VOL XXXIV
RQXBORO, NORTH GAROIJnA, Wednesday Evening-Augdst 1, 1917
Tuinber-31
FICI LIST OF 1MB
THAT ARE BEIHG GALLED OUT IN PERSON
COUNTY FOft FIRST ORflR
List Prepared by Exemption Boards-Men To Be
Examined .One-Third August 2nd One-third
August 3rd One-third August 4th Exemption
Board Opens Off ices Oyer Sergeant & Clayton's
Store.
r s
The Person county Exemption Board made jts first call for men to be
examined Saturday, notices being sent out to 250 to come before the board
one-third each on August 2nd, 3rd, and 4tb, 1917.
The Board ha sopened offices over Sergeant & Clayton"s -jtore and wto
doctors will examine the men on the above mentioned dates. N6 affidavits
for exemptions will be considered until after examinations have been been
made. A stenographer has been secured-by the board to assist in the work.
Below we are publishing the official list of the men whom notices have
been sent for examination by the board:
258 Ira Alfred Denny,
Roxboro, R. 4
458Willie Yellock,.
Semora, N. C.
854 Henry Marek Villines,
Roxboro,
109 Haywood Chambers,
Roxboro,
783 Wiley P. Dixon,
Leasburg,
1117 John D. Yarboro,
Roxboro,
837 Edd Pass,
Leasburg,
337 John Henry Bradsher,
Murdle Mills, R l,
676 Jesse F. Chandler,
Rougemont
275 Jim Blain Allen,
Roxboro, R 2
509 Roscoe John Oliver
Semora
1185 Ivey Lester James,
Roxboro f -v
o64 Matthew if. Fontain,
Woodsdale -945
Oscar B. Crowell,
Roxboro
596 Earnest T. Talley,
Woodsdale, R 2
1267 Andrew Holt,
Woodsdale
536 Emerson Penn Tuck,
Christie, Va.,
548 Silas Carey Long,
Virgilinia, Va. R 1
18
126-
Hugh Alfred Williams,
Roxboro
Robert Manning Burton,
19
Roxboro
74 Raymond E. Dixon,
Roxboro
Merrimon T. Winstead,
Roxboro
I '7 Garland Draum Miller,
Timberlake
I Willie Oowons,
Wroodsdale, R. 2
o"o Aldian Wilson Horton,
Roxboro, R. 1
l-'--Edgar Holt,
Woodsdale
775 -William R. Crumpton,
Roxboro
4i James Henry Irvin,
Semora
W -Charlie F. Gentry,
Rougemont
' Talmage Overby,
Woodsdale, R. 2
y ' -Thomas Carver,
Roxboro
- Ban Daniel- Mise,
Mil ion
David Moore,
Hurdle Mills, R. 3
: ; :--Xoten Ellis,
Woodsdale
-: --Johnny J. Wilburn, "
Denniston, Va., R. 1
' -- -Luther Luster,
Virgilina, Va., R, 1
13 William Cameron,
Timberlake . .
1264 Lemon Fay Harris,
Woodsdale '
1066 Henry Newman, - '
Roxboro
94 William Andy Gregory,
Roxboro
420-Sylvester H. Warren,
Hurdle Mills .
1014 Alex Cunningham;- '
Roxboro 5
im-Dewitt Ledbetter, :
Roxboro
514 Joe Washington Ragan,
20
21
22
23
Semora 4--"
T- "TV.
433-Wiffiam Ira Wheeleg
Hurdle Mills R.T2
io29-Ivey S. Jordan, i : : 4
Woodsdale . . c; -'
10 Howard Franklin Aliep, t -'
OF I
Roxboro
1 1031 Joe Blackwell,
I Roxboro -. '
21331 Willie T. Nunn,
f Woodsdale
3 487Junius Jeffries,
! Semora
4 1282 George Solomon,
I Woodsdale
5 1323 Worthy T, Bowes,
1 Woodsdale
6 797 John M. Long,
' : - Roxboro
7 140 Samuel Ramsey,
j Mill Creek, R. 1
8 1236 Jack W. C. Bennett,
j Roxboro
9 432 Bert Samuel Wilson,
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
Hurdle Mills, R. 1
57
10 18 Lex Calvin Brown,
.r ' Timberlake
11 652 Willie Parker,"
- !tougenw1bft
58
591
ett,r
-. : -Roxboro f ' " '
13 739 Arthur F, Perkier, -v
- Roxboro
14 601 Arthur Masson,
j Denniston, Va., R. 1
15 H2--Jefferson R. Shotwell,
. j Denniston, Va., R. 1
16 1146 George Robinson,
1 George Robinson,
17 Jalong
(1103 M. H. Bratcher,
61
62
63
64
Boston, N Y.
606 James A. Luster,
Virgilina, R 4
182r Hester Brown,
Roxboro, R. 2
66
67
513 John Howard Rudder,
Semora, R. 1
46 Edward Cameron,
Timberlake
1020 Bank Gold Cameron,
Roxboro
68
69
70
1099-
Riley Coley,
Roxboro, R. 5
William J. O'Briant,
24
223-
25
Roxboro
117 Willie White Rogers,
Timberlake
602 Charlie Lawson,
Virgilina, Va., R. 1 .
390 Thomas Jefferson Oliver,
Hurdle Mills
75 Dyes Columbus Blaloek,
Timberlake
772 Jule C. Bowes,
Roxboro
721 Ben S. Peed,
Moriah .....
786 Hubert J. Uariiel, ':
Roxboro
280 Harvey Yancey;
-Hurdle Mills4 R. 3
1292 Buster Paylor,
'Woodsdale .'
972-George W. Ashley, ,
Roxboro -..
983 Grant' iMxton,
6oxboro
- 757 Charles Emory Winstead,
' v Roxboro
966 Victor. C. Burch fDeceased)
26
27
28
29
30
-31
32
33
"341
35
36
37
38 -
Roxbofo -868
Johnnie" Pat Yarboro,
39
. . Roxboro - - '
332 Willie Burton,
, ; .. Hurdle Mills, R 2. :
379 Edward Lee Ij5ng
7V - . Hurdle Mills, JL2 v.-;
B42iSpurgeon Moore Neal,
494 Crawford Yancey, ;
' Viiaina, Va7;Jt 1
.874 Raymond Morrison J Webl 7
Mi I B-iRoxbord IrA ' -.i-"
40
41
42
43
; 552Samuel-U Jones, ;
:?iiftii:ctek'; f:A .
, : '-i't :.T-.'.-i ..' , . .f. ..i:t . ' !
4 ,
j lS0)-lert Oby
46
AJ
-298--Huglt:
i-
w
;96
Roxboro
343 David. Keinch Broach,
Hurdle. Hills, R. 3
" 982 Henry Edgar Thorpe,
.Roxboro
726 Simpson Vaughan, -
Moriah
15 Joseph Vivian Brooks,
Timberlake """
905 Richard Oakley,
Roxboro
933 GeorgeJM. Fox,
Foxboro : :
1288 MagrandoT. Williams,
Woodsdale
452 Jacob Miles,
Roxboro
355Robert Ashley Briggs,
Hurdle Mills, R. 3
101
-
102
1106,
530 George Washington Tatum;
Virgilina, Va., R. 1
809 Monroe Crisp, ,
Leasburg
1114 George Bullock,
RqxboroHopewell, Va.
645 James Harris,
Moriah
218 William Landis O'Brien,
ip8j
1
7109
f -
110
HI
TimbeTlake; R
-. !ll2
H13
l 620 George Brown,
Woodsdale
1334 Sam D. Morris, - ' '
; :: Woodsdale "
f550-John Dandy Lowery,
Virgilina, Va. R. 4
574 Andrew Novel Stuart,
Woodsdale
31 Roy Jackson Rogers,
- Roxboro
981 Will Tucker,
Roxboro
770 Zack Bowes, :
Roxborol
vii7
118
10
882-Daniel Thomas Walker, , :.
Roxboro Z : 'sa 3 CO
677 Lex J. Chandler, ;f
. Timberlake -; rk.V3 21
60 1211 William T. Day,
Roxbora -
525 Herman Vasco Woody,
Woodsdale, R. 2
760 William E. Wilkerson,
Roxboro
183 Silas Bradsher,
Roxboro, R. 4
56 Lex O'Briant,
Roxboro
1276 Early Clements Mimms,
Woodsdale
792 Walter W, Mains,
Roxboro
5 Isaac Bumpass,
Timberlake
350 Robert Lester Blackwell,
Hurdle Mills, R. 2
- 54 George Lunsf ord,
Timberake
870 Walter Fuller Whitt,
Roxboro
123
124
125
126
127
65J
128
129
130
131
132
549 Joliff Green Lowery,
Virgilina, Va., R. 4
1132 Samuel P. Williams, -
Roxboro
440 Holbert Foster,
Cunningham
741 Bennie H. Paylor,
Roxboro
1054 Thomas Owen Stone,
Roxboro
1275 Ivey Henderson Monday,
Woodsdale
711 Calahan Mangum,
Moriah '
1022 Luke Henry Carver,
Roxboro
841 Ross Pettiford, , '
71
134
72
73
136
74
137
75
138
76
139
77
140
78
79
Roxboro
638 Lellia Bumpass,
Rougemont" -
80
81
1032 John Robert Burton, -
Roxboro
623 Isaac Bowman, f
Woodsdale. ;
269 Noby A. BuchananT
Mill Creek - v
685 James M. Ellis,
Timberlake
144
82
145
83
84
1141 Walter T. Smith, -
854-
Jalong :
1314 Steve Drumwright,
86
. Woodsdale : .
1016 Lennie Clements,
87
Roxboro, :
335 Joe; Andrews Allen,
Roxboro R. 1
,493 Elisha Stanfield,
88
89 f Alton,"- Va.
1358 James Hester, - -
90 . . Koxboro -: ' -
9230tis Clay Hamlett,.
'9ll7:vV;:Roxboro . -
1305 Arthur, LT De . Shazo, -
v. LWoodsdale
341-Samuel Nathaniel Broach
93
Rougemont
1294John S. HarrisT f
Woodsdale
1148-Arihur Pulliam,
Jalong
1354 LerQy Jones, :
74hpmaartelli 1
fn:O.c5r;.-: --.(C:::';:)- t 3?n as . drafted. .. - V:- ,
TO SUMMON DRAFT -
V MF.N THIS WFF.K
X. ForAU Causes; Exemptions and Dis
v.97 - t . charges May Approach
; - A -'-5 PerCent
;'8 This . week the "county and ;the city
- city exemption boards will call before
$9 them for examination the men from
1 whom will be selected thecounty and
400 city's quota of the new army of 500j-
A A - " '
rnnaWorla zrHwUH 'Kaa Koon
1 going the rounds on the number of ex-
emptions nd the strictns with which
1 j the exemption laws wHl be admini-r Mr. Daniels reviews the work done; .
Vm tered. The percentage' of disqualifi-: tedpeace by compromise,, . by 'the na; ad tejls of the biggest
k' - cations among the volunteer forces of AL Ahe solution also declared that for warships ever under
"104. the State runs between twenty-five ' workers of, Germany wiU
l-' land thirty five. If there ir added to and dete "When the. United States enteI
fl05 this' percentage, the additional of dis-lJ on ..lsld ; . -the war every man in the service 'rV, V
; - - t nnt ,Vf rr J"" ?hlhP Scheidemann, ; Socialisfc hefm-
versal service scheme, the percentage
107jhood of fifty, while dependent family;
wia pussiuiy cumu in tne iignoor
clauses and other grounds in the ex-
mption law will carry the. general
percentage of exemptions from serv- L'
ice well toward seventy-five, it is be
lieved.. . :
Here are the grounds for exemption
and discharge, "application for which
must be made on proper forms to be
furnished by the board upon the post
! post -
. .
ing of the names 0 fthe person
ed:
1. That you are-an officer, legisla-
I tive, executive or judicial -of the Uni
ted States a state or territory or the
Disrict of Columbia.
" 2.' That you are a regular or duly
prdained minister of religion. .
4 3. That you were onltlay 18th.,
1917, a student preparing for the min
istry ia any recognized theological of
divinity-school.
,s 4. That you are in the military or
naval service of the United States.
5. That you are a subject of Ger
many whether you have taken our pa
pers or not y :. ':,
-.6.;. That you are a resident , alien
--Vviv-' H '- .-i
.JaSMditionaaim
claims, for discharge may be made on
any of the following grounds," which
are the only grounds for discharge by
a local board:
1. That you are a county of muni
cipal" officer. - "
2. That you are a custom house
clerk.
3. That you are employed by the
United States in the transmission of
mails. ' v -
4. That you are an artificer or
Workman employed 'jn an armory,
arsenal, or navy yard of the United
States.
5. That you are employed in the
service of the United .Statest under
certain conditions).
6. That you are a licensed pilot,
regularly employed in the pursuit
of your vocation.
I 7. " That you are a -mariner, ac
133 tually employed in the seaservice of
of any citizen of merchant within
the United States.
j 8. That you are a married
""
iQ' with a wife or child deuendent on
- " i -
you for support.
9. That you have aged or infirm '
parents aepenuent upon your moor
i. J J J. - 1T
IOr SUDDOrt.
m t
11 That vou are a father of
li. mat you are a iatner oi
motherlMs child under 16. denendent
, ,x
upon your labor for support
' 12. That you are a brother
of
an orphan - child
or children under
16, dependent on your labor for sup
port. .
1411 13. That you are a member of
any well-recognized religious sect or
142 organization organized rand existent
j on- May 18, 1917, and whose then ex
143 listing creed or principles forbade its
momKon' Vn ; TsaTtifir5itp in war
any form and whose religiouon-
victions are agSinst war or part ki-
the . creed or principles of said re -
146 ligiousrganization.
These are the only grounds .
exemption or. discharge by a local
. - . .:.
147
board.
-
148
Another person can, file a claim
in vnnr TPn5,lf hnt. mnst-tise differ
, ... tf . - . serve vo .uruig auouv a lessenmg oi .a . - i t0- A"w , -
t49 ent forms in filing the-claim. ' Gfean hindicap to -.a: and 'i'SS fe V
J During' the seventy the' per-J ve-rGe com-tn-?,d at allttese -.mbta been,;,., .
150 son claiming' exemption must file -Mgoiouktootion the steeFin-" vlV-'-"
fidavib .of "his - claim, supported by dcstry . , .aDce to. ; T "Smce theday
151-the-affidavits of-a disinterested per:i breast of -'the- British competitors,! - iaZ r.l;,.-
son aciuaintl with.the facts. The, gaitictru ggle of'the -'?. fS-.5 "
.152:ixemptionboard,ill-hear.no oral . - d . ...cof ViiteresU t !?! "SSIJw-'
. lelaim.exmptionr-and,denied it yVGermanVprompted-f -the-sfibma
15? appeal" tea district board"-and frorn mpai'he insists.. i- it fiSS'--l
- - uL.i uv j - t-x.'i i.TtAm rv,a - r - - -.. . -y- : r mfi added ?to- this force as rapicuy as -
ithat board Jtdi thePresident.
, - . 154-exempuon uoaru xuuat j, nm : ? ATT -?TTTAOT , 1
- affidavits wrthiirtwo days: after -.tpey - " CWfif nlii ' ponsinw-y -wr -
- ?L i . , r--. - - o-nl -TkTrtMTinTi . T tlifc -t KinaiieSS.-n - t i i. tli A iiflnin-lN!nr- - '
lowithraffitoIWnd; by.-form-to.the. -v:.B;enabled ; -
rictvboard -on:or-bef6re the' fifth w.r,;r; to.mtMw5)r,aniiii torope.-u
GERMAN LABOR 1 '
FOR PFAPF. RV
' . A COMPROMISE
Conference of
Free Trade Unions
Determines to Hasten End of -War
.on r No-Victory Basis.
Amsterdam, July
2fc-Accordink
to
the " Berlin
in Vorwaerts, a resold
. , L
sen unanimously passed
uuu uaa umauiuiuuotjr ; paoacw -
been
aa
T 1 . !u v -
?rafri -ens, announr
ces that if really a. parliamentary
government weform with a pro
gramme , wnico -tne oisoma
approve xney m mcpaie anf
er, members of the ' Reichstag wer
1 , . ,
aersecianes ana cnanceiiors iney
would not accept the invitation to
participate.
Herr Schiedmann said it was nec
! , j , , , . i
: essarv to defend tiermanv against
ZTZL . ? r ' J .
uuu uie socialists ma jioi aestre w
see the fruit of the revolution dev
stroyed. The Galician retreat invilr 1
ved , the Russian soldier and the masj
ses in frightful sufferings. The so
government was able to , assign the
responsibility for this enormous mis
fortune ltd the socialists of another
scchool.
Warned of Maxiliasm
Herr Schiedmann set hopes for
speedy peace on the Russian Social-
ists, but not the Mmalists, who
transformed brother strife into bro
ther murder and .involved the coun-
. TOftchintmen, to provide coas defense
l broad tmwoxK 0 Areyo,
i -is t 'i -
sme no ine program
an(? "On April 6th., there Were-64,680 '
Soldiers Delegates randttie German enligted now ihn,e m0re-:
Reichstag, uninfluenced .by a mo- 'han 13600o. m addition we' have , "
mententary ilitary situation. - (enlisted more" than 35,000 -xeservesr' ,V
He warned aginst a new attempt and there are national nair;
to offer Russia a separate peace an; volunteers in service. - Every battle--
"v-v o"w7t!
be made that Germany has no del-
r .7- , 7
that Belgian independence xould be
&x o c o "--j.
o ranee. i
Lloyd George's suspicion at-H
jr I11I1U uu ers of 35,000 tons each, the largest.',
gram is unfounded, because this is andtyifte5t-war vessels ever buiitr-f -incompatible
with, the Reichstag oui. cruiserg and aux-;,.J
so(1lon; ' ' ' iliary craft for. which we have maji- ''r
Scheidemann hrd previously det earl fis iWef but theright ,v:
clared the strugg e to . determine ; in- construction is being gifen
whether the, people should rule te;tfl dftstrovprs flnd smal crafL Thp;- '
Germany was uncompleted and the
ment which would apt in trip sens
' . - T,
. iii h rpvii nr. nn
Austrian Attack jm U-Boat
The Austrian Socialists have nevi
, fHfindlv trvwards fiprmanv'-
u:v."i: j xt. l.l
a ' V
a nwnT1 vipnnn rtp ArWor 7ai'i'
ZZZ " 1 ZI' ; 71
tuag, now prims an arucie maintain
1 - J. 1 A.1 J. Xl "I (
not "" ine uerraan urn
paign of ruthlessness Will not hasf
ten the end of the war, but was no
undertaken to this end, but to givL
the Germans a shipping , advantage
in the after-war competition.
Hie writer of the" article a ship
ping expert"; says the world's com
merQa suffered in the period before
the war from a plethora of tonnages,
in - s " . . '- , s. " -t
ta&mg iicqucut crisis -w uceur. ne
coints out' tBat , England has been
ab!e ;largely tol eounteAalaMe thk
, ines hv mnrp snP(1,,v iii ant
for ;a,-iw k;
guvVim miv, ui uci vik cuius uiKa&
oA ;n ' . t
rU. Ill UV1V . WW 1 ull llVl Uiwa ,-
xj "iU "5; ! -
..He points out that thedestruction
of British' tonnage,- however. Twill
- 1 .:Jja-fj v; . t. .Ji'.j
"The,,
- 1
' ; . .. : - - -
thepe5?-rourr50n - - l-:
.11 vurrana ura.-is a.:xutvoiu
CONFIDENT NAVY
--WILL JUSTIFY- FAITH--
- - r OF NATION IN;;It
Secretary" Daniels Reviews W,orlc
Done Dy ; r urst. une
- of. Defense ; .
Washinsrton. July 29. In the Ke-wi; -
York .World of today ; appeared a b&z
statement made by Secretary- Dan-; . ;
iels especially for ..that paper. ,
f-. - i?u.-L jjlL ,
TLfi Tla-mfil eaid that .'lip i mil
tion's faith in it- .; , ;
. As ur first line of defense ?:
it was called upon to defend pur ;
coasts nd commerce from attach,
As the submarine was' the inunecjiat.--
was , ;that;
j must v engage, at the earliest' possible
t moment in warfare against enemy
tack m the
'war zone .
I "To put the navy on a war basis
.every ship in reserve had to be folly.
man and commissiorfed We had -
already entered upon the. largest 1
icaujf .xuwii
. . . . ...
ever under-"
taken by any navy at one time. But ,
. .iti . , . 1L'1j
up tins piugiam out aisu w uwicfuso
it greatly, building large numbers
of destroyers, submarine chasers
and auxiliary vessels -as rapidly I as
- . Vi
our shipbuilding facilities would per7;
mit The., coast guard and " lightv 'f::
house service, as provided by 'lawv f.
came under -the a jurisdiction of tkeSi N
' Navy. Department, and a large jnim-f- . .
tVr of vessels were placed under
fVa naxnr ttaiioits unrl ATKraf ?ati
caWe censorship also a
ctiori of the navy, To.' man -all the-
tn rnUh ,n erp.n
mer-
. led smcei the? war began. - - Kr
: Ettlisted MeA Doubled
ship, has been fully manned and com-
missioned Contracts have been.
placed for every destroyer and sub- 5
marine -chaser tha tthe - shipyards
of the country can -builds .and -new:
records, are expected In construction;
sr gc five battle cruisl: ;,
amed guards on our --rchant vesAi
i c"rtle n-wn aatvi -kc rkA J TM1rrt4 man
' - . i
eluding many oi tne Dest gunners nt-
the navy. In numerous encounters
with U-boats they have proved their'
efficiency- and heroism." ' T
"SoTn after the war began a de-
str0yer flotilla was sent to British'
' . - - . r
1 waters, and since the nrst of May,
our destroyers, ' under command of" -
- . , Q. e ,a , a ,
i engaged in v the anti-submarine cam
paign. , j " J t;;V
i Convoy Troops to France
j "In the transportation of the first
' American expedition to France .the
army and navy worked in the mosti"
perfect co-operation; the convoy be-
mg undjer command of Rear Admiral
Gleaves; fhe snccess of : thaV expe-
. ... . . j ':-f ,
S'.TI? 'l 5 ,1 IS1 "'- !
mocaed .thro-afeljrough.; ,
:by; enemy; submarmes. - . ,
TCapertpnas ieen operating on mei
- & : . ;.. Till 3 J -
. coast lot QUtn.Amenca.,it)nas mau
has made -official -visiUo tRio Jan- .
mI .iowWlin
- vltation , oi . tne -Argentinian govern-- ,
. . " "... n . a - ' ; ,..-v
possible-By gradually assuming re- ; -
' . i?i.. - it. 4..1' ; i-o.-4-li . '
bothlNorth andr
Zr; numerous patrol tsey, naa.previsua- :
.jy-been -required to 'maintain p?r?
4-,
jC
45-John Talley,
675-Othb
tf. v- V '--"-a