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ml. EAUTff SLOGAN: "EVERY ONE FOE EACH OTHER AND ALL TOGETHER FOR SCOTLAND NECK. t VOLUME XXXV. AFTERNOON DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1917. TELEGRAPH SERVICE NUMBER 61 Hfftesim no 2AIA " i i F r IniMAM-IfflTI TMilG PLAC TEN THOUSAND AND FIVE-HUNDRED CAPSULES IN GLASS BOWL COVERED EVERY ONE OF THE NINE MIL LION REGISTRANTS. SEC. BAKER DRAWS (BY UNITED PRESS) Washington, July 20 The first fifteen hundred men drawn, offi cials say, ought to indicate a good proportion of the order in which i the drafted men will be called for the first examination: The numbers drawn have been riven up to one o'clock, and ex cept for the nearby towns the numbers only will be given of those drawn up to time of going to press. We shall however, endeavor to publish the names and numbers in our Tuesday issue, or failing this give as concise information of the drawing as possible. ' ' of War Baker, drew the - first . ' , , ? in the great " human lottery" in .. . . .... e A . wiiicii over nine iimnou. ui .mcix- , . ,i i cas flower of youth is being x. A , , drawn for the great world con- , . , , test, or wnicn nearly one minion of whom will be required to give up home, friends, everything and travel the seas in order to fight 'for the birthright of Americans the democracy of mankind.. Never before has the entire country been shaken as today when father stands shattered with the knowledge that his son, per- haps his only boy, will be taken ! from him regardless of all that lie can do. Mothers too, gaze with blank eye into the future, feeling that tne very rlesh ot her tiesh and bone of her bone is facing the ' dread field of battle, where savage beast, in human form, tear one an- j other apart in sheer vicious exalt- ation. Sisters, lovers, friends, all face, with whatever resolution ' they can, this fearful of all days, when the whol ecountry is power less. Is it any wonder therefore that this dav will stand out in mourn ing as the Black Friday of the age. The first number 'drawn .was 258, representing, for this district, 8. C. Flood, of Halifax. The second was 2522, held by "Weldon R. Shearin, of Enfield; 4". Willie Clanton, of Littleton; 3403, John Willie Airlie. Powell, of ; j Neck boy The first Scotland drawn was Hallie Johnson, with ao. 1095, then Mose Cooper, with No. 2389; George Lawrence, with 1117; George Thompson, with 1185. Lee Kelley, with 107, An derson Day, with 616. The other numbers as drawn are 854, Hy Whitaker, 784, Hughes, T. II., .755; - Dunn, Nor wood; 783, Columbus Howard; 837, Noah Roscoe, all of Halifax. Scotland Neck, 924, L. N. How ard; 1066, Richard Dickens; 1014, TODAY FIRST NUMBER 258 Jim Williams; 1178, Hosea Step- toe; 2374, Lucas Alston. 10, Bradley, Mack; 1031, Ar- rill or ton A Tl Q')"7 TT-irm a vi WTtyi A. 117, Mitchell, Milan; 2330, An derson, Arrington; 75, Clark, Si mon ; 972, Perry, J. W. ; 983, Rid- dick, J. C. ; 996, Smith, J. D. ; 514, Alexander, Seaton, H. ; 2438, Smith, Walter E. ; 1148, Smith, Ben; 2397, Dickens, Matthew; 2314, Jonnson, Stephen, 927, Hy man, W. A. ; 982, Rambo, J. R. ; 905, Draper, Lafayette ; 933, Josey,' J. H: ;"2331, Bradley, James ; 1114, Lawrence, C. Jr.; 31, Lawrence, ettft. E hsha 2360 Mnnrp Wash- 7 i 1146, Shields, Walter; ' 'Jones, Hy; 1020, Anthony, 1103; Ar- . . . thur; 46, Washington, Geo. ; 1099, TT oV -nn -x i .Johnson, J. D. ; 2441, Whitaker, TT , Henderson. Hobgood, 604, Umphlet, J. S.; 43, Smith, Bel a. Hobgood, 126, Powell, Dock. 140 Smith, Columbus; 18, Finch, L. N. Palmyra, 600, Hyman, Ernest. 652, Thompson, Luke. 601, Johnson, Percy; 606, Bak- r qgq Palmyra, 596, Burnett, E. Law rence. Enfield names, are 3251, Wright Wede; 3200, Ernest Peterson : 3082, Ralph Daniel ; 2936, Myers ; l. E. ; 3070, Cofield, George ; 3067, Carr Moses. Enfield, 3256, Warren, Lewis; 2967, Roles, L. H. ; 330, Williams, Solomon ; 3254, Wade, Sam. 2993, Todd, Elisha, T. ; 3149, Lane, Lewis ; 3090, Davis, Simond ; 2952, Alston, J. H. Jr. 3285, Wilk ins, Johnnie ; 3053, BoWe, W. H. ; 2962, Pridgen, J. WT.; 286, Crouch, H. W. ; Baltimore, Md., 1045, Buljock, Wm.r 3024, Arrington, Jim ; 1395, An derson, S., 182, Freuler, R. A.; 3232, Sloan, Alza ; 3208, Pittman, Paul. Halifax, 200, Keeter, Claude; 692, Joyner, E. G. ; 810, McDanieL Willie ; 309, Perkins, Robert, 797, Jones, Milo; 739, Cheek, Jimmie. Littleton, 486, Hicks, Curtis; 507, Jackson, Geo.; 3317, Carter, W. E.; 420, Alston, Ivey ; 433, Boyd, Tilghman. 2725,' Nicholson, Geor.; 432, Boyd, Robert. Littleton, 509, Jeffries, Charlie ; 564, Robertson, Ben; 536, Mills, Isham; 3331, Marks, Clements. 464, Drungoole, James Weldon 1455, Faison, Jesse ; 1572, Sledge, Algie; 1267, Gore. DETECTIVE SEEK GERMEN AGENTS tBY UNITFD PRESS) Norfolk, Va., July 20. Govern ment detectives are looking: for two alleged German agent's who attempted to burn bridges near Jamestown site where the. big naval base is being built. A strong guard has been placed: at the bridge now. 1 j : C. F. ; 1495, Ivey, Robert; 1237, Chance, J.; 1546, Ponton,' J.; 1563, Saunders, Squire ; 1369, Timber-, lake, Jno. E. Weldon, 1548, Ponton, Yank; 1264, Garner, C. S. ; 1539, Kirkins, Willie; 1324, Moseley, C. L. 1331, Parker, Elwood ; 1 282, Hawks, Sterling, M. ; 1323, Moore, ' Robert A. ; 1536, Nelson, Chas., 1236, Chance, Ernest; 1484, Mill Dan. j 1322, Moore, Philip ; 1615, Wilk- ins, John. Roanoke Rapids, 1763, Lafaday, i Arthur ; 1682, Elmore, R. W. C. I the ground, he will be hampered 1705, Gore,, Austin, F. ; 1C85, ' throughout his career. Faison, M. E. ; 1847, Spivey, L. M. : J The U. S. government in f orm 1779, McAlester, G. W. ; 1751- ing a series of great schools for Johnson, P. C. j the tactical instruction of young " Roanoke Rapids, 1813, Nor- men seeking to become officers is woodt J. V.; 1858, Taylor JW- 1752, Jones, Daniel ; 1748, Jerne gan, H. S. ; 1679; Dula, R. P.; this matter at the beginning can 1732, Hudson, J. M. not possibly be remedied by any 1771, Lipscombe, C. T. ; 1651, ' subsequent measures. Burnette, F. M. Tillery, 3499, House, Henry ; 1986, Bass, W. C. ; 3471, Edmonds, know exactly what he ought to Nathan. do in any situation in which he r might find himself. " 1922, Gatling, Clem; 1723, llig-1 In the training of the men it son, Wlilie; 2247, Brown Gas; is impossible to exaggerate the 2011, Bush, T. G. ' importance of good shooting. Rosemary, 2181, Story, Allen H. Prince Hohenlohe, a great Prus Rosemary, 1878, Warren,' R. A. ; sian artillery commander of the 2022, Cox, E. WT. ; 2195, Thomas, W. K. ; 2166, Self, G. V. ; 1913, Branch, Nathan; 2148, Perry, J. H. ; 2099, Lane, E. V. Airlie, 3383, Harris, 3382, Harris, Pete. Sidney Brinkleyville, 2036, dishing, W E Dillon, S. C, 513, Johnson, Will. . o,, , ' Essex, Richardson, Stephen, ,r ' 2620, Mark, Evans. 9749 Riebn-lson Coee 2756, Richardson, Jas. ; 2808, West Solomon. , Aurelian Springs, Hicks, David. Hollister, 2501, Long, L. D. Hollister, 2494, Joyner, Arthur. Ringold, 2787, Silver, Wm. Ringwood, 2548, Allen, Ulus. n-on 1 ')-J)fl rViQ" lOO, oiivtri, Ernest. Heathville, 329, Wilkfos, Henry, tt 4.1 -li oiko -do. n Tt Heathville, 2453, Bozeman, C. t. t i tt "ii o m t-no o: HOCK Jtilll, o. v.., uuo, oiiuiuuii., T-v-, ' TJ Willi. Thelma, 437, Brown, Jack; 514, Johnson, Chas. H. These are the numbers up to four o'clock and for the palance as they come in the telegrams will be put on the board outside The Commonwealth office. SOME THINGS U. S. TO CONSIDER London, July 20. The officer should be the teacher and the lead- er his men- Therefore the rule should be rigidly enforced that for an officer the indispensable qualification is a strong character and a liberal education. He must be a Person whom the men will respect, for the private soldier guages instinctively the spiritual quality of those who are set over him. The military education of tin officer must aim at making him a tactician. All the rest is of slight importance. The routine of the army, its methods of administra tion, the necessary rudiments of military law are picked up by the officer insensibly in he course of his military life. But unless he starts with clear and sound ideas of the essential points of tactis, of the art of fighting, of making the best of his men!s weapon- jtherebylayjng th& best foundatk)n - for its future army. Neglecto?' Napoleon said, "The ideal army would be that in which every of- ficer, according to his rank, should last generation, was asked what are the three great functions of artillery and replied : "The first is to hit, the second is !to hit, and the third is to hit.'" In spite of the immense devel ; opment of the power of the gun : which has marked the 20thcen tury," in spite of the return to hand grenades, bombs and trench mor- tars, the most deadly weapon is ahyays bullet the weapon of the infantrv Soldier. " i For one man who falls to the j , u I bayonet, for ten men who fall to i lilt. JSIlL'll, 111111LI1 XC111 tJ L11C wi4i- let. But the bullet does not hit because the man pulls the trig- ger. It hits because he knows how to, take aim. This is the hard, ! material fact, but there is a more ! potent spiritual fact. During the ten years in which I was the train er of a company of infantry I dis covered, as others had done be fore me, the relation between the ' buUet te soldiers soul. It is not an easy thing for a man lying down with a rifle in his nana 10 nit me ngure uj. a man i t , head 600 yards away. It requires a trrpat deal of learning and a e - great deal ot practice -r em .1 it tne - i young recruit is not . carefully taught he receives the impression . that it is impossible tor mm to nit the mark and that when he does it is pure accident. Take a man ; in thai frame of mind into the ; front of battle, where the enemy bullets are whistling in his ears (Contmuea on isac t age. , DIP MILill CHSTAG MS 1ERS MSPLEASOE FACTS WRITTEN BY THE FOREMOST MILITARY PROFES SOR SPENCER WILKINSON OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY. SCHEUERMANN 0PP0SSES CHANCELLOR o GERMAN ASSAULT . FURIOUSLY (By UNITED PRESS) Paris, July '20. Germany as sault on the French lines at Chem in des Dames reached unprecedent ed ferocity today. Hand to hand fighting -inter-sperced with cannonading was of extreme violence stated the French official report. News From The (By Maxwell Gorman.) Kaleiarh. Julv More "was talk" and more interest in the subject than at any time since North Carolina folks took up the subject actively, following the President's decisive action, is cur rent here this week. This is large ly due to the appointment of the officers of the new North Carolina field artillery regiments now being formed, the various companies be ing recruited in a number of towns and counties of the state. The appointment of Captain Albert L. Cox, who commanded the Raleigh company in the Third North Carolina regiment on the Mexican border last year, to be Colonel of the field artillery regi ment, is the most popular one yet made, is a fitting recognition of a splendid piece of military mate rial, and Col. Cox's individual po pularity and reputation will large ly contribute to the acquisition of a fine body of volunteers in suffi cient numbers to make up the re giment's full quota within the short time allowed. Appointed judge seven months ago (after all prospects of a fight with Mexico disappeared), he ad ded fresh laurels to his ability and learning in the law and he liked the "bench." But when this countrv besran to take active steps to participate in the war j against "the common foe" of lib-1 erty and advanced civilization, the "war-horse" blood of his distin guished father, General William Ruffin Cox, one of the most gal lant of Lee's officers, made him willing and gladly accept the transfer to military life again and he will be heard from with credit to himself and state and country on the battlefield of Eu rope if given the chance to achieve honors by courageous military ability and effort. Another fine appointment is that -otater-fcapiiol (By UNITED 'RESS) Copenhagen, July 20. The Ger man Reichstag yesterday evening passed the peace resolution fos tered by a coalition of center lib eral and socialist parties, accord ing to dispatches received here. The vote was 124 to 116. The resolution declared that Germany did not desire peace with annexations. Amsterdam, July 20. "Our aims are, first that the territory of the fatherland is inviolable. "We cannot parley with an ene my demanding parts of the em pire. "If we make peace we must be assured our front iters are secure for all time,'' said Michaelis. t ' Aus&yl3 lTirw.-.T uly. ,20. Phil ip Scheidermann, German socialist majority leader voiced the open dissatisfaction at Michaelis speech sayr dispatches from Berlin. Scheidermann opposed the Ger man submarine policy declaring it was doing more harm than good. Amsterdam, July 20. "Ger many.will not make another peace offer. "The peace she is only ready to conclude is that of a victory, and it is the allies who hereafter must make the overtures to end the war," said Chancello'r Michaelis in his maiden speech yesterday de livered before the Reichstag. Huns Desperate On French Front (By UNITED PRESS) London, July 20. Germany is desperately trying to wear out France's military strength before the American troops reach the battle line. This explanation was given at the war office for the unremitting ' Hindenburg offensive on Cham- pagne and the Aisne fronts. MARKET REPORT. (By Courtesy of Cobb Bros. Co., Nor folk, Va.; Cotton. Open July 2G.4.J Oct. 24.70 Doc. 24.50 Low. 26..'',5 21.50 24.:;: Close 26.40 24.9'J 24. SO 26.50 2o..50 25.15 Local market 2'.'-. Corn : Oats: Pork: Lard: Sept. close Dec. clor-e Sept. close $1.5:;H 1.17 .59 .60 Dec. close Sept. close .H&.70 Sept close 20.50 of Arthur L. Fletcher, to be cap tain of the artillery regiment sup ply company. Indeed all the new artillery officers just appointed are admirally fitted for their re spective positions.
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