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Pickens Sentinel

Location

Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1917

Page

3

South Carolina Registers War Draft Enrollment by County

Complete registration returns from 45 counties show 127,634 men aged 21 to 30 under the selective draft act with 60,629 whites 66,905 Negroes 447 aliens and 68 alien enemies. Exemptions total 85,486 with 40,655 whites and 44,831 Negroes. The Defense Council organizes with Dawd R. Coker as chairman to coordinate war footing efforts across counties and towns. Governor Manning attends the first meeting and goals include mobilizing committees for county and township work. Winthrop College seeks funds for a YWCA building and aims to raise 350,000 from Rockefeller Foundation and local sources. 8,000 has already been secured.

Olumbia Manning Crowder Washington South Carolina Defense Council State Defense Council Columbia Dawd R. Coker Hartsville David R. Coker National Council of Defuse South Carolina Council National Council D. B E. Coker W. M. Riggs Clemson College Misa N. McClintock Newberry J. E. Sirrine Greenville Ei. M. Blythe Wiliam Eliott Robert Lathan Charleston A. F. McKissick J. E. White Anderson Bright Williamson Darington J. Ross Hanrahan William Godfrey Cheraw Robert G. Hall Abbeville Coker State Council Rockefeller Foundation Winthrop Ci .Sman Rebecca Jones Aiken Minnie Surasky Frances Major Mabel Reid Bamberg Nell Black Barnwell Valeria Trotti Beaufort Mary Keyserling Berkeley Frances Watson Clarendon Jeanette Plowden Chester Helen Sandifer Calhoun Sallie Huffman Chesterfield Gertrude Hartzell Colleton Jessie Cannon Kathleen Farley Annie Jenkins Cherokee Inez Cash Darlington Josephine Ellerbe Dillon Thelma Bethea Dorchester Lilcia Miller Edgefield Sallie de Laughter Fairfield Nancy Wyllie Florence Edna Moore Georgetown Alice Ward Louise Pope Greenwood Suzette Cooper Hampton Pearl Gray Harry Xepha Alford Jasper Amarion Benton Kershaw Rebekah Richards Laraster Pauline Marion Laurens Mary 10 Sullivan Lee Hizbeth Brearly Lexington Florence Lytes Marion Ethel Mace Marlboro Ruth Hodges McCormick Frances Britt Ruby Wheeler Oconee Swanee Daly Orangeburg Winnie Edwards Piekend Mary Wyatt Richland Kate Cathcart Saluda Lelia Mae Sawyer Spartanburg Leila Prince Sumter Rosa Lee Brown Union Margaret Jeter Williamsburg Lucille Cooper York Margaret Marshall

State board bulletin details jail and almshouse conditions

The quarterly bulletin surveys 22 county jails 44 county chain gangs and 18 counties in almshouses. It asks if confinement worsens inmates physically or morally and whether chain gang work is reformative and sanitary conditions prevent disease. It notes many jails lack new facilities fire safety baths and clean bedding. Vaccination is urged where not provided.

State Board of Charities and Corrections

National Guard Withdrawals From Railway Bridges Begin

Maj. C E Kilbourne states the War Department policy calls for withdrawal of National Guard units from guarding railway bridges. provision for guarding the more important bridges will be made. It is probable units on duty at bridges will be recalled to home stations at the earliest date.

National Guard Bridge War Department Maj. C. BE. Kilbourne Edward W. Pickard America Census Bureau Pershing England General Pershing Jupiter Rilo de Juaneiro Brazil South Atlantic France Siivershell Eneoy Mediterranean

University Plant Offered to Gen Wood for Soldier Stay

President Carroll of the University of South Carolina offers the university plant to Gen. Leon ard Wood to aid soldiers between summer school end July 19 and fall term start September 19. Wood responds with gracious acknowledgment in a letter to President Currell.

University Department of the Southeast Columbia Carroll University of South Carolina

British Offense in Belgium Drives German Front

The week closes with a British assault on Messines ridge near Ypres, capturing Messines Wytschaete and Oosttaverne after a three day bombardment. Allied forces push forward while German counterattacks are repulsed and German fears grow over Lille. News also notes Pershing’s arrival in England and U S war aid, plus Russia’s chaotic scene under the provisional government and Japan warning Russia over peace terms.

Belgium Messines Ridge Japan Russia Germany Messines Wytschaete Ypres Flanders Ostend Zeebrugge Bruges Medway London Aisne Champagne Poflus Trieste Jaminna Rome Italy Albania Root Commission Kronstadt Stand Petrograd Wilson France Chamber of Deputies Alsace-Lorraine England United States Austria Poland Lithuania Finland Rrussia Manchuria Outer Mongolia Brusiiloy Gurko Austria-Hungary Scheldemann Turkey Bulgaria China Occidentals Spain Alfonso Palestine Northcliffe America Lord Northclife British War Commission Arthur J. Balfour Lloyd George Great Britain Cgernan Mons

Gen Wood urges Southern women to back war effort in Columbia

In Columbia Gen. Leonard Wood appeals to women to support all efforts for a clean, healthy soldier environment and broad mobilization. He forecasts a long conflict, praises the South, and thanks allies France England and Italy while calling for arms organization and leadership. A grand parade precedes his address with officials and citizens in attendance.

Columbia Gen. Wood Department of the Southeast Snodgrass Doolittle Baker China United States France England Italy Wood Cassoore Gov. Manning Griffith Manning Citizens’ Committee First South Carolina Infantry First South Carolina, Infantry Shriners Red Cross Equal Suffrage League National League For Woman's Service Odd Kellows Young Women Chrisbah Jaws Chilatian Elation Daughters of the Af Revolution United The Confederacy, Rescue and Hiltson Capers Chi

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