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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&.
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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.
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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
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Made
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Wednesday
with Case Tractc
i ning about 9 A. IV
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i increase your yiel
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I convinced.
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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
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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
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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.
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