Exemption Board Faces More Drafted Men in Union County
Union County exemption board continues mailing notices for the first draft. Two hundred initially ordered to report for examination faced possible exemptions, with 580 total called, and 68 set for Tuesday, 132 for Wednesday, and hundreds more for Thursday. officials question if enough can be secured locally and note delays in appointing a commissioned officer.
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Union County
War Department
County Board
Sam Oren Robinson
Oscar Cureton
Fred C. Williams
James Larkin Surratt
David K. Futeh
Ben Carnes
Leander Mangum Clontz
Robert 8. Houston
Lorenzo Pleas Davis
Loftin Carr Broom
Luther Pernay Willams
Charlie Walter Estridge
Willam
Narcus Newsom
Ralph Treslvent Caraway
Vernon Frenton Webb
John Wesley Mullis
Clarence Cornelius Patterson
Brady
James Covington Richardson
Geo. Washington Thomas
John McLeod
Bynum Boyd del- Unger
Homer Alonso Biggers
G. C. Brooks
Morris Burdett Vanderbure
Henry Cuthbertson
John Byrd
Jas
Henry Moore
Eustace Deese
Ellick Medlin
William Arthur Davis
Lexie Randolph G . Santor
Perry Kesiah
Lawrence Floyd Phifer
Justice Pernay Baucom
Frank R Billingsley
James Fort
James Richardson
Woodell
I. Thompson
Lloyd Erskine Sutton
Claude Herndon Hasty
Bud Allen
Harrison F. Mangum
Joseph Oscar Griffin
Geo. Medlin
Ed Smith
John Davis Melton
Carl Little
John Sam Rowell
Stephen Hasty Strawn
Bud Moser
Augustus McDonald
Thomas Caldwell Kennington
James William Caskey
Amos Franklin Little
John W. Parker
Henry Lawrence Taylor
Chas
Oliver DeLaney
Reece Russell
Ned Lockhart
Esther Sanders
Henry Robinson Honeycutt
Weave
Postell Plyler
Harrison Ugh
Levy Vanburn Byrum
Tims
Bert Parker
Robert Crowell
James Cline Reid
Willian Pemberton Hinson
John Hannah
Clonnie
Nathaniel Medlin
William Fred Adams
Welton Hasty
Stanley Cleveland Chaney
Wm. Thos. Cagle
John Norman McDonald
de Witt Belk
Wallace Wilson Underwood
Harry Nathaniel Green
W. B. Thomas
Sylvanus Alsobrooks
Ellison Baker
Gus Griffin
Walter Ladas Lindsey
Tom Creton
John Dunn
Henry Huntley
Walter Banks Watkins
Philip Fisher Simpson
Howard Walker Miller
Henry Blair Crump
William Vann Crowell
Charlie Wesley Hill
Frank Williams
Jas. Crawford Kiser
Willie P. Crowder
John Miller
Samuel Edgar Harris
Arthur Walter Thomas
Stanley Walsh
James Wi Bunyan Simpson
Jin
Matthew Osbrook
Lo Green
Walter McLarty
John Blakeney
Sam Lee Moser
Wade Helms
Horace Redfern
William Henry Hancock
Arthur Thomas Deese
Oren Elweater Threatt
Sam Alexander Williams
Brooks Sanford Liles
Jesse Harmon Oaten
John Brown McLendon
Floyd Thomas Smith
Fred A
Soldier Boys at Home Parade for Battery D Farewell
Members of Bickett Battery D returned to Monroe for a homecoming on the courthouse square with martial music by the Monroe band, patriotic speeches, a flag presented by a Monroe girl, pocket knives from Monroe Hardware, and Testaments from Rev. John A. Wray. The unit then prepared to depart for Greenville, with many likely never returning to Monroe.
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Battery D
Bickett Battery
Court House Square
Monroe Band
Monroe
J. J. Parker
Frank Ashcraft
Monroe Hardware Company
John A. Wray
First Baptist Church
J. M. Belk
Wadesboro
Greenville
Lieut
Ashcraft
Charlotte
Seaboard
H. Dockery
R. B. W. W. Gathings
M. V. L. B. Griffin
Ervin Griffin
Hargrave
J. H. Hatcher
Gatta Helms
C. T. Hildreth
Wm. Jerman
Ben Honeycutt
L. C. Horton
R. J. Kelly
Chas. Lemmond
Johnson Livingston
F.C. McCorkle
F. L. Niven
Brooks Price
G. McBride
M Roblius
J. F. Hallman
Winfred Hinson
Wise Ruth Helms
J. L. Helms
A. D. Aycock
Mr. Hinson
B. G. Hinson
Southern Bell Telephone Line
Lomax
Presbyterian Church
Alexander
Ruth Gill
Meeting to Protest Draft Features Draws Protest
Crowds gather in the courthouse at noon to condemn certain provisions of the draft as unconstitutional sending troops to France without consent. Promoters hoped speakers like Watson or Blease would attend but could not, leaving Monroe figures to defend free speech amid security notes from a U S secret service presence.
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Court House
France
Journal
Tom Watson
Cole Blease
Pleasant Hill
M. A. Whitley
Stanly County
Esq
C. J. Breswell
Congress
Wilson
Supreme Court
Monroe
United States Secret Service
Weather Interferes With English and French Assault
Rain and mud slow a major push on the western front as British and French gains hold despite German counterattacks. Crown Prince Rupprrecht concentrates on northeast Ypres, while German nerves show in Brussels war council rumors. Eastern front pressure grows as Russians retreat and Germans gain ground from Pruth to Bukowina.
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Crown Prince
Rupperecht
Ypres
Wilhelm
Galicia
Bukowina
Moldavia
Germany
William
Brussels
Belgium
von Hindenburg
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Flanders
von Capelle
North Sea
Zbrocz
Russia
Dniester
Pruth
Carpathian
Rumania
Teutonic
Berlin
Kelemen
Petrograd
Riga
Baltic
Ukskull
Four Sons Drafted in Family Army Service Recall
The Journal from Marshville notes Grover McBride’s four sons were drafted for service with one enlisting. The piece contrasts the father’s regret at not accompanying them with comments on patriotism and duty. Local names include Berry Tarlton J C Austin Hoyle Hasty Kate Preawon Frank Edwards Conley Braswell Grover McBride.
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McBride
Marshville
Hoyle Hasty
Petersburg
Kate Preawon
Monroe
Frank Edwards
Conley Braswell
Grover McBride
Jearriea Union
Mr. McBride
Bill
Kruephan
Graven Rift
Concord
Wake Up Tucker Corn Crop Rivalry Riles Pageland Journal
The Pageland Journal mocks Editor Tucker for lagging on corn crop news while Union county fields boast superb color and readiness. A Union tale claims corn grows so fast a boy climbed a stalk and three men struggle to free him as he survives on raw corn and cobs.
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Pageland Journal
Tucker
Union
Buford Township
Tuc
Union County
Board expresses unwavering support for Superintendent Allen
The Monroe Board of Education resolves in support of Professor R W Allen, stating he has suffered from an unprovoked assault and is a high character and capable educator. It expresses confidence in his leadership, wishes him a swift recovery, and asks citizens to assist. The resolution notes publication in city papers and is dated the 30th of June.
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Waxhaw Enterprise
J. R. Eason
Eason
Board of Education
City of
Monroe
R. W. Allen
Professor Allen
J Zb Ashcraft
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F. Hilderbrand
J. Hinson
Wm. P. Hinson
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Franklin B. Huntley
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James H. Hutchinson
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Julien Kirby
Richard A. Keziah
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Lee R. Knotts
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John A. Robinson, Jr
Geo. S. Sells
Harry W. Shepherd
Edgar H. Smith
James W. Starnes
Charles L. Stewart
John G. Stillwell
Isaaiah Carlton
Fred Teal
Jas. F. Thomas, Jr
Paul Thomas
Joseph H. Thompson
Ernest A. Thompson
Lacy L. Threadgill
Carroll W. Winfree
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Tobe Waddell
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