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THE ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR, DU" liVANCS nrT IVI vL. i..l. f I IMDCDTAM Mrvn-pi w r a nst nj a b . . , n . . . i-wiuut,iivn, nuRin cakulwa, muINUAY. JUNE 17 1918. """ ON ITALIAN TO ROUND UP IDLERS WAR SAVINGS DRIVE JUNE ??Mn TO 9th PAPMiimcrunni CDAMT MAW i " w v win muTi"Liii Li iJlsIlUUL HWlU iwn n 1 AM I Anrrn or..- un LiivuU otALfi m i l' nmrMiA. " tr i Great Austrian Offensive Against Italians Has Begun Italian and Allied Armies Are Holding Austrians. The long-awaited Austrian often- v" NUMBEk 37 BKlfc. ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS points Committeemen in Each' Township to Report Those Who! Are Idle. In accordance with Gov. Bickett's! proclamation, published elsewhere in j this paper, calling- linnn f-.Vio rt.rrl ! ' c x w v. i Quota in All Three Liberty Loans Man's Size Job for Robeson But County Will Go "Over the Top "-Quotas and Chairmen For Each Township. sive against the Italians began Satur-i of the State to see that no idlers are aay V"4" ' u" "'5 " m allowed at this time, the county coun- trom we Asmgy pmit.au to me set.,)-:! nf , ejT A big War Savings drive will be launched June 22nd, and will continue through June 28, to secure pledges for flu. Miviku f 4-It.. -4-Z-n SO HAH AAA I . .. l.. 1 A A vk ui ueiense. IVir. H. H Sfanir a4-'I iui-uaiK; ui mc cuuic oi.uuu.uuu, .1 ll'ORE Oi. HCtt-lV 1UW IIIUUS. ' "J "i-IAAA .' O.-; -J. U:,U 4-1,- The latest news from the front is. to chairman, met this morn- Governtr N the effect that the Italians have driv- mg at the court house and appointed I Carolina's quota is $48,538,314, and en the Austrians back across the riv- committeemen all over the county to! Robeson county's quota is $1,063,986. er Piave. Quiet prevails on the ! rPTmW. OT, s , 7 7. The minh RoWon M,,h, npnnlA ci u -f-t. --,- "ii 'uici o iu nie couniv onair- . : - , "5? JSrtKSL ed the TeeW 1 wereS loansVo faTsold but thattheco aiaea uy ""V " ; A. E. White, Lumberton7 Dr J L wi" go "over the top" and meet This morning's summary of war news j McMillan, Red Springs' J S Oliver ' this duty, as it has met every other "The Italian and Allied armies arejgS Gf" McCormick Parkton! connection with the war, thew bravely sustaining the weight of the: ferj oj the Jjt present can be.no doubt Austrian forces, which are attacking, R McEachern St Pauls desired that this entire amount be Along the front of the Italian theatre T. Clf S nledeed. That does not mean that from the northwest of the Asiago appointed : Dr. J . L McMillan J N one must buy at one time all the Wat P L!?!aEWa SlJ bffi. B. W. To4sendaSprm' Savings stamps one can invest in, but ..,. i T7 ti t . . cimnhr t'iqt nno n Qii rpno liovco I- fW amount it .!oins the headwaters ot the Adna- w N Hubbard Fairmont J w I himself to buy stamps to the OC sea, a iron i neariy miies. ! Barnes Barnesville: A. J. Mills R A his or her 'pledge before the 'ine "Ertru2S JTZ Edens, J. W. Ward Rowland: J. B. 9 the year. This is not only a sive "5J5r U11VC. .J McCormick, A. J Garris Parkton but a privilege. War Savings s duty tamps nien gmrnany of to co,rung; Maxwell-TolaiSe E AJ enas.ng them one is helping to win iron tire All tel hot E. White. Tra Riiovn W F v wh i the war. mania and uancia as a result oi tne t? h n'Lul V u IZ debacle in the east, are using them R" ' Srton. .uu,,t ofit ; n,0 0ffftrt S.iw.w Messrs A. R. McEachern and A. J. from the mountain passes and cross S?2 iLappoillt ?n ,for St- x auis muu lvxaAtuii, respectively. Women Will Hold Mass Meetings In appointing the township chair men whose names are given below, Mr. L. R. Varser, county War Savings chairman, selected men upon whcse hearty cooperation he felt sure he could count. Each one is urged to see that the quota for his township is subscribed. The quotas are figured M. M Smgletary, Lumberton R. 3. Bntts, $34,144; chairman, W. L Thompson. Lumberton, R. T T SamP' $29,810; chairman, J. B. Humphrey, Red Springs, R. 2 mil?11?10?' i be determined; chair-L- Blue' Fairmont. w-y' be determined; chair man, Worth Bums, Lakeview, S. C Howellsville, $36,278; chairman, N. A. Kinlaw, Lumberton, R. 7 Lumber Bridge, $69,674: chairman, Kev. j L. Jenkins, Lumber Bridge. Lumberton, $110,748; chairman, R . Lawrence, Lumberton. Maxton, $77,682; chairman, A. J. McKinnon, Maxton. Orrum $20,438; chairman, Marshall bheoherd, Orrum. Parkton, $26,950; chairman, J. G. Hughes, Parkton. Pemoroke, $42,570; chairman, R. H. j-.i vermo re , rem broke . Raft Swamn. $16,918: chairmnr, t end! A. Carlyle, Baie, R. F. D. Kennert. to be determined; chair man, A. M. Tolar, Rennert. Red Springs, $72,380; chairman, Rev. H. M Dixon, Red Springs. Rowland, to be determined; chair man, Geo. K. McNeill, Rowland. Saddletree, $19,778; chairman, G. S. Barrel!, Rennert, R. F. D. Shannon, to be determined; chair man, J.N. Clark, Shannon. St. Pauls, $63,778; chairman, Prof. T. S. Teague, St. Pauls. Smiths, $61,820; chairman, A. H. White, Maxton, R. F. D. County Farm-Life School to Be Eeestablished at Philadelphus Additional Equipment and Land Provided. Regular communication St. Al bans lodge No. 114, Tuesdav eveninic at o:ou. Election ul omcere. A bunch of boy scouts from Mc Cnll, S. C, passed througn Lumberton in three autos this morning bound for Lake Waccamaw. wliere they will ramp out for a spell. Mr. E. Odum, who lives near Baie, was a Lumberton visitor Saturday and brought the editor a fine pear from, one of two trees at his place that are I loaded down with delicious fruit. HIGH AND FARM-LIFE SCHOOLS UNDER ONE MAN! Mrs L. R. Varser returned Sat- jurday night frcm Charlotte, where Correspondence of The Robesonian. j Philadelphus, June 15. The board she spent several weeks in n hnanifal under the care of a specialist. Her condition is very much improved. Lucy J. Sampson. Indian who lives of education met at PhilnrlolTiV.nC ! on R. 6 from Lumberton. savs h Thursday afternoon for the purpose! 5?d "ren !TS f"S'm, her ara?en for of rreStab.i5'niK the to bJ35 SdJt'JSLr'SSi tl the Piave river and gain the Venetian plains. Everywhere the fighting is of an extremely sanguinary character, espe- j Reported for The Robesonian cially east oi tne Asiago plateau, m The women's committee of the coun- on a basis of $20 for each man, worn- xne creiiia vcurc, . "y cii of national defense met with the! an and oh d. l.nr cqq taq v,. r; Grappa. In the initial struggle the men's committee this morning at the In the township quotas given below! nian Barnes Barnesville enemy succeeded in capturing several . court house to discuss plans by which! no apportionment is made for Fair-1 Thompson' "$133 958-" chairman f..n Imp nnsitmns in the mountain iU r i . . i i. t. t , i . """ovu, ?oo,ooc, ciitirintn, . r rr- ii-Z;'u j T ' lllc iauiefi UA uul cuumy cuu itia our inont, vjauuy, nenneri, nowiana anu Spurgcon McLean. McDonalds. Whitehouse, $87,362; chairman, vv. L. Jenrette, Marietta. . Wishart, $23,386; chairman Stansel. Allenton. Some people in the county have teen buying War Savings stamps reg ular and will continue to do so, but only a small per cent of the county's quota has been purchased so far. With the proper amount cf work and that that will be done there is no doubt Robeson's quota will no doubt be oversubscribed at the close cf the r.Hv .Tm.p 9 - -' -A r m . 1 .'IT! . 1 '1 T1I ' 1 . n 1 II 1 . , . . mi . legnm uum .. dovs at tne iront. ; Shannon townships. This is on ac- crossing the Piave. Counter-attacks, The iadies then had a special meet-j count of the fact that at State War have restored all the positions in uhe mg cf their committee to make fur-l Savings campaign heademarters oniy mountains, including territory t-j i a ther arrangements. Mass meetings ! census figures for 1910" were avail depth o 1,000 yards along a 2,500 for iadies are to be held in every! able, and those townships had not yprd front captured trom i tne British. town and communitv as soon as they then been established. Chairmen of At last accounts the allied troops tye- can be arranged f or. it Ls hoped that j those townships are expected to f ig rywhere were strongly holding the every lady in Robeson county will ure their quotas from the ouotas of aimy and King ictor Emmanuel s put torth every effort possible to help I the townships from which they were nen were gallantly striving to throw our boys in the trenches and that 'formed. back the invaders across the Piave. : when these mass meetings are called Township Quotas and Chairmen. The Italians have taken more than , they will respond most heartily andj Alfordsville township, $67 518; 2,000 Austrian prisoners among them patrioticallv. I chairman. W. F. Bullock. Rowland bvwbccx ca i, Mrs. J. O. Bobbitt ot rairmont vas! Eack Swann, $35,046; As yet the Vienna war office has added to tke COmmittee. ! - ,civen only brief mention to the bat- MRS. L. T. TOWNSEND, mmmmammmmmm tie saying that the Austrian armies Chairman, had invaded the Sette Communi pla- MISS JANIE CARLYLE, teau, lying at an altitude of 2,400 feet Secretary, northwest of Asiago and that up to i Women,g Committee of National noon Sunday more than 10,000 ital-i Defense. ians, English and French soldiers andj ' a considerable number of guns had rkTnnnnrvt UTim 1 T ni iT been captured . , KIliliHM WHf.AI i.Kllr cnarrman, GREAT DAY AT FAIRMONT. J. C. at this place. The majority of the few days. citizens oi the d:stnct, also a few in-1 Mrs. W Lt.it.siea irom nea springs, were pres ent to discuss the matter with the board. Upon motion of Mr. N. B. McAr thur for a vote to ascertain who, if -i .. ... any, oi the citizens ot the communitv would like to have the school operat ed again under the plan that it has been run by for the past four years, the chairman of the board. Mr. Mp Rae, ruled that since there was no P. Barker is critieallv ill at her home, North Elm street. Chief of Police Alf H. McLeod left Thursday evening: for Baltimore, Md., where he will take treatment un der a specialist. Mr. J. A. Barker has been advised by wire that his daughter. Mrs. G. R. Hennigar of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, recently underwent an oper ation ior appendicitis. Her condi- evidence that anvbodv cared for it that i tio" 'as as favorable as could be ex- it was not necessary to vote, and did!1" K" not put the motion. Mr. McRae was correct in his rul Mr. S. F. Caldwell returned Sat. urday from Baltimore, Md., where he ing. lhere had been no obiection hv! spent rriday with his parents. Mr. anybody to the school being discon-'and rs- R D. Caldwell, who arena tinued, run and operated as it was The citizens of the community and board of education have been unduly criticised because of the discontinu ance of the school. The board cf edu cation acted upon the request of the people. They knew that the repu tation of Philadelphus school and com munity was due to its citizenship and fighting in the air. He was at Lyon's, that those citizens are capable of in the southeastern part of France, knowing what they want and need in when last heard from. their midst as they were of building dergoing treatment at Johns Hopkins hospital. Both are getting along well and are improving in health. Mr. Shepard K. Nash, son of Mrs. A. Nash of Lumberton. has been transferred back to France, where he was last fall, from Italy, where he was in training for 6onn. time for for themselves the good name that Philadelphus high school and com munity enjoys. Messrs. G. W. Knott and C. J. Smith, of Henderson, proprietors of the Farmers' tobacco sales warehouse ! of Lumberton, arrived here last eve- With the commencement of the; long-expected Austrian offensive the fighting in France has simmered dow.i ; M wheat Raised in Robeson almost to subnormal, except south- Patriotic Rally Held There Saturday Biggest Occasion Since Old Sol diers' Reunion in 1913 Pledges For Red Cross. RED SPRINGS PERSONALS. A Glimpse of the Passing Throng. west of Soissons where the French have delivered several violent at tacks against the Germans holding; territory captured last week. Where the enemy a week ago was throwing; thousands upon thousands ot mfjn This Year Than Ever Before- Large Acreage and Yield is Good. Special to The Robesonian. Fairmont, June, 16. The patriotic rally held here yesterday afternoon is It will be interesting to learn, when ! declared to have been the biggest oc- anri his forces sadly depleted through men killed and wounded. against the allied lines between ff;c.;c. av oVs..!ahh. how manv : casion Fairmont, has bad since the Montdid'er and Noyon Sunday saw I mQTe acres were planted to whe-.t m Old Soldiers' reunion in August, 1913. aim worn out witn nis useless cu uiw i j0r,eson this year than ever betote, I About 1,500 people heard Evangelist and how much more wheat has oeen j Luther Brictgers sneaK m tne People 3 I raised. J. E. Dial. Indian, who lives tobacco warehouse, whicn was h:- Z ' about 5 miles from Lumberton on R. ; tingly decorated for the occasion. 19 Tons Of Explosives Dropped 2, was a Lumberton visitor Thursday j Anion? the decorations were the ser- afternoon, and he told ihe Kooesonian j vice hags irom all tne churches in something about how busy he has! town, these flags showing 58 stars, been cutting wheat lately. He bought ; each star representing a man who is a reaper and binder this year and, in his country's service. Five young has been kept busy cutting wheat tor, men at home on furlough from camp On Enemy Establishments. The French official statement is sued Friday evening reported no in fnTifviT loHnti 1 l-fir-icr tVio f.J.V ..filled "To the material captured from some time, so busy that he had not; were in the choir and added just the the enemy on the 11th of June should ! been able to find time to cut his own j right touch to the meeting, be added nine nms including seven i wheat up to that time, ana he says; In the warehouse where he has been heaw ones' andfortv machine euns. i he has the best wheat he has ever j preaching powerful sermons to large Our chasing air squadrons have , naa It was decided at the meeting, to! 1110 n n1 xi i 1 1 a r-riA i-4r f ftm change the plan of the farm-life now until-the opening of the selling school, to further equip it to tne;season getting acquainted with the i iJ, ' 1 1 D i farmers and making ready for the- vate subscription, already subscribed, also to purchase ten acres more land to be paid for by the people of the community, then to operate the farm life school with the high school un der the superintender.cy of one man With the people ef the county in terested in vocational education: opening License has been issued for the marriage of Kelton Powers and Nan nie Townsend; Clarence Lovett and Bodie Lovett, Henry Martin and Nan nie Tatum; Travis Brisson and Alma Starling; G. Darden Smith and Bera Tedder; J. Marvin Adams and Mary with a full realization on their part aaer' ar.v, .AQams that this is Rnhpsnn ,,ntv's f. ?dens; W. Pink Floya and Sallie He savs he knows ot' two other 1 crowds for the past week. Evangelist! ll l T I -".-. I I ' Oil , 'UIUM. VUJ MM w I - -, ' I brought down five airplanes and two! men in the county who bought newiBndgers delivered a patriotic speech captive balloons. Seven other German; reapers this year, and Mr. W. K. C&- tnat roused his hearers to the high- machines have been put out of action, breth ,01 K. 0 irom Lun ueuuu, esc aegree. rieuges were taKen 101 "Durin the night of June 13-14, had a reaper for two or three years,) monthly contnoutions to the Red bombing squadrons dropped on i and all ot them nave naa an uie wwu uross as long as its war neeas iasu .lishmonts stations and can-! do since the wheat began to riper He Some pledged $5 a month, and many our . ...li: J . i. . .- 4-. ...t. n . n u . r,a T..T.oon thinks there has never been anything, pledged smaller amounts tons of explosives, causing important j like the amount of wheat raised m.pected that when all returns are m damaee " this county before. And the yield is j tomorrow it will be found that the B ! good. On the day he was here Dial Fairmont chapter will receive as a It is ex- American Prisoners Through German Towns. PorsrlpH ! was cutting over nine acres cn one raraaea; H. Caldwell's places 4 j miles from town and he said it was the I host- whpat he ever saw, two or three A Geneva dispatch of the 14th times as good, he was satisfied, as states that American and British wheat he had last year tnat yielded prisioners, together with French co-; 20 bushels to the acre, lonial troops, recently captured by pjai savs he traveled over several the Germans, are being paraded wheat-growing States last year and through the streets of the Rhine that he did not see any wheat to beit towns to impress the population, ac-:some 0f the Robeson-grown wheat cording to advices from Strassburg this year. It used to be considered received in Basel. i useless to try to raise wheat in this county, but during the past ne years result of these pledges $125 a month. THE RECORD OF DEATHS. Mrs. Sarah "Fleet" Moore of Or- Arrested on Charge of Desertion. Faulk Davis of the Fairmont sec tion was arrested Thursday by Rural Policeman W. C. Britt on the charge of army desertion. Davis registered and failed to fill out a questionnaire or to answer when he was called by the board. He will be taken to Camp Jackson this evening. ihf matter nas been given thorough test and the folks have come to see that good yields ct wneat can be raised. And when the wheat is harvested there is plenty of time to raise a good crop of, corn on the same land. rum, R. 1. Mrs. Sarah "Fleet" Moore, aged 65 years died at the home of Mr. How ard Watts on R. 1 from Orrum Thursdav afternoon. Deceased had been sick for several weeks. Inter a pretty mont vas marie in tne Collins bury ing grounds Friday. Robeson Boy Among Dangerously Wounded. Mr. Allen Hayes of the Marietta section has been advised that his son Mr. Grady Hayes has been dangerous ly wounded at the front in France. Case of Smallpox in Town. County Health Officer W. A. Mc Phaul reports that Mrs. M. A. Geddie has smallnox at her home, on the Elizabethtown road where it crosses the Virginia & Carolina Southern railroad. Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. Van Skipper. Ernest, T"k J.l-- Tk-rt prSoSt thri-lnd kid j West Lumberton, died yesterday zZiZ - 4-r.B a willintr to nav in- Death was due to colitis. creased taxes, Temple Chapman, of Lawrence Ernest. 16-months-old making large ; son ancl rs- Van Skipper of : TTT T 1 j ! 1 4- Ar1 ft it Jonlin Mn.. told the House ot con gress ways and means committee Thursday during hearings on new war revenue tax legislation. He is the first witness to flatly advocate in creasing the taxes on his industry. Since the life of the mines is short. Mr. Chapman suggested that in fix ing higher tax rates the committee should take cognizance of the fact that large profits are warranted., Beatrice Myers, Colored. Beatrice Myers, colored, aged 20 years, died at her home in "Newtown" Saturday. Give up your luxuries that the Kaiser may be made to give up his ambitions. FIRST BARN OF TOBACCO.. Special to The Robesonian. Pembroke, June 15. Messrs Wes ley Kirby and W. A. Cox, who live near Pembroke, cut their first barn of tobacco today. This is the first barn of tobacco we have heard of being cut in Robeson county this year. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, June 15. Mrs. Charles Hyatt of Washington, D. C, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Council. Mrs. John W. Graham and family spent Thursday in Purvis with Mrs. Graham's father, Mr. Adams. Mrs. Graham Nicholson of Mt. Gi- lead, has bee nthe guest of her sister Mrs. P. J .Lisk for the past week. Mrs. NiciiOisons husband, who is a cap tain in the army, recently sailed for France. Mrs. Thomas Davies and little daughter, of Augusta, are the guests of Mrs. Davies' parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dixon. Miss Agnes Cox is spending te week-end in Kinston. Mr. Tom Lovin left last week for Norfolk, Va., where he has accepted work. Mr. and Mrs. J. Earnest McPhaul and son, J. E. Jr., and Miss Gladys Toon spent Thursday in Fayetteville. Mrs. Vaughn of Ardlussa is the guest of her sister Mrs. J. H. McKay. Miss Louisa Dixon has returned from Jacksonville, Fla., where she was maid of honor at the wedding of her cousin, Miss Paula Conly. Mrs. Tom deVane. who has been visiting in town for the past week, left Saturday to join her husband, Lieut. T. A. deVane, who is stationed at Camp Sevier. Prof. J. R. Poole of Lumberton spent a while in Red Springs Satur dav afternoon. Mr. J M. Hall has returned from Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., where he went to join Major Long's hospi tal unit. Mr. Hall failed to pass the physical examination for overseas duty. Messrs. A. B. Pearsall and Wm. Jones are spending the week-end at Wrightsville. Mrs. J. D. McLean ano cniiuren su spending several weeks at Wrights ville Beach. Miss Almena McLeod, who taught at Goldsboro the past year, is at home for the summer. Miss Berta Cox has returned from Smithfield, where she has been teach ing school. . . Ci Rev. and Mrs. A. S. Parker of St, Pauls and Mr. and Mrs. Lyn Parker of Raleigh are spending the week-end with Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Parker. Boys At Camp Getting Along Fine. "When you see my folks tell them T otvi trottinor alone1 fine" was the re quest of nractically all the Robeson county registrants at Camp Jackson moAa nf Mr V. Grover Britt, of The Robesonian's staff, who spent Friday, 1 Saturday and yesterday with the boys at camp. that this is Robeson county's farm life school not Philadelphus farm life school; that it is free to the bovs and girls of the county, run as it will be in connection with Philadelphus high school, under the same manage ment, the board of education doing ail m their power to make it a sue Connelley. An automobile driven by Proctor Stephens, colored, of Proctorville, and a bicycle ridden by a colored boy, whose name could not be learned, collided on Elm street in front of Mr. A. Weinstein's store about 8 o'clock cess; with the neople of the Phila-j last evening. The biclcle was torn delphus communitv united to a man I UP and the front wheel of the auto for the success of both, we see not passed over the colored boy riding the reason whv this, should not onW holbicycle. He was taken to the Thomp- one of the best schools in the Stat-.! son hospital, where it was found that but the very best. AMENDMENT TO SELECTIVE SERVICE REGULATIONS. Marriage Since Enactment of Selec- he was not hurt. .Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Petty, of Greenville, S. C, whose infant son died last Wednesday nght at the home of Mrs. Petty's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thompson, where they were visiting, and Mrs Petty's sister Miss Ruby Thompson, left Saturday morning for Norfolk, Va. Miss Stein, tive Draft Law Will Not Be Ac- a nurse who had been with Mrs. Pet- . j ty, left Saturday morning for Char cepted as Ground for Exemption tte Mr. Petty is accounting rep- c i resentative of South Carolina for the Except Certain Cases. , lJnited States railroad administration. Marriage since the enactment of the Dorothy, aged two and a half selective draft law no longer will be years, was the proud possessor accepted as cause for exemption from of a dog. That is, she military service except in the case of thought, before her father men who have become of age since bought a big dog for her, that she June 5, 1917 who may be exempted ' would love it better than anything if they married before January 15, at all, if she had one; but after she 1918, the date on which the joint res-; got the dog she seemed unable to de olution requiring their egistration cide whether she owned the dog or was introduced in Congress. the dog owned her. She cringed and Drastic amendments to the draft audibly sucked her breath when the regulations were announced Friday, dog started toward her. "What's r.isrht bv Provost Marshal General! the matter, Dorothy?" asked her Crowder under which local boards are mother, "Are you afraid of the dog? required to re-classify all cases in cluding such marriages. Dependency claims on account of children of such marriages will be allowed where chil dren are "born or unborn before June 9, 1918." Following is an order sent to all State draft executives 'No'm", bravelv maintained Dorothy, "Dog's 'fraid of me." Ordered to Reclassify Registrants The local army exemption board has been directed bv the War De- ! partment to reclassify and place in Plpase nrnmulffate at once to lo- Class 1 all men ot dratt age who nave cal boards the following important married since May 18, 1918, and amendment to the selective service ' before that time except reo-i.latir.ns' rn cases wnere me wives u su.u icg reguiations. uum. o w,a nmr tn J "Rule 5, Section TZ, SSK is amended is.ranis gave -nui - to read as follows: ! June y, lais. inese win oe Pti "Rule Five A The fact of depend- in Ulass ency resulting from the marriage of a registrant who has become 21 years of age since June 5, 1917, and who has married since the date of the in troduction of the joint resolution in Congress requiring his registration, to wit, Jan. 15, 1918, will be disregarded as a ground for deferred classifition. "B. If a registrant who has at tained the age of 21 since June 5, 1917, and who has contracted marriage subseauent to the date of the enact ment of the selective service law to wit, May 17, 1917, but on or prior to Jan. 15, 1918, claims deierrea classi fication on the ground of dependency resulting from his marriage the fact of dependency resulting from his mar riage will be disregarded as a ground for deferred classification unless the dependent is a child of the marriage born or unborn on or previous to June 9. 1918, in which case such a regis trant upon satisfactory proof being made shall be classified in Class 2. "C. If a registrant, other than one since June 5, 1917, who has contract ed marriage since May 18, 1917, claims deferred classification on the ground of dependency resulting from marriage the fact of dependency re sulting from his marriage will be dis regarded as a ground for deferred classification unless the dependent is a child of the marriage, born or un born on or before June 9, 1918, in which case a registrant upon satis factory proof being made shall be placed in Class 2. ... "D. Nothing contained in this amendment to rule 5 shall be constru ed as requiring the transfer to Class 2 of any registrant who has been fin ally classified in Class 1 on the af firmative finding that his marriage since May 18, 1917, was made with the primary view of evading military service. "Instruct all local boards forthwith to re-classify all cases involving mar riaees since May 18, 1917, in accord- who has attained the age of 21 years ance with the above."
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