The watchman and solution.(Sumter, S.C.)...

t LI ii fou soldi Kits.

National League for Woman's Servicelins I MaMi-lM ii oiie at CsmiMa%lMian Jane It. Kmiim, of Floronce,

wss in SMinter last Tuesday morningin the interest of the Community<Mub. which the women of Columbiathrough the National League for Wo-aaan'a ftervlce has established fur theenlisted men at Camp Jackson. Thenottce of Mis* Evans' coming was aoshort that very few knew of her visit,ar.d only a small crowd assembled atChamber of Commerce to hear herplea for the men In the ranks. Ab¬beville haa mado seven hundred dol¬lars for the support of tho club inthe upper part of the State, and Flor¬ence has sent herself the task o;

making a thousand dollars for theCommunity Club In Columbia. TheIdea of these clubs Is to create ahome atmosphere for the boys whoare In training. The rooms must bepretty and cheerful, the walls hungwith good pictures and good cafeteriamaintained. All of this takes a greatdeal of money and the calls havebeen almost unending In the last year.Does this one appeal to tho women ofSumter? Are there none of the boyswho you know and love there? Doyou ever think what a trrlble changethis war hns brought about to the lad.*:who only a little while ago were hereamong us? If there were five hun¬dred women In Sumter who caredenough shout these young men to sacrlnee even a little more and would.ach give one dollar, the amountnaked for from Sumter would be rais¬ed without all the horrors of goingabout begging for what It should hiour privilege to give. A meeting ofthe women will be called early nextweek und plans discussed for the bestway to raise the amount. Kvery wo¬man who feela that these hoys, are

making a ancrlflce und need all thehelp and cheer that the women can

give an asked to come. If the pleadoes not appeal to the people, ofsasjiaa Miss Evans must be notltledthat we do not care to help, and theburden will fall on others. Hut sure¬

ly Sumter will do her part and our

boys will feel that we are deeply insympathy with them and want to dowhat ws csn to make their livepleasant while they are with us. Soor,they will be In France and our oppor¬tunity will be gone. The time an Iplace for the meeting will be An¬nounced In Mo*, lay's Item. And everywoman In Sumter who feels the wishto help the men In the ranks, theyoung men who are privates, our lad«who ar« doing hard work and havevery little pleasure is asked to come.

These sre the ones for whom thes«clubs are for. Some one is workingfor the men In CJrcemlll- end Spar¬enburg and Charleston, and we must

help the one In Columbia. 1 our thou¬sand women In the United States are

working to make theso clubs whatthey should be. Let us do our part.

h\ki. MOM DMtINt; FSCAPK.

(H-rman- <.ct Away from BritMi In¬ternment Camp.

I -

tx.ndon. Sept If,.< »nc of the mostdaring escapes from Internmentcamps was effected yesterday at Keg-worth. Not* ingharn Twenty-twoCerman prisoners. In«-hiding OapiMulter. who commander the Crui^- i

Lmdon and Lieut t >tto Thclan. dis¬appeared through a tunnel extendingfront a hut In the camp to a pointoutside the barbed wire fence. Howthe tut; net waa dug la a myste-Nlne of the SjtgajSjSjfl were recaptur¬ed, including Opt Malier and Lieut.Thelsn. The latter made three pre¬vious sacap« ¦< With Lieut. EmliTehttnand. another of the recapturedprisoners, he lied from the detentionLarrarki at Chelmafoid last May.The Hermans made dummy locks ofrard'.o | I substituting them for thelot ks on the «r oll doors.Dummy figures to deceive the sen

try were mude from lie.I clothes andsome of their own garments. Toimum' tu.-*. ligun- mon- reahstiethey wrro d«<oiated with shocks ofhair from their mattresses

\ KTlMs o| MTOIOI.

w « ».m i < np-d/ed unt Ml on HoardDrowned.

Hooma. l-i Sept ..'!». A shrlinimhoncr rupulsed In Sinter I<nko neu

hrr.- In yesterday's storm and tieowner. Theogan Petegrln ami a crew

of elgh* w«>»re drowned, according t«

report* reeelve.l here Th»*se wer«

the only storm casualties In this sec

tlon.

i t khapom err ore

pfi Hew* From norldn Clt> SineiStorm struck fl.

Atlanta. fUept. '-'!* I'ensacola wa«

allll Isolated this afternoon.

.BtfJMNU Wanted.See ma before you sell your wax. 1

will btry It for rash at the liest rut

rent ptlce.N. O. OSTEEN.

THE QAMF WARDEN cask.

Supreme i\mrt l>o< linos to Hour Pro¬posed Action In Orginlnl Jurtsdlc-dtction and Remands It to CircuitCourt

.'oluiabia, Sept. 29..The right oiH. W. Glbbes to the olllce of chb-fgame warden will he tested in thecourt of common pi ras for Richland(ouety which begins its session nextweek. This is understood from an or¬der passed by the supreme court to¬day. The order does not name tnecounty In which the circuit court isto hear the case but the implicationis that it will be heard here.

This being true It seems likelythat the case will be referredlo A. D.McFaddln, master of Richand coun¬

ty, to take testimony and report tothe court. The proceeding is underthe statute to try title to office.

SHOUT Ml 11FT FOR TRAITORS.

Roosevelt Denounces the Huns WithinOur Gates.

Racine, WIs., Sept. 27.."Neo-cop-pcrheads," Huns within the gates ofAmerica who are preaching disloyaltyto the country's cause, and German-American newspapers which con¬

tinue their anti-American propagan¬da were denounced by TheodoreRoosevelt in an address he deliveredhere tonight at the annual meeting olthe League of Wisconsin Municipali¬ties.

"The time has come," declaredCol. Roosevelt "when wo should In¬sist that any man in this countrywho belleven In 'Germanism' or anyother nutlonal *lsm' except straightcut unadulterated Americanism is a

foe of America *nd should be bundl¬ed straight out of the country to any

other country that Is willing to re-

ce.vo him. There Isn't room anylonger here for a 50-50 allegiance."

Describing the "Hun within our

garen" as the one "from whom we

ha/c the most to fear for he is thetot: I and ally of the Hun without,"» " Roosevelt asserted:

"Of these Huns within our gat.-sthese who do most mischief are themen who hold office and the men whoedit newspapers. These neo-copper-heads stand towards the loyal Aim"'leans of today exactly as the old cop¬perheads over half a century ago.stood toward Abraham Lincoln.

"Men like Senators La Folh?ttc undStoae, and ConRreasman Macl#c-mo I occupy substantially the positionwh.ch Vallandlgr am occupied In1863. They denounce this war a?

Vallandigham aided the cause of se-< es.- ion. They use the same highsounding words that Vallandighamused. They demar d peace as he tiemanded it. They try to excite einshatred exactly as Vallandigham am.

his fellows roused the New Yorsmob against the draft."Abraham Lincoln sent Valland-g

ham Into the hostile lines. I wislthat we could senc to Germany tinneo-copperheads o'f. today, and es

peclally all those congressional am

editorial copperherds who have tak¬en the lead directly or lndirec.1preaching disloyalty to our country'-cause while at war, and giving aleand comfort in thl-> crisis to the pub11c enemy."

Asserting that Fils country shout'not permit, during the war any paper to he printed In German, ColRoosevelt added that "there ur<

plenty of papers printed in Bngtlslwhose utterances are at least as boas those of the worst Gcrmai-.-Amer¬ican papers.

* Our government," he sale , "h;ibeen recreant In not dealing with al

necessary severity with the sirongesand most influential of these papers.'Quoting a German-An erienn rows

paper as asserting that "the problern of the German 0MM Is to uav«

Germanism In the United States, ColRoosevelt said:

"Thi* shows that the man makln-it and the men dcfcmhig It are no

American;- and have no busbies,longer to remain in America. The)are Germans, they arc aliens here am-

ptl ilously near traitors. The tint*hat come to make short shift of suchmen."

STRONG Fit THAN TRKATIKS.

Is Cnlty of Motive Between VnltcdStates and Fii^himl.

Irfmdou. Sept. 2H.. Viscount Miller. mlniHter in the cabinet Wlthouportfolio speaking at the AmernLuncheon club declared against aiipeace with "unrepentant (bruntrulers" MS evoked applause winbe Bald that the unity Of motive r.

aim between tin Fnitcd St ipes an

Rngland sras stronger thaii sny wellleg pact.

RRITIMI CASFALTY LIST.

I One Hundred and Four Thons. »nd Losin September.

London. Rept, it, British casualtie-,- reported for September total on

hundred and four thousand. The Killcd or died of wounds numbered nln -

ret n thousand sad wounded or mlmi; eighty lt\c thousand.

REKENSKY'S BOLD STAND.

Tells Democratic CollSjreaa Tliat HCSaved tho Country and DestroyedKornllofT Rebellion.

Petrograd, Sept. 21»..Friday..Kerensky took the initiative in whatlui.y be tho supreme test of the powerof his government. He told the De¬

mocracy conference that his regimehad saved Russia in its- darkest hours.

Speaking of the Korniloff revolt h<said: "I prevented it. I destroyedit."

Minister of War Verkhovsky saidthat discipline is necessary in thearmy and stated that henceforth of¬

ficers will be named by their superiorsrather than elected by the commands.Ml address as a whole evoked more

applause than Kerunsky's. The crisiswill probably be reached Saturday,when the Radicals present the ex¬

tremist program.

STORM IN ALABAMA.

West Indian Ilnrrlcnnc Did Consider¬able Damage at Mobile.

Storm Without Date..The tropica!hurricane striking the Gulf coast near

the mouth of the Mississippi andsweeping northward yesterday was

central over southern Alabama thismorning with much of its fury spentPensacola is still isolated. The lastreports from there received at 1o'clock yesterday afternoon saidthere had been no life or extensiveproperty loss. The ample warninggiven was probably responsible forthe lack of heavy damage anywherewashouts have demoralized rallroactraffic and broken wires interruptedcomunication.

During the storm yesterday tlubuilding occupied by the MobileChamber of Comcrce was burnedwith a loss of $4til),000. storm warn¬

ings have been hoisted from FortMonroe to Jacksonville and Rockwellto Carrabelle, Fla.

THE GYPSY'S PROPHECY.

An Incident In England.War to EndIn November.

It was a beautiful morning in Au¬gust, Lord Brackington was motoringacross the broad expanse of a moorIn Scotland. With him in the car, be¬sides the chauffeur, were three la¬dies.his wife, his wife's sister and a

cousin. The automobile suddenlystopped. There was somctlng out oforder with the mechanism whichcould be adjusted In a few minutes:and as the chauffeur threw off hi:coat and went to work Lord Brackington and the ladies walked on, direct¬ing the chauffuer to follow themwhen the necessary repairs were com¬

pleted.Just after they had passed a turn

in the road and the car was no long¬er In sight they came upon a band o

gypsies led by an elderly woman wheaccosted them and wanted to teltheir fortunes. The ladles declined t<have their fortunes told, but LordPrack Ington offered the gypsy half a

crown if she would tell him when thtgreat war was going to end."On the 15th of November next,"

said the gypsy."Nonsense!" said Lord Bracking

ton 'if you meant the 15th of Novcmber next year, I might bclieviyou; but this year, never! You:prophecy can't be true."

"It is true, my lord," exclaimed thtgypsy. "It is as true as it is that atthis very minute your chauffeur lie*dead under your car!""Now I know you arc talking non

sense," responded Lord Brackington"Wo left our chauffeur less than teiminutes ago and he was as muchalive as you are. But here is the hallcrown for your trouble;" and withthis the automobile party turned backto meet their car.

As it came into view, standingwhere they had left it when theypassed the turn In the road, they were

rather startled to observe that th<chauffeur was nowhere In sight"Oh. ho Is at work under the car,'said Lac'y Brackington; but never¬

theless they hurried on.

When they reached the car th<chauffeur was under It.but not aiwork. He lay there dead.

Except that a fanciful title has bceisubstituted for the nobleman's realname, the foregoing story, whiclcomes in a letter from Bngland, i:.rue in every detail..New York Sun

GTJYNEMER KILLED BY GERMAN

I'ate of Noted French Aviator Depon¬ed.

Canadian Headquarters, France,.-sept. IS..-A German aviator mad*-prisoner yesterday asserted that Chiynemer, the famous Preach ntrm:tn,whose fate has been uncertain. was

killed In n battle with a Herman avia¬tor.

Manager Merchnnt Fleet.Washington. Sept. Bft..Edward

Carry, the well known Chicago ear

manufactureri has been made dfrec-toi of operations for the shippinghoard. He will he directly in charg«of the government merchnnt fleet,

LOST IN THE SWAMP.

Dr. C. J. Lemnion Si>oii(1s the Nlgluin Watoreo River swamp.

From The Daily Item, Sept. 29.Last night was probably the most

uncomfortable night that Dr. C. J.Lcmmon ever spent, as the greater:part of the time he was wanderingaround in deep swamp of Watorec riv¬er in the vicinity of darner's Ferry.Late in the night he stumbled upona fisherman's shack near the riverbank where he remained until day¬light With daylight to help him Io¬was able to make his way out of theswamp, being guided also by thesound of a passing train on the South¬ern Railway. About the itme h<emerged from the swamp he metDr. Burgess and other friendswho had spent the greater part of thenight searching for him.

Dr. Lemmon and several otherswent into the swamp on the Garner'sFerry road yesterday afternoon tohunt squirrels. After leaving theroad the party separated and Dr. Lem¬mon mistaking another road that ledto the river for the one by which hehad entered the swamp wandered a

long way before he realized that hewas lost. Night came on and he wan

dered around until he found the attacknear the river where he spent the re¬mainder of the night.

NEGRO'S SKULL FRACTURED.

Richard Pringle Struck With IronHolt by Joe Montgomery.

From The Daily Item, Sept. 29.Richard Pringle, colored, was struck

on the head yesterday with an ironbolt about three-quarters of an inchin diameter and two feet long by JoeMontgomery, the blow fracturing the¦skull. The difficulty occurred in fromof Blrnie's Drug Store on WestLiberty street and from what can belearned Pringle was the aggressor andprovoked the trouble. It seems thatseveral negroes who were congregat¬ed on the street began Joking Pringband he became enraged. He at¬tempted to strike them with the ironrod but they got out of his wayMontgomery, who is a auto hack driv¬er was seated in his car in front 01the store and took part in teasincPringle and laughed at him when theother negroes got away from him.Pringle then turned on Montgomeryand struck him with the bolt. Montgomery caught the blow on his arn

and wrested the bolt from PringlePringle continued the attack on Montgomery, who then struck him on thehead with the bolt. Pringle wa;knocked down and when picked upwas unconscious. An examinationshowed that his skull was fracture<and he was taken at once to the hospital for treatment. An operation yes¬terday afternoon relieved the prossure on the brain and today he Is re¬

ported to be getting on very well andis In a fair way to recover. Mont¬gomery was arrested immediatelyafter the difficulty and was commit¬ted to jail to await the outcome ofPringlc's injuries.

ENGLAND IS ENCOURAGED.

I -Boats Only Sank 18 Vessels LustWeek.

London, Sept. 26..Thirteen Britisdmerchantmen of 1,600 tons and overand two vessels of less than 1,60(tons were sunk by mines or subma¬rines last week, according to th(weekly statement issued this cveniiu 1

by the admiralty. In the aggregate'this is the smallest number of vessels sbnk during any one week sine»Germany began her intensified submarine warfare last February.Two fishing vessels were also sunk

last week.The smallest aggregate of vesseh

sunk in any previous week since tieFebruary undersea campaign wavstarted by Germany was fourteeimerchantmen of 1,600 tons and overand two of less than 1,600 tons. Thiswas during the week ending Augus12.Last week the admiralty report

showed twenty-eight merchantmensunk.eight of more than 1,600 tornand twenty of less tonnage.

STRIKE IN SEATTLE.

I. W. W. Influence Still Causing Trou¬ble.

Seattle, Sept. 29..Twelve thousammetal workers employed in the Seattie ship yards struck today to enfore»their demands for higher wages andto require the use of lumber manu¬factured by men working eight hoursper day only. Three large and ninety-live small plants are closed.

DODGING THE ISSUE.

House Rules Committee Refuses toInvestigate lleflin Charges.

Washington. Sept. BS,.After a

healed discussion the house rulescommittee refused to ael on the res¬

olutions proposing a congressional in¬vestigation of Mr. Hellin's cahrgesthat members of congress acted sus-

p'clously about the time \ on BernRtOrlY reipleslod money to inllueneecongress.

FOOD SAVING CAMPAIGN.

Slate Food Administrator OokfT Is¬sues Call <o Press.

Columbia, Sept. 2'J..The UnitedStates food administration, realizingthat food will he the most importantfactor in this war, has launched a

nation-wide campaign to enlist twen-ty-two million people in the food sav¬

ing movement. South Carolina PIexpected to furnish not less thantwo hundred thousand names in thiscampaign. The forces are being or¬ganized in every county for a greatdrive during the week October 21 vt to28th. The widest kind of publicitywill he necessary to make this move¬ment a success*. Would appreciate ifyou would give news articles on thefood administration as much displayas possible. We must get this mes-

sure to the people and the newspaperis the one instrument which will bfJmost effective.

D. R. COKElt,Food Administrator for South Caro¬

lina.

TRAITORS IN UNIFORM.

Members of Aviution Corps And Fn-signs in Navy Arrested.

San Francisco, Sept. 8..Five mem¬bers of the United States aviationcorps, an army recruiting officer andtwo navy ensigns who are said byfeteral officials to be involved in aplct. against the government, allegedto have been headed by LieutenantsSchneider and Kasinger, have beentul<en to an internment camp. Neith-ei the character of the plot or thenames of the Americans were disclos¬ed.

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