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We do Job Work the Linotype Way - Let U8 Figure on Your Work. ; Phne No 11 Published Every Tuesday and Friday The Oldest and Best Paper in This Section. VOL. XXV. NO.- 55 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1917 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE M f Pl ll il LIKELY TO DRAFT THIS WEEK OFFICIALS ARE SILENT AS TO THF METHOD TO BE FOLLOW rnluRAWING ONE NUMBER 5 ,Y CALL OUT 30,000 MEN. Washington Dispatch Selection day , new national army is ap proaching rapidly as the local exemp tion boards in the various states com nle'te their organization, give serial numbers to the registration cards amj forward certified copies to Pro V(,t Marshal General Crowder. In dications are that the drawing will be held this week, but no official statement has been made as to the war departments plans. Administration officials still main tain strict silence as to the method to be followed, but tne recent state-1 nent by Secretary Baker that the ,irawinii would be held in Washing ton coupled with the stress laid up on the serial numbering of registra tion cants, indicates the general out line of the plan. It is understood that it is proposed to place in a sin pie jury wheel in Washington one complete set of numbers. When a r.uii.ocr is taken from the wheel, the n:an in each exemption district whose card bears that serial number will be drafted. Thus as each num ber is drawn, approximately 30,000 , nn-n will be drafted, or one in each , exemption district. If 1,200,000 men are to be tailed before the exemption boards in the first selection, which seems highly probable, only forty nur.bers would need to be drawn. inere are iiuintriuua uuiiiyiiLauuns which must arise and the method of solwr.g them can be known only whci the plan in detail is made. For instance, the number of registered individuals in each district who are liable for military service will cer tainly not be the same. Aliens a3 registered, but not liable for duty. All this must be considered in' framing the regulations. Provision must be made, also, to balance as far as possible the chances of mili tary duty between the men in each district, so that disqualification of a large number in any particular dis trict for any reason will notput up on those qualified additional likeli hood of being sent to the front. Various ways of accomplishing this correction of chances so as to make the resulting draft as fair as human ingenuity can contrive have been suggested. The matter has had President Wilson's personal consider ation, in line with his pledge that the method employed would be just in ev ery respect. While the first contin gent of the new army under the bill is limited to 500,000 men, an addi tional 125,000 or 150,000 will be reeded to make Mf the reserve batal ions of this force. Reserve batallions are now being recruited for all re gular regiments, and will be recruit ed for the national guard when it is drafted into the federal sen-ice. The organization of the national army will be on the same basis. It may be necessary, also, to draft enough men to fill up the regulars and national guard to war strength, although no decision to this end has been reached. The regulars are close to war strength and the guard units are recruiting rapidly. If possible, they will be completed by the war volunteer system. There is one other consideration which will affect the total number of wen to be drawn. Opinion varies as to the number of exemptions which roust be made for the various causes outlined in the exemption regulations A rough estimate of at least fifty Pr cent exemptions for physical or other reasons has been generally errf Ployed in commuting the probable size of the task before the exemption ards. It is not known whether the gov ernment plans to call double the rumher of men actually needed on the first selection in order to provide "gainst these exemptions. Possibly nly the smaller number will be ta k", to be filled out later by selec llns until the ranks are full. If the "emption factor is allowed for in the first drawing, it seems likely that a million or a million and a half names would be provided for at that me, the men to appear for examin atln m the order in which they were "rawn and the cards of those not reached in any district where the Wita was filled before they came up Detre the board to be returned. Another factor which is being t;rked out in the selection regula rs is the provision for the law re- cred''? that each Btate be given it at the drawings for the num- r of men it hajr supplied as volun- tirVn the re?ular army or the na tional guard. &hi Prte-r in an Atchison barber will Pr.ed'cts confidently that the war He , last loner than two weeks As ay8 ,18 brthef has enlisted, and eZv?rld a job longer than" two s K m his whole life-Kansas City SOCIETY NEWS Picnic for Visitors On last Thursday evening about thirty of Shelby's younger set en joyed a most delightful moonlight picnic at Cleveland Springs, the ev ent beng in honor of two charming Shelby visitors, Miss Mary Lee Lear of Ky., guest of her sister, Mrs. Mack Wilkins and Miss Mary LeFar of Gastonia, guest of Miss Millicent Blanton. Rook Party in Honor of Visitor A charming hospitality of last week was the morning party which I Mrs Mack Wilkins extended in hon- or of her sister, Miss Mary Lee Lear, of Kentucky on last Friday at 10:30 o'clock. The Wilkins home on West Marion street was most attractively decorat ed in lovely gardon flowers and a de lightful morning was spent by the twenty-five fortunate guests in the merry game of progressive rook. After cards were laid aside, a tempting course luncheon was served. Col. Hodgson to Sell Cade Stock Col. George T. Hodgson formerly of Athens, now of Atlanta is here to help place the securities of the Cade Manufacturing Company, and his re cord in the stock and bond line is re markable. Col. Hodgson organized the Columbia Fire Insurance Co., Athens, Ga., $200,000 capital, also the Commercial Life Insurance Co., Savannah, Ga., $300,000 capital. J3oth companies organised within one year and the Colonel placed every dollar of capital himself. The Colonel placed a million dol lars underwritten securities for Fisk & Robinson, Bankers of New York. Colonel Hodgsen was their Eastern Pennsylvania representative and plac ed this stock within one year. The Colonel says that the Cade line casting machine looks to him the best proposition that he has seen in years and with the capital raised and the machine placed upon the market the returns will be marvelous and beyond the expectations of the shareholders. Red Cross Mass Meeting of Ladies at Court House Wednesday Af ternoon On tomorrow afternoon at 5 o' clock in the Court House a mass meeting of ajl ladies of the town will be held, at which time a most inter esting and instructive program will be given relative to the Red Cross work. All ladies whether members of the chapter or not are cordially of the chapter or not are cordially invited and urged to be present, for tnere is mucn ior every une iu uu, and you ca ngive of your time if not of your money A Red Cross work room, over the post-office, the room being given for this purpose.through the kindness of Judge J. L. Webb, is being rapidly fitted up by the chairman, of the work class, Mrs. P. L. Hennessa and her efficent corps of workers, and the real work in making garment for the soldiers will be started soon. The program for Wednesday af ternoons meeting is as follows: Red Cross Work Rev. Mr. Lee White. Importance of Suigical Bandages Dr. E. B. Lattimore. Surgical Dressing Mrs. O. M. Gardner. Sewing Room Mrs. P. L. Hen nessa. Class in Hygiene Mrs. Will Rob erts. Editor Winchester Here Editor C. C. Winchester of the So cial Circle' (Ga.) Press is here inves tigating the Cade typesetting mach ine and will spend an opinion on the same as an expert printer. Mr. Winchester has been connected with Foot and Daves, the largest job printers of Atlanta, Ga., and his op inion will be worth considerable from mechanical standpoint. He is very much interested in the development and will probably handle a large block of stock which he will place with friends. Buy Cade stock. You can get one share of common with each share of preferred purchased. -par value of each $10.00. Pay- able one third down, one third in sis months and one third in twelve months. Secure an own- prshin in this great invention. The stock will increase ten tim- es in value in the next ten years. WHERE it has taken 2 to 3 bales of cotton to buy a buggy, one bale will oyer buy hno-crv. harness, rebe and whip. Risk part of a bale now ior one oi our Trj f M nice buggies. D. Lineberger's Sons. adv. Miss Edith Cranor spent the week end in Statesville with relatives. SERMON ON FOOD EXTRACT OF SERMON PREACH ED BY REV. J. D. BRIDGES AT MT. HARMONY CHURCH IN RESPONSE TO THE GOVERN MENT'S REQUEST OF THE MINISTRY. "That nothing be lost." (John 6:12.) Durinsr the few years of our Lord Jesus Christ on earth he gave some lesson touching almost every phase nf lifp TTprp hp crivpa n Ipsann in ti, Htii i.,i n, ed about him. He had compassion cn them. IIe woud fee(1 them There are onlv five barIev loaves and two small fishes on hand, but all things n re of tVto nrm m nnrl rf Tnaiio fr in ;Hi8 creative power He multiplies the loaves and fishes 'till there is more than enough to feed the multitude. All things belong to the Lord. "The earth and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein." He has power to kill and to make alive, to save or to destroy. He could feed us, but it is not his pleasure to do so, unless we make an effort to produce some edibles. Yet He does feed us, that is He gives us strength to labor and then blesses the labor. We plant but "God giveth the increase." He brings us into being in the midst of our ocean of air. We breathe it as long as we live. It never fails. And we leave the world without hav-. ing diminished the supply. He plac es at our command an ocean of water We use water as long as we live and leave the world without having di minished the supply. Not so with food. By these three, air water and food we live. God giv es man air and water but says he must "eat bread by the sweat of his brow." It is one of the peculiar character istics of our God that when he sup plies abundantly, like David's cup that runneth over, or the life Jesus gives when he says, "I come that you might have life and that you might have it more abundantly, or the twelve baskets that remained ov er and above after feeding five thou sand with five barley loaves and two small fishes. But God in his wisdom never decid ed to furnish food like he does air and water. He could do it but it is not his will. He commanded the ravens to feed Elijah the prophet. He feeds in Heaven for, "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on F(tf the hand .g in midgt of the thn)ne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of water; and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." (Rev. 7:16) "For the Lamb shall feed them. As we enter into or begin this heavenly life while here in this world, the Lord gives us a great lesson in Matt. 6:26 and Luke 12:24 as he tells of the fowls that "Neither sow nor reap nor gath er into barns," and yet our heavenly Father feedeth them. And he "shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." (Phil. 4:19.) But while the supply of air and water is unlimited the supply of food is limited according to the labor of man and the laws of nature. And the laws of nature are the laws of the God of all nature. It is his will that we labor. And as we labor and God gives the increase it is our duty to save. So our Lord here gives us this great lesson in economy and says, "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. If the Lord should, without any effort on our part, heap up good a round us, we, like Jeshuron, would "Wax fat and kick." Here are five thousand people to be fed. They have no dinner. There is nothing to feed them with but five barlev loaves and two small fishes but, the Lord is equal to the occas ion, as he always is. He took the loaves and fishes the lad had, and when he had given thanks he gave to the disciples and the disciples to the multitude. This meal was so in creased that five thousand men ate all they would and left enough to fill twelve baskets. What abundance! What liberality shown by our Lord. But from him that blessed the food and gave so liberally came the injunction. "Gath er up the fragments that remain that nothing be lost." We have been the most abundantly blessed of any nation in the world and we have been the most wasteful. As God has dealt with us with a liberal hand as he took the small things of July 4th, 1776 and has mul tiplied and increased 'till this is one of the greatest nations perhaps the greatest, all things considered in 'the world, and as we have come to a ' c crisis, it is our duty now, as was said to the disciples, to gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.. We have plenty in America to 'eat but, with the nation CONSERVATION in war and England and France look ing to Canada and the U. S. for 550,000,000 bushels of wheat, with not more than 300,000,000 bushels to spare according to our normal con sumption, it will take the strictest economy to feed the soldiers and the people at home another year. And if the soldiers are not fed they can not fight our battles, and if they can not fight the battles, the cause of liberty is lost and the glory and hon or of our nation will go down in shame. Let us save, let us wheat we need and no more. Mothers, sisters, housewives, us appeal to you. You have eat let the management of the kitchen. The suc cess or failure of the struggle we are now in, in this world war depends largely upon you. We do not like to lay burdens upon you, but this is one time we look to you for help. You have never denied us. You nev er will. With your enlistment in the conservation of food.that the soldiers may be cared for when wounded or sick, with your prayers that Go 1 be with them to strengthen and deliver them we believe the victory is oui 5. Let us make all we can, save all we can, and give all we can. "Do your bit." Mr. Hoover says, "The world is in want of food. The wheat crop of l'JIO was short. The crop of 1917 will be shorter still. While the demands of armies and the waste of war require enlarged consumption. Thus with increased need and dimin ished supply, the world stock of food has reached a point lower than was ever known before in modern times. From Canada and the U. S. the Allies are asking five hundred and fifty million bushels of wheat this year; yet unless special measures are taken the prospect is thaboth to gether will be- able to give them only three hundred million. But if wise and sufficient measures are adopted, and then backed up by the artistic good will of our people, there will be food enough for ourselves and for our Allies as well. The present excessive cost of food is not justified. There is no cor responding shortage of supply in America. Nevertheless, the situation is very serious. The duty is laid up on us to raise not only food enough for ourselves, but so much more to send abroad that in spite of the sub marines enough may reach France and England to keep them supplied. Unless we can feed both our own people and the men who are fighting for us across the water, the grea cause which we have joined will be lost. To meet the needs of the war end of the world, we must produce gen erously, give freely to our allies, our selves eat as much but no more than we need, and especially save the waste. Lasting disgrace will fall upon us if lack of self restraint should prevent us from taxing our proper part in this great conflict a gainst the doctrine of "might makes right." The waste of a single ounce of food each day in every home means a yearly waste of nearly 500 million pounds of food. The waste of a single slice of bread each day in every home means the daily waste of a million loaves of bread. The thou sand million dollars of needless waste which thus take place yearly in the households of America can and should be stopped. The ways of thrifty living are not new. In order to practice them we need to do little more than return to the frugal habits of earlier days. To produce wisely; to love nothing for lack of proper care; to serve no more than hunger demands; to serve again the unused portion; to preserve in time of plenty against the lean months ahead; to save wheat for France and England by eating more corn ourselves, because they do not bake at home, and cornbread is un known; these are some of the means of helping to safe the waste and win the war. Will you join in the good work of saving more food for the women and children of Belgium, the orphans of France, the men in the trenches who are fighting our battles, and for the people of the United States? The outcome of the world war is in the hands of the women no les than in the hands of the men. Let us make it the purpose and the motto of every household in America to SAVE THE WASTE AND WIN THE WAR." Mr. Heard Gratified Mr. James T. Heard, fiscal agent for the Cade Manufacturing Com pany in raising stoek with which to build and market the Cade typesett ing machine has returned from At lanta, Ga.( where he went on busi ness. He is gratified with the sales of stock reported by the many ealas- men in this and other states. Have you Visiiea our useu car ue- partment. Big sale on. Arey Bros. ITEMS OF CURRENT NEWS Happenings Here and There in The State. Melvin Moody, negro, 19 years old, was killed in Charlotte by coming in contact with a trolley wire of the electric railway. Senator Walsh of Montana was the principal orator at the meeting of the State Bar Association in Asheville last week. On account of the increased cost of coffins Wake county is manufac turing, at its county home, the cof fins to be used by that county in the burial of its poor. The Methodist church at Weaver- ville, Buncombe county, was struck by lightning Monday night and com pletely destroyed by fire. Loss es timated at $7,000. Lightning struck and killed the cow of Mr. J. T. Geer of 'Boomer. Arthur, son of Mr. Greer, was milk ing the cow when she was 'killed and he was badly shocked. High Point public schools, which recently added an eleventh grade, will teaih Spanish and French. Do mestic science and manual training are also a part of the school course. The contract for the construction work on the training camp at the naval base on the Jamestown exposi tion site has been let to the Caroli na Wood Products Company of Asheville. Superintendent R. L. Brown of the Oxford Orphan Asylum has inaugur ated a campaign in North Carolina to raise $8,000 to meet the demands of the increasing price of food prod ucts in the sustenance of some 375 orphan children. The Chatham Manufacturing Co.'s plants in Winston - Salem and Elkin are engaged in filling an order for 300,000 blankets for the United States army. The order is to be fill ed by January 1 and the mills - are working day and night. Mrs. Jennie Ward Seitz, 35 years old, wife of Mr. H. Loy Seitz, a farm er living in the vicinity of Hickory, was killed by lightning near her home Wednesday morning. Several of her children were with her but they were only slightly shocked. The State convention of the So- cialist party, about 50 members of the party being present, was held in Wilmington this week. Roy Swaim ui it iii&iuu . oaieiu wub eievieu , State secretary and the position of the party on war issues was outlined. For the third time recently, says the Salisbury Post, burglars entered the store of T. G. Kennedy at Wood leaf on Sunday night and took a lot of merchandise, including overalls, shoes and numerous other articles. The entrance was made through a window. In Rockingham county Havil Pur gason, 24 years old, was accidentally shot by John Dempsey, 13 years old. They were handling a pistol while fishing. Purgason died in a few hours. The boy was exonerated af ter the case was investigated by the authorities. While a horse owned by Mr. J. E. Collins was drinking from a water ing trough at the home of its owner, in a Raleigh suburb, it took fright at the noise made by an engine on the Norfolk Southern railway, ran away and broke its neck. Now its owner is asking the railroad for $225. Would Draft Aviators Drafts of administration bills for the great American aviation project which is to strike Prussian autocracy through the air have been transmitt ed to Chairman Dent of the military committee of the House of Congress by the War Department. One bill provides for organization and personnel and the other for the appropriations. The personnel meas ure would vest very broad authority in the President in the organization of the service, including the power to raise men needed by draft if neces sary. The Trouble in China A dispatch from San Francisco says China is in the throes of civil war and a battle is being fought be tween troops of the southern pro vinces, fighting for the preservation of the republic, and the northern forces of the young emperor, accord ing to cable advices received here by the Chinese Nationalists league. A dispatch from Tien Tsin, China says that Li Yuan Hung, the Chinese president, with two attendants, es caped from the palace and sought refuge in the Japanese legation, where he was given protection. John F. Scruggs Dead Mr. John F. Scruggs, a prominent merchant of Cliffside, died Friday morning of heart trouble. ADVICE TO MEN REGISTERED MUST HOLD THEMSELVES IN ur.Aui.iv3 CIKUULAK UIS TRIBUTED GIVING NOTICE TO REGISTRANTS NOT KNOWN WHEN IT WILL BE. Another step in building up the se lective conscription army was taken yesterday with the distribution of a circular by Provost Marshal General Crowder notifying the registered men to hold themselves in readiness for appearance before the board which will conduct examinations and con sider exemptions. How or when the government will select the men to be examined is not detailed in the circular, but it is re vealed that registration cards in each county or city jurisdiction are to be numbered with red ink and that "as soon as the drawing is complete, lists showing the order in which these red ink numbers are drawn will be pub lished in the press and will be posted at the office of each local board!" It already has been announced that the selection will take place in Washing ton, and the general presumption has been that some device similar to a jury wheel will be employed. Ex emptions are to be determined by the local boards, the circular shows, on ly for the previously announced spe cfied causes, such as the responsibil ity for support of relatives and not for agricultural or industrial reasons. Seven days after designations are posted will be allowed for filing claims. Then there will be an addi tional allowance of tell days for fil ing proofs, and the board must de cide within three days after the proof is filed. When the case of any registrar has been disposed of so far as the lo cal board is concerned, the names of those not exempt or discharged will be posted. Claims for exemption for industrial or agricultural work must be" made within five days after such posting, and must go direct to the higher board sitting for the judicial district. Appeals for the rulings of local board must be made to the higher board within ten days. The circular does not cover the summon ing of the men for actual service, pointing out that selection and ac ceptance does not mean an immed- liate summon. Even the time of the drawing is not specified, but issuance of the circular is taken to mean that ine worn oi selection may be in progress within a few days. Septem ber 1 has been tentatively considered as the date for assembling the first hajf million men in cantonments for training. Steps Set Forth The steps a registered person should take are set forth in great de tail in the circular. First of all, the registrant is advised to find out the location of the office of his county or city board and then ascertain, if he intends to claim exempton for agri cultural or industrial reasons to what districf board he must apply. Every board has numbered the cards in its jurisdiction with red ink in a series running from one to the num ber representng the total number of cards in its jurisdiction, continues the circular. "Lists showing the names of per sons in the jurisdiction of each board and the red ink number of each card are open to inspection at the office of each board. Inspect the list and in form yourself of your red ink serial number. These red ink numbers are to be drawn by lot to determine the order n which registered persons are to be called by the various . local boards. As soon as the drawing is complete, lists showing the order inwhich these red ink numbers are drawn will be published in the press, and will be posted at the office of each local board. Go to your local board and find out the order in which you stand for call. Must Present Themselves "As soon as quotas are assigned to each state and each board, each board will call upon parsons whose cards are in its jurisdiction, instruct- ng them to present themselves for examination. This call will be post ed at the local board and the papers will be requested to print it. A no tice will also be mailed you, but the posting of the list at the office of the board will be deemed sufficient notice to charge you with the duty of pre senting yourself Watch the lists at the office of your board and see when you are called for examin ation. "You must report for physical ex- aminaton on the day named in your call. "If you are found physically dis qualified, the board will give you ft certificate which will explain to you what your further duties are. "If you are found physically quali fied and file a claim for exemption within seven days after your call you will b given ten days after, filing your claim of exemption to fu prcot I (Continued on page 2) 4 i V ; Vit !!; it; f I , I " t i . ! i l
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