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VOL XXXIV
Wednesday Evening June 6, . 1917
Number 23
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iR TE"H
SELECT MEN FOR
They Set at Naught All Schema andot of
Pro-Germans ; w "Spontaneous arid. Without
Murmur or Incident" is the Way Registration
Went; Register Early Refuse Exemption
Wasington, June 5. More than;
10.000,000 young Americans enrolled
themselves Tuesday for war. service.
Registration day, with but a, few
weeks of preparation, saw the first
military census ever takn in the Uni
ted States completed without a single t
untoward event of consequence.
nanhood of the nation obeyed
The
the President's call and volunteered
in mass, setting at naught all schemes
and plottintrs of 'German sympathi-
zers and the few cranks who have !
aoitated against registration. It re-!
mam
but to select the men who are u
to 1:0 to the front.
From virtually every state reassur-
in
:es came luesaay nisrnt i
to
Brieadier-General
Crowder, pro
vost marshal general, federal super-
viinir otticer ot the great enterprise.
Whi!
ii,, r.vnlptP returns frnm anv
j
state wire transmitted up to a late
hr,n the governors were unanimon?
in reporting- that complete quiet had ,
prevailed throughout the day and that
a full registration was indicated.
In some precincts the latecomers
forced the officers to keep th polls
opn until long after the 9 Pi .M. clos-
ins? hour set in the registrations The
result will be to further delay the
transmission of returns.
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The early rerts, showing j JM
turnout all over the ccmntry. indited
4-u u .4.: I
the specified age HmiVo''T
ned Dy tne country, wnerever par-;
tial figures were available, the esti- COmmissi)n to Russia heaied by Elihu
mates checked closely. 1 Root, ambassador extraordinary, was
A typical message received was announced Tuesday in a dispatch to
that from Idaho: . J the navy department."
"Registration will be 100 per cent," , The commission left Washington
it said. "Spontaneous and without about May 15, charged with the greet
murmur or incident." ings to he new democratic govern-
The situation was so cleal and the ment of Russia and authorized to
response so ready throughout the ' pledge unstinted aid from the United
country the governors of 46 of the states not only in the prosecution of
48 states had sent similar assurances ' war against Germany, but in the re
long before registration had closed habitation of the demoralized coun
and the other two were close on their tryV It was preceded by a special
ees- - J mission of railroad experts whose , arr
A feature of the registration was rival already had been announced,
the refusal of hundreds of thousands After a final conference between
of men to make any reply to the ' President Wilson and Mr." Root the
question, "Do you claim exemption?" commissioners traveled overland to
Even men who reported that they had the Pacific coast and there boarded a
dependent families; men with obivious fast naval vessel for the voyage to
physicial disabilities and those whose the orient. Under the voluntary cen
occupations are certain to keep them SOrship at the request of the govern
at home, declined to make such a ment, nearly all $merican newspapers
claim. Apparently they have entered refrained from publishing about their
fully into the very spirit of the law. departure or the points, through which
They are content to leave the ques- they passed along the way. While no
tion of exemption to the exemption German submarines are known to be
boards. They have no claims to make operating in the Pacific it was deem
but are ready to do their share, what- e'd wise to print no details of the trip,
ever it .ay be. - -
With the closing- of each reeristra- frf.TGHT RAISE WOlfLD
uon precinct, officials went at once
the task of sort
the era
(!oH- :;
of h-.
'is There is much work to be
order that the brief synopsis
'".:fh governor will make to
' 'icwder of the registration
: le iiiav tro forward nromnt-
JV
1' v.ill take some hours, in many
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l; :'' 1,1 do the work and no figures pers' Protective League. Monday told
11 r t!i. stat will come to Washing- the Interstate Commerce Commission,
frn until every precinct has reported. "The increased freight on livestock,
Instructions to registrars were-v0llid add between $8,000,000 and $9,
toniplfte and clear. Thei rtask has 000,000 to the earnings of the carriers
')fcCn rii:wl cr. 1 J . .1 "Un-tra
-..cut as Mmjjiy as. pusisiuie, aziu
era! Crowder. is hopeful that an
othor hours will see he; full re
c'0rJ of the country on his' desk.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
IN SESSION ON MONDAY
The Board of County Commissioners
Jnet m regular mnnthl
Monday mornino- in tho PJetpr of
eeds office, all members being pres- . independent oil refiners from Kan
ent'T . f . ! sas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and
o important business came before Ohio told the commission that an in
e board during the day. The usual crease in freight rates i would hit the
utine of ordering and paying bills
'the
o ..v ittoi meeting 111 xuajr
commissioners made the tax levy
fny inin ...
; as iollows: State tax,
State tax, 23
- cents; Pension, 4: School 20;
nty is 1.3. 1 50. Special '
Hie commissioner, '
ModavtrjreviS
AT FRONT
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Whereas God in His infinite wis
dom has removed from our midst by
death Mrs. Ella Winstead, be it re
solved. '
1- . That Concord church. has lost
rone of its most estimable and conse-
x"culut;i&-
- 2' That our Sunday school has lost
one of its ost faithful attendants
and uPPorters.
3 That the social and religious life
Ullb uin"nuy nas, sun erea an ir
reparable loss.
4
That we commedn to the bereft
! ones in this sad hour a most merciful
God who is always willing to hear us.
5.
That a copy of these resolu-
nimures.ui
UUI ouuuay scnooi, a copy De mailed
to The Roxboro Courier for publi
cation, a copy to the Raleigh Christ-
ian Advocate and a copy! to the family
Respectfully submitted,
N C.T. WOOD, , " m
BESSIE LEE PAYLOR, .
HULDAH L. HESTER,
Committee.
AMERICAN COMMISSION
HAS LANDED IN RUSSIA
HeJlded b Euhl Root Safe a,,,,
Americanil: If Anoufeed in
- Patc" to Navy Department
ashington,- June. 4.Saf e arrival
at,a Russian'Dort of the American
BOOST THE MEAT BILL
Washington, June 4. The nation's
annual .meat bill would be. increased
more than $8,000,000 'by the 15 per
cent freight rate, increase suoght b
the railroads. S. H. Cowan, repre-
confif. the National Livestock Ship-
Hiventuaiiy tne consumer vvuum . uavc
to foot the bill," said Mr. Cowan,
"Because of local -weather condi
tions, cattle on ranges" often have to
be shipped from one grazing section
to another and back again. With one
animal being freighted perhaps four
times, rates are a considerable factor
t to the ultimate
:
independents harder than the Stan
dard OiLCompahy and subsidiaries.
Card of Thanks
Our mother and ;loved one, Mrs.
Ella Wi
wi wm w vvahwi "
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Borrow SJfay the God.'whdra she
OLD SOLDIERS ARE
GIVENEIXOM
BY THE PRESIDENT!
SAYS IS DAY ONE OF GLADNESS
Occasion, Said Wilsdn, Sigtalizeajte
dedication of a United Counti
Those- Principle-That-Havr mm
America Great Among The ationi
Is Heard By Thousands 'J
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Washington, June 5. Veteran$'$id
visitors in Washington by the thuf
sands for the 27th annual reunion?o
rthe United Confederate Veterans joint
ed Tuesday in giving President Wil
son a.great ovation when he welcomed
the soldiers of Dixie tcK the Nation j
capitol, and told them that tjie coun-n
try was beginning to understand that
one of the, purposes of Providence in
keeping thena,tion united was for the
opportunity now before America tb:
fight for liberty and mankind. His;
declaration that the day was "One of
gladness because of the saered memo
ries and of a rededication of a united
country to those principles that have
made -America great among the na
tions of the earth was greeted by the
veterans with a rousing cheer. J:
The great hall in which the Presi-,
dent spoke was filled with thousands
and twice that 'many more had to be
turned away because of the lack of
the room. While waiting for the
r
ident the veterans and visitors cheer-j
ed the various leaders as they came
on the platform. The Marine band
kept the old" soldiers in a joyous hu
mor by playing the beloved airs xf the
South and each "time they swung,
into "Dixie" the "Rebel yell", woulo
go ringing through the hali The
Confederate choirfrom Portsmouth,
Vai, dressed in gray. Confederal;
iaekets'ang"If-you -.,want to hv
Uood time jine avalrl
lanclMaTylana," and other tunes i
to which the young men of the feoutn
marched' to battle in the sixties.
The number of veterans hee is
estimated-at nearly 7,000 and the
tents provided for them on the union
station plaza could .not accomodate
all of the late comers and nearby
buildings had to Jte utilized. Officials
who have charge of arrangements for
the accomodations estimate the at
tendance as one of the largest gather
ed in Washington in some time. Many
of the leaders declare this the largest
reunion in point of attendance of vis
itors ever held.
BOARD OF HEALTH WARNS
AGAINST DYSENTRY
Says Dysentry is Controlled and Pre
vented Like Typhoid
The State Board of Health calls
attention to the fact that the form
of dysentry that has already visited
several towns in the State and caused
the death of a number of children,
including four in one family in. one
town, is" a germ disease that is con
trolled and prevented by practically
the same methods, as typhoid fever.
Like typhoid, itf may be water borne,
mijk borne or fly borne, or it may be
contracted from soiled hands, through
hm'iiean food, or. in numerous ways.
"The main point to remember about
it, says the Board, is that it is a filth
disease having the same source as ty
phoid, spread in -exactly the same
Consequently, open back sur-
nd unclean hands
lace ciubtits. xuzx m
-i i
beome - the principal " factors to be
reckoned with in its control. -In cities;
and towns where there are sewers,
and where sanitary laSvs are enforced
the danger from this source is not
great. But in the country where
there are no sewers and where flies
raise in abundance, there is always
a very great danger of an outbreak
of this disease. , .
The best place to control the spread
of amoebic dysentry, according to the
Bpard, is the sick room. In addition
to the necessity of the utmost care
-1 and cleanliness on the part of the
nurse or attendant, the most essential
thing is the proper-disposal of all
body discharges. The doctor's orders
.should be followed to the last letterl
in this matter as this is the original
source 01 every case 01 ine aisease.
Excess Profits in Germany
Berlin June 4. Two of the. princi
pal factories of. theGerman unpow-
doubled last yean - One Gerniari;sfttetroop3e
TENT MEETING. A
' ! GREAT SUCCESS
Special Serriceg Announced for Hen
. and Women This Week. 1. .
T , !
Rev. Raymona Browning and his : f
singer, Mr. Chamberlain, have been Register in Olive-Hill; 37 in Ceffo
conducting services at the tent for' arid 2$ in Ai-No disturbance Re-
, , .. ported Any where m County
more than a week and with every
meeting interest seems to be growing;4 Nearly 400 young men-of conscript
While there has been no great out- !aawere registered in Roxboro yes
break of handclapping or shouting j terday nearly, the number of voters
it is .v easily noticeable that the peo-! for th .entire township. ,
pie are. deeply interested and great Only afew townships in the county
good is being freely predicted for the have en neard.from this morning,
meeting. ! Sheriflf Thompson states that he
Rev, Mr. Browning so far has not ePects the number for the entire
adopted any catch-penny propositions county to be close to 1,400.
to see how manv he mieht count, hut live Hill registered 137, Ai, 39 and
is speaking the word as he interprets
it, regardless of fear or favOr, and as
the saying goes, lets the chips fall
where they may. Of course, he says
some things which all do not subscribe
to, but no one asserted that he was
not preaching the simple truth as a
whole. He is decidedly a flenft
speaker, we do not believe we miss
the mark when we say he is an orator
but he does not try to use his oratory
for self gain or applause. He is great
on telling anecdotes, but he says there
is a sting in every joke he tells, and
usually you feel the sting before he
reaches the conclusion of the joke,
Uhat is if you happen to be euiltv of
the sin he is discussing at that pa'r-
Pres-tticular time.
Last Sunday morning he was greet
ed by a-large audience, and again at
3 o'clock, when he preached to men
only. His sermon to men was materi
ally interfered with by the windand
rain, making it impossible for him to
speak so that the large audience could
hear him. However, he gave them a
plain, straightforward talk-and doubt
Jess "many" went away determined
they would drink no more liquor,
4" - , 7 r
anyiwicke sins he so rotffidiv con
demned. -
On next Thursday evening at 3
o'clock he will preach to women only,
no one under fourteen admitted. The
ladies of the town and" County are
cordially invited to hear this sermon.
And again on Sunday at 3 o'clock, P.
M., he will speak to the meja, his sub
ject being "Victim or Victor." There
will be special music for the occasion,
and all in all you will be largely the
loser if you miss this sermon.
Possibly no preacher has ever vis
ited the town who has been, greeted
with larger audiences than, have
greeted Rev. Mr. Browning. ' He has a
large tent and while it" has never been
full to the overflowing, it easily seats
more people than any other auditori
um or church in town, and the peo
ple flock out there, thereby showing
the great interest manifested in the!
meeting.
Com out and hear Mr. Browning,
he will interest," instruct and improve
you.
A Humane Corporation
We doubt if there is a corporation
which looks more closely after the
general welfare of its operatives with
a more kindly eye than does the Rox
boro . Cotton Mills. The president,
Mr. J. A. Long, has just announced
an increase 01 all wages, enective
May 28th, of ten per cent. In addi
tion to this he has had the lives of all
operatives insured for $300, and this
insurance", without a penny of cost
to any operator, will be increased by
$100 each year until the amount
reaches -500. Truly, it is a lucky day
when any one becomes an employee
of Mr. James A. Long. ' .
Preaching at the Baptist Church Sun-
v day Morning x
Oh next Sundayjnorhing at 11 0'
clock the Pastor,- Kev. J. M. Hester,
will preach at the Baptist "Church.
There will be no services in the even
ing. The. pubiie is cordially invited.
AID ASKED IN AN .EFFORT
TO RELIEVE CAR SHORTAGE
High Point, June 4. The co-opera
tion of the officials of the industrial
department of the .Commercial club
has been asked by the-United States
department of commerce to assist in
relieving the existing shortage in
frpiofht. nttTn hviiTfiTi-rpsftinP' ntton the
firms and corporati eeemrigassey i
freight the necessity f oirunloading hascharge of the Undertaking : and
the cars and returning them as quick-
PERSON COUNTY
PROBABLY 1,400
4 00 REGISTER IN ROXBORtf
Ceffo, 39. Bushy Fork close to 180.
The registrars were kept busy prac
tically all day. The negroes regis
tered alnost in full strength and no
trouble was reported anyweher in the
county.
TOWN COUNCIL JIQLDS
ITS REGULAR SESSION
Tuesday Night Tax Levy For Town
To Be Made Friday Night
The town board of aldermen met
in their regular inonthly session Tues
day night in the mayor's office, all
members present.
Mr.E. G. Long was re-electied
treasurer of the town for a term of
one year.
Bill were .examined and ordered
paid.
Mr. L. M. Carlton, chairman of the
school board, appeared before the
council to ask if some way could not
be found to take up the indebtedness
of. $2,900 now standing, against the
school board. After quite a 'bit of
discussion on this matter no way
could be found by the board to tale
this debtip. . However, it was left
Pe until ftevting
night. It seems that several' vears I
ight. It seems that several' years
ago the school board ran behind the
above amount, and no money has ever
been appropriate'd to pay it off. The
school board has a deficit for the year
just closed ofabout $100.00.
The treasurer made his report to
the council showing the financial con
dition of the town. This report was
published in The Courier a few weeks
ago.
The commissioners adjourned about
ten o'clock to meet again Friday night
to take up the tax levy.
THE CENTRAL HIGHWAY
COMMISSION IN SESSION
The Central Highway Commission
ers met in their regular monthly
meeting in the offices of Chairman
M. R. Long.
There was no important business
appearing before the board. The usu
al routine of paying bills for the road
force was gone thru.
The commissioners have not de
cided at what date the, bond issue
voted on recently, will be sold, The
Supreme court has held that the bonds
are valid. It is the hope of the peo
ple of the county that the commission
ers willlose no time" in selling these
bonds and work on the building sand
clay roads will begin at the earliest
possible moment.
Board of Education to Meet Monday
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Education will meet in call
session next Monday, June 11th.
J. A. BEAM.
Old Veterans Leave for Washington
On Monday, in a special car pro
vided for them, Person County's dele
gation of Confederate Veterans left
for Washington to attend the re-union
They were accompanied- by Messrs.
R. A. Burch, J. d. Pass and J. A.
Long, who will make it their special
pleasure to look after the wants " of
the Old Vets. ; V
MASSEY-PERKINS
lliss Effie Belle Perkins: and Mr,
John AV Itfassey were jnarried on the
23rd of May in Lynchburg, Va., at
the Baptist parsonage by Rey O. E
Sams. ; '- "., ' - . ' ' - v-'
v Mrs, Massey is the daughter of Mr.
dnd te.yfRiIerkins of this county
and visi ji charming young lady. i Mr.
umitureaepartment
VICIOUS FIGHTING
AGAIN BEGINS ON
FRENCH FRONT
AUSTRIAN LOSSES ARE SEVERE
British and Germans Both Make
. Gains But Neither s Able To tfold
Ground Token , " "V-
In the Lens and Arras sectors on
thje French front the British and
Germans during, Saturday night and
Sunday were engaged in fierce ; fight- ;; : ; "
ing in which each side won successes '7
but were not able to hold them inr ;;r ,1
their entirety in the face of violent V
counter-attacks. fcSl
Striking heavily to the south of ;
Souchez river, during Saturday night
nd again Sunday morning, the Bri
tish made good gains in terrain and
also too numerous prisoners.
As a result of the fighting nearly
100 prisoners remained in the hands' ?
of Field Marshal Haig's men.
Southeast of Arras the' Germans
near Cherisy went on the offensive :
and succeeded in pushing back" the"
British front and taking several posi-.
tions. The British, however, as was
the case with the Germans in the
Souchez sector, realigned their men,
and striking hard regained the lost
ground m its entirety, except for one
post.
Around the bend in the line running'
eastward from the region of Souchez
into the Champagne the French and'
Germans are engaged in vicious fight
ing with infantry on the Vauclerc and '
Californie plateaus. - Saturday night
and Sunday the forces of the German
crown prince attacked the plateau,
positions of the French1 but were fore-.,
ed to fall back.
. The Italian, offensive in the Austro
Italian theater again has greatly di--minished
in violence being carried
out mainly by small detachments. An,
indication of the, exten of the Austrian
lQses,:inhPVece -tingsW'-t-
tatrtni ir,cA Kv tKo' TfafTn1 5
office showing, tnat between ; May 14
and May 29; the Austrians lost 85;000
men in killed, wounded or missing.
Five generals and '40 other high ofv r
ficers are included in the figures of
the Italians. " .
Again there has been considerable -fighting
between the entente and Teu- '
tonic aliled troops oh the Macedonian v
front. Paris reports engagements
with alternating results liear Lym-
mtsi, while Sofia records success, for
the BulgarS over the French along the.
right bank of the Vardar and theie
pulse of the British who attempted
ah advance in the Secres region. :
WAR MISSION DELAYS ITS
.TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTH
Washington, June 4. The Italian
it mission's tour of the south and ;K v -
war
middle west, which was indefinitely"V'
postponed Monday, on account of the -sudden
illness of" the Prince of Udine
will not be abandoned, it was announ
ced, but probably will be delayed
about one week. Botn the Prince and -;'
Signor Guglielmo Marconi, who has
been ill ever since he reached Wash-
ington, expect to be able to accom
pany the party by Monday.
The illness of the Prince was diag-
nosed as catarrhal tonsilitis. -
"The Prince's condition is not ser- ;
ious," said a member f the mission,
"We expect him to e able to resume
his duties before the end of the week."
Signor Marconi's physicians. had ad
visd against his accompanying the r
party if it left Monday. -
POLICE SEIZE EIGHT
TRUNKS OFWHISKEY
Raleigh Police Add 576 More Pints
To the Storage Cell '
Very little 'satisfaction did the per-: r,J
son to whom eight trunks of whiskey V
were destined get Thursday "morn-jy
ing 11 he nappened to oe aDouxnere -the
Consignment was placed on trucks
under the shed at the, union station. -The
trunks were at once seized by
police and the ''liquor cell" at head-
- " BOO . . 1. It .
quarters now nas.oo more pmra xnan-
it did the day before. . r,
Z It was-: yesterday about 'daylight
when Captain Warren and Patrolmen.'
Stephenson and Foster hauled. up the K;.;'
height .tffiJ&vheaquarters- after: -
guarding tinder thershed at "the union
station,' about six hours after " the -
trunks were taken frofti: the 'south- 'Z'
13ndSeo:train. cjv;
checks J&omWashingtbn. J' - p- ; r
The 5 whiskey captured i .Thursday;"'
lmvQsit' single haul xnade-byA-
i administration: went" into office - the
t "police "have "seizrd 23 trrr.1:s for r,t
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