REFORMERS TO NOMINATE
THEIR OWN CANDIDATES
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ole L. Blease Will A hide by Decision ;
Delegrates and Work for Nominees
?Will Not Knn for Congress,
But Willing to Onst Tillman
Charleston American.
COIUEQDia, sept. y.? jll is in v wca
and has been, as expressed public'.y;
end privately for more than a year.!
that the Reform party should meet;
in the city of Columbia, with proper
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delegates from every count;-. and.
nominate a ticket for United States;
senator on down, and those nominated
should go on the stump and fight
side by side for the interest of the
\ party." i
That is the"view expressed by former
Governor Blease, leader o? the
"Reform party, as to the manner in *
"which the organized campaign of 19IS |
-should be started. !:
"And when the Reform party so j
meets," he continued, "and puts its <
ticket in the field, I am going to abide i
by it, regardless of whom they put up, <
or for what position, and fight as long ]
' ^as I can fight for its success. That *
"" ?-- + oil rh A wav ,
111* jjuoic;vu uii vmv y
through, and the mofb I see of tfie at- (
titude and action and bitter partisan- (
ship and meanness of the other side, .
the more thoroughly convinced I am j
. that that is our duty. But, anove all (
else, we must attend the club meet- (
ings in April and get control of the j
machinery of our party, or at least (
k enough of it to guarantee us a rree ,
fcallot and a fair count. Without this
J C ? rt"Ck era t
we can never succeeu, iui n ?
the votes they will be stolen as they
were last year when I was elected <
governor, and the election was stolen ]
from me by perjury, bribery, fraud, J
etc. I am for the reform party and <
for its best interest, and am going to 1
abide by whatever a majority of its i
members say, candidate or 110 candi- <
date." \ i j
While in Anderson the past week, 1
in response to a question from a <
newspaper man as to politics, the <
former governor is quoted as say- '<
ing: 4 j i
Had the People Been Asked 1 ]
"When asked in1 reference to polir <
tics, he stated that he had nothing to 1
say along that line, except he was >'
very much gratified ST every place
lie had been tliis summer and spoken, ;
that sentiment was strpngly, in fact, I
almost unanimously with him in his <
position on the war, and that he was :
thoroughly satisfied that had the <
white people of the state been given <
an opportunity to vote as between <
?" ? tt'ot* fnlltr 7" nf
war auu M-J ?t?i, iun; ?w y\,*.
"them would have voted 'no war,' and
that since 'the matter had progressed >
as (fas as it has,-he is satisfied, if s
were left to a vote of the white peo-1'
pie today 90 per cent of them would
vote for peace on honorable terms.' :
As he found it, he said, the great heart 1
of the people of South Carolina is not J
in this war, and he thought no higher :
proof of this was needed than th*
labored eiforts that had been and are '
| "being made by certain orators (?) 1
running around all over the state, ;
clamoring and pleading, trying to get 1
up a war sentiment. He said he wat
still at a loss to know why some people
who, were so. loud in their clam* 1
f -oring for war did not go to war; that 1
3Ir Wil|OiK when Jbs was ejected pres- <
ident certainly must have known tha !
lie ^as being elected commander-in <
chief pf all the-American forces, and
^Mr. Manning certainly must have
known that when he was declared
governor he would t>e commander-in j
-chief of all the South Carolina forces
and Mr. Blease ?aid he thought botl ,
these gentlemen owed it. to the peopl j
' who elected the mto have gone to the
front when, their forces had to go into
1
the war; that he offered to do so when
I
he was governor and would do so
now if he were president or governor "j
and that every senator and congress-;
man who voted for war should have
- resigned and tendered his services to
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the government; that then the great 1
nasses of the people would nave gon?- <
into the war immediately, saying, :
These people are not asking us to go, 1
out to follow, and as consistent vot- \
?rs we must follow those whom we i
; nnr leaders." Tiie
letvc acic*.i.^u *w >- ?
same tiling applied, lie said, to the
newspaper editors and the so-called
orators who are running around 'clamoring"
for war. 'It seems to me.' he.said,
they would be in better position
f they would go themselves, instead
)? always 'clamoring' for some one
ilse to go. while they stay at home.
3ut usually the coward. pushes the
)ther fellow in the fight-?and he stays
. .
\\ ill i*e An ]ss;:e - In
a recent issue the York Xew3, 1
me of the bitterest anti-reform news- t
papers in the state, says: "Those op- c
;osed tj Blease and Bleaseism ought to <
iccept the challenge of Mr. Blease to
nake iJis war with Germany an issue 1
n the next state campaign," and goes t
3n to say: "We would 'like to see a j
joint debate on the justice of this war 1
between the former governor and 1
Congressman Nicholls, his once very <
iear friend, and if Mr. Nicholls, for j
my reason, is not available, we would (
Like to see joint debate between Mr t
Blease and Mr. Lever." When shown 1
this reference to him in connection \
svith a joint debate, Mr. Blease tocay ?
said: ; 1
"I have already announced that t <
nr?t and will not be a candidate <
Lor any state office, and I nave not <
3ven intimated that the war with Ger- .
many will be an issue in the next state <
campaign, and have not made any
challenge along this line. However, ]
everybody with good common sense
knows that if the war continues, it i
will < be a very material issue in the <
campaign for the [United States sen- j
ntp and nonsrress. I do not know
that I will be a candidate for the
United States senate, but most as- '
suredly I will not be a candidate for 1
the national house. If I had wanted <
to go to Congres^. I could have gone 1
from the Third district long ago, as i
everybody in the district knows, and ]
r ^/-wceiKiv r?nnM ftlectpd from the *
1 ? ? ?
Seventh district now. * But that is one 1
job I have never wanted and do not 1
want now. \ ; <
tAccept** Any Challenge j 1
"As to the suggestion of a joint de- i
bate between 'his once .very dear
friend Congressman N'icholls' and my-!
self, I desire to say. that Mr. Nicholls
ir. today a very dear friend of min<\
He has his views and I* have mine, and
we are both men enough to express
them, and this continuous attempt to
cause us to fall out is but one of tn<?
contemptible campaign. methods eff
certain editors and others in South
Carolina; and if anything should happen,
4o..cause us to fall out or to divide
politically it will not be brought
about by those whom both of us recognize
to be our enemies, and who
v.?v
would rejoice in that result. As to a
joint debate between Mr. Nicholls or
JVfr. Lever and myself, if either of
" HTMa/vn
these genuemen, or rrcsiucm
or any member of the United States
senate or house of. representatives desires
a joint debate with me, In this
state, at any time, I presume they
"know my address, and if any of them
should send me a challenge, there la
no tfoubt that it will be torn open,
read and promptly accepted."
"What do you think of the war
this time?" Mr. ;Blea:<e -was aked. j
To Avoid Slaughter
"I am still in great hopes of peace
on^honorable terms," he said. "The
T'?*A J oKA k Q arYGCit
L u3L-clLCb IS 5WIU5 cv uc ui. ? t,-disadvantage
fighting on German soil,
for it is a known historical fact that
in all wars, the home army has a
strong advantage. Of'course, we a;i
know that if the war is fought to the
bitter end the United States will come
out victorious. That is settled. No
nation on earth can defeat us. But
I fear if we do not hare an honorable
peace before we actually go into the
fighting that it is eoing to result in
tremendous joss of life on both sides,
and it would not at all surprise me if
in the end peace wo*'H be brought
about before either R'-le would come
out conqueror, v.nd if seems to me. if
this is to be the result, that the leaders
of the nations surely might try to
set together and have that peace now
before the slaughter of so many of
:he young men of the nations engaged
n this terrible and gigantic struggle."
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POKER MAKING THE STATE
^ i'Ai> unnn Cirppj Il\
^.irr, run ivui/
ft'keivLawtoit Corporation, With Ca?till
of $50,000, Chartered to aBuy-ahs:: "
Sell Corn, Oats, Hay, Grain, j
Forage and to Manufacture
All Kinds of Foods and .
Feeds* ' ;
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Charleston American.
Columbia Sept*.-. iu.? me iuuu auninistrator
for South Carolina under
;he Hoover program, is one of the.
corporators of a proposed new food
;orporation. v ;
Among the new enterprises coihnissioncd
by Secretary of State Dove
oday is the Coker-Lawton Food company,
of Hartsville, Mr. D. R. Coker
)eing one of the three petitioners. The
corporation will have a capital of
>50.000 and the business which it pro
x>ses to do, as set forth in the application
filed with the secretary of state
oday, is to "buy and sell corn, oats,
lay or any other kind of grain and
.'orage, to manufacture and sell any
md all kinds of foods and feeds and
;o do such ether things as they may
lecide to do in connection with the
above business." The petitioners
along with Mr. Coker are Messrs. J.
J. Lawton and LVlbfrt Jordan, both
Df Hartsville.
oeverdi Ucl,)'S <15U II \-v txo auuwuu^vu
from Washington that Mr. Cok ) . who
was chairman of the civic preparedness
commission and who is no<v
|
chairman of the Slate Council of Defense,
had been appointed food administrator
for South Carolina, and it
was stated that the position carried
with it. under the Hoover program,
large powers in connection with food
idmifiistration. Of course there is no
prohibitive reason why a food administrator
should not be one of the cor*
porators of a new food corporation,
md it may be that Mr. Coker expects
:o aid in the work of food administrator
through his corporation. In riew
)f Mr. Coker's official position the papers
filed today created considerable
interest. ,
AN ORDINANCE RAISING THE RE?
ENUE BY THE LEYYINtf OF
TAXES-IN THE TOWN OK i
DEWBERRY EOT THE FKv !
CAL YEAR 1917
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor ot
the Town of Newberry, South Carolina.
in Council assembled:
That for the purpose of raising a
revenue and in the exercise of the.
taxing power of the said Town, the
following taxes are hereby levied Tor
the fiscal year ending Dec, 31. 1917, j
imrm nil rpA 1 and ^ersonal property
within the corporate limits oJ.' the
Town of Newberry, South Corolina.1
(except such property as is exempt
from taxation umfcr the Constitution
and Laws of this State), upon the vai-|
uation thereof as assessed for tax-;
ation for State and County purposes,
riz: i
(1). That a tax of sixty cents on|
each one hundred dolars worth of
real and personal property within the'
corporate limits of the Town of New-j
berry, South Carolina, (except. such
property as is exempt from taxation
under the Constitution and Laws otj
this State), is hereby levied for the
purpose of raising a revenue to de-j
fray the ordinary expenses of the
said Town of Newberry, South Carolina,
for the fiscal year ending Dec.
SI, 1917. i
(2). That a tax of three-fourths of
one mill on each dollar's "worth of
real and personal property within the
corporate limits of the Town of New
herry, Sonth Carolina, (except such
nrooertv as is exempt fro taxation
Tinder the Constitnfton and Laws ot,
this Stated. is hereby Ievteu Tor the
purpose of raisin? n revenue to defray
the bonxled indebtedness ocf said
Town for the Opera Honise.
(3), That a tax of two and one-!
I
'
half mills on each dollar's worth oX >
real an;l personal property within the f
corporate limits of the Town of Newberry.
-8011111 Carolina, (except such
property as is exempt from taxation
under the Constitution and Laws of
this State), is hereby levied for the
purpose of raising a revenue to pay
the interest on and create a sinking
fuiri for the - bonded indebtedness or
said Town for the water works ana
effect rie/iight plant.
(4>. That a of one mill on each
dollar's * worth of. real and personal
property within t he corporate' limits
of' the Town of Xe wherry, Soutn Carolina,
(except sucn "property as is.^x-..
ompt from taxatipn under the Con
stitution and L&ws or tnis state;is
hereby levied for the purpose of raising
a revenue to pay the interest on
the bonded indebtedness of said Town
for ^he sewerage system.
(5). That a tax of one and onefourth.
mills on each dollar's worth
of real and personal property within
the corporate limits of the Town or
Newberry. South Carolina, (except
such property as is exempt from taxation
under the Constitution and
Laws of this State), is hereby levied
for the purpose of raising a revenue
to pay the interest on and create a
sinking fund for tho bonded indebted
-17 ~ tatlti fm? thp exten
IlSrSb Ui Liic oaiu i v ? -w- ??
sion -of the water and sewerage for
the Town. j
(6). That all taxes herein imposed
shall be paid to the said Town of Newberry,
South Carolina, in lawful money
of the United States d? America,
between the 1st day of October, 1917,
and the 15th day of December. 1917,
and a penalty of ten per ?entum ;s!
hereby imposed upon and shall ba
added to tall faxes not paid prior to
the .lath day of Dec., 1917.
(7). Thr.t execution shall be is-J
sued according to law for the co;-j
lection of all taxes, fines and penalties
past due and unpaid for fifteen *
days, and the costs of said execution.'
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Done and ratified under the corpo-*
rate seal of the Town of Newberrv, S.
a . " I
Z. F. WRIGT. j
Mayor.!"
T. W. CHAPMAN. |
Clerk and Treasurer.:
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"I'll Show You How
Corns Pee! Off!" j
Ever Peel a Banana Skin? Thafslt!
"I should worry about those corns. |
?I just put some 'Gets-lt' on."' i
Corns used to pester the world into j
a frenzy, enduring: pain, di^arins,
slicing' toes, tinkering with plasters
Mh.. j .
"GetB-It" 1HIS ioor r
?It Ends Corns Quickly.
and tape, trying to fix a corn so it !
wouldn't hurt But now no one in.
the world "should worry," "because
the moment you put "Gets-It" on,
it means the end of a corn.
There is nothing in the world like
"Gets-It"?nothing as sure and certain?nothing
that you can count
on to take off a corn or callus ew
ery time, and rrithcat danger. The
corn never grew that "Gets-It" will I
not get. It never irritates the flesh. * I
never makes your toe sore. Just {
two drops of "Gets-It" and presto!
the corn-pain vanishes. Shortly
you can peel the corn right off with
your finger and there you are?.
corn-free and happy with the toe
as smooth- arid <iora-free as your
palm. Never happened before, did
it? Guess not.
Get a bottle of "Gets-It" today
from any drug store, you need pay
no more than 25c, or sent on receipt
of price by E. Lawrence & Co,
Sold in Newberry And recommended
as tile "world's best corn remedy by
P. 0. Way, W. G. Mayes and Newberry
Drtrg Co.
rub-my-tisM
Will cure Rheumatism, Neu
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Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old
Sores, Tetter, Ring-Worm, Eczema,
etc. Antiseptic Anodyne,
used internaiiy or externally. 25c
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