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^VOLUME XXXIl" ALL BETWEEN 21 AND 30 MUST REGISTER JUNE 5 Sq Says the President of the United States in Great ' . t ' Reclamation " 4/ BETWEEN THE HOURS OF SEVEN A. M. AND NINE P. M. All Between Ages Must Register?Exemptions Announced Later Under Law*. & <-i ? ' Washington, May 18.?Prfe.ddvnl Wilson's proclamation putting into effect the selective draft provision of , tho armV w/iu* hill Kiirrittrl t?\niirhf follows: "A proclamation by the President of the United States. "Whereas Congress has enacted and the President iias, on the 18th ( day of May, one thousand nme bundled seventeen, approved a law which contains the following provisions: "Section 5?[That all male persons between the ages of twenty-one and ( thiity, both inclusive, shall be s>ubject to registration in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the President; and upon proclamation by tho President or other public nolice given by him or his direction, .Stating the time and place of such registration,, it shall be the duty of all persons of the designated ages. e\' cept officers and enlisted men of the regular army, the navy and the National Guard and naval militia while in the service of the United States, to present themselves for and submit to jncgistration under the provisions of act; and every such person shall bo dc^f100 to have notice of the requiremcirts of jhis act upon the publication of said jn^clamation or other notice as aforesaid given by the President or by his direction; and any person who shall wilfully fail or refuse to present himself for registra-1 tion or to submit thereto as Herein provided shall be guilty of a misde-1 i ..U.. 11 iiit'uuur aim miuu up'^n twnvii-.uuii in 1 the district court of the United Stat-es having jurisdiction thereof be j punished by imprisonment for not i ^ more than o: e year and shall there-J upon be duly resist..red. Provided,] that in the call of the docket precede ce shall be given in the courts trying the same to the trial of ti'imi^Lnl proceedings ur.dsr this act: Provided further that persons shall be subject to registration as herein provided who shall have attained their twenty-first birthday and who shall, not have attained their thirty-first ) birthday on or before the day set for registration and all persons so registc rod shall be and remain subject to draft into the forces hereby author-' ized, unless exempted or excused therefrom as in thi# act provided; 1 ruvided farmer mat in tne case of temporary absence from actual place , of legal residence of any person li^fcble to registration as provided herein such registration may be made by mail under regulations to be prescrbed by the President. To Uttilize All. "Section 5, That the President is horohv nuthorixpH tn nfilfho ice of any or ail departments and any 01 all officers or agents of the United States and of the several States, Territories and the District of Columbia and subdivisions thereof, in the execution of this act and all officers and agents of the United States and of the several States, Territories and subdivisions thereof and of the District of Columbia and all persons des 1 i* nated or appoi'nted under regulations prescribed by the President, whether such appointments are made by the President himself or by the (Governor of other officers of any State or Territory, to perform any duty in the execution of this act, arfc hereby required to perform such VTuty a", the President shall order or direct, | and all such officers and agents and (Continued on Page Three.) a he 9 "H( 0 PROCLAMATION FOR REGISTRATION DAY Machinery Set in Motion by Governor Manning Last . . ' %f i Cnitiirilqu waiui ua j. i '.?!# Machinery for the registration of all male South Carolinians under the provisions of the selective service .act of Congress and in accordance with the proclamation of President Wilson was set in motion today throughout the State by Govern#* ftlchard i? Manning. The registration will bo carried on under federal authority, each person engaged in such regrs-> fration being clothed with powers to carry out the provisions of the art. The county federal boards of registration and conscription through their registrars in every precinct In the State will register fcvery martcitizen, white and colored, between the ages of 21 and 30, both inclusive, Tuesday, June 5, 1917. Governor Manning, by virtue of the provisions of the act, will have charge of the registration throughout the State. State headquarters will be the officers of the Governor. In each county there is a county federal board of registration an'! conscription, which consists of three men: One representative citizen, who is chairman, the clerk of court and the judge of probate. This board i.charged also with the duty of dissimulating necessary information ar.cl orders to tlx* registurs in each precinct in (t? respective county so tha* the, required registration* can b~ % i nuric on W nay appoint?'*. ! This plan of registration was adopted at a meeting of the county chairmen of the boards of rvg'st.tttion and conscription in the &uprern' court room Monday night, April 30. On assembling Monday night conization was perfected by the election of Senator Alan Johnstone of Newberry as ciiairrnan, and the election of John Elliott Puckette of Columbia, tration in operation Governor Manning, as secretary. The meeting last cd three "hours and was attended in person by all but four of the county chairmen. The men fell in lino j promptly to the fact Chat they were i federal agents and under orders, and they displayed a patriotic determina-! lion that Che eni oil men t of white j men and negro men wou'ul not be re- : tarded in their respective c< unties through any clerelicton of ih.ly on i their part. I In setting the machinery of registration in operations, Governor Manning today issue* Che following proclamation : ** \A7 Y\ C? f U A ?M?/\fil/l/%w4- ^ ^ ' IIHV.IVUD, iiiu jm.'3iiu:iu ui U11* United States, by proclamation, has fixed Tuesday, June 5th, 1917, as r:-g istration day for all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 110, bcth inclusive. | I "Now, therefore, 1, Richard I. Man ning, governor of the State of South Carolina, pursuant to the provisions in said proclamation, and the duties 'and responsibilities imposed thereby; and further, buy virtue of the power and authority vested iu me as gov. ernor of the State of South Carolina, do hereby likewise proclaim Tuesday,; the 5th day of June, 1917, as the day on which all male citizens in South Carolina, both white and colored, between the ages of 21 and 80, in lu (sive, shall, between the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p. m., present themselves in person and register at the places now by the county boards of registration land conscription for the ritios of I Charleston and Columbia. | "For this purpose I have appointed in each county of the State, a regisItration and conscription board, consisting of a representative citizen, who shall act as chairman, the clerk 'of court of common pleas and the judge of probate of said county. 1 have likewise appointed, with similar powers a like board for the cities of Charleston and Columbia, with the j mayor of errch city as chairman and two I'fept'eaflpritative 'citizens as mem; bers ! "By virtue of authority vested in (Continued on Page Eight.) Mmx, ^ V JURY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE, ONWAY. S. 0 , THURSDAY. MA HAIG AND PETAN i MAKING PROGRESS I British Firmly in Possession of / Bullecourt, Capture Sup' -' ? 'v . port Trench V * ! : GERMAN COUNTERS I ACCOMPLISH NOTHING French Resume Advance in < Champagne, Taking Several Lines and Prisoners. ' j <11 !>' I<>l? Generals Huig and Petan are again pushing ahead with their offensive in ^ northern France and today both re- . v 1 V port new gains. After driving into the Hindenburg line along- a mile * front yesterday morning in the sector c northwest of Bullecourt, the British resumed their attack last evening v and captured a support trench behind r the position just taken. s The firmness of the British hold on t this section of the Hindenburg line, . eriously threatening the Queant-Dro ^ court switch protectig Douai, is attested by the failure of the German reactions. General Haig is well main taining- his initiative and bit by bit forcing the Germans to give ground. ^ Not only did the British prove them- ^ selves able to hold their gains of the ^ norning against heavy counter attacks, but they were able to resume their offensive the same day and I >ush farther ah??.d, maintaining* their .xcond advance also against renewed counter attacks. l,% _ i ^ r rencn V upiure l rentes. The French h?'?Ve resumed their advance in the Champagne. Having 1 foiled the Crown Prince's desperate* and costly effort to regain control of * the Chemin-DouDamea plateau on the Aisne front, Gen. Potan turned to d the Champagne sector and struck * northward on the Moronviiliers fl heights. Several lines of German v ? trenches were captured in these oporations and some 800 prisoners ta- v ken. All the important observations * posts in this section of the front are '' now in French hands, facilitating * their advance in the drive calculated to flank the Germans out of the sail- > ent to the northwest projecting to- ' ward Rheims. c APPRECIATEMOF THE UNITED STATES: 1 Washington.-?Scores of messages t and resolutions by political, munici- ( pal, church or other organizations in ( France, England, Italy and Iroh n I 1 expressing appreciation of the action i of the United States in entering the < ^ ar have been received by the govern ' ment. SLACKERS CANNOT EVADE REGISTRATION Washington.?Slackers who seek to evade registration for the war army on the day to be set by President Wilson, can be detected easily. A. W ar Department statement today 'explains that lists of persons regisjtered will be posted and all citizens j ,who know of evasions are expeited to report them. "In failing to register," says the statement, "a citizen places himself cross-current to the overwhelming sentiment of the country as voiced by jits representatives in Congress. Ho leasts doubt upon his courage, com Imits a misdemeanor and renders him self liable to imprisonment." o The light frosts and cold winds of the past two weeks injured the Irish potato crops and did some damasre to other crops which was not apparent at first. The warmer weather set in by the end of last week and crops began to pick up. ? jgfa FIRST, LAST. NOW AND FOREVE Y 24, 1917. I-BOAT REPORTED OFF MAINE COAST tn Investigation Being Made i by the Portland Naval M.l! ? , oiauon , | '. i* 5-1 PERISCOPE SIGHTED LATE YESTERDAY Seen by Lobster Fishermen and "Coa3t Guard?Patrol Get Busy. /Hi ?? Portland, Me., May 22.?ft was of-"" icially made known today that tlv .* 1 eported presence of a submarhie off he Maine coast was being invcstig.'it td by the naval station. A patrol scouting off those waters vas ordered following a report to the laval station that a periscope was ighted late yesterday afternoon, and hat at 6 o'clock last night a submaine was seen running awash off < dachias. ] Three lobster fishermen reported i hey had siirhted from two diff*?r<*nt : >oints what they believed to be a < "Jerman submarine. They sighted 1 he craft, they said, off the mouth ol he Kennebec river at 9:15 o'clock < his morning. ] IflRRYlNDUSTRIAL HAS COMMENCEMENT Thd Hdtry Industrial School closC* ts fourth session on Wednesday of ast .Week, One girl and four boys taving graduated* Wednesday afteiflowf the Marion listrict conference of the Methodis; Episcopal church, South, holding its essions at Conway, came out and risited the institution. After looking >ver the plant and b?ing impressed vith the needs and opportunities of he institution, the visiting ministers md others repaired to the dining oem where fruit punch was serve ty the young ladies of the schoo Col, R. B. Scarborough, chairman c he board of trustees, then gave . onciae account of the history, plan, and purposes 01' the school, and inci lentally refuted some myths abov. rlorry to the delight of every one. fhe Rev. J. W. Daniel, D. D., of Ma'ion then entertained the audience ind at the same time gave much food 'or thought on educational lines. In ;he evening there was a sunflower irill by the little folk and a medai ontest by the larger pupils. There were six winners of W. C. T. U. silver medals among the students \vh< contested for the gold medal. Tli:. was won by Miss Margaret Morris ol Horry. Bascom Prosser of Hannah awarded fiist prize for scholavsh'p in the classes in her department by the teacher, Miss Ruth Cnrraway. Diplomas in the commercial course were then presented to Miss Lois Car raway, Rhem; S Davis Newell, John aonville; W. T. Smith, Horry; A. M. Dorsey, Adrian, and T. F. Cartrette. Allen. Messrs Newell and Smith also completed the course i:i land sur veving. The school has enjoye<l a fine patronage during the year, 150 being enrolled, 40 of these boarders. Quite Q nillYlVior nt' flw?G?? Ivntiwilitu* I" 4-L" - ..v....uv> */l l/V<IUIIIIK 111 llll." dormitories worked part of the time to reduce expenses. The president, the Rev. S. C. Morris, has already received several applications for tho coining session, and it is confidently expected that there will be many churches or individuals who will donate the $7.f>0 per month necessary to enable many of these to take advantage of the opportunities that this school presents to this section. Six such scholarships were pledged by the Women's Missionarv conference at Georgetown recently, and $1.00 donated by the Conway con Ifcrence yesterday gave $87."0 for e-| tab!ishing another. raid. :r.m ALL YOUNG MEN MUST BE REGISTERED Of the Ages Twenty-one to Thirty Within This ^ County. In another column of this issue is a notice signed by J. A. MeDermott W. L. Bryan, and J. S. Vauyht, tlu local board for Horry County foi registering those ip {his county b; tween the ngoa of twnoty-ona an< thirty, under the reCOrtt ttct of coif greSs providing for selective drafts If you have passed the age ot twbnty-one before June 5th, and bv that date have not passed the age ol thirty-one, you are bound by the federal law to go to your voting precinct on June 5th, between the holir of 7 o'ciock in the morning and o'clock in wie ever/vg and register your name for military duty vstlenever called upon. You s\ 17. be agreed the necessary questions to determine if you are exempt from service unue' the law. Messrs. MeDermott, Bryan, and Vaught were recently appointed by CTovernor Manning to carry oui the purposes of the registration requirements in tills county. Tlus bcaid liasappointed men at each voting precinct to register those of 'lawful age within the precincts. The board will hold a meeting here on May 25th at 10 o'clock for the purpose of giving out the necessuix blanks and cards of registration, and full instructions to the registrars at each precinct. Those of proper age who fail t? present themselves on the date mentioned will subject themselves t; heavy penalties as provided by law. Elsewhere in this issue we nrim the proclamations of tfvt Frefcide^ and the Governor pi the State. Lb sure to read all of this in order t< understand what is required. Ignorance of the law will not excuse any one. MYRTiFBEACHML OPEN ON JUNE 15TR The Myrtle Beach Hotel will oper its regular season on June lf> There have been many improvement in the p'ace this year and the mating* ment looks for one of the most fav orable seasons in its history. Tin hotel has been repainted, both outsid* and inside and the improvement ii the appearance of the building ha; been beyond the expectation o many intimately connected with th< resort. The management of th< hotel will be under the supervision e the Myrtle Beach Farms Company and there can be no doubt ubout th< resort upholding the good reputatiei it has maintained in the past vmr? The rates at the hotel have not beei announced yet, but we feel sure tha they will be reasonable when com pared with the present cost of living Besides repairing the hotel and nu villion, the most marked improve mont has been provided for the car of automobiles. A groat many pepol who visit the beach come through th country in cars, and in view of thi fact a large, up-to-date garage is he ing built. It will be finished in tim for the opening on June l">. Thos wishing to spend some time a Myrtle Beach this summer, and de siring to make the trip by automobil can feel assured that their cars wi bo well cared for. The same schedule that has been i effect during the past seasons ha been applied for, and while it hn not been definitely settled yet, th management feels that the railroa compay will resume its old scKedi1 at the opening of the season. ? . c-.. w. in. McAnge recently spent som time here at his old home. Man years ago he was a citizen and res dent of Conway. He states that 1 was amazed at the improvemeni taking place here during his long al sence, and says that Conway is one < the prettiest little towns in the uho country. ? ... NQ. 8. SETTLED BY SOCIALISTS I SHARING IN MOVEMENT 'Six Socialist Groups To Be Represented in Ministry of Russia .a ' GENERALS PLAN TO <* * STRENGTHEN ARMY NOW t Alexieff May Resign as Coftimander-in-Chief of tfi'e Armies. * Petrograd.?The cabinet cn.-is m iy be considered AS settled. A declaration of the government's policy accepted by the representatives of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates with merely verbal alt rations will be signed by both parties without delay. It has been decided to take into the cabinet five representatives of ! different Socialist groups which with A F. Keren sky, who assumes the war portfolio, will make a total 01 six ol these irroilns s.h:?rmo- in t-lm .lairunn. n I* * f? 4,1 W4V. n\ent. Three of the appointees will Iv* Social Democrats and th ee, in, < Tuding' M. Kerensky, Socialist p >pu, .uts. Of ilie former M. Sk b 1 fi, vice president of the Courril of W?-ric I men's and "-Wets' Delegates, aid , i\1. Malantovitoh, an Odessa lawyer have been chosen definite* y. The ITifrd apointment Tins not yet been made. Two of the Socialist popu ist ; jtunisters will be M. Tehee not"f and M. Pechekonoff. f t This outcome of the crisis was the ^ result of an all-day diftcUsriion be? tween the cabinet and representatives of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates, and was forecast 5y two important events. First, Hie constitutional democratic party, whiten practically controls the (government, consented to its two min Istors, Prof. Manuftoff, minister of public Instruction, an*"A. T. Shinga1 rt JT, minister of agriculture, remaining in office. This in spite of the I resignation of Foreign Minister MiJliukoff. The second new factor is i . i that the temporary government has * made large concessions to the Counjjc.l of Deputies on questions of gen-jeial policy, which hitherto have been the most serious obstacles to a settle 2 meat. i! Threaten to Resign. si The government today drafted a \ jdeclaration describing these conces: j si on s, and it is understood that this r*|declaration was handed to the council f ivvith a threat that in the event of ,, non-acceptance the entire cabinet -X II ? .... nil win resign. i ne most important rijpoints covered are in connection with 1 I the foreign policy. The document be* gins with a statement that the govt ernment's aim is the attainment of a -Jgeneral peace without conquest of ! ! other nations, depriving them of "j their national sovereignty or their - territory. In a word, peace without 0 annexatoins or contributions. c| Must Stand by Allies. The declaration of the president ^ meet! the council's demands by *'promising to take steps toward the attainment oi an agreement with the r Allies which will realize the govern1 ment'vS declaration of April 1). The " government, however, is convinced o I that Russia's defeat in the war would be a great misfortune to all nations, and while willing to make a general peace on the above foundations, believes firmlv that revolutionary Russ * * sia will not permit the defeat of i;s Rallies in the west. The government I / consents to the council's demand for 11ho democratization of the army, but 'desires to combine it with a strength to ening of Russia's fighting forces, y The declaration* meet half way the council's Socialist program by promto ising further control over the produo ta tion, transport, sale and distribution d_ of products; measures for the bet>f ter protection of labor; the right to a lo ! settlement of the land question by (Continued on Page Eight.)