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Columbia, S. C May 23J Teh rail-
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YESTERDAY'S-RESULTS.
American League.
hPiladelphia 1, Detroit 3. " v .
Washington 2, St. Louis 4.
Boston-Cleveland, cold.
New York 1, Chicago 0.
.I-'.- National League.
Chicago 2, Brooklyn 1.
St. Louis-New York, rain.
Cincinnati 2, Boston 3. :
Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 5.
road men, four wheelwrights, three
veterinarians, twenty bricklayers and
ten carpenters arer to be sent by the
local exemption boards of South Car
olina to various camps about the first
cf June, according to notification sent
out Tuesday by Capt. R; E. Carwile,
officer in charge of the selective serv
ice regulations. The first three clas
sifications are for white men, the la3t
two for colored.
Under call 504 for railroad brake
men, flagmen and conductors, to go
to Camp Meade, Md., Florence is to
furnish one, Greenwood one, Lexing
ton one, Oconee three and Columbia
three
Under call 538 for, veterinarians,
for Camp Lee, Charleston, No. 2 is to
furnish one, Clarendon one ana ADpe
ville one.
Under call 543, for wheelwrights, to
go to Camp Johnston, Jacksonville,
Charleston, No. 2, is to furnish one,
Dillon one and Columbia two.
Under call 535, for bricklayers, col
ored men only, to be sent to Fort
Wayne, Mich., Barnwell is to furnish
two, Charleston, No. 1, three; Charles
ton, No. 2, one; Dillon one, Dorches
ter two, Greenwood two, Newberry
four, Orangeburg, No. 1, four, and
Richland county one.
Under call 536 for bricklayers and
helpers, colored men only, to be sent
to Fort Wayne, Mich., Anderson, No.
1, is to furnish two; Colleton four,
Florence two, Richland county one
and Williamsburg one.
Another bridge over the Savannah
river between South Carolina and
Georgia is forecast in- the issuance of
a commission by W. Banks Dove, sec
retary of state, Tuesday, ' to the
Georgia-Carolina Bridge company, of
Garnett. ".,'
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capital stock of $100,000. The peti- Boston
. Southern Association.
Chattanooga 5, Birmingham 3.,
Little Rock-New Orleans, post
poned ; team failed to arrive.
Memphis 1, Mobile 4. '
Atlanta 5, Nashville 10.
Oil CO
STOVES
American Association.
At Minneapolis 9, Toledo 2.
St. Paul 1, Columbus 2 (12 innings).
Kansas City-Indianapolisj rain.
Milwaukee 0, Louisville 1.
International League.
Toronto 3jBaltimore 1 (first game).
. Toronto Baltimore ,1 (second
game).
Syracuse 11, Jersey City 2.
Rochester-Newark,1 wet grounds.
Binghamton 6, Buffalo 4.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY
National League.
Brooklyn, at Chicago, clear.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, cloudy.
Boston at Cincinnati, clear.
New York at St Louis, cloudy. '
American League.
Chicago at New York, cloudy.
Detroit at Philadelphia, clear.
St. Louis at Washington, cloudy.
Cleveland at Boston, cloudy.
Southern Association
At Chattanooga at Atlanta.
Nashville at Birmingham.
New Orleans at Little Rock.
Mobile at Memphis.
All clear.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American League
Won. Lost,
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and John S. Baxter of liarneu. ine v. 'r w
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ington county, lor tne recovery 01 r;".:
damages for injuries sustained when Uncinnatl
a house in whicn tney were uvins "7"?" '
was blown down by a storm in March, PhUadphia
1916, through a decision of the South Brooklyn ..
Carolina court, filed Tuesday. An in- gostwt ......
terestine legal, point is made by the iouis ..
supreme court in its decision revers- .
ing Te decision of the circuit court , Black walnut is considered the very
in this case The opinion is written best kind of wood for aeroplane pro-
hv Assodate Justice T. B. . Fraser. P?ller blades, for, besides being im-
1?gZA nion: Jsely tough it does not splinter
Eleven members of tnis year's graa- "J a "j. m ma
natine class at The Citadel, Cnaries- manugany, wxute oas, asn1
ton, and 26 members of tne graauai- i"av viucujr.
ing class at Clemson college, are re
ported as having shown special apti
tude for military service and are rec
ommended for commissions as lieu
tenants in the army. I
Assurance is Kiven the people of
South Carolina by the conservation
and production division of the food
administration that not only will there
be tin cans in sufficient quantity for
canninz during the forthcoming sea
son, but that an ample supply of glass
jars will also be available. It- is also
assured that water glass may De se
cured by all who desire to put up
eggs for winter use.
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Wallace, May 23. Patriotic Wallace
went "over the top" at the opening
of the war fund campaign for the Red
Cross Tuesday night. Rev. V. P. Sco
vill, of Wilmington, was the inspira
tion of the occasion, in an address
never, excelled In Wallace. : The- meetPFho
ing was held in the Presbyterian
church, Hon. George R. Ward intro
ducing the speaker of the evening. A.
L. McGowen, chairman of , this cam
paign called for the contributions,
which amounted to considerably over
the assessment for Wallace, which is
$400. The negroes, who filled the
gallery, had a part in making up this
budget.
The funeral services of the late D.
H. Wallace, Duplin county's clerk , of
the court, were held at the home of
his daughter here, Mrs. A. L. Mc
Gowen. Mr. Wallace, who had been
in failing health for the past few
months, died at his home in Kenan3
ville Saturday, the remains being
brought to Wallace Sunday afternoon.
services at the' house were sim
ple and impressive.;. At the grave the
remains were taken charge of by the
Masons.
g Those from a distance here to at-
tenri th funeral werft? Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Ellsworth, of Washington, N.
C; Mrs. McCoy Southerland and Mr.
Wallace, of Wilmington; Goodwin
Ellsworth, Washington, D. C; Judge
Oliver Allen, Kinston; Mrs. Joe Snell
ings, Portsmouth; Dr. B. R. Graham,
Wilmington, and a host of friends
from Kenansville and Warsaw.
The collection of treasures at Marl
borough - House, in the way of gold
and silver and works of art, is one
of the most valuable in the world. Ad
every article at Marlborough Hertise
is the personal possession of Queen
Alexandra,' with the exception of the
famous Gobelin tapestries, which be
long to the nation. 4
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Number of South Carolina
Lads Named in Army
; " ' , Casualty List
Washington, May 23. The army !
v-abuauy list today . contained 86
names, divided as ollows:
Killed in action ............ ,.14
uied of wounds ........ . 12
uiea of disease .. , . . , ;n
wounded severely .. .. .. .. .. -..39
"Wounded slightly . . 9
Missing in action . . 'i
Died of wounds: Sergeant Walter L.
rown, yzi uelive St., El Paso Texas.
'Died of disease: Privates James
Cotheran, R. F. D. No. 1, Bradley,
v,.; jonn W. Jones, R. F. D. No.
o. vox 56, Spartanburg, S. C: Walter
unter, Laurens. S. C.
Severelv wnnndofl' Ssrini wfi.
Ham O. Williamson, Blanchard, Caddo I
uniy, La.; Privates Mack Anderson,
""nan, S. C; Ross 5i. Brown, Look
eba, Okla.; Dolphus C. Cooper, Jack-
uaviue, M. c.
Officers included r
. Lieutenants James Palache, Farm-
g'on, conn., died of wounds.
Louis, Mo., and Hugh L. Sutherland,
wuQii, miss., severely wounded.
The happiest day in the year to the
"apaneSG hav fnlla In Mav fin a
chosen day of this month they all
celebrate their birthdays, whether
l&ey happened to be born in May or
not. Everv
clothes and all, rich and poor alike,
'ear dark blue socks. Their homes
are gayly decorated with leaves and
Paper lanterns and th dav ia snent
in feasting, in merrymaking and in the
-i-tiua. oi me latest toys.
A llPPTiao
llonal service is now required before
ucw reran business or any nature
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