New Draft Law Provisions Issued for Registration
The War Department issues guidance to enforce the new draft law. Governors head local registration work with jail and reform facility wardens to obtain instructions from the county or city clerk on a forthcoming presidential proclamation. Sheriffs and city elites will receive complete regulations within five days. Public officers are urged to enlist volunteers as registrars and offer patriotic service.
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Washington
War Department
National Army
Universal Service Law Sets Registration Process Across States
The article describes a universal liability system where citizens enroll for a national service census. It outlines roles for governors, sheriffs, county clerks, and mayors, plus registration boards. absentee and sick registrations. and the process for institutions to obtain registration instructions.
Banks Asked to Co operate in 2 Billion Bond Offering
Secretary McAdoo sent a telegram listing 27 513 national and state banks and trust companies urging them to receive subscriptions for the 2 000 000 000 bond issue and to telegraph rough estimates of bonds for themselves and patrons. Subscriptions pour in from cities and states as banks cooperate with the treasury and Federal reserve banks. The United States pledges 100 000 000 to Italy and funds for France and other nations are being prepared for transfer.
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Washington
McAdoo
Lst
United States
Italy
Count di Cellere
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
France
Jusserand
May Center in Washington forecasts new allied purchasing committee
Sir Tardman Lever, a British war mission financial expert, predicts a central Washington committee to buy all U S supplies for allied governments, replacing J P Morgan & Co. He argues Germany faces near bankruptcy in credit markets after the war, while allies will settle debts through gold, sales of securities, and large loans.
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Washington
United States
Tardman Lever
J.P. Morgan & Co
Germany
Conferees OK Pay for Men In Training Camps
Washington report says army bill conferees approved a $100 monthly pay for men in training camps aiming for officers in the reserve corps. With 40,000 to be enrolled as camps open May 15, the War Department notes room for more qualified recruits across sixteen camps each with 2,500 applicants.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Department
Chicago Mobilizes Small Boats as Submarine Chasers
Chicago under navy orders to mobilize hundreds of small power boats at the Great Lakes training station. Capt. W. A. Moffett commands the effort to convert vessels into submarine chasers and rush them to the seaboard at once.
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Chicago
Navy Department
W. A. Moffett
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Moffett
Seaboard
South Carolina Boys Join Corn Club War Effort
South Carolina corn and pig clubs, 3000 members strong, mobilize youths ages 10 to 18 to boost food production. L L Baker, director from Bishopville, urges enrollment, coopers, and expanded acreage while state builds school facilities and promotes “Feed Yourself” clubs in cotton mill communities. Camp for the First South Carolina infantry shifts to the state fair grounds in Columbia with Col. McCully directing monthly unit inspections.
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South Carolina
L. L. Baker
Bishopville
Baker
Corn Club
George D. Brown, Jr
State
State Department of Education
Mr. Brown
Columbia
First
South Carolina Infantry
State Fair Grounds
Styx
Fair Grounds
McCully
Federal Experts Give Agslarance
Two federal engineers spent a day in the office of the South Carolina highway commission consulting with the state highway engineer Capt. J. Roy Pennell and advising on work organization. J. T. Bullen of Montgomery discussed with Capt. Pennell details of federal aid. A. L. Luedke of Washington assisted with organizational matters from the office of public roads, United States Department of Agriculture.
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South Carolina Highway Commission
J. Roy Pennell
J. T. Bullen
Montgomery
Students back liquor ban telegram to Wilson and SC delegation
A USC student committee sent a telegram to President Wilson and South Carolina lawmakers urging abolition of liquor traffic as a wartime emergency measure. The faculty and student body approved the resolution unanimously. A similar church resolution had earlier been sent to the president, Speaker Clark, and Congressman Lever.
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Wilson
South Carolina
Congress
University of South Carolina
First Baptist Church of Columbia
Clark
Lever
Expert in Chesterfield Food Canning Plan
KE Walker Duvall of Cheraw said Columbia visitors supported a boost in Chesterfield crops and that the civic preparedness campaign was effective. The Cheraw Chamber of Commerce will hire an expert for two months to teach optimal canning and drying methods for fruit and vegetables to address food conservation.
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Chesterfield
Chesterfield County
KE. Walker Duvall
Cheraw
Columbia
Cheraw Chamber of Commerce
New Enterprises Authorized in State
The secretary of state issued commissions for three new concerns. Siffy Vehicle company of Orangeburg with $10,000 capital, petitioners John Vs Sify and H. B. Gardner. Giles Bay Lumber company of Ricks with $225,000 capital, petitioners J. Bb. Justice, W. R. Wicks and GC. V. McCreight. The Pepsi-Cola Bottling company of Darlington received a charter to operate in the state with general business aims.
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Siffy Vehicle Company
Orangeburg
John Vs. Sify
H. B. Gardner
Giles Bay Lumber Company
Ricks
J. Bb. Justice
W. R. Wicks
GC. V. McCreight
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company
Darlington
Greenville to Erect Southern Textile Exposition Building
The Greenville contract for the Southern Textile Exposition building went to Fiske-Carter Construction for 85 000 to 90 000 dollars. Total outlay including land and equipment runs about 136 000 dollars for a three story hall seating 3200, to finish by November 1 if possible.
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Greenville
Fiske-Carter Construction Company
Singer
John McCormick
Enrico Caruso
West Washington Street
Piedmont & Northern Railway
Greenville Textile Exposition, Inc
New Enyland States
Southeast
Gov Manning Urges Supervisors to Plant Food Crops
Gov Manning writes to county supervisors urging suspension of road work for two to three weeks. He asks to deploy convict labor and teams to plant crops on county lands not in cultivation or underproducing, replacing road projects where feasible. The goal is to boost local food production.
Crop progress report from Clarendon county farms
Farmers report good stands in corn and Colton in Clarendon county with most fields worked once. Tobacco is set and promising while oats are expected to be short due to a severe winter freeze. Garden, potato, and cane patches supplement household supplies.
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Clarendon
Colton
Hampton, former South Carolina railroad commissioner, dies
Columbia. George McDuffie Hampton son of the late Gen Wade Hampton and a one term railroad commissioner died at Baptist hospital after a brief illness. He was 68 years old born at the old Hampton home on the Camden road in 1859. He had been ill only a few days.
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Columbia
George McDuffie Hampton
Wade Hampton
South Carolina Railroad Commission
Baptist Hospital
Hampton
Camden Road
South Carolina News Briefs Report Corner Events
At Little River Bridge on the Sea board Air Line railway a small military guard exchange of shots occurred with two or three men on the tracks. No injuries reported. Miss Nellie Bristow of Florence promotes city garden contests engaging local children. Ernest B Dreher reports military training at Columbia High School as satisfactory. A midnight fire at Bishopville destroys a small barn behind the Pioneer hotel. two unnamed African American adults perish in the blaze.
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Little River Bridge
Seaboard Air Line
Abbeville
Nellie Bristow
Civb Improvement League
Florence
Ernest 8. Dreher
Columbia Public Schools
Board of School Commissioners
Pioneer
Bishopville
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