Exemption Boards Named Under Selective Service Act
Gov. Manning announced the exemption boards for South Carolina counties under the selective service act. The list includes board members for Abbeville to York, with physicians on each board and specifying district divisions for Charleston, Columbia, Spartanburg, and others. The dispatch also notes fire prevention duties and a call for paying National Guardsmen at the officers’ training camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Wilson
Gov
Manning
Abbeville
G. A. Neuffer
J. L. Perrin
D. C
C. I. Tolley
B. A. Henry
W. A. Tripp
H. S. Trescott
Frank Lander
B. A. Geer
A. B. Weathersbee
H. M. Babb
Bamberg
H. ©. Folk
A. L. Kirkland
J. J. Cleckley
Barnwell
W. I. Jones
W. H. Duncan
D. K. Briggs
Beaufort
W. J. Thomas
H. Rodgers
M. G. Elliott
Berkeley
W. K. Iishburne
T. W. Williams
R. ¥. Dwight
Calhoun
T. H. Dreher
John C. Muller
J. K. Farrey
Charleston
R. V. Royall
Ss. J. Rumph
KK. H. Barnwell
City of Charleston
Alex Marshall
Theodore D. Jervey
W. Kollock
Samuel G. Stoney
Chester
A. L. Gaston
H. FE. McConnell
Chesterfield
B. W. Duvall
I. P. Mangum
T. &. Wannamaker
Jr. Clarendon
A. C. R Brabham
Dickson
W. M. Brockington
Colleton
J. M. Moorer
D. B. Hudson
Fairfield
T. H. Ketchin
John W. Lyles
Samuel Lindsey
Florence
W. H. Keith
J. O. Finklea
F. P. Covington
Georgetown
W. M. Gaillard
Herbert L. Smith
J. P. Moorer
Greenville
B. F. Neeves
J. H. Cleveland
B. F. Goodlett
EE. M. Blythe
L. O. Patterson
R. C. Bruce
Thomas J. Charles
John D. Harris
H. L. Shaw
Greenwood
Kenneth Baker
W. C. Harrison
George P. Neel
Haimpton
George Warren
Eugene M. Peeples
J. N. Campbell
Harry—J. A. McDermott
Z. G. Smith
Marlboro
T. B. Gibson
Tom C., Hamer
J. F. Kinney
Wewberry
S. J. Derrick
John C. Goggans
J. M. Kibler
Oconee
J. M. Moss
John F. Craig
BE. A. Hines
Orangeburg
Thomas M. Raysor
G. M. Salley
L. GC. Shecut
Pickens
E. P. McCravey
Stewart
J. L. Valley
Richland
Harry G. Kaminer
HH. H. Hinnant
J. W. Wessinger
City of Columbia
R. Moorman
Nelson
J. Heyward Gibbes
Saluda
Jeff D. Griffith
H. L. Scarborough
J. A. Mood
Macbeth Young
R. CG
Need Money to Improve Camp Styx for National Guard
W. W. Moore estimates about 25 000 needed to ready Camp Styx for the First and Second South Carolina regiments. About 4 500 guardsmen would be at war footing. No prior appropriation or federal funds available. Two regiments may come to Styx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Moore
Adjutant General
Camp Styx
National Guard
South Carolina
Styx
Intensive food conservation course at Winthrop summer school
Winthrop College extension division will offer a two week intensive food conservation course to all summer school students under Miss Edith L. Parrott. The project follows a telegram from Mr. Hoover asking for teachers without expense to present the course statewide. President D. B. Johnson agrees to arrange for teachers and to receive the course outline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop College
Edith L. Parrott
D. B. Johnson
Herbert C. Hoover
Johnson
Hoover
Camp Styx Preparations for First and Second Regiments
Adjutant General W. W. Moore travels to Charleston to meet Gen. Leonard Wood on Camp Styx improvements for the First and Second Regiments. The Second will be ordered out July 25 and mustered into federal service. Col. McCully says malaria district guards are to be abandoned and First regiment companies recalled to Columbia in coming weeks. Guarding of only key railway bridges remains at the discretion of Col. McCully as the war department plans to assemble the First Regiment at Styx for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Moore
Charleston
Leonard Wood
Camp Styx
Col. McCully
Columbia
War Department
Styx
Penry
Squier
Europe
Wilson
National Army
Council of National Defense
Council
National Guard
Germany
John D. Archbold
Navy Department
Sims
Trish
Atlantic
France
Monchy-le-Prieux
Vauxaillon
Lnter
Lens
Messines
Lys
Demand for Roughage Tops State Feed Outlook
Thick oats shortages and late spring dampen prospects for reduced horse and cattle feed this summer. Alfalfa remains scarce with only limited quantities available.
Printing Contract Awarded by General Assembly
The joint committee on printing awarded the tax work printing contract to The State Company of Columbia after bids from three firms were submitted. The State Company bid $4,263.80, The R L Bryan Co bid $4,570.20, and Walker Hvana Cognwell Co bid $6,971.30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Committee On Printing of the
General Assembly
Comptroller General
State Company of
Columbia
State Company
R. L. Bryan Co
Walker, Hvana & Cognwell Co
Charleston
News Review Of The Past Week
Edward W. Pickard surveys wartime issues from food and fuel profiteering to the drive for a vast American air force. He notes congressional battles, industry investigations, and labor action while detailing submarine warfare, Russian upheavals, and European crises shaping U.S. war policy.
State War Council Plans County Leadership in Defense Effort
Columbia conference of the state council of defense elected county chairmen and outlined steps to coordinate resources for war. D. R. Coker chaired as national guards and home guards may guard bridges, while labor, transportation, and vacancy enforcement will be overseen to prevent duplication and ensure health and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Defense Board
Columbia
State Council of Defense
State Council
PD. R. Coker
D. R. Coker
Hartsville
W. M. Riggs
W. W. Long
William Eliott
Robert Lathan
John G. Richards
J. W. Wassum
Bright Williamson
Ira B. Dunlap
A. E F. McKissick
Christie Benet
War Department
Ivery
Council of Defense
Clemson Schedules 21st Commencement at Agricultural College
Clemson Agricultural College held its 21st commencement with 110 diplomas awarded. Dr Ira Landrith of Nashville delivered the address urging readiness in all facets of life. Trustee president Alan Johnstone spoke briefly to graduates and parents as the class was dubbed the War class of 1917. Faculty certificates honored two distinguished farmers J C C Brunson Florence and Col R B Watson Ridge Spring. Medals were presented: Trustees medal to J W Watkins Columbia Norris medal to T Bule at Fort Oglethorpe R W Simpson medal to G L Murray Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson College
Clemson Agricultural College
Ira Landrith
Nashville
God
Jesus Christ
Alan Johnstone
J. C. C. Brunson
Florence
Col. R. B. Watson
Ridge Spring
J. &. Watkins
Columbia
Norris
T. 3. Bule
Fort Oglethorpe
R. W. Simpson
G. L. Murray
Aiken
Adams Seeks Chief Game Warden Post in South Carolina
Dr. HB C L Adams of Columbia, president of the South Carolina Audubon Society, submitted his name for appointment as chief game warden. He reported 206 of 218 votes in a society referendum. The Marion tobacco market opened with prospects for good prices. Rock Hill received a tin can shipment priced at 4.75 dollars per hundred, with local wagons distributing them. Fletcher Griffith was arrested in Spartanburg for failing to register for military service. Training Camp members from South Carolina include C Moorman and HorTon of the Press Club at Fort Oglethorpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HB. C. L. Adams
Columbia
South Carolina Audubon Society
Gov. Manning
South Carolina
Dr. Adams
Fletcher Griffith
Spartanburg
W. Moorman
McDavid Horton
Press Club
Fort Oglethorpe
Marion
Rock Hill
Chamber of Commerce
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Boards
F. H. McMaster
Newton D. Baker
Campaign For Saving Food
St. Chamond
Geoffrey Harper Bonnell
Royal British Flying Corps
Cuptain Boelke
America
Alps
Alfonso
Spain
Russia
Edward W. Pickard
Sam
Congress
Administration
Vardaman
Gore
Reed
House
Madden
Cannon
Illinois
Nnugen
Iown
Senate
Sherman
Wilneis
Daniels
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Federal Trade Commission N
Department of Justice
Air Army
Warneton and
Armentieres
Robert Grimm
Grimm
Arthur Nofftain
Federal Council
Geneva
Cgrlmim
Switzerland
Techu Root
Othels
Mrussilov
Robertson
Boris Bakhmetleff
Washington
Petrograd
Congress of
Military Union of Woman Volunteers
Protopopoff
Rennenknopf
Austria-Hungary
Chum- Martinie
China
Pacific
Chicago
Milwaukee
United States
Clemson
Riggs
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