Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VO^iUiVtl*; ? x y [y c II5T nr first mmTA ^P'V I vi I bjiv i i n IN CORRECTED FORM * r Exemption Board Get Master Number Sheets From the Governor's Office XUST SHOWN BELOW LIKELY WITHOUT ERROR V, Board Has Tedious Work to do Regarding the Rcgistero rf TVT n n V/ VI 4TAV && j \ The official list of numbers fur 4 the drawing of the 2319 men who registered in Horry County on June 5th was received by the Horry ex j eruption board late last week; sol they barely had time to check over j the list of 466 from which the quota from this county of 233 men will be taken, or as many of course as this 466 will furnish. The list of 460 has been corrected i by comparison with the numbers on the master list and the result ap[* a rs below. j Wherever there was an error by wrong number or name in the list as ^ published last week, the correct num ^ iber and name has been set up and inserted in the place instead of the incorrect number and name. It ! is believed that the list of the first 466, as published in this issue is free from errors, but as the board has not had time to carry out its work of careful checking, it is not yet published as the final official list. ' This first list of 466 names registered will be called before the local exemption board here, consisting of Messrs. W. L. Bryan, J. A. McDer1 mott, and Dr. H. H. Burroughs, for physicial examination as follows: The first 155 on Aug. 15th, 1917. ' The second 155 on Aug. 14th, 1917. Remainder of the list Aug. 15th, U 1917. If your name is among the first 155 on the following list be ready for physicial examination Aug. 13th, if in the second block of 155, come Aug. 14th, and if in the third or last 156, be ready on Aug. 15th. The corrected list follows, divided into three lots for the three dates shove mentioned: First is your red ink number; second, your name; third, your address. ^ 258?Bell, James Lawrence, Baybo.ro, S. C. 458?Dew, Allen Thurman, Conway, S. C., R. F. D No. 2. 1436?Rhuark, Harry B., Todd^ille, S. C. 854?Dimery, Jesse, Galivants Fer r>, S. C. 1894?Lily, Benjamin Franklin, Galivants Ferry, S. C., R F D No. i. 1878?Tyler, And. Jackson, Lorls, fc s. c. 1095?Grainger, Meddie H., Nichols, S. C. 2022?Bullard, Marsell, Fair Bluff, N. C. 1455?Tindall, Joseph Willard, j Conway, S. C., R F D No. 2. 783?Mishoe, Joseph Henry, Alls| brook, S. C. y + 1813?Graham, Miles Guthrie, Loris, S. C. 1858?Stanley, Wayland Hoyt, Loris, S. C. 1752?Piatt, Christ. Columbus, I Warn pee, S. C. Wi 1117?Johnson, James, Nichols, S. r cI 1572?McDowell. Luther Oscar. | Allsbrook, S. C., R F I) No. L. L 1748?O'Neill, Thos. Ralph, I.fctle River, S. C. 2195?Floyd, James Clyde, Tabor, N. C., R F D No. 2. 837?To<ld, Benj. Haskell, Hand, S. C. 2036?Gray, Jr., Edgar, Causey, S. C. 337?Martin, Furney Spurgeon, Cool Spring. S. C. 676?Small, Tyler, Conway, S. C. 275?Johnson, Henry Hartford Forney, S. C. 509?Goldfinch, Willie Mclntyre Conway, S. C. (Continued on page 4) - - ;tip n^4 I j ii ii j (The M INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL NEEDS MORE FUNDS Institution Doing Good Work, But Facilities Should Be Enlarged. (The State.) Conway, July 20.?The Horry In. dustrial School, near Conway, has had a remarkable year's progress under the management of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. The patronage was far beyond all expectations and the prospects are now that it will be taxed even beyond the present capacity another year. This is a unique school, planned c give any boy or girl the chance foi an education wh() is willing to work for it. It is situated in the country and offers attractions for the wor.hy youth that are seldom found else whore. A farm is run in connection with the school and practical agriculture is taught. A very fine business course was added last year and will be continued. Some of the boys made $5 per month working to rduce expenses without losing any time from school. Some received scholarship aid. The president, the Rev. S. C. Morris, is making a vigorous campaign this summer for $10,000 which the last annual South Carolina conference authorized for the erection of an administration building. The cash and pledges amounted to upwards of the first thousand dollars of this at the end of the first two weeks of th?s canvass and during the next month it is hoped that there will be enough funds to take up the work. The four:, drtions for the building have been laid for some time, but work was discontinued for lack of funds. With adequate buildings and equipment, there is no estimating the great field this institution will occupy in the educational and uplift work of the Pee Dee section. Horry county alone has 25,000 white people and neighboring counties as many more, a large proportion of whom have not even graded school advantages. The pforry Industrial school is finding many of these and will find more and say to them, "We will give you a chance to make of yourself a man or the woman of which you dreamed." ( The management of the school feels confident that when the urgency of this need is realized by the , people, without regard to church affiliations, that they will rise up and meet it. It is a combination of home missions ana education that will , yield large returns in character build I ing for the church and the State. DISTRICT BOARDS READY FOR WORK District exemption boards for the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina, appointed by the president lastt Saturday, met in Columbia yesterday at a joint conference with the governor and for the election of chairmen and secretaries, For the eastern district R. B. Scar borough of Conway was elected chaii man and W. A. Stuckey of Bishopville in Lee county secretary. Columbia was selected as the permanent sitting place for the board. Tli" board has been called for sessions t< begin August 8. HAS DIPPING CASE IN MAGISTRATE COURT The first case under the cattle dip ping regulations came up for hearing before Magistrate W. H. Chestnu last Saturday, July 28th, when B. V 1 liranam oi the tilanche section o the county was tried. Mr. Graham had refused to hav< his cattle dipped on the ground it i supposed that he was busy in hi crops, or words to that effect. Tlv notice of five days was .served 01 him but he did not comply. TJnde ? the warrant sworn out for him h was fine*! in tho sum of $25.00. Warrants are pending for tw other defendants who had refused t comply with the regulations. ;ttorr HORRY COUNTY AND HER PEOIT CONWAY. S. 0.. THURSDAY RUSSIAN COLLAPSE j TRACED TO BERLIN: Connection Shown Between Lenine, German Socialists and Government f DR. HELFAND AMONG PROMINENT AGENTS Acted as Medium and PayI master at Copenhagen, It Is Said. Copenhagen.?The revolt fo Niko. lia Lemine in Petrograd and the activities of his followers at the front, I brought into prominence the connection between this party and the tier- j 'man Socialists and the German gov-' eminent to which the Associated lb ess repeatedly referred when the; Russian "peace angels" were being sped homeward through Germany by j the government. Petrograd dispatch ; es indicate an attempt to identify agents who acted as media of com-1 j murucation and paymasters. , One of the most prominent of tlie.se resides in Copenhagen. He is j I)r. Helfand, known in German jialist circles under the pseudonym of Parvus, of; Russian birth. The Associated Press correspondent first. ; knew of him as a member of the i ' council of workmen during the Rus-; sian revolution in 190.r>. At that time . . i his name was associated with ru-1 mors of irregularities with the coun cil's funds. Naturalized During War. | He next appeared as publisher rot | Maxim Gorky,, with whom he also i j had financial disputes. Helfand beI come allied with the Gorman Social ists and rose to considerable promi1 nence as a writer. He was natural. ' zied as a German during the war bv ! special permission of the German government. Immediately after tin ed himself to opening communicarecent Kussh 11 revolution, he devottions between the Russo-German So cialists in Copenhagen who entered into relations witn the Socialists in Russia. Dr. Helfand, despite his Sociali. * antecedents, stood high ni favor of ex-Chancellor Dr. von BethmannHollweg and the Gei man authorities and was permitted to travel free?;between Germany and Copenhagen. The Associated Press correspondent was indebted to him indirectly for occasional valuable information. ! notably the government's promise to Herr Scheidemann to abstain from ! hostilities in the east pending negotiations. Dr. Helfand has become in/lr\fl i? i??rvol4-U?? 4 1- 1? ? ? Ill VYfilllHJ j U11UUKI1 Viiri" , ous operations during the war. He , is reputed to be several times a mii1 lionaire. j no trouble yet i of serious nature \ Although some threats were heard lately that some of the people would ' refuse to have their cattle dipped, it appears that there has been no stubborn refusal to comply with the law. i In some cases notice was served as I provided by the regulations and so ! far as we are informed all of the no. tices were complied with. The dipping has been going on regular!> since it began and is still being done * in different sections of the county, 'efforts tu improve * I I USEFUL PUBLIC ROAD t A petition was being circulated last week for contributions to n b fund to be used in maintaining tlv s chain gang on the public road t< s Myrtle Beach, so as to keep the ganj! e on that section of road for thirty ft days. Farmers in Socastee need this r road in order to bring their tobaect e and other produce to market. Th* business men of Conway want to df o what they can to help the movemen ' along. The contributions are be nt made liberally by the business firms I w#> .E, FIRST, LAST. NOW AND FORE! I. AUGUST 2, 1917. WILL TELL MAN ORDER OF DRAFT I | A I It ?? ? urowaer has Handy Book1 Compiled to Aid Work of Selection PREPARING RULES FOR THE BOARDS Those Drawn to Be Examined Before Exemption Claims I | Are Considered. I ? | Washington.?While local selee-j tion boards were at work today a.v j sembling men of the selective draft , forces, officials of the nrnvoxt mm shal general's office began preparing j a new publication to furnish registe' j ed men with an easy method of keep ! ing track of their status in their (lis- i tricts. The new list will be issued with cross reference by number between the red ink and drawing numbers. It will be possible for those supplied with the lists to inform any man almost instantly in what order he was drawn when he furnishes his red ink number. Presumably these lists will , bo placed in the selection boards' headquarters so that registrants ma> find out quickly where they stand. If the master list is used for this purpose, it might be necessary tc? read over several thousand numbers before a registrant could find hi? ,own. J ' I To Outline Process. A careful outline of the process to be followed both by the selection and district boards is also being prepar-l ed for publication. The only thing registrants who expect to be called in the first draft can do now is to watch the selection board headquarters so as to know immediately when their names are posted. The date i when they are to report for physical 1 examination will be shown at the same time. Even the question of <? pendents will not come up in any way until a report on the man's physical condition shows him to be suitable for military service. When that has been received, the selection board will be prepared to receive affidavits on dependents the prospective soldier has. The forms of tinaffidavits will be shown by the board. Similarly, forms for applications for exemptions on industrial grounds or for appeal from the ruling of tin; j selective board will not be available until the time for their use comes. The purpose of this plan is to avoid the piling up of documents and to provide that the boards will have before them at any time, only the papers of cases in process of hearing. That is the only way, officials believe, in which rapid action can be !assured. FREIGHTTRAIN OFF NEAR ALLEN STATION Last Saturday the freight train ! consisting of many cars laden heavily with merchandise for Conway and other points in this section, was derailed near Allen station, blocking all traffic on the road for half it day or more. The noon-day train bringing passengers and mail was stopped at that point. The train from the Aynor branch was sent to the scene of the wreck and brought the passengers on to Conway and made the trip on | to Myrtle Beach and return. This special train however <ii<l not bring I the mail into Conway for the reason i that orders are necessary to transfer the United States mail to another ? train and there had not been time to : obtain any orders to that effect, j The mail had to wait until a late > hour before being brought, in. >| The accident to the train was said ' to have been caused by an employee > throwing a switch the wrong way ' j One of fjhe heavy cars was turner) cjcrossw&ys the track. No injuries It . any of the crew was reported. vM. /F.R." DOUBLE TRAGEDY WITH { TWO SISTERS VICTIMS Misses Haynesworth, of Sumter, Drown While Bathing in Mill Race. Florence.?A distressing tragedy occurred at the Matt Muldrow Mill, about 7 miles west of this city, in which Misses Rita and Jessie Haynesworth, of Sumter, sisters, lost their lives and Miss Evelyn Barnes, of this city, came near losing her life, but was rescued by her cousin, Mr, Matt McCown. The Misses Haynesworth, who were here on a visit to their cousin, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Barnes, .">00 West Ralmetto street, together with their ct usin, Mr. Matt McCown, and Mis? Evelyn Barnes, had gone to Mr. Morton Muldrow's, another cousin, to spend the day. They went down *o the mill pond, and while there decided to go in bathing in the old nvll race. They had been in the watei for an hour or more when they inadvertently strayed into water ovey their depth. Miss Barnes was seen running to their rescue and all three of the girls were swept off their feet into the swiftly rushing waters or tiie mill race. Messrs. Matt McCown and Morton Muldrow were sitting on the bank opposite the spot where the girls were bathing and across the stream from them and as soon as they saw that the girls were in trouble ran ti their relief. Mr. McCown jumped the bridge into the water and watsuccessful in saving Miss Barnes. Mr. Morton Muldrow, having thrown him a fishing cane which he grabj bed. Immediately he jumped into th? water again and swam toward th< other girls, who were being born, down the stream, but they sank beneath before he could catch them. THINGS TO REMEMBER ! ABOUT THE DRAFTING | i Remember that the first 233 may ' not be obtained from the first 4(>C> names listed in t-ni^ iosun ?f ? ... v.i.u IUOMV Ul LIIV };<?1 per; and if not obtained by reason of i more than 50 per cent exemptions being- made in these, then others next in the list of 21119 registered in this county will be ordered before ti e local board in regular order as drawn until this first 233 required by the government have been ob taincd. Remember that the first thing will be the physical examination. Until you pass that you are not allowed to make any claim of exemption. If you pass the physical examination, then you can obtain blank forms from the local board upon which you can make affidavits of the grounds on which you claim exemption ana the board will pass on it at the proper time. Grounds of exemption have already been explained in this papev. Remember, that although you may I be exempted by the board this time, i you will still be liable en ?emn Infer I * call. If the war lasts long enough it may take every man who can he spared from home defense. The Kaiser must be beaten. It takes America to do it. Remember that the L'st as publish, ed this week contains only the first 4(56 of the 2819 men liable to call in ' Horry County. Commencing in next week's issue, we will go on with the , publication of the entire list, about : f>00 names each week until the whole 2819 have appeared in the paper. i Keep the issues of the Herald and ! make up the complete list by pasting the issues of this week and the rest i j together. Your are liable in the jSc.mo order in which your name appears in the list of 2319 names. | Remember that the law provides I that the posting of your name as be* i ing called before the board is regard ed as sufficient notice to you. We ! a re doing all we can to give you n*. tice thix>ugh the Herald. The board 1 will mail notices but they may be lost in the mail. Remember the local board cannot 1 answer all questions you ask of it; ? watch this paper and keep up with what is going on. .. .. |v H NO. 15. I DEATH PENALTY TO I COMPEL DISCIPLINE I Russian Government Trying to I Run Down Organizers I of Revolt I ?. , % I KtKtNSKY TO USE | STERNEST MEASURES I The Embassy at Washington 1 Thinks Situation Not as 1 Critical as Appears. I Pitrograd.?The commander in I chief and the commanders of the va- I rious armies at the front having in- I sisted that restoration of discipline 1 in the army inevitably would neces- I sitate infliction of the death penalty, 1 the irovernmoiit lnw ...... uf i i ununimously to restore capital punishment. The measure is of a temporary character, to have effect until the end of the military operations. The inquiry into the recent disorders here is being continued energetically under the supervisions of the public prosecutor. The authorities are taking measures to discover and bring to justice all organizers or any participants in the revolt. Government- jFirnt. In an interview today Premier Keren sky said the fundamental problem of the provisional government lay in providing for the immediate safety of the country and the , revolution, whatever the cost might be. The government, he said, was determined to make a resolute stand against any thing which threatened the ruin of the state. The premier stated that reestablishment of the death penalty at tl e i front was necessary, because the go/ ernment was faced with the alternative of sacrificing the army to a body of traitors and cowards, or having recourse to the only possible means of inspiring terror. The provisional government, in complete agreement with the entire sponsibility, the premier explained army, took the burden of heavy resolely in order to save the lives of heroes who wore perishing in the ex ecuiion ot their duty for the sake of their country, and to remove the reproach threatening the good name of Russia. Washington.?The Russian mili- , tary situation was acknowledged at the Russian embassy today to be intensely serious, but not so critical as reflected in some reports. While the Galieian army has admittedly suffered a severe attack, it was pointed out there is at present no indication that the detection has spread throuout the whole army or to the other armies on the 1,000 mile front. Offfcial reports are lacking, but it was pointed out that a defection in win- i^iiNfiii aione in a Key position might require a general retirement. At present, the embassy believes, the trouble is confined to the Galician army alone, Dispatches to the embassy said the Russian and Rumanian armies in the Carpathians still were advancing and had captured 19 guns, several villages ami several hundred prisoners. Similarly, the troops on the Smorgon-Krevo front just north of the Galician front are reported \ > have captured r>0 machine guns. 2.000 (hi' mans and much war material. The forces involved are largely Serbians. Gen. Korniloff's Galician army U admittedly in very great danger and 1 retiring in a southerly direction to avoid envelopment of its left flank, ami with a desire to keep the front intact, even at the expense of surrendering territory. Withdrawal has taken place from Brzezany to the Bucac?Monasterjisto line. The military difficulties are said to have had a very sobering effect in Petrograd. where there is unanimous desire to bury party differences an<! stand unitedly behind Premier Kerensky in his extreme measure, o W. D. Lawrimore was a recent arrival in Conway.