Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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REFORMERS TO NOMINATE THEIR OWN CANDIDATES .. i 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 i 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 r Wood's Feed * i Rosen Rye * i >>H JL- 1 r.. J l ne most vigorous uuw- ; ~' ihg and productive of Seed | Ryes, Stools out better, superior quality of grain, and . destined, in our opinion, to ; take the place of all other Rye. Wood's Fail Catalog Gives full description and informa? tion, and also tells about the best J SEED WHEAT, OATS, RYE, and Other Seeds ; fcr Fall Sowing'. .... (Write for Catalog and prices of any Seeds required. j T. W. WOCD ?? SONC, I, I SEDSME*J - Rifinaand, Va. 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." ?7tt * 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* ' ; ij x i 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.' i 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.: ? i : i "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 raigia, hLeadacftes, uramps, v^ojic Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old Sores, Tetter, Ring-Worm, Eczema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internaiiy or externally. 25c v .. SAVE YOUR wigirMXccw-aangg uuuma r??xe.^Bai "ran I have cl SW *; i * i I a s*c ann :i?ai UU1 O U11M %jf t Buy before t! out I-.also' have Local View F i ' Mayes' B< N The House' of a fMAuli tenuii M2P^ For All I ^ EASY A NO KILLS LICE, TICKS, FLEAS, KINUWUJKH, SUtAlUi^d, GERMS AND DR NON-IRRITATING. EFI j j THE ID ask roa n ?n?wiMi ?iii? mi? > i ^ I..,., ' " : Courtesy to Ui TTTl _ . vv nen a perse by mistake you do ishly. On the con acknowledgment c to lighten his eml error. % . * Sometimes y and you find that j -T .1 t 1 to tne teiepnone dj It is well at su< the same courtesy I have extended toy uation reversed ar tionally become a i When you tel SOUTHERN BELL r AND TELEGRAPH VEGETABLES I ippiy of " Fruit' !iv Tumblers. / bey. are sold / * * >/ i,v' t . * ' ? V . ? a new- lot of ?os t - Cards. r>3 rinjlr Thousand Things m SAFE TO USE. MITES. CURES MANGE, SCAB, . ETC. DESTROYS DISEASE IVES AWAY FLIES# -ECTIVE. INEXPENSIVE. EAL PIP ??3^; LAAU.SX ..... I . .. f utk'k'ti f!A. I . 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