North Carolina Newspapers

COURIER i t n LL HIL ISSUED WEEKLY. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME XXXXII Asheboro, North Carolina, Thursday, July 12, 1917. NUMBER 28 INTERESTING HISTORY OF RAN DOLPH IN CIVIL WAR Richland Township Man First Volun- Uer Patriotic Meeting Held in Old Courthouse Yard. Mr. Randle Presnell, one of the older citizens of Randolph county, recalls some interesting history' in connection with the Civil War. He has recently recalled a mass meeting held in Ashe horo in the old courthouse yard in 1S61. The citizens of the county had been called together for the purpose of se curing volunteers for Confederate ser vice. Following a patriotic address the announcement was made that a procession would be formed of volun teers. At the first sound of the drum Derrick Tucker, son of Pinkney Tuck er who was a miller at Yow's Mill, in Richland township, came forth and volunteered. He was a frail stooped figure but of patriotic mind. He went through the war and returned home without a scratch. Richland township also furnished the tirst drafted man in the Civil War, Rolsman Cole, son of Michael Cole, who lived one mile north of Y'ow's Mill. Mr. Cole joined Dr. J. M. Worth and went to Wilmington in the salt works where he died. It is rather singular that of all the enlisted and drafted men of Randolph during the Civil War that Richland should furnish the first of each. Teachers for Public Schools Prof. Coble has been elected prin cipal of Liberty high school to suc ceed Bruce H. Lewis, who has resign ed to enter the real estate business in High Point. Other teachers elected for the Liberty school are Miss Mary Move, assistant in the high school de partment, and Miss Ruth Taylor for the seventh grade. Prof. D. C. John son has been reelected principal of Trinity high school. Mr. T. M. White of Ramseur has been elected principal of Coleridge graded school to succeed Prof. D. E. Highfill. Mr. White is the son of the late Prof. W. P. White of Ramseur and was educated at the North Carolina State College of Agri culture and Engineering. Teachers for the primary and intermediate grades of Coleridire school have not been elected. Col. Osborne Collects Largest Amount In History oi sservicc rvnmiseinnr Osborn's reDort of internal Ntnu for the year en4jf June 30 shows fhat $809,215,997.66 has been collected, the largest cmount in the history or the revenue Dureau. Th,c u-m collected at the remarkably low cost to the government of 95-100 of 1 per cent. Secretary McAdoo is highly pleased with the North Caro linian's work. . North Carolina makes a wonderful showing in the amount the state con tributes to the government. Its part tntal amount collected WBS cunsoR.nfti.01. Of this amount. Col A D Watts, collector for the western district collected $22,287,185.37, while the office at Raleigh showed $8,610, 95 64. The' Raleigh office collected $7376, s?i oi from ordinary sources; $536,- 676.17 from corporations, and $197, 696.46 from individual incomes. Work At The Cumnock Mine The overhauling of the engines and other machinery at the Cumnock coal mines says the Sanford Express, has been finished and pump tested. The machinery is in first-class shape and ...... omnnthlv ra clock work. The htm been moved from the open ing of the shaft. The preparations to begin lifting the water from the mine were delayed by the failure to i,.ir,i nd other material when first ordered. The pump will be put in operation in a few days, iwo wdm of a capacity of 500 gallons each will also be kept in operation hoisting wat . tho mine. These tanks are in carriages and open automatically at the bottom nice a sieam snovc. . there are thousands and thousands oi gallons of water in the mine the man ager expects to have the most of it out within three months. When the water is pumped out down to the bot tom of the shaft the work of timber ing up the mine preparatory to mining coal will begin. The timber that will be put in the mine nas aireauy uwu sawed by saw mills near Cumnock. There will also probably be a coal nine openec m the Segroves property on the norm stae oi weep n - other company. It U reported that the company has leased the property and has had some borings made for coal. If the teBts should prove satisfactory we may expect to soon see two coal mines in operation at Cumnock, one in Lee sod the other in Chatham. Mr. G. F. Cant, of Pennsylvania, who was for several years wim we nine when it was operated, has return ed and will have charge of both mines as civil engineer. Company K Called July 25 The officers of Company K have re ceived notice that the company will h railed into service July 25. Fol lowing this the company will remain in a chohnm for two weeks before en training for the cantonment. The des tination oi me company win pruunuij be Charlotte, and if not Charlotte, seme camp in South Carolina. The Senate will vote on the food control bill Saturday. The German Chancellor in his speech to the Reichstag Tuesday said that the formula of peace without annex ations was not acceptable to the Ger mans, that Germany must fight to conquer, DEMONSTRATION WORK GIVEN ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT Women of County Display Enthusiasm in Assisting Miss Howell in Canning Demonstrations Gives Demonstra tion in Asheboro Save Recipes. Miss Louise Howell, demonstrator in home economies, gave a canning demonstration in Asheboro on Friday and Saturday of last week. The dem tr tration consistt-1 r, cann;rg the va rious fruits and vegetables brought in by different women. Miss Howell is thoroughly acquainted with her work and has the most up-to-date and prac tical methods in preserving fruits and vegetables for winter consumption. Miss Howell gave a demonstration in Randleman on Monday and Tues day of this week and at Sophia yes terday; today she is at Gienola and Friday and Saturday she will be at Trinity. Her itinerary for July has been announced through the county papers. If any community wants Miss Howell to make a demonstration along any phase of home economics applica tion should be made to Mrs. W. 1). Stedman, Asheboro, who is chairman of the Agricultural Relief Committee of the Woman's Club. Tha chairman of the board of county commissioners asked the Woman's Club, Asheboro, to take charge of Miss Howell during her stay in the county and it is the earnest desire of the committee and Miss How ell that her work in Randolph may prove of great benefit in conserving food an1 in bettering conditions in home economics. Different women have 'phoned the president of the Woman's Club that arrangements are being made for Miss Howell and that the women in the various communities are looking forward to her demon strations realizing that she is prepar ed to give the best and simplest meth ods in canning and preserving. Mrs. McKimmon of the State Home Demonstration work expresses grati fication over Miss Howell's reception in Randolph and predicts a most suc cessful season for the canning work in the county. For the benefit of the women of the county The Courier is printing a schedule for canning veg etables and fruits which Miss Howell uses. She desires the women readers of The Courier to preserve this list as it will help them in their work. Miss Howell will begin her demon strations, at 9:30 a. m. at the follow ing places unless otherwise notified: Glwiola, July 12th. Trinity, Juty 13th and 14th. Farmer, July 16th and 17th. Seagrove, July 1 8th. Why Not, July 19th. Central Falls, July 20th. Worthville, July 21st Cedar Falls, July 23rd. Franklinville, July 24th. Ramseur, July 25th. Coleridge, July 26th. Staley, July 27th. Liberty, July 28th. The women at the different places are especially urged to arrange the following things for Miss Howell: A place to hold demonstrations on oil or wood stove in yard or kitchen, boiler and Jard stand, two tables, buck ets, large spoons, long fork, towel, sugar, flour sacks, salt, quart or pint glass jars or tin cans, pans, tea spoons and tablespoons, vegetables and fruits picked same day of demonstration. The women of the various commu nities are urged to co-operate with Miss Howell in providing a list of things needed for demonstrations. The Courier has been carrying a large number of receipts for canning many of them gotten out by the De partment of Agriculture are practic ally the same as Miss Howell uses and should be preserved. A scrap book made of receipts is a valuable book for every housewife. Elsewhere in The Courier are tried receipts. Women, send on yours and lets give our best to others. Food Embargo The embargo on exports proclaimed by the President to take effect July 15 will revolve itself into an elaborate system of export control. After the date mentioned, shipments of commo dities will be forbidden except upon license, but licenses will not be hard to obtain where interests of the United States and its Allies are not likely to tuuer. Official regulation of exnorte will on erate also as friendly restraint upon our allies, as much for their protec tion, however, aa our own. They will not be able to bid against us in our own markets or against each other, and thus the control exercised at Washington should result to the ad vantage of all who are engaged in a common cause. Reckless speculation ana panic prices, at any rate, will be discouraged. By putting Holland, uenmaric, fcweden and Norway upon rations, co to speak, we are . not to starve or opm-ess them, but we are to close the last gap m the blockade of the enemy. Baric a and Philatheas Hold Meeting The Baraca and Philathea classes of the M. E. church held a union meeting at the home of Rev. Ira Erwin Friday night. After the business meetings of the classes, the members were enter tained by selections sung by Miss Lucile Rush and Mr. Grady Miller. Officers elected by the Philathea class are: President, Miss Lillie Par- nsh; vice-president, Miss Blanche Birkhead; secretary, Miss Lillie Rich ardson; treasurer, Miss Louella Lowe; teacher, Mrs. W. A. Underwood. The Baracas elected the following officers: President, W. C. Page; vice president, H. G. Bruton; secretary, Wayne Miller; treasurer, Carl Rich ardson; teacher, Dr. F. E. Asbury. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. Ada Allred King and daugh ter, Miss Allie, have returned to their home in Greensboro from Texas where they went to reside about two years ago. Mrs. King's son Clyde has join ed the army and Mrs. King decided to return to North Carolina. Capt. B. F. Dixon left Monday morn ing for Gastonia to visit relatives. He will remain in Gastonia until Com- iirnv iv is canen out lor service, Capt. Dixon has been untiring in his the- county have been invited to at efforts to recruit his company and has .tend the meeting. Lunch will be serv hnd remarkable success. ' ed to the visiting women. The Coun Mr. R. C. Lewallen had the misfor tune the latter part of last week in getting a finger broken while crank ing a Ford car. Mr. Lewallen had pull ed the priming wire when the car kick ed him with the result mentioned above. Dan Cupid has not been very active in this county since the war began. Only 14 marriage licenses were issued from the office of the Register of Deeds during June. This is a smaller number than were issued the previous month. Apparently marrying and go ing to war does not appeal to the young men of Randolph. Mr. James O. Pickard of Randleman, who went to Hopewell, Va., about 18 months ago has been very successful in his work with the Du Pont corpo ration. Mr. Pickard now is manager of the commissary of the corporation and is making good at his job. He has recently been promoted. His many friends in Randolph will be pleased to learn of his success. Wayne Franklin, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Yow, died June 2a after an illness of two weeks Funeral services were conducted June 30 at the home by E. F. Cagle and interment was made in Pleasant Hill cemetery. Surviving are the parents, one brother and a sister. Three brothers and one sister are dead. Messrs. James Amos and E. S. Glover, members of the Vance county board of commissioners, Mr. Hockett road supervisor, and Messrs. J. G Puckett, and J. H. Thomas of Hender son were in Asheboro yesterday to look over the new gasoline tractor used in road work in this county, and to inspect the work done with ajriew of purchasing a 'similar engine ltr roan work in Vance county. They made the trip from Henderson hy way of Greensboro by automobile in seve hours. Mr. J. T. Douran of Caraway was in. Asheboro Saturday in the interest of Mountain View public school. An effort is being made to obtain new desks for this school under the ruling of the board of education which pro vides that the county will pay half the cost of patent desks for any school building in the county provided the patrons will raise the other half. No teacher has yet been elected for the school and applications may be sent either to Mr. JJougan or Mr. fa. W Keams, at Caraway. Work on the dye plant of the new Asheboro Knitting Mills, recently in corcorated with an authorized capital of $125,000, is being pushed forward rapidly. The mill will not wait, how ever, for the completion of the dye house before beginning work, but will begin as soon as the knitting machines can be obtained and installed. Sixteen of the required sixty machines have arrived. These will be installed on the second floor as will the others as fast as they arrive. The first floor is re served for offices, finishing, packing, and the like. The capacity of the mill will be 700 dozens of men's hose daily. The new American Chair Company owned by the Cranford brothers of Asheboro and M. J. Boling of Siler City for the manufacture of dining chairs and bent wood chairs will be gin operation in about two weeks. The machinery has been installed for some time, but the operation of the factory has been delayed on account of the construction of the finishing room, This is Almost complete now and the factory wheels will start in a short while. This is one of the few furni ture plants in the state making the bent wood chair and the outlook now is for a large demand for the prod uct. Patriotic services were held at the M. E. church Sunday. Rev. Irwin took as his text, "He hath not dealt so with any other nation," applying it to the United States, the most fa vored of all the nations of the earth. He stressed the importance of produc ing foodstuffs and of conserving them after they are produced. Carrying out the suggestions in a practical way, he announced that he had a number of cabbage plants- for free distribution to any who might call for them. The pastor solicited talks from nuiubovs of the congregation, whereupon Mrs. W. H. Monng made a short talk on the efforts being made to organize a branch of the National Defense League in this county, and outlined the work to be- undertaken. Red Cross The Courier has a list of the mem bers of the Red Cross chapter in Asheboro, but is unable to publish it in this week s paper. Same will be published next week. Misses lassie Koss and bnoiia Pres :ll have been appointed to organize a class in first aid, "and those inter ested in this feature of the Red Cross work are requested to communicate with them. PLANS TO ORGANIZE COUNTY FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE Miss Mary Petty, County Chairman, in Asheboro Today Important Meeting to be Held. Line of Work to be Undertaken. Ms Mary Petty, who is chairman of the Committee of the Council of National Defense of Randolph, is in Asheboro today arranging for organ izing the county. Miss Petty was in Asheboro last week and appointed dif ferent committees. Women all over cil of National Defense was created by an act of Congress and approved August 29, 1916. It is composed of the Secretaries of Navy, Interior, Ag riculture, and Labor. The women throughout the country volunteered their services immediately, conse quently a woman's committee has been appointed in each State and counties are taking up the work in a systemat ic way. The object of the plan of organiza tion proposed is to co-ordinate wom en's organizations and their working forces in order to enlist at once the greatest possible number in the ser vice which the national crisis demands. It is also most desirable that no de fense work of any kind already done shall be lost. East State division will be expected to investigate the work under way so to co-ordinate activities as to eliminate duplication and over shall be lost. Each State division will problems peculiar to itself but the good judgment of all women in charge of organized work will so clearly re alize the importance of unification that the Solution should readily be fou.id. It should be remembered that the women's committee of the Council of National Defense desires to conserve everything useful in the way of work and organization and advises 'central ization in the interest of higher ef ficiency. Some of the lines along which the committee of the Council of National Defense will work are: Registration for service. Food production. 1 Food conservation (home econom ics. ) Protection of women workers. ( Wajres, child welfare, hours and conditio-) ' ' Pvl ia health and welfare" of chil dren.' Social service. Conservation of the moral forces. V.ed Oo8S. lexical fwvice. killed reiie.. Education propaganda and informa tion. ( Speakers, literature, informa tion of women's war work.) - Courses of instructions. (Training classes for women to prepare them to fill positions vacated by men in cleri cal, mechanical and industrial pursuits, r inance. Publicity. ' The committee of the Council of Na tional Defense is anxious to enlist the co-ODeration of everv woman in Ran dolph in doing her bit wherever and whenever she can. Miss Petty'a being at the head of the organization Randolph assures success. Engagement Is Announced At a dinner given in the Selwyn hotel, Charlotte, Tuesday night of last week by Miss Corrinne Gibbon announcement was made of the en gagement of Miss Mattie Walker of Charlotte to Alexander McAlister Worth of Winston-Salem. The wed ding will occur during the month of August. Mr. Worth is the youngest son of the lute 1 nomas 0. Worth and Mrs Allie H. Worth, and was reared Asheboro. After completing his course at the University of North Carolina he located in Durham where he was connected with the Durham Loan and Trust Co. Several months ago Mr. Worth located in Winston-Salem and is a member of the Leak-Cobb Co. Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. James E. Carson an nounce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Mary Williams, to Mr. Edwin E. Jonea of Charlotte. Miss Carson is the eldest daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Carson, formerly of Char, lotte, a granddaughter of the late Col, A. C. McAlister. and is well known in Asheboro and numbers scores of friends throughout the state. Mr. Jones is a native of Petersburg, Vir ginia, and is a prominent young busi ness man of Charlotte, being assistant cashier of the Independence Trust Co. of that city, one of the strongest fi nancial institutions in the South. Company K 124 Strong Through the untiring efforts of the officers and some of the members of the local military company the strength of the organization has been brought to 124 men. This is 26 men short of the required number, and, since a few will be eliminated by the physical examination, at least fifty more recruits are needed in order that the company be full. Those who have joined the compa ny since the list announced in last week's paper are as follows: Turner Ferrell, Jesse Burroughs, and Charles McLeod, Ether; Paul Brown and Alex ander Hutchison, Star; John McCas kill, Lonnie Stewart, and Martin Wil son, Candor; Jason Spivey, Biscoe; Lenox Hayes, Troy; Prenttis Wilson, Eagle Springs; Orron Stokes, and C. E. Ward, Coleridge; and Carl Reitzel, Randleman. ENTIRE NATIONAL GUARD TO BE CALLED BY AUGUST 5TU President Issues Formal Call Effective August 5 Men Drafted Quit Old Militia Status Norf. Carolina Guard Called July 25 President Wilson issued a proclama tion Monday drafting the State troops into the army of the United States on August 5th. The proclamation spe cifically declares that the men drafted will be discharged from the old mili tia status on that date. In this way the constitutional restraint upon the use of the militia outside of the coun try is avoided and the way paved for sending the regiments to the Europe an battlefieilds. Prior to the application of the draft, regiments in the northern and eastern sections of the country are called into the Federal service as National guardsmen in two increments to be mobilized July 15 and 25. Those to be called July 15 include guard units in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne sota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Da kota, and Nebraska. On July 25 guardsmen will be called including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connect icut New Jersey, Delaware, Mary land, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten nessee, Illinois, Montana, Wyoming Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Guardsmen from other states will be drafted into service August This arrangement was necessary to provide for movement of the regiments south to concentration camps without congestion. Fourteen camp sites for the sixteen tactical divisions into which the guard will be organized for war purposes have been selected and the militia bu reau is preparing the railway routing of the troops to the camps. Seven of the sites selected are in the South eastern Department, five in the South ern and1 two in the Western. The two others will be in the Southeastern De partment and until they are approved assignment of regiments to camps and divisions cannot be fully worked out. List of Those Who Took Teachers Ex aminations Seventy-three teachers "and prospect tive teachers took the examination for certificates under the supervision of County Superintendent k T. Fletcher Bulla, in the graded school building Tuesday and Wednesday. The exam ination this year differed from those previously held in that they were sent out by the examining board of the state and the examinations all- over the state are uniform. Following is a list of those who stood the examination for certificates in this county: Misses Lydia Bing ham, Farmer; Addie Albertson, Trini ty; Ora M. Wood, Asheboro; Ethel Allred, Asheboro Route 3; Edith Siler, Millboro; Ida Bingham, Farmer; Non iuee Canoy, Randleman Route 3; Gladys Routh, Millboro; Mary Hanner, Randleman Route 1; Virginia Johnson, nign roini ttouie a; lma f inch, mgn Point Route 5; Virgie L. Sawyer Trinity Route 1, Box 66; Blanche Sny der, Fullers Route 1;. Clara Briles, Caraway; Jessie Myers, Trinity Route 1; Annie Cox, Moffitt; OUie A. Julian, Asheboro; Gertrude Richardson, Ran dleman Route 1; Rona Stanley, High Point Route 3; Inez Justice Lewis, Hills Store; Esther Allen, Ramseur; Pearl Brooks, Moffitt; Nettie Newby, ZVX"'.7L i' nj.f. Start TRaniseur U'WSSlJTY Peace Staley, Liberty; Sarah Shaw, I is notnowif lJi?h tK 8 Strieby; Carmie Rigntsell, Ramseur Lt B2Sfii !" T Mamie Cox, Ramseur; Victoria Brown of men XnvClHb,e "Uber Ramseur Route 1. Box 98; Grace Fra- jflSo " 8 U"l"eefded0n th,e flrst.se; zier, Asheboro; Jennie Norma Lassi-,JL ZtZ tiplr,,de a?aiIft ter. Pipe; Esther Hussey, Asheboro S Route 3; Ada A. Beck, Erect; Maggie JmS" ?Zt SL takcB.Se Trogdon, Seagrove; Annie Lee Tuck- k. a Iffc?iM "ntll,U,e er, Seagrove; Emma Loflin, Sol; Lola JS Xwed for il frfW11 fa" G. Cox, Asheboro; Gelyar Cox te-teJZl!?!&inF grove; Essie Cox, Aiheboro; Addie, uSSa a hLVam ' m h m,, Frye. Ulah: Mamie G. Sums. Erect: :i?Jl2ia. Aa'f ."amcs.w,uld be P"- Alma Beane, Seagrove; Mary Staley .'m foVn-ti W 5 Liberty; Alma Stewart, Liberty; Vit,Kh2 Z J0 una Stewart, Liberty; Rosa Owen, 1 JL 7" ? "Vf1?! v it i m,.u ' r r those not reached in any district Ajhcaitwjr , x. int. iiwi, iuucuuiv, uiai.c Allred, Staley; Ethel Burkhead, Ashe boro; Mrs. R. F. Lynch, Asheboro Route 1, Box 71; Mrs. E. M. Siler, Millboro; Messrs. R. O. Smith, Kemps Mills;, btephen Stout, Asheboro; floyd B. Cox, Ramseur Route 1; Bascom G. Cox, Ramseur R. F. D.; E. C. Cox, Spokane; Mosea Adams, Rachel; Ad rian E. Burkhead, Sol: Carl B. Cox, Asheboro Route 1, Box 40; Bryan Cox, Pisgah; O. C. Brown, Kamseur Route 1; Lewis Fletcher Ferree, Randleman Route 2; Trelah M. Cheek, Ramseur Route 1; O. L. Stout, Coleridge; Edgar Beane, Momtt; L. P. Craven, Kamseur; William N. Bray, Arch dale; W. Allen nuuwi n. i-i ray , Arcnuaie, " . auto Cooper, Randlentan Route 3; and Wade j Mr! J.' A. Howell, of Hoffman, took .;.;. w,.ol f ..j s.otai"' prvKnun was cameo out. in uie as supervisor of primary department. Misses Maude Lassiter, of Mechanic, and Laura Davis, of Progress, stood examination for state high school cer tificate. Randleman, Route 3, News Randleman, R. 3, July 9. Those visiting Mrs. Isaiah Rich last Sunday were: Mr. Grady Hall and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hall of High Point; and Mr. Ivey Hall and family of Asheboro. Mr. James Davis, who has been spending some time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orlendo Davis, returned to his home in Anson county last week. Mr. Gurney Millikan visited Mr. Frank Everhart in Randleman Sunday. The date on which the Plamfield pro tracted meeting will be held will be announced in these items next week, DAY OF SELECTION FOR DRAFT ARMY NEARINC. Indications are That the Drawing Will be Held Next Week Numerous Possible Complications Make Prob lem Difficult Various Ways Sug gested of Accomplishing Correc tion of Chances to Make Draft aa Fair as Possible. Selection day of the new National Army is approaching rapidly as the lo cal exemption boards in the various states complete their organization, give serial numbers to the registration cards and forward certified copies to frovost Marshal General Crowder. In dications are that the drawing will be held next week, but no official state ment has been made as to the War De partment's plans. It is understood that it is proposed to place in a single jury wheel in Washington one complete set erf num bers. When a number is takun from the wheel, the man in each ejomption district whose card bears that aerial number will be drafted. Thut as each number is drawn, approximately 30, 000 men will be drafted, or ime in each exemption district. If 1,200,000 men are to be called before the exemption boards in the first selection, which seems highly probablenly forty num bers would need to be drawn. Numerous Complications'. There are numerous complications which must arise, and the method of solving them can be known only when the plan in detail is made. For in stance, the number of registered indi viduals in each district who are lia ble for military service will certainly not be the same. Aliens are registered, but not liable for duty. All this must be considered in fram ing the regulations. Provision must be made, also, to balance as far as possi ble the chances of military duty be tween the men in each district, so that disqualification of a large number in any particular district for any reason will not put upon those qualified addi tional likelihood of toeing sent to the front. Various ways of accomplishing this correction of chances so as to make the resulting draft as fair as human in genuity can contrive have been sugges ted. The matter has had President Wilson's personal consideration in line with his pledge that the method em ployed would, be just in every respect. . Men Fo Reserve Battalion. While the first contingent of the new army under the bilL is limited to 500,000 men, an additional 125,000 or 150,000 will be needed t make up the reserve battalions of this" force. Re 8 j1" battaIions are now being recruit ed for all regular regiments and will be recruited for the national guard when it is drafted into the federal ser vice. The organization of the nation al army will be on the same basis. It may be necessary also to draft enough men to fill up the regulars and national guard to war strength, al though no decision to this end has been reached. The regulars are t strength and the guard units are re cruiting rapidly. If possible they will ; Ke romnUtH hv . T . i v comPletl y the wur volunteer sya- There is one other consideratW which will effect the total number of men to be drawn. Opinion varies as to the number of exemption which mustt be made for the various causes out lined in the exemption regulations. A rough estimate of at least fifty per cent exemptions for physical or other reasons has been generally emnloved where the quota was filled before they came up Deiore tne board to be re tnrned. Another factor which is being work ed out in the selection regulations is the provision of the law requiring that each State be given credit at the draw ings for the number of men it has sup plied as volunteer in the, regular army or the nationl guard. Franklinville Township S. S. Caarta. tion . Franklinville township S. S. conven tion which was held at pleasant Cross church near Franklinville last Sun- , , ,. , . . . , , $. t?JZJWJ!r& 'j President. An interest- morning the address by D. M. Sharpe, president of Kandolph county is. S. Association, "Recruiting our Army," was indeed a treat, and inspired his hearers with new zeal. The reports from the eleven schools in township read by Miss Mayme Ellis, township secretary, was very interesting. The afternoon program was full of good things. On the program were EL O. York of Central Falls, G. H. King of Asheboro and Rev. A. J. Taylor of Ramseur. A feature of the convention much appreciated was the excellent music furnished by Pleasant Cropa choir and the generous hospitality shown. Officers elected for for coming year are: president. Hugh Parke: vice- president, E. O. York; secretary, A. L. Briles; assistant secretary. C. C. Red ding. Superintendents were ekctti j for the different departments, t