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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10
HEAT RECORDS broken.
THERMOMETER CONTINUES TO
MOUNT STEADILY.
Over One Hundred Degrees Register
ed in Many Cities by Official In
struments.

Washington, Aug. 6.-High temper
ature records which have marked the
limits Of heat waves during all the
period of official observation IN the
northeastern quarter of the United
States were broken today. Washing
ton and Baltimore, by weather bureau
Thermometer, experienced a tempera-
ture OF LOG degrees, a point not even
approached by the mercury since
1881, and not reached then. In De-
troit, Mich, Harrisburg, Pa, and To-
ledo, Ohio, with temperature Of -104,
new records were established as did
Scranton, Pa, and Cleveland, Ohio;
which each officially registered 100.
These were the findings Of the cool
and cloistered instruments in the
weather bureaus nainarets Instru-
rents set closer to the baking pave
ments of city streets everywhere
showed the mercury mounting to
heights officially unbelievable and i'm
possible On Pennsylvania Avenue in
the national capital one of the wealth
er bureaus own instruments during
the day marked LA degrees.
Small hope for immediate relief for
the eastern territory was-seesa =te1-- -
night by experts who study the curv-
ing map lines and cast. the daily ci-
matte horoscope. It was said. how
ever, the heat should slowly abate
during the next two days over most
of the area now affected. The hot
wave owes its existence, weather bu-
reau officials said, to an area of low
harometric pressure which has been
moving languidly from west to east
across the continent, staying just a.
little north of the normal track and
suffering no competition from other
disturbances to the south. In conse-
quence there has been a great and
constant flow of the air currents up
the continent, from south to north,
which have gathered the accumulated
heat that many days of unbrohen SUM-
shine has left on the mid-continenta
territory.
The low pressure area rested
tonight above the mouth of the st.
Lawrence River and was presumably
bound to dissipation over the Atlantic.
but it's attendant air draft has lost but
little of its thermal content, the ex-
perts said. Only the low humidity
due to lack of rain has prevented
large number of heat prostrations.
There was just a chance, it was
said, that West Indian hurricane
now developing along the gulf coast
and doing some damage in Louisiana
and Texas might cause sufficient dis
turbance to break the sway Of the
northern low, and change the air
draft, but in expert opinion the storm
was too weak to accomplish the re-
suit
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10
THE new DRAFT BILL.
PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL
URGES SPEED.
Moro Men Required-Suggested That
September 5 Be Fixed as Res1stra-
ton Day for Millions.

Washington, Aug. with an
urgent recommendation from Provost
Marshal General Crowder that it be
enacted without delay and sugges-
ton that September next might be
fixed as registration day for approx
imately 100000 men throughout
the country, the administrations man
power bill requiring the registration
for military service Of all men be-
tween the ages of Is and 45 years
was introduced today in the senate
and house.
Unless immediate steps are tax
en- to provide additional men, General
Crowder said the weekly registration
of men as they attained Fl years OF
age will be necessary to fill the dra1t
quotas after September 1, when only
100000 of the 1918 registrants will be
available.
Upon the introduction Of the bill
Chairman Chamberlain announced
the senate military committee would
meet tomorrow to consider the Dill.
He said he did not think hearings
would be necessary and only three or
four days should be required to re-
port the bill. Chairman Dent OF the
house committee said since only three
members of his committee are IN
Washingon it was doubtful whether
the bill could be acted upon before
the, house reconvenes on August ~.
Suggestions made on the senate
floor by Senator Curtis of Kansas that
the senate abandon it's program of re-
cesses and perfunctory sessions untll
August "a if the bill can be favorap-
ly reported by the committee within
a few days were indorsed by Senator
Chamberlain. However, senate lead
ers now in the city said any plans 10
this effect would be held in abeyance
until the committee could determine
lust how much time would be neces-
sarv for thorough discussion Of the
bill.
The bill would amend the present
selective service act so as to require
the registration Of all men between
IS and 20 years and 80 and As, inclu-
sive. While the total number of men
in the latter classes would totai
1O.02S,973, General Crowder esti-
mates the total number who would be
eligible for Class l would only be
601,236, owing to exemptions for de-
pendents or industrial and physical
reasons. Between Is and 20 years
his estimates show that 3,171,771
would register while 1,7S7,609 men
would be eligible for Class 1.
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INCOME FROM TAXES.
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL.
REVENUE REPORTS.
Huge Amount, However, Serves to Pay
Bills OF Government for Only Short
Time.

Washington, Aug. Glow the gov
enment war Golfers were filed with
billions in taxes gathered from a wids
variety Of sources ranging from
stamps on playing cards to huge levieS
on excess profits was shown in detail
today by report of Internal Revenue
Commissioner Roper to Secretary Nc
Adoo for the year ending last June 80
The figures are considered especially
important because they will be useo
by the house ways and means COM
mittee as a partial basis for higher
taxes in the new revenue bill, which
is to raise $4,000, 100000.
Total internal revenue for the yeal
amounted to $3,694, 100000, Of which
$2,839, 9,0S3,000 came from income anc
excess profits tax payments in June
and $&55,619, ,00l from a multitude OF
miscellaneous sources collected IL
pennies, dimes and quarters added tc
the prices Of various articles paid by
consumers and poured into the treas
ury by retailers, wholesalers or manu-
facturers to help meet war costs.
Huge as these taxes seem in the
aggregate, collections for the entire
year were only enough to pay the ma ma
tons bill for two and half months
of war at the rate the government is
spending money.
Next to income and excess profits
taxes, the backbone Of the revenue
schedule, liquor taxes brought in the
most money, S443,S3S,000, including
s317,553,OOO from whiskey, brandy
wine and spirits and s126,2S5,00O from
beer and other fermented liquors
Taxes on cigars, cigarettes and other
tobacco products yielded $156,1SS,o0O
After income, excess profits, hquo1
and tobacco taxes, the biggest yield
from any other source came from
levies on transportation and utilities
which went into effect November l,
amounting to $70,734, 900, divided as
follows: Freight, per cent, $50, ,0O2,-
600; passenger tickets, 8 per cent.
s24, 4,3O6,O 900; express, per cent, &c.
ass, 1000; berths and state rooms, 1O
per cent, S2,236, 900; telephone, tele-
graph and radio message, cents
each, S6,299,000; oil pipe lines, per
cent, $1,433,000.
Levies on estates of deceased per-
sons brought in $47,452,000 and it is
proposed to increase this considerably
in the next bill
Ar easements, such as theatres, cab
arets, pleasure parks and dance halls,
taxed at irtuaIly 10 per cent on the
admission price, yielded for the eight
mon for the government $685.
900.
A notable feature of the report was
the item Of only s12,995,000 collect
ed in excise taxes on sale of artl-
cles usually classed as luxuries-piano
players, moving picture films, jewel
ry. perfumes, cosmetics, proprietary
medicines, chewing gum, cameras and
yachts.
The volume Of taxes collected dur
ing the year is shown by comparison
with those of the year preceding,
when total collections were $SO9,393,-
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Goldsboro, n. c., Aug. 6.-Johr
Ward, negro called as a witness in
a recent trial here, told the court he
was the father Of thirty-five children
and that thirteen sons were In mill
tary service Ward. who is sixtytwo
years old. has been married three
times and has twenty-five living chill
dren.
The negro says his first wife bore
fifteen children in six years-quad-
ruplets twice. two sets of triplets and
one single child. The second wife.
he said gave birth to twelve chill
dren, twins twice. The third wife
gave birth to eight children. Five
sons in military service are now in
France. and eight others are in the
training camps of this country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10

Washington. Aug. 6.-The marine
corps casualty list numbers one hun
dred and forty. Killed in action, Z;
died of wounds 8: wounded severely
1S; wounded, degree undetermined,
112. Wounded, degree undetermined,
Lieut.. Edward D. Hope, Waterloo, S.
c.. Corporal Paul E. Bolding, Gaines
vile, Ga; Privates Herbert j. Taylor
Fort Valley, Ga, John A Rogers, Oh
ga Lee County, Fla, James T. Lloyd,
Jr., Greenville, S. c..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10
LENINE AND TROTZKY HELD IN
I'LL FAVOR.
Must be Well Guarded From Work
ing of Plot Discovered In Russia.

Amsterdam, Aug. "a plot against
Nicolai Lenine, the Bolsheviki pre-
mier Of Russia, and Leon TrotZky. the
minister of war and marine, has been
discovered, according to a Moscow
telegram printed by the Vossische
Zeitung of Berlin on Sunday Both Of
these officials have, therefore doubl-
ed their precautionary measures. Le-
nine, visited DR. Karl Helfferich, the
German ambassador at Moscow FIJI
day passing through streets which
had been closed to the public Dy {,
Gordon of troops.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10
COURT CoNvICTs MALvY.

Paris. Aug. 6.-Louis J. Malvy, for
mer minister of the interior. w:..i
inlnG guilty today Of holding comn.u-
nication with the enemy and sentenc-
ed to five years Punishment. Tie
sentence. however, does not carry
civic degradation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10
REVOLT AT wILHELNlsHAvEN
German Sailors Mutiny Against Con
timlation of Submarine Warfare.

London, Aug. 7.-Rumors of re-
volt by German sailors at Wllhelms-
haven in protest against the contlnu-
alton of the submarine war; are IN
circulation, according to despatch to
The Express from Amsterdam. More
than fifty submarines are said to nave
disappeared. Twerty-three ring lead
ers Of the revolt are said to have been
arrested and sentenced to death
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10
PROVISIONS OF MAN POWER BILL
Effort to Avoid Upsetting Industries
by New Bill-Crowder Explains
Changes to Senate Committee.

= ashington. Aug. 6.-Broader, pro-
visions for exemption have been writ
ten into the man power bill now be-
fore congress so that the nations wal
industrial fabric will not be upset by
an unduly large withdrawal OF men
over thirty-two for military service.
Gen. Crowder appeared before the
senate military committee today to ex-
plain changes of wording in the meas
IRE
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MILLION MEN AT HOME.
Big Army Will Always BE in Tram
ing

Kansas City. Aug. a.--oassin2
through here today en- route to Leav-
enworth. Kan. Secretary Baker ISSUED
a statement in which he said 1t was
the purpose of the war department
TO keep at least 900, 600 men tram
ing in camps in the United States a.
long as the war lasts.
Secretary Baker said it was not inc
intention Of the war department to
invade the deferred claS>i'icatIonS.
adding that with the extension or IN"
draft age Class Will provide All inc
men necessary.
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KILLED BY Army TRUCK.
Spartanburg Lad Crushed to Death
Under Wheels.

Spartanburg. Aug. 6.-')oseph
Compton. 4 lad ten years OF age, was
killed here this afternoon by an army
truck passing over his body. Several
bows are said to have been riding on
the truck from Camp WadSworth to
town. when young Compton jumped
off the vehicle and fell under its
wheels. The coroner is holding an
investigation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10

An artificial coffee is being made in
fcurope from figs. dried either in the
sun or evaporating pans. ground into
powder and then compressed into tab
lets. to be dissolved in hot water
when desired.
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ARMY AND MARINE CASUALTIES
Total of 49s Names-Three South
Carolinians on List.

Washington, Aug. 6.-The army
casualty list contains three hundred
and fifty-eight names. Killed in ac-
ton, 81; died Of wounds, 6; wounded
'313: wounded degree undetermined
7: prisoner, /; killed in action, Sergt
Claude A. Stephenson, Anderson, s
C. Wounded severely, Private John
u. Jones, Eastman, Ca, John F.. AL
len, Dowling Park, Fla, Joseph w
Magell, Frand Crossing, Fla.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10

Nothing short of miracle can de-
prive a woman of woi ds That's the
reason she neglects to express her
thanks when man gives up his seat
to her in a crowded street car.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10
German Minister to Resign.

Zurich, Aug. G.--Admiral Won Ca
pelle. the German minister of marine
will resign shortly. according to Ber-
lin dispatches to the Stuttgart TageS
blatt and other papers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10

When prosperity gives way to ad-
versity the average man takes a back
seat and turns the management over
to his wife.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-10

Holland has plant for manuiac-
turing Illuminating gas from petrol-
cum residue by dry distillatlon.
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. GAS ATTACK ON BRITISH.

German Guns Active Northeast OF
Amiens-Attacll British With Gas
Shells.
London, Aug. 6.-The German guns
were active last night in the reglon
north of Villers BretonEeauN on the
front northeast Of Amiens. it is OIL
cially announced. They threw gas
shells into the British lines.
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The embassy also gave out a state
ment that everywhere the population
Of different classes and political
groups has manifested visible inter
est and sympathy with the efforts Of
the United Siberian government in
cooperation with the Czecho-Slovaks
to organize an army to reestablish
together with the allies a battle front
against Germany; the formation Of
which is proceeding very successful
Iy."
The embassy also declares that it
has received definite information con-
cerning the program and intentions
of the various political groups in 81
IBERIA, which, without bloodshed or
violence, have succeeded the soviets.
which dispersed before the advance
Of the Czecho-Slovak troops.
The aims of the temporary gov
ernment OF Siberia" as expressed by
the Russian embassy, are very am
bilious, consisting of the creating Of
the Russian army. well disciplined in
order to reesta blish, in cooperation
with the Allies, a battle front against
Germany. All Of the old treaties are
to be recognized up to the BolsheviI
uprising, the Bolshevik laws are TO
be repealed and a representative nat
ional assembly called on the basis Of
universal suffrage to start the recon
struetion of a unified Russia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-14

Among the means of education in
these years OF childhood are also to
to be counted song, and story, and
play. Every mother should know how
and what to sing to children, what
stories to tell and how to tell them;
how to make the most q the chiIds
desire for play. In this spontaneous
activity of the child Froebel and hia
followers find the most valuable
means of education"
Froebel saw that the mothers Of his
day were too busy with other things
to pay any attention to his ideas, and
he concluded that it would take three
generations before the world would
appreciate what he had TO give it.
The sbret generations have wow
elapsed, during which time his won
derful ideas have been appreciated
by mere handful of earnest men
and women. Bnt the time has come
when our young motherhood. will
want and demand these ideas, too,
and will receive them.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-14

allies keeps on growing, and this is
why ! maintain that the Allies must
win if they resist. if they exert econo-
mic pressure on themselves, and re
fuse to patch up a peace.
The Germans now are seriously
afraid of the English and the French,
because they realize their superlori-
ty in fighting materials.
"All that has been said about the
ill-treatment of the prisoners is true.
They are so poorly fed that if they
fall i'll they are sure to die, as their
bodies have no resisting power. Most
of their Illnesses are in the iutestines
or of a bronchial nature leading TO tu-
bercolosis Their food consists, in the
camps, of soup made of beets in the
proportion of one half pound a day
Tor each man, with sometimes a po-
tato and two ounces Of meat once a
week. In the hospital of Sigmund-
sherberg where served a hospital ar.
ranged for three thousand men, the
death roll has risen from one man
every two days to three and four day.
Prisoners put on government work
last about two months. The phrase
prisoners step" has passed into the
language, so feebly do the gangs shut
file along, withuot power to lift their
feetfr ON the ground Also, the Aus,
trian soldiers are very cruel, shoot.
ing or bayoneting prisoners for the
slightest infraction Of the rules"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-14
THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS

We all know the quotation, Give
me the first seven years of the child's
life and you may have the rest The
author of this statement knew that
he could in the first seven years make
IN impression which all subsequent
Influence would be unable TO eradi
cate. Some scientists are now as
sorting that the first three years OF
the child's life arc the most impor-
tant, that during this time impress
'cls are received and stored in the
Ibconscious mind which later deter
mine the trend of character If we
would stop to consider how much a
child learns during the first six years
of its life, we would find that il
amounts to more than is acquired bv
student during four years college
coures.
Froebel saw that even though the
child's school life begins at 6 he is
rcllly learning during all the previous
years, in a more or less haphazard
manner, depending upon what his par
ticular Surroundings might be. There,
ere, Frcebel devoted his time 10 the
study of the little child and the in
stinctive methods of training used
by the mother.
IN this connection. Elizabeth Har-
riaon says: Froebe learned from the
mother everything which he after.
ward embodied in his teachings. but
his philosophical insight showed him
the reason for all the mothers in.
stinctive play and in turn discloses
the reason to her. He offers to each
mother the collective wisdom of
many. His penetrating into child-na-
ure and its needs enabled him to Sc
lect what was typical and universally
valuable from meaningless siug-sing
which The mothers used With the
aid Of his wife and some friends
le collected many of the plays in use
his own country and published
them with explanatory pictures and
music in a book called Mother Play"
Susan Blow says in her translation
of the Mother Play" that the place
of places to use this book is the home
William T. Harris, former Commits
sioner Of Education, says in his pre-
face to Miss Blows translation.
There is no philosophy for the young
woman compared to the philosophy
of Froebel;" and e. p. Claxton, Com
missioner of Education. writes in his
article on THE Real Share of the
Home in the Education of children:"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-14

was lucky, but so is everybody else
who lives in South Georgia. -Savan-
lah News.
Such stories as the above are get
ting to be quite frequent these days
and show that the hog as a money
maker is entitled to first consideration.
Mr.. j. Pope Brown last year bought
q brood Sow for which he paid SIS.
From this investment he has already
sold $4,000 worth of pork and still
has The SOW, which gives promise of
a nilar dividend for this year. If
there is anything else a man can put
his money in that will pay as well
hogs we have not heard of it up to this
time.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-14
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY
ALLIES CAN WIN

THE Allies can win this war onl,
by holding on, by the exertion of eco
monte pressure on the Central En-
plres and by rigid economy at home
is the opinion of Dr. Massimopante
leoni Of the Italian Army, who has
just been exchanged after twenty
months as a prisoner in Austria and
Hungary. DR.. Pantaleoni, although
Italian by birth has many relatives in
the United States.
"rhe secret of winning the war,
said DR.. Pantaleoni, remains in the
blockade and in the allies at home
exercising the greatest economy by
way of limitation of consumption OF
so organizing that economy in the
several hours of their time each day
searching for coal, Or bread, or such
foods and fuels and clothes that the
people will not be compelled to lose
articles.
at is like passing from darkness
into daylight on leaving Austria, where
the stores are empty of all useful ar
ticles, sells at about the equivalent
of $26 per yard, where leather shoes
sell for 100 kronen the pair, where
there is no sugar at all for sale, where
the bread rate for the civil population
is two and half ounces for each per
son per day, where the fat ration is
one quarter of an ounce and where
potatoes sell for twenty cents a pound
instead of two cents a pound before
the war.
in Austria mortality has increased
very much since a year ago of poor
or no nourishmeut leading TO rheuma.
tism or distentry, and when people
die there are no collins in which to
bury them. Instead their shrouds and
good clothes are replaced by rags and
in these they are buried.
while in Hungary attending Italian
prisoners. who had been sent as far
away as possible from the lsonzo front
so that they could not escape and go
home, Rumanians told me civil con
ditions had been such in Rumana
that the fields had not been worked
and therefore the crops had been poor.
"As regards the entrance of the
United States into the war, both Ger.
mans and Austrians said the effective
result would be more in money and
materials furnished than in fighting
units, due to difficulties in troop trans.
portation. They say that it is hardly
worth while attempting to capture or
destroy enemy artillery because new
cannon will be forthcoming from the
United States.
"The Austrian people have been III
different about the war for a long
time. They want peace, any kind of
beace, and the longer the war lasts
the less they have to keep the war go
ing. The Germans are still possessed
of the monomania of domination, of
wishing to grab all they see, to take,
take, take; but time is sure to bring
= penn to their knees, to cut down their
ting materials, while that of the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-14
HOW 1T PAYS TO RAISE HOGS

Says the lIawkinsville Dispatch
From Waycross cones an interest.
ing story showinghow money grows
in South Georgia when it is accorded
the right opportunity Verde Meeks
hats off to him paid $3.50 for a
pig in May, 1916, and from this in
yestment, the story goes "has rea-
lied SALTS and has taught a good
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-14
BOY BURNS TO DEATH
Ralph Evans of Waycross Victim of
Open Fireplace.

Waycross, Ga, Mar 13.-From burns
received while standing before an
open fireplace yesterday, Ralph Lamar
Evans, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
I. NJ, Lamar, died during TIE after
noon.
The funeral services was conducted
his morning at the home, interment
being in Oakland cemetery.