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r - * ^ * I fOLUME LY? MJMBEP 70. 4 JTEWBERBY, S. C? TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1918. TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A YEAB President W I The Mm ( nrwurwripn Tllfri ITTII dtriMMK incLrin L - / B Call to Duty of Men From 18 tt m - New Policy?( V WW Be Call 1 ?Presidei m lama I . y. Washington, 'Aug. 31.?President Wilson today signed the new man [power bill and immediatel issued a proclamation setting Thursday, Sep- \ tember 12, as the registration day for 1 all men included in the 18 to 45 age ' limits. In his proclamation the president reiterated in ringiing words the part America is playing in the war and tha part that she will continue to play Tinil German autocracy is banished | from the world. He said: ! "We solemnly purpose a decisive L victory of arms and deliberately to Ml bevote the larger part of the military K man-power of tbe nation to the acwL ocmplishment of^hat purpose." & The president explained that only a ter portion of those who register will Ke ca^e<^ t0 bear arms," but he JgSBg'Pified the spirit that characerized HB*9 Be new registraion day in these wWB?t6s: * - Call to Duty. R"It is the call to duty to which true n^n in couatry 1 J Jil. rtnn I pond wun pnae tuiu ?vuu iuc wu* ?usness that in doing so he plays apart in vindication of a great |e "at whose summons every true rt offers its supreme service." h; part of the president's prcelaBn which may .be considered & B-te-heart talk with the ew regHts is as follows: Been months ago men of the ftr frrm 21 to 30 years <yt age ^ e^'s^ered. Three ^months ago II , # > r# i cy ? is ilson bigns l' i Power Bill | t UhTV ftF FNRftI MFNT! UniLt Vi LiluiVia;iuiiA t I All Able-Bodied o 45?Is Not a Inly a Portion ? ]ed to Arme ? it's Proc- t tion. / on/? o oro in this month those who had | ?uu _ just reached the age of 21 were added. It now remains to include all 1 men between the ages of 18 and 43. Only a Portion . "Only5 a portion of those who reg- < ister will be called upcn to bear arms, i ] Those who are not physically fit will ; be excused; those exempted by alien i allegiance; those *who should not be * * J T>Qorkr?r?oiKi1i_ i reneveu 01 Lueii" picacm ? ( ties; above all those who cannot be spared from the civil and industrial , tasks at home upon which the success of our armies depends as much as ; upon the fighting at the front. But ( all must be regisetred in order that the -selection for military service may made intollioently and with full information. This will be our final demonstration of loyalty, democracy an'! . A* ?: 11 * - ?- ? "rtlamn nntlPO to ! ine Will LU- WiU UUi OUiiUiU ?? ? . all the world that we sand absolute- I ly together in a common resolution j and purpose." September 12 thev Day . All places of registration the presi- ! dent decreed will remain open on Stp- ' termber 12 from 7 o'clock in the j morning until 9 o'clock at night. A i registration date for the Philippines, j Hawaii, Alaska and other Territories j - ^ - TT_U.J _;tl V.O oof Toto* ! oi cue ruuneu ciaics wui *uw*. Meanwhile, the war department a statement from the office of Provost Marshal General Crowder es-j timated the number cf new regisfr- j an+s would be 12,778,750. New York and Pennsylvania will furnish the aeaaa^aaaisa 11 the ( i Italian 11 li . 1 gives us tl "Over ICall in and hear tli song by the ?The new September Ask for l? STUDIO NI Look for reot23t number by states as each is ot uO'.vn for more than 1,000,000. Coneral Crowder's estimates are on the number of men registerJ under the first draft, which was b6,al>8. Originallf 13,190,000 was ne estimate of the number of men etween 18 and 45 but the reduction is lecause voluntary enlistments. The otal number of eDlistments in al! >ranche3 of the military service to (^te is 1,400,000. Men under 31 total !45,000, from S2 to 45 165,000, or a jrand total of 410,000. Registration Estimate June 5 Sept 5 :outh Carolina 123,019, 170,649 The above estimates, it is pointed >ut, will not be fulfilled exactly in the ;omiing registration, but they consti:ute he nearest current figures possi)le. Dominlck's Majority 4*2. f Congressman Fred H. Dominick has received the official returns from each county in the third district as declared by the executive committees md the following is the official result 3f the district for congress. It will be seen that the vote in very lightsome 6000 below the vote of two rears ago: County Aiken Dominick Abbeville 827 781 Anderson 2995 3062 Greenwood 1262 1052 Mc ormick 455 329 N'ewberry 1196 1637 Oconee . 1543 1190 Pickens 1268 1537 Total 9146 9598 Dominick's majority 452 E. C. ELMORE JX RACE FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL ..Columbia, S. C., Aug. 29.?E. C. Elmore, formerly a clerk in the office of tire comptroller general, today announced his candidacy for the office to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of Car!ton W Saw? -D t richnrne has been ap yer. n. pointed by Governor Manning to fill out the unexpired term. Mr. Sawyer was a candidate for re-election last Tuesday without oppostion. vris herald "anij news. ok* f ear i"or only 21.5.0 ' iii 'USO I jreat III B . c.*_ 1 : jciigci his month | There" | lis stirring patriotic |j : great artist. Records have arrived, jfj Catalog. jjj M. Salter i JAR DEPOT the, DOG I fj 1 WHITE REGISTRANTS LEA.YE | FOR CAtfP JACKSON. 1 The following white registrants went to Camp Jackson on Friday, | August 30, leaving 'Newberry on the j C., X. & L. at 9:53 a. m. A few' changes were made in the list as at i first called: A. J. Bowers, Jr. ?ollan L. Slieh Herman Willie Vaughn Beaureguard Thomasson Walter Gus Franklin Thomas Leroy Cromer Leland Epps Rikard Clarence Eugene Perkins * Thoas Aiken ;Hair ]chn Henry Boozer. , John Archie Long ; George Bearden j William Alvin Rawls R. Sammie 'Nobles ^ ! Luther Sevmore ! Enos Perry Kinard Otis Sampson Lindler >/ , # George Wilbur wawKins Francis Leroy Suber George V. Shealy Matthew (Stock Fulmer Morse ?uford 'Dominick James Levi Dennis Thomas Jefferson Davenport, Jr. I Shirley Pomeroy Daniels t>_ v_ DHU'd. 1 liuiiiao j Ollie Lee Shealy Lonnie M. Mills i i Claude Johnson i Thomas Otho Sease i James Arthur Grant James Launcelot Swindler James Edward Steele. Card of Thanks. Prosperity. Aug. 31.?We wish to thank our dear friends for their timely visits, prayers and tears mingled with ours; for the many beautiful and comforting letters, (too numerous to reply to individually) and for every act of sympathetic kindness shown us since we have been so sorely bereft of our dar. dutiful boy. May none of you ever experience such sorrow, and we pray that our Heavenly Father will help you bear all of life's burdens as willingly as you have tried to help us. J. C. Singley and family Pomaria Red Cross. A meeting of the Pomaria Auxiliary American Red Cross will be held at the residence of Mrs. W. W. Berley iSaturday afternoon, September 7th. at 4 o'clock. All members are urged to be present as matters of consider| able importance will be discussed. Mrs. Jas. P. Setzler. Chairman, f ' J Jurors for Common Pleas Court. ? The following jurors have been drawn to serve the court of common please which will convene here on 'September 16: R. G. Parks John Summer J. J. Langford Jesse Boland Z. Wilson j John Parrott W. W. Farrow J. W. Simpson j Jno. L. Cook j Jno. D. Koon ^ 1 ? Geo. A. Cromer M. E. K. Glympli D. J. Cooper J. L. Watkins j B. L. Miller r " ^ J no. H. Turner x A. Havne Hawkins U. W. Buzhardt James M. Keith <B. S. Counts G. C. Swittenfberg Jno. H. 'Baxter B. W. Watkins Joe. W. Hunter D. C. Spearman C. F. Lathan M. W. Epting C ? !L.one ~ V -w. R. MoC. Holmes :C. C. Boland a? 8? 0. W. Amick, T. B. ?lack R. E. Living3ton B. L. Albritton. G. C. Fellers P. E. Shealy. THE HERALD AND NEWS ONI VP F^R ONLY 11.50. GERMANS! i DERS RET rpfirk A1T/1I1 InKUlur DRENI I I ! All Britain Th ) I the News t I H eighti I I ' ' Hi LONDON, Aug. 31.?Alo ! I from the south of Ypres to the the German Flanders army is I 1 shell-scarred fields, dotted wi of which an ancient legend 1 deep red^hue from the blood I i Flanders through centuries o\ Kemmel Heights is once i | himself announced it tonight z through the British Empire, fc bastion was grasped in the G< ish commander issued his imir aer 10 uu n uup?. Out of the whole Lys we drawing with feverish haste good. For in it they are as if to go/' The threatening coll; between Arras and Soissons i at many places by the French ter almost closed their ring ar a last gamble for the Channel I "Retreat. Shorten your 1 sequence " That is the order now from the German headqt And so the last laurels o paign" are offered by von Are Kemmel Height was abandon pretence of a fight. The Kru "* ' ' -? ??? Jitio kaVP tnoae oiooQy spiiu^ uujo aim * w of hate toward the not-far disl withdrawn in the darkness of gray soldiers sneaked down tl was bought by them and their blood scarcely five months ag Back to the Passchendae ridge and back to the east bai ton and Armentieres von Arn Mr. J. Henry Durroh sold a bale o? ? - ! cotton on the Newberry market .on .( Friday for which he received $22'.* i . I and some cents. He said he had sold > I a 600 pound bale on this same mar ket some years ago for which he received only $18. Qusite a difference. I "Don't Put Off U ? ?? T1 Tomorrow What Be Done Today." Don't put off buying th? Vt pledged to buy when yqu sign Help improve the showing of in* the stamps as early as pledged to buy. Help Unci* rmr\-KT - ? J rktvpiaAT oa k)UUlY >UU ao Ul' J. w*m ywwv NOTHING IS SA > ? >IPM^????C???? I N FLANREAM i blood;hed soil \ I / -ft XX 7^1 rilled witn that Kimmel - IV TT 5 tali to Jtiaig ng a front of twenty miles ; north of LaBassee Canal, vAtroa Hncr tonight through kvwv?....0 D w th poppies?scarlet poppies tells that they derive their that has drenched the soil of battle. / nore in British hands. Haig 1 1- - - enn^ 9 tkri'll inu 1115 WU1UO Obll I. u M?i*w >r it was when that mountain ;rman clutches that the Britlortal "back to the wail" ordge the Teutons are withs while the withdrawing is "all dressed up and no place apse of tfyeir whole center vhich was again punctured and British today?the latound Peronne?ajl chance of coast has Vanished, ine wherever the cost or con of the day, of every day larters in the field. f the great "friedens camaim up on the altar of safety, ded by him without even the * ri i 1 J pps and dcodas wmcn amce i been thundering their chant tant channel, were stealthily night and hordes of field le slopes every inch of which dead comrades at a price of o. le range, to "white sheet' lk of the Lys between Waneim is retreating. :* * * '* ' ' * MORE FRUIT and LESS SUGAR < H How? * More Lew * Canned Fruit Jam * Dried Fruit Jelly * Fruit Butter Preserves + Fresh Fruit Sweet Pickles * * \ ****** ntil Can . J ? 'ax Sayings Stamps wjrtch yon ed the W. S. 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