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l?1 We Do Jb Work the Linotype Way Let Us Figure on Your Work. Phone-No. 11 Published Every Tuesday and Friday The Oldest and Best Paper in This Section. VOL. XXV. NO. 41 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1917 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE BjW PRESIDENT WILSON'S PROCLAMATION 7 JUNE 5TH REGISTRATION DAY Heavy Penalties for Failure to Enroll All Males 21 to 30 Inclusive are Liable Ab sentee Registratipn may be done by mail, Federal and State Officials may Appoint Registrars. President Wilson's proclamation, putting into effect the selective draft Friday night follows: A proclamation by the President f the United States. Whereas, Congres has enacted and :hi- 1'resident has on the eighteenth ,!ay of -May, one thousand nine hun- ,lP-d and seventeen, approved a law j which contains tile loiiowing provis r, . , . oourow Wilson, Sect. on .. - I hat all male persons , President of the United States, do betwe. 11 the ages of 21 and HO, both I ''all upon the Governor each of the mchi.-ne, shall be subject to registra- several States and Territories, the tiun in accordance with regulations j Hoard of Commissioners of the Dis :o he prescribed by the President and.trict of Columbia and all officers and upon proclamation by the President 'agents of the several States and Ter ur other public notice given by him ! 1 Tories, of the District of Columbia, r i.y ins uirecuun, stating me time,auu or tne counties and municiDali- and place of such registration, it shall he the duty of all persons of the designate ages, except officers and enlisted men of regular Army, the Navy, and the National Guard and naval militia while in the service of the United States, to present them selves for and submit to registration under the provisions of this act; and every suck person shall be deemed ; to nave notice 01 tne requirements of thi act upon the publication of, -aid proclamation or other notice as aiijie-di'i kivvii vy me i ( c.-oueii i or ay n;s direction ;and any person who -hal! wilfully fail or refuse to present . himx .If f.i- rpfriytrtitinn nr tn nl,rt-tf theret as herein provided, shall be guilty o a misdemeanor and shall, upn i.vic'.;.-:! in the District court ' -h. t'nit-l States having jurisdic-'day ''" u:Kvv.,i, lie punished by impns-.ister ikon nnn naoi. " ' ii.c.,i ,n,v ti.ercup(.n be duly regis- "' i de,!, that, in the call of ... 1 I. 11 i i . .. pi-ruw nan oe given, .-mrt trying the same, to the (rirainial proceedings under ' ;'!; I'l-ovid-d further, that per- : - -hall !..- subject U registration " ;il l',,; provided who shall have . . u. ,i -heir twenty-first birthday Ah" -hall not have attained their ''. .'' --!i--: birthday on or before the tor registration, and all per - r'gist red shall be and re- .!!; rt to draft into the forces r r-u:.t authorized unless exempted : i a el therefrom as in this act pr vi'hd: Provided further, that in ;h- a( 1 ' temporary absence from : ' -Hi' place . t' legal residence of any ; 'liable to registration as pro vided herein.such registration may be made by mail under regulations to be prescribed by the President I t na lit iiiw nrA Fivprl i Sution ti-That the President is. hereby authorized to utilize the ser- vu-M ,,f u,-,. 11 onortmont, n,l any or all officers or agents of the United States and of the several States, territories and the District of Columbia, and sub-diviaitjns thereof, in the execution of . this act, and all officers and agents!" of ' the United States and of the several States.Ter ritories and sub-divisions thereof.and f the District of Columbia and all persons designated or appointed un der regulations, prescribed by the 1'resident whether such appointments are made by the President himself "r I y the Government or other of fir (.f a.iy State' or Territory to per f rn; any duty in the execution of 'h.s act, are hereby required to per f"rm u h duty s the President shall oniii- r .'irect, and all such officers ar I stents and persons so designated '"' .'.ppointed shall hereby have full authority for all acts done by them in the execution of thin"art by the di r,vt: t of the President. Corre ;' '"' (', ae in the execution of this aet may be carried in penally en veirpos bearing the frank of the War l'i I'iirtmcnt. Any persons charged a 5 herein provided with the duty of cr.Ting into effect any of the pro-v-:ns of the act or the regulations :r, ', r directions given thereunder ' shall fail or neglect to perform s" n duty and any person charged itii such duty or having and exer- a!1y authority under said act, 11 a-ul.itions or directions, who shall knowingly make or be a party to the ma'.diig of any false or incorrect reg-i-t ration, physical examination, ex 'rr.ption, enlistment, enrollment, or mi; 'tr; and any person who shall make or be a party to the making of y false statement or certificate as to the fitness or liability of himself "r aiy other person for service under 'h provisions of this act) or regula-t'w-- made by the President there un'hi or otherwise evades or aids 'mother to evade the requirements of this act or of said regulations or who m any manner, shall fail or neglect fl to perform any duty required ()f him in the- execution of this act, shall, if not subject to military law, w kuui oi a misdemeanor and upon conviction in the District Court of the United States havinn- inr;fi,f,v tnereot be punished by imprisonment lor not more than one year, or, i1" ng; it is rather selection from a Na subject to military law, shall be tried tion which has volunteered en masse. ! , .... oj court-martial and suffer such nm. ishnicnt as a court-martial may di rect. ues merein to perform certain duties in the execution of the foregoing law, which duties will be communicated to them directly in regulations of even date herewith. Register at Precinct Polling Places And I do further proclaim and give notice to all persons subject to registration i-i in everal States and ('olrmbia in ac- in th? District of ;"'- I c - .m; time re u :'b the and pi;, re o i''-ve law that the ' such registration a. 111. and II p. m.. shall be between 7 on tne .'111 (lay 0! June -y 1 ' . at the registration place io the lirecinct whtrein thev have the V,,rMfl. Tl,,.... who shall have tuined their twenty-first birthdav inii who -hall not have attained their thirty-first birthday on or before the here named are required f. ;( g- excepting only officers and i:.4.,.l . e .U . i - -- ., iimiii men 01 uie regular Army, Navy, the Marine Corps, and the tior.al (.'nard and Naval Militia v 1 . . . . . ir. the service ot the I nited SUi;v. , , . , , ,.., ad otlicers in the Officer, Rwrrt4la' 'll,nbS, , ' ,1 , - Corps and enlisted men in the En- li-ued Reserve Corps while in active service. In the t( rritories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico, a day for registration will be nartied in a later o natyi proclamation. Provides for Those 'Absent And I (hi charge those who through sickness shall be unable to present themselves for registration that they apply on or before the day of regis tration to the county clerk when' they may be for instructions as to bow they may be registered by age:'t: Those who expect to be absent on the day named from the counties r. which they have m their permanent homes may register by mail, hut their maied registration cams must reacn the place in which they have their permanent homes by the day named herein. They should apply as soon 'a practicable to the county clerk of j the county wherein they may be for instructions as to how they may ac complish their registration by mail. In case such persons as.through sick ness or absence, may be unable to present themselves personally, for registration shall be sojourning in cities of over 30,000 population, they shall apply to the city clerk of the city, wherein they may be sojourning rather than to the clerk of the coun ty. The clerks of counties and of cities of over tiO.OOO population in which numerous applications from the sick and from non-residents are expected are authorized to establish such sub-agencies and to employ and deputize such clerical force as may be necessary to accommodate these applications. Men in Field and Factory Part of Army The Power against which we are arrayed has sought to impose its will upon the world by force. To this i it u., - i,.r,..iinl armament until it has changed the face of war. In ; the sense ; hi..l, w.. have been Ill niitvu .... wont to think of armies, there are no armies in this struggle. There arc ntim Mations armed, thus tne men who remain to till the soil and man the factories are no less a pan. 01 the army that is in France than the men beneath the battleflags. It must be so with us. It is not an army that we mVt, shape and train for war; it is a ..ation. To this end, our people must draw close in one com pact front against a common foe. But this cannot be if each man pur sues a private purpose. All must pursue one purpose. The Nation needs all men; but it needs each man not in the field that will most please him, but' in the endeavor that will best serve the common good. Thus, though a sharp-shooter pleases to op erate a trip-hammer for the forging of great guns, and an expert ma chinist desires to march with the flag, the Nation is being served only when the sharp-shooter marches and the 1 . ..f machinist remains at his fevers. The whole Nation must be a team in which each man shall play the part for which he is best fitted. To this end, 'Congress has provided that the Nation shall be organized for war by selection and that, each man shall be classified for service in the placev to which it shall best serve the general good to call him. The significance of this cannot be Over-stated. It is a new thing in our history and a landmark in our prog ress. A Nation Has Volunteered It is a new manner of accepting and vitalizing our duty to give our selves with thoughtful devotion to the common purpose of all. It is in 1:0 sense a conscription of the unwill It is no more a choosing of those who shall march with the colors than it is a selection of those who shall serve an equally necessary and devoted purpo-e ia the industries that lie be hind the battle line. The day here named is the time upon which all shall present themselves for assign ment to their tasks. It is for that reason destined to be remembered as one of the most conspicious moments in our history. It is nothing less than the day upon which the man kind of the country shall step for ward in one solid rank in defense of the ideals to which this Nation is con secrated. It is important to those ideals no less" than to the pride of this generation in manifesting its devotion to them, that there be no Laps in the ranks. It is essential that the dav be ap- proached in thoughtful apprehension 0f its significance and that we accord it th,, Vi,,,w,r -ii,l thn 'nnnnino- thai. if deserves (Jur industrial heed pre- !rilw thn it in rmt made ft techni- r permanent'! hnli.hiv hut thi. str.rn sacrifice at-'iV..,f ic l,f'nr,, n iin.orl that it. he car - Iried in all our hearts as a great day of patriotic devotion and obligation when the duty shall lie upon every man. whether he is himself to be re- en-Lutered " U or not, to see to it that the name of evii y male j.t rson ot the 'lesignate.-l ul-c is written in the. lists of hon el niv I'.ano aiai cause th- -eai the United States to be Iriie r.t the I'lty of this 18th dav of May, ii affixed. Washington the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and of the Independ ence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-first Hv the President: KOKERT LANSING. Secretary of Slat.'. SOCIETY NEWS Mrs Mc.Murry Entertains Club On last Friday afternoon, Mrs. S. A. McMurry entertained the Chicora club member at their regular literary meeting, at her home on West Ma rion street a most interesting program South America was given, alter which the hostess, assisted by her two little nieces, Misses Marjorie and Mary Suttle served a tempting ice course and strawberries. The next meeting of the club will convene with Mrs. R. L. Ryburn Fri day afternoon, May 25th. FIRE AT BLANTOVS STABLES Over $1,000 Damage Done by Fire in Feed Room Caused by Cigarette, It is Supposed. Fire which hail its origin from a lighted cigarette, so Mr. W. H. Ulan ton believes, broke out yesterday morning in his feed room between his stables and blacksmith shop, do ing damage to the amount of $1,000 or more on which there was no insur ance. Mr. Hlanton carried insurance on his brick buildings but none on the rontents of this storage room. Drs. McCoy and Williamson suffered a loss ol ahOUt J-W in medicines unu mum. The fire department responded quickly and saved a greater loss by playing two streams ct water into the 'burning building. Four surreys ope line nuggy were comiieiei de stroyed and considerable damage was done to .'tOO bales of hay, 1,1)00 bush els of oats and 40 bushels of corn which were in the building at the time. , . l4t.. .1.. Mrs. Wiley Dead Mrs. Junie Vista Wiley, wife of Drayton Wiley died Saturday May 19 and was buried Sunday, May 20th at Buffalo church, Rev. A. C Irviii con ducting the funeral. Mrs. Wiley was in her 67th year and a saintly woman who has left a refined influence a mong her many friends. She was a devout member of the church and will be greatly missed. Her husband, two sons, 4 daughters and 12 grand chil dren survive. REGISTRATION BOARDJNAMED SHERIFF LACKEY, FRANK L. HOYLE AND DR. E. B. LAlTI ' .MORE CONSTITUTE HOARD IN CLEVELAND COUNTY. Goverr.or liiekstt has appointed Sheriff W. I). Lackey, Clerk of the (ourt Frank L. iloyle and Dr. E. B. Lattimore, county physician as' the three men who will constitute yfe re gistration board in Cleveland- county, all male citirv - bttwci the 'ages if 21 and .'!() inclusive to present them selves to their n sportive polling pi es between the lv.urs c;f 7 a. 111. and 'J p. m. i.ii June 5th, I'll 7. North f'a rolina has HH.Oim men between these ages that will be required to register and it is estimated that the first draft will take between 12,000 and 11,000. Messrs. I.i.rUy, U..yle and Lattimore have received a " printed pamphlet giving full instructions as to. how the registration is to lie made, thtir appointment of registrars in the : . 1 1 1 unous polling places, how exomp- tior.s are to be applied, rei i.it etc. The Governor' Letter "Dear Sir: The President has is sued his proclamation calling for the registration of all male citizens be tween the ages of 21 and .'!0 on the j fifth day of June, 1017, between the I hours of 7 a. m. anl ! p. m. liy virtue ot the power veste. me 'hv the .':ct uf ('iinifri'; I hi-i I 111 eby a re I nominate and commission you a 'member of the county board of gistration for Alamance county, which board is charged with the ail-! ministration of the said act of Con gress in said county. "The county board of registration is hereby directed t convene at once and; "First. Appoint one registrar in ' each voting precinct in the county.' Where it is estimatid that mure than, 80 persons will be required to regis- ter in tne precinct an additional re gistrar for each SO pc.-ons to be regis tered .-houltl be appointed. The law contemplates that the regl.-trar who served at the state and county gen eral election last year shall be ap pointed. His experience is supposed to fit him for the peculiar duties of the office of registrar under Uie act of Congress. But the registrar must be a competent clerk, whose hand writing is neat and legible.- "Second. The government encour ages the appointment of volunteer registrars who will make no charge for their Services but will take plea sure in performing the work as a patriotic duty in this crisis of the nation's life. But the appointments of registrars must not be delayed if volunteer registrars do not come for wa rd. "Three. All appointments of re gistrars must be made by the 24th day of May but it is important not to delay the matter but to make the ap pointments at the earliest hour pos sible consistent with the exercise of judgment. "Fourth. Please notify at once all registrars of their appointment and furnish them with the printed instruc tions as to their duties.which printed instructions have been sent direct to the sheriff of each county from the war department. "Five. As soon as your county is completely organized notify me of the fact and send names of all registrars to the end that I may telegraph the provost-general at Washington that North Carolina is organized. "Six. County attorneys will ad vise county beards and registrars on any question pcrtai::i:ig to the admin istration of the law, but if there is any doubt in your minds write or wire me. 1 "Seven. Head all telegrams to me "War Department, Official Business, Charge to Federal Government." Do not use telegrams save where time is important. 'E'ight. 1 am satisfied our citizen can be relied upon to co-operate with the county boards and with the regis trars in every possible way. Let me urge that there be no raising of technical objections, no spirit of evas ion or controversy, but let every citi zen, young and old, feel that his coun try expects him to do his part In bringing about a speedy and efficient organisation under the law. "T. W. BICKETT, .Governor." Mrs. Kistler Kills "Herself Rutherford Sun: Mrs. Alice Kisrter ,of Caroleen, widow of the late J. T. Kistler, of this town, ended her life Friday morning last by shooting herself through the temple with a 38 calibre pistol. Death was ' almost instaneous, as she breathed only once or twice after fir ing the fatal shot. Mrs. Kistler had been in ill health for some time and this is thought to have been respon sible for her rash act. She was a daughter of the late Mr. Thomas J. Withrow, and was about 38 years of age. PERSUING LEADS MEN TO FRANCE GENERAL PERSHING WILL BE SENT TO FRANCE WITH 'FIRST LOT OF REGULARS AT ONCE TO DRAFT NATIONAL GUARDS IN JULY. President Wilson Fiidav iiiuiil nr.'itiavs a. Booms reports. Grand- dered that division of regular troops, ,father mountain white on the 12th. commanded by Maj. (Jen. John J.I Trinity College commencement Pershing, be sent to Fratuv at the;Juno fommencement address earliest practicable date. 'ibis i.-s the answer of America to France's plea that the Stars and Stripes be carried to the hunting front without delay to hearten the soldiers battling there with concrete evidence that a powerful Ally has come to their support against Ger man aggression. Alii", laccnunt of the order fol lowed signing of thy selective draft war army bill hy the President and the issuance of a statement that un der the advice of military experts 011 loth sides of the water, the Presi dent could not employ volunteers nor avail himself of the "fine vigor and enthusiasm" o former President Roosevelt for the expedition. The airr.y law provides for an ulti mate force of approximately 2,000,000 men to back up the first troops to go to the front. When the bill had been signed, the President affixed his name to a. proclamation calling upon all men in the country between the ages of 21 and "0, inclusive, to regis ter themselves for military service on June r, next. The proclamation sets in motion mmeu.au-.y that will enroll and sitt iu.uuu.uuu ieete( for (lrivprs men and pave the way for the selec- j Jlvnry Mor t'h former anlbas. tion of the first 500,000 young, ffli- !Katlor to Turkeyj has ac to, the in. cient soldiers without crippling the itation to (1(,livcr th() commincoment industries or commerce of the Na- 'addri.Sj, at the A md EiColU.g0i po tion or bringing hardship to those at May jn p,ace )f former home. A mhn s!iilor f;r!iril ulin will im un Orders for Guard Even before the bill war. signed, .... ,,! (Vo, f the war ueparur.eni annuo,,,. . . ...u tho full strength of the National. Guard would ke- drafted into the tinted Mates ai.iij 0.01.1.. . 1 (i . . 4 K....M1KIOIC 1111V 15 and cmvluding August. Orders j to bring the regiments to lull war strength immediately accompanied the notification sent to all Governor-. A minimum of :i2!),000 righting men will be brought to the colors under those orders, supplementing the 2SI3, 000 regulars who will be under arms v June 15. The Virginia. North Carolina .South Carolina and Tennes see guards will be mobilized July 25. It is from these forces that the first armies to join General Pershing at the front will be drawn to be followed within a few months by recurring waves from the selective draft ar mies, the first 500,000 of whom will be mobilized September 1. Following is the text of the terse announcement of the War Depart ment as to General Pershing's expe dition: "The President has directed an ex peditionary force of approximately one division of regular troops, under command of Gen. John J. Pershing, Lto proceed to France at as early a date as practicable. General Persh ing and staff will precede the troops abroad. "It is requested that no details or speculations with regard to the mob ilization of this command, dates of departure, or other items, be carried by the press, other than the official bulletins given out by the War De partment relating thereto." Pershing in Washington General Pershing has been in Washington same days. He was per sonally summoned by Secretary Ba ker from the Southern Department, which was under his command until tonight's order was issued. The man who led the expedition into Mexico and handled his difficult .task with such judgment and skill jas to win for him the complete con fidence of the President and his ad ivisers has worked hard on plans for the expedition to France. He has j been in daily conference with Sec re ttery Baker, Major General Bliss, Act ling Chief of Staff, with Department joflicials co-operating in the prepara tion of the forces he will lead against 1 the Germans, and also with Lieuten jant General Bridges, head of ItTe military section ot tne tsritisiv mis sion and a veteran of the battlefields of France. Had 14 Gallons Whiskey Hickory Record: The Hickory police Saturday morn ing at 3 o'clock held, up an automo bile coming into Hickory, belonging to Jeff Gilbert, public service driver, and carrying Carl Lail and 14 gal lons of blockade whiskey. Both men were locked up. Henry Willis and Max Yorke, Burke men, were also locked up Friday at Hickory by the federal authorities who had caught them with a 75-gallon copper still and other distilling machinery. LIVE ITEMS OR LATE NEWS HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE AND NATION TAKEN FROM THE DAILY PAPERS AND CON DENSED. Snow on the mountain tons a few 10:.'i0 a. m. June 6 by Hamilton Holt. L.L. D., New York. A barn on the farm of C. A. Clark, five, miles from Salisbury, burned lust week with two mules and a quantity of foodstuff belonging to the renter, Allen Myers. The State Central Highway is now open from Salisbury to Morganton and automobiles can take the trip through, crossing the mountain from Old Fort to Ridgerrest 011 a giod road. Charlotte police are rounding up the loafers and giving them the op tion of volunteering for work or be ing conscripted for the chain gang. A good example for other munici palities. While Davk' county some years ago issued bonds for good roads, Je rusalem township in that county, wants more roads, or better ones, and that township has voted $2,0,000 for good roads. The operatives of the Champion Fibre Company at Canton, Haywood county, subscribed $1,000 to buy an ambulance for Red Cross work in France and ten men volunteered to ,rive it. Two of the ten will be se- able to fill his. engagement there. M. L. Hare, IX years of ago, and mcmber of ,ho Luml.r IIri(i,;i. fom. the Second regiment, sta f. , ... , tioned at Goldsboro, died at a local . ;t , Wwlnpsdav uk n riwult of in. juries received several days ago while bathing in the river, when his back was broken while diving. Miss Donnie Cobb, daughter of the late Editor T. G. Cobb of the Morganton News-Herald, and Dr. Pressly R. Brown were married in Greensboro on the 14th. Dr. and Mrs. Brown will live at Swepson ville, Alamance county, where Dr. Brown is located for the practice of his profession. The Federal court has ordered the sale of the Grandin Lumber Compa ny property and Judge W. B. Coun cil of Hickory and Judge R. W. Win ston of Raleigh have been appoint ed commissioners to make the sale June 26, probably at North Wilkes boro. The bulk of the property is located in Caldwell county. Virgil Eugelw. McCracken, an em ploye of the Hardaway Construction Company at Badin, fell a distance of 35 feet, receiving injuries from which he died while being hurried to a hospital in Salisbury. Remains sent to Fayette, Ala., for interment. Was 24 years old and is survived by a wife and baby. Eighteen British merchant vessels of more than 1,000 tons were sunk during the past week, says the offi cial summary of shipping losses. Five merchant vessels of less than 1,600 tons were sunk, together with three fishing vessels. An unsuccessful attempt was made at Newport News, Va., Wed nesday, to burn the pier to which is moored the German steamer Arca dia, recently seized by the United States government. Fire originated under the pier and is believed to have been incendiary. Loss . about $5,000. In a public statement thanking the American people for the reception accorded them in the cities visited, the heads of the British and French war commissions express regret that they were unable to visit New Orleans, Richmond and other South ern cities, but a pressure of business compelled their return to Washing ton. The Senate has passed the House bill increasing the enlisted strength of the navy to 150,000 men, that of the marine corps to 30,000 men and granting increases in pay to the na by's enlisted personnel equal to those provided for the army forces. The increase in pay ranges from $10 a month down. The bill enables mem bers of Congress not over 60 years of ago to enlist in the navy. Southern Negroes in Chicago Dying , - Fwf' Thirty-five to 40 negroes from the South are dying monthly in Chicago,' according to Coroner's Physician : Joseph Springer, who appealed t to the authorities and business men to stop the importation of Southera' negroes to Northern States. 1