Show BE charitable the local draft board which is passing upon the cases of ne nearly arly fifteen hundred men who have been called by the nation to defend the colors unless they are exempted bears an all unenviable responsibility the members of the board are all prominent citizens of this cou community and are well known throughout the county they have friends in every precinct of tile the county and because of their public work dvork have made acquaintances by the hundreds everywhere because of these things and the additional fact that tile the local board has absolute power in the matter of accepting or rejecting the men except in certain few cases it makes the work all the more arduous and unthankful to be responsible for sending a young man to the front where the chances cli ances are very favorable for him to spill his blood and lose his life is anything but a pleasant task and yet these men have been cli charged arged with a sacred duty which makes it impossible tor for them to show the least consideration for personal reasons they are charged to pass upon the case of a relative an own brother or son perchance just as unbiased aud and justly as they would upon the case of 0 a stranger or an alien there can be absolutely no sentiment just a rigid conforming to the rules of the draft and so the members of the draft board are to be sympathized with alth not condemned they did no not t call the young men to the colors they are sim ply required to pass upon the physical fitness of the individual and it if I 1 that mets meets the gavern government ment requirements the only thing the board can do is to make a report to that effect i one good mother who gave two sons to the cause remarked the other day in this sanctum that while it jr is the sorest trial that has ever come into her home yet vet alter after giving the acm tam W lull full const consideration de ration she tell felt that tha she would be ashamed to walk down the streets and meet lif her r friends and neighbors it if she had refu refused lied to lot her boys go and no mother ever loved her boy and desired his life prolonged longed in the earth more than does that little woman this is a new experience that lias como come to all of us and we cant shift the responsibility for it is an individual one it is an opportunity that calls lor for sacrifice and the display of tile the highest degree de 9 ree of patriotism and while tile the situation is a heartbreaking one and tile the experience something that we would do almost anything to avoid yet neither you nor I 1 would ever foci feel comfortable comfor tAle in our minds and feelings it if we should refuse to meet the requirements let us all pray for to accept any and every responsibility that this terrible world war may bring tor for there is not a single sacrifice that can be thought of but that would be 6 a pleasure to off erin er in ln comparison to living in bond ago age to the enemy therefore again we say bo be charitable toward the draft board the members are standing between love and duty and upon giving tile the matter serious thought even those who would like to have their boys exempted and that practically includes every father and mother it if it could be done honorably would not ask these government officials to swerve from the straight path ot of duty |