners cannot be definitely fixed.
Under ordinary conditions an Offset
of from about IL inches to about 16
inches will prove satisfactory.
In order to make it easy for man
to stand upon the drag and to shift his
weight properly when dragging over
hard surface, the drag should be
provided with two 1-ineh boards paral-
lei to the runners and nailed down to
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
MagnanImous.

The Have you heard Mr.
nocne, that our generous townsman
Mf. Harding. is defraying the cost of
new promenade all round the town?
we tnink a wealthy man like yourself
mlght also do something for us.
Mr.. Roche-Well, what do YOU say
70 u! giving you Il park of oak trees?
me Mayor-Oh, you noble-hearted
piiianthropistl Why do you really
mean to
Mr.. Roche-Yes! I'll make the
Town present of an oak forest. You
nave only to find the land and l will
supply you with as many acorns as
you may want for sesdl
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
The REASON

Why Vacher-Balm stops all kinds Of
pain and soreness so quickly is that it
stops inflammation, therefore nothing
gives quicker relief for Mumps, Head
ache, Burns, etc. 1t also quickly re-
Iieves Catarrh, and being harmless
may be used internally.
If you cannot buy it locally write
for Free Sample and agents prices.
Beware of limitations. E. w. Vacher,
Inc, New Orleans, La.-Adv.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13

60 / can do my house work witbou UtD sns
difficulty. | advise any woman who y
afflicted with female troubles to Give
Lydia E: Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound q trial and it will do as much for
them: Mrs. MARIE BeYD, I42l 9Th
St, N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi.
tons where a hospital operation il the
only alternative, but on the other hand
80 many women have been cured bv this
famous root and herb remedy, lydia p.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary $1,000 every woman who wants
TO AVOID an operation should give it q
far trlai before submitting to such
trying ordeal.
If complications exist, write to lydia
e. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
for advice. The result of many years
experience is at your service. ;.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
At the HospitaI.

At the Hospital.
"How is the marine doing with the
floating kidneyy'
"Oh, he's coming on swimmingly."
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13

Free on request, pictures and exceptionally
interesting infor. of world famous Texas OBJ
Fields. Room 6, Couison Bldg, FIT. Worth TEX
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
GOOD ROADS ARE NECESSITY
Add to Joy and Comfort Of Country
and City Educational Prob
lem for Everybody.

Good roads win add to the Joy and
comfort Of country life and city life.
They are public necessity. The prob
lem is a township problem. county
problem. d state problem. national
problem for men and women Of all bust
ness and Industrial life. 1t deserves
united cooperation.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
Not Real.

Mrs. Bacon see in new drama
just produced young man falls in
love with his mother-in-law.
Mr.. BacOn-But you must remember,
dear, the young man was only acting.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
His Occupation.

II know man who was making
money hand over fist at his business
when the police caught him."
"What was he doing?"
Porch climbing"
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
HOW MRS. BOYD
AVOIDED AN
: OPERATION
Canton, Ohic.-"I suffered from
female trouble which caused ma ,a1.a

suffering, and two
doctors decided
that / would have
TO go through an
operation before /
could get well.
my mother, who
had been helped by
LydiaE. Pinkham's
vegetable Com
pound, advised me
to try it before SUBJ
uniting toan opera
ton. Itrelieved me
X11A
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
A Little Learning, Etc.

My husband says he cannot under
stand women"
"My husband says after Il man does
understand women he wishes he
didn't. "-BOstOn Evening Transcript.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13

To insure glistening-white table
linens, use Red Cross Ball Blue in your
laundry. 1t never disappoints. At all
good grocers, sc.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
AGENTS
$40 to 500 a Week

Men and women are making amazing big
money during spare time Attractive SUBJ
scription proposition on well-known ma
tional magazine. Live wires are given
big salaried positions as District Man
ayers. Write A. p. Collins, American
Fruit Grower. Chicago
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-06-13
To Drive Ont MnIaria

To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS chill TONIC. You know what you
are taking. as the formula Is printed On
every label showing it is QUININE ana
IRON in tasteIess form. The Quinine drives
out the malaria, the Iron builds up the
System. Price soc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-04
Blasting at the League of Nations

n EFEAT IS of amendments treaty
a which the has long wondered The
of the United
the affairs of Europe thirty who have
responsibility
kind
SO OF the 90
usurp treaty negotiating
of the do favor such these
particular features
MEANWHILE the continues hearing from the that
il df which the opposition the Paris
Reeds and the Bill Boahs Miles Pondexters o sway.
Oregon has been heard from quite mphatcy would that p
when advocating copphesd we'll well as they know what
be cheered by copperheads the galleries
Johnson the the stumphaving
received from somewhere apparently that his
Shntung bolng
his anti British about Englands six
he being followed by his former senatorial and gubenator
who defending the and the League
which be dsconcering the Californian the least
We wonder what the dnisionis will do when they find that
though sufficient in numbers ratification by the required
thds they still the with reference their being able
to put over their amendments and reservations
WHICH reminds that Will Hays republican national chairman has
w heard from He that instead the rights
backward the Balkans and the noh-he JugoSav
CzechoSlovaks the Dalmaan Sbins and the Poleshe
the south and that the their rights
Why Chicago Mr. Hiayes2 Why
the anxiety over the
getting negroes
and 1916 and 1918 witnessed considerable districts
smashed or undergo good hrst-cass lynching.
And to think of that the the history
took place right in the grand old republican of
which halls brilliant
Cormc the Very Hon" Dumb Shermanl
We would like call Mr. Hays
backward people Of the
them he furnished many
his darling did, and the Poles
sight better fighters that
furnished half coun-and thew
ounumbered the the three MIR.
the Poles Their Amicanisn
far as concerns their legitimate interest in the world
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-04
OCTOBER 4. 1919.
TEACHING PENMANSHlP.

II looking certain examination papers
Gently the board OF education Of Ventura county.
California was horrifed at he poor penmanship
hired who will soon commence her labor Of
improving handwriting Of the youth Ventura.
Poor penmanship is not local aflicton 1t is
common enough among school children everywhere.
and anons prominent and successful persons as
well An easy lcgible hand is the thing in
writing today.
still. poor writing IS not inevitable II fewer fad
dish methods were employed in the schools and
NOR emphasis were placed upon 1egiblity. the re-
suits might show zrest improvement in short
time Too often the beginner is taught to write by
some particular method with Fat letters or thir let
tiers with special arm movements or something else.
Every pupil must write exactly like the copy Then.
suddenly. before the habit is thorous ally formed
new superintendent or supervisor is hired and
entirely new method is introduced. The result is
confusion, a course II does not take many years
of this sort OF thng ruin the promising
saudwrting Haste and indifference do the rest.
Is there any real reason why room fun Of chill
iren should shape their as dot their is and cross
heir rs exactly in unison People who profess to
read character from writing seem TO believe that
penmanship differs with personality It is true that
the handwriting an individual often changes re-
markedly after school DAYS over. sometimes
greatly the better
Would it not be possible 20 teach writing with less
emphasis on faddsh methods which only harm an
Individual style and with more attention to simple
egibnity7
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-04
More Truth
Than Poetry
By James J. Montague

WHEN KNOWLEDGE is NOT
know they've cut the price Of beef,
The daily market columns show Il
But that affords me no relief.
For Jones. the butcher doesn't
know IL
I've read that pork has gone so low
That even convicts now are fed il.
But does that help me any? No!
For Jones the butcher hasn't read
H.
I know that sugar has declined
So much we need no more forego
IL.
But when I go TO town find
That Brown the grocer doesn't
know Il.
I've heard that beans are not so high
Big Cut IN Beans" the papers
word it.
But I can't lay in a supply.
For Brown the grocer hasn't heard
II.
know that coal Is of a lot
fain would buy a ton and stow II,
For winter use, but I cannot
For Smith the coal man doesn't
know IT,
I see the price OF anthracite
Is cheaper, If you'll only screen IL,
But that don't help me out a mite
For Smith the coal man hasn't
seen II.
No longer should we fear 10 be
Soon seeking places in the bread
lines.
For daily in the press we see
The following optimistic headlines.
The Cost OF Living Has Come
Down.
High Prices Cease Their Slcyward
Capersi"
Yet marketmen, all over town
Somehow don't ever see the pa
persl
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-04
GOOD HOMES FOR HOMELESS.

In a recent letter the Minnesota legislature,
the chairman OF the state board OF control urged
the passage Of better child welfare laws
Laws are needed for the protection OF children
outside Of homes and more stringent regulation Of
agencies receiving orphan or homeless children. AL
though Minnesota child welfare laws considered
models in most respects. the criticism is made that
there insufficient in these matters.
Minnesota is not the only state in which there Is
need for in the placing CT homeless chill
dren. The child who becomes the ward OF the state
doubly need Of careful and kindly upbrin ging.
and it is a blot upon the public life of any COM
nunity when investigation proves that any such
child has been placed in cruel incompetent
hands
Eternal vigilance alone can prevent the helpless
from falling into the hands Of the exploiters The
Of the state. the mothers clubs and every
of childrens organization must work in unison. for
the protection OF the little ones and the honor and
welfare OF the community
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-04

and if so. whether they have the necessary organs
to perceive such signals and il there and they
have, whether their intelligence is sufficiently like
in nature and degree 10 enable them TO inter
pref the messages
An answering set Of signal-hashes. even if il
merely repeated those sent. would be regarded as
proof Of all these questions and would be just
about the biggest piece OF news ever turned up in
this stale old universe. II would expand the human
horizon immensely. and give infinite range the
thinking OF millions whose thoughts are now con-
fined 70 a petty round of material things.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-04
MESSAGES For MARS.

The great Mars enterprise IS up again. This refers
not 10 another but TO The red planet with
which the war god is additionally associated. Prof
David Todd director OF the Amherst college astro-
nomIcaI observatory. has new scheme get in
touch with the Martians
He proposes TO build big balloon capable Of ris-
ing 10000 feet high which is about three miles
higher than any human being has yet gone. There
will be a has Of hydrogen TO provide the lifting
power and has Of oxygen TO keep the observers
alive for the air above the fve-mue level is thin
that will hardly sustain life.
This same thinness is VIA. Prof Todd counts on
% make his experiment successful In that at
mosphere any ught-signal will have A much better
chance OF getting through the outer air-rim OF the
earth and so make its way through space 20 the
region where doddering old Mars wabbles his
axis The balloon VIII he equipped with powerful
electric lighting system once arrived az its 10000
foot level il viii proceed 20 launch set of blind
ing code messages for the benefit OF the Mars pop
ulauon.
Il is very interesting and exciting. II would be
more 50 r anybody had any definite idea as 20
whether there really any inhabitants Mars