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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-24

tree with bu.cnvs of nuts hanging
down from the limbs before l could
set the pretty French maid to under
stand what l wanted.
The climate here is very delightful
in the day time but disagreeably cold
at night. On the way through France
TO our present camp we passed
through the city of Rouen (pronounc-
ed as though one was grunting from
Il severe stomachache "Wah') on the
Seine River where the British burn
ed to death Joan Of Arc. The French
people on account of the bad water
they have here, drink scarcely any
thing but wine or champagne. [ do
not think that I am going TO get ac-
customed TO this custom but probably
will be forced to do so.
A rather peculiar instance occurred
here few days ago when sergeant
OF the American army who was born
in Germany but had always lived in
the United States, was given q detail
of German prisoners to do some
work around camp, he found among
the lot his own brother.
While III England / had the great
pleasure of visiting Isaac Walton's
grave and fished in the river where
he fished nearly three hundred
years ago. There are several small
rivers near my camp in France and
since I brought my fishing tackle with
ne expect to try and capture some
of the finny tribe there before long.
With best regards to you and your
family and all my friends, I am,
Your nephew,
Harry Lee Harllee,
Captain, 105th Ammunition Train,
Supply Officer. goth Div U. S. A,
American Expeditionary Forces.
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NEW FRENCH ATTACK.
TentI, Army Attacks ON I, Front Of 10
Miles-500 Prisoners Takcn-Gcr-
mans May Retire to Chcmin des
Danes.

London, LOO P. M. Aug. 20-The
French tenth army attacked again
this morning on a front of ten miles
between the Disc and Aisne rivers.
and reached q maximum depth OF
two miles, according to dispatches
from the battle front. Their ad-
vance endangers the whole German
position near scissors, on the Aisne.
It is possible now that the Germans
will withdraw TO Chemin des Danes.
Before o'clock this morning the
French had captured five hundred
Germans.
North of Roye the French have
taken Bracquemont and Fendu wooa
and occupied the greater part Oh
Beauvraignes, according to advices.
1t is also reported that they have
made progress southeast of Bcauv-
raignes.
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EXCESS PROFITS PROBLEM.
Treasury and House Committee Not
Agreed


Washington, Aug. 19.-Disagree-
ment arose again today between the
treasury department and the house
ways and means committee as to pro-
visions Of the new $4,000, 900, 900 reve-
nue. bill, the treasury submitting
letter protesting against increases III
the excess profits tax rates Of the
present law.
The committee and the treasury
have reached an agreement as to an
so per cent war profits tax based on
pre-war earnings but have been un-
able to arrive at common under
standing on the method of reaching
excess profits, which classification it
has been estimated will affect only
about 10 per cent of the local corpor-
ations to be taxed.
The treasury has asked that the
present excess profit law be included
in the new bill, with alternative war
tax of so per cent. The committee has
agreed to an eight per cent
exemption in addition to specific
$4,000 exemption, on excess profits
with q tax of 40 per cent on profits
between per cent and 20 per cent
and 60 percent tax on all profits
exceeding 20 per cent. The committee
submitted its decision to the treas
ury for it's views. The treasury. to-
day in its letter, which was not made
public, stood firm in its position in
opposition to increase Of excess profits
tax
There were indications today how
ever, that the committee would in
crease the present rates by either the
plan that was tentatively agreed up
on or some modification. Both Chair
man Kitchin and> Secretary McAdoo
have stated they would get togeth-
err on some mutually satisfactory
plan on this subject.
The committee considered a tax on
opium and narcotics, and it expects to
frame a schedule which will yield ap-
proximately 100000.
The committee tomorrow will pass
upon Secretary McAdoo's plan for
three per cent differential on unearn-
ed incomes The treasury has rec
commended normal tax Of II per
cent on earned and Is per cent on
unearned incomes. The treasury has
submitted that high normal tax will
promote the sale Of the coming Lib
erty bond issue as the income from
Liberty bonds is not subject to the
normal tax
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RUSSIA POWERLEsS.
Can Not Defend Mulrilan District
In Favor of Defence.

Harbin, Manchuria, July 25 (Cor-
respondence OF The Associated Press
Russia is powerless to take any part
in the impending conflict OF All1eo
and German affairs in the Mucman
district, according to the version OF &
recent speech by Premier Lenine
which has been received here.
The English and French bour-
geoisie have spent enormous sums on
Thurman and OF course with mercen-
airy purpose" asserted Lenine.
''They have landed troops to pro-
tect the Murman coast. We had no
proper. forces to prevent this. Tbs
German government demands that
they be disarmed, telling US that if VIZ
cannot defend ourselves they Will
carry on the war in our territory"
Referring to the Ukraine. Lenine
claimed that the Germans were met
everywhere with desperate resistance.
ITO the Caucasus Lenine points
out. "the Soviet sent Inquiries re-
garding the new frontiers which the
Caucasian government laid claim &c
but received no answer"
eve are not a great power. OF
Russia nothing is left but Great Rus
sia. For US the interests of universal
Socialism are higher than national
interests. For us, little down-trodden
Great Britain stands far higher than
that stupendous great power which
sold itself to the imperialists with
secret treaties.
1--WE cannot now conceal the fact
that we are in favor of defence. we
wish to defend our socialistic father
land. For this we must have q pro-
letarian dictatorship"
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RIOT IN PETROGRAD.
Many Killed and Wounded in Food
Riot in Pencgrad-City Without
Food for Tive Days-Aiarti;;i law
Proclaimed.

London, Aug. 20.-Hundreds We're
killed and wounded in a veritable
battle between the Lettish guards ano
rioters during food disturbances II
Petrcgrad, according 20 an Amster-
dam dispatch to The Exchange Tele-
graph. 1t says that after the city
was without food for two days Il pro
cession Of workers marched through
the streets shouting Down with the
Germans. down With the Kremin.
The battle occurred before the Snoini
institute. Martial law was proclaimed
the same evening.
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Notice.

All males who have reached the
age of twenty-one years since the
5th of June, 1918, and on or before
the 24th day of August, 1918, are call
ed upon by the president to register
for military service on the date last
named.
Registration for Sumter county
will be held at the Court House un-
der the direction Of the Local Board
on Saturday, August 24th, 1918, be-
tween the hours of 100 d. m. and 900
p. N.
JOHN II. CLIFTON,
Chairman of Local Board for Sum-
ter County, S. c..
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Monthly ration pounds.
30-31 days. pounds.
ApDroy:ie,tc Daily Eation.
american Casualty Lis.

Washington. Aug. 2o.-The army
casualty list issued this morning to-
talc5i 10. Killed in action. -: miss
ins in action. >: wounded SeTer".&. -;
j;ieG OF wounds / died fer: acci~
dent and other causes. 4.
The list issued in the afternoon to-
tailed 1225. Killed in action. GS: died
OF disease, Z: wounded sevcreIE. -;
wounded, degree undetermined, !;
prisoner. 1.
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RIOTS IN JAPAN.
Disturbances Spread to Th" North.
Where Mob Burns Many iIouscs

Toxic Saturday. Aug. The rice
disturbances are reported TO y" sab
siding except in northern japan.
where apparently they are spreading.
Mohs burned several houses at Sendia.
The rice exchange announces that
thirty houses were burned in the
Tsumiye Prefecture Thursday.
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Huns BoMBARD NANCY.
Six Civilians are Killed and Score
Wounded-Ercnch Take Village OF

Paris, Aug. 2O.-The French last
night occupied the village of Vassens
northwest Of Morsain, between the
Disc and the -Aisne. it is officially an
nounced. German air craft lombard
ed Nancy with the result that siS
civilians were killed, and q score in
jured.
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GERMANS HURLED BACK.
French Penetrate Positions to a
Depth Of Two Miles Oh IL 10 Mile
Erent-Gcrmans Placed III AWl>-
u,ra positio,,-I,c:rca: Inevitable.


The Germans holding the vital sec
tor Of the front between the Alsne
and Disc rivers were hurled back
oyer a ten mile front this morning by
the French, according to reports
reaching London. It is stated that
the French penetrated enemy posi-
tons to a depth of two miles. The
attack was continuation of the as
sault made northwest Of scissors
Sunday night No details OF the
lighting are yet available. but an
advance Of two miles in this sector
would seem to place the Germans
both along the Aisne and before Noy-
on, in a dangerous position, from
which only an immediate retreat
would appear to be possible.
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ENTENTE TROOPS WITHDRAW

Get Bcycnd Range OF Bolsh"villi Gnns
--Snvict Troops Destroy Tunnel or
't'rans-sibcriai. Railway.
Anlste idaul. Aug. 20.-It is ofIic al.
" reported from Nologda. according
to an Essen newspaper that entente
troops in the Archangel sector have
withdrawn outside OF the range o.: thc
BolsheVilii artillery. Soviet troops
&re reported to hay" blown Up E;ti.lal
jnnnci on the trans-Sibei'i;tn rGil-
-y.,,
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GERMAN ATTACKS REPULsED

British Lines Advanced and 1872 Pris-
oncrs Captured.
London, Aug. 20.-Four German
attacks against the British at Chilly.
S miles north Of Roye, were repuls-
ed last night, it is officially announ"-
ed.7 The British lines were advanced
in the neighborhood Of VeuX-Ber-
ouir and Ottersten. In the Lys Sa-
lieKs ones hundred and eighty-two
prisoners were captured.
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pRUssIANs OUT FIGHTING.
!. Down Arms Without Firing Il
Shot

With American Army on Fe$le
Front, Aug 20.-Sixty Prussians have
been taken prisoners by the Ainerl-
cans near Fismette, north Of F'lSmes-
without either side firing shot. The
Prussians were machine gunneTs, al
that remained of company which
had been on the line less than a
month. According to the Americans
the Prussians were waiting TO be TAX
en- prisoners.
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The Sugar Ration

Columbia, Aug. 20.-Two pounds
per month per person is the susar ra
tion. The great American people are
on this honor ration. Hundreds OF
thousands of people are conscie1l-
tiously and patriotically cndeavorins
to limit their consumption Of sugar to
conform with the regulations. 1t is
sometimes difficult however. to appor-
ton the sugar supply of the house
hold so that the ration n2aS' rot b.
exceeded. For this reason, aad in
order to provide guide for the
householder, the food administration
gives The following measure or sched-
ule:
Monthly ration pounds.
30-31 Days pounds.
Approximate Daily isation.
day ounce: o.. DAY i
level tablespoons: or day round
tablespoon: or 1 daE-G level tea
spoons: or day-6 half lunlps.
In this measure the average house
hold teaspoon should be used.
Teaspoons per pound:
81; level teaspoons equal pound
Is rounded teaspoons equal l pound
- to 40 heaping teaspoons e1.t:.'
one pound.
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washington. Aug. ga Ce9'n!an
raid on American lines north CT Toul.
in a comparatively quiet sector ES-
sulted in losses to the Germans. Gen
Pershing's communique today Sc
Dorted,
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time is not allowed to patronize res
taurants or hotties but it is thought
in the near future with the great sup
plies of foodstuffs being brought in
by the United States government, this
unpleasant feature will be changed.
There is no question about it but that
the American soldier is the best fed
soldier in the world for we set every
thing we want. The present camp at
which we are now stationed in France
is a camp that has been maintained
by the French government since thS
days Of Napoleon. but l do not think
that old Nap" would recognize the
place now with Uncle Sans fighting
men all over the shop. In this camp
is now standing the barracks occu-
pied by Napoleon's famous 18th in
fantry as we'll, as the building occcu-
pied by himself while here, and the
horse stall and saddle room which he
used for his saddle horse. 1t is
thought that we Will go through a
course of intensive training here
which will last about six to eight
weeks after which time we will be
ready for duty at the front line
trenches. We have French inter-
prefer with us who is organizing a
French school for the officers in my
regiment and we hope in Il short time
10 be able to parley with the natives
It is quite amusing TO see our men so
in n French store to make purchases.
conversations being carried on princi
,,o 11,~ b,- cic~,,S ,OG dr.. wings on O1Dpr
The other day undertook to nur-
chase some nuts in one Of the stores
and it was necessary that l (...:H a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-08
" When a Girl Marries"-
BY
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of a Girl Wife
By ANN LISLE

light"
mrs. Bryce sat back and Looked at
me slowly, almost pityingly, out OF
her gray-green eyes. and then she
said:
Know Jimmie pretty we'll little
Frlncess. know the kind of girl
he'd marry. I've studied you. too. and
you-you remind me of a spray of
lilac" 1 like lilacs.
DO you remember Jimmie the
night we sat out watching the stars
1ade au1 fitting all the girls we knew
names? There was that poppy person,
jeanette Royce, and May Warden. a
lllly of the valley. We didn't know
any lilac girls then. did. we Jimmie %
So even when Jim said that 1 look
ed like spray of lilac in my lavender
organdy he was quoting Mrs. Bryce!
1t seemed to me as If he had learned
all he knew about women from her.
l couldn't bear it. Suddenly I heard
myself saying it aloud.
An Explanation
DO you think it quite fair to wo-
men, Mrs. Bryce for you to analyze
them so pitilessly mem"
My voice was cutting. I knew II
and l couldn't help it.
The rest of the evening wasn't a
great success. At last Mrs. Bryce
Driving us home. All the way she
and Jimmy talked about Tommy and
Jack, and May and Jeanette and a
lot of other people they seemed to
know very we'll But they seemmed to
be avoiding something in their con-
versation-avoiding it by mutual
agreement.
I made no effort to talk to Mrs
Moss. When we got back to our inn,
Mrs. Bryce bade me good night as
amiably as if had been all sweet
ness and charm.
You must let me know as soon
as you get back to town, little BRIDE"
she begged ever so graciously. You'll
need some one to help you find an
apartment. Jimmie is so imprac-
tical?"
So she knew this. too, about my
husband-it was a discovery our four
days of married life had not enabled
me to make,
Our little chintz-hung room looked
stiff and unfriendly when we got up
to it. The bluebirds did not carol a
welcome Jim was very silent.
He whistled bit now and them He
asked me a question or two about
windows and shades-but
there was no note of tenderness in
his voice
I waited until the lights were out
then I asked Jim a question:
Was l an awful failure, Jimmie?"
We'll. dear, I think you must learn
to be more gracious to my friends.
Betty Bryce is a very wonderful wo-
manor she might have taken offense
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Little Talks by
Beatrice Fairfax

Whenever l get a letter from a
correspondent beginning: My hus-
pand is the best man in the world,
put - Then l know that the wife
OF his bosom is going to clear out
the card index she has been men,
tally keeping for years in regard to
him, and start all over again with
fresh reserves of patience, tender
hess and affection.
For love may be blind, but the
most loving wife seldom is. And
the blind wife never really holds
her husband like the one who is in
full possession of all her faculties
Her blindness" means she is de-
hcient in those womanly intuitions
that neable a little ninety-pound
wisp of femininity to twist a two
hundred-pound husband around her
finger and have him rejoice. in his
6ubJugation.
For because of the long, black
hight of medievalism from which
women are just beginning to emerge,
She is still a creature of intuitive
lmpulse-and her intuitions are
invariably right.
Intuitions were originally the
method of protection supplied by ma
ture, during long cons of time to
defend her from creatures of great
sr physical strength. To enable her
TO secure greater tolerance for her.
self and her children the wife of
the cave-man knew she must please.
She knew that she enjoyed the shell
ter of the cave. subject to the same
mans whim. And if he got mad"
he would be likely to cudgel her
and her childxen out of doors to
take their chances with weather and
wild beasts.
A Question of Survival
She gagged her lord and masters
moods carefully, as it was a ques-
tion of survival with her. So you
may be sure that sitting in a dark
corner of the cavern. patching with
her bone needle the cave mans fur
shoulder cape or his Mary Garden
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throw" or whatever he may have
called his best fur set. that she
studied his mood thoroughly and
exhaustively before she made any
suggestions of a personal or busi-
ness nature.
From this intense study of symp-
toms she evolved a magical sense
of clairvoyance in regard to people
which we call, at the present time,
feminine intuitions." And these
same institutions were the weapons
that stayed by, and, along with the
material instinct, helped to develop
her through the long ages. from
the uncouth, dirty, grunting cave
! woman, into the exquisitely dressed
coifed, groomed, manicured product
we see to-day
And the modern woman has still
kept cave-great, great, great-and
some hundred times more great
grandmother marvellous legacy.
With this talisman, she still gauges
the moods of the cave-man's mate
descendants and works her magic
black or white-accordingly. And
sometimes she applies the talisman
to her fcllow-womah, only she, too,
has the intuitive method to fall
back on, and it becomes a case of
diamond cut diamond with the
ladies, and is not to be depended
upon as in the case of a poor, de-
fenseless male.
Too Busy For Intuitions
Back in the good old cave days,
he was so busy hunting for food
and furs that he had no time to cul-
tivate his masculine intuitions,
which accounts for the fact that he
hasn't any worth mentioning to-
day. So he must depend on a bleak
process called logic, for getting him.
self out of his difficulties, and stav-
ing off feminine intuitions" from
various quarters.
So when people say a woman is
utterly blind" to her husband it
does not mean that she loves him
any more deeply than the wife who
sees. Only that nature has passed
her up" forgotten to endow her
with this very valuable inheritance.
But the triumph of love is, when
a wife not only sees all the strength
and weakness, good and bad, the
scrap of divinity along with the
scrap of Satan, that goes to make
up her man. yet loves him through
thick and thin in spite of every
thing.
This is the kind of love that en-
dures, in spite of the ravages of ILL
fortune, through better or worse,
until death us do part" The mar
ried love that has a large element
of the maternal in its makeup, ap-
pears to have the most enduring
qualities. And material love sure
ly sees, even when it affects to be
blind"
1t is for this reason, in all prob
ability, that marriages between older
women and younger men are so
often conspicuously successful. The
older wife makes allowances where
a girl lacking in any acquired knowl-
edge of human nature, is apt to ex-
pect too much of her Prince Charm
ing.
4 Skilled Weather Prophet
The young girls intuitions also
are less we'll developed than those
of the older woman; she has not
yet acquired that exquisite finepess
in anticipating what we may call
"barometrical conditions" other
wise she has not become the skilled
domestic weather prophet that the
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SHE OUGHT TO CHANGE HER "JOB"
DE A d NIISS INAIR IA

SHE OUGHT TO CHANGE HER "JOB"
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am IS, employed in a downtown
office. About five or six weeks ago
salesman began paying attention to
me. He is married, about 25 years
old. At first I tried to stop him and
pretend that I misunderstood, but it
was no use. And the proprietor's son,
boy of II, has begun to act in the
same yay. They encourage each other
in his conduct, and 1t grieves me very
much. I have reported matters to
the proprietor. but be can't get along
without the salesman. l have told
my mother and she advises. me to
leave.
I should leave Immediately situa-
ton like the one you describe. Every
girk who works for her diving is en-
titled to her self-respect, and you
could not keep that long in an office
like the one you speak of. Fortu-
nately 1t is very easy to get work
these days, and ! should lose no time
in advertising for another position.
or you might put in your application
the the Young Woman's Christian As
sociation, or any similar organization
in which you may be interested.
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older woman is likely to be.
The fair young creature, unless
she bewise beyond her years, will
disregard many intimations OF
fatigue on the part of her husband
and suggest an evening at the
movies" or some other outing, de-
manding more driving power from
the already tired businessman"
The older woman, with more tact
is apt to bring the head of the house
his slippers and house coat, with
the suggestion that she read to him
from an amusing book she has just
picked up at the library.
So a face showing wrinkles may
have moments of rare charm. and
seem more valuable, as a household
possession, than one having a COM
plexion of peaches and cream-and
with it the heedlessness and want
of thought that frequently goes
with youth.
Now that the war has speeded up
the evolution of women so tremer.
dously, and she is daily regarded
as more of a responsible person, she
will require the legacy of intuition
from her cave-great grandmother
less than formerly.
And in the course of time-if she
continues to exercise her new-found
reasoning faculties-she is apt to
lose it altogether. No longer will
she have to gauge the mood of the
cave-man's great grandson, many
times removed. for the purpose of
wheedling from him a blue hat, a
pair of high-heeled shoes or IL
mousine. Perhaps there will be no
limousines in those days. as wealth
will, undoubtedly, be pretty equally
divided.
Instead of wheedling, this woman
of the future will take counsel with
her own logical faculties in regard
to the-then equivalent-of the
blue hat, high-heeled shoes, or the
limousine. And she will decide in
her own court of final appeal,
whether or not she will take unto
herself these vanties.
There will, undoubtedly, be more
real love matches in those future
days, and fewer Of what we now
call marriages of convenience"
Men and women will be on an en-
tirely equal footing-and the well
fare of the children will be the
greatest concern of every one.