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' .? I ?,a*-4?a*K- ...??>.< - SELECTIVE DRAFT Circular issued Registered Men Told to Be, \ Ready to Report Before i Beards. *" i vYUKtui July K?Another step in building up the solectivve con script ion a.e.yy w a , taken ftoday with the distribution 01 a circular by Provest Marshal Cicn. Crowdor, notifying the registered men to hold themselves in readiness fan* appearance before the board which will conduct ^examinations and consider exemptions. i How or when the government will select the men to be examined is not o detailed in the circular, but it is re 1 ve.alod that registration cards in each county or city jurisdiction arc to bo'numbered with red ink and that as soon as the drawing is complete lists showing the order in which tiered ink numbers arc drawn will be published in the press and will he J posted at the office of each local j JjoaKd. It already* has been announc- ; Ad that the selection will take place Sn Washington, and the general presumption has boon that some device J similar to a jury wheel will be employed. .Kxemptions are to be determined by the local l>oards, the circular shows, only far the previously an, nounced specified causes, such as responsibility for the support of whu tives, and not for agricultural c<r industrial reasons. Seven days after the designations are posted will be j allowed for filing claims. Then | there will b<? am addiitonal allowranoe ; of ten days for filing proofs and the j beard must decide within three days !( after the proof is file!. Name* to He Posted. When the case of any registrant j u e K/m ?\ /I i o?k/\a/>/l /iT !' ? ^ * ' MO 1/v.v i a Iiw^f/woun wj ou 1 cLf I I if ' local board is concerned, lihe names j of those not exempted or discharged will be posted. Claims for exemption of agricultural or industrial \work must be made within five >davs .after such porting and miusl go uL'rect to the higher board for sittirg I for the judicial district. Appeals . from the ruling of the local bounds must be made to the higher Imurd within ten days. 'The circular does not cover 1, i -summoning of the men for actio;. ' service, pointing out that selecto. j Mt and acceptance does not mean immediate summons. Then tl < tins-* of the drawing is not sjwvjt'kfcd but issuance ?of the ci-culur is takto mean that '.the work of selectle1 , may be in progress in a few days. > The steps i? registered pciuvt should take are sot forth in git' ' detail in the circular. First of the registrant h advised to find wv. the location of the office of his con tv or city local board and then u.vk tain, if he intends to claim oxfmp ? Tiori for agricultural of industri . reasons, t() what district hoar?!i !he roust rap ply. , Wscertain Iteid Ink Number. > ^very board has numbered t> cai^j.fc in its jurisdiction with rod irl I in a *vries running from 1 to tlh-. number representing the total nun bet of cards ni its jurisdiction." cor. Ltimies the circular. "Lists showin~ the nanvts of persons in the jurisdiction of each board .and the red ; number of each card are open to in i spectwMi ;Ut the officr of each board Inspect the list and inform yourseL' of your .red ink serial number. "These red ink nunybers are to ly . drawn by lot to determine the ordc \ ' in which registered persons arc t<> 1). called by the various local hoards. -j ^ *^Rs soon as quotas are assigned t' 1 each state and each 'board, oacl , board wj7J call upon pei.sons whos* j* I cards are Jn us jurisuicuwi, msiru t- ] ing them to present themselves for j examination. Thir call will be posl- < ed at the local board and the paper? v/ill be requested to print it. A ro-, | lice will also be mmled you, but th^;f posting of the list at the office of < the board will be doomed sufficient notice to chard you wjtth the duty of < presenting yourself. . . . Watch the j lists at the office of your board and 1 ? see when you are called for exansina- t ticn. You must report for physical t examination on the day named in ( v your can. < I "If you are found physically ells- < I qutft&ed the board will give you a r I certificate which will explain to you ( what your further duties are. ( I "If you are found physically quali- j I fied and file a claim for exemption e within seven days after your cail, r H von will he ?riven 10 davs after filine I, v v_? k. your claim for exemption to file mf proof in support of your claim of ex- f H emption. f H Press to Publish Lists. , r H "If you are found physically quali- v ficd and file no claim for exemption v MOIL OF DEFENSE MAKES REQUEST Mr. F. A. Burroughs, Chairman of Council for Defense for Horry County has received the following urgent | request from Mr, Joe Sparks, Sec re-j tary of the State Council of Defense. "It is very important that the Council uf Defense assist in recruiting officers for the Second Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, to prepare officers for the second army of 500,000 men, to he raised under the Selective Draft Act," "Every citizen from 21 to 44 who desires to serve as an officer should write Lieut. H. T. J'illans, The Citadel, Charleston, S. C., for application blanks and instructions, as none will j be considered unless properly filled j out according1 U? instructions before July l?>th." As there juv only a few days left in which t() secure these Wanks, and ( have them in by the 15th, 1-. I). Ma, gnith, Secretary for Horry County; Council of Defense has wired for a supply which should he here? Wed no.;- i day the 1.1th. Those wishing to ap-j ply should see him at once for the, necessary in formation. wilson issuesIIll for national guard Washington, July.".).?The last sicnca?*.sury to make ike entire Nation-j al Chiard available t or duty in Kruno ^ j was taken today by President Wilson with the issue of a proclamation drafting the Slate troops into the army ol the United ol.ncs on Aug-I I ust f). To make certair the pur]>ose of the .national defense act is carrJcti out. I the proclamation?also specifically de-! kulares the men drafted to he disckarged from the old militia statu* on that date. Ix that way the constitutional restraint upon use 'of inn- ' itia outside the country is avoided j and the way paved for senAij.vg .tb< regiments to the European front. ? ! CAKI) OK THANKS. I ' We wish 1* express oar- s.inaoi?M thanks to our many friends and kh:. J. A. Norton for the kindness shown us during the sickness and #leat:h o'T bur bear son, iFlomer. M i* !in/l VI re I \1 I ? ..... ...... ... ... U . to. i U.X.. HAVE YOU WEAK LUNU5: iDo colds seUieCiti your che** <nr in your ; bronchial tubes? .Do couglts bajngou, or 1 are you subject fee throat troubles ? ."Such troubles .irhould have immediate i treatment with: the strengthening powers of Scott's Emulsion :o guard against ' consumption wikich so easily foSfowa. hScott'sEmulsior contains pure-oodliver j oil which peculiarly strengthens feh.e res- j piratory tract and improves the quality of the blood; the glycerine in it soothes and heals the tender membranes of the throat. ^ . Scott'8 is prescribed by the best specialists. You can jpebit at any drug store. Scott 8l Down: Bloomfield. K.?. ? ' [ ' af if you do not appear for physical' examination your name will be post- i ed'to the district board as one who I, was called for military service and .. was not exempted or discharged. On the eight day after call, or within j two days thereafter, copies of the lists of persons so posted to the district boards wib be given to? the press with a request for publication i and notices will t?e mailed to you at i the .address on y/our registration card. "Watch the notices posted in 4 he office of the hoard about ten <ta*y's after the day you-were called and make arrangements for the prompt receipt of mail." The .circular says the methods of proving exemptions will be detailed to 'the registrants and blanks furnish ed on application to the local board | The method of appeal also will be 4 made plain, and it is set forth that appeals mint be made within ten lays after the local board has refus- K ?d exemption, that the proof must he ^ filed within another five days, and 4 :hat a decision must hr> mvido fU/n lays thereafter. ' "Only the district board,*" conclud-! * ?s the circular, "can receive claims ;r ?or discharge on the ground that you [ * ire engaged in industry, including | igriculture , . . onl.v decision of dis- 5 ;rict boards on industrial claims for * lischarge can be appealed. If you lesire to appeal the decision of the ' listrict board to the President you nay do so within seven days of the late of mailing to you of the decision >f the district board ... as soon as rour case is finally disposed of, the idjutant general of your state will v lotify you by mail that you have jeer, selected fui military service. t , "Notice that you have been select- d d for military service will not nec- $ ssarily order you into service. The p irtice to report for military service p vill come wlien the government n vishes to receive you." f THE HORRY HERA LI Lracal and The*re is a special term of thc*j ccurt for July 24th. A. N. Cox w is in Conway the lut- J tor part of last week. ? ? ? ? V Rev. E. L. McCoy spoke at Home- I wood on hist Wodnosduv . I W. R. Lewis was able to, be out < again last week after an illness of several days. m i New Crop'Rutabaga Tuinip Seed and other varieties for Fall planting. Conway Drug Co.?a<lv, ' t | S. I\ Hawes returned last week, from a vacation of several days 1 spent in Northern cities. Bring us youi orders for- the best \ printing you can possibly get in this, section. Try us with a job and you i will see. The showers of last week were worth millions to the farmers of this > section of the State. . . . . |< A. 'i\ Thompson was away recently to remain several days on the no/thI ( < rn -markets buying goods for .Sum- j ( mc7 and Fall trade. * * * The farmers in some sections of ( "U'.v -county had too much vain for the > good of the crops last week.. i ? # ? The first loan made fonder the 3~.nrm Loan Act in this State, went to 1 a harm Loan Association in Lexing- 1 .Ion county last week. 1 Mr. and Airs. L. 1). Alngrath and Wr. and Airs. George Officer are 1 spending the Summer a*t their cot- * U>ue at Myrtle Hcach. * ? m The contractor, A. .TL Garren, who ^ is t0 build a new dwelling for Air. | and Mrs. L. 1). Magna th, expects to j begin the work at an early date. t Miss Lou Ulan ton of Green Sea! ^ spent some time her/- attending thejl. training school. She left for h?.v< ^ home at Green Sea last week. 1 ^ Hon. E. S. C. linker was sick last week and confined to his residence i( for several days.; 'iuit was able to . c up again by the latter part of the week. ? Attention is call! led to ;advertising ( appearing in this T>:n?nv f??> f - ^ ?* -- ^ v a A V* i til C x\j ' V/ II" I j way five and tew. cent store. Give i them a call ami :bwk over their Urrge ^ stock of these gorilis, / 9 c Mr. and Mrs. J- C. Patterson, formerly of Ku inter,, JS. C., now of il'.alimore, M<L, paswnd through ?CoiMvav ^ eccntly on their way to visit Mr. aiml ( .Mrs. W. A. "Freeman at their cottage, i . ir. Myrtle Reach.. ^ 4 Miss Evelyn Little, of Georgia, * asset! through Conway last week c i. aoute to MurreilTj.s Inlet to -qpnnd wome time with her parents, Mr. am! uVlrs. J. W. Little. * ? ' The business of tt?e Judge of tf"ro~ ^ kite's office has 'been increasing ^ lately under the provisions of the qunrt-n-month law. One day just before the 4th, he issued over seventy j pe inn its un<ler this haw. ? J. It. Bowles of Danville, Va., rivcl in Conway last-week to remain r* - ? mi tuc runway marKCt as a regular ^ buyer of the leaf tobacco for Hughes ft Co. He is a buyer of long experience, and Hughes ft Go., could not ^ have a .better man on the South Car- jj ilina markets. I a Husinfs?s men state that the offer n free sites for manufacturing (. firms has bad much to do in the development of Wilmington, N. C. There is pttenty of vacant * 'and in ^ he vicinity of Conway. A good way ? o use it is t.o get the owners to do- t( ate the site#, then advertise the jr act in papers of national circulation. r. This *roukl bring business to this section such .as it has never had beore. 01 I'AKKN UP?At my place one red steer, marked swallow fork in one H ear and two randerbits in other. I Taken up Feb. 1916. Owner can I get same by paying for this ad. and fi charges. A. B. Thompkihs, Con- I cay, S. C.?adv-lt-pd. I I VANTED OLD FALSE TEETH, I lon't matter if broken, I pay $2 to I 15 per full set, Single and partial I dates in proportion. Send by parcel v >ost and receive check by vetuiV W nail, F. TERL, 400 N. Wolfe Street I Baltimore, Md.?adv 2l >, CONWAY, S. 0. 35555 . Per>son0l Are you going- to the barbecut V ' ? W. H. Oliver was in Conway last Saturday. Dr. J. A. Norton was away on usiness several days lasl week. There is no true American whc loes not have it in for the Kaiser. m m Miss Kathleen Sessions was a vistor recently in Socastee. Send in the money for the paper, o-day. .Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Gregg spent ast week at Myrtle 13eaeh. ' Gen. J. P. Derham of Green Sea vas in Conway recently on business. ***** John Daniels, formerly of Conway, )u( now oi Lake City, S. ('., spent several d:.\. la-re last wick. ? ? ? W. B. Coxe. of Marion, war. at Myrtle Beach i( ently to spend a few lays. ***** Send in what is da for the pan- r >r wartime prices wiii compel us to liscontinue it. # i? * * * Sheriff J. A. Lewis had an acci lent to his touring car one day !a.>t veek when a crank shaft ga\c wn.\ n the motor, ***** Good Turnip Seeds are scarce an i ligh ])rice this season; we have th )cst at the lowest prices. Conway ! Drug Co.?adv. ***** The jhsw cottage of L. H. Bur-j oughs on his lot near the Burroughs; ligh School building has been about omph'ted. ***** J- B. Cox returned to the city the after part of last week after spendng^everal days in New York on business. * * m * m Miss Ethel Godbold of Mull ins, S 2., visited Mr. and Mrs. It. B. Scaijorough here recently on her return 'rom spending several days ai tl vrt In Uno/iVi vi v a.#ovrL<u I I j m * * * * Misses Edna Earle Spivey am Irace Hendiiuiks spent the week end it Myrtle Beach the guests ol Mrs. I C. Spivey. * The new <cottage which will be occupied by Air. and Mrs. A. B. Gsirren,1, s now about completed, the work lavnig beon delayed by the work on he Methodist parsonage which Mr |, iarren had under contract with the \ church committee. m * Many -automobile parties passod j hrough cConway on last Wednesday; >n their way to spend the day at dyrtle J&each, or other .points of in-! crest along the Atlantic Coast.' Some parties went to Homewood Tor | i portion of the day. rn 0 m m There was an excursion of the col-1 red people of Conway, from this ( >oint to Georgetown, last Wedncs-j lay, over one of the steamers of the I Vaecamsw Line. The colored people' isually have an excursion to that dace .011 .the 4th. .OST?One small ox at Allen, S. C.I Color, red and white pidcd, marked j smooth crop and underbit in each ear.. Reward for information as to, its whereabouts. 1). W. STANLKY, lyrtle Btiach, S. C.?uwlv-?dt-pd. ***** I The Rank of Tabor advertises In j ' his issue of the paper. Notice that i ^ t says that the bank is being run by | lorry boys, and it is a fact. They : t re boys that you know and they w ill 1 iake it pleasant for you when yo*i j b all to do business with them. c ***** d Conway enjoys (?) the distinction' t f having to send her freight and j ? assengers out of the State, in orderjg > get them back to some other point j o i the State; that is if the haul is by j o abroad. How long will this condi-, j. on of affairs last? ***** j Last week was warm but tempered, 7 1 most /lavs KV a w ^ ?/ ? ft* VWItll ^ l/i V/V/iC# ? It, jla ;ia |r? ai day applied for. Backed by I m Company IOC years old. If W. B. COXE, Marion, S. C. I cr 31 on I tc ' AT HOTEL GRACE. The following arc among the recent arrivals at the Hotel Grace: B. It. Bratcher, Sumter, S. C. J. E. Bryan, Myrtle Beach, S. C. \V. I). Lir.dsey, Florence. S. C. J. G. Kurtz, Baltimore, M<1. W. L. Dick, South Carolina. B. \V. Segars, Jr., Sumter, S. C. R. V. Segars, Sumter S. C. J. It. Thumps, Florence, S. C. Geo. Met/., Charleston, S. C. E. F. Carnes, Hartsville, S. C. It. 1). Cglesby, South Carolina. Limen Hyde, South Carolina. John Daniels, Lake City, S. C. J. T. Bland, South Carolina. J. L. Boosters and wife, Society Hi;i, S. C. R. J. Evans, Jacksonville, Ela. 1). 0. Dautglen, Columbia. S. C. (i. K. Brown, Columbia, S. C. K. h\ Zeigler, South Carolina. Joe Williams, Mullins, S. C. It. K. Honerl, Mullins, S. C. Wilber Smith, Mullins, S. C. J. J. Cayads, South Carolina. W. B. Coxe, Marion, S. C. lb M. Burroughs, City. Mrs. Kgorton, South Carolina. Daniel J. Lewis, North Carolina. H. L. Lyon. North Carolina. W. K. Henderson, Conway. S. C. W. V. Watson, South Carolina. A. W. Wells, Creensboro, N. C. H. C. Moore, Wi-hnington, N. C. L. A. Burroughs, C ity. L. S. Brown, Charlotte, N. C. E. W. Miller, Llorence, S. C. Daniel 11. Hanson, Wilmington. I N. C. 7 V i.n o ... ? . <m VIII! V, 1 O. v . .J. K. Bowles, Danville. Ya. Paul S. Holfack, New York. Miss Kutli Graham, South Carolina D. V. Richardson, Bucksport, S. C. Lore Brown, Charlotte, N. C\ M. W. Turner, South Carolina. J. M. Black, North Carolina. A. S. Khrich, Georgetown, S. C. S. \Y. Prince and wife, Moultrie, ( Icl. Mrs. \Y. A. Hardwick, Mull ins, S. C\ J. Q. Johnson, Galivants Perry, S. C. Miss Jones, Ay nor. S. C. W. V. Watson, South Carolina. T. O. Bates and wife, Virginia. Crosby N. Elliott, C. S. A. G. C. Cox, Myrtle Beach, S. C. T. B. Cooper, Myrtle Beach, S. C. E. R. Walker, Wilson, N. C. M. A. Townsend, Virginia. H. G. Cushman, City. F. J. Henderson, North Carolina. B. T. Watson, North Carolina. E. P. Walsh, City. W. N. Knauth, New York. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gantt. J. D. Zimmerman, Pine Island. S C. W. D. Buck, South Carolina. J. C. Casque, and wife, Columbia, S. C. R. G. Peek, Macon, Ga. A. P. Mague, South Carolina, i Hall Andrews, Wilmington, N. C. W. A. Crocustein, Raleigh, N. C. J. M. Dalton, Winston Salem, N C. J. H. Goodman, Richmond, Va. Q. M. Meads, Danville, Va. "W. L. Miller, Wilmington, N. C. W. D. Sharpe, South Carolina. John K. Osvil, Columbia, S. C. J. R. Smith, South Carolina. F. L. Stevenson, Atlanta, Ga. "W. A. Freeman, Myrtle Beach, S C. j Samuel Gold, Georgetown, S. C. S. J. Black well, Marion, S. C. A. G. Powell, North Carolina. E. N. Butler, North Carolina. Robert G. Rankin. Nasbvillo Tonn J. D. Babcock, Florence, S. C. I). T. Beaman, North Carolina. T. Y. Blackwell, Marion, S. C. C. S. Corrington, Evergreen, N .C. o? | $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be doused to learn that there is at l< ast mo dreaded disease that science Ire )oen able to cure in all its stages and hat is catarrh. Catarrh being gr. aty influenced by constitutional conoiions requires constitutional treat nent. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is tn. :en internally and acts thru thHood on the Mucous Surfaces of tin System thereby destroying th<> four ation of the disease, giving the pa icnt strength by building up the co; titution and assisting nature in do 1 rig its work. The proprietors hav< < o much faith in the curative power.- ] f Hall's Catarrh Medicine that the\ ! ffer One Hundred Dollars for any ' ase that it fails to cure. Send feist of testimonials. i Address F. J. CHENEY & CO. 'oledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggist, 1 5c.?adv. ( Q J NOTICE OF SALE. i I have for sale a tract of land con lining 43 acres, bounded North by < nds of Wm. H. Daniel, Jr., East by 3 nds of W. H. Daniel and F. F. Ger- 1 ild, South by lands of S. P. Gerrald ( id West by lands of M. A. Gerrald. No offer considered that is not " ade in writing through the mail. 1 you desire to purchase this prop. J ty write me what is the best price iu will pay for it and on what ? rms you would want it. J Address H. H. Woodward, r Conway, S. C. < FIVE HORRY DIVISION COUNCIL FOR DEFENSE Having been appointed Chairman of Conway Township for the orgartt'/.ation of a Council for Defense, with instructions to organize a Division for this Township, and in conformity to these orders,*1 hereby make the following appointments: Division of Ministers and Churches ? Rev. J. M. Lemmon, Chairman. Division of Schools?Mr. H. W. Ambrose, Chairman. Division of Manufacturers?Mr M. G. Andersen, Chairman. Division of Professional M< u?r7S. C. Baker, Chairman. Division of Hankers?W. A. Fuynian, Chairman. Division of Agriculture?^ T. Co Jlins. Chairman. Division of Women's Organit&i'on Mrs. Bessie Sherwood. ('hairm.in. Division of The Press?II. H. W.*u1 \v?.rd. Chairman. Divisii n of Business Men's Oi/"c. ti/.ation A. W. Barret to, Chairman. Division of Ne ro's Organization-Rich. J. Cochran, Chain' un\ While our work In - rot been !'u. \ am! definitely eutlined, it is doubJescs in the nun Is of every on- it' . portance of craganizing for d- fens . In the crisis now confronting cur country it behooves every loyal c' zen to prepare for any emergen v that may arise. We should c msevv our resources, practice economy, ***ercise thrift and cultivate a spirit ? f patriotism, j Horry must do its part in the great conflict for world democracy and human rights. Respectful!\ . m ?D. A. Spivey. LEMON JUICE IS FRECKLE REMOVER Girls! Make this cheap beauty lotion to clear and white a your taovr. Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle continuing three ounces of orchard white, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best I freckle and tan lotion, and complex icn beautifier, at very, very small cost. | Your grocer has" the lemons an i ! any drug store or toilet counter will I supply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this swe?4. ly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and; . how freckles and blemishes dVsappMfr and how clear, soft and! whift* Vh^ becomes. Yes! It is titermfess'.?ixiv / o? . * V NOTICE. Ji* ' About last October one black male hog took up at my place and has keen here ever since.. Owner can get saxne* U . : 1 - - i uv paying u am age and tor this ad_ W. P. GRAINGER. Aynor, S. C. o ESTRAY NOTICE.. Strayed from my place aboat one year ago,?One dark red cow and red and white pided bull caff. Cows mark under square and under bit \u right ear, and crop and under bit in left, with points of horns saw? off. Reward to any one locating them. Notify A. M. SAKYIS, 3t-75 Tabor, N. C. YES! LIFT A CORN OFF WITHOUT PAIN! Cincinnati authority tells ho*w to dry up a corn or callus so it lifts off with fingers. You corn-pestered men and women need suffer no longer. M'eur the shoes that nearly killed yuu before, says this Cincinnati authority, because a few drops of freeAMiwe applied directly on a tender, acbiti^r ami or callus, stops soreness at oaoe *n<l soon the corn or hardened e?H\cs loosens so it can be lifted out, root and all, without pain. A small bottle of freermrf very little at any drug stov?, btK w>U positively take off every hard ?v tof* ^orn or callus. This should b* tried, as it is inexpensive and is said, not *.?> rritate the surrounding skin. ii your druggist hasn't anf* <w;v>ne tell him to get a small IhsCtw0 tor fou from his wholesale (Iru^r t is fine stuff and acts lik?< a ctorw* ?very time.?adv. o No. 666 This la prescription prapued wpecfiffr or MALARIA or CHILLS * FCVCR. Hve or six doses will break ony com, Mi f token then os o tonic the Fover will oos eturo. It acts on the liver better thru* Zolomcl end docs not fripe or sicken. 2Sw