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V)LUMB XXXill- LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 10, 1918. 'fR[1I GAIN GROUND BY SUDDN BLOW Strike on Front of Two Miles. GERMANS PREPARE TO STQIKE AGAIN -("s1al 'Timne Between Oienslves 1i.n, Expired aid Signs Indlente tI ht Vermnns are Preparing for What Ma)Y be leniest Blow Yet Delivered French troops again have been successful in a resum p1ion of the "nibb!ing" tactics w.hich Ihe alli'l (oiliand has followed, Wiile the Germans pre!taIre for a nev llow. 'ilie fighting activity on the westeri fronti , however, still is iucl localized. iFrom thle eieimiy hlues Come o110 indicI lotins -that Ike, Cermans are about to strike. 1111portait positions on a front of two miles to a depth of two-thirds of a mile and :50 pisoiers were taken by tle Firenlch in lir latest. effort inl lie regjon of Loigpont,* northeast of 'Villers-Cotterets. The sector on which tihe gain was made is just south of where the Freneli last week made importantI local ga ins in the region of St. Pierre Aigle and north1 ward for six miles toward lie Aisne. No counter-attacks have been made by the etiny. nor has he sruck back at the Australians in their new cisillons astride the Somime. 1Ru severai weeks the Germans amve ' .een drili lig and instruttig weecivnit anetaking divisions behind the ermn ilines leaving tle froit post hlons to be guarded by mitediocre roops. German aerial activity has decreased in the pat few days, and it is probable the airmen also are making ready for the next onslaugh . The German artillery Ilre has in creased to above normal only on cer talin sectors. It is not unlikely the enemy will depend oil the element. of surprise in ohe impending blow, as lie did on March '.U and- .in the attack against the (emin-des-)aes. While the (erniuti have been spreading reports of an attack against the British, it Is now known they have not construet ed defensive works on the front be tween Soissons and Rlmiiis. ''lhe us ual interval between etieniy offensive movemienls has about expired. tl4ntente airmen are keeping up ani active bomnbardient of the area be hind the German lines. British fliers again have invaded Germany. (tropi plag >mbs on Kaiser Lautern, east .of M . and on Luxemburg. In aerial fighting 1ritish and French airmen have accounted for 25 German ma clines. Patrol activity and local operations .are increasing in number on the Italian mountain front. Otn tle low er Piave the Austrians, it ia estimated, lost 20,000 men killed, ,woundield and prisoners in the nctionis last week in wvhichm they were dr'iven back across the river, relievinig somewhat the pre'Osure against Venice. -In western Albania Frenchi and Italian troops are wit hstanding struong counter attacks by the Aulstrianis. All posiit ions have been im atied oii thle heights of fbiln a and slighit prtogress made elsewhlere. Various reports of happenings ini Ruissia In connection with, the iiurder of Gcrman Ambassador von Mirbach lack official confirmat Ion. Glermany, apparently has not. yet acted. An ad v'ance toward Moscow has niot. beeni re portedj II hough thle Gecrmanis have hiad. lt1 fotces of troops iiear Smno lensk,~ miles wvest of Moscow. Mi1. t, MLAI!RBIN'S C'ONITI'ON. Phmysiefan U rges inmmediate TJreattmett for Local Neiuritis. 'liennettsvlie, July 6-Iion. Jlohn L. Mcijaurin reached TBennet tsville this evening. Drm. W. J1. Cirosland, his phy.. sician, told yourt corresponident over the phone in r'eply to an inquiry: 'Senator Mc~Iaurin is now and has been for several weeks suffer'ing from 'looal neuritis. Any use of his right arm, such as hand sliaking, gesticulat ing, etc., aggravates the trouble. I have adhvisedl him to go to a Charldtte hospital for treatment, where he can have special electric and massage ser vicedn order that his t'olief may be as HENET TO SUC'('EE .: SENATOR TILLMIAN Glovernor. 31ann11ing Appatuts CoI)LumbIIl 31 an . To (o flit) Prnimary. Ap. poinie will Ask for Short. Term Nomnination Ext.ending to End of Session. Columbia, -1111y 7.--Governor Alan1 ining yest erday appointed hib i'stie Holnet, prominent attorney of Columbia and elose personal friend anid politi eal adviser of ithe governor, to be the su1ccessor to fihe late United States seniao r 1". It. Tillinan. In thait the vacancy exten1ds throlglh approximate ly (ight Ilontilhs anold as 11 appointee by the governor could hold but sIx m1onths, Mir. Benet will go before Il e people and ask for the short term) nomination. .\Ilr. Benect announced thlat he w(uld go Inl tie primary ill inidiateiv after tile apointment. 1ha( bee'n made. Inl making tile appoint menolt Governor Alanning said: '.\y responsibility in appointing *')Iator Tillman's "u1ecessor impres vs mle d-eply. "The occasiol cnlls for a mllan) of full phYsical and mental vigor. who enall een to Ithe peoil- (f our. Stat e .lh, grav issues. of tihl wa ad1(1 tho Csupeimle nevceslsity t111,1 every sacrifice shol)d be made, who ("tnn gain for the gove rnm entI tI I I full support of our ('lizells, aid who I(nows and (-,ll explain th colossal task that confronts President. W'it lol and llhis assistaillts. I have ap pointv one11whose, sterlinv1; Ameriennl isl 1i lindollibed, who is familiar with llt and ll th eneds of the adiin istratlon. and who will stand four, slq1are and uindismayed lin support of Ii v.a and !.uccessfu('-.Oitl Iand forcihle conlclusiol of it. "I have appointfed Christiv BHonet of Columbia. Ile had his papers" prv pared to enllist inl thle armly, and had notifled the proper military oflicers to that (fft , bIt I am justilled In appohnting " him by tohe valuiablie wvork te Call (1o." Senator' Tillman was a lember of tle National Democratic execu live commlittee and a succvessor. will likely be choseni ly file State DIlemo clt Ic executive committee at the speiLal 111veing Il Columbia ''u)esday,v. The appointment of .\Mr. 1ielet wIll lecessitate ills resignation a a mem her of the board of r'egen ts of tile State [lositlal for the IISale, 111d also as a l1ember' of te State Couln cll of Dfense., of which organizaition I(, is ' vice chairman. Mr. Bene1t wIll leave for Washington tollight, where hie will be immediately sworn Inl. Followilig hIs ippoIntmnit, AI'. Bellet said: "The honor that Governor ' Mlannin11g has conferrIed o) lle I a g'eat 010 and th1e apollitIment Ilust bIe jilstilled by 11y a(ts rath'er than by words. "I will give 1my best In tile sen1ate and oil tile stu111)p Inl sup)oI't of Pres i(enit) W\ilson aid the warl. "But 'Let not him that girdeth o hiis harness h-oast himself as lie that. imiteth it off.' the rles of tile D~emocrat ic parIt y, for he nomitnatloll for thle shorIt termi.'' TheI~ Ruilers of France, liglIuml, Italy and( G4reece Sendl4 Messuages of Warmll Appireciatloll of AmIlerlenn~ Ptiliey ,Washinigton, .July 8.-WVarmn lien i menits to)' Amerlea and apprel'ciation) (of its effor'ts Ill tile war1 for' world fr'ee dloml are0 ex ressedl In Ind(leendence Day mslssages to PresIdent WVIlson from Prlestident Potnealre of Fr'ance, KI ng Albert (If Itelgiuml, KIng Emi manl0 (If Italy, in g Alexander of (Ir'ece, Pr'Cesidet .enOal(Cl of Cuba and( PreIer' Venizelous of Greece. The11 mess5ae withi the prIesident 's re0 plies were made public11 toda~y at tile state deparlitmenolt. Priesident. P~olCineare 14a1( that thle 1''Fech1 and( AmeiIcan people1 In com1 muilnIon of thloulght wIi lCnremember tile flghts of old that wonI liber'ty to)' Amuerlea 0)nd hope for' tile coming of vtctor'ies whIch wvIll secure for the wVor1ld a jus't pea0ce. PresCidenft Wilson In repl~y said1 It was fitting that the annIversary of Amnerkean .Independ nco D~ay should1( witness the fraftore nitty of free peoples In the cause of national self-dheter'mination. Kig Albert thqn~fked the Amelean pleople for their efforts to amneiiorate the sufiferIngs of his strIcken people0 and expressed hIs admIration for the br'avery of the American troops on tile hattlefinldsao nrnnen SENATORIAL RAC Resolution Was Proposed and John L. M'Laurin t Names Should Not be SI No net ion was faken yesterday at the imleeting.- of the state exc et(' ive cotimIttee in ColumbIa toward re-p vning thlist inl fthe, ,eratorial r-ace t) allow for lhe etaice of o1thct' cnn didate.i following tle deathIi of ;ena for Tillnman. Although the question has ;een Ira'mhed inl the nuewspapers, the uestion wa not ioplend inl the coiventionU, so Ithe race will coltintie with the .present et~'rantis, I.Messrs. 'ole I. Bleace, N. 11. Dial and Jamaes P. Hicm. A resiolutio wsas offered that Cole b. ane::e ad .lohn 1'. Me.l.aurin he ttmlmlone(d to Show cle why thteir m1;i Ivs shoiiId not. be stricken from the li.-t of candidates inl the primary bv eatise of char.es that have been brought t at thery conospir'ed to forim llepulican party in this state and hevaluse of l1lense's 'iretwial to attleid MASS MEETII Meeting Called by Cha Held in the Court I At Six < Pursant to relittions adopted at the meeting of the ('hamber of Comt mvif'e londay evening, 'residen t \\. L, Gray han called for a ltans Ieei Ing of citzelns of the town and county this evenling at six o'clock at which sitable resolution s will be introduced settIng torlh It thiice (tualieation.s of Mr. N. 1. Dial, of thi; city, as a candidate for the olice of United States Sena tr. The matIter of etdorsiig Mr. Dial's candidacy was takent u at the mei(etoing \tonday night. wlei It wa.s poInted oit by several members that it was the dotty of Nir. Dial's friends and business associaltes here to ac fiaint those people of the slate w'to do not already know im of the high est imat Ion in wi hi he Is held here and of the eonstructive work which W.\R STA.M1S STIL ,1 A-:,11N G'. Cash Sales of Shtimus Co Over Ite liiintd red Thotsin iark Weeking 11-Kn Junte 29th. War Savings Stamps are still sell ing lively In La41urens cout ty. Since lie report of last week additional dis tricts have been licard from, adding about Twenty Thousand Dollars to the total of Five Hlundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars then tabulated. 59 of the 62 districts in the county have niow been learl from. Tho thr'ee iiss lng ones are 'ross 1ill Nos. I and ti, and Jacks No. 1. There is still time for these comulinities to get husy and help make tie respolse froii Lau rtens county unan1.Uimols. The1( central cotmmtit tee is in reCelit otf a letter of hearity thanks fronm St ate Dir tector 11. U. lihe tt compIlimentIing lie ~outt iy utpoln thle goodl wortk done by thle larage forces ol' Canv asset's at ai butsy Itie. 'The cash sales of stamp is in thle coiunty had gone over Otne I lunt died Thloutsatnd D~ollatrs for the week endinig .June 20th. A notable Instance of liberal and htearty support at this war' measttr comtes from the Banna Mill1 vIllage at (Goidvil le. The popuilationt there do(es not exceed( 160 Iteole at this titme. TPhey bought $3,2t5 worthI of stamp is duinitg thle campaIgn thuis exceeditig a (utai of $20) per head. All the mill peole~ evet'ywhiere showed a willinog ness to hlp thle caiuse andc a detailed report of what they did( will bo coim piled5 for the state by theo chairman of this department who is Pres. Mlehane of the lietutbllc Cotton Mlills, of Cites ter' county. The wvar will end someday and from out the loss and death and disaster some benefits wvill stand out conspleu ously. One will be a new sense of na tionial unit y. Another will be thle uni ver'sah habit of intelliget thrift. It is a hard lesson, but. Americans are slowly learning it. Thrift begins with care In the spending of money and ends with the purehasinig of Liberty fiends and War Savings Stamps. Buy them yourself and see to it that your neighbor does, too. Mr. and Mirs. Ernest Huff, of (Ireen Villn. spent the wenee-nd in the city E NOT RE-OPENED to Require Cole L. Blease o Show Cause Why Their ricken From the Party. IIhe canipaigl iceleitig, ara:11eed l:.y tle comillittee. 1 I''ter (Gvernor .Johi Gary VIranls, tbairmnan of lie coulinuittee, read a -rre poech excorinting Illease _11id v:tling u1onl lthe connnlittee to take -onie action. After a lengihy dis t'uesion h Iel coiiittee delided that it wa.i .ithIlt alltIority to act but or dered theruae O O th lirmlanl printed in tlhe palwers; as a warning to ti' i"lntocrats of the state. The mnmittev de:idd to call :1 envenionl f~or thev puirpose of, re 'i'*'1; the renatoria! priiary. The 1nimarv for 2hie hor; term I !!I b" h14.1l ol Ilie saile date as that the long; I trilm. .fohn Ga 'Irv nians was electrcl Na fol al Deiioeratic execout iv(, comllim il teeiaillti to sicceed the late Senator 1. 1P. Tillmnan. NG FOR DIAL rnber of Commerce to be louse This Evening TClock. h, ha., carrid on ill thiis ection dur in: his life. IT' inteling is to e anl open af w:ir, were every citizen of t lie county i3: welComeld to come atlld pari'tiate. A.\ stated by thos' who suggsted the; ' eling .ond:;y ev nig, it wad Inled wvlitoutf .\lr. D)ial's knowled-oe a;i without anly suiggestionl froin anly hoyconn'ected with Is camlpaign-1. \ hethler or, not .\r. Illial h m efwill 1:' prernt1 canilnot be st ated, as no 0,rewt invitation hams been exleilded to hin and it is not a part of the pro am as already laid out to have any mal speeches. .\lr. Gray, in call :i1g the iieetilg, how.eve, ha1 extel ,,I an Invitationi to any% citizen of thev outy to cole and voice his senti l'ents. 1ily healh Oilicer Passed A way ut flospil 1-:arl.y '.ilndaly .1il1rning-m. \\'illiam C. iltakely, city health ofl I'r, lntssed away at the .1ulia Iby ISantitariulm early \loilday morning fol lowing a sickness of abolit a week's du'ationl. .llt. ltIakely was carried to lite hospital last week as a resu lt of ::t attack of appeidichitl and follow 1tting an oetati it I. was seenl that Iis (ectlditlon was such that his recovery was doubtful. Thle ftitral servies were held .lon !ay afternlconl at the rAWmons cemeV tety, the se'vi(Ce being conduyted by bi.; Iastor, Itev. W. L. .iulli'kin, of thle Secondl .\let hodist churt tch, assist - (ed bv R~ev. J. L. .\ebin. TheIi pall hiearer's wer'e selectedI largely fromi amon~i~g his asso55ciat:es ini thle (eit y goy l'tnmntlit and ( fr'omi ietrsotnal friends. Thhiey werte .\lay'or C. .\I. Hablb, AlIdert men S-ex ton andillI ellamits, C ity Cl1er'k J1. hI. W\orkman, .\essrs. ('olemoan, .Johnt Swltzerct, A. L. .\ahafftey, Dion Ir v in, and A. It. Sanders. Theil (deceased is surtviv~ed by hIs 13y, chIef of pollee, and( .John ilakely, oft New~ Orleans, .\I rs. M\ace .\I otes and1( .\ilrs. JToe Ldlfor'd. .\lr. Bllakely' wa's a man1 of' str'ong Isntse of honor' and~ (1uty3. I i' was a1 verty poptla 131'(it izen amtiong all who knew~ huhimtand took a1 grea3t dleal of Iitetest in the welfate of 21he ('1ty. lie was talway 3s to lbe counit ed (in in movlie tmen ts fori thle elevat2Ion (if thle mornal andl educational welfar'e of Ithe ('ity, takitng ani active par12 tin suich miatters as jiromot inlg thle Chiauttauq ua, sell Intg Libherty lionds, solicitinog fun tds for tile Rled Cross, Y. M. C. A. andC other age ncios. Promuoted to ('aptain. Fri'ends5 here of Lieutenants J2. McC. Bar'ksdale, of this cIty, and LeCon Dodson will be gratified at the an nouncement of thelir promotion to captaincies. Another Lauirens boy recently pronmotedI from the ranks to Second Ieutenant Is Lieut. Harold Washington, of the Mt. Olive section of the county, who wvent to Camp Jackson with an early increment of elect men. LOAI, (O.A A.\).lNT I Tlnvin I VISIT ST.TE A).tlNISTA'I\ol l'liiturn to 14a1rens .lich Encournged Ot !v Ottloo for III( linerwt*. .\lessrs. W. R. .\leCtien and Lamar Sm ith, local fuel ad i inistr atrs, wont over to iAnlderson Saturday afternoon to confer with .Mr. It. B. (ossett, the :tatev fuel ad:ni)nistr'ator, inl regard to fuel sulpply for, this city. They were aerompanied Wy .\ir. W. It. .\M&ig of* the G.rens Gin & l''il Company, and a representative of' The Adverir). Tlle trip va.; ttade throutgh the coun Iry by attu omoLile. On theitr arriv:al at .\nder'son they vwnt immedio(atey to the omec> of' .\ir. s ) o hail jtst returned from :I vo-merencev with Washington o11 q-ia ls. .\f'er going over the local sitti lim thoroughOly anid receiving fromt \ir. Kosset t a veiy frank otline of thr du: ties :n11d reslolt: ihiliies of his o i lice. ithe ltocal aidm iniist rators Mtu.- away') very mu1ch0 encoutraged ov itr Ihe fut(el -'t pply for the city this win it(r. M1r. Gossilt stated that while it, was nrobahl that the lproblem whicli ow friti adininiatirion hal to rac ' com.ing wvinter would doubt less he mOir'o dillien!t to solve thail last winl k I, 1wh tell safc in stating that a ueient surp'ly of coal woul1d be fhomn!n: to01 preven any suffering. Tl- lnolier' ot tlie admninistratlion, he :a:i i. ha"d been to eicourage the mn I!faituIIr inl indIuI S.t!'is wSNVit the I I IIv r a InII 111e :::nr-ial resotm-evs, to lay in large 'rilock of coal now so that when win fir alpt'oneed tihe demland for ftel fi'romi that source w.olid not he as heavy as last wiater altil that Itransportation farlit i' would not he taxed so Iteavi .v hit im lo :Iw't thleir nieds. tim the lli.-; requirement-11s paritly mntl. he [liil o t, inl an1 einerge ncy all Ihe available coal in tvansit coul he divertrd from mnanufactitring plants to domostic consumillers. ur. lohl Ithe I ~auren adinin istramrs ilia: a lag supply of run of-the-mine coal was now available for doiestit as well as nattfat'tr ing purposes, In" it had been the ponli i'y of his oftlee to discourage the pir chat se of fit former for dotmestic pIIr ioses because of the large waste on tailed in) its Itse. The coal mintes have been turning out mlore of the runt-of lhe-nine coal than block coal b ecause t hey claiimed tha lilthe margin allowed by the government for the additional (o0t of trin out the later was not suttitient to cover it. Ilowever, .lr. t;osstt said, sinve his rettrn frot Wa.-hington te felt that the admins tration Wottid take some action at. an early date to remeldy this phase of ithe situation and after that is done he felt that an ait!le sIu))ly of liock coal for dotmestic ilse would be fortlhcomi ng. With this hope, he said, he was still withholding his approvIa of shipment of trti-of-tle-mttinte coal into this state In qtuantities. In answer to an inqtuiry from thlre local administrators. Mr. (ossett stat - ed tfhat an order hail been promulgat ed frot his ottice fot'ridding th te sate of coaI t) inilvidulals or grtups of in dtividulrals except uplotn the wrttlen ap provalI of t he local ad~min ist rators. Th'iIs, lhe saidit, was done in thle lnt er est of equabile distr'ibuttion tof the srup 11y It) he tradl atnd to treliev.e the lo('al admltinist rattors of tmuch ctIIicism atud con)fttsion. IIi'rafteri, thterefore, all coat sle must1)15 go Ithirotugh Ite handits of thre trtgul at author'zetd dealeris ex ci'It where d~ spiecta Ipermiss Ion Is grantd bt y Ithe local adtmin istrtatotrs. Th'le tconferetite of the local adin - was iiirelv In ftrmtalI antI resolved It self toward thle enud inito a socIal meet inug ini which the adtministrator' talk t'l d c 3 very itrest ingly tf thle (1utiels aind reispon~tsibiilit its of his offie anid Its tramiltintions. l1e saId that he r'e elvetd rnot Ice of alt coal that comelts itn to thte state atnd that It was almost implossilble fior atnyone to secutre a car tf coal withoitt Ihis ktnowledge. Last ytr thIte sid, alIt k indts of schemes werte resortetd to by sotme pteopl e to se citre mor'e coal than t he aditilsltrator1 atllotted to t hem hut thle schemes weree very3 (uickly d tiscoveredl. In marny eas cs, lie saidt, whtere It serived thle purtt-, titsi' of Ithe atdmini)strta totr Ihese sch em ctrs were allowoid to keep their' coat but In neairly every caste htis omieo was a-warte of the camte that hail been played. Mr. atnd Mt's. A. II. Owctns andi chil tren, Mt's. Rt. HI. McDotnald, MIsses hBruicie andt Jentnie McDonald arnd MIss L~orise Zobel, all of Columbiha, spent the week-end In the city with Mrs. J, Hati Lltiin. ' COOP[R GIV[N OVA TION IN 1H0M[ TOWN Received with outbursts of Applause. LARGE CROWD WAS PRESENT D4,a11h of Isen. TlmnCast. (.loom Ov er 31-Metinlg' Which lalts Devoid of Sensa11tional Events. Ex-Senittor 3ianui1n1-11 was Alsent From the Theoulla din fature. of, the slate capitl nveting which was held here last Wednesday was the ovation teIdlf''ed to lmilert A. Coope-r, the home can(idate for (overnor, both at li' bgmnning and the en(d of his speec. Th annouinceitnnt of, thIe hatih of Senator Tillnan (ast a pal of1 gloom over Ithle auditllenve, a large :pro1irtion of whih heard of the news for' tIh Irst time at the opening oI Ile meeting. The meeting adopted a resolition of symlpathiy for the family of Senator Tinian. Th'lle ollice seeker's at a Con f< renve vel iinary to lie regular nieigdrafted a resoluitionl, instruct ing tleir hairman, Juius T .1,iles of Orangeburg, to send a telegram of con(iilene to 'Mrs. illmian, which said: "The Candidates for State o0ti 5 (ex(end sympatihy and condolence to yoll in your houl* of hereavelent." The nieeting held ill tie court 'oo of tlie la'renls county (olllt lmto', was attended by abuolt COO vot ers. 'The roolin was packed to capacity and the crowd extended out into the corridors. As it is the home of Lau rens' favorite soil, iobert, A. Cooper, lhe rec(e ived a. rilemendolls ovation. He was preseItell with t wo bolitiuts of !!owv'ers at. the conclision of his rpeech, one of which was from the ilaraca class of the First. Baptist church, which he taught. for years. The other candidates were also gen eroutsly applauded. 'T'lle candidates for governor again stressed tle importance of the tax (I iest ion. Thomas 11. Peeples said tlat he could 1101 promise to redcie the taxes as that was a legislative flntioC bul, t hAI lie woOuld Llutedge his right of veto if he found anything In le appropriation hill which le tlioight usless or extravagant. Ie believed inl economical progress of tle State government. .ohn G. Hichards Said that lie Would not only promise a reductiol 'A tax ation even (liring the war, but that he could ceartail expenses wiitoult im pairing tlie institutions of the State. Itobert A. Cooper denlied that he had over said that Ile was "an apostle of high taxes," bt would state that he did not believe taxes can be reduced duitring tile war, but rat her that they wouhitll be inict'eased. If elected lie woouId endleavo' to see lthat t here w~as e'conomyiVli'~ rat iled ill all pr'ances of thle State government. John11 Madison D es( hamnps again re iteratedl his belie' in highert taxatIon to put1 the State ill the foretronit of the commllonlw(alths of thle llnloll. Antdrlew J. IHethIe(a agaill voiced his beilief that the 01nly way to handle the tax situoat ion was by readljustmnent and~ C(Iltalizationl. Maljor' hlichIar'ds andi~ Mr . Cooper agailn .hoinied issuies to(dlay (iln the scho111 lashp ((testiOll, thle fot'ter hie inig fot' thle reten tion of thie system and1( t he lattor foir a State loan tnd. John11 TI. 1)u1ncani jaiId thie lariger' Part (If is at tntoll to the "'system"' and ex('ortia ted (Cole I,. ltase5 ini tile hIt - terest. word's yet used'l (il thel catm ta igtn for Mr t. Ulease's r'' Iepte ati - wart utter~anices. John IM. Swe(ar'ingeni, for' State su JperinIt endenti ot' edtent Ion, with the consent of hIs opponent, Victor E. llector, sp)oke out of his5 utsual orderc today In order' to ('atcht a tralin to at tend1 thle funleral of Is uncle, Senator Arnold, for' rail roadi ('omm0issiotier, pre'(ceded thle gublernllatorI ial canld diates. I ollowig the candidates for govet'nor' J1. T. lilies and 0. W. Wigtm oan, for leuteniant governtor, S. M, Wolfe, C. N. Sapp and R?. P. Searson, for' attor niey geeraI and II. Harris, W. D). Gar r'ison and HI. Tr. Morrison, for comn milssioner' of agricul tuire, comerce and1( indntrs.ls spone