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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
k News Items Gathered All Areunc! the
" County and Elsewhere.
L Colston Clippings.
( Colston. July 17.?Children's Day
exercises will be held at Colston I
Branch Baptist church next Sunday, i
July 22, beginning promptly at 10 j
o'clock. The public is invited to at- j
tend.
Miss Nettie Clayton was the pleasant
guest of Misses Evelyn and Min-j
nie Kirkland Saturday night.
Mrs. J. C. McMillan spent Sunday |
in Blackville.
Mr. Barney Jennings and son, of i
Florida, visited relatives in this sec-j
tion last week.
Miss Aileen Beard spent last week
in Bamberg at the home of her uncle.
Mr. Henry Beard.
Miss Bessie Kirkland was the
pleasant guest of Miss Mary Clayton!
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mrs. Ogreta Beard visited her;
daughter, Mrs. G. L. Bishop several;
days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clayton were
the welcome guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.!
F. Clayton last Sunday.
^ Miss Mamie McMillan entertained |
^ the young people at a party Saturday j |
night in honor of her guests. Misses
Blanche Spann and Gussie Hutto.
t Miss Elvie Kearse, of Bamberg, is
at home for a two-weeks vacation.
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Miss Bessie Kirkland spent Friday,
night with Misses Evelyn and Minnie \ [
Kirkland.
Mr. Clyde Padgett, of Orangeburg,
visited his parents in this section j
Saturday night and Sunday. He has;
joined the army and will leave in a .
few weeks.
Miss Adrine Hiers is spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. C. C. Fend-er.
j.
Mr. Grady McMillan was the wel-,,
come guest of Mr. Sammie Clayton!
Saturday night. ,
Mrs. Ed. Watson and son. Chisolm,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. ,
Beard.
Miss Bessie Kirkland was the i ]
pleasant guest of Miss Mamie McMil- (
lan Tuesday night and Wednesday. (
We are glad to say that Mrs. T. D. j
Beard is improving. (
Miss Laura Goodwin is visiting
relatives in the St. John's section.
Mr. Perry Padgett, who has been
staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
am Goodwin during his illness,
^ ^was removed to the home of his son
in Florida several days ago.
Miss Evelyn Kirkland and Mr.
Frank Kirkland, Jr., dined with their
sister. Mrs. J. A. Jennings, Sunday.
Mr. A. D. Williams spent last week
in Columbia where he was at work. |
The many friends of Miss Ethel
Logan are sorry to know that she has
resigned her position as assistant
* teacher in the Colston Rural Graded
school for another term.
Miss Ethel Logan, of Edgefild, and
Mr. T. H. Whitlock, of Trenton, were J
happily married in Columbia on Sun-|
day afternoon. July 8, at 4 o'clock.
They have the best wishes of the J
many friends that the bride won in!
this county during her stay as teach-1
er in the Colston rural graded school i
during the past term.
Denmark Dots.
Denmark. July 14.?On Saturday
morning last, .Mrs. James Guess. Jr.,
entertained a number of young folks
with a rook party in compliment to
her house guests, .Misses Annie Belle
Simpson, of Laurens, and Carrie Conner,
of Eutawville. A salad course
was served, the plates, which were
> decorated with tiny silk flags, and;
sandwiches tied with tri-coiored rib-i
bons.
Mrs. F. H. McCrae lias recently returned
from a visit to relatives in
Savannah.
Miss .Norma Moore stopped for a|
few days with friends here, en route!
from Florida to her home in Walhalla.
Frank Strait, of Rock Hill, is spend-!
ing some time with his sister. Mrs.
A. P. Guess.
Miss Maude Owens, of Dunbarton.
is the guest of Miss Doris Goolsby.
Miss Rika Richards, of Liberty Hill.!
is on an extended visit to her sister.
| Mrs, T. P. McPrae.
Mrs. Andrews and daughters, of
Greenwood, are spending several days
with .Mrs. \V. H. Faust.
.Mr. and Mrs. AsbilJ, of Leesville,
were visitors at the home of Mr. Paul
Neely the #ast weeK.
Mr. and Mrs. George Riley, of Atlanta.
were a?iong the visitors here
last week.
Misses Cornelia Mayer, of Xewber*
X AMI-ID AFTHK FAMOl'S PUKSOXS
Confederate and I n ion leaders Honored
by War Department.
Washington. July 15.?Names or
American military leaders, including
several Confederate leaders, have
been given by the war department to
5 2 cantonments in which the national
army and the national guard will
be mobolized for training.
In announcing the decision tonight
the department revealed that the
subject had been given consideration
by a board of officers headed by Brig.
Gen. Kuhn. chief of the war college
division. In each case the name selected
is that of a man from sections
represented by the troops concerned,
but not unpopular in the vicinity
of the camp. Short names were
chosen for convenience, names like
Wfl^hinarnn and Lincoln were omit
ted because of the temporary nature j
of the camps and other names were!
avoided because they are duplicated j
by prominent men now living. The
names chosen for the South Carolina
camps are:
Camp Jackson. Columbia. S. C.. for
troops from Tennessee. North
and South Carolina, after Major Gen.
Andrew Jackson, U. S. A., born in
North Carolina and chosen president
from Tennessee.
Camp Sevier. Greenville. S. C., for |
troops from Tennessee. North andj
South Carolina, after Brig. Gen. Johni
Sevier. U. S. A..member of congress!
from North Carolina and first governor
of Tennessee.
Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg. S. j
C., for troops from New York, after;
Brig. Gen. J. S. Wadsworth. l:. S. V.,
born in New York.
Much Bigger Corn Yield.
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Washington. July 16.?"The pa-'
triotic response of the South to the!
appeal for food and feedstuffs to
meet the crisis brought about by the'
war is shown by the United States
agricultural department's forecast of j
the yield of corn this year," said,
President Fairfax Harrison of the |
Southern railway today.
"For the States of Virginia, North j
Carolina, soutn caronna, u-eorgia,:
Florida. Alabama. Mississippi,Kentuc- i
ky and Tennessee, this year's corn J
crop is estimated at 60.262,000 bushels,
as compared with 495,236,000
bushels last year, showing an increase
of 106,026,000 bushels, or 21 peri
cent."
Cursing is Cowardly.
"Cursing is cowardly and contemptible
and the man who curses is a!
contemptible coward." said Baxter!
McLendon in his big tent at Clover!
last Sunday night. "Do you want thei
proof?" lie continued. "Well, here it!
is: Characteristic of you who curse i
that you are mighty careful who you j
curse and that it is a rare thing that'
you ever curse each other. Bullies;
J ? ,>io o-ifCk aooh nthor a 1
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swath. One bully does not care to |
mix up with another bully. There!
are among you here some who would;
not hesitate a moment to curse one
of those people over there (pointing j
to the negroes;) but I can pick out i
right here in clover men you would;
not curse for this tent full of dia-i
monds?not you. Yes, the curser is j
always a coward, and a contempti-!
ble coward, at that."?Yorkville En-j
quirer.
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New line of Waterman's Ideal j
Fountain Pens just received at the;
Herald Book Store.
ry, Virginia Simpson, of Laurens, and;
Elizabeth Doty, of Winnsboro. are;
guests of Misses Ruth and Frances'
Guess.
.Miss Ruth Cates, of Augusta, is visiting
Mrs. R. A. Goolsby.
Miss Alethia Feniiell. of Rock Hill,
is the guest of Miss Isabelle Strait.
Branchville Brevities.
Branchville, July 14.?Mrs. J. A.J
Buie and daughter. Miss Yernelle, are I
visiting relatives in Elkton. X. C.
Mrs. K. J. Hutto and children, of j
Charleston, are visiting relative? and i
friends here.
Miss Hazel Simmons, of Rowes-j
ville. returned home Tuesday, after j
spending a while with Miss Josephine'
Bass.
Irby Rentz and his mother. Mr^. O. i
(1. Rhoad. spent Sunday with friends'
in Bamberg.
Dewey McKenna. of Charleston, is!
visiting his sister. Mrs. M. B. Bell,
here.
Miss Gentry Raysor, of St. George,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Smith,
here.
Miss Wilhelmiua Byrd is spendng
some time with her sister. Mrs. W.
A. Izlar. in Augusta.
HOW YOU WILL KNOW
DRAFT NUMBERS WILL BK PUBLISHED
AND XOTICK SENT.
How to Claim Exemption and What
to Do When You Have
Been Drafted.
For the information of men who
are registered for duty, the provost
marshal general, E. H. Crowder. has
issued a memorandum of information
which explains in more or less detail
the course of procedure to be follow
ed by men eligible for army service.
The memorandum follows:
Ijooal Boards.
In every county in the United
States and for every city of over
30,000 there are one or more local
exemption boards. Each of such
boards is in charge of the registration
cards of persons registered in the
area over which the board has jurisdiction,
and has jurisdiction of all
claims for exemption except those
based on industrial grounds. Find
out what board has your card and
where the office of that board is.
District Boards.
In every federal judicial district
there are one or more district boards
having appellate jurisdiction over a
number of local boards and having
original jurisdiction of claims for exemption
on industrial grounds. If
you intend to make a claim on industrial
grounds, including agriculture,
learn what district board to apply to.
Ilea iiik >eriai ^uiiiiwrs.
Every board has numbered the
cards in its jurisdiction with red ink
in a series running from one to the
number representing the total number
of cards in its jurisdiction. Lists
showing the names of persons in the
jurisdiction of each board and the
red ink number of each card are open
to inspection at the office of each
board.
Inspect the list and inform yourself
of your red ink serial number.
(These red ink serial numbers were
printed in the last issue of The Bamberg
Herald for Bamberg county.)
Order of Liability.
These red ink numbers are to be
drawn by lot to determine the order
in which registered persons are to be
called by the various local boards, as
soon as the drawing is complete lists
showing the order in which these red
ink numbers are drawn will be published
in the press, and will be posted
at the office of each local board.
Go to your local board and find
out the order in which you stand for
call.
Call for examination.
As soon as Quotas are assigned to
each State and each board, each
board will call upon persons whose
cards are in its jurisdiction instructing
them to present themselves for
examination. This call will be posted
at the office of the local boards and
the papers will be requested to print
it. A notice will be also mailed to
you. but the posting of the list at the
office of the board will be deemed
sufficient notice to charge you with
the duty of presenting yourself. The
law 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,
vou cannot make that an excuse.
Watch the iists at the office of
your board and see when you are called
for examination.
Physical Examination.
You must report for physical examination
on the day named in your
call.
(a) If you are found physically
disqualified the board will give you
a certificate which will explain to
you what your further duties will be.
(b) If you are found physically
qjiallified the board will give you a
certificate which will explain to you
what your further duties are.
(c) If you are found physically
qualified and file no claim for exemption.
or if you do not appear for
physical examination, your name will
be posted to the district board as one
who was called for military service
and was not exempted or discharged.
K ^ + /In t- ot'f/xr* no ! 1 at witll
WII tut* CI4,111ii ua.* auci \/x n tui
in two days thereafter, copies of the
list of persons so posted to the district
boards will be given to the press
with a request for publication, will be
posted in a place at the office of the
local board accessible to the public
view, and notice will be mailed to
you at the address on your registration
card.
Therefore, w a tali the notices posted
in the office of the board about 10
days after tlie day you were railed
and make arrangements for the
prompt receipt of matt.
Seven Days to File Oaim*.
(Exoept for industrial or agricul
tural reasons.)
(a) No claim of discharge on account
of the industry in which you are {
, engaged can be decided by a local1
board.
(b) Whether you file a claim of exemption
or not, you must present
yourself for physical examination on
the day named in the notice.
From the day notice that you are
called is mailed and posted you have
seven days in which you may claim
exemption or discharge. The form
for filing this claim is simple- If you
wish to file such a claim?
(a) Go to the board and get form
110 for exemption or form 121 for
discharge. If the board has not the
printed forms ask to consult the form
pamphlet and copy the form shown
there.
(b) Fill out the proper form and
file it with the board.
(c) Do this within seven days of
the posting and mailing of notice to
you to present yourself.
The following are the only grounds
for exemption:
1. That you are an officer, legislative.
executive, or judicial, of the
United States, a State or territory, or
the district of Columbia.
2. That you are a regular or duly
ordained minister of religion.
That you were on .May 18.
1917, a student preparing for the
ministry in any recognized theological
or divinity school.
4. That you are in the military
or naval service of the United States.
5. That you are a subject of Germany,
whether you have taken out
papers or not.
6. That you are a resident alien
who has not taken out nrst papers.
In addition to claims for exemption
claims for discharge may be made on I
any of the following grounds, which
j are the only grounds for discharge by
: a local board:
j 1. That you are a county or rnunii
cipal officer.
2. That you are a custom house
clerk.
3. That you are employed by the
United States in the transmission of
mails.
4. That you are an artificer or
workman employed in an armory, arsenal,
or navy yard of the United
I States.
j 5. That you are employed in the
! service of the United States (under
i certain conditions.) See paragraph
(e) of section 20, regulations.
6. That you are a licensed pilot
regularly employed in the pursuit of
your vocation.
7. That you are a mariner actuali
ly employed in the sea service of any
citizen or merchant within the United
States.
8. That you are a married man
j with a wife or child dependent on I
j you for support.
| 9. That you have a widowed mo-j
ther dependent on your labor for support.
! 11. That you are the father of a
! motherless child under 16 dependent
iupon your labor for support.
| 12. That you are a brother of an
| orphan child or children under 16
j dependent on your labor for support.
I 13. That you are a member of any
i well recognized religious sect or organization
and existent .May IS, 1917,
and whose then existing creed or
j principles forbade its members 10 participate
in war in any form and
whose religious convictions are
are against war or participation therein
in accordance with the creed or
principles of said religious organization.
These are the only grounds for exemption
or discharge by a local board.
Another person can file a claim in
your behalf, but must use different i
forms in filing the claim.
Ten Days After to File Proof.
Your claim of exempton or discharge
must be filed within seven
! days of the day on which notice to
you that you are called was posted
and mailed. But after you have filed \
claim for exemption or discharge, you
have ten days within which to file
proof.
The method of proving claims is
very simple, but is rather exact. If
you follow the rules given below you
will have done what is required of
you.
First. Go to the local board and !
*
I consult the regulations to find out
i the form number of the affidavits that
you must submit for your particular
claim.
Second. Ask the board for the
blank affidavits that are necessaryI
in presenting- your proof; if the board j
has not the forms, ask to consult the
pamphlet of forms.
Third. Have the affidavits properly
accomplished and return them to
the board within the time limit assigned
you ? ten days from the filing
of your claim. Remember:
(a) You must submit your proof
in the prescribed form and the board
has no authority to exempt or discharge
you unless you submit all the
affidavits required by regulations.
b) There will be no argument before
the board and no proof other
than the prescribed affidavits unless
the board calls for other proof which
it will do in only a limited number of
cases.
When Claims are l>eoided.
Every claim for discharge or ex- .
emption will be decided by the local
board within three days after your
affidavits have been filed.
Certificate of exemption or Discharge.!
If your claim is allowed a certificate
of exemption will be issued to
you. Remember:
(a) This certificate may be recalled
at any time.
(b) If it is temporary or condition-];
al, it becomes of no effect when the
or condition named are fulfilled.
(c > You have been drawn for mil
itary service and when tne conauion i
that has postponed your posting to
the colors ceases, you may be recailed
at any time.
(d) Remember that your case may
still be appealed to the district board:
by the government and on this appeal!
your certificate may be withdrawn at'
once. When so withdrawn you stand
precisely as though you had been se- j'
lected for military service by the local
board.
Adverse Decisions on Claim.
If your claim is disallowed by the {
local board your name will be certified
and sent by the local board to the dis-j
trict board as one who has been call-!
ed for military service and not ex-J
empted or discharged. Within two
days thereafter, if practicable, a list j
of those so certified to the district j
board will be given to the press with '
a request for publication, will be post-ed
in the offices of the local board accessible
to the public view, and notice
will be mailed to the address on
your registration card.
Therefore, if you have filed a claim
for exemption and proof in support |
thereof, watch the notices in the office
of the local board beginning about
five days after you have filed your
proof to see what disposition was
made of your case and make arrangements
for the prompt receipt of mail.1
How to Claim Appeals to I>istrict
Boards.
Claims of appeal may be made by a;
person within ten days after the dayj
when notice has been posted and,
mailed that such person's name has
been certified to the district board as;
one who has been called for service
and not exempted or discharged.
Therefore if you desire to appeal?
1. Go to the local board and get a
wnv form 1 53 or. 154 for filing your
claim of appeal.
2. Get or copy also form 151 or 152
for notifying the district beard of appeal.
3. File your claim of appeal (153
or 154) with the local board.
4. Send your notice of appeal (form
151 or 152) to the district board.
5. Do this within ten days from the
day when notice that your name was
certified to the district board was!
posted and mailed.
Remember:
1. You can only appeal the final order
of the board exempting or discharging
or refusing to exempt or discharge
you. You can not appeal!
other orders or action of the local
board.
I'roving Your Appeal.
You have five days after the distnVt
hnstrri rPPPivPS VOU1* IlOtiCO that
you have filed a claim of appeal in
which to file evidence additional to i
that filed by you in the local board, 1
but all such evidence must consist of
affidavits.
Decisions on Appeal.
The decision on your appeal must
be made within five days of the closing
of proof, and you will be notified
by mail of the action of the board on
your appeal. i
Claims for Discharge on Industrial ;
Grounds.
Only the district board can receive 1
claims for discharge on the ground 1
that you are engaged in industry, in- <
eluding agriculture found to be neces- i
sary to the maintenano of the military
establishment, the effective operation
of the military forces, or the
maintenance of national interest during
the emergency.
Such claims must be fiied with the -?
district board on or before the fifth 1
day after the mailing and posting by (
notice that you have been certiifted by c
the local board as one who has been (
tailed for service and not exempted 8
or discharged. *
If you desire to hie such a claim:
1. Get or copy at the local or dis
trict board Form 164 or 161a.
2. Fill the form eut properly. ]
(Continued on page 4, column 2.) 1
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCTKKENCHS OF VAIUOUS
KINDS IN SOI TH C AROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Massachusetts National Guardsmen
will be sent to Greenville for training.
Over ">,000 men of South Carolina
ha.VP pnlisfpH fnr armv ceririf<o
Chinch bugs are causing much destruction
to crops in Saluda county.
Hebe Smith, a negro, was drowned
in the Saluda river in Lexington county,
last week.
The annual convention of negro
Sunday-schools on South Carolina was
held in Columbia last week.
Since the State quart a month law
became effective 2,750 quarts of liquor
have been delivered in Charleston.
Joe Shadd, a white man, was convicted
in Edgefield last week of enticing
labor and fined $200 or two
months on the chaingang.
Spartanburg police captured a trunk
containing a five-galion keg of rye
whiskey last Thursday. The owner of
the trunk wasn't found.
An election for municipal officers
is to be held in St. Matthews this
week. Up to Thursday there was not
a single candidate for mayor.
Rev. \V. P. Meadors, one of the
most widely known ministers of the
Methodist church in South Carolina,
died suddenly at his home at Kingstree
last week.
Z. T. Wright, mayor of Newberry,
was elected president of the South
Carolina association of mayors at tfce
annual- meeting of the association in
Charleston last week.
Mayor Godfrey, Alderman King and
City Attorney Sullivan, of Anderson,
were fined $5 each in the recorder's
court in Anderson last week on the
charge of exceeding the speed limit in
an automobile.
While boring a deep well at his
summer home near St. Matthews, J.
S. Wannamaker discovered a variety
tooth fat ?a rfonth nf 1 fiO feet. Some
of the teeth are of curious shape and
belong to either beast or reptile.
The annual convention of the South
Carolina Sheriffs' association is to be
held in Newberry this week, July 1820,
inclusive. Sheriff Cannon G.
Blease of Newberry proposes to give
an old fashioned barbecue in honor of
the visitors.
Probate Judge Milton McLaurin, of
Marlboro county, has given notice
that hereafter he will not issue marriage
licenses on Sunday, because
among other good things the Bible
says: "If thou wilt enter into life,
keep the commandments."
Tobacco markets of South Carolina
opened last Thursday. The average
price was in excess of 15 cents a
pound. Several hundred thousand
pounds were sold at Florence, Man
ling, Sumter, Latta, Dillon, Timmonsville,
Hartsville and other markets of
the State.
R. E. Mansfield, Jr., of Charleston,
is held in Charleston by the federal
authorities under $800 bond, charged
with selling liquor to Fort Moultrie
artillerymen in uniform. This is in
violation of the selective draft act
and is the first case of the kind
brought in Charleston.
While gathering vegetables in her
garden last Wednesday morning, Mrs.
Peter Jordan, of Olanta, was bttten by
a rattlesnake pilot. On Thursday
morning Mrs. Jordan's mother was
bitten by a rattlesnake pilot at almost
the same spot. The snake was
later killed. Both ladies will recover.
T. W. Mappus and A. J. Barton,
white men who have been in the liquor
business in Charleston for years,
and who were recently convicted of
violating the liquor laws, were taken
to the State penitentiary at Columbia
Thursday to begin service of their
sentence. Mappus will serve six
months and Barton three.
Woman to l>e Hanged.
Hartford. Conn., July 13.?-Mrs.
Uny E. Archer-Gilligan was found
;uilty of murder in the first degree
1: the supreme cburt here late tolay.
She was convicted of the murler
by poison of Franklin R. AuIrews,
May 30, 1914. Andrews was
in inmate of her home for elderly
>eople at Windsor.
She was sentenced to be hanged on
November f>. 1917.
New line of Waterman's Ideal
Fountain Pens just received at the
Herald Boo-k Store. ,