THIS COUNTRY TO
BEAR THE BRUNT
OF WAR BURDENS
AMERICA MUST AWAKEN"
General Pershing Indulges in Very
Plain Speech; Declares it Made Him
Sad to See the Laxness of the Peo- j
r.-, Toff Prnnkociao 4 Via!
Downfall of Germany '
Washington, May 25. With a sol
dier's directness, Maj-Gen. Jno. J.
Pershing, who will lead the first Am
erican troops to the French trenches,
Friday told America she must awaken
t0 a realization of what the great
-war means to the country.
Upon America," Pershing grimly
declared, "is to rest the brunt of the
terrible burdens to come."
Pershing was speaking at the Red
Cross meeting called to launch the
100.000,000 campaign. Pershing was
so wildly cheered that former Presi
dent Taft, who presided, was compell
ed to pound for 'order with his cane
which he was using as a gavel. .
"France is under a terrific drain,"
Major-General Pershing warned the
Uf if!
rates, "and in just so much as
this nation is drained is she weakened
-.1
in' hei power to fight, and it is th
United States who must meet all of
the deficiencies caused through 'the
drain.
'ihe duty of meeting these defici
encies in France is in the hands of
the United States. We of this coun
try must help rehabilitate that coun
try. We must help her orphans, her
widows, and we must put her in a
position to produce and to become
self-supporting. v
"Yet, I am sad to say tjiat the feel
ing among 'our American - people is
lax. They do not realize the depth
to the terribleness of war.
"America's entrance in the. war is
the deciding factor, and on.theJJhlted
States is going Jo rest the , fcrtfht ; of
the burden."
General. Pershing was accompanied
by Capt. N. E. Margett, his aide-de--camp.
Herbert C. Hoover, who was intro
duced by Mr. Taft as the "man of the
hour," spoke on situation in France.
"France faces an untold ' destruc
tion of property, a total displacement
ot population and enormous loss of
human life and. of man power, ani
mals and instruments," said Mr.
Hoover.
Altogether there is. a total, of 3,
000,000 people unable to get back on
their feet without help.
"To estimate the sumsneeded to re
habilitate the devasted' portions of i
r ranee to get her necessary imple
ments to put her on the basis where
she will be able to produce and help
herself would be to name even larger ,
amounts than we are doing but may
I say that in France who is sacrific
ing her manhood to the cause of lib
erty there is abundant outlet to all of
the generosity of the American na,
C.
S. Ward, international secretary r
the Y. M. C. A., was' introduced by
Mr. Taft as "the man who has taught
People the glory of giving."
Pandemonium broke loose when Mr.
fat'i prophesied the downfall of Ger-
"''" ny has deliberately antag
,,;,1V,i thio country when we can fur-
; "; :noney, more resources, and
1 ' ' r'-'-':i than any -cth?r country on
!h'; -':":--'" s.aid Mr. Taft.
' '-p'orcd the fact that America
; ' think enough about the war
''-'-, it came. He said the time
! ',J i-o-nV when an American will
V'!;si,i' r anythincr but the war inci
'rstead of now when they con-
the war incidental,
lv n the morning session adjourn
al the scores of delegates went to Ft.
where they had luncheon. Five
ars of the sightseers were preceded
by the motor corps of the Red Cross,
insisting 0f 25 ambulances. The
mmandment of the corps was Mrs.
rden Harriman. MrrTaft rode with
iss Boardman.
SPECIAL SERVICES FOR MEN
Sunday Evenine at 3 OVWk Thore
Wi Be Services for Men at the
Aent
10n next Sunday evening at 3 o'-
ev. Raymond Browning, the
vangehst, will conduct a service for
"len onlv
He annonnP rt nriP
"nder H or older than 100 years of cfties over 3Q,O0Or morepau
be admitted. ' ' . v ' thorized' to deputize a Competent per
PHl3 sject will be "The PhoenixV sonto; certify tto; the;. wgratio
male person ' between the ages cafds" 0f non-residentsin such, msti
. entioac -o-.iO -' ' U.;ti A to furnish a sufficient
REMEMBER FACTS
DRAFT ACT
INDIVIDUAL IS RESPONSIBLE
Each Man is Held Under Penalty for
n . . . tt. v "t"? 4W
r T viib, rmics,
of the Registration and Other In-
formation Every Man Should Know
Regulations for registration June
5 under the selectoive" draft act for
the national army have been delivered
to every county and city in the Unit
ed States. All male persons between
the ages of 21 and 30, both inclusive,
will be required to register between
7 a. m. and 9 p. m., June 5. Failure
is punishable by, a year's imprison
mnent, without the alternative of a
fine.
Here, in brief, are the points which
the secretary of war and the presi
dent wish to have clearly fixed in the
minds of the people.
All men are required to register
Who are 21 years old.
Whose 21st birthday comes before
June 5.
Whose birthday comes on June 5;
excepting
Men now 31 years old.
Men whose 31st birthday comes be
fore June 5.
A man who will become 31 years
old on Juune 5.
Men in the regular army or navy of
the United States, the marine corps,
and the officers' reserve corps.
Members of the National Guard and
naval militia actually in service of the
United States on June 5.
Men in the enlisted reserve corps
actively engaged in the service of the
United States on June ,.
Sickness, physicial disability of any
kind or absence from home does not
excuse failure to register. National
Guardsmen not mustered into service
before June 5 must register.
A year's imprisonment is the penal
ABOUT
ty Jo.. .making false statementstsuchomimmitiSetgs
whether valraut'iieseHsbint
personr" Where! wie person register
ing As subject to military law. he will
be courtmartialled.
Failure to register is punishable by
imprisonment, without the alternative
of a fine. Upon termination of prison
sentienci, the regulations prescribe
immediate registration.
The registration in each county or
similar subdivision in any state and in
cities of 30,000 ponulaion or over
shall be made in the customary vot
ing precincts thereof in the places
and in the manner ordinarily employ
ed in the registration of voters so far
as the same is notinconsistent with
said act and these rules and regu-
lations.
When a county has a city of 30,000
population or over the county regis
tration board shall have jurisdiction
0f the count, exclusive of the city,
with a city board directing registra
tion within the city limits. Wardens
of penitentaries and other penal insti
tutions are charged with registration
of the inmates of such institutions.
Places customarily used for voting
purposes in each precinct shall be
used. Hours for registration are
from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Though very positive in terms, the
ree-ulations to effect registration for
the selective draft June 5, are reason
able in their provisions, relative to
absentees. The place of registration
is the domiciliary precinct, but ade
quate provision is made for enforced
absence. The burden rests on each
individual between 21 and 30 years,
inclusive to see that registration cer
tificates are entered it his domicili-.
ary 'precinct on registration day. Ab
sentees may procure registration
blanks from the office of the county
clerk of every county or the city clerk
of cities of 30,000 population or more.
Upon application by you; your
card will be made out by the clerk,
turned over to you and by. you it
must be mailed in time to reach your
domiciliary precinct by the day set
for registration.
Eligibles, who3e permanent homes
are in cities of 30,000 or more may
direct the registration card in care
of the mayor. A self addressed en
velope should be inclosed, with the
registration card for the. return of the
1 registration certificate. Failure to
'get this certificate may cause serious
mharrassment.
I Persons in training'camps, schools
-or .colleges or other institutions may
register, under tne .aoovc
for absentees
However, 4or tneir
convenience: the.county cierK or, cierKfe
DON'T FAIL TO
1 KliUlDTbK J UNEr. a10
List ? Restrars Given Below i NcpJ
Tuesday From 7 'A. M. to 9 P.
Sheriff Thompson has completed
nis arrangements for Registration
dav for RivyW. Pni
day for Roxboro and Person count
Below we give the names of reg
trars for each precinct in the county;
Woodsdale, B. E. Mitchell. '
Chub' Lake, W. G. Clayton.
Holloways, J. Y. Humphries'
vAilensville, J. E. Montague.
' Mt. Tirzah, T. H. Clay.
Cates, S. P. Jones.
Ai, S. A. R. Morton.
Bushy ForkrF. J. Hester.
OliVe Hill, T. C. WagstanV
Ceffo, C. T. Woods.
Cunningham, WG. Franklin.
&
Roxboro, East, D. S. Brooks-and 0Tj
W. Oakley.
X-j
Roxboro, West, M. R. Long and .
L. Harris. .
The hours for registration will be
. n A n r i r -m a- m "
from 7 A. M. to 9 P. M. All men
both white and black between the;
ages of 21 and 31 years are require
to register. All male persons that
come between the above ages that
fail to register will be imprisoned
and the sheriff has strict instructions
j to see that every man registers. j?
SCHOOL NEWS.
i
Rallies "
We have not heard from many of
the Rallies called for on the 19th in
stance but some good work has been
done so far as we have been able to
get information. The crowd at Beth-.
el Hill was not large, but those who
attended got so enthusiastic that they
called a meetirig for next Saturday at
1:00 p. m. The meeting is to be heldst thegflivesjin small mining settle
in the church just before the hour Inents out Birmingham v Bradford
for preaching, this being the regulaf
time fore services. The people-Toe
lieve great good will result from1
Home Supplies J:
.: The good news .comes from the
different sections of our County that
people are working sure enough; and
each farmer seems fully decided to
make his home supplies and some for
others. What an uplift to our Coun
ty should every . farmer, both white
and colored, raise enough to cat this
year for himself, his famity and for
everything on his farm that has to
eat.
Would it not be a great day for
Person county if all her citizens would
decide to live at home sure enough,
buying only Such necessities as their
land will not produce. r '
Summer School at West Raleigh
I desire to ask the teachers of Per
son county to consider the Summer
School of Raleigh. They are making
great efforts to make their summer
school meet the special meds of
teachers for next session. lit will be
a great help and blessing to .our
County for our teachers to spend the
six weeks at Raleigh I hope our
teachers may see it in time and go
there. The wonderful change in our
educational system, the pressing need
of equipment to meet the new de
mands of our teacher are especially
provided for and are open to all who
attend the Summer school in Raleigh.
J. A. BEAM,
County Superintendent.
Dear. Mr. Editor
Feeling that our -National 'Flag-
should float at some prominent place
in Roxboro that the . Citizens of our
town and County .might feel it's in
spiration as it waves above us, we
went before the County Commission
ers yesterday and received their per
mission to erect a flagpole abou 30
feet high and place thereon the flag
of the United States (the- stars and
stripes) on the court house - square. .
We want to raise he cost of doing
this by popular subscription, and we
jwant to have everything in readiness
for its erection oh July 4th. Anyone
desiring to contribute to ' this cause
will please send in their subscription
to J. A Longj 1 -
R. A. Burch,
W. D. Merritt,
J. A. , Long. .
borne in . mind- that such registration
must be made in sufficient length of
time before the date set by the presi
dent for registration Jto enabje such
student to mail 'the card, Jrarderif
"hindsof ? the Tegstfar of their domii
ciliary precinct: ft the t: - - ?'1 -
of registration inVhis ow domicile' to join, the Hospital Corps: ;ff Bar tending to burial t nw sister-m-iaw,
iary precinct jsron everV man; Jand?nelt Richard Mitchellj Landon ?rad- Mrs, -sAnderson. . MrAnderson s
pernst seeSc
ttaf'ttpir i-postwitinTi rardr in thThe.;f irsV: two" mentioned were- - sue- .where she.was visiting;reiyes.Her
TORNADOES TAKE
LTOLLOF 160 DEAD
SND 500 INJURED
0., Kentucky hit hardest
ns of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ar-
Mkahsas ' and Alabama Suffer Deadly
Visitation; Million Dollar's Pro
V
perty Dantage in Alabama
Reports Tuesday from" ihe sections
of. Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas
and,Atabama swept by a series of tor
nadoes j Sunday, place the, number
known to have lost their lives in the
.storm at 160 and the injured at ap
proximately 550. -
Southwestern Kentucky, ' reports so
far received indicate, paid the heavi-
est. toll in lives lost. In Fulton counr
ty, the southwestern tip of that state
66. persons were killed and more than
100 injured. In Alabama the mining
camps at Sayre, Bradford and Carbon
Hill reported 46 fatalities and in Ten-
nessee, Tipton, Dyer and Carrol coun-
ties reported 34 dead.
The property damage in Alabama
was estimated at about $1,000,000.
No accurate estimate of the monetary
loss in the other States is available,
wire communication still being badly
crippled and but little effort has been
made to appraise the damage wrought
The town of Clinton, where 25 per
sons were killed and 75 injured, re
ported the greatest loss of life in
Kentucky. Sixteen were killed on the
plantation 61 Sid L. Dodds, near Hick
man, and 12 persons lost their lives
in the vicinity of Bondurant; f
Of the known dead in Alabama,
where the storm struck widely sepa
rated towns and areas extending from
Huntsville to Tuscaloosa,vthe majority
one of the- mining canips reported 26
Jaa4-U mm
x In MisSissippcounty. -Ark across i
,MisslS3ippf rive -frovd - theiHjtidiaift -Heir 7amiano: ere repulsed
nessee and Kentucky counties swept
by the storm, ten were killed.
Dyr county suffered the largest
doss of life in Tennessee: Near Dy
ersburg seven were killed and forty
injured. Other Tennessee towns re
porting casualties are Cates, Lake
Trezevant, Ore Springs, Sharon, Lin
den and Bakerstown.
Efforts to restore wire communi
cation so far has been only partly
successful and it still will be some
hours before the full extent of the
f disaster known.
GERMAN PILOT THROWS
PASSENGER IN MIDAIR
May 27, via London A German av
iator just shot down within , the Brit
ish lines told with amazing nochalance
how he lost his passenger in mid-air.
The prisoner is a corporal and was
piloting a two-seated machine on re
connaissance work. The passenger
was a new lieutenant observor whom
the pilot was taking up for the first
time.
The lieutenant, was nervous from
the start andx kept giving the pilot
contradictory instruction which caus
ed him completely to lose his way.
That is how he happened to get oyer
the British lines. The pilot turned
his machine eastward, as he thought,
but believed something must have
gone wrong with ' the compass. He
had not flown a great distance when
he sighted several British flying scout
airplanes. Now the passenger be
came fairly frantic and began beating
the pilot in the back, urging him to
swing around in the opposite direc
tion. This further confused the pilot
and the first thing he knew one 'of
the British machines opened fire and
shot him through both legs.
The pilot then took matters in his
own hands then and in ordef to es
cape from the attackers dived almost
vertically with, the engine full on. He
did. not flatten out until within 200
feet of the ground, and then almost
faint from his wounds, he let the. ma
chine slip and landed with a" crash.
A search of the wreckage revealed no
trace of the observor. . ;
"I think he must have. been, thrown
out "said the German pilot-. .
: "He -was," said onei of the pilot's
captors, who had seen the officer pitch
headlong 'to his deathi ' "-'"j
Make r Application to Join .the Hos-
pital Corps
. Thei following young" men went to
hea
cessfui; having passed "satisfactory
1 ex-- . 1 '
ITALIANS HAMMER?
AUSTRIAN LINE IN
MOVE ONTRiESTE
Capture Tillage of San Giovamu; Au
strians Claim the Capture of 13,000
Uh wounded Italians ; ; Artillery
Duel Between French and Germans
Asidcfrom the AuStro-Itelian;thea-, acre as ent . pasture Vj&g.;; -ter
especially 'the southeaster sector chard grass, 7 pounds; Red TopHerdU - -where
the Italians jar e making spirit- Grass 7 pounds; Tan'meadoVoat ; .
ed efforts to break through the Au- ' grass, 7 pounds; Red clover or 1Mam-V; -.
stnan line toward Trieste, little fight-T moth clove- 6 'n1.' Whit rWar A
ng of conseqtience is taking place on
the battle fronts. . Artillery duels are
continuing between the French and
the Germans in' the Champagne re
gion of France, while along thhe' front
held by the British the operations are
being carried out mainly by small
raiding parties. On theeastern front
the Russian artillery fire . against he
Austrians ,is increasing in intensity
probably presaging the awakening of
the Russian from their lethargy and
ths approach of hostilities on a great'
scale. - v
On the Carso plateau just abovf the
head of the gulf of Trieste the Itali
ans nave smashed their way across
the Timavo river and captured the
Timavo river and captured the village
of San Giovanni, a scant two miles
northwest of Duino, ,a fashionable
watering resort on the railroad skirt
ing the Gulf of Trieste and leading
into Trieste. Nine six-inch guns fell
into the hands of the Italians when
they captured the villiage and they
soon will be used against the, Au
strians as. their condition is described
as excellent w;
To the north in the vicinity of Jam
iano, the Italians have captured for
tified Austrian trenchesand along the
Julian front have made further gains
and consolidated positions previous
ly taken The Austrian war office asJ
g-rts -that Sundav's attacks bv the
and that near Qastagnievizza aft
tempts at ah advance by the Italian?
failed it asserts also that, the Italian
casualties have been very havy, the
ground before the Austrian positions
being covered with Italian dead. Morel
than 13,000 wounded Italians have
been captured up to Sunday, says the
statement, 7,000 of them having been
made rpisoners on the Carso plateau,
British7 airmen are continuing to
operate extensively against the Ger
mans on -the front in France. Twelve
German machines were destroyed in
fighting in, the air -Monday and ten
others were sent to the ground out of
control. Another machine fell victim
to British anti-aircraft guns. Three
British .machines failed to return to
their base Dealing with Sunday's
air fighting the German war office
says German airmen shot down 12
airplanes and two captive baloons.
Action by the Brazilian congress
which would place Brazil on the side
of the allies is still awaited- Mean
while, the situation in Spain with re-;
gard to Germany's illegal acts toward
that country continues to grow in in
tensity. Resolutions adopted by a
great mass meeting of partisans of
the entente in Madrid have been pre
sented to the Spanish minister of the
interior. Thesa assert that Spain
would not remain isolated from the
"European conflict but that she should
break off diplomatic relationship with
Germany and "accept all the conse
quences from th-3 action which she is
compelled to adopt for the defense of
her dignity."
TENT MEETING
Services Began Sunday Morning and
Interst is Growing Daily
On last Sunday-motning Rev. Ray
mond Browning began his- meeting
' hereand was greeted by a large con
gregation at .the .first servicevahd
interest is growing daily in-the meet
ings which aWneld at 10:00 a. m. an
7:45 p. m. Mr. JrowningTs a,n able
preacher and bids fair to get a Strohg
grip on the people of the community.
He is very ably-assisted by Sir. Cham
berlain, who - leads the music The
choir is composed of a large number
of ladies aiid i:entlemen7oi the town
and County If you have no.t attend
ed these . meetings your , are hereby
cordially" Invited to come out anpV4ake
.a nart. r.i2';' - '.'p&
Mr. R. A. Spencer spent last Wed-
nesday ntsit
bodyXwas brou-ht to" Halifax'county
'
FROM THE COUNTY
DEMONSTRATOR
Below is a suggested; arrangement i
and rotation of crops to give' erazinfir 'J-
for'hogs the. entire year in! tle pied- .7'
mont and mountain1 sectipnis of or& ,;7 "
Carolina ' 'r ; , j -?yJ
. ' Grass and clover mixture far ima
F MT w m w w j J ...
3 pounds. - Xx .:.'." .v-L
Following is .a suggested plan of". --?:.
rotation of crops for four fields for
four years: "
Field No. 1. First Year Plant an
early variety of cowpeas in 2Y to 3 C.- '
feet rows when danger of frost '
ovei Graze when; pfeas begin to turn.
September 15th sow oats and Red vV.
clover " Inoculate the clover if
grown on land for first time, ond ; J v
year Graze JRed Clover at intervals.', a I
Third year-Graze Red Clover at in:Tv . ;
tervals until July ,5th. Turn clovek;
during winter'. Fourth, year Same ' -
as field four first year. .
Field No. 2. First Year-Sow inV'V
oats and rape from Feb. 15th ? to .
March 1st. Graze at. intervals-until 'V,'!
June 15th. Then plant earlv 'cow-' i'?
peas in 2 to 3 feet in rows. Graze1
peas off and 'Sept.. 1st sow ' rye and
- i i i
crimson c:over oeween nea rows.
Second year Same as field 1 -first
year. Third year Graze Red clover
ai intervals. . r ourtn year uraze w
clover at intervals until July 15th. JA
Turn clover during winter .
Field No; 3. First year Plant a
medium earlarietyvOf soy beanft':,;
p&lto. & f eetrows Vheii danger oCi
pra2 js;are abouChalf
gV "11. t- ' OCyi .4,(J V SW w ush( sveicn ana s- '
fapfn&etween jrows-; Inoculated the .
Second year Same as field No: i 1st -year.
Third year Same as .field No.
2 first year. Fourth year--Same as
field No. 1, first year.' , '
Field No. 4. First year Plant com
in6 feet .rows when frost is over.
Plant a row of soybeans or cowpeas
between each row of corn when corn '-ySy
is 6 to 8 inches tall. Turn the hogs in
to graze when corn is in roasting ear
stage. Second year Same as- field
No. 2 first year. Third year ame
as field No. 1 first year. ,
Sapling or Mammoth clover may
be substituted for Red clover.
A Warning and an Appeal To the
People of Person CounHy
The world is short of food and feed
and becauseof this there is great dan
ger of a food panic in our country. It
is our duty as leaders of the Agri
cultural work to warn the people of
our County and State against thist -danger
and urge them to plant, some- ;
thing to eat, especially corn, potatoes, ,
peas .and all kinds of crops that: can
be grown and harvested' during the
remainder of this season. We appeal -
to every- man, woman and child in
Person County to do their utmost to
plant every acre possible . in food
crops. Fertilize them and cultivate
them well. Unless, more food is pro
duced in Person county, our own peo-
pie will go hungry. The West will
b3 called on to feed the'armies. We
must feed ourselves. We urge our
people to practice the greatest econo
my in the use of food, and to can and
dry all of the surplus .fruits and vege
tables possible. -
Our County and Home Demonstra-!:
tion Agents are c oubtless doing all
m their power to inform the people
as to the true situation L but we real4
ize that it is humanly impossible for
them to reach all our people before-
the plantingseason is oyer, so we are
writing thisr letter (or publication in -
the County paper to help theni to get
this important matter before thepeo-. 4
pie of the County.. I especially- ap-"-
peal to our people to receive! these
Agents cordially and accept their vi .
tal message m the-right spirit," arid to '
pledge themselves to do their art in ,
enlarging the production of food crops - t
in Person County, so that bur biwv. -;
- - , .-f, - - ' , . v,
pie may be saved from hunger - and .
ly rresiuent ;a iisonoecrjfiary; lous-c
tliat?purpK
from otheirj pulpite51fteiieyejthat r' -"V"
our preachers ean render jnost valu-W vT
iWe ajd;in;incKasi J "
nyoCbuntgHtli ad t
vantage of this request, hich Ifeel f"
aaffijthrgladly do. :
-Respectfully submitted,, -
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