THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN, SALISBURY, N. C.
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GOVERNOR'S GALL
VOLUNTEERS
MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND
NEEDED TO FILL UP GUARD
RANKS. i
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
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Raleigh.
Governor Bickett's proclamation
calling for more than five thousand
volunteers to fill the ranks of the Na
tional Guard follows:
The War Department has ordered
the North Carolina National Guard
to be recruited to full war strength.
To meet this requirement the follow
ing recruits are necessary:
First Regiment 1,000
Second Regiment 1,100
Third Regiment .....1,200
Other organizations ....1,800
These other organizations include
the Coast Artillery, Cavalary, Engi
neers, and Sanitary Troops. It is seen
that over 5,000 volunteers are needed
to bring the National Guard up to
f ul war strength. It is apparent,
therefore, that any one who may have
opposed the selective draft because he
did not like the thought of being con
scripted is now given a chance to vol
unteer for militry service.
Then, too, there ora several distinct
advantages in enlisting in the National
Guard:
1. While those who enlist in the
National Guard will be required to
register they will be exempt from
draft.
2. He who enlists has the privilege
of selecting the command and branch
of service he desired to enter.
3. He will serve under officers he
knows and among his own friends
and acquaintances.
4. A person volunteering for ser
vice in the National Guard will be re
quired to enlist only for the duration
of the war.
5. A permanent roll of those who
enlist will be preserved and the names
will be published daily in the news
papers. 6. The man who volunteers for ser
vice in the National Guard has a bet
ter chance for promotion than he who
is taken into the army under the
selective draft.
Considering these advantages to
gether with the appeal the country
makes for men, I confidently expect
the patriotic young manhood of North
Carolina to quickly fill up the ranks
of the National Guard. History does
not show where a nation has ever
made a worthier appeal than our coun
try makes to its sons today. This Re
public has unsheathed its sword in de
fense of humanity and to prove that
Republics have a right to live. Amer
ica has planted the emblem of liberty
and democracy in the pathway of the
tyrant and the autocrat. And she now
calls upon her sons to keep it there.
We like to sing of the "sweet land of
liberty" and "the. home of the brave
and the free." . But the time has' come
when it is not enough- to sing only.
We must back the sentiment with act
ion in order that that which gave birth
to the sentiment shall not perish from
the earth.
America has lifted her arm in de
fense of Christian civilization and she
now calls upon her sons to save that
civilization. This is ho ordinary war.
It is a war of ideals. For in it a civ
ilization that exalts love and service
id pitted against civilization that ex
ults power and selfishness. A civiliza
tion in which the strong must serve
the weak is at war with a civilization
in which the weak must serve the
strong. It is, in' short, a war to de
termine whether the ideals of Jesus or
the ideals of Thor shall dominate the
world. We like to pray, "Thy king
dom come." But. the tdme has come
when it is not enough to pray only.
Now, therefore, I, Thomas Walter
Bickett, Governor of North Carolina,
do hereby call upon and urge unmar
ried' men who are fit for military ser
vice to enlist in the organizations lo
cated in the community in which they
reside. And the people of all com
munities in which the various com
panies are located are earnestly urged
'o take an active interest in bringing
np the organization to their full war
'trength.
No citizen of the State should be
' ontent until this is done. Never yet
has the nation called and failed to
receive prompt answer from the peo
ple of Norfh Carolina. Let us not
forget that in every crisis in -the Re
public's life, from Kings Mountain to
the present momentous hour, the peo
Will Not Hinder Enlistments.
The War Department telegraphed
the Adjutant General of the North
Carolina National Guard that young
men eligible to enlist in the National
Guard can continue to be recruited for
the Guard service after they have reg
istered or enrolled under the selective
draft bill, June 6, until the actual draft
is made. The telegram reads: Men
required to register June 5 under the
selective draft bill will be allowed to
enlist in the National Guard after
that date until the actual drafj is
made,"
ple of this Commonwealth have re
sponded to their country's call with a
spirit of selfsacrifice and devotion to
duty worthy of the best traditions of
the Anglo-Saxon race and with a cour
age that has challenged the admira
tion of mankind in every land where
people love liberty and men are not
afraid to die for a principle.
North Carolina will not fail must
not fail in this hour. I know that
our people want the State to do its
full share of the work that must be
done by the States of this Union, not
only to preserve free government on
this continent, but in order that the
whole world may be "made safe for
democracy." Therefore, I appeal with
confidence to the patriotic manhood of
the State. And I expect a response
worthy of the sons of the fathers who
laid down their lives in order that we
might be free.
Bone at our City of Raleigh, this the
21st day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen, and in the one hundred and
forty-first year of our American Inde
pendence. T. W. BICKETT,
Governor.
By the Governor.
SANFORD MARTIN, Private Sect'y.
Care of Rural Cemeteries.
W. S. Wilson, legislative reference
librarian, has mailed out letters, to reg
ister deeds of every county asking him
to call the attention of the county com
missioners to law enacted by the re
cent General Assembly in reference to
the care and beautifying of rural cem
eteries. The act iss follows:
An act to provide for the proper
care and beautifying of rural ceme
teries. The General Assembly of North Car
olina do enact:
Section 1. That it shall be the duty
of the boards of county commissioners
of the various counties in the state to
prepare and keep on record in the
office of the register of deeds a list
of all the public cemeteries in the
counties outside the limits of incorpor
ated towns and cities, and not estab
lished and maintained for the use of
an incorporated town or city, together
with the names and adresses of the
person or persons in possession and
control of the same. To such list shall
be added a list of the public ceme
teries in the rural districts of such
counties which have been abandoned,
and it shall be the duty of the county
boards of commissioners to furnish to
the Legislative Reference Librarian
copies of the lists of such public and
abandoned cemeteries, to the end that
he may furnish to said boards for the
use of the persons in control of such
cemeteries suitable literature suggest
ing methods of taking care of such
places.
Sec. 2. That in order to encourage
the persons in possession and control
of the public cemeteries referred to
in section one of . this act to take
proper care of and beautify such cem
eteries, to distinctly mark their boun
dary line with evergreen hedges or
rows of suitable trees, and to other
wise lay out the. grounds in an or
derly manner, the board of county
commissioners of any county, upon be
ing notified that two-thirds of the ex
penses necessary for so marking and
beautifying any cemetery has been
raised by the local, governing body of
the institution which owns the cem
etery, and is actually in hand, be and
it is hereby required to appropriate
from the general fund of the county,
one-third of the expense necessary to
pay for such work, the amount appro
priated by the board of commissioners
in no case to exceed fifteen dollars
for 'each cemetery.
Sec. 3. That the boards of county
commissioners of the various counties
be and they are hereby required to
take possession and control of all
abandoned public cemeteries in their
respective counties, to see that the
boundaries and lines are clearly laid
out, defined, and marked, and to take
proper, steps to preserve them from
encroachment, and they are hereby
authorized to appropriate from the gen
eral fund of the county whatever sum
or sums may be necessary from time
to time for the above purposes.
Sec. 4. That this act shall be in
force from and after its ratification.
Ratified this the 1st day" of March,
A, D., 1917.
Medical Corps Reorganized.
In a reorganization of the medical
corps of the National Guard several
resignations were accepted, a number
of promotions given and three origi
inal appointments were made by the
militia bureau of the War Departmen.
Dr. Paul Carter, of Goldsboro, is ap
pointed First Lieutenant of the Medi
cal Corps and assigned to the Third
Infantry; Dr. Claude V. Orr of An
drews, is appointed First Lieutenant of
the Medical Corps and assigned to
Ambulance Company No. 1 at Canton,
and Dr. Eugene R. Cocke of Asheville.
is appointed First Lieutenant of the
Medical Corps and assigned to the
Field Hospital Corps at Asheville.
Breeding Sheep Can Be Purchased.
Returning from a sheep and wool
conference held at Philadelphia re
cently, R. S. Curtis, Animal Husband
man North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion, says that farmers of the South
now have an opportunity to purchase
Western range breeding ewes at a
very reasonable price. These will be
distributed by carload lots due to an
arrangement made with Western
breeders by the Philadelphia Wool and
Textile Association. The great value
of the Western range animal is com
parative freedom from stomach worm.
1 Ma j. William Barclay Parsons, who built the New York subway, one of the engineer officers that will go to
France. 2 Walter Slddall of Washington who, though only fifteen years old, holds a first-class wireless operator's
license. 3 Constructing cement barracks for the officers' training camp near Fort Myer, Va. 4 Former Russian
exiles about to embark at San Francisco for their native land.
ITALIAN
Italy's war mission to this country arrived quietly and is now busy in Washington. Those members in the
illustration are, left to right : Alvise Bragadini of the transportation department ; General Gugliemetti, military
attache ; Enrico Arlotta, minister of maritime and railway transportation of Italy and head of the commission ;
Commander Vannutelli, representing the navy, G. Pardo of the department of industry and commerce, and Gaetano
Pietra of the agricultural department.
SENDING WORD TO
The French along the western front have devised a clever method of
keeping the French people in the territory captured by the Germans informed
of the progress of the war. The French aeronautical service uses the small
balloons shown in the picture for this purpose. Newspapers and pamphlets
are tied to the balloons, which are practically invisible at ajgreat height.
RED CROSS PARADE IN WASHINGTON
The new American Red Cross building in Washington dedicated the
other day, and a part of the exercises was the parade of 1,000 women in Red
Cross uniforms, which was reviewed by the president. This parade is shown
in the upper part of tne illustration. Below Is a group of Washington society
5vonieD who have been training as motor ambulance drivers.
WAR MISSION TO UNITED STATES
THEIR COUNTRYMEN
YOUNG IVTADOO IN THE NAVY
William G. McAdoo, son of the sec
retary of the treasury, in the uniform
of the New York Naval Militia. He is
classed as a third-class electrician and
attached to the aeronautical division
of the militia at Bay Shore.
Sawdust in Concrete.
Nails can be driven into concrete if
sawdust has been added to the mix
ture. The proportions of One part of
cement, two of sand, and three-quarters
of sawdust will produce a con
crete in which nails will hold.
The addition of sawdust appears to
increase the tendency of concrete to
absorb water, but the application of
waterproof paint helps to eliminate
this difficulty.
Concrete of these proportions is
quite apt to crumble and will not
stand much usage. It should be used
only in floors and other places where
it is to be covered with a protecting
surface of boards or flooring of some
sort.
To Break Up Big Ranches.
In California the farms originally
were the old "Spanish land grants,"
usually, of enormous extent. In a fash
ion these great holdings validated by
the American government when Cali
fornia came into the Union have re
mained as ranches. Today the people
are learning that both for taxation
and production, small farms are bet
ter, and a movement to bring this
about Is under way.
NERVOUSNESS
AND BLUES
Symptoms of More Serious
Sickness.
Washington Park, nL "I am f&s
mother of four children and have suf
fered with female
trouble, backache,
nervous spells and
the blues. My chil
dren's loud talking
and romping would
make me so nervous
I could just teat
everything to pieces
and I would ache all
over and feel so sick
that I would not
want anyone to talk
to me at times. Lydia E. Pinkham's
'Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills re
stored me to health and I want to thank
you for the good they have done me. I
have had quite a bit of trouble and
worry but it does not affect my youth
ful looks. My friends say Why do you
look so young and well ? V I owe it all
to the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies."
Mrs. Robt. Stopiel, Sage Avenue,
Washington Park, Illinois.
If you have any symptom about which
you would like to know write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass., for helpful advice given free of
charge.
X7XTf" TC "Women as well as men
V M.VJ are, mart a mlaprahla hv
TO
kidney and bladder trou
ble. Thousands mnnin.
Rl A MR mend Kilmer's
pi-rniUE Swamp-Root, the great
kidney medicine. At druggists In fifty
cent and dollar sizes. You may receive a
sample size bottle by Parcel Post, also
pamphlet telling about it. Address Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. T., and
enclose ten cents, also mention this paper.
DAISY FLY K1LI ER
ornamental, convenient,
cheap. Last all eaaea.
Had of metal, can't ipill
or tip over; will not soli
or Injure anything. Guar
anteed effective. Sold by
dealers, or 6 sent by ex
press prepaid for $1.00.
HAROLD SOMERS, ISO DE KALB AVE., BROOKLYN, N. V.
. PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
A toilet preparation of merit.
Helps to eradicate dandruff.
For Restoring Color and
Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair,
60c and $1.00 at Drngglgta.
One-Sided Recognition.
They passed on the street without
speaking but their eyes held mutual
recognition and challenge. She was
accompanied by a female friend, and
he had a male companion. When they
had passed, the girl said :
"That was poor Jack Jurgens. He
didn't speak, but you noticed his look,
didn't you? Poor boy it hurts me to
think how he has never got over my
refusal to marry him. Of course, he
was all broken up at the time, but I
thought he would soon get over it. He's
thinner, isn't he? I do hope that he
hasn't plunged into dissipation. He
couldn't trust himself to speak, could
he? Oh, dear!"
And the man was saying:
"Did you see how that dame gave me
the eye? I suppose I should have
spoken to her, because I .can't help
thinking I've met her somewhere her
face is familiar, but I can't place her."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Lemon Juice
For Freckles
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for a few cents. Try It!
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces of
orchard white, shake well, and you
have a quarter pint of the best freckle
and tan lotion, and complexion beau
tifier, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of orchard white for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day and see how
freckles and blemishes disappear and
how clear, soft and white the skin be
comes. Yes 1 It is harmless. Adv.
It Depends.
"So you are the applicant for posK
tlon as chauffeur?"
"I am, sir."
"Are you a careful driver?"
MI am, sor."
"Do you smoke?"
"No, sir."
"Drink?"
"No, sir."
"Do you swear?"
"Well, it depends on what kind of a
car you've got, sir."
The Color Scheme.
"Has your wife started that bank
i account of which you were telling
me?"
"Not yet, but she has collected sam
ple checks from all the banks, and is
trying to decide which makes the most
harmonious combination with her new
embossed stationery."'
Why buy many bottles of other Vermi
fuges, when one single bottle of Dr. Peery't
Vermifuge "Dead Shot" will act surely and
promptly ? Adv.
Many a man who thinks he is a poli
tician is really a joke.
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy
Ho Smarting Jnst Kye Comfort, CO cents a
CKuggicta or mail. Write for Free aye Book.
EXTJRI&E EYJE RISTKKDY CO., CHICAGO
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