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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT." THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT." The Monroe Journaj PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS , VOL. 23. No. 36. MONROE, N. C FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1917 $1.50 PER YEAR .ASH. ovi:u two TiiorsAvn register U.XDElt DRAFT LAW IX UXIOX Of Thin Number !a Were Colored Ilgt all ltut 13? Claimed Evomp- tioti. Two thousand, six hunt! i and ninety-four Union county citi be tween the ages of 21 and 31. inclu site, registered under the selective draft act Tuesday. Some few. who failed for unknown reasons to regis ter Tuesday, have been sending in their cards for the past few days, but the registration board does not be lieve the total registrations for this county will amount to over 2723. Of the number registered Tuesday. 200 were whites, while 692 were colored Fourteen whites, according to their registration cards, are totally dis abled; and 1401 claimed exemption on account of having dependents. Of the negroes registered, 2 stated they were totally disabled, and 517 claimed exemption on the dependen cy clause. One hundred and seventy three darkies want to fight; or at least they failed to claim exemption for any reason. Six hundred and one whites did not claim exemption. The total registration, white and black, by precincts, follows: Precinct White Col. Total N. Monroe 28S 123 511 S. Monroe 166 127 203 Wingate 66 22 8S E. Sandy Ridge 74 26 90 W. Sandy Ridge 38 33 71 Waxhaw 79 41 120 Marvin 45 23 68 Wilson's Store 69 37 106 Irby's 131 35 166 ArmQeld's 106 32 138 Lanes Creek 106 43 149 Marshville 209 80 289 Olive Branch 71 10 81 Euto 98 1 99 S. Goose Creek 74 3 77 N. Goose Creek 66 20 86 Union vllle 106 11 117 Indian Trail 119 23 15 Total 2002 692 2694 The next step in the operation of the selective draft law. as outlined by Brigadier General Crowder, is contained in the following dispatch from Washington: "Registration marks the comple tlon of the first well-defined step In the execution of the selective service law. The actual recording has been practically finished in a single day but the arrangement and copying of cards, their segregation Into appro priate groups, the publication of lists and the garnering in of delayed regis- trations will consume a week or ten days. In the meantime, the., ma chinery of the registration Is being readjusted to serve as machinery for the further execution of the law. This work is proceeding rapidly and should be completed colncldently with the tying up of the loose ends of regis traflon. "When this is all done registration giving the jurisdiction of the local boards will be issued and the machln ery will then be ready to proceed to the drawing which will result in a determination of the order which reg istered men will be examined for the purpose of their selection for mill tary or lndustrinl service. When this list or order is determined, it is ex pected that the war department will be able to make a definite call for men and as soon as this data is avail able the quotas necessary to fill the first call will be assigned to the sev eral states. "The policy of decentralization, the application of which has so success fully consumated the registration will be adhered to throughout. The various states, knowing tho number of men which they must call and the order in which each particular man is to be examined, can then assign to the various local boards the task of selecting the number of men nee essary to complete the quota for the locality under the Jurisdiction of each board. "The precise time limits cannot be sent at present for the reason that it is desired to have uniformity of operation of the machine throughout the United States and to have each ...step taken simultaneously through out the nation. Mountainous, heavily-wooded and sparsely settled states cannot move with the expedition of of compact and densely populated states. While dates are not to be named precisely, these steps will fol low each other promptly with a fixed purpose of giving as much time as possible to men who are selected to adjust their affairs, to make their farewell and to avoid the inconve nience and suffering that would re sult from a hasty change from civil to military status." Prohibitive Tax on Whiskey Proftoscd Washington, June 4. Prohibition legislation was approved today by the Senate Finance Committee as a new feature of the war tax bill. Prohibitive taxes upon distillation of whiskey and other spirits for bev erage purposes, with a ban upon their Importation, were ngreed upon by a substantial majority of the commit tee. Taxes fixed by the house on beer and wines were left unchanged, though they have not yet been finally approved. General suspension of beverag production by distilleries and use of liquor now in bonded warehouses probably would be the effect of the new tax section if enacted into law. Curtailment of liquor consumption during the war and conservation of foodstuffs used In manufacturing dis tilled .spirits. Chairman Simmons said tonight, constituted the dual ob ject of the committee In adopting the substitutes for the house rates. Manufacture of alcohol for Indus trial, mechanical or medical purposes would not be affected. Vnlon County Will Furnish 108 Men tu First fall. It has been estimated, in or- der to raise the first Increment of 623,000 men for the army. that one out of every sixteen who have registered will be call- ed to the colors. If this esti- mate Is correct. Union county will be called upon to furnish about 16S mca. The number from each preciuct. figuriag on the basis of one our of 16. will be: North Monroe 32 South Monroe IS Wingate 5 E. Saady Ridge 6 W. Sandy Kidge 4 Waxhaw 7 Marvin 4 Wilson't Old Store 6 Irby's 10 Aruifield's 8 Lanes Creek . . 9 Marshville 18 Olive Branch 5 Euto 6 S. Goose Creek 4 X. Goose Creek 5 Unionville 7 Indian Trail 8 The above figures are only problematical. In computing the probable number of men to be arawn from each precinct, frac- tions were left off. This of course does not mean that only 168 will go from thi3 county, as fur- ther increments will be raised later on. It Is probable, before the conclusion of the war, that five or six hundred Union county citizens, and possibly more, will have seen service. Dtiuh of Little Dexter Xarkett. Correspondence of The Journal. Stouts, June 6. Mrs. Mary Yan- dle spent the first of the week with her son, Mr. F. M. Yandle. Mrs. J. P. Ritch spent the latter part of last week In Mt. Holly visiting her sons. Messrs. H. R. Lewis and Perry Kltch. We are sorry to learn that Mrs, Rose Haywood Is very sick this week Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gordon visited the former's brother, Mr. Bob Gor don, Sunday. Little Miss Ora Hargett spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs. T. L. Conder, of Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Conder and children spent Sunday In the hoiue of her daughter, Mrs. Benj. Hilton. The Sunday school at Stouts is growing rapidly. We have one hun dred and twenty-five on roll. We are now preparing an interesting pro gram for children s day, which will be held the fourth Sunday in this month, hours will be announced later. We extend a welcome to every one. Mr. Ed Hargett, who has been sick some time is greatly Improved. Mr. Ramsey Yandle and family spent Sunday In the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Yandle, of Center Grove. School Girl was a visitor in the W. T. Ballentine home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Wheeler and children of Charlotte spent Saturday night and Sunday with their daugh ter, Mrs. Walter Helms. Almost every one in the village was made sad last Sunday, May 27, when news was received that Dexter, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Colum bus Narkett, was dead. The little boy suffered greatly. He was taken to the hospital at Charlotte and everything was done that could be done to help him, but everything fail ed and he died at 8 o'clock. Little Dexter was just three years old and the only son. He will be greatly missed by his parents. School Girl Mountain Vault Receives Body of Hiiffuln Hill. Denver, Colo., June 3. Last trib ute was paid today to the memory of Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) by a vast assemblage when the body was placed in a vault blasted from Lookout Mountain, 20 miles from Denver. More than 10,000 people at tended the ceremonies. The ceremony at the grave was simple. The Masonic ritual was un der the direction of the golden Ma sonic lodge. A delegation of Knights Templar from North Platte, Neb., where Colonel Cody held his mem bership, acted as an escort. At the conclusion of the service a bugler sounded taps. When the last note had died out a battery of Colo rado National Guard artillery fired a salute of 13 guns and the Stars and Stripes were hoisted from a flag pole at the grave. Is Neither Church or Political Hide- Hound Partisan. (Zeb Green in The Home.) I have always found It difficult to become a biased and uncompromising church partisan just as I find it dif ficult to become a hide bound poli tical partisan. Yet It Is interesting and rnmetimes amusing (If not In structive) to hear a biased or one sided discussion of church creeds up on which the various denominations differ, provided the discussions do not coma frequent enough to become monotonous. The discussion of these non-essential creeds used to be more common and popular than they are now, and even Joint debates by min isters of different denominations were once not uncommon and some of them were carried on with as much heat and passion as point political de bates in a red-hot campaign. x One of the Little Tragedies of Life. (From the Pagelind Journal.) Charlie Porter thinks that the fel low who passed alonr the road and carried off his plUh fork should re turn it. , . THE CHiARETTKS ARE ItAXXED; COCA-COLA AI SNUFF XKXT Corresiiondent Wants a.i Ideal Com' niiiiiily, r.ml He'd Like tit See the Wtvtl and the IMjm-s Barred Next Me .JIso Wants M I leait-l p Day, and Throws a Hint to the Mayor. Correspondence of The Journal. Wingate, June 7. Our communi ty Is very tu.y now cultivating the late cotton and planting corn. A few are having To plow up cotton land and put it in peas. If our ap petite is good enough, we can eat them with the greatest relish. We had a fine mess of snap beans at Glenalpine yesterday. Can any one around Wingate beat this? If so, let us know it. Our plant man. C. C. Lamb, Is still behind w ith his orders. He can not get in sight. He is planting two acres for next year s bedding. Prof, and Mrs. Carroll returned home from Turkey, N. C. Tuesday. They have been visiting Prof. Car roll's rarents. They made the trip in a Ford, leaving there at five in the morning and arriving here before night. How will this do for a Ford? One hundred and ninety-five miles In about ten hours. Mr. O. M. Matheson, who has been in Georgia for some time, has come to Wingate to make his home with his mother and sisters. Mrs. Lawson McWhirtcr 13 his sister. We are glad to have him com? into our town to make his home. We have a fine place, full of as congenial people as the sun shines upon. Mr. Mark Tucker of Monroe visit ed In Wingate the other day. Prof. Ray Funderburk made a short visit at Glenalpine last Tues day. He is going to teach at Marsh ville next year. We feel sure that he will succeed. He has the determl nation that it takes to do things, and when he puts his energy to work in as progressive a place as Marshville, we feel sure that he will make a glorious success. He is a Wingate boy. We are glad to see In the Marsh ville Home that the mayor has order ed a cleaning up day. Why can we not have one in Wingate It will do good. Mayor, come right across and tell us when it ought to be. We can do anything that Marshville can We need to be as clean as any place, We mean to be. Wingate does not sell cigarettes, now If we could get snuff and tobac co out, together with coca-cola, we would feel like we had a pretty de cent town. Well, It would be fine Jf everyone would do right and love his neighbor as himself. Prof. Carroll is getting out the Wingate school catalog this week. It will not be long until it will be ready for distribution. Registration day went off nicely at Wingate. Sixty-six whites and twen ty-two colored registered here. We have not learned whether there were any "slackers" or not. Hardly think there could be. The church roll will be called at Meadown Branch next Saturday even ing. If you are not there, no one can answer to your name. Be sure to come. You are needed there if you are a member. If you are not, come and worship with us. We shall try to make it pleasant for you. Come and bring your family. Mr. W. H. Redfern, representing the Charlotte Evening News, was in our town yesterday looking after the interest of that splendid paper. The News has about twenty subscribers in and around Wingate now. This does pretty well for as small a place as ours. The protracted meeting at Austin's Grove will begin the first Sunday in August. Rev. J. M. Page, pastor at Hamlet, will aid the pastor in this meeting. The public in general is Invited to attend those services. Mr. John Q. Griffin, the most ac tive old man in Union county, is on our streets today. We are always glad to see him. He never meets you with a long face, but always with a smile. Aunt Mag Griffin is in a very seri ous condition now. She is not able to talk much now. It Is only a ques tion of a few days with her. Wheat crops below here in the Faulks community are fine. Cotton is doing well also, and things are much more hopeful. Glenalpine. South Carol In inn killed at Had Id. (From the Pageland Journal.) Mr. Burrus Crawley, son of Mr. Jas. F. Crawley of Ruby, was in stantly killed by a "live" wire at Badin Friday. II? was repairing a wire about thirty feet from the ground when a powerful current was turned on in some manner. The wire stuck iuto his arm and he Jerk ed It away but it stuck again and his body was charged by tho powerful voltage. He fell but his foot caught in the ladder and his body fell across a number of Insulated wires and lodged. How the current was turn ed on remains a mystery. The body was brought back and buried at Cross Roads church Sunday. Mr. Crawley was 24 or 25 years old. and was a young man with many com mendable traits. Pagclnnd Ily Receive IJrense. (From tho Fageland Journal.) Mr. J. Arthur Knight passed the examination before the supreme court last week for the practice of law In South Carolina, and Is now a real lawyer. He was elected superinten dent of education In this county in the election last fall and his four year term begins July 1st. After his election he returned to the Universi ty at Columbia to finish his cour-e la law. He graduated there a few days go. VXITF.II STATES TKAXM'OKT 1LIS REACHED FRANCE WITH WHEAT Preparation.. fr (ltf Kecttioii if the American Troops Aie lteiiifr Made Across the Water. Paris. June 7. A large American transport containing wheat for Amer ican troops which are to come later, has crossed the Atlantic under the protection cf an American warship The Matin announces. The transport is now being unloaded at a French port, the newspaper says. The an nouncement adds: "The French navy greets wi:h joy on their arrival tiiese new brothers in arms who under the Hag of the great American republic, have come to participate until final victory in the struggle against t!.e common enemy." Preparations are being made for the reception of American troops, the newspaper says further. A number of basea similar to those of the Brit ish army have been organized. Daniels Announces Arrival of Vessel, sel. Washington, June 7. The naval collier Jupiter has arrived in France, Secretary Daniels announced today, laden with 10,300 tons of wheat and other supplies. The ship sailed from an American port without any inti mation of her voyage having been given out In advance and 13 now at anchor in a French port. The Jupiter is one of the navy's largest colliers. She was the first electrically propelled steamer ever built and her performance was so good that It led to the adoption of electric drive for all new battleships and battle cruisers, the American navy being the only one in the world to adopt this type of propulsion. The Jupiter was built at Mare Island navy yard, San Francisco, and she has high speed for an auxiliary naval vessel which would enable her to es cape submarine attacks under any but unusual circumstances. Arrival of American Warships An nounced. Parl3, June 6. The ministry of marine announced here tonight that American warships have anchored off the French coast. The announcement adds: "The French navy greets with jny on their arrival their new brothers in arms who, under the flag of the great American republic, have come to participate until final victo ry In the struggle against tho com mon enemy," - ' -?' ' Cedar Grove Happenings. Correspondence of The Journal. Monroe Route 3 June 7. Mumps, mumps, just keep raging. Mr. Fred Bresson is right sick with it. Mr. R. L. Bivens has just returned home after spending several days with his brother, Mr. S. R. Bivens, of Virginia. Mr. and Mr3. Lex Funderburk of smith Monroe spent Sunday with Mrs. Funderburk's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Myers Medlin. Ollie Mae, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Chaney, has" been right sick but is now improving. We hope for her a speedy recovery. Miss Kate Presson spent Sunday with her cousin, Miss Lydia Presson of 1 nionville. Mrs. W. A. Chaney and daughter, Blanche, of Wingate spent Tuesday with Mrs. Thomas Chaney, who is very sick with mumps. Miss Lorena Helms of Monroe has been the guest of Miss Eiiie Chaney for the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. William Braswell of Fairfield spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Braswell. Misses Effie Chaney. Ada Mae Helms and Mr. Loyd Helms were guests in the home of Misses Olive and Nell Krauss of Mineral Springs Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry McCollum were the glad callers of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chaney Sunday afternoon. Mr. Vern Tomberlin is Just recov ering from a bad case of mumps. They seem to be very cruel to him, as he had to take it to bed for sev- erol days. , .Mr. Cicero Braswell is out today in search of his dog. He says old "nob" left Saturday night and he fears some one has sent him to Un cle Cam for a "mascot" on one of his ships. Miss Lela Tomberlin is right sick at this writing. Mr. J. H. Braswell has been spend ing the week In Charlotte on business. Brown Eyes seems to be right busy this week as she had to call on her substitute to write her news. She too thinks the war will cause a fam ine in our pantry next winter. Mr. Claud Helms, who claims to be our champion shooter, killed a blue heron yesterday which was six feet and seven inches from tip to tip of wings and five feet six Inches tall. It weighed four pounds. At first he thought It was a German aeroplane, but soon found out It was only a bird. Dr. II. E. Gurney will preach at the Cedar Grove school house Sun day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. You have a cordial invitation to hear him. Dr. Gurney is one among our best preachers. "Substitute." Indians Wouldn't Register. Indians on their reservation near Isnatia, Colo., refused to register Tuesday under the selective draft act and spent most of the day dancing war" and "bear" dances, in native costume. A number of the younger men are said to be out In the hill near here and have obtained a quan tity of liquor. It is reported here that the Indians have threatened to burn this settle ment. Threats also have been made gainst the Indian agent at the reser vation, It was said. . . .1 ZXMt Worth of IJhcrtj- Bond soii 111 Monroe. Fifteen Monroe people and firms have subscribed for $2050 worth of the Liberty Bonds. The Monroe Hardware Company Is the largest individual subsrrib- er. it having bought $300 worth. The following subscriptions were made through the Savings, Loan Trust Co.. but there are other banks handling the loan. The reports will possibly show a big increase 1a the sale. Those subscribing through the Savings., Loan & Trust Company were: Heath Morrow Co $100 R. A. Morrow 100 R. Tl. Ileiiwinp ion S. O. Blair 100 English Drug Co 100 T. P. Dillon 100 W. J. Rudge Co 100 J. M. Belk 200 W. B. Love 100 Key Scales 100 Albert Redfern 200 N. C. English 100 C. D. Roberts 100 Mrs. C. D. Roberts 50 Monroe Hardware Co 500 Registration Returns Not Yet Com plete Washington, June 7. Registration returns come in slowly today and to night from Tuesday's great army cen sus, preventing anything approaching a conclusive estimate as to the num ber of men actually enrolled. As offi cial statement today, however, said such complete returns as were at had indicated that the 10.200.000 es timate of the census bureau for the total number of men within the pres cribed ages would not be equaled. A feature of the few complete re turns in is the high percentage of in dicated exemptions, averaging ap proximately fifty per cent of the total registration. Officials pointed out that this did not mean actual exemp tions, as the Indicated figures in cluded all married men and those in executive, Judicial or legislative of flee. Until exemption regulations have been promulgated, it will be lui possible to say how many of these will be included In those to be mark ed off the military rolls. In regard to the married men. Secretary Baker said today that In all the letters he had received on the subject of ex emption, not one even suggested that marriage should establish a class ex eruption.- He added that It wa not the purpose of the department to make such a ruling, but that indi vidual cases would bo dealt with on their merit, no matter what the rea son for exemption might be. Goethuls Charged With Halting Shlp- JUIKIlIlg. Washington, June 7. Differences over the government's wooden ship bulliline nroerain came to a head to night when F. A. Eusis, assistant gen eral manager of the emergency fleet cornnratlnn. find his assistant. F. Huntineton Clark, issued statements virtually rharirine Mninr General George W. Goethals, general manager or the corporation, with halting tne building of vessels by prescribing an impossible form of contract. The statements reveal that the fleet cor poration has Just received offers from ten firms to build 4!i6 wooden ships within twelve months, or 786 within eighteen months. General Goethals has turned the proposals down be cause the builders wish to construct the ships on a cost plus ten per cent profit basis Instead of contracting for a flat price for the ships. American Destroyer Rescue Boat's Crew. An Atlantic Port, June 7. An American destroyer, on patrol off the coast of Ireland, recently came upon a German submarine shelling the life boats of a ship It had sunk, accord ing to survivors of submarined ves sels reaching here today aboard an American liner. The submarine dis appeared before the destroyer could get a shot at her and the American war vessel then rescued twenty sur vivors of two ships that had been sent down within sight of each other, taking them to a British port. The two ships were the Russian barkLynton, from Pensacola, and the Norwegian bark Madrura, from Mo bile to British ports. "Rebel" Uniform In V. S. Sennto. Washington, June 5. Wearing a full uniform of a Confederate private. Senator Bankhead of Alabama sent a thrill throughout the nation today by delivering a patriotic speech In the upper house. He asked for n unanimous vote to adjourn until Friday out of respect to the Con federate reunion. It was the first Confederate uniform that has ever been permitted on the floor of the senate lately. Many veterans flock ed into the chamber a- the senate ad journed as Senator lunkhead had asked. Man Threw Himself Under Train. R. M. Wharton of Greensboro was ground to death under thr whpels of a train under the union station sheds at Raleieh Monday niornlne. the tragedy having the appearance of be ing suicide. He came Into the train shed, having a ticket to New Bern, and sat on a truck while the train was detained here. Just as it moved off, he seemed to have deliberately crawled under the car and anrn.m the rails, where hoth lees were crush ed off and his body terribly mangled. He had left his Greensboro home to visit his farm near New Bern. He was about 66 yean of age. v. s. m:vmi:x x uvtv ix Eu rope TAKE TURN Willi A! I II S London Tradesmen Who IaimvimI to Find Our Ja.kies An Ea-j .Mark Weie ISadly Fooled sdimv Uavo is (ienerous. The Briti-sh Port Pau of the Am erican Flotilla, via L.iid -u, June 6. The American destroy. ts !iaw com pleted their iiist mouth of acme ser vice in t'ie gioat war. 'lh-.y hav been favor d with t-xcelh r.t weather, which is a big factor in anti-submarine wariaie. Mot cl the time they have had sunny skies i.mi smooth seas, with ju.-t iaou;l .-quail aud storm to put their scaii.au.-nip to test. The tavoruide wi-ai .er condi tions made their task of I. .nn;ng the technique of anti-sub:i.a:iu wai faro much simpler and easiei. The American boats a;e assigned to work hand in hand with the Brit ish squadron, being virtually assimi lated into the British naval machin ery here. A destroyer is usually out for four or five days, and then returns to port for two or three days while coaling and loading supplies. Thus every American sailor gets at least half a day shore leave practically every wtek. The Americans take their turn with the British boats in all routine work of patrol and convoy. The work, al though largely routine is interesting, and the Americans have never yet found time hanging heavy on their hands. The lookout must be constant and eyes must be trained to an un believable degree of keenness. The young Americans take zealously to this business of finding the periscope needle in the nautical haystack, and daily reports of submarines sighted, of observations made, of wireless warnings sent broadcast show that the American boats are already mak ing an average of results almost as satisfactory as the long experienced British boats, with which they are operating. There has been no actual battle as yet between un American destroyer and the enemy, although several re ports show that U-boats have bt-ea sighted and have been compelled to beat a hasty retreat to the depths of the sea. An assignment to convoy a liner "from home," that is, from an Ameri can port, is regarded as an especially choice morsel. A trans-Atlantic liner which sight3 the American flag ap proaching to escort her to land never fails to respond with a great waving of flags and handkerchiefs from her desks, and .thre-4r-fin-!trtMtng i' of wig wag signals In lieu of hand shakes. Several American liners can already testily to the vigilant work of the American destroyers as con voys. Occasionally a fortunate liner finds herself being escorted to port by American and British destroyers side by side, circling about her like twin sisters, a visible sign of the new alliance. The American boats were ready for duty the minute they arrived. It hail been expected that some time would be necesasry for certain installations and fittings, but the Americans had everything in readiness and were at once assigned to work. Shore leave is generous ou tho 111erican ships and the American sailor is constantly in evidence in this village, In the countryside round about and In a nearby city, where more metropolitan pleasures are available than in the restricted limits of this little place. The people of the town3 have taken the American sailor and his strangely spendthrift ways right into their hearts. The American sailor se?ms always to havv money, which is not so strange when; It is considered that his. rate of pay is considerably higher than that of the British tar. "The American getn a dollar every- time we get a shilling," is a com mon expression among the admiring British seamen. One of the Ameri can sailor's favorite ways of show ing his opulence la his habit of always traveling first class on the railroad which takc3 him from the village up to the city, a trip of a few miles. The extra cost is only a lew pence, but the unheard-of idea of a common sailor traveling first class strikes the populace as n startling and audacious maneuver worthy the best traditions of American extravagance. Local tradesmen who expected to find the visitors an easv mark soon learned their mistake, however, for he Is seldom fooled twice and quick ly learns to demand value for his money. In all the little ir.ns and shops, and farther afield, even well into the wonderfully proon country side and along the cliffs, which re mind the seamen of the palisades along the Hudson anchorages, one may any afternoon find groups of Urltlsn and American sailors drink ing their tea and swapping yarns In true seamanly fashion. The Ameri can quickly acclimates himself to the afternoon tea habit and finds it an amiable and satisfactory substitute for other things, v.-ilh plenty of op portunity for confidential chats with his new allies on a thousand and one subjects, which hla active mind has b.'p'i turning over since his arrival here. Fugitive From Justice Caught When H Went to KetfHter. Lexington. June 5. The registra tion day was more compelling to Bur ton Charles, a young white man or the county, than the mandates of the Superior Court. Charles was under . $500 bond to appear here last week. but he was out where ihe leaven were thickest. However, he came to his voting precinct to register this morning and local officers were wait ing to arrert him on another charge1 and placed him tinder $1,000 bond-
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