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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-10-11
FIRST NUMBER 322|
President Wilson in Person
n Opens the Big Draft Lot
terry at Washington.
DRAWING TAKES LONG TINE
Magnitude of Task Prohibited the For
warding of the Results by Wire
Reqistrants to Be Notified
by Local Boards.

Washington.-Pres Wilson per-
sonaIly opened the ceremony of draw
ing numbers for the 100000 men
registered in the new draft. He drew
the first capsule, which contained the
number 322.
Amid ceremonies profoundly i'm
pressive and of transcendent historical
chief of staff of the army, received in
person this vast force of as yet ununi-
formed reserves, on behalf of the mil
itary branch of the government.
100000 in Arms by July.
And from this reservoir of man pow
er-the largest body of citizen soldiers
ever offered by the people of any ma
ton to their government-General
March is to recruit the army of 4,0O0,-
900 men which he has promised to
have overseas by July l next to back
up General Pershing on the battlefields
of Europe.
Every man in the registration is af-
fected, as from those who are not
called for active military duty the
country's war managers propose to
mobilize a great industrial army of
war workers to make certain of con-
stantly flowing stream of men and mu
nitions to the field of battle.
The roll call, which is to assign to
each of the 100000 men a military
number determining the order in
~ 70 ho oil Il
President Wilson himself, and not fin
ished until late in the afternoon next
day.
AS the tally sheets were filled they
were rushed over to the government
printing office for the official master
list, which, when completed, were sent
by General Crowder to all district
boards throughout the country, which,
in turn were to make them public
through the newspapers. In that way
the country at large was informed of
the order of all the numbers within a
few days.
Wilson Is AppIauded.
There was a hearty round of ap-
plause as the president, blindfOlded
with a pieee of cloth taken from the
covering of one of the chairs used
at the signing of the Declaration of
independence, approached the table
on which rested the famous glass
bowl used upon the first drawing.
Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder guild
ed his hand as he reached down into
the bowl to pick one of the 1900 blue
capsules containing the numbers.
There was increased handclapping
when it was announced that the first
number of the drawing was 322, for
the number which the president drew
has a registrant representing it in
every one of the 4,557 local boards in
the country. Every man whose serial
number corresponds to it may there
fore consider that the command to
march or ''work" comes from the
commander in chief himself.
Vice President Marshall, similarly
bllndfolded, picked out the second
number. 1t proved to be a high num-
ber-7 ,277-which will be order No. 2
for all boards having registrants bear
ing that number. The average number
of registrants to a board ranges only
from $500 to 5000.
The Eumber which President Will
son drew has registrant represent
in. it in practically every district in
the United States. Other numbers fol-
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Honors Are Easy.

s'But father doesn't approve of you"
"Oh, that doesn't matter-I don't ap-
prove of him, ither.'-Sydney Bulle-
tin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24
Accent on the con, I suppose.
The Animals In Us Humans.
Continued from First Column.)


That quality takes man to the North Pole Ice and
weather cannot brighten him. Where the Esdmos
themselves dare CO. he leads them His courage and
other quality does to conquer the ice than all their
experience their Arctic life dating back for centuries
It the quality in Stanley that took him and
his huge African savage porters through the struggle from
one murderous tribe to another.
The hundreds of that he took with him were big
and powerful The top of Saneys head would not reach
to the shoulder of one of them.
But it was the quality IN his head that took them
through unknown lands ungle swamps evers, and made
a success of his Grand
We are not born lambs lions hyenas pigs, sharks.
In each brain all the different possibilities exist We
control the animal impulses and encourage the best.
To do thing well 'know yourself" study, critcise,
and condemn yourself.
If you were starting from your house dangerous
errand and small lamb started out with you you would
send him back and whistle for your big bulldog your
tame lion if you had one
When you out in life it is for you select what
quality shall go with you to make the journey success
Discourage within yourself the weaker and lower animal
qualities with which all start out Keep if you and
develop, the lions courage without its ferocity.
In world controlled by courage don't be sheep.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24
By Winifred BIa ck

calf that John D. Gordon takes
out to the low pasture every morn
ing and brings back every night
without the slightest loss OF social
caste. even when the calf decides
to have a look at Main street and
drags him along against his will
and his vociferous protests.
Not IL you have Chicken fixin's"
every Sunday and peach ice cream
made at home all summer, and
three kinds OF layer cake and two
kinds OF pie for supper whenever
you feel like 1t.
Not II Aunt Jenny and Uncle
Randolph live just down the pike
a ways and sold you their second
hand runabout for so much Down
and so much month, and you feel
as Independent as John d. Rookie
Teller when you pour in the gaso-
line and get ready for a spin
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meal with real cream, ham and
eggs, sweet potatoes, Irish pota-
toes, flannel cakes. Sally Lunn, hot
biscuit, honey in the comb, ounce
preserves, peach butter, and Aunt
Sally's. chow-chow for breakfast
just as natural as life.
Not II your wife is Miss Sally
This" or Miss Mary That" and
knows every woman and child, and
man and dog in the county, and
can wear whatever she wants to
whenever she feels like 1t and have
everybody think it's all right be-
cause she's wearing II.
Not II you have a Cherokee rose
climbing up to the gallery" on
the second floor and a mighty
sweet bed of bergamot in the side
garden, and a little patch of mint
in the back, and a chicken yard
full Of fowl and . red and white
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

Not II your wife sings In the
choir and you help pump the
organ.
Not II you have a good library
full OF well-used books. a well OF
cold water at the side gate. a
town full Of good friends, loyal
and true. a county full OF kin
folks, and two Or three good bird
dogs, ready for business any time
you get down the old gun and start
out after a little game.
Not II you're a real American
and want to say Yes, ma'am, and
"No, sir" as you were taught to
do by your father before you. with
out being cast into outer darkness
because you said 1t.
Here's TO the young man who
went home to Georgia. hoINe
he'll never change his mind ana
come back to Washington and pre-
tend he's happy so far from home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

dominating that complicated of all animals the
human being.
Controlling the of animals within ourselves
the hardest part of the work that leads to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

And from C. 1. CRISSEY, 1873
Irving street:
Zone has only to bark back to thu
troublous days in the Transvaal and
recall a parallel in the efforts of the
Beers to keep 'De-wet from de-feat!'
THE press dispatches then made
every slight eminence or elevation a
'kopje,' so why not kopje, or 'copje'
if you wish to coin a more modern
term?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

Boer war suggestions fTsm J. D.
SULLIVAN, of 500 Second strees
northwest:
Traff-kopf.
Traffi-kOn.
Traf-6-eOne.
kOp-KOrk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

Ice Cream and soft drinks
Cleaning.
Pressing MELONS on Ice.
Shoe Shine Parlor.
Come one come an
A friendly call.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24
I'D you read about the young
Georgia man who had a
lovely Job in Washington

NeOTBld man WHO nau
lovely job in Washington
800 a month, and not much to
do to earn it-and who went there
and when he found what it was
going to cost him to pay board,
'tIrncd right around and went
straight home again?
l did. And / liked him for 60
ing horne.
/ think he had common sense,
and knew what vas good for hun.
Twenty-Five dollars a week in
Washinrton-that's just about $50
a week in Georgia.
Twenty-Five dollars a week won't
buy you newcomers to any big city
the sort Of life or One-tenth the
happiness you've been accustomed
to have at home.
Not if you've been used to living
in Georgia and expect TO have eat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

r. N. Cooper calls it a COMPASS.
He also explains: "First-The de-
finition Of the word alone would
Justify its selection. Second-The
officer daily directs thousands to
COME and to PASS"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

The Lamb Man and the Lion Man.
Man has him all of the animals mixed up-a the queer
heredity back of him.
And IN every you find ONE animal char
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

MRS. HAMLET wants to call Il
THE GOAT. 1t initiates tyros into
the mysteries OF traffic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24
Read this, Mr.. BOrIandt

Read this, Mr.. BOrIandI
/ have been a Government clerk
for thirty-nine and one-half years
on a small salary. I have never
been able to save money, the
needs Of my family requiring all
my earnings. 1 might naturally
ask what will the Government
do for me, and for thousands OF
others like me, when we are
forced to quit, but that Is not
what I am referring to. The
point 1 wish to mention IS this
Is 1t fair to me after all my years
Of service faithfully performed. to
compel me to work longer hours
without compensation at my time
OF life? Is this to be my reward
for a lifetime of labor? I ask the
question in the name of common
justice and humanity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24
traffic tub at Fifteenth street anA
New York avenue be named
THE "BULL"PEN.
Yours, unheard, unseen,
WALTER JOHNSON.

HARRY NJ. RoESER, from the in
tellectual attitudes of the Bureau Of
Standards, lays this upon my desk:
Having Just returned to Wash
ington after an extended absence, I
am pleased to note that our anaemic
street railway system is convalescing
faster than the surprised public can
give names to the improvements.
therefore hasten to the breach and
christen the fort at Fifteenth street
and New York avenue a COPPER
SCOPE"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

DAN A. WELLS, of East Falls
Church, says it's a safety island
or a traffic island"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24
Tighten the p, o. Doors.

IF you want to do a good thing, I"
says J. E. GOODKEY, of the Gov
eminent Printing Office, try to
have the two-ton doors on the City
Postoffice changed to lighter ones
so that a woman can open them
without assistance"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

THE MOUND whispers modest
IN. A." of 2119 R street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24
From the Jarboe family %
TakOma Park.

Clinton says IT'S a ....-.....Trafhc Depot
Alfred says it's a ..-......!Trafic Hub
Esther says it's .-..-.....Trafic Alarm BE
Gladys says las a ...-..-.-!Trafhc Hold Up
Frederick, jr. says it's Traffic Guard
led. NOte-Alfred says he Is ten
years old and wants to be a police
mani
HARRIET c. LARRABEE, Of Mt
Rainier calls it Point Look Out"
Accent on the con, suppose.
ROBERT ISBELL, advertising
manager Of Kings Palace, sug-
gests calling it the COMING
TOWER, as the occupant must be
something Of diplomat, as well
as an autocrat-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL GOODWIN.

A sign at First and K streets
southwest says:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

Room 625 Riggs Building wants
to call the Fifteenth street and
New York avenue traffic tub by the
old-fashioned country name
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

COP COOP says W. B. NJ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24
Pronounce
GGDE

Friend Earl-As regards the TUB"
at Fifteenth street and New York
avenue northwest, would not Traffic
Guide" be a catchy name for it?
A further suggestion: Why not
station two officers in the ''TUB?"
Let one take care OF the street cars;
the other to take care of automobiles.
There is more traffic at that inter-
section than at any other place in
the city. Very truly
o. F. BUEHNE.
1 Thought Walter Was In COffey-
vile, Kan.
I respectfully suggest that the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

You must remember, of course,
that as long as the Government al
lore it's clerks to Be the political
pLdythtngs of men tUho use them for
reelection purposes, these cruel con-
ditions tDiu not Be changed. Get a
vote IN Washington and there'd be q
difference, BELIEVE ME.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

In this striking picture the cartoonst conveys the fact
that quality not size counts today in men.
Courage occupies no space 1t is quality, not sub
stance.
The picture shows you the left big man. with the
nature of lamb and the right smaller man. with the
lions character.
Each of the lower animals has ONE distinguishing
quality.
When you think of particular animal that one quality
comes to your mind
The fox-cunning.
The tiger-ferocity.
The hyena- cowardly cruelty.
The pig-greediness.
The dog-friendshp.
The monkey-imitative foolishness
The horse-ambition.
The sheep-timidity, and so on indefinitely.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24
The Animals In Us Humans

Lamb and LOn Fox and Owl, Compete for ControI-YOU
Decide.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24
The Upon Block

That's what they call a stump
sawed OF in front of a farm house
and used as a carriage block or a
step from which ladies mount
horses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

"For goodness sake get it named"
shrieks EDDIE HESSE, from his
dignity as chief clerk Of the Police
Department.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

Speaking of economies, it would be
a gigantic saving in fuel if the lights
in the Capitol, in the Senate Office
Building and the House Office Build
ing would be turned of when not
needed. Some Of the House Office
Building lights burn all day for no
reason at all
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24


Another suggestion to call it the
CROWS NEST comes from N. W.
G., who says he's one of the old boys
who used to run messages from the
Capitol in the old days when Penn
sylvania avenue was paved with
cobblestones.
FRED RICE, 1902 Columbia
road, says:
stick Old Glory in that big
cheese at Fifteenth street and New
York avenue and call it The Moni-
tor"
]. A. CANNON, 1913 New Hamp-
shire avenue, offers his suggestion
in happy rhyme:
Where two avenues come together
Brave policemen defy all kinds Of
weather
On the SUMMIT to see afar,
To direct each moving car"
From E. H. DICK, who runs a ho-
tel agency at Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania avenue:
"StOp! Now got"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

PIERCE MILLER says Felix Ma
hony is not a camouhager, but a
camouheur.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

A sign on o street, near Tenth
street northwest:
If It's
Anything to
burn
We have it.
FHow about seven or eight car
tickets for a quarter while this
service lasts ?" asks a friend.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

Here's trouble. MISS EDNA
K BUSHEE says that since my
comment on empty cars running to
Georgetown on the Capital Traction
lines, she can't get seat on that line
at all, and will please ask George
Hamilton to run a few more cars to
GeorRetoHn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

GAS hungry as a wolf''-"as scared as rabbit -
''stupd a goose blind a bat''-'solemn as an
owl"
Constantly calls in the name of some animal to
describe his feelings describe another Who
robs the poor through usury is called "loan shark
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-24

CGmoufeur de lis?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

The Miami Herald follows the
Stars example in calling attention to
the very scanty vote cast in the recent
election, it being hardly a third of
the vote of 1916. which lacked twenty
thousand or more of the states full
vote. 1t is evident that in many coun-
ties a small minority of the voters
went to the polls. In Marion, how
ever, there was much interest shown
in the election and few citizens failed
to cast their ballots. About a thou
sand of our men of voting age are
absent, most of them in the army or
navy, the others temporarily in bust
ness in other counties or states, but
of those remaining at home very few
failed to vote.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23
FOR THE STARS IN
MARION'S SERVICE FLAG
(Continued from First Page)

Maxey L. Mason, white.
Frederick Douglas Magon, colored.
Alfred Sheppard Harroun, white.
Louis H. Chazal, white.
Stephen Ivey Long, white.
Frederick William Neil, white
Maurice Common Jordan, white.
Emmett Crook. white.
Laurence Packard, colored.
James Wesley Lyles, white.
Cleveland Y. Crews, white.
Tracy Thomas Pedrick, white.
Alfred Counts, colored.
Arthur Roddenberry, white.
Bryan Curry, white.
Maxwell Arnold Bogue, white.
Clarence Napolean Smith, white.
Samuel Kemp Burford, white.
Alfred James MacKay, white.
LOOMS Bitch. white.
Claude Harrison, white.
Sebron Weathers Ferguson, white
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

Our heart was made glad Friday by
the present of a bottle of persimmon
beer, brewed by the Stars staunch
friend, Mrs. S. T. .Sistrunk, who has
no superior in the art of giving
pleasant surprises to her friends. The
refreshing beverage came in just at
the time when we were tired and
thirsty and weary of the camoufages
served at the soda fountains, and it
surely hit the spot. Marion county
people should make plenty of persim-
mon beer for their own use. 1t is as
superior to Book and Schlitz as cham
payne is to cheap red wine, and we
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

Mr.. Nathan Mayo corrects the Star
in statement it made the other day,
when in speaking of the wheat raised
at Summerfeld it said there was no
fine flour in the exhibits. It appears
however that the Star slipped cog
at this point, as there is some fine
bolted flour in the exhibit. Not be-
ing supplied with the regular appar-
atus, the enterprising Summerfielders
bolted a quantity of the -four thru
silk, and so they have a complete line
of the great staple, from the wheaton
ear on the stalk to genuine biscuit.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

Mrs. Bridges. wife of Mr.. L. A.
Bridges, died at her home in Dunnel-
Ion Thursday afternoon and was
buried Friday. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Whitaker of the
Methodist church. The funeral was
largely attended and the floral offer
ings were numerous and beautiful.
The Bridges family is among the pio-
neers Of the county, and the passing
Of Mrs. Bridges causes much sorrow
IL her community.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

The only automobile display on the
fair grounds was that of the Chevro-
let car by the Ocala Iron Works. The
display was in charge of Mr.. Melton
and attracted considerable attention.
Several days during the fair about a
dozen Chevrolets, with banners, par
AIDED the streets and the visitor in the
city who does not know that this
splendid car is well represented here
is blind or entirely uninterested in al.
automobile.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

If we ever leave the Herald with
out an editor for week, we are go
ing to say to the foreman, "Get a
copy of the Ocala Star and clip from
it everything you see, and print it in
the Herald, and you'll be on the safe
side in all respects. "-Punta Gorda
Herald.
A mighty fine compliment, but the
people of Punta Gorda will never find
any one who in broadness of view and
felicity of expression can equal Edi-
tor A. P. Jordan.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

We regret the resignation of Mr..
McAdoo. He was the most able man
in the cabinet-the only man, in fact,
of Mr.. Wilson's first cabinet who pos
sessed any more than mediocre abil-
ity. As the years have gone on and
his responsibilities increased, he has
risen to meet them until he has taken
a place among the worlds foremost
statesmen.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

The community exhibits at the fair
were awarded premiums in the follow
ing order: First, Summerield; Sec
ond, Mcintosh; third, Anthony, and
fourth, Reddick. Each had a very
complete fair of its own. We hope
to see at least twenty of these COM
munity exhibits at the next fair.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

Now that the fair is over, the man.
ayers at once should decide whether
or not they will have fair next year.
If they decide in the affirmative, they
should go to work to prepare for it.
Running fair is an all-year-round
business-as soon as one is over, pre-
paration should be made for the next.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

Our county fair officials are max
ing collection Of their best exhibits
to send to the big state fair at Jack
sonville.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

We believe this cry Of starvation
in Germany is part of the most shrewd
and diabolical German propaganda
yet attempted in this country.-Tam-
pa Tribune.
Shouldn't be surprised.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

1t is more vanity than anything
else that causes the suffragettes to
demand representation at the peace
conference.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

They were all good, but Prince Eitel
seems to have been the most expe,
rife man in the German army.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

That "made in Germany label on
goods should be succeeded by the i'm
print of the crimson hand.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

Cats thinks he is cracker edition
of the kaiser, but he'll find there can't
be any such animal.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-23

have plenty of material for making
it right at hand. 1t won't keep, how
ever; at least. not in our vicinity.