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A Little Stick of WREGLEY s Makes the Whole World Kin I No climate affects it for the package protects it. The Flavor Lasts o WRIGLEV'S goes to all parts of the world—in all seasons, to all classes. Fresh, clean, wholesome and delicious always. It aids appetite and di gestion, quenches thirst, keeps the teeth clean and breath sweet. After every? meal"' ^ EiAnmcse 'vpis m tohyc| "j'ytp P ■! IN Al STHAuJ TO SEND 1,000 AMERICAN DOCTORS TO OLD WORLD. Men Will Be Picked By The American College of Sur geons at Once. Washington, April 21*.— Plana for sending 1,000 American surgeons to Europe for service with the allied armies were announced tonight by the jrenvral medical board of the council of national defense. The men will he picked by the American Col lege of burgeons and the aim is to have them on the firing line witthin three months. Th»' announcement was made after a conference of the medical board to day with Col. T. H. Go idwin, ranking medical officer of the Britisf forces in France, here as a member of the British war mission The off< r of - for the allied fronts came from the regents of the College of Surgeons and won the im mediate approval of the medical of the cedical board. It was in spirited by Col. Goodwin's story of difficulties Great Britain and France are having in keeping their medical ranks filled, and awaits only the for mal sanction of the government be fore selection of the men begins. In addition to offering surgeons for the allies the College of Surgeons, with the American Medical associ ation, put at the medical board's dis posal today its entire organization. The College of Surgeons offered the medical board for service throughout the war its director and office staff. Deans of 4»i medical schools meet ing here today reported to the board that they had decided to make no changes in their courses towards shortening systems of instruction that a continuous stream of trained young medical men may be supplied to the aim' and navy if the war lasts a number of years. Dental ugreons of the country, it was announced, also are mobilizing for the army and for service with the a'liM. HARD CHROMIC COUSH Mailt Well by D.lklon. Vlnol Creitlinp, Ohio.—"I contracted a har<l, chronic cuujjh, anil wo* weak. RTvrrtiB uiid run down. 1 have a small family of throe, nnd it Iinr«l for m«' to do mr wortc. I tool different uudi einc« w.thout Ih-m-ftt Finally 1 heard about Vinot, anil it ha . Motored Be to hcaHI» «nl *iron6jth, n\\ UaUgon* and I fe«d flno.*—Mr>. II II. Caeiihik. Vinol in a countitutioiial rwnwl) f >r chronic oouyhs and c«»M*. and for all weak, nervous, run do* u undii.cua. Try it oa our ^uaiaut «. I. W. W««t Drug Co., Mount Airy. RAISE ARMY BY DRAFT. On the Final Vote Only 24 House Members and 8 Sena tors Voted in Negative. W;iihington, April 28. By over whelming majorities, both the senate ami house passed late tonight the ad ministration bill to raise a war army by elective draft. The final roll call* brought into line behind the bill many senators and representatives who had fought for the volunteer system unttil routed by decisive defeats of volunteer amend ments earlier in the day in both houses. The senate, which had voted down the volunteer plan, 69 to 18, passed the bill by a vote of 81 to 8. In the house the vote against the volunteer plan was 313 to 109, and that by whi 'h the bill itself was passed was 397 to 24. As passed by the senate, the meas ure provides for the draft of men be tween the ages of 21 and 27 years, while in the house measure the age limits are fixed at 21 and 40. This and lesser discrepancies will be threshed out in conference early next week so that the bill may be in the hands of the President as quickly as possible. The war department al ready has completed plans for carry ing it into effect. Concord Man Killed Instantly By A Train. Concord, April 27—A distressing accident occurred thin morning; about o'clock near the Gibson mill, when southbound passenger train No. 31 , struck and inr.tantly killed J. T. Skid more, one of Concord's Confederate veterans. Mr. Skidmore with others, was on his way to work at the Gibson mill, where he is gate keeper. When they came to the railway crossing on Mc Gill street, northbound train No. 44 wns passing, and ar. soon as the last car had passed him he started to cross, without noticing the approach* ing train on the »outhl>ound track un til the engine wns almost upon him und it was too late for him to get nut c f the way of the fait moving train. His body was hurled about 75 feet by the impact, and badly bruised and broken. Life was extinct when some of his friends end neighbors, who had witnessed the tragedy, reached the 1 ace where he lay. The decease I was r' < Jl 73 yi r- at nre. und served four yv*r* in Un- 0;n sederste army, havii enlisted in (he company frrm Gaston county, where v.« mi - reared, and where he .pent the greater part of his life. I How Tfe Armia. Will Be Graanahoro N»»». As there hmi) to b« murh con fusion u to the effect and proviaiona of the war inajr bill, m it la conveni ently called, parha > a valuable enough service for ti <p»a will tia to preaent 'be outlines ' ! it. Tha bill "to autburixa tha Pr\ lent to in crease temporarily tkt r litary aatab liahment uf tha Unit. .Stataa" ii naithar • plan for an am" fancy army baaed >m volunteer service nor a plan for auch an army baaad on draft I narvica, but a xtrurtura in which Imth method* baar an important part. Tha regular army of the United •State* la to be continued on it* present volunteer baida, and largely recruited; tha national guard ia to lie continued on ita prevent volunteer ha unt, and largely recruitad; but "re cruit training unita" for both the reg ular army and tha guard are to t>e maintained by draft. Thia latter provision look* to the neceaaitiaa of actual warfare, and the depletion of the army unita in battle; there muni be a definite and aura method of re placing men killed and wounded. The volunteer field ia wide open, and will no remain. And whereaa at preaent the agea aubject to draft are 1!) to 'i~, the agea open to volunteef-i are l!i to 40; ami rneifcmay tret in, via the plan of promotiona and appoint ment* for officer*, up to the age of 44. In aifclition to the regular army and the national guard, it i proposed to organize and equip a force of men (or itch part thereof a the President may at any time deem neiesKary.) and if nece -ary, to -ai.-e anil liexui training a sec ond fo ■•«* of 500,000 both these force - to 1 ■ i ed by draft. Why the draft ' Briefly, iiceai: < of the fundamental concept )>r m lation of the freeman to the Matc. To render military ervn • to the "tate i held to l«- a hurher duty than to con tribute to ita financial support. Military ervice being the highest duty of ritizen^hip, it is a duty de '"etoning upon nil alike. Why draft fir«t the hoy-.' Rela tively few of them have contracted family tie^. -o there will be ielatively little e*pen ••• to the government in taking care of the families of married soldiers, 1 • r, of Lhitse age.-, have the huche-t power of recuperation from wound*, and of resisting the hard irA disease incident to a cam paign. Senator Chamberlain says that the war of the aectiona was I fouifht on both sides by men from 15 to >X ,iiiw ifl us consmer woo are to oe exempted under the selective draft. First, there official classes, begin-| ning with the Vice -President of the United States and including person.* em ?loyed by the United States in the transmission of the mulls; also relig ious objectors, affiliated with any \ well-reeognized sect. The schedule; of exemption also includes— Artificers and workmen employed in the armories and navy yards of the United States, and such other persons , employed in the service of the United States as the President may desig- j nate. Mariners actually employed in the 1 service of any citizen or merchant in the United States. Persona engaged in industries found to be necessary to the main tenance of the military establish ment or to the effective operation of the military fc- -eg or the mainten ance of national interests during the emergency. Persons in a status with respect to persons dependent upon them for sup port, makes their exclusion or dis charge advisable. Those found to be physically and morally unfit. If there is any trouble or fricttion about this, it will be with respect to the clause beginning with "Persons engaged in industries found to be necessary." etc., and the following clause, which are broad and general in their provisions, and might be dif ficult of satisfactory interpretation, or application. It has been explained that the former is intended to apply to industries engaged in the supply of munitions and war material, including the raw material needed to supply such insustries, as it would be mani festly bad policy to take skilled labor away from these industries at a time when their operation, night and day, is desirable. If properly applied, this exemption is purely a matter of business. Take, for instance, the case of a young far mer, within draft age limits. If he is producing a surplus, or has o'hers de j pendent upon his labor, it is clearly the intent of the law not to draft him for the field of wa; so Ion, \s others < an be found who are unskilled, who are not producing a surplu-. and have none dependent upon them rlit the army must be filled, and kept up to itmtgth. If the young fn<*mer is '»'ndui ing but a -mall surplus of neec* jaries, and only a few |>c-pons ure dependent or partiall> depth Vnt >ip< i his la'xir, the time may come [when he will be more useful in the array Hum at tha plow. Tha mm actually rhoacn u fill tha draft in gmmtujiu. iarlodtng Um ra cruitin* or^iui last lama for tha regular army ami tha national guard, w,|| ha choean by lot. Tha ilraft age takes in approximately <1,000,(100 of tha total of man of military age, which ia about 21.000.000. It ia baliavad of tha (*•0,000 there will remain, aftar all ax cmptiona, ami able to paaa tha physi cal examination*, .l/iOO.OOO man. Tha two draft bodies will ra<|Uira but I. <100,000 of these, and huw many will ha required fur the two great lushes on a voluntaar basis ia problematical | for if the President daciiias that thaaa complements i >nnot be fillad by vol unteers, he may complete them from | the draft. The total contemplated for both forraa ia 22,H!»H officers and HI5,7'!H enlisted men, at the extreme. It is expected that fewer than one half of the available)! under the draft provisions will be required, unless and I until the trRiitu are seriously engaged j and so the m. lection ia to oe by draft. It thus appears that, until such time as the»« armies may lie depleted* by losses, the broadest ran^e exists for the application of the selective, p^nctple; and thereafter it will re« -ulve itself to this, "the one shall lie I taken and the other left." (Note. The estimates as to num ber of men available within the draft axes in the above were based on the ages provided in the ordinal bill, namely, 19'to 25. A- this ia written,! apparently the limit has been raided to 27, which will materially increase he actual number of eiigibles, and robabljwth'- estimated number. The -iption of tho-e engnired in farm /. >y amendment of the original^ vill not- matterially modify the .. • tatement/..) 3ITTER FIGHTING FOR MANY MONTHS AHEAD. French War Commission Con fident of Eventual Victory Over Germany. Wu-.hintrt.on, April J7 While in fi nite a •endency over the German war machine has been c tal li ht-<l by the allied forcei in France, and eventual victory is in sight. many month* vf bitter fighting are .-fill ahead. Tlxi- : tlv view of military expert.* attached t<> France's war commission' a.i gathered by officials of the Ameri can general staff today during infor-, in a I conversation* at the war depart ment. Statements of the Frenchmen fully confirmed conclusion* reached by the ireneral staff after its long study of losses in all armies actually engaged in Europe, in an effort to learn the provision they must make for main taining the fighting -trength of an army at the front. The terrible toll \ in dead, maimed and prisoners, com puted on figure* including Prussia's! enormous lessee in captured, amounts to 10 per cent a month at the front. Half of these are permanently out of action and were it not for the con-1 stant stream of recruits going for ward every day. an army of a million men soon would fade away. Of the wounded er ill sent to the rear, great numbers recuperate and return to their regiments. There was no indication that the French officers had any sugg»stion« to make as to the part the Wnitcd states army is to play in the great j war. They cam • to place themselves, and their experience at the disposal of the American officers, to answer questions, not to ask that certain j things be done. The American staff officers are j known to oppose vigorously any sug gestion that a small expeditionary force be sent to Europe for its moral effect. They say their imme liatc concern is to see that the American army is placed in such a condition, that whin the time comes to send men to the front, they will be so strong.! so well trained and equipped, so ade quately supplied that it will make it* weight felt immediately, even in a field where millions are already con tending. Senate Vote* To Take Over All Enemy Ship*. Washington, April 30.—The senate tonight by a unanimous vote passed a resolution providing for the trans fer of title and possession of enemy ships in American ports and their use in commerce under direction of the shipping board. There are al>out 100 C.erman and many Austrian ships in American! ports and all are under repair, though the Austrian ships are not included in I the resolution as the United States and Austria are not at war. One of the <>erman ships—the Clara .Venning is ready for sea and will begin lt>adlng n cargo tomorrow far 1 aly. The Pi<a, a o ther, will l>e ret *irw| by Wedn <d»y iind will take ip'i! i to France. Five more will '.e rent]', by ther* I of 'he week. Tae resolution was detailed in the senate today for more than four hours! behind closed doors This Summer be Cool—>' "DANISH all dread of this ^ summer's heat—banish all thought of the former make shifts in mid-summer clothes. HkshArtGjdthcs MADK br tTROC'AI * BROTHBftt. taw. •AL ri VtoKfc, MU. FOR MID-SUMMER WEAR set a new standard for hot weather apparel. Picture your self reflecting coolness, yet garbed in unimpeachable fashion. These new designs in plain and sport back models for men and young men are the epitcme of comfort ari ~cyle. We shew a vast variety cf tex tures, ail made in the one best standard oi ' High Art Clothes." J. W. Prather Clothing Co. IP Be&sley 6 Tesh J. A. TESH, Manager. Manufacturers of all kinds of Lumber, Building Material, Floor ing, Siding, Ceiling, Doors, Window Sash, Window and Door Screens, Mantels, Mouldings, Porch Work, Stair Work, Kitchen Tables and Shingles. Screen your house before the flics come. MOUNT AIRY, N. C. PHONE 178 1917 BARK! BARK! We are ready to contract for Chestnut Oak and Hemlock Bark. Call at our sheds for prices. March 7th, 1917. C. C. SMOOT & SONS CO. A. JOHNSON, In Charge. Snow Where paint is scanty. winter gales drive snow into the wood's tiny cracks and crevices. There, in clapboards and under eaves, it melts, swells the boards until the pa nt is pushed of T. and spreads decay which only carpentry can remedy. How do your buiUlinjp fare in wtatar? Thay will v ard »tut ly. rt't only in winter but in ail he »• j. tf ^ l With I Kit. h til-r.no .1 with pure ii:T»ervl oil, a |«irt ihat combina . > .» ) K'trciiutt an«S k*okt. Cail or. ua lor all paint matartata. W- L.kow |aini f'om A u» t, and can |iv« t xpart a.*vic«. Call, 'p&cna «>r writa Dutch Boy Lewis Whitehead W. E. MERRITT COMPANY
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