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MPJ1 RULES ISSUED 8Y WILSON PREPARATIONS FOR MOBILIZA TION HAVE ADVANCED AN OTHER STEP. Proces of Selection Will Likely Not Be Made Known Until Drafting Time is Near. Washington. Preparation for the mobilization of the first contingent of 625.00 trooDS of the new national army advanced another step when President Wilson promulgated the regulations to govern exemptions from military ser- f . i i i uil. - . vice, in ine oruer in wmwu me uiusi, come there are three steps in the or ganization process of the national army as prescribed by Congress. They are registration, selection and exemption. The first step has been carried through. The regulations issued cover in detail the operation of the third step, exemption. Information concerning the second step in the series is still lacking, and officials are guarding closely the meth od by which selection is to be applied. The exemption regulation announc ed that the boards will be advised of the selection process later, although none of tho steps prescribed except the organization of the boards can be carried out until the selection machin ery has furnished the names of the men whose fitness and desirability for army service the boards are to judge. There is one hint as to how the selec tion machinery is to work. The local boards are directed upon organization to take over from the reg- other alleng wno have not taken out Istration precincts the cards and lists first papers; county or municipal offi of the men registered on June 5, and, I cera( customhouse clerks, workmen in as their first duty, to provide a serial Federal armories, arsenals and navy number for each registration card. I yards persons in the Federal service This has given support to the belief designated by the President for ex that the selection is to be by number j emption, pilots, merchant marine sail Reports were current recently that the , ors. thoae wlth ft statlia w,fh revert selection drawing was to be made in Washington. May Delay Announcements. Presumably the nrocess of selection ' will be announced only a short time ! before it is put in operation. When that will be is not known. September 1 has been the tentative date set for calling the 625,000 of the first contin gent to the colors for training. Prog ress with construction of the sixteen divisional cantonments for the tropps will govern the action. It is believed there will be no serious delay. The exemption process will not take a great deal of time. It is difficult to , calculate the time the local boards will , iieeum passing on me cases mat come i before them. The regulations provide tnac decision in any individual case shall not be delayed more than three aays Dy tne local board, or an addi-1 tional five days when appeal is taken to the district boards. The whole pro cess probably can be carried through in less than thirty days. There were no surprises in the ex emption regulations. The task of pass ing upon the individual cases is left entirely to the local boards. While the President reserves the right to desig nate industries necessary for the pub lic good, the question of whether re tention of any individual engaged in these industries is essential is left to the boards. In a statement accompanlng the announcement of the regulations, the President called uoon the boards to do their work fearlessly and impar tially and to remember that "our ar mies at the front will be strengthen ed and sustained if they be composed of men free from any sense of injus tice in their mode of selection." The statement follows: The Statement. "The regulations which I am today causing to be promulgated, pursuant to the direction of the selective ser vice law, cover the remaining steps of the plan for calling into the ser vice of the United States qualified men from those who have registered; those selected as the result of. this process to contribute, with the reg ular army, the national guard and the navy, the fighting forces of the .na tion, all of which forces are under the terms of the law placed In a po sition of equal right, dignity and re sponsibility with the members of all other military forces. "The regulations have been drawn with a view to the needs and cir cumstances of the whole country and provide a system which it is expected 'will work with the least inequality and personal hardship. Any system of selecting, men for military service, whether voluntary or involuntary in its operation, necessarily selects some men to bear the burden of danger and sacrifice for the whole nation. The system here provided places all men of military ago upon an even plane and then, by a selection which neith er favors the one nor penalizes the other, calls out the requisite number for service. Calls For Loyalty. "The successful operation of this law and of these regulations depends necessarily upon the loyalty, patriot ism and justice of tho members of the boards to whem its operation is committed, and I admonish every member of every local board and of every district board to remember that their duty to their country requires an impartial and fearless performance to the delicate and difficult duties in trusted them. They should remember as to eah individual case presented to thr ih?.t they are called upon to idiudicate the most sacred rights of the individual and o preserve an tarnished the honor of the nation "Our armies at the front will be strengthened and sustained if they b composed of men free from any sense of injustice in their mode of selec tion, and they will be Inspired to loft ier efforts In behalf of a country which the citizens called upon to per form high public functions perform them with justice, fearlessness and impartially." To Post Names. Upon organizing, the local boards will take over from the registration boards, all registration cards, whicn they will number serially and list for posting to public view. Then, after having been advised of the method by which the order of liability for ser vice shall be determined and of the , Quota to be drawn from its territory (minus credits for enlistments in the ( national guard or regular army) each 'hftar1 will nronora a liot rf naronna : ..... u ouno designated for service In the order of their liability, ,post the list, give it to the press and within three days send notice to each designated person by mail. "As the men so notified appear, the boards first will make a physical ex amination in accordance with special regulations to be provided, bearing in mind that all persons accepted by them will be re-examined by army surgeons. If the physical examina tion Is passed successfully, then comes the question of exemption. "Persons who must be exempted or discharged by the local board in clude: Those Exempted. "Officers of the United States, of the states, territories and the District of Columbia, ministers of religion, students of divinity, persons in the military or naval service of the Unit ed States, subjects of Germany, all to dependents which renders their exclusion desirable (a married man with dependent wife or child, son of a dpnAnrifint wfrlnw oi-m nf a'dfmotidont aged or infirm parent, or brother of dependent orphan child under 16 years of age); those found morally defi cient and any member of any well recognized religious sect existing May 18, 1917, whose creed forbids partici pation in war and whose religious convictions accord with the creed. As to Dependents. "Claims for exemption because of dependents may be made by the man himself, his wife or other denendents. or by a third party who has personally investigated the case. A claim made by the husband must be accompanied by sunnortinK affidavits signed bv the wife and by the head of a family re- siding in the same territory. A claim by the wife or a third party must be accompanied by two supporting afft davits signed by heads of families, Similar rules govern claims on the grounds of other dependents, the de pendents of third parties being author ized to file claims with supporting affidavits. In each case the board must be satisfied before it grants ex emption or discharge that the depen dent or dependents actually are sup ported mainly by the fruits of the man's mental or physical labor. Appeals Can Be Made. Local boards are required, subject to appeal, to pass upon claims for ex emption or discharge within three days after the filing of affidavits. District boards must decide appeal cases within five days after the clos ing of proofs and their decisions are final. If the ruling of a local board is affirmed the person in question stands finally accepted for military service. In passing on claims for exemptions on the ground of employment in ne cessary industrial and agricultural oc cupations, the district boards must be convinced that the particular enter prise affording such employment ac tually is necessary to the maintenance of the military establishment or na tional interest during the emergency "The evidence must also establish," the regulations say, "even if the par ticular industrial enterprise is found necessary for one of the above pur poses, that the continuance of such person therein is necessary to the maintenance thereof and that he can not be replaced by another person without direct, substantial or materi al loss detrimental to the adequate and effective operation of the particu lar industrial enterprise or agricul- tural enterprise in which he is en gaged." President Final Power. Later the President may from time to time designate certain Industries or classes of industries that are neces sary and the district boards will be so notified. It will be the duty of each board, however, to ascertain the avail able labor supply for such industries outside the men called for service and to take the result into consider ation in determining such things. "If, in the opinion of the district board," this section of the regula tions concludes, "the direct, substan tial, material loss to any such indus trial or agricultural enterprise out weighs the loss that would result from failure to obtain the military service of any such person, a certifi cate or discharge may be Issued to him. x x x." Certificates of exemption will not necessarily be permanent They may be revoked with changing conditions, or may be granted only for prescribed periods. STORY TELLERS Mrs. Robert E. Ranson Is Elected President at Annual Meeting at Chapel Hill. Raleigh. Mrs. Robert E. Ranson, president of the North Carolina Story Tellers' League and instructor in story-telling at the . A. & E. College summer school, ha3 returned from Chapel Hill, where she attended the annual meeting of the Story Tellers' League. t At the annual meetinp- of the league, the following officers were elected: Mrs. Robert E. Ranson, Mount Olive, president; Miss Edna S. Rankin, Bel mont, vice-president; Mrs. E. J. Col trane, secretary, and Mr. W. F. Mar shall, publisher of North Carolina Ed ucation, treasurer. A program com mittee, consisting of the following members, was appointed: Miss Eliza Parker, of Columbus county; Mrs. A. Vermont, of Ashevllle, and Miss An nie Cherry, rural supervisor of Jlar nett county. This committee and tbe president will prepare the programs that are to be published each month In the North Carolina Education, which is the official organ of the teachers of the state and also of the Story Tellers' League. A committee to be known as the publication committee was also ap pointed. The members of this com mittee are: Miss Daphne Carraway, rural supervisor for "vake county; Miss Mary Shotwell, rural supervisor of. Lenoir county, and Mrs. Thomas P. Harrison, of Raleigh. This committee and the president are to prepare a bulletin that is to be Issued by the State Department of Education, this department having recognized the Story Tellers' League as being an im portant factor in the educational life of the state. Turbines Turn at Badln. Albemarle. The water has reached the height in the Badin dam where it has commenced to plunge through the flumes and the great turbine wheels commenced to turn and the Badin aluminium factories are now being op erated by electricity manufactured by electric, power just at hand. Mr. White, of Pittsburg, who is the inventor of the -fecial kind of tur bine wheels used, was present and was greatly rejoiced when the water was turned through the flumes, to see that the great invention made by him self operating excellently. There" are In operation at present three of what are said to be the finest turbine wheels in the world. Four flumes are provided for the dam, but up to the present only three turbines have been installed. The fourth one will pos sibly be installed within the next few months. Seaboard Has Big Wreck. Raleigh. Speeding north at thirty' five miles an hour, Seaboard Air Line extra No. 312 crashed head on into local freight train No. 98 four and one half miles above Franklinton a few minutes after 6:30 Saturday morning, killing Engineers Samuel G. Linkous and H. Gaskin, Fireman O. L. Wells and Brakeman George R. Napier, ser iously Injuring Brakeman T. O. Jones and Fireman John Smith, colored, and demolishing two of the huge Sante Fe engines and twenty-six freight cars laden mostly with watermelons, Irish potatoes and other perishables, destin ed to northern markets. Charged with manslaughter through neglect of duty, G. S. Jacobs, operator at Franklin, is in Wake county jail, having been brought here when talk of sumary punishment was given cre dence by the Franklin county authori ties. It is Now Captain McAden. Charlotte. James T. McAden has received from the President and Sec retary of War his commlslon as cap tain in the Department of Ordnance, Officers' Reserve Corps, Army of the United States. The commission dates from June 25, 1917. He took the oath of' office and is under instructions to report to the Rock Island (111.) arsenal. He is a son of Mrs. Ben Mc Aden, of Raleigh. Killed In Auto Accident. Charlotte. Karl A. Blcknell, promi nent young business man here, was killed in an automobile accident near Rutherfordton. He was active in se curing recruits for the officers' train ing camp at Fort Oglethorpe NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. The erection of eight modern brick school buildings in Lenoir county to replace about 45 small frame houses, now in service, was proposed by Dr. M. Parrott,' retiring chairman of the board or education, just before he relinquished office in favor of G. V. Cowper, named chairman for the coming six years. Two hundred delegates attended the annual convention of Bar association at Asheville. Trirty-six counties have reported additional selective draft registrations since June 5 that total 533, of which 255 are white and 283 colored. Major General Leonard Wood, com mander of the department of the southeast and ranking officer of the United States army, visited Charlotte Thursday. Many picnics and barbecues in this state are being postponed until the war is over. Representative Webb has announc ed that Morganton is to have city mail delivery. IS ABOUT COMPLETED INDICATIONS ARE THAT WHEAT WILL PASS TEN MILLION BUSHEL MARK. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigh. Reports from all sections of North Carolina are that the harvesting of the grain crop of the state has been practically completed. Despite the fact that the wheat crop was damag ed during the winter by the unpre cedented freeze, indications are that the total production will be at least a3 much as it was last year while it may pass the 10,000,000 bushel mark. The increase in the wheat acreage was especially noticeable in eastern North Carolina where it has been popularly thought that wheat would not grow satisfactorily. In a few instances the estimated yields, as high as 40 bush els per acre, have been reported from that section. The production of rye will also equal last year's crop. The oat crop is reported as a failure in practically all parts of the state because of the winter killing. Mr. W. C. Crosby, chief ot the bureau of community ser vice, who has just returned from a trip through the Piedmont section of the state, expressed the belief that the campaign of the Food Conservation Commission for an increase in the acreage of stubble lands planted in food and feed crops will meet a hearty response throughout the sec tion he visited. Said Mr. Crosby: "The grain has all been harvested and the fields are ready for preparation for other crops. In fact, many farm ers already planting corn, peas, pota toes, soy beans, sorghum and other crops on land which has already this year produced a grain crop. I notice in many places that the grain has been shocked in one corner of the field so as to leave the greater part ot the field open for the plow or disc. It is especially fortunate that in practically every county I visited the farmers are up with their work in their cotton and corn fields. These crops are clean and the farmer should not be delayed in getting their stubble land prepared and planted." Executive Secretary Lucas of the Focd Conservation Commission esti mates that if the farmers should not plant more than the usual acreage of stubble land in second crops that there j will be at least 60 per cent more than it was last year, while the increase may be considerably more than that. North Carolina last year produced little more than half a million tons of hay; it purchased hay by the thou sands of tons. Mr. Lucas makes the following suggestions for the utiliza tion of stubble land: Prepare the land as soon as possible after the grain is removed. Break it with a one-horse plow if you have time; double disc or cross-disc only if time is short and the land is in good condition. Corn, soy beans, cow peas. Irish potatoes and sorghum and suitable crops to follow grain. Corn and soy beans planted for grain should be got ten In Immediately. Cow peas, soy beans and sorghum are the most satisfactory forage crops that can be grown; they may be plant ed by themselves or in mixtures. Half a bushel of sorghum seed to a bushel of cowpeas makes an excellent hay mixture,' either for .broadcasting or planting in drills. Because of high prices of all seed the planting of all of these crops in drills, even for forage, is recommend ed. Peas and sorghum planted in three-foot rows are given two or three cultivations will yield as much per acre as it would if broadcasted, and only half the seed are required, half a bushel of peas or beans or a mixture of peas and sorghum being sufficient. On fair land $2 worth of peed should make $20 worth of hay, and on good land should make much more. Wilson County Does Quick Work. Wilson county has the distinction of having its exemption board for the the selective draft registration perfect its organization, complete its work and get its complete reports and the duly numbered and listed cards into the adjutant general's headquarters here ahead of 'every other board in the state and probably as one of the very first in the entire country. The board consists of Ernest Deans, R. G. Briggs and Dr. W. S. Anderson. Coming Bulletin In Demand. On account of the continuous de mand for information on canning it is thought wise at this time to call at tention to the fact that the complete issue of Extension Circular 11, "The Canning and Preserving of Fruits and Vegetables by the 4-H Process," has been exhausted. Another issue of 25, 000 copies will be printed at once and will be ready for distribution in a few days. Those who have requested in formation on canning will be asked tr bear in patience the lack of supply of this circular unUl new issue Is ready. Bee Expert Begins Visits. C. L. Sams, the bee expert of Madi son county, where he ba a big and most successful apiary of his own, has gone to Wilmington to spend a week or longer in that section of the state stirring interest in bee keeping and conferring especially with those who already have colonies of bees on hand and desire to extend their bee indus try. Mr. Sams has just assumed the position of bee expert with the state department of agriculture in co-operation with the United States depart ment, co-operation with bee keepers and prospective bee kepers to extend and improve the industry being the special purpose. Already a pretty thorough visitation of the northeastern section of the state from Martin to Onslow counties has , been made and when Mr. Sams complete his Wilmington section visi tation he will have a pretty complete line on the bee industry of the entire eastern section of the state where he says there are the biggest sort of pos sibilities for money-making in the keeping of bees if any sort of care is given them and improved methods ob served. A little later Mr. Sams will g0 through the piedmont and the western sections of the state Asheville, w,mQ hflrnnin aPfikln? out of opportunities to help along an industry in which he is decidedly an enthusiastic and is convinced has the biggest sort of possibilities for profit and pleasure. He believes, too, in the keeping of a few hives by every house holder for the making of his own home supply If the larger development is not desired. Potato Shipment Snows Increase. The shipments of potatoes out of North Carolina this year have been over a thousand cars more than last year. On June 15th, ,616 cars of po tatoes had been shipped out of the state; 1,605 cars on the same date last year. As high as 301 cars have been shipped out of North Carolina in one day. On the same day the total ship ments for all other states amounted to only 487 cars. Prices for grade one have averaged ubout $8.50 per barrel this year. Last year prices averaged about $2.75 per barrel, and in 1915 around $1.25 per barrel. In fact, in 1915, potatoes were sold as low as 75 cents a barrel, which was much less than cost of production. A letter Just received by Wiliam R. Camp, Chief of the North Carolina Di vision of Markets, from A. J. McMath, the Secretary of Eastern Shore of Vir ginia Produce Exchange shows that prices may be expected to continue high for well-graded stock. Mr. Mc Math says: "We are now getting $10 per barrel for white potatoes; anc from present indications, it looks like there will be a shortage of one million barrels from the Eastern Shore of Vir ginia and Norfolk sections. With this shortage staring us in the face, we look for good prices the entire season. If war conditions continue, then sweets j should also sell fairly well, in our opinion." The Market News Service which the North Carolina Division of Markets, in co-operation with the Federal Office of Markets, has . been conducting from Elizabeth City, N. C, will be discon tinued for Irish potatoes as soon as ear-load shipments cease, and begin for cantaloupes and melons at Laurin burg as soon as shipments of this crop start. Almost a thousand daily Market ! Bulletins have been mailed out from the Elizabeth City office to growers and shippers throughout the eastern part of the state. Please'd With Sane Celebration. Raleigh. "The reports from all over North Carolina concerning the sane manner in which the citizens observed Independence Day are most gratify ing," said Insurance Commissioner James R. Young. "The Insurance De partment was particularly anxious that it should be as it was. I sent ap peals through the press to the people of the state urging the entire elimina tion of fireworks this year and as far as I have been able to learn there were none used. As a result there are no fourth of July accidents report ed in the state and as far as I have seen practically none throughout the entire nation. I believe that our peo ple will realize that the use of fire works, endangering life and property, is a poor way to display patriotism and that the absence of casualty with still the display desired for patriotic purposes is much more satisfactory than the old and costly manner. I hope the demonstration will serve as a reminder in the future." Appoints State Tax Commission Governor Blckett appointed state tax commission, to reco reform in the state taxing syst the next General Assembly, the ing: Henry A. Page, Aberdee Greene, Union county; James Raleigh; Frank A, Linney, and W. Vance Brown, Ashevill e-nvArnnr and chairman of the atlon commlslon are ex-efficic bers of the commission, the goi to be chairman. nt J. Z. Greene is state organizerX. lecturer for the Nortn Carolina rar ers union and editor of "Our Home, published at Marshvllle, a farm paper well circulated throughout North Carolina. James H. Pou. brother of Congress man Pou, is a leading lawyer repre senting numbers of the largest cor porations having business connections in the state and owner and developer of much real estate, including exten sive farms, represents the conserva tive business Interests, being a nan of recognized sagacity and business and legal ability. Y1 J t Veats I 1 1 If i MlTMnONAL ;MflOOL (By B. O. SELLERS, Acting Director 01 me Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright. 1917, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR JULY 15. HEZEKIAH, THE FAITHFUL KING. LESSON TEXT-II Chron. 30:1. GOLDEN TEXT He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek bim. Heb. 11:6. The reformation under Hezekiah is one of the bright and attractive spots, in the latter history of the kingdom of Israel. It was a most thorough refor mation and God set his seal upon it in many wonderful ways. Teachers ought to give their classes . a compre- henslve view of all that Hezekiah did, ' - i j j trr . us recurueu in 11 nron., cnapters 29-32. I. Hezekiah's I I. Hezekiah's Proclamation, (w, J-0- The proper introduction to this lesson would be to return to chapter twenty-nine and note the restoration of the worship of Jehovah, now it began in one man's heart, Hezekiah; how he called the people to be clean (29:15), then called upon a cleansing of the house of God And its restoration (vv. 18, 19). How he called them to renewed saciifice and worship (vv. 20, 21). The restoration of the sin offering and of the burnt-offering, and the result of these offerings in the Le vltlcal music and In the worship of the great congregation (29, 28). The se quel of song always follows and ac companies a true revival of religion. Having consecrated themselves unto the Lord, Hezekiah sends out this proclamation. The consecration of the people, as referred in chapter 29, was very complete. (See vv. 31-30.) Heze kiah was a man of deep discernment as well as of true piety. He saw the meaning of the sacrifice of redemption and put the passover forward as the very heart-center of the worship of Jehovah. (See vv. 1, 2.) Whoever un derstands the passover, understands God's way of salvation. (See Exodus 12 :13-23 ; I Cor. 5 :7, 8 ; Rom. 3 :25, 26 ; John 1 :29.) Hezekiah did not confine his call to those of Israel alone, but extended it beyond Its borders to those of Ephralm, thus manifesting the true missionary spirit. Hezekiah had am ple Scriptural warrant keeping this passover out of its regular order (w. 9-13). God Is not a God of time or place. Wherever obedience is possible, whether it be a matter of time or not, God approves, nezeklah, however, did not act upon his own initiative, but sought counsel. (See v. 2.) The man who Is the most clearly led of God is the man who is most eager and anxious to know how God is leading other men and will listen most patient- ' ly to their counsel. The fact that the people had not "gathered themselves together at Jerusalem" for a long time, might have warranted a fur ther delay. Not so with this enthusi astic young king. He was not bound by precedent, but was anxious to pleas God. IU Hezekiah's Exhortation (vv. 7 13). Hezekiah began his exhortation 1 by calling attention to the trespasses ! of theIr fathers (v. 7). At the same time he reminds them that If God gave them over to desolation because they themselves were stiff-necked (v. 8) and yielded not themselves unto the Lord to enter his sanctuary, which he had sanctified unto them, they would come under the fierceness of God's wrath, for thoy had turned from the Lord ; they had "trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers." Because of that trespass God had "given them up to desolation." Literally he had made them "an astonishment." This astonishment and desolation was well known, "as ye see" (v. 7). Anyone with eyes open can see today the deso lation of Individuals, of families, com munities and nations who trespass against God. For a generation we have had the deity of Christ and the inspiration of his Word called Into question ana mat me muiviuuai man Is the dictator of 1:1s own conscience and life, and it is because men have departed from their faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ and fail to obey his command, that we see the strife and desolation of today. The first departure caused people to be "stiff-necked" and Jehovah is call ing them to repentance, but they would not honr (see Ch. 3G:13; Ex. 32:9: m. 10:21). In place of this "stiff ness" of their hearts Hezekiah them to turn again to the and not to be stiff-necked as were athers (v. 8), that if they will unto the Lord (v. 9) they d compassion so that they shall ter his gracious and merciful Having yielded themselves to enter Into communion ?e had sanctified forevor Valso to serve him. vf is were to follovf m Dretnren anci V nrnrfr of this brigh conditioned upon repentn der, communion and serv based upon the fact that 1 ,ih t rV Pa. 80:5; Jonah 4:2; Mar Then, even as now, there were those who would not yield themselves to God's gracious Invitation. As tho priests passed through the country of Ephralm and Manasseh, even unto Ze bulun, they were "laughed to scorn cud some mocked" (v. 10). lesson T
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