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MUtlNS MM AaeUWTANT ADJUTANT / ?*eeajlei)t abatement t< KVeeis Lead W. Moore Snys His Chief 4tf*4 t^iitnjal. l*aj, O?linihia. July U ?declaring that aW ha.| been accused of disloyalty. J. smaptnr *V*Mwify, assistant adjutant general, yesterday mailed hie resigns ^tfgn; ? ?.?JWi general. tad* attt wlft gjyi it qonaldera?on when Tdo/1 aaid the adjutant general if Harnweil, where he will at Ilie campaign meeting today, bq'the National Guard was or nSobiUied at Styx, MaJ. Cald? ens* appointed M camp adjutant Assignation does not affect hie " 10 es camp adjutant * CVkdwell mailed the4kl lowing to the edjutsn* genereirlVjster day a^.jrpoon: *i respectfully request t/hatfy be grant*! a two, months leave, to iflieh | 1 am tathJed by law. and that at the empire!ion of this leave I be relieved free? ??ty as assistant to the udju tesrt general." The law requires that the res gna taam be transmitted to the governor thrguah the edJuUnt general. Qov. tsa fining had no comment to make ?steueinlng the resignation of MaJ. Cajkbvell. laaneedlately after he had written We resignation MaJ. Caldwell gavn out a statement outlining the events that led u_p to the break with his chief. MaJ. CaJdweU's statement follows: "Ajarfcjr on the morning of June 19 1 was si oh at the Baptist hospital, when I read In the newspapers about the president's call for tho National Oeaxd I immediately got out of bed, walked down to the adjutant general's es^ee and asked the adjutant general g? he could get me transferred from major Inspector general to rcajor adjutant general, in order ttuu I might get the appointment as adjutant at, the mobilisation camp. The adju? tant general replied that he would see It later, and not getting a sat ry - newer from aim I in) me q JMbty weu: to the governor who grantsj my request end issued the neoeffimry orders for mj appoiutmen* l.aaejMuikMvJUau^nt. Zli th. mesJU^sne the governor am) . thjb^L'Ws^s eeesfal fcuui * u*MMui?i?i Hotswilng awud the adjutant general wsege tg the genorner a note coached lav, rather dlacouxteoua terms. As a resailt the governor on several occa elgejs oameHo me at the camp to con rmaw%p^?u.t various military matten, perfydulnrly about the organisation and appointment of efllcera of the en StjKer com puny. I told the governor that In my oplapon he had ample au? thority to appoint these officers and thg\ rssjpl>. Si mm* seems to r ave taeensed the adjutant general, who Imagined that he should make the of these olllcera. d nights a<;u the adjutant rang me up at camp and assu? me to go down to the Second regt ?fmd see it 1 could procuro aim the) egevtajtmcnt as lieutenant Col? ones of that regiment, vice J. H. Claf f*. physically disqualified. I went dew a to the regiment In good faith aad apoUs u> several of the officers it Uso. Moore's candidacy, but one of the officer* that I spoke lo wpuld listen to ms. The very text dejr the governor. c*me over to my tent at camp and sooke to me about the names of several persona he had under consideration about appoint? ment as Heaitenent colonel of the Sec eejdj regasienjL 1 Immediately sug? gested the name of Lieut. Uarey. UqMM StaAes army, the commandant of cadets at the Citadel, a man wt um I do Opt know but whq sll the officers of the Second regiment want as their seeped in commend. 'Vn Thursday of last week I came over to tho city on the government automobile leaving camp at 7 *. m, Af seoa as I reached the .Palm? ttw bank I dtflailA*vd the automobile, iu teadJag to get U on Its return trip from the ramp. When I wus ready to return to the camp at 11 o'cUuk, no*, seeing the government automobile. 1 hired a private hack and when the hash arrived at the corner of Main and Gervais streets 1 was much sur? prised to find the government auto? mobile standing in front of the Stute houae waiting for the adjutant gen oral. I went Into the office of the adjutant general and told him that the automobile was out there waiting for him and be ther left to take it back t?* oamp. However, us the au? tomobile 1 hired was lo tilled up with suitcases filled with money the guard and myself, as 1 suggested to the gen? eral, transferred to my automobile and I transferred to the government automobile. <>n my wny back to camp aa officer spoke to me about the de? lay cau?e<1 ??y keeping, the government a.atopiohlle in front of the State hoi se so long and I told him all he hud to du was to make a report to the ennp commander and it would be remedied at once. "As soon as 1 got back to the camp I took up the mutter with the camp commander and told him of the con? versation that I had had with this ottlcer and the camp commander spoke to Oen. Moore about it that afternoon. The general was greatly incensed that any subordinate of his should have the nerve to criticise his superior of? ficer and demanded the name of that officer. The camp commander de? clined to give this information. The next morning the general asked me In camp to give him the name of this officer and I told him that I regretted exceedingly that I could not, that I did not think it was my business to toll him everything that anybody might say against him, that such action on ray part would be puerile and unbe? coming. This incensed the general still more and ho stated that the same identical thing was happening as when Col. O. W. Babb was his assistant, that is running to the governor over his head. He told me that the gov? ernor was interfering with his depart? ment and that I.was aiding and abet? ting the, governor- He alsc reminded me of the fact that when I accepted the office of assistant adjutant gen? eral I had voluntarily remarked that ai any time my services were not satisfactory?he did not finish for I promptly said, 'General, I remem? ber distinctly, sir, and you have my resignation right now, sir,' and the general replied, 'Tour resignation is, accepted immediately, sir.' "Another thing that seems to have incurred the displeasure of the adju? tant general is the fact that I was sent over to the camp and was draw? ing government pay. A few days ago the general came to the pay table, while I was paying off troops and re? quested me to pay him his pay as a brigadier general in the army, which is $16.66 per day. I told him that 1 had no authority to do that as he was not mustered Into the service of the Unltv i States. However, I told him I would ? ire tho war depffrtment and request authority to pay him. The war department replied promptly that the adjutant general was not called out under the president's mobilization order of June 18, and that there was no authority whatever for the payment to him of any funds. "These and similar incidents led the adjutant general to accuse mc of disloyalty to him which caused my resignation. '!>? record ay assistant adjutani speiiks for ;tself. Thin only i will <: that Urnlte hi that office in 31 le 1 ur J pose was to do ray duty to the best of j my ability and for the upbuilding of the National Guard, and I absolutely disregarded politics. Whether I suc? ceeded or not my record and those wl^o know me will prove.'*, GERMANS AGAIN ON OFFENSIVE, Forces Reinforced, Move to Attack Without Result. Paris. July 18 (Official)?Heavily reinforced, the Germans are taking the offensive south of the Somme. The enemy delivered many assaults be? tween Mach es and Maisonette, but practically all Were repulsed. The battle there continues. A few German elements succeeded ih penetrating Hlaches. but the fighting there is pro? gressing. French artillery and ma? chine guns arc valiantly resisting tno German attacks at Nais?notte. HLKl'S TO StCCEER MORGEN TIIAU. Nor* York Man to Become Ambassador to Turkey. Washington, July 18.?President Wilson will late this afternoon send to the senate the nomination of Abram Elkus, of New York, to succeed Mer? genthau, as ambassador to Turkey. ITALIANS DRIVE ENEMY BACK. Poree Austro-Hungarians Across Bor-1 der. Rome, July 18 (Onflclal)? The ltal ans on the northern slopes of Monte Pasublc are driving the Austro-Hun garians back across tho border into Austria. MA RRIAGE AN NO 1 N CEMENT. Ufte I.illlr Brown and Willie Burgess Wed on July Fifteenth. < ?f much Interest here is the an? nouncement which has been received in the city of the marriage on July 15th, at the home of tho bride's par? ents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin James irOWn, Mofioa, S. C? Of Miss Hlllic Irene Urowi, to Mr. William Hose Hur gess. Mrs. Burgess made Sumter her home for about a yeur and made nu? merous friends during that time by her charming personality and pleasant disposition. Mr. BurgOM is a well known salesman of this city. MINT l>|HE<T<>R RES|GNS. Wooley to l>c Publicity Director for IH'liMMTiilic t 0111 mit tee. Wellington, Jply 18.?Secretary M< A.loo announce*! today that Hobert W. Wooley had resided as di reel or of the mint to become director of pub? licity for the Demi rntlc notional com? mittee. (For twenty-five years or there? abouts Mr. Courtcnay DcKalb, one of the most widely-known mining engi? neers of the country, has been in in? timate touch with the business inter? ests and life of the Southwest and of Mexico. Much of that time he has spent in the management of large mining operations in Mexico and in the investigation of various properties in CentrarAmerica and the Southwest generally. I Thoroughly familiar with climatic! conditions, as well as with business matters in all of that region, Mr. De-| Kalb was asked by the Manufacturers Record, in view of the interest that has been aroused as to the Mexican' border, to outline the conditions of that section and to give such sugges? tions as might be helpful in maintain? ing the health of the militia now en? camped along the border 'line. His statement of the situation Will be in? teresting to thousands who have had therr attention, for the first time, con? centrated upon the Texas-New Mex? ico-Arizona-Mexico border line. Mr. DeKalb is a native of Virginia.?Edi? tor Manufacturers Record.) By Courtenay DeKalb, Tucson, Ariz. It comes as a surprise to one fa? miliar with the Southwest to realize that people on the Atlantic seaboard are alarmed for the safety of the re? cently mobilized militia under what they call "the tropical conditions along the border^" It had not oc? curred to those who live near the Mex? ican line that they were in the tropics orx anywhere near the tropics. The average distance from our Southern border to the Tropic of Cancer Is as far as from Baltimore to Savannah, and, considering that the average alti? tude of the country from Brownsville to San Diego is approximately 3,000 feet above sea-level, the actual cli? matic differences between the border States and the true tropics is about as great as that between Minneapolis and New Orleans. I It Is customary for the native to extoll his climate and to laugh at those who find fault with It, but an Easterner who has accidentally been resident In the extreme South lent* enough 10 know the. average weather, may speak with better claim to ci? donee' especially as he has neither lands mu mines nor merchandise for sale. First of all, then, let it be un? derstood that the tropics lie away to the south of the Mexican border; that anything really approaching tropical conditions is not found until one pene? trates far south of the tropic line as drawn by the geographers; that tropi? cal diseases arc unknown along the boundary between the English and Spanish tongues. It is hot in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas in summer time. There is no doubt about the heat during the day when the sun shines, but it is a peculiar heat, it burns, It scorches, but It does not in? jure one. It never produces sunstroke; it docs not enervate. It is a dry heat; it is a direct sun heat; it is intensified by the glare from the parchfd yellow? ish earth, but it does not pursue one into the shade, and at night the radia? tion into the clear starlit heavens is so rapid that the temperature falls until blankets are welcome. The American is prono to suffer in such a country?In any country unlike that in which his father lived?be? cause of his racial pride. He is a poor eclectrlc In matters of custom, though so keenly adaptive in matters* of business. He insists upon dressing practically as he did in the North; he insists upon building houses after pat? terns derived from his Anglo-Saxon ancestors. The Mexican,*.on the oth? er hand, dervise through Spain 'from Moorish ancestors, from a race used t ? the desert from prehistoric times. He knows how to build, how to dress, how to eat in a hot arid country. His high ceilings, his cool zaguanes, offer shelt? er from the parching heat. A zaguan is a wide opening, like a driveway, ex? tending entirely through his house. No one ever had cause to complain of the heat who had a zaguun to sit in, but the American in his weatherboard cottage is as unprepared for the cli? mate as would be a man who Insisted upon lugging palm leaves to Green? land for the construction of a hut In which to meet the arctic winter. The adobe is the material with which to make a comfortable house in the arid desert?either adobe or hollow tiles. The brave boys who have been mo? bilized to uphold the dignity of the country, however, can have no choice as to abode, Their shelter will be a tent, that which no poorer excuse for a habitation was ever Invented. The regulations Will not permit him to Spread his canvas as n mere canopy on a framework of poles, after the fash? ion of the Mexican's bough-covered qnramada. Against army regulations nothing may be urged by a mere lay? man; unfortunately, nothing can be done to alleviate the misery of the heavy khaki shirt and trousers, which nre so different from iae original khaki of India. The secret of comfortable dressing for the hot, grid plains Is to wear just enough to keep the skin from being burned. The most serious discomfort will be felt by the eyes and feet. The glare | is overpowering; it may even perma- j nently injure the eyes. The typical denizen of the Southwest, is pictured standing erect, with head held high, and his eyes looking forward with level gaze. It is a correct picture, and the reason for the type lies in the habitat. The glare that hurts is not from the distant landscape, nor yet from the middle distance; It Is the re? flection from the ground close about his feet, and also from the cheekbones, supra-orbital arch and pose of the face. By holding the head erect he cuts out much of the glare from the ground nearby, and from his check bones as well. Colored spectacles of? fer almost no relief, and interfere greatly with the vision, a matter of supreme importance to a soldier on duty. The glare finds its way between the glasses and the cheek. The only real relief comes from goggles, black? ened on the inner walls, made to fit close around the eyes, and projecting far enough to miss the reflections from the face. Such goggles, destitute of glasses, will enable one to look un? flinchingly and without pain at the burning desert. The hot sands and rocks are a tor? ment to the feet. The man of the desert walks little; in fact, he never walks any distance, as men are accus? tomed to do in other parts of the world. He is a horseman, or was so until the automobile came. The sol? dier cannot follow the custom of the country in this respect. He must march, and whoso accuses him, in the face of his pitiful and unavoidable blisters, of being a tenderfoot is cruelly unjust. Neither could the sea? soned rancher of Arizona and Texas start out and march as an army is made to march without having blist? ers on his feet, and a man with blist? ers simply cannot go on. The Mexican uses sandals (guarachas), which are better because the air passes between the foot and the leather sole at each step. In 'the south of Mexico a still more rational footwear is common. This is the alpargata. a shoe made of canvas with a thick, tlghtly-wovi ? 'hempen sole. J: the United hiaU t.t m. Were to adoii? the alpargata int?-, tfl lifrt of equipment the soldier would j ioigtst the sorrows %A a summer match in Texas. It protects the foot com? pletely from the heat; it is pliant and durable. A well-woven hempen sole, such as are factory-made in Seville and other Spanish cities, will wear as well as leather. There Is no reason why these soles should not be made of cotton In the United States. They af? ford a firm grip upon the sand with? out digging in as does the modern shoe, while they never slip on the rocks, enabling one to climb with se? curity what were otherwise nearly im? practicable slopes. A good substitute for alparagatas may be made by buy? ing pieces of six-ply canvas belting, such as that used for power transmis? sion in shops, and having a shoe? maker stitch them on, completely re? soling the shoes, and then adding leather taps for heels. Any shoemaker will do this for $1.50, and the result will be a relief from discomfort on the march that will be amazing. The chief peril to health in desert countries, a peril that is always exag? gerated in camp life, is dysentery, one of the most insidious and unneces? sary of diseases. Too much meat and beans, too little fruit and a shortago of green vegetables, coupled with the grease-encrusted skillet, are apt to provoke an attack. Even though fresh fruits, lettuce, string beans and cabbage may not be available, stewed dried peaches and apples, onions and potatoes, liberally consumed, will prove a safeguard against this mal? ady. It Is also good practice never to eat meat for breakfast, reserving this for the noon and evening meals. The evils of insanitary water may be overcome by boiling it, and the soldier who drinks weak tea preferably (Oolong and English breakfast), and who fills his canteen with this bever? age, Will have taken out a good Insur? ance upon life and health. The French found that the health of the army serving In Algiers and ?on the Sahara desert was enormously Im? proved by requiring the use of weak tea instead of water. The customary uncomplimentary aobrjquet f*>r a Mexican suggests an? other point very little appreciated or understood. He Is taunted with bcin^ a "greaser," which implies that he seldom washes. It is true of most desert peoples that they ll^ht shy of ablutions, and whether or not it be due primarily to the scarcity of water, it is nevertheless a fact that the cus? tom does protect the skin against that most painful affection known as "desert eczema." It Is n?>t eczema at all, nor in any manner related to it. Certain skins, deficient in oily secre? tion, parch and shlvel in the dry at niosphero until miseroscopie cracks expose the nerve ends. The consequent pain and itching arg intense; in bad cases the agony is maddening, and the victim cannot endure clothing of any sort. If alkali dust is present the irritation is rendered more aeu4?^ For a person in this condition the use of soap and water is like adding fuel to the ilames. Even an extreme case will be cured within 48 hours after return? ing to a moist climate, distant from the influence of the salt air of the sea. For one who cannot get away, the rational course is to become a "greas? er," to abandon water, and, in place of it, to adopt the oil rub. Vaseline will do, or any good toilet cream. Best of all is pure olive oil, to which a very small quantity of sodium benzoate and powdered borax may be added. The borax should not be the ordinary com? mercial quality, but the grade used for tilling physicians' prescriptions. The skin anointed with oil and rubbed dry with a towel will be found to be perfectly cleansed, and it will remain soft and pliant, and will not crack in the desert atmosphere. The alkali dust is also highly irri? tant to the mucous membranes of the nose and throat, especially if one has brdught some Eastern catarrh along. In most cases catarrh will disappear in the Southwest after a time, but it is desirable to avoid the continued irri? tation from the dust, and the only way to accomplish that is to flush out the nose and gargle the throat morning and night with some soothing, slightly stimulant alkaline douche, such as listerine, or Seller's tablets, or the equivalent. One other point needs consideration. Some years ago, when in charge of a large mining and smelting enterprise In the central part of Mexico, I found that my predecessor had just ordered an ice plant. When it arrived T had the equipment placed in the ware? house. I had meanwhile installed the East Indian system of refrigeration without ice for preserving the perish? able food supply of the camp, and ac? cordingly felt no need of the new ap? paratus. Presently my staff came to me with a petition for the erection of the ice plant. They wanted Iced drinks, sherbets, colder bottled bev? erages than I had provided. I ex? plained that my objection was based on the possible injury to health, but at last I agreed to erect the plant on the understanding that If within one month there was any notable increase in liver trouble or fevers among the force the plnnt was to be closed. Within three e/e its my staff was con Un', j s tl Ice machine dismantled. This episode carries its own lesson, ix-arn to use drinks only a littb cooler than the body; learn to enjoy them; it will not be long before one will have so trained himself that he will shrink Instinctively from the cold drink and the frozen delicacy. It will also be valuable to learn the trick of the desert denizen who will till up with liquid in the morning and will then travel a half day in the sun without ncediag another draught. The Southwest has its climatic dis? advantages, just as the Eastern atmos? phere breeds catarrh and pneumonia, but there is a tonic effect produced by the pure dry air of the arid countries which one feels despite the heat. Tho ultra-violet sray beats down upon the desert, destructive of germs, rejuve? nating to the human system, inducing to that longevity for which the South? west has ever been celebrated. It is no myth. Man gains a new lease upon life by coming to the desert. It Invites to activity in the open; its air stimu? lates; its sunshine cures his ills and wards off the microbes that would inoculate him with disease- The sun was worshipped on the desert as no? where else. The more one has of it the more does he feel Its need. Even the plants refuse to thrive In this sun washed land unless exposed to the di? rect rays. It may be interesting to re? flect that the conditions in our South? west are practically identical with those in the Bible lands, with which every child is made familiar. It wa? in just such a country that Abraham lived, that Moses led the children of Israel to the Caananitish inheritance. Here are the adobes, cool structures for respite from the burning sun, just such as David lived in when he was king. That Oriental desert produced great men, and our own desert is de? veloping a strong race, physically and mentally, such as our country may one time need. Croat cities, beautiful cities, have already arisen, with their modern universities, libraries, theatres and all iiat goes to make up twen? tieth century civilization. It is a land of splendid opportunity, to which thousands come yearly for the build? ing up of industry, fruitful for them? selves and the nation, and many .? young man who has first beheld the Southwest as a soldier will return to strengthen it as a citizen. NEWS SERVICE GROWS. International Absorbs Sun News Ser? vice, Competing with \. i*. New York, July L9. -The Internat? ional News Service has absorbed the Sun News Service and added a night auxiliary press news seryiec. Only two complete twenty-four hours ser? vices are in Operation here, the Inter? national News Service and the As o clatcd Press. PARALYSIS ON INCREASE. Thirty More, DoatlLs and One Hundred ami Forty-two New Cases of Dis? ease. New York, uly 19.?Thirty mora deaths and a hundred and forty-two new cases of infantile paralysis were reported in the last twenty-four hours showing a serious increase of the disease. TIIIUTY-FOUR DEAD, OTHER** MISSING. Kail and Wire Communications Still Cut off in Many Section?*?Waters Rctrtliiig?Loss of $15,000,000. Ashcville, July 19.?Though Uie rivers in the Carolinas are rapidlv falling, rail and wire traffic continues demoralized. No trains yet Into Ashc? ville. Several trains arc yet maroon? ed between rivers in the mountains! and the passengers are short of food. The latest reports from the flood sec? tions state that thirty-four are dead with unconfirmed reports of others. A total damage has been reached of twelve to fifteen million dollars. NEGRO SHOT BY WOMAN. Willie James Probably Fatally Injured by Elsie Smith. ' From The Daily Item. July 18. Deputy Forbes and Rural Policeman Newman this morning arrested and lodged in jail Elsie Smith, colored, charged with shooting and probably fatally wounding Willie James, col? ored, at Brogdon this morning. James was later brought to the Tourney Hos? pital and preparations were being made for an operation to remove the bullet in case such action would save his life. The shooting, according to reports of the affair which were heard by the officers, was the outcome of a quarrel, between the Smith woman and Junes last night, in which he beat her and threatened to kill her. She told the officers that he slept with the plsto^ under her head and she removed while he was asleep, shooting this morning as he started out of I house. The bullet entered the bi and is thought to have pei intestines. Ft? 7'NOT GAIN r Artillery Verj ?' ivj From. I'.tns. July 19 t Official).?? tack last night with hand grenadi gained ground for the French at Chappelles on the Verdun front, and the east side of the Meuse severe ar tillery engagements are progressing. On the Verdun front the artillery is particularly heavy in the region of Fluery. The German raids in the dis? trict of Paschendael ami north of tt.e river Alsne were repulsed. . CASEMENT DOSES APPEAL), p) His Only Recourse From Death is In? tcrv cntiou of King. London, July 18.?The appeal of Sir Roger Casement from the conviction for high treason was dismissed in the* original court of appeals today. Case? ment must die unless King George in? tervenes. NO ANTI DUMPING LEGISLATION. I Trade Commission and Administration Fail to Agree on Plans. Washington, July 19.?Failure of the federal trade commission and ad-( ministration leaders to agree on a complete program will prevent serious action on the general plan of anti? dumping legislature at the present session. GERMAN ASSAULTS SUCCEED. I Teutons Recapture Lest Ground in RcilVillc Wood. London, July 19 (< >fficial*.?Thi j Germans'have' recaptured a portion of the Delville wood and reestablished [themselves on the outskirts of Longne val as a result of violent assaults vi'Itri fresh troops, following a terrific bombardment last night. For gg Days' Umisj With Pay. Washington. July 1?.?Thirty days' annual leave, with pay. will be grant? ed to every employee of a United States navy yard, naval station or ni \:il gun factory if an amendment I'd the naval appropriation bill, appris? ed today by the senate in committed of the whole, is enacted into law. as poems probable. Death Postponed at I>ast Minna?. Raleigh. July 18.?John Savage, convicted of murder, was respited fdr two weeks today. The veprieve catnfl live minutes before the time of exe i cutlon. Marriage License Reooiil. Licenses to marry have been issued to YY. 15. Horns. Jr.. and Miss Nellie Owen, Bumter; David i*aU. MalMl and Miss Eva O. Winfcate,' Rh GtAfcetJC One license to a r-olor**, -Mttitlb ejshpsjsj Martin Sanders and Ro?ta Gregg, MeyesviUe,