Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-05-10
IFrom Saturday ) Daily

LfTOM SATURDAY Ddliy'
A monster patriotic celebration i
will be held Monday night in the See
lye theatre to boost recruiting TO
the militia company now being or
ganized here A benefit show, Mar!
Pickford in LESS Than Dust /!
to be given for the company in thu
evening by Manager Collins and ;
benefit matinee will be given at
@ clock in the afternoon. ',al ~
A big parade starting from the
Tip Top Inn at 1880 and led by the
a Abilene band and all men recruited
for the company between now and
Monday evening will start the cele-
bration At s O'Clock the rally will
begin and the picture show will fol-
low at o'clock
Prominent Abilene men including
the mayor and a number of old SOL
diers will speak Captain Roy Per-
kins of Company NJ at Salina will
be here. The following men will
speak 1t the meeting; Ex-senator
| !. w. Howe. NJ. II. Malott, Mayor
w. d. Nichols, DR.. H. P Mera, med
| lcal examiner of the company; Capt.
Perkins, ". s. Anderson, DR.. f. S.
R'ayney. G. S. Crawford, Ralph Lu-
eier and Lieutenant H. B. Dudley
who is recruiting the company here.
representatives.. from solomon and
Enterprise VIII also speak and a.
'arge number of people from there
are expected.
Abilene has two weeks to recruit
s. men and enthusiasm is running
high at present The recruiting Of
flee is crowded from morning un-
til night with young men seeking
information. Fourteen have en-
listed since the office opened yes
tcrday and more are coming all the
time. Private George Reed visited
Solomon and Enterprise today and
made arrangements for recruiting
there. Lieutenant Dudley will go to
Chapman and Manchester the first
of the week to start things there
and a large number of men from
there are expected to join here.
The town will be behind the meet
ing Monday evening and it should
be. Abilene is doing its best to keep
the draft out of the state. Advance
are that the required
lumber of recruits will be raised
easily. Mcpherson recruited $50
men and enlistment was stopped
here because the town was furnish
ng so many more than its share.
Abilene should do at least half that
yell with the whole of north Dick
nson to draw from. Herington has
llready recruited its company of
jixty-five men and more are trying
% enlist.
Manager Collins of the Seelye is
loing his share in donating the pro-
.eeds of both an afternoon and
,vening show to the benefit of the
company and in giving his opera
house free of charge for the rally.
The speakers of the evening will do
heir share toward getting men for
he state and country and will ex-
lain why the company should be
-aised from their different stand
points. AS business men and profess
ional men and as soldiers and min
sters. The recruiting officers here
ire college men and are doing their
)est to interest the town in the work
md it Is up to the people to turn
u Monday evening and show the
patriotism that so far has been evil
fenced only by a flag display and
ew patriotic remarks.
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shot a potato into the air;
t fell to earth l know not where
n sandy loan, l pray and hope
Since reading all this food drive"
dope.
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Chapman with q population Of
500 has enlisted 35 men in the army
rhlch is some record. We doubt II
t has been eIcelled by any town in
he country.