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GUARDSMEN WON'T HAVE TO REGISTER Imi>ortant Information for All Per sons Liable to Registration Un der Law. News and Courier. Columbia, May 25.?"The president holds that selective service act of May IS and proclamation and regis tration regulations of same date do rmt ronnirc rotriotrfltinTI Of members 'VVJUU v i of any duly organized and recogniz ed force, military or naval, subject under other laws of 'United States to be 'called, ordered or drafted into mil itary or naval service of United States; and in order that this con struction may be made plain he di rects that sections 4 and 61 of reg istration regulations of May 18 be _ _ ? - -3 nrx-trvrir) ContPTIPP ill VUUSU'UCU CIS It 9CVVUU u^uw. ~ _ each section read as follows: 'The only exception are persons in the mil itary or naval service of the United States, which includes all officers and enlisted men of the regular army, the regular army reserve, the officers' reserve corps, the enlisted reserve corps, the National Guard and Na tional Guard reserve recogniz3d by the militia bureau of the war depart ment, the marine corps, the coast guard, and the naval militia, naval re serve corps, marine corps reserve and national naval volunteers, recognized by the navy department.' "Proclamation of May 18 will, be construed accordingly. Printed copies of foregoing will follow." The above order changing the stat us of men enlisted in military or naval units not yet called into federal service was received by telegraph at tlie office of Gov. Manning today. Prior o its receipt the conscription boards ad been instructed UJ CAernyi j-tvo-i egistration no one except those ac tually in federal service. Under the new ruling all members o? naval or military organizations subject to call of the government will be excused from registration. Concerning the requirements o? registration the regulations issued contain the following paragraphs: "Registration Certificate?All per sons registered will be furnished a registration certificate. Since all po lice officers of the nation, States and municipalities are required to exam ine the registration lists and make sure that all persons liable to regis i^aoriotoroH themselves, xraxiun llclv c i w? ??? _ much inconvenience will be spared to those who are registerd if they will keep thees certificates always in their possession. All persons of the desig nated ages must exhibit their certifi cates when called upon by any police officer to do so. "Place of Registration?The place of registration is the voting precinct at your domicile. Your domicile is your permanent nome. "Registration of Absentees?Al though registrations must be in the precinct of domicile, and although the "burden is on you to see that your registration is entered at your domi ciliary precinct on the prescribed day, yet for your convenience and to ob -?vaut pnin? Tiate me, necessity UI JVM4 ^ "home for the purpose of registration, the following is provided for the reg istration of absentees: "(a) Immediately after the publica tion of the president's proclamation there will be a supply of registra tion blanks at the office of the county clerk of every county in the United States and at the office of the city clerk of every city of 20,000 popula tion or over. "(b) The county cleric, or m tne case of citiesr of 30,000 or over the city clerk, is authorized to record the answers of persons absent Trom their domiciliary county and to certify to their registration cards. "(c) Upon application by you your card will be made out by the clerk. turned over to you, ani Dy you it must be mailed in time to reach your domiciliary precinct by the day set for registration. "(d) Therefore, as soon as practi cable after the president's proclama tion is published, go to the office of the sheriff (or city clerk) in the coun ty (or city over 30,000) in which you may be and have your regisuauuu card filled and certified. Then mail the same addressed to: The Registrar, Precinct. (Your home precinrt.) Care of Sheriff County, State. ' "If your permanent home is in a ? An nnn ~T-,vr. oon^ th A Card city 01 su.uuu ui \j V ci y OVil-U VMW ? In care of the mayor. If you do not know the number or name of your home precinct, address the card as above, and write also on the envelope which you have so addressed: Registration card of Street and number Postoffice or R. F. D - "Inclose a self addressed envelop*, with your registration card for you* certificate. Panure to get this certificate may cause you serious inconvenience." DANIELS SPRINGS SENSATION GERMAN SPIES MOST ACTIYE fWashington, May 25.?The German spy eystem is in operation within the United States army and fleet. Not only are spies obtaining the informa tion they want in this country, but they are able to get it .to Berlin in time for German submarines to men ace American warships and soldiers on the seas. tmo -tt-a? admitted bv the navy <le partment this afternoon. Secretary Daniels announced that word of the sailing of an American flotilla for Europe had been wired ahead to Ger many and that German submarines had succeeded in scattering mines at the entrance of the liarbor for which the American warships were bound. Were Prepared. The following statement was Is sued: "Four days before the arrival of the American destroyer fleet abroad Berlin knew that the vessels were on the way and to what port they were [going, according to advices todayf from Admiral Sims. ! "He reports that he has positive in i formation that Germany was thus in formed in advance and sufficiently far in advance that the port of .entrance of the destroyers was mined the day previous to their arrival. ' "The department calls attention to this fact as proof that the German . spy system is still at work in this , country making imperative the need ( of secrecy in connection with our! naval operations. The premature pub lication of ship movements is partic , ularly a source of danger. "The department while realizing that newspapers did not give this in formation, would be pleased if the fact were brought to the attention of editors by way of showing what ex-j treme care is required in shielding military information from the enemy; whether it becomes public through the nra<s? nr otherwise." i Two Sources. Information involving even the des tination of fhe destroyer fleet could have come only from two sources? ' the navy department or the fleet. : That the German espionage system ' could have extended its tentacles into ! the very heart of the naval establish ment has been a shock to omciais. | I The source of the "leak" however, ' will cause the deepest probe. It was admitted shortly after the. declaration : of war that six persons suspected of 1 spying had been discoveerd in the state, war and navy building. Secret : service operatives are known to have j been scattered through the building and in various fleet bases and mobili j zation'points. j At Work. -tmanf r\f instipe agents also iL>Cfai iiiiQui. v/i j ?u have been working day and night in i an effort to uproot the spy system. Numerous arrests of enemy aliens have been made and a number are in .jail awaiting action by the government. In connection with mysterious events in the state, war and navy build ings, it was recalled today that the stolen fire-control plans for the su perdreadnaught Pennsylvania never were recovered. Neither was the naval code book which disappeared on the Pacific coast and led to a strict investigation there, which resulted in several officers losing many numbers. r. S. MAYY 131 Jtllxill ; Daniels to Promote Sims to Yiee Admiral for Effectiye Work in Battling U-Boat Menace. Washington, May 24.?With reports 1 reaching the navy department of tre ofppf>tivp work by the Ul^UUVUUiJ vu.v?-?. . ^ | American destroyer flotilla in the submarine zone, Secretary Daniels an nounced this afternoon that President Wilson^ would appoint Rear Admiral j William S. Sims, commander of the , force, a vice admiral. 1 The nomination will b8 sent to the senate immediately that the represen-j A ma-insn rtnw abroad C - L l ? vi ui tug aiuvi ivmu w may associate on even rank with the British and French commanding of ficers. Only Three. There is at present oniy one y;uc admiral in the American navy, al-| ; though three are permitted by law. i 1 Admiral D. VT Coffmau, 'low attached) f to the Atlantic fleet Is the man who hoids the title. His 13 outranked only by, the commander of the fleet, Ad . ncral Mayo, who holds the rank of a. j lull admiral. i Reports that 28 German submarines! 'had been accounted for during the last week by American and British! patrol boats went unconfirmed at the navy department today. It wa-3 point-1 ed out that all reports on the capture' . or destruction of German submarines' ! were withheld for several reasons,! 1 one the psychological effect on Qer many and the other that Germany herself might not know and thus be able to replace a lost vessel. 'IWfcen a German submarine leaves' ' its base," said an official, "it is not i expected back for five weeks. It takes ' - ?+y, nf> Utoq supplies LO last III til I tug ill vj l uuiv and is given a certain sea area in i which to operate. ' "When that submarine goes out the German admiralty loses all track of i it and does not know until the subma rine either returns or fails to return what has become of it. Replace It. "If the Americans or British were to capture one of these submarines ' and then announce the fact it would enable the German admiralty to send out another submarine to replace the lost one. If nothing i;, said the Ger i mans have to wait perhaps weeks be fore knowing whetner to replace tiiej submarine and in those weeks the, j area patrolled by the lost submarine; i is free from danger to merchant ves-1 j sels." I Concerning the activities of the; j American flotilla, the same official | i v,or. Kori tn thft confidential! I V> ll\J 11CVO WW i reports of Admiral Sims said: "There is no doubt that the presence of American destroyers has been largely responsible for the reduction in merchant tonnage loss in the war zone during the last week. "Although it may not seem probable . we know it to be true that a vessel i just beginning the work of hunting . submarines is far more effective than j one that has beer on patrol for a year; j or more. I have no doubt a number j of submarines have been captured or I destroyed by the joint patrol." I To obtain officers for the increased I navy, Secretary Daniels today author I ized the graduation on June 28 this,' I vpar of the third class at Annapolis, I which in the ordinary course ofi i events would have graduated on June 1, 1918. The German government announces that hereafter it "will sink hospital j ships on sight. The German subma rine commanders are some months | ahead of the German government. T i7B-MY/ M?Antiseptic, Relieves . Rheumat/ . Sprains. Neuralgia Qtc. ifltflPK THE AUDUBOX SOCIETY AXD THE GOYERNOR .i Charleston American. Columbia, May 26.?In reply to Gov. Manning's letter, for the third time returning the name of Col. A. A. Richardson as "not suitable"' to him fnr aDDointment as chief game war den. President E. C. L. Adams, of the Audubon societf cf South Carolina, today addressed a letter to the gov-, ernor. requesting that he send the so ciety a !ist of names which would be "suitable" to him and stating that he would await the governor's reply be fore taking any further action. ! President Adams' letter follows: "Columbia, S. C., May 26, 1917. ! "To His Excellency, Richard I. Man ning, Governor of South Carolina.! "Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your^ letter dated May 25. 1917. in which you return the name of Mr. A. A. Richardson as being 'unsuitable to you' for the appointment of chief game warden. j 1 "I am sending a stenographic re-, port of the meeting of the Audubon society held on the 19th of May at the Jefferson hotel, Columbia. S. C. Owing to Mr. A. M. Deal's duties as ' court stenographer, he was unable to make his report at an earlier date. "It requires considerable work, loss of time and expense to call meetings of the Audubon society, therefore I suggest that you send me a list of names, one of which would be 'suit-r able' to you, and I will submit the. sam? to the society. ! "Awaiting your reply before taking any further action, I ais. "Very truly yours, (Signed) "E. C. L. Adams," "fresident '.iuuuuuu i Col. Richardson made public today, a letter which he wrote the governor on May 24, offering to submit the gov- '< error's charges against him. contain- < ed in the veto message on the closing ! day of the legislature, to a commit-! tee of five State officers and to abide; by their decision if thp governor( would do likewise, the c ">siton be-1 ing that if the com" 3 ound the charges founded in * r Harrison < would retire, and on .ier hand if the committee founu favor of Richardson on the charges the gover nor should appoint Richardson to hold the office until the people could vote upon him as a candidate for the office. The governor in his reply reiusea to agree to the proposition. "I called his hand and asked for a < showdown and he was afraid of it,", said Col. Richardson today. "I made him a fair propositon that any fair mipded man ought to have been will ing to accept, and I do not consider his answer to my letter ad evades the issue, ^urther. I am prepared to j compart at any time the expenditures of this office with, the expenditures of : his office." | /.nrroonnndpnr'p between Ool. I Richardson and the governor is as follows: "Columbia, May 24, 1917. "Governor Richard I. Manning, Co lumbians. C. "Dear Sir: South Carolina is suf fering on account of the lack of law enforcement of the game and fish laws of this State. These conditions are due to tne iact uiac cue auuuuuu society of this State prefer me above all others for the position of chief game warden whilst you oppose my < holding this positon on account of 1 reasons alleged by you in your mes- 1 sage to the senate on February 21, | 1917, at which time you attempted to , veto the bil providing for the elec-' ' tion of the chief game warden by the } people. The present situation is most ' deplorable and should be relieved. As 1 * t.me South Carolinian, in order to ' protect the interests of my State, I 1 make you the following proposition: j< "If you can prove the charges made ' in your message thereby showing that ; I have ever done anything illegal I, J will withdraw my name from the race! for the chief game warden's office,! but, provided, you can not prove any illegal actions on my part, then you agree to my holding the office until the people of this State can rote upon the question as to who shall be their chief game warden. You have had Business Man Praises { Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy t Successful Merchant After Investigation j Found a Remedy That Re stored His Health. "This is Thanksgiving- day in the state of Pennsylvan^. and I *ant to aevote a pirt of it in writing: a letter to you. On thA ?f,rh (itv of November.'10. I was stricken with heart trouble. My family physician called it Angina Pectoris. I had from one to fiv? attacks in 24 hours, in the latter part of December, 1910. I -wrote to the Miles Mediaal O*., for information con cerning my case, and in reply I received a very kind and instructive letter, which I handed to my family doctor, and he told me to use your Remedies in connection with the medicine he gave mo, so I did. I used five bottles of I>r. Mfles' Heart Remedy and seven bottles of Dr. Miles' Nervine. I was confined t? the house for about four months. The action of my heart is now, and has been normal for the last six months. I can truly recommend Dr. Miles' Nervine and Heart Remedy to do what they are intended for, if used according: to directions. I thank you kindly for your advice in answer to my morrthly reports. I am now sixty seven years of age, have been in the mercantile business for thirty-five years and liv?d retired for the last thirteen years." A. E. HOLIJNGER, Lincoln, Penna. Dr. MHes' Heart Remedy is sold and guaranteed by all druggists. it MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. ample time since the adjournment of the legislature to investigate any charges or complaints that have been made against me, if they are true they should be made public and proven, and if they are not true then in ail fairness to me and the public it should be so stated. "I know not what charges or com plaints you may have in your posses sion, but I do know that I have faith- j fully and honestly discharged the du ties of this office, as will be proven by the State auditor's report to you when he checked up this department to March 7, 1917, and found every-; thing satisfactorily accounted for. Since that date the department ha^ had no receipts or disbursements through this omce. 1 am ior tue Desi interest of South Carolina. "Very truly yours. "A. A. Richardson." "P. S. If you have any charges to present against me I suggest that these charges be submitted to a com mittee of five, said committee to be composed of the other State officials, naipely, the State treasurer, the comp-, troller general, the attorney general,1 the secretary of State and the adju tant general, all of whom were elect ed by the people and therefore are the people's representatives. If they find against me I will abide by their; decision, asd if they should find other wise then you to abidti by their de-' vision. "Very truly yours, "A. A. Richardhon." i Following is the governor's reply: "Columbia, May 25, 1917. "3Tr. A. A. Richardson, Columbia, S. C. I "Dear Sir : I received, by special delivery last night, your letter of May 24, 1917. ! "I can not accept your proposition. The statutes provide a course for the appointment of a chief game warden, and, in my judgment, that course should be followed. i "Very truly yours, "Richard I. Manning, "Governor." ; At the recent meeting of the \udubon society, when the name o? Ool. Richardson was for the third FOUR WEEKS INJOSPITAL No Relief?Mrs, Brown Fin ally Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Cleveland, Ohio.?"For years I suf fered so sometimes it seemed as though I could not stand it any longer. It was all in my lower |M| organs. At times I i could hardly walk, 1 for if I stepped on a little stone I would , almost faint. One j day I did faint and 1 my husband was , sent for and the doc- ; tor came. I was ta ken to the hospital and stayed four weeks but when I came bome I wool# faint just the same and bad the same pains. A friend who is a nurse asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- j pound I began taking it that very day j for I was suffering a great deal. It has ! already done me more good than the hospital. To anyone who is suffering j as I was my advice is to stop in the first irug-store and get a bottle of Lydia E. j Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before ! you go home." ? Mrs. w. u. .dkuwi*, 2844 "W. 12th St, Cleveland, Ohio. Another Meetig of Colored People. On Tuesday evening, May lo, at ! 3:30, J. W. Butler called the second neeting at Elisha church for the pur Dose of completing the club list on preparedness for the war. H. B. But er opened'the meeting, with prayer: sy J. H. Abney. Among those pres-l mi wwe Sam Nance, iUnited States; !arm demonstration agent; G. C. Wil-j iajns, ex-superintendent of the State' 'arm at Orangeburg, and other distin guished citizens. Nance was called on and gave an nteresting talk on safe farming and' ilso imparted some valuable informa ion on canning G. C. Williams talked to the women j >ri saving and John Robertson also nade a talk. Both of these talks1 vere interesting. Much good is heing done among our )eople in preparing to raise food stuffs. After the speaking the following lames were enrolled on the various :lub lists: Corn Club?J. W. Butler, John Wil iams, J. 'P. Nelson, John Roberson, J. Floyd. Pea Club?H. B. Butler, Foster Rob own, VJUOOIC ikuuiuov/u. r Cane Club?W. B. Floyd, Clinton JeN* erson, 'Willie Butler. Peanut Club?Sam Tribble, Willie' doore, B. T. Floyd, Fitz Hugh Lee' Burton. Cabbage Club?Sam Tribble, Ida rioyd, M. E. Butler, Elizabeth Burton. Tomato Club?-M. A. Lindsay, M. S. Williams, Lila N Dore. Cattle Club?B. L. Samuel. Potato Club?J. A. Butler, F. L. Jndsay, H. B. Butler, N. L. Singleton, 1. L. Samuel, Jr. Poultry Clum?Ida Butler. Pumpkin Club?Shadyann Herbert, losanna Counts. j Club meeting will be held on Tues-! lay evening, May 29, for the purpose J )f instruction in farming. All good; armers are expected to be present,) especially all the white gentlemen of j he community. We are well supplied with literature, >n farming subjects. Agent Nance >rought a good supply with him, and vill furnish us with what we need. J. N. Butler, Secretary. time ordered sent to the governor, a great hurarh was made about certain proxies held by the Gibbes faction, which were not allowed to bs voted. Among these was the proxy of Mr. J. Pope Matthews, president of the Pal metto National bank of this city. Mr. Matthews today wrote Col. Richard- j son as follows in regard to "h-is. proxy: "Mr. A. A. Richardson. Palmetto Bank Building, Columbia, S. C. ' Dear Mr. Richardson: I am just in receipt of your kind letter of May 22, and beg to advis^ that when my' proxy was given- for the use of the Audubon society it was given with the statement that I did not know that I was a member. If I was, I did not understand how I could be, for I certainly was not aware that I had u-n mir rilioc onrJ T I w * * h* ^ x AWO lieve that I was entitled to vote. I had also understood for some time that here was not going to be any difference between Mr. Gibbes and y kj u l u nut oupywcc. followed the matter close enough to be posted as to what the contentions of the meeting were going to be, feel ing that I was not in good standing and that T was not entitled to vote. "Trusting that the matter may be Excursion Fares \ .Svcfpm ffnm Spartanburg, Account of Music Festival, Carolina Firemen's Tournamen 18. final limit June 2, 1917. New Orleans Account Southern Baptist C( 11-16 with final limit May 31, : June 15 by paying fee of $1.00. Washington, Account 27th Annual Reui erans tickets on sale June 2nd 1 Extension until July 6th pay me Lake Junaluska 1 N. C. Account Chautauqua Period, ers' Confeience, Board of Missi on sale July 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, in ti. 12. n. 1*7. 18 and iq, li sale. 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Mattnews." What General Wood Asks Yorkville Enquirer. Wherever he goes General Leonard YVOOQ is asK-iug tins yuesLiuu: "Do the people here know yet tliat the United States is at war, and do they realize the awful struggle that is ahead?'" The honest, frank answer to this question is, ^To. The people have no appreciation of the fact that they are at war, and they have absolutely no conception of what is ahead of them. Japan is withdrawing great quan tities of gold from the United States. If this doesn't start Cap'n Hobson off on tils ravorite noDDy, nommg c<iu. "Business as usual," is a good mot to, but "Business better than usual" is a better one. SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD AND NEWS. "Bay a Liberty Loan Bond Today.'* fia Southern Rail i Newberry, S. C. S. C. $2.45 , Shrine Meeting and bouth it, tickets^on sale May 14 to , La. $20.90 >nvention, tickets on sale May [917. 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