The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 03, 1917, Image 7
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.. C.,
on-August -7th, next after publication
thereof, at 11 o'clock in tho forenoon
to show cause, If any they have, wliy
the said"Administration should not be
granted. - '
CSiven under my Hand, this 24th day
or July A. D. 1017.
w. l. Mcdowell,
Judge of Probate for Kershaw County.
Published on the 27th day of July
and the -3rd day of August 1017, In
The Camden Chronicle and posted at
the Court House door for the time
prescribed by law.
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