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T11K 8CMTFU WATCHMAN, s>t?h Consolidated Aug. 2,1 County Chairman H. J Stirring Address 1 of Game Co The Patriotic and Substantial Subscriptions at the Mass M< and Encouraging, Showing termined to Support the G Thousands Who Did Not i Are Now Called Upon to 5 Loyalty. ? . . i ? W. Hoberlson. 8tate Chairman Liberty Loan, Columbia, 8. C. Open campaign with subscriptions here today In excess of three hundred fifty thousand dollars. H. J. McLaurln, Jr. Mr H. J. McLuurin, Jr., Chairman, 8umter, 8. O. Your wire congratulate you sin? cerely results first day of campaign. "Want to see honor flag Hying at Sum? te r. Robertson. Chairman. Th? above telegrams speak for themselves. 'Ve have taken with the flrst drive the llrst and second line trenches. Nc-w for the last defense and "over th? top." Tho chairman of the Third Liberty Loan drive takes this occasion to express his Infinite gratitude for the spontaneous response in the magnifi? cent mass meeting on Saturday- at which we received In excess of $850, 000.00 In subscriptions. The State chairman of the Third Liberty loan drive has declined to an? nounce the allotment for any county up to the present moment, but Sum ter county mist be prepared to meet any quota allotted to her. That she is going to do it, and more, there can be 1 Ujr open to question. When the great war Is over all the world will be di? vided Into but two olasses, the slack? er., and the patriots. Bum tor count* will never be found in the former ?Iftas. Th'? wc.itIn r is bad today, but dc ?ptto this hardtcap the soliciting com? mittees are working for all they an Worth. I have seen ladies, with rtih ber hats and . oats, on the streets to? day, one of whom permitted me to glance at her (subscription list and she had secured over $16,000. C. J. Jackson, chairman, Statebur/r township. reports from Wnyman <'hapel. su??s( rll.? (l through Uev. It. R Currle. colored chairman of that township, tu. 150 on yesterday. Out good friends t'apt. A. C. Phelps an P. (j. Bowman assisted him. It Is impossible for me tu walk as much as two block? without some one stopping me sJMl handing in a sub? scription The people of Sumter county are aroused and alive to the situation and ore showing to the world that tlm; do not propose for Mm Sumter county hoys to go to the front and sarrihv?' t wir live* and the re? mainder of u>. dis'tu.iIdle for mili? tary sendee, suy at home and fail to give them our support. It is useless for any man to think that hin sulmcription will not be MM* ed for I haw in my hands a typewrit? ten list of every resident of Sumt?i' county, and believe me, your partto tisin Is going to be measured exactly b the amount of your subscription. You do not want to be numbered among tho slsckers. do you? Then believe me. there is no way over l(. MM under It. nor around it. It is up, to you to come across. I have yourj name and It in handrd to \our town-1 ship solicitor. On Saturday afternoon. after the magnltii ?*n? spontaneous response of tho MM nesting, subscriptions poured in like water. An old MMM woman came to me and said: "Mis? ter, is you de Liberty loan man?" 1 gave her the information. She said "Well, dey's got my boy, an' I kmcm Simon gwine to fight MUMt I MMMh'1 do nothin' wirt him. but tils Is Ml time wh?n I I opes Simons' tlghtln'H do some good I want* to g?d one o' dem Lkbert\ papers an' I wants yon to tell Mi how " I StipMllMd !? Ini She said: "I wmih MM fsf fifty dol Isrs. an' here's dc MMMf " Just a word to the i-omniiUco, hi - di*s and MMtMMill 1 want to MM1 plete our drive Ml lo-uly as DOWdhJt h\ Hiittirdav niifht of this week S.-nd In your repm-n to Mi duly. After ?Vd April, 1850. "B* fust ? ?81. ? ylil . McLaurin, Jr. Issues o Loyal Citizens ck County. Response to the First Call for ?et mg Saturday Was Gratifying That Sumter People Are De overamient?But There Were tttend the Meeting und Tbey >tep Forward and Show Their Saturday we will expend our time In catching ?lackers. I want a complete list of all of them from the commit? tee and if any chairman has a Blacker on his committee, cut hhn out and spare no pains to let him understand that he is a slacker. Every chair? man is authorized to call in substi? tutes. Just remember, I am here await? ing your reports. Qet busy and keep busy. If you are not getting results, telephone me quickly and I will sup? ply you the proper dynamite. H. J. McLaurin, Jr., i Chairman. FIRST LINK OP DEFENSE. List or Subscriptions Made at the Lib city I .muii Mass Meeting In Opera House Saturday. $25.000?Harby & Co. Inc. $20.000?National Bank of South Carolina, National Hank of Sumter. $15.000?City National Bank. $10,000?Peoples' Bank, First Nat? ional Bank, O'Donnell & Co. $5,000?Sumter Trust Co., Com? mercial Bank and Trust Co., L. D. Jennings. Palmetto Fire Ins. Co., R. 1). Lee, H. D. Barnett, Fidelity Fire Ins. Co.. Dr. C. P. Osteen, J. ?i. My? ers, D. D. Moise, T. 8. DuHose. Jr., E. C. Brown. 8. A. Harvln, Estate Perry ^^^'j ^^^^^l^^^^fffri^ < $3,000?Mark Reynolds, H. M. Mc? Laurin. Joel Davis, A. D. Harby. $2.000?J. C. Cooper & Co., J. L. Nlchohi. Sumter Dry Goods Co.. R. B. 1'elser, Miss Eliza Cooper. $1,500?Mrs. A. L. Rlcker. $1,000?Hank.of Hagood, S. L. Kras noff, H. I>. Hodges, Alex Averbuck, J. P, WUiiHiiiS, Sumter Chero-Cola Co, \Y E. Du Kant, Dr. If, Zemp, Mr. and Mrs. M. 11. Andrews, W. B. Boyle Co., Hooth-Boyle Livestock Co., Booth Hark er Lumber Co.. M. M. Platt, Sam Rush, Purker Lumber Co., J. C. Coop? er. E. W. Dabbs. S. P. Halliard. Mrs. E. J. Jones, (3. A. Lemmon, Dr. W. Cheyne R. \\ . Westberry, W. B. Up shur, Sumter BHok Works, I). C. Shaw, C. A. Bruner, Z. J. Jackson, J. M. Jackson, Schwartz Bros., E. R. Watts. V. Levi, M. Goldberg, W. W. Rowland, E. C. Haynsworth, Abe Ryttenberg, C. W. Kingman. J. M. Kolb, 11. C. Metropole. V. Baula, R. C. Williams, E. B. and H. C. Hayns? worth, W. A. Bowman. B. It White, Mr. and Mis S. H. Edmunds, J. W. Shaw, Stubbs Bros., J. H. Wjnburn, J. H Kaftleld, G. L. Ricker. B. M. Oliver, C. C. Heck. M. L. Harler, L. Alj.ert, C. H. Wilson. Isaac Harby, Mrs. Marion Moise. W. A. McDaniel. $500?B. R. Robinson, A. J. An? drews, Miss Marie Rotholz. (\ D. Cubbage, C. J. Jackson. Henry Moses, Arthur J. Knight, Mrs. A. C. Phelps, lUlph Hill. Mrs. Davis Moise, J. E. M( Daniel. M. M. Rrown. W. J. Crow son. S. 11. Chandler, Dr. A. Weinberg. W. Heiey Smith. J. M. Chandler. Mrs. J. M. ( handler. Mrs. W. H. Upuhur. R A Bit I ha in, Mra F. I. Jackson, J. R, [ hit, a. B, Harby, Ha May Reynold*, D. W. Cutting W. D. McLeod, D. R. MoCallum, n B, fraatr, L J. Mar? Ray, lie COlhim Bros.. Mrs. l. C. Btrauaa, Mri T M. Clarka, Conaoll? Aatad ins. aganay, W, M. DaLorme, H. c Kii'tsoii, lira, parry Moms, Mrs l'r,.s. i .t n?I Miss Fi ;tscr, Mis. K. L.\i. Urn, E. VV Dabbs. $i<>o?lllajata Taleliar, $3o.i lira, .i m Harby, Mrs. E. T. Btrother, Balatt w. a. Green, l. Ly >nn. Enterprise ?'o. $:'">o?8 W Rumph. |iao Mr, and Mra .1 h .Maiinn, T 11ii nant, i h ilurant, Mrs. a. a ?tratlSM, W R CttttlnO, Miss Alice Moses. Miss Alne MOOr#, Mrs. R. C William*, Rav, J, w. Blktna, c. K \lcFm dm U w. Janklna, It, D La? ir. M H Da via, a m Da via, Mra, .1 II M i te, .1 ii Mri 'allnm. Sumte Mut??, < ??., R, i MeLallan, .los? pi Miltner, g. e Haynaworth, .1 \v Mc Klever. 8. K Nash. D W Sev.-i II. Tb faeksou I 'o tnd Pear not?Dot aXl the ende Thon Al lUMTER, S. 0., WEDN1 FQGH U% "Ml * BIT." FRENCH OFFICIAL DISCUSSES OFFENSIVE OF GERMANS. May Give up Amiens if Foch Sees Gain by Permitting Advance of Ene? my. Paris, April 7.?The German at? tack yesterday in the left bank of the Hiver Olse between Chauny an? Bari sis is taken by some military critics as indication that the enemy, finding himself cramped in the salient his of fensive has created toward Montdidier and Amiens, is seeking more elbow room, as without it he will be unable to deploy his masses in Hindonbui'i? style. The retirement of the French to po? sitions prepared in advance causes no uncasines here. "People should not allow themselves to be hypnotized by the official bulle? tins," said a high otilcial whose ad? vice seems to have been accepted. "In a battle like this," he added, "bul i letlns showing more or less important advances and retreats are simply geo? graphical summaries which convey little meaning except to those who are directing the operations. "People ask: 'Will the Boches get Amiens?' "My reply is perhaps they will I: General Foch can smash more Ger? man divisions by letting them in than by keeping them out. Unbeaten armies are moro important than are towns and what has happened in this battle does not show on the map. "Germany's gains looks like a fat, juicy pear to the newspaper reader, but the kaiser knows how hollow it at the core. "General LudendorfC is being fenc? ed with and hustled, not by our main forces, but by little more than our covering troops and if it is no time for bragging and overconfidence, nei? ther is it the time for nervousness1 over little fluctuations in the battle front*." tJ I All those who approach the French general staff share the confidence of this otilcial. Premier Clemenccau, retur.ilni mm 1 same note and he has earned a new title that of "confidence barometer." That barometer has been for many days fixed at fair and now it is rising. General Foch, it is now generally understood, will not be drawn on by the Germans, but will hold his re? serves for the moment chosen by him. "Walt a bit. wait a bit." Thus the entente allied supreme commander re? plies with a characteristic sweep of his arm when asked about the future. $150?Raymond Schwartz. $100?Miss Jennio Walsh, E. E. .Jones, Fred Kamsey, Jr., M. J. Freder? ick, Mutual Embalming Asm, M. Mc Leod, E. Wi Dabbs, Jr., McBride Dabbs, Dr. Brunson, W. G. S. Sey? mour, C. W. Young, S. J. McDonald, I N. B. Murray, J. E. King. Mrs. LU i lian Stubbs, Jno. T. Green, M. R. Jack j Bon, Mrs. H. A. Mood, G. W. Mahon j ey, Mrs. B. T. Williams, D. M. Bland | ing. Mrs. J. H. DuRant, H. G. Osteen, Mrs. H. G. Osteen, Bertha Bultman, H. A. Bultman, T. L. Scott, A. B. Stuekey, Sine Davis, A. W. Mosely, G. O, Wart en. T. R. Sineath, Mrs. S. W. Stubbs, Mrs. Kate Stubbs, W. T. Har? mon, W. G. McCoy, J. P. Maurer, Mamie Elliott, T. D. Forbes, F. O. Lawson. Miss Aunie Keels. John Webb, C. H. TUiRant, Mrs. T. W. Mo Ca Hum, W. M. Broadway, Sam New? man, Nelle Moore, Mrs. I. A. Rytten berg, A. R. Flowers, S. L. Roddey, Mrs. Parry Krasnoff, Miss Fannie White, Mrs. Horace Harby, Frank Chandler, Dr. Ashley Mood, Miss Sal 11? Rambert, O. M. Porter, I. D. Da? vis, B. M. Hall. Mrs. H. I. Dinkins, T. v. Walsh, Roberta Williamson, Mrs. W. K. Thayer, a M. I3roughton, Mrs. a. 1). Harby, j. VV. Windham, H. R. Love. Thro Lopez, Ii. S. Moise. W. P. Middleton, Mrs. S .H. Chandler, T. B. Kennedy, w. R, Bhelor, Mrs. w. R. Bhelor, Mrs. j. p. Maurer, D. Iff. Weinberg, w. D. Mills, w. B. Kolb, H. !> Molsa, Mrs. j. a. McKnlght, L, C. Molso, Miss B, w. McLean, Mrs. Louis Williamson, Mrs. C. L. Wray, Geo. Wray, Olli? Yates. Mrs. F. A. Bult man, Mrs. L. D, Jennings, Zurle Holm?s, B. R, Barkley, j. k. New? man. R, I). Tlsdal?, 0. B. M< vYhirter, .1 P, Olles, W. M. Sea brook. |S0- J R, Burk?, J. W. Moultrle, D. I,. Smith. Mrs. M. T. Hill. Mrs. Ralph Hill, Mrs. C. p. Bxum, J, B. Hlnson, Mis P R. Sineath. J. p, Foster. B1|SS Pringle, C. B. Hunter, <;. w. Bpivey, m. .j Jackson, a. p, Bpears, i> w Owens, Mrs. E. a. T?rryi Mrs, a. l. Jackson, n C, B?thea, Harriet BUen Chandler, Dr Hophln Brunson, W, M i?? Lomir. Jr., Miss Sophia Brunson DANIELS GIVES FACTS. - WARSHIPS IN WAR ZONE FLYING AMERICAN FLAG. or More Than One Hundred and ly Vowels in European Waters Presenting United States Navy. thi Jveland, April 6.-^A great fleet of ft American warships numbering mare than 150 vessels and including in Addition to the far-famed destroy on! battleships, cruisers, submarines, jboats, coast guard cutters, con led yachts, tugs and other auxili I, is operating in the war zone, inning this fleet, and the many small submarine chasers, which are nof reckoned in the total, and doing duty on air patrol and at the supply stations ashore, are 35,000 officers and man, half the navy's personnel when .nation entered the war a year ago. tthese hitherto carefully guarded fatjs were disclosed here today by Sec rawry Daniels in an address at a ccle bfafion marking the opening of the third Liberty loan campaign. Mr. DAtfela said that while he was not atllberty to tell the toll the fleet has taten of German submarines the na tWfr could "rest assured that our fofcies have inflicted telling losses up oitfthe enemy." ?a an instance of naval activity," tthe secretary, "I may cite the of one detachment of destroy 'for a six months period: Total as steamed in war areas, 1,000,000; .marines attacked, 81; single ves 3 escorted, 717; convoys escorted, total number of days at sea, 3, L ?phe navy has furnished every aid pible that the countries aligned h us in the war have requested or nested and has worked in the liest cooperation with them. Our Bei have played an important part ?w war against the submarines and ?to aided materially in the marked ?lotion In sinkings of merchant men K; compared with the number sunk Hte corresponding period a year Band in the no less notable in Ijtoe in the number of submarines !pTremftcommiin<roTftiw naval forces in the war rone, are four rear admirals with stations in Europe, said the secretary. They are: Henry B. Wilson, in France; Albert T. Ni black, in the South; Hugh Rochman in command of battleships, and Her? bert O. Dunn on special duty, ft America's fighting ships, Mr. Dan? iels asserted, have been self-sustain? ing with the assistance of repair ships, except for major repairs and docking. A torpedo station and aviation base also have been established abroad find the secretary announced that American naval aviators are cooper? ating with those of England, France. Italy and Portugal. W. H. Gaston, Augustus Krasnoff, Ida Penny, Annie Moore, W. L. Saun ders, Archie Phelps, Douglas Moses, Miss Eiline DuRant, Perry M. Phelps, L. M. Davis, Miss Gladys Turner, Miss Sidney Kingman, Ralph Nathan, Iola Lapham, Providence School. NEGROES SHOW PATRIOTISM. One Stateburg Congregation Subscrib? ed for $2,150 Sunday Afternoon. On Sunday at Wayman Chapel, Stateburg township, the colored cit? izens of that section of the county lined up in splendid style for a Lib? erty loan meeting and subscribed for $2,150 worth of bonds, and they say they intend to double this sum among the members of the congregation of this ehapel. Rev. O. W. Spivey is pastor of this church. Rev. R. B. Curry, chairman of the Stateburg township committee of the Colored Council of Defense presided and with Rev. Spivey conducted the exercises consisting of splendid songs and recitations. The following white citizens of the Sumter County Council of Defense ad? dressed the meeting: A. C. Phelps and P. G. Bowman, of Sumter and C. J. Jackson of Stateburg. The follow? ing parties subscribed for Liberty loan bonds the amounts opposite their names: John Sumter.$100.00 Tom Banders. ioo.no i i arry Brown. ion.on Willie Henderson. Gn.no William Lewis. sn.on Wade Singleton. 50.00 Richard Heese. Jr. 50.00 Mike Pink nay. 100.00 J. T. Atkins. 100.00 j B, B, Kllerbee. 1"<> 00 Joseph Mm lay. 50.00 Porter Chapman. 50.00 Mrs. Georgia Curry. 50.00 B. W, Wright. 50.00' sad iittkt" THE TRTJ1 1. SSSSMMBHSWWWBWSMSSBSBHMMSMWMWeJBMSBM TIKE HON PB0BBCEB8. I PLAN OF PURIFICATION FOR CLASSES OF DRAFT. Under Suggestion Submitted to Presi? dent by I*rovost Marshal General's Office Status of Every Kcgiste/cd Man Will bo Affected. ?Washington, April 5.?Drastic modi? fication of the draft classification lists which would affect in one way or an? other, the status of every one of the millions of registered men is proposed in a plan submitted to President Wil? son today by officials of the provost marshal general's office and the de? partment of labor. While the primary purpose of the new program is the 'purification" of the second, third anc* fourth classes of registrants who are not engaged in any productive indus? try, attention also would be given to lower sections of Class 1, and the effect its framers believe, would be to solve the nation's labor problem and largely increase the ouput of the necessities of life. The proposal would utilize the draft machinery for putting industrial slackers to work. Every registered man who has been granted deferred j classification would be given to under 1 stand that such deferred classification is not legal right but a privilege and that if unfair advantage is taken oi that privilege it will be summarilj revoked. It is proposed to make a most care? ful survey of the lower sections oi Class 1 and of other classes to iden? tify those men who are idlers or who are gaining their living through un? desirable or "harmful" pursuits. Un? der the latter head, officials suggest, might be listed gamblers, bookmakers for races, poolroom touts and others. Formal notice would be served upon these men that unless within a speci? fied time they obtained employment in some useful industry, they would have their classification changed so as to send them into military servce im? mediately. Tho plan is not designed to inter i fere in the slightest with the socalled non-essential industries. These may ? set many times x>ver by the resulting national good toV>e obtained from the augmented labor supply. Administration officials who have participated in the preparation of the plan declare that the next step would be to obtain an industrial classifica . tion of the man power of the country up to the age of 50 years. To make the program fully effective it is Intended to utilize the existing i local boards virtually as employment agencies for their districts. Accurate reports would be kept as to the vacan? cies existing in the neighborhood and when a man was informed that he must seek a useful occupation he would be told where just such a man as his questionnaire shows him to be was needed. The status of men on the classified lists, both in Class 1 and in the defer? red classes, in the opinion of the pro? vost marshal general's office .would be improved. Delinquents who did not heed the warning would be induced into the military service, reducing the number of men to be called from Class 1. This would operate to delay still further the date when the service ot men in Class 2 might be needed. This , fact is expected to draw to the aid of j the "purification" relatives and j friends of boys who are about to be , called. { That determined opposition to the plan will develop in some quarters has been foreseen. The effect upon the labor market of the drafting of man> 1 thousands of ablebodied workers i might be to reduce the present wage scales. The economic balance will b? I kept sven, however, according to the champions of the program by the re ! Auction in the cost of life's necessities through Increased output. No Indication has boon given of the attitude which the president will take. A falsehood travels like a feather m a cyclone while the truth gets around like a snail In a tar bucket.? Gaffney News. a. J. Jackson. 6<>.oo Mrs. Emma Is. Chapman .. 50.00 Henry Henderson, Jr. 50.00 David Dickson. 50.00 David Myer. 50.00 Mrs. Elisabeth Murray .. .. 50.00 William Oxendlna. 50.00 Mrs. Annie M. Sumter. ?0.00 L W. Ramsey. 50.00 Marcus Sumter. 50.00 Mis. Janle Thompson .. .. 50.0a Mrs. Martha .1. Myott . . . . 50.00 .lesse Epperson. 50.ou E SOUTH' o VC ?JuVl. No. 16. BBj IM REPORTS. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CAPTURE OF NINETY THOUSAND PRIS? ONERS. Communication Also Places Number of Guns Taken at Thirteen Hun? dred?Boast of Success. Berlin, via London, April 5.?Nine? ty thousand prisoners and more than 1,300 guns have been captured by the Germans in their offensive on the Western front up to the present, says the German official communication is? sued today. The communication adds that the Germans gained successes south of tho Somme an?; on both sides of Moreull Thursday and that British and French reserves were repulsed in storming attacks. The text follows: "After a hard struggle we have taten, between the Somme and the Luce Rivers, Hamel and also the wooded districts northeast and south? east of Villers-Bretonneux and the> Castel and Madly on the west bank oC the Avre. "We attacked yesterday south of the Sommo and on both sides of Moreuil ai:d threw the enemy out from his strong positions. English ar.d Frencli reserves advanced against our troops Their storming attack: broke under our fire." In Southern Russia the Germans lu ve captured Ekaterino slav, an im? portant commercial and industrial center on the Dnieper River, 250 miles northeast of Odessa. The tcx. jf the qommurication Sayn: "The enemy showed desperate re? sistance on the whole Western front. His losses ire consequently unusually severe. Wa took sevral thousands of prisoners. "According to a completed calcula? tion the number of prisoners brought in by the army of General von Hutier in the period from March 21 to March 29 amount* to 51,218 and the captur? ed guns IBS, With these captures th< whole booty up to the present riaen to i. ore than 90,000# prison* and more than 1,300 guns. I "By way of reprisal for th?- eon 4'?*??ies ?san.onsaitaaerti faa aassa\ fla ovr shelte i in Loon we have taken R aelms uivler our Are. "In Champagne and on the east bank of the Meuse successful thrusts hc.ve brought us prisoners. Before V??rdun the artillery duel which had increased curing the day was also lively durb g the night." There w ;re only local infantry en? ge gements on both sides of the Somme Friday, according to the of? ficial communication issued this after neon. The statement says that the Germans repulsed counterattacks dur? ing the day along the Avre River. The text of the communication fol? lows: "There have been artillery duels and local infantry engagements on both sides of the Somme. Strong French counterattacks failed on the western bunk of the Avre. "There has been lively artillery ac? tivity before Verdun." ADVANCE ON SOMME. British Made Small Gain and Capture Prisoners and Guns. London, April 8.?On the southern bank of the Somme last night the British made a small advance, it is announced officially, in the neighbor? hood east e.f Vaire-Sous-Corbie. North of the Somme a few prisoners and machine guns were captured by the British, near Neuville-Vitesse. BATTLE ON THE RISE. Paris, Ap.il S.?Violent artillery engagements occurred last night, es? pecially on the left bank of the Oise. says today's official report. No infan? try actions on the principal battle front! are i ported. AMERICANS CHASE GERMANS. With American Army in France. Sunday, April 7.?(>n front north? west of Tcul Friday night the Ger? mans attempted two raids, both of which were repulsed. American in? fantrymen w ent out of their trenches on the second oceasion and chased ihe Germans from the German first line trenches into the supporting trenches. BRITISH LAND TROOPS. Washington April S?News of the landing of a British force at Vladi? vostok, which followed the Japanese party into city, reached the state de? partment officially today from tho American consul at Vladivostok. No details were given.