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Iri)MEX'S SERVICE LEAGUE
L IMPORTANT NOTICE
The packing committee of the Wom
s Service league of Newberry has
Bipped 1130 pillow cases to PhiladelRia
to be used on the hospital trains
n France. Thanks are due to the
fjfciree mills who gave cloth so generHnsly
and the 66 women of the town
RIB couaty w^? served so carefully.
Blljpter consulting with the State of|Rcers
concerning the most urgent need
at present it has been decided to work
now on some clothing for the women
and children in the devantated regions
of Belgium and France where the peo-!
' pl* are wearing the clothes they had
ou #hen the country was invaded by
the Germans. Substantial second hand
clothing for women and children will
be collected, mended, assorted and
shipped. People who have old clothes
that they "will give are asked to have
L their packages ready and either send
Bithem to the court house one morning
ffihis week or deliver at the door when
" " J
^eaiiea ior vy euuesuajj ^ x
| morning by the following committee: I
Miss Mary Frances Pool, Chairman. j
L ^rs. Robert McC. Holmes.
k* Miss Florence Bowman.
Miss Katherine Wright.
I Miss Annie Green.
I Miss Sadie Dennis.
I JYliss iiemice sngn.
I Mrs. W. B. Wallace.
Mrs. J. C. CoggStns, Jr.
|| Miss Sara Williamson.
|l "Miss Sadie Bowers.
I Miss Kate Summer.
I Miss Mary Wright.
B People of the county who wish to
Bg&utribute clothing may bring pocfc-i
BlJifB^vthe court house Friday or' Sat-j
PPRlay mdyning. * )
F On Friday and Saturday irom w to,
BjI2 p. m. ijfi the court house,the cloth-j
JR;? i>e mended and assorted by
i the follo^'ng committee:
I Mrs. Mary P. Pant, chairman; MesI
Barnes Henry Boozer, .0 G. Stewart,,
I E. H. Kibler, W. S. Melton, Bdw>
I 'Hipp, Lilla Cromer and Misses Minnie
[ Gist, Fannie Ramage, Alice HornsbyJ
Ivaisy Cannon and Carrie G-reneker. |
-At the same hour the bandage strips
left from the pillow cases will be
k prepared -by Mrs. L. W. Floyd, Miss
t Jrli^Kibler and Miss Lucy.-Epps.
I the clothing and. bandages j
LpWheeii shipped the woman service i
||'V^^e will be ready to make hospital
llftts.
W?{ETAEY 1>A5IELS
TO REFORM CHARLESTON
iB^Poluinbia, July 21.?A letter was reat
the .governor's office today
Bfrom Secretary of the Navy Daniels as
;|ho alleged conditions in Charleston,
W?.ith streets and numbers of houses
that he says are a menace to the
young men in training there. The
governor is requested to use his power
of office in effecting a cleanup and
making conditions wnat me secretary
, o' the navy regards as "wholesome."
Governor Manning is not in the city
and in his absence the letter was not
J given out by his office, and no state ment
was made in regard to it execept
that, in answer to a question, it was
IB rated that it had been received.
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?A*P FIXK PKAfHBS !
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AND ALSO SOME TOMATOES
Oar friend, Mr. W. M. Wilson cf
Peake gave the editor a*pleasant surIJprise
a few days ago when he came
by the office and left a lot of the finest
beaches and tomatoes that we have
Ben this season. They were fine and
po assure Mr. Wilson that they are
greatly appreciated, it was tnougm|J6uT-ef
Mr. Wilson to remember us in
Klrb way.
OLD TOWff LETTEK.
F| Mr. E. IS. L#mngsion nas oeen uiuved
to Peaks depot from here. Mr.
4 Livingston made many friends during
* his stay here which regret very nuch
f to see him leave. ?
L Mi?s Narwgr Wens returned home
Rafter spending the vreek -with Miss
Rcstelle Werts.
mk The farmers and everybody, in fact,
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W? re delighted witn me auuauituue u:
L-rajifall last week, an absence of rain
I f. r six weeks begin to make the crops
land gardens look distressing.
B Mr. Curtis Fellers of Columbia
Esprnt tbe past week with his uncle,
^klr. H. T. Fellers.
[ SO ATE PASSES
; FOOD CONTROL BILL
I ix Minimum Price for Wheat of $2,
Which 3Ieans \o Reduction in
Price of Flour.
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Washington, July 21.?The food conI
trol bill as passed today by the sen'
ate gives a board of three under presi
j dential direction control over foods,
J fuel, feeds, kerosene and gasoline. On*
member of the board must be a farmer
Prevents members of the advisory
commission of the Council of Na- i
tional Defense from participating in1
government contracts.
DT/vtr^ntc and SDeCUla- '
tiOD.
Authorizes the president to license
grain elevators, cold storage, packing
houses, farm implement manufacturers,
coal mines and fertilizer plants. !
Allows the president to requisition
foods, fuels and supplies for the army
ard navy. 1
AUrtn-o tho nrpqiriemt to buv. 'sell
riiiv/ " u viiv f ??? ? ? w ,
arc" store fuel, wheat, flour, meal,
beans and potatoes for this country, j
Allows the president to take over
factories, plants, mines, etc., and operate
them for the national defense.
Close Exchanges.
Allows the president to close grain
exchanges to stop speculation.
Allows the president to declare
minimum prices for wheat, the price;
01* $2 for No. 1 northern or its equiva- j
lent being set as the standard. The
president may impose sufficient duty-;
on imported wheat to bring it to the;
Ame^can price. j
Authorizes the 'federal trade commisricn
to regujafce coal $nd coke
and to fix prices t6r them, as *eU as
tr. ,^npratp mines, if necessary. j
The prohibition sections now in the1
bill: j
Prohibits the use of foodstuffs in j
distilled spirits.
Ttfrect the president to commanddeer
aK distilled spirits in bond and >
pay for them plus 10 cent of the cost.
(This is the famous ' Smoot amendment'which
is anticipated will be
dropped in conference as it is hevl
unlawful.)
The sum of *1*0,000 000 is apor.->
priatei to carry out til* u.t and
t>U'J l' n IVJ c.\j liiuuuawv
rspensei
JASPER DOING ITS BIT.
dewberry Chapter Active in War Relief
Work.
The members of Jasper chapter, D.
A. R., of Newberry are trying to do
their bit in this crisis. They -bought a
Liberty bond and last week sent off
j 500 pillow cases ?>nd 700 packages of
i bardages. Seven dollars was realized
! from self denial day, July 9. The chapter
divided into teams of four is hav-1
* - ? l?frAm !
mg a series or euieridmuicuM num
which it is realizing a nice little sum
to be used in war relief work.
REFORM PARTY MEN ON
EXEMPTION BOARD FOR STATE
By Jesse S. Cottrell.
Washington. July 21?The feform
Htfty in South Carolina gets representation
on the district exemption
boards as sought by ex-Go v*erno Coiej
L. Bleaee and Congressman **rea j
Dominick. In the list announced to-'
nigrht by General Crowder, provost
marshal, W. A. Stuckey and others of
tb-c Reform party are named. The list
is as follows for South Carolina:
Eastern District?W. M. Godfrey, R.
I. Jeffords, R. D. Scarborough, W. A
StV'Ckey, Dr. Robert Wilson.
Western District?J. Marion Davis,
J. W. Gaston, E. A. Hinee, J. E. McDonald
and A. F. McKissick.
Governor Blease was in Washington
recently and conferred with General
Crowder and submitted a list of
names w&om he asked that his
friends be given representation.
I
Death of Mrs, Lester.
Mrs. Catherine Lester, after a lingering
illness of Bright's disease, died 1
at the home of her son, Mr. W. W. j
Caldwell, early Friday morning and j
was buried on Saturday morning at 11 j
o'clock at Rosemont cemetery. Th3
service was conducted by the Rev. j
W. R. Bouknigkt. Mrs. Lester was 3">
year? old. 11
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
PKO^PEROIS PROSPERITY'
i
Prosperity, July 23.?Miss Willi3
Mae Wise leaves today to assist Miss
Turner of Winnsboro in "A Short
Course." Miss Wise is asked to help
in these demonstrations all over the
State, which in itself proves what a
competent worker she is and Newber
ry county nas a rigni lo ieei prouu
01 their Home Demonstration Agent.
. Miss Doris Kohn has issued invi-^
tations to a Lawn Fete in honor of her
house-guests, Misses Bundrich, Hiers,'
Eleazer and Ballentine.
Miss Alva Holstein of Saluda visited
Miss Elizabeth Hawkins last week,
Mrs. S. H. Metts of Leesville is
snemriin?r a few davs with her brother.
~ tr o ? Mr.
M. R. Singley. j
Miss Janie Singley has returned
from Jolly Street, accompanied home
by Miss Belle Singley. '
Mrs. B. L. Wheeler of Columbia came
Saturday fof a visit to her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Counts.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wise were the
guests Sunday of Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh
of Pomaria.
Mrs. A. G. Voight has returned to
Columbia after a week's stay with her
daughter, Mrs. C. J. Shealy.
Miss Doris Kohn has as her houseguest
Misses Hilda Bunwick of Colum-'
bia, Gladys Taylor of Hiers, and
Iv'ennie Eleazor of Chapin. j
Miss Elizabeth McWaters of At
/
lanta is spending a month with her
mother, Mrs. Carrie McWaters.
7 t
Mrs. F. E. Schumpert has gone to
Saluda to visit her mother. I
Misses Creighton and Cowen leave
today for Rock Hill after a visit to
Miss ''Willie Mae Wise. j
Prof. Kirk Fellars- of Spartanburg
is spending a few days with relatives. :
Misses Sophia and Selma C rot we II
of Newberry spent Saturday with Mrs. j
B. B. Schumpert.
Mrs. J. E. Brown oft Manning spent j
several days last week at the home of'
Mrs. T.L. Shealy.
Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Harmon spent
the week-end in Ninety Six. |
Mr. B. S. Schumpert of Columbia is
visiting hi3 brother, Mr. P. E. Schum-j
pert.
Mrs. H. J. Rawl left Friday for
Scotland Neck, N. C., to spend a month
with her mother. j
Mrs. Boggs of Gainesville, Fla., is;
visiting Mrs. Adams.
Mr. S. S. Birge has returned from
a visit to his nephew, J. P. Wise, Esq.,;
of Ridge land.
Miss Helen Sease of Clemson Col-(
lege is the guest of Miss Ruth Hun-;
ter.
Prof, and Mr3. Hunter of Clemson
college have arrived for a visit to the
family of Mr. L. S. Bowers. i
Misses Tilva. Jane and Ruth Price,
and Mattie Cromer of Newberry are
spending awhile with Mrs^ Backman
Richardson. I
Mrs. Chapman has returned to Col-j
umhia after a visit to Mrs. John
Sease. j
Mr. and Mrs. Alan CaiLghman of
Greenville have been visiting Mrs. jl.. i
A. Black.
Miss Annie Mae Gibson is visiting
in Greenwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bradley Slave returned
to their home in Macon, Ga.,1
after a visit to the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. A, Singley.
Mrs. G. M. Able fias gone to the
Columbia hospital for treatment
Mr. and Mrs. Will Blanton of Or
angeburg are 8pending a few weeks
at the home-of Mr. A. A. NaUs.
' Mrs. Alma Nance and Miss Katie
Mae Nance are visiting in Spartanburg.
Mr. Wm. Seel of Columbia spent the
week-end with Mrs. A. G. Wise.
Mr. Vance Matthews has gone to;
join his company at Jonesville.
Mr. E. 0. Counts, Jr., leaves |
Wednesday for Charlotte where he isj
a member of the Machine Gun Co., 1st j
North Carolina Regiment.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise spent Mon-.
day in Columbia.
Mrs. Roy Kohn is s>pending a lew
days in Columina.
Mrs. R. C. Hunter left Friday to
visit her parents in Conway.
Mrs. J. B. Lathan of Little Mountain
visited her relatives here during
U1C ?7 W (?.
Rev. J. 3. Harmon spent Monday ia
Columbia.
Miss Willie Mae Wise and the Misses
Hawkins entertained jointly Tuesday
evening in honor of their house?
S
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KEI) CROSS CAMPAIGN FUND
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAYMENT
t '
The first instalment on the pledge
cp.'ds was due July 1; the second :astlment
will be due August 1; the
third' September 1; the fourth October
i. The pledge cards are in my
hsr-ds and I will receive payments at
anv time. For the convenience :>?
subscribers lists of subscriptions have
been placed in the hands of the fol
lowing persons, any of whom are autboried
to receive payments and forward
them to me.
Ohappells: Dr. W. .0 Hollo way, A.
P. Coleman.
Prosperity: J. D. Quattlebaum, J.
F Browne.
Little Mountain: W. A. Counts.
Pomaria: J. P. Setzler, John C.
Aull.
Whitmire: John W. Scott, M. E
Abrams. B. E. Ch41d, H. C. Leaman.
\
It is of great importance that the
past due instalment be paid at once,
and that the other instalments be paid
as they fall due, so that the money
m:;y be forwarded to Washington an J
put to use.
M. L. SPEARMAN,
Treasurer.
FID fROSS SUPPLY
COMMITTEE READY FOR WORK
The Red Cross Supply Committee
has ready cioth and patterns for anyone
who wishes to sew, competent cutters
who wish to take cloth home can
do so. Others can have garments
already cut. Cloth and patterns to be
gotten on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
from. 9:30 to 12:30 a. m., 3:00
to 6:00 p. on. of each week at Paul E.
A T-t-ri oroni'a ctAro np T~>r of
fice (Red Cross headquarters). (We
also have thread and directions for
knitting wash clothes.
Mrs. P. D. Mower, Chairman,
MrsyH. W. Schumpert,
Miss Carolynu Cromer,
Mrs. P. E. Scott,
" Paul E. Anderson,
Roy T. Summer.
DBAFTED MEN NOT
ACCEPTED IJf GFABD
Columbia, July 21.?"All recruiting
ofl&cers recruiting for organizaaions
not yet in the federal -service," says a
v/ire received by Adjutant General
Moore tonight, from the militia bureau
in Washington, ''will be at once
instructed by you not to accept foevoluntary
enlistment in the National
Guard any persons who have been
j nn/^a^ nrAvioiATIC1
aeityU-LCU AVAL OCl tivc uuuci yiunoivu^
o? the selective service law and to
whom notice of call has been mailed
by local board. Recruiting should require
all men of ages 21 to 31 to produce
their registration cards and to
satisfy themselves that applicants for
enlistment have not already been selected
for service under the selective
draft act."
A bill to permit divorces in South
Carolina?the only State in the Uniw-n
which does not now have such a
law?will be introduced in the next
session of the South Carolina general
a?sembly by Represntative Walter B.
Stafford, member of the Greenville
county delegation, according to a
f mr*? o ff/*#4 An Qa Hit*.
9l? lOUl^Uk iivm 1U1 i/uuiutu VU WMVX
dzy, says the Greenville Piedmont.
guests, Misses Creighton and Cowan of
Rock Hvll, Richardson of Manning,
Turner of Winnsboro and Holstatn of
Saluda. Ioes and cake were served.
Prosperity has again shown its
hospitality* when the boys and girls in
attendance upon the Short course were
entertained Wednesday evening at the
home of Mrs. J. L. Wise. 'After many
games on the lawn, ice creoir
served.
^ x?x: dUsv-t I
ine Jtiooe i/emwnstrauou cuui c
Course for members of the Girls'
Canning, Bread and Poultry clubs convened
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of last week. On Wednesday the
boys of the Corn and Pig clubs joined
in under tne supervision 01 jar. jkluis
Farm Demonstration agent, and a rally
of all forces "was iheld.
Lectures and demonstrations in all
subjects and branches of the work
were given every day. There was a
general attendance of 550, showing
what an interest and hold this important
work has on the people of Newberry
connty. Miss Wise and Mr. Mills
are to b,' congratulated on their successful
meeting. I
i
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| Young Men of
Drafted i
i ?
j The Names of the 428 Who
i
the Exemption Board F\
Selected for j
-\*o, The Herald and News did not/
j get out an extra of the draft for New-j
I berry county, though we did get the I
numbers and the names and posted!
1 them on Friday afternoon up to about!
: 105. Ad we continued to post until the
' number reached 428 the total includ|
ed in the first draft, for the army uri
'1 -?? A 1 1 aC A A?f TVl/iT'fl
' UUI tlic v.ail Ui tilC tTOl'U.CU.v. XUV1V/ j
| arc certain to be more or less errors;
| in the names as published. We pubj
lisli 428 names and the numbers in
this issue 01 the paper. We compari
i ed the numbers as carried by the se7I
i oral daily papers and found that ther
j did riot tally and so we concluded to i
j to take the numbers that we use from'
The State, and the names from the j
l?sts as printed in The Herald and j
i Von-c c.r\mia Havs Q OTi TTlO nlinffU
.ir ?? o cvixiu u V*QW. * w i
graphed numbers will be sent from;
Washington early this week and we
will print a revised and corrected list.
There are to be drawn under the
first call 214 of the young manhood of
th*s county. In order to get that num-:
j b<-r the war department Has ordered
that twice the number be drawn and
ordered to appear before the exemption
board and the notice will be sent j
I ?..i ixni * ? ttin YVl 1TY1 >VQ ! a OTA '
J UU'. JUQt OO ouvu <13 vu^ uuuiu^i9 w
| received from Washington.
The young men selected w*ll bej
drawn very soon and sent to the train- j
j ing canip^.and then to the trenches in j
i France if the war should continue,
and if not the preparation will go 'on
ji-st the same for some time to come.
, ' i ! I
In the numbers drawn the selections;
ice-ai to be pretty well scattered over^
the country. Just what proportion is
white and what colored we have not'
i
figured out. Accodring to tile postof-;
Sees given by the registrants the
number drawn is apportioned in the
crunty as follows:
Newberry 112; Prosperity 58;
wlritmire 50; Chappells 28; Kinards
20; R. F. D. 2 18; Silverstreet 16; Pomaria
14; R. F. D. 3.12; Little Mountain
11; Blairs 11; Mollohon Mill 8;
R F. D. 7 8; R. F. D. 4 7; Helena 5;
R P. D. 1 5; R. F. D. 5 6; R. F. D. 6
| 3; Garys ane 1; Old Town 1; Shelton
1.
Washington. July 21.?Drawing of
lots under the selective draft, which
began at 10 o'clock yesterday morning,
was can luded at 2:18 today.
The great lottery went off without |
mishap except for the drawing of one
blank, which means that one serial
number among the 10.500 assigned to
registrants was not drawn. The blank
was given No. 10,500 in the liability
for service list, and when a rechecking
-- - - ? 1 ~ *1. A rekinnivt/v PAFIol T> T1 TWKAW iJ"
rtiVfiilS L.iiC llliaoiiLg ooi iai u.u.M-tvw ? |
will be given that place.
Washington, July 20.?Selective conscription
was put into effect today by
a national lottery to fix the order of
military liability for the 10,000,800
young Amerians registered for Service.
To accomplish the reenkt, 10,5W
numbers had to he irsLvrm. one at a
i i
time, a task which begaa in the morning
and lasted far into the night
The lottery irae held in the public
| hearing room of th# senate omce |
' building with war department officials i
in charge of the actual drawing, and
; with members of the senate and house
military committee aa witne&see.
As a result of the drawing every
I
registered man is given a definite!
place in the liability for service list,
Already 657,000 have been ordered to
the colors to fill to war strength the!
regular army and National Guard and
to constitute the first increment of;
the National army. To secure that j
total 1,374,000 men will be called for.
examination within a few weeks, esti-j
mating that two registrants must be j
called for every solcher accepted. |
Tbese 1,374,000 will he taken from thej
head of the liability list, every local;
district furnishing a fixed quota. I
A Democratic Scene.
The drawing today was conducted
Newberry
for War Army
Will be Summoned Before
rom Which 214 Will be
4 rmy Service.
with ceremonies as democratic as the
ideal of citizenship it embodied. It
was shortly before 10 o'clock when
Secretary Baker, entrusted by tha
president with the carrying out of the
draft law, rapped for order. The con?
gressional comitteemen were in their
scats and on a small table stood the
great lottery jar, seaieu wuu uruwu
paper and showing throjigh its transparent
walls the heap of numbers filled
capsules that must be taken out
one by one. In front of the table a
rev,* of army officers waited with the
official tally sheets by them. Down
one side of the room ran another table
where two score press representatives
waited to send out the numbers as
tiiej' were read.
Secretary Baker breifly explained
tl'e purpose of the drawing, when he
stepped forward to be blinded ami
drew the first number. Maj. Gen.
Duval broke the seal and with a long
wooden spoon, bearing a ribbon of
national colors, vigorously stirred the
'Capsules.
The secretary reached into the jar.
picked up a capsule and handed it to
ai announcer. It was No. 258. Tie*
in quicjt succession other number*
were drawn wlr'le cameras and motioa
picture.machines recorded the scejte.
Change Hands Often.
Th* rmiv interruDtions were tie fre
quent changes of tired announcers aad
tabulartors and the removal for cleaning
of the blackboards where the result
was publicly displaytd as each
number came out. iWlien a group of
500 numbers had been written fcbe
first section of the board was taken
out to be photographed to establish an
at solute record, while the second secHrsn
was substituted.
By the laws of chance, the serial
! number one was drawn from the jar
as number 4,269 in the liability Hat,
f TChile No. 10,500, the top number
among the capsules, came out No. 238.
Tht serial 13, fabled bearer of ill luck,
was drawn in the 7,890th place.
Registrants will receive no official
wcrd of their order of liability until
tbeir local boards summon them for
e/smination after official records of
the- drawings have been transmitted to
them by mail. Preparation of those
records will begin tomorrow.
The number 9,000 wls drawn just
at midnight. It seemed likely that it
would be nearly 2 a. m. before the
drawing was over.
1?258?Gray, Ezra, Newberry, R 1.
2?2522?Price, Claude Crosso?,
Newberry, Rt 2.
3?45 S?Davis, Robert Guy, Wliitmire.
4?1436?Lake, William Reese, New-'
v ? Df 9
UUi 1 J , XVI. o.
5?2624?Suber, Wallace Colema*,
Sbeltan.
?854?Gibson, Byrd Tiller, Prosperity.
7?1S$4?James, Willie, Newberry.
8?1878?Davis, James, Newfcer-ry,
Rt Box 42.
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9?1096?King, weary i
Newfcerry.
10?2022?Shealy, B. R., Little Moamtain.
11?1455?Jamea, Tommy,
Momtain.
12?783?Long, Norman Jeffer&oa,
Newberry, Rt 7.
13?1813?Wood, Johnnie Ware,
XT /\t Kat? r vr
rr.ry kr^i a j .
14 ?1858?Wicker, John Leo, Newberry,
R F D.
15?2389?Duncan, Callie Ligeon,
Mollohon Mill.
16?1752?Fulmer, Willie Leonard,
Newberry, Daisy St.
17?2494?Rutherford, Robert, NewV
Dt 0
LTCi 1 J , iVl u.
IS?1117?Dominick, Levi, Prosperity.
19?1572?Cole, Richard EJugene,
Chappells.
20?174S?DeHart, Henry Allen,
Newberry, O'Neal St.
CCONTINOJED ON PAGi: 2).
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