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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-16
NOTICE

This is to notify the public that
on and after this date, / will not be
responsible for any debts contract
ed by my wife, Jennie Pucel, and
/ hereby give warning to extend
her no credit on my account.
Signed, FRANK PUcEL
Dated August 6, 1918.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-16
FOR SALE.

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call at the
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-16

August, that August allotments are
not payable until September, and SO
forth.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24

/ Tennessee, We demand that the poll
ticians keep their paws off the West
Tennessee Normal school.
This paper has some active reporters
There are two other newspapers III
Memphis whose men are alert, and it
is fact tnat during all Of Prof. Bris-
ter's administration not single sto.
ry has ever come from the West Ten
neSsee Normal school rejecting in any
way upon the good order of that in
stitution, or upon the conduct of Prof.
Brister as the head Of the institution.
If there had been any lack Of dis
cipline, any faulty teaching or any de-
parture from the regular order of a
well organized school, there would have
been something about it in the papers
We further say to the state board
of education that we will not stand
for any pin-headed president.
Except for the war, this campaign
against Brister would have been whip
ped by the people of West Tennessee,
and the forces making it and the de-
sire behind it would have been shown
and that would have ended it.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
RECRUITING STATION
OPEN IN BROWNSVILLE

A United States army recruiting
station has been opened in Brownsville
and is loca1ed over SHORTS grocery
store. Sergeants Robert NJ. Travis
and M. H. Littrell are in charge Of the
station. M
Under the recent registration law
just made effective, all men who have
attained the age of twenty-one since
the last registration day, June 5, 1911,
are required to register for military
duty on June 5 next, and after that
date will not be allowed to volunteer.
Between now and June 5, these mel
can choose the branch of service they
prefer and can enlist for same at the
local recruiting office.
The sergeant in charge will give any
information in regard to the different
branches of the service, and states
that at present nearly all branches
ire open for enlistments.
Choose your branch of service ana
enlist before June 5. You will no.
have this opportunity after that date,
Sergeants Travis and Littrell are de-
lighted with their work in Browns
vile and speak most appreciatively Of
the courtesies which are being shown
them by our people.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
SENATE VOTES TO
BACK UP WILSON

Washington, May 22-With less than
two minutes debate, the threatened
breach between President Wilson and
the Senate disappeared today, when,
by a viva voce vote, an acceptable sub
stitute was adopted in place of the
Chamberlain resolution which the pres
ident contended was nothing less than
a proposal to constitute the military
affairs committee a committeeEzsaS,a
conduct Of the war.
Senator Chamberlain said the CON-
promise was satisfactory to him, as Il
authorized the military committee and
subcommittee to proceed not only
with the air craft and ordnance inves-
LEGATIONS, but also to make any other
inquiries regarding army operations.
The compromise was reached after
prolonged conferences and merely
proposes that any expenses incurred
by the military committee for investi-
cations previously authorized shall be
paid from the contingent fund in the
senate. 1t eliminates entirely the pro-
proposed authority for subcommittee
to sit during the recess of congress.
BY the adoption of the substitute, d
vote on the original resolution was
avoided entirely
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24

/ they will remain until he is called for
over sea service.
Wallace McCleish is at home this
week from Camp Beauregard on five
days furlough. He willreturn to camp
next Sunday.
Sergt. Frank Windrow spent few
dayswith his parents this week. Sergt.
Windrow is looking fine and friends
were glad to give him hearty hand
clasp again.
We understand that Floyd Cobb has
been made supply sergeant at Lexing-
ton, Ky.
Leroy Gillespie has been confined In
the hospital for some time, but is able
to be out now. He has been promoted
to the rank of corporal.
Lawrence and Henry Dixon and
Harvey Byrn passed through Browns
vile on the soldiers train Wednesday
on their way to Fort Thomas, which is
near Cincinnati.
Pvt. Luther Mann, who crossed over
about four months ago with the 20tn
Engineers, writes that he is liking it
fine and is anxious to get some Of the
kaiser's children to bring home with
him, which he says will not be longer
than Christmas. Luther was corpo-
raj when he left the states, and writes
that he is now first class private,
which is equally as good in foreign
service, and calls for $500 more d
month.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
RED CROSS SPEAKING
DRAWS LARGE CROWD

The circuit court room was crowd
ed Wednesday afternoon by citizens
who came to hear Capt. E. L. Guest,
a wounded soldier from the front, who
had been advertised as the orator of
the day.
Capt. Guest did not fill the appoint
ment as advertised.
In the absence of Capt. Guest, Coun-
ty Chairman E. C. Sturdivant, Jr., Sc
cured Prof. N. B. Hardeman of Hen
derson, Tenn, to fill the date.
Prof. Hardeman delivered a splen-
did patriotic address, stressing espe-
cially Red Cross work and the duty Of
all patriotic people to rally to its sup
port. In concluding his address, Mr..
Hardeman touched on the prohibi-
tion question and deplored the fact
that our government is placing no re-
strictions on the making Of beer at
time when all citizens are being call
ed on to conserve food stuffs for our
allies. He thought there was an in
consistency in such action and advised
the closing Of the breweries.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
BROWNSVILLE GOES GOES OVER OVER
in RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
MORE THAN HER ALLOTMENT OF THE QUOTA FOR HAY
WOOD COUNTY IN FIRST TWO DAYS OF CAMPAIGN: OUR PEO-
PIE GIVE FREELY GLADLY FOR THIS GREAT HUMANITt
RAN CAUSE WHOLE COUNTY WILL GO OVER BY END OF WEEK

long. The camp there is filled to ca
pacity, and they sent us as well as the
rest of the Tennessee boys from Shell
by to Carter counties to Camp Forrest.
This surely is fine camp; good water,
nice location, fine sleeping quarters
and the best of all, fine officers.
We are quarantined for fourteen
days for fear that some of the new re-
cruits might have some contagious
disease. We are all well pleased with
our camp and our only wish is to go
over the pond" at an early day as
possible. The soldiers are all wei
cared for and have everything they
want except their dear mother, but
the noble Red Cross acts in her place
as big international, universal moth
er when they get sick or are the vic
tins of an accident of some kind.
Know you are busy so won't tire you
longer with this uninteresting letter
With very best of wishes for all, l am
The Haywood County Rookie, in the
making.
HOMER H. CULLEY,
= 18th Brig, Detention Camp l.,
Camp Forrest, Ga,
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24

Brownsville has more than met her
assessment in the second Red Cross
campaign, and the work was practi-
cally completed two days after the
campaign opened. No cause has ever
met with a more enthusiastic, hearty
response on the part of our people,
The work was organized in system
attic way and proceeded without a
hitch of any kind. On Wednesday
committees reported, when twas founi
that the quota had been over
subscribed by five hundred dollars.
Every district in the county has
been allotted its quota of the ten
thousand dollars assessed for Haywood
county and good reports are being re-
ceived from the various committees in
charge.
1t is confidently expected that the
full amount and more will be reported
collected by the end Of the week.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
ANNUAL HIGH
SCHOOL CONTEST

A delightful program was rendered
by the students of the high school Fri.
day evening Of last week, when they
gave their annual Inter-Soeiety con-
test.
The chapel was beautifully decorat'
ed with the colors of the two sides
yellow and black for the Delta Sig
mas and blue and red for the Phi Gam
mas. Streamers of crepe paper in
the four eolors formed an artistic back
ground on the stage, where the contes-
tants were seated. Before the pro-
gram the enthusiastic yells and songs
showed with what interest they enter
ed into the final contest of the year.
The program was considered one I
the best in the history of the school
and was as follows: Edward Brad
ford, presiding officer; Houston Tay-
lor, secretary.
Chorus - - - - ----
Declamation-Delta Sigma, Wilson
Livingston; Phi Gamma, Harold
Carlton.
Music-Delta Sigma, Will Allen Byrn.
Reading-Delta Sigma, Pauline Rus
sell; Phi Gamma, Lucille Felsenthal
Quartette.
Resolved, That the Govern
--ment Should Retain Ownership of
the Railroads after the Great War.
.Affrmative-Delta Sigma :. Robert
--Sherrod, Odis Humphreys. Mega
--tive-Phi Gamma-Robert Coving-
ton, James Upton, Jr.
Music-Phi Gamma-Ruble Wilkerson
Butterfly Danee-12 Girls.
Scene from Uncle Renius.
The judges were selected from the
audience and after much consideration
the banner was awarded to the Phi
Gammas, as having won the declama-
tion and reading.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
CLASS ONE MEN
NOT YET CALLED

Of the men who have registered for
service and been classified in Hay
wood county, there still remain uncall-
ed seventy-four white and 25O negroes
in the first class. This does not include
the men called for May 28, nor the al
ternates for that date.
It is estimated that the registration
on June 5th, of all men who have be-
come twenty-one years old since June
5, 1918, will add something like two
hundred more to the first class in this
county.
With these facts before us it appears
that the time for calling men in any
of the other classes is long way off
and will most probably never come,
since class one will be added to yearly
by men becoming Of age.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
OUR COUNTY SOLDIERS

Each week takes a number of our
boys to France and it is getting to be
an unusual thing to see a soldier on
the street. A recruiting office has
beeno pened over Shorts store and is
in charge Of Sergeant M. H. Littrell,
John Gillespie, who has been in the
automobile business in Memphis for
some time left with the Shelby county
bows for Fort Thomas, KY, on We'd
nesday of this week. An Of DR.. and
Mrs. Gillespie's sons are now in the
service Of Uncle Sam.
Mac. S.. Darnaby, a former en-
ployee Of the Express Company at this
place, and who left here TO accept a
splendid position with the Adams Ex-
press Go. in Chicago, volunteered the
first Of April and was sent to Hous-
ton, Tex, and placed in the engineer
ing corps. He feels fortunate in be-
ing sent to France so soon after en-
listment, and in a letter recetly re-
ceived by his mother he says he was
90 the ocean fourteen days,
Lieut.. VIM. B. Nash and Miss Magy
Williams Of Stanton were married in
Chattanooga on Wednesday evening
of last week. Lieut., and Mrs. Nash
left this week for New York, where
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
RED CROSS NOTES

Following the proclamation of Pres
ident Wilson designating the week Of
May 20-27 as RED Cross Week. dur
ing which the second war fund of$100,-
100000 will be raised, the war council
has issued an address to the Red Cross
members all over the United States.
1t is in part as follows:-
"Red Cross week affords every
American an opportunity to give to his
country and his country's alies-to do
his utmost without thought of fnan-
cial return-that those who are suffer
ing may be sustained to the victory
point Let no one be able to say that
he did not give, or that he did not
give sufficiently because he failed to
understand the need. No matter how
many men are in camp or in transit, or
in the trenches, the protection of the
Red Cross must be with everyone
from the time he leaves home until he
returns, or until he finds his grave in
foreign soil The need for at least
S100,000,000 is convincing and imme-
diate. AS Red Cross members you are
called upon to spare no effort to make
Red Cross Week a period of patriotic
generosity unsurpassed in the annals
Of practical relief"
At the close Of the school at Aliens,
taught by Miss Mary Lottie Somerville
an offering was made for the Aliens
Red Cross Auxiliary. A nice sum was
realized with which the school room
was equipped for Red Cross work dur
ing the summer. This Auxiliary, with
Mrs. Claude McCleish as chairman, is
doing fine work.
Mr.. DeBerry Boyd has rendered very
valuable assistance to the local Red
Cross Chapter by seeing to it that all
sewing machines at headquarters are
kept in good repair. This has meant
great deal to our work, and Mr., Boyd
is indeed serving his country by thus
helping in the Red Crss work
On last Friday night a community
meeting was held at Woodville, and
an enthusiastic Red Cross Auxiliary
Fourteen members were
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24

Nashville, May 21.-The state board
of education refused to reeleet Pro-,
j. w. Brister as president of the West
Tennessee State Normal School 81
Memphis at its meeting Tuesday.
Prof. Brister was nominated for re.
election by c. C. Hanson, member of
the board of education from Memphis,
but received only three votes. C. G.
Hanson, j. H. Bayer of Huntington
and H. H. Gamble of Maryville voted
to retain him as president Of the school
The board did not elect successor
to Prof. Brister, but will meet again
June Is, at which time the president
and faculty of the West Tennessee
State Normal will be named.
Il was stated by the members of tho
board that no charges were brought
against Prof. Brister, but that action
of the board was based on the report
of the committee appointed to inves-
tigate reported discomfort at the West
Tennessee Normal which evidenced
considerable friction between Prof..
Brister and members of the faculty
and student body.
1t was stated that in opposing the
reelection of Prof. Brister the boaro
acted solely for the best interest of the
school. All members of the board
present except Mr.. Fowlkes of Wa
verify.
The board met at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning to take up the considerations
Of the committees report on the West
Tennessee State Normal and was Ill
session practically throughout the day.
A motion to refer the report back t0I
the committee and give Prof. Bristel
an opportunity to answer the crit.
cisms against his administration was
defeated, but instead it was decided to
turn the report over to
Prof. Brister and give him until 81
O'Clock the afternoon. TO submit tas
answer
The report was adopted by the board
during the afternoon session.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24

Commenting on the above the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal says:
Machine politics and factionists in
war times ply their trades at great
advantage.
Newspapers worth while are COM
PEELED to give attention to big things Of
vital war Importance, and cannot turn
the light of publicity upon the machi-
nations, tricks, schemes and chicanery
of political gangsters.
There has been fight on Prof. Bris-
ter, president of the West Tennessee
! Normal school, for several months.
1t began two years ago in desire for
his job. Yelled charges were made.
Brister was not confronted with these
charges. A committee came to Mem
phis and made an investigation Some
members Of the faculty. were called n.
But Brister was not present; he was
not confronted with the charges; he
was not even allowed to answer them
A member of the board asked to be
present and was told that the session
was an executive one. Then these
charges were taken to Nashville with
the result that the board refuses to
re-elect Prof. Brister.
.Brister has been tried by a STAR
chamber committee and declared gull
ty.
Memphis and Shelby county practi-
cally built the West Tennessee Normal
school. Three hundred and fifty thous-
and dollars in bonds were given and d
plot Of ground worth probably $780,,
900 was donated.
There was an accumulated fund for
normals, and this money completed the
building. The city of Memphis supple
mented the salary which the state paid
to Prof. Mynders.
When Mynders died Brister came
here and took his place.
The people of Memphis have never,
directly or indirectly, attempted to
control a single appointment in the
school. They have never made 2
single suggestion to Brister as to what
he should or should not do. The school
was fast developing, and was doing
well.
Certain persons wanted preferment
and the fight began.
Now the people of Memphis should
tell the State board of education, and
they should be joined by all the peo-
pie Of West Tennessee, that they pro-
pose to have one institution in the state
in which politics shall not control and
which shall not be an asylum for
misfts and educational failures.
The Commercial Appeal charges
that the allegations in material facts,
incapacity or unfitness, are
without foundation.
The Commercial Appeal demands
that the evidence taken by the board be
made public, and it demands that Bris-
ter be given a chance to answer.
And, in the name of the people Of
Memphis and Shelby county and West
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24

Washington, May 2l-Estimates by
Mai. Gen. Crowder, provost 'marshal
general, indicate that probably three
quarters of million viii be obtained
for the army by the registration on
June 5, of all youths who have attain-
ed 81 years of age since June 5 last.
Fully million youths, according 70
Gen. Crowder's estimate, will be regis
tered. At least one-fourth of them,
he thinks, will be exempted on various
grounds.
A statement by Secy. Baker, Civ
ing the estimate and outlining the
plars for the draft, given out today
reads:
Probably three-quarters of a mil
ion men will be added to the American
ormy in the making, by the registra-
ton on June 5, next, of boys who have
reached the age Of 21 since June D.
1917, or who will be 21 on or before
June 5, 1918. This estimate was made
today by Provost Marshal General
Crowder, who will direct the registra-
ton.
"Gen Crowder's estimate was based
on the fact that almost 100000 men
registered last year. This number in
Guided all between 21 and 81. Statis-
tics collected by Gen. Crowder's office
show that little more than ten per
cent of these men were 21 years old
On that basis, it is estimated by draft
officials working under Gen. Crowdsr
that this years registration will ex-
ceed 100000.
OF this number Gen. Crowder esti-
mates three-quarters, or about 750 900,
will be available for military service.
This makes propei allowances for phys
cal defects, exemptions because Of de-
pendcnts and other bars to military
service.
y Under President Wilson's, nroela-
nation all male persons, citizens or al
lens, must register. The only per-
sons exempted are officers and enlisted
men of the regular army, navy andma-
rine corps, and the national guard and
naval militia while in service, and OF
fcers of the officers reserve corps and
enlisted men in the enlisted reserve
corps while in active service.
"Gen. Crowder plans to have the To-
cal boards keep their offices open for
registration purposes between Z a. III.
and 8 o. M, June 5, and between those
hours all young men who were born
between June 5, 1896, and June 6, 1897
must register These men are subject
to the provisions of the selective serv-
ice act under which the FIRST registra-
tion was held"
Medical students and divinity sta
dents, though exempt from draft, must
register on June 5, along with all 9TH
er young men, citizens or aliens, reach
ing the age Of 21 years on or before
that date. Provost Marshal General
Crowder made this statement today.
"Under the terms Of the law signed
by President Wilson on Monday, stu
dents who were preparing for the min
istry in recognized theological or d.
vinity schools and students who were
preparing fir the practice of medicine
and surgery in recognized medical
schools on May 20, 1918, are exempt
from the draft.
"The law does not relieve such stu
dents from the duty of registering Oh
Wednesday, June 5. Registration
comes first, exemption afterward. 1t
is absolutely necessary that these stu
dents register. The only young men
not affected by the new law are those
now actually in military or naval serv-
ice"
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
ANOTHER MILLION AMERICAN
YOUTHS WILL REGISTER

THIS is THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF YOUNG MEN HAVE
BECOME OF SINCE JUNE 1917: NAL GEN. C2owDER En-
PECTs TO OBTAIN OF THIS NUMBER FOR ARMY: DRAFT
PLANS OUTLINED: oNE-FoURTH MAY BE EXEMPTED.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
WEST TENNESSEE NORMAL
LOSES PRESIDENT BRISTER

STATE BOARD REFUSES TO REFLECT BY VOTE OF FIVE TO
THREE WILL NAME HEAD FoR INSTITUTION AT A MEETING
TO BE HELD ON JUNE IS: ACTION BASED on REPORT or
FRICTION BETWEEN BRISTER AND FACULTY OF SCHOOL
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
ABOY over THERE
BY FRANK I. STANTON

-
4 Homes looking lonesome and troshie to spareas
i But you think of boy Over 4hefe
And it's help to the heart with ds crosses to bear
That thought of a boy Over there
Rain for the eyes when we saw Hm dsart,
But he's lighting the battle with Home in his heart!
Wide waste of waters and far was to.rOam,
II But he's fighting for Home
There's woman a-dreaming whenshad fall drear-
Dreams of boy Over Theres& .u
And there's Light in the dream ahd the Light prayer
Of Love for boy Over There
OF Love that went with him and made the way bright
Strength of the battle and Sword il the fght
And the and the prayer find their way the foam
Where he's fighting for Homo
il
Homes looking oneome-the cross and the care,
But-a boys Over Therel
And it's great to be glmpsing the glory he'll
With the boys Over Therel
That's the heal for the the peace and the pride;
He when his Country called sons to her sidel
And not from the Love of a Mother they roam
When they're fighting for Hspel
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM SOLDIER BOY
Camp Forrest, Ca May Is.

Camp F0rIesls dasg MAY To-
Mr.. J. 0. Bonner, Chairman Local
Board, Brownsville, Tenn:
Dear Mr.. Bomer:-Just few lines
to let YOU know we four Haywood
county boys (the big fourl arrived o.
X Tuesday a. m, after a hard nights
ride. Reached Fort 0glethorpe about
$3.50 o'clock, but didn't stay there very
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-05-24

Corn for saIe-see J. L. windrow.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-02
UNITED PRESS WAR REVIEW.

The Germans continue to emphasize the Importance of the
FrancoBrh victory southwest of Ypres by refusing to
new hoses there Hag reported today that the Ypres
tor was as quiet as grave yard.
Correspondents forecast the early resumption of linden
urgs attempt to the Ypres heights but declare that
several days and perhaps weeks may be required reform the
shattered German divisions
The German artillery has been busy today east Of Amens
and southwest of Baeu and there heavy cannonadng
last night in the ST. Venant and in the neghborhood
Arras and Lens -