PRESIDENT ISSUES
STIRRING APPEAL TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE
rilTREME TEST OF NATION
HAS COME SAYS PRESIDENT
Whole Nation Is Called Upon For
War Service In Formal Proclama
tion; From the Farmer tof the
Housewife Each Individual is Call
ed Upon to do His or Her Share, in
Making Available Vast Resources.
Washington, April 15. The whole
nation was called upon for war service
in a formal proclamation issued to
night by President Wilson. Declaring-
that "mere fighting will be fruit
less," the President demanded the ac
tive support and co-operation of men
and women in every walk, of life, -"a
a:reat international - service army".
From the farmer to the housewife,
tach individual was called upon to do
his or her share in conserving and
raking available for war use the vast
resources of the nation.
"The supreme test of the nation
has come," said the President's proc- j
lamation; "We must all speak and
act and serve together."
The President declared that while
the navy is rapidly being placed on an
effective war footing, and a great
army is about to be created and equip
ped, "these are the simplest parts of
the great task to which we have ad
dressed ourselves." -The
Proclamation in Full
"My fellow countrymen:
The entrance of our own beloved
country into the grim and terrible
war for democracy and human rights
which has shaken the world, creates
so many problems of national . life
and action which call for immediate
consideration and settlement that I
hope you will permit me to address
to you a few words." , :.-v rjr $
"We are fighting for whaUwe; be
lieve and wish to be the rights of
mankind and for the future peace and
security of the world. To do this
great thing worthily, and successfully
we must devote ourselves to the ser-
Jice wj$o;i&i$
iKtmx fiuvtturage vaiurwuir m energy
and intelligence that 'will' rise to the
level of the enterprise itself. We must
realize to the full how great the task
is and how many things, how many
kinds and elements of capacity and
service and self-sacrifice it involves.
"These, then, are the things we
must do, and do well, besides fight
ingthe things without mere fighting
would be fruitless:
"We must supply abundant food for
ourselves and for our armies and our
seamen, not only, but also for a large
part of the .nations with whom we
have now made common cause, in
whose support and by whose sides we
shall be fighting:
"We must supply -ships by the hun
dreds out of ship yards to carry to tne
other side of the sea, submarines or
no submarines, What will every day
be needed there, and abundant mater
ials out of our fields and our mines
and our factories with which to clothe
and equip our own forces on land and
sea, but also clothe and support our
people for whom the gallant fellows
under arms can no longer work, to
help clothe and equip the armies with
which we are co-operating in Europe,
and to keep the looms and nianufac
tories there in raw material, coal to
keep the fires going in ships at sea
an in the furnaces of hundreds of
factories across the sea; steel out of
which to make arms and ammuni
tion both here and there: rails' for
wornout railways back of the fight
fronts; locomotives and, rolling
stock to take the place of those eVery
ay going to pieces; mules, horses,
cattle for labor and military service;
everything with which the people of
England and France and Italy and
Russia have usually supplied themsel
ves, but can not now afford the men,
the materials or the machinery to
make.
"It is evident to every thinking man
that our industries, on the farms, in
the ship yards, in the mines, in the
lactones, must be made more prolific
and more efficient than ever and that
they must b more economically man
aged and better adapted to the par
"cuiar requirements of our task than
they have been; and what I want to
say is that the men and the women
ho devote their thought and their
energy to these things will be serving
we country and conducting the fight
peace just as effectively as the
en o nthe battlefield or in the tren
vnes- The industrial - forces of the
ountry men and ' women, alike,: wil
be
a
proof v4.: :1 ? i: A-;
tlonal s-.p .notable'h.ndihelpless'.'.He aho'.s enlisted .m ine
honored host engaged in the service
of the nation and the world, the effi
cient friends and saviors of free men
everywhere.,. Thousands, 'nay hun
dreds of thousands of men ' otherwise
liable to military service will of right
and of necessity be excused from that
service and assigned to the funda
mental, sustaining work of the fields
and factories and mines, and they will
be as much a part of the great pa
triotic forces of the nation as the men
under fire. A ;-
"I take the .liberty, therefore, of ad
dressing this word to the farmers
of the country and to all who work on
the farms: The supreme need of our
own nation and of the nations with
which we are co-operating is an abun
dance of supplies, food supply, especi
ally for the present year, is superla
tive. Without abundant food, alike
for the armies and the peoples now at
war, the while great enterprise upon
which we Jiave embarked, will break
down and fail. The world's'food re
serves are low. Not, only during the
present emergency, but for some
time after peace shall have come, both
our own people and a large propor-
tion of the people of Europe must rely
upon the harvests in America. Upon
the farmers of this country, there
fore, in large measure, rests the fate
of the war and the fate of the na
tions. May the nation not count up
on them to omit no step that will
bring about the most effectual co
operation in the sale and distribution
of their products. The time is short.
It is of most imperative importance
that everything possible be done and
done immediately to make vsure of
large harvests. I call upon young
men and old alike and upon the able
bodied boys of theland to accept and
act upon this duty to turn in hosts
to the farms and make certain that
no pains and no labor is lacking in
this great matter.
' "I particularly appeal to the far
mers of the south to plant abundant
foodstuffs as Well as cotton. They
can show their patriotism in no better
or more convincing way than by re
sisting the, great temptation of the
present, price , of cotton;, and helping
At:- V
ana tne peonies everywhere wno are
fight for their liberties and our own.
The variety of their crops will b the
visible measure of their comprehen
sion of their national duty.
"The government of the United Sta
tes and the governments of the sev
eral states stand ready to co-operate.
They will do everything possible to
assist farmers in securing an ade
quate supply of seed, an adequate
force of laborers when they are most
needed, at harvest time, . and the
means of expediting shipments of fer
tilizers and farm machinery, as well
as the crops themselves when har
vested. The course of trade shall be
as unhampered as it is possible to
make it, and there shall be no unwar
ranted manipulation' of the nation's
food supply by those who handle it
on its way to the consumer. This is
our opportunity to demonstrate the
efficiency of a great democracy and
we shall not fall short of it.
"This, let me say to the middle
men of every sort, whether they are
handling our foodstuffs or our raw
materials of manufacture of the pro
ducts of our mills and factories. The
eyes of the country will be especially
upon you. This is your , opportunity
for signal service, effective and dis
niterested. The country expects you,
as it expects all others, to forego un
usual profits, to organize and expedite
shipments of supplies ot every Kina,
but especially of food, with an eye to
the service you are rendering and in
the spirit of those who enlist in the
for their neonle, not for tnem-
X Millwl A. '
selves. I shall confidently expect
vou to deserve and win the xonf idence
of neoole of every sort ana stauon
"To the men who run tne railways
of the country,1 whether they ,Je man
agers or operative employes, let me
say that the! railways are .tne arter
ies of the nation's lines' life and that
upon them rests the immense respon
sibility of seeing to it tnat tnose ar
teries suffer no obstruction of any
kind, no inefficiency of slackened pow
er. To the merchant, let me suggest
the motto: '"Small profits and' quick
service; and to the. ship builder, tne
thought that the; life, of the war de-
norr?Q 11T)on him.' The f ood and the
r mitmlies must: be carried racros
the seas no .matter hoW many'ships
to the" bottom. The .places
of, those that gown must be sup
th and supplied t once. To th(
miner let me, say that He stands where
the,; farmer :;does;., the , work, of -the
world ,waits;.on' him;.; If he,-slackens
- 'riies' and statesmen,. are
SUPERIOR COURT NEXT WEE
April Term of Person Superior , Court
Convenes Monday Light Criminal
arid Civil Docket.
The April term of Person county
Superior court convenes next Monday
morning with Judge .Kerr presiding
The criminal docket is very light
and will in all probability be complet
ed by Tuesday evening. 4
The civil docket has a good number
of cases, but all are not for trial at
this term of court.
MASONS, TAKE NOTICE J
A very important regular communir
cation of Person Lodge No. 113, A.'JFi
& A. M., next Tuesday night, April
24th at 8 o'clock sharp. .
All the members are especially re-r&
. , . , . , . ; T'F
quested to be present, any visitor
welcome. R. A. Spencer, W.
B. R. Long, SecYyj
A Commendable Act )
The Roxboro Cotton Mills, '"owning?
the mill here and one at Jalong, has'
never run a store at either of the millsj
but owing to the high cost of living,
the Company will open a store at both
mills for the benefit of their opera?
tives and will sell everything the$
handle at prime cost, thus greatly J?e4
during cost of living to their opera
tives, the only condition being thai
the purchasers must be operatives
or tne company.
mis is a generous move on the pa
of the Company, as thev do not exn i
to make one penny out of the bust!
ness. In I addition (to this they- ilj
furnish an the land, for gardeniic
their operatives may Want, furnish
horse and plow, and do the plowing
free of charge,, and' have arranged
for godd pastures at each mill wich
will care for all of the cowaiithe
eratives may "care to keep . r:-r t
It is just such' acts as these .which
have made the president, J. A. vLong)
so popular with his employees; for Jie
is continually looking out for their
interests, both materially andKz
sically. i
ft
First Sergeant Lawrence vE. tBr-'d-
is her for a few days visit to A his
mother and other relatives. Since
being, in the service he has made an
excellent record and has received
several promotions.
Handsome Hearse
Mr. C. C. Critcher has just receiv
ed one of the handsomest hearses that
has ever been seen in Roxbdro. In
fact it would do credit to the largest
town in the state. Mr. Critcher has
made many improvements and addi
tions to his undertaking business and
with the up-to-date line of coffins;
caskets and with this handsome hear
se he states that he is in better con
dition than ever to give the best ser
vice in his undertaking department.
great- service army. The manufac
ture does not need to be told, I hope,
that the nation looks to him to speed
and perfect every process; arid I want
only to remind his employes that their
service is absolutely indispensable and
is countecTon by every man who loves'
the country and its liberties.
"Let me suggest, also, that every
one who creates or cultivates a gar
den helps, helps greatly, to solve the
problem of the feeding of the nations;
and that every housewife, who prac
tices striet economy puts herself in
the ranks of those who serve the na
tion. This is the time for America
to correct her unpardonable fault of
wastefulness and extravagance. Let
every man and every woman assume
the duty of careful, provident use and
expenditure as a public duty, as a dic
tate of patriotism which no one" can
now expect ever to be excused or for-
. given for ignoring. r
"In the hope that this statement of
the needs (of the nation and of the
world in this hour of supreme crisis
may stimulate those, to whom it com
es and remind all who who need re
minder of the, solemn duties of a
time such as the world has never seen
bf ore," I beg that all editors and pub
lishers everywhere will give as prom
inent publication and as wide circula
tion as possiMe to this appeal. 0
venture to suggest, also, that all ad
vertisjng agencies that, would perhaps
render a very .substantial ; and timely
service to the country if they would
give it a widespread repetition. ' And
I hope 'that clergymen - will not think
the theme of it unworthy or inappro
priate subject of comment and homily
irom ineir puipus.
, .i "The supreme test of the nation has
come. ; ; We must all , speakand 4serve,
together!;' A , ' r
. - WOODROW WILSON."
SMALISHIPS THE
GREAT NEED FOR
FIGHTING U-BOAT
THINKS SUBMARINES WILL
"I
NOT COME ACROSS ATLANTIC
ganger of Operations on American
Coast Opefations Negligible, First
; Sea Lord Thinks ; Discusses Under
sea Campaign Admitting Itls Ser-,
lousness But Not Allies Inability
y London,' April 16, Admiral Sir
John R. Jellicoe, former commnder of
the British grand fleet and now First
Sea Lord, informed the Associated
Press during the course1 of an inter-
flow Tnoelov tliof a n ttV rn c onA air-
.J. .
erythmg in the way of small craft
from destroyers to tugs, would be the'
most useful contribution that the
United States could make to the war
against .German submarines, In this
connection, the First Sea-Lord assert
ed that the best hunting ground for
Taiders is on " this side of the water
'as the possiDlity of German subma
rines operating on the American
coast is almost negligible unless they
had a base on that side.
f, "I have no desire to minimize to
the American people," said the' Ad
miral, "the serious situation prevail
ing as a result of the illegal use of
submarinesb yGermans. Neither is
it easy for us to take them into our
confidence and tell them what we are
doing to cope with the evil; without
providing the Germans with useful
information. No methods existed in
the, past for fighting the submarines
and the, new inventions and processes
for that purpose take time to develop.
We are giving , your navy all the infor:
mation in our possession and knowing
its record, we , have great confidence
that American; niventive genius will
suplement it with valuable contribu
tions " ;
T "As far as the feeding of the allied
populations is concerned, our efforts
must be concentrated on saving ton
nage, while bringing in the necessary
suppiles, ni order-to minimize the ef-
rfec$cjiu
you probably know' we have bought
large quantities of - wheat: in Austra
lia, but as the round voyage takes
four times as long as that to America
the bringing ofthis wheat: takes four
times as much tonnage as; the carry
ing of American wheat to the allied
powers. We, therefore, require all the
wheat we can obtain from America
and Canada.
"Our food situation is by no means
as desperate as the Germans want to
believe it is, but, on the other hand it
is more serious than many of ciur own
people realize. Our own shipping
suffered -very little more in March
than during the first month of unre
stricted warfare, and other tonnage
sunk during that period, was in much
he same position and there is no very
marked method of combatting the
evil."
Annual Reunion
The Daughters of the Confederacy
have arranged an interesting pro
gram for the Annual Reunion, May
the 10th, and will be glad to hear from
any of the veterans on any subject
they may select.
Dinner wlil be served to the veter-
ans their wives at the , w instead
Warehouse after which the graves at
the Cemetery will be decorated with
flags and flowers.
Mrs. J. A. Long, President,
Mrs. S;. B. Davisy Sec.
HEARING ON INCREASED
RATES TO BEGIN FRIDAY
Washington, April 16. The Inter
state Commerce Commission Tuesday
set Friday. April 20, as the date of
the first hearing in the proposed gen
eral increase of 15 per cent in freight
fates.' ': '".'.'
The following telegram, sent to or
ganization of shippers inquiring as to
what action would be taken by the
commission was made public: - r
"Responsive to requests made, an
informal hearing will be had by the
commission at Washington at 10 a. m.
Friday, April 20,. confined to' plan or
or method of procedure and character
of investigation whicji ' should be had
in respect to proposed general rate
increase'
"'If tariffs are f iledChearirigsiwill
be had later jon'miestibn'ol suspending
them."t ,::.'K tm w vyfyK
' PrcsbyterianAnriouncements .:
Rev Carleton E ; White '"will preach .a ? charge of ; abusing - the American have some vry, important business to -at
ltolinaexrSundayf "
Hock - ysmm r. s, - . r '
FRENCH . TROOPS IN
FIERCE ATTACK TAKE
OVER 10,000 GERMANS
BATTLING OVER THE 25-MILE,
SOISSON AND RHEIMS FRONT
Violent CounterAttacks By Teutons
Repulsed With Heavy Casualties
For Attackers; Efforts Described j
By Germans as Attempt With Far
Distant Object"
The French troops in the depart
ments of the Aisne and the Mame
have delivered a violent infantry at-
tack against the Germans over a front
of 2& miles and many important gains
of terrain and captured more than
l6,000 prisoners and large quantities
of war material. . ' -
Tfisc tiattle took place between Sois
sons and Rheims and over a distance
of 1& miles, from; Soissons and
Craonne, the entire German first line
positions fell into the "hand, of . the
General Niyelle's forces, while east
of Craonne a second line German posi-i
tion south of Juvincourt and another
position- on the outskirts of Brmeri
court running along the Aisne" canal
to Louvre and Courcy also were cap-
tured.. Violent counter-attacks deliv- j
ered by the Germans on several sec
tors were repulsed with heavy casu
alties tothe attackers.
The artillery for several days had
been violently shelling the entire re
gion and on Monday while British ac
tivity 'along the front from Lens to
St. QuentinJ had almost ceased cftting
to a heavy rainfall, the French laun
ched their infantry in an endeavor to
break thrbngli or press back the Ger
mans from this point of great stra
getic value.
The German official communica
tion in briefly referring to the attack
describes it as" a great' attempt to
break through- with a" far distant
ject" ; possibly nteaning. .'thate
cessful : breach" of the "German lines
here migh necessitate the falling hack
by the Germans along a great part
of the front from Lens t6 Soisams.
- To the east in Champagne; vioient
artillery activiCies? continue! m-bbsWc-
1 Jtgmgthe - f orernnner rof iin f attempt
Dy the trench at a riv against the
German lilies in this no kss impor
tant -regiom.
1 ;a. v'
Local Views to be' Shown,
Besides the regular five. reel Blue
Bird picture thatvill be shown, at the
Princess Theatre next Tuesday, Mr.
Stymes, of New York, will exhibit
a large number of views of interest
ing people i and places in and around
Roxboro.
You may be on the screen.. -Come
and see for yourself. Free slides will
be -made of the business houses. All
mothers are asked toi dress, the baby
and have their pictures, made free of
charge as Mr. Stymes makes a great
specialty of baby pictures. Call on
Mr. Stymes or the Manager of Prin
cess Theatre.
Featherstone-Crowdfeff
A surprise marriage; and one that
will prove interesting to a -large num
ber of friends, occurred Friday even
ing when Miss Ethel Crowder became
the bride of Mr. R. L' Featherstone.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
07 W. Dowd at the Methodist parson
age. - . . -
The bride is a daughter of Mr. Giles
Crowder of the county, but has"made
jier home here for a number of years
as a member of the" faculty of the
w .
Graded School;- The groom is a son
of the late Col R. L Featherstone,
and is one of the rising young men of
the city. : Both 'are exceedingly popu
lar and have-a host of friends who
will extend the happy couple their
heartiest congratulations.
SCHOOL NOTES
I appeal to fathers and mothers in
Person county. Please have, your
sons and daughters join at once, one
orijft Poultry,
Potato or Cnningl J do hope you will
do all - in J youf y power f to help your
children in this work.5 It will greatly
develop them and be a blessing to you
as.: well : as to them. ; - ::' 'mC'st
wanfct toinc reaseuK member
ships of these clubs to two hundred in
we;;ntyfye
. ? c,: uuc.. milt, j. nit? uuiuuibeeiuen .
of - each school will call a meeting
at: thenr; school , house at once for an
agncultuial : rally and enroll ;tHe boys
and rgirls in, the ' culbs.-
High Point.--Albert Belcher, young are going'to have with us, Bro. E Qj
white man) has been arrested here onGunter and :Bro.; Casper. " ,We . also
U-BOAT; ATTACKS U; S: :. '
DESTROYER .SMITH
NEAR NEW YORK-
SHIP REPORTED BY RADIO ; '
LITTLE NEWS" GIVEN OUT
Whether -the Destroyer Used. Her.
Quick Firers or the Enemy Craft
or Even Went in Pursuit Is Net- :
Stated : ' -
Boston, April ) 11. The war was - f :
brought to the shores of this country ( ,
today when the United tSates des- ,
troyer Smith' reported by radio that -.
an enemy had tried; -unsucessfully,- to -;
torpedo her 100 miles .south of- New 1
York at 3:30 Oris morning. Additional
reports I were received from the des-
p&yeTj ; tonight ano! were forwarded I
to Washington; . ' '
The navy, department's version of -the
incident was T
"Reported from Fir? Island light-
ship to the naval stations at Boston
aiMi New Yprk at 3:30 a. m. on the
47th, an enemy submarine was sight-:
ed by the U. S. S, Smith running ap
parently submerged. Submarine fired
a torpedo at the Smith which; missed '
her by 30 yards. .The wake of' the
torpedo was plainly seen crossing the
bow. Submarine disappeared.
Whether the swift, destroyer dash
ed for the spot where the U-boat was
thought to be lurking, was not made
known by the officers who had seen:
the Smith's report of the incident.
Neither could it be learned here
whether there was a chance for the
Smith's quick, firers to come rto ac
tion. , y ,-- -,
Another destroyer passed near the :
position mentioned in the Smith's re
port without . sighting: anythmg . un-'
USUal. - - : ':" '' -. 7
. Announcements
Pastor of Person -circuit will preach -at
Oak Grove Sunday at 1 A. ;M: and ;
atvWoodsdale at 3 o'clock. The pub-:
lie is "cordially Invited to attend the
services.
BIG' ,
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v -. - f t
After Seven Hours Discussion and '
With But Few Changes the Largest
Single War Budget in the History; v
of the Nation is Passed Only Bo- r
rah and Cummins Declared Opposi-
tion to the Allied Loan ' "
Washington, April 17. The war
finance bill, providing for issuance of
$7,000,000,000 in securitiesthe lar
gest single war budget in any nation's
history was passed unanimously to
night by the senate. ' ;
After seven hours of discussion, the
administration measure, which was - :
passed by the house last Saturday
and which provides for a loan, to the, .
allies of $3,000,000,000, was approved f
by the senate with few changes, in ...
irecord time. The amendments 'hiay
scessitate a conference, or the ( sen-
at changes may be accepted by the
house, -j-'-'' :
In either event jthe executive branch.
of the government conducting, the ! '
war with Grmany'will, within a few.
hours, have , authorization for the,,.
great war chest at its disposal. To ;
expedite action the senate tonight ap-fv
poited conferees to act if the house; t
should not, contrary to expectations," ,. ',
accept the senate changes.
Of the 84 senators present tonight, '
everyone including alKthose who vo-. J
ted against ? war except Senator Lane, .v
of Oregon, who was absent because of A
illness, recorded themselves in favor
of providing funds to prosecute hostil
ities. Nearly all of the 12 absentees 1
were ill. , ,, .. t. , i:
That, in inability of the nation to V 1
supply men at once for the fighting .;:
line, money would be America's im-'l
mediate contribution to her , allies,
was the; dominant thought expressed- ,
during the debate; Few senators"
parljcipaied':'inViK0.s(!nssiony .which'.
was totally devoid of . partisan, ex- -pression.
Every senator speaking an- "
hounced strict intention to ' aid th&;'T
government in prosecuting - the war
to ; a speedy conclusion. Only two,
Senators Borah and Cummins; daclar-'
ed opposition to the proposed allied i
loan.A,fewfayo;r allarger;
proportion 1 taxation of the present
generation and less upon bonds.1 , : ,:
.y ;A NOTICE u - ti
A 1 request for' each: member of
A, eam3r6bldale "Council No414 to be pre-
I sent at the next meeting nights . We
i
u.