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CROWDER CHANGES OKDEfi
TO MOBILIZE
Unitinished Camps, Congested Railroad
Traffic and Lack of Equ>?"
ment More Delay in Assembling
of Draft Army
Washington, Aug. 25.?Lack o?
equipment for the draft army and th9
** -1- -j ?^-n nf the mobil?
unnmsueu tuuuinw^ ?
zation camps has been complicated
with congested traffic conditions, as
a result Provost Marshal General
Crowder today ordered a further delay
in the mobilization. The order
forecast this morning by the International
News Service malves it appear
certain that it will be well toward
f \ the end of November before the mobilization
is complete and that none
L of the draft forces will be available
ior service in France until next July
jSJUL or August, at the earliest.
. - General Corwder ordered that on^y
6 per cent of the first draft instead
of 30 per cent as originally, ordered
should be called to the colors on September
5.
Oil September 19 40 per ceni 01 ea^n
state quota "will be summoned instead
of the 30 per cent originally called
for September 15 and later delayed
until September 18.
On October 3 another 40 per cent
will be called. The remaining 15
per cent will be called "as soon thereafter
as practicable.".
In issuing his orders Generol Crowder
explained the revision of the
schedule as necessitated by the congestion
of railroad traffic In early
September- through the moving to
camp of national guard units, "making
it inadvisable to move any. large
Tvoi?/uvnta<re r?f the national armv "
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"The object in calling 5 <per cent/'
hfc&flp\ffas, "is to place in the camps
enough men to form a skeleton orgaaIsktiou
to. assist in receiving and assimilating
the large con^jngents.
Whit? Men Only
"For,-this reason it is required that
local boards send only white men and
so far as practicable that they send
men with some military experience or
cooks. In making this selection, order
? numbers are not controlling but care
must be taken not to send men whose
order of call is so late that they will
not be within the quota of the boards."
General Crowder then Instructs the
boards not to send the entire 5 ?per
cent on one day but to distribute their
transportation over a period of 5 days.
Thanks to Boards
Attached to the orders changing the
mobilization arrangements Genera!
Crowder appends an appreciation of
the efforts of the civilian boards to
secure the first draft in time.
'"'Reports received from practically
every state in the union . show that
every state would have had ready
much more than 30 per cent of its
quotas September 5, and the vast majority
of them would have been ready
with their entire quota or. that date."
General Crowder said.
"This service has required a month
of the most exacting work on the part
of boards. This "work was consrmv
mated under adverse conditions and
is in a large part uncompensated. It
stands as one of the most significant
expressions of substantial patriotism
and devotion on the part of 15,000 men
selected from among the best citizeni i
of the country."
.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Swittenberg and
Mrs. B. T. Buhardt and little daughter
Miss Bennetta, motored to Abbeville
Monday. They will visit in 'Anderson
today. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith wllf j
join them in Greenville Thursday,
when the party will go to HendersonTille.
Chairman James M Moss is expecting
a large crowd to hear this gifted
speaker.?That is what was eald in
an announcement that Dr. Geo. B.
Cromer would address the people of
I Orangeburg county under the auspic
es of the State Council of Defense.
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P" "I'llis is "wnax was saia aiher me syeera.
"The campaign of education on th^
-war situation began here last night
^with Dr. George B. Cromer of New"berr^
as the weaker. A crowded
liou?^ TTcet"d Dr. Cromer and lie held!
"his aud:enoe in rast attention for a/i J
hour. Many expressed the wi?h that;
he could have sDoken Ion "or. The '
frequent arplause which interrupted1
the speaker attested the sympathy otj
the audience." This and more. j
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ABSOI.I TK DEPENDENCY
BiASIS FOR EXEMPTION
Wilson Doesn't Like Idea of Forcfni?
Married 'Women to Make Own
Living
Washington, Aug. 25?At the direct
suggestion of President Wilson, Provost
Marshal General Crowder telegraphed
to all governors tonight a
supplemental explanation of regma|
tions governing the status of married
j men under the selective service la*.v.
Xo change is made, ana tne purpuoe
of the new statement is to clear mkj
understandings which have arisen in
; what General Crowder describes a< "a
i fw instances.*'
I In a letter to Secretary Baker, Pres*-"*
?1 ' i Viic rvnininn tha*
I meni w iisuh siatcs mo ?KsU.v.. ??
j the regulation requiring local boards
[to establish "the fact of dependent;
| in addition to the fact of marriage
I ought not to be abrogated." This
j leaves the regulations as they are
j and the supplementing statement Is
designed merely to make the application
of the rules uniform among dir
?
, boards.
j While the statement regarding married
men was in preparation, orders*
i w*ere issued changing entirely the
; mobilization arrangements previously
i made. Congestion of rail traffic and
I
I the necessity of making better provision
for the reception of the men
at the cantonments dictated tne
changes.
Followin is the text of the messag-2
sent to tre governors, dealing witr
the status of Tj^rrietJ men. prepared
at a conference late today between
Secretary Baker and -Gen. Crowder.
j Message cw wjfwww
"A feeling has been expressed that;
in issuing claims for discharge on
the ground of dependents, local boards
ought, in no case, to refuse a discharge
to a married man or to the
head of a family. The law under
which local boards act requires that,
before such a discharge can be granted,
dependency as well as relationship
must be established. The matter
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xiaving ween yreseuteu uu, tuc jji evident,
the following ire this orders
thereon:
'"We ought as far as practicable
to raise this new national army
without creating the hardships necesarily
entailed when tl^e head of a
family is taken, and I hope that for
fhp rnnst Twrt fhnsp nnr.ented on tha
first call will be found to be men who
had not yet assumed such relations.
" The selective service law makes
the fact of dependents, rather than the
fact of marriage, the basis for exemption
and there are undoubtedly ma!iv
cases within the age limits fixed t>y
law of men who are married and yet
whose accumulation or other economic
surroundings are such that no
dependence of the wire exists in raet.
Plainly the law does not contemplate
exemption for this clacs of men.
"Not to Be Abrogated V
" 'The regulation promulgated on
June 4. 1917. should be regarded as
controlling in these cases, and. the
orders issued under that regulation
directing exemption boards to establish
the fact of dependents in addition
to the fact of marri&ee. ousht not!
to be abrogated.
"The attention of this office has been |
invited to the fact that in a few iu-j
stances local boards have certified to i
district boards as held for military
sarvice men "whose families are actually
dependent npon them for support
on the theory that the wife is
able to work and should be put to
; the necessity of going to woric to
support herself and children. This
situation is stressed in the finding
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or tne aismct Doara 01 i\ew iom
City in which opinion this office concurs,
with the understanding that the
phres 'support available from relative'
is support partial or total previously
extended to the applicant
himself.
"We don't concur in the view suggested
in some quarters that, in case
of wife and children actually dependent
on applicant's labor for support,
and where there are no otther means
of support,.the wife should he put to
the necessity of going to work to support
herself and children. Bona fide
dependency of wife and children onlabor
of applicant, where in his absence,
they would be ' left without
reasonably adequate srixport, after
duly taking irto consideration so.-i
a
| dier's wage ^nd support available1
i from relatives, as stated in the ru:- \
i ings of the provost marshal general,)
i is ground of discharge.
Clearly Expresses Law
"This opinion clearly and adequate- |
ly expresses the intent of the lav- in!
this regard.
| "Paragraph B.? compiled rulingrj
; this office Xo. 6, addressed a statij or,1
i I
[ affairs where the parents or otlier re-:
| Iatives of the wife or husband are!
i able. ready and willing adequately i
i to support the dit'e and children, if |
I any, during the absence of the nus-j
I band. This rulin? was responsive *o
I w [
j a class of cases that had been brought >
; to the attention of this office, where!
i claims of discharge had been made;
! on the ground of dependency on a i
i husban as a matter of fact wsa not!
i ?
; dependent upon himself. The rulingj
directed the attention of local ho.irds j
| to the fact that scruti6y of cases ci,
} this kind might, disclose that no dis-1
: 1
| charge was advisable.
i "It was not intended that Paragraph j
| B of the compiled niling should ap-j
I ply to the case of the head of a fairily
j whose family at the time of his s um-!
i mons and prior thereto were and had ,
! . . I
' been mainly dependent upon his is-j,
bor for support.
J "Instances in which local boards;
i have been in error in respect to these1
! two classes of cas?s are rare. It was;
' to be expected that with some 4,500
! local boards there would be some un|
uniformity of decision in this regard,
i To nrnvirie against this, imnniformitv (
" m i
Section 27 of the regulations providefor
the automatic appeal of all dependency
caseS to the district boards.
District boards should scan the decisions
of local boards on questions of
dependency and wherever it appears
that such decisions are illegal (afi in
the two cases just mentioned or oth
erwisej br where these decisions {teem
to be so far ununiform as to result m
an unequal operation of the law. the
district board should reverse or nod-'
ify the decisions of the local boird.,:
Mobilization Order
in ins message 10 governors respecting
new mobilization orders
General Crowder said in part:
"The congestion of traffic that "Will
oe entailed in the early part of September
by the movement oL the National
Guard into trainng camps m akes
it inadvisable to attempt to move any
large percentage of the National Army
on September 5.
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iiie oujtjci 01 cxixiiiig o i>er jem..
is to. place in the camp enough men
to form a skeleton organization to assist
in receiving and assimilating the
large contingents. For this reason it
!o ronnira/l t V> 1 f hr\o?v1c! ftn
1*1 X ^>4UXi OX1UL IV/UUrl UUU/A UO OV/ilV L \'U
ly white men and so far as practioabl3
that men with some military <;xpej
rience or cooks. In making thin selection
order numbers are not controlling
but great care must be taken
not to send men whose order.of call,
is so late that tlfey will not be within
the quota of the board.
'In order that it' may not be n
I sary to make * any special railway
arrangements and to prevent congestion
of normal railway traffic local
boards should be instructed to send
quotas on each of five successive days
beginning September 5."
TWO NEGROES HELD j
rUJK IUJSA LlilUUlflV
Former Treasurer of Dead Presenter's
Church Accused of Complicity In
Crime
The State.
York, Aug. 25?Charged with eompublicity
in the lynching of W. T. Slma
the negro preacher, who was put to
death, by a mob near York Thursday
morning, Bill Sanders and Tom San
aers, negroes, w^re xoaay ^augta m ;
'jail. Bill Sanders wag forrierly
treasurer of St. John's Baptist ctnrch j
of which Sims was pastor, and "while
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serving m tuai uayacxij iiau a wa j'r ]
versy with the preacher over the j
handling of the church funds, restating
in the treasurer's dismissal. The
wife of Tom Sand era is said to have
had a quarrel with Sims some time |
ago.
The inquest -win be resumed :ifc 10 j,
o'clock Monday morning in the uourt
house here. Solicitor J. BL K.emry ,
cf Chester will be present.
M I '
Mian I.ueile Baxter is home from a
visit to Iriends in Columbia.
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT js
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The new sewerage law goes ln*? j
effect September 5. 11
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To see "A Successful Failure," dif- j
ferent from what you see in _Xewber- r
rp, go to the opera house Wednesday. | ^
There will be preaching at the j ?
Church of the Redeemer next Sun- j <
day morning by Dr. Bowers.
The friends of Mrs. Mary B. Evana '<
i
will be glad to learn that she is bet- j i
n I f
LC1 \ I
i s
The architect's plans for the new | ]
jail building have arrived and tn?s;<
preliminary work for the $5-0,000 jail j i
j 1
nn tV>o !/ *+ will ha niichorl
w"v"^ "* ~ t' ? I1
Cheaper Coal for the Public is Firs? j !
Aim.?Headline in Saturday's Green-1
ville News. Good news. News. Now j
tell us about bacon and flour. : ]
In a slow and uninteresting game'J
ol' ball Saturday afternoon West End. 1
defeated Ninety Six by the score ot|
13 to 2. _ |1
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For assault and battery Isaiah Booz-; ;
er, colored, paid a fine of $10 Satur-' (
day. after pleading guilty before Magistrate
C. W. Douglas.
Sweet potatoes are coming in. ! ;
Somebody ought to have started a!
'possum farm in this county to help' ;
in the food question.
There will be au ail-liy sinking
at the Boeransyille Mef.ncdist churcli
next Sunday.?Spartanburg Tferal*r.
They are having iheso all-dar
ing3 all around Nswberry.
The ladies of the Trinity School
Improvement asociation will servo
ice cream and cake at the school!
house next Friday evening, beginning
at 6 o'clock "NV says i'Come, one and;
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Someone from Newberry who saw the!
great force of hands at the Jan'meut. ,
in Columbia said that every Saturday-(
night down there is. Christmas eve, i <
so much money is turned loose, it t ]
is tremendous. I (
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The Fairfax Citizen has a cor re-1 '
spondent from Mill Grove. The last i
batch of news from that locality contained
eighteen paragraphs, fifteen m <
which mentioned the name of Bowers. '
Grove should be changed to Bowers, j
Judging from what the hens are 1
doing just now, most of them are (
pro-Oerman.?News and Courier. We ]
.don't wish to egg on the discussion, | !
but Mr. Monroe Swindler's double- j
egg hen must be pro-Ally.
I 1
Next Saturday will be the very first?
of September, If it were not for the t
yar we could be thinking of Christmas i
with, so much pleasure and anticipa- '
tion. But after canning all you can I
can (without the dance) you can look (
forward to enjoying, if you can, tne j z
glorious tail tnat win soon De nere. | i
Govenor Manning has c;i!led upon 1
the ministers of th^. States to raaice
next Sunday a day for prayer for the i |
men of South Carolina who have been (
selected for service under tne draft j
urt ThA first o-nntineent of tlie men
will be called to the colors on September
5.
P. R. HuntSr, agent, has sold the
D. P. Boyd place, 175 acres, near
Utopia, to the Silverstreet Real Estate
Co. Price not stated- A great
many good deals are transacted at
the hands of Mr. Hunter, who is an
expert at the business and knows land
like Nat Gist, Bob Holmes and their
aides know cotton. *
a
David R. Coker of Hartsville, chair- r
man of the State Defense council, ^
has been named by Herbert Hoover,
national food administrator, as food
administrator for South Carolina, e
Mr. Coker has accepted the <place and I
has taken the oath, of office. Some a
yrtU hail and some will howl. The 1
jailers and the howlers ought to get b
together for the good of the country. P
o
It is not the great success and prosperous
conditioD of the Oakland m'll y
s
^bat is causing its worthy secretary, ^
Mr. J. N McCaughrin, to look so
3
imilingly bright these last few day^.
Fhe promising future prospects c* ^
the mill is enough in itself to make
ffnrn? \*rft U {g ? lJtttp arrfV I
1*111.1 IUC1 gV/UU) ? " *
?1 at rfc** rbmns c tbftt< to *#?? ^
Ihe good cheer of his countenance.
?
Aa in all countries and all ages, a
t .
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-o in Newberry there are always
tuples on the verge of and threatenng
matrimony. One by one couples
hat are not slackers drop off into th>
;aa and are tossed by the waves, some
>f prospt ty. some of adversity. I
['hose that rise and ride are in the
swim, those that struggle and buffet
?re in the soup. We see the two
lasses every day. 1
The law relating to autos stopping
at certain corners is going to be
:iore rigidly enforced. Chief Rodei
perger has instructed 'his men to
;ee that the cars stop before they
:each. the crossng and not after, as
;o many have bsen doing. flvery:?ody
Iciows, or should know, that the
::me to stop and avoid possible colli
: ions is before a crossing is reacnea.
Judge of Probate Ewart was cartied
in an automobile Sunday afcernoon
from his home to his office by
;i runaway couple from Saluda wlio
vanted to get married. They couldn't
id a preacher and had a hard tlmo
inding Judge Ewart. The judge perormed
the ceremony which made
vfr. Edgar Henderson and Miss 0!a
}riffn man and wife, and tne Hurry
ivas over.
Now that Mr. H. L. Parr is having
>o mu<5h building done in Newberry
:his reporter is listening to hear of
Summer Bros. Co., making ready ;o
to one belter and have a six-story
auilding on the corner of Main and
Caldwell streets. That would be fins
told another tall and handsome builds
tng for a bank on still another corner
would help that much more. One
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corner dsjik ouucung won c unug
N'ewberry up to Laurens.
Oakland mill village has joined
lianas witn rsewDerry in me onwara
march of improvement and progress?
twin boys have just arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Roland WilHamsv
We mention these as being
among thej'atest arrivals for the cc
velopment of the country. This !3
a time of wf' and twin boys and
N'ewberry is doing her bit. In tim-Ss
)f war keep preparing for war. Twins
are getting to be numerous in thfs
Jity. /
Fannie Ward, the brilliant Las^y
star, will be seen at the opera house
rhursaay in the production of "Her
Strange Wedding." This is one of
:he most unusual and startling proluctions
in which Miss Ward has appeared.
The incidents connected wicii
:he house party scenes leading up to
;he wedding were participated In * v
i number of well known society peoDle
spending the spring months in tne j
West. Everybody in Newberry is in- j
:erested in weddings, romantic or un
-omantic, and will be glad to see j
'Her Strange Wedding," in which |
Hiss Ward is given an opportunity to
lisplay many of her wonderful gowns,
Lmong them being the latest mode in
i wedding dress. Another thing
nany in Newberry are interested in. j
Magistrate Douglas tried John Su>er,
colored, Monday morning on two
charges, drunk and disorderly in
public highways and assault with
rnife, and sentenced the unruly culprit
to pay $10 or serve 25 days for
he first offense and $15 or 30 days
'or the second. TTr> to date John is in j
ail. with messages out trying to'
aise the money. After getting in a
lisorderly condition Suber pulled Ills
cnife and threatened to cut Lather
Cousins, the young son of Mr. and
tfre. K H. Cousins, swearing that
le was going to kill somebody. A
turry call was sent in and quick response
resulted in the arrest of thef
nan before any further damage was j
lone.
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In a gripping, tense drama of broth- j
rly love House Peters, the splendid;
'alias?Paramount star, win be sea a :
t the opera house Tuesday in "The j
leir of the ' Ages," the unusual story |
y William lAddison Lathrop. House ;
'eters has long been a great favorite j
f the photo-dramatio patrons. With
ears of training on the speaXir.^ j
tage in all parts of the world, a j
raveler and soldier of fortune him
elf, he has brought to the screen J
tie experience and study of an ar- j
ist In the days when the world was*j
oung two cave men, brothers, lived
?setber fat !t^r naouniain -retreat;
'ne was big and strong, the other
reak. See, in "The H Mr of the Azes,:T!
ow the 3trong brother, Hoii3e Peters, i
protected the weak one, in the l?ve
affair with which both were concerned.
It looks lively and like business up
in Main street where the new buildings
are going up. When the new
garage is opened up and the nevr
store across the street and the fivei
\fory bank building with i:> eievatcwa,
i
j etc., for the bank, the Southern Bell
Telephone company and for otlier
business offices, this city will piu on
, a handsomer and finer look, if .i .uj
to the appearance of a city to ha?e a
; bank on a street corner, and the cor;
n( r of Main and College streets is in.9
| ve: y place for s ich a bank as m?
I Kxcange. When the building, which
J will be nearly square, with a front or
I 58 feet in Main and running back
I 65 1-2 in College ^reet. is ready tor
j business Newberry will have some|
thing to be proud of.
Ford Mangura, a well known colored
citizen of the county, brought the rc?
~
porter a large and tine watermelon
Saturday. We found the melon on our
desk after returning to the office
from dinner, so did not get a chanca
to interview the giver. Ford has our
thanks for his kind and thoughtful
remembrance, which is very much appreciated.
and we take this method of
acknowledging the" gift with the
same degree of pleasure as would be
ours had the melon jcome f-om the
patch of a millionaire, for we treat
every body alike. Ford is different
from some other people. Some give
their fine melons to wealthy mentis
who can buy all they want, and not
to the poor friends who would appreciate
them. We don't know, but suspect
that Ford's gift' was "Inspired"
by the talk he gave the reporter s6m<i
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lime ago in teiuug us uc uau
noticed how fair the paper is to tlio
colored people. (Well, Ford, we can
tell you that "the nice and pleasant
things" the reporter has always tri?* '
1 fco^ay of white people have not as %
rule been appreciated as has beek
the efforts which" brought forth your
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j WHY GAR3HNY DISTRICT Wllfc
I VOTE OFF SPECIAl^AT
j Garmany school house was blown
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i uu?n oy a, io:ua.uu Jiay i*?u jcaia
ago. The majority of the patrons ol
1 the district petitioned- to the local
! board of trustees' to build the school
house back on the ground where it
[ formerly stood. The petition was reI
jected by the local board of trustees,
j They then appealed to the: counrt
! Loard. The county board returnea rt
<?
i and said they would have to st^nd by
; tli'e action of the local board.
The school is now 'taught in a ^
j school house within 200,yards of tha
| district line. In other wore.-, !t was
j moved from this same- school -houso
I * /V n?^A.rA 1 f Wow Hntvn in order that
| LU w nci g vivn ..
it might be in tlie centre of the district,
by a former board of trustees.
| The patrons offered to vote a^ ex!
tra two mills tax to replace the school
j house in the centre of the district,
j Garmany patrons do not want to no
credited with going backward, Dut
want to keep up with this progressiV3
age, and for that reason wanted ttt
have the school house rebuilt within
the reach of all the children of tne
district, and they do not feel L&e it
is right or just for them to be payingtaxes
for the school when the children*
are not in reach of same. There are
more children going to school in adjoining
districts or not gting to
school at all than children who went
to school at Garmany last session. To
t more exact there were 29 children
enrolled last session and 30 who
either went to school in another district
or did not have any school at
all in reach and therefore wete not
in school. And the 29 would be lit
easy reach of the school at the former
location.
We -wrent to our present county sup
erintendent of education and asxetf
him if there was any way to get tnis> "
school house rebuilt at the former \
place and he said there was none and ^
that he had done all that he could
do in the matter. So we then present- vs
ed XtQ .-.petition 'ier*the Section. ''The
tax will be voted off. Who is to blame? _
T leave it for you to decide.
B. B. Leitzsey, Chai^fl