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VOL. i XXXVIIManning, Thursday, September 20, 1917. MOBILIZ TION I ARMY TOOK PL Washington, Sept. 19.-Three hun dred thousand men of the National army are today on their way to 16 cantonnients to undergo ani intensive training period preparatory for service overseas. Today's increment repre sents approximately 45 per cent. of the total quota under the first call from nearly 5,000 exemption boards. The transition from civilian to mill tary life was effected with a minimum of delay. In every section of the country, the men called by the indi vidual boards were assembled, placed under militarf/ discipline wielded by one of their number selected as lead, er, and assigned to special troop trains now en rpute to the mobilization camps. The new increment will join the first quota of 45,000 men called to the colors September 5. Because of the obstacles encounter ed by the war department in procur ing supplies, it is probable that some of the men will be only partially equip ped on arrival. No attempt to com pletely outfit the units for war service will be made until just prior to the departure for France. Every effort will be made by the government to adapt the men of the selective draft forces to thv branch of pilitary work to which they are best suited by experience and na tural aptitude. To carry out this pur pose, a corps of civilian experts train ed in the service of great corporations in selection of men for special occu pations, will be appointed soon tc make a similar appraisal o'f the enlist ed men of the national army prepara tory to the assignment of the men tc the special units necessary in modern warfare. Charts have Deen prepared to be filled out by the men showing exact ly their experience and training and providing also for a statement of their prefernees as to the kind of work they will be called "non to do. If possible these cards will be supplemented by s personal estimate of the men by the civilian experts. This can be done only after a rough g neral classifica tion has been made pos-Ible througi the card system, ns it ". ould be toc great a task to personally interview every man. FOUR THOUSAND MEN ARE EXPECTED AT CAMP CUSTE7 Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 19.-Pre parations have been completed a' Camp Custer, -the National army can toninent near here, for the receptior and handling of the thousands of Vis consin and Michigan boys, comprising the 40 per cent. increment of the rlrafi soldiers of tho: e states who will be gin to arrive today. More than 4,000 of the new incre ment are expected to be in camp to night and others will arrive daily un til the first of next week. NO LIQUOR IS ALLOWED SOLD IN VERMONT TODA' Ayer, Mass., Sept. 19.-Captain De vans was in readiness today for th< reception of the 40 per cent. of draft ed men from New England and north ern New York whose movement to ward Aye'- was begun this mor-ning Th'Ie mna due to leave their homes to day to begin service ini the Nationa army wvere fr-om New I lamnpshir-e, Ver mont , Rhode island anld Maine. i1 the Vermont cities from wvhich qiuota: deptated no !!quior was sold today, b: or-der of the governor. CAMP GORDON IN ATLANTA READY FOR SECOND QUOTJ Atlanta, (C1., Sept. 19-Military aui thtoritiles at Camnp Cordoni were pre tar-ed ear-ly today3 to r-ceolve aippri miately 5,000 men~t fr-om A labama, Tfen niessee and Georgia who have bee1 Helectedl to fill the 4i0 per cent. whit ejuota f'romt thtetir respecelIv~e dlistilt for ser-vice ini thle 82 divisionis of thi National armtiy. Tlennesseans wvere t1 formt the majority of the now arr-ival in i'aiip I oday. Mote thant 3.00i wver tt repoart at the i-ceelving slationt be forec nightfaPll. About 1,500 select met fromi Geortgita and Alabama, htoweve: were included in today's c-all. Officers statiotied at Canip Gordo1 wet-e instrumcted last night to repotrt ti itcetrailroad stations in Atlanta an< at Chamnblce, Geor-gia, a suburb, ti mteet thie drafted men and to escor 11hem In squiads tot thoir newv heat whiere they at-e to begitn the duties a ilie soldier. Whether' additional wvhiteo men wviI be certificed at once to fill uip tne 4 per1 cent. quota ordered to camp thi suc uter~cesdid not constitut, week, had not been dbtermined earl; todlay. According to figures issue< from tihe state adjutant general's ci additional whites, andh Alabaina abou 1,000 if the compilete 40 per con nunta fare to be supplied. )F NATIONAL ACE YESTERDAY RICHMOND GIVES ITS MEN GREAT SEND-OFF Richmond, Va., Sept. 19.-A parade let by the Forty Seventh New York regiment band preceded the departure of Richmond's second quota of 294 men for Camp' Lee today. Governor Stuart. Mayor Ainslee and members of the city council following the new sol diers to the railroad station to bid farewell to them. Meanwhile quotas from various sections of the state were passing through the city on the way to camp. One of the first contingents to arrive at Camp Lee this morning was the quota from Louisa county which numbered 53 men. Rousing cheers greeted the men as the trains pulled out from Byrd Street Station. Colonel Fitzhugh Lee, mustering of ficer, assisted by a large number of lieutenants, several of whom are from Fort Myer and Fort Oglethorpe, train ing camps, was the busiest man at Camp Lee today. He is rapidly as signing the men to the various regi ments following the required exami nations. About three thousand men from Virginia counties will arrive at camp today, forming a part of the second increment of 40 per cent, of the 47,000 men to be assembled at Camp Lee under orfiginal arrange ments, although the barracks are to be enlarged to accommodate as many as 60,000 men. FIRST DETACHMENT NEW ARMY IS AT CAMP MEADE C(amp Meade, Md., Sept. 19.-This national army cantonment was de clared to be in readiness for its for mal opening at noon today. A train bearing about 360 draftce from Phil adelphia was the first detachment scheduled (o be received and it was expected that by midnight fully 3,000 men would be occupying the new bar racks. The Ponnsylvanians will con tinue arriving daily until Monday when there should be about 13,500 men in camp. DECLARES RUSSIA WILL REMAIN WITH ALLIES TO FINISH Ambassador Bakhmeteff Will Call On Secretary Lansing Soon to Express Country's Determina tion to Fight to End. Washington, Sept. 19.-The Russian ambassador, Boris A. llakhmeteff, will call on Secretary Lansing soon to re new his assurances of Russia's deter mination to fight the war to a finish. Ti.p ambassador, it is understood, will say conditions in his country are im pioving, that there is no doubt all fac tismal difficulties will be arranged and that Ru1issla, united and powertul, will btendl her energies to the task of dlriv ing out the (Germans and lending aid Iin subsitantial form to the allied cause. Accord'ing to Ruissiansa in Washing :1o', the Russian offeunsivye has stiffen 0(d to such a deg)reeO that t ho enemiy Is not able to make further- pr-ogresS. it Is not hel1Ievedl the G erma ns~will he able0 to do motrei Ithin hohl( their ines10 if indeed( they are able to do that, with tihe coninag of w inltr. On tho Rutmanihan front t Iho situaotion - Is enicouraging \ur in several places; Ont tihe battle line, according to Iato - d ispaitche~s, the Ruaians and~iit Ruts - ians4 hav~e maide sutbstati l advantces.' TWO BELIEVED TO'VE PERISHED IN A FIRE Hir'isto!, W.a , Sept. 1 9.-Th''iat Clyde Godsoy, 13 years old. atnd two Smith brot01hers per'ished in last night's $300, 000 11ire it the business dlistr-ict of ltIstol Is the belief of Otis Moot-e, 18 years old, whto was imprisoned on thle tthird floor with these boys and en capted by jumiping to the cotncreto pavement. Moore sutffered a brtoken leg atnd other serious injuries. Scat-cit this morning failed to reveal the miss inlg bloys. Winfred Moore suffered internal in ,jurIes b~y jumpitg from an upper stor-y Iwindlow and may not recover. Several - firemen were injured by falling walls or by jumping from the Massengill buldring. To Our We are somewhat late being without the services c Through the kindness Musser, mechanical superin Record, we were able to gel the machines of that papc leave out considerable loco beg the indulgence of our re ROUSING FAREWELL GIVEN SELECTMEN New Orleans, Sept. 19.--Cheering crowds lining the city's principal streets gave a rousing farewell to the second increment of drafted men from New Orleans as they marched to the railroad stations today to entrain for Camp Pike near Little Rock, Ark. Ap proximately 1,200 men departed today, that being about 200 more than 40 per cent. of the city's quota, the extra men being sent to make up deficien cies from other parishes in the State where heavy negro population pre vented sending the required nunmber of white men at this time. Newberry. Sept. 19..-New berry's contingent to the army joined the forces from the upcountry here at 1:25 today on their way to (amp Jackson. Thousands of people from the city and countrv gave them a grand send-off. It was one of the biggest parades ever seen here that escorted the men to the station from the court house lawn in the following order of march: Newberry concert band, Confederate veterans under command of Capt. iluford; honorees selectmen; exemption board, city and county officials; chanters of Daughters of the American llevolu tion, and lDaughters of the C(onfed eracy; Red Cross and all women, school children and citizens at the station. Patriotic addresses were made by the mayor and )r. Janes M. Kibler, Rev. P. 1. Dibble and 1) A. J. flowers. PAXVILl[ NEWS ITEMS Miss Maud Bioyd of Lamar spent last week witi friends here. She was en route to Coker college. Misses Iva Geddings and Pearl llroadway will leave Tuesday for Rlock Hill to resume their studies at Win throp college. Mrs. W. L. hrunson and daughter, Miss Lucille of Sumter, visited at the home of Mrs. S. E. Curtis during last week. Misses Alice and EImily Iroadwavy have recently purchased a I)odgo toiring (ar. Miss ''abitha leddinsg leaves Tiues (lay for Iaitsrille where she will be. gin her second term at Coker college. Mir. P'ostin of ('hesterfieldl has ae. ceptedi ai position as cotton seedi buy er for Mr i. TP. Reynolds Owen. Tlhe trustees lhtve recently elected M iss I'>,rte Perit of 0 M ulIints primary te'ic(her andit to till the vacancy of Miss ('atherine MeEI veeni. Miss Sadie Mims of Sumter visited hon at week(''l hefore returniing toI' Ga ftney, where she is a membher of the senlot' thw a I ,imiestonle ('01lege. Mris. lma Tiale and little son. WVi lim lEdwartd, lef't TPhurisday for' t heir hiomte at R~ock T11l1. On their way honme they will visit Mirs. J. C. Pate at Stnter and Mi's. C. P. Me. Kniight it Winnsbor'o. P rof. Senn and Miss Katheiine IRich aridsoin wiere here last week in thle ini terest of' the communtitiity f: ir and t,' iiiaage forth boolie.r rip 'i oin neCxt Monlday af(ternioon. They will visit lottme Bri'ncth, lIig Branch and Si veir oin ti s trilp an dei siri' all who will accomitpanlyt themu Oin this r'oun d, hovziu intg at lom 10 ran1ch~iel at 2:30 o'O'cloc. Mliss'es A lice and 1Azz.',ie IHodge of' Phi1adel phlia, Pa., spoilt last week at the 1h0m11 (if thle Messr's. Hlodge near town.i. MIiss Lizzie is a receint graduate of thle nurses' Iraining school of thle Womlanus' hiospit a1 of Pitladeplpha. Site will pi'obltly locate in Columbia. MILITARY GOVERNOR OF PETROGRAD ABOLISHED Petriogradl, Sept. 18.-Thei provi atonal gover'nienit lhas abolished then host of mlilitar'y governlor of Pet rogratd and~ retabttilihed thle ofilce of coin miand~er of the troops of the Petrogr'ad district. Col. Polkovnikoff 11as been appointedl commandeii~r withl powers to settle (luestloons relating to the food supply and~ transport. Readers this week on account of f a linotype operator. and courtesy of Mr. Edw. tendent of The Columbia our reading matter set on r. We are compelled to I reading matter and we aders for this issue. MUCH INTEREST IN NEW YORK PRIMARY New York, Sept. 19.-An unusually heavy vote was predicted by campaign managers at today's primary election in this city. Mayor John Purroy Mitchell, fusion candidate for renomi. nation, Is opposed in the Republican primaries by former State Senator William M. Bennett. Tammany ihall and affiliated organi 'ations are striving for a heavy vote for the D3emocratic candidates, to show a iunito party. Mayor Mitchell is supported by Republican district workers. The polls open at 3 p. in. and closo 9 p. m. CAPTURE TWO STll.S WITHIN FEW MILES OF SUMTER )eptuity Sheriff IIazel 3oykin and Rural Policemen Sam Newman and Alex Norris Monday afternoon cap tured a whiskev still in the house of Peter lavis, colored, who live on the edge of the Dingle mill swamp. within sight of the Manning public road about three miles from the city. The still was a crude, home tinad' affair, fabricated from a 60-pound lard can, a few pieces of galvanized iron pipe and a wooden trough. It is sup posed to have a capacity of two to three gallons of liquor a day. No liquor was found in the house but there were about 50 galolns of mash on hand ready for distillation. 'T'lis mans was made of a mixture of corn meal and molasses, fermented in bar rels. The still was operated on an ordinary cok stove and the whole out fit was of the sinplest character, but Peter Davis, who was in charge of the business, says it made whiskey and that they had no ditliculty in dis posing of the out put at $2 a quart. When the stil was loated there was no one at home, so the police men disturbed nothing and set out to captlitre the llionslin'rs. I2ale in the afternoon they found Peter Da vis at the house of one of his neighbors andi1l arrested him without dilliculty. ie told them that Albertus . li lott was his partner and as Albertus was well known in police circles as a IlII-! tiger of long standing, tit-rt WaS no diiiculty in identifying anid arresting him. EIlliott of course leied aiy in terest in or knowledge of the still bta s nv~xeverthl(ess t aken inoto( cuis todty and cominiitted to j.iul. lhivis staitedl that. thtey had beeii riniig thle still for abhott iV1( linhs aml4 sold the litior as rapidlyl a-s ma de. The reason there was 110o liquor on lihand Monidayv was that th1ey did 11ot run1 the still Sunday and the demand for lIquor (li Sunday was greater thian the suintly'. PTey were iready to mak~le an1 atll niight run1 'limt,. 5o 1s to b prleparied to soupply t heir cu.stomilers Oin 'Tuesdlay. T1wo ot er netgr(Ies are atllegedl to bei inte'r-sted ill the st ill. 1u t t hey hiave no1 t beli arriested tfor watnt of' siliient evliinc to ((on viet. Second Still Captured. Th~e iraral plticemeon and leptly ShieriffI lazel IHoy~kin ('apturedl an other stil this imoring, this one. he lng found in thle lrtigdoii ne-ighbor hood. it was operated by lIavye Me. Coy, a one-leg negro, inl a shiedrooii of Ils house, no pairtitulair prec-al tionts having beenl takent to) cocealI the otilt. TPhe still. lIke the one1 (:ap tilled Moniday aftternfoon, was ai hoine imadioe affair, bitt was larger and heoteIr made(1 than the other1 and had a dalily capneacity of threie to f)ive ga loiis, it is est Imatedl. No Iliuor was found11 Oin Itle piemises, bitt ab lout -40 gallons of fermlen ted mash, or "'beer" ats It is termed, in tubis andl kegs were se'ized In the satme room as the still. IDave McCoy ,the owner of thie still, was arresitedl and( brouight to jail. The still winas not in olperatlon wh'leni thle (flbe eras madel theo ralid, hut. Mc~oy wals abotut readoy to make a rn, ats thle mashl was g!ood an sour,011' lirol in) formaltlin reCceived thle Olli(Oirs are' satisfied thlat tihe still had lb-en In opleration for somel timle and (liat Mc Coy had been dolig a flourishintg bui-l ness.- -Suit' lino APPROPRIATION OF ADDITIONAL SUM ASKED BY BAKER Secretary of War Tells Senate Committee $287,416,000 More Should Be Tacked On to the Deficiency Bill. Wa',shington, Sept. 19.--'.ith 'lie t;' ginning tIoday of senate hearings on $7,000,000,000 deficiency bill, passed yesterdlay by the house, Secretary Baker presented tstitates for addi tional apprtopri tions of $287,411;,001.1, prilcipally for ordnance an(1 the en Lgineerinlg service. "The su binis.-.ion of all these esti miates" Secretary Ha1ker said, "is made necessa ry in order to provide inicreas od facilities for the manufact tre, is" sie, and storage 'of ordnance material; for equipment of an additional half million men, in anticipation of a call for that number; for procuring ad - d:tional rifles and an additional sup. ply of sinall arils aiifhlttion tort ma chine gun, rifle and pistol target prac - tice of an army of 2,300,000; for con struction 7ork with 'vhich the etgi neer corps is charged in France and for ettuipment of fpecial t0oops op). rating in the theater of war in Eu rope." REPLY OF AUSTRIA TO POPE BENEDICT Amlsterdatn, Sept. 19.--Austria's re ply to Pope lenediet's peace pro posals, says the Wienet' Allgemeine Zeitung, will be handed to the papal nuncio at Vienna on Thursday and will be ptblished on Saturda,. The reply wil cotfiine itself to a de tailed discussion of the pope's sugges tions. The report that it will contain new and1( a.stonishing peace proposals, the Vienna newspaper adds, is abso lutely at variance with the facts. PRESIDENT WILSON'S NEW AIDE PRESENTED TODAY Washingt on. Sept. 19.-3ajori C. It hi ly, engineer Corps, U. S. A., was presented today to P'resident Vilson by (Col. V. W. I 1ar ts, whose place as military aide to the presidelnt he is io a5sumill0. ?a ajor Ridle,, has been stationed at Vilington, N. C., for tile last two mtont hs. Col. Hlarts pr~obably' will no to France within a short timge. - ) -. SUCCESSFUL RAID BY BRITISH TROOPS lonilet, Sept. 19-T1he official :tatePrntent is:suett today by the British 7 r off:ic~e canneerning mtilitalry o~per ;:tlions in lFrance allnd Btelgiutm says: "The stecestfl r'aid against the (te'lm; i posit ions in litver'ne ss (Cops5e, (epoted! in e."t ighs co': ((lumunliquttef w'a made lv trops of th' Y ork and 1 1 ncster rI ments1?('1 . It f toIt r-' t." -------- ------ - AGREEMENT ON TRADING WIH ENEMY BILL NEAR \\' shintoni, Seipt. 19. i ,ampttet greeme t by ghtIn : iii it A n t ad i wit h ti h - i i i - a- y bl Odid Fcto'i'a ir Patrio.tz: Parr~de. !ing t ( '.tr d i itn ult h tover I rat-lmd Itoday .otlw p. rt ini a pari PATRIOTIC SPEECHES ARE MADE BY GREENWOOD MEN (Greenwo'tod, Sept. 1 9. Sieeral hiun drtedl( Grt'tenw '-oil county Peop lt' hadeIt far;ewelI toti the stecond Iatincremot of 53I men wi xho Ieft shoirtly after I non for Camtil Jatclson on a special tirain fromt t eidmont section. F'erven tly lat iot it siieettthtei ee madtte by (C. C. Feathtiers Itone anad -& . SminithI. Thle mien arate itta hage or Clatudte ItIey Enter'son. o'ireo;lyV of I lodges, whoc catme votl unt 't iiy froim On tario to serive as a t'nnetiioF GENERAL OFFICERS WILL MAKE A TOUR OF BATTLE FRONTS War Department Expected to An nounce plans Shortly-Every Division Commander to Make the Trip? \Wasl' ngton, Sept. 19.---lmiuolar and National (huard general oft ors com in lP! lig divisional training encam is a r to be sent to Icurope on an observa ion tottr of the baItle front:-, return ing to enrry on (heir training dutiei at. ith close of the tolur. Fornal a: nltla emellt of this plan by the war department is expected. inder the voluntary cenisorshi i speciie movem)ents of general officer may 110 be published wvitlot anthori zation of the' military authorities. For this reason the list of 'livisional con mianders alirea(y select :'ct to make the tour will be available only when the depar tienI's annotlllcenent is mlade. It is assumed, however, that If post . ble, every divisilca: commander will he given an opport unity inl time to tam(1 Lii iarize himself somewhat with actual w'ar conditions abroad. ''he e:ily stages of the miobiliza.. tion and trainin.g of the National Cuard and National army division,: will tV lift to the brigrade and regi mienta'l commanders, leaving the offi cer, of the divisional I -taXf to hant! ; the larger (inestions. '1'he first weeks of the traiiii nig am work will be deoled largely to get ting the m'ien equi(pped : id classitied to the various :Arms of the service, and the perio:d will be (Iev;'ted w!ie-reve' possible to the (obServat ion toul r.h road for g o en.r off ileers. ----0 MUST QUIT FRENCH AERIAL CORPS TO JOIN DRAFT ARMY New York Man, Member of the Famous LaFayette Escadriele, is Ordered Into Service by the New York Exemption Boards.. New York, Sept. 19. --tinir a de cision by the New York ('ity' di'trici bea-rd of appeals, IIcilert Dick SmithIi, a member of the f Iamous l.a ay:ette escadrille, must give ill his (ullties as an air fighter with tire French army. and return to this countrv and enter the national arminy. smith registered by mail and his certit io'cn for S11, vi(.e as a conscript 'wa:S alpealed jy h!is brother. Frlan:'-s N. 11mi111. 'Tlhe :1 was a;ccoplt;aniedl by 1(-t tors f rota1 0l'!is rr of 1the esca1drili . -x 11ing th:' Smith I as in active se \icer. TIhe onely oppiortunllity, he h'as of eting Ill rmission to rema11in with the eseadriille, it w1as statel, is a spe(-cial rulina l 1Pi'rovc'st .\larlhal General ('row1: der at \\'ashigetIen. TG BU 7}SINESS MIEN CAN HELP WIN WAR TOPIC DISCUSSION Developmnn of Transportation andc Functions of Commercial Organizations Sutbjects Before U. S. Chamber ComereIC. thel Ilhief top1l2s 1i < .r -$42io at I+ da~y's 5essjin of th I ar t, o nvent (o1 t'nied Stat;s s in . ~ .ake r ( j 'l m a n o ft t t I . I 2 l&i leaers i busi1e-: (4 ird 1. tryv. In addition1. 5everal4 1!rou0 h =.el 1 inlgs wer'Ie h1(1ld during lii'- da fo th--' spec'ial <21ns 1ieratin ef IfueI 421nr:ln - 111ion1, letterl 1use 0f fri'ih. I ars I'l m' 112 irucks and1( tro(lleys, 2, 424 11p 1 114 in 211 the toed hIrob1lem. econoi:-ls ini Ic 111e of mat erhtils, 12owerI and1 del ive'ry'2 services, sayIng onl stoaI space'51ii2(, (21. ganization of' governmen!2 lt hn u. 1 r and1( anti(cipa1ted. and hiow mnaufa2 organize better' to servne the govern, mient nnel1 (ievelno thele' nonitt