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He showed that, war between the United- Stated and Germany waB inevitable, Germany on numerous oc casions prior.to. the present w^r having . s. u_ milted acts unfriendly and that - ►he had actually been waging War against ms for the last two or three years. He pointed out clearly the duty of the people in this crisis and apule of the dangers confronting us. Dr P. E. Monroe, president of .^uiomerland college, preached the * j.i uimeiicement sermon Sunday morn- - *>»■ takmg iofhia to it the transfig uration, showing that human life was h continual transformation ami that - .education was essential to the highest d-v lopmentjof character and efficieu* t f he .iultoatihg was the programme r> ndere-d Monday morning by the*-grad.-, lathig. class' of-nine : "The President's . T’roGaTutStiuni” Mi*s Jennie Guoge , .%^’a ^ry, Miss C. G. llammpnd ; class •uetjryT-'ViirgHiia Harter,; class creed, M ..culm i) rehh; (fchiss {poem, /.oe ir. >::kis; class ' Hf. nevd ; class will, William Harter; .•.as- grumbler,“J. D. llarvlej^; vaTedu^- : jry Lou is Hughes. I Tew BED CROSS NORSES PERISH IN ACCIDENT J \ l “r— r Pieces of Shell. Ricochet on Striking Water Daring Qua Practice. Naval Inquiry do- log on, Many Nurses Were Aboard. • New YorfrT May 21.—Victims of an explosion during'the practice firing of a gun on an American armed mer- *chantmau at (tea Sunday afternoon Mrs Edith Ayers and Miss Helen Bur nett 'Wood, of Chicago,. American Red Cross nurses, bound for war duty in France, were killed and -Miss Emma Matzen, another, nurse of Columbia Nebraska. wasinjdrpd. The steamship ■only one day out, from.Near York^x-e turned here "today and a naval invest -ligation is under way. Unoflicial reports were that a defect ive shell was responsible, bill the opin ion of those aboard the ship was that the shell was not defective, but that in s3me unexplained maimer a portion of the structure of the cartridge had been diverted from its course boomerang -fashion. The shelf ft it was said but fragments of brass were picked ‘out *of the flesh of the threat w omen. The gun was not damag ed One of the women was struck in the - ... ___ • * ' ■ ■ j- head. They were members of base hospital No. 12, with a personnel more than -250. Nearly all the sixty women, nurses of ti.e hospital, were on deck wateliing the’ tr.rget practice when Word came, that tue -tarboard aft gun- was to be prdfckecv.—l:aym>nul-|-iif*A- — —~r ~ Tlie explosion Tollew*d and three women, 2**Mfeet'from the gun dropped tu the deck; .According to Maj >r TfTT *fh -tX- MAHON SELECTIVE DRAFT - " ' . . . ^• K- June Stli Day Set for Presentation for Service Is Des- . tined to be Remembered as One of the Most Conspicuous in United. States History. . DISASTROUS FIRE VISITS ~"’"T CITY OF ATLANTA -rr Washington May 18 th.—President Vyilson's . proclamation putting into effect the selective dratt provision of the army war bUJU signed 1 tonight, fol lows: ~ "A prdclamation by tlu* President of the United States. y od •‘Whereas Congress has enacted the President has', on the 18th day of May. one thousand nine hundred seven teen, approved a law which contains s etf ddt th em ark r TheTdl low luff.provisions: .".Section 5—That nil male persons .' $ 'I be.tween- the ages of twenty-one aud etateriieht or certificate as to the fitnep* son tor service under the provisions of „ ;... , “TUlli fe’w,•exception? the pupils iii. a d grades hjcveJUeen advancedThe ..,»r n'iiig medals were awariled : Music, lla.el VjuucaiiB; society-, Raymond 1 i,ammumd ; English.. J. Id Jiowers: tc. ularship; 'Billy Anderson . history. M;u Robbin Wilson; spelling, Lena " ill i :isjii, FannieLoadliolt.Helen Light- -►y, Haftel Voumans and E.vjt Harter.^ Ail of the present teachers, R. K. 1 Kcony,superintendent, and Miss Eulie P&ugett, Louise Durant, Alma Knight, Grace Uickeubaker and Myrtle Epting have been reelected, but Mies fcptiujj declined tad Mr Keuny has no^yet yayjijepted. Miss LucJle Youmaus was rdect il fcrtake’MiM Epting’e place,' Tie schoTrt has outgrown the present budding and enlargement will have to be nade in the near future, Km . W*iVfirrLii it In M i ir ~gTiTi crew w H-IValnwureYfuaf anybody hatU been killed mitd so in - foriui-d, which t-ewus tu dispose of the theory that it w .s aTrreech explo- sion "d---..... Mi-s Matzeh received i> prompt an! said to be on NOME DEMONSTRATION WORK. It alay be of intereBt to the people^oT T’.arowell county t.o know that we have «fu»te a number of—Tittle girlr in the canning club work. The following Is a list Of the members of the Barnwell County Cunning Club . ‘ ' Jessie Birt, Elko; Siha Birt, Snelllng; Tf.e Tia.Birt, Elko; Viliera Black,Olar; Wiraie Black, Barnwell; Shadie Boyd, M a yers Mill, Ruby Brown. Meyers Millp Hattie Brant, LTtner> Alvah . Brant, I Ulmer j'yVlma Carrol, Elko; Kella Col* tine. Govan ; Julia Delk, Hilda; Sadie -DiWitt, Blaekyiire; Currie Uyches, Hilda; Florri’e I),c’hes* U'ida; Eliza Tv ’hes, Hilda; Mary. Dyches,. Black- «. lie ; Inez Fail, Olar:-Lizzie Gardner, Blickville : Mozelle Grubbs^ Barnwell; Maxine Hair, Klko ; I.uciie liaFr, Elko ; skilful attention and the roi|d to recijjery. * : The ship will be held here it is un derstood, until the evidence.necessary for the riaval inquiry has beenNib- tained. YOUR PATRIOTIC-DOTY, - - thirty, both inclusive, shall be subject to registration in accordance with reg- ulatfuns to be pridcribed by tie-- Pfesi-" dent; and upon, proclamation by the. President or other public notiee given by him—er—his direction, stating the tune and place of >uch registration, It shall be tin- duty of all persons of the designated a^es,-except od-.eprs and -enlisted men dl th‘e regular army, the navy aid the National Guard and naval militia.ubile in the Fervice of fhe United states, to present themselves n>f ami submit to registration under. 'th'e provisur sujch 'person shad be deemed to have notice of the requirenrt nts of this act upon the publication of said pri chama- tttm or other not jTPTra aforesaid given by the President or by his direction; and piiy-person win. shall wilfully fail or refuse to present himself for regis- tratioPor to submit thereto as herefn provided sh^ll .be guilty of a misde meaiiar and shall upon convictionTn the district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof be punished provision this act ■ or regulations made by the PreTsident thereunder, or 1 otherwise evades or. aids another to evade theVe- quirements of this act, or of said regu lations, or who, ip any manner, .shall tail or' neglect fully to perform any duty required of him in the execution of this act, shal, if not subject to m'ili tary law .-be goiIty i>t-a misdemeanor and upon; conviction tn the district court of., the ....United States ^having jorisd'ct* 011 thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or, if subject to biilitary law. shall be tried by court-martial and suf fer such punishment as a oourtmartial may direct. “Now, therefoTe,,'!. Wnodrow-Wilson President oTThe United ^tat> s, do call upon the Gwvrnor of each of the. sev eral States anil Territorjes. thjf Inard of eiuumiasimier^.nf 1-mibm andr aH oIHeei' antHlgents”oT the several States and Territories, of the Dtstrrrt of Catumbia. and of the 4+eis-rtn4-rmn:tetpaHtxr? ttn'-Tein-*■ to pe form certain duties in Hie ext-eutiou of the foregoing law, which duties will be communicated to them directly in Stv<»iJ*fi»c Blocks Are Burned to the Qronad Eatalllox a Lots of Between «r 6H;'NC sad SJ.0M.90e. One Dead. “ Atlanta ...a V'»i*e.d by h disastrous lire on M nil -j- i ignt ai.d before the Haines Count cliecki-O, approximate ly seveiity-Hv- bl eu» were devastated and at 8c(XI •-•■clock,»tne lo>s, which Could be I o than guest work, was est imated * t $2,000.(100 _t<» $3.000,000., The fi'-- a>arted in an obscure negro seatiou of the city^at Decatur street just east of Fort street, burned seterai over five low brick buildings and a row of small shacks and* swept on nearly a mije, unobstructed, until it reached a better residence section. Atj+o’clock Monday night it was two blocks beyond Ponce de-Leon avenue and not rrhder control. Thousands of pers^rds were rendered homeletp and are.being fed PATBIQUC RALLY HELD AT DARNWilPlAST FRIDAY A Large tad Rrprexatatlve AodicScl ©f Bsm- well Couaiy'sXlllreos Hear Patriatk Addresses by N4ted Speakers. Pursuant to the-yrivitation of Messrs Wr L.Johns, John K. Snelling and W. H. Duncan, the Commission in charge at the registering of all mole citizens of Barnwell county’ between the agf* of.21 and 30 year#, inclusive, under the selective conscription, provisions of the army War Bill, approved by the Presi* dent on the l$th instant, the regittrors— appointed by the committee for ea- 7f)lling all eligibles ifT'lheir respective communities! met at Barnwell on last Friday for the purpose of receiving in struction? a? to their duties Invitation were sent out to the publip-ttu atteud and notice given that promment spealc^* ers would be on hand for the occasion? ] The teeeting was held in 4 The Circle” whe-re The,speakers stand was entwined atid^ ouartered-uy-Dubljc buildings by- ,wilj| llije mttohal croTors, and the na- the Red Cross and a committeie of AY- tional flag floated with Couu- .. . IS - -*E44r-!v lanta men. Only one death has .been reported. Mis* Bessie Hodges diecTof shock after her .house was burned *i*#y injured*persons were taken to hospitals but is reported none were seriously hurt. - _Fir0 det*artinent? at Augusta, Macon, ChattHuooga. Newman. .Marietta and Griffin were, asked t > send aid. The m , to .' ’ . s 2.pOO men in the officers reserve corps and most pf the members of yhe Fifth 1 Georgia Guardsmen were gent in from Tort MoPiie.i.mm ~aT.il worked lintilyT “There is notliing to.support tlietheory that the fire was pf incendiary origin yor ■Ci^nYller. " J —~ 7ZZZ/ jC • • - BUY A LIBERTY LOAN \i WHAT T8 A LIHKRTY LOAN BOND.'' A Liberty Loan Bond is a solemn promise ot the United States to pay at •maturity the amount of the bond to "the holder thereof, and to pay interest semiannually each year from-the date of/the issuance of the bond until jJt is fully aid finally paid. WHAT IS THK StOCEITY FOR A UBKKTY X ' LOAN BOND? The faith and honor of the United Btates, backed by alT oU thi resources of the Nation and the American people. A Liberty Loan Boifd is a mortgage on all the resources and taxing powers of the * Government and all" off the re- aoutcestof the A men can people. w h XT' is rnK x \ti i:k hi \-mhkhtv ki\n ho.vii.?. ;• “ * ’ ■ . There are^two kinds of Liberty Loa regulatioiis of even date hrrewith. ■"And 1 do further prpclaim and give notice to ail persons subject to regis tration jn the several States aud in the District of Columbia in accordance with the above that, the time and place of such registration shall be between " a. m. and 9 p. m. on the 5th day' of dune, 1917, at the registration place in the precinct wherein tb*y have their I one year and shall, thereupon be duly registered. Protrdfed^ ti^at in the call oU the docket precedence shall be given in the courts trying 'the same to tho trial of criminal proceed ings under thia act ^ Provided farther, that persons shall be subject to regis tration—as herein provided who shall have attained their .twenty-first birth- day and who shall not ba^«t attained their thirty first birthday on or before the day set for registratjon-and alt per sons so registered shall be and remain subject to draft into the forces hereby authorized, unless exempted or ex- ciisetl therefrom as in .this act provided ; Provided further, that in the catre pf temporary absence from, actual place of legal residence, of any person liable to registration as provided herepi such registration may r be made by mall und^r regulations to be prescribed by the pre^idellt. k uS~ ■ . the President i? ag tloated with the breezes from every availablc^spApe. Thanks are due to Miss Pauline Richardson and Mrs McAllister for the artistic decora tions- 7 * if - The gppuker of the day . Senator Allan J^linston, of Newberry , was^met at the depot by a representative body, qf C't4- ■Zens. The committee were untirii g in their efforts to make the day a not- able. one. Citizens from all sections of the county were present. Mayor J. Emile HaCr*^ called the meetiog ti* order and cilTTed upon Rev A Tv. EViSohr rector of the Episcopal'church to lead In f»rayer, after which he made thai^. "UreeHOf *weLgom» mil .jntrt ducei”'tjhe first, speaker. Judge Clturl^a (Carroll NOTORIOUS COW PEA 1 POD WEEVIUN COUNTY. The following leyer was received from l’rof A. F. Conradi, .SuperihtCn- dent-of Division of Entomology at« Clemsou College.' I’rof Conradi has had several, samples of weevils sent him'from this county, and as there liave been no Boll Weevils found among them the following letter witTbe of 7 in terest, and of mwjdnafr 1 * jnfonquUnn In Siouns. Mr Simms made an eloquent address, injecting iiiiw thought, into t.he, caute? which brought about the war. "It is ti e Lord's.war.” he said, “and it is not u w ar self aggrandizement,or the acquisi tion of new territory or indomntiy on the part of our eodntYy. as has l>een said by President Wilson. It is not a call to the colors of Germany, France, Engi land or America, out a call of the Lord for the destruction of Sibera, the liber- ‘Sictum 8—That su,-d in'denqminationg of $50,'$100, $500 and $1000, These Bearer Bonds, which .Ifc&nie Lou Hartzog, Barnwell; Ethel “Hutto. Blackville; Marv Hutto, Black- nrttkPT I nez KearfT*, Baldock ; Xouifce McKerley, lElko^ Nadine McKerley, .Elko ; ErneM Moi-fif, Blacjkville ; Emma M.immt, .M#yers Bihn;•Genevive Mur. phy, Blackville; Lillie Buy, Barnwell; Rerrha SandersT Barnwell; Birdie San- <lers, Blackville; Easter Sanders, Olar; 'Loa Sanders. Barnwell; lva Sanders, Barnwell; Eaitef Still, Barnwell; Irene ^till, Blackville ; Jada Still, Barnwell; Purnell. Still, Barnwell; Carrie Bell a*»ll, Olar; Sallie Tucker, Barn welt; .-Geneva'Walker, Meyers Mill; Ethel ’Williams, Martin; Pauline Williams. Martin ; Daisy Williams, Martin'; Julia Warren, Blaekville ;Inez Warren, Zelma yt,*km r Wood wood, Hilda; Letha Ziisett,Olar; Petto Rose, Blackville; Annie Laurie Ogles- 4>y, Seigling; Mattie Ray, Barnwell; -XilIa.Harlgy, Barnwell. Bond-, ifearer Rond* are to be isV hereby authorized to utilize the serviceT of any or all departments and any or all officers or agent? of the United States and of the several States, Terri tories and the District of Columbia and subdivisions thereof, in the ex'ecuTibn of this act and all officers and agents of the Uuited 8tates and of the several States, Territories'and subdivisions thereof and of the District of Columbia and all persons designated or appoint- el under regulationslpresoribed by the President, whether such appointments are made by the President himself or by the Governor or other officers of thy State or Territory, to perform any duty in the execution of this act, are hereby required to perform such duty as the. President ahall-direct. and all such offi cers and agents and persons so desig nated or appointed shall hereby have are made payable to bearer, have in terest coupons attached which.are de tached by the holder when the interest installments they represent are dug, and can be cashed ht any bank the same as a Ufltted States Treasury note. Registered bonds are to bfe issued, which are registered as toWth princi pal and interest, in denominations of $100, $500, $l,0C0, $5,000, f!o,o6o, $50- 000, and $100.000; checks for the amount of interest due will be mailed out semi annually to the holders of these regis tered bonds. VIAT ARB tnK TBKMS/OR A LIBERTY LOAN ’ BJRD‘l A- 1 " 2 Miss Clifford Barratl, Home Demonstrstion Agent. Libffrty'lxFan.Bonds Of the first iesue of $2,000,000.0(|0 are to bear date of. - J\}ne '15.^ 1917,- end to run for thirty years, except that the government re serves the right to pay them fifteen years after date. If this right. is not fcovarnmeni fifteen- \lr and C^ra^. YL Arlebge will leave Thursday mornjng fur* Atlaiftlv where they will visit retitives. ■ . ; . In our issue fast week we insdrer te .t ly stated that the cou|t of “common pleas" would convene on Monday tie 2&th in«t It should have r»*« irt of generar?esgion»" AlPrU/ot* ' *rernbt1^H«di*ot io cuine before fuel -day, the 29th, ' ■ » - • \ ■ years from date, the bonds will run the full thirty years.' Three bonds bear interest at per annum, and the interest is payable semiannually on the fifteenth day of December and the fifteenth day of June in each year. "T; . tii the. execution Of This act by the di reetion of the President. 7 Correspon dence in the execution of thisaet^may be carried in penalty envelopes bearing twi-iiiittarrsr pcnrlnanent homes. Those who shall have attained their 2T«t birthday and who »hall not have attained their 3lst birthday on or before the day here named are required to register, ex cepting only officers and enlisted,men of the Tegular army, the nayy, the marine corps and the National Guard and naval malitia while in service of The. United States, and officers in the officers* reserve corps and enlisted men in the enlisted reserve eorps while in active service. In the territories of Alaska. Hawaii and Porto Rico .a day of registration will be named in a later day proclamation. “And I do charge those who through sickness shall (be unable to present themselves for registration that thev apply on or before tire day of Fegistra tiori to ttie county clerk where they may-be for instructions as to how they may be registered by ageuts. Those who expect to be absent on the- day named trom the counties in which they HaveTh-ir permanent home? may regis’- ter by mail, but their mailed registra tion jeards must reach the place in which they have their permanent home? by day named herein.. They should epply js. soon a? practicable to the county clerk of the county wherein th-y limy i>e for instructions as to how they may accomplish their registration by mail. In case such persons as, through sickness or absence, may be unable to present themselves personal ly.for registration shall be sojnuroipg in cities of over thirty thousand p.opu-- laiion, they shall apply to the eit v clerk of the city wherein they may be_ so journing rather than to the elerlUof the eounty. The elerka of counties and of cities of over thirty thousand population in which numerpusmpplica- tioos from the sick and from the non- resident* are expected are authorized to establish such sub-agencies aud to employ and deputize such clerical force is may by necessary to accomodate these ^mlicnlioos-. the farmers of Barnwell County. “The insects which you sfenl are tl.e notorious cow pea pod weevils and al so known as the cow pea curculio. You are in the belt where they make their annual vi*it every spring in destruct ive numbers. Ordinarily they come ] for a short peyiod only on cotton durii which time they may seriously affect the stand in some plaoes. The reports so far this spring indicate a very severe season. They are so called because they pre- 'fer the oow peas to any other plant and where volunteer erfw peas appear among cotton the latter is rarely ser- ijusly jnjuml apd the r^ksofU they leave cotton early in tin- season .is doe due to the appearance of vqlunteercow pea plants. As a role the idarOta are most injurious where cotton follows, ow peas. About the only recommeu datj^n one'can make is to delay_ehop- »ing a? long as practicable and to cul- ivate the cut ton just as soon as it can ue dor.t and working up clpse -to the at ion of enslaved nations, the destruc tion of monarchical and imperialistic government and theeatabliahmentof t* • liberties of the peojU and repfifiUeto form* of government. It ie not a war because of the wautoq. disregard of a “scrap of paper" nor doc* it arise out ot the aMaseination of an Austrian prince, but the traamdg eye oLJMmighty God has been upon the people of the A earth for the past hundred years and when the liberties and'pursuit ot 1 appioers of the different nation# of the. world were being taken from them and they were being enslaved, then Almighty God took a hand for the lives, liberties and hap- pioesevs of the people of the. world." His address was well received and punctuated with rouudR of applause. Mr Simms then, in very eulogistic language, introduced. Senator Johnston who spoke for about an hour and held the closest attention of his audience. Senator Johnston measured, up to his reputation as a man of deep thought who always has a aieg*age and delivers it well. He spoke of the ruthless de- rows. Where a stand ha? been com- >l't<ly destroy,I wo,,ld r, K «rd it ,lructi0 “ bv <ier "" 1 "Sl 0 ' ourlh f» ,»t* to reptaut b eC H„.«‘.t tho lime ot "■ n,0 ° • , “ 1 " il,al <•<■«'»<>«"" «» *»>« the .ecind it.nd they Rener.lly U*' « ot our met,, i.-noceot women, .nd enouitfi volunteer cow pee pl.nte to at- 'i'Heiehildren. and ofnhe attempt tract their attention. 1 do Dot kDOW « the hi«heea. to our commerce, your condition but wonder it, it' t.oal.11 *“ not be practicable for you to' scatter a lew eowr peaspir-tfie field if none are present, theye to serve as tray crops and koejMhem off the cotton until it gets a good start. It it very rare that an entire stand is destroyed and even i the situation looks serious gen trally the plant* recuperate when the attack ie over,. “Yours truly, F Conradi. 7 Supt. Division oLEntomoiogy, Clemson College. *. . CARD OF THANKS. the Wa r De par t m e n t. Any person charged as herein provided nYiu BITUiBII I lAlklftllun with the duty eof .carrying into effect, »«»»«« «• 1WIWWU , Mrs J. G. Mopdy, Jr., $nd Richard, who litt’e both tieen in Cn- any of the provisions oi the act or thc- regnlatiuns made or direetibnk^iven (hereunder w^o shall fail or neglect to p-rform such dutyr and any person charged^with such dut? or having and . • > , ■- ■ , - » exercising any authority under^said son pAC', regulations or directions, who shall <• owingly make or be a party to the We take this ipeans of extending our -■" tha"k* to Thg kind folks who wereio attentive to us during 'the illness ’ahd death Of our little son. Mr-and Mrs F.-V. Morris, ISSUES PROCLAMATION. -%• r? Gov Manning issued the followitg IwoelamattojiV -7—r--- i. "Whereas, the president of* the United States, by 1 roclamatjon- hie fixed Tuesday. June 5,' as legiflratiori day-for all-male citizens between the. nf 21 and 30 bf th Inclusive. _ "Now. therefore,Cl, iTichard I Mau» tft tfie 8iate nf SnutB CARD OF THANKS foF-trentmnit, h*»|re be^ - greatly mi j jaru>n, phjsicial examii atiui'. exuinp- 4-^dg-mL i, >t kornr agaio.- Th^rpT t-y--. i uii?Mec»t enTolmewt;- nr mnrttTrj mr.Tr-r-gorernnr ^ inapy friend* ; are. delighted- - to h»\** *• 1 noy.pFrcun, who ?haii inave., or be ^Carolina, pursunt to the tueinbaek agaih.f;;'.. "T .. {» party to the making'dt an j-false /As it will be impossible for me to Lee, and thank personally the many people of Blackville, Elko, and surrounding community for the kindneea shown my aunt, Mrs Skltlja I llair, during her last 1 tlnesi, 1 de ira to take tb»* inothori of sincere appreciation. In n? much’ as ye th In speaking of the paVf the negro is to play iu this war, he said that as citizens of this country they must do their part and the vast majority would be found doing that, and if there were any who failed to do tjiis, they wot ' I be taken .care of. l,le urged upon his auuLieW the. importance of standing by President Wilson and his adminis tration as ho can be depended upon to do the right. He quoted General Lee** definition, of "duty" as the sublimest word in the English )an||uage and with some apt itories, inaidenta of th« Civil War. illustrated its meaning and ap- pea'ed to his audiepce, men. women and children, not only to perform their duty, as they had always dene in the past, but for each and every one to do his part in upholding the hands of the President aad government in thie prob ably the greatest crisis we will ever be- called upon to confront. -Mr Johnston was loudly applauded during and at the, close of hie speech. Ho was 1 he gue»t on Friday night of Mr W. f. Johns. • v sic Festival exp crTiryt my .Mav Hv whiTFaid, i-it untg - sr\ provisions (Continued oji liage five.} in ■nave ino y have d »f.f it Ui'tft-me," t^vrard tlj, DuO-bartjur, M*y 18. ~ f M. U. There will given at tho Wednesday be an ice c»itui festival Ul«n-_rs SchouCbuiMiag Hvenlug, MkJ-80, IPL7. fivr the benefit of the n^ew church piano, |lRe public is cordiaLy invited. r - T •— r *' #- -V,