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t LI ii fou soldi Kits. National League for Woman's Service lins I MaMi-lM ii oiie at Csmi Ma%l Mian Jane It. Kmiim, of Floronce, wss in SMinter last Tuesday morning in the interest of the Community <Mub. which the women of Columbia through the National League for Wo aaan'a ftervlce has established fur the enlisted men at Camp Jackson. The nottce of Mis* Evans' coming was ao short that very few knew of her visit, ar.d only a small crowd assembled at Chamber of Commerce to hear her plea for the men In the ranks. Ab? beville haa mado seven hundred dol? lars for the support of tho club in the upper part of the State, and Flor? ence has sent herself the task o; making a thousand dollars for the Community Club In Columbia. The Idea of these clubs Is to create a home atmosphere for the boys who are In training. The rooms must be pretty and cheerful, the walls hung with good pictures and good cafeteria maintained. All of this takes a great deal of money and the calls have been almost unending In the last year. Does this one appeal to tho women of Sumter? Are there none of the boys who you know and love there? Do you ever think what a trrlble change this war hns brought about to the lad.*: who only a little while ago were here among us? If there were five hun? dred women In Sumter who cared enough shout these young men to sac rlnee even a little more and would ?ach give one dollar, the amount naked for from Sumter would be rais? ed without all the horrors of going about begging for what It should hi our privilege to give. A meeting of the women will be called early next week und plans discussed for the best way to raise the amount. Kvery wo? man who feela that these hoys, are making a ancrlflce und need all the help and cheer that the women can give an asked to come. If the plea does not appeal to the people, of sasjiaa Miss Evans must be notltled that we do not care to help, and the burden will fall on others. Hut sure? ly Sumter will do her part and our boys will feel that we are deeply in sympathy with them and want to do what ws csn to make their live pleasant while they are with us. Soor, they will be In France and our oppor? tunity will be gone. The time an I place for the meeting will be An? nounced In Mo*, lay's Item. And every woman In Sumter who feels the wish to help the men In the ranks, the young men who are privates, our lad? who ar? doing hard work and have very little pleasure is asked to come. These sre the ones for whom thes? clubs are for. Some one is working for 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 what they should be. Let us do our part. h\ki. MOM DMtINt; FSCAPK. (H-rman- <.ct Away from Brit Mi In? ternment Camp. I - tx.ndon. Sept If,?< ?nc of the most daring escapes from Internment camps was effected yesterday at Keg worth. Not* ingharn Twenty-two Cerman prisoners. In?-hiding Oapi Multer. who commander the Crui^- i Lmdon and Lieut t >tto Thclan. dis? appeared through a tunnel extending front a hut In the camp to a point outside the barbed wire fence. How the 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. Emli Tehttnand. another of the recaptured prisoners, he lied from the detention Larrarki at Chelmafoid last May. The Hermans made dummy locks of rard'.o | I substituting them for the lot ks on the ?r oll doors. Dummy figures to deceive the sen try were mude from lie.I clothes and some of their own garments. To imum' tu.-*. ligun- ? mon- reahstie they wrro d?<oiated with shocks of hair from their mattresses \ KTlMs o| MTOIOI. w ? ?.m i < np-d/ed unt Ml on Hoard Drowned. Hooma. l-i . Sept ?.'!?. A shrlini mhoncr rupulsed In Sinter I<nko neu hrr.- In yesterday's storm and tie owner. 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> Sinei Storm 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 QAM F WARDEN cask. Supreme i\mrt l>o< linos to Hour Pro? posed Action In Orginlnl Jurtsdlc dtction and Remands It to Circuit Court ?'oluiabia, Sept. 29.?The right oi H. W. Glbbes to the olllce of chb-f game warden will he tested in the court of common pi ras for Richland (ouety which begins its session next week. This is understood from an or? der passed by the supreme court to? day. The order does not name tne county In which the circuit court is to hear the case but the implication is that it will be heard here. This being true It seems likely that the case will be referredlo A. D. McFaddln, master of Richand coun? ty, to take testimony and report to the court. The proceeding is under the statute to try title to office. SHOUT Ml 11 FT FOR TRAITORS. Roosevelt Denounces the Huns Within Our Gates. Racine, WIs., Sept. 27.?"Neo-cop pcrheads," Huns within the gates of America who are preaching disloyalty to the country's cause, and German American newspapers which con? tinue their anti-American propagan? da were denounced by Theodore Roosevelt in an address he delivered here tonight at the annual meeting ol the League of Wisconsin Municipali? ties. "The time has come," declared Col. Roosevelt "when wo should In? sist that any man in this country who belleven In 'Germanism' or any other nutlonal *lsm' except straight cut 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 any longer 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 the tot: I and ally of the Hun without," ? " Roosevelt asserted: "Of these Huns within our gat.-s these who do most mischief are the men who hold office and the men who edit 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 und Stoae, and ConRreasman Macl#c mo I occupy substantially the position wh.ch Vallandlgr am occupied In 1863. They denounce this war a? Vallandigham aided the cause of se < es.- ion. They use the same high sounding words that Vallandigham used. They demar d peace as he tie manded it. They try to excite eins hatred exactly as Vallandigham am. his fellows roused the New Yors mob against the draft. "Abraham Lincoln sent Valland-g ham Into the hostile lines. I wisl that we could senc to Germany tin neo-copperheads o'f. today, and es peclally all those congressional am editorial copperherds who have tak? en the lead directly or lndirec.1 preaching disloyalty to our country' cause while at war, and giving ale and comfort in thl-> crisis to the pub 11c enemy." Asserting that Fils country shout' not permit, during the war any pa | per to he printed In German, Col Roosevelt added that "there ur< plenty of papers printed in Bngtlsl whose utterances are at least as bo as those of the worst Gcrmai-.-Amer? ican papers. * Our government," he sale , "h;i been recreant In not dealing with al necessary severity with the sironges and most influential of these papers.' Quoting a German-An erienn rows paper as asserting that "the prob lern of the German 0MM Is to uav? Germanism In the United States, Col Roosevelt 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 such men." STRONG Fit TH AN TRKATIKS. Is Cnlty of Motive Between Vnltcd States and Fii^himl. Irfmdou. Sept. 2H.? Viscount Mill er. mlniHter in the cabinet Wlthou portfolio speaking at the Amern . i Luncheon club declared against aii peace with "unrepentant (brunt rulers" MS evoked applause win be Bald that the unity Of motive r. aim between tin Fnitcd St ipes an Rngland sras stronger thaii sny well leg pact. RRITIMI C ASF A LT Y LIST. I One Hundred and Four Thons. ?nd Los in September. London. Rept, it, British casual tie-,- reported for September total on I hundred and four thousand. The Kill cd or died of wounds numbered nln - ret n thousand sad wounded or ml mi; eighty lt\c thousand. REKEN SKY'S BOLD STAND. Tells Democratic CollSjreaa Tliat HC Saved tho Country and Destroyed KornllofT Rebellion. Petrograd, Sept. 21?.?Friday.? Kerensky took the initiative in what lui.y be tho supreme test of the power of his government. He told the De? mocracy conference that his regime had saved Russia in its- darkest hours. Speaking of the Korniloff revolt h< said: "I prevented it. I destroyed it." Minister of War Verkhovsky said that discipline is necessary in the army and stated that henceforth of? ficers will be named by their superiors rather than elected by the commands. Ml address as a whole evoked more applause than Kerunsky's. The crisis will 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 and sweeping northward yesterday was central over southern Alabama this morning with much of its fury spent Pensacola is still isolated. The last reports from there received at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon said there had been no life or extensive property loss. The ample warning given was probably responsible for the lack of heavy damage anywhere washouts have demoralized rallroac traffic and broken wires interrupted comunication. During the storm yesterday tlu building occupied by the Mobile Chamber of Comcrce was burned with a loss of $4til),000. storm warn? ings have been hoisted from Fort Monroe to Jacksonville and Rockwell to Carrabelle, Fla. THE GYPSY'S PROPHECY. An Incident In England?War to End In November. It was a beautiful morning in Au? gust, Lord Brackington was motoring across the broad expanse of a moor In 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 suddenly stopped. There was somctlng out of order with the mechanism which could be adjusted In a few minutes: and as the chauffeur threw off hi: coat and went to work Lord Bracking ton and the ladies walked on, direct? ing the chauffuer to follow them when 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 whe accosted them and wanted to tel their fortunes. The ladles declined t< have their fortunes told, but Lord Prack Ington offered the gypsy half a crown if she would tell him when tht great 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 No vcmber next year, I might bclievi you; but this year, never! You: prophecy can't be true." "It is true, my lord," exclaimed tht gypsy. "It is as true as it is that at this 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 tei minutes ago and he was as much alive as you are. But here is the hall crown for your trouble;" and with this the automobile party turned back to meet their car. As it came into view, standing where they had left it when they passed 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 ai work. He lay there dead. Except that a fanciful title has bcei substituted for the nobleman's real name, the foregoing story, whicl comes 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 Chiy nemer, 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 shipping hoard. He will he directly in charg? of the government merchnnt fleet, LOST IN THE SWAMP. Dr. C. J. Lemnion Si>oii(1s the Nlglu in 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 wandering around in deep swamp of Watorec riv? er in the vicinity of darner's Ferry. Late in the night he stumbled upon a fisherman's shack near the river bank where he remained until day? light With daylight to help him Io? was able to make his way out of the swamp, being guided also by the sound of a passing train on the South? ern Railway. About the itme h< emerged from the swamp he met Dr. Burgess and other friends who had spent the greater part of the night searching for him. . Dr. Lemmon and several others went into the swamp on the Garner's Ferry road yesterday afternoon to hunt squirrels. After leaving the road the party separated and Dr. Lem? mon mistaking another road that led to the river for the one by which he had entered the swamp wandered a long way before he realized that he was lost. Night came on and he wan dered around until he found the attack near the river where he spent the re? mainder of the night. NEGRO'S SKULL FRACTURED. Richard Pringle Struck With Iron Holt by Joe Montgomery. From The Daily Item, Sept. 29. Richard Pringle, colored, was struck on the head yesterday with an iron bolt about three-quarters of an inch in diameter and two feet long by Joe Montgomery, the blow fracturing the ?skull. The difficulty occurred in from of Blrnie's Drug Store on West Liberty street and from what can be learned Pringle was the aggressor and provoked the trouble. It seems that several negroes who were congregat? ed on the street began Joking Pringb and he became enraged. He at? tempted to strike them with the iron rod but they got out of his way Montgomery, who is a auto hack driv? er was seated in his car in front 01 the store and took part in teasinc Pringle and laughed at him when the other negroes got away from him. Pringle then turned on Montgomery and struck him with the bolt. Mont gomery caught the blow on his arn and wrested the bolt from Pringle Pringle continued the attack on Mont gomery, who then struck him on the head with the bolt. Pringle wa; knocked down and when picked up was unconscious. An examination showed that his skull was fracture< and he was taken at once to the hos pital for treatment. An operation yes? terday afternoon relieved the pros sure on the brain and today he Is re? ported to be getting on very well and is In a fair way to recover. Mont? gomery was arrested immediately after the difficulty and was commit? ted to jail to await the outcome of Pringlc's injuries. ENGLAND IS ENCOURAGED. I -Boats Only Sank 18 Vessels Lust Week. London, Sept. 26.?Thirteen Britisd merchantmen of 1,600 tons and over and 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 I by the admiralty. In the aggregate' this is the smallest number of ves sels sbnk during any one week sine? Germany began her intensified sub marine warfare last February. Two fishing vessels were also sunk last week. The smallest aggregate of vesseh sunk in any previous week since tie February undersea campaign wav started by Germany was fourteei merchantmen of 1,600 tons and over and two of less than 1,600 tons. This was during the week ending Augus 12. Last week the admiralty report showed twenty-eight merchantmen sunk?eight of more than 1,600 torn and twenty of less tonnage. STRIKE IN SEATTLE. I. W. W. Influence Still Causing Trou? ble. Seattle, Sept. 29.?Twelve thousam metal workers employed in the Seat tie ship yards struck today to enfore? their demands for higher wages and to require the use of lumber manu? factured by men working eight hours per day only. Three large and ninety live small plants are closed. DODGING THE ISSUE. House Rules Committee Refuses to Investigate lleflin Charges. Washington. Sept. BS,?After a healed discussion the house rules committee refused to ael on the res? olutions proposing a congressional in? vestigation of Mr. Hellin's cahrges that members of congress acted sus p'clously about the time \ on Bern RtOrlY reipleslod money to inlluenee congress. FOOD SAVING CAMPAIGN. Slate Food Administrator OokfT Is? sues Call <o Press. Columbia, Sept. 2'J.?The United States food administration, realizing that food will he the most important factor in this war, has launched a nation-wide campaign to enlist twen ty-two million people in the food sav? ing movement. South Carolina PI expected to furnish not less than two hundred thousand names in this campaign. The forces are being or? ganized in every county for a great drive during the week October 21 vt to 28th. The widest kind of publicity will he necessary to make this move? ment a success*. Would appreciate if you would give news articles on the food administration as much display as possible. We must get this mes sure to the people and the newspaper is the one instrument which will bfJ most 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 aviation corps, an army recruiting officer and two navy ensigns who are said by feteral officials to be involved in a plct. against the government, alleged to have been headed by Lieutenants Schneider and Kasinger, have been tul<en to an internment camp. Neith ei the character of the plot or the names of the Americans were disclos? ed. Eveiything in the Building Line All Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE LPhones 10 ? 631 The National Bank Of Soutn Carolina C. G. ROWLAND. PrciKlent. F. E. NtNNANT. Cashier 1 ASSETS September 19, 1915 - $ 803,907.03 September 19, 1916 - $ 972,229.89 Septembe -19,1917 - $ 1,224,199.77 Motto: SERVICE Service, Courtesy, aMaW Accommodation The National Bank of Sutnter. "Safest for Yotir Savings/' * 4 A Convenience. [ A checking-account with a bank is a great t c mvenience; not only to the business and profes j; sional man. but to the fanner as well. More peo !E pie would keep such accounts if they knew just IE how to go about it. We gladly assist those who I need help in getting started. ! I THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK I The Oldest Banking Institution in the County