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wjg mm AMERICANS ACTIVE ALONG VESLE AND IN FLANDERS WHERE S. C. TROOPS ARE OPERATING. In Latest Fighting Foch's Army {Has Reclaimed Thirty Villages From the Enemy?In the North Haig's Forces are Forcing Huns to Give Ground at All Points. The French and Americans are fast driving the Germans out of their positions in Southern Picardy and in the center between the. Vesle and Aisne rivers. So rapid has been the progress of the Allies?the French in Picardy and the Americans and French from Soissons eastward to . ward Rheims?that the retirement of . the. enemy has the appearance of the beginning almost of a rout. Meanwhile Field Marshal Haig, in the north, from Peronne to Ypres. has been almost as busily engaged . with his troops in carrying' out suc cessful manoeuvers which are only in ;. a* .-slightly less degree rapidly forcing the Germans everywhere to give ground. Haig's men again have made the Germans taste bitter defeat on numerous sectors and the end of .the punishment for them seems not yet in sight. , ? I? the latest fighting in the region from the old Noyon sector to" Sois sons the French have reclaimed thirty villages from the Germans; have crossed the Somme canal at several points and are standing only: , a ;short distance from the important junction of Ham with its roads lead ing'to St Quentin .and La Fere. On the south they have made further crossings of the Ailette river and are fast skirting the great wooded region which acts as a barrier to direct at tack at Laon, the Chemin des Dames and the western Aisne defense of the enemy. Seemingly at the present rate of progress this barrier shortly will have been overcome, and, In deed, the entire salient northwest of Splssons obliterated. Already the French south of Fresnes, on the fr&ge of the high forest of Coucy, have penetrated the od Hindenburg line. All behind the lines northwest of Nbypn great conflagrations are to be seen, particularly around/ Jussy and La Fere, which apparently indicates tant the Germans intend to fall back as far as the^ can *o the old German line, running southeastward from St. Quentin. The French, and Americans are hard after the Germans between the Vesle river and the Aisne, and for more than eight miles, extending from Conde to Viel-Arcy, they have driven the enemy across the Aisne! and-are standing on the southern ? bank of the river. ? Eastward toward Rheims, almost up to the gates of the Cathedral City, the German line, is falling back north ward. At "the anchor point of. the line, in the vicinity of Rheims, how ever, the Germans seem to be hold ing*,.evidently realizing that a retro t. %rade movement there would neces-v sitafes a straightening of their line, ' perhaps as far eastward as Verdun. ; in the initial .manoeuvre to the re- j treat; along the Vesle front the Amer icans and French captured both Ba zcches and Fismette. > From Bazoches they moved six miles northward to Viel-Arcy, while from. Fismette they have penetrated more than three miles northward to Barbonval, which is only a little more than a mile south o* the Aisne. - In Flanders the British have taken the town of Ploesgsteert -and posi tion.; southwest of Messines, and northeast of Wulverghemr and re pulsed strong counter attacks launch ed against them. Smatheast of Arras, all the way down the line to the south of the Son-: me below Peronne, the British have dug deeply into the enemy's front on various sectors, especially toward Cambrai and immediately north and south of Peronne, in the latter region having driven in the enemy's rear guard for considerable distances. The Germans have been violently bombing the Americans at Fra pelle, on the eastern end of the bat : fle front in Lorraine, but have at tempted no infantry attacks. More than 3,000 shells, many of them gas projectiles, have been sent into the American line by the enemy. American troops, are engaged near ooth ends of the active battle front, which stretches from the neighbor hood of Rheims practically to the shore of the North sea. About Sois sons and along the Vesle troops from the United States are operating with tbo French, and in Flanders Ameri can troops identified by Gen. March as the Thirtieth division, composed of National Guard troops from South Carolina, North Carolina and Ten nessee are operating with the British in clearing the Lys salient. The present commander of the Thirtieth division, which went out under Major Gen. George W. Read, has not been announced. It is apparently the first American division to be engaged on Belgian soil. The scene of the first encounter with the enemy was ap parently the vicinity of the historic Mont Kemmel, and the division is credited with having captured the town of Voormezelle. Late reports make no mention of a further ad vance by the Americans in Flanders. CALLS IT DECISIVE BATTLE. Kaiser Alludes to Present Fighting in West. Amsterdam, Sept. 5.?Emperor "William has telegraphed the munici pality of Munich a message in which he alludes to the fighting now in progress as the "present decisive bat tle," and declares the German peo ple will unitedly stand with all their! strength" in defense of the fatherland. The Emperor's message reads: '"The German people understand the difficulty of the present decisive ' battle against an enemy filled with hatred, jealousy and the will to de- 1 struction? but has undoubtedly de cided to devote all its strength to defend against its enemies' assaults ! it* sacred soil and its kultur, which it had won in peaceful work." J MAN POWER DRAFT. LIST OF REGISTRARS AND PLACES OF REGISTRATION ANNOUNCED. All Men Between the Ages of 18 and 21 and 31 and 16 are Required to Register on September 12th. The following list of registrars and places of registration has been an nounced by the Local Board for Sum ter County, S. C. In the city of Sumter each registrant must regis ter at the registration place announc ed for the ward in which he resides. In the country districts each regis trant must register at the place an nounced below, which is nearest his residence. The date of registration is Septem ber 12th. The hours of registration are from 7.00 A. M. to 9.00 P. M. All lmJe persons must register who on the date named have reached their eighteenth birthday and have not reached their forty-sixth birthday, unless previously registered or in the military or naval service of the Unit ed States. Very severe penalties are imposed upon those who should register and fail to do so. It is the duty of every loyal citizen to see to it that no one in his vicinity fails through ignor ance to comply with the law. Persons required to register who who will not be at home on the day set for registration should go to the nearest Local Board and fill out a registration card before its chief clerk or one of its members. They should then mail this card to their own Lo cal Board in time to have it arrive on or before the twelfth. Upon the receipt of such a card by the Local L Board it will mail the proper regis tration certificate to the address giv en. j The list of registrars and places of l registration follows: \ Ward 1?-Chief Registrar, Hugh C. Haynsworth; assistant registrars, R. D. Epps, W. Loring Lee, L. W. Jen kins, J. M. Fogle, J. P. Maurer, C. W. Anderson. Place of registration: The Court House. Ward 2?Chief Registrar, Horace Harby; assistant rsgistrars, B. C. Wallace, W. .'J. Seale, J. Herman Myers, A. S. Harby, A. S. Merrimon, M. W. Seabrook, R. L. /McLeod, F. A. McLeod, X* E. Wood, C. E. Hurst, X. A Ryttenberg. Place of registration: Girls' Higfe School. ' {Ward 3?Chief "Registrar, Herbert A. Moses; assistant registrars, J. A. Raffield, Raymon Schwartz, C. M. Hurst, Henry Moses, P. S. Finn, W. I Whitehead, J. W. Shaw, John Lem mon, Silas Melette. Place ' of registration: Armor j Hall, Osteen Building, West Liberty Stiw... Ward 4?Chief Registrar, Bartow Walsh, assistant * egistrars, R. K Wilder, C. A. Mc ?raw, W. Percj Smith, D. E. F. Bultman, E. I. Rear don, M. W. Shelley, W. L. . Boyle, J J. Brennan. .Place of registration: Stable oi Booth-Boyle Lave Stock Co., corner of E. Liberty & Harvin. Borden?Chief Registrar, Charle} M. Emanuel; assistant registrar, P. B. Emanuel. Place of registration: C. M EmanuePs Store. Concord?Chief Registrar, T. B Brunsoh; assistant registrars, C. W, Brunson, Albert Brogdon. Place of registration: C. W. Brunson's Store. Dalzell?Chief Registrar, R. L Burkett; assistant registrars, H. C. Burrows, M. L Moore, Paul Bow man, S. P. Gaillard, S. W. Rafheld. Place of registration: R. L. Bur kett's Store. .DuBose?Chief Registrar, M. R. Rivers; assistant registrars, T. S. DuBose, Jr., Stanyarn Burrows. Place of registration: T. S. Du Bose's Store. Bloomville?Chief Registrar ? F. M. Coulter. (No assistants). Place of registration: Mr. F. M. Coulter's residence. Wedgefield?Chief Registrar, E. E jAycock; assistant registrars, W. H. 1 Ramsey, J. B. Ryan, John J. Ged Iding, H. M. McL?urin. Place of registration: E. E. Ay cock's Store. Privateer, No. 1?Chief Registrar. S. A. Harvin; assistant registrar, S D, Cain. ? Place of registration: S. A. Har vin's Store. . 1 Privateer, No. 2?Chief Registrar, J. M. Kolb; assistant registrar, M. R. Jackson. Place of registration: Kolb's Store at Privateer Station. Privateer No. 3 (Earle's)?Chief Registrar, H. D. Tindal; assistant registrars; Julius Colper, G. L. Brown. Place of registration: H. D. Tin dal's Store. Mayesville?Chief Registrar, E. G. Spencer; assistant registrars, Robert Muldrow. P. M. Tiller, R. J. Mayes. Place of registration: Bank of Mayesville. Shiloh No. 1?Chief Registrar, W. W. Green; assistant registrars, Silas Truluck, J. T. Dennis. Place of registration: W. W. Green's Store. Shiloh No. 2?Chief Registrar, L. C. Tisdale; assistant registrar, E. W. Dabbs. Place of registration: Salem School House. Shiloh No. 3 (Taylor's)?Chief Reg istrar, I. M. Truluck; assistant reg istrar, Allison Truluck. Place of registration: The resi dence of Mr. Allison Truluck. Oswego?Chief Registrar. W. D. McLeod; assistant registrars, E. C. Brown, F. W. Andrews. Place of registration: F. W. An drew's Store. Hagood?-Chief Registrar. J. L. J Jackson; assistant registrars. Leland Myers, C. J. Jackson. Place of registration: Leland My ers' Store. Rembert?Chief Registrar, J. L. niliis; assistant registrars, W. C. llarlee, T. J. Brown. Place of registration: L. S. Vin >on's Store. Zoar?Chief Registrar, J. F. Le tioir; assistant registrars, Jake Brog-' PROHIBITION JULY FIRST. SENATE PASSES BILL TO MAKE NATION BONE DRY. fwelve Million Dollar Emergency Agriculture Measure With Rider for National Prohibition Goes Tlirough Upper Body Without Roll Call?Efforts to Defer Time FaiL Washington, Sept. ?j.?The $12,000, 000 emergency agricultural appropria tion bill with its rider for national prohibition from next July 1 until after the American armies are de mobilized after the end of the war was passed tonight by the senate without a roll call. Before final passage of the meas ure, the seriate voted, 45 to 6, to re tain the prohibition rider. A final ef fort to postpone the effective date of the "dry" legislation to December 30, 1319, was defeated. The bill now goes to the house, and because of the many amend ments inserted by the senate, it un doubtedly will be sent to conference. Prohibition leaders, however, expect the house to agree to the "dry" rid er so that there will be no possibility of changes being made by the sen ate and house managers. Senators voting against retaining the "dry" legislation in the bill were Brandegee of Connecticut, Gerry pi .Rhode Island, Phelan of California, Pomerene of Ohio, Eansdell of Lou isiana and Underwood of Alabama, while it was announced that many members absent and paired fayored the amendment. As returned to the house, the pro hibition clause?a compromise ef fected last week by senate "wet"".and "dry" leaders?would stop the sale of all intoxicating beverages next June 30, except for export, medicinal, sac ramental and other than beverag? purposes and would prohibit the "man ufacture and sale after May 1 next The compromise prohibition "rider* was regarded as the most importanl provision of the emergency agricul tural bill. It is a substitute- for thai of Representative Randell of Califor nia adopted by the house last Mai prohibiting use of the bill's appropria tions until the president should ex ercise his authority in the food con trol law to stop manufacture of bef and wine as well as whiskey durins the war as a food conservation meas ure. After passage of the bill these sen 1 ate conferees?all regarded as friend ly to the legislation?were appointed Gore of Oklahoma, Smith of Sorutl Carolina, Smith of Georgia, Kenyoz of Iowa and France of Maryland: How long the bill would be hi con ference was regarded doubtful. ' Pro hibition advocates believe it soon.wil go- to the president who particiatec in conferences culminating in . th< senate compromise for 'extension" o: the effective day. The war reyenu< bill and house plans for a recess, ^im mediajtely after its passage until aibu October 15, however, were adm.ittec obstacles. I Eleventh hour efforts to exteafflste time for manufacture of beer , an< wine' and disposal of stocks of iritoxi caring beverages proved -futile, ,,th< senate rejecting without a roll call ai amendment by Senator Phelan of bai ifornia to make the provision effective December 30, 1919. The senate also defeated an.effor toward federal payment for stocks o distilled spirits remaining , unsok June 20, 1919. During the senate controversy,.;bp ponents of the bill?especially spores men for wine industries?declared i will ruin many interests by not giv ing them enough time to close ui their affairs. Prohibition leaders say that demob ilization of troops may require one oi two years after the war continuinj operation of law certainly until aftei the spring of 1920 after they confi dently expect the national constitu tional amendment for prohibition wil have been ratified by the States. To avoid delaying action on the j prohibition measure Senator Gore. late [ today withdrew his amendment pro j posing increase in the governmen' j wheat guarantee, ranging from $2.3( to $2.54 per bushel. PRICE FIXING NOT PROBABLE No Protest Will be Made to Presideni Now on Cotton Question. / Washington, Sept. 6.?Plans for protesting to the president againsi the proposal of Chairman Baruch ol the war industries board, to have a commission named to investigate the cotton situation with a view of rec ommending stabilization of price: were abandoned today by Southern senators. A conference was called ai which it is understood a statemenl was prepared pointing out that there is no authority for the fixing of cot tor, prices, that no act giving govern ment officials that power will b? passed and prices can only be fixed through agreements with the produc ers. Following a conference late today of the Southern senators, Senator Smith of South Carolina announced that the statement would not be made public at this time, but that a conference is to be sought with Chair man Baruch. Efforts to arrange the conference for tomorrow are being made. NO CAUSE FOB CONCERN. President Semis Telegram to Harris in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 6.?There is no occasion for alarm over the agitation i to fix cotton prices, aceording to a telegram received here tonight by William J. Harris from President V'ilson. The message was in reply to one Mr. Harris had sent earlier in the day to Washington calling the pres ident's attention to the apprehension of many persons over the situation, and protesting in the interest of the farmers to such a movement. don. W. J. Ijfiwrpnce. Jr. Place of registration: .1. J. Brit ton's Store. Stateburg?Chief Registrar. W. L Saunders, Jr.: assistant registrars, Sam Gillespie. J. Murray Nelson. Plnce of registration: The P.ur rough, at usual voting plnce. i . j ? f Building M LIME, LATH, BRICK, CEMENT, SIDINo, CEILING, PLASTER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, MOULDINGS, FIRECLAY, FIRE SRICK, ROUGH LUMBE ROOFING PAI Booth 6 M< ?????????????????????????0 \ AMERICANS FIND INCREASING EVIDENCE OF THIS STATE. Shock Troops Distributed Among Weakened Regiments to Bolster Them up in Battle. With the American Troops in France, Wednesday, Sept. 4.?(By the Associated Press).?Every evidence obtainable by the Americans as they press upon German armies points tc the continuous and even more rapid weakening morale of the eneru, troops and the lowering of their ef fectiveness to a serious point. The American military authorities draw this conclusion from the action ol the German command in shortening the line by voluntary withdrawals its enforcement of longer tours ot duty in the front trenches upon the troops, the combing of the service fo: infantrymen, the disbanding of stonr battalions to bolster up inferior di visions and even the use of Austriar treops on the western front. At least seven German divisions have been disbanded so that the mer might be used to replace losses sus tained during the summer cam paign. Some separate regiment* have been broken up also. Prison ers declare that the practice of form ing storm battalions so weakened the infantry regiments that it had tc be given up. ., The number of German divisions classified aS "tested,' it appears, has dropped rapidly from eighty-three on July 15 until it stood at fifty or August 25. Twenty-nine of these di visions were originally designated as first class, but only thirteen were s< designated on' the August date. Sev en of these had only had two weeks rest at that time. In many cases Ger man divisions have had to remain ir the line for long periods, and full} 150 of the first lino divisions have been fighting continuously from twe and a-half to four months. A cap tured document shows that a plar has been projected to disband the fourth company of every battalior which has fallen below 650 men, re ducing the battalion to three compa nies. The advantage of this plan, ii is pointed out by German officers, b that the arrangement would result ir levssening needs for officers. Ecjuip ment and men will ihus be available to fill up the depleted units which i1 is hoped to retain, although the strength of trench companies has fall en from sixty to fifty men. WAR WORK CAMPAIGN. Suite Divided Into Eleven Districts? Organization Perfected in Sumte? District No. 6. Columbia, Sept. 5 ?Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties will be known as District No. 6, in *ho United War Work Campaign, which, according to the wishes of the vVar Department, will be a countrywide drive to raise. $133,500,000 for the Young Men's Christian Association, the Young Women's Christian Association, the War Camp Community Service and ?the American Library .Association. S. H. Edmunds, superintendent of The Sumter city schools, who is wide ly known as a man of unusual ability and who hits been active in various forms of war work, will be campaign , chairman for the district. He will j have associated with him as district j director F. J. Baker, who has had a number of year's successful exper ience in Y. M. C. A. work. County and school district organ izations will be perfected within the coming week. The plan of organiza tion is so elaborate and thorough that it is predicted the strong appeal for l funds in November will reach every man, woman and child in South Car olina. The Sumter district will be one of eleven, which, together, make up the whole State. AMERICAN SHIP SUNK. Cargo Carrier Destroyed by Shell Fire. Washington. Sept. 6.?The navy department was informed today that the American steamer Lake Owens, an army cargo carrier of 2.300 tons.1 was sunk by gun lire by a submarine in foreign waters September 3rd. Five members of the civilian crew are re ported lost. This is one year thai people with meney should invest in Liberty lionds rather than speculate in land and Oiher commonitics. iterial hay, corn, oats, hulls, tank* miod! rice wh si i :r ?er cLeod, Inc., Si ! SLACKER ROUND UP. I PRESIDENT ASKS FOR FULL REPORT. - 'Department of Justice Assumes En 1 tire Responsibility for "Round Up" j in New York. 11 "Washington, Sept. 5.?President j Wilson has asked Attorney General ! J Gregory for a complete report of the ' circumstances surrounding the so ? called "slacker round up" in New t York this week, in which upward ot ? 4Ci,0u0 men were taken into custody ? j by agents of the department of jus ! tice, the military intelligence bureau - and soldiers and sailors on suspicion ! that they were attempting to evade ; the selective service law. The president's purpose in calling : for a report from the attorney gen ; eral was not made known. His re ? quest was transmitted after the mat > ter had been vigorously debated to - day in the seante and Senator Smool i of Utah, Republican, had offered a resolution proposing an investigatior > by the senate military committee tc i establish who issued orders for th? ? use of soldiers and sailors in the ? round up. Objection by enator Kirbj : of Arkansas, Democrat, caused the - resolution to go over but Senatoi Smoot plans to call it up again Mon [ day. The round ups were conducted un der the direction of Federal districi 5 attorneys who acted under guidance > from Washington. At the office o) i Provost Marshal General Crowder to l day it was said that the arrests were - made without authority from, oi i knowledge of that o'ffice. It was re ) garded as possible, however, thai ? representatives of the office in New ' York had assisted in the work. Nc - word was forthcoming from the wa: t and navy departments as to who is ? sued orders for soldiers and sailors tc > participate. > In calling the attention of the sen ? ate today to the wholesale arrests, t Senator Chamberlain, chairman ot i the military committee, said he ob i jected to such unauthorized proce - dure. He was joined in his protest b> - Senator Calder of New York, John . son of California, Sherman of Illinois; 5 Republicans, and other senators i while Minority Leader Lodge wai ? insistent that the country should ? know who was responsible tor the em t ployment of the nation's fighting s men in such an undertaking. Senator Poindexter of Washington Republican, and Kiroy defended the wholesale arrests, the former declar ing that the government should bt commended and not denounced for seeking out slackers. Senator Chamberlain said slackers whom he despised, should be located by legal, orderly means. The country, he added, would not tolerate the ar rests of thousands of innocent young ', men in order to reach the guilty as had been the case in New York. The "slacker roundups" -were car ried out by direction of the depart ment of justice and full responsibility lor them is assumed by J. Bruce Biel aski. chief of the department's bureau of investigation. This was stated to night authoritatively. It was also said that an officer of the provost marshal general's office had worked with the department in directing the. raids as had the mili tary intelligence bureau and some naval officers. No announcement was made as to who authorized the use of soldiers and sailors in carrying oui the roundups. NO MORE BOMB PROOF. All Men Able to Do Military Duty to Be Rounded Out of Department Jobs. Washington. Sent. 6.?Secretary Raker has ordered the chief of each bureau of the war department to re place by December 31st all men with in draft ages who shall be classified in Class 1, now assigned to duty in Washington or at war department branches elsewhere, with men phy sich Uy disqualified for general mili tary service. THE WORLD'S SERIES. Cubs Fail (o Score on Giant South paw. Chicago. Sept. ?One of the smallest crowds which ever turned cue for a world's series opening saw the Boston Red Sox of the American l.cague defeat the Cubs of the Nation al League. 1 to 0 today in an errorless g:i me. ? -Staffs i USE, JNGS, FLOUR, EAT BRAN, IGAR FEED, I EAT SCRAP, CHICKEN FEED, OYSTER SHELL, SEED OATS AND RYE, COTTON SEED MEAL unter, S. C. t COTTON STATES PROTEST. SOUTHERN SENATORS SEEK AUDIENCE WITH PRESIDENT. Pro])osecl Action by War Industries Board Arouses Prompt and Em phatic Opposition. Washington, Sept 5.?Senators from the cotton growing States at a conference today decided to protest to President Wilson against any ac tion by the war industries board look* ing to the fixing of cotton prices. Thf senators hope to see ;he president to morrow. This action resulted from the: an nouncement yesterday by Chairman Baruch of the war industries board that plans are being made to appoint a commission to investigate cotton conditions with a view to making recommendations for stabilization of prices. As soon as the announce ment was made public Senator Smith of South Carolina, conferred with Mr. Earuch and called a meeting of the senators from cotton producing States The following statement was is sued after the conference: "Senators representing the cotton growing States held a meeting this afternoon and agreed to ask for' an immediate interview with * the presi dent to discuss in protest with him the proposed action of the war indus tries board looking to the reguratron~ of the price of cotton. Senator Smith said arrangements for the meeting are to be made to morrow and Senators hope to visit the White House later in the day. Chairman Baruch, in a statement tonight, said price fixing would not necessarily follow investigation of the cotton situation by a committee to j>e appointed by the war industries board. Whetner price fixing will be gone into will be determined by' the findings of the committee based upon a careful study of all phases of the question, Mr. Baruch said. REVOLT SMOULDERS IN GER MANY. Revolutionary Pamphlets Widely Cir culated Among Soldiers. British* Headquarters in; Prance, Sept. 6 (By the Associated Press).? Sparks of revolution seem to be fly ing even thicker in certain parts of; the German army.' Numerous prison-, ers taken by the British mention the distribution of pacifist and revolu tionary pamphlets among the troops. One prisoner who recently had re turned from leave said that when ac companying a large number of Bava rians, he was shown revolutionary pamphlets which he was told were be ing widely circulated. All the pamph lets, he added-, were violently anti Prussian and appealed to the men. to refuse to fight. It was assertec" that during the 're cent fighting the commanding officer,.' of the One Hundred and Thirty seventh Pioneer Battalion of the sec ond division was shot by his men; when he attempted to stop a panic ; stricken rush from the trenches. | A battalion surgeon said all the-, rt-^'imenial officers he knew believed;; that Geneial Ludendorff would flghtl delaying actions until the allied of fensives had died out, the same as Germany did at the same time saving his "elite divisions' for a counter sr^oke. preparations for which nbw: were b^ing made. If the allies ever reach the Rhine, * said the doctor, Germany would make peace, no matter at what price. The doctor seemed considerably perturbed that the Rhine might be,* reached. CHARLESTON'S GOOD LUCK. Government Will Finance Great De velopment of Port. Washington, Sept. 6.?Arrange ments for necessary construction work to increase electric power facilities so that the needs of the Charleston Port Terminal development now un der way will *be fully met have been made with the Charleston Cosolidat ed Railway Company, the depart ment announces. The enlargement of the company's facilities will cost approximately ST?O.000. The company will borrow $350.000 from the war trade board to enlarge the plant. The govern ment will install the plant's ma chinery and equipment and build the. transmission line, at a total cost of ?350.000. The title of the machinery', equipment and transmission line, will remain with the government until purchased by the company.