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VOL 24. No. 8.
MONROE. N. C FRIDAY. MARCH 8. 1918
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
ONLY TWEXTY-EIGHT MEN
FKOM UNION TO GO TO CAMP
Orders From the War Department at
Laxt Minute Change Method of Se
lection and Many Will Stay at
Home for Months.
Twenty-eight Union county boys
in Class 1 left this morning (or Camp
Jackson on train No. 14 at sis o'clock.
The boys were mustered into military
service yesterday evening about three
thirty and Mr. Grady Massey was plac
ed in charge of the contingent while
Mr. David K. Futch was appointed as
sistant by the local exemption board.
After they were mustered into ser
vice yesterday evening the ladies of
the town presented each member of
the contingent with a comfort kit.
They were then allowed to disperse
until Ave o'clock when they again as
sembled for "retreat. All who so de
sired were allowed to spend the night
with relatives or friends.
The remaining 52 men wto had
been notified to appear today for en
trapment Saturday will not have to
go then and were so notified. All tne
men who had been notified to appear
for induction into the service Satur
day were In division A of Class 1 re
gardless of how their order number
came. Yesterday morning tne local
board received a telegram from the
Adjutant General at Raleigh order
ing that the registrants De inducted
into the service in the order of their
number regardless of what division
they were in. This only to apply to
the ones in Class 1. As all of the
men who had been notified to appear
for induction into the service Satur
day were in Division A of Class 1 re
gardless of their order number, they
will not have to go at present, out
will get the benefit of the new ruling.
All future contingents will be made
up In this manner. For instance: u
a man's order number Is 60 and he is
in division B of Class 1. he will be
taken before the man whose order
number is 90 and who is in division
of class 1.
THOSE IN CONTINGENT
The names of those who left today
are: Homer R. Wooten, Jtmmie Lee
Hamilton, Lonnie P. Helms, John C.
Rollins, John Fred Stegall. Leonard
H. Whitaker, David K. Futch, Joseph
G. Newsome, Arthur A. Earbey, Thos.
Crowell, Robert E. Presson, Robert
M. Hlnson, James M. Nash, William
E. Massey, Crawford J. Nash, Marcus
J. McCorkle, William T. Starnes, Sam
uel H. Belk, John Mills, O. B. Doster,
Brooks Jerome, Fred Beaver, Clau
dius P. Griffin,' Theron H. Simpson,
Ester Snipes, Thos. Roy Hart, Fred
R. Long.
PROBABLY 800.0(H) TO BE
CALLED TO ARMY THIS YEAH
Selectmen Will be Drafted to Com
plete Existing Organization of the
Army.
Washington, March 6. While a
large number of men will be called
out during the present year to fill
up the army and complete its organ
ization, it was learned tonight that
war department plans do not call for
the creation of any additional divi
sions in 1918.
The announcement concerning the
Becond draft expected soon from Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder may
outline the manner In which less than
1,000,000 men probably not much
in excess of 800,000 are to be sum
moned gradually during the year to
complete the existing organizations.
Delay in the announcement as to
the next draft Is said to be as to what
method of allotting quotas to the
States is to be followed. The senate
already has passed and and the house
military committee has favorably re
ported an amendment to the law to
base the quota on the number of men
in Class 1, instead of upon the total
registration of a state. This change
Is regarded as certain to be made, but
to avoid further delay schedules of
allotments under bowh systems have
been prepared at provost marshals
office to go out as soon as final action
is taken.
As to the date of the second draft
members of congress from agricultur
al sections have been practically as
sured that no withdrawal of men
from civil life was contemplated
which would embarrass harvesting.
It has been Indicated, however, that
' a relatively small number of men
must be called to the colors prior to
June 1 and the process may start in
April when equipment, clothing and
quarters will be available. The men
are needed to fill up to full strength
divisions slated for early departure to
Europe and also for field army and
corps troops not attached to divisions.
The replacement detachments also
must go forward at an accelerating
rate since American troops r.re now
actually holding a sector of the
French front and men are being kill
ed or wounded in action every day.
The completion of the full program
of the war department without crea
ting any additional divisions probably
will absorb in the neighborhood of
600,000 men. The extent to which
it has been necessary to increase ar
tillery quotas throuchout the army
and to add special units of r 11 sorts
has surprised every officer and ac
counts for the existing shortages to a
large extent.
The number of replacement troops
necessary Is worked out in a scienti
fic way, based on experience at the
front A fixed percen'.r.ge for each
arm of the service Is established.
Among the non-combatant arms this
Is very small; but it Is quite high
among front line troora. While of
ficial figures are not available it is es
timated that something more than
200,000 wlU be necessary for
th
1918 program, making 800,000 neces
sary to call out during the year.
The last increments of the first
draft now mobilizing, totaling about
800.000 men, are tclnt used to fill
regular and national guard divisions
shown by their efficiency reports to
be available for ea.ly duty abroad.
Orders were Issued ioday to local
boards calling for 52 8 artisans of va
rious sorts for noncomtatant units.
Even T.kh all the first draft men
mobilized there are shortages among'
the guard divisions. The first pur
pose of the second draft will be to
make up thia shortage."
War Work for Women of Monroe and
Union County.
To the Editor of The Journal: Ap
peals for the activities and interests
mentioned below come from Dr. D.
H. Hill. State chairman Councial Na
tional Defense; Mrs. Kate Burr John
son, president N. C. Federation of
Women's Clubs; Miss Ida M. Tarbell,
Publicity chairman, Washington, D.
C, and Miss Julia A. Thorns, Public
ity State chairman.
PLAN WAR GARDENS
With help from county demonstra
tion agents community gardens of all
kinds can be made a success in addi
tion to home gardens. Schools and
church societies of all kinds are plan
ning for organization gardens. "Food
will win the War."
Encourage others to loyalty in ob
serving "meatless and wheacless
days."
Send magazines to soldiers a
"never-let-go" activity. Subscriptions
to local papers always welcome.
Cheering letters to be sent to sold
iers. Appeal to homo folks through
all county papers to bend cheerful
letters to the boys In camp.
Plan for child welfare and health
campaign. This is to be the children's
year. North Carolina assigned to
save 3,130 babies.
Organize W. S. societies for W. S.
stamps. Offer your services to your
county .superintendent of schools or
your county chairman of W. S. S. to
talk W. S. S.
The first thing for any patriotic
woman to do is to buy War Savings
and Thrift Stamps, for , you can't
"convert others until you yourself are
converted."
Educate your child in thrift, In bus
iness end in patriotism with the be
ginning of a war stamp collection,
explaining the object. Start today.
Teach the following war song:
"Stamps for tale! War Stamps!
Invest in Stamps! buy stamps every
' day!
We must earn the money, save the
money
And buy Thrift Stamps of Uncle
Sam
Now conserve, never swerve
Buy Stamps, War Stamps, all must
serve.
We must boost them,
For we folks must win this vrar for
Uncle Sam!"
Our Red Cross must receive a great
part of our attention, and as it is a
co-operating organization, cannot in
terfere with co-ordinating all the
organizations for work.
By conserving food, -by saving
money for Thrift Stamps and Liberty
Bonds, by living each day in cheernil
and active loyalty to the nation's
cause, by supporting r.nd working for
the Red Cross, we women r.t home
will be striking for victory which Is
the best and. only wry to hasten the
coming of peace. Mrs. J. Frank La
ney Woman's Committee, Co. Chm.
Council of Nation Defense.
(County papers please copy.)
Man Who Converted Billy Sunday in
North Carolina.
(From the Greensboro News.)
The man under whose Influence
Billy Sunday walked the sawdust
trail, or "got religion," Is today the
guest of Revi Charles F. Myers, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
here. He is Melvln Trotter of Chica
go, the rescue mission man. He was
salvage himself from a degraded life
and he has established a great circle
of these missions in the cities of the
United States.
Billy Sunday has not forgotten the
man who helped him to the right
track; he is now conducting a series
of meetings in Chicago and when he
finishes, he will give his collection to
the mission of Mr. Trotter as an in
dication of what he feels about the
man and his work. It is customary
for Sunday to take n collection for
himself on the last day of his stay.
That is always a big -one, and the
Trotter mission in Chicago will bene
fit largely.
Mr. Trotter is one of the Billy Sun
day type, it is said. Billy heard him
In one of his talks and was led to re
pentance. Since then the pupil has
become more widely known than the
master, perhaps, but Mr; Trotter Is
regarded as a man of great power.
Births.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Plyler,
Monroe Route 7, a eon, Hugh Ken
nington, February 9th.
To Mr. and Mrs. John Brewer, city
of Monroe, a son, William Joel, Jan
uary .2nd.
To Mr, and Mrs. Grady Williams,
Monroe township, a son, January 8.
To Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wallace,
city of Monroe, a daughter, Eliza
beth, February. 8.
To Mr. and Mrs. Sam Medlln, Mon
roe township, a son, Sam Alfred, Feb
ruary 11.
To Mr; and Mrs. James Caskey,
Monroe township, a daughter, Anna
Lee, February 11.
T. L. CROWELL, Registrar.
Some people spend a lot of time In
exnlalplnr thlnta that lhpv know nrv-
thing about,
SIMON BURKS DRAWS HEAVY
FINE FOR SATURDAY AFFAIR
Darkey Shot by Officers When He At
tempted to EM-ape, Fined Total of
$00 and Costs.
Simon Burks, the negro who was
reported as shot in the leg and arm
in the last issue of The Journal, when
he attempted to gain possession of a
pistol he had dropped, was tried be
fore Recorder Lemmond this morn
ing. He had to answer to the charge
of carrying a concealed weapon, gam
bling and assault. In the case of
gambling be was fined $15 and the
costs. In the case of carrying a con
cealed weapon he was fined $75 and
costs, and the weapon to remain In
the custody of officers; while he was
found not guilty in the assault case.
Mr. J. C. Sikes, who represented the
negro, gave notice of appeal and bond
was fixed at $150.
In testifying before the court, Con
stable Earnhart said that after Offi
cer Robinson had noticed the negro
seemingly trying to get something
out of his pocket he had expressed the
opinion that the negro had a gun, but
search failed to disclose the weapon.
After Officer Robinson had left the
room with the three other negroes
captured at the same time, he was fol
lowing with the Burks negro and car
rying a candle in one hand by tae
light of which the negroes had been
shooting dice, when he he?rl a pistol
fall to the floor from the person of the
negro. He and the negro stooped to
get it at the same time. The negro
got a grip on the barrel of the pistol
and Mr. Earnhart then attempted to
crush him to the floor by grabbing
him around the neck and throwing all
his weight on him, but the negro was
so strong that he could not accomplish
this. They then scuffled all the way
bark Into the room they had Just left.
All this occurred In darkness, as the
candle went out at the beginning of
the scuffle. Officer Robinson then
came to his assistance and the shoot
ing of the negro seemed all that stop
ped him from hurting some of the
officers. Constable Earnhart was not
positive that the negro made any at
tempts to strike him.
At the end of the trial the question
as to what to do with the money
that was found at stake when the ne
gross were captured came up. The
amount was one dollar and each of
the neEroes claimed it. To settle the
question the court ordered that the
money be donated to tne uea crosi
which was done.
Alec Laney of near Pageland was
also tried yesterday morning for car
rying a concealed weapon and being
drunk on the streets of Monroe. He
was fined $50 and costs for carrying
the weapon and it is to remain in the
custody of the officers. In the sec
ond case he was let off with the costs.
Under a law passed by the last leg
islature the least fine allowed for
carrying a concealed weapon is $50.
BUY A BEIXJIAN BUTTON.
Number of Younjr LadicN Out Collect
ing Funds For Tubercular Chil
dren. Headed by Mrs. D. B. Snyder and
Miss Mabel Belk, a number of young
ladies are out today selling "Belgi
um Buttons," which Is the means se
lected to secure funds for the orphan
and tubercular babies of Belgium.
With the money collected In this man
ner all over the country, the Associ
ation for the Mothering of Belgium
Babies, will send several hundred Bel
gian children, who have contracted
tuberculosis for lack of nourishment,
over into Holland to recuperate.
This is one of the most worth char
ity cases yet to come before the Amer
ican people. Small amounts are ask
ed of each person; from ten cents up.
The buttons are given to the purchas
ers as a receipt.
The following members of the Boy
Scouts and the Canip Fire Girls are
requested to meet Saturday morning
at 9 o'clock in the court house to ar
range plans to help canvass the city:
Team 1 Garah Caldwell, captain;
Bivens Helms, Fannie Person Rudge,
Ray Shute, Sarah Hudson.
Team 2 Roland Beasley, captain;
Emsley Laney, William Morrow, An
na F. Redfearn, Florence Redwlne.
Team 3 Yates Laney, captain;
Hoyle Griffin, Tom C. Lee, Martha
Adams.
Team 4 Charles Iceman, captain;
Clarence Houston, Wesley Coble, Mar
garet Dixon Sikes.
Team 5 John Hoblfca, captain;
Billie Phifer, John. Wray, Caroline
Cason. '
Team 6 Alexander Crowell, cap
tain; Ogburn Yates, Keith Davis, Cor
nelia Dillon.
Teachers' Meeting, Monroe, Saturday,
March 16th, 10:30 A. M.
1. Devotional exercises.
2. Our Schools, Their Duty and
Responsibility in tbe Present Crisis,
by Prof. R. W. Allen and others.
3. Teachers' Salaries, by Prof.
Jackson Hamilton and others.
4. Loyalty of the Teacher to His
or Her Profession. Discussion led by
Prof. Ray Funderburk.
6. Patriotism in the Schools, by
Mr. B. C. Ashcraft.
6. War Savings Societies, by Mr.
R. A. Morrow, County Chairman War
Savings Committee.
On account of bad weather and bad
roads we have failed to make a suc
cess of our teachers' meetings during
this school term, but I hope we shall
not be hindered in our next attempt.
I am particularly anxious that every
teacher in the county be present.
Remember the date, Saturday,
March 16, 10:30, graded school build
ing, Monroe.
R. N. MS BET, President, i
I'KTROGRAD IS XO LONGER
THE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA
The People Are Fleeing the City, and
Moscow It Now the Seat of the
Government.
Petrograd. March 6. Moscow is to
be declared the new capital of Russia
and the government purposes to pub
lish a statement to this effect imme
diately. Petrograd will be declared a
free port.
Notwithstanding the sicniug of
peace, the government is determined
to transfer all the state institutions
to Moscow, Nizni-Novgorod and Ka
zan. The removal of the ministries
of foreign affairs, communications
and finance began today.
POPULATION LEAVING RAPIDLY
The population of Petrograd Is has
tily quitting the city, but there are
many transportation difficulties and
already the road J leading from Pet
rograd are crowded with all sorts of
vehicles.
The Russian delegates returned
from Brest-Litovsk today and will re
port to the executive of the Soviets as
soon as possible. According to the
latest reports here hostilities have
been suspended on all fronts, the Ger
mans having halted on the northern
front along the line comprising Nar
va, Pskov, Vitebsk, Mohilev and Or-
,sha.
Mr. Wilkin's Five Year.
(From the New York Times.)
' By taking much thought Woodrow
Wilson had added cubits to his men
fal and moral stature since that day
five years ago, March 4. 1913, wheu
he first took oath as President of the
United States. He had been a teach
er of youth, president of a university,
governor of a state. He had made
political speeches before and after
the nomination. The people had some
, knowledge of his views, very little of
i His power and capacity in statesman
ship. Had he proved to be a hum
drum president, average, inconspicu
ous in the long line, like Madison or
Hayes or Harrison, there would have
been no public disappointment, for
there was no unusual public expecta
tion. In these five years Mr. Wilson
has come to be one of the four or five
chief men in the world, a great figure
in the greatest drama of all time, the
j foremost spokesman in the cause of
international morals, freedom and
Jattlce for which the enlightened na
ns of the earth have taken up arms.
Ids and marshals public opinion
at home as no other president has
ever done, of a congress sometimes
reluctant he demands measures often
extraordinary and they are forth
coming; he commands the interest
and the attention of governments and
peoples beyond the seas In a degree
far transcending that accorded to any
other president in our history.
Mr. Wilson has risen to greatness
altogether by the exercise of the In
tellect and the will. The achievement
Is uncommonly interesting for that
reason. We know that it has been
his habit before making great decis
ions to "go Into retreat" as it were,
to put by all routine concerns and
give himself opportunity Tor undis
turbed meditation, for hard thinking.
The fruits of his thought have gone
forth to the world In that series of
state papers which will for all time
adorn the pages of history as a firm
and clear exposition of the American
spirit, as the voice of the American
people heard through all the world.
In the great alliance for freedom and
right he Is looked to above all others
to speak the needed word as it should
be spoken.
His will power has been made
manifest as unmistakably as his pow
er of Intellect. We may say that he
has actually governed the county by
the exercise of both. With some
presidents the arts of politics and the
use of patronage have counted for
much, with him for nothing at all.
The great policies of his administra
tion have been determined In his own
mind and carried to achievement by
his personal authority. If he has now
and then appealed to the people, he
has often seemed to command con
gress. It would be nearer the truth
to say that by his ability In statecraft,
by his clear, straightforward think
ing, by the supreme virtue of being
right he has commanded tne conn
fidence of the people and of their
representatives. Compliance with his
will naturally and inevitably follow
ed.
This authority has been exercised
forrestralnt as well as for guidance.
"He kept us out of war" was a battle
cry of the democrats in the second
campaign. Undoubtedly he might
have committed us to war at a time
much earlier than that of the actual
declaration. The east, aflame with
indignation at German barbarities
and stirred to passion by the Lusi
tania atrocity, would have heard
with deep satisfaction the call to
anus. The president wrote notes un
til the public patience was overtired.
The west was not for war and Mr.
Wilson knew It. Had he sounded the
summons then there would have been
a divided response. The sanction of
congress would have been doubtful;
it could have been secured only after
a long struggle a poor beginning
in such a venture.. Perhaps this will
be in history always a coutentious
matter, whether we should have gone
to war In the summer of 1915. Many
of those who were least patient with
the president s policy or peace ami
forbearance, among them Mr. Choate,
whose opinion is of the highest Im
portance, have declared that he was
right. It was better to defer the
rupture until be could make his ap
peal upon an incontestable warrant
of occasion to a united country.
Mr. Wilson has not alwayi been
tbe leader of publie opinion. In the
belief that soon or late we should b
forced to fight Germany the people
were in advance of his more slowly
maturing conclusion By habit and
luuiiniuu lie nau given ins luougai
more to organizing the permanence
of peace than to preparation for war.
I The path of honor and of duty seem
;ed to him to lie rather In the avoid-
iduvr vi me quarrel man in accepting ,
" . 1. I . ( . - 1
it. even under the Herman nrovoca-
ions. Doubtless he felt that Ameri-
jca. as a neutral power, would have a
pan or great distinction to piay in state Food Administration has taken
the negotiations of peace. With the!,i..,,i ,., ..,.,. ., ..
wisdom that comes after the event ffh,J"d in tbe ,lacker s,tua"n.
all can see now. what so many saw!1' the county and city authorities fail
after the destruction of the Lusitania, to round up the vagrants, will step in
that we should at once have made 'and see that it is don
man lire, the sorrows and sufferings. Irftv whn Vr m a
the wastes and the expenditures, the . e,uS eS
w brready Yo6 stX oT that SaJ i ?f lbe ta in the
'of'S ITX r XVw:ooaklShJ- C- arltt J. V.
As the nation's leader in war Pres'-
denY fflson has8 'been 'ndeSy
, , ., , u i
!":C"l"i lllilt'
have put aside the party view and !
vied with democrats in loyal support
of the administrations' war policies.
JAt!.n l "J
muse uu iui uiru uu .raauiia uj-
posed a war with Germany, are no
longer vocal. The commander-ln-
chief has behind him a united coun -
trv It it a conclusive evidence or his
J. i A 5 -1 Uf i ' fi .?:-.
: rZV" tvn" . ,
of the dmhless principles, the prin
clples of right, of morality and of just
dealing among nations, has grown
clear and true until among the poli
tical leaders of the allied countries
he is foremost in the power to state
them with convincing force. There
were days when men grieved over
occasional phrases of h's that seem
ed to cannote a coldly Impartial ap
portionment of praise and blame be
tween the belligerents, when most of
us had long since disdained to be neu
tral in so great an Issue of morals. As
a nation we were the'n neutral. The
head of the nation had not the free
dom of the private citizen. But if his
pfirases then were balanced and for
mal, they now bjrn with tr.-a s.ern
Indignation (V.st comes of h sense
of the wrougi for vhich he sji re
dress. For l'im tere is no raining
jtacK. no . rZwTthv , ieh -tith'
agony must not be gone thiough ,.lth
tuck, no Inconclusive peace, i.iis
Woodrow Wilson is very much an
American
He has given the world
an impressive example of that Ameri
can trait of whicn we often boast
that of rising to th3 full measure of
opportunity. He has been tavore.i,
not made by opportun ty The obll-
ity was there. po-.ycr of m nd arid of
win. inuo. .. auu a ---" '
ivaied. The opportunity was great.
W33 f8Z in H that ;
tion, and of the otld. that
man was in the white house awaiting
i his call.
I Noted Outlaw Will Lecture at Strand.
Emmet Dalton, reformed bandit,
: lone remaining member of the one
time famous Dalton cang, which was
composed of himself, his brothers,
Bob and Gratton, Bill Powers and
DICK liroauwaie, win leciuie at mc
Strand theatre Saturday, the 9th. The
lecture will be accompanied by a 3
reel moving picture der iding the life
of the gang, and their dare devil rob
bery of two Coffeyvllle, Kans., banks
in broad daylight, at which time all of
the gang but himself were killed and
he fell Into the hands of the law.
The screen talk of Mr. Dalton will
be along moral line and the picture
Is more a sermon against lawlessness
than a "thow," but all the thrills of
the well known movie are contained
therein. The picture, accomp-.nled by
Mr. n.ilton'i exolanatory talk has
been delivered In most of the cities of
the South and has been given to pack
ed houses everywhere.
The picture takes r.p the life of the
Dalton's from the time of their ap
pointment as deputy United States
marshals and their anger when their
compensation of the eovernment was
withheld by the chief marshal. Dalton
states that the boys could not be con
trolled and the gang was formed
which wound up in the Coffeyvllle af
fair. t ,
At the time of the Kansas bank
robbery the Daltons were no longer
deputies, their appointment having
expired four years .before. At this
robbery by the gang, four citizens
were killed and several wounded
while all of the Dalton gang with the
exception of Emmett were killed out
right, and he was captured, and sen
tenced to the state prison for life.
Governor Hoch. however, pardoned
him In 1907 after a service of over
14 years.
From the day of his regained free
dom Dalton has been a changed man,
and his travels around the country
with his "movies" is a strong preach
ment against lawlessness and disor
der. Mr. Dalton does not attempt to
Justify his acts of the past or to boast
of the manner in which it was done,
but in a clear, concise manner he tells
of the unattractlveness and hardship
of a life of crime.
Notice.
To the teachers and school commit
teemes of Union county: If your
school or school district has not been
organized into a War Savings Society
yet. please advise me of the fact at
once and I will send someone to per
fect an organization.
R. A. MORROW, Chairman
Union County War Savings Com.
Rev. John A. Wray will preach
Rt Shlloh Baptist church Sunday af-
ternoon at 2:30.
' EVERY MAX WILL HAVE TO (iO
TO WORK OR GO TO JAIL
That's the Ultimatum Handed to In-
ion County People by Hie Food Ad
ministration Mayor Sikes ami
Sheriff Griffith Urged to Enforce.
Vagrant y l-aus.
Every able-bodied man in Union
jfoun'y. regardless of color, will have
'to go to work or to to jail. The
"The sho, tafe'e ot labor threatn3
! LninT Jln nf 'T
'"e coming season and already is
hindering work in many lines!
ioi tape of man power in
the face of the most desperate need
our country or the world has ever
. that the f illm .TnS oTevw
1,hM.i..,ri.l ...un i, I .,.
1 Trr """"V "i n i "'""
i , ""U"t,,yh :"nu J hse cu,ed fl0Ui
lno e11e"d th,e ..
1 re'll,z' anu ou uust realize,
1 that local authorities must be depend-
UP almost altogeher to secure
the lull effectiveness of the available
labor in their respective communities.
North Carolina has a clear, clean-cut
effective law against vagrancy. The
rigid enforcement of this law will in
crease the actual supply of labor on
. .. . ' .
ing in our cities and towns.
"From the standpoint of the Food
Administration, it is much more de-
sirable that the work of these men
and boys should be utilized to in
crease the products of our farm rath
er than to have dialled a little later
tor work In shipyards and ammuni
tion plants or elsewhere.
"The responsibility in your com
muity Is upon your shoulders. I most
earnestly urge you to rigidly enforce
existing laws for the relief of our
farmers who are crying for labor and
to the end that we may have the in-
creased production of food and feed'
cropg( whch Jg absoiutely es3ential
to the wUrnlng of the war."
MR. GRIFIIN'S STATEMENT
Mr. Lee Griffin, County Food Ad
ministrator, gave out the following
statement on the proposed enforce
ment of the vagrancy law3:
h from the direction of
Ra,eigh WaBnI t labor .glack.
"If there is anything in rumblings
er3' in Union county have a shock
, The full utilization
!t( a11 ,abor 18 Just 83 ei"entlal t0 the
j winning of the war as the work of
i . . . ,, .
engineers and the fighting of the oth
er branches of the army in France.
This, at least, is the opinion that gov
ernment officials are coming.
"The rumblings from Raleigh are
in the form of letters from State
Food Administrator Henry A. Page
to local authorities urging the rigid
enforcement of 'he law against va
grancy. The State Food Administra
tor states that It Is highly desirable
that labor in each community should
be utilized for the production of food,
in that community and that the local
farmers are first entitled to the labor
of able bodied men and boys who have
not been regularly employed or who
are filling positions which might just
as well be filled by women and girls.
"Labor is needed, however, In ship
yards, munition plants and other in
dustries and the presumption from
the Food Administrator's letter is
that able bodied men and boys who
do not secure employment upon the
J farms and in the Industries of the-
respective communities are likely to-
be drafted for the more strenuous and
more dangerous services mentioned."
MARSH VI I, EE WAS SCENE OF
PISTOL BATTLE THURSDAY"
Joe Lytle, Colored, In Attempt to
Save His Brother, Receives Serious
Wounds Prom Gun in the Haiuln
of Claud Nance Domestic Affair
Said to Have Caused Trouble -Nance
In in Jail.
In an attempt to save his brother
from the Ire ot Claude Nance, wnn
came at him with drawn pistol, Joe
Lyttle was shot right over the heart
Thursday morning at about eight
o'clock In a colored community near
the outskirts of Marshville, The in
jured man was taken to a Charlotte
hospital, and it is understood that he
is in a serious condition. Nance was
brought to jail about noon the same
day by the Marshvile chief of police,
Mr. J. B. Griffin.
John Lyttle, is Is said, Is tbe man
Nance was after. According to re
port, he had caused a separation be
tween Nance and his wife, and Nance
approached him near a store In the
negro community with drawn pistol.
Two brothers of John Lyttle, Joo and
Ellis Lyttle, who were nearby, at
tempted to overpower Nance, and, in
the scuffle, Joe was shot.
Nance, it Is said, shot at John and
Ellis after wounding Joe, but this
report cannot be substantiated.
Friends of the Lyttle brothers, ac
cording to report, chased Nance to
wards town, where he was captured
by Chief Griffin. He was placed In
an automobile and hurried to the jail
here.
Rev. A. Marsh will preach at
Benton'a Cross Roads Sunday at It
o'clock.