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'1 t . 4v x x ; i 1 4. 4 ..'I THE WEATHER TKumler'snow-' er tonight and Friday .;, VOLUME I. STEEL CORPORATIONS OFFER PLftfJTS TO GOVERi (By United Press) WASHINGTON. The steel makers of the nation today promised to heed the President's warning against extorting blood money in big profits on their products. In a meeting here to day with the government chiefs, the representa tives of all the large steel interests offered to place their plants at the disposal of the govern ment, at a price to be fixed later. The price will be in keeping with the President's idea of a pa triotic margin. LOCAL BOARD EXPLAINS MANNER OF OBTAINING EX EMPTION FROM DRAFT (Continued from a previous issue) (10 1 Those found morally defi cient. Any person who is aTeloh ; must have certificate from Clerk of Court. After the claims for exemption have been considered the Local Board shall decide, subject to appeal to the dis trict board by the individual or, by the Government, each claim for exemption within : days after the affidavits in support of the respective claims have been filed. Each local board shall issue a certi ficate of discharge, to each . pero-by or in respect of whom a claim for dis charge has been filed in accordance with these rules and regulations, i in the opinion of the local board such claim has been substantiated as re quired by the rules and regulation and the right to a certificate or discharge established. Such certificate may be absolute, conditional, or temporary, as the case may require. Xo discharge shall continue when a cause therefor no longer exists. Local boards may revoke such certificates of discharge when the cause for issuance no longer exists, and restore the name of the person on the list of those called for service. The person concerned will be notified by mail. The next step will be the certifying to the district board of two lists names of those not exempted. All the records in each case will be forwarded to the district board for review. In cluding the records of the physical ex aminations. Copy of these lists will le posted for the public and they will also be published in the papers. With in two days after they are sent to the district board. A notice will also be sent to each man who is not exempted the address on the Registration Vard. in case the claim for exemption ""as filed by another party for the person certified, to, they will be sent a notice in like manner. An appeal may be taken from any final decision of a local board. Each laiin of appeal must be made to such local Inmrd within ten days after he ha been notified that is not exempted. Forms win be provided for this pur pose by the local board. There can be no appeal from any order or decision "f any local board except the final de-r-isiii on a claim of exemption. The provost marshal general may "Ppeal from the decision of any local '"ard i (ne district board. It shall the duty of the provost marshal Sonera I ly or specifically, to designate J-onip person to take appeals from,, all decisions of local boards to the dis trict boards where certificates of dis 'liargc were granted on account of "those whose status with respect to ''pendents render their exclusion de sirable." 'ocal boards may order the physical 'lamination of any person called and the hearing on a claim for exemption ransferred to another local board. Afer his notice is mailed after the drawing, on account of permanent re moval or necessary absence as shown ' affidavits, his original local board "ay issue an order transferring his Physical examination and his claims for exemption to another local board. The physical examinations will be conducted by the physician on the board in the presence of another mem of the- board. No one . will be ex empted for physical reasons until he has been reexamined by a second phy sician who is not a member of the loard. Finally the board as a whole must decide whether he should be ex empted for physical reasons or not. District Boards. District Boards (1) Hear appeals from the final decision of the local boards (2) exercise original jurisdic tion in cases of people engaged in in dustries including agriculture, found to be necessary to the maintenance of the military establishment, or the ef fective operation of the military forces, or the maintenance of the national in terest during the emergency. The de cisions of the district board will be final in cases of appeals and in cases where they have original jurisdiction their decisions may be appealed from to the President. In appeals district boards may re ceive additional evidence in support or in opposition to any claim of exemp tion provided such evidence is in the form of affidavits (in duplicate) and is filed within 5 days after the uotice of the filing of a claim of appeal. Within 5 days the district board will render its decision dating from the time the proofs are closed. In the case of farmers, after they are examined f by the local board for physical exemption they then forward thejr papers to the district board and they mnst state that they are farming. that what they are raising is news-1 sary for the military establisment : j that their continuance therein is ne cessary; and that thty caniict be re placed by another without direct sub stantial material loss and detriment to the edequate an-1 elective operation of J he said faiin jr enirpn.1 All this i.iiot be filed ou' -i f rn.s supplied In 'Ne local I- I'ds af'e : tl.cy have been examined, physically. If they are discharged the certificates come from the district board. All not exempted are certified to the Adjutant General of the state by the district board and the Adjutant Gen eral mails them a latter and notifies them that the are called for military service and shall order them ta re port for military service in person at a specified time and place. This excerpt of the regulations is given out for the information of all concerned. If you will retain a copy of this you know what to expect. (Signed) J. J. LAUGHINGHOUSE, Chairman. M. T. EDGERTON, Jr., M. D. Clerk. vLocal Board for the Count of Pitt, State if North Carolina, Greenville, N. C. (By M. T. Edgerton.) Owing to the many recent rains the picnic of Memorial Baptist Sunday school that was to have been given tomorrow, has been postponed. Notice will be given as to when it will take place. ANOTHER SATISFIED POLICY HOLDER Messrs. Moseley Brothers, City, Dear Sirs : I wish to thank you for the prompt and satisfactory settlement of claim under my accident and health policy for time lost during my re cent sickness covering a period, of about eleven weeks. This check pf $132.14 was indeed a great help. Yours very truly, DAVID J. . WHICH ABD, Jr. 7 11 17 6L, Pu.M Telegraphic Rei or t s b f ? the' United. Press GREENVILLE, N. C , ' - " ': " '" Or l : ' 1 ' . ' ML ' 1 : 1 -4 ' U 1 tii : : ; , , a mr vti4 mmr - ft T The Germans usually have been alone In the destruction of things sacred, but French forbearance has been tried so that It could not countenance leaving standing a huge xnontmient erected to German dead In a cemetery at Chauny to French territory. The French destroyed the nnumentwlth dynamite. INTERNAL CONDITIONS IN GERMANY ZURICH. The situation in Berlin between the government and the maj ority of the Reichstag "has become "worse ""dul-tuThe ast"2Th6ufs ac cording to reports received here from Berlin. The four parties of tlie Reichstag are unable to un noetiapeaaioununti UNITED PRESS NEWS BULLETINS (By United Press) BERNE. Hollweg has resigned, ac cording to the Vossche-Zietung. The Kaiser Is undecided as to whether or not to accept the resignation. Tien Tsin. Sixty thousand republi can troops now surround Pekin. The imperialistic troops under Gen. Hsun are intrenching inside the walls of the city, and a big battle is expected soon. The republican army has seventy guns in its possession. WASHINGTON. Chancellor Holl weg has abandoned Helfferich and Zimmerman. There are five Prussian Ministers who will be compelled to resign the coming Monday. The State Department reports indicate that new parliamentary secretaries will In? ap pointed, and that prompt action will be taken on the universal suffrage question in Prussia. LONDON. The .Germans last night attempted a Jjne&itrraid. in the region south "of TmBart"-J!yde,3Gen6ral Haig reported today. The Germans were everywhere successfully driven off, he said. PETROGRAD. The Russians have occupied Kalusch, the former head quarters of the Austrian Army. Many prisoners were taken with the capture. Tobacco Poor in N. E. Section of State Says Mr. J. Frank Brinkley J. F. Brinkley, one of Greenville's leading tobacco warehousemen, an:? a member of the firm of Brinkley, Rice and Spain, has ust returned from an extended trip through the north eastern section of the state.. The trip was made through the country, and the Ahoskie, Hertford, Perquimans and Edenton sections were visited. 5 Mr. Brinkley reports that these sec tions have had heavy rains since May, and that the crop conditions are gen erally poor. The tobacco crop Is light and of a medium quality. The acreage of tobacco in that section has been materially reduced, in some communi ties a cut of fifty per cent having been made. THURSDAY, APTEltNONJUliiY 12, 1917. GERMAN MONUMENT IS DESTROYED GROW WORSE are unable to agree on a peace settle ment. :. y It is reported that the. KaLser is -abftuf ToTIeaproclalnimi people covering the decision of the Crown Council on the Prussian Elec toral situation, and the reform of the ministry jind imperial parliamentary machine. GERMAN RADICALS CONTINUE FIGHT FOR REFORMS AMSTERDAM. Germany's radicals will force a "peaceful revolution" to achieve their desired reforms. If they fail in their purpose at this moment, they will repeat their efforts in "more unpleasant" measures, says the Ber lin Vorwaertz. Water & Light Bonds Sold to Toledo Finn The Hoard of Alderman met last nijiht in special session to consider of fers for the purchase of the bonds of the town. The offer accepted came from the 'firm of Spitzer, Itorick and Company of Toledo, and agree to pay par for the bonds and to pay back the interest accruing before the final de livery of the bonds. The bonds bear interest at the rate of six per cent, payable semi-anually. The board by a vote of six to one accepted the offer of this company, Alderman Ferguson being the member who refused to vote in favor of this sale. The following is the resolution pass ed by the Board authorizing the sale of the bonds. , "Whereas, the firm of Spitzer. ito rick and Company of Toledo, Ohio are the highest ami best bidders for the .$100,000 water and light bonds to be issued by the city of Greenville, N. C, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, payable semi auually, and to mature as set forth in their bid, dates July 10 1917. "Now therefore be it resolved that the said bonds be and the same-are hereby awarded to said Spitzer, Rorick and Company, and the Mayor, Clerk, and Treasurer of the said pity are hereby authorized and: directed to ex--ecute -the said bonds and deliver v the same to the said Spitzer, Rorick and Company on the terms of their bid as filed in the' office of the clerk' of the city." Young Bloodhounds Show Up Excellent The young blood hounds recently secured by officers Patrick and Moye nre showing up excellently in their practice runs, and bid fair to become the best pair of dogs in the state During the past three weeks they hajj&foUowetL three , trails, nd each time have succeeded in tracking their quarry and finally catching him. Yesterday in a practice run they followed the make-believe criminal through the crowd of people at the Norfolk-Southern station, and up steps in a house to where he had hid. The good work of these dogs will have a deterring effect upon those who have been committing a series of robberies around Greenville during (lie past few months. rOSTOFFICE RECEIPTS The receipts of the Greenville post oflice for the month of June were $1,781.98, showing an increase of $855. 08 over the corresponding month of Following are the statistics of th office for the fiscal year ending June HOth : Total receipts for year, $204Sti.7S. Number of letters and parcels regis tered, 1675. Number of parcels insured, 43J4. Number of money orders issued, 15.810. Number of money orders paid, 3,091. This indicates quite a large volume of business for the local postoffice. BASEL, Switz. The Kaiser has no tified Chancellor Hollweg that a bill is to be submitted to the. Prussian Diet to carry out the reforms promised in the Easter announcement, according to word which reached here today. This means equal voting rights for all in Prussia. Camp Sites Selected (By United Press) WASHINGTON. Jacksonville, Fla., and Gattiesburg, Miss., have been se lected by the War Department for the last camps of the National Guard. "Monkey Rum" Gets Mr. Drake in "Bad" It is a generally known fact that a duck loves water, but it is also true "that a drake loves monkey rum. At least Dr. Drake, a vendor of patent medicine, does, or did until it caused a run-in with the police of this town which landed him in the "cooler" to have time to think it over. Although this is supposed to be a dry town in a dry county of a dry state, in some manner the said doc tor connected with a bottle of as good, or as bad, monkey rum as is usually found in these parts. - After a sitting, with the fire water he finally took a sleeping spell in the Norfolk-Southern - station, and . was still wandering in the sweet inebriated sleep when the officers appeared on the scene and took him in charge. (By United Press) LONDON. On more than a 120 mile battle front from Tarhapol to the Carpathians Russis's revived armies are today battling their way for ward. During the ten days' fighting they have penetrated the Austrian lines in two places, cap tured a score oiiities and villages, crossed two great rivers, and taken 43,000 prisoners, besides a great number of guns Embargo on Mexican Cotton (By United Press) WASHINGTON. Secretary of Agriculture has ordered an embargo upon all cotton and cot ton products from Mexico on acocunt of the exis tence of the pink boll worm there. Hollweg to Appoint One Socialist (By United Press) LONDON. The German Chancellor Holl wegg has decided to fill the vacancies in the Ger man Cabinet with certain members picked from the Reichstag. It has been decided to create a new Ministry of baborto-which: post a socialist will be appointed, according to an Exchange tele gram from Holland. Russians Continue Advance (By United Press) PETROGRAD. The Russians are stpl ad vancing on the north-eastern front and aedge u is rapidly being driven home in the Austrian German line around Lemburg. In a three day's battle around Dolina 150 officers, 1,000 men and eighty guns were captured, the War Office an nounced today. 1 THREE DAYS YET THE DAILY NEWS SPECIAL 0FFE1 Which is Well Worth Working for Just Now in the Daily News' Auto Club Big Decrease in Votes on Monday,, July 16th. Just three more days remain in which to work for the big 200,000 cer tificate, given with every twelve dollar club. Next Saturday night at 6 o'clock will mark the close of the big offer. To those of you who appreciate the advantage in a campaign of this sort we would say that you should at least try to complete a few clubs under this offer. If you have not sent in your nomi nation as yet. clip it out and mail it today in order that you come in for some of hte two hundred thousand certificates. Worth While Working For. That seems to be the universal opi nion of the Daily News' readers who have pursued the advertisements in the , newspaper each day. We do not mislead you to get you started in the Club.. Everything is clean and above lioardt " ; i ; ' ' Here is an opportunity to own your own car. worth eleven hundred and twenty-five dollars, a piano, Grafon ola or watch. All these prizes are well worth your spare time and if you fail to win one Of them, we will p you the cash, no matter how little or how much you dp. " Now is the Time to Enter. It is easy to win the big awards when the value of the prizes is conipared with. the small amount of energy and time required to win them. - And now is the time to enter the Auto club. The fight has only begun and It may be. that the real winners fhave not yet entered - the race. Use the time you have. If may be 3 Oclocft Mail. EDITION NUMBER 24 and supplies. i&Pl REMAIN OF only an hour or two a day. Use it-1 ( make itTell. It is the utilizing of time, not how much you have,' that will put your name at the top of the list when the judges make the final count. You should not worry if you do not obtain the results you think you should all the time. Everything worth while takes time ; therefore give yourself and friends time al ways keeping in mind that August 11 is the closing date.- Remember this, the Auto Club will pay you better than any other prop--osition to which you could devote your time be it part or all time. Use judgment and system and you will. not fall to secure your award. Partial List of Club Members -Member Votes Louis Curry, City 162,500 . Frank PatrlcTc, City ........ 127,500 Miss Tottie Barber, City .... 119,300 Miss Margaret Moore, City . .109,800 Miss Clara Jones, City ...... 69,000 Miss Ethel Bynum, Farmv'ille 40,000 Miss Argent Quinerly, City .. 32,000 ; Miss Mary Proctor, Grlmesland 300jv Miss testher Blount, Ayden- W ,0fk) Miss Rose Myers, City . . . ; . . 25,250 Miss Athleen Bullock, Bethel 24,001! ' .Tames' White, City ........ i ;22,5Q0 MfssFatinie Smifhi Grifton 20,000 : R. AC: Tbuntain, Jr. Fountain 20,000'f jTjR Edwards, Chicod ' '. . ; 20000 Miss Susie Sutton, Winterville 2000 WiLfle Harris, Stokes 20,000 Herman, E. Harriss, Farmville 20,000 W. J. Smith, Grifton : 12,600 Lee F. King, Cij - .V 10,000 Alfred J. Flanagan: Farmville 10.000 . ARMIES ADVICE ON 120 Clf FRONT aceu M t . ' t J - , i J' t , 5 - j 1 1 . i -: x i .1 V 4 I y - K y 3 , , ft i
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