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CHANGE jjfj Wi. ? - j baker's suggestions are now ready to be sent to congress. Secre*aj*y Declines to Say What Age. He Will Submit as Proper Basis for Getting; More Men in Service? Would Raise and Lower Present Limit. Washington, Aug. 1.?War depart - . roent recommendations for enlarging $he army and for the extension ot the draft age limitations in order to pro vide new reservoirs of man-power to back UP the forces already at the front will be laid before congress next week. Members of the two military committees have been called to Wash ington by the chairmen in order to expedite the bill. In announcing, after a conference with Chairman Dent, of the house committee, that his increased army project was virtually ready Secre tary Baker would not say what age figure had been settled upon nor indi cate in any way the size of the army ' which he is planning. "I do not want to say what the ages will be," he said. "Because the con current action of the ?wo houses is necessary to secure assent to them. I I had a conference with Mr. Dent thisj morning and went over with him the full plan, involving the suggested ages. I am to have a conference with .Senator Chamberlain as soon as he gets back. "Any suggestion to extend the draft . ages is to produce in Class one an adequate number of men for th. en larged military program. If the agesi are reviseiL-they will have to be eith- j er below 21 or above 31 or both. I think it will be both." Chaiman Dept was even more re ticent but said ^he was willing to go either up or down in extending age limits of the^raft to win the war. "My personal preference is to go up first," he added. "The only specific information re garding the ne,w age limits to be drawn from Mi*. Baker was a state-j ment that the limits of 19 to 40 hadj been among suggestions canvassed, j but rejected. In many quarters it is believed extension to the ages of 19 and 36 will be recommended. . There are several features of the draft age discussion which stand out clearly. In presenting the original se lective service bill, Secretary Baker and his advisers fixed 19 as the prop er minimum, and Mr. Baker has said repeatedly since then that he has, seen no reason to change his opin ion in that regard. Congress ruled against taking men below the voting age of 21, however, and sought to make up the deficit by increasing the wax department's suggested maximum from 26 to 31 where it now stands. ., < The reluctance of many members of congress to go lower than the 21 limit is still apparent* although there is evidence of a strong sentiment to ward -carrying the maximum up as big!i?"!"?*-4^^ jever? that war department officials would prefer to draw on the classes of 15 and 20 years old youths to fill the ranks and see :io decided military advantage to be gained from any con siderable extension upward. Secretary Baker has heretofore an nounced that his policy in recom mending any change in draft ages would be to seek a sufficient number ef men to meet the army's needs in such ages as would least disturb the economic situation at once. The bulk of the new forces, in his view, should be drawn from the youngest class of men physically able to stand the strain of modern warfare. From the purely army standpoint, this has been a boy's war from the start. The quick recuperative powers of youth have been vitally necessary to the military machine under the conditions of modern warfare. Older men are slower to recover and are therefore of more limited use to the army. On the other hand, however, there are a great number of men who could! be called out of the higher ages, even j up to 45. A far greater proportion) of the men between 31 and 45 have independent incomes than is true with the men below 31, reducing depend ents as a factor for exemption to that extent. As to size of army for which this increased Class 1 is necessary, no offi cial has dropped a hint, with the ex ception of General March, who, in an nouncing the ereation of a July sched ule of six new divisions followed by an August schedule for the same num ber, has indicated the embarkation upon such a monthly program. At this rate approximately 250,000 men a month, win be sent overseas. their places in the home cantonments to be taken by 2"?0.000 new men. Under such a schedule, with provision al ready existing for the housing and training of 1,750,000 men in the Unit ed States, a full six months of train ing on this side, both in divisional and replacement camps, before men were sent over to complete their courses behind the lines would be possible. It is not certain that the depart ment is aiming at the creation of a force of any definite size. There al ready a-e upward of 1,300,000 Ameri can troops either overseas or en route. Secretary Baker said today the shipment rate of the early part of July had been maintained through out the month although he did not have available the total shipment Under the 2-r,0.000 a month sugges tion and without mishap to the sup ply line, October should see 2.000,000 Americans overseas and the opening of the spring campaign of 1919 when many officers believe the final scenes of the German defeat will begin a great combined drive against the Germans, might easily see 3.v'00.00t ready for action with another forc?. of substantially 2.000,000 organized ai home. That would represent th< army of 5,000,000 men for v\nich in s general way the war department ma) be aiming. revolt in turkestan. Basel, Aug. 2.?A revolt against fV Bolsheviki government in Turkestan has broken out. according to newi from Ukranian sources. SENATORS 11 MM POLLOCK AND BENET AROUSE BLEASE FOLLOWERS. Men Wjm Object to Criticism of Their Favorite Try to Silence Speakers. Aiken, Aug". 1.?The senatorial cam paign here today fanned into living flame the ashen memories of the 191-1 canvass, when Bloase was driven daily from pillar to post by Lang D. Jen nings of Sumter and W. P. Pollock oi Cheraw whose sledge hammer blows against the ramparts of Bleaseism were powerfully sustained by stinging repartee meted out to those who sought to defend Bier so from the withering fire. Today was the first time in this campaign when Bleaseites forgetting their error of the past, came in any appreciable measure to the rescue o their vanquished leader. Both Benet and Pollock today aroused the pre- J viously smothered ire of a little band of wilful Bleaseites, which resentment broke out in patches throughout th?j addresses of the two. and which was steadily wiped out by an avalanche oi sarcasm, causing the audience tc break into sporadic bursts of cheerin.a that swept the corridors of the cour: house. j W. P. Pollock reminded the uproar- j ious crowd that he told them at the campaign meeting here four years ago that the people were "going to bury Cole Blease face downward so deep with their ballots that if he ever scratches out, he will scratch out in hell." \ This brought from an angered i member of the Blease fraternity th< question, "If he's dead why do you j keep after him?" Mr. Pollock's re ply was that he was now holding the funeral. "We sometimes follow the negro custom of going back and hold ing the funeral the next year after the body is buried. Another wanted to know how many votes Mr Pollock,got four years ago. "More than Cole Blease is going to get this year," Pollock shot back with lightning like swiftness. Ni B. Dial was also in the under taking business, he told the 600 or more people who scrambled for foot ing in the court house. 'His business this year was to "bury prejudices, sham, hypocricies, isms and anti isms." The war, he said, brought on a new era and henceforth there was to be "no ism but America." A few years from now Bleaseism would be a lost word. James Francis Rice of Anderson to day took Mr. Dial to task for the al leged retarded progress of Laurens county, Mr. Dial's home, in compari son with that of Anderson. "Mr. Dial boasts that he has lived in Lauren all his life and worked for the devel opment of that county. I have lived in Anderson only 27 years and any one who knows will tell you that Ander son is eight or ten years ahead of. Laurens in public schools, industrial develbpmnt and farming*,'' Mr. Rice said. Senator Benet devoted considerable time to, the propof d government con ton holding corporation, which scheme is for the government to fix a minimum price below which cotton sho.ll not be allowed to drop. This is now engaging the attention of Sena tor Benet, who went to Washington last Saturday for a conference with President Wilson and others on the plan; it is hoped to have it in oper ation by the time distress cotton be gins to move. Zvlr. /Dial also gave some attention to the cotton warehouse plan, Mr Dial organized he second cotton ware house in the State and has beer, strenuously advertising a national plan for a number of years. The trouble with a State system, he says: j is South Carolina's efforts are neu tralized by any other cotton State's failure. A particularly interesting feature of today's meeting was the reading oi the record of the relations between Cole Ii. Blease and the late Senator B. R. Tillman, by Mr. Pollock. At Elliott, Sumter county, on June 2S Blease was reported by the I Charleston American as saying Sena j tor Tillman had betrayed the reform I party as Judas Iscariot had betrayed ! his Master. Mr. Blease was also re i ported as saying he would give "ev i erything he possessed but one suit of j clothes" if Senator Tillman could ! gain sufficient strength to get into the j campaign, as "I would just love to i meet him today face to .face before the people he betrayed." At Wagen er July 12, after Tillman's death, when Blease was clamoring that he was the logical successor to Mr. Till man ZMr. Blease made another speech i about which the Charleston American j said: I "Mr. Blease paid a magnificent trib j ute to the late Senator Tillman as the reform leader of former days, and re ferred in words breathing of sorrow I to Tillman's latter days and his death. Mr. Blease's tribute to Mr. Tillman and his analysis of the late senator's ability and service to the people of South Carolina would have been worthy of any occasion." j Mr. Pollock followed this with Sen I ator Tillman's estimate of Blease ir i a letter to C. L. Jones of Monetta f which was characterized as a "mes sage from the grave." In this latter, one of the last Senator Tillman wrote ; he said Blease w.as a "pro-German.* ja "traitor to his country and his Cod.' I "a blatherskite," "a man without character, principle or patriotism,' ; and a traitor whom he couldn't se' [how the fathers of boys in France i could tolerate any time or anywhere. Probably not more than one-thir< I of the people here heard the speak ! ers. a sprinkle of rain compelling ai 'indoor meeting. Blease carried tin i county four years asro by 1,114 votes and two years uzo by 3IS. but politiea leaders here are confident the conn ty will be in the opposing column 'hi: year. London. July lb".?Among the popu lar songs in the Serbian army are nov "Tipperary" and "Over There." write an American Red Cross representa tive on the Macedonian front. NEW m SCHEDULE. LEW OX TOBACCO PRODUCTS DOUBLED. Departure Made Practically Without Opposition?Effort Fails to Plact Tax on Cotton. Washington, Aug. 3 ?Doubling oi the present special taxes em manu factures of tobacco, cigars and cigar ettes and increased taxation of brok ers, theaters and 'other amusements, billiard and pool parlors, bowling al leys and capitalization of corporation* were agreed on by the house ways and means committee today in fram ing the $8,000,000,000 -evenue bill. A new tax of 1 per cent, on sale o: mail order houses doing more than $100,000 annual business was adopt ed. Pullman seats and berths and passenger rates will be subject to uniform tax of S per cent. Stamp taxes were undisturbed. The special tax on mail order houses was unofficially estimated as capable of yielding several million dollars of revenue and was adopted with practically no opposition. Pro posals that a tax of one-half of 1 per cent, be imposed on gross sales oi j j chain stores and a 5 per cent tax be j I laid on goods manufactured by con-! corns employing child labor, undei i certain standard ages were rejected. I A proposal to tax cotton was re- j jected almost unanimously. Representative Moore. Pennsyl vania, proposed a tax of $3 per bale, which he contended would produce $30,000,000 a year revenue, but its op ponents immediately suggested tax on grain and anthracite and similar ar ticles produced in the North. Only Representative Moore and Fairchild. New York, voted for it. Mr. Moore also proposed a tax on dogs, which the committee voted down. I Chairman Kitchin, after the com-' mittee adjourned, summarized the j situation as follows: "We have put a tax of 1 per cent.. on retail sales on mail orders that do ,$100,000 annual business. Wcj have increased the special tax. Brok ers now under a special tax of $30 j will nay an annual tax of $100 and! if they are members of a stock ex- | change or board of trade engaged in' buying and selling, will pay $250 an-! nually. We have increased the tax j on pawn brekers from $50 to $100; ship brokers from $30 to $50, custom I house brokers from $10 to $50. "Theaters, including moving pic-! ture shows, museums and concert halls having a seating capacity of not over 250 peopb.- will pay an annual tax increased from $25 to $50; seat ing capacity between 250 and 500, in creased from $50 to $100; 500 to 800 seating capacity increased from $75 to $150, and all over 800 capacity in creased from $100 to $200 annual tax. We have doubled the present special taxes on theaters, circuses, bowling alleys, billiard and pool places and on manufacturers of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes. "We have put new special tax or-, sales of seats on stock and produce exchanges of 10 per cent on the sale price of the seats and on annual dues of these exchanges a tax of 20 per cent on the amount of the dues. This is to put them on the same basis with clubs and other organizations already put under tax. "Pullman seats and berths un,dei i the present law are taxed 10 per cent \ and passenger rates S per cent of the j amounts paid for ticket or coupons. We today agreed to make the tax on both of these 8 per cent. This was at the request of the director general of railroads who wanted the taxes on them made the same to simplify the mileage coupons about to be issued We imposed a tax of 10 per cent on the stiles of yachts. We considered the stamp taxes in the present law and they will remain as at present." t Mr. Kitchin announced that under the action of the committee so far the excise taxes would produce about $1,000,000,000 which includes beer, whiskey, automobile, soft drinks, gasoline owners and similar taxable subjects. This is about one-half oi the amount allotted to commonly termed luxuries and non-essentials but Mr. Kitchin said the allotted $2. 000.000,000 under this head would be levied. Taxation of tobacco manufacturers but not retail dealers was considered today. The tobacco schedule as adopted provides that -60 days aft* ' the passage of the new law and there after on July 1 of each year, a special tax computed on the basis of the sa^ of the preceding fiscal year will be j made as follows: Tobacco manufac i turers with annual sales not exceed i ing 5,000 pounds. $6 a year; 50,000 j to 100,000 pounds, $12: 100.000 to {200,000. $24; and in excess of 200. i 000 pounds. 18 cents per thousand j pounds; cigar manufacturers with an J nual sales not exceeding 50.000 cigar* ] $4; not exceeding 100.000 cigars. $6; i not exeeding 200.000 cigars. $12; not j exceeding 400,000, $24; above 400. | 000, 10 cents per thousand cigars; I cigarette manufacturers, including i small cigars weighing not more thar ! three pounds per thousand. 3 cents foi ! every 10,000. ACTION IN SIBERIA. i United Slates. Japan and Entent< Powers Will Help Czccho-SIovaks. Washington. Aug. 2.?Joint actio* between Japan, the entente power! and America in Siberia is now assur ed; Japan having found acceptable the American proposal looking pri niarily to aid the Czecho-Slovaks nov operating in Siberia and a complet? agreement has been reached. Soor after learning <>! Japan's acceptance President Wilson walked to the State war and navy building, and conferre< with Acting Secretary Polk and Sec retarj of War Baker. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Washington. Aug. 2.- The arm: casualties number 238. Killed in ac tion. 42; died of wounds, 18: died o disease. 7; died or accident. 7 wounded severely, 11'r.: wounded, de gree undetermined, 2; missing, C>. FUTURE MARKET ADVANCED NEARLY SEVEN DOLLARS A BALE. Vew York Market Bad Excited Open ing on Reports of Continued Drouth in Texas?Crop Will be Much Smaller tlian Predicted. New York, Aug. 5.?Cotton took fresh jump upward today, after an excised opening. The advance is at tributejd to continued drouth in Texas. The jump represented nearly seven dollars a bale over Saturday's close. HEALTH MEETING AT CONCORD. Successful Meeting in Spite of Ikul Weather. The first of the series of commun ity and public health meetings in this county was held under disadvantage ous ?weather conditions at Concord school last Friday, Misses Annie Keels and Alice Martin, home demonstra tion agents, and Dr. Sophia Brunson being the successful directing heads of the splendid educational program. The rain interfered with the at tendance of rural citizens, but quite a number, however, braved the in clement weather, and enjoyed the j combination event, which included a sumptuous picnic dinner for which Concord township is famous, a dem onstration and lectures in preserva tion of food by Misses Martin and Keels, such as lig jam, Xdxie Relish, soup mixture, grape mince-meat, can ned okra, etc. The ladjes of the community furn I ished the vegetables and fruit, and i the demonstration agents supplied ! the jars, rubbers, spices. The ladies paid for the jars and carried the finisbhed product home Dr. Sophia Brunson handled the public health feature of the meeting in an excellent, non technical, and 'comprehensive manner, regarding the "Right Way of Living." Dr. Brunson showed that it is, as a matter of fact, unnecessary for anyone to die of pre mature death, except from absolute negligence, accident, homicide or ignorance of the fundamental prin ciples of personal and public hygiene, that Very important branch of san tary science which treats of the dangers to the many because of the indifference or lack of knowl edge on the part of a minority. Artificial stimulation as a menace to perfect physique or normal health standards such as. the excessive use of alcohol, tobacco and other non-es sentials, which are beverages or habits and not food. Balanced rations, over j eating, ig norance as to proper prcperation and cooking of food, failure to protect food against contamination of disease bearing germs, and resultant illness were featured in her address. Statistics covering economic loss brought about by preventable disease anjj^nnnecessary premature deaths, loss" of earning power due to sick ness; suffering entailed on members of families because of illness and dec/th, i;he terrible infant mortality which can and should be prevented, and a general discussion of the right and the wrong way to live proved j that the speaker is unusually well versed in such matters. Dr. Brunson i emphasized the fact that if the wo | men, and girls will put up fruits and vegetables in palatable and whole some manner as directed by Misses j Keeis and Martin, that the ladies of Sumter will gladly purchase same, j and this thrift will serve the dual J purpose of helping to keep Sumter county money in Sumter county for re-distribution, conserve food, and relieve the transportation companies of having to haul tons of food stuffs. The audience was given opportun ity to ask questions and a number did so. The dinner was a delicious demon stration of the well known "live at home" industry of that prosperous and intelligent community, and the meeting was a success from every point of view. The ladies are to In congratulated on their demonstration that the women folks can pull of] professional, scientific and social events when necessary to do so, with out male direction. Misses Keels and Martin will, be ginning today, Cooperate with th< County Council of Defense speakers in the county-wide ?public health community meetings. TRUCK DRIVERS WANTED. Y. M. C. A. Service Badly in Need o , Men (n France. The Y. M. C. A. service is badly it need of truck drivers in France am J the American Automobile Associatioi ? is trying to obtain men for the ser j vice. A special committee has writ [ten the local club to see if it camio (find "just one man to go to France: i r I more than one so much the better j but get one, please." Men are wanted who can driv ! trucks for "there are two hundre? j trucks now out of business because o j lack of men, and our boys over thcr ?are suffering in consequence, j The appeal goes on to say "me J above draft age are preferred. Ncx {come men who have been examine 'and rejected for army service-. An ap j piicant must he an American citi i zon, with no German nor Austria I blood, aide to cope with and not bo ' come rattled over unusual happen ; ings, and a man who would do credi ; to the Y. M. ('. A. He need not be 'church member but the Y. M. <'. i naturally prefers men ?,!" characte I a', ho are willing to render exception ja! service to their country and to si a good example to others, j "The object is so worthy and th [work of the Y. M. C. A. so absolut.-: I necessary to our success, that w t count with confidence on your help. Here is a chance for a man not c ' military age or qualities to gel in; the work over there. The local asso HatioT has already sent on the nam of on^ man willing to ?*o. and any oth '<?:? who wishes to look further I this should sc.- the secretary of th 'local Club, .Mr. H. A. .Moses, LEON GREEN ARREST!';?. Former South Carolinian in Serious Tr?rrblc?Charged With Evasion of Draft Law. Bacli of the arrest is said to be an allegation of the conspiracy to fit fraud the United states of vast sums cf money in connection with con tracts, w hich the three men are said Washington, Aug. .*',.?United Slates Commissioner Richardson today liv ed at $5,000 each bail bonds for Ed ward L. Travis, member of the cor poration commission of North Caro lina and lawyers Mo have declared they were able to ne gotiate with the shipping board. Ac cording to reports reaching the de partment of justice. Travis, Joseph and Green had been negotiating wi.'h the dry dock company for several one of the most prominent[months to procure contracts totaling f that State-; Seiini Barnetti $40.000.000 under which the Perth Joseph of Chicago and Leon MyerjAmboy Dry Dock Company of screen, now of New York, formerly a Jersey was to build ships for the colonel on the staff of Cole L. Blease, United States shipping board, former governor of South Carolina. ? It is reported that Travis, who was The three men were taken into cus- a former law partner of Representa tody late yesterday afternoon on war-jtive Kitchin before the latter came to rants sworn out before Commissioner ] congress, expected to receive a fee Richardson by a special agent of the! of $100.000. Joseph, it is asserted, department of justice on a charge of j looked for $1.50 a ton each ship built conspiring to evade the draft law. j under the proposed contract, and Green is within the draft age and jGreen was to be employed by the ship the warrant charges that the three j building concern. men conspired to obtain for him a] Richard F. McDonald, a Chicago deferred classiiication. In furtherance! banker, connected with the Perth of the alleged conspiracy the warrantj Amboy Company, is said to have dis charges that Green entered into c\ covered the details of the alleged contract to be employed by the Perth ! agreement and to have advised the Amboy Dry Dock Company and to de- j federal authorities, it is stated, vote all his time to such employment.! Bond is being arranged so that the "Whereas, in fact, he was to be free} three prisoners may be released. They from obligation to devote his time! are conlined in three different city thereto." It also is charged in the warrant that Green made oath before his draft board in New York that he was jails here, the idea being to prevent them from having further intercourse with each other or otherwise discuss ing their plans, which are .considered engaged in an industrial enterprise j as being exceedingly disadvantageous necessary to the maintenance I military establishment. of the I to the government's best interests in 'the present crisis. i % 15h> OF SUMTER. THE fastest growing bank in this section. Three new accounts a clay for the rest ?$ of the year, is the pace we set?and we are getting them. We want your business and have the ser vice you need. The National Bank of South Carola I CG. R0WLAN0, President F. E. HINNANT, Cashier. 5*sff. . .ff . v Thrift Stamps. The First National Bank sumter, s. c. Ten War Commandments For the French People? and for Our People PARIS, Jul y21.?The economic and social section of the League of Patriots, with headquarters in Pari?, 4 Rue Ste. Anne, his distributed a leallet, urging the French to endure without complaint the restrictions imposed upon them in the interest of their country. The following is a copy: "(1) Do not forget that we are at war. In your smallest ex penditures never lose sight of the interests of the native land. "(2) Economize on the products necessary for the life of the country: coal, bread, meat, milk, sugar, wine, butter, beans, cloths, leather, oil. Accept rations. Ration yourself as to food, clothing, amusements. "(C). Save the products of French soil, lest some day you de prive your father, your son, your husband, who are shedding their blood to defend you. "(4.) S- ? the products that France must buy from foreign countries _o not drain reserves of gold, which arc indispensable to vie* *'( / Waste nothing. All waste is a crime which imperils the national defense?prolongs the war. "(6). Luv only according to your needs. Do not hoard provis ions; your selfishness raises prices and deprives those of smaller means of tiling indispensable to existence. "(7). Do not travel unnecessarily. Reflect that our trains arc, before all, destined for the transportation of the troops, the feed ing of the population, the needs of our national production. "(H). Do not remain idle. According to your age and your abil ity, work for your country. Do not consume without producing. Idleness is desertion. "CJ). Accept without murmuring the privations which are Im posed upon you. Reflect upon the sufferings of those who are lighting for you. upon the martyrdom of the population whose hearths have been devastated by the enemy. "(10) Remember that victory belongs to those who can hold ~" t a quarter of an hour the longest. "That France may live, she must be victorious." = National Bank of Sumter ESTABLISHED KS89 J. P. Booth, Pres. W. J. 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