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V RULES ISSUED BY f 1> 110 YOST MARSHAL f Columbia, July 31.?Governor Manning today received the following telegram from Provost Marshal General Crowder: "Please send the following ruling f to local boards, giving it widest possible press publicity: Amnle time and t * !.. ?> " ?n\V(Vl r?~> vppui\ Jt;, , ^ persons d^-igrr' ! :::c;?ribers of local ho nr.;'"; to ---eseir any reason? tbry m::y hnve f ir not serving as such. It is indispensable that the If personnel of t-'ose boards be aiermanent. By section 6 of the selective service lav persons designated to perform this service are as effectively drafted for this duty as are the'registrants who are to be selected for military service. In the future members of local boards "will be excused f-r/vm rv^rformin,? this scrvice only for 4.4 Wm ^ w the most urgent reasons, approved by the governor of their state. "It is requested that the governor closely scrutinize each case presented to him. and that he recommend the excuse of members of local boards only in cases of great hardship. "Unless the governor believes that the excuses presented are valid, substantial and controlling the attention of the person should be directed to sectioa S of the law. and in case further refusal ta serve the case should be reported to the nearest T-orvroo^nfafrye of the federal depart 1 - raent of justice. "These instructions do not apply, of course, to members of boards who are to be removed under instructions from the war department." f ?XK IS THIRTY KILLED. Greenville News. What is the soldier's chance of get ting killed in war? This question has provoked numberless replies. A good many have been led to believe that the soldier's expectancy of life after he gets to the firing line is about ten minutes. All sorts of statistics have been circulated, most of them notable for the short shrift they give, j Roger IW\ Babson. the most eminent statistician in the United States has -marie a close and exhaustive study of war casualties and announces the following conclusions: Under present conditions, where man power is being saved, no more than one in thirty is killed. Mr. Babson's conclusions are based on the mortality figures of the French army for the full three years of war. The present fighting ic not claiming anywhere the number of dead recorded for the first two years. He says that most of the wounus sustained in the trenches are clean cut t and of a nature that a few weeks in the hospital makes the subject as - - ^ Al. fit as ever. Only three hunGrea iuuusand French soldiers have been discharged on account of wounds during the three >ears of the war. "Most of the wounds received in the trcnches aic on top of the head, simply scalp v.'oun-Js. Practically creaking a wound is either fatal or slight. two ex with but few m ue LV.CCll _ .. _ tremes." Mr. Babson's figures ou^ht to afford considerable relief to the American military forces, especially those who dread the draft. A good many of them believe that to so to Europe is to die The Eabson figures ought to cheer them up, although the hopeless pessimist will still insist that he will be the one man out of the thirty to be killed. "I understand you have all been sick up at your house and had to have the doctor. Who was the sickest?'* "Pa, when vn go4 the bill."?Judge. 5>r Wish. "So your Musband took you to the ^ ball game?" "Yes. I wish 1 could make him talk to thp cook the way he 'alked to tlr.t umpire."?Boston Trans:-ipt. T'fc HERALD ANU NhlUs -<.,31 TEA U FOR 3l.5o. Wilfred Lucas, Triangle. Wilfred Lucas in *HER EXCELLENCY, THE (iOTERXOR" OPERA HOUSE : Saturday August 18&. -S. RED CROSS WILL TAKE REAL TOIYH OF HO UK TO SAXMIE 1> FRANCE I By Milton Bronner. Washington. August 1.?"The first I J money from the $100,000,000 Red j Cross fund will provide for the comj fort and well bein~ of Arrc.rfcm ?clj diers. :n France and in this country The ?rr:;y anr! navy will do their part, ( !;::t the Red C:css must supplement their preparations." He la v P. Davidson. Red Cross war i council chairman told me this when | T asked him his organization first ; big job. I "The Red Cross has an eye to the i j tremendous demands a really big j American army in France will make. ' Just one example. Red Cross supj plies used to get across the ocean j somehow anyhow. Space was found on crowded ships. Through the generous cooperation of commercial steamship lines and foreign transport service ail of the needed space has, now been provided. But more thanj this?through President Wilson's per-j j sonal interest and the cooperation of j the shipping board, the additional) space will be provided when needed, j "When Red Cross supplies are landed they will not clutter up the already overtaxed French railway lines. The Red Cross will have its own land service?huge motor trucks using thai splendid French military roads. It: has already bought a fleet of motor j trucks in Cleveland. We expect e^ee-i tually to hare many hundreds. These will carry our supplies from the! French ports to troop depots. "The Red Cross already has- Maj.| Grayson M. P. Murphy at work lH| France with a force. Hospitals manned with Red Cross units are ia service?the first units to carry the J American flag to the front. "But, just as important, the Redj Cross ar.d the Y. M. C. A. ar* arran-g-l ing recreation centers. When Eng-1 lish Tommies get a furlough they can! run over to England. The French Poilu can go home. I "But our Sammies can't. Well, w> want to arrange so that they can come1 to Paris, for instance, get a room in I a club house, with baths and clean I beds, see American newspapers and magazines, and have the feel of hom?.! "The Red Cross is going to look i after our men in the trenches t'oo. We recently made a preliminary purchase of one million pounds of wool yarn. Red Cross chapters will knit this into sweaters and mittens. Red Cross workers are preparing one million comfort kits, for our boy9.! Each costs close to $2.00. \ "At American cantonments, the Red " TTT^ nr;ll Cross will De on tne jod. we win have warehouses at each, with supplies of blankets, etc. We will work there, too, with the Y. M. C. A? in providing recreation centers. For instance, down at Fort Oglethorpe we have already provided a swimming pool and a home for convalescents. There will be a hundred things Uncle Sam doesn't do. that we shall try to do." A W03TAX SPEAKS. Help me, 0 God, to keep before my eves The larger vision of this war; to w I Inspired each day by noble thoughts that rise, j Of duty, honor, country and of Thee, ' Lest Y forget, and think of only one I Who goes from me, to see his duty done! i Help me to think of war as one vast whole Of human effort, struggling towards the right, Ever advancing nearer to the goal rvf froojirtm frnm tJhp iron rule of might, Lest I forget, and in my sorrow see Oniy the fare of him v.-ho goes from me! Let me remember on the fateful day J ^V?nii? mAn Q wnen women seuu tij.cn wbu cross the sea, That with brave smiles on trembling lips they say, "God bless and bring you safely back to me!" | Help me, 0 God, in that black hour, I pray, Lest I forget to be as brave as they! ?New York Times. | FRANK LEVER SOME LEADER. Wins Stubborn Flerlit tor Admmmnitlon In Conference Committee Washington, August. 2.?Representaive Lever, chairman of the house conferees on the food control bill, emerged from that committee* this afternoon worn and haggard in appearance, but with a smile on his face. He had won the great fight of this season as between the senate and l house. Sitting almost a day and night i I for a week he had cautiously and; shrewdly sized up the senate situation' and yesterday with the whif hand,' read the ultimatum to the senate. It: seemed as if he was playing a dang-, erous game, but his daring was vindicated today when the conferees met again and on poll of the senate position?Senator Smith of South Caroli? na. Smith of Georgia, Chamberlain i of Oregon (Democrat) and Senator! (Warren of Wyoming (Republican) i coming over had agreed that ne sen-j +Viq -vo v nnmmitfpo d. ic ]JI UN 1SJU1I LUl VHVi ' <j. L , which the president had denounced so vigorously, should go out. -411 other provisions had been agreed upon. Thi was the climax and end of one-' of the most spectacular fights in the history of congress. Photographers stood outside to catch the pictures o? the men who are making histoy. It was a Democratc victory under the leadership of the Seventh District representative. He is receoving the hearty congratulations both of the senators and representatives whert-l ever he goes tonight. j Of peculiar interest to South Caro-; ' ** " A 1 - t ? A ? A (Ml f Tt U7JJ q [ 11113 IS 1115 111 irate amcuuiutu t. *. >. I largely due to the quiet influence of \ the house that caused them to agree to join in the report favoring the pro- ' position. HOW IT IS DONE. This is how' it is being done in i New York and in every other city and hamlet of the country: "Take a deep breath." "Count one?two?three." "Take another deep breath." "Now cough." j I . "uougn again. .. Taken in charge by a doctor, each, man is first required to answer three' questions: Have you found that, your health and habits in any way interfere with your success in civil life? Do you consider that rou are naw sound and well? have you ever; been under treatment in a hospital or, ---*? ? 1 j asj iuui : I, Xext his w\<fght and height are: | taken and noted. Then his chest, measurement. Here's where the ! order "Take a deep breath" is given. ! There then begins the examination of the lungs, the doctors tapping tne chest and back in half a dozen places! land applying the stethoscope. This is accompanied by the order "Count' ?one?two?three," and many of tne men examined yesterday had to count a half dozen times. .1 The heart examination is made generally with the stethoscope "and, then the possible conscript is requir-: led to run around the table, after. | I which the heart is again "listened to." One man yesterday?a tall; i spare and thoroughly fit looking, young fellow?made the trip about the: table ten times by count. Three of the four doctors examined' his heart. He had a slight leison. they finally all agreed, but they re-! gretted having to reject mm. He nau; i told them when he came in. though, j that he had lost a year in college be-j 'cause of heart trouble and a nervous1 j breakdown. j The eye test "got" a considerable; j number'of those examined. This is I merely the reading test, with the! cards placed at a distance of twenty ; | feet. Of a half dozen examined in | about an hour not one read down to ! the fifth line of type correctly. One, * i. ,J rtnt it- TV-o C OVl Dig cnap. so tanueu uiai. n, j dent he liked swimming, seemed an almost perfect specimen. Without his i glasses, he said, he could see nothing j whatever on the cards; but they ! were merely white blurs. He seemea to suffer acute pain while trying to see, without his glasses. After the eye test, the mouth,! ! nostrils, and ears are examined. The' j hearing'test is made with a distance: j of twenty fe?* ,"-iM'een the doctor andj j the "patier1 " The latter is required) j to repeat 'iaf the f^tor says andj /^noll^r clvo-vo: his voice! HIS UUUIA/I ,:,iauuain i*. ^ w until he is -nerely v:V; coring. Most; of the men examined did we!! ':n this) test. F t^~ examination of th<-- ?-he me" are required to hop the l^n'-'h o? the room on one foot and jack a" in on the other. Their limbs, jc'-^s. scalp and skin are also examine'.. and altogether the examination is very complete, taking from twenty to forty minutes. Roofin::?Let us show you our gravel roofinsr. Use it instead of the galj vanizpd. Johnson McCrackin Co. 1 7-21-tf .">.000 11) i. frimsoii Cloyor Seed?For sale at 12c per lb., delivered at Prosperity or Newberry. S. C. Also Burr '"lover at SI.2." pr-r 'on. X. A. XichcX Prosperity. P. C. Phone 3804, Prosperity. 7-2T-Hp j Mowers rnd Ifcikes?An rdvance goes on soon. See us if yor- are going to buy. Johnson ?-.!^Crackin Co. 7-31-tf For ??'ine Poland Chi- i pigs. Phc:^ 4502 or see Walter L>uzhardt 727-4t. Will'Hi IKE WILL HAVE (OTTOX WAREHOUSE The St">te. 4th. T. W. Coleman, a well known Whit mire farmer and banker and former! 1 yesterday. It will be a 2.000 bale ca-i last night with his cousin, William: Coleman. j Mr. Coleman said that a new Whit-1 mire has arisen from the ashes of the, terrible conflagration which almost. I wiped the business section off the' map in May, 1916. The business' houses have been put back of brick j instead of wood, he remarked. He told of the splendid cotton ware-1 houses for which dirt was broken: yesterdya. It will be a 2.000 bale ca-j pacity structure and will be modern; in every particular. I There has been a oO per cent in- J crease in the corn acreage in Whit- ] mire vicinity, Mr. Coleman said, and i probably a little more cotton has: been planted this year than in 1916.1 7? DISTRICT GUARD AT CAMP SEVIER! By Jesse S. Cottrell. Washington, August 2.?General i Mann, chief of the militia division of the war department, today announced, that the Third regiment of infantry of the Naticnal Guard of the District of Columbia, now in camp at Fort Myer,. Va., will be sent to Camp Sevier, at( Greenville, S. C., and brigaded with two regiments of infantry of the Na-j tional Guard of South Carolina. The, remaining units of the district Na-j tional Guard, except the batteries of! Coast artillery assigned to station at; Fort Washington, Md., and embracing! all organizations in camp at Patterson Park, will go to Camp McClellaa, at Anniston, Aia. With he troops of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and virgin ta.tneyj will comprise the original eighth di- [ vision temporarily commanded by j Brigadier General Barber, of the New ! Jersey National Guard. General Harvey. The division at Greenville, S. C.,| originally the ninth division, in addi-j tion .to the Third infantry, district! National Guard, will consist of troops! of Tennessee and North and -South ' Carolina. General Harvey may com-, mand. An interesting feature of the! new orders to the Tihrd district in-1 c?5- +v.o foot that if- DOS-' 1 HI l.V IJS LUC bi'Uv ? , K _ sible the assignment of Brigadier! General Harvey commanding the dis-! trict National Guard, to the command; of the brigade at Greenville, of which! it will form a part. General Mann de-i clined to comment on that feature of { the matter but admitted that General! Harvey was available for that com-' mand and would not have to compete j with an officer of similar rank in j the South CaroliEa contingent com-! pleting the brigade. Ill Tne Mnojter. I "What's that axe and saw in the! case for?" "To be used in case of accident." "Huh! I wouldn't want no doctor to operate on me with them tools." ?Louisville Courier-Jounrnal ? hi J No Less Than $15 Made To C C I our | Order = The Same Old Wc I I Pro & I We will give a p stration at Vaugl Wednesday with Case Tractc i ning about 9 A. IV I until 3 P. M. Cc i increase your yiel per cent. There I why every farmei I tractor. We ca I any size farmer. I convinced. I "When it's a Cai I Ropp and Cross H ftRFEWILLE BOY j ON RAMMED SHIP \ R. E. Allen on Ship Rammed and Sunk Ont From New York This Week?No One Drowned, Bnt Had Narrow Escape. ^Greenville Piedmont. R. E. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. F W. Allen, of this city had an ex-J citing experience the first part of this | week when the ship "Saratoga" on | which he sailed for France with thej hospital corps was rammed by an-! other ship and sunk. No lives were' lest as all had time get life belts. Many, however, had narrow escapes, * ? _ J young Allen Derag one ui una uum-j ber. The boat which ran into the ship! on which the Greenville boy sailed j was a neutral ship, the "Panama." It I is unknown, though it is thought thati the ramming of Allen's boat was en-j tirely unintentional and was an un-: avoidable accident. When the boat was struck, the crowd on board regained calm ani composed, each one securing a life belt and fastening it to his or her waist. Allen, according to a message received here from him, was thrown nf tha Panama shiD. Oth \J LI 11JC U\J YT V*. w?*v ? ? Same Low Price $15. Same High Grade Wool fabrics ?Same Excellent Tailoring ? Same ** t, 1 Saving INow as Always. S U I T S >ol Quality at The No Other Dealer ( This Or Dry Go sperity, South Caro loughing demon- S mville, S. C, on 1 August 8th I >r Engine, begin- I 1. and will plough 8 ime learn how to 8 iioo i o * _ r a I ia oo l-o to ou are many reasons I r should have a I m accommodate I Come and be I se Enough Said" I Workman I er than a few minor bruises, he was unhurt. The other passengers on the ship were rescued and the Panama boat took them back to New York. Allen, who is a member of the base hospital unit, number 8, New York, -will remain in New Ynrk till more equipment can be procured for his 1 company when it will sail again for France. The courage and spirit of the young Americans in the unit are undaunted and they still hope to reach France and be at work within the next three or four weeks. $.>00.00 REWARD. Five Hundred Dollars reward will be paid by the Southern Railway Systen for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who removed spikes, bolts and angle bars resulting in the derailment of passenger train )<? r> aa ? TJT nw+awnt'ill a \T rPn a n .>u. -o licai nuuici z> v111*77 1^1. xucaday morning. July 17, 1917. Ail communications pertaining to this subject should be addressed co I Mr. J. W. Connelly, chief special agent. Southern Railway System, I Charlotte. N. C. i . ' arrested, wire him or Sheriff N. W. vy'allace, Charlotte, N. C. W. M. FOREACRE, General Manager. ? Subscribe to The Herald and Xews. / GJ ifssssij ?-v > i iglpSfeK '.'.7.^^???] , Jif.t ? I .' ~J> t -1^ it | ^ '.?'?| 111 'T- rr.\tg t. ;J krV'"-' 'i nas ??? ' Pl r tj No More Than $20 ^ Choose From 300 E All Wool Suitings, E Same Quality \ Others Ask $25 for ' A Great Value Same Old Price Can Duplicate der ods Co. lina