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and 8a tarda y NG COMPANY' S.O. advance. . .$1.00 . . .10 ?rat Insertion Inaartion far Ibra? month*, or ba saade at reduced rates. which tub intsusta will ba Charte? of ipect and1 tributes tor. ? JMpssr Watchman was found lMf and the True Southron In Tha Watchman and Southron s*s ?las ssaabiaad circulation aad off both of tb* old papers. the boat advertislns 3 W'": f i icfal report of the Stool for the last quarter shows that has) sot profits of the corporation for taust period wars $H4.4M.07s? more than forty-sight million dollars profit a sasath. It shows also that the Steel yfmmX bf tafeln* advantage of war cou 'Srttesa and srbltrarlly fixing exorbi gsJnsa far Its products Is system atloalty raboing the public. 8uch are seither reasonable nor war conditions being no ex It to patent tliat the Steel Trust ta not pay Wig its workmen a wage seals la heaping with the prices It ex? eats of the public, for if it did no sash profit could bo piled up. What tho Steal Trust Is doing on a monu aiagtsl scale hundreds of other Con? ors doing on a smaller scale. It Is stated on good authority that asata of the smaller trusts are amass hag even greater profits, In proportion ta their Invested capital, than tho fgf sollst of all trusts. The trusis need rsgaiatlon and control under existing f ssas?tiosis mors than they ever needed It m the past, and It Is doubtless Jus ta their insidious Influence in Wash sagten ins* con grass has failed so long ta saha nag decided steps to deal with this* with aa iron hand. If the pro? of food aod other necessities Ms to sad did sxact the same rbftant profits on thoir products as the Industrial trusts ars exacting there would sot be enough money in the . esoutry to buy food and clothing for the people for a month. In the same ratio cotton would be selling for two to three dollars a pound, corn four or fauo dollars a bushel and wheat thirty 10 forty dollars a barrel. If the gov ? era most has to buy the materials to carry on the war at the prices that the trusts and their associates demand tho country will be mortgaged for ten >ration* to those blood-suckers, who have no more patriotism than a German subsidised newspaper. It is high time for the government to step fa snd not only regulate, but control prices of ths nscessitles of life and raatertals that ere required by the army and navy. We believe that tho plan of financing the war by taxing sxeeas profits Is not only Just, but ab solutely necessary to the salvation of tho ninety per cent of the people who are not sharers In the war awollen dividends of the trusts and munition makers. Excess profits should not only be tsxed heavily, but should be confiscated by the government. After the shareholder* of the trusts have received a fair and reasonable divi dend on their capital tho gcern ment ahould take tl e balance, see The result of the meeting of cotton grower* culled for the purpose of considering the organization of a mar ketlng sasoclatlon will ahow wheth? er or not there are a sufficient num? ber of farmere In the county willing to ui Ite In a bualne** organization for thetr own benefit to mako the or? ganisation a succcMa. Marketing la one thing that tho farmera cannot have dort? for them. Neither the Chamber of Commerce nor any other organisation can handlo th? aelllng end of the farmer*' business -the fsrmrrs must get together and deal directly with the consumers of their products, if they would receive the highest prlcoa the markets afford Thla ha* he^n proven by the California Fruit Exchange, by the Florida Citrus Exchange, by the Virginia Truckers tCschsng* and several other co-opera? tive marketing aasoclatlona organised snd msnaged by farmers for their own benefit. These organizations have co*t the farmora money. but they hsve brought remunerative prices for products ind prosperity to the mem bera. The co-operative aelllng asso elation* have paid for themselves over and over again In the better markets higher prices obtained. What ha* done with fruit and truck, both perishable producta that must be marketed quickly to be marketed at all, can be more easily and more profitably done with cotton, a staple and non-perishable product for which there la a market the year through in all ctvtUied countries. American Kfflciency. German efficiency has been held up as a degree of excellence unattainable by a democracy. The accomplish? ments of the United States aince April 6th laat refute the truth of the claim. In the abort apace of time aince that day the United States has accomplish? ed the following: Declared a state of war as existing between this country and Germany; Seized 91 German ships and begun repair work on them; Authorised unanimously a war fund of $7.000,000,000; Appropriated $100.000,000 for mer? chant shipping and as much for alrj fleets; I Agreed to loan our allies $3,000, 000,000 and advanced them a large proportion of that sum; Passed a selective draft law and In a single day registered nearly ten million men for military service; Enlisted 600,000 volunteer soldiers In the regular army and in the Nat? ional Guard of the States; Sent a commission to Russia to aid democracy there and a body of rail? road men to Russia and another to Prance to advise and assist in rail road transportation In those countries; Begun the construction of 32 camps for our soldiers; Sent to England a fleet of destroy? ers and to France a detachment of troops; Authorised and now enforcing em? bargo whereby our enemies will re? ceive no mere food or material from us; Passed a food conservation law; Organised many voluntary commis? sions and boards who are aiding the government and the people in the speeding up of work, conservation of fetseX and other national movements; Drafted by lot 087,000 men for military service; While the government was accom? plishing these things the American people have loaned the United 8tates $1.000.000,000 and offered $1,000.000, 000 more, over four million oltUcna subscribing to the loan. In addition they have given over $100.000.000 to the American Red Cross and $3.000,000 to the Young Men's Christian Association. All these things were accomplished while our soil was not invaded or even threatened with invasion and without any disturbance of business condi? tions. All was done with th* calm determination and Judgment of an earnest, patriotic people performing a service for civilisation and mankind and maintaining the rights, the dig? nity, and the honor of the greatest nation in the world. The German leaders derided Ameri? ca's entry Into the war as a bluff. This la our anawer. The German Imperial Government was nearly fifty years In perfecting Us military efficiency. In !ess than four months the American Republic ha made such atrldea as to indicate that in lesS than two years* t*me tho boast? ed superiority of Geriavn ofTlc.ier.cy will have been discredited. There Is such a thing as Amenc.n effle'ency, and time will prov-j that ?lermnn eu. clency can not withstand it, fighting as It Is for liberty, justice, urd hu? manity. Cuba Turns Over Ships. Washington. July 31.?Cuba today turned ovor to the United States the five German merchant ships seized in Cuban ports when Cuba declared war on Germany. The ships will be made ready for repair and operations. The big five-ton White truck that the County Board of Commissioner.; purchased recently for road work i.> probably a hno machine, but the Im? pression is general that It is too big. too expensive and too costly t operate for the Job that It is on. The Item has been requested to discuss the matter, but the time \* not op? portune?the truck has not had suf fielent experiment, insofar as Sumter county road building is concerned The county has put a lot of money Into the truck- something like si: thousand dollars? and it is but fair t< wait a reasonable time to see whai can l>c accomplished with it and what It costs to operate -tl MTKK tXrrro.N MAUkUT! P. 0, now MAN, Cotton Buyer. (Corrected dally nt 12 o'clock Noon Good Middling || IM. Strict Middling 23 5-M. Middling 2.t 1-2. Strut Low Middling || 1-4. I<uw Middling 22 7-8. KKW VOM COTTON MARK FT Veert > ???.,,. ?!??'?? i\4%Mt rto Jan . . 14.41 14.41 I I 11 l.tl 2 1.1 Od . . M.tl 2I.hu 14.41 14.41 14.1 Dm . . 14.14 14.11 14.11 14,41 14.4 N< sj York spots, 2f?.r.0. ADMIRAL CLEAVE S REPORT. SECRETARY DANIELS GIVES OUT FULL DETAILS OF ASSAULTS ON AMERICAN EXPE? DITION. Admiral Says Ho Believes II-1loats \ (Hod Advance Information on Ex? pedition. Washington, Aug. 1.?Details of the attacks by German submarines upon the first expedition of American troops sent to France became known for the first time today when the report of Rear Admiral Gleaves, command? ing the naval convoy, was mdae pub? lic by Secretary Daniels. The first attack was made on Ad? miral Gleaves' flagship, leading the first group of the expeditionary force and at least two submarines were in? dicated to be engaged. The admiral stated the belief that the U-boats had Knowledge of the coming of the troop ships and were on watch for them. The second group of transports also v/as attacked by two submarines, one of which apparently was sent to the bottom by a bomb dropped from an American destroyer. There is dis? agreement among officers of the third group as to whether they were at? tacked, but much evidence is present ed to Indicate that they also wero as? sailed. Secretary Daniels made the report public, with certain military infor? mation deleted, after he had sent an uncensored copy of confidence to tho senate naval committee, who recently Questioned the reports. In his letter of transmittal today Mr. Daniels recalled these facts and continued: "I am sending you the exact text of the report of Admiral Gleaves giv? ing in detail the account of the sub? marine attacks, for the use of the naval affairs committee. I am also sending you a copy for the press ex? actly in the words of the report, the only changes being that the names of the ships are reported by letter and. not by the real name of the ship, with the omission also of certain mil? itary Information that cannot be pub? lished under naval regulations. How? ever, the omissions are noted. Every? thing with reference to the attacks of the submarines is given in the ex? act words of tho official report." The report was prepared by Admiral '31eaves while at a French port, and was submitted to Admiral Mayo, ir. command of the Atlantic fleet, who forwarded it to the navy department. Its text as made public follows: "1. About 10.15 p. m. June 25 the first group of the expeditionary force of which tho flagship was the leader, encountered the enmy's submarines in latitude-N, longitude --W. "2. At the time it was extremely dark, the sea unusually phosphores cent; a fresh breeze was blowing fron) the northwest, which broke the sea into white cups. The condition was Ideal for a submarine attack. "3. (Paragraph 3 gives the forma tlon and names of the vessels, to? gether with tho speed they were making and method of proceeding, nothing else. It is therefore omit? ted for obvious reasons.) "4. Shortly before the attack the helm of the flagship had jammed, and the ship took a rank sheer to star? board; the whistle was blown to in? dicate this sheer. In a few minuter tho ship was brought back to tlu course. At this time tho officer of tho deck and others on the bridge j saw a white streak about fifty yards' ahead of tho ship, crossing from star board to port at right angles to oui eourao. The ship was immediately run j off ninety degrees to starboard at full speed. I was asleep in the chart j house at the time. I heard the of llcer-of-the-deck say, 'Report to the admiral a torpedo has just crossed our bow. General alarm was sound" cd, torpedo crews being already at their guns. When I reached the bridge the A and one of the trans-1 ports astern had opened fire, th-. former's shells fitted with tracers. Other vessels of the convoy turned to , the right and left, In accordance with instructions. 1} crossed our bow a' full speed and turned towards the! left column in the direction of th j tiring. I "5. At first it was thought on board the flagship that the wake was that of a torpedo, but from subsequent reports from other ships and in th'? opinion of I.hut. X, who was on th<* bridge, it was probably the wake ol the submarine boat Itself. Two tor? ( pOdOSS passed close to the A from port to starboard, one about thirty yards ahead of the ship and the other under her stern as the ship was turn? ing to the northward, ('apt. V reports I the Incident thus: I "Steaming In formation In ilgsag j courses with base course ".*> degrees P, H. ('. standard speed, At 10.25 sighted wake of a torpedo directly across our bow about thirty yards ahead of the ship. " Changed course 90 degrees to left and one*pOUnder shot from port bat ter) In alarm in addition to nix blasln 'from the siren. I'assed two wakes lone being lhal fi'?m the IT, R R. (V, In Special Sale Beginning Friday, August 3rd The second large advance has caused us to discontinue the Chrevolet line, therefore we will sell the following goods at less than today *s factory cost price. Two New Touring Chevrolets at $550 00 One Touring Car used less than a month at $525 00 One Touring Car used only a few months at $290 00 One Practically New Roadster at $375 00 The following Accessories and etc., for Chevrolet "490" model cars. $10.00 Bumpers, . . . sale price $ 6 00 $6 00 Horns, . . . ? sale price $ 4 0.) $26.00 Demountable Rim Wheels, sale price $15.00 $10.00 Speedometers, ? . sale price $6.00 $t 8.00 Seat Covers, . . . sale price $12 00 * These prices are C. O. D.f and for consumers and not dealers. When we began handling these cars the factory price was $490.00. Jauuary 16? h. they advaneed $60.00 and August 1st, they advanced $85 00 more, making . them sell today for $680.00 delivered which is a total advance iu eight months of practically thirty per cent., and the parts for these cars have advanced accordingly. We can sell you a Dodge Car at $890.00 delivered, which is less than six per cent advance in the past two years. Sumter Motor Company turning to northward, the other be-j Moved to have been from the passing submarine. A second wake was re- j ported at about 10.36 from after look-| outs. After Bteaming in various courses at full speed resumed course. At 12, set course 50 degrees P. S. C ? ? "6 The torpedo fired at the D| passed from starboard to port, about ?10 yards ahead of the ship leaving a distinct wake which was visible for about four or five hundred yards. Col. Z? U. S. A., was on the starboard wing of the bridge of the D at the time and states: " 1 first saw a white streak in the water just off the starboard bow which moved rapidly across the bow very close. When I first saw it, it looked like one very wide wake and on a similar line with it there appeared two distinct and separate wakes with a streak of blue water between. In my opinion they were the wakes of two torpedoes.' "7. The submarine which was sight? ed by the flagship was seen by the Hi and passed under that ship. The I' went to quarters. When the alarm was sounded in the is, Lieut. W, was roused out of his sleep, and went I' his station and found unmistakable evidence of the presenco of a sub? marine. He had been there only a few seconds when the radio operator re? ported, 'submarine very close to us.1 As the submarine passed the B and the flagship's bow, and disappeared close aboard on our port bow, be? tween the columns, it was followed by the 13 which ran down between tl" column and when the latter resumed her station she reported that there were strong indications of the pres? ence of two submarines astern which were growing fainter. The B was then sent to guard the rear of the convoy. "8. When I was in Paris, I .vas shown, by the U. S. naval attache, a confidential official bulletin of in? formation issued by the general Staff, dated July t>, which contained the fol? lowing: "Punta Del Gada, Azores, was bom? barded at 9 a. m., July I. This Is un? doubtedly, the submarine which at tucked the B on June 2"?, 400 miles north of the Azores and the P and H on the 2'Jth of June, 10 miles from Terceira (Axores). This submarine was ordered to watch in the Vicinity of the Azores, at such a distance as it was supposed the enemy American convoy would pass from tho Azores. **9, it appears from the French re? port just quoted above, und from tho locution of the attack that enemy sub? marines had been notified of our ap? proach ami were probably scouting across our route, It is possible that they may have trailed us nil day on June 22, as our sped was well within their limits of surface speed and they could have easily trailed our smoke under the weather conditions without been seen; (heir failure to seme bits was probably due to the attack being precipitated by the fortuitous clr cumstances of Ihe flagship's helm Jamming nnd the sounding of her whistle, leading enemy to suppose he had heen discovered. "10. The H, leading the second group, encountered two submarines, the first about 11.50 a. m., June 26, 1917, in latitude ?X., longtitude ?W, | about a hundred miles off the coast of France, and the second two hours later. The 1 investigated the wake of j the first without further discovery. The J sighted the bow wave of the second at a distance of 1,500 yards and headed for it at a speed of 25 knots. The gun pointers at the for ward gun saw the periscope several times for several seconds but it dis? appeared each time, before they could get on, due to the zigzagging of the ship. Tho J passed about 2 yard; ahead of a mass of bubbles which were coming up from the wake am! let go a depth charge just ahead. Sev? eral pieces of timber, quantities of oil, bubbles and debris came to the surface. Nothing more was seen of the submarine. "The attack on the second group occurred about 800 miles to the east? ward to where the attacks had been made on the first group. "11. The voyage of the third group was uneventful. "12. In the forenoon of the 28th .of June, when in latitude ?N., longi tude ?W, the K opened fire on an j object about three hundred yards dis , taut which he thought was a sub , marine. The commander of the group i however, did not concur in this opin I ; ion, but the reports substantially re 1 ceived from the commanding officer of j the K. Lieut. V, are too circumstantial j to permit the incident being ignored. jThe commanding officer states: " 'The only unusual incident of the 'trip worth mentioning was on the 2St? I day of June, about 10.05 a. m., the lookouts reported something right ahead of the K (I had the bridge at the time). When I looked I saw what ; appeared to l?e a very small object on the water's surface. * * * "I'l ordered the port bow gun t" open fire on the spot in tho water I .... and sounded warning siren for convoy; J when judging that ship had arrived I above the spot first seen, I ordered ' right rudder in order to leave the sul> i marine astern. j " A minute or two later, the port after gun's crew reported sighting a submarine on port quarter and opened fire at the same time. Th. Ilokout from the top also reported seeing the submarine under the wa? ter's surface. * * ? " The ship kept zigzagging and tir? ing from after guns every time some? thing was sighted. "Lieut. V.. IT. B. N? was In per? sonal charge of the firing and reports thai he saw with all the gun crews and lookouts aft, the submarine fire two torpedoes toward the direction of the convoy, which sheered oft from P?se ? oiirs.? to riuht 90 degrees, when alarm was sounded. 1 ?'?All the officers and men aft had observed Ihe torpedoes travelling through i lie water and cheered loud ly when they saw a torpedo miss a transport. * * * " The gunnery officer and all the men who were aft at the firing are certain that they PAW the submarine and the torpedoes Iii cd by same. * * * ? " 'The K kept xigzagging until it was considered that danger was past and in due time joined the escorts and convoy formed column astern. " 'Ileport by signal was made to group commander of sighting sub? marine and torpedoes.' "It. (Paragraph 11 deals exclu? sively with a recommendation ;is to the best methods to be employed ?n the future for the purpose of saving life. It is plain this ought not to be made public). "14. Copies of reports of com? manding officers flagship A. D. and H. are enclosed, also copy of report of Lieut. V of the K. (Signed) "Albert Glcavcs." Ship Workers liuttons. The Supiter Chamber of Commerce received today a good supply of tha large and pretty ship workers' reserv? buttons for the mechanics to wear who sign ship building reserve force cards. The buttons are 1 7-8 inches wide and have the wording: "Ship Workers Kcserve, U. S. A." The col? ors of this buttons are red. white and blue. They will be distributed free to all who sign the cards. The local Bxemptlnn Board has mailed out to many persons in the rirst draft official calls for them to appear for physical examinations. The men will i*e examined in three groups next Monday, Tuesday and and Wed? nesday, ISO having been summoned to appear the first and second days and the balance of the 534 called to ap? pear the third day. It is understood that I>r. J. A. Mood will be assisted by three other local physicians In conducting these examinations. On account of the extra heavy traf? fic for the past three or four days, an extra passenger coach has been added to the A. C. L. Passenger train No. 11 every morning as it passes through the City. Pays 25c a Month for Perfect Health For 15 years, T\ A. Little. Besseaaer. Ala. has paid 25c a month to keep in per? fect health. Read w hat he says: "I d??ir? to ?II my ?n'lorartiient of Qranfvr LI rar po.-ul.itw. I liav? tint und any other medicine (or fiftct-ii y**ari, 1 k-n>w it It Sm b??t for all li*?r complaint*, and will cur? any ca?*> of IndigMtios known. Win I firtt nmmmiI to take your Grander l.ivrr Sagnlataff the |Vrr?m-Pmtto? Dnif Co. vi? buying it by thad ri-n. M tf I am told th?y baf it It the SMM, I SM on* b->? ?ach aaoath aud wwu.vt But be without it for anything." Granger Liver Regulator la strictly vegetable, non-alcoholic preps ration, and ia highly recommended for tick haadache, indigestion, biliouaoeaa end all atomarh and liver comnlainta. Your drug* gist can supply you?26c a box. <? * Greater Medicine Co., Ck.atta.oo4a. Tea*.