Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A IV All ON IDMCKM MM of "Idlers" ami "I'sclest* Job# All evil d by New KeguUilan. man of ilraft awe mnsl Work or fifth t uhcr July 1. uiu'l^r ? tlnwflo amendment to the soloetlve mftfvlct' !??? illations iiimouu<HMi by Provost m.in dlial ' iciiri'it I < Vow tier. Not only Idlers, but nil tlnifi rt'jt intrants en^aucd in wjiflt 4Wf lU'Kl to he uOli-U^ful ihvii|m I Ion-, an- lo be o haled WolC local ImuihIn ami ftlv'cn the choice of a ww Job or the ?iu?y. ( in 111 uii'r.s. i'u<v track ami I ? * i ? k . ? i shop attendants ami forluiU* tellers lurnd ?< lit* tUt, but those who win be reached by I ho now regulation- n; ?> iliciutlc waiters ami bartender... * the ater ushers and atfoittkihta, puHi^m ft<y elevator opcrtitoj's and otlu r ut tcudunts of clubs, hotels, at ore*. tut. domestic and clerk* In store*, Deferred chis^tleutiou granted on account of de|>endchts will lx? disre garded entirely In applying the rule. A man tuay 't>0 at the hm | <>in of < la>> one m even In class four, hut If 1)6 falls within the regulations. ami re. I'usci- lo lake nsef ti I fin ploy mi' li I will |M given a new number in chi?s one that will semi iilin Into tin- niilllary servhv forthwith. I .oca I hoards an* ? ;tvithori/.cd to use discretion only where thoy llml that enfoixvd change of cm ployincnt would reMill in (jlNj>roiM>r - donate hardship Wptt his de]>ei)dcnts. It lias heen known tot some time that some fonn of "work or light" phui had Imh'ii submitted to 1'roHl dent Wilson, but there had been no Intimation that 11 was so . far- reach | big In hcojhs . Jlotli military author ities and <linj>aMment <?f Jtabor otlb cialH tM>1hne that it will go a long way toward solving the labor prob- ? lent tor fawners, shipbuilders and munitions Workers, and will end for the present at leant, talk of, eouscrlp tion of lHt>or. ( fH|o aimouncemont j gives notice significant that the list of non-useful occupations will be ex- 1 tended from time t.o time as neces sity require.-. The statement of the provost mar ?dial general's olllec follows? ''I'roVo^t Marshal (Jenerai t'rowd er announced an amendment to the .selective service regulations which deals with the great' .question of coin 1>elllnft men not engaged In a useful iMVUpatlon Immediately to apply them ! solves to some fonn of lalnn-. coiitrl ! hutlng to the general irood. They are fronted with the alternative of tlnd* j iin; sultaihle einploymeiil or entering, the a mny. j "This regulation provides that after July I, any leftist rant Who found by I a local board to Iki a habitual Idler. ? ?r m>t engaged .in sonic useful is* ? ?npaiion shall" l>e summoned bnfore the hoard., glvoh a chance to explain and,' in the alxsence of a satisfactory ex- ( j'lnhntioii. lo be inductisl Into the uiil ilary Hci*vi<,e of the lTnlte?l States. ! "Any local lHXirdwIll h<v autlior i/,?'d to take action, whether it has original lurlsdb'tlon of the registrant or U4> t ; i)i otU^P word*, any man loaf In u' aroiind a imm ?l Yim/U) In Chicago, may btv. held t <> ?h?wit to u Chicago I i".i i < I. evl'll though lio niav have icu' . it if. I ill N<-\\ V ? n U ami lived there 1 1 1 ?v ? most ? ?f liK life "The WW regulation* which apply to Idler ri^lNli'DJil# will ? ho deemed l? aw)l> al# '?? gamblers of a tl de scription* and employes attendant* of imcUct Khopn ami raw* tracks, fortune teller-. clairvoyants. jMilinists n lid the lljtis Will* A)f I lie j?ui|M.-.o of lite )4'K nlii l ItHis .will Ik- consider ed || hllci*. "The new regulation* will also afreet I It.- following classes : I'er-uits engaged In the serving of final aiiil drink. or either, In public pjace*. imlnding hotels and M?cinl el ub*. ? Passenger elevator operator-- and ,ii (i-nda)ii^. doonmm, footmeu ami oth ( i ,i i icialantH 4?f 4*1 iil?-'. liotelH, Mores, j ui ?a rt men t houses, ollh<e buildings ami hath house#, ? | t'H?r?oi4*< ItK'ludUig utihiuv a n<i other* attendants, etigtlged <iu(t. occupied In.' and |n connection with (,'aiue.N sports, niiiiHi'iiiciits cxcoptlng actual jh* rfoiui - ; ;? ; |ji i. g ii iiiiiii*- concerns, o|M'ra.s or theatrical i>erformanccs. I'm^pus employe*! in doniuatic ser vice. Sales clerks and other clerks em ployed In stores ami other mercantile establishments. .Men who are cnguged iim above, or who art Idiots. will not' he permitted to seek relief Isvause of tl ie fact that they have drawn a late order num ber or heeause they have beeu placed In class U, or I oil the grounds of ? le| tendency. The fact that he Is not usefully employed with outweigh hoth of the ahove conditions* "It is exiHvted that ho list of non useful o<Mupatlons will t>e extended from time to time as necessity will require, so as to include persons In other employment*. '?Teirti>orury absence from regular employment not to exceed one week unless such temis>rary absences an* habitual or frequent. sliall not Jav con sidered as hllenosH. ? HegnUir vaca mm Ifttl not Is? considered as uh? senecs in this connection. "The regulation throws a further safeguard around men not usefully employed. by providing that where there are compelling domestic circum stances that would not jjorinlt change of employment by -the rgelstrant with out disproportionate hardship to his d?*|M>ndents or where a change from non-useful to useful employment or oOcuiN^tfoji would noivsxltafce fft moval of the registrant or his family, local hoards may give consideration to the circumstances. The regulation further provides that where such a cliange of employment would <*ompel the night employment under clrcum stain-os which a board might deem un suitable for such employment of wo men, the lM>nrd may take such cir cumstances into consideration in-eJib ak in;? its decision." ? ICxplaitiing the new formation and the necessity, for it. (Jeneral Cnvwder FRANKLIN and HUPMOBILE AUTOMOBILES EACH IN A CLASS BY ITSELF i 11 ? ? 1 1 . ' ' 1 1 GEO. T. LITTLE, Distributer ws.s. humps tuuxDivTn u*rnu> STATES. GOVERNMENT Buy Them And Help Win The War rOR SALE EVERYWHERE JUST RECEIVED a lot of Garden Seed for Summer planting Snap Beans, Lima beans Sugar Corn, Turnips, Mus tard. Watermelons, Okra, Teosinte, etc. W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store Tf'lcp hone 30. SON KIM-S HPS M<>TI?KK. Horrible Crinu* Krportcd Frortn Alkrn County. Aiken. J line (t- (Mu* of the wcrml kill ings thai hu* e\er Htulncd I !??' annals of tbis county <?eeurn?d near Perry, A Ikon eon Jut y . .\? -.ifi<ia.\ morning wiuui < ,ovan% Stephenson, Jr., ilio son of n woH'to-do farmer, *hoi to doatb hi# OWJ.I mot lit* I*. .Ah#. Stephenson whs. a soniiluvalld (or I In* past your, having only partly recovered from a stroke of |taraly$ls, and wan shot by her wii IbrtH) limes in the liea<l with a revolver. Proui what can. he gathered from the affair here the prlsooor rofuiwf to talk? the killing vtu tbe oubcoufti of a simple quarrel* over a foot path that ran through young Slephensou'H gar den, ami which the dt ad woman insist <><1 niton leaving open for her family's eonvoiileuoo to ami from the house. According to report*; Stephenson aliot Hilt wot Iter twhv 111 tUe head, then turning ami slmotiug a yoniyr nlw ouce in the face twforo be emptied the rt'inlvt'i^ fourth bullet into his moth er's brain. The dead woman \yas about seventy y?^rs old ami was re*i>eotcd by Urn whole <\MiHntinity where she res Id ed. Arthur llurftee, a neighbor, when Jie heard the shooting, ran to the Ste phenson home ami catichlutf hold of young Stephenson, disarmed him and tied him hog fashion white he h.^ui word to Slier I ft- Howard. The neUv will recover from her in Juries, hut will he dlsllgurcd for life. It Is reported that young Stephenson also ran his father from the premises after killing his mother; / When seen at the jail the young man apjieared entirely ludUTereut to tJie fearful erlme he had committed and smilingly replied to the reporter's question that he "had nothing to say at present." v Much Sugar I^ost. Washington, June tv --Over "Jo, <**?. IHKJ pound* of sag*!" en route frojn Cuba ha^e t>een tost by suhmarlne sinkings along the Atlantic coast this week, Food Administrator i louver an bounced tonight. Further cuts in sugar consumption will lie necessary to make up the loss. Hi /ft drinks will be hit hard. said ; "The war has so far disorganized the normal adjustment of industrial manpower as to prevent the enormous industrial output and national organi zation necessary to success. "There Is a popular demand for organization "of tuaivi tower, but no di rect draft could Ite liuijosed at pres ent. "Slops to prohibit idleness and non effective occupation will be welcom ed by our p<?ople. ?v "We shall give, the idlers and men rhOt' efTeatlvcly employed the choltv between military service . and effective employment! Every man In the draft age, at least, must work or tlglH. "This Is not alone a war of mill? tary maneuver. It is a deadly con test of industries and mechanics. "It is enough to ask what would happen If every man Lu the nation turned his hand to effective .work. How is this to be done? "The answer Is pita in. The lirst stop toward the solution of the dlftl culty Is "to prohibit engagement by able-lMKlled men in the field of hurt ful employ merit. Idleness or jneffno* tual employment, and thus induct* and Itersuade the vast, waited excess Into useful fields. "One of the unanswerable criticisms oTIBp draft has Iteen that it r.ikes men from the farms and from all useful employments and inarches them past crowd* of idlers and .loafers away from the army. The remedy Is simple ?to eouple the industrial Itasl.s with other grounds for exemption and . to nfjuire. that any man pleading ex emption on 'any grounds shall also show that he Is contributing effective* ty to the industrial welfare of the nifton. "The regulation itself makes pl)i In the determination of the War l>e mrtmeut. The giv.it organization of local and district ltoards which has already accompanied a notable work, ni'iy be relied upon to catch the spirit of the movement and sorely needed ma n| to we Is will soon be flowing into the fields of useful endeavor^ or Into t' o other direction of military strength. Theatrical i?erformors were except ed from the regulations nt the ?ilrec ticn of Secretary of War Tiaker who to fool that the can 't, t <?i> wit bouf all amusement In war tim" Mini that the other amusement* ? ?utiM he dispensed with more iead iiy. About, Face! Haw you t hougnt War Savings Stamps beneath your d ignitv ? that \Y . S. *S. were, only lor your children Haw >mi thought W ar Savings Stamps were only tor those who could invest in 2-~> rent units as steps t < ? \\ . S. S.V Have you thought that Liberty Bonds, in their higher denominations, were your principal method <>i' helping t<> finance the war? No matter what your subscription to Liberty Loan ? War Savings Stamps are also 1" Oft Friday, June 28th, National War Savings Day. An exact ijuota. according to population, has been set. It is $*20 average tor each American man. woman' and child ? this means the limit ? $1,000 each ? for those who can. to average those who cannot. RIGH1 ABOUT FACE! ?Subscribe for your full <juota of W '. S. S.. Sign your pledge on or before Friday. June 2Kth. C. P. DuBOSE & COMPANY REAL ESTATE INSURANCE CROCKER BUILDING PHONE 43 MEN WOH NERVES OF IRON Remarkable K?at? That Are Said to Have Beep Performed by Eng lish Steeplejack*. Tlit* business of being a steeplejack has very strangely, "run through" set- j oral families of Kn|jlun<l. At NQttlng* ! ham iIuto wai a family named Wcm ton, member* of which had f??r centu rle* (ha reputation of being daring steeple climhcrw. not for adventure but in the way of business. One of these Wootlons, In I ho timej of (leorge III, wan famous for repair- j In# steeples and spires without using scaffolding; he did hi* work hy the help of bidder*, liooks and rope*. When he repaired tit. reterV? spire, Notting ham. In I7SJ), having Mulshed his work, ho heat j| drain ut its top, j^toutmnd* of people looking on. ' Another of the Wool tons undertook the perilous tusk of uscending the spire of 8t. Mary'a, Manchester, which was vary lofty, fly a tremendous wind lb*1 hall and cross had been bant down, and looked dangerous. This steeple climb er raised ladders one after the other, assisted by blocks and ropes, aud aecured each lit succession to the stone work with clumps. When he got near the top of the spire the work became more difficult, and the spectators anx iously watched him as he fixed the last ladder. Having uccomplisheil^ftUs feat, Wootton stepped from the ladder on to the crown or pinnacle of the steeple, and>stood quite upright, with his hands free. Then he raised a cheer, which was responded to by the crowd* below. More extraordinary still, one of these steeple-cllinbers is said to have per formed the feat of standing upou bis head o& a steeple top. LANGUAGE HARD TO MASTER Fearful and Wonderful Sentences Were Those Written by Pupils of Malaysian School. *? Some queer sentences turned out by the pupils of the Methodist Girls',] school at Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. One can usually distinguish the suIh Jcct and tell what the child tried to .say at least. When the form of a verb is changed it Is called congregation. The prime meridian Is called the eternal date Hue. Gibraltar-Is the keynote In the Medi terranean. The finest wheat that ever cropped grows iu llussia. The ntasculine of spluster Is bore. He had nothing on except a swonl and he was unarmed. A wife Is the upset (opposite) of the husband. The place was taken by storm and thunder. Benjamin Franklin looked very fun ny with his clothes behind and a loaf \>f bread in his mouth. The cat was thin and pqle. Gibraltar is known as the keyhole of England. St. Helena Is a place where Na poleon had been diminished. The Barbarian states are Morocco, Algiers, Tripoli and Turnips. Queen . Victoria reigned 60 years. She was tho longest sovereign that ever ruled in England. A frog Is a bug with four legs, It stands up In front and nits down be hind. ? World Outlook. V Got Their "Lively Time." A famous lion-tainer tells of a queer Christmas present he once received. It was a consignment from a friend abroad of three boa-constrictors and five alligators. "With Jim's best wishes for a lively. time." The llon-tainor and his wife got tho lively time desired. He ways : "I sholl never forget how annoyed I Mas when, during the night, two of the alligators broke out of their boxes In our bedroom and began exploring. I could not find the matches, and I and my wife remained on top of the bed canopy till morning. Luckily, ray wife never thought of the thing that wor I rled me. I was afraid the alligators | might call on the boa-constrietOrs to i wish thein a Merry Christmas and so wake them up too !" Nuts and Digestion. I The reason nuts are thought Indlges ; tibie by some is because of the thin skin surrounding each kernel, notes a ! medical authority. This rnn easily be ! blanched off by pouring boiling water I on the nut. and allowing it to ntand ! for a few moments. Almonds should 1 never be eaten with the red, tough" j skjn on the nut meat. When boiling ! Water is poured on the almond, this j skin becomes as tough us leather. The best way to use nuts for children Is to grind tho nut meats or pound them, for which purpose the nut-butter knife in the meat grinder will be found the right tool. A good, nut cracker with ; strong spring makes nut-cracking 'easy, and is preferable to buying the | ready-picked meats on the market. Folly of Ridicule. A moment of indulgence in ridicule Ijinay create lifelong resentment, notes j : a student. The lat? Itichard Mansfield ix *ald i to have nursed a grievance against ' Henry Irving for years. The reason ^was that Irving had momentarily In dulged a little weakness he had for making sardonic remarks. * \* Rldicnle of persons strike* ?t per soi.sl vanity. And vanity is a very common weakness. Few escape It al together. And this kind of ridicule. In fact ail kinds, on examination, will he found '~to be associated with vanity. Id ridi culing there Is Invariably the desire to ahow how rlever one Is onowlt, > ^ i G. L. BLACKWELL Jeweler and Optician Camden, S. C. x. , . v . . ' .1 ? . .. ? V. --vy' LEND YOUR MONEY AS FREELY AS THEY ARE GIVING THEIR LIVES Yon don't have to fight, you don't haveto die. . ; ? v . . :r ;->V: ? "v Rut ? Your son does, or your bro'ther .who is now across the way ? or the kid now in khaki to whom you used to give pennies a short time ago. That money you have laid away for "a- rainy day" ? wouldn't you give every nickel of it to keep a Hun's knife away from his throat? * Well, the Hun is here, and so is his knife ? and so is the "rainy day" ? it's raining now, raining bombs and shrapnel upon our. boys "over there.** JUNE 28TH National War Savings Day On that day the nation will call upon you, not .just your neighbor ? but you? to pledge yourself to the purchase of a certain number of War Savings Stamps during 1918. ? . ? . ? Lend your money as freely as they are giving their lives. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C. PUT A CLIP OF PATRIOTISM ON YOUR SHOULDER JUNE 28TH I'lciltri- v..urM'lf !<? I'.v War Savings Stamps on or June 28, It's 1'atriof* rhslgo Day? the <fay the flovernment will upon you (?? ^'ivv ;t now pledge of loyalty: new proof of your Wi'L . to win : n?*w evident thait your dollars us welt as your hearts aro i h -ii i n< I tlu- men facing the Hun on the martyred fields of .fair France. m. t * " * National War Savings Day ? Friday, June 28th ?Mi ' ii;)! ?I.m\ \ i u win i.|. k?M I t<> sign a y?ersonnl pledge to huy WAR SAVINGS STAMPS \N a i Siivinir^ stamps an* a direct loan from you to Uncle Sau). Nothinp can ?e<Mon thrii value. They're always at par. They P*f you w ei!. though (hat isn't half ko Important to you as what your money doo> for that boy -tnaybe your own? "over there". Back him uj. Ke??p f(XKl going to him. Keep a' Coat on him. Keep M* ' .l?i I . fart ridges. And shoes on his feet. See that he hi* f i : U!sl ' ,Ulv NV s s h'ni over the top with the go-get-'ro reeling t lui i ?*t?mes fw.m knowing vou are pledged to see that W ^?ets what is <vining to him. ' <Iet ready to si-n your Pledge of IVtrlotism on National War ? awngs a.\. And ??u.v w s. S. until vou wpnder how you worn MOW' to (Jo it it * ? You'll pay $1 ..17 fo, u- s s J 2ftth? ??nd you'll for p.nrh of iln-m Springs & Shannon # ' The Store That Carries The Stock.