Union County Aids Draft as 2694 Registered in Precincts
More than two thousand register under the selective draft act in Union County with 2002 whites and 692 colored. Exemptions show 1401 with dependents and 517 for dependents among blacks, 173 blacks unaccounted for exemption, and 601 whites not claiming exemptions. Projection estimates about 168 men from the county will be drafted, with precinct figures outlined and notes on later increments and national administration steps.
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Union
N. Monroe
Monroe
Wingate
Sandy Ridge
W. Sandy Ridge
Waxhaw
Marvin
Wilson's Store
Irby's
Armfield’s
Lanes Creek
Marshville
Olive Branch
Goose Creek
Unionville
Indian Trail
Crowder
Washington
War Department
United States
Union County
North Monroe
South Monroe
Wilson's
Armfield
Prohibitive Whiskey Taxadvancing in War Tax Plan
Washington June 4 Prohibition legislation approved by the Senate Finance Committee adds prohibitive taxes on distillation of whiskey and other spirits for beverage use and bans on importation The committee aims to curb liquor consumption during the war and conserve foodstuffs used in distilling illegal spirits The house taxes on beer and wines were left unchanged though not yet finally approved
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Simmons
Buffalo Bill Laid To Rest In Lookout Mountain Vault
Col. William F Cody Buffalo Bill buried with 13 gun salute at Lookout Mountain vault 20 miles from Denver. More than 10 000 mourners attended the simple ceremony led by Mason lodge Knights Templar from North Platte Neb and a bugler played taps as the flag was raised and the Stars and Stripes unfurled.
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Denver
Colo
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Lookout Mountain
Golden Masonic Lodge
Knights Templar
North Platte
Neb
Cody
Colorado National Guard
Neither Church Nor Political Hidebound Partisan
A fragment from Zeb Green in The Home reflects on bias in church and political factions. It notes the difficulty of being a partisan in either arena and recalls heated debates among ministers in former times. Charlie Porter comments on a rural porch encounter about a pitch fork.
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Zeb Green
Pageland Journal
Charlie Porter
Wingate News Roundup and Community Chores
Wingate reports busy late cotton planting and corn, with beans from Glenalpine. Prof Carroll returns from Turkey with plans for Marshville teaching. A cleaning up day is urged, snuff and Coca Cola banned locally, and registration days show sixty six whites and twenty two colored. Community events include church roll call at Meadown Branch and protracted meeting at Austin's Grove.
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Journal
Wingate
Glenalpine
C. C. Lamb
Mrs. Carroll
Turkey
N. C
Prof. Carroll
O. M. Matheson
Georgia
Lawson McWhirter
Mark Tucker
Monroe
Ray Funderburk
Marshville
Meadown Branch
W. H. Redfern
Charlotte Evening News
Austin’s Grove
J. M. Page
Hamlet
John Q. Griffin
Union County
May Griffin
Faulks
South Carolinian Killed By Live Wire At Badin
South Carolinian Burrus Crawley aged 24 or 25, son of James F. Crawley of Ruby, was instantly killed repairing a high live wire at Badin on Friday. A strong current jumped to his arm and body as he was about thirty feet aloft, his ladder catching on the fall. He was buried at Cross Roads church on Sunday.
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Badin
Pageland Journal
Burrus Crawley
Jas. F. Crawley
Ruby
Cross Roads
Mr. Crawley
Pageland Bey Receives License
Mr J Arthur Knight passed the examination before the supreme court last week for the practice of law in South Carolina and is now a real lawyer. He was elected superintendent of education in this county in last fall's election and begins a four year term July 1. He returned to the University at Columbia to finish his law course and graduated recently.
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Pageland
Preparations for Reception of American Troops Across the Water
American troops and wheat supplies travel to France as the Jupiter navy cargo ship arrives off a French port. The Jupiter, an electric driven Mare Island vessel, sails from the United States with 10 300 tons of wheat while American destroyers join British squadrons in convoy duties and shore leave for sailors becomes common.
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Washington
Jupiter
Daniels
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Arrival of American Warships Off French Coast
The Paris ministry of marine announced that American warships have anchored off the French coast. The navy greets them as brothers in arma aiding the struggle against a common enemy under the flag of the United States. Correspondent notes the arrival amid wartime unity.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
Arma
Indians Refuse Draft Registration at Ignatia Reservation
Indians on the reservation near Ignatia Colorado declined to register Tuesday under the elective draft act and spent most of the day performing wat and bear dances. Younger men in native dress reportedly gathered on a hill and obtained liquor. Threats were directed at the settlement and at the Indian agent at the reservation.
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Ignatia
Colo
Registration Returns Not Yet Complete
Washington reports registration returns from Tuesday’s census show limited complete data. Officials say 10,200,000 is unlikely to be matched and exemptions appear high at about half of registrations though many are married or hold official positions. Secretary Baker notes exemptions depend on future regulations and individual merits.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Baker
Goethals Accused of Halting Wooden Ship Building
Washington June 7. Disputes over the emergency fleet corporation program escalate as F A Busis and Fr Huntington Clark accuse Major General George W Goethals of delaying ship production by insisting on a fixed price contract rather than cost plus ten percent. Ten firms offer 456 ships in twelve months or 756 in eighteen months, which Goethals rejects.
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Washington
F. A. Busis
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Huntington Clark
George W. Goethals
Fleet Corporation
Destroyer Rescues Survivors of Sunk Ships Off Ireland
An American destroyer patrolling off Ireland rescued twenty survivors from two ships sunk nearby after a German submarine shelled their life boats. The vessels were the Russian bark Lynton from Pensacola and the Norwegian bark Madrura en route to British ports. The submarine disappeared before a shot could be fired and survivors reached a British port aboard an American liner.
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Atlantic
Ireland
Lynton
Pensacola
Madrura
Mobile
Confederate Uniform Worn by Sen Bankhead in Senate
Senator Bankhead of Alabama appeared in a Confederate private uniform as he urged a unanimous adjournment to Friday to honor the Confederate reunion. Veterans filled the Senate as the chamber paused in response to his gesture.
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U.S. Senate
Washington
Senator Bankhead
Alabama
Senate
Tankhead
Fugitive Arrested While Registering to Vote
A young white man named Buriton Charles, held on a $500 bond, was arrested when he appeared to register in Lexington on June 5. He faced another charge to be held on a $1,000 bond after officers caught him at the voting precinct with leaves thick in the county.
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Lexington
Buryton Charles
Superior Court
Charles
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