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pro v0ell Bros., Proprietors" Home 3?irst Abroad Next i)L XXXIV TWa m mmm - . ijffiTi li JtnStkT "WIT Tl ' 1 T T1 II I WBlHlll i - n-r ! m i l l tT-TT'l 'i Twwu.i Men Selected 'For . County9-Q . T II in - icn Selected Out Of 426 Examined-56 Fail l o Pas Physical Examination 197 Exempt ed 27 Fail To Appear Before Board. rsiin county's quota for the-national army has been selected by the Ex ..Jdii Board and we are publishing below the names of the7 men selected. ,,V ;nv arls publishing a letter from the Exemption board that Was handed , iho board. Person will have four commissioned officers also, Messrs. :, and R. P. Brooks, Jr., of Woodsdale, S. H. Warren of Hurdles Mill, a Willie Bailey of Woodsdale have been commissioned as Second Lieu af tor taking the officers training course at Fort Oglethorpe. Mr. V. Rogers of Timberlake, has' been accepted for the next training I V it Oglethorpd' which begins the 27th of this month. i.oxboro, North Carolina A hand you herewith a list of persons who have been called or milL -v i-vico, and not exempted' by the Jocal Board -for-Person County. This v.i;!.h is subject to revision, composes our full quota with two extra, are some eases we have not yet decided upon, but have left open for : invstigation. Som have not yet reported for physical exemination. a rues we also hand you. They will be accepted for service unless : port by Saturday August 18, 1917, and will betaken in their order Any friend of any one included in this list will do him a service and . iM a favor to notify hi-m of the fact. . 1: may be interesting to note that ihfe quota for Person County was om of the first 426 who were called. Out of this number, three mce reg istration, 56 wore fov physical examination, and ;Yrn-d for further investigation. We take this means to thank those who have appeared before this . :vr examination for their uniform cpurtesy which they. have shown us, iv helped materially in making our task easier." We are also under . . i p. to Dr. R. "J. Teague, Dr B. A Thaxton, Dr H W Beam; Misses it- Pleasants, Annie Laurie Barnett and Ruth Newton, for the faithful . rful services they have rendered us in performances of our dutis. -. - Yours- truly, . . " . - . .. A. J hr; GiairmahTi, D AYinste THS LIST ; ' " . iai No. Name -Order No. Hpnrv Mack Villines 3 7." John Henry Bradsher 8 - Mathew M. Fountain 13 -i:, .Oscar B. Crowell 14 ,h; Earnest T. Talley 15 126 Hugh A. Williams 19 M. T. Winstead 22 m ".James H. Irvin 28 2 Charlie F. Gentry -29 m Daniel Moore 33 1321 John J. Wilburn 35 :5 Wm. Cameron 37 4g K7 t ) John Tally . Bert Wilson u 58 Lex Calvin Brown en .John H. Garrett F Perkins -61 . Arthur m -w--- Arthur Mason Hester Brown co "67 .John H. Riidder gg .".Thomas J. Oliver 75 1292 Custer Paylor, qi .79 ..Edward L. Long 88 191 Crawford G. Yancey 90 1300 Albert Overby - '- 93 y05 ..Richard Oakley 103 VAQ Unnrnn Pricn 109 -"J --.Tiuiuut vyi io- 218 .Wm. Landis O'Brien 112 550 ..John D. Lowery 115 m ..Will Tucker ..... J18 1211 Wm. T. Day 760 .Willie Wilkerson 13 Silas Bradsher - -- uO Robt. f ester Blaekwell 123 125 "i26 131 "137 140 144 ""iic Bennie H. Paylor !. Til 711 Calahan Mangum - -John Robert Burton -Isaac Bowman -- ' -James M. Ellis 1 -.Walter T. Suitt - -Eiisha Stanfield j --Arthur Deshazo -i -Samuel H. Broach -147 148 152 "ir, 156 17 'Mi Chas II. Humphries - s numpnuca -wm. Henry UUer iod.. 65 vAw-m m,.1t 157 uuniu muiun. - '0 .Wm. Thomas Gregory 163 7) T..kr. fl n.,r '-' 173 u T u xr. I "Tn """ "S5 1 1 --Joseph Nicholas 175 T)ft7 w i x wiv 17o 1287 .-Wesley Lee Williams 178 xt- u i r .i - 1 an --Nicholas W. Allen 180 --Robert L. Bowling -- --lo- n ..Alphonsus Gray .L .- -1-183 m ..Augustus Young, Ball ...-186 1221 -.James Navy Castle -189f '17 Lee A. Oakley 1 ---195 256 -Hubbard Bray - -197 -Elijah C.-0'Briant .r201 " -Luther L. Blalock .... ..--202 08 Rufs Y. Kig .... ,- ,,-203, m Major Young Pleasant ..207 na n w w..j r oii 705 -Bunnie Lunsford -21la 9 -David C. Dixon . .1 -i-219 222 T.k x nD.:-v ' . 99rt , --"Willi, AJ. U UlldUl .. i.--fw nn j- . fv vK, - 707 ..Jesse . A; xunsford zzzwmw ,vv Mm&mtm- 1101 i 320 L , r . jV4ii-Tii M ESTJi: K7iastor ne nortneast oi tnemsnasaiierM"11' ROXBORO, r , - . MiiJMnwiii-1 rnwifrw uotca physicially disqualined, 27 have not rJb were either exempted or have j 1 ! and XA Long, Clerk 919 --Oliver C. King 239 , 814 -Green Ivey Dixoi 733 W A. Painter v m 245j nn 221 -James B. O'Brien HA7 4 1 1 D..ln. - -251 258 259 264 -265 266 120o -Lex B. Fox .. 90 -Oscar Gold Davis - 191 -Reuben Yarboro . 477 ..Jumes W. Boyd 1347 -Charlie Harris 276 300 -Parker Poindexter 280 278 -Alex G. Adcock 281 1240 Joseph Y. Blanks 282 2 .Kenneth L -Long 285 nay ingram 1. ocoggin tot 212 Lcnnie Thomas Riley 290 n92 -Geo- 0tis Hal1 295 305 John Mitchell 296:ening the morale of the Russians 622 -Geo. Bowman - -IM . . -. - rt i l , 585 Henry G. Martin wui 781 John R. Day -303 958 -Richard M. Brooksr 30o 1313 Ed. G. I g W c e o A. ri.. .J.l. V 1 1 11 IdUJ --JDUSier urausiier 433 --Grwer Foster 311 1059 Charlie Puliiam 313 357 John T. Clayton 316 1173 Lenoard J. Lone 318 563 ..Robert Dixon 323 . OOC " .ak " 6 ..John Irvm Brooks .- -327 jamcs xieiii j m liin t 877 Benjamin F. Wade 348 113 John G- 0akley 356 725 --Roscoa Tuck 357 1004 Wm. H. Jones 358 --0wen Lester Burch 364 567 Jasper A. Dixon 365 1218 Robey W. Dixon' 366 43G --Wilson Crowder -- z- 989 Calvin Smith -- 374 1270 --Henry Speck Long f33. -Dewitt Yancey -'- 377 383 807 Johnia Cameron - 384 1119 Flein 0 Whitt w-u-391 Akia n r-raviff 393 rpLL:i0 -p -cuwht,r- SQrTwn twl v, nnf m :L - . . T - .- i- x QUU Hid -siaine -voysier - - 299 Thomas Roan .494 1189 .-Robert 'Jones . i. 150 .Marvin JVlcCoy z r , 19 .Benehian Clayton .406 .-409. . 411 - rt Tj., rr T 8 -Jn K Lowery 098 Ivery Crawley .. - - x ... -;. . . .416 .426 1 a Patriotic Service J . . -im ounaaj m...... TnTv. there wm:beAnoti?7s First Baptist church. . w, "f vnnino- o haverall the young men from .from ISngland to leeland arnyea nere P ; . -.. - : .. - - . - . ' i?. o.?oi-ta? NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening Russia wiLimm& - BIT IN THE STRUGGLE AMERICAN AID ESSENTIAL Root and Associates Slake Optinris tic Report at White iHouss lOn Situation. r, j Washington, Aug. 9. Rusiaftew, est of democracies, grows stronger of i heart and purpose daily, arid wim aid ii. T T i i -i . -i l . rr s -J irum me umtea states,-can ne ue pended upon to do her part in K the great war and emerge - a powerful state. This was the message brought -to President- Wilson and-.lSecrtary Lansing today by Elihu Root ani'his fellowmembers of the - American mission . sent to Russia three. mof&! ago. . .'. . Unepualinfcd . encourage'hient froln the United States, moral and financial is - absolutely necessary to - keeping life in the new government, 'the cirni, jirlssicners agreed. .A . separate pr.ee with Germany obviously W; is i their greatest fear. Left .to f ghtj along with her present govern meut-in control, the -President jvas told, Etis, sia will emerge triumphant -and strong but if either by great massesje-f troops or clever propaganda, Germany; should ! accomplish the overthrow of the Kerl ! ensky government the outlook would ...A- be dark indeed. y Cnly one written report, it is h; derstood, was-submitted o Secretary j Lansing;"1 It was. not'made public and ; puwicand; may not be. From high sources, "it is C known,' however; that the -commission was . agreed on virtually all ' essentials.! There may have been differences,', of opinion -as to the best method ior.ob tainirig ' results, but : the opinion of ! present - conditions and "'high hopes for the future was unaiiinious. , None, was stronger -in nis conyiC-. tion that there is the gretes hope for Russia ban Mr. Root 'msllf.'J T io,i.r.comatlye: icngdiplenmc ience;-it was with difficulty that he' . . ... memDers.ot the party who shared his ; optimism and discussed their views' were Charles Edward Russell, a for. mer "socialist, James Duncan, a labor leader, and Major Stanley Washburn, a man of long experience in Russian! affairs. The latter two were agreed that one great need of Russia is! publiciy regarding tAmerica's inten tion in the war. Mr. Russell went a little further il- - J1 t:' l 1 1 1 uian me omers Dy aecianng empnat.j ically in favor of sending American troops to the Lastern iront immed i lately. He said theirpresence would; K r 1 - J. J. 1 ..1.-T.il. yz 01 ne gxeatysi, vaiue in sirengin The military members of the mis. sion, headed by Major Gen. Hugh . Scott, had a thrilling stoiry to tell j of experiences on the Russian firing J line. They were under fire during one of the great offensive launched after the new government . took the" rei2ns- ( ! The return and reports of the-misj sioh were about as informal and asj 1 ?! . .. I aevoia oi secrecy ana rea tape as anything Washington has witnessed in a long time. The members ar rived this morning on a regular train answered inquiries and seemed an xious to help in every way o'dissemi. nate the information they had ac quired. Final work on the report and it was ready early this afteT. noon. - The mission headed by Mr. Root, canea at tne .wnite House at 4 o clock in. the afternoon and remainded with the President about anhour. 11 1 J 1 1 TTTl T" j Members of the national woman's party made furtile attemnts to- .... . .. .- . a banner oddressed to Mr. Root, but he entered and left the White House vard bv a. side e-at.p wy,ilA tTio-wnwrni , , x xwlu. L 'I'k x4? . The work of the . commission now ir virtually ended. Its members will remain hei-e, a few days ajid, with the exceptions of the army officers, -4l0rwill then return to their homes. Victims of Submarine Reach Ameri- v can Port.' An -Atlantic Port, Aug. 12-The j. i j :i:.: . iu1 -t Trr " capiam aim six memuers ur mc i J , y .'4. . ' . . f ate of the crew. PERSON SUPERIOR COURT IN -SESSION . JUDGE CONNOR PRESIDING Criminal Docket Compkjted Tuesday AfternoonCourt Will Adjourn this Afternoon. The.. August term of Person J3up . erior Court convened Monday morning with Judge Geo. W. Connor of Wilson presiding and Sol. S. M Gates' prose,. cuting. The judge's charge was brief, owing to the fact that the people were ex ceptionally busy now He stated in his charge that 90 per cent of crime violence was due 6 intoxicating liquor. The criminal docket was completed by Tuesbay afternoon ar.d the civil docket -will in all -probability be com. pleted by late this afternoon. .. The f olowing cases were tried on the criminal docket: State vs. A. S. Hassan;. Indictment, bigamy The defendertt was acquitted. State vs. Geo. Bullock. -Indictment, gambling. Fined' $10.00, State vs. Ben Wade and YartkroV Tried for an affray acquitted. Rufus and Plead State vs. Frarik Wilson. . -guilty to operating a distillerv. Judgement continued. State. -vs Jim Smith and Charles Faucett. -Indictment, disturbing re ligious worsViip. Judgement suspended upon payment oi cost. State vs. Sam Lawson. otare vs. ram lawson. naigea with having liquor in his possession, fr the purpose of sale. f UitTeiij wll L one year, on tire roads. State vs. Geo. Oakley Assault ' Judgement suspended upon payment 01 COSl. . :itate vs. Herman Duncan. In dictment, seductiom The defendant naa marnea since tne magistrate's trial and was let off with the. pay ment of the cost, r rotate vs.wJ,6hn McEain. Charged j?" -a .negr-s houseHe. 2 years in the pen. State vs. Bob Carver, Charged with' 1 j T7? 1 r i . i sauu. rinea- o aoiars. The. cases tried Tuesday on the. civil docket were: Alex Hunt vs. Cora Hunt. Hunt was granted a di vorce. Lellia Jones vs. W. J. Jones. Divorce j granted CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RED CROSS CHAPTER The following have contribnted the following amounts to the Red Cross Chapter 'here: Roxboro Cotton Mills $250.00 50.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 m- t a TOT1r Mr. B. G. Clayton i Dr. R. J. Teagrue Mr . Hugh Woods q rVer jyjr j m. Carlton w. R. Woody q g McBroom jr Pass Mr. J. L. Garrett jjr w. A. Bradsher Mr M w Satterfield 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 - 5.00 - 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.50 Mrs A g; DeVlaming Mr. E. P. Dunlap Mr. D. S. Brooks Mr. H. W. Winstead Mr. S. G. Winstead Mr. R. N.-Featherstone Mr. T. P- Featherstone Mrs. E,E. Bradsher Mr. H. H. Masten Mrs. R. J. . Teague 10.00 j jrs j Long ! . R Foushee j M Robt Featherstone: Jr.. 16.00 10.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 10.00 " 10.00 10,00 5.00 2.00 ' 10.00 l.QO 1.00 gam yjefritt ; 1111, JliUWlU lUWLlliail r w. R. Hambfick : ' yLr f g Austin r t -rv ;:;,,-.:-, T , , , 'u.. . - ivir. J . J vv instead . ;ss Maud Baitv n- p t TiW . Mr John Ebermao Mrs. John Walker ToaP $523.50 GOLDEN WEDDING tijt V -l r-. Xl TT n.l ' ..1 t a u-u v,.. brated heir golden weddmg anmver . . . - . . . - . . " - street Saturday afteriiooiwana .even. v , y?tL--. r:"-1 . ii - T.tr - - ..- ' ;Tubbers?and sjar 'eapa ai her & Co; : - August 15, 1917 FIRST onrmniT nr nnirrrn ; -- itunoaui ur uiwicu EXPECTED TO BE UNDER TRAINING EARLY I! It ORDERS ISSUED MONDAY, PRO. VIIDE FOR MOVEMENT OF 90 PER CENT OF MEN IN SEPTEM. BER. ' ; Twelve Thousand Will Reach Each of 'the Sixteen Cantonments Soon After September 5. - , Washington Aug. 13 The entire 687.000 men. comnosinsr the first in J crement of the army draft forces will be under training early in October. ' Under orders issued Monday, the first 30 per cent of the quoto of each dis trict -will begin-entrainment for can. tonments SepembSr 5; the next 30 per cenf, September 15; and another 30 per cent, September 30, The re " niaining JL'O per cent will be moboHzed as soon after that date as possible; The plan o assemble the, new forces m tnree increments distributes the, task of furnishing supplies and equip ment through September.- It will als prevent serious shortages in any camp, and will give the new officers from the training camps time. to fam 1! ; i.' it 1 liianze tnemseives witn tneir uuues a great body of mtn falls on them. The order, issued Monday, means that about 12,000 men will reach each nr fho tivtppti pflntnnnicrili: wiatv array I September 5'. They will first be ex ariined physicially "by- army doctors; c1Ki f,nallv accented or rejected. This will take some time, and the. men wj!i - i have to be furnished with temporarv i quarters and rationed while awaitin pvamination Tf tiw fnU. mmtn: mrU assembled at one time, great confus ion would result. . ' . Presumably , the Xirst increment will fee93Qtgani zeli"intoskelet0rr tf nd panies, battalion, or regiments, Re fore the" seconi arrives.:-""' ';r" ; In farming ; coinmuniti.es, local boards now will arrange -the . list of those to. All the first increment. with4ThPe:f the 17 cropwheat local crop conditions in. mind,- Men engaged in harvesting , work nd who otherwise would go with the first third of the district quota will" be passed over to" the Second or third as may be necessary. " Ruling on Discharges ' Reviewing the question of discharge for depenbent relatives, General Crowder issued a supplemental ruling Monday holding that persons should not be discharged because of depeniL ent residents abroad. BROOKS-WALKER Miss Mildred Brooks and Mr. Ham ilton Walker were united in marriage Thursday afternoon in Lynchburg, Va. Mrs. T. C. Brooks -and Miss Rosa Newell accompanied the bride to Lynchburg. Mrs. Walker- is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C Brooks. and has made her home from childhood in this city,' endearing herself -to many friends, whhile Mr. Walker is a resident of Virginia, but spent sometime in Roxboro. last win ter in Jthe employment , of the N. & W. Railroad. - T Those Who Have Not Appeared Be fore the Local Board of Person County For Physical Examination." 1095 Haywood- Chambers 1103 M. H. Bradsher,, 982 Henry E. Thorpe 440 Hblbert Foster ' 1054 Thomas A. Stone 1057; 1 Rpyal Bert Pierce 1073 , Thomas Johnson ;v 4 65 100 136 138 196 198 10 Andrew Sutton Sergeant 250 260 .267 1091 - FlagDeShazfo 1187 HayoodWJbnes ' 753 ""John" Benjamin -Vemonx . 269 291 325 341 1357: .iiniotV6banaingham. 1049 .NatThorpe : . 71 . Sidney W.;Ashley 935 JosephVCrispiEvans -, 352 354 360 1150 Joshua Tulliam 1034 ; "rHarrison Yancey : -2 780V trousT.asr r -I 362 1107 .Charlie bullock. ; 1313r rrhmai Lawsor 376 390 303 William-Ross. r 239.4 1008 Wilfialt 1401 832 SMmositeejig. ? -;i,M15 206 'hon)tohS3tr-e r.'.s P417 965. : ; John Bowes :esic1p1$iEot" MissPauline rm 'l'! '!il""L-.fe MAJkAlvfliiAiATr enlnirTjIielgroHe torium. - The urogram: was rweii ren deriaMis-las several Socal solos?-: 'Ji"2 ; r v- Numbeit:33 -.- t t OCTOBER PLANNING TO CONTROL '-' WHEAT DISTRIBUTION. GOING'AFTER BAKERIES; Wheat Coatrol Board to Be N,jtmed-" and Public is Promised Crapecv- .- Bread. ' . Washington, Aug. 13. Plan? for.': controlling the distribution of wheafV of flour wehs completed today by- thethe fool, adminstration. - , Creaiqn wheat control board will.f be announced as - son as :Preiident;y :V Wilson has approved its. 4)erporiel;V This board, comprising officials of the- food administration and leading! 'meiv; from the grain Vand milling induatt4esV'; wnl De made responsible tor putting., j m eftect measures announceCL last,.-. . y uie iyuu aiHuiuibirauuiij. Regulations governing the control -j V of wheat from the time iVleave thie-" ' ' 'producer, until it reaches the baker' ! w5Fl 'go into effect September 1st; JS hl fixing a price to be paid producer:, i -?nr twin oof ' Vi o -PrA a A ryiitii eTo fiiATV . ":v--- . Wi .miu. u... ,uimmjnuiw.i):wM,i was said today,-will seek togive the" farmer a fair nrice and at the, same -time name a figure which will permiK-;;"' the pubjici o-receive-bread at a price V"" much. below that now prevailing. Lic-'- V;. enses will be granted to flour' miilsv'v- ' ony on condition that they charge j fair . ahB reasonable price fr their ,t ! Product. . ! - ; J , n as scon as tne wnoat ana nour mi -vv dustries Have' been put under. reguIV lations .th food administration ; plans;-;- 4- f - ti J.4-C s - 4" Vv1. 4- . linl. n.iAM, A M . V.Tl. t ' . T-- rT . . : i' n J'-n ing, to reduce he price now pai4 iot:f;, foread.;:, v.!h".irn.7 present .plan- -. t. to 'put- cerjeils oher than ;vheat under immediatei! control, although- 'i sugar,-", . . soon" may ervisioii. be under-goyernmjfcnt sup-' to the farmers will be fixed by a com, ;j?z, mittee ;of j,; which ; Hresideiit .Garfield, ? a. -of Williams College, wil be-. chaif.V- man.-, v Congress.. set aprice of $2"on the 1918 crop.- . .... " 23 KILLED IN AIR RAID ON ENGLAND Nine Women and Six Children -Among -; Victims? 50 Persons Injured. persons, including nine women and'' i six children, were killed and -fifty, ?' persons were injured at South End,"in Essex, forty miles east of London, by2i issued tonight. "T"1'-'. Considerable damage to property; was caused-at Soutlv-End by - the- "::,- forty bombs dropped upon the town - Two men f were injured at Rochford ' - 5 - but four bombs dropped on Margate,;- ; in Kent, did litle damage, TheJatesi-sl - statement! follows; - . tJ" "Enemy; raiders caused considerable 21, damage a South End where they drop- f ped about; forty bombs. - The casua-TV" ities thus far reported are: , - '. -. "Killed eight men, nine women, sixf. children. About fifty people were v injured. YES! LIEt.AXoSN'1: A.-' J; ( OFF WITHOUT PAINI Cincinnati Authority, Tells How To;-:; v !- l " . J(.ll . Jx "-- LH-y up a VOrnor aiius so, ii mws Off With Fingers. You corn pestered men and women jf- need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes. . thatnearly - killed you before, says this Cmdhnati r authority because!. a; few drops : of f reezone applied direct..;. ly on a tender, aching corn or callus,- - Estops soreness at jonce. land soon "the corn -or hardened callus loosens so 4 itr . canjbe ljfted. out root and all, with out paini A small bottle oLf reezone cost very little, at any "drug sore, but will posi- f . tively' take off- every hard "or sof. xom or .callus 9 ; .This (should be tried , jt-Js Jneensiye and iiptatft - 1 iyo'uiragist v ' tell; himl to get a small botle for-yotx f romrlus.i wfioiesali-dirug house, tlt K2 Lfine ;stuff rand "acts likej. a chann eVery tiiney "." r.5- H,IvMna?Hrs;r0 child , Cdaysl -