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""Ji- ,- I ' .1.-, iiioiioiW fiimniii!! 1 ; KPiiiniiiu I "Rjli-TRIOTTO TED A 1; :v. I'll! i v 1.1 V I RIIJ1IIIJ1IIS11I1!II1IIH8J1 The United l&tesGc the "fi7 LIEfiffY LOJW' TTie Machinery of This Association Has Been Place d at the Disposal of the Government for the Sal e of Liberty Loan Bonds, and on aturday, Ow ,"LlB June 2nd, 1917 We Will Open BOND' SEMES 1 " 4 I"' You May NovBuy 1-2 Per Cent. Interest Be anngNonaxalde US.Gov1ernhient Liberty Bonds, in Dendminations of $50.00, $100.00 $500.00 or $1,000.00 on the Building and Loa n or Weekly Plan. PHONE, WIRE OR WRITE JOS. W. LITTLE, Treasurer; PROGRESSIVE BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION ::H WILMINGTON, N. C. 3 , EiiG UP FO ii OFiiii PRESIDENT WILSON S MIGHT CALL ARMS 0.T L k 76 .u is not an army that must 'shape :Wno expect to be absent on the day 1 . ..... - ... named from the counties in which thej,"d traf for war;, tt is f have their permanent homes may reg-'fhls end people must draw close ister by mail, but their mailed regilln "FT1 Uont tration cards must reach the place foe - But this can not: be if each man nv, v.iiii ' ,.;'ik4,u-' i. pursues a private purpose. All must I Washington, Mayj: 19 .President befdre he day set fot regis traliOB.a'hd hollies by the day namfe'd herein. ' They j Prsue on5.fMJ:pse; 1 VmVn if ?n Wilson's proclamation, pitting into ef- all persons so registered snail be and shoiijd apply as: soon as" practicable to ftlJA till ' nSS nleSe him fo,.r coior-tivo iimft nrnvisinn of v.. 4 j... v. the'c'ountv clerk ot the thimfv wTiAroin tne Iieia in.at most piease aim, 1.. u..vw.v. t,.- i ciudui suojeci iu uraii iuiu uie iui v r :. hut in thp Andflvnr that will be serv-: Li. ., ksii : j innf n;rrVit . . , j.. . . . . thov TYi o v ht fnt- (nbtrnnMnno oo a w,., dui in ine endeavor 1041 .WIJJ, UC. SCI.V 1 , m: wa. a.uijr u,., b.6i.cu t..s., nereoJ a,urnonzea, unless exempiea; -; v- the common eood. Thus, thoueh or excused therefrom rfs in this act , PW , reistra- a .n aW;ta? aQBao ,a Q,in1oTr dividends, above his duty to low-men are alike traitors to the The International School Lesson For May 20 land and their Lord. They have not is, "The Importance of Self Control.' Isaiah 28:1-13. (A Temperance Lesson.) (By William T. Ellis.) Even the comic papers have learned learned the first lesson even of tem perance, which is self-control, and the art of holding things in proportion. The Patriotism of Prohibition. follows A DDnri AMATinW RV TWP PftFSI.!..jk.M.j. n i j . j -..v.-- i. : tlOn DV mail. Tn ns eilnh nopcmo DENT OF THE UN I ED STATES, -the case or temtorarV absence frbm as- through Sickness or absence, may trip-hammer for the forgoing or great his fel- WhAMa. Bn,tPH ,Hl "L, rrf -P-fi-f bte: unable fn Kit&rii thi '.guns, and an expert machinist desires ir noMcn hnrtho ic. A. nf . -. snhaiiv fnr reifctroffr.n oKoii k- to march with the nag, tne nation rs iMay, one thousand nine hundred and d nerein such registration may be journing in the cities of over thirty Tn JltJ seventeen, approved a law which con tains the following provisions: Ages 21 and 30, Inclusive. Section o That all male persons "'VT" -j.18"1.1"" m7 "K thousand population thev shall anrtiv shooter marches and the machinist re made by mail under regulations to be inounq popujapon, they shall app y q4 . . prescribed bv the President Penalty ror False Registration I have been trying to imagine the between the ages of twenty-one and j hereby authorized to utilize the r lmtf Jrrfn lt thirty' both inclusive- shaU toe subject ice of any or all departments an . the temperance reform movement to registration in accordance with!or ali ntftrrv nr anta nf the t the Women's Christian Temperance .nVrr';':! Prohibition advocates who, 15 or 20 ifhTsident oorteV piic notice i .,.t ": encies and to employ and deputi.e.thegeneral good to call.Wm ; to the city clerk of the city wherein mams at his levers, rne wnoie nation Itfrev hiav bA solrkiirtiin rather tvQn must be a team in whicn each man jRo; niof-T tTiii: .".i-t.. -i-i. shall nlav the nart for which he is best Section 6-That the President is K fitt To this end. Confess has bro- serv- fKniicft-nii nnnMiof,' ,uu vMed that the nation shall be OtEanlz- j " - vuiuyiuu ill WUIVil II U lilt: I - . - L - - ed for war bv selection and tnat each e expected are man snail ue ciassuieu i-ui scivitD iii ish such sub-'tue Place to which it shall best serve were DUt Afrcs i nnnarpiMlv nuttine- thp finish J t.ohe. imn fotn f t'na I y6STS agO, iiis iu?o pi -jL r A Ii the wilderness. Few liquor uutsiiicss. : . i- . ... .. . uus jor an omcers or agents or tne unitea from- non.resldeTitS are t f man shall be classified for service in , who, lo or f"the President or other public notice ;and subdivisions thereof in the exe e ? 1 , ana 10 emp voices crying in j ivpn bv nim or bv hi direction otatina UD1S ons tnerfot; tne exe. such clericar force a , nf thPm g ve" b orbyhis direction stang ; cutlon of this act and all officers and Rnrv tn annnmrnnQt regulations to be prescribed by the States and of the several States, terri- IZ m nc President: and uDon Droclamation bv!,nri o,i tho ,f; P authorized to establ is may be neces- regular quarterly temperance if thom ri o i - - ' .. -,-"v.w.. unu tin uiin-cia aim oo, Ji i ! . . : As we come to this ""- ,lr the time and Place or such registration 1 agents of the United States and of the :,V ummuume mese appnca- rne signuicance lesson!1" lY"v l" U"T! "Lit shall be the duty of all persons of several States, territories, and sub- l,uus' overstated, it is ifbiif. .nuw.ij. Hpci'frTiotprt n cpq PTPPnt nffippra i , i. t. a ... . .. hiRtnrv and a lar Landmark of Progress. of the Sunday school, which is to be studied topically, we find ourselves in the position of a friend of mine who of their dream and d statesmen and ecoonmists and edu cators and labor leaders are one in the designated ages, except officers divisions thereof, and of the District of ' Must Arm the Nation. 1 wnat wouia reai now or t rance.s E. Willard have said to having as an the National of this cannot be a new thing in our history and a landmark in our pro- and enlisted men of the regular Army Columbia, and all persons designated ' The power against which we arr r.lgreSS- ' tne iavy ana tne xsauonai uuara ana or appointed under regulations pre- rayed has sought to imnose it will nn. I It is a new manner. of accepting and iavai Minna wnne in tne service 01 1 BprihoH hv tho PrDci,i0nt ,hohar o,,v. . u ,, - ... . ' th behind the battle line. T .The..: day here named is thn tuii.. upon which all shall prespnt them selves for assignment to thfir tasks It is for that reason destined to b.' remembered as one of ih- most co-i-splcuous moments in our history, it is . nothing less than the ('ay upon w.hlch. the manldnd cf the " country shall iten' forward in one solid rank ih defense; of the ideals to which ihjs nation is consecrated, ii is impoc tant to those ideals no less than to tiiH pride of this generation in manifest ing it3 devotion to them, that there li no gaps in the" ranks. ,. Day of Patriotic Devotion. , It is essential that the day bp ap proached in thoughtful apprehension of its significance and that wp acconl to it the honor and the meaning that it deserves, bur Industrial need pre scribes that it be not made a technical holiday, but the stern sacrifice that is before us urges that it be carried in all bur hearts as a great day of pat riotic devotion and obligation when the duty shall lie upon every man. whether he is himself to be registered or not, to see to It that the name of every male person of the designated ages Is written on these lists of honor In witness whereof I have he.reint'.i me "l " "t,'uu " , rloorliTio- with tho Motion tn rn in " . .r.. ....... . . ul appu,ulcu unuei i eguiaiiuns pie- is a leaaer in American social service. vtrpmp limit of vationai nrohi- . " scribed by the President whether such on the world by force To thi pti. it vitalizing our duty to give ourselves set my hand and caused the seal of the Commenting a few days ago upon tne - ,tne united stares, to present mem-, appointments are made by the Presi. nas increased armament until it has with thoughtful devotion to the com i United States to be affixed . condition of the temperance reform, , xT., T- .selves for and submit to registration dent himself or hv the nnvern nr nr nhancoH iha fan, re -., t: n : mnn nurnnsA nf no all. ! TVitip at thn fMtv nf Wnclii under the provisions of this act; andother officer of anv State or t.erritopv in whih ho. w it iA in nn n a. fonsf.rintlbn of jevery such person shall be deemed to;to perform any duty in the execution of armies there are no armies in this the unwilling; it is rather, selection iui uie-iuBis I ritv Rnt nf Mow York Frank A.' iiuulc ui l,,IOOf mis act, are hereby required to struggle. There are entire natinna from a nation which has, volunteered much less try to ead it. , f form,-r,v Gf the United !a.ct u?on tne ?.UD1!ca"on or P.r.: ! perform such duty as the President armed. Thus, the men who remain Tn in mass. It is no more a choosing of he wrote- "Things are moving so rap- irlltr that ft ic all nnp nan rJn tn Irppn , with thP m,rrp nf the mnvP-! ally the president of ment, speed at which the saloon .s being ' " e asurv? Yet here is an ex- jc amation or other notice as atoresaia sha ortler or direct, and all such of- till the soil and man the factor e those who shall march with the colors arivem irom irencn 10 irencn, iiuiu , - , K m (given Dy tne tresiaent or uy nis auec tflcers and aeents and nersons so de-'no le nt . " u o ioMtnn nf hns whn'sh'an Ition; and any persons who shall wil- signated or appointed shall hereby ' France than the men beneath the bat- serVe an equally necessary and devot fully fail or refuse to present himself nave full authoritvior all acts done lw tie fia - it n,,., J A in L mtl, that Ha -T T t - " CD v aaauoib rV V KJ W1L11 1125. I I If Ul 1U , HIVj , lUUlf WV ij, u, , j. w --T until it is now tract from a recent nneiflnn tn nnsittnn near to engulfment in the watery Sealvdlip: of obliteration, is bewildering and i " believe , i uve w ; r", "r for registration or to submit thereto ! them in the eu(iOn of this art hv test of our National character and ef-: . ,r4, K ..in l.e execution or tnis act by Done at the City, of Washington, this 18th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen and of the independence of tne United States of, America the ne hundred ancl forty-first . . By the President: ROBERT LANSINf!, , , Secretary of State. the hour of the setting sun." So we read of blow after blow at the liquor trade, each severer than the last, and now the confidence pervades the land that the entire business is to be wiped out quickly, in the interest of military and economic advantage. There seem tobe no friends left for dazsfling and glorious. .IL"' herein provided, shall be guilty of the direction of thp PrAsiden, nm - War is speeding up everything Re- j a National prohibition measure would If. misdemeanor and shall upon cony in the exeoution of tnis iorms are ueuig accuuipiisucu at t . f transeendent imDOrtance in its : "c v "' breathless rate "The work that cen-, having jurisdiction hereof, be a " ...l J 1 - rtrtr4 ,v.M.v-ifv.w r- ! niitiifihn1 1 mnpionn m -r f fnr Tint tunes siiuuiu uave uuuc, must uuwu ,prvin& nnd increasing our food sup-. H"" ot,cu J .. i. i f ,i, o ! serving anu uiui eahuig uui iwu aui . ,v, -..o- on,i oTioii iharo. ply and in raising the efficiency of: " registered- Provided the Nation. The man-power released UP" pe amy regisierea i-roviaeu, from the liquor industries could be in "e all of the docket pre directed into other productive chan-' cedencl sha11 b; S,ven; sin e .c0urt nels where the need for labor will be sa,"c l" t.ixx...i.- acute and thus be readily absorbed. Proceedings under this ac : Provided The needs of the agricultural and in- further, that persons shall be subject ,ict.ioi cHt.iatinrv win nikp this a hp- to registration as herein provided who John Irleycorn, except the men who mUstrl opportUne time to put through all have attained their twenty-first profit financially y his continuance. I. National prohibition law with mini- birthday and who shall not have at . . Fit for Fighting. I mum shock to our economic machin- tained their thirty-first birthday on or "Soft" and "Out-of-Condition" have ery during the readjustment. The., " be'eh characterizations heaped upon business interests involved should be , BABY WEEK SPLENDIDLY the non-military nations -of civiliza-1 fairiy dealt with, but many plants can, nDcrDi;rn iivt uxnc a r tion: They were self-indulgent. Ease hp ri.fldiiv converted into important; UDjE,iVxr wiJ.w i - . i - industrial uses. The plea that the gov ernment revenue will be seriously and appetite held sway. One of the most shameful incidents of the early stages of the conflict was the refusal of a body of British churchmen to give, up the use of liquor during the war. They had wandered so far from (Special . to The Dispatch.) curtailed should not inHuence action, ' . v '11lna"' Xi7' uy vv , 10 for prohibition will induce a National)1 observed here this week with efficiency- which will open new and!chanSe of program each day. The far richer sources of revenue." observance, which is being conducted the Christ-principle of self-denial for( Tne author of the Webb-Kenyon under tne supervision ot tne Warsaw the sake of others that they were j bill Hon EdWin Yates Webb, wrote Woman's club, began with a special not so much as willing to curb their ! in a recent Sunday ' School Times: sermon on last Sunday (Mothers' Day) appetites for the sake of God and j "Tho n-iippncip nr nrv area now Dy Rev. A. O. Moore. J 1 . In fho Hot tor hohmo PnntooT iirh 1 p Ii amounts to 2,500,000 square mnes 01 " . ""r , W"L.01" our territory, or 86 per cent. Twenty-. was neld at the Ricks furniture store five States are now dry, and out of Tuesday afternoon, .first prizes a total' of 2,543 counties in the United were given to Joseph Wooten Herring, States, liquor is allowed to ba sold in Pearsall Middleton and Francis Jus nnlv nf them " ' tice as best babies under six months, The Plea of the Empty Flour Barrel, one year, and two years respectively ject to mi-Iitary law hall be t'rfed by country. The stigma thus placed upon Christianity has been remarked upon by the secular and religious press around the entire globe. . Iii Canada, and in the fighting zone of Europe, people are becoming more fit for fighting. They have learned the great self-renunciations which un derlie all discipline of mind and body. Real preparedness is a thing of the j ' 1 act may be carried In penalty enve-1 lopes bearing the frank of the War Department. Any person charged as herein provided with the duty of car rying into effect any of the provisions of the act or the regulations made or directions given thereunder who shall fail or neglect to perform such duty rand any person charged with such duty or having and exercising any authority under said act, regulations or direc tions, who shall knowingly make or be a party to the making of any false or incorrect registration, physical ex amination, exemption, enlistment, en rollment, or muster; and any person who shall make or be a party to the making of any false statement or cer tificate as to the fitness or liability of himself or any other person for service under the provisions of this act, or regulations made by the President thereunder, or otherwise evades or aids another to evade the requirements of this act or of said registrations, 6r who in any manner, shall fail or neg lect fully to perform any duty required of him in the execution of this act, shall, if not subject to military law, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the District Court, of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or, if sub rn That ooTTiP Rtatpsman ripriarps: a DaDy paraae tnrougn tne mam "It is a National crime in times like streets of the town was a special fea these to have about one hundred mil- ture of the afternoon program. spirit, a state of mind. - Success in I Hon bushels of grain destroyed year-' The Baptists in their prayer service war, as in all ' the other battles of iy in the manufacture of intoxicants, 'Wednesday evening, and the Presby Iife, strikes its roots back into the when food and other necessaries of terians in their missionary meeting character of the individual. So long Hf3' are so high that the average man Thursday afternoon, will give preced as a people are self-pleasing, and ac-;Can hardly buy them, and the poor ence to the baby, while the outsand- customea to put comtort aneaa ot , are wohderine whether thev must so mg teature ot the week will be the conviction, the state is in danger. Here we come directly upon th hungry or starve." program rendered by the Woman .9 Of all the recent allies to the tem- Club at the school building on Friday reason why the Sunday school should j perance cause the empty flour barrel afternoon, at which time health talks study a temperance lesson. We hear; is one of the most potent. When tha on the care of babies will be given, a great deal about the economic as-world is threatened with famine it is and papers relating to their welfare peets of the fight against the use of folly worse, it is a crime to drink will be read. strong drmtc; ana not one word tooup eleven million loaves of bread in : : much." Nevertheless, the issue is fun damentaliy -religious-.-- Its appeal is to the--"Christian spirit of altruism and a-day, with no return to the physical tirely anti-social. The one rallying strength of the Nation. Seven mil-' cry of the trade, that it provides em- lion men r.nillrt hp fprt fnr n vpot Yiv nlnvmpnt fnr 1 hniiRnrwle rf norannc Hue! 'vieafioushess. For the sake of others the erain that now enes into hnoe in hepn tummi into hnlinw mnrirprv hv;tration in the several States and in - theisiple of Jesus, like his Master, the United States ,tho war whirh has orntaH fcnnh a i the District of Columbia in accordance court-martial ahd suffer Such punish ment as a court-martial may direct." Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, do call upon the governor of each of several states and territories, the board of commissioners of the District of Co lumbia and all officers and agents of the several States and territories and of the District of Columbia, and of the counties and municipalities therein to perform certain duties in the execution of the foregoing; law, which duties will be communicated to them directly in regulations of even date herewith. June 5 Registration Day. And I do further proclaim and give notice to all persons subject to regis ' On this point Mr. Webb writes demand for Workers and warriors i with the above law, that the time and deiiies" himself. The New Kind bf Heretics. I "There are about ffOO.oao npnnis on. that pvpfv man at n-pe,t pn,ninvp(i place of such (registration shall be be The-person wlvo Will not deny hisi eratred in thp tinuor hnsinpss in thio'in the limmr hneinbco i,a ka on. tween 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. on the fifth day or June, 1917, at tne registration - -.J Opportunity Your js Knocking at Door i : own: desires -for the sake of his coun-- country, supplying whiskey to about other job within twenty-four hours. try or his wa violates tne very ge- 5,000,000 drinkers. It is estimated We need both the men and the grain sntti&ot the New Testament. They are I that our people spend every year that the brewary and the distillery poof Ohristiahfe indeed who have not about two billion dollars for intoxi- ara diverting from the vital channels learned to spbdue an i22uls.e at the cants. This stupendous sum is yearly of the Nation's life. Most of all, the behest' ofv a principle; 1 heir ujidis- spent for an article which in no way world needs the new crop of boys who ciplined lives ..ard doomed to slavery, helps the people, but which actually would be destroyed by the saloon. Only reined spintsreigs. ' J destroys them in body and soul. ' There is a new note in all discus- All Christians--who are represented "if this two billion dollars were' sion of the temperance question to- DVianGse unusu.-. cuuvertea into otner inaustnes and ' day. For it is clear that we are en- ,it snould be, especially m time of war tering upon a different World order, it would give back to labor $500,-1 President Wilson's epochal address to 000,000 in additional earnings nnrl tho TTnitPd statP nnno-co oco, ! wag5r.and Would give employment to that. The organized life of mankind firmed above, who refused to abstain from the glass -during-ttie period of the war. are real heretics. They are i,ir,Troi n thP : first principles of 'Jesus. Such selfishness is worse than' . doetrinal unsoundness, me wuna knows and cares little about aChris itian's creed, except as faitb is Vrought out into life. But it clearly brands as un-Christfaii all such self indulgence and self-seeking as nas Tho rhiirchman wno .IIKB11 lllLlli;cllc:va. A 600,000 more laborers." place in the precinct wherein they have their permanent homes. Those who shall have attained their twenty-first birthday and who shall not have at tained their thirty-first birthday on or before the day here named are requir ed to register, excepting only officers and enlisted men of the regular Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the National Guard and Naval Militia While in the service of the United States, ahd officers in the Officers' Reserve Corps and enlisted men in tne' Enlisted Re is to be lived on a higher plane here- serve Corps while in active service. In after. Democracy's demands arp dif- the territories of Alaska. Hawaii and Porto Rico a day for registration wm Ready for a New World. . .. uuwi.. o i-aoc asoiuni sunn? llnnlr t inn 1 1 I to imnMnnHnn e . n Lw twThP hni0 -Ut- Wel and commn welfare and united know that the booze - business de- self-sacrifice can be met only bv a bauches politics (a large group of 1 new spirit among men 7 - Pennsylvania brewers werp inrtinti r , ..u .-r. . t . . -....vuu. x ucn wuiiu- lit) Will DP il vnnpr I ; 5 than for the I ' ' - cares more ior m,-wuio - - ' uruauoues e. nienest efficiencv Ari ( vaico iuui . - -Mo wears: ' Tt dop nn t-pal vntiA nnA . . . .. ""cssi uicieiicy. Ann that f - name oi uw masic - -- .i, j , " r "uphils uo ; come in no otner wiv thn h thp ! .'gnd tbe business man. who puts bis lasting pleasure, its effects are en- spirit of Jesus. J by the e named in abater proclamation May Register by Mail. And I do charge those who through sickness shall be unable to present themselves for registration that they I . . ' . -t 1 X can apply on or before the day oi registra tion td the county clerk where they may be for instructions as to how they It Isn't What It Costs You to Get In to The Dispatch; But What It Costs You to Staij Out"- " V? Uon t let opportunity wear out her knuckles trying to make you see the light. Be up and doing. Watch The Dispatch advertisements f o they ar employed wherever opriortunity exists, whether it is jbb for a man or a man for a job; or a chance to buy white goods duririg ; May Sale. ';: ' """ '. 'ry. .- h . r - ; - - Glance through the different atfvertisernnts and see this illustrated in every direction. Merchants and indi viduals advertise specifically offering oppdttunities. Real estate agents tell of Beits ancJKouses for rent and property for sale. 'McihU'tefidrga offerings. A 1 ways excellent chances are featured.' Dispatch advertising pays and it will pay Wilmirigton lans to read the announcements? front day to day thor oughly You can't employ1 a fw- nilfiutes every day to better advantage than by reading the advertisements. The Wilmington Dispatch Iver Ian. lay uly hctobe hpc. fan May tluly hci. I IPC. I :- - . ...v- ' ..- - . . - , .. . . ..
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