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UNCLE SIM'S MIT. 111. \ I H sill < 1 IN I si lt\ I - wn Mi ?.< i Cnmili i 1 \|.I nns Its \inu*. It \ (h?fii|?l>sliitiriit^ ami Its future. To Efcr] Lgt it .?ml I ?istrn ' 1 uvards Last July we wer? confronted with the ascsesJty of placing **7..> re crul.r* In mobilisation camps Just a* fast ss the factories of the countrv oo' I I furnish uniforms and arms ami the building enterprises of the nation cjesrtd erect the I ft great canton mei t * lo receive them. Tim time Ii . gi was clearly defined. The necr was pressing. We wer* committed to |he principle of selection. The field of selection comprised nearly 10.. 06) 000 men. Cnuuestlonahh . of thes }t,000,600 there were some pnrtlcu Imr 497.000 of them whose tak-n would Interfere with the Industrlu and economic life of Mm nation. I'.tp In the very nature of things the could only have been d out V cjuiminirs- the whole 10.000,.) There were two ways to do this. I m wus to make a graduated elasslfleati of men piscina In the first class thou who. of the whole 1?.'???... ? >uld h??t he spared. In the second das? tt>oso who could next be spared, an 1 go forth through all the classos. An? other way was to make only tw i c'umc*. hut to so Itbci il?7.e exemp VK>n* from the flrxt class mm to m ike II comprise only nbout r. ?> 7 .? men. Both methods required more tine than we had at <>ur disposal, for We wer* warned that at about this time eg the year the camp* would he rend to receive, arm. and equip tin- t>r draft. It was very apparent that un? der no new and unti ed system could 10,.">00.000 men he examined in such a short time. In this state of affair'* too re wns but one thins* to do and that thing we did. We established rules for exemption restrictive - re.a h to per? mit ja to produce f?s7.oau selective* in 10 weeks' time ami yet liberal enough to protect Industrie* farms, governmental organizations, and fam? ilies fron any very greut hardship. Moving brenthlessly. supported by UM governors of fho State? und by th? members of our selection board!* w h a patriotism, devotion, and tin* selfish seal that remains an inspira? tion to the nation, we have accom? pli she.1 our purpose within the ti limits at our disposal. We are In this war to attain vlctoi v We have taken one great step, but it Is only ode step. As our mllltar need for men grows so will otir 4n dliatrial need for labor grow. We have hacked the first Increment of our arm? ies out with a broadax because there ?eu* time for no greater retlnement. We must pare future increments away vi Ith greater disc r imination. The *c Iftlve principle must he carried to Its logical conclusion and we muH' inert f*ru?aian -rhciency with a great? er American effectiveness. We must consider the circumstances of all registrants. We must arrange them In the order in which they can ho tak? en with the least disturbance and thus I ire behind our battle lines source0 of recruitment that will furnish men as they arc needed. This means segregation of reslstranta In Classen srranged in the order of their nvall ub Illy for military service. Sclentilicullv the greater the II lim? ing of classes the less would be the disturbance to our economic life. I racticnlly and after an exhaustive study of our experience, we find th ? the circumstances of i r r. '*t nt a cans them to fall unite nattiraly into flvef ciuaaea. Hy the great drawing in Wasl.iu. ton the ordei of avaiui tillt \ for all tnen whose circumstances were c?itiai was d- tei niined YW thill I not dis? turb thla order unless some great reed of the nation require* it. \Y\ ?hall make four ( lasses of temporal*; and contingent dl?-hartes, hut with? in each chisa {including the cla-s of those Immediately available) met' shall stand In the order determined ?J the drawing. The unit for classification Is the Jurisdiction of a local board. The llrst rh sa In ans Jgrtodistlon will .ne.?t all Calls until it Is exhausted, whereupon the second class becomes available I nj have before you | ghgot show ing the cliswita itiou ?hat must be nr compliahed. Without permitting your? selves, for Ihe moment, to be appall? ed by the magnitude of the task, I nsk you to suppose that the 10,000. "00 registrants in the Cnlted Btate have ben segregated Into theso live ?In* sea In Olsss 1 we shall tin t) h .v In every community. Immediately available for military service single men and ? few m ?rried men whose re mboval will not disturb the reasonably f.de<piate support of their dependents In the Industrial und am c ultural as? pect, we shall have ?egn-gated into tgl* ? lass, men who have not especial ly fitted themselves for industrial or asric iPuml o n - ? t >, ,i ,., IggsjesJoeJ into the labor supply wll affect but a small pen .-nt >n>- of lin skilled labor In Class II we Ibid men who ? < be lakeu without disturbing Ho I -p??-i-?^? ?. ?rt of any dependent, and as 1 shall resent ly show you. if the neressilx 'or drnwimr on riitss l[ arrives. w. nullit demand even from nKrieultur and industn an adjustment to re IpMsOl a small percentaKo of skilled iL hot aflVoted hy the draft ?men who. I while OOCUpylng no pivotal or im? portant position, can serve industry m amleultuie better than unskilled men. Sh.mM the pinch of military nOOOl it) Inotmti t-eyond Class 11. it would mean that Mm nation would have, to begjtfl t<> commit its. If to hardship and to an adjustment In acrieulture ? no Infantry la moat the paramount necessity. We take in (lass III si v? i y small class of persons upon whom others are d( pendent for sup tt. hut we do not break up Urn ? losent and most saerrd of the fam rf relationships. We also invade the li Id of agriculture and industry to the extent of taking, in the snuill percentage affected, men who have isp^elrtlized themselves or who oceu p r;ith.>r j?i\otal positions. In ("lass IV we Mud the men wluci I .? shall take aw a last resort. Before that class is reached It is perfectly safe to say that l.y th* addition Of other classes as to . a?e. say those \djo hue attained |] aim e registra? tion day rind perhaps adding I0< iIik^cm of 1H and 19 and 2<> years" old. men. we sh ill have included two Of three million men in our available 1st, and thus have saved Class IV. ? v comprises the Held of ab R lute exempts. There is one thought that I mus hapless to eradicate an erroncou .i a th.it may he taken of this class? ification: i ? We are dealing Ul the Held of laoor si,pp|>. l'nsumiivr that |M lahor ?apply of industry and agriculture (??niprises men between the nsres of, II and "o. and isMiiuiiiK', for the I ariose of this exposition, that there lie l.ihm?,ihn? men of eaeh of these' ajr?*. we are de:.Ihm witli classes. Appurtenant to a. rimlt me and t<? the \arions industries. The draft af . ts ten-thirty seconds of this sup? ply or only about $1 por ei lit. There foroi tnrnlii to chuVi h. when we find iile.1 farm lahor lisied there, it does not mean that when Class III HI exhausted all skilled farm labor* v< will have boon t;v)<en. From tins ' tires, it would seem to m-an that ;'.l per eon! of nil skilled farm labor will ha< been taken. But avon thli figure is mtaloadlnjr without the lollnlte. statistics that the preset) it ft will evcntuallv afford I can say I :hit;k, th <t within th?s class of ?killed laborers at k .i^ t 61 por oont af thngi liable to draft will he found in classes more deferred than i'kus ii hy raaann of dependents allen? tare, and the like. The result is that IWbOa we have e xhausted1 (Mass II. w. ball liave taken only || per cent Of ihm skilled lahor appurtenant to nfr i I allure. The sumo figures apply to -;her Industries. To raise an arm\ comprising hun dfOdl 0s thousands of men rieeessi tniai an inroad into the man power; if the nation. We are committed to I this war and we Ottgni to fight it In ?ac most (I'tccti .? fashion possible t.. I The BOOOaalt) oi raising an army ll paramount. The decrease in labor illpply must he adjusted in some Way , ? 'hi q than hy shutting off recruit - nt That it can he adjusted .there no question. We see what Kurland t) || dOnOi wh it I ran -c has done, and ? < K Ol all what QoyOUUiy has dour The prohlern is r.ot to maintain th lahor wupply of agriculture and of < iy industry intact. \i Is to make tlm >. ithdraw il of men in the most BOlon? It) ? ? manner posdldo. I think we hav ana that and that what is offered ItfrO llM basis for a nice balftnot Maroon our two iMaoanitloa. i fo* I i ffl can nf? fuither. There ai thOM who any that wa must win this 1 t \\f in the tCOnOmlfl h(dd. with ne ; i ifaronoc that the ralalnji of an army I a side issue. I say to you that wi: any ffroatar inroads into tlm held <? recmltmonl of our army, we shall l< ? ?ending inferior men to the held That if tltis nation Is not competent; to make the alight Bdjuatmant nit aafy to eompenaatt for thli s slentl ? lection, then It is not OOmpotont to enter thli war. .\ \ast production in our fangs ami faotortfi la nooesiar: It is gjoooaaary in aider 'to aupporl military "p. rations on the field ol ttle, But certainly ia> man run ui . in this day of trial and sacrifu e i > tins nation ehould dollboratoly ne iii to make its(df effootlve in th ?M of rtillltary operation an the idea (hat our greatest contrlhution to tlx use of humanity Ii in attaining an i i DIUHiiir BUprOntaCy. To d<i so won! I . lo rotegate th*i ITnltod Btatea to th in'e of autler of the fighting nations We shall, of com sc. inn . a a. OUI production. We shall heCOm? i. ON .???id more effective as a nation and Wi iiiii supply our new arm lei and do oil that can be expected of m to iup the mimics of our alUiO But 0 . Inet. und-i that giilee( confine < ii participation la thli conflict to I ?; ? linking of bread and-the sharp ?n ? af Ihi awordi of other men. Th; r will he won militarily on the d ? ?.o.^d Held of rium-c Doubileai it ftlll be won by tile side which is able to place Ik Iiiiid its army the prevail? ing OUIiet Ol provision. But the blow l a it .-hatters the (lerman line and ox i nguishot autocracj front the face of the earth will be the blow of man's right aitn and not th ? insidious stroke Of a shrewd trader. Our selection boards have done a treat thing for this nation, but they must do a greater thing. The task ac i ompHehcd is scarcely one-tent|i the Importance of the task which remains before you. Kor this gerat wark there Stands here a national system, called Into being three months age *and erected almost like Aladdin't palace, In a night.. Thort art neatly 16,000 aembers of local and district boards. With their assistants there are con? siderably over twice that number of persons engaged- a greater numer? ical force than is contained In a com? batant division Of soldiers. They are pioneers. They have biased their own path. They are trained in the work and familiar with the law. They have become an essential and highly specialised and important part of the war Organisation of this notion. The selective service system Is ai essential to that organisation as is the army which 't produces. It is the balance between tim military and the Indus? trial need of the nation and stands as a source of supply to one and 0 Ohleld Of protection to the other. It can not be replaced. Any break in its ranks would be an act of even greater harm to the nation than ac? crues when a soldier abandons his regiment ot R sailor his ship. It would be as inexcusable to dismiss, disrupt, or replace this organization os to attempt to replace or dismiss a division 01) the Held Of France. Most Of you are Without the military age yet you may canvass the field of ail that you could have done to serve your country outside of the lighting forces and you will lino no more val? uable thing than what you are doing. The examination of the first 2. 50Q,006 registrants has taken' you from your occupations and the win? ning of your dally bread. No om knows bitter than I the burdens you have borne under our new* and nec < n ?;. rily crude system, As 0*0 built and bolstered during the eurly organization*?!! period I would shudder whenever necessity de? manded that 1 send out to the OUt hurdened boards new rulings amend ? cuts, oi ders. and yet it became clearer and clearer that we must re? tain the services of all for this new and greater task. The conclusion was overwhelming. e The whole systoni must be revised In the li?_*.111 of our experience. The bur? dens must be made bearable??the lives of members of selection boards livable. I called some members of boards from various parti of the countrs to Washington and went care fully OVOr the situation. We evolved a m w plan for the process of selec? tion. Th i brings nie to the most pleasur le part of the message I have for you, With all the urgency of your iintry's call upon you. i feel that If ; could not come here with a prom of y-.ur deliverance from the ovor wht lining demands wo have made up you, I Should hesitate to ask you t continue, but I think I can demon ra <? 111 a few words that we have i moved the burden that you have hit hertO borne. in the new plan 1S2 forms which served to bewilder both you and the registrants and to increase \our work have been abolished. Their place has been taken by ?? which you will be railed upon to use. , Kvon this state? ment gives m? idea of the reduction ol el< l* I en I labor that has been ac? compli hed, Pot the use ,.f regis? trants the e |s I single form, a <tnos t'onnalre. The registrant la called up? on to answos a series of questions ?hat searches his entire Industrial, ec? onomic, ami family relation. Each set bf questions is Integrated with ihe claim of clajgMogtlon to which it pertains. (m the face of the ques mnalre Is n summary of its contents thai almost compels the conclusion 10 I t drawn from it, Th<- scope of your labor Will he re? duced lo a decision of f.. t| which Will ? presented for your c r.alderation without a great searching of paper* nrui sifting of obscure ami unsatisfac? tory affidavits. The questionnaire actlcally classifies Itself, in m> . Inion your task was rendered bur d? nsome and exhausting hy a V;ist ne cesslty fordoing purely moobanical i clerical work. We have obviate-: Is. The burdensome clerical pan of your tasi< Is absolutely removed ; i om your shoulders. The new method of making physi? cal examinations is another labor sav? in*, only those persons immediately meded, classified in Class I. are 1?. i?e physically examined now. Other tri to be physically examined onl ,vhen the classes preceding the one n ' ? ii the] have been placed in k.ustcd. There is no double physical >xaminatlon before the local board, f tho examining physician rejects tht trant, or, If the registrant is nol .a*i ; ed. or, if the examining physi .j .u Q in doubi, the registrant is t? pe sejbt before a medical advisory ?. .-?I reasonably convenient to each local beard and composed of about; hjv -it specialists who win conduct tfn i xhauitlve reexamlnatlon, of the re suits of whi' h there need be little doul t. There is alao to be eatabliahed in euch locality, a legal advisory hoard comprising practically all the lawyers ia the community, and this society is to furnish without compensation all I information and advice that regls tranta maj require. Local boards ihoul I rcf< i all requests for informa? tion and for assistance in preparing IQuestionnaires to these associations. ThiK, I. hope, will relieve one of the most tedious functions of the mem? bers Of the hoards. I have consulted a considerable I number of members of selection boards who advised me In the prepa? ration of the new regulations. It is (he estimate of all of them that the present method will reduce the work ef members of hoards by 70 per cent. In this state of affairs', it is hoped thai members of hoards can attend to this most important duty without making too great an inroad upon the time 'necessary for them to attend their re? spective callinga. As 1 have said, the Selective Ser? vice System |a an Integral and neces? sary part of this government, and you, as member! of it, are as essen? tial In the places to which it has hes' served the common good to call upon you 01 are the soldiers whom you have S< nt to eamj). You are, in effect, a pj rt of the army of the United state? in that you are the sources of Its supply. The nation is rapidly becom? ing a groat system, and if this part Of it were disturbed now it is not too much to .say that that system* would be shattered so effecively that it would take weeks, it* not months, to repair the damage. That. I think", is too clear to require further exposition. Dut there is a further thought that h is not yet been emphasised. We, as a nation, have learned much In the last few months-. We have, in the words Of the president, "drawn close in one compact front against a common foe" and we have found our? selves. We have learned the sacrifice [that must he made to make our nation m to from aggression. THe duty of citizenship has taken on a new llghl r ail of us and there lias been no hesitation among our people in per? forming that duty. Whether Ger? many has taught us or whether we ' have learned it ourselves, we know I one thing so t h-arly and so well that WO will never again have doubt of it The volunteer method of raising an l ? army i<?r war Is gone, it will never ? turn. The principle of selection has eon tried and proved by our people. am lod to believe that* they approve it with substantial unanimity. If it Is good for this time of peril, it is good for ail future emergencies, The won? der Is that a peopia so devoted to business efficiency should have hesi? tated to adopt it. It is of the essence of democracy and national effective? ly bs. The present method for its ex? pression h.tet.rates with our political ! s; stem so perfectly, responds so OOthly and 0 Well to our dual form jot State and national control that it ( would be calamitous to have it im I haired. The principle of selection I established. The syst? m for selec? tion improved as we can improve it must become and remain a permanent part of our governmental system fo: war. It is a link Which binds close; our Union of States und our result? ing general government. It is for this reason that 1 say that WO are stand? ing not at the portals of a past but rather at the threshold of a future. i: I! Crowder. DAVIDSON DOWNS WOWOIII). Presbyterians W in b) Score of ?>2 to 0, _ ' Davidson, x. C, Nov. 13. ?David eon defeated Wofford here today by a score of 62 to <? In a game by no means so one sided as the SCO re WOUld indicate The Wofford lino was 'heavier than that of Davldaon. Wof i ford was aide to make only three drat do wns, while only once was Davldaon for "1 to punt. Spann and Flowers wore the Davidson stars while ESUerbe |d: vod the host ball for Wofford. 1 Death. .Mr. P.en.ialain B\ Wil on. of St Charles, died last Monday evening. He had been in feeble health for time but was taken lust Sunda> h pneumonia and died Monday e\< i ng. He was years old, a Con fet 'ate veteran and one of old Sum? te s staunches! cltlseno Truly ?a! gentleman of the old South. 1 . lopville Vindicator. pond Lieutenant s. v. Dlnkins i Thursday night for Port Leaven h Lieut. Dlnkins one of the hot ?r men of the 1017 Claas at the > t <iei received an appointment In the regular army upon graduation has since then been :ii Imme aw Itlnij orders to report for duty, tin Saturday he received orders from Hie War Department to report at Ton Leaven worth on the 26th In blunt. KKPOUT OF TUE CONDITION No. 10070. - Reserve District No. " Of ihe National Bonk of Sumtcr, at Sunder, In the State >f Soutli Caro? lina, at the Clone of Business, on Nou-mber HO, mil. ? RESOURCES. 1. a Lo; IIIS C nd discounts (except thoso shown on b and c) . . ..$586,2**8.67 Total loans. $5r?G,298.^7 Overdrafts, secured, none; unsecured. 1,702.1? \ b Liberty Loan r.onds, pledged to secure U. S. and other deposits. .?; 1-2 per cent.and 4 per cent. 20,000.00 T. i;ords. securities, etc. (other than u. s.): e Securities other than F. S. bonds (not includ? ing stocks) owned unpledged. 3,5<0.00 Total bonds, securities, etc. .3,500.00 '?>. Stock of Federal Reserve Rank (50 per cent, of subscription).?. 7,500.00 10. a \aiue of banking house.7S.000.00 l) Equity in hanking house. 75,000.00 11. Furniture and fixtures. 12,000.00 12! Real estate owned other than* banking house .. 31,960.00 13. Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Rank . . 31,182.87 15. Cash in vault and net amounts due from nation? al banks. 89,936.21 10, Net amounts due from hanks, lankers, and trust companies Other than included in Items, I 3, 1 I. and 15.. . 464.31 17. Exchange for clearing house. 8,478.77 Total of Items 1?. 15. 10. 17 and IS. 98.-79.31 10. Checks on banks located outside the city or town Of reporting bank and other cash items. . 399.86 Total. $808,513.65 LIABILITIES. 23* Capital Stock paid in.$200,000.00 24. BUrplUS fund. 50,000.00 L'5. a Undivided profits.$33,250.84 b Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid In.515.35 22?,733.49 2<). Interest and discount collected but not earned (approximate). 3,000.00 Demand deposits (other than hank deposits) sub? ject io Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days): Individual deposits subject to check. 318,962.M Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed). 31,249.7 1 35. Certified checks./... 1,097.50 36. Cashier's ( hecks outstanding. 500.91t Total demand deposits (other thm bank de? posits) subject to Reserve? Items 33, 34, 35, 36, ::7, 38, 39. and 40., ..'. 35 1 810.85 Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 dtvys, or subject to :?n days or more notice, and postal savings) : if. Certificates of deposit (other th tn for money borrowed). 44,139.51 : t. Other time deposits. 176,827.80 Total of time deposits subject to Reserve, Items 41, 42,, 43. and 44 . 22f.967.3l IT. United States deposits (other than postal savings): a War loan deposit account. 20,000.00 Total. $868,513.65 STATE OF POUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter, ss. I, \\\ J. Ctowsnn, Jr., Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly -wear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J- CROWSON, JR., Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of Nov. 1917. ' R. A. Bradham, Notary Public. Correct Attest: O. H. FOLLEY, [ ' l0\RTOW VALSr. HENRY P. M OSES, \ x Directors. ATTACK ON BOO C ANAL. sk Hundred Gorman Agents and Spies (au^ht Trying to Block America's Iroo and Steel Interests Six hundred German sides anc plotters, according to slaborato re? porl In Chicago Herald, have boon Heisod in the Qreajt Lakes district and "thrown into federal prisons, or else 'sleep the long sleep' In this outlying 4 I hay or that harbor, their lullaby the poll of a macnlno gun singing death songs from speed boats across the black waters." "Bight American sailors have been kiiird. 'Raiders,1 preparing whole? sale Sinkings of freighters by cannon fire, have been apprehended. In? numerable attempts have been made to dynamite or smash the Boo locks. Countless tricks Of malevolent cine niav; have been forestalled to save the channel, Ami throughout this long struggle, which has seen 110,000, 000 tens of iron ores alone carrie i through constantly Imperiled locks and straits, the vaunted cleverness of the German Secret Service has beer, outdone at its own game" Much of tills effort of the German spies was concentrated upon tin blocking of the Soo canals and thus | nutting off the supply of ore to the *teaj mills of the country. The Her? ald article savs: l * I ' if this route had been closed, the mills would have stopped; rifles, can? nons and munitions would not have, lowed from the mills. France and' England would have reached vainly j for the necessary bombs; ami, who; knows, perhaps i ram's offensive would1 still be unperformed." The story as given by the Herald ;-< one of absorbing interest. It em-j phasizes with tremendous power the danger to the iron and steel interests a inis country which might come to US at any moment by the blocking of the Soo canals; and the Herald' mys. About the locks in the Soo Canals German hatred has been centered," ind then it gives many interesting details as to the efforts made to de-, it troy these locks. Nothing l?as been said about the i. [Toilette investigation lately and tobody seems to care, the country laving rendered its verdict long ago "Greenwood Journal. Her, llobcrt H. Griftin Orduincd. The following announcement from Lexington, Ky., t ill he ? source of great pleasure and gratification to his many friends and admirers here: ".Robert Holland Griffin, theological student at Georgetown college, was ordained as a pr? acher last night at the Ashland Av< nue Baptist church, Mr. ?;rillin has b*en making his home while not |n oob?ge with the Rev. Clarence Walker, pastor of the Ash? land Avenue church. Ordination ceremonies yeste;day were performed by B council of delegates from the I'apt ist ehurche.?: of Lexington. Dr. If. 15. Adams, of Georgetown college, preached the ordination sermon. Mr. <;iiffln has been called to two churches and will occupy ae pulpits alternate? ly daring the re : of the year. The churches- to whii h he has been called are Mt. Carmel ? hurch of Franklin county and 1-elk vship church of An? dersen county. At the services yes? terday the Bible was presented by ntis Houston. Dr. J. M. Walker ot? tered the ordaini ig prayer." Rev. Robert Holland Griffin will be remembered as a 'Sumter boy," hav? ing gone out from this city to school. His mother is a resident of Sumter now. It is a so roe of local pride to know that liro. < tiffin has made good d signally in his chosen profession. It is also very gratifying to know that Mr. Griffin is i spiritual son" of one of our local oh rohes, having gone nut from Salem Baptist church. No doubt those who remember Mr. Srifftn rejoice with him in his sue ess an-1 wish f.?* hin the highest ne. - .re of useft in ess In the Master's service. f j^JL; Nfeff Dm* trtsts Licensed. At a mooting >f the State Phar? maceutical Board, in this city WTed lesday, an examination of applicants o practice pharmacy in this State vas held. The following men were tuthortaad to practice pharmacy nd wore issued 'iceuses: 11. W? Ca' lOUn, Atlanta: J, II. Cantelou. Jr.. 'dgettehl: L. A. 1 'oleman. Greenwood: V. fl King. H. It. Page. Salemhurg. C, and T. 1. Rivers. Greenwood. Ir. Grenvillo l > -Lonne, of this city. iad charge of te papers, and con ueted part of the examination. The toast of The King" is drunk very night in every British military nd naval olllce s' me-s.s.