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y 4 WEEKLY. T i _____ ? VOL. 23. NO. 49. SEMI. PLAN VITAL CHANGE FOR DRAFT LISTS Proposal Would Put Industrial Slackers to Work By New Classification. SUBMITTED BY CROWDER Primary Purposes is "Purifica-| tion" of the Second, Third and Fourth Classes of Re^is' trants. f Washington, April 8.?Drastic modifications of the draft classification lists which would affect in one way or another the status of everyone of the millions of registered men is proposed in a plan submitted to President Wilson by officials of the provost marshal general's office and the department of labor. While the ?rimary numose of the new nroernm 1b the "purification" of the second third and fourth classes of registrants who are not engaged in any productive industry, attention also would be given to lower sections of Class 1 and the effect, its framers believe would be to solve the nation's labor problem and largely increase the output of the necessities of life. The proposal would utilize the draft machinery for putting industrial slackers to work. Every registered man who has been granted deferred classification would be given to understand that such deferred is not a legal right, but a privilege and that if unfair advantage is taken of that privilege, it will be summarily revoked. It proposes to make a most careful survey of the lower sections of Class 1 and of other classes to indentffy those men who are idlers or who are gaining their living throtigb uu denirable or "harmful" pursuits. Under the latter head, officials suggest might be listed gambles, bookmakers for races, poolroom touts and others. Formal notification would be served upon these men that, unless within a specified time they obtain employment. in some useful Industry, they would have their classified status changed so as to send them into military service immediately. Next Step in View. The plan is not designed to interfere in the slightest with the socalled non-essential industries. These may be affected to some slight degree, but officials say such injury would be offset many times over by me n-numrg national gooa to be obtained from the augmented lat>or supply and the greatly increased production of essentials. Administration officials who have portieipated in the preparation of the plan declare that the next step would be to obtain authority for the Industrial classification of the man power of the country up to the age of 50 years. To make the program fully effective. It is intended to utilize the existing local boards virtually as em ployment agencies for their districts. Accurate reports would be kept as to the vacancies existing in the neigh borhood and when a man was Informed that he must seek a useful occupation he would be told where Just a man as his questionnaire shows Jilm to be was needed. Would Improve Htatus. .The status of men on the classified lle?a I ? ? -? '* into. Hum 111 \hiss i i?nn in me deferred classes, In tbe opinion of the provost marshal general's office, would be improved. Delinquents who did not heed the warning would be induced into the military service, reducing the number of men to be called from Class 1. This would operate to delay ?t111 further the date when the services of men in Class 2 might be needed. This fact is expected to draw to the aid of the "purification," relativea and friends of boys who are about to be called. That determined opposition to the plan will develop in some quarters has been foreseen. The effect upon the labor market of the addition of many thousands of able-bodied . workers might be to reduce the present wage scales. The economic balance will be kept even, however, nccording to the champions of the program, by the reduction In the cost of life's necessities through Increased output and In the improved s't nation of the dollar in international exchange. Vifiini miinil , up consweraoiy. The standing of the counties in South Carolina based on per capita sales- for the week ended March 30, is as follows: Per County. Capita. Amount. Florence $0,209 $ 8,561.75 Lancaster 156 4,440.75 Marion 141 3,300.50 Barnwell 135 4,644.25 Anderson,. .. : . .107 8,532.75 Spartanburg . . . .101 9,808.50 Hampton 090 1,683.5'? Pickens 082 2.448.50 Richland 073 4,552.00 Charleston 072 6,494.25 fleaufort 066 2,291.50 Cherokee 060 1.811 oo Greenville .. .. .056 4.446.50 Williamsburg . . . .054 2,292.00 Sumter 043 1,849.25 Lexington 037 2.354.00 Oconee 031 946.00 Orangeburg 031 1,151.7 5 Calhoun 025 471.75 Kershaw 023 701.50 Greenwood 021 704.00 Marlboro 021 721.76 Newberry 020 773.75 Laurens 019 876.75 Union 018 627.25 Chesterfield 018 548.25 Abbeville 015 248.50 Fairfield 013 404.50 012 637.25 union 010 285.25 Lee 010 290.25 Georgetown 010 299.50 Saluda 006 125.25 Aiken.. . 006 292.50 Bamberg 006 133.75 Dorchester 006 106.50 Edgefield 003 108.00 Chester ?003 119.75 MoCormick 002 28.25 Clarendon 002 87.25 Berkeley 001 45.25 Horry 0006 17.75 Jasper 0005 4.50 Colleton 0003 10.25 Darlington 0001 6.25 $0,048 $80.394.25 Following Is the standing based on total sales for same period: Fer Total County. Capita. Sales Ileaufort $1.66 $ 49.241.00 Charleston . . . . 1.12 700.279.25 Marlon 67 13.484.25 Anderson 65 44.232.25 Spartanburg 49 44,376.75 Florence 37 15.422.50 Richland 34 21.126.00 Orangeburg 33 13,071.75 York. 29 15 443.50 Sumter 27 11.773.75 Lancaster 26 6,607.75 Calhoun 26 4.826.25 Hampton 26 5,040.75 Oconee 25 7.524.50 Union 23 7,787.00 Kershaw 22 6,853.00 Lexington 21 13.603.00 Cheater 31 6.407.76 Parnwell 21 7,267.60 Darlington .. . .18 7.323.76 Greenville 17 . 12.915.75 Cherokee 17 5,086.25 Saluda 15 3 480.25 Cheaterfleld ... .15 4,709.60 Tickena 14 4,423.75 Aiken 14 6.395.75 Marlboro 14 4 856.50 Kdgafleld 14 4,023.75 Fairfield 13 2.826.75 Dillon .12 3,123.75 Dorchester 11 2,243.00 Greenwood 11 4.808.75 Abbeville 11 3,164.25 (Continued on Page I) LANCASTER COUNTY IS GOING OVER THE TOP I Kales of War Having* Stamp* Uist wwk .inmpro ( p Hy tlvcr $5,000. ( Lancaster county occupied second place in the standing of the counties of South Carolina based on per capita sale* of War Savings Stamps for th?* second week ending March 30. and eleventh place in the total sales for the same period. At the end of the week before. March 23, Lancaster county was in 44th place in total sales and 43rd in per capita sales. The jump to second place was occasioned by the opening of an office by Chairman C. D. Jones, at the Lancaster Mercantile company, in charge of Mrs. H. R. IWoe and Mrs. John Crawford, and through this activity over $5,000 worth of stamps was sold last week, the total for the county on March 23 being $97 6, and on March 30, $6,507.75. A thorough canvas of the city will be made by those in charge of the county chairman's office and it is expected that the total sales this week will be run &NCA) LANCASTER, S. C? Tl WANT STRONG LAW I TO CURB SEDITION Such is Necessary, Cabinet Mem- W bers Declare, to Avoid Mob Law in This Country. SENATE GETTING SERIOUS H AH Other Business Sidetracked P for Denunciation of Disloyalty, Sedition, German Spies and the I. W. W. Washington, April 8.?All other business was laid aside by the sen- y ate today for denunciation of disloyalty, sedition, German spies and the 1. W. W., and discussion of how ni the espionage act should be extended tl so as to curb these evils and avoid r< mob law, without abridging the fundnmental liberties of American citiai zens. it While the senate debated the pending sedition bill, carrying severe penalties for disloyel utterances tl and attempts to obstruct the draft or u Liberty loans, President Wilson and the cabinet gave attention to reports g of the lynching of Robert Pragre, a I German, at Collinsville, 111., last q night. Members of the cabinet said c] afterward the deplorable incident cj emphasized the necessity for immediate legislation that would enable the government to deal with disloy- t] alty and enemv airitatinn so ihn _ J, people would not be tempted to take a the law into their own hands. Administration leaders in the senate hope to pass the sedition bill, the anniversary of America's entrance ? into the war. An agreement for a " vote sought by Senator Overman, in ^ charge of the measure, was blocked v by Senator Reed. The Missouri senator said he was in sympathy ^ with <he general purposes of the leg- v islation. but thought it should not be ^ hastily considered. When Senator Overman stated that the attorney 1 general had urged passage of the bill because its provisions would be a needed during the Liberty loan cam- 0 paign. Senator Reed said that was c "utter nonsense." a During the discussion, the attitude 1 of Victor Berger. socialist candidate ' for the seriate in the recent Wiscon- 4 sin election, was denounced by Sen- 0 ators Borah and Lodge, as disloyal and verging on treason. Senator I^odge, while urging th'> < death penalty for spies and German f agents who destroy property in this ? country, said the bill's restrictions s upon free speech were too broad and C could be used to suppress legitimate * discussion. Senator Hardwick suggested that they might prevent peace talk, later when such ? discussion r might be proper. t Opposing a provision of the bill t penalizing declarations in favor of Germany's "allies," Senator Lodge s pointed out that the United States is i not at war with Turkey or Bulgaria, f although, he paid, "we ought to be." r Senator Borah called the senate's c attention to the lynching at Collins- c ville. Senator Fall said that if con- ? gross does not enact the necessary i laws, the people "would take the law t into their own hands with 'Judge 1; Lynch.' " Also, he said, mobs will f act if guilty persons escape on tech- ? nicalties of the law. Senator Lodge objected to the wide powers now being exercised by c the postmaster general as to the us> ] of the mails, and said he preferred r to Insert a provision in the hill ex- i eluding certain publications instead < of "leaving it to a cabinet member." t NO CHANGE IV SITT.VTION \ HAYS THE IiONIK>N REPORT , London, April 8.?"Todnv the tn fantry action on the battlefront hag j been confined to local fighting in the r neighborhood of the Aveluy wood, j north of Albert, without change in n the situation and engagement* be- { tween small bodies of troops at dif- ( ferent points," says Felld Marshal (, Haig's report from France, "the hos- ( tile artillery continues active." r * AMERICAN PUAYT IN FRANCE 8 ACHIEVES FIVE VICTORIES \ Washington, April 8.?An official d'spatch from France says that one j of the American pilots recently sent to the French front, Sergeant IV t nam, has already to his cred*t four j. victories and a fifth which has not yet been certified. JESDAY, APRIL 9, 1918. [DCCT DT A X1C AC >1 oil i [uuu ur GERMAN COMMAND Weekly War Review Summarizes I Operations Along the Western Front. UN PLANS WERE FOILED risoners Taken Say That the Kaiser's Troops Expected to Gain the Line of the Somme on First Day. Washington, April 8.?French and ritish tenacity has upset the ambiou8 plans of the German high comiand for the battle of Picardy, says le war department's weekly military ^view, and now the enemy, determled to gain some sort of success at ny cost, iB throwing fresh forces ito the battle in an efTort to secure mited objectives. Because of this, ie situation is expected to remain ncertain for sometime to come. General improvement jn the strateic positions of the allies is noted, uu me revifw ueciares mat uncler eneral Foch 1he allied military mabine is working smoothly and effiiently in stemming the German aslult. There is no mention whatever of be American troops reported hurrylg to the front to join the British nd French. Rnemy Kt ill Short. "At the opening of the tihr week | f the German offensive, we find that be enemy is still short of attaining is principal objectives," says the reiew in part. "It is now certain that the German igh command contemplated overwhelming the British at the outset, etween the Oise and the Sensee and Iriving a wadge into the FrancoIritish forces. "The enemy fully expected to thieve a decision in the field in the ourse of one great battle. The sucess of this plan depended on being ble to obtain a break-through of the Iritish front and advance so rapidly hot noithor Vk/? ? * u " T* - * * xui. iiviiik I uic ncucu imr me uril- I sh reserves could come up in time to lose the breach in the line. What (icrnwny Ho|k*<I. "Evidence of prisoners tend to ontirm that the enemy hoped to lain the line of the Somme by the vening of the first day of the offenive. As a matter of fact it took the lermans ten days to cover the ground they expected to overrun vithin 48 hours. "The German hi^h command Is low throwing fresh forces into batle in an effort to secure some of its nore limited objectives. "The German offensive has not pent itself and owing to the determ nation displayed by the enemy to rain some sort of a success at no natter what cost, the situation will ontlnue uncertain for some time to owe. However, the general strate:ie and tactical position of the allies! f becoming more favorable. Fierce Ightinc continues and hostile units inve penetrnted westward to within ive miles of the main line of the 'aris-Amlens railway. Allied Forres Masses. "AUjed forces are massed to heckle invaders in this area. Tim French have extended their lines lorthward. which will enable the tritish to secure greater depth of onscription. "There has been relatively less acivity north of the Somme though he Germans have made a number of erlous attempts to encircle Arras. "Allied aircraft has been particuarly active throughout the week, lot only in maintaining superiority n the air and keeping the skies clear f hostile craft, but more especially n bombing enemy dumps, convoys. rains and railroads. British escaIrilles did fine work In dispersing Jerman units going into action with nachlne guns. "A numher of American transport ctlons have taken an active part in he battle and the American aviation ervlce is co-operating with the Britsh. American Forces Busy. "Ov.r own forcea engaged hi/e >een relatively busy. Under the (Continued on Page 8.) 1 New SUBS< WILSON AVOWS CARRY THE Fl< UEPBESENTED BY STABS. | f w The names of the boys, formerly students of Central School, represented by stars on the service flag presented to the school by the people of the city last Wednesday, are as follows: JOHN MILLIARD, p ELLIOTT SPRINGS, ( LEE SKIPPER, GEORGE FAIREY POOVEY, HERMAN POOVEY, JULIAN ROSS. LEIGHTON HORTON. ROYD HORTON, WALTER REATY, |4tf GARY ELLIOTT. THUDUS FAILE, JETHER FAILE, RODDEY IIELL, MALLIE FERGUSON, W. H. CAUTIIEN, Jr., PAUL ROSS MOORE, WILL ROSS MOORE, CANTZEN MOOIVS, FUSTEK MOORE. " JOE COULBOrilNE, Sl STEVE WILLIAMS, ,e WALTER McMANUS, c< REN C. IIOUGH, s* RE VAN FUNDERRURK, PIERCE HORTON, STRAIT PARKS, pi HACKEIR BIIDLINGS, ol STAFFORD GRAHAM. &] LEE McDOW. re ROBERT BECKHAM, P< CARL BENNETT, LUCIUS BENNETT, n< FRED B LAC KM ON, jt ELMER SO WELL, h ROSCOtt LINGLE, in FUST). ADAMS, W. F. STOl^L, ( CRAWFORD CULP, h R. THOS. UEATY, ' a, STANLEY WILLIAMSON, tl ORRIN C. BLACKMON, el W. J. MONTGOMERY, CHARLIE COOK, b HOYT HUNTER. d REII) FERGUSON. c< ELVIN SNIPES, ei SAMUEL MOTHERSIIED, ci LEONARD HUDSON, ti j EDWARD P. MONTGOMERY. WILL JOHNSON, t FRANK MOON ROLDRIDGE. n AUSTIN ItOLDRIDGE, b JOHN REID BOLDRUDGE, CHAUNCEY BOLD RI DO,E, d FURMA.N HINSON, o MORRIS McILWAINE, li WILSON MO?IER, t W. B. CAUTHEN. a + a HEAVY FIGHTING GOES ON IN SOMME REGION " r g Paris Heporln Powerful Attacks by v the (Jcrmans Were Repulsed by h French. " 8 a Paris, April 8.?Heavy fighting has T taken place in the Oise and Sonime o regions but all the powerful Ger- c man attacks were repelled by the >1 French troops, except on the left t! bank of the Oise, where the French n were forced to withdraw to positions ti previously prepared, according to n the war office announcement. 11< + ? MAS* BADLY BURNED ASKS THAT HE BE PUT TO DEATH P e Richmond, Va., April 8,?Fished ti from a pond of muddy water, Jud- ti son Davis pleaded with his rescuers t< to be killed. Davts was brought to a o Richmond hospital Saturday from v Dorsett, Powhatan county, where he w:l? Bftrtniiatv hiimort Oi.i K? ,1 fore in an explosion. A barrel was n opened, gasoline fumes escaping. A s match was lighted to find the bung, n but in a second the explofdon scat- b tered fiery fluid over the porty of tl three. Davis rushed to the pond to tl put out the fire. n + n A HE MANY IMJOTITIMATE WAR BABIES" IN SAXONY r J Amsetrdam, April 8.? The num- (j her of applications in the kingdom of j; Saxony for war relief increased last s year from 80,200 to 92,500. Of the ( 12,300 new applications, 8,900 were j, in cases of illegitimate "war babies," t according to information received v here. +? BUY A LIBERTY BOND. :ription $2.00 a year PURPOSE TO GHT TO FINISH ALLS CHALLENGE OF GERMANY THAT FORCE SETTLE ISSUE resident in Baltimore Address Says America's Response is "Force to the Utmost." WITHOUT STINT OR LIMIT The Righteous and Triumphant Force Which Shall Make Right pened for liberty bonds. The Savnps Hank of Baltimore immediately r>ok $1,000,000 worth. Other large mounts were subscribed. In full, the President's speech was s follows: "Fellow citizens: This is the aniversary of our acceptance of Ger- . nany's challenge to fight for our ight to live and be free, and for the acred rights of free men everywhere. The nation is awake. There s no need to call to it. We know hat the war must cost, our utmost acrifice, the lives of our fittest men, trupgle. The man who knows len?t an now see plainly how the cause of pstice stands and what the 1mper?haMe th'np is he is asked to invest a. The men in America may he more ure than they ever were before that he cause is their own. and that, if t should be lost, their own great naion's place and mission in the world you Id be lost with it. "I call you to witness, my fellow (Continued on Page t.) the Law of the World, and Cast Every Selfish Dominion Down in the Dust." Paltimore, April 8.?President 'ilson's acceptance in a speech here aturday night of Germany's chalnege that the issue between the mtral powers and her enemies be ittled by force brought 15,000 perms cheering to their feet. The President's audience was ainlv with him in his denunciation ' Germany's mititary masters. It ^plauded his declaration that he is ;ady at any time to discuss a just ace sincerely proposed. The President's declaration that ithing is proposed for Germany but istice was warmly applauded as was. is statement that Germany's course i Russia is a cheap triumph! I.-* . ?IV(I .nuni im Itll- lilt* 1>>UC. When the Provident declared that e accepted Germany's challenge nd that force must decide the issue le audience arose to its feet and Iteered for several minutes. Former Governor Fhilipp L. Goldsorough introducing the President, eclated that out of the war would amr a new world, dedicated to librty. Mr. Goldsborough, a Republian, said that all parties in the counry must rally behind the executive. "This Is no time," said Mr. Goldstorough, "to criticise the governlent. This is the time for everyody to get behind the flag." At the conclusion of the Presient's address subscriptions were rui, tr need be, all that we possess, "he loan we are met to discuss is one f the least parts of what we are ailed upon to give and do, though ? itself imperative. The people of he whole country are alive to the teefcfiity of it, and are ready to lend r> the utmost, even where it involves sharp skimping and daily sacrifices o lend out of meager earnings. They rill look with reprobation and con empt upon those who can and will ot, upon thore who demand a highr rate of interest, upon those who hlnk of it as a mere commercial ransaction. I have not come, thereore, to urge the loan. I have come nly to give you. if I can, a more ivid conception of what it is for. "The reasons for this great war, he reason why it had to come, the eed to fight it through and the 1suea that hang upon its outcome, are lore clearly disclosed now than ever efore. It is easy to see just what his particular loan means because he cause we are fighting for stands lore sharply revealed than at any revlous crisis of the momentous