104 Negro Draftees Called 10 Colors for Camp Sherman
A large Maury county draft contingent is picked to entrain Sunday September 1 for Camp Sherman Ohio. The list includes James Caldwell Thomas Hatton John Walker Henry Hill and many others with alternates named, marking the county’s biggest draft departure to date.
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Camp Sherman
Chillacothe
Ohio
Maury County
James Caldwell
Thomas Hatton
John Walker
Henry Hill
Will McClain
O'Brien Lockridge
Fleming Love
Isiah Abernathy
Willie Stewart
Janes Eddy Lowell
Clem Lee Brown
John Cotham
Cordell Hackney
Will Johnson
Figuers Secrest
William Henry Polk
John Harmon
William Dobbins
Morris Vance Evans
Henry Frierson
Bennie Hardin
Frank Alexander
Monroe Blair
Curran Brooks
Pleas Alexander
Walter ‘Tinnell
Albert Eddings
James Stuart Aegle
Henry Pillow
Edward ©. Walker
Curtis T. Campbell
William Allen
Chris Wade
William F. Pulse
James C. Greer
Charlie Mays
William H. Johnson
Houston Chyes
William Lynon
Henry Huardson
Clifford Foster
John H. Gran
Former Columbia Boy Wounded in Action
Wednesday's Daily Herald reports Sergt Major Leslie B. Cooper wounded in action with degree undetermined. Former Herald employee and son of Joe W. Cooper, former city editor, Cooper is about 21, no details on wounds, regiment unknown, father resides in Jackson, Tennessee.
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Daily Herald
Sergt
Leslie B. Cooper
the Herald
Joe W. Cooper
Cooper
Jackson, Tenn
Wells B. DeMoss Hired as Clerk at Bethel House
Wells B DeMoss becomes the new hotel clerk at Bethel House greeting guests at the desk. He is a nephew of Mrs. J M Dedman, wife of the hotel proprietor, and is rapidly learning his duties.
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Wells B. Demoss
Bethel House
Wells B DeMoss
Hothel House
DeMons
J. M. Dedman
Scarcity of Gars and Tires in City
Auto dealers in Columbia report record business yet face shortages in cars and tires due to war tied manufacturing limits. Orders booked weeks ahead as factories cut output, tire stocks depleted though some sizes remain available. Despite supply issues, local garages see booming business from rising car numbers in the county.
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Columbia
F A Scott Wins Lieutenants Bars at Camp Mills
Mrs John Murphey reports Lieut F A Scott has earned a lieutenant’s commission at the Fourth Officers Training School Camp Sherman after rapid training at CMA Columbia Military Academy. Drafted June 23 he was chosen for immediate overseas service due to a stellar camp record and accelerated promotion credited to CMA training.
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John Murphey
F. A. Scott
Camp Mills
N.Y
Scott
Camp Sherman
Columbia
CMA
Scott Ie
Immudiata
Friemis
Columbia Military
District in Columbia Drives 308 Men for Government Work
In a six week drive nine counties Maury Marshal Giles Lincoln Hickman Lewis Lawrence Perry and Wayne must furnish 308 men for a Hadley’s Bend powder plant. About 75 have shipped in the first week with 33 on Monday including laborers and skilled workers. Agents seek nonessential industry workers to transfer while protecting essential roles. Wages for laborers rise to 3.56 a day carpenters to 60 cents hourly. DuPont agent assists in securing workers.
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Government
Hadley’s Bend
Nashville
U. S. Employment Service District
Columbia
Maury
Marshal
Giles
Lincoln
Hickman
Lewis
Lawrence
Perry
Wayne
Jos
Employment Service
James M. Dedman
DuPont Powder Company
Volunteers Report for Maury County Military Training
Maury county fills its 14 selectmen quota for special training at the University of Tennessee. Fourteen volunteers are accepted with two alternates maimed. Most volunteers are from the June 1918 registration, all young men, reporting for Knoxville on September 1 with unknown train times. Names include Robert Church Barrow, Robert Dobbins Kelton, Raymond R Quirley, Hugh Scribner Pogue, Anna Harold Fitzgerald.
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Maury County
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Robert Church Barrow
Robert Dobbins Kelton
Raymond R. Quirley
Hugh Scribner Pogue
Anna Harold Fitzgerald
Douglas Benderman
Claude Streeter Holt
James Forgey Russell
Percy Lewis Napier
Martin Hamblin
Dooley
Hubert Sellers
Robert Leslie White
Tra Reid Lawrence
William Virgil Watson
James Owen Cherry
Jerrymlah Thomas
Blease Defeated by 20 000 Votes in Senate Race
United Press reports from Columbia South Carolina that former Governor Blease trails by about 20 000 votes in the race to succeed the late Senator Tillman after a tally of 54 899. Robert A. Cooper of Laurens wins over all rivals for envoy, Nat D. Dial defeating Wease, also from Laurens Herald.
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United Press
Columbia
Cote L. Blease
United States’ Senate
Tillman
Robert A. Cooper
Laurens
Enversor
Nat DB. Dial
Wease
Safe Overseas Arrivals Reported By Families
Letters and cards inform families from Ashwood Knoxville and Santa Fe that sons and relatives serving overseas in World War II have arrived safely. Messages note single arrivals for Dugger, Voss, Duke, Moore, Cecil Scott, Dedman, James West, Evan Allen, Berry Evans, Gipson, Reese Dial, Jasper Sheppard, George Clifton, and Allen Goodwin, with tragic Knoxville incidents including Wardrope and a train accident.
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James L. West
Oscar Dial
318 Field Artillery
Leora Sheppard
Santa Fe
Jasper N
George Clifton
T. J. Cayce
Knoxvili
Martin Cayes
Knoxville
J. C. Goodwin
Charles Warwick
Jose
Sife
Wardrope
Allen Goodwin
Southern Railway
Walter Extes
Isham Gurley
Howard
Louis Moves
Contingent Leaves Saturday for Training at Tennessee
Saturday evening at 6 15 the contingent of 11 selectmen will be entrained to Knoxville for special military and mechanical training at the University of Tennessee. A large contingent of 104 Negroes will entrain Sunday at 5 15 for Camp Sherman Ohio for training.
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Knoxville
University of ‘Tennessee
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Vagrant Arrest in Tuesday Detention
Robert Wade, a colored man, was held on Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff Grifen with City Marshal Peyton on a vagrancy charge. He was also accused by another man of stealing a watch, though that charge was not officially registered.
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Robert Wade
Griffen
Peyton
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Roy Hatton
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