NUMBERS TO BE DRAWN TODAY.
The Great Drama of Determining
Who Shall Be the Eirst Men of the
Ten Million Registrants To Be
Catted Into Service To Take Place
Today In Washington City. Num
bers To Be Placed In Capsules and
Drawn Out by Blindfolded Man.
This morning's Raleigh News and
Observer carries the interesting news
in an Associated Press dispatch from
Washington that the drawing of the
numbers of the men who shall be
called into the military service of the
country will take place today in the
Nation's capital city.
The following extracts from the
account published make interesting
reading:
"Instead of a process requiring not
more than an hour and involving one
set of numbers from one to 1,000 and
another from 0 to 10 it will be neces
sary to draw one at a time at least
10,263 numbers. Probably, to make
certain that every regiment in the
largest district is placed, 10,500
drawings will be made. It will re
quire at least 10 and a half hours and
officials in charge believe it will take
twelve. The process will begin at
9:30 a. m." ******
"The stage setting for the great
lottery has not been changed. It will
take place in the public hearing room
of the Senate office building. The
invited guests who will sit witlv Sec
retary Baker of the War Department
and watch the proceedings will be
members of the Senate and House
Military Committees. The only other
persons present according to latest
plans will -be a limited numbej of
newspaper correspondents, photogra
phers to take both still views and
motion pictures of the historic event
and the officials of General Crowder's
office who will conduct the drawing.
"In the drawing itself, there will be
nine actors. The principal will be
a blindfolded man who constantly
stirs the 10,500 black capsules in the
great glass bowl in which they have
been placed, another blindfolded man
who draws the capsules from the
bowl, one at a time, and two announc
ers, one standing at each side of the
bowl, and to whom the capsules will
be handed in turn as they are drawn.
"The announcers will break the
capsules as they receive them, ex
tract the tiny slip of paper on which
a number will be stamped and call
the number to three tally clerks. The
slip will then be handed to an official
in front of the bowl who will verify
the announcers' report and on his
verification, another man, stationed
at a great blackboard, will write the
number in its order on the board."
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"The numbers will be publicly an
nounced for telegraphing to the
newspapers over the country as fast
as they are drawn. General Crowder
at first considered a plan under
which they would have been held in
confidencc for publication everywhere
Saturday morning, but that sugges
tion was abandoned late tonight.
"The official record of the drawing
which will be furnished to the local
exemption boards and in accordance
with which they will call out the men
to fill each district quota, will be
made up into books of eleven pages,
each page being a photographic
facsimile of the blackboards. The ex
emption boards will take no action to
ward summoning their men until
these books reach them through the
mails."
W. S. Moore, of a Chicago firm
dealing in poultry, said Tuesday that
there are 30,000,000 pounds of poul
try in storage in Chicago. A huge
stock, he said, was accumulated to
take care of orders for the British
government. The latter, he said, was
unable to obtain refrigerating ships
and turned back most of the order.
REMODEL SMITH FIELD HOTEL.
Mr. W. Hansom Sanders Has Pur
chased the Majority of the Stock of
the Company Owning Hotel and
Will Soon Ma\e Extensive Im
provements. Will Be Hun on Euro
pean Plan. Rooms To Be Fitted Up
With Private Baths.
The stock of the Smithfield Im
provement Company which owns the
Smithfield Hotel has been purchased
this week by Mr. W. Ransom San
ders, one of the town's leading young
business men. Mr. Sanders who en
tered the active business life of the
town two or three years ago is fast
becoming one of Smithfield's most
progressive young business men.
Mr. Sanders has invited an archi
tect to visit him at once and submit
plans for the remodeling of the ho
tel. making many changes which will
add much to the comfort and home
likeness of the building. It is his plan
to have thirty guest jooms in the
hotel. Fifteen of these will have pri
vate baths and will be fitted up
in modern style in every particular.
The dining-room will be on the ground
floor. As soon as the work of re
modeling is completed the hotel will
be opened to the public on the Euro
pean plan. There will also be served
a special greakfast, special dinner
and special supper at a fixed price.
Wliile Mr. Sanders will be conser
vative in his plans no pains nor ex
pense will be spared in making the
Smithfield Hotel the equal in all of its
appointments of any hotel to be
found anywhere in this section. It
will not be so large as some others
but when it comes to- all the things
which make a hotel desirable and ap
pealing to the traveling public, Mr.
Sanders' new hostelry will be the
equal of any.
With all of its progressivencss and
modern improvements Smithfield
should have a hotel which is the pride
of the town. Situated on the Wash
ington-Atlanta and the Central High
ways Smithfield is assuming an im
portance not known in the old days.
There are many travelers and auto
mobilists who pass this way every
week and the time has come when the
town needs a more up-to-date hotel.
Mr. Alford, the present proprietor,
has made a successful hotel man and
has given the house a reputation
which hro caused many a weary trav
eler glad that he found his way here.
But while all this is true, Mr. Alford
has been handicapped in not having
a house modern and up-to-date in its
appointments.
We arc glad to see young Mr.
Sanders taking hold of the business
life of the town with such a firm grip.
The time will come when it will be
patent to everybody that his belief in
the future of the town caused him to
take a wise step in many ways when
he decided to invest his money in this
valuable property.
The hotel property is on the corner
of two of Smithfield's leading streets
and the large lot in the rear may be
utilized for other buildings. As to this
Mr. Sanders has no definite plans as
yet. As soon as the architect can
make the plans for the hotel the
work of remodelling will go forward
and in a few more months will be
completed.
GREENVILLE PREPARED
TO WELCOME SOLDIERS
Greenville, S. C., July 17. ? Camp
Sevier, three miles from the city, is
a scene of activity at this time, pre
paring for the reception of 35,000
militiamen.
The people of the city are making
great preparations to look after the
social welfare of the men, the citizens
of the city planning to dine from 800
to 1,000 every Sunday in their homes.
Church committees of various kinds
have been appointed as hospital visit
ors.
Several city churches arc planning
to open ^reading rooms for the men
when they visit the city, and at the
local Y. M. C. A. all available space
is being converted into shower baths
so tha beys can cool off whenever
they may wish. ? Charlotte Observer.
Secretary McAdoo has called the
committee of insurance men for
framing a government insurance plan
for soldiers and sailors to meet with
officials of the departments concerned
next Monday in the hope that a final
decision may be made as to the one
form the insurance is to take.
TRA^Ni KILLS THREE IN WAKE.
Auto In Which H. K. Harris, Ernest
Elam and Miss Alice Harris Were
Killing Struck by Train at Method
and All Three Are Head. Accident
Similar to One In Which Three Lost
Their Lives at Smithfield Tuesday
Morning.
E. B. Elam and H. K. Harris, of
Raleigh, and Miss Alice Harris, of
Forestville, met an awful death at
Method in Wake County, Wednesday
afternoon when a Seaboard train run
ning at fifty miles an hour struck
the car which Elam was driving. The
remains were strewn along the track
for a distance of several yards. In the
car were Miss Elizabeth Harris, of
Raleigh and Miss Lena Luther, of
Fayetteville. Both young ladies were
very badly hurt.
When the automobile party ap
proached the crossing at Method they
heard the whistle of the southbound
train and rolled upon the northbound
track to await the passing of the
train. About the same time and before
the southbound train arrived a north
bound train, not heard by the party,
came by at fifty miles an hour, and
struck the auto in the middle with the
results noted above. It is said that a
box car on the siding intercepted th<
vision of the engineer and also that of
the occupants of the car. It was rain
ing and the car had up the wind
shield and the side curtains. Thi;
perhaps kept the occupants from
hearing the approaching train.
The accident is very similar to th?
one in which three people lost their
lives in Smithfield Tuesday morning.
At Smithfield the occupants of th<
car saw the train and doubtless mad*
desperate efforts to get out of the
way, but the car went dead on them
At Method no one in the car saw th<
train or heard it. They rolled up on
the track to wait for the south bourn!
train to pass and hardly knew wha
struck them.
H. K. Harris, one of the victim ,
was formerly a Seaboard engineer,
and recently gave up his work and ac
cepted a position with the R. G. Las
siter construction company. He was in
Smithfield only a few days ago run
ning the packing machine which pack
ed down the streets before the cement
mixture was put on them. One of the
injured young ladies was his sister
and the young lady who was killed
was his cousin. Mr. Harris' father
was buried Tuesday. Mr. Elam, the
unfortunate man who was driving
his car, was a former engineer and
went to Raleigh from Norfolk about
four years ago. The Miss Luther, who
was so badly hurt, was a trained
nurse of Fayetteville, who had been
nursing Mr. H. K. Harris' father.
Engineer Walter Horton was run
ning the engine of the train which
struck the auto. He is quoted in the
News and Observer as saying that his
view was cut off by a box car on the
siding i.nd a slight curve in the track.
"I did not see the automobile," said
Mr. Horton, "until a few seconds be
fore it was struck. I at first thought
the machine was deserted, and it was
not until I had stopped the train
about 150 yards from the crossing
that I knew that some people were
in it. The auto was standing in the
middle of the track. I was running
fifty miles an hour."
Miss Luther Dead Also.
Miss Lena Luther who was so badly
hurt died early Thursday morning
and the remains shipped to Fayette
ville for interment. Miss Elizabeth
Harris, the only surviving occupant
of the auto which was struck, was
resting quietly in the hospital yester
day unconscious of the death of her
four companions.
A Big Day at Selma.
Next Monday and Tuesday are Sel
ma's big days. The Selma Melon, To
mato and Better Baby Fair has
grown in size and importance until it
requires two days. Monday will be
"Home-Keepers' Day." Tuesday is
"Wyatt Day." O nthis day Hon.
James H. Pou will speak on "The
Duty of The Hour." It will be a
great address and should be heard by
everybody.
At Neill's Tabernacle.
Rev. Alden S. Anderson will preach
at Neill's Tabernacle near Yelving
ton's Grove, Sunday night, July 22,
at 8:15 o'clock. The public is given a
cordial invitation to attend.
AT THE CAPITAL OF BANNER. 1
.Mr. Edgar Johnson Weds Mis? Bertie I
Mae Harbour. Itumor That Banner
Township In to Have Community
Fair Is Creating Much Interest.
Revival To Begin at Baptist Church
Sunday, July 22, and Pastor Is to
Be Assisted by l>r. J .Q. Adams,
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Benson, N. C., July 19. ? Mr. Jesse
Holmes continues very sick at his i
home here, having been confined to 1
his home for the past three weeks. J
Mr. and Mrs. Brosia Porter have 1
moved to Petersburg, Va., where Mr. t
Porter has accepted a position. <
Mr. W. H. Ivey, of Rocky Mount, i
was here recently for ? few days at
the home of his brother, Mr. S. F. i
Ivey. ]
Mr. J. W. Whittenton left the first i
of the week for Wrightsville Beach i
where he is spending the week at the
Jewelers' Association.
Mr. J. M. Langdon, a prominent '
farmer of Pleasant Grove township,
was here the first of the week on bus- 1
iness.
A baby girl was born Saturday '
morning to Mr. and Mrs. Bius Hud
son. "
Mr. Joe Allen, who has been in
Colon, Panama, in the United States
Army for the past several months,
has been commissioned as an officer
in the army.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Woodall and
children and Mrs. O. A. Barbour and
baby, O. A. Barbour, Jr., spent Sun
day with relatives near Clayton.
Mrs. Callie Royal arrived here the
first of the week from her home in
Emporia, Va., and will spend several
weeks before returning.
Mrs. Alonzo Parrish and Alonzo
Parrish, Jr., went down to Fayetteville
the first of the week on a short visit.
Miss Daisey Bryant went up to her
home in Wilson Saturday and spent
Sunday with relatives, returning Mon
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Faircloth and
Miss Vallie Hill went to Jonesboro
where they spent Su/iday with rela
tives.
Mr. Ralph Canaday, of Smithfield,
has been here this week visiting his
brother, Claude Canaday.
f Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Darden, of
Clinton, visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. M. T. Britt Sunday. Mr.
Darden returned home and Mrs. Dar
den is spending the week.
Mr. W. C. Grant, of Four Oaks,
was here Sunday for a short while at
the home of relatives.
Miss Leola Smith, of Louisburg, is
home for a few days with relatives.
Messrs. E. R. Canaday, Ed. Hill
and Paul Stephenson went up to Ral
eigh Sunday and visited friends.
Mr. Dalton Lee, of Four Oaks, was
here Tuesday on business matters.
Mr. Ernest Johnson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Johnson, has accepted a
position in Petersburg, Va.
Mr. S. F. Ivey went up to Angier
Tuesday afternoon on a short busi
ness trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Smith and
Misses Leola Smith and Mary Jack
son left Tuesday for Wrightsville
Beach where they are spending the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Barbour went
up to Selma yesterday, returning last
night.
Mrs. S. W. McLamb went to Golds
boro Wednesday on a visit to her
daughter, Mrs. B. A. Grant.
Mayor Ezra Parker was a visitor to
Raleigh Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. J. A. Wellons, of Smithfield,
was in the city Tuesday afternoon on
business matters.
Mrs. Taylor, of Wilmington, is here
for a visit to relatives for several
days.
Miss Mary Lee went up to Raleigh
the first of the week and is spending
a few days there with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Randal Turlington
and children, of Wilson, are here at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Tur
lington for a short visit.
Mr. J. M. Britt went up to Wilson
Sunday and spent the day with his
daughter, Miss Pauline Britt, who is
sick in the Sanatorium there. Her
condition is some better now.
Mr. Adgic Godwin, of Harnett
County, was a visitor to our city yes
terday on business. 1
Mrs. Scott Thomas, w^io has been
here visiting her husband for some
time, left the first of the week for
her home at Sanford.
Sheriff W. F. Grimes, of Smithfield,
was here Wednesday on business mat
ters.
A revival will begin at the Bap
NJESDAY WOKLI) WAR EVENTS. M
French and Germans Both Win Vic- (
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lories. Russians Forced to Yield
Kalusz. Slavs Evacuate Town, But
Retain Crossing of Lomnica River.
Heavy Artillery Fighting Continues
on Northern End of Eastern Bat
tle Front.
There has been no relaxation in the
ntensity of the fighting between the (
French and the Germans on various ?
lectors of the southern line in France (
'rom the region of Soissons eastward <
hrough the Champagne and into the (
listrict northeast of Verdun, center- (
ng about the famous Hill 304. ,
Victories are recorded for both (
iides ? for the Germans along the (
Laon Soissons road in the penetration
and destruction of French trenches, (
and in Champagne, north of Mont (
Telton, where the forces of the crown
prince previously had been repulsed
with heavy casualties, and for the
French in the Verdun sector, where
Gen. Petain's forces took enemy lines
on a front of a mile and a half to a
depth of about two-thirds of a mile.
The success of the Germans north
of Mont Telton was obtained through
persistent counterattacks on positions
they had lost last Saturday in which
their losses had been extremely heavy.
While the German war office asserts
that all the old German positions
were rccaptured, the Paris official
statement declares that the troops of
the crown prince only regained a
footing at certain points in the
French elements.
Artillery duels and small operations
carried out by raiding parties continue
to feature the situation on the line
where the British are facing the Ger
mans. Intense air fighting is still in
progress in this region, in the latest
of which six German machines were
driven down by British airmen, whose
machines all returned from their fo
rays.
The Russians in Eastern Galicia
have been forced for strategic rea
sons to evacuate the town of Kalusz
and take up positions on the south
ern side of the Lomnica rjver. The
important crossing of the Lomnica
was made secure by the troops of
Gen. Brussiloff after they made their
retreat. Previous to the retirement
the Geramns had carried out persist
ent attacks on Kalusz, but the Rus
sians had repulsed all of them. Se
rious fighting has taken place in this
immediate region for the village of
Novica, the Austro-Germans captur
ing it but later being driven out on
the arrival of Russian reserves.
Heavy artillery fighting continues
along the northern front around Riga,
Dvinsk and Smorgon, but the extent
of the operations has not yet been re
vealed.
In Roumania, along the Danube,
Russian scouts captured the village
of Dunaevec and most of its defend
ers but later abandoned the position.
In none of the other theatres has
been a battle of any importance. ?
Associated Press Summary in Wed
nesday's dailies.
To Preach at Progressive.
Rev. Alden S. Anderson will hold
his regular service at Progressive
school house in Boon Hill township
next Sunday afternoon, July 22, at
four o'clock.
A series of revival meeting will be
gin Monday night. The hour for the
night services will be announced at
the Sunday afternoon service.
tist Church here Sunday to be con
ducted by the pastor, Rev. G. W. Rol
lins, assisted by Dr. J. Q. Adams, of
Charlotte, N. C.
It is understood that Banner town
skip will have a Fair this fall. Much
interest is being taken in it here
r.nd it bids fair to be in keeping with
the other county Fairs of the State.
Mr.^ Edgar Johnson was married
last night to Miss Bertie Mae Bar
bour at the home of Rev. G. W. Rol
lins. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. J. T. Stanford and Rev. G.
W. Rollins. Miss Barbour is a daugh
ter of Mrs. Julia Barbour, of Benson,
and the groom is a son of Mi. and
Mrs. J. A. Johnson also of Benson.
Th?? couple left on the Jitney imme
diately after the marriage and will
spend several days honeymoon be
fore reaching their home at Oxford
where Mr. Johnson is engaged in the
jewelry business. Both the young par
ties were popular here and have many
friends who wish them happiness in
their wedded life.
WEDNESDAY IN WORLD WAR.
?ermans Unable to Overcome French
Gains in Verdun Sector. British and
Germans Still in Violent Artillery
Duels in Northern Belgium. Rus
sians Stubbornly Resisting Austro
German Armies. Disorders In Pe
trograd Tuesday.
After having tried ineffectually to
svercome the French gains in the
Verdun sector, between the eastern
edge of the Avocoivt wood and hill
304, the Germans have ceased their
costly enterprise and are now con
tenting themselves with throwing
shells into the positions which Gen
eral Petain's men forced them to
evacuate. Likewise, along the Che
min-Des-Dames the violent infantry
activity of the early week has ceased,
and artillery duels instead are taking
place.
The British r.nd the Germans con
tinue their violent artillery duels in
northern Belgium, and Field Marshal
Haig's forces are keeping up their
harassing patrol raids on numerous
sectors of the front. One of the most
successful of these enterprises was
carried out east of Monchy-Le-Preux,
in the Arras sector, in which the Brit
ish gained ground and .took prisoners.
On the Russian front, General
Korniloff's army in East Galicia is
stubbornly holding back the reinforc
ed Austro-German armies, which at
various points are endeavoring to
wrest from them the positions recCr.t^
ly won in the Halicz and Kalusz sec
tors. In the latter region near the vil
lage of Novica the enemy won a van
tage point from the Russians, but im
mediately afterwards in a counter-at
tack lost it again. The Germans are
violently bombarding the Russians
south of Brzezany and near Halicz.
Late reports from Petrograd are
to the effect that the disorders have
been quelled. In Tuesday's fighting
in the streets of Petrograd, six per
sons were killed and 238 wounded.
The weekly British admiralty state
ment shows that last week 14 British
ships, of more than 1,600 tons, four
of under 1,600 tons and eight fishing
vessels, were sunk by submarines or
mines ? n slight increase in tonnage
over the previous week. ? Associated
Presjg Summary.
An Appreciative Subscriber.
Mr. R. H. Stephenson, Willow
Springs, R. No. 1, in renewing his
subscription writes a*s follows: "The
Herald is a wclcome visitor in my
home twice a week and my family
would be greatly disappointed if it
was to fail to come. It's the best
paper in the whole county."
GENERAL NEWS.
The house held a six-minute session
Wednesday, adjourning until Satur
day without transacting any busi
ness.
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Over 20 men applied for the second
officers' training camp, which will be
gin at Fort Oglethorpe on August
27, from Rocky Mount and vicinity.
Ten young men went from Rocky
Mount to the camp now in training.
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Fourteen British ships of over
1,600 tons were sunk by submarine
or mine in the last week, according to
the official report issued in Londop
Wednesday night. Four British ves
sels under 1,600 tons were sunk, and
eight fishing vessels.
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Twenty or more persons were in
jured, some seriously, late Wednesday
when two coaches of a train on the
Louisiana and Northwestern left the
track near Mulinix Crossing six miles
south of Homer, and rolled down a
10-foot embankment.
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Five per cent loans to farmers have
been apportioned by the federal board
at the rate of $800,000 per day. The
following amounts have been appor
tioned to the farmers in the southern
States during July: North Carolina,
$307,405; South Carolina, $564,690;
Virginia, $606,060.
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Complaint has been filed with the
clerk of court of Davidson wherein
J. C. Smith, well known local mer
chant, seeks to recover $40,000 dam
ages from the board of commission
ers of the town of Lexington for the
death of his son, Julius, who was
I killed here by an electric current a
[few weeks ago.