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Gabrielle TAnnunzio.

London, Sept. 80 $ Correspondence
of the; Associated Press ).-The air
exploits ct Gabrielle d'Annu~ TO-. the
Italian poet, novelist and dramatist,
have taken strt g hold on the Brit
ish pubIic's imagination. and he Is
acclaimed here as onesof the world
foremost figures in aerial warfare.
The London papers, which recently
have been deyoting considerable space
to the daring Italian, express sur
prise that a man Of his age and tenn
perament was able to make SO re-
markable a success as an airman
Few expected, the Daily Express says
that the dandy Roman poet would
become an air fighter after passing his
fftieth birthday
Above all, tits pointed out. he is
deeds during the war are known tc
all the world, but few outside Italy
realize that he has been the great
est public orator Of his country &C
the war began. His speeches ar
Of prose music, and the messag.
which he dropped over Vienna was
written as only a poet and soldier
could write.
D,Annunzio as a squadron leader is
said to be not only fearless, but un.
.tiring. Routine bombing and chasing
| have no attractions for him. His fer:
| tile brain is constantly at work de-
yising new methods for harrying the
enemy in unexpected directions. Thai
is why the Austrians hate him so in,
| tensely.
1t is believed here that his fate
would be dire if he fell into the enc
mys hands, and London is quite ready
to credit the story that he carries IN
his tunic pocket a little phial of po1s-
| on
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-02
Tanks the Answer to Barbed Wire
and The Machine Gun.

The tank is essentially the answer
to .barbed wire and the machine gun
The impelling motive for its construo-
ton was found in the frightful losses
OF the British troops in their assaults
against the German intrenched po,
sitions. The heroic but vain attack at
Neuve Chapelle had shown that
mere dash and stubborn courage did
not avail against positions, the ap-
proaches to which were swept by a
hail Of bullets from hidden machine
guns. The nests in which these mur-
derous weapons were concealed were
difficult to locate, even from the all,
Then the British, thanks to the
creation of vast munitions plants
found themselves amply supplied with
artillery and high-expdosive she'll
and by subjecting the: enemy po
sitions to concentrated drum-fre from
lall their guns, big and little, they
broke up the barbed wire defenses
and tore to pieces the trenches. The
Germans came back by concealine
their machine guns in dugouts SO deer
that they were proof against the
heaviest shells, ana as the British
came over the top, these guns were
brought up and used with deadly eff;
feet. Even in the case Of successful
attack, when the first-line positions
were taken, the British. in their fur
ther advance. We're swept by machine
gun fire from concealed positions X
The tank was designed as an aux
ilfary to drum-fre and the barrage;
| its duty was to advance with the in
| fantry and silence the batteries and
machine gun positions which the ar
tillery had failed to locate and de-
| stroy. stationed at intervals along thc
line Of attacking troops and some
what ahead, they hunted out defensive
positions and silenced them by slaugf,
| tering the gunners or bodily riding
over and crushing down the emplace-
! ments. Whenever. the advance en-,
countered zone of fire that could mo-
/ he crossed. except with prohibitive
| losses, the tanks moved out, thei,
steel walls impervious to rife and ma.
chine gun fire. and cleared the way
From '"The Tank and It's Work on
the Battlefield" by j. Bernard Walk
I err in the American Review OF Re
views for October.
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Alaska asAppea4tsds ito BY Russians for
s,ss.ssk supplies. 4

Nome, Alaska, Sept. Is CORES
;pandences Siberians across the Be-
rsasE sea- arom here, fearing that un-
settled conditions in Yladiyostok will
cfit them fron their Russian source OF
skpply aext summer. have asked
Nanags city Council to send nerchan-
disc from here
s The 4rgcnestsWas made in letter
received to-day by the Gounc1t IRON
the Peoples Administration" OF
Anadyrsza Siberian town onzthe Guis
OF Anadyr, an arm sof the Bering Sea
The letter was written in Russian ano
Waaaent 4ever5tn trading boat. Nome
RESPONDED. to the request as far as i
could. IA .cemaaittee Of ceunciimer
was named to communicate with thf
Russian municipal officers and render
"a much assistance as possible.
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Sweden dc, and the Allies.

A thorough revulsion OF feeling has
taken place in. the attitude OF Sweden
towards her powerful and unscrupu-
Ious neighbor to the south. And that
she at last realizes the advantage and
the desirability of reaching out her
hand for hearty clasp of under
standing with america. is the opinion
of Captain Sten Dehlgren, general
manager of Dagens .Nyheter fThe
Daily News, Stockholm, and DR.. An
ton Karlgren, its managing. editor,
who have recently visited this country.
TT is vital for Sweden, they maintain.
to consider more closely her future
relations with the United States, on
which country she so largely depends
for raw material for her industries.
The century-old fear Of Russia which
induced her now eyaporating pro-
Gerrnanisnl. as well as manifold po-
Iitica1 problems at home, prevented
a clear popular insight into the ra-
tionale Of Americas entry into tbs
war and of the allied cause in gem
eral.
Before the recent commercial
agreement between the entente and
tee present pro-ally government al
Stockholm there was imminent com
pnJsoFe appfoaeh to- Germany as tn !
one possible. though rather doubtful,
source Of badly needed supplies, es-
pecially foodstuffs. But the entente.
not willing to allow Sweden to ally
herself perforce with the Teutons,
granted the hitherto disap; roved pas
sage of iron ore to Germany, which
Germany insisted upon as the primary
condition for the safe-conduct of the
ships carrying supplies to Sweden
The Swedes, Of late certainly distrust-
full Of Germany's policies toward small
nations. feel that the agreement.
draws them into closer sympathy with
the entente, and in fact welcome it a
a step in the direction of unusua
prosperity, brought about, as far az
possible, by an eventual Swedish,
rather than German, middlemanshis
between the Anglo Saxon and the
Russian countries-From Sweden 2
Trade Rival of Germany" in the
American Review Of Reviews for Oc-
tober
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The aFfrst American Army"

S 1t is eloquent OF the mutual gooC
u,,d ,derstanding between our military
organization on the one hand and the
French and British on the other that
not only We're American brigades un.
hesitatingly and cheerfully merged
iuto French and British units, e
serve under officers Of those countries.
but when the allied command saw
that a new situation allowed the VIII.
drawal Of our divisions and the1t
grouping in an American Army un;
der their own higher officers, the fl'a new :.
process was completed with neatness5 s
dispatch, and goodwill. There Were
valid arguments for each OF the tWe
alternative arrangements. On tbs
other hand, until our officers ant
men had gone through q certain
amount Of the actual experience stpa
study on the field Of modern Warfars
LIN which a years changes and IN
novations amount to more than nal. al.
q, century Of deN-5' ,pment in the gnlliI
itary art dnring times OF peace-ll''
was clearly TO the advantage OF tne
allies cause to have oar divisions dl;
rected bysthes veteran warriors o.
France and Great Britain. Moreover
although It already seems fairly re-
mote historical situation rather than
phase of this very ampaign ESQ. com,
pletely has Foch turned the tables or
the enemy, the months just passed
when our men were arriving in Eu
rope, have been months of almos
desperate defensive measures callinf
| for any device of expediency. On tht
other hand, it is obvious that Amer
| lean troops will be seen at their con
cert pitch Of morale, enthusiasm, ane
efficiency wheA directed by their owl
| higher officers aad when fighting a
integral units OF an American army
But that there should have neel
sympathetic agreement to and co
operation in, first the one and tne' lt
the alternative plan. with the process
OF amalgamation and its reversa
smoothly carried out, is a matter no
to be valued lightly. Perhaps 1t is n
less important than the numbers 0
/ our divisions in France, or than tn
4 astonishing material success OF ou
/ soldiers first important offensive
From 1.-The Progress Of the World
/ in the American Review Of Review
/ for October.
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,=--y;- =n jss,csa
FOOD ADMINISTRATION CARDS
New Home Cards to Be Issued Decem.-
her l..

Columbia, Oct. 30.-Because Of the
epidemic of Spanish influenza
throughout the country, the United
States Food Administrator has post
poned the distribution of It's new
Home Card until December l. The
original plan contemplated the open.
ing Of this campaign October 27.
However, the new conservation pro-
gram, which is considered vital, will
be pushed uninterruptedly.
Meetings Of all kinds having been
banned on account Of the epidemic,
the, aid Of the churches; the schools,
the Four Minute speakers, libraries,
lodges and patriotic workers could
not be secured for the strenuous CAM
paign in the planning of which they
We're essential parts. Tt is hoped
that by. December 1st, necessity for
quarantined conditions will have dis
appeared. ;ezs-..f51.--:s
Preparatory to the issuance Of 2O,;-
000,0 home: cards on that date, the
food administration will have; per-
fected, through the cooperation Of
the federal food administrators
throughout the country, plan of dis
tribution, which it is anticipa ted will
result in the placing OF home cards
bearing the latest suggestions OF the
food administration in44tfle hands OF
every Americas housewife sifnultan-
eously. ii5
Disregarding the precedent set in
the first Home Card distribution, the
food administration Will make no ef77,
fort to reduplicate the pledges of
more than twelve million American.
housewives who last year signihed,
their willingness to- cooperate In the
conservation of all foodstuffs. aszftsi IS
apparent that American. womanhood
will aid the food administration IN
helping to supply the nutritive sinews
OF war to the allies and Americas
armed forces.
:. ThesnewHome Card will contain no
regulations regarding either wneaL-
less or '.meatless" days, but Will
urge as whole, the most careful
saving in all edibles, particularly IN
tha conservation Of wheat, meat, fats
and sugar. The significant fact that
i il. will be necessary forsthe United
States to send s. 3-4 million toni
more oodstuffs to the salhes this year
then last: with an almost staggering
IL 4 Of II 1-2 million tons for the
coming year will re-awake the SUI
pervisor Of the family market basket
to the urgent necessity Of maintain
ing a patriotic watchfulness over the
spread. Of her individual table in or
der that the 120, ,009,090 allies sitting
at a Common table with America
may have the stamina with which tc
bring the war to a successful conclu-
sion in 1915. -
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Travels of the Dead.

London. Sept. 80 Correspondence,
A new chapter to the travels OF IL
dead has been added by the eXhl
nation and reinterment Of the bc :!
of the former Emperor Nc. las
noleon's remains lay for nearly q
wears in St. Helena before removal t.
fhe Invalides. The body Of Ramese
the Great lies in Cairo. his heart j,
Paris. Christopher Columbus, dead
has travelled almost as far as tn
great yoyager travelled when living.
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They're AIN Alike.

Senator Lodge was talking about
an outrageous prohteer.
1.-The man is not typical" he said
IF he were then I'd despair. Io
grow as pessimistic as the middle
aged lady.
"a salesman was selling bedroom
clock to pretty girl.
"I recommend this clock with the
Illuminating face, he urged. It's
very good thing to tell what time you
husband gets nome
.But i haven't a husband re
piled the girl.
.oh, you will have some day." per
sisted the clerk.
eyes, but not that kind of a hus
band" asserted the young lady.
Then. it was that the middle age'
lady stepped forward. -.
...sMy dear child. they're all tina
kind she said. Young mapaI
+otea that clock -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-02
Can Catch Their own.

mo, by heck said the iHdepen
ent farmer. tsI won't never have
that I went out All lassoed any 14ah
fer my datter 4, marry. No. ffae;5
They be hefty gals an kin ssstlg
their own lassos, I tell syou.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-02
coSaSTY HEsAIlTH { J. ] sSTaVEY.. s.
Cont rIbuttQns foE I9le NEEDED Fun
&c S2,509 COMING III Slowly !:

ConRlbMttQAs for q ahe NSSde1 Fune
&c s., 500 sseIaitngg IN Slowly I.
@ DR. HeaTon, propri rietor @
Hearon 8 Fhar1saey his 81 sea lles
IN the sacretarY af the Sumter CHAINS
I her Of onHaerce yeaterda and; I; Yets- vol
unfairly snhseribed s225S for eot1n;
3 heal surrey fund Dr. Hearon
aidsfbat be eeonsiders this prbposes
heath slrveY the greatest offer ever
the people OF Sumter and
.sAnte count especially when the
IateTpationaa Health Board and the
South Carol ina State Health Board
Q90s besides agreeing to do
All so he nesessalYw with train
sd and expert professional physns
elanss sanitaraans. and sanitary en-
He SAYS further that he thinks
:thss Sagater Chamber Of Commerce.
gisS Snmfe County Council OF De.
tense sseaId immea lately put on q
cuncerfsd and systematic Whirlwind
earn palgn to- raise the balance, OF, the
nes.essary 500 required from this
time IS limited in which this
s6ner may be accepted and he beE:
Ae5es via be 8 most foolish thing
;tor 1uat ter count ty to dechne this,
sTifendid and exceptional offer again
ass lit was deelinea tyo years ago..sDrs
Heaf6n voices the sentiment OF quite
asnumAeryof Sumter fizens, but uns
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-02
Lead T Us /, tot.

Kind LadyTe1f me, my poorsnan.3
how you became a tramp s;ss
Weary WllieWeI muuL deY,
me to join one Of them Don't WottY
Clubs an got SOL jist didn gtye 8,
hang when lost nay Job. :.
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Arrived Overseas.

Mrs. ]. Wesley Bradford receivedss
cablegram today announcing the safe
arrival overseas of her husband, Maj
J. Wesley Bradford.
Mrs. l.. A. Prince also received {
cablegram today stating that hel
husband, Mr. L. A. Prince, of tht
Naval Aviation corps I'd arrived
safely overseas.
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NOTICE TO DEBTOKS AND CRE3-
Estate Of Miss Mpstdora Z Colcloul,
Deceased 3 - ssasss. IS

All persons having demands al a5
sort against said estate VIII presslt
them duly attested and an Is my
way INDEBTED to said estate win please
settle with .ss: Sss..5., - .sss::s s. &.
Mrs. Gertrude 2. RichardsohEs
QuaIif fed Executefx
oswego P. O., S. G.; +. D. 4 tspx tsssx
s5s. ;s.'s S s.
Sumter, s.. oct..s s22,ss1a1s.sss.zs..s.s.s; $;
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You will be thanked and often re
warded for finding anything but fault
That is one thing you had better leave
alone if you want friends.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-02

Mrs. Nell Fort ZeagIer, wife Of Mr.:
30. K zeagler, died at 9 o'clock this
morning OF pneuIno nonia, aged % years
She is survived her husband. a
ten nths-old daugh her mother
Mrs. M. j. Fort, and several sisters
and a. brother The funeral will be
held at Lone Star at 8 O'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-02

Tom John gaker died at o'clock
Wednesday at his home in saleni
Black River, after a long illness of
paralysis. aged sc years. He Is surFf
Yiyed by his wife and two daughters
Mrs. G.. c. Mains and Mrs. George
Blackwell.
The funeral services were held
at.Salem Brick Church at II o'clock
Thursday naorning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-02

Mr.. Hampto Norris died at {
o'clock this morning his home. on
Wright streetsof pneumonia after two.
weeks Illness. He is survived by. his
wife and several children. The fu
neral services will be conducted az
the cemetery at o'clock tomorrow
by Hollywood Camp. w. O..
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Death. Death.

Leroy. Hodge. aged Is years, died
this. corning of pneumonia, at the
home OF. his father IN the Tindal sec.
ton. funeral was held this aft
ternoon at Providence Church l7ris.
Sateer ;Esss,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-02
Never More.

You don't hear any more OF peo-
pie borrowing cup OF sugar unel'
tomorrow"
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gls man allb galtbton
PERSONAL.

y
ss ReHsW. p. Thayer, pastor Of the
Firstaptit Church IS again cons
!; Tired t0s bed: from the effects sof 1rl-
f3uaifza, shaYingsh had relapse.
LonisDaTr has received word
IRONS seTgean int Zach g. 8.
tatingt; that hes had been ngass;E
tssgas etsing alon nicely only
atffesWeaa expected to- leave
tlie hospital soeH and sgetu ITO his
seoxHpanH ;ss:
fr AssW Thames has been notified
Nilsson cerneral A.. W. Thames;
been gassed in October iH
The extent OF his injury was
sasa STATED s. s.
DesGhamps has been
notfa sof;the safe arrival overseassof
hers Lieut. iilcox Descfaampss
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-02
Business Is Business.

Business Is Business.
4 must say Jack was very business
iikesin his proposal
How do you mean, dear? :.
.EIe told me to consider rnyseil
engaged to him. " 80
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:. = -
American Casualty List.

Washington. Get: ~ follow.
ing casualties are reported f6t todA IS
Killed in action 9s }.
Died from wounds 49,. ..z.:.ssSsssss 4tt tto
Died from accident and other.
Died from aeroplane accident
Died of disease. {. sgsg u
Wounded severely s.
Wounded, degree undeternined lsk
Missing;in action Z. Re
Prisoners -. 2
VIM. Z. Dickey, Co1nmbia
and Clarence Boyd. AbbeYfl
are reported to hare died dtseSe;;
Jesse NJ. Williams, ConWay e.
missing in action. ~
Washington. Oct. 30.-he foaoM-
ing casualties are: repnrad HE
commanding general of tbss Ainaftean l
peditionary Forces: s. sssssss;;ss
Killed in action =. $500 9
Died Of wounds -. ~ 81
Died from accident and otheE
causes s.s4ss 8
Died of disease ssll4.
wounded severely .9s
Wounded degree unde eterrnined 15aa y
Wounded slightly 8: sss t2 q
Missing in action. "a. 3.
Total :. ~,
Two names from South CaTs3at
appear on the list today GnneAa
F. L. Whitmire, Central IS CO a9
odell Rawlinson. Rock Fill
slightly wounded. ssessss ssssS s3ss'
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AirpIanes and GayaiIry. !. opsssas o ssas 90.

!
With the British Erancs, a
% (Correspondence1 ~ aVadr5y :g4-
.erations in conjunction itth lbombinf
airplanes is one aof the wars fnng1a
tions: III one casean aviator sig sIa1fesf
that he had spotteda rain brSrgisasss
up German reinforeeme sIlsaAe
for it and dropped a bomb 2 80
ahead Of the Iocomo olive
the track. Then he perflr med tie
same feat just behind the haif iisn-
lating it; The cavalry dasnei up bss
fore the Germans could get: :aWaysg1d
captured every last man Of thsm
An officer telling of the incadsHts-
marks that It resemb1ed an Amegidff
finn play with thesrcad agents itnl1e
up their victims against the cars with
their hands high ii the air rs
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Get away
Irhn.

Get away from that window
Duck. S1,<
Why.
,<sssrhe doorman is telling your wife
that you are not here"
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~.
Washington. Oct. The faalnj
ing casualties are reportea Az
commanding general Of the asS
can Expedihonary Forces: s:s ssssaS
Killed in act1on...
Died of wounds
Died from accident and othet !.
causes -. ..is.... -
Died from aerop1ane accident
wounded severely !. 81.
Missing in action = &
Wounded degree undetermin
edl 49, y4I
Wounded slightly :. IS
Total !.
81 From South Carolina We have !.
ports that Grover e: atehts osIs|
rens, CorpL sIonroe
Andrews were wound dAsLe g
determined and f1liai l0bN
of Whitmire, died OF disease
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THE ELECTION.

The result of the first primary
election was the triumph Of a cause
the cause of better government
in Abbeville. 1t vas not the result
of any personal feeling or animos-
ity against any city official. That
some few people voted on these
considerations goes without saying,
but that the great majority were
dissatisfied with the manner in
which business has been transacted
in Abbeville lately is so evident that
a blind man should be able almost
to see it.
The great trouble is that when
some men are for a long time in
office they lose the perspective OF
the people whose servants they are
They fall into ruts in running bust
ness from which they. are unable to
extricate themselves. For this rea'
son, Thomas Jecerson, a somewhat
distinguished democrat, said that
elections should be frequent sc
that people might redress theil
grievances and correct the many er'
rors which come in the manner In
which offices are administered.
The members of the city council
if they be wise and awake to the
wants of the people of the city, will
read from the returns Of last Tues
day the mind of the majority of the
people of this city, and they will SO
reform the administration of affairs
in the city that government will be
more efficient, more economical and
more business-like. To this end
may we all look.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

opportunity to elect Commissioners
of their choice. If the people were
not to be accorded this right, why
was the management of the Water
and Light plants ever taken out of
the City Council and placed in an
election? These petitioners are not
responsible for that surely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

The friends of J. S. STARK an
nounce him as a candidate for Com
missioner of Public Works in the
Democratic Primary Election sub
ject to the rules of the party.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

The friends of J. S. MORSE an
nounce him as a candidate for Com
missioner Of Public Works. in the
Democratic Primary Election, sub
ject to the rules of the party.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

So far as editorial dictation and
curb politicians r. concerned that
is the cry of every defeated faction
in any party. The dictation Of edl-
tors is not considered by the peo-
pie except as it is based on argu-
ment and facts. The people have
spoken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

The friends of J. L. MCMILLAN
hereby announce him as a candi-
date for Commissioner of Public
Works in the Democratic Primary
Election subject to the rules of the
party.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

The friends of w. M. BARN
WELL announce him as a candidate
for Commissioner of Public. Works
in the Democratic Primary Election,
subject to the rules of the party.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

The friends of W. H. WHITE an
nounce him as a candidate for Com
missioner of Public Works in the
Democratic Primary Election, sub
ject to the rules of the party. .