The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 24, 1917, Image 1
^VOLUME XXXIl"
ALL BETWEEN 21 AND 30
MUST REGISTER JUNE 5
Sq Says the President of the
United States in Great
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' Reclamation
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BETWEEN THE HOURS OF
SEVEN A. M. AND NINE P. M.
All Between Ages Must Register?Exemptions
Announced
Later Under Law*.
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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
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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
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PROCLAMATION FOR
REGISTRATION DAY
Machinery Set in Motion by
Governor Manning Last
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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~
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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.
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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
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JURY COUNTY AND HER PEOPLE,
ONWAY. S. 0 , THURSDAY. MA
HAIG AND PETAN i
MAKING PROGRESS
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British Firmly in Possession of /
Bullecourt, Capture Sup'
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port Trench
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GERMAN COUNTERS I
ACCOMPLISH NOTHING
French Resume Advance in <
Champagne, Taking Several
Lines and Prisoners. '
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Generals Huig and Petan are again
pushing ahead with their offensive in ^
northern France and today both re- .
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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.
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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
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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:
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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."
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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.
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FIRST, LAST. NOW AND FOREVE
Y 24, 1917.
I-BOAT REPORTED
OFF MAINE COAST
tn Investigation Being Made i
by the Portland Naval
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PERISCOPE SIGHTED
LATE YESTERDAY
Seen by Lobster Fishermen
and "Coa3t Guard?Patrol
Get Busy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Alexieff May Resign as Coftimander-in-Chief
of tfi'e
Armies.
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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
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