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MOUJfl AIRY, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY M 1917.
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THE DAY AND ITS DUTIES.
An App«*l by The Governor.
Chaps) Hill, N. C. Ma/ M.—North
Carolinians, the Fifth (lay of J una
drawn nigh. It behoovtia ua to put
our house in order and lie ready for
ita coming. All people* in all cliro< •
have their eye* fixed on that day the
day whereon a mighty nation in to
renter its consecration to selfless j
service in the cause of univeisal just
ice and abiding peace. The day is j
destined to loom large in history, and;
will be fore.'*, linked with a world-1
wi le accepta' ce of lh_' rights of man ,
first declared at Phila Itlphi.i and
made secure at Yorktown.
Happily in North Carolina there is I
no longer division or debate. With u ,
faith that casts out fear we forth
to register a stern challenge ui the
blood red prestige of a band of hureii
tary autocrats who haVv mude unto
themselves and unto their people an
Iron Image and called it God.
But the registration in a single day
of all the men in the State between the
ages of twenty-one and thirty calls
for persistent and systematic work.
I therefore urge,
mat an ministers or uie gospel 01
every race and creed call attention at
every service conducted by them be
tween now and the Fifth of June to
the Jfojlowing duties of citizenship and
commands of the law,
1. That the registration books will
be open at 7 A. M. on Tuesday, the
5th day of June and close at 9 P. M.
2. That it is important to register
cirly in the day in order to avoid con
gestion in the closing hours.
3. That the law applies to white
_ and black^a. Moniateiy tadjjgek
tn of the colored race are requested
to emphasize the fact that all colored
men between the prescribed ages are
required to register in precisely the
same manner as the whites.
4. That no physical disability will
excuse a man for failing to register.
If he is between twenty»one and
thirty-one years of age he must
register in person or send his card no
matter what his physical condition
may be. The question of exempting
him from service on account of physi
cal unfitness will be determined at a
later day. It in no way affects the
obligation imposed upon him to regis
ter.
5. That if a party willfully fails to
register he will forthwith be arrested.
Our people must be' given to under
stand that they have no discretion in
this matter. If their names do not
appear on the registration cards when
they are canvassed, a warrant will be
sworn out against them at once. I
sincerely trust that not a man in North
Carolina will be arrested for failing
to do his duty.
6. That of th® men who register on*
the 5th day of June probably not
more than one out of twelve will be
drawn for service the first call.
But if a man shows ariy disposition to
avoid or evade his responsibility he
will in all probability be the first man
who will be sent to the training camps.
In every conceivable aspect it will pay
the citizen to cheerfully comply with
the law.
1 urge every newspaper in the
SUte to call attention to the six mat
ters above mentioned in every issue
of the paper from now until regis
tration day.
I urge all traveling men, rural mail
carriers, physicians who practice in
the country, all merchants and hank
ers and employer* of men, and all
landlords to rail the attention of their
customers, employees, and tenants to
the requirements of the law.
I urge every man who knows ahjut
registration day to deem it his patrio
tic duty to neo to It thnt every man it,
the Stale take pleasure and pride in
seeing to it that no man In that pre
cinct shall be arrested for failure to
do his duty.
I sugest that on Sunday afternoon,
June 3r<l, or on the night of June 4th,
there be held in every town and city
in the State a patriotic rally. I*t
there lie music and flag*, and a great
outpouring of the people and then let
umr one briefly and clearly state the
requirement* of the law.
I do not auk that June 'ith lit made
u holiday. That question may he1
sufely left to the judgment of each
■ '•immunity and to thosa in charge of |
the industrie* of the State. If a
field needs cultivation, if machinery
needs to l>e kept running in order to1
meet the exigencies of the times, work
ought nut to lie suspended in order to
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make a holiday. liut I earnestly trust
that throughout the State the day may
lie made one uf consecration and pray-!
er. I do urge that every man who I
can spare time will turn out on regis-,
Irntion day and assist in every pos-!
sible way in securing a complete'
registration in every precinct.
I.et the women and children, to-1
gether with the older members of the
family, go to the place of registra
tion with the boy who in to record,his
name as a champion of justice to all
men and of peace for all time.
T. W. Uickett,
Governor.
50 PEOPLE KILLED BY
TORNADO.
Entire Business Section of Illi
nois Town Wiped Out.
Chicago, May 26.—Spring tornado
es. making their appearance earlier
than usual in the central went, caused
the deaths of more than 100 persons
today and yesterday, the injury of
severar more and property dtWtfV
which cannot be estimated because of
serious loss in growing food crops.
Mattoon, 111., was the heaviest suf
ferer in the storms, from 50 to 70
persons )>eing killed there late today.
This was more than twice as many
killed in Kansas on Friday when the
village of Andale virtually was wiped
out and heavy toll taken in the sur
rounding country, the dead being
estimated at from 24 to 30 people.
TKe storm today wrecked the north
ern half of Mattoon. including nearly
all the business section and rendered
2,000 persons homeless.
While the principal force of the
storm struck Mattoon, other sections
of Illinois were visited by vagrant
tornadoes which left death and de
struction as they twisted through a
rich farming territory. Casualties
were reported as follows: Wextervelt,
five dead, 21 injured, three of whom
will die; Manhattan, 1 dead, fi injured;
Jolk't, 2 injured; Klwood 4 injured;
Modesto, one dead, nine fatally hurt;
Pearl, one fatally injured, four hurt;
Charleston, many reported injured, but
definite information lacking until wire
communication is restored.
Early reports of property losses in
dicated that serious damage had been
done to many towns. Substantial
factories were blown to splinters in
Mattoon. Joliet estimated a half
million dollars' damage in Will county
alone.
Hail followed the wind in many'
I .aces, beating growing crops to the
ground.
Nine of Twelve Training
Camp Site* are Selected.
Charleston, S. C., May 29.—Nine of
the 12 sites for training in the south
eastern department have l>een recom
mended to the war department, ac
cording to a statement given out at
the headquarter* of Maj-Gen. Wood
here today. They are Spartanburg,
Greenville, and Columbia, S. C.j Au
gustn, macvn, and Atlanta, Ga., and
Anniston, Ala. Tw» divisions will be
trained both at Marin and Atlanta.|
Kites for the other throe camps have
not been recommended.
lUMII I n l liitlia ItMftll lirf
LONGEST AND TRESSIER
ENTERED BANKRUPTCY.
Advancing Price of Material*
Makes it Impossible for Them
To Pay Their Obligation*.
Unifitt unil Tessier, of GrNUHboro, j
nuts of the la i |{e>*t con struct ion con
cern* in North Carolina, yesterday
rnLfrvd the court of the United States
here with a voluntary petition for a
ilecree of liankruptcy. Judge James
K. Hoyil adjudged the company t«unk- j
rupt anil appointed J. M. Millikan, who
has just resigned hii office of clerk of
the court, an receiver. The petition
«>• filed for the company by C. L.
Shuping, a local ut»«rney. The asseth
were given ax approximately $210,
000 and the liabilities ax $219,000.
The president of the company is J.
N. Longest; K. M. Tessier -is secre
tary-treasurer and E. D. Tessier is
the vice-president. These three own
the stock of the closed corporation.
Longest ami Tessier huve been
building throughout the South Atlan
tic states anil to a degree elsewhere
for a number of years, their contracts
l>efhg among the larger ones uf the
soction. I ast night President Longest
was asked what was the trouble which
had caused the action of ye terday.
He said that the advancing prices of
material had made bankruptcy the
only course out. Pressed on all
sides for payment of material bills
and with many of the dealers de
manding cash the company found it
wa's impossible to go ahead with its
building.
Mr. Longest believes it possible that
under the receivership the assets can
be made to virtually cover the liabili
ties of the company.
At 4W pi— it ti— tb* r~~l
has in process of construction a num
ber of important public and business
buildings. Among the larger con
tracts on hand are the following:
The high school ol Asheville, which
is to cost $175,000 according to the
contract.
The courthouse of Surry County, lo
cated at Dobson, contracted for $100,
000.
A bank building at Covington, Ya.,
which was taken at $40,000.
A church at Huntington, W. Va.,
which was contracted for at $'.>2,000.
A school at Industrial, W. Va.,
which was to cost $f>0.000.
Tobacco Price* Sure to Go Up;
Due to Tax.
Washington, May "27.—Cigars, ciga
rettes and tobacco are going up in
price with in the next ten Jays.
According to E. H. Graves, local
manager for the United Cigar stores,
it is all due to the war tax.
"Cigars probably will jump about 10
per cent," said the manager. "Tobac
co will jump too. 1 can't say just how
much, but it is more than probable
that the sizes of packages will be cut.
"Cigarettes will come eight in a
pack instead of ten, and in packages
which now containing twenty smokes
five will be misting.
"We strongly advise advance pur
chases of all tobacco before the raise
comes."
According to advices received today,
the boost in tobacco prices will pre
vail throughout the country. In New
York it already has tieen announced.
The P. Lorillard Tobacco company
yesterday raised the price about 10
per cent on all their product*. The
American Tobacco company increased
prices from 5 to 10 per cent on two of
its more popular brands.
Pctrograd, via London, May 20.—
During the last few days German air
craft have drnp|>ed bombs on towns
situated in the Danube region. Inflict
ing many casualties.
A raid on the town of Ihmail, Bess
arabia, was particularly destructive, a
large numlw of women and children
being killed and wounded.
MARRIED MEN ARE TO
BE EXEMPT FROM THE
FIRST CALL FOR ARMY.
No Sp«cified Industrie* or Oc
cupations are Exempt
W .i hington, May -7.—Marrie<l men |
will be exempt from conscription for
the raising of the fimt national army
of .VJO.OUO men, according to a report
ed preliminary plan of the war de
partment. No specified industries or
occupation* will be exempt.
These are the two principal decis
ions reached no far by the officials
who conferred on the plan. All that
remains now in for the President to
ratify them.
The exemption of men with depend- j
ents and those needed in the indus
tries of the country has proved the
most difficult problem to work out in
a way to secure anything like justice
in operation. The difficulty of de-1
termining whether or not a married
mun has actually needed to support
his family at home was the consider-1
ation that finally determined the of-|
ficials to exempt all married men. As
to men with other dependent relati
ves, such as an aged mother or father,
the decision will be left to the local
county or city Imard, subject to appeal
to the higher board in each federal
judicial district. Appeal from the
district board may, in turn, be made
to the President of the United States.
The question of industrial exempt
ions is even more difficult. For ex
ample, it is agreed among the officials
that the mere fact that a man is a
farmer, munitions maker, or even a
railroad engineer does not necessarily
imply thnt he would be of much more
use at home than in the army,
i. Lt may b# powublc Ui »p*r« many
men ft»m the farms and the factories
making war goods, and there will be
need for a considerable number of lo
comotive engineers—possibly for all
such engineers in the country under
31 years of age—with an army in
Krance.
.-vn«r consiueraiion oi uio question
from every angle it wu decided that
here is no industrial class that can be
exempted, as such.
It was determined that there is no
' way to make general industrial ex
emptions but to take up each individu
al man and group of workmen in a
specific industry or a specific agri
cultural community and decide that
case separately.
In the case of a man with depend
ents, he himself may ask exemption.
He can appeal from the decision of the
local board, if it fails to exempt him.
It is not necessary Kir him, however,
to ask personally to be left at home.
A person dependent upon him' or any
other person may ask for his exemp
tion. On this point the rules will be
most liberal, for the reason that many
men who should remam at home will
hesitate to ask exemption for them
selves and many dependents may be
too proud to ask that their provider be
excused from service.
In all matters of exemption the wid
est discretion will be left to the local
boards.
Many American* are Still
Held Prisoner in Germany.
Geneva via Pari* May 26.—The A»
sociated Ties* is informed that the
Geneva Red Cross has received thus
far the names of #7 American prison
ers in Germany. The list has been
forwarded to Washington. The ma
jority of the American prisoners are
sailors from captured ships taken be
fore the declaration of war, and there
fore, it is claimed, should, according
to international law, be released.
Nevertheless, Germany is retaining
them as hostages. The American
prisoners arn interned in two camp*
nnd are treated under the same sever*
regime as are British prisoner*. Th*
Americ is arc suffering from hunger
and from lack of n*ce*sities. It i*
claimed they are treated badly.'
CHEERS FOR AMERICANS
AS THEY GO TO BATTLE.
Several American Collage* Rep
resented in Contingent Now
Fighting in France.
r rum a Staff Correspondent of the
Associated Press in France, May 24—
The first American combatant corps
went to the front today under Capt. K. j
I. Tinkhaf and Lieutenant Schuliy, of
Princeton.. Captain Tinkhaf won the i
war cross at Verdun.
It waat a proud moment when the i
first detachment of the American field
service, consisting mainly of Cornell
under-graduates, departed for the
Aisne battlefield. They were armed .
with carbines, attired in khaki uni
forms and drove American five-ton
motor cam. As they left the Stars
and Stripes floating over the canton
ment in an historic French forest,
spread out in the breeze and other
contingent* cheered them on their
way. Clarence Mackay presented
the camp with the American flag
which now flies beside the tri-color.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press watched other American sections
drilling in preparation for active par
ticipation in the fighting. Among
them were detachments from Andover,
Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Yule, Chica
go and Williams colleges, while a large
body from Princeton was awaiting
organization. Lieutenant Daly, cap
tain of the Yale football team of 1910,
and Lieut. Wm. Taylur, of New York,
were busy putting one section into
shape while Lieutenant Kennedy sup
erintended another.
French officers and Lieut. J. W. Os
theimer, of Philadelphia, who won his
rank in the French tuR>y in which he
enlisted at the outbreak of the war,
have been appointed instructor* ot
the Americans at the central training
school. Some sections are drilled ac
cording to the Frinch meth xl and
others according to the American.
All officers attached to the corp.* ex
press the utmost satisfaction with the
men who display readiness to perform
any task. They are all strong young
men, many of them civil engineers.
Most of them intended to serve with
the American ambulance but selected
the fighting corps after the United
States decided to enter the war. They
have already been undergoing some of
the hardships of campaigning, sleeping
in tents in the forest encampment,
but they know that this war is no
parade and entails the hardest- and
most trying work day and night with
many privations.
The military fashion of taking
meals in France has been somewhat
changed to meet the requirements of
the Americans. Breakfast, which is
scanty for the Frenchman, has been
augmented and the hours of other ra
pasts have been modified.
A French officer of high grade told
the Associated Press correspondent
that the arrival of the Americans was
greatly appreciated and that he was
confident that they would render an
immense service to the allies.
Hoover Defines His Stand
On The Use of Foodstuff*.
Washington, May 26.—Herbert C.
Hoover, chosen by President Wilson to
become food administrator when the
pending legislation is perfected, today
defined his attitude on the prohibition
of use of foodstuffs^ in brewing and
Jistilling. Mr. Hoover aaid it always
must be born in mind that the pro
posed food administration is purely a
war measure designed and intended
for no other purpose except the mobil
isation of the country's food resour
ces to the most efficient contribution
to success in war and that the food
Administration would hold its eye*
straight <<n its true objective and take
no intercut in etlucnl questions in
volved in temperance or non-temper
ance, or any other question.
SUBMARINE WARFARE
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT.
British Premier Pay* Tribute to
American Navy for Assist
ance in Fighting U-boats.
Ixmdon, INy Premier I.lloyd
(iiur|[«, <>n announcing in the hou.-« of
common* today that moie effective
blows ha<i l««n dealt against * ul>ma ■
rinea in the last three weeks than
during any corresponding period of
the war, paid a tribute to the assist
ance rendered by the American navy,
saying:
"We owe a very considerable debt of
gratitude to the great American peo
ple for the effective assistance they
have rendered and the craft they have
placed at our disposal. Now that the
American nation is in the war it ia
easier to make arrangements for the
protection of our mercantile marina
than it was before.'
The premier's statement on sub
marine warfare wat: altogether the
most satisfactory heard in England in
many months. "It is much more dif
ficult," he said, "for me to give a pub
lic answer on this than on any other
topic. It is very difficult for me to
give information without to a certain
extent revealing things which we had
better keep to ourselves. All I can
say is that we are making substantial
progress.
"During the last three weeks or
month we have dealt more effectively
with submarines than during any cor
responding period of the war. This ia
true of this week as well as of the
preceding weeks. There is no doubt
considerable reduction of our shipping
losses. ft
"It is true we are not through the
month of May. but if the ratio of loss
es during the last 25 days is not ex
reeded then the reduction tipon April
will be very considerable. Indeed,
there does not seem to be any reason
to anticipate any worse figures in the
coming week. The arrangements
the effect will be made manifest in a
made for dealing with submarines
have been increasingly efficient,"
The premier then made his refer
ence to American assistance which
was loudly cheered.
Turning to the food supply the pre
mier said:
"There is a distinct improvement in
j our food prospects as a result of the
I improvement in the submarine situa
! tion. It is very difficult, however, to
give a favorable answer which would
not be mischievous. If I were to say
there is no danger of starvation of the
people I would be saying 'what's the
good of cutting up our grass land, and
what's the good of rationing?'
"If the nation economizes and is not
guilty of waste; if those who have got
lands favorable for the production of
food make the best use of them; if th«
workmen turn out tractors to enable
us to plough; if the ansy helps with
the men available—if, in fact, we all
behave like reasonable human beings
who want to save their country from
disaster, privation and distress, the
submarine menace is not one that need
cause us any fear that the war is go
ing to be lost for that reason."
Catawba Farmer* to Plow
Up Cotton and Plant Corn.
Newton, May 2tt.—Reports are mul
tiplying of farmer* who will wait no
longer for their cotton to sprout or
make a showing, but will plow it up
and plant corn in the abundant rick
fertilizer which they |i*ed for the cot
ton. The weather has been so un
favorable to cotton that even where it
has sprouted, it makes no promiae of
a satisfactory crop. The rvsqlt will
bo that the corn and pea and bean
yield of the county will be greatly in
creased. A number of farmer* are
studying bean* with novel inMraat,
and hope to recoup themtelve* for pos
sible cotton louse* by producing hard
beans far winter aala.
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