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MWmtPTION OF THK ARMY CAMPS IN THK SOUTH. Grvat Oasap* Are Almost for the lUxTpikm ?ml Of the Great NaUoual Washington. Sept. I.?Twelve vast saldier cities* training camps for a great portion of the now American army, are about ready for ooeopancy Us sVm tie eastern States. in each, camp at rests have been serf oat, wa? ter mains put under ground and hundreds of frame buildings erected against ths coming during September of thousands of men who have been drawn for service in the National army or who are to serve the na? tion as soldiers of the federaltxed National Guard. sites selncted by the War De? tent for these great camp settlo? rs ars as near Ideal as could be from the standpoint of corn health and convenience to trelr .bltaits. Special tare has been an to ifteurt so adequate supply of puts water. In most cases the adja? cent cities furnishing It from tholr permsnest stations. Although form? er ^National Guard troops are to live msptly in tents, tho number of build tat* erected st their camps is nearly the National army can thus making it possible to them lnt> cantonments Quick? ly If amassry. pan tot men ts are located near Payrahufg. Vs.. Columbia. 8. C, and Afttnta, and there are National Guard canape la ths vicinity of Charlotte, N. ~ "partanburg and Greenville. S. C. ?and sfiicon. Oa.. hfonUonv ore and Analst on. Ala.. Alexandria. Lau. and Hattiesburg. Miss. Cashp Las, which will i>e the tern hams of National Army troop* Mow Jersey. | Virginia, Maryland Delaware. Is situated on a high si seat ion about half-way between Va.. and Hopewell, the city which has sprung up ths beginning of the war be cakes of the great explosive plant erected there by DuPont Company It covers Met acres which unt l re as targe as at tewmenta, thu ceatly were twenty-five prosperous farms. Sixteen hundred building? heirs been erected at this camp, ar ranged In a great semi-circle. In th vefy canter Is to be located cam? he* assart ere and a great apace ha beam left open edjolnlng it for a drir aid - JBach building Is large enough te hesjss an entire company and a de scttptlon of one answers for all. The lo-frer floor is given over to the kitch? en* and mess hall, and the upper floor provides sleeping quarters for both men and officers. Tho latter have a room to themselves. Quarters hnv< bean provided for 45.000 men. At this camp it haa been neceasar-. to Install a complete water work system and tho pump house has a cn pacity of &.000 gallons a minute. Fifty two miles of ditches for wster an6 sewerage a vat ems have been dug an? fourteen miles of water main* laid Although the >amp is situated only . short distance from the James river I.#00 shower batha have been In stalled, as the weather shortly will ??? too cold for river bathing. A larg portion of the reservation at Cast] Lee remains to bs cleared aril thl. tadk will fall to the soldiers In train Ing Camp Jackson, where Natona army troops from North ami Sout Carolins snd Tsnneasee will assemble is situated about four miles northeast ? of. Columbia. Aceommodationa hav bean provided for 4 6.000 nien her 1 also and a treat city of frame build Inga has aprunt up on a site cmhrac 1 ing thoutonds of acres whore corn an cotton icw in June. Since June - move thi.n f.OOO workmen havo beer constantly st work getting the cam reajdy for occupancy I this month. Th water supply for- Camp Jackson wir ??e furnished by the city of Co um his from Its permanent station, don hie-truck atreet railway lino ha: been hallt from the camp entrance t the city, and miles of atsam rullwnx tracks have beet, laid In and otit o ths oamp. connecting It with th* startst trunk line. Camp Gordon, t 1-1 miles north o Atlanta, near picturesque Silver Luke wirf bo the third National Army c.-ui toatnent In the Southeaat. Hero wil be trained the men drawn by scloc tlvo conocrtptlon from Georgia. Ala haaaa and Florida. The camp occu Pies 1,1?* acres of tenth rolling land and two small ttreams traverse th< alts Part of the reservation still le ander cultivation and a portion of it Is w*v>ded The city of Atlanta wil furnish a water supply of ::.r>on,r>o> gallons dally from Its pumping uta tlon. and the city has spent |tH In running water mains to the cimp The buddings are similar to those erected st Cnmp and uecomn o<ui lions ha\e been provided for sbdt ' the same number of men. The CSm' Is situated more than' three mils dlatant from the end of the nearest car line running to Atlanta. BATTLE OH III ilSIE. FRFNCII UKNKW ATTACK AND CAPTURE (iKKMAN TRENCHES. Artillery Activity on British Front In? dicates Beginning or New Offensive ?Italians Still Cabling Ground. Turning to tho aggressive on the Alane front after withstanding at? tacks for a week the French yester? day struck a sharp blow against the Germans, netting three hundred yard gain on a front of "'throe-quarters or a mile. They seem to have Arm hold of the new ground, as they withstood three counter attacks. This may be a local movement or a part of a more extensive offensive. The British are still inactive with Infantry, but the artillery fighting in? dicates that Gen. Halg may attack ?00 n. The latest advices from tho Ital? ian front shows that tho Italians are still hammering at the Austrian lines and arc steadily improving their positions. This Improvement is both In the direction of Trlest and near Gorilla. singe trick estonslon is being con? structed by btreet railway company and until this In finished the only rail connection between Camp Gordon and Atlanta will be provided by the Southern Railway, which expects to operate a shut le train service. The city Is making good its promise for good roads between Atlanta and the cam?, however, and the latter will be of easy aeeet? by automobile. Camp Green*, the federalizcjd Nat? ional Guard camp near Charlotte, lies one mile southwest of the city on plateau ground, high and well drained. Its entire area comprises eight and a-half square m les, most of It cleared and affording a fine drill ground. National Guard troops front Maine, Mew Hampshire. Vermont Masaachusetts. Rhode Island, Wash? ington. Orgeon, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming have, been assigned to Camp Greene, although other dispo? sitions may be made of the New Eng.and soldiers at an early date. Camp Wadsworth, the training ground for New York State National Guardsmen, embraces two thousand acres of high land three miles west of Spartanburg on the main line of the Southern Railway. The mountains of western North Carolina are visible to ward the northwest. The camp is ol the Soml-cant on moot type and in? cludes more than D00 frame struc? tures costing approximately $2,000, 000. 8partanburg will furnish the water supply irom Its reservoir and pumping station. Hard surface high ways have been constructed from city to camp. Camp Sevler lies four miles north east of Greenville among the foot? hills of the Blue Ridge mountains. Tc this camp have been assigned more than 38,000 National Guardnmcn from Tennessee, North and South Caro? lina and the District of Columbia. It covers 1.900 acres of well-drained land and the water supply will be furnished from a reservoir located or Paris Mountain, one of th?3 smaller mountains of tho Blue Ridge range The water is obtained from springs noted for purity. Two railroads, th? Southern and the Piedmont & North jrn, run near tl.o reservation ant solve transportation difficulties. Thb camp also is of tho seml-cuntonnuvnt type and nearly 900 buildings ha*'c *?een erected, inrludlng a br.se hos? pital which covcm more than 5" acres. The Camp Hancock site comprises -'.000 acres of high rolling land sit Jated four miles from the center o: Augusta on the sand hills overlook? ing the city. Tho camp will receive its water supply from the city pump Ing atatlon which Is located near the entrance to the reservation. The ieorgia Railroad and an electric lin. :un near the camp and the roads leading to it are mostly city streets The camp site takes In all of Camp McKenzie, w'u re Pennsylvania troop were eneamped during the war with Spain. Pennsylvania National C ismls nen have been assigned to ocmc t' this camp for training ugain. Camp Wheeler, near Macon, will b-, ?hc tralrlng camp for National Guard troops from Georgia, Florida and Alabamc. It Is situated live mile from M.icon and covers 2,G00 aero*. Including beautiful groves with n large lako in the center. Divisional headquarters are located about 20'? vards from the lake In the edge of .1 '?Trove of virgin pines. A great hos :>ltn| has been ereeted at the ortromc western end of the camp. Provision has been made to accommodate .18. ?00 men in addition to a remount sta flon at whleh 1-.000 horses and male? will be cared for and treated for the service. To the east of the Cam; 10.000 acres of land are available foi an artillery tanret range. The watei supply will be furnished by the ett< of Maeon from Its pumping station. Camp Sheridan, to whleh Ohio Nat? ional Guardsmen have been assign I, is situated three miles north of Mont THK SHIP YAWS. GOVERNMENT PLANTS TO TURN OUT FABRICATED STEEL MERCHANT VESSELS. Builders Given Contracts for the Construction of Two Hundred Ships Washington, Aug. II,?Contracts for construction of three government owned ship yards for building fabri? cated steel merchant vessels were awarded tonight by the shipping board's Emergency Fleet Corpora? tion. They went to the Submarine Boat Corporation for a plant at New? ark, N. J.; tho American Internation? al Corporation for one at H?ge Is? land, Pa., and tho Merchant Shipping Building Company for one at Ches? ter, Pa. The yards will cost $35,000.000 and the government Is given an option to purchase the lands on which they are located. The builders of yards arc given contracts for building in them two hundred ships. The Submarine Corporation will lay ways for building twenty-eight ships simultaneously and will have facili? ties and equipment to turn out one 5,000-ton ship every two days after the llrst vessel la completed. Tho origin of the plan for construc? ting fabricated ships was outlined tonight by the National Ship Build? ers* Association in a statement which said: "The plan was first suggested bj Henry Sutpen, vice president of the Submarine Corporation, to the Emer? gency Fleet Corporation, last April. It called for utilizing the facilities of structural steel ships that heretofore have been furnishing fabricated steel for bridge building, structural steel building, water towers and other construction. "Owing to tho scarcity of such steel in platos and shapes, the ships will be built of structural steel with parts fabricated from standardized patterns. t "By the standardized methods and employing this class of material In th* government-owned yards steel ton ? nage will be obtained on a scab? ano In a period which has never before been contemplated." GERMANS CRITICISE WILSON. Suliecrvlcnf. Press Comment on Rcf Amaterdam, Sept. 1.?President Wilson's reference to autocracy ay distinct from tho German people 1* commented upon unfavorably In th? German press. The Tagblatt says the people want a democratic government but It is an Internal question. gomery and covers 2-.000 acres. Th site plan is in the shapo of a horse shoe, with tho divisional headquarter* in the center of the upper cross bnr It is located on a plateau of undulat? ing lands with streams cutting the property In two places. Tho extreme northeastern und northwestern sec? tions are wooded. An electric line divides the slto and two railroads cu* through the reservation at opposite ends. Three county highways touch it on three sides. The city has ex? tended y.H artesian water mains through the camp. Until winter sets in the soldiers wil llvo in walled-up tents, but durinr cold weather they will be more com fortably quartered in wooden build lngs still to bo erected. Separate' from tho camp and half a mile re? moved from it, on a high knoll, is av Immense bas.* hospital covering 5" acres. A great remount station, ac commodating 10,000 horses and mules, is located just southeast of the city. Camp McClellan lies C miles north east of Artnlston in close proximity to a chain of the Blue Ridge Mouti | tains. It embraces 10,000 acres of rolling land and has natural drain? age throughout. The water supply Domes from Coldwatcr Spring, which flows at the rate of 38,000,000 gal? lons daily. This enmp also is of th( seml-cantonmcnt type. More than son large frame buildings have beer erected In addition to a number ol smaller ones. National Guard troops from Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey. Delaware and the District of Colum? bia have been assigned to th! camp. Camp Shelby, where the Indiana Kentucky and part of the West Vir flats National Guardsmen will b trained for war, hns been transform ed In a few weeks from a wild rldg< of cut-over pine stumps, bushes an briars. Into a hustling troop head quarters. It is situated 1<? 1 miles south of Hattiesburg an< stretches about four miles from hend quarters in one direction and nbor one mile in another. The ridge o which It Is situated rises nearly '2>> feet above the immediate surroundic. territory and is :'?.r>0 feet above the Be level. Although it is designated ns canvas camp, about 1,000 building have been erected. Camp r.cauregard Is situated Rv miles from Alexandria. La., In th pine hills on the north side of th crenee to Autocracy. UNLESS REICHSTAG DEMANDS ARE HEEDED MAJORITY PARTIES WILiL ACT. Dr. Heine, Socialist, Demands Abo? lition of the Political Censorship. Copenhagen, Aug. 31.?A warning that unless the German government heeds demands of the Reichstag for reforms the majority parties will take measures, was given before the reichstag main committee on Wednes? day. Resolutions of the majority in? troduced by Dr. Kai i Heinle, Socialist, demanded for tho fourth or fifth time abolition of the political censorship, and limitation of the military cen? sorship to facts connected with the conduct of the war, and criticism thereof. This was held to be neces? sary because it is notorious that :he military authorities exercise a sweep? ing political censorship of the Ger? man press on the pretense that pub? lication of a political nature may af? fect the military spirit of tho people. Dr. Heinle gave the government four weeks until the assembling of the reichstag, to mend its- ways. Otherwise, he said, the reichstag ma? jority would be forced to take steps. The government has received some half dozen earlier warnings of a sim? ilar nature and its response In the present instance will not be an un? fair test of the influence of the pres? ent majority in the reichstag. Speches and pronouncements of Emperor William were criticised in the debate on the censorship. Mathias Erdberger, Centrist leader, and Dr. Heinle called attention to the effect caused by the emperor's im? pulsive statements, which sometimes run counter to the ostensible policy of the government. The emperor's critics probably had particularly In mind his recent utterances in regard to England which he pointed out a.v Germany's arch enemy which must be defeated at any cost. Dr. Heinle appears to have de? manded freedom for the press to dis? cuss such utterances of the emperor. Herr Erzberger asked whether Chan? cellor Michaelis assumed responsi? bility for what was* said by tho em? peror. Foreign Secretary Von Kuehl mann replied that the representative at great headquarters of the foreign office was informed concerning these speeches, and that the chancellor as? sumed responsibility. As had been expected the mislead? ing ''denials" by the foreign office of Premier Kerensky's statement that a separate peace offer had been made recently to Russia, and of the mes? sage said by former Ambassador Ger? ard to have been sent by Emperor William to President Wilson at the outbreak of the war, were brought up for criticism. Herr Erzberger said the ofTlcial communications were com? ing into wide discredit abroad, owing to 'the many self-evident contradic? tions in them. VOTE ON PROFIT TAX. Senate is Opposed to Heavy Taxes on War Profits. Washington, Sept. 1.?In the first tqst between the radicals and con? servatives on the war profits taxes the radicals were defeated in the senate when the Johnson amendment provid? ing for an eighty per cent, levy was voted down, 17 to 02. Richly Endowed. Although Alfred had arrived at the age of twenty-one years, ho showed no inclination to pursue his studies at college or In any way adopt him? self to his father's business. "I don't know what I will ever make of that son of mine," bitterly complained his father, a hustling business man. "Maybe he hasn't found himself yet," consoled the confidential friend. 'Isn't he gifted in any way?" "Gifted?" queried the father. "Well, I should say he is! He ain't got a darned thing that wasn't given to him."?Harper's Magazine. The monthly meeting of the State Council of Defense will be held at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday >f this week. The meeting will be call d to order at 10.30 a. m. by State 'hairman D. R. Coker. It is expected that there will be a full attendance of members, each county in the State uiving a representative on the Statt 'ounell, as there are matters of the neatest importance to be considered a this meeting. lied River. It covers several thou aind acres of roling ground and leases iave been obtained for 60,000 addi? tional acres for use if needed. The amp is about two miles from the ?state-owned Camp Stafford, which has been used for National Guard en? campments. Watet is piped at pre - ont from Camp Stafford, but four artesian wells are being drilled for the new camp. National Guardsmen from Louisiana, Mississippi and Ar? kansas have been assigned to tiii-; camp, COTTON MARKETING ASSOCIA? TION. Details of Organization Being Per? fected to Begin Active Operation*. A well attended meeting of tho Tri County Farmers' Cotton Marketing Association of Sum tor, Dee and Clar? endon Counties was held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms last Saturday. Chairman J. M. Kolb pre? siding. Mr. G. T. Brooks, government cot? ton grader, now on duty at Sumter cotton market and Mr. J. H. H. Hig ginbotham, lield agent of the bureau of marketing, United States- Depart? ment of Agriculture in charge of South Carolina district, were present and conferred with the association re? garding operation of same. On motion of Mr. C. J. Jackson it was agreed that reliable colored cot? ton growers be allowed to join th< association. Also that the secretary ol tho association be instructed to write a letter to the newspapers inviting all cotton buyers to visit the grading rooms* and headquarters of the asso? ciation. Mr. Higginbotham made statement inviting all farmers while in Sumter to make the grading room and asso? ciation quarters their quarters. Mr W. A. Bowman made a very instruc? tive and interesting talk regarding the futuiHj possibilities of tho cotton asso? ciation* in its present state of opera ion and regarding the probable wid? ening of the scope of its activities. J. Frank Williams- moved that thf association go on record urging farm? ers to store their cotton if it is not necessary for them to sell as ware? house charges at present at Sumter are very attractive. It was brought to the attention &: the association again that the Sumter Cotton Warehouse Company will recognize and accept for storage al cotton sampled by the government cotton grader or his duly authorized agent, and certilied to on the govern? ment grader's- official cards as so, sampled and will accept also th< grades as decided by the government, grader on his official grade cards. Th< Sumter Cotton Warehouse Company also eliminates the charge of 5 cent. p -T bale for grading cotton hereto? fore charged at their warehouses when cotton is graded by the govern? ment cotton grader. The Sumter Cot? ton Warehouse Co. has also reduced its warehouse charges for storing anc* insurance to 15c pei bale per month for 100 or more bales and for les> than 100 bales 20c a bale for th. first month and 15c a bale thereaf? ter. Official tags of the association will be attached to each bale sampled and corresponding coupon placed with each sample at the association's headquarters. The government cotton grading service and the association's sampling service are open to all cotton grow? ers absolutely free, but unless the sample is drawn from the cotton by the grader or his agent there will be stamped on the grade card a notation that the sample was- not so taken. Every bale of cotton sampled by the government grader or his agent will have the guarantee of the association All cotton sold through the associa? tion will have 20c a bale deducted from remittances, but cotton sampled and recorded for sale by the associa? tion may be otherwise sold by the owners thereof without any charges whatsoever for service. The head? quarters of government grader and the association will be open next Thur3day September 13th, at No. 12 East Liberty Street. The next meeting of the Tri-County Farmers' Cotton Marketing Associa? tion will be held at 12 o'clock noon Monday, September 10, at Chamber of Commerce room. Cotton growers should bear In mind that efforts will be mado to dis | credit the government cotton grader and the cotton marketing associa? tion. This was done last fall when Mr. C. E. Killingsworth, the govern? ment cotton grader was stationed in Sumter. The cotton growers desiring to become affiliated with and secure the cooperative benefits of the asso? ciation will be charged one dollar, membership fco, payable only one time, and there will be no dues to be paid. This dollar fee goes towards paying rent for and equipping asso? ciation quarters and salary of a cot? ton sampler and clerk. TO DISCUSS PEACE. German Reichstag Will Devote Next Bess ion to Great Question. Amsterdam. Sept. I.?-According to B reliable authority the next session of the German reichstag will be de? voted exclusively to the discussion of the peace question. RVB-MY-TISM Will cure youy Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headaches, ('ramps, Colic, Sprains. Bruises, Outs ami Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insect*, Rot. Antiseptic Anodyne, nwd internally and externally, ffi^, lr% Thit it a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS e\ FEVER. Fire or six doses will break sny case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not - return. It seta on the liver better than Calomel and does Dot gripe or sicken. 25c Excerpts from the Devil's Dictionary. (By Thomas Addison of The Vigil? antes.) Pro-German?a wart developed by the war; dangerous unless speedily removed. Slacker?one who is willing to "let George do it;" a plain coward. Exemptionist?one who suddenly discovers that he has dependents whom he never gave a thought to be? t?re; a hard boiled egg turned soft. Pacifist?a peace bargain-hunter; one who would explain away an insult to his mother. Profiteer?a thief in broadcloth. C. O.?abbreviation of Conscien? tious Objector; one who quotes the Bible to support his position, and neglects to quote it where it puts him in wrong. Peace Talk?pink pabulum for pale "patriots." Sedition?one of the fine arts prac? ticed by the pro-German press of America. Bluff?a German name for Ameri? can valor; also, a steep headland, such as precipitated certain swine into the sea and destroyed them. Freedom of the Press?a license to vilify America and get away with it; to abuse a generous confidence. Status Quo Ante?A German quack medicine to relieve the patient of ar? tillery sclerosis; made only in Berlin. Boche?a butcher; disqualified by law for (international) jury duty. Kaiserism?a disease requiring cer? tain powerful powders and pellets to eliminate. Autocracy?the right to do as you d? please, and ask a blessing on it. See Me und Gott. DSJordan?a doctor of something; one who pours peace drugs of which he knows little into bodies politic of which he kows less. (Apologies to M. Voltaire.) Submarine?an American invention perfected in Germany, and perverted into a tool for the murder of women and childen. Hell?a "Made In Germany" trade? mark. Learn to Swim. Hartford Couant. Swimming should be made a part :>f our school training. It is in some schools already, but, instead of be? ing occasional, it should be compul? sory. Every summer brings a pa? thetic string of drowning accidents, :ind nine out of ten of these would not happen if the people engaged knew how to swim. Parents who protest against their little boys "going swimming" for fear they will be drowned should rather urge them to go so as to learn how to avoid being drowned. Not one is drowned trying to learn to swim to 100 drowned because they never tried to learn. It is a facility as easily ac? quired as walking. It is expected that the full quota for Sumtcr county will be obtained for the National Army from the second contingent summoned to appear for examination before the exemption board this week. BLVE RIBBON JACK?I am now standing a Jack that took the Blue Ribbon four consecutive years at State Fair. C. A. Ellerbee, El? lerbek Mill, Rembert. S. C. FOB SALE?Registered Aberdeen Angus bull, four years old, tubercu? lar tested, without fault or blemish C. P. Ostcen, Sumter, S. C. BUY A FARM In Georgetown county where fine crops of tobacco, corn and cotton are grown. We have several for ?a'e at low prices and the best of terms. A few of the list arc: 101 acres partly improved $10 an acre 54 acres improved . . 10.00 an ncre 10 ; acres unimpro-. c 1. . 25.00 an acre 111 acres partly im? proved .35.00 an sore 133 acres partly im? proved .25.00 an acre 4 40 acres part highly improved.:10.00 nn acre 100 acres part highly improved.tlUtt an acre 1 acres partly im? proved . 50.00 nu acre L'l acres partly im? proved .SSjM an area Other small and larger tracts When writing state si/.e place desired, Beat of terms on all. Write today to GREEN REALTY COMPANY Georgetown, S. C.