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VOL. 13, NO. 1, SEM I-W
* SECOND DRAFT CALL ICOl
TO COME IN DECEMBER
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DATE IS NOT YET DEFI- C01V
NITELY SETTLED. I
War Department Now Discuss- Tote
ing Deficiency in Seven- C<
teenth Armv Division.
Washington, Oct. 15.?Discussion; Co
of the advisability of expediting the of tl
call for the second increment of the terds
draft army now is in progress at the hund
war department and it appears like- cond
ly that the date may be fixed for conn
some time in December or January, mom
Mobilization of the first increment the
of 687,000 men is now far enough this
advanced to show clearly that there numi
will be a big deficiency for the Sev- by t
enteenth national army division, mitt<
More than 250.000 of the fiVst in- no n
croment are still to be assembled, tliat
but it already is evident that there end
will be available at the sixteen can- Tl
tonments quarters for an additional was
regiment at each post and at some jng
of a full brigade of two regiments, worl
The strength of the new regi_ tion
mental organization is 3,600 men. W. 1
With a regiment lacking at each eastf
cantonment this alone would mean j and
a shortage of nearly 50.000 men. In tary.
addiiton there has been authorized appo
a separate division of negro troops, Oi
which means nearly 30,000 men castf
withdrawn from the original nvint W. '
ber assigned to the sixteen canton- Oi
ments. in tc
The shortage is due .partially to spoo
the necessity of taking out of r.a- F<
tional army men to fill up National Mun
^ Guard divisions. Grac
Two complete national army divl- Pi
sions or sournern iroopa nave neen tore
absorbed in this way. The rem- \V
nants of three <-?ther Southern na- Sprii
tional army divisions will be eon- mitt
solidated to form a single division Spri:
unit and the surplus men from other C<
ramps will be sent South to make up bant
the missing divisions. Hani
Drafts on the national army Crox
forces also must be made to fill up Hani
the enlisted personnel of the avla- Hani
tion service, the medical corps and C<
the service battalions needed behind zatic
the fighting lines abroad. Eevent- J. I
ually there will he 250,000 men in Rev.
the last named service alone and T1
aviation and the medical service he a
will take nearly 41s many more, of I
though not all of them will be taken Mr.
from the national army. cula
Operating to delay the calling the
out of the second increment to make this
good these shortages are several righ
factors. Clothing and equipment is dom
eomftg forward only at a rate that B
can meet the demands of the forces Mr.
already called and the railways of up t
the country have heen overburdened sold
with the Job of moving the army | selll
without hindering freight shipments
vital" to the allies.
Fixing the date of the call for the
second increment probably hinges Qu<s
also upon the careful study being
made by Provost Marshal Gen. ^
Crowder and his assistants of the Marl
results of the plan followed in as- Asso
semhllng the men called first. than
A me
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I?IFI> OF BI/OOD POISONING occai
Stari
York County Citizen Was Injured by '<p<'
I hosp
Cotton Gin. ! ..
| HOll.
! Qi
York, Oct. 15.?Thomas M. Hope, the
aged forty-two years of Sharon, R. sion.
P. D.. died in the Pennell Infirmary. W. A
Rock Hill Friday night as the result their
of blood poisoning following a gin- need
nlng accident October 6. Mr. Hope'oonfi
was in charge of the ginnery of tlnut
John L. Rainey and in attempting; sipta
to apply dressing to a belt wheel his|roun
sleeve or hand was caught by th'- \ wintt
belt and he was pulled between the
wheel and the gin frame, his arm fj
being wedged in a space one and a yj
half Inches 'wide. Twenty minutes ; (ionH
were required to release the injured r^Ibei
man. Medical aid wan given an Ha<.r|
quickly as possible. Several days la- 015^,
A ter blood poisoning set In and he Marj
was removed to the hospital and ev-1
ery effort made to save his life, but
the disease had progressed too far. Wai
The funeral took place at Wood- er th
lomn ohitroK Qolnr/^ait a * V? a {?* ? ? a - ?. ?
>t u tiiuivu i '?* v vi i j aim nir unci - 1171II |J
ment was In Woodlawn cemetery, cast
Mr. Hope is survived by his wife and Kast
one child, also by five brothers. jare |
Liberty Bond Ai
!e Lai
KEKLY. LA>
.. springs takes \alsj
siuo of eondsi f
IMITTEE STARTED BALL jj ,
IOLLING YESTERDAY. ?
tl Allotment for Lancaster
)unty is $232,080 in Next
London,
Nine Days. 0eorse ??
defiant sta
>1. Leroy Springs, at a meeting Foreign Mi
le Liberty Uoad committee yes-' Lorraine,
ly afternoon, subscribed to one saj(j ^
red thousand dollars of bonds. L0 (jUei
itioned upon the success of the WOuld cede
nitjtee, of which he is himself a 1 an(j (j,at a
her, succeeding in disposing of i "j Jq no
allotment of $222,080. \\ ith 1 minister, s
starter, together with a goodly tt,e 0f tjie
ber of small bonds already sold "that any
he banks of the city, the com-, jated to pi
?e, while realizing that it is by I man Forei
leans an easy task, feel certain | n)ann>g ,je,
the goal will be reached by the I W||j not gt
of the campaign. October 28. sace-Lorrai
je meeting yesterday afternoon "Unwove
held for the purpose of appoint- England in
sub-committees to carry on the untu she
[ of selling Lancaster's proper- ,.r,,ss<.(| ,h
of the bond issue. Mr. George i yoke."
Williams, chairman of the Lan- This is I
>r County committee presided,! nu,nt on
George II. Craven acted as secre-! jJ|K tjic
Committees as follows were 1)p made
inted: | ficial in tli
i work within the town of Lan.
Holers u
t. C. 1). Jones, Leroy Springs,
r. Gregory.
"i work with the farmers when j "Great
jwn, R. E. Wylie, J. II. Wither-1 niann had
n. T .M. Hughes, J. S. Wilson. I according
jr county work. Rev. H. R. j pledged hr
[ hison, John M. Madra, 11. W. NVill contin
>ber. quest of jblicity,
George fi. Craven, W. T. litically an
oran, J. H. Hamel. as '* ranee
'omen's committee, Mrs. Leroy program r<
ngs. (Members of this com- inces.
ee to be appointed by Mrs. Lloyd G
r.gs.) I to the effc
)niniitteo to work through the Br. Kuehli
cs. W. II. Millen, of the Farmers There it
k an<l Trust Company; E. M. diplomatic
:ton, of the First National I German Fi
k; George W. Williams, of the failed, in
k of Lancaster. a controvt
immittee on ministerial organi- allies. It
>n. Rev. H. R. Murchison, Dr. careful to
I. Thayer. Rev. R. W. Kellar., France de:
W. R. Patterson.^^ ! program."
ie ministers of tlm county will open to E
tsked to speak from the pulpits! the same <
liberty Bonds on next Sunday. 1 British Pi
Murchison is preparing n cir-Jthe second
r letter to all the ministers of j tence, and
county asking them to render first,
service in the prosecution of a ! "Kueh'ti
teous war and a war for free-j "tried to '
England,
esides the hl^t subscription of slammed t
Springs, several bonds ranging told him 1
0 a thousand dollars, have been talk peace
locallv. but the real battle for 1 price of f
i
ng has just begun. | Alsace-Lor
1 This cle
ni.WKS I'XITEB STATES. I from the
Michnelis
Pii of Hmnania Appreciates
Work of Red Crow. Amsterd
issy, Rumania, Oct. 15.?Queen XTf*-lg?a 1 i
la. of Rumania, has asked the j cej]or Up'0
ciated Press to convey herjmonti;8 af
ks to the United States puilt arder
ricnn Red Cross aid and pledged foriIls nnd
lanla to fight to the end. The
slon was the raising of the
1 and Stripes of the American BEAT
Cross flag over the first relief
ital established on Rumanian i Prominent
A
leon Maria told the members of
American Red Cross commiswhich
is headed bv Col. Henrv Kershaw
inderson, of Richmond, Va., that'of this citj
ready grasp of Rumania's J jnent citize
a had Riven her great hope and I r, .. .
. . Carolina d
dence that America would con-1
i to render Rumania all the as_,Jo?lns ,Iop
nee possible to enable this<more- agec1
try to meet the sufferings 01 a' was helc
sr. 1 sonic hono
Mr. Cars
luy Bonds Fven at Sacrifice. i 1889 as a (
ashlhgton. Oct. 15.?Subscrip- amassed a
should be made to the second rotary of t
rty Loan even though personal director of
flees are Involved. Cardinal j president c
ons declared In a letter to the pany. the
'land Liberty Loan committee. Loan Assoc
' Kstate Cor
Weather for the Week. and a men
nhinsrton Oet 15. Fair weafh- ! Co ,-arxr, jr. f
i? greater part of the week with waa publiceraturea
above normal la fore- member of
for the South Atlantic and Mr. Carson
Gulf States. Occasional rains and four c
jrobable the end of the week. John P. Ca
id Draw Interest
MCAST
ICASTKK, S. P.. TUESDAY, (
[CE-LORRAINE MUS
\EGAINED, PREMIER
C n -M I
jct/fgc uuys KJitUl DTliain V
France Until She Recovers
Lost Provinces
Oct. 15.?Premier Lloyd tually alone, facl
ide prompt reply to the sti,K resolved to
.. ~ I In his regime
tement ot the German ,
; built a birdge
mister regarding Alsace- j twepn thp majoi
Dr. von Kuehlmann had cialists. Four
here was but one answer ' already have cros
stion whether Germany I joined the radici
i the provinces to France, (list block comp
nswer was "no."' now looms large
t think," said the British Two things, it
peaking before a commit- night's Berlin ad
Insurance Association, Michaelis to th<
statement is more calcu- death, namely:
olong the war than Ger- 1. His vacilli
ign Minister von Kuehl- ward the nations
daration that Germany cut statement o
ant the concession of Al- terms,
ne to France. 2. His attack
ir long the war may last, the radical Soc
itends to stand by France leaders of which
has redeemed her op- of having aided
ildren from their foreign inspired, the mu
l?...
u" v*^i ">??i ii 11ci * ;
the first unqualified state- Incidentally, a
Britain's position regard- est Reichstag d<
sace_Lorraine question to gave an approx
y a responsible British of- long ago these o
le war. It was brought
> Britain's Pledge to that the court n
France. haven, at which
Britain." Dr. von Kuehl- mors wero Pom1'
said, in the Reichstag. ,he ?,hcrs sen,e
to our information, "has u'nns> was
'rself to France, ttyut she In ,ho contrc
ue the fight for the con- anpf'>,or aa?> '
Alsace-Lorraine, both po- ( ap,'"?- on
d with her armies so long 'a("ca's on
desires to adhere to the proved to havo
egarding those provinces." l'ant*- Accused
inspiring treasor
eorge's words were much 'r ,,<0Usp's w
ct of, "Your information, you ^ad
uann, is quite correct." l>ro?fs you say yi
. ? not have us arte
i rt m i iiiiu Mi>im iuil III | _A A
, .. , after August 3i
quarters here that the . ,
0 . ... i , i martial took pla
sreign Secretary tried, but i
a shrewd stroke to raltel Explanatioi
>rsy between the entente! No explunutio
is pointed out that he was; Here it is heliei
stipulate, "so long as! is: "Reeause w
sires to adhere to the ! make a sensatic
thus leaving tlie door the outside worl
ngland to say "yes" with | During the d<
Tualiflcation. Instead, the, the Chancellor'
eniier absolutely ignored , charges, it soon
part of the doctor's sen-' radicals in this
replied flatfootedly to the sympathy of the
j stag members.
lann," said a diplomat, of the other hig
pass the buck' to France, ed the governmc
through Lloyd George. having the fact?
he door in his face, and it did not put t
ic need not come hack to to the Reichstag
until he agreed to pay the alleged conspfra
idmlBslon, which includes colleagues.
raine." "No Reichstai
arly defines the situation jsche Zeitung. "v
Rritish viewpoint. lo refuse consen
, Alone. Faces Hostile Un,esg thp ph
Reichstag. these questions
am. Oct. 15.? Dr. c.eorge of the vast majc
imperial German Clian- will stand moral
m whom less than six ing played a
?o the entire Fatherland political trick at
ii iiopcs o i i^ucrnn/'iu^ i t*- rr.n lcuis, inou^n
peace, stands today vir- in their favor.
H OK .1. M. CARSOX MISS I,A I'll A
> , ? First (liinosc It
Kershaw < It l/en Passes
C <
way in lialtintore.
Aiken, Oct. ]
. Oct. 15.?J. M. Carson. frQm Mr an(, ^
f, one of the most prom- announcing the I
ns of this section of South The child Is the
led. Thursday night at race to be born 1
kins Hospital, in Haiti- ?",e on? haa bp
Woo. Mr. Hong
I for y-nlne. he unci American citizen
I here Saturday with Ma- ^ Prw,5jrterlan
rS- is not a membei
on came to Kershaw, in Aiken as yet.
1-lerk. since which time he Wednesday
fortune. He was sec- Woo a nonR
he Kershaw Cotton Mills, ianndry establii
the Hank of Kershaw, Rp >ak!, excellent
>f the J. M. Carson ( om- jR a native of C
Kershaw Huilding and the very few Chi
'lation, the Kershaw Real state.
npany, all of this town,
iber of the firm of Ashe, Kxtrndit
Jo., of Andalusia. Ala. He Rome, Tuesda;
-spirited and an active long consideratio
the Presbyterian church, ernment has de
Ia otirvlvo/1 hv o urlrlAtr *? * ""
.. " me extradition o
hlldren, and one brother. who killed Rut
kraon, of Andalusia, Ala. York.
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Or Pay The A
er N:
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XT. 16, 1917.
TEE Mm
STATES RACE FC
Vill Stand ByluEVTGOV
J TO E
Her
Says He's Both
Volunteer i
Ing a hostile Reichtopple
him. Expect
he was unwittingly 1
of conciliation be_ ]
itv and radical So- j Columbia, Oct.
majority members j a conscript and vi
jsed that bridge ano i for governor in
lis. A solid Socia-; tc win." is the c
osing both wings ing way in whi
thea, Lieutenan
developed from to-'nounced his inte
vices, have brought! race for Goveno
? verge of official1 Rethea stated t
ment is made a
iting attitude to- spouse to insis
1 clamor for a clear friends in all pat
f German's pear- "There is anipl
ued, "in which t<
in the Reichstag ot publish platform;
ialist wing, three people know my ]
i he openly accused questions of the
and abetted if not'dodged an issue
tinous outbreaks in \ stand now. af
V- clean, orderly.
iccounts of the lat- ment within the
ebate received here just government
imate idea of how for poor and ricl
utbreaks took place. |so> as I believe
out at the session citizenship of Sot
lartial at Wllhelnis- for loyal and ur
three of the muti- 0f the President
gmned to death and government in t
need to long prison Mr. Hethea's a
on August 30. fourth made for
iversy between the least another
Marine Minister von Hubert A. C'oopei
one hand, and the known some tint
other, the* latter aspirant for gt
decidedly the upper Thomas II. Peep]
of committing and torney general.
1 they shouted to the race, accordi
ords to this efTect: and William A. 1
the knowledge and announcement an
r>u had, why did yon the governorshij
sted and tried on ot else was in the i
0, when the court- Mr. Cooper at
ice?" been identified
a Is Forthcoming, the anti-Hlease f;
n was forthcoming. two candidate* h
,ed that the answer ?? Xewberry
e did not want to Thoro has be<
< * ?,i i?. fial talk in polit
>n out of it and let
. , ,, so-called reforn
d know.
bates that followed ,,on- at a conU
s and Capelle's hPre. will nonii
developed, that the I*i?imrds, of I.il
rase command the ?' *',p railroad
great bulk of Reich-j cnn(,,datp for P(
Spokesmen of some np"',er Major I
parties frankly ask- Governor Illease
nt why it was. that. mor*
i it asserted it had J
he whole matter up MltS. \V. 11.
, and have the three j
.tors tried by their ^jrs yy n
most dearly lo1
says the Koeln- community, pass
rould have been able o'clock on Octol
in this county,
ancellor can answer only about ten i
to the satisfaction Refore her nis
irlty of members, he Mary fames, be
ly convicted of hav- Mr. and Mrs. J
highly questionable She was a de\
the expense of the Cnion Baptist
it actually worked the presidt
Mission Union fo
I <nn more than 1
?????sionary work;
<. WOO KNThHS | munity will mist
work very much
ahy Horn In Aiken: of thp Younp Q
mnty. ; (lay sc|,ooi class
j Mrs. Shute wt
15.?Cards are outjac<*. She is su
Irs. Woo. S. Hong. ,hand. Mr. W. H.
t?irth of a baby girl.jdren. Messrs. \V
first of the Chinese Oscar Shute; Mr
n Aiken county. The Addie Stogner ar
en named Laura C. all ?f this cornr
is a naturalized W. Shute. who
and a member of camp at Jackson
church, though he six erandchildrer
IIIU v V1IUIUU 111 ??? ? ,n V"% w (1 III
The little girl was Pania Stogner. a
'three brothers, M
Is connected with a J- A. Small,
ihment here and Thomas and Ravi
Wnglish. His wife county, except R
hlna and Is one of Willpolnt. Tex.
Inese women In the Funeral servli
by her pastor, R
- ! burk, October 7t
Ion Denied.
y, Oct. 15.?After Fort Mill
m, the Italian gov- Dennis K. Hal
cWled not to grant been appointed b
f Alfredo Oocchl, be magistrate for
h Cruger In New rhlp of Lancaster
McGinnis. resign
mount In Taxes-Which?
EWS
$2.00 A YEAR
DATES IN RESPONSE TO LOAN
IR GOVERNOR MOST DISAPPOINTING
I
BETHEA LAST TARDINESS CAUSES CONNTER.
CERN TO OFFICIALS.
a Conscript and Campaign is Half Over and Not
*nd That He More Than $600,000,000 Subs
to Win. scribed. Says Report.
15. "i am both Washington. Oct. 1."?Tho wit
olunteer in the race' n?ss of tlie country in responding to
1918, and I expect second liberty loan is causing
(mphatic and strik- deep concern to officials here. I'resich
Andrew J. He-jt't',,f Wilson and his cabinet are
t Governor, an-; WRtching the campaign with great
ntion to enter the interest.
ir next year. Mr. With half of the campaign gone,
hat his announce- treasury officials estimated that not
t this time in re_ more than $600,000,000 had been
tent demands of subscribed, and they considered this
rts of the State. estimat liberal. It lias become aple
time," he contin- j parent to officials that a new and tre)
discuss issues and ' mendous impetus must be given to
s, and besides, the the campaign if the subscription is
position on the vital to approximate the *5,000.000,000
day. I have never (hoped for.
or shirked a duty.] The whole weight of the adminisi
heretofore, for a,tr!,tion is to be thrown into the balprogresslve
govern-jance for the rest of the campaign
State a fair and and a drive of dimensions unapto
be administered proached heretofore is to be made
i alike. I stand al- during the two weeks that remain
99 per cent of the1 before the closing of the subseriplth
Carolina stands, t'on books.
iquestioned support A new factor calculated to liearand
the national h?s' n<" workers and to galhe
present crisis. ivanize the country into a r? alization
nnouncement i. the that the m^st strenuous efforts must
governor, with at ,,e made if the big drive is to he
in contemplation, j consummated successfully will be in.r,
of Laurens, made troduced in the campaign probably
e ago that he is an v-ithin twenty-four hours,
ibnatorial honors; Notwithstanding the Splendid re100
of nnnnu-All .? Oimtlnno oionM A J * ?
IVO, UI IKU II v? ill, ill- ' * 1,IIVIIK, orriruu .V All'/lllUU 111
is unequivocally in the West, the efforts of thousands of
ng to his statement, workers and the most highly organStuckey,
in a recent land publicitj campaign ever known
id he would try for in 'he country, the daily average
>. despite whoever! subscriptions have fallen far below
aoe. what officials had hoped for. The
id Mr. Flethea have! time has come, officials feel, when
continuously with the people of the country must be
action and the other made to realize in a manner that
ave been supporters leaves no room for doubt that they
partisan leader. must subscribe without more delay
sn a deal of unoffi- to the full limit of their means.
ical circles that the The treasury department's state.
u" or Hlease far- ment shows that ?4.400.000.000
inplated convention must he raised within the next
inate Maj. John G. twelve working days if the amount
icrty Hill, chairman desired is obtained. This would
commission, as its call for an average of$3f>7."00,"0C
ivernor. However, a day, and an average of $200,000,tichards
nor former "00 a day if only the minimum of
will verify this ru- $3,000,000,000 is subscribed.
I The department pointed out that
since the latest compilation of offlSHI'TK
l)K\l> flal figures last night "a holiday
_ and a half-holiday have intervened,"
ou , so it is doubtful if the total official
Shute, one of the . ,
returns have been increased great'v
fed women of this
1 nofflcial estimates of subscripted
away at 4:30 f 1
,er 6th. at he, home;'",m "* ,h"
She had hea? "< ? .<">0.000
subscribed. These banks and the
months. estimated amounts of the;r subi
triage she was Mtss RrriptJons were: New York. $325.inc
the daughter ot <.nn,0OO; Cleveland. $65,000,000;
oshua Carnes. Hoston. $59,102,000; Chicago, $44-oted
member of the ?0- 4ft0 an(, Ran Francisco< $30.
church. She had 19(5 950.
>nt of the Women's
?
r years, loving noth- .... ..... ...
. . , . < \KOI.INI \\ IN TKCU'lll/K.
ier church and mistherefore
the com.
? her and her great New Orleans, Oct. 15.?William
1. She was teacher f Henderson, who gave his address
iris" Advanced Sun-1 as Spartanburg. S. ('., was arrested
'here early today, indicted by the fedts
fifty-five years ofcal grand jury a few nours later,
rvlved by her hus- charged with impersonating a bnltShute,
and six chil-jed States army officer and passing a
rlllls. Geo. W. and | worthless check for $100 on a local
s. Coy Adams, Mrs. hotel, shortly after noon pleaded
id Miss Janie Shute, guilty in federal court to the charges
nunlty, except Gee. | and was sentenced by Judge Foster
is tn the training ton one year and a day in the fedMiss.,
She leaves eral penitentiary at Atlanta. HenI.
Ira. Klhn PfliWUc demon woo ?lti? *l- - ?"
. . . .. mi- iiiiimhiii oi h
s. Edna Shute and colonel, posed as "Col. Lewis B.
lso two sisters and Walker, of the 211th infantry."
rs. Sim Plyler, Mrs. : Federal agents, who made the arMessrs,
Fletcher rest, said the prisoner also was acnond
Fames of this1 cused of cashing checks in Boston,
aymond, who is in | New York, Syracuse and Atlanta.
-
res was conducted One lleefless Day.
ev. Frank Sunder- New Orleans. Oct. 15.?Proprieh
at 11 nVl/ioi/ I ....
? .. ??.... , jors or mirteen hotels ami restau
1 rants here, including several faMnn
\anted. i raous eating places of the French
1 of Fort Mill has quarter, have notified John M. I'ary
Clov. Manning to^ker, food administrator for LouisiIndian
Land town-J ana. that they had derided to make
county, vice W. C. Tuesday of each week a heefless
ed. day.
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