Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AND FRENCH CON TO GAIN GROUND IN FRANC'S. Hurt Offensive Front? Battle skill y^H Bi?toh clinched the ground jjjefl.jl. TP*?- Oerman forces made eaunter-atteckca during the ,JTl>e BrlUh not only beat gained some ground on near the Yprca-Menln game are probably lm I m the suoosss of the Britten I^PSm, pa tft)ey did not progress there mach aa waa sxpeeted. On \t the two mils front of the YpresRoulsri ?sjflresd alt objectives were gained in <*} Oerjnan resistance which stubborn on the Brit a|H|||, At IM. Qoentin the French IJaW sWesMia lost In the German . tfersWe* thoraday night. North ol ||s> Aleme they akss retook position/ aSjStsjC'y lest. The Oermans took the IpHUKssj^ la the Champagne region asms, Jam sallss front. When the Ip^ptJM ? ended they bald only fifty j*mfe<?f new territory, -?^pft. asncftsl sutsmsnts say th? tpUr*h attacks on the northern Rou i . spaa^k*? front were repulsed by thi RsjssJtpa, but that wn Thursday thi Bipsjisliss fall back three mUe ejaths/sst at Okna. Austro-Germar sjssjsn ara eeattautag their offensiv? le.vO*' Ftkshanl region. Southwest af Pretye the Teutons attacked In team The battle there still iq?s*MMm HARD HIT. MsjskgMi Mm Who Fall to CM ta Osssra Subject to Frevest Marshal General ha? the fallowing statsmsnt: in reports and other advices rs? Indicate that ln one or two widely separated districts Individuals, sjeseaformed aa to the purpose of thi ?iaenafid sgkejahiig as to Its result, are ftJnreetsalag forcible rssistanoe to thi la nothing to resist at this ftp the execution of the law. All male parsons bet wen the agea of 11 asm St, lacilsatvs, have been enrolled fnetsmUltarr eery ice. A preliminary aall has goae forth to soms such pwreeee, but Use Immediate and actual etsee* of this call is merely to pro spee'Skt opportunity for ouch persons, as fat some ana alaa in respect of these* to prassnt ta the govern msnt rissew? why they should not be Anal? ly osdiisd ta report for military aufy. if such persons do not appear end present these reasons, they have aim ply assjlscted to take advantage of as) opportunity that waa offered sols bjr fee thaw benefit. . The. failure af persoaf ta Uka ad? vantage af this opportunity does not interfere with ths raising of ths army and Interests ths government only la punishable erims of omls sk>n. If they do not desire to make aay .auch claims or if for any othsr they fall to appear, their are automatically posted as having been cid led end not exempt? ed ar discharged. Automatically also thay are Inducted Into the military seivk.? and mi.de subject to military laws- Failure to appear merely has teaa this automatic proceae. Wkan ths Urns a)iewed for making these stalms haa elapsed, these psr sons wUI bs snrolled aa In the mili? tary service. They will then be or dsrsd to appear as soldiers. From this palat on they will be under the swift and summary procedure of ceurta martial. Failure to report for military duty when ordered to do so constitutes desertion Desertion In time of war Is a capital offenes. Deserters may be apprehended by either civil or military authority, and after the mandate of the Federal government haa gone forth the whole strength of ths military arm of the government Is available to apprehand dessrters If It Is necessary te> uaSfSuch force. . Daamjsjnstratlons against local boards are simply futile strokes ln tha air. All ths records necessary to UPaf such persons are already on Ale at aXUe headqusrters and at the national capital, and since local boards have no occasion to uss any force In simply offering a beneficial opportunity to registered persona, there H no Held for reslatance. if rs awtanoi Is attempted later, when the army leaks to apprehend deser+era. It will Instantly encounter troop, f the federal government. Traitors Arrested as 8meg. New York. Aug. 10.?Nlns persons, to bs Belgian cltlsena. havs been arrested charged with smuggling rub? ber and platinum to Germany. Much ef these articles havs been gsttlng late Germany. The police bellevi thai the arrest will sad the traffic. AMERICANS TRAINING HARD. SOLDIERS IN FRANCE PREPAR? ING FOR STRUGGLE. Mont of Rammle? Eager for Fighting ark" Anxiously Await Their Turn in The Trenches. American Training Camp In France. Aug. 9 (by the Associated Press).? The deepest Impression one gsins af? ter three weeks with the American soldiers training In France is the ab? solute earnestness with which the splendid young men of the army have undertaken the task which Is before them. There Is no disposition on their part or on the part of their of? ficers to underestimate in any way the seriousness of that task and the hard work which remains to bs done before America can take her place In the actual tiring line. Tho troops feel their responsibility keenly. They are indeed the small but effective nucleus about which will be built the great army and great army machine which the United States ? hopes eventually to have on the bat ? tleflelds of France. I The man sre earnest in their de ? sirs to absorb war knowledge as ' quickly and as thoroughly ss possible' so that whsn called upon to act as i instructors to succeeding units as ? they arrive they will be found emt > nently qualified. A greet deal of this I sarnsstnsss and this will to do is i largely the result of the enthusiasm i of the young officers who but recont ? ly Joined the colors snd hsve taken t up the business of war with courage i and determination that means vol I umee to the future of their coun? try. In return for this service of pa? triotism, In rsturn for sacrifices al? ready made snd the still greater ones ? yst to come, the officers snd men i alike of ths expeditionary force want to feel always that thsy have an un? derstanding of sympathy and support from ,4the folks back home." That la i a sentimental side of the soldier, whether he he Frenchmen, Briton or . German in ths firing 11ns or Amerl i can In the training camp. Pace to face with the great ad i venture all the thoughts of sslf sre i things of the past. There is only the i thought of home snd the hope In the soldiers' breast that what he Is about i to do will be understood snd appre I elated there. This spirit slready per? vades the young American army. I Under ths best circumstances the training of soldiers In the everchang lng methods of modsrn warfare is a labor requiring months of patiertt snd painstaking; effort. Thousands of ths most valiant and valuable men in the British army, for instance, did not put a foot In France until efter they had hsd a whole year of training st horns. Resnbert News. Rambert, Aug. 9.?Miss Msrgv rite Lenolr of Camden. who has been visiting hsr cousin, Miss Courtensy Atkinson, has gons home. . Mr. O. H. Lenolr of Csmden Is down looking efter work on his mill. Mr. Percy Myers of Horatio is visit? ing his ooueln. R. E. Atkinson. Mrr. Anna B. Alexander of Colum? bia, is visiting Mrs. H. C. Bethen and other relatives and friends. Miss Carrie Mitchell of Clinton, who has been on an extended visit to relatives and friends In our com? munity hss returned home. She is an excellent trained nurse and an earnest Christian young woman. Mr. D. Q. Brown and wife with W. H. Freeman goes today to Bishop vllle on a visit to his, Mr. Brown's, daughter. Ths young folks and children have great times these days bathing; at the Dlnkuis' Mill pond. There is water here for all sorts, alxea and ages of children. Fever but one drowning here, a young negro years ago took cramp In very deep water and drown? ed bofore any ons could get to h<m. Years ago a little old negro named Daniel Wsde, better known locally as "Daniel Black," and "the priest," went out on the pond and essayed to walk on Its waters. Something went wrong or was wrong for had not apeedy help come the priest would have found a watery grave. The priest was quite a character and many amusing thin. I are told of him. He ate a small testament, as he claimed at the comand of God. lie claimed to be God's priest, but was an adultsrer and anything he chose but s thief. He would not steal. Crops are looking well around here and are faat recovering from the heavy rains. They are much better than last year. We are corned for another year unless soms unforeseen calamity befalls. Ths? acreage of small grain will be greatly Incressed among us an? other ysar. Mrs. Kvaternlk and her daughter. 81avo, spent Isst afternoon with Mrs. H. C. Bethea. "Hagood." Mrs. C. 8. McKagen and her little daughter left yesterdsy for Columbia on a visit to relatives. MANY CLAIM EXEMPTION. LARGE PRCENTAGE DESIRE TO BE DISCHARGED. To Local Boards x-'alls Task of Weed? ing Oot Meritorious Applications? New Ruling Issued. Washington, Aug. 9.?Wholesale claims for exemptions from the army draft, reported from many sections, caused Provost Marshal General Crowder to telegraph the governors of the States tonight directing that local boards "reduce discharges' for dependency to a far more restricted class and to very necessitous and clearly defined circumstances." In some districts as high as 80 per cent, of registrants called for exemp? tion are filing claims for discharge on the ground of dependent relatives. Such a condition Indicates, General Crowder said, that unfair advantage is being taken of the regulations de? signed to protect men who properly should be exempted and actually threatens to Interfere seriously with the raising of the National \rmy. The message to the governors fol? lows: "Section 2 of the selective service law exempts no person from military service on the ground of dependency. It only authorizes the president to exclude or discharge from draft 'those j in a status with respect to persons dependent upon them for support which renders their exclusion or dis? charge advisable.' The controlling necessity is to raise an army. . It is advisable to disturb dependents just as little as the necessity of raising an army will permit. To this end Sec? tion 18 of the regulations was com? piled carefully and after the most earnest consideration. If experience is to prove that the generous condi? tions prescribed by Section 18 or any abuse of them will Interfere with the raising of an army, then It la no longer advisable to discharge so wide a class and the conditions stated therein will have to be restricted un? til an advisable rule is reached. Nothing has happened to change the belief that the persons enumerat? ed In Section 18 copid be discharged without interfering with the raising of an army, but there are indications that abuses of Section 18 may ren? der Its continuance no longer advis? able. "Reports are to the euect that in some districts as high as 80 per cent, of persons called before local boards are filing claims for discharge on the ground of dependent relatives. Such a percentage of claims when viewed In connection with all available statis? tics Indicates beyond question that ad? vantage is being taken of the pro? visions of the law and regulations which were Intended to reduce to a minimum the misery at home nor? mally attendant upon war. THEY FOUND THE TROUBLE. Match and Gas Land Two Men in the Hospital. Florence, Aug. 9.?The turning in of an alarm from box 15 at the Coast Line union passenger station on Tues? day afternoon was because of an ex? plosion of gas in a Pullman sleeping car at the station. The car was be? ing carried through the cUy empty to be used by troops and the porter of the car found gas leaking. He called to a Mr. Nowell, one of the car In spectors at the station, and he at? tempted to find the trouble by strik? ing a match?he found it. Mr. Nowell was badly burned, as was also the colored porter aboard the car. Other than this little dam? age was done from the fire that fol? lowed. Mr. Nowell was hurried to the Florence Infirmary, where his wounds were dressed, while the ne? gro porter was sent to the Coast Line Hospital and had his wounds dressed. September Third May bo Proclaim? ed a National Holiday. Washington, Aug. 10.?A national holiday that may bo proclaimed for September third in celebration of tho entrainment of the first draft levies, is regarded as probable at the pro? vost marshal general's office. pbcplosion at Chemical Works De? stroys Many Lives in London. London, Aug. 10.?An explosion and fire in the chemical works of East London last night killed or Injured scores. Thirteen bodies of women have ben removed. Bodies are still being searched for. A largo number were hurt. Churches to Urge Conserving Food. Washington, Aug. 9.?An executive committee to direct food conservation among the 3,200,000 members of Bap tlst churches in the South was form? ed here today at a meeting of a special commission of the Southern Baptist Convention with the food ad? ministration. It also was decided that leading Baptists would bo requested to carry on an educatlonul cadrpaign on food conservation in the churches snd that churches should be asked to have their members make weekly re? ports on food saving. PROGRAM FOR DRAFTED MEN. GOVERNMENT DECIDES HOW THEY WILD BE CALLED. Changes in Physical Rules Are Modi fled ami May Result in Recull of Men Rejected. Washington, Aug. 9.?Regulations under which men of the new national army will be called to the colors, be? ginning September 1, were issued to night by Provost Marshal Gen. Crow der. They map out in detail the whole program to be followed until every soldier of the selective draft army has been accepted by the Adjutant Gen? eral of the training cantonment to which he is assigned. Two hundred thousand of the flrsl 687,000 men will be called up Septem? ber 1, and forwarded to their camps before September 5. The whole busi? ness of assembling the levies at en? training points, providing them with shelter, food and transportation and giving them their actual induction into military lives is entrusted to the civilian local boards which selected them for service. Until the men reach the camps, they will not be in con? tact with uniformed officers. I The actual call for men will go in each case from the provost marshal general to the State Adjutant Gen? eral, stating the number of men to be supplied at a specific time. Each local board will be promptly informed ot its proportion in the call, and the Adjutant General will fix the date when men from his State shall entrain ifor the camps. Immediately the local board will make out the list of men co fill the call from the roll of acceptel men and it will also fix the place of ientralnment and the exact time of de? parture. Orders to the men will be poste.l and also be sent them by mail. They will be directed to report to the local board at its headquarters not less than twelve hours or more than twenty-four hours before the time of departure for camp. Revised regulations to govern phy? sical examination of men registered under the selective draft were issued today by Surgeon Gen. Gorgas, of the army, and communicated to the gov? ernors of the States for information of local boards. The changes deal for the most part with questions of pro? portionate weight and height; but may result in the recall of some men rejected heretofore on physical grounds. The aew regulations grant an un? derweight allowance of from five to six pounds for men between sixty-four and sixty-seven inches In height, sev? en to eight pounds between sixty seven and sixty-nine inches, nine to ten pounds between seventy and sev ety-four Inches, and twelve pounds above seventy-five inches.. The effect of the instructions is to reduce the normal weight requirements for tail men. An additional half inch allowance In cheat expansion also Is allowed to men above sixty-eight Inches ln height, where there is no sign of dis ease. OFFICERS CAPTURE LIQUOR DISTILLERY. Sheriff's Posse Takes Outfit and Ar I rests Throe Men hi Spartniiburg I County. rpartunburg, Aug. 9.?A sheriff's posse yesterday afternoon captured a iliquor distillery at Tuck's Mill in this county and arrested three men who were engaged in manufacturing illicit whiskey. The men were W. L. Clay? ton, Pate Clayton and George Clay? ton. All the equipment was destroy? ed and the still was brought here as evidence against the men. They were bound over to court under a $300 bond and after a hearing by R. H. Gantt, United States commission? er, they were bound over for ap? pearance at federal court under a $1,000 bond. A still was also discovered yester? day at Camp Wadsworth by a party of engineers who were surveying at the camp. It had recently been worked, but the men were gone. The ?tili was in a secluded placo and the men had to crawl to get to it. No arrests have been made in the case. Typical of Southern Sentiment. Charlotte Observer. Last Sunday the people of Spartan burg took the members of Company D, Twenty-second New York Engi? neers, into their homes, and The Her? ald says of the experiment that "the pleasure was mutual." The Herald says this was done "not only for the nake of extending an appropriate wel? come to the young men as our guests, but as an expression of the friendly feeling tho whole community has for the entire New York Guard." If It were possible to have the entire 40, 000 to dinner, says The Herald, "that would be done." This is typical of the sentiment of Southern towns to? ward the troops which are soon to come. They are going to be looked upon largely the nature of the guests of these Southern communi? ties. BRITISH AND FRENCH GAINING ADVANCE ON SEVEN MILE FRONT TAKING TWO TOWNS. Extremely Heavy Bom bar dim nt In Progress?Canadian* Close in on Lens. While the entente guns are ham? mering the German front lines in Flanders with a violence apparently equal to the original bombardment, the infantry is becoming more active. Two important gains were made by the British and French on a seven mile front, taking West Hoek and Bixschoote. It is reported the Brit? ish cleared the Teutons from West Hoek and took the high ridge near the town. This will give them a bet ter\ grip on the line east of Ypres. The French made further gains near Bixschoote. The British also made extensive raids on the Arras front. Canadians continue to get a tighter grip around Lens. BRITISH LABOR PARTY FOR RESTORATION AND REPARATION. They Want Such a Peace as Will Eliminate All Warn in Future. London, Aug. 10.?At a labor party conference which was called to de? cide whether British labor should be represented at the Stockholm So? cialists' conference a special commit? tee of the British labor party execu? tive committee presented a memoran? dum outlining the labor party ideas as to peace proposals. They endors? ed the principles of reparation and restoration of invaded territory and declared against war for conquest. The resolution asks if the working classes would or could not unite to end the war, but states that British labprers are resolved to fight for a peace insuring elimination of war:? in future. KERENSKY APPEALS TO PEO? PLE* Tells Russians That Ills Country Must Fight on or Be Ruined. Petrograd, Aug. 9.?In a dramatic appeal addressed to the Russian people, Dictator Kerensky today sum? moned his countrymen to rally behind the provisional government, forget petty party strife in Russia's "gravesr hours" and redeem the oountrjV honor by pushing to a victorious con? clusion the battle "for tho whole hu? man race." The premier's procla? mation reads as follows: "During this crisis the reconstituted provisional government must bear (lit burden of the direction of our coun? try in its gravest hour. "An enemy offensive as well as in? ternal disorders menace Russia. Onl> the most heroic and self-sacrificing efforts, only the strictest authority can save us and make for a strong government capable of freeing Rus sia's territory from the enemy. "Realizing Its sacred task, the gov eminent will not hesitate before what ever obstacle to arrive at a conclusior worthy of the honor of our great na tlon on which depends the future o the country. "The government is confident tha the invincible strength of the revolu tion will be used to establish the safe ty of Russia and to reestablish hei honor, outraged by reason and b< miserable cowardice. THE TRAGEDY ACCIDENTAL. Verdict of Jury Investigating Targci Range Killings. Atlanta. Aug. 9.?A coroner's jur> investigating into the killing oi four civilians, including a woman during field artillery practice yester day at Little Kennesaw mountain, 30 miles north of here, returned a ver? dict late today that the tragedy wa> purely accidental and "that we fail to find any criminal responsibility." The verdict was returned after the jury had made an inspection of the scene on the mountainside where the shrapnel had exploded, and after Lieut. Col. Lytle Brown, of the engi? neers' corps, had testified and ex? plained to the Jurymen the technical causes which he believed were re? sponsible for the accident. General opinion was that the shell struck soft clay on the side of the mountain and was deflected without exploding, traveling a mile from its target and discharged, upon percus? sion where the unfortunate victims were standing as spectators to the artillery practice. Just One of The Rich. The State. Kingdon Gould, who is said to have filed a claim for exemption from the draft because of his wife's dependen? cy, is the only rich man thus far hoard from as objecting to service in tho army. Numbers of the scions of wealthy houses are already in the fighting forces, ranging in rank from Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt of the Twenty-second New York Infantry to Private Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., of the same state. TO INSURE SOLDIERS. BILL PRESENTED TO CONGRESS FOR IMMEDIATE CONSID? ERATION. I Soldiers to Get From $1,000 to $10, 000 Under Government Plan. ????~~ Washington, Aug. 10?The adn.in istration's program for insuring sol? diers, sailors and marines was placed before eongress today in identical bills introduced by Senator Simmons and Representative Alexander. The measure probably will be taken up in the senate and house as soon as the war tax bill has been disposed of. In its general feature the Insur? ance program varies but little from previously announced outlines, tho chief innovation being the proposal to compel men and officers to allot a minimum of $15 a month out of their pay to dependent wives and children. The bill proposes to vest in the war and navy departments au? thority to compel such payments. Authority also is proposed to co:n pel the men to be insured to deposit, at 4 per cent interest, with the gov? ernment and at the discretion of tho war and navy departments so much of their pay as is reported by the dif? ferences between the $15 family al? lotment and half their regular pay. Provision is made in the program for the payment of government allow? ance to families of men in the nation's armed forces. The proposed allow? ances vary between $5 and $50 monthly, according to the circum? stances of the dependents and will be in addition to the sum allotted un? der the compulsory allotment feature of the bill. Indemnities for partial and total disability would vary from a minimum of $40 a month for privates up to $200 for higher officers. The edu? cation of injured men in vocations by which they could earn a livelihood also is provided for. Under the terms of the bill, sol? diers, sailors and marines would be enabled to obtain insurance on their lives during the war in sums from $1,000 to $10,000, the government taking the risk and the men paying the premiums. The rate would be approximately $8 per $1,000 of insur? ance and the premiums would be pay? able by installments out of pay. GEORGIA LAWYERS ATTACK DRAFT ACT. Speer Directs showing Why Writ of Habeas Corpus Should Not Be Granted. ICt Airy, Ga., Aug. 10.?Petitions for habeas corpus writs presented by Thorn E. Watson of Thomson and C. E. McGregor of Warrenton, former State senator, in behalf of two pris? oners confined in the Richmond Coun? ty jail at Augusta, on charges of having failed to register under the selective draft law, were denied here today by Judge Emory Speer of the United States court for the South? ern District of Georgia. Judge Speer, however, ruled that the jailer and United States deputy marshal at Au? gusta appear hern next Saturday and show cause why the writ should not be granted. He also directed a copy of the proceedings today be served on the federal attorney for the Southern District. The petitions are based on allega? tions that the selective draft act is "unconstitutional and therefore void." EXEMPTION HOARD FORCED TO QUIT. Three Men in New York Summarily Removed. New York, Aug. 10.?Three members of local exemption board No. 99, in the heart of the East Side, were sum? marily removed tonight by Deputy Attorney General Conkling, acting under orders of Adjutant General Stotesbury, who is in charge of the operation of the selective draft ma? chinery in New York State. The records of the board were placed in charge of the police. The members of the board are Louis L Cherry, Dr. Henry M. Goeal and Dr. H. J. Bernfeld. The formal order for their removal announced that the drastic step had been decided upon by President Wilson "because of the ir? regularities reported to have occurr? ed." These charges have been under investigation for several days hy agents of the department of Justk-e. There have been reports that efforts have been made to bribe members of exemption boards in this city to grant registrants exemption from service. The order transmitted to Mr. Conkling by General Stotesburv, acting under instructions of Gov. Whitman, directed "that the charges now made b? .?roseeuted to the ful? lest extent." Charleston Gets Export License Offs** Washington, Aug. io.?Braach af? fises for the issuing of export li? censes will be established. The Wash? ington office has been swamped. Charleston and Savann.ih are among seven cities selected.