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yiUME XXXII.
ENTENTE MUST AID I
' WEAKER NATIONS
So as to Offset Teutons' Plans
to Dominate World
a Trade.
> . GERMAN INDUSTRY
AN ORGANIC WHOLE
It is America's Duty to Encourage
Orders From
Small Countries.
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> Kansas City.?Extension of credit
to small and weak countries is one >f
the most powerful influences that
the United States and her Allies may
develop against Germany and Austria,
said I)r. Edward E. Pratt, chief
of the federal bureau of foreign an i
domestic commerce, in an address
before the National Association of
Credit Men in convention here today.
44We know," said Dr. Pratt, ''from
ft./i l.'.vntn/l nmminf nf nous that
trickles through form the Central
powers that very ambitious plans aix
being made to dominate the world's
trade after the war. A speaker at an
Austrian meeting of invited manufacturers
is quoted as stating that
plans have been perfected whereby
after the war 120,000,000 people, the
tctal population of Germany and
Austria-Hungary, will buy their supplies
from th? rest of the world as a
ur.it. "We know that the various industries
of Germany have been more
:and unore consolidated into cooperating
groups until virtually all German
industry has united as one organic
producing and selling agency backed
with the full p >wer of the great Ger- (
man banks and the organization ci
t the German government. . ,,
f Must Extend Credit.
' "One of ihe most important and
effective steps that the Entente powers
and this country can take is to
.so organize olii facilit'es for extend-1
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mg credit that never in the future
. shall smaller and weaker countries I
he forced to depend upon a power so
dangerous in their freedom.
"America's opportunity in this
^ gre^ time of stress ar.d sacrifice is j
J' t> tender every service in her power I
to those less fortunate and less able
than herself, to facilitate the way of
those who come to us with their orders,
to extend her economic and inTl^-strial
resources as well as her military
power to those who need and
merit them."
QAII1 TO RF CAHINfT
vnii# i u ul v rtuioiu
, INTERNAL UPHEAVAL
London.?Behind a heavy veil of
censorship there may be concealed
the iirst movement toward democratization
of two more European
monarchies. The two are Spain and
^Austria.
Zurich dispatches told of reports
from Vienna that Emperor Carl had
finally abandoned his attempt to obtain
a new ministry under leadership
o* the recently resigned premier,
f Clam Martinic. According to this
information, the youthful sovereign
had determined to entrust the task
to "an entirely new personality."
Strike in Spain.
Cables from Madrid detailed the
spread of a general strike movement,
particularly among farming classes.
Miners at Balboa were reported as
threatening to strike.
Exactly what followed last week's
r tumultuous scenes in the Vienna
r ohsrath, when Polish members de^
liveTed their ultimatum demanding
assurances of complete future independence
of Poland, has not been
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IT.cJUt? i.lfcll ill UlO[iaiA;ilCd jiciiuuia:u
t) pass the Austrian censorship. The
('lam Martinic ministry was forced
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ii.iyuilj ivsi
?. linrront through the combination o!'
the Slavis and Polish party members.
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DRAFT TAKING FORK
Everything but Actual Method (
of Choosing Men Fixed
in Rules.
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Washington, June 23.?Regula- ^
tions for drafting the new National
army, now awaiting President Wilson's
approval, contain provision for
every step in the great undertaking,
except the actual method of the .
draft itself. j"
No official announcement has been j
made, and official confirmation is
being withheld, but it has been stated.
and generally is accepted here
as true, that the federal government
itself will do the drafting, probably
in Washington, so there will be no
opportunity for local favoritism, p:>- 1
h'tical or otherwise. 1
As the regulations stand now, ev-1'
ery registered man bears a number.']
The numbers will be forwarded to i
Washington and the drawings will be i
entirely by number. The identity ?f !
the numbered men will be entirely 1
unknown to those in charge of the!
draft machinery and can he estab-1 1
lished onlv bv pouinarinir fho rnim-M
ber with a printed list in the man's 1
home district.
As the numbers are drawn, they '
will be telegraphed to the home distiiets,
where the registered men will
learn, if they have been drafted.
Then the question of exemption?
will come up, and this will go before
the local boards. If a man is
exempted, the man bearing the number
which was drawn next in order
will take his place and so on.
In this way all those available for
service out of the 10,000,000 who rog,
istered will be made ready for the!
country's call and from them the^
first increment of 625,000 will be,
assembled. The others will be calleu
as the need develops. Plenty of
time wlil be given for drafted men to'
arrange their personal affairs and'
report to the cantonment camps. It
is hoped to have them all in training
by September 1 or very soon thereafter.
, HORRY MAKES GOOD
IN RAISING MONEY
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! Horry County made good in the
! raising of the amount apportioned to
'the county wanted by the National'
Red Cross for purposes of mercy in
( time of the war. The organization:
perfected at the court house last
v.eek was effective and the work of
raising the money was carried out
quickly.
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"P K O C L A M A T I O N"
| Of The President of the United
States.
"I hereby designate the period
June twenty-third to June thirtieth,
next, as Recruiting Week j
for the Regular Army, and call
j upon unmarried men between the |
ages of eighteen and forty years j
who have no dependents and who
are not engaged in pursuits vitally
necessary to the prosecution of
the war, to present themselves for
enlistment during the week herein
designated to the number of
seventy thousand."
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House,
June fifteenth, Nineteen Seventeen.
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To The Patriotic and Red Blooded
Men of This Locality:
"Will this call of your President
be in vain ?"
? i/iiuutvi t? aim iit;i[i nu'
cause."
"Will YOU be one of the 'Seventy
Thousand' to respond to your
Country's call ?"
"Enlist for the period of the
war."
"Sao nnv ?or mmo
to the nearest Regular Army Re- I
oruiting Station." I
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DHRY COUNTY AND HKK PEOI'LI
ON WAY, S. O , THURSDAY, JT
J. S, DESTROYERS
HASTEN TO RESCUE
3o Over Hundred Miles to!
Get Survivors of Two Torpedoed
Ships
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AMERICAN TARS
FINE BODY OF MEN
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Fraternize With British and!
Teach Them to Play Our
Baseball.
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Two American destroyers have re-!
ti i nod to their base with eighty sur-'
vivors of two torpedoed British ships
The ships were sunk at the farthest
point westward in the Atlantic the
I'-boats have appeared at since the
ruthless campaign began, and the re- j
spense of the American destroyers to I
their S .O. S. was a run of more than
100 miles. When the American war-j
ships arrived on the scene they found
the ships were gone and for many 1
hours thev irroned about in the dark i
in search of the survivors. The crew
01 one of the sunken ships, 81 in
number, were found in one life boat,
while 49 survivors from the second j
ship were picked up from tw0 small j
boats. Four sailros from the latter
ship were killed by the explosion of I
the torpedo.
Fine Body of Men.
Admiral Sims and other naval officers
met the destroyers on their re- j
turn and complimented the command
ers on their work. American correspondents
were present, hvaing been
invited here through an arrangement
between the United States and
British governments. The British
admiralty assigned an official photographer
to take pictures of anything
desired by the newspaper men. Many|
pictures were taken showing the
American tars fraternizing with the
British sailors. The Americans presented
a splendid appearance, being
as fine a body of fighting men as
could bo found anywhere.
Although there are no war-time
restrictions on the sale of liquor in
this port, the saloons are not the ren
dczvous of either the Americans or
Britishers. One of the diversions of
the Americans is initiating their
British colleagues into the mysteries
of the American national game.
When the correspondents an ived
in this port they were taken to the
beautiful old English home where
Admiral Sims has his headquarters.
The house is 300 feet above the town
and from the wonderful gardens
which surround it several American
destroyers could be seen riding at
anchor. The admiral chatted with
the newspaper men for half an hour,
after which they were taken to inspect
the harbor.
S. T.SESSiONS
! M4KFS HIS RFP1Y
IlllllltaV HIV lifc-3 J
Dear Edtior:?
Please allow mo space to write a
i few words in answer to Mr. L. H.
Burroughs, as I want him to know
that I am the one who is "eating
crow" and one who has good reasons
for all I have said; hut as 1 like my
home and the school '(but not its
management) I do not want to air
this unfortunate affair in print.
! But as to your advice: Are you the
I proper one to give advice to me, or
j any body else, much less to he a
Trustee of a public school (just think
one moment) ? And about your advising
me to run for the Mayor's office,
let me give you some advice.
Suppose you make the race again for
m i /* ?? - ?
^iptk oi tne court, but, my dear Mr.
Chairman, before you decide to do so,
you had better go to see a certain
prominent business man. You know
lb use affidavits, they are nice. Always
ready to reciprocate.
Yours truly,
?S. T. Sessions.
5, FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREV
JNE 28, 1917.
DESIRES UNIFORM
PRICES FOR STEEL
Denman Asks Trade Commission
to Fix Fair Compensation
TO GOVERN PRICES
FOR ALL INDUSTRIES,
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Iron, Steel and Ore Interests
First to Get Chance to
Agroe on Price.
Washington.?The federal trade
commission will be asked soon by
President Denman, of the emergency
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fleet corporation to fix a uniform |
price for steel and steel products for
all industries throughout the country.
The commission will be asked to
name a fair price, which will afford
the producers a fair profit, not only
on steel but on pig iron, iron ore and
every other material entering into
the manufacture of steel.
Protect Other Industries.
The method of procedure will be
for the commission to suggest to all
iron and steel manufacturers and ore
producers that they unite and name a
price themselves, subject to the commission's
approval. Should they decline
to adopt this course, the government
has power to commandeer
the plants. With the government obtaining
its steel for the proposed
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ncci. ui uvcajrguni{j YLvsacis ui a twin
paratively low price. It is feared
that unless some restrictive action be
taken, the price of steel and iron to
other industries will attain unheard
of levels within a short time. That,
it is pointed out, might be brought
about by the natural law of supply
and demand, as the government requirements
when filled would leave
an inadequate supply for other industries.
The present program calls for the
fixing of prices of all grades and
' kinds of steel and iron and pig iron,
| both foundry and basic. It is pointed
out that iron and steel for use in thr
manufacture of harvesters and other
i agricultural implements is necessary
| for the national defense to a degree
| secondary only to the need for steel
' in constructing the proposed merchant
fleet.
The commission also might find it
necessary to fix the price of mangan
ese, limestone and other elements entering
into the manufacture of pig
iron which in turn enters into the
manufacture of steel.
To Study Coal.
An exhaustive inquiry into production
prices and transportation of
coal, steel, copper and other basic
materials of which government supervision
may be proposed during
the war was decided upon today b\
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tut: ofiiaif init'iMUlf Vjumillt'l ( v ('Din
mittee. Coal will bo the fit.st sub
ject taken up next Tuesday.
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Some who did not want to have t(
go to the war will have to go to it
while some who are anxious to figh!
will never get the satisfaction.
FIERCEHEAT WAVE
RUINS GERMAN GRAIN
Throughout Germany, according tc
reports, all valuable grain crops art
burning up as they did in 1915 ir
art unprecedented heat wave. Tin
prolonged drought has not hep
broken since early in May. Berlin 01
Sunday experienced the hottest Jutu
1T on record in the 17 years expo
rienee of the weather bureau. Tropi
c: 1 fcpmnorfitnre was also ronnrtpf
. everywhere west of the Oder river.
The weather bureau states tha
i the prospects for rain or lower tern
' peratures are very slight. The ef
feet ot tne drought on grain crop
r.round Berlin is descr-KNl by a neu
tral who arrived here on Friday a
almost catastrophal.
raid.
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MILITARY CITY TO j!
RISE AT COLUMBIA1
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Contractors Organize for The I
Building of Great Cantonment.
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Columbia.?A new Columbia is l>eing
bulit six miles east of old Colum- j
bia. The new Columbia will have
just as many inhabitants as and possibly
more than the old. The Hard- j
a.way Construction Company, of Columbus,
Ga., has been charged by j
the United States War Departmentj
with the work of building the new
city, which must be completed within
the next ninety days.
The Hardaway Company has opened
executive offices on the ninth '
floor of the Union National Dank
building and is now employing about
25 clerks and stenographers. Within
the next ten days the executive offi.
ces will be removed to the camp site,
contract for the construction of
the buildings having already bee"
awarded.
It is practically certain that work
will begin on the construction of the '
many buildings within the next ten
days. From 4,000 to 0,000 workmen
will be employed by the company ineiecting
the buildings . The labor
will be drawn from all sections of
the South, so that no one section will
suffer. Fifteen timekeepers will be
required to care for the large number
of workmen.
Provisions will have to be made in
Columbia and at the camp to house
the large number of workmen. From
every indication it seems practically
certain that the Columbia cantonment
will be the first to be completed
in the United States . The first
troops will arrive some time in September
to begin training before be- j
ing sent to the western front.
The sidetrack to the camp from
Sims Station has almost been com-!
pleted and the shipments of lumber |
and other materials will begin in a !
few days. More than 100 carloads of
material will arrive daily when work,
begins on the cantonment. The ,
I street railway line to the camp will
be completed at an early date.
It is esitmated that about $3,000,-'
1
: 000 will be spent in making the!
! camp ready for the reception of the!
new army. The water main from the j
city to the camp will cost $100,000.
Columbia is already bgeinning to
feel the impulse of the development
work. The payroll now is amounting
to about $10,000 a week.
Provisions will be made at the
camp for caring for nearly 10,000
horses. There will be 72 aeroplanes
for the aviation school.
Many of the officers will hvae to
seek quarters in the city of Columbia
for their families.
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FROM EACH SECTION
1 Two open cotton blossoms reached
the Herald office on last Tuesday
from Charlie Owens of the Myrtle
Beach section of the County. They
> were gathered from a seven-acre
field of fine cotton. One of the
- blooms was picked on the 24th day of
June and the other on the 2"?th.
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Those who are keeping up with
the crop conditions all over the coun\
ty say that the prospects for bounti1
ful crops of every kind in this seciton
arc better than usual at this
time of the season. The food crop*
' are especially fine looking.
MAIL CARRIERl
AUTO ACCIDENT
Ernest Hardwick, the young1 man
- vho now carries the mail between
! Little River and Conwhy with a Ford
touring car, while cranking his mat
chine on the road the other day got
- one of the bones in hU arm broken
. when the engine fired back unexpectedly.
The following da> while
trying to crank the rtaehi >e with
*thor hand, I;'1 spruirel h:> wvirt i
v painful manner.
NO. 10.
3,649,938 MEN ARE
SUBJECT TO DRAFT
Draft Regulations Will Bo
fteady for Publication,
July 1
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OLLtO IIVC I U OL
ABSOLUTELY FAR
General Crov/der Expects No
Trouble in Calling* Men
to Colors.
Washington.?Following receipt of
war registration returns from Wyoming
and Kentucky, making the notion's
final total enrolment i),G49,l)3S
Provost Marshal General Crowder an
nounced today that draft regulations
will be ready for publication July 1,
two months before the first call to
the colors. Details of the machinery
governing exemption boards were
not disclosed.
In addition to the regularly tabulated
totals, 0,001 Indians of eligible
age were enrolled. Making allowances
for the 000,000 or more men
already in military or naval service,
not required to register, the provost
marshal general's office figured the
census bureau estimate of 10,375,004
cligibles as approximately correct.
No Trouble Expected*
Gen. Crowder foresees no more
complications with selection ami
exemption machinery than was experienced
with registration. Secretary
Baker repeatedly has given assurance
the selection system will be
so fair thnt there will bo no ground
for fears that any man will be favored
by reason of political or other
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itnauuns. in oraer tnat neigMDorhood
knowledge of a man's work and
hij dependents might aid in the task
sending to the front men who can
be spared at home, the country undoubtedly
will be highly subdivided
and the exemption districts be small.
ONE IREMLT
COTTON BLOSSOM
An open cotton blossom comes
this week from a field of eighteen
! acres belonging to K. C. Goud of
Aynor, S. C. It was picked from the
patch on June 2">th. Mr. Goud says
he could have sent in one last week.
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! The demand for motor cars in this
, section of the country seems to ho
greater than the factories can supply
i of the kinds and classes that are advertised
ami being pushed. Some
makes not yet advertised are no
doubt in plenty, but the people have
J not yet begun to want them.
1 EXEMPTION BOARD
! FOR THIS COUNTY
The Governor of South Carolina
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uisi i niiiiy nuuie puoiic llie local
exemption boards in the various
counties of the State to pass on the
question of exemptions under the selective
service law. The law provides
for one physician on each of the
boards.
The board for Horry is composed
as follows:
J. A. McDermott,
\V. L. Bryan,
Dr. H. H. Burroughs.
Information as to what will constitute
an exemption has already
been published in so far as it has
been given out. but all of the details
have not yet been worked out it appears
by the authorities in Washington.
All of the details will no doubt
to U'rtrl:
l'v wuv ami i uii^ anv/YV u wv/
the people by the time the first draw
;jir.g of the men begins some weeks
,^roni now.
, i It is said that some such system as
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'I I HI JUi %y lil t/i 14 W\l III OVIUf O V U 1V/?I
will be used for drawing the names
from the 1 i of tho.-e r>i?i stored at
uh p-evi .vt.