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WARRENTON, N, C. FRIDAY, MAY 25TH, 1917
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PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING
SELECTIVE DRAFT.
t on bv the President of the United States;
Whereas vJongrcfcs cimi- icu aixi x icomcia uu uric Aotn a ay ox
,i ,nt,! nine hundred and seventeen aDDroved a law whih mn.
Mav one uwa
I"1, rT"1 , 11 1 1J X 1 - .
5: mat an iimie persuus oeiween me ages or twenty-one
tains
Section-
li i
nclusive, shall be subject to registration in accordance with
i -hirt
a , t:0.is to be plescribed by the President; and upon proclamation by the
n..;,ionr or
t nte-i I'fres, except officers and enlisted men of the regular army, the
desif"- national guard and naval militia while in the service of the
ln .ions of this act; and every such person shall be deemed to have notice
prOVl- . fc nf this net nnon tht rmhlirtrHnn nf attiA nTvulomfi'nn
f t- rPCjUIH- x x w . wvwmvivii
t"her notice as a foresaid given by the President or by his direction; and
0f persons who shall willfully fail or refuse to present himself for regis-
raror nna shall upon conviction in the district eourt of the United States
hvinff jurisdiction thereof, be punished by imprisioriment for not more than
ong year, anti ?iiun uicicupun i.- .u. i iuvu!wi( uia.v, ui me cku
cf the docket precedence shall be given, in the court trying the same, to the
trial of criminal proceedings under this act. Provided further, that persons
shall be subject to registration as herein provided who shall have attained
;v twenty-tirst birthday and who shall not have attained their thirty-first
birthday on or oeiore me uuy iui rcgisuauuu, ;iim an persons so regis
tered shall be and remain subject to draft into the forees hereby authorized,
unless exempted or excused therefrom ad in this act provided: Provided
further that in the case of temporary absence from actual place or legal res-
ider.ee of any person liable to registra.-on may oe made by mail under regu-
lations to he pie.i.; - m-
Section. That the President is hereby authorized to utilise the ser
vice of any or all departmens and c.ir or all officers or agents of the United
States and of the several states, territoes, and the District of Columbia, and
sub-d: i ! ii ereof, and of the District of Columbia, and all persons des
ignated or appointed under regulations prescribed by the President himself
or by tin? C'-error or other officer of any state or territory to perform any
dutv in execution of this act, are hereby required to perform such duty
as the
persor
acts
ident.
envel
hereii
of the
;';ci'":u hall order or direct and of all such officers and agents and
r lesiqnntcd or appointed shall hereby have full authority for all
vy thr-rn in the execution of this aet by the direction of the Pres
Coiiespoxiueuce in the execution of this act may be carried in penalty
o the . ank of the War Department.- Any persons charged as
r . v ith the duty of carrying into effect any of the provisions
. regulations made or directions given thereunder who shall
fail or neglect to pen orm. such duty and any person charged with such duty
or ha excising any authority under said act, regulations or direc
tions. . ' knowingly make or be a party to the .making of any false or
incon. ion, physical examination exemption, enlistment, or mus
ter; arc! :t" ern who shall make or be a party to the making of any false
state.r.e.it or c( ni icate as to the fitness or liability of himself or any other
person u r : v.c uncier the provision of this act, or regulations made by the
Presidem '.inker or otherwise evade or aids another to evade the require
ments ri iiih act or regulations or who in any manner, shall fail or neglect
fully to pt-.luip. any duty required of him in" the execution of this act, shall,
if not ?u; jtri t. rr.;lita:y law, be guilty of a misdemesjior and upon conviction
Lithe D:-t)i(L :;t of the United States hatving jurisdiction thereof, be
punished by init ;isinment for not more than one year, or. if subject to mil
itary law. -.h all be tried by court martial and suffer such punishment as a
courtmartial mav direct.
Nov, thca.Hore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States do
call upon the Governor each of the several states and territories, the board
of comn i slower s of the District of Columbia and all officers and agents of
the Ft Vera I ?t;itps sr.rl tprritnn'oc n V10 T"i cfriVf nt fnlntviKio i-rsA rv-P Vl
vvi. A nvi lOj XitJVl V.fc. Will KS M VA ll V
counties and municipalities therein to perform certain duties in the execu
tion of the foregoing law, which duties will be communicated. to them direct-
iy in rerubticn of even date herewith. .
And I do further proclaim and give notice to all pre sons subject to rear-
ui en. usj aiiu ill HiC 1lovllV.li UV1U1UUW Ul MbViUim
with the above law that the time and place of such registration shall be be
tween 7 a.m. J.!";. fl T-. yn nn fi-fK A,r Tt-.A 1 Q1 V V. m-m,S -m,
Place in the precinct wherein they have their permanent homes. Those who
shall h
ave obtained their twenty-fist birthday and who shall not have ob-
UW1 oy mail
unable to
tuned their thirtvfirf Ki'i fV.ri ,-r i,-p. -.t M4 - -mmiA
-" vuuujr Ull J L UE1U1C 111V UCljr JlVl Cr IKHIIVU kl V
register excepting only officers in the officers reserve corps and enlisted
ffien in the enlisted resei-ved corps while in active service. In the territories
W Alasjia, Hawaii nrl Pnvtn "Pirt r,r -f.-- Mn.;.t.i'M. ll v v.nl i.
later m-or-ltnov.
i - wxvot l 11U UllUUU SJK.ll LTW UUSU1T' vv iouv
emseives for resignation that they apply on or before "the day of registrar-
ma h the CUnty lerk where they be for instruction as to how they
ed r rt'?iSLerei by aSent: Those who expect to be absent on the day nam
ter by countics in wnich thay have their permanent homes may regis
whi h lnai1' but their raaed registration cards must reach the place in
a ii 0 tn3ir permanent home by the day named herein. They
thev uu" as practical to tne county eierK 01 tne county wncm
- -. iiLi uc-Lions as to now tJiev mav accomnnsn tneir reirisvra-
Iri Ca?f sni-Vi norcmi a oe rpVi cVnoac nr n VifiPnoP miV be
present themselves personally for registration shall be sojourning
over thirty thousand population, they shall apply to the city clerk
-y wherein they may be sojourning rather than to the clerk of the
lhe rlti-'.-c c i i i- . i t j a i 3
tion in w counties ana 01 cities 01 over xmrcy mousanu iwuu-
are exfta " I!Uerous applications from the sick and from non-residents
dWize slUre authoiizcd t0 establish such agencies and to employ and
cants t R c'or-fl force as may be necessary to accomodate these appli-
he powev ..! i , , " i . ii
uPnthe - i ul"u -vnicn we are arrayed nas sougm x.o impose iw w
changed th f ')V frPe" To this end it; has increased armament until it has
armies fwar. In the sense in which we, have wont to' think of
"Ies there ar0 . .. ... j
ihus, the "riI1ies m this struggle. Tnere a?'e enure nations anucu.
part of th Wh remain t0 till the soil and man the factories are no less a
flags. it'e l rrry that is in France than the army that is "beneath the battle
V11 for :t- he S with us It; is not an army ttat we must shaP and,
cPact fr 11 iS a nation- To this end our people must draw close in one
aPrivatA lnt aain?t a common foe. But this cannot be if each may pursue
but it nee A11 must Pursue one purpose. The nation needs all men;
eildeavifcach man, nt in the field that will most please him, but .in the
Pleases to beSt SGrve the common good. Thus though a sharpshooter
Pert. .0De' atp a trin-hammer fnr thp fnrn':ip- of crreat iruns, and an ex-
when tho ,u desires to march with the flag, the nation is being served only
arpnhootfi- j -l v,;a Iav. The
he isbst fittTst be a tcam in which each 1118111 sha11 play th'pftrt'or hich
0r?anized f T this end' Congress has provided that the nation shall be
;ic in War by selection and that each man shall be classified for ser
ine ; kCe t0 v'hich it p"all best serve the general ffood to call him.
0uf his .cance of this cannot be overestimated. It w w ttiaff
It is ' a landmark in our progress.
Mth thoi.TfWiInanner of accepting and vitalizing our duty to ffive relres
consort 1 devoticT to the common purpose of us all. It is o MM
n of the unwilling; it is rather, selection tnm a aatfoift whiek
WISE ITBAIS
Miss Brama Dunn is at.hoae Asain,
from her teaching duties rnsar Thelma,
for the sunmer.
Mr. James Wnte has been ekted
Secretary of the Sunday 8hpoJ to nil
the vacancy caused by the death of
Mr. Page Perkinson.
Miss Carrie 3. Dunn .is .visiting her
brother and family At Coxmbia, , S.
Carolina.
There will be preaching raorinar aid
evening at Sharon Church ne.t Sun
day. ; The; church expects to call a
regular pastor soon.
Mr. It. H. Rudd has been iU for the
past week. '
The regular -meeting of the Better
ment Association for June will be held
on Friday afternoon, June the first at
3:30, with Miss Margaret Tanner.
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Perhaps there are some in the com
munity interested in the work of the
Red. Cross,. If so, the information
given in an editorial in the Ladies
Home Journal for August 191 may
be helpful.-- Parts of the same are
quoted belowt
"A woman may render herself, her
community and her country a distinct
seryice' by organizing a Red Cross
Auxiliary and she can do this whether
she lives in the largest city or in the
smallest community. The method is
simple; She gets together five women,
representative of her community and
each contribute $1.20; in all ($5
for. five memberships and $1 for the
box of sample hospital dressing men
tioned below.) She sends this amount
to the American Red Cross, Washing
ton, D. C.t. saying that these five wom
en wish to form a Red Cross Auxiliary
in their neighborhood and asking ir
the- proper credentials. She will re
ceive from the Red Cross officials five
memberships, the authority to hold
the organization meeting, with full
instructions of procedue, a yearly sub
scription to the official magazine for
each member, and she -will also re
ceive a box of aainple Red Cross dress
ings and three paper patterns. . This
box contains twenty-one distinct sum
pie hospital dressings and bandages,
wth - fullo rnstructionhorr fco make
them.
A community -Red Cross Auxiliary
of this sort may confine itself, if it
chooses, to this making of bandages
and dressings branch of Red Cross
work, or, as it will be told in the liter,
ature furnished it, it can go on and
expand, and do first aid to the in juried
work in its community; it can -deve!-ope-
into neighborhood sanitation
work -it can take up the splendid Red
Cross nursing work. In other words .
t ean confine or expand its activities
as it elects."
Here is a little poem written by
New York friend who is modi inter
ested in rled Cress weriL
THE RED CROSS
GREATER PROSPERITY IN
WAR.
Giant f Automobile In
dustry Predicts Greater
Prosperity For Uncle Sam
' In War.
All honer to that snow-white flag
With cross of crimson hue,
And honor to its workers,
"With courage tried and true
"Where'er it flolds are flyinff
You will find the willing hand,
Be it here in our own country
Or in Alien land.
To many a weary soldier
Lying patiently in pain,
It brings its message of good cheer
And hopes of home again.
Its mercv is all boundless,
Ti griven to one and all;
Its only wish to comfort,
To answer every call.
Wide may its white folds flutter,
Its cross shine near and far,
To help in pain and sorrow,
Till peace has conquered War.
EVELYN A. KING.
(By John N. WillysO
(Mr. Willys is president of The
Willys Overland Company, of Tole
do; Ohio, second largest automobie
factory in the world, which is ex
pected to produce nearly 200,000
j motor cars this year. He is also
ranked as ene of the industrial giants
of the decade, whose business sagaci
ty developed a factory with assets of
' $53,000 to a manufacturing plant with
assets of $68,000,000. Mr. Willys can
well be styled an authority on busi
ness conditions. Editor's Note.)
j . Atntoeblle lftaJiufaetures through
lout the country are being deluged by
letters, telegrams and verbally with
queries as vto what effect America'.;
declaration ef a state of war existing
with Germany will have on business
generally, and praticularly on the au
tomobile industry.
It seems to me that the unpreced
ented era of prosperity of the past
two years must be continued.
In addition to the enormous busi
ness now being handled by this coun
try, the United States "Government
has just passed a war budget of seven
billion dollars. Three billion dollars of
this fund will be advanced as a loan
to the Allies who will spend it in the
United States.
The remaining feur billion dollars
will be used to put ur own army and
navy on a sound war footing.
Every, cent' ef this money will be
spent in this country. Every product
that is caised er made in this coun try
will be purchased in larger quar
enties than ever. Every section of
the country will tanfit every class
of people.
Some of tHo money iT! go s'uth to
buy cotton. A big share will go to
the wtirtarn states and to the coast
for grain, .meat and other foodstuff:
Se of ft will go to Pennsylvania "o
steel anc cai. New England will ge-.
a Fharo : iat vexchangtaoetaoetaGett
fiacftnies ei vhe Central states will
get a-share. There will he more money
:n eireulatien thai ever before.
In Canada in spite . ef the handicap
of -the war Willys-Overland dealers
have, since January 1st booked more
retail orders than the total Overland
sales in Canada for any previous V
months. The demand in the Domin
ion for W'llys-Cveiland cars is f pr
in excess of the supply. -
Prior to the war in Canada money
was very tight. The per capita wealt.i
across the border was only $55. At
the present time Canada is in better
shape fmancaily thar. ever before; its
per capita wiftHh is now said to be
The United StaUs today has mmre
eney trVr- ever in rfca history. A
recent statement published by U. 5.
Comptroller Williams showed that
United States banks had assets of
sixteen billion dettars, exceeding by
two hundred and ten million dollars
the previous high water mark of five
months ago, and an increase of five
billion dollara in four years. The
total natioBid-wealth, according to au
thoritative estimates, is given out as
$250,000, 000,000 with a national debt
of only $3,000,000,000. The estimat
ed combined wealth of Great Britain,
Franee, Russia, Italy and Germany is
$275;000,000,000, while their total nat
ional debt is $60,000,000,000.
There sjs to be no cause, for pes
simimism. We can safely look for-wai-d
to a continuance of good busi
ness right here in our own country.
has volunteered in mass. It is no more a choosing of those who shall march
with the colors than it is a selection of those who shall serve an equally nec
essary and devoted purpose in the industries that lie behind the battle line.
The day here named is the time upon which all shall present themselves
qcVb Tt is for that reason destined to be remem-
bered as one of the most conspicious moments in our history shall step forw
in one solid rank in' defense oi tne weais no-es un w uic -
generation in manifesting its devotion to them, that there will be no gaps in
the ranks. . , ' , . .
It is essential that the day be approaced in taougntrul apprenension oi
its significance-and that we -accord to it the honor and the meaning that it
deserves. Our industrial need prescribes that it be not made a technical hol
iday but the stern sacrifice that is before us, urges that it be carried in all
our hearts as a great day of patriotic devotion and obligation when the duty
shall lie upon every man, whether -he is himself to be registered or not, to
see to it that the name of every male person ef the designated ages is writ
ten on these lists of honor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereuste set my -hand and caused the
ssaj of the United States tb fate aXised.
Done at the city of Washington this 18th day ef May ia the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine humdred and seventeesB b4 ef the dependence of
the United Stakes ef Aeric$ the ene hundred. ail ferty-fitist. -Jy
the Psresiient: ,
: Kv;-ix;T. Lvazuzuxtx) oecrexaxy-1
A PR0CLAE1ATI0N BY THE GOVERNOR.
The War Department has ordered the North Carolina Guard to be recruited
lorll war strength. To meet this requirement the following recruits are
necessary:
FIRST REGIMENT.... 1,000 '
SECOND REGIMENT.. 1,100
THIRD REGIMENT.. 1,200
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 1,800
These other organizations include the Coast Artillery, Cavalry, Engine
ers, and Sanitary Troops. It is seen that over 5,000 volunteers are needed
to bring the National Guard up to full war strength. It is apparent, there
fore, that anyone who may have opposed the selective draft because he did
not like the thought of being consripted is now given a chance to volunteer
for military service.
Then, too, there are several distinct adytantages in enlisting in the Nat
ional Guard:
1. While those who enlist in the National Guard will be required to
register, they will beexempt from draft.
2. He who enlists has the privilege of selecting the command and
bianch of service he desires to enter.
3- He will serve under officers he knop anil among his own friends and
acquaintances.
4. A person volunteering for service in the National Guard will be re
quired to enlist only for the duration of-the war.
5. A permanent roll of those who enlist will be preserved and the
names will be published daily in the newspapers.
6. The man who volunteers for service in the National Guard has a
better chance from promotion than he who is taken into the army under selec
tive draft.
Considering these advantages, together with the appeal the country
makes for men, I confidently expect the patriotic young manhood of North
Carolina to quickly fill up the ranks of-the National Guard. History does
not show where a nation has ever made g worthier appeal than our coun
try makes to its sons today. This Republic has unsheathed its sword in de
fense of humanity and to prove that republics have a right to live. America
has planted the emblem of liberty and democracy in the pathway of the
tyrant and the autocrat. And she now calls upon her sons to keep it there.
We like to sing of the "sweet land of liberty" and "the home of the brave
and the free." But the time has come when it is not enough to sing only. We
must back the sentiment with action in order that that which gave birth to
the sentiment shall not perish from the earth.
America has lifted her arm in defense of Christian civilization . and she
now calls upon her sons to save that civilization. This is no ordinary war.
It is a war of ideals; for in it a civilization that exalts love and service is
pitted against a civilization that exalts power and selfishness, A civilization
in which the strong must serve the weak is at war with a civilization in
which the weak must serve the strong. It is, in short, a war to determine
whether the ideals of Jesus or the ideals of Thor shall dominate the world.
We like to pray', "Thy Kingdom come"; but the time has come when it is not
enough to pray only. .
Now, therefore, I, Thomas Walter-Bickett, Governor of North Carolina,
do hereby call upon and urge unmarried men who are fit for military ser
vice to enlist in the organizations located in the communities in which they
reside. And the people of all ctuounnities in which the various companies
are located are earnestly urged to take an -active interest in bringing up the
prgani?atjons to. their full war strength.
No citizen of the State should be content until this is done. Never yet
has the nation called and failed to receive prompt answer from the people of
North Carolina. Let us not forget that ia every crisis in the Republic's life,
from King's Mountain to the present momentous hour, the people of this Com
monwealth have responded to their country s call with a spirit of self-sacrifice
and devotion to duty worthy of the best traditions of the Anglo-Saxon race
and with a courage that has challenged the admiration of mankind in every"
land where people love liberty and men are not afraid to die for a principle.
North Carolina will not fail must not fail in this hour. I know that
our people want the'State to do its full share of the work that must be dona
by the States of this Union, not only, to preserve free government on this
continent, but in orderthat the whole world may be "made safe for democ
racy." Therefore, I appeal with confidence to the patriotic manhood of the
State; and I expect a response worthy, of the sons of the fathers who laid
down their lives in order that we might be' free.
Done at our City of Raleigh, this the 21st day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred andseventeen, and in the one hundred
and forty-first year of our American llndepndence.
T. W. BICKETT,
By the Governor: Governor.
SANTFORD MARTEN,
Private Secretary.
NOTICE!
To the Citizens of W&rrfrtwn
and Warren County:
will decide on course to be pursued to
wards getting recruits..
J. B, PALMER,
Mayor.
A mass meeting will be held in the j CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Court House on Friday night, fJuae PRESENT AT THE DIN
1st for the purpose of recruiting Co. I NER -MAY 17 ,1917
H. to full war strength Eighty-two J
men are needed. He who does not
like the thought of being conscripted
is now given a chance to volunteer
for militiary service. It is urgently
requested that our citizens rally to
the flag in this emergency. Governor
Bickett in his proclamation to recruit
the National Guard voices the true
sentiment in these words: "We Kke to
sing of the "Sweet land of liberty"
and "the home of the brave." But the
time has come when it is not enouii
to sing only. We must back the senti
ment with action in order that that
which gave birth to the sentimenc
shall not perish from the earth."
Warrenton and Warren county have
never been derelict in their duty. They
will not be to-day.
The meeting will be addressed oy
Hon Tasker Polk, Major S.C. Cham
bers and Col. Minor.
The following gentlemen -are ap
pointed on the committee to do indi
vidual" work towards getting recruits:
Mayor J." B. Palmer, Hon. Tasker
Polk. Messrs. t. D. Peck, J. G. Ellis,
Dr. P. J. Macon, Messrs. Howard F.
Jones, Arthur WJood, Chas. Rodwell,
Rev. L. W. Baxter. This committee
will meet on call cf chairman and in
conference with Cpt. JW. A. GrChata
iB. P. Robertson, A. S. Webb, T. J.
Heks, R. P. Fraeier, G. W. S. Tucker,
R. H. Thompson, J. W. Allen, L. C.
Perkinson, John Hall, H. B. Hunter,
W. D. Weldon, J. R. Dannell, James
Mustian, R. H. Harris, Rev. T. J. Tay
lor, J. C. Rearis, J. E. Bridges, W. D.
Yancey, C. S. Riggan, Austin Allen,
H. W. Jones, A. Bishop, S. R. Duke,
J.iB. Lancaster, S. W. Pitchford, J. H.
White, M. T. Duke, I. M. Hamlet, J.
W. Falkner, John Graham, R. M.
Cleroden, J. C. Weldon, M. M. Wilson,
WL D. Daniel, J. W. Shearin, W. P.
Massenburg; and four visitors. Rev.
Y. M. Duke, Capt. P. G. Alston, W. E.
Bowers and D. C. Tharrington.
There are now living 59 Veterans
in the County.
John White Camp tenders love and
thanks to the Daughters for the
splendid dinner and service and to
Col. T. D. Peck for" the box of excel
lent cigars.
"He's very intellectual ad lire-cry,
isn't he?" "Why do you thinV so"
"He told me he never felt like him
self till he was snugly ensconed in his
library." "Well, you see his folding
.bed is a kese."
(1 "WrfWJHIHil V If