The weekly soliphone., 1917-08-09
PARAGOULD MAN
 ON STATE BOARD
R. w. Meriwether Goes to Little Rock To Pass On Pleas For
 Military Exemption.

R. w. Meriwether, who left Sun day morning for Little Rock to as sume his work as member of the District Exemption Board for the Eastern District, is now at work with other members of the board in passing upon pleas upon the part of those who are anxious to es cape military service.
 It will be the policy of the Dis trict Exemption Boards to get an army, rather than to be easy in the granting of exemptions. In fact, all claims for exemption are to be most rigidly exmained, and they will not be granted except in cases where there can be no question of the justice of the claim.
 Members of the two boards met yesterday at the capitol to confer on the policies to be pursued, so that there may be a unanimity of action. The boards are constituted as follows:
 Eastern District-W. J. Lamb, of Osceola, chairman; Mayor Chas. E. Taylor, Little Rock, secretary; R. w. Meriwether, Paragould; Estes Hale, Little Rock; Dr. R. L. Smith, Russellville.
 Western District--Allen Tinham, Texarkana, chairman; Ira D. Ogles- by, Jr., Fort Smith, secretary; Will lard Pendergrass, Altus; pr. c. H. Cargile, Bentonville; Henry Yocum, Eldorado.
 Gen. Lloyd England, who is to be Brigadier General of the Ar kansas troops, appeared before the joint meeting, and urged that every legitimate effort be put forth to secure the army. He called atten- tion to the fact that whenever any mothers son is exempted, some oth- >er mothers son must be taken in his place. The government is mak- ing plans to protect it's interests, by requesting the governors to appoint some one in each county to act as it's representative in opposing the appeals and exemption claims; investigators will also be appoint ed to investigate the affidavits. Alp peals from the local to the district boards will be by affidavit only, and no one will appear before the board, in person or by attorney.
 It is announced that penalties are to be strictly enforced. The law prescribes that any person who shall make or be a party to making any false statement or certificate as to fitness or liability of himself or any other person, or shall fail or neglect to perform any duty re- ouired of him, shall, if not subject to military law, be punished by Imprisonment for not more than one year, or, if subject to military law, shall be subject to trial by court martial.
 Any person or persons convicted of conspiracy fin violating the se- lective draft law, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or impris- oned not more than five years for perjury.
 To the district boards is en- trusted the solution of one of the most vital problems of the war. Two things are to be accomplished to raise armies and to maintain industries. As the war proceeds more and more men will be re- duired for the battle line, and yet there are certain industries that must be maintained to that end. Any considerable diminution of man power must interfere to some eX- tent with industry. The diminution must be made, and hence 1t is self evident the problem is not absolute ly to prevent interference with in- dustfy, for that's is impossible: 1t iss to reduce interferenee tn1 2 Smin imum ! "A balance lmlst bei struck and maintained between the mili- tary and industrial needs of the nation, and the necessary sacrifice must be distributed with scientific accuracy and in such way as to accomplish both purposes of the nation.
 There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than I'll other diseases put together, and for gears it wi5 sup posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed