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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT. "THE U NION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT." THE Monro nal PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS; VOL.23. No. 42. MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1917. $1.50 PER YEAR t SIL Jour: MANY NEGROES KILLED IN EAST ST. LOUIS RIOTS Mob l ine Homes of Xegr" , and Shoots Down Oicnpar... . ESTIMATE: KILLED XKAKLY KM East St. Louis. 111.. July 2. At 11 o'clock tonight estimates of the dead ia today's race riot and fire ranged from fiteen to seventy-five, of whom two were white t.ien. Buildings were still burning at four different points in the city at that hour. The property loss was estirnat- ed by City Attorney Fekete at $3,000,000. Forty injured negroes and six Injured white men were in one hospital and almost an equal number in another. At 11 p. m., another fire had broken out in the extreme north- ern portion of the city. This brought the burning sections up to four, lighting the entire city with their glare. Colonel Tripp, assistant adju- tant general, stated shortly be- fore midnight that the rioting crowds had for the nto.t part dispersed. East St. Louis, 111.. July 2. At least fifteen negroes were shot and killed by mobs here tonight as they fled from their burning homes which had been set on fire by white mobs. The exact number who perished in the burning houses, if any, is un known, and will not be ascertained until morning when the ruins are searched. Military rule was proclaimed at eight o'clock tonight, and at the same time 300 white men were arrested and locked up at police headquarters. Negro quarters in various parts of the city are on fire and the flames reach the very edge of the business district. Estimates of the number of ne groes who perished in the fire ran as high as 100, but there was nothing authentic on which to base these esti mates except that hundreds of whites stood around the burning districts and fired at the negroes as they fled from their homes. State's Attorney Schaumloeftel, of St. Clair county, drove through the riot-swept district tonight with Po lice Inspector Walsh, of St. Louis, Mo. The state's attorney estimated that the dead negroes would number 250. All estimates, however, are con jectural. At nine o'clock the mayor of East St. Louis sent for Fire Chief Swing ley or St. Louis, Mo., to assist in fighting the flames, which threatened to destroy a large part of the city. A company of the St. Louis fire depart ment started to East St. Louis but was ordered back by Chief Swlngley. Vast clouds of smoke rolled across the sky tonight from the burning dis tricts. The flames made some of the down town streets as light as day, and now and then a yelling mob rush ed down a street in pursuit of a ne gro or in search of new excitement. National guard men, loaded in au tomobile trucks, dashed after the mob. The fires started about six o'clock this evening and spread rapidly. Soon flame3 visible for miles were shoot ing Into the sky. Hundreds of ne gro women, most of them carrying bundles that held their most precious belongings and leading children, ;led across the bridge to shelter and safe ty with friends on the Missouri side. Telephone wires were cut early in the evening. Telegraph and telephone poles caught fire and other wires went down. The mobs In East St. Louis were swelled by hundreds of people who early in the evening crossed the river from St. Louis, Mo. This added such a menace to the situation that at 6:30 o'clock the bridges were closed. This forced hundreds of residents of su burban towns to stay in St. Louis for the night. As soon as street car traffic ended at seven p. m., crowds walked across the bridge into East St. Louis by the thousands. The mobs got Into a lynching moid tonight. One aged negro was strung up to a pole, bnt was rescued just In time to save his life. Soldiers rescued still another negro. Martial law has been proclaimed, and the soldiers have put more vigor into th:lr attempts to quell the mob. At this show of force, the rioters in part quieted down. Troops stood guard at all corners and kept the crowds moving. At 8:30 o'clock fire broke out in the district known as the "Valley." This fire came periliously near to big railroad yards at East St. Louis. At nine o'clock, four more negroes were shot by snipers. At ten o'clock it appeared as if the "Valley" district was doomed to destruction. This is the third large area to be burned. The property damage will reacri many thousands. The rioting la a recrudescence of race troubles a month ago, following the Importation of large numbers of negro laborers from the south. Women and girls, joining with the men, dragged negro women from the street cars In the downtown district. At six o'clock, white mobs began to set fire to the homes in the negro quarter and at 7:15 o'clock, about twenty were burning. The disorder, which began when a mob of 200 negroes fired on an au tomobile load of policemen last night, killing one. reached a climax this ferenoon. Ia this outbreak, three n- gro men and one whit? man were killed, two white men and two ne groes were shot and twenty-three oth ers so badly beaten and stoned that they were taken to hospitals. Tonight, with the saloons closed and street car service stopped by or der of the authorities, national guardsmen began escorting truck loads of negroes across the river to Missouri. I'ntil the white women began to participate, negro women and girls had seeried immune frc.u attack, but when this occurred, negresses, too were attacked. The two w hite men who were shot and the ont who was killed were vic tims of stray bullets. Sixteen guards men were disarmed by members of the mob who calmly asked the sol diers to give them the weapons lest the guardsmen "hurt some one in the crowd." The guardsmen, according to the commander. Major William Klauser, patrolled the streets with loaded rifles, but were under instruc tions to confine aggressive measures to the bayonet. The immediate cause of the rioting today was the out break of negroes late last night, but for several days there had been evi dences of bad blood and on Satur day night several minor clashes oc curred. The clashes Saturday night gave negroes a chance to organize for fight- ng. When word was telephoned to police headquarters that the ringing of a church bell had called the armed negroes together, an automobile load ed with police left for the scene. The officers were greeted with a volley. Detective Sergeant Coppedge was kill ed and three policemen were wound ed. One detective. Frank Wodley, Is in a critical condition. He was shot in the stomach. The police chauffeur also was wounded. Jay Long, a white man, was wounded in an earlier at tack. Police reinforcements early this morning dispersed the mob of negroes and shortly after 3 a. m Mayor Mollman asked Governor Low- den to send national guardsmen here to preserve order. Births. To Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gordon, Mon roe township, a son, June 6th. To Mr. and Mrs. Coaplin A. Helms, Monroe H. F. D., a son, June 6th. To Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Carter, North Monroe, a daughter. June 6th. To Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wilson Trull. Wingate Rt. 2, a son, June 12th. To Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Cox, Monroe township, a son, June 16th. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Whit more, Wingate Rt. 1, a son; June 20. T. L. Crowell, Registrar. The average man knows how to do another man's work better ihan he l.nows how to do his own MONROE ROAD COMMISSIONERS APPROPRIATE! 3,0K) FOR ROADS Taking the Hint E'rom Article Pub lished in The Journal, They Will Ask Government For Aid to Build Highway Through Township. The Journal has always been of the opinion that Monroe township had a progressive set of Road Com missioners in Messrs. C. C. Sikes, W. D. Bivens and F. M. Sutton. Now we know it since they have done the right thing by BPDropriating $5000 towards the construction of the Wil mington-Charlotte highway through this township, and in addition, they have applied to the government road fund for an additional amount. This will be granted, it is believed. Mr. H. Y. Scott, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. F. G. Henderson, one of the highway trustees, appeared before the com missioners at their meeting held in the Clerk's office yesterday. They explained the scheme in detail, as outlined In last Tuesday's issue of The Journal, and the board came across with the donation without mincing any words. The commis sioners will appropriate the sum In either money, labor or supplies. After the commissioners had agreed to appropriate the $5000, Mr. R. B. Redwine was requested to fill out the blank furnished by the high way commission to apply for a simi lar sum from the government road fund. The application will be for warded to Raleigh at once, as the highway commission meets July 8 to pass on then. There is about fifteen miles to be constructed in this township, and the highway commission will send engl neers here as soon as the appronria tlon Is made. They will survey the route, make estimates, and figure the various grades. Actual work, if the appropriation Is made, will start In a short while. Secretary Scott plans to go before the Vance road commissioners some time this week in an effort to secure their co-operation in building the road from the Monroe township line to the Mecklenburg county line. It is hoped that the Vance commission ers will see fit to follow the action of the Monroe commissioners in ap propriating $5000. and to make ap plication to the government for a similar sum. National Guard Week. The Secretary of War has direct ed that all organizations of the Na tional Guard, both In and out of the Federal service, be Immediately re cruited to maximum strength. Gov. Rickett has designated July 1-7 as National Guard Week for North Carolina, the purpose being to bring these organizations to maximum strength. Various officials, minis ters, clubs and other organizations ar being appealed to aid in securing enlistments during this period. CROP HAS BEEN HARVESTER Great Increase of Wheat in Eastern Section Where Xot Before Thought Murk ofCrop Will Pass tO.OOO.iKH) Mark Activity Following Cut l lug of Grain. Special to The Journal. Raleigh, July 2. Reports from all sections cf North Carolina are that the harvesting of the grain crop of the State has been practically com pleted. Despite the fact that the wluat crop was damaged during the winter by the unprecedented freeze. indications are that the total pro duction will be at least as much as it was last year while it may pass the 10.000.000 bushel mark. The in crease in the wheat acreage was es- peciabiy noticeable in eastern North Carolina where it has been popularly thought that wheat would not grow satisfactorily. In a tew instance the estimated yields, as high as 40 bushels per acie have been reported from that section. The production of rye will also equal last year's crop. The oat crop is reported as a failure in practically all parts of the State because of the winter killing. Mr. . C. Crosby, Chief of the Bureau of Community Service, who has just returned from a trip throusii the Piedmont section of the Stale, expresses the belief that the campaign of the Food Con servation Commission for an increase in the acreage of stubble lands plant ed in food and feed crops will meet a hearty response throughout the sec tion he visited. Said Mr. Crosby: "The grain has all been harvested and the fields are ready for prepara tion for other crops. In fact, many farmers are already planting corn, peas, potatoes, soybeans, sorghum and other crops on land which has already this year produced a grain crop. I notice in many places that the grain has been shocked in one coiner of the field so as to leave the greater part of the field open for the plow or disc. It is especially fortu nate that in practically every county I visited the farmers are up with their wo in their cotton and corn fields. These crops are clean and the farmer should not be delayed in getting their stubble land prepared and planted." Executive Secretary Lucas of the Food Conservation Commission esti mates that if the farmers should not plant more than the usual acreage of stubble land in second crops that there will be at least 1,000,000 acres of good land loafing for the balance of the season. He believes, however, that the acreage of stubble land that will be utilized for a second crop will be at least 50 per cent more than it was last year, while the increase may be considerably more than that. North Carolina last year produced little more than half a million tons of hay; it purchased hay by the thou sands of tons. Mr. Lucas makes the following suggestions for the utiliza tion of stubble land: Prepare the land as soon as possi ble after the grain crop is removed. Break it with a one-horse plow If you have time; double disc or cross disc only if time is short and the land is in good condition. Corn, soybeans, cowpeas, Irish and sweet potatoes and sorghum are suit able crops to follow grain. Corn and soybeans planted for grain should be gotten in Immediately. Cowpeas, soybeans and sorghum are the most satisfactorily forage crops that can be grown; they may be planted by themselves or in mix tures. Half a bushel of sorghum seed to a bushel of cowpeas makes an ex cellent hay mixture, either for broad casting or planting in drills. Because of high prices of all seed the planting of all of these crops in drills, even for forage. Is recommend ed. Peas and sorghum planted in three-foot rows and given two or three cultivations will yield as much per acre as it would if broadcasted, and only half the seed are required, half a bushel of peas or beans or a mixture of peas and sorghum being sufficient. On fair land $2 worth ef seed should make $20 worth of hay, and on good land should make much more. The Flag of Chin Next. Within the next few days a Chinese flig will fly from a pole near the flag pole of our Allies. This flag, may in the course of time, be removed to the Allied flag collection, as China is now berdering on the point ot war with Germany. The flag will be presented to City Tax Collector T. L. Crowell by Wil lie Wan, a local Chinese laundryman. Several weeks ago, when the collec tion was being secured by Mr. Cro well, Willie wrote for a flag of his native country, feeling almost cer tain that China would soon be num bered among the Allies, as diplomatic relations bad been severed between the two countries. This, however. was not the case. The declaration of war against Germany is still hanging in the balance, but it Is possible that the situation between the two coun tries may remain the same until peace Is declared. Mr. Crowell, admiring Willie's feel ings about the matter, decided that the next best thing to putting the Chinese flag on the Allied pole wn to put It alongside of It. This will be done, as the Tax Collector realize? that the sympathies of China are with this country, although she has not yet declared war. If you know of any friend expect Ing to go to the mountains, call their attention to the advertisemert Chimney Rock and Bat Cave, which appears in this issue. DRY. DRY, IT'S M I1H.Y DRY NOW North Carolina, Along With Twenty Two Othi r States, Xow I'mler Real IYoltihiti.n Manufacture of Spir its Also E'orliiddeti. Congress has just agreed upon a law that no spirits Khali be manufact ured from ai tides of food or grain during the war, though wines and beer are net yet cut out. And then, too, something else hap pened at r.idnigh; .Saturday night. Twenty-thiee States then became bone dry when the law passed last winter by ccngress went into effect that no liquor sbou'd be shipped into any State or territory which has itself forbidden the manufactt're and sale of liquor. There are twenty-three such States, und of course North Car olina is one of heni. The language of the anti-shipment section is very comprehensive, im posing a line of $1,000 and imprison ment for six months, or both, on any person who shall "order, purchase or caue intoxicatin- liquors to be tians- porttd in interstate commerce except for scientific, sa ra mental, medicinal or mechanical purposes into any State or territory the laws of which States or territoiy prohibit the man ufacture or sale therein of intoxicat ing liquors for beverage purposes." The FLi.ie penalties are prescribed for violators tf the anti-advertising section. For a second offense in either case, the penalty Is made one year's imprisonment. The Dry State. The postoftiee department, in pro mulgating its ordtr for enforcement of the anti-advertising section, names the following States as wholly affect ed by the act: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colo rado, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi. North Carolina, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Caro lina, South Dakota. Tennessee, Ver mont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. Those partially affected are Cali fornia, Maryland, Masachusetts, Min nesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, and Texas. The following are affected at future dates: Alaska, January 1, 1918; Indiana, April 3, 1918; Michigan, April 30, 1918; Mon tana. December 31, 1918; Utah, Au gust 1, 1917. The Southern States, dry hereto fore by State legislation with the ex ception of Florida and Louisiana, now will be almost wholly so. Ten nessee and Georgia, unwilling to de pend on the prospect of rederal leg islation, voted "bone dry" several months ago by State legislation. From Washington down the coast to Jacksonville will be included in the scope of the federal act. SIMJS ARE THE THING Will Reduce the Owt of 1'eed at Least Seventy-Five Per Cent Elvery I'armor With Six Cows or More Should Build. Mr. O. D. Hown, manager of the Monroe Creamery, says that if farm ers who keep six or more cows for supplying butter and milk would build silos they could cut down the cost of feed seventy-live per cent, for good silage takes the place largely of both grain and roughness. Mr. Hown came from a cream and milk county and knows what he is talk ing about. Continuing he said: "I would like to see every farm er in the county, with six or more cows, build a silo this summer. The silo will greatly Increase your dairy profits. The milk flow cannot be kept up during the winter months, unless the cow has a liberal amount of succulent feed and the silo is the most economical way to have it. The silo enables you to save the entire corn plant. About 40 per cent of the nutrative value of the corn plant is in the stalk and leaves. The silo furnishes the most economical stor age, requiring only' fifty cubic feet for a ton of silage, while five hundred cubic feet is required for a ton of hay. A hundred ton silo can be built for $150 to $4200, while it will cost cost $400 to $600 to build a hay shed large enough for one hundred tons or hay. A silo may be filled at the same cost as is required to shuck and husk the corn. "In order to preserve silage the walls of the silo must be air tight. The round silo must be air tight. The round silo is prefered to any other shape, because they are more econo mical in construction and more easi ly braced. The height of a silo should be twice the diameter, the stave silo is the cheaper and more common. The cement and brick silo is the more durable, and of course, the more costly. A good stave silo can be built out of two by fours or two by sixes. So, where a farmer has timber than can be made into two by fours, the silo can be built very cheaply. The only cash outlay would be in a few bags of cement, lugs, cable and some nails. "The following table will show the size of silo to build to feed six or more cattle forty pounds of silage daily for six months: Dimen- Cap Acres Cows it sions in tons corn to will feed fill. 6 tons six months to acre Sx24 ldx24 10x28 12x26 "It cilage 20 24 42 f5 not 3 1-3 6 7 6 10 7 12 10 15 too late yet to plant is corn. Now is the time to act f you want cheap feed and profit frcm your cows this winter. If there is anyone interested In building a silo 1 will be glad to furnish govern ment bulletin on the subject and give all the information I can.' the: kind made: its di hit IH-al Musicians Pulled Off Entertain ins Concert at the Bru-Xcl. Manager Claude Bruner has been very fortunate in the high class of the shows he has been staging since his theatre was opened, but it is doubtful if any bill has been so thoroughly enjoyed as was the con cert given last night by the members of the Monroe band. In addition to several band selections. Mr. Henry Fairley sang, and so did a quartette composed cf Messrs. Bill Cole. Rob Laney, George Lee and Glenn Wolfe. Mr. Ilerndon Hasty, who acted the part of the black-face comedian, kept the audience screaming for several minutes. Dressed in genuine negro minstrel style, with a two-foot cigar in bis hand, he had the audience guessing when he made repeated calls for Mr. Pickett McLarty. Receiving no answer, he proceeded to read a telegram addressed to him which was purported to have been received from Miss Jeannotte Rankin, the congress woman from Montana. It read: "Mr. Pickett McLarty: You are ordered to raise a company of ladies tor immediate service in France. . After the band had rendered an other selection at this point, Mr. Hasty s blacK-fi'.ce act was augment ed by the apKarance of another coon comedian. Mr. Rob Laney. They consumed some time relating their individual prowess along fistic lines, and then the fun began. Mr. Henry Fairley, appearing on the stage, ask ed Mr. Hasty if he wanted a job. That most estimable gentleman re plied in a somewhat dubious tone, as is customary with the darkies in these times of plenty of work and high wages. However. Mr. Fairley took it for granted that the black-face comedian desired work, and com menced to question him as to his fit ness. "Do you drink?" he asked. "Huh," responded the would-be la borer, "that's my business." The matter was finally compromis ed by Mr. Hasty consenting to ac cept the lucrative rost of chauffeur, while his side partner, Mr. Laney, went to work as his mechanician. The curtain dropped at this point, but was raised a few seconds later, exposing a sight that almost convulsed the audience. In a "iliver" car, about a 18H9 model, sat Mr. Hasty, the chauffeur, while at his side the star mechanlcan, Mr. Laney, reposed as if he were a statue. The "boss", Mr. Fairley, was riding behind, seated on a box labeled "dynamite." The "Iliv er" went wrong. Mr. Hasty and Mr. Laney proceeded to npply treatment, but it seei::ed that something was al ways exploding. At one time, while the mechanician was under the car. the gas exploded blowing powder on his face. A few similar antics were hatched out, much to the amusement of the audience. The members of the band, who took part in the concert, were: Hasty, Stearns, Holloway, clarinet; Clarence Laney, Fred Peach, George Lee, coronet; Rob Laney, baritone; Gofort, Stack, Dillon, trombone; Whitfield, drummer; Curtis Lee, Saxaphone; Futch, Warlick, and Mc Manus, alto. Bad Wreck on Seaboard. Four trainmen were killed and two others injured early Saturday when two fast freights on the Seaboard Air Line Railway collided head-on south of Franklinton, about 20 miles north of Raleigh. The dead are engineers, H. Gas kins and Samuel G. Linkons, of Portsmouth, Va., and Raleigh, re spectively; W. L. Wells of Raleigh, and brakeman, George Napier of Portsmouth. Wells and Napier were white. T. O. Jones and John Smith of Raleigh were injured and were taken to Henderson. The wreckage burst into flames Im mediately after the crash, and every thing Inflammable was destroyed. The bodies of the dead had not been re covered several hours later, and it is believed they were consumed. The smashup is described by the railroad officers as one of the worst wrecks the Seaboard has ever had. Both of the locomotives were demol ished and 27 cars of vegetables and other commodities were smashed to bits and burned. The cars on both trains which did not leave the ralh were saved from the flames by other trains, which removed them from the danger tone as soon as they arrived on the scene. Car E'alls Into Niagara Ealls. A belt line car on the great Gorge Route of Niagara Falls left the rails, plunged down a 20-foot embankment and turned over in ten feet of water on the edge of the Whirlpool Rapids at 3:30 Sunday afternoon. Nine per sons are known to be dead, two per sons known to have been on the car have not been soon since the accident and are probably dead. Wait I'ntil After Harvest. In a Joint niemori'l to President Wilson, the principal farmers' or ganizations of the country have urg ed that so far as practicable the farmer be exempted from the selec tive draft for military duty until af ter the harvest. As the men drafted for the army will not be called to the colors until September 1 or lat er officials sny interference with farm labor during harvest time can be avoided without difficulty. Real I'state Transfer. Only one recent real estate trans fpr of note is rrnorted hr TJnrlstpr nt (Deeds M. C. Long. That was a house ,nna lot in Aiarsnviiie sow to Mr. u. M. Griffin by Mrs. Minnie Bivens. ITbe consideration was $1000. RUSSIANS HAVE STARTED BIG OFFENSIVE IN EAST The News of Russ'm'm Renewed Ac tivilj Causes Tin-ill Over World. WAR MINISTER LEAD ATTACK Prisoners exceeding 10.000 anil the capture of the village of Koniu chy and strongly fortitied positions southwest of lire-zezany are the first fruits of the new offensive movement the Russian forces in eastern Galivia. north of Koniuchy the Ru sians have attacked and fresh bai'its are ia progress. The Russian aitillery. long inac tive fiom lack of shells, played an important part in the defeat of the Austro-Germans in Koniuchy. E'or two days a rain of iron was thrown into the German positions, and Uor lin says officially tlia they were tam ed into a crater field. The Russians not only carried three lines of Ger man trenches and Konivhy, which was strongly fortified, but also al- vanced to the Koniuchy stiear.i sojth of the village, which is on the Zlota Lipa river. Around Brzezany, the fighting was most bitter and Berlin claims that sixteen Russian divisions were thrown forward. The Russians car ried the fortified Teuton positions at several point? in face of a desperate resistance by Austrian, German and Turkish troops. Minister ot War Kerensky person ally led the Russian revolutionary army in its forward movement and in a message to Premier Lvoff nays that the offensive "proved to Russia and the entire world its fidelity to the revolution and its love for liberty and country." The premier has au thorized Minister Kerensky to giver the regiments which participated iu the fighting of July 1 red revolution ary flags and the name "Regimental July First." The brilliant Russian advance, the news of which has sent a wave of re joicing through the entire country, was led by War Minister Kerensky in person. For the last four days the war min ister has been continuously at the front, spending every effort to urge (the troops to advance. He finally rode to tne front line trenches and placing; himself at the head of the troops gave the order to advance. The spectacle of the popular war minister on the firing line accom plished what oratory bad failed to do and the Russian line swept forward into the German trenches. The Russians have captured Kon iuchy, on the Galiclan front, together with 164 officers and 8,400 men. Iho war office announced today. bicke:tt battery is rapidly recriitixg to fi ll strength State Guard Ol liters Were Greeted By a lirgo Crowd Saturday Elfty Men Have linlisletl Iooal ltiy siciuns Making Examinations. The patriotic rally held In the court house last Saturday afternoon was a big success. It even exceeded the ex pectations of the promoters, a9 the big court room was so overcrowded that an officer had to be sent down on the lawn to speak to those who were unable Jo procure seats up stairs. Among those who made speeches were Brigadier - General Young. Capt. Bullwinkle, Capt. Cox and Mr. A. B. Clark of Wadeshorou Fifty men have enrolled, and' thirty-five of this number have beer examined by physicians. Only about forty men are now needed to insure getting the company. Dr. R. H. Gar ren and Dr. G. M. Smith have boon making the physical examinations-. The following young men have en listed: George Sells, Robert D. Beik. Flow C. Coan, John W. Austin, Jas. I). Derrick, Ellebe D. Powell, James W. Starnes, E. Rogers, Charles II. Laney, J. Warren Helnn, Claudo Wolfe, George T. Coan, Thomas T. Belk, L. S. Belk, James ,T. Hinson, Ray C. Rape, Fletcher J Goodwin. Walter G. Blackmon. I.uth r T. Belk. Lonnie T. Hatley, Ben I ooks, W. Horace Williams. Edinor 1 D. Wil liams. Julius H. Furxlerbu k. Lex B. Griffin, Thomas Garland. J nies Tad lock, Clarence H. Helms, F. Hu banks, Miles A. Griffin. Fr k T. Iiil lingsby, Archie Fairley. S. ml Grif fith, Harry Blair, Charlie : i rt. Ray mond C. Gay, William Be n Moke Williams, Joseph A. Bro l, G. A. Helms, James T. Coid Luther Rollings, Edgar H. Smith tohn W. McCorkle. Andrew B. Cw 1. Lloyd! Price, Ed Williams, Wii -m Mc Manus, II. W. Shepherd J John Stewart. Recruiting offices hve 1 -n open ed in the court house, ai Messrs. F. B. Ashcraft, Jr.. nnd V.'riston Shepherd are there nil dnri: the day to receive new member. he com pany will be organized ju as soon as the quota cf 76 men ve been secured. The boys will be Hi d out July 25 if the company is . rcersful ly organized. Men E'or New Can1 So ninny already havi for admission to the serom officers' training rump-., t August, that War I)r;nl applied cries of ning in rt offi tionfs to 00, tho ugh the? pa enj M cntmt b" f "or cials expect th- totpl vpp' be vastly great -.t than 1 number to be a li-i Ii t !. A statement 1s:ud t public information cor.; phaslzes that fitnsq n!or.. In the relect'"n ,r th' --.c cepted and later in the chc' to be commissioned.
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