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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
ENDEAVOR UNION
AIDS YOUNG MEN
PROGRAM FOR NEXT TWO YEARS
INCLUDES EIGHT PHASES
OF EFFORT.
PLAN FOR TRAINING CAMPS
work Goes on in South Carolna-A
WAR Department" Has Already
Been Formed.

Columbia.-The Christian Endeavor
organization throughout the country is
doing great deal for the young men
In the training camps and for the bet
terment of conditions generally. The
program before the Endeayorers of the
nation for the next two years includes
eight phases of effort for the men in
the camps and the folks at home. and
the aim OF the Endeavorers is to enroll
in this campaign a million persons.
this enrolment to be known as the
Christian Endeavor army of universal
patriotic service.
In South Carolina the Endeavorers
are doing bit for the men in the
camps. war department" of the
State Christian Endeavor Union has
been formed and this committee 10
helping in good many ways. Miss
Cora Hardin OF Chester is superintend-
ent and already the department has
begun a campaign among the Endeav-
orers to raise money to aid in the sup
port OF Bert Corcoran. the president
OF the State union. who has offered
his services as a secretary OF the
Young Mems Christian Association
for war duty. Mr.. Corcoran has al
ready been accepted for this form of
service. The week of August 1926
has been set aside by the Eendeavor-
ers as Bert Corcoran Week." and dur
ing these days drive will be made
for the fund necessary for this phase
of the work
The Endeavorers of Greenville have
begun plan Of getting in touch with
the Endeavorers who are and will be
In Camp Sewer, and their aim Is to
meet entertain and encourage" every
Endeavorer and every young man in
terested in the affairs OF the church
who may be in the Greenville camp.
This work the Endeavorers are trying
to do for the soldiers is meeting with
hearty support. Allan Nicholson OF
Union says it's fine work for the En-
deavorers and he has sent check to
apply on the fund. The Rev. j. p.
Marion OF Sumter is another backer
OF the movement
The Endeavorers OF Greenville last
Sunday night had patriotic meeting,
when testaments were distributed tc
the men OF one OF the units stationed
at Camp Sewer. A large number OF
these men were in attendance upon
this special meet'Ng OF the Endeavor-
ers. Nearly a dozen young men have
gone from the Endeavor Society OF the
First Presbyterian Church OF Colum-
bia alone. and almost every society in
The South has one or more OF It's mem
bers following the flag
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
ASK NEUTRALS THEIR NEEDS
INQUIRIES FROM WASHINGTON
TO EUROPEAN NEUTRALs
SEEK FULL INFORMATION.
Amerea 10 Laying Foundation For Plan
For Rationins Neutrais Which Will
Stop Exports From Finally Reach
ing Germany.

Washington.-Full information con.
corning food conditions in the north
ern European neutral countries has
been asked of the neutrals by the
United States in notes handed to their
diplomatic representatives.
The American governments plan
for rationing the neutrals through its
control of exports will be finally de-
termined on after replies are receiy.
ed. The information sought concerns
the exact food needs OF those coun.
tries, their food production capacity
and details Of their export and import
trade OF the last few years. The in.
tenton OF the United States is to hold
exports to the enutrals to the barest
necessities to prevent American food.
stuffs or food they replace from
reaching Germany. Only actual food
deficiencies will be made up from
America and assurances will be de-
manded that no American.produced
food is re-exported or used to SUM-
plant food that Is exported.
Quick responses to the notes are
looked for, since at present no ship
ments to the neutrals are permitted
to leave American ports and some of
the countries are badly in need of
grains.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
FEW EXEMPTIONS FOR
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
Postal Carriers, Clerks or Laborers
Not to be Exempted.

Washington.-A ruling by the post
office department shows that the de-
partment officials will make few re-
quests for exemption from military
service. Postmasters are instructed
not to ask for exemption for carriers or
laborers or for clerks in second class
offices below the $1,000 grade. clerks
in first clas offices below the $1,100
grade, or any above these grades un.
less they are qualified distributors of
mail.
The ruling is the first formal action
by an executive department In COM
pliance with President Wilson's order
directing that department officials in
icadet exemptions and that the re-
quirement Of 'indispensability be rig
idly enforced AS generally con-
strued the postal ruling shows the
purpose OF the administration OF make
the government departments leaders
in freeing valuable employees for war
service.
The entire mail carrier force. num-
bering thousands OF men. OF whom a
considerable percentage are within
the draft age limits. is excluded from
exemption unless for physical reasons
or because they have dependent fam
lilies. Every portion OF the country
is reached by the ruling. as even the
rural carriers are included.
The departments ruling in regard
to clerks, leaves railway mail clerks
within the exemption class. as they
are highly specialized distributors
Provost Marshall General Crowder
took steps to reduce the number Of
exemptions because of dependent fam
lilies. Instructions were sent to the
governors of all states pointing out
that the minimum pay of soldiers is
now $50 a month and that local boards
must consider whether a mans de-
pendents could not be supported on
that amount.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
UNCLE SAM TAKE HAND
TO PUNISH DRAFT RESiSTERS
Government Acts Quickly In Oklahoma
to End Anti-Draft Riots.

Government Acts Quickly In Oklahoma
to End Anti-Draft Riots.
Oklahoma City, Okla. = Without
waiting for a conclusion OF the states
campaign against organized resistance
to the selective draft in central Okla
homa, the United States government
moved to punish the 200 men under ar.
rest in connection with armed opposi
ton to military service. Warrants
charging treason were served on the
prisoners 40 were taken to the pen
itentiary at McAlester or the jail at
Muskogee to await trial at which Uni
ted States District Attorney McGinnis
will ask that the death penalty be i'm
imposed.
Announcement that extreme punish
ment would be asked was expected to
aid materially in bringing to terms
the few resissters still sheltered in
the hills. Posses in three counties
Seminole. Hughes and Pottawatomie-
reported that isolated groups refused
to surrender, but that they apparently
were discouraged and seeking to
avoid an encounter.
Determination Of the possemen to
run down all OF the leaders was
strengthened by confiscation OF half
a freight car of dynamite which had
been run on a siding southeast OF
Sasakwa in Seminole county An in
vestigation is being made to establish
ownership.
Clashes between the resisters and
posses have cost three lives and nu-
merous injuries. Two objectors to the
draft have been killed and a traveller
was shot when he failed to heed q
posses warning to halt
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
TAKES UP HEAVY TASK IN THIS
CRISIS AT REQUEST OF THE
PEOPLE.
WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO REFUSE
Many Changes Are Forecast as Pre-
mier Intends TO Conduct a Strong
Government to Garry Out Old Prin-
ciples Thought Best.

Petrograd.-Premier Kerensky has
returned to Petrograd and withdrawn
his resignation. He attended a min
isterial meeting and afterwards con-
ferred with various political leaders.
M. Kerensey has issued a manifesto
In which he declares that he con-
siders it impossible when the country
is threatened with defeat without and
disintegration within to refuse the
heavy task again entrusted to him,
which he regards as an express order
from the country to construct a strong
revolutionary government to carry out
the nrin ip,es a:ready laid down.
AT the same time" says the man.
ifesto. 81 consider 1t inevitable to
introduce changes in the order and
distribution OF government work with
out allowing myself to be influenced
by the throught that these changes
will increase my responsibility in the
supreme direction of the affairs Of
state"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
MAJOR GENERAL WILL HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH TRAIN
ING OF MEN.
announcement SURPRISING
New Order Issued BY Department Re-
lieving All Commanders Of That
Duty.-Supervlsion of Training to
Devolve on the Division Officers.

An announcement that will be re.
cetved with great deal of interest
and no inconsiderable disappointment,
particularly throughout the south. is
that making 1T known that Maj. Ger.
Leonard Wood, now commander of
the department Of the southeast and
the ranking officer of the United States
army, will have nothing to do with the
training Of the hundreds of thousands
OF young men to be sent to the train
ing camps in his department.
And just as General Wood will be
relieved of any connection with the
training of the men, so will the other
department commanders be relieved
OF that responsibility, and the duty OF
supervising the training OF the great
number OF young men to make up the
army being prepared for the war with
Germany will rest upon division COM
manders, Of whom there will be scores
and who are yet unnamed.
This Is due to an order recently is
sued by the war department. which,
up to this time, has not been pub
lished, taking the duty Of supervising
thO vi Ills hcu dl Tic va
rious camps away from the depart
ment commanders and placing it with
the division or camp commanders,
who will be at the various training
camps. Therefore. with the arrival of
troops at a camp in any of the de-
partments, the responsibility OF the
commander Of that department for
the discipline at that camp, its rules,
regulations, or any connection what
ever with the camp will cease except,
OF course. that he will continue to be
commander of the department, but
that department headquarters will be-
come really little more than a supply
depot, storeroom, or Quartermaster's
depot
And as Is General Wood relieved OF
this responsibility in the department
OF the southeast so art the other de-
partment commanders, Generals Bell,
Barry, Parker and the others. who
are the highest officers in the regu.
lar army.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
SLIGHT GAIN IN FLANDERS
is MADE BY ANGGO-FRENCH.
Canadians Slowly Tishten-Pincher
Forcing Germans From Lens.

Canadians Slowly Tishten-Pincher
Forcing Germans From Lens.
Infantry fighting although not on
an extremely heavy scale. began in
Flanders on Sunday and in two en-.
gagements the Anglo-French troops
were victorious.
The weather moderating, Crown
Prince Rupprecht. after an all-night
bombardment sent his troops aaginst
the British positions at Hollebeke. on
the Ypres-Comines Canal. between
Yures and Warnton and, charging
forward on both sides Of the canal
the Germans gained footing in the
village of Hollebeke. The success
was only momentary as the British
drove them out by an immediate
counter-attack and took some prison
ers. Other German attacks in this
area also were checked.
Northwest of Bixschoote. which lies
to the north of Ypres. the French are
following up their successes Of last
week. In an attack against the Ger
man lines Sunday they made further
progress.
The pinchers with which the Ca
nadians are slowly forcing the Ger
mans out OF Lens, again has been
tightened slightly. In an advance in
the Oite du Moulin the Canadians
have pushed forward their line on a
front of one thousand yards to depth
OF two hundred yards. The Canadians
consolidated the position which is
within thousand yards Of the cen
ter OF Lens on the western front of
the town. Southeast of Arras Ger.
man raids against the British lines on
Sunday met with failure
German attacks on the Aisne front
have been withstood successfully by
the French. Against the Classmates
plateau the Germans made two at
tacks which were repulsed. South of
Juvincourt the German crown prince
threw strong forces against the
french lines early Sunday. The
French were driven from a small ele.
ment, but tier elected the Germans
and held their line intact.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
CUT OUT OF
PROGRAM BY HOUSE,

Washington. - National prohibition
by constitutional amendment was
hung up in the House by the prohi-
bition leaders themselves.
The resolution to submit the pro.
posal to the states. passed by the
Senate. was put out of the program
for the present session and will not
come up until the regular session in
December.
Representative Randall OF Califor-
MIA, the prohibition party's only rep
,resentative In Congress. issued a state.
ment declaring that "the friends of ma
tional prohibition have been film:
hammed by the liquor lobby in the
constitutional amendment adopted in
the Senate"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
Anxious to Help.

Gaffney-Fred DeStafno has writ
ten to the war d partment at Wash.
ington giving it certain ideas as to
scheme which he las conceived tn .
he thinks would greatly aid the allies
to win the war. He received a let
ter from the adjutant general of the
army thanking him for his suggestion.
and telling him that same would
once be investigated. Destafno says
that owing to his physical condition
he can not 60 to the front, but he la
anxious to do his Bit and to that end
submitted his idea to Uncle Sam.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
CABLE FAR EAST is
BROKEN IN MIO-PAClElc

New York.-Communitation with
the philippines and China Including
Hong Kong by way of San Francisco
over the commercial Pacific cable has
been interrupted, the Commercial Ca
BILE Company announced. here and
cablegrams can be forwarded only
via Europe" 1t was explained. that
the cable broke somewheres between
Guam and the Philippines and that a
ship would have to be sent out to
pick up the line and repair 1t.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
U. 8. POSTAL AGENCY
ESTABLISHED IN FRANCE

Observation-Disclosures soldiers at
the front no ware receiving their mail
without interruption, as a result Of
the establishment OF the United States
postal agency in France. Postmaster
General Burleson announced. corps
OF experienced workers. under the di.
rection of Marcus Fl. Bum. Is hand
ling mail matter at the base post
office and at branches established at
Paris. the training camps. and at the
American port of debarkation.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
FEWER MERCHANTMEN
SUNK BY SUBMARINES.

London.-Some falling off In the loss
OF British merchantmen by submar
ines is noted in the official summary.
Eighteen British vessels OF more than
l.600 tons were sunk by submarines
or mines last week. Three vessels
under 1000 tons were sunk. while no
fishing vessels were lost According
to the admiralty report of the pre-
vious week the losses were twenty one
British vessels OF more than 1000 tons
each, three ot less than 1000 tons.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
MONEY CIRCULATING HAS
REACHED RECORD AMOUNT

Washington.-Money in circulation
In the United States. the treasury
departments circulation statement
shows. reached q new record August
1. The total on that date was s4,S52,-
0S4.469. an increase OF nearly twenty
three per cent within year. This In
cludes gold. silver and all forms of
currency, but does not include money
In the treasury which would bring the
total up to $6.513.ss2,s ,ss4.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
HoLLAND-AMERIcAN
STEAMER HITS MINE

Amsterdam.-The Holiand-American
line steamship Noordam. homeward
pound ran upon mine. the westward
OF the island Of Texel There were no
casualties. The ship Is still affoat.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-08-09
GERMAN PLANE LANDS
IN NETHERLANDS LIMITS

Amsterdam.-A German airpiane
landed on the island of Ameland on
account of motor trouble The occu-
pants OF the machine we're interned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-04-05

that represents the public and that
should have entered upon its work on
the day following the beginning of the
Presidents second term, which is his
by virtue election also in November.
The most essential Of the changes that
ought to be made in our Constitution is
one that would not permit an old Con-
gress to assemble and do business after
a new Congress had been elected.
There is no other legislative body in
the world that has an opportunity to do
its most important legislative work af-
ter it had been voted out of office, and
after its successor had been voted in
by the people. The State legislatures
of this country, as rule. are elected
in November and come into session in
January. From 1.-The Progress of the
World, in the American Review of
Reviews for April, 1917.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-04-05
PEOPLE WILL "PAY THE FREIGHT.

The railroads are now asking that
they be permitted to increase freight
rates. Having paid the price demand
ed by the brotherhood chiefs, they
make formal application to the federal
government for the right to recoup
those enormous and unexpected losses.
No one can for q moment imagine
with any soGndness of judgement that
the railroad systems can pay out up
wards Of $50. 900. 600 in increased wages
for operating service and be given no
opportunity to reimburse themselves
by charging more for the carrying of
freight,
The interstate commerce commission
cannot be expected TO turn a deaf ear
to the appeal for immediate action, be-
cause what is now being demanded, is
precisely what most on US knew what
would come when the brotherhoods
forced the issue to a successful conclu-
sion.
Thus it is that the people Of the
country will in the end bear the cost
of the wage increase TO the railroad
brotherhood men. They. themselves
must bear a part Of the load, although
they may be ignorant Of the fact, It
will come in a slightly higher cost of
each article Of merchandise that is
shipped on the railroads. Step by step
the system of placing financial burden
will progress until finally it viii reach.
as it always is forced to reach, the ulti-
mate consumer. Syracuse Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-04-05
FREAK LEGISLATION.

Assemblyman Pieper has introduced
a bill in the Legislature which will send
all representatives in congress and
United States senator's from Wisconsin,
ministers and priests, editors of news
papers, professors and instructors to
the front at the outbreak of hostilities
Pieper is sort of legislative joker
He's the guy who carries an over-sur-
plus Of false modesty around with him,
the fellow who got lot Of cheap adj
vertising because ne was so terribly
shocked at the violent "undress" shown
at the recent prom, Platteville Wit
ness.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-04-05
OFFERS HIS SERVICES.

Hon J. w, Murphy in telegram to
Senator Husting has offered his ser
vices to the county in any place where
he can be of use, no matter how hum
bic the position, the firing line prefera-
BILE. Mr.. Murphy feels that he has
been greatly honored by being repre-
sentative of the government and takes
the noble view that Senator Husting' g
patriotic stand in supporting the gov
eminent in these trying times should
have the support of every patriotic cit
izen. All honor to Mr., Murphy ~
Platteville Witness
Who's betting that Hustins will do
likewise ?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-04-05
CHANGED PROSPECTS OF ALLIES

fighting ability. At the present mo-
ment the morale of the British army
seems to be equal if not superior, to
that of Germany or France. All that
was necessary to give the Allies rea-
sonable assurance of fairly early con-
clusion of the war was to have Russia
do her part a. thoroughly and unhinch-
ingly as the British and the French. In
our opinion, the violation of neutral
rights on the sea has furnished ample
occasion for America S going to war,
but has not supplied itself with a nee
essary reason. The only sufficient rea-
son for our going to war must be found
in the belief that we could thus con-
tribute best to the cause of justice and
right, and of established peace for al
the world as we'll as for ourselves.
With Russia doing her full part, and
the assurance that she will support her
new and capable Liberal leaders to the
end, there is much less reason for the
United States to become deeply in
volved than there would have been if
the pro-German ministry and pro-Ger-
man influences at work in the Gear 5
household had been able to accomplish
their purposes. The prospects are
wholly changed
That a good deal of German plotting
had been going on in Mexico, and that
the Carranza Government had been I'M
der German influences. seems quite
probable. After the breaking off of
diplomatic relatives, large numbers Of
Germans left the United States and
went to Mexico. In case of active
war between this country and Germany.
it is likely enough that efforts would
be organized by Germans south of the
Rio Grande to abet Germany and harm
the United States. While the idea of
yielding three of our southern-tier
States to Mexico, and some of our Pa
cifc Coast States to Japan, has not
created any alarm in the United States.
it has illustrated afresh the madness of
German craftsmanship as respects the
territorial integrity of other nations.
Whatever their sympathes may have
been as between Germany and the Brit
ish Empire, the Americans of German
origin who are citizens of the United
States are now fully American when
1t comes to an issue between this couu-
try and the ruling authorities of the
German Empire. One learns that these
American citizens of German origin
everywhere are holding to the view
that the German people ought to follow
the example of the Russians and get
rid of their political and military mas
tiers. Americans continue to wish for
the German people happy and pros
porous future. But they are not wholly
out of sympathy with an intriguing and
plotting imperial policy that has brought
profound misery upon the German ma
ton as whole Thus the Berlin di-
plomacy has cleared the American at
mosphere. If Uncle Sam goes fully in
to the war, it will not be with hatred
toward the German people, but to aid
in their earlier emancipation. From
THE Progress of the World, 3" in the
American Review of Reviews for April,
1917.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-04-05

House and about IL acres of land.
Four rooms, pantry, closets, maple
floor all through; cistern and well. wood
shed, milk house, all in good condition.
Inquire at Tribune office. 12w3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-04-05
SHOT AND SHELL BANG !

Special Congress is in session and
from the outlook war of one kind or
another is now inevitable. 1t is to be
regretted, as there is too much woe
and blight IN war at best.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-04-05
THE REAL "FIuBUsTER" IN SENATE

Never in the history of the United
States had there been a more urgent
reason for calling a new Congress into
session than had been apparent from
the beginning of February. With the
country facing no emergencies az all,
Mr.. Taft had convokcd the Sixty. first
and SiNW-second Congresses in extra
session, and MIR. Wilson himself had
convoked the Sixty-third The new
Congress should have been called TO
meet promptly on Monday, March 3.
1t had been elected last November
The real nhlibuster consisted in the at
tempt TO dispense with calling the new
Congress 1t was inappropriate 20 ask
the expiring Congress in its closing
hours, without time for debate 70 grant
indefinite war powers 20 the President
in order to enable him to carry on the
Government for months to come per
haps until next December, without
calling Congress to Washington. Moth
ing in our history has So clearly shown
the rapidity of our tendency to an ex
elusive Presidential government II is
thu Congress elected last November