Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-26
! LOCAL COMMENT

While there is Eu great loss &c any
one in temporary closing Of the schools,
the danger point of epidemic has so far
passed that the schools at least. il not
other public places, can be opened at
any time now. OF all places of as
sernbly the schools offer the least
danger OF influenza infection, for the
youngsters seem the least subject to
grip.
People should begin at once the
heaviest systematic parchase OF var
| savings stamps ofrha yss..... PIrcfa SIS
hav, .allen off so rluch Gnrin" the Iart
three months that several times the
! am ,r3t OF the largest month m1st D.
TIL chased in November. Il purchases
arc lot made by the middle o. next
month every family will find Itself
appraised by the war service league
| of the council Of defense and a.lotmcnts
made to eva-y family to be purchased
| at one time for cash. just as liberty
bond quotas are raised. II everybody
| j, The CITY Will double what he has
already purchased we can yet win on
the voluntec- liam without resortins
to conscriptior.
There are forty-niae counties in Iowa
which have sold more war savings
stamps than Marshall county has.
Marshall ranked fftieth on October /.
In September only seven counties sold
more war stamps than Marshall coun-
ty did but many have completed their
entire years quota in one drive. Get
busy and loan some more savings TO
your Uncle Sam to help win the war
| The union war work drive next
month will cost US about s15 for each
family on an average. some more ana
some less. The plan OF the campaign
has not yet been formulated. but people
will proba bly, be permitted to extend
their payments over a reasonable PERIOD
Of time. but payment must be volun-
teered. There will be no sending OF
bills nor collectors. A person VINO
pledges and does not pay is more OF
Stacker than he who pledges not AT
all, for he seeks by an unified pledge
to masquerade in false uniform OF
patriotism.
Reports from local factories OF In
ability to operate to full capacity be-
cause Of labor shortage reminds again
that every person who wishes to apply
the work or fight rule to himself can
find his opportunity at any OF our
factories. Women. boys and old men
should look upon it as their patriotic
duty to be employed at some usefu'
task while this war is on. 1t helps
release men for war work.
Raymond Hall is dead. and his I'm
born child is dead. Those who en-
gagged in mob trial Of his case are
| probably sorry. The Times Republican
is satisfied now that it refused to try
the Hall case in It's columns. TIVE
government had set up local and dis
trict boards to pass on all questions as
| to selection for army service. The dis
trict board granted Hall deferred
classification and refused upon appeal
to reverse itself. Enll was mobbed'
his neigibors took sides in violent con-
troversy, and finally Hall. upon advice
Of the local board. waived his exemption
and went into the army In order to eno
the row at home. There might have
] been an effort to evade the draft. and
there might not That was the ques-
ton at issue, but the lesson to us all
Is now quite clear. that it would be
far better to let the legally constituted
boards settle all questions as to the
draft II we are not satisfied we can
go to the county attorney and ask Tor
a legal appeal. We can not afford to
! call men slackers and use yellow paint
merely because they have been defer
red, for eleven men are going to be
deferred in the new draft to every two
who are selected for service. The war
department plans to use only two out
Of thirteen at first, and 1t is announced
by the provost marsha! general that
only six out Of hundred men above
the age OF 32 will be placed in Glass 1.
This draft law may not ,suit any one
OF us, but it is the law and should be
j allowed to take its orderly, legal course.