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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1917 fATiTi Form"1"- Um iiniVlEW: RIDSTi Ti L JC. N. 0. Its Reidsville Review TUE80AY AND FRIDAY tan THE REVIEW COMPANY (Incorporated.) PANTON OLIVER President St J.OLIVER .'. ....8ec. ami Tresa miu. M. OLIVER '.. .. V- President li.50 PER YEAR iBatered at tho poiOfflce t) Jteidt- n Ci.. nit second cloze r ' ') mat- i 1 AMR RICA FIRST JTOv Csuntry Tie of Thee, 8wet Lane' of Liberty." The vounir men who go to war should rfgMer. If they wish to "vote la the election next year. We now tinvB a law by which they can vote ty mail if they are duly registered This matter should be attends to. All who desire to register must go jpfore the chairman of the County JJoard of Elections, who will give them that privilege. Congressional leaders have been in formed by .Secretary McAdoo that it will be neecessary for them to author Jxe nt this and the winter fteaslon of -Congress' an additional $9,000,000,000 for war expenditures to June 30, 1918, including four loans to the allies. Five IrflUona in bond already have been authorized, and a $2,000,000,000 war -tax Is pending now In the Senate. It costs to war. o '.' Farmers who realize the situation are getting ready to plant this fall very acre of tillable land in wheat,! Tye, oats, crimson clover, vetch or even a second crop of Irish potatoes. They are stimulated to this by the -Attractive prices of every kind of food .and feed Bluffs and they know that all -fbfme will continue to bring as high t even higher prices as long as the war emergency continues. The slo gan now Is, "No Vacant Land." The Pope's peace proposals receiv--d a cold reception In London, but there Is every Indication that they -were entirely acceptable to Berlin and Vienna. Metropolitan newspapers car- jry interviews with many statesmen who, with few exceptions, take the po sition that no peace will be possible ejotn PTUSflianlsm is demolished. Home (believe that the present proposals may Jead to further peace movements that will .have eorae prospect of success. i . o- .- Another poor mortal is in trouble tat uttering seditious statements and JDagrant violation of the espionage act if Congress . This time it is a minis Car of the gospel Rev. 11. F. Wolf, f Franklin county. He will be given bearing' today in Raleigh before a United States commissioner on the charge of denouncing Federal officers from President down. The preacher also declared that "the meanest slack rs would be those who deserted their wives and children and went to Yanoe to be shot in the back." o . ' . " - '. preuinirary classification can be made subject to the primary necessity of orranizing a great body of infantry fur txnch duty i. O Business does not seem to be pros trated by the war, its shifting of ac tivities, its large bond sales and its prospective Imposition of heavy tax es. The amount of the authorized capital of concerns in the Eastern States, capitalized at $100,000 and over rormed in July, was $493,000,000, ac cording to thei New York Journal of Commerce. This amount has not been reached for several years. In July, 1916, the amount was 1320,000, 000, and in 1915 only $137,000,000. Business is goin on n this country, and will keep go'iiig in spite of the war. ' o Members of the County Exemption Heard are finishing the work of secur ing Rockingham's quota of 167 men examined a few days ago. The list of names will lm sent to the dis trict board today and it is expected tha list of 167 will be returned here oarlv next week. The local board recommended exemptions on depend ency only.the higher board passing on claims b,v occupation, etc The local board, as a rule, recommended exemp tions only for those men who have a wife and children entirely dependent on the husband. In case of wife and child where th wife is able to work' the board recommended that the hus band be accepted for service. There fore many surprises and disappoint ments are in store for quite a number We are inclined to the opinion that exemptions are going to be "few and far between." : -o THE NEWS IN BRIEF SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE Tha Marine Corps has been recruit: ed to full war strength 32,000 men and 1,075 officers. A. L. Westbrook, an overseer In a cotton mill at Smithfleld, charged with making threats against the President and advising men to refuse to appear before the exemption board, landed in Jail in default of $5,000 bond. A statement making It clear that the American Red Cross will not neg lect German wounded or prisoners and will welcome co-opsration from Amer icana of German origin is authorized by Chairman Davison of the Rod Cross War Council. The News says a Mt. Holly man is engaged in breeding bloodhounds; that he recently shipped dogs to Cal ifornia, Maine, Michigan and Georgia and receipts for the beasts are $1,000 a year, wmcn is evidence inai mere U something in a name. OT A7 1 0 Beautiful Building Lots on Allison Street To be sold at Auction SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 8 At 3 P. M. Rain or Shine On the Lots. While ' making a balloon ascension at Cherryvilie, uaston county, Mr. Bugbee of Greensboro was killed in stantly killed when the balloon fell on wire of the Southern Power Com- patty. Bugbee was unmarnea. wis mother . lives In Greensboro. The Atlantic Coast Line railroad has raised the age limit for employe of that company from 45 to 70 years until six months after the war. The company did not discharge men reach ing the age of 45 but heretofore did not take on employes over 45. iEWSPAPERS ASKED TO PUBLISH FACTS ABOUT THE DRAFT The lievlew is in receipt of the following letter from J. J. Mackay, Jr., director of military enrollment for North Cullna: With only slight casualties Cana dian trooos fighting South and U.ast of Loos have captured German po sitions on a front of two miles, in eluding Hill 70, a formidable defense work, according to the British offi "lhe loiai hoards in ever; uounty in. c)al communication just issued. Five The county has been having a crim inal term of court for the past few yearn and it came in the month of aUecember and generally conflicted writs Christmas Day bo wisdom pre vailed and our Legislators had the Court repealed. But It would be a very good plan to have a criminal ilernTof court sometime in the Fall. .Prisoners Incarcerated in County Jail jdcw will bo there until January 1918 9uore a trial may be had and while -courts ought not to conflict With Chrlutmas, yet an additional Fall term ml criminal court seem to be needed. ' . ' 1 o .' -; .Meneral Crowder takes the view of Site draft that it wa? passed for the in tlerest of the country and not of the individual. It will. -not' be so-easy to jcet exempted as it wa llnl thought y many. Gen. 'Crowder. iu recent umlinga has. taken the '.position that auarrled men will be exempted only -when it is to the Interest of the gov eminent that the should be excused Siam service. The man who desires exemption for industrial reasons, must JUtewIae how the necessity and prove I to the board that his business is ne- rfnry to the public Interest or to I w.ar department with the organtration : JW!ntt. - . - O Army ofilrers who will organize the national army divisions face the taaK t making the best possible use of the fi -si etlected for military duty bv the Zm a! beards. Tb:y win come fr-ni -aJ! waiks and ct nditons of ;:.e Among them will be highly trained In--Kicidnals. specialists, in particular fiv.it cfDeloiit i haatCa. h he 'war department's Intention to it the maximum advantage for the nation out of each man's special qual- .caUcni. To accomplish this de- nlpUve lists of all drafted men will -s made out when tbey reach the na ts cantonment. From there North Carolina have been requested to make available to their local press all Information relative to the draft: lists of persons exempted and persons rafted and all other matters touch ng the execution of the law. "By direction of the Governor I am riling .every newspaper in the State urging that they give all such facts --pace in their columns.. This infor mation is not only of vital news In terest to the citizens of the- State, but a patriotic service rendered to the Government as well as to the citizens of every community. "The publishing of the list of per sons exempted and the reasons for each exemption will cause to be dlj closed many false statements made by lackers in attempting to avoid doing their duty "For every man unjustly discharged or exempted from service, some of whose time ha not yet come, must offer his life to the country as a sol dier. Wide publicity of all facts per taining to exemptions and the work of the exemption boards will avoid this Injustice. "I again urge in the name of the Governor that space be given in ev ery newspaper in North Carolina to the facts pertaining to the draft." German ed. counter-attacks were repuh The bill increasing the Inter-State Commerce Commission iom seven to nine members has been signed by President Wilson". There was one vacancy on the commision ana tne President will have three a appoint ments to make In the near future Several cadidatea are under consid eration. The entire legal staff of the gov erament shipbuilding corporation has quit in a body, because of sympathy it Is said, with Major General Goeth- als, whose resignation as general man' ager of the corporation was accepted recently by President Wilson- The staff embraced a number of well known lawyers. But there are others. PEACE PROPTSAL BY .POPE SPRINGS SPECULATION Creation ot a labor adjustment cam- mission to have final Jurisprudence during the war over labor disputes In plants having contracts, with the gov ernment, has been determined upon by the council of national defence It Is proposed to give the commission full powers by awarding contracts only to those who will agree to abide by its findings and require pledges of their employes to do so. To the warring nations of the earth ha come another appeal for peace from Pope Benedict. The foundation stones of the plan of the pontiff for world tranquility are reduction of armaments and freedom of the seas, and that there shall be no retaliatory struggle after the war for world commercial supremacy. Specific uropoaals make to the belligerents un- offlcials reports ay, include the. restor ation of Belgium, Serbia and Rumania. The questions of Alsace Lorraine, Trent and Trieste and Poland, it is suggested should be adjusted peace fully. The Pope's plan also calls for the return to Germany of all her col onies. In July, 1915, Tope Benedict made his first appeal for peace. At that time the pontiff invited all friends of peace to join with him in his desire to bring hostilities to an end. Almost simultaneously with the last appeal of Pope Benedict, .China filtered the rank of the bellgerents by formally declaring war upon Germany and Au stria-Hungary. American troops marched thiougl, London Wednesday, 'i.iey wmxi re viewed by Ambassador Page and later by King George at B'i:Hngham I'al at e. in eat crowds line I the streets which . re decorated profusely with American and British flags. Enthu siasm was shown everywhere. The Americans were cheered by 'civilians,' by' soldiers on their way to the front and by wounded men. The troons were escorted by guard bands. FROST DESCRIBES THE HORRORS OF THE U-BOAT The Reld Place The Reid Place will be sold Satur day, September 1st at 11 o'clock in front of the Citizens Bank, Reidsville North Carolina", in plahe of August 2, as first announced. Please look this property over and be ready " to bid on it. It Is Just four and a halt miles Northwest of ReldjavlUe on ;the I5eidsvile-Leakp ville dirt road. This property has been fubdlvided and I will be glad to show blue print to any one interested. JOHN 1). HUFFINE3 Division to Two-Mile Trench. A division, which Is the largest body known in the organization of the American army, will fully man two milet of trenches. The regulation dis tance in the manning of a trench la a yard to a man. There are three lines, however, needed to fully man auch defenses the firing line, which is down in the trench, a yard behind each maa; the support, which Is back a .short distance, and the reserve. PubacrU today With the approval of the governmen wesley Frost, former United States consul at tuwustown, who saw much of the horrors of ruthless submarine warfare, gave an Interview about boats. Mr. Frost is in Washington resting after the nervous attRlu due to his work abroad. "The submarine war grows more bar harous every day," Mr. Frost said. "It hus now reached the plane of dellb erate murder for every ship sunk and Will so continue to the end. It la not tho fault of the Germans that every torpedo does riot produce a Lusltania massacre. "Now that the submarines have been driven to attack Bhlps submerged using the torpedo almost exclusively, the murder roll is bound to grow. Most ships when 6truek by a torpedo go down In two or three minutes, which gives no opportunities of escape to those below decks. Ohlpe Sink Quickly. "Recent sinkings which came under my observation since the beginning f the ruthless warfare show this conclu sively. A freighter loaded with Iron ore and convoyed by a destroyer went down In two minutes. Eighteen of her crew of twenty-six were drowned. An other sank in two minutes after being struck. She was hit in daylight, but the submarine was not seen. Twenty eight of her crew of thirty-two perish ed. The Abosso sank in three minutes, and thirty women and children died. "Sinkings of this sort from sow on will be the rule, not the exception. The submarines are now so fearful of exposing themselves to the deck funs of slowly sinking ships that they liUaa Xflmn. tin ta oneation the cscap The new asphalt gtreet is already down to ' Allison Street, and these lots are just four blocks from the new School building on Law 8onville Avenue. Be sure to be present at the sale as we are go ing to give away some valuable prizes. Ladies and children are especially requested to be on hand. Remember the lots are to be sold to white peo ple only.l "jp7jy!o 5 c.a8n balance $5.00 per month till purchase price Can arrange to build you a house as soon as lot is paid for. Call on W. J. Pettigrew at 108 Gilmer Street, who will be glad to take you down and show them to you. PETTIGREW Real Estate, Rental & Ins. Agency HUM tag crews Of passenger ships. Out or six passenger ship sinkings Investlgat ed by me this happened In only one case that of the Laconla, which was sunk near midnight "The warning given before merchant men were armed was only to save the expensive torpedoes worth $7,000 apiece of which a submarine can car ry.only a few. When the ship gave signs of surrender the firing generally stopped, and a boarding party from the submarine destroyed her with bombs. Crews Left to Starve. "The crews of destroyed ships were left to die from starvation or drown ing. Their sufferings were terrible Many of them were never ricked up. The men probably went mad and leap od into the sea. In the case of the Calrnhill. a British freighter with ! rew of sixteen men, five of whor were Americans, the Germans ' delft erately gutted the lifeboat, took tht provisions which the men had placed in the boat and threw them into the sea emptied the water keg of fresh water and, to make their job complete, fllted It with salt water. The boat's sails were taken off, and that was practically the tally hope of getting to land If te-4aj were favorable. She was ntrSeked 130 miles out at sea." That these men were saved was al most a nUracle. Mr. Frost thus de scribed another case: "The American schooner Woodward Abrahms was attacked 400 miles off shore. Captain Van Nam me and the crew of eight were put in a lifeboat while the Germans set the lumber la den schooner afire with incendiary bombs. The American sailors drifted about the Atlantic for two days and two nights, when they were picked np by another lumber schooner, the Nor wegian Anna Maria. She was torpe doed 200 miles off shore, and the men again took to the lifeboats. The crew of the Anna Maria were never seen again. After another twenty-four hours adrift Captain Van Namme 'and the Americans were picked up. Their luck held and they lived. The Norwegian died." ' Mr. Frost said some of the subma rine commanders delighted, accounts of survivors proved. In making their work fiendish. - Pennsylvania Law of 1915 Has 8tood Test In State Courts. . . j - tsniistea men tn tne national service, Including those selected for the army L by draft, will be protected in Pennsyl- vania by what virtually amounts to a moratorium. There is a law on the statute books of Pennsylvania, passed two years ago, Which exempts men mustered Into state or national service from any "civil process." It is of special Importance and inter est to those who may be selected for the army and who have been anxious lest, due to a decrease in their earning power, they would not be aide to meet payments on their homes and thus lose them. According to authorities on realty law, the act of 1915 will prevent h building and loan association, for ex ample, from foreclosing a mortgage held against a home owner drafted into the army for such period as he is serv ing In the army, regardless of whether the payments 6n the mortgage are made as tbey become due. v It will also prevent, these authorities say, such legal action as ejectment pro ceedings against a soldier's family for nonpayment of rent while the lessor of the property Is lu service. If You Want to Buy a House or Farm SEE US. If You Want to Sell Your House or Farm List it with us at once, as we hare a good many purchasers. REIDSVILLE INSURANCE 1 REALTY CO. F. B. KEMP, Pres. B. R. STONE. Sec and Tras. Ask Anyone Who Has Used It. There are families who always aim to keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Col lo and Diarrhoea Remedy In the house (or use In ease It is needed, and find hat It la not only a good investment but save them no end ot suffering. As to IU reliability, ask anyone who has used It. Lawn Party at Wentworth Tuesday night. Augast 21. Go and enjoy the evening. . ,. . 1 ; , : S bargains in Pianos PACKARD CARLISLE HACKNEY - Best for the money. Cash or easy payments. Call and see then. MORRISON JEWELRY CO. ''Ecct for EticbriHt aad Eoelih&rl"
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