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L Next Moves In the Draft 0f Uncle Sam's Big New Army * Who Were Called First Many Anxious to Gel to France. Wvid the News In ? One Bet That He WonM Be Philosophical Manner Chosen First and Won L of tin' IM1 IHMVK|UI|K?r oflUoH rhe roiiuio it iiii??r.viH?r whs ham ?rim'iiiit the on j^Uwrd in front of tiiuii No. iutI t?u )il? "copy." lie kept Oil the keys. Then ho stopped ? it mikI renin iked: guiu, that'* mo! Well, If I'm , use to Untie Sum. all right." jfuiu, that'* mi'!" That or some jeut laconic expression. was vole' (lie grout majority of the first (0<1 or two meu whose red Ink m corresponded to tltoso cou (II tlio little CM|MUl?? which draivn from I lie huge bowl lu inyton. fist as tho numbers wero pulled rwWnKton they were sent by wire the country and bulletined on frouts. hi hotels ami elsewhere lie view Apparently many cities .wed work for the fuscinntlng jllou of following tho progress of oae lottery which has legal sane Except for being Immeasurably jj Important ami notions, it was like drawing, were nil opposed to the nelec tlve draft. They came to lend their presence to the occasion as u testi monial that they l>eUeved the drawing to l)? i'i?lr and square, even though they opposed the system. ? There were a score or more of young i men In the room, actively taking part in the drawing or reporting the results, who were numbered in the black cap sules In the big Jar. One of the war department clerks, atauding blindfold ed At the Jar, drew out his own num ber, but did uot know it until he heard the announcement. A falut sipUs flut tered aoross his lips, but his hand dip ped again iuto the Jar with the clock like regularity that had come of prac tice, and he heard some other fellow's number called when he handed the next capsule to the aunouucer. One of the young men at the press tables', writing down the uumbers and passing them on to a telegraph oper ator, mechanically took down a num ber as It was announced. 'That's me," he said as he passed the number across MAY Y^T VOLUNTEER. - Any on? of tha 9,700,000 young mon who wora drawn for army service may y?t enlist in tho rag ular army, th? national gua?>d, ths navy or tho marina corps and automatically pass frof* tho lltl of coqscriptod parson*. This right wili past from tho individual tho minuta ha receives by mail- tha official notica from his local boawd to proaant him sslf for examination. If ho voluntoora bsfora flatting this notioo ho can pick his branch of tha ssrvlco. If ha is takan undar tha toloo* tivo draft ha will bo asslgnsd to any bransh tha govarnmsnt das* ignatss, without hit asssnt. Brigadier - General - Crowdar, Iirovost marshal gansral? offioial y announcsd this peMtsga. to be I.lank, ti?v drat to be fouiul thus fur lu tbe drawing. Tbe fact Wuh noted on tally sheets before a new 10. 004 was Uruwn. Fixing Quotas Next Step. For tbe benefit of those who now have their uumbei-N and know about the or der In which they are likely to be called for examination under the selective draft law it may bo stated that the uext ofliciul move to be madti, according to the regulations; is: The determination by the governor of the quotas to be called and furnished by the several local boards. This will determine how many men from your district must go Into the Photo by A - oriciui Press Association: SECRETARY BAKER DRAWING THE FLR8T NUMBER. iplng trau-k "f a world's series game la bulletin board. Most persons, par ralarly tlio-o whose low numbers In ? drawing m ule the call for their ex ninatioi) i?.r the draft a eertaiuty, he lved sol'(?:!> Here and there was a young patriot > anxirwx in to France for & hack at tin- foe that he laughed ex Itintlv an:'] t-vi>n bragged about his Dmlwr 1 >!? j 11 among the earliest rawn. Tln'n? is even one record in ance of :i inin who wanted so to be toicripted ami was so sure he would e that he had made a bet that his oml>or would he tlfo Hrst one out of glolw nt Washington,. With tbe ids 10,41/11 t<> l against him be won. lis number was 238. He threw up la hat nnd went home to break the ood news m ids father. This man, rbo may fairly be called as happy as ?T In New York today, has not a toikee name He is Nicolo ScotelariO, ' medical student, twenty-two ^eara id. Tbe kMter.\ was held In tbe public caring room of the senate office bulld ?f, with war department officials in ^?rge of the actual drawing and with Mnbers of the senate and house mlil W *ffair? committees as witnesses, wrough the day there wu. a small of spectators, but altogether N*bly less tlian a thousand persons jl* any part of the process. To Call 1,374,000 At Onoe. A? a result of the drawing every *tktered nuui is given a deflhite place ? the liability for servfce list. Al 687,000 have been ordered to the j ?ra to fin td war strength the re*-' r frmy ?nd national guard and to institute the first increment of U?? ational army. To secure the total, W4.000 men will be called for ex ? a'ion within a few weeks, officials *?mating that two registrants must called for every aoldler accepted. ???e U74.ojk> will be taken from the 2d?f '.he liability list, every local "*tnet furnishing a fixed quflfa. Kany Draraatio Incidents. < Tljero many tnttmate and dFa nc epi^xles in the drawing. In the Place, Representatives Dent, Gor ^.Nichoiis, <;arrett and Morin, mean ?f the military affairs committee, ?o wiuje^seii tbe first stages of the the table, and his pencil was busy again on Ms pad of paper in a fraction of a second. The revised System of drawing and the fac? that the first numbers drawn ftPPOEfred to run to the highest numbers left the first call in* doubt up until a lato hour. The higher numbers dr&w only a few men into the service, wHlle the lower numbers brought in at least 4,500. By 8 o'clock, however, there wab no longer doubt that tbe number then being drawn would not be includ ed in the first levy, and those keeping track of the tally sheets knew about where tbe yOung men in whom they were interested stood in the draft No. 1 Causes Interest. There/was.* great deal of interest over No. 1 and when It would come out of tbe jar in the gamble for mili tary service for flag and country. It was the four thousand two hundred and sixty-ninth number drawn, ttid it <S probable that none of the No. l'a?a card held' In every one of the 4,667 $districts of the country?will "be called in the first draft. , - Some Interesting Incidents. "Ah, weel, Jt's the fnrst thot oooms furst and it's the last thot cooma last," declared Walter J. Hitchins, a canny Scotsman, twenty-nine, of Brooklyn, when he learned his number was select ed first Hitchins is the first of the draft in Brooklyn. '"I'm willing to do me bit" Hitchins went on to say, hut he explained ha might have trouble because of his wife and three-year-old child whom, he de clared, he will first have to look after. "Naw, I won't claim exemption because ljot my being here from England but Sfoor years, but I'll ha' to do it for me wife and baby's sakee." ?There is no prouder mother than the mother of Joseph B. Raab of Brooklyn, whose nam* was first also. She said: "My boy Joseph to Just twenty-one years old, but he if ready to go. I've kept him home ss long as I could be cause his older brother, John, Is already In the guard, a member of the Seventh regiment. "If you believe me* ^ the real apple of my eye." One Blank Discovered. When the ten thousand and fourth draft capsule was drawn it w$a found service. The possibility of exemptions will necessitate the examination of two or three times as many men as are needed. ? ? The war department's bulletin for the Information of registrants says: ' As soon as quotas are assigned to each state aud each board, each board will call upon persons whose lairds are in its Jurisdiction instructing them present themselves fbr examination This call will be posted at the office of the local.board and the papers will be requested to.print" it. . A notice will also be mailed to you, but the posting of the list at the office of the board tirill be deemed sufficient notice to charge you with the doty of presenting yourself. ThtHaw therefore makes It your duty to Inform yourself when you are called. The mailing Is for your convenience, but If the letter never reaches you you can not make that an excuse. Watch the lists at the office of your board and see when you are called for examination. You must report for physical exam kiatiofiflsiAlift^ay nanqfd i& ypur call. tificate which wtlj explain to you what yofir further duties are. (b) If you are found physically qual ified and file a claim for exemption within seven days after your call you will be given ten day* after filing your clalqa of exemption to file proof In supt port of your claim of exemption. (c) If you are found physically qual ified and flle no claim for exemption at If you do not appear for physical examination your nanie will be posted to the district board as- one who "was ?called for military service and was not exempted or discharged. Oij the eighth day after ?ill or with in (wo days thereafter copies of the Hst Of perrons so posted +o the district boards will given to the press with a request fpr publication, win be post ed In a place at the office of the local board accessible to the public view, and notice will be mailed to yotl at the address on your registration card. Therefore watch the notices posted In the offlee-of *he hoard about ten days after the day you were called and make arrangements for the prompt receipt of mall, ; The above Instructions from the war depart men* therefore-pat It up to yon. LEK COUNT* NKWS limn of Iiiter*?t UiIImN From Blnh C.'J J..'. opvlllr Vindicator. .r. Mr. Samuel i?imiu-\ left Tuesday morning for a weeks stay with his daughter.>Hrs. 0. M, Howerton in i'at lettealmrg. Ky. Miv Hradley and daughter will return with hi in. Mr. ?nd Mrs. K. M. Galloway, after ,-itriui)n? ? several days with Mr. Gfd: loway'a mother, Mrs. F. (J. Peebles, left Tuemlay morning tor their home at SanfonI, Flu. Mr. ami Mrs. A. t* Ite^ves have re turned from a ten days visit tov rela tives ami friends hi Charlotte, Green villa ami HcndcrsonvUle, making the trip In their oar. Itev. 0. IV Watson was not Huttldeut ly recovered to till Ills place In the pul pit* of the Methodist church last Sun day. Rev. M. M. Itenson, pastor of the Baptlat church, be lug absent also, partn of three congregations worshipped at the Presbyterian church last Sunday. Mr. J. K. Segars was In town Mon day ami said they have iieon very dry over Lynches river In his section up to a week ago. Even now they have had only moderate rains and could take a good deal more, yet the crops, he said, a re looking well. The friends of Mr. Thornton Duiaut, who had his left hand l>adly cut with a buss saw several weeks ago. will be glad to know that ills wound Is lioal lug nicely, and, thanks to good surgical ifork. his lingers vplll not be Impaired In the least, except possibly a Utile stiffening In the thuml). Mrs. Thompson and, dauyhtor, of Ocala, Fla., are spending a while with Mrs. Jh. C. Khanic, sister of Mrs. Thomp son. Mr. Harmon McCoy, son of Mr. Frank McCoy, of St. Charles, has got back to United States, after a^ successful voy age oil convoy to France. He said the u-boats attacked them and while the torpedo passed close to tlie ship, he has the Joyful news to report that he is back safely and had both an exciting and enjoyable trip. v Mr. Fardlaw Perrlh, tr^o lias been in the employ of the, 8. A. b. Company at Georgetown, came home last Friday for a short stay with his parents. While here he was notified to report with the Second regiment at Greenville this week and had to return to Georgetown Monday morning. Mr. Perrln did not. wait to be conscripted but Joined the Second and got a position on Colonel Spulngs staff which paves the way for further promotion. In riding over the county we find that in the tlfteen years that we have been at BtshOpvllle, we have never seen finer crops of corn. A streak of country ex tending from Oswego and St. Charles through the county lias had too much rain and has caused the grass to get little the advantage, while over Lynches river and the Lucknow sections they have suffered some for rain, but on the ?wh<We bottrcorn and cotton look well and promise a fine harvest. The -most interesting spot that we visited was the county poor farm. Mr. Evans has 55 acres of corn that has been laid by $s clean-as a front yard and the corn Just as fine.as you usually see anywhere. Besides tbe corn he has a fine garden for the convicts and a large potato patch, about 30 heads of shoats from which he expects to realise $400 or more for the county. If the poor farm bad about 50 acres more land, \Ve be lieve Mr. Evans could make It support (he gang. Mr. S. A. Ik>rlty of Alauehua, Fid, mine up Friday lud wlU s|>end i t couple of trfllii with (tiltiTH and! friend* He say* that H*e enqw In j Florida a re much jpre advanced thau , here, thai cotton Is beginning to open. The fariuei'K of Florida weut Into Irish |w?talt? ?;i.hum ?; very extensively this stMiNoii and made bumper croj?, and got splendid prices, St. John county alone shipped $ft,000,<MK) w<>rtli, atf shown l?y the prices. Mr. I>orlty says he Is very much pleased with his new home, and that several families from South Carollha have recently moved t here. Stenographers and Typewriters, Hot It Men and Women, (bully Needed by The (United State* (Government! The supply of qifallled iteraona Is not equal to the demand. The number 'of vacancies In the Deimrtiuent Ser [vice, Washington, I >. C., Is so ureat that at present all who pass the ex amluatlon, 'which Is held weekly in the principal cities, are cert lied for appointiuont, and the nee<l In the Field , Service (positions outside of'WaahliiK ton, I). C.) Is scarcely less urgent. Ex aminations are held frequently. |- A number, of men who can operate ja typewriter will he needed In the va [ rlous army offices lu Charleston, S. O., and Atlanta, Ga? and these men will l>e appointed through tho typewriter examination for the Field Service so called, at a salary oi f;1,000 a year. I As a patriotic duty, qualified persons are urged to apply. The examinations | have been simplified by omitting the tabulating test, etc. Full Information and application blanks can bo obtain ed from the Secretary, Local Civil Ser [vlce Board at any first or second class post office of from the Secretary, Fifth OtVJll Service District, 202 Post Office building, Atlfthth, Ga" The movements of American troops 'to France will be carried on In tho future without any iwubliclty according to a statement by Secretary of War Maker. Assurances are given, however, that disasters to tho army and navy will not be hidden under the veil of censorship* and hereafter the public will be expected to understand that no news Is good news. ~ * CITATION State of South Carolina, County of Ketpliaw. By W. L. McDowell, Esquire, Pro bate Judge. Whereas, Jim Clyburn made suit to me to grant him letters of Adminis tration of the estato of and effects of I^wls Clybiirn. These are, Therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of tho said Tx?wis Cly burn, deceaiwd, that the/ be and ap pear before me, In the Court of "Pro hate, to be held at Catnden, S. C., on August 11th next after publica tion thereof, at It o'clock in the tore noon, to show cause, If any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Ilwnd, this 28th day of July A. IX 1017. W. U McDOWRLL, Judge of Probate for Kershaw County. I Published on the 3rd and 10th days 'of August, 1917, In the Camden Chron | lcle and posted at the Court House door for the time prescribed by law. Notice to Debtor* Creditor*. All parties Indebted to the estate of Miss Flora lioykln, deceased, are here l>,v notified to make payment to tho ujjdcrslgut'd, an^TOTHpftHI^^TtT'Blty! having claims against tho said estate vvlll present them duly attested within tho time presorttKHl hy law. B. 11. CLAHKE. tfceeutor. Camden, S. July 88rd, 1917; F^LIWSCHARGE Notice Is hereby given that one month fr?ui this <l*ito, on Monday, August i!7tli. 1017, I will make to tho Probate Court of Kershaw County ?n,v Ihial return as Administrator of the estate of Sclplo Timbers, doceas o<l, and at tho same time I will ap ply to. tho rtftld Court for a ttual ..dis charge as said ^dndnljjfrOtpr. E, fc'BIXfiBLK. Adm. Camden. S, C., July 23vtl, 1?17. CITATION State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, Hy W,*L. McDowell, Esquire, I*r<? bato Judge, WII EKE AS, Mr*. Hattle I. Geddlugs marie suit to uae to Kraut her letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of W. T. Jeffors. Those are, Therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred ftU(l creditors of the sold W. T. Jef fors, deceased, that they be and appear before ine, In tho Court of Probate, to lu? held at Camden, S. C., on Au gust 0th next after publication there of, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause, If any they have, why the said Administration should not V grouted. . Ulven under my Hand, this 20rd day of July A. 1). 1017, W. L. MCDOWELL, Judge of Probate for Kershaw County. Published on the 27th day July and the .'ird day of August 1017, in the Clinden Chronicle and i>osted at the Court House door for the time pro scribed by low, CITATION^ Stale of South Carolina, Coiinty of Kershaw. By W, L, McDowell, Esquire, Pro bate Judge. WHEREAS, Ben Jenkins made suit to mo to grant him Letters of Ad-, ministration of tho Estate of and ef fects of John Jenkins. These are, Therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said John Jen kins, deceased, that they be and ap pear befpre tee, In the Court of Pro bfft<?rto 'be held: at Camden, 8.. 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