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EVENMl Today's v Weather if Js) Forecast 11 li lilLj 11 ICjiUii- VOL. X. NO. 5. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNK 6, 1917. PRICElFTVE cento ilVli 1 1 MILLIONS OF AGE FOR 0. S. SERVICE REGISTER War Department Today Is Receiving Reports From All Sections GREAT MANY MAKE NO CLAIM EXEMPTION A Million Men are to lie Se lected From the Ten Mil lion Who Were Registered Yesterday Throughout the Nation. iixliintuii, . 1 11 tit tj. - A niei'irans mil limns t the military ugo n escribed hv Congress tire registered lor war. In eery Male 111 tin' 111111111 reports from tin- nilni .iiri-s tn which some ten nullum ruling iricn inarched vt'sit i'r- day to record their nanics were being Assembled for 1 1 a nstuissiiiii to the war department. I he next step in the c,ny t.iiuicnt s plan will lie the select ion tit those who aie iictimllv to Innr nuns who troin others -who remain at home because ot dependents to do work on the .1.11111 or the tactmv to maintain the na tions at war. I Ins task will he under taken as. soon as the complete return fioin the registration liave becir tuhiilu feil anil suryeyed. 1 he incii select' d nliont a million an now est imntcil w ill It call. I to the col ors and put into t lain in early, in t he fall. . Originally it as intended to call only oOll.niM) for the lirst draft army, hut a tc.v davs iign it was ainioiinceil that nearly a inillion men would he 10 tiled on t lie first selection. . I he War 1 lepai t meiit ex peels t nil re turns to show that a -large proportion of voting men eyercisod their prcrognt n w anil ilcrlineil to claim exemption, even tlioiich iii.i ii v hail dependents or . I is.i 1 . 1 1 ties. - Thus 1 hey. rxpressi d a.' spirit- of willingness to abide hy the judgment ol local exemption hoards ami to ilu their tut it the country needs them. Anv who registered mav still vniitn t it until selection iln for imy brunch til the nriuv, navv Mini man lie corps and aiitoiuaticallv pass trom the ranks Hit I l'ct to conscript ion. the War Iopuit meiit poiiiteil out. KO FIGURES YET REGARDED FINAL Wiishintoii,c; juiie . fi.- I'tovost ' Mar hJi:i1 t ienera I rov .lei ; aiiiioiince.l . t his . nan it ing t hat. in as liiueh. a' all resist ei s had been given until- nnon ' totlay to make up. their reports that no complete retains of registration could he crpcet ed until late today. The piovo.-t mar shnl general aUo .-notified all. gov,-) noi , I Hat. he had i lit ci pi etcl t he la w t hat any in good faith who failed to register yes terday to tin so to lay and :iunouuei-1 tli!itj lihi ral policy would he pursued to make" the registration complete. REPORTS IN STATE SLOW-COMING IN Ifaleigll. June- ().-: -The , nil inber of men Who registered in North '.Irnl i na : will tint he known before night and puss'.hly not before toinorioivy according to of ficials. 'tin tut y reu ;,t rat ion hoards met today to tahulute the ligiiios of the pre eincts ill tlieir counties and these w hen complete we're to he scut, by telegraph to tiovernoi' Biekctt. Reports from out lying precincts in tin' mountain section probably will ho late in coining in, H watt said, .'i-iiotlieinl reports from many si ctioiis of the stale indicated .that rinre men reejMere ! t han had been ex peeled. This was especially true of most of the cities and large towns in many instances the number id' men lie , 'tween -1 nid Ml registering ;in various precincts have been greater in niimheis Hum those id registered voters ol all lines. COTTON MARKET Nrv York, .lum ftA 'nt t on futures oK'in tl Htcailv. .Inly ' L'LVfi5; OctoInT . ;!l.!t.r);; DvcouiImm' L'i jiiminry L'l'.o"; New oi k.. .1 hup n.-- I he rntton m;ii ltf MhnwiMl rriM'wotl tinuncss tmlnv op rniu stt'fuiv at an a!vaii r t to ,.4 jioints.1 TlitTP wan cnouyh prolit. taking to cau.sf 81111111 irrcularitv riylit altor thi call, Imt the ortcrinys- were souii taken with .1 11 1 v Hi-Uiiif np to J.7 aixl CVtoM'r to 2LMO In-torn thi miI of t he first hour or about .'. to 41) 'points not 1 STOCK MARKET New ork, .lune ti - all stre-l seem ed hi place a verv favorahle ciinst ruc tion over the events atteiuliutr at the liolidav, pidcinft troin the strength ot totliiv h Inidnur. T here were fairlv wide op nnicM in several ol the more promi nent imliist rials mid eipiipineuts notit 1.1 V I'llitftl .States Steel, lietlilehem Steel new stock and Baldwin Locomotive nt 'iinsof 1 I - to 2 pointH. ( uppers, ship Mii)S and sugars miulc tvmnl advances. Texas ( ompitnv leail Hip oils with a unin of three points ami Industrial Alcohol soon showed an extreme advance of 45 Rails were a neghgibla quantity, however. MILITARY STEAMER SINKS GERMAN U-BOA Armed American Steamer and U-Boat Exchange Sixty Shots STEAMER SCORES III Official Announcement o State Department Says Fight Lasted Hour and Half Until U-Iioat Appar antly was Hit. Washington, .lime ti. A (leriiiaii sill murine is helieved to have heen sunk hv in mined Ainericaii steamer in a run iiiiiK tic. M Instill", an hour ami a halt in which .l.i shots wen' tired hy the auh murine and hv the steamer. All ul lieial iiniioiinct'iiieiit hv tlit'Miite l)e artiiient was the that steamers linn uliot --appareutlv struck t he ;siihtuariiie which rose clear out ot the water and tood stern up lor a tew seconds and t lien disappeared. NEW BOAT LINE FOR CAROLINA PORTS Sew Hem, .funo u. Out of it seasm ot doiiht aur ijiuetness etime the nil iioiiiiccinent that -the much In Ik tit nnd Wl'itteii of hoat line 'will, siioii be Ic.'llltV. A step towards the earlv operation was iiiadc vesti-iilav when Mr. M. I' W. Stevenson Avatr ajipuineel to repre sent t he ire una I andina l rausiorta t Kin I oinpanv ot New Hern. Mr. Stev enson proinisi-.H that if will he his aim and endeavor to see that nil the put rona of the company . receive : their Hoods pioinptlv and in jjtiotl order. The coiupanv exjtt'ets to operate three amers on this line. - two freight and one pasacnyer. Stops will he made at Oriental, hlizaheth ( it v. Nortolk and .Newport News. The passenger steamer is alreaur coinpleteil ami will ho here in about e.ii davs. I lie name ot tins craft is the ' Mackinac. " The two freight houts. the. New Hern and the " Klizahet h City" me now In i ne, huilf in Kliaheth I itv and will he readv tor serice it lii lilt Si ptemher 1st. The eoo: i ny will -use' the. Blades doeki ' w hich, is now heiuc; i n!ar.;cd tin this purpose. Coniiuotlio'.is wareliouses will he 1 erected and will have ample room and conveniences for the- mer chant who will give ..this, coiupanv their business; UNCDVER PLOT i St. LouisManufaclurer of Munitions Was to Have Heen Kidnaped, Reports Attorney. Splingti.ld, Mo., .lune li. i '111 111 to alnhiei a S), l.oois iiiaiinl'actnre ol' iiiuiii lions as a part of a (iernian consiir:tey In Mock the' shipment, of sin h supplies, were- eonl'. od - heie today; to the pro scenting attorney, hy .1. C. l'iersall, one of the .six. nun held in the coihh ct ion with the tiisappeaiance of l.loyd Keit, the II months old son of John Holland Keit, wealthy , banker. The attorney auotiiiced the eon I'essinn. GET THE BLAME Illinois Penitentiary ar den Knew the Trouble was Pending, He Declares To day. .lobet. 111., .lime te I'.vnlenee that the res'olt in the Illinois State peniteu tiarv here vestcr lav was. planneil with care on the preceding night was re vealod today hy the prison ollicials. A. h. liowen acting warden said he had known ot the impending trouble but because of the demoralized condition ot the institution he considered that Die outbreak had to'Toiiif mid that he con sidered that the sooner it was over the better. Misguided efforts hv women at prising reform was blamed hv Mr. How -en tor lax discipline tu the prison. 1 he prison was quiet today and seven men injured in the riot during which two buildings were burned and while hnallv was quelled by troops of the Illinois Na tional Guard, will -recover. One pri- oner killed during the outbreak.. GERMAN AGENTS PRISON REFORMERS GERMANS LOS AIRPLANES 0FT0TAL OF SIXTEEN IN RAID The Hritish Take Heavy Tol From Attacking Aircraft in Night Raid BRITISH ATTACK WITI MUCH FURY AT LENS Germany's Military Author ities Surprised Last Night by Hritish Attack on South End of Line, and Capture Many Prisoners. Hiit i 1 1 activities in the vnniitv ol l.ens indicate that ticncrnl llaig has d Icrnuiicd to make the coal c tv and tin aiming district and around it so iincom fori able for the (leriuans tlial thev will ie forced to retire from it. ,; While t he . art i Her v was roaring It Way in Helgiuiu. gi nig promise ot a British linens. ve niovenicnt there was an at ick siiddenlv launched Inst night at the vicinitv ot hens, towards the .searpc. I he thrust was a siiecessturone. in. tin' tirthor process ot rendering Lens un enable. 1 he Hritish not onlv priigresi- d on the western slopes ot (iieenPind oil, hut pushed near . hens in its west"i;ii outskirts. ' (o'i'inaii new spaper . com incuts in licate that (Icrnian stiitl' ex ts a Hritisli offensive iiiOveiueiit in Itelgiuiii. The Oerman couiinctitators ire speculating wit. Il some concern on I In lieavv, artillery .lire , there and the notable concentration of troops behind the Helgiiiiii front. '. The recent naval and aerial opera tions tin a lo'iiiiaii base in Helgiuin ave been notably ; Siiccesstul. I'lioto rnpllic observations have revealed eavy dainngi's to ship yards and ..work hops at Isten.l. e The 1- reach -have had to withstand wo or more hca v liernian attacks nt the. legion norlliwe.st of Bray in the V is'ie il si net. The Germans no! onlv ailed to gam their object ivl' but lost icav ilv. . T he latest (it'rinaii air raid on F.ng- mil seemed to have resulted soiiiewhat lisastrously for (he rai ling for, es. He- itles hav iug t vvo .of their machine roiight down .luring the raid. They t dour more during t he fl ght hack mint' through the attacks of Hritish mil ines of. the pursuing (iir.H;s arid other riun Ibuikirk. Thus six of the sixteen nifieliines which took-; pa it in the raid ere accounted tor by the Hritish. J l.tuoioii, .lune ii. l-'our of the ticrinan irplnues" r- tutniiig t t'oni .yesterday s l id o er. I'.ug.iiiud . v ere destroyed liv 'iiitish pilots it is auiiouiiced olticially. HERMANS ATTACK TOWN SHFERNESS Hi 1 1 1 it, .tunc o. t.eimau a r soi in ad on hus dropped iniire than .i.O'MI kiln rams of bombs oir military establish meats at Sheeines, Kngland. . (Ier:. man arm v .headquarters announced to- ay. Hood hits Were observed. 7 AVINSLOW-PARIS WEDDING JUNE 20 The following invitation to the wed ing of Miss Neiuinie I'aris, and Mr. rancis H. Winslow, imth ol this city, been received M iss Adelaide I'aris .. llesires yolir piesence at the inarrlage ol her .niece Miss N ' in in e lianelt Paris to Mr, l'raiicis hdward Winshiw On Wednesda v t he .. t w cut ieli of dune half after nine o'clock in tin' morning .Church of the Good Shepherd M ist Neiuinie l aris has been teach ng at one of the public schools of the itv and is well known here. Sir. Winslow 'is a young attorney of ickv Milunt. Hot h the young people ave a host of friends who wish them happy -embarkation on the sea of itrdiiony on .In nt . tt. TRINITY CONFERS hree Are (liven Degree of Doctors of Law at Com mencement Exercises To day. 1 ui ham, .In ne f. Trinity College to v conferred honoarv degrees ol Poclor of haws upon J'r. .lohn Krank in ( rowcll ot New ork, former presi lit of Trinity College. Hruce K. I'avne president of George l eaf'odv (dlcge or Teachers and 1'rof. . II. hegraiu or 44 vears professor of chemistry in Trinitv. 'The eoiiiiiieiieemeut address a delivered hv Hamilton Holt of New ork, editor of the Independent on the ubject, ''The Declaration of Interna HONORARY DEGREES tional Independence. " E SIX ANOTHER TORNADO HTS IN KANSA Fifteen Killed and Over Fif ty Are Injured Hy Last Night's Tornado COMMUNICATION CUT The Tornado Sweeps Over Large Area and Hrings Death and Large Property Destruction in Missouri and Kansas. Kansas (itv, .June h.-- 1 01 nadoe: caused the dcutji ol 14 persons, the in jury of half a hiindied, mid much prop crtv dainage laiit night hi Mmsouii and Kansas, dispatchi h 1 'Oiii urioiis set't ionp todav showed, lelcgruph uud telephone litic-i aie down in pait ol the stnrui ilea and when the conipl 'le advices an reei ivcd the death list mav he increas ed. OLD GLORY FLIES OVER A. G.L. SHOPS Stars and Stripes Impres sively Raised With Appro priate Ceremonies Yester day at Shops at South Rocky Mount. Ilie Mais and iStiipn was raised over the round limine nfiit'e at the At nitic toast hine hops at Smith Kockv Mount veslerdav at noon liv the fin loves ol the railroad. I lie flag is now living in the breeze lroin a m.vt- foot steel pole, which is erecieil over the round house othee- ' Appropriate vt;rt ino- uit's marked the raising of Old (dory mil patriot ie nniyii was furnished hv radv s hand. rfl The irogiaii was opened bv Mr. W. A. Augiisl. master of the uereinonu's tor he.Jlag raising, w lio made a. short and tilling talk. Mr. C. h. liav tillered the praver lor t he occasion. The next ii 11 in I r utter, the liaud had endcreil "Goluinbia, the Gem of the leean,". was a readoiig oil the "Origin 'Hid History ot Our I' lag, hv Mr. .1. ;. Hall - i t y. Tin n follow I'd "America," which was laved bv the band ill splendid style. Mr. .1. A. . Harper made a patriotic ;ilk to the men next and. his forceful iscourse was heartily and enthusiast! ally cheered bv those who heard htm. After Mr. Harper's excellent speech, he Stars and SI ripe was slow lv raised y Ihxie: Middlejon, the seven -year-old aiighter of Foreman M idd letou, of the iiiiud liouse. The big crow d jitootl. wit Ii a red heads as t he national emblem, which stands for more than any other ling, .in, t he World, ; wns raised ami the iml 'played the "Star Spangled Hau lier. As Old I'lorv swung into place it the toi. of the staff a mighty shout went up trom the crowd ami the mi- ressrve ceremonies were over. J lie hunt of tin- in i'ii was tallowed hy the w hi "tics of the locomotive and : shop whfttles, while the. whistle of engine Number 1 " 1 1 . n ndered the "Sweet Hye I Uve. " . Mr. I lnvd h. Hradford in.'iiiipul.'ited the whistle. .. ' . The raising Was a great success and if was another in-tance of the fact that. Kockv Mount observed the greatest pa riot if i la v. in In V history .yesterday. JERSEY IS SHQRTESTIMATE The Census Bureau (Jives More Than Registered by Fifty Thousand, Accord ing to Reports. Washington, .1 mi" li. --Governor lelge. reported registration ally completed showing envis ostimatcs for New f New .lerse returns practii I.L'i:!. The c h-s't.'V was .'ii 't FINAL RETURNS ROM NEW JERSEY Washington,' .lune ti. Complete re urns from Now Jersey, the first to come in showed registration of .'I'lJ.Miil. 7''!' estimate by the census bureau was .'1'MI, oii.e At noon no governor ot anv State had made a complete report. GOTHAM'S ARTISTS GAMBOL TODAY . New ork. June d. New t ork 'K nr tists made merrv today m Maedoiigal alley, the northwest eornr of Washing Ion Sipiare. which was transformed into a Neapolitan strict for the occasion. Some of the citv's biggest art figures joined the carnival. NEW 1,759 REGISTEREDiVETERANS TODAY IN ROOKY MOUNT Success of Registration Ex ceeded Expectations of Registrars Here EVERYONE ANSWERED QUESTIONS WILLINGLY 1,019 Register in Nash Coun ty Side and 710 on Edge combe Side. Everybody Helped Make Registration day Greatest Event in His tory of Rocky Mount. t-t'veiiteen hundred and lit tv nine men Jistored vestctdav in Kockv Mount as liable tor service in the armv that wi be dialled under the sclei'livi1 draft law About forty per cent of those who gisteied wire colored men. One thou sand nnd nineteen were registered on the Nash count v sole and seven hundred tud . lotfv were enrolled on th- hdg i-iinbe sole 1 he registration exceeded the estimates of the legist rars bv Hirer hundred men and the niiccch sof the leg islration mid the wuv it was carried ex- iled' the fondest t'Xpeetal ions of the men w Ho nail tne lasK ol earn ing ii nut. -;o- systematically was the regis! ra lion carrictl out in Koeky Mount that not a single hitch in the registration i.lmis were experienced and every, niiiii that had ot register did so with a will ingiiess that showed that he was ready invliiiie ( 'ncle Sam wanted hun to light The oi'inion prevailed that if there were i n v slackers yesterday, thev were not Kockv Mount nnd it anyone failed to register the registrars doll t Know it. The i cgistial ion wsa cai rit'il out whii out i v cost to the government wiuii ver. On tho Nash county aide where here were ten registrant and five com ilers; each of the tit teen men gladly ' ; i . . I ' ... .1 .. gave up vcstcriiav in wins tor i ncic un, Those men who had charge ot tin; gist i it ion in Nash count v were l iank lioihani- John h. Mtxiro, (u'orge Ti. lliiiiie ,. 1 Hciiirett, W. li.' 1 1 1 1 il in n. John L. Harper,. K. ii. Johnston, ( . W . 'hill, . V. JenkiiiH ami K. I . Holt. t lie ininiites past nine o clock tin- egisfr.'irs in the Nash county side had gone home anil tne regno i hi ion piuci- re closed. Yesterday .'il'ternooii the slierifl" pilt live men to work oil the .Misti county side for classify and compile the regis ration curds. These men worked as last s the registrars registered the men and it nine thirtv last nigni ine wunie one hosnnd and nineteen rcgistrat ion cards nl tlie men wlin registereii nan o i lassitied Hiiil compiled bv thein. I he i.-n who p"i I tinned this signal service that enabled the work of registering Ilie nien on the Nash county sole to he car I out so svsfeinaticallv together with he registrars were O. K. lo.i -r, Ij. II. v k I'au! h. Capell". At . X . Mam ill and John h. Cornwall. Ail fu'Uen did tint take advanlagc f the pay offered h.V the government ml did their work without charge, as lid the registration force on the I'.'lge ombe side. . The registration tallies Hid . ot her furniture used hy tne regis r.'irs.nii the Nash county side was tur nisi... by the lliilluck r in nit ii' i! I oin inv free of charge and the lumber out - . . . . . . . ...ii... til which the legist ration si.-iiis wcm mad" wns also given free by the Build- ' Sash ami Wind. Company.-.M r. (. f . Il.irrell furiiislicit tlie lights tiini ugni- eipiil.iiwiit used hv the Nash regis rs free of charge and the whole thing . i ...:,l , ..1 ti.,. w as conuiicieo whiumu cimiv Dveriiineiit . whatever. (In 1 he Kdg un be side t li if 'were ix registrars and the men did the same s the men on the Nash side and .did heir work cheertullv I ree. or cnargu. The men who acted as registrars on ine hdgceoiube side were . Is. Cooper, II. I Wake J l'. tirci n. J. C Dauglit rulge Wake Williford ami Hubert h. Arring These ineii earned out their regis ration without anv troiinie wnainci I all who registered over there did it cheefnltv and willingly as those did oi tlie Nash county side, seven nuinireo and fortv men were registered on the Kdgecombc side. There vmis no cost, involved ill carry ing out. tin' registration on the Kdge coinhe side ami the furniture and oth er "lipinent li led was lurnished bv different patriotic eitiens of the city. The iirl Senilis come in for their share of the credit due to the carrying out of the registration yesterday. These veling belies staved on dutv at both places yester.biv and pinned sixteen hundred srm hands mi every man that regisler-d until tlieir supply gave out. Had it not been for them the men would not have had their '-yellow streak on tlieir arms yesterday ami due praise and credit is coining to the young ladi-s, who di cltheir part yesterday as nobly and willingly as iinvoiie in the city. The again the police department did its share in making the registration a miercKs- Ki'gistrars Jenkins ami oglnll said that had it not teen for Oflieer Tli'i'-rington vesterdav at the Nash coutv registration place that the regis tratiou could not have heen carried out as it was- The officer stood (uard at the Sunset avenue entrance and onlv allow- (Contmued on Page Eight) DURING YESTERDAY GET TO BUSINESS Is Second Day of Twenty Seventh Annual Confed erate Reunion BIG PROGRAM TODAY The Morning Is Given Over to the Presentation of the Reports of the Commit tees. Election of Officers on Thursday. ash inntoii, June ti.-- out eilerate veterans today catered upon the second ilav td then t went v seven! h annual re un nn with a strenuous program ot ac tivities ahead, ail important pint of which were the annual memorial exer cises tor the t iintfdc rate dead at Ar linglon National ( eineterv. With the preliminaries incident to their annual gat hei'ing-t he veterans got down to ac tual business today which brought them here. I he morning session was given over largely to the presentation of commit tec reports and reports from depart meiit ciimiiiiiu lers. Tomorrow will come the election til otliccrs and the selection ol the next uiiiiuat meeting place. BAKER TALKS OUITEfiLflOMY At University Commence ment He Says Fifteen to Twenty Million Men Will Have Given Up Lives Be for Peace Comes. - Chapel Hill, .lune ti. "The ten .mil lion young men who answered yesterday when the nation mav call, have made n complete answer to the charge that mi liupefial government is necessary to ( flic eiicy, ' Secretary linker tol I the graduating (lass of the hniversity of North ( arolina here today. -"Ill" war is pist -licguiimtgy ' Secretary tinker said," W hen it is ended 1 "i,lllill.lKM) to L'O.tllMI.Ollll will have been killed, count less numbers manned and the wealth of the world wasted: nil homes and .tradi tions will be changed and our own gov ernment in i o 1 1 fled . I here will be bin the least of us to glee great g ft 9 if we rids tor every hero and the chance for have- spent our tune m preparation of our souls. "The submarine must be exterminat ed not .'uuilaled.' ' lie declared in speak ing ol f he conduct ol the war. .'-"T think the l iutcil states is called as Sir (lain id to remove those thingu which ob struct, the wav of laving a new loiiniln turn lor world c v i li.nt ion. We must go i it 1 it the war where thev (the. Ger mans) have carried the war. We must use their means of tightnu. hut (od tor- hid that ever by accident an American oldier should ever take the life ot a voiiian or it child.-' ;: :.'.' .Sccroinrv of 1 he Navv I'aniels. pre sented degrees to those gra lutes who l re at loll I Iglet hoj pi He spoke with 'On fidenee ot t he outlook saying,"! in valor is coual to believe the Alneri American energy and that before the end of this war' .'American genius will find a way to make the submarine un possible iii its executions. ' SEVENTEEN BUILDING PERMITS FOR MAY Seventeen building pernutts were is sued for the month of Mav bv Mr. I. I. Daiiglitrnlge. The permits will cover buildings to the value of $1)4,90, most of .he structures being resi dences. The largest permit was that of the Watkins Warehouse, which will cost $11,0110. The hiiilding activity is progressing well in Kockv Mount and seventeen new buildings for last month a good average. i Official Mission Is Headed by Former Belgian Minister To This Country Washington. June ti. Kelgiuin will send an official mission to the I nited State! headed bv liaron Moncheur. former-Minister here. It will arrive with in the next three weeks. Helgium re gards the linited States as her great benefactor and is eager to express her appreciation in the most whole hearted UAI SENDS A MISSION HERE way. BIG MASS IVIEETIfiG LAST NIGHT IS II GREAT OCCASION Nearly Two Thousand Peo ple at Braswell Park Pa triotic Services STIRRING SPEECHES BY PROMINENT CITIZENS Addresses Made by Rev. R. C. Craven, J. B. Ramsey, A. O. Dickens, F. S. Spruill and R. II. Parker. Also Band Concert. Patriotic Songs Sung by People Present. , The greatest day for patriotic work in' the history of Kocky Mount cam to a climax last night with an enthu siastic mass meeting of about.' fiftten hundred people of the city. Splendid patriotic talks by prominent citizens of the city, tin injing of the "Star Hpaugled Iiaiiner,'' and ."America," by a choir of picked singers of the city 's vocal talen.' and a splendid con cert by the Rocky ' Mount Concert Band,' which gave up several other en gagements they could have filled to their financial bem fit, were the fea tures of the program. The registration could not have been carried out better, the sale of Lilw rty Bonds exceeds ex- pectations and the number of members enrolled for the Red Cross showed' that Rocky Mount leads the way every day. When ti comes to doing things and making less; fuss about it, Rocky Mount leads them all and the work accom plished yesterday cannot be beaten by ' any city, no mutter who they are. A more patriotic town '-when it cornea to parotic work and not patriotic show cannot be found. , . The exercises at Braswell Park last night began -with masie by the -band, followed by a prayer by Bev. Fred erick Diettl, pastor of the church of the Ootid Hhepherd. Next "America." was sung by the great audience and chior, ami the famous national anthem was rendered with a fervor aeldorn heard. Mayor T. T; Thorne, presided and introduced the speakers.: Rev. R. C. Craven, pastor of the First Methodist Church, was the first speaker on the program. Mr.. Craven praised tht nien who had registered themselves ns willing to lay down their lives for tin ir country. He said that tho arm bands that are pinned to their sleeves as a s gn that they have regis tered will be followrd by the khaki un iforms and that this is simply the first atip that these men will have to play in the defense of their country. The men who registered today will carry themselves as valiantly as any of the suns of the United Htatcs, who will be calbd under the draft law and in con cluding he said, that when Ilie final . tut comes the men of this city will be among the first line and that they will uphold the reputation and honor of tlieir forefathers and iheir city, If they are called to fight for Uncle Bain across tin.- seas. Mr. J. B. Ramsey, was the ne speaker on the program and his topie was the Litw-rty Loan Bond. He said that the amount to be raised by the government was seven billions and that only two billions were to be raised at this limef by the subscriptions to the Liberty ..Loan. The English people have already subscribed to twenty billions for their government and the French have answered to the call of the government of France to the ex tent of sixteen billions. When the sub scriptions for the Liberty Loan of two billions ia closed on ,Juni 15, Mr. Ramsey said, that he was confident that is would have been over-subscribed many times. He said that we have always fought for freedom and that now we have got to fight for the free dom of the world and that the answer of the American people was that they were going to see that conflict through to a tinisti and that autocracy must die. He said that American dollars and American patriotism must back up American lives. He told them tut that they could get a Liberty Bond by paying a dollar a week for fifty weeks and urged every American who was able to so to subscribe to one and thus do their part in that manner. Lieutenant A. O. Dickens, Company D., Third Regiment, " North Carolina, National Guard, was the next speaker and he spoke in the interest of tna National tiuard. He said that Congress and the President of the United States would not have been doing their duty that they no: declared war to fight for the cause of humanity. Ho aaid that the National Guard was now stronger than the regular army and that when, they drilled at the Mexican border af ter the nine months service there, that you could not tell them from the regu lar army. He said that they were now fully trained by their experience on the border and that the North Caro lina regiments were among the best trained and best drilled in the whole organization. He said that the oppor tunity to enlist in the National Guard was still open and that it had distinct advantages over the conscripted army that will bt, called later. He said that -Continued on Page 5)
The Evening Telegram (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
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