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V tU'v" ~XXXV LAUkdeN89 SOUPFH CAi4OLINA, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21,1t918. NME ,OUNTY CAMPAIGN OPEN[ .0NDAY1 The First Meeting lcid at Clinton LAST MEETING HELD TODAY O(dndidates Opened at ('linton 31onday Night and Spoke Yesterday 31orning at Laurens and in the 'Ei'eninrg at Watts 3111lls. Gray Court ''odaiy. With several hundred voters )res ent, the first meeting of the County Campaign was held in Clinton lonlday night. The ipwking was held on the public square in the "open air" and was pres4led over by Wilson W. Har ris, secretary of the local Democratic club. A large crowd gathered to hear the candidates present their claims and qualiflcations and listened attentively to what they had o -ay. All of he speaker:; were well received and were accorded some applause following theil' addresses. House of Representatives. D. L. Boozer, candidate for re-elec tion, was the first speaker. lie thank ed the people for the sup)port given him two years ago and said that he had tried to do his duty as a represen tative. If elected, lie will do his very best, and has no apologies to make for is record. ie defended his vote on I the "bone dry" law, the 6 per cent interest bill, and said that he had al ways been on the jo). It. Dunk Boyd said lie was glad to be in Clinton for he had always re celved a spledid vote at tilrip han1ds. He stands for the iuphulilding of the country schools and em1plasizedl the need of education. lie said that the time demanls broad-minded men as represeltatives, men that are loyal and true and who- will -give their whole hearted suppor't to the prosecution of the war. lie said he had never cast his hallot during all his legislative career for tile sake of gaining votes at home. ie says that there are too nany ofices and will stand for econ only. Jack I. Davis was on his "native soil" and received a -big ovation from his home folks. Ile said that the para mount issue now is loyalty to the gov ernment, that Ipersonal amlbtions should be side-tracked. lie wants a better price for cotton, favors educa tion. opposes free scholarships and would substitute the state loan system. Te said that the cotton exchange should he put out of business and that farmers are needed today as the peu Ple's r: :uatives. If elected, he will do : est to make a fair and trulthfti I-reieantative. S. It. Goegans said tile big jo) on hand was tile winning of tie war. He wants a better school system, stands for an honest and ecollomic adminis trationl of the law. 'lie cited Is form er record in tihe leginlatture and said he had endeavored to do his duty. He favors the scholarship' loan system, good roadls, liberal pensions for tile old soldiers. .1. HI. lust I gave a sketch of is early 'life and then launched into a criti cism of the county government, Hie criticised the increasing of the rural p)oice force and said it was unlneces sary, that the offce of r'oadi supervis or recently created was useless and a waste of the ipeople's money. Heo said the automobile license law ia unjust, and that the creating of all these new job~s and omfces means more money from the taxpayers, lHe stands by the governlmenlt in all war measures, Hie deplored extr'avaganlce and said that if elected he would do his best to "help stop the holes in thle leaks''. D). T. Kinard sploke of hlis fitness and education anld said he had spenlt 19 years in schlool work. He is a farm er and working man and will repre sent all the people fairly, Hie favors the loan plan of scholarshipasno tihat all boys and girls can have a chance, favocai supp!emnentary schools, good roa'is, and an adjustment of the school system. lHe said that ho was a Simon pure, 100 p'er cent Demi.-.rat and stood squarely behind the government in its prosecution of thle War, He prom ised fleient service if elected, J. H., Laurens said it was the first time he had ever' offered for -an omfce, He told of ils early clays spent in the cotton mills and that is advantages bad been limited. He favors a broad BLEASE CANN( FRII Spartanburg, .ng. 15.-Pre! ter to Thomas If. Daniel, Washi tanhurg Herald, In response to view oil the setatorial race I i Governor Cole I,. lileae is a ea "l1.et me say that I have pei South Carotiuna will judge rightly have not. the least fear that they (anl be a friend of the administr is already written and It Is a liii ('OLE L. BILEASE SPOKE iEltE MONDAY Large Crowd Heard Hin in Front of the Court House and Gave Him Generous Applause. "I have never denied I opposed this war and I never expect to deny it", said Ex-Gov. Cole L. Blease early in his speech delivered at Laurens Mon day afternoon in referring to the charge that he has been disloyal and in explaining his position as to the war. "With 1900 years of teaching in the churches and Sunday schools" it seemed to him that the diplomats of the nations could have gotten together and arbitrated to avoid war but con gress had voted for war. As proof of his loyalty he had bought $2,6.-0 worth of Liberty Bonds, all the savings stamps lie colld afford, had let the government have .11 acres of land, and a six-room house at Caip Jackson free or rent, had subscribed $50 to the lRed Cros and had t wice offered to raise a regiment. bit had been tired down hy Adj. (;n. Crowder at Ohe inst ia lion of thaI "red headed peckerwooid" Who occuiples the governor's chair in Columbia. As for his sipeecies at Plo maria and Filbert he had no apologies to make. The crowd which heard Ex.-Gov. lBlease was considerably larger than the crowd which heard the senatorial candidates on the 8th. In -the crowd were many from outside of Laurens, some coming from as far away as Saluda county. Newberry had a dele gatlon, as did Anderson, Greerville, Spartanburg and Greenwood countics. For lack of s lace, in ilie couirt house, tile meeting was held mitside. rlase sipporters were ev ideeit!y please; with the !nlmtsiasm for their leader and Dial su.ipporters expres, 'd i.i'ves as hei-ig metustled Witi the '!ay. .A few observa.lo.is, htowe'--*, mnight serve to indleat! +.I . t emlper '1o ..rowd The spea k-'l atr' ved on the train from Newberry and drove in a transfer to the public sqtre, where he alighted and went. alone to the nOhce of W. R. ilichey, Esq. Remaininag in .Mr. Richey's office until the time of speak Ing. lie wvas escorted by Mr. Itichey andi two oilier gentlemen to the southi side of the cout ho iue. where tbe lie walked up on the steps several mten yelled "Hurrah for Colie". There was no other perceptible demonstration ex ejpt handshakes and personal saluta tions. Going into the court house and coming out again after it was decided to htold the meeting outside, Mr. flecase was introduceed by a Mir. Putnam from ithe tippetr part of the county whom fewv people seemed to know. Mr. Put natm introduced the speaker as "one of the most prominent men in the State andi the next United States sen altor". Mr. Blease aroso to speak aid silence from the audience. ills fir'st applause came when lie referred to Mtr. Dial as the "ipecac" which his opponents had to swnllow after the death of Senator Tiliman. His adi drtess was !)unctuatedi with applause from time to time. He spoke aboutt 35 minutes. HeI was genetransly ap~plauid ed at the close of his speech. Hfe was not borne away fr'om the meeting on the shoulders of his friends. Mr. Blease's speech was along the same lines as his othier recent speech es. He charged that the state execut tiv'e commIttee tried to open the pri matries ini order to let somebody else in tihe race besides him and Mr. .Dial, buit finding that they could not do it "they" dleeided to take thteir "ipecac" and supplort Mt'. Diai. Not finding any thing else to use against him, his op ponents charged hiim with disloyalty and this he answered as pointed out (Continunr1 on Tast nane) GINNING PRICE FIXED. 3iilnimum of $i.50 Per Btle Set by Food Adminit4rtion. Columba, August 13.-The Food Ad ministration has fixed the price which may be charged for g.ining In South Carolina. This fixed price becomes of fective immediately, and is as follows: For ginning a bale of 500 pounds of lint cotton or less, $3.50 per bale. For each additional 100 pounds of line cot ton. at the rate of 70 cent,, per 100 partinds. When bagging and ti es are fiutnished by ginner, $1.50 additional. The farmer shall have thl privilege or fitrnihing lils own bagging and lies. Rystem of education, advocates free standard text books, the loan system for sciolarships by which all may have an ev(dal chance, liberal pensions for the old soldiers, good roads, and Pcon amy. lIe opposes the $50,000 fund for the enforcement of prohibition, and said that if elected he would go te Columbia as a free agent fighting for what Is right. W. M. Nash spoke of the world war and said that the struggle Is one for humanity. lie said he had been ac cused of being disloyal which was un true for lie had helped the government in all its calls. With our men gone to the war we must be economical at home and help to bring It to a speedy and successful end. He spoke of the value of education and said that It should be fostered. The farming in teresth today need esl)ecial attention and we need to send men to the leg Islature who will represent the work Ing people. Tie advocated the ware house system for the storing of eotton and said that it should be fostered. Jas. 11. Sullivan said it is time to send eeficlent men to the legislature -men who know and can pit bills throught l-men who can till tle bill. Ile Spoke of his eduational iualilleations and told of lils record as Supprintend ent of 0dMucation whiele has been one r~f progres.q. lie fought for vocational tdtcation and knows the needs of the schools. Mlen ate needed In the leg lilatture, lie said, who know what a "sam roller" Is. lie will ask for Splace on the Ways and Means com rnlttee In order that lie may thorough ly familiarize himself with the state's needs. The world Is calling for emfi :iency lie said, and there Is important legislation ahead. lie spoke of the liportance of our living the princi ples back at home that our boys ate ighting for at the front. le touched 'm the labor question and saId that a law should bet passed compelling the negro women to go to work. Supe~rintendent of Education. Graves L. Knight said that only 2 per cent of the riral school population aver -o to college and only 12 or 15 oer ect. get as far as the high school rlepartimen t. Ile had had 22 years' 1xperience as superintendent of iehiools and knows the free school system thoroughly., He Said the small schools need aid and sugges tions in arrt'anging their work, and in selecting their lIterature. He said he had the endoi'sement of the pteople where lie has setrved and gave several Instances-of sonme of tho splendId wor'k uccompl ished tinder his sutper'intend ncy. Rlalph T. Wilson said he had studied the dutIes of the omee befor'e lie an riounced. The qualities necessary are u practIcal man, business-like. whole time to the omce, and a man of vi slon. lHe measures tip to these re riiteinents and Is eqlutipped for the 101). He stands for a progressive adl minIstratIon of the omee. ie told of his qualifleations and~ lisa record as [ieand of the (ray Couirt-Owings school. Suiperv isor. S. S. Farrar was the fir'st spoaket'. le thatnked the voters for their suti port before and asked for it in the 30ming race, If elected, he will need heclp andc advice for' it is a big of rece. Hie told of his having built trall roads, bridges, cotton mills, etc. He said that due to scarcity of labor' the ahain gang will soon he a thing of the past and there must he some other ;ystemn of r'oad work, lie said he Is Itted for the job and has the ability to prod1u. - the goods. In closing he said, "It has been reported that I said lie man who votes for Cole Bleaso is Pro-German and a German sympathiz ar". This is an infernal lie and I would like to meet the man who start ad theo report and tell him so to his H. B. Hiumbert, the inbumibent, thanked the people -for tJieir support (Continued on last Page) )T BE ND OF WILSON Adeit Wilon ilas addressed a let. ngt-on corrospondent of the Spar. a request for an expresolon of ionth ('arolina, In which Forner ididate, in which lie say: *fect contidence that the people of in the senjatorlal contest, and I Sill belie(ve that Mr. Itiense is or Ition. The record of his opinion le late to expunto it." IN C-ORT HOUS('E FRItDAY Conserving of Health as a Patriotic Duty Slogan of the Meeting. Conservation of health as a patriotic dtuty to win the war was the theme of the public meeting held in the court house Friday afternoon under the aus pices of the Council of Defense. The meeting was presided over by Mlr. R. ',. Hughes, chairman for this county, and he was assisted by Josiah 1hinter, chairman (it it ciid division of the county council. The colored people of the county irned out. particularly well for the meeting, several hundred of them be ing present. About a dozen or s(. white people attended. The lleeting was to have been ad d1essed by Dr. West on, of Columbia, hut lhe was preveited from coming on accoiun i of a railroad wreck. Prof. Youig, of tile school for negroes at irmo. made an inspiring atppeal direct ed a (iieniariy lo the colored part of tihe aul.iiuc , iPisen4t to us every pe-. (au1tioll to reduce the agencies which binig onl disease and to follow ihe ad vice of physicians In overcoming that what. has already been contracted. Ile -Ated the vast number of cases of so oial diseases found among tile sol diers that had been called to camp and showed that this great menace to the armies of the iTnite(d States had been reduced by proper treatment and that it. could Ibe reduce dsimilarly among the civil p6pulation if sinilar care were taken. tie urged that ev ery man, woman and child should hold periodieal consultations witi their physicians so that such diseases could he treated in their early stages when they were most easily cured. Touch Ing on infectious diseases, such as tIphoid fever, malaria, etc., ie told that these were caused by germs car Ned hv flies and mostitoes. tie char acterized these two insects as among man's greatest enemies. Screening of the homes and cleanliness in the home and outhouses he pointed out as best. means of overcoming these agencies of disease. It is a patriotIc duty for -v P1ry person to lbe healithy, lie Raid, so that the full force of t he nat ion couild be utilized in overcoming the Germans in the great conflict now going on. Dri. W. i. t)ial, who cdme in durilng the meeting, made a few extempoiran couis remarks endorsing the advice giv.. en by Prof. Young, urging screening and cleanliness in the homes. "if you want to raise flies" lhe said, "dlon't raise them at home but build you a special place down on the creek and raise them thero. The home is no placo for them." .\r. WV. D). Byrd, county food admin tstr'ator, was present and gave his en dorsement to the work for health un der'taken by the council of defense. On a hand pr'imar'y taken by .1 osiah Ilunter, neariy all the ipeoplte present agr'eedl to begin at on1ce on (lie plans outlined by the speaker's by at least having their t'rmises ('leaned up. Those whto (did not 1h0(ol u thoir hands, lie thought would "have it (lone." The exercises wei'e closed with sev oral patriotic and1( religious songs lead by a choir of colored people. .Japan 1llee Mohs iturni andi Loot. Tokio.-Thie disturbances over the high price of rice ar'e reported to be subld~ing except in north .Japan, where they appar'ent a are spreadtig. Mobs have butrned several houses at Sendat. The rice exc'hange annoiinc es that .30 houses wer'e burned in the I~sumiye profecture on Thursday. Miss Pauline Terry, of ilockingham, N. C. is the guest of Miss nEtis nas CLAUDE BROWN WO'NDED. Dritish Red Cross Nurses m) Kind le Doesn't Care How iong He Stays ill the Hospital. Claude .1. fBrown, 4on of Mr. and Mrs. G. 11. Brown, has been recently wounded hi France, according to an intiresting letter which he wrote to his mother, Private Arown entered fhe service in April and is attached to the 119th Infantry. lie was wounderd In the foot by shrapnel while In ther front, ilte tronches on .Inily 22nd, a llec of Ira pnoy abou',t I of an inch inl diameter entered ithe ,ill of his foot anil comling out1 neai' his heel. "It lsn't a had woiud." he says. "I am in a big hospital where Ithere are 'lnty of 4ed (Cross tirls 10 eare for me nd4 111y nre So if' kind I dn7t 111mch c(r' ho' ln" I sI ly ll-re. I)on't wor ry about re for I'll soon he well." 1OlIS PI'T N ATION REFOllE, Of N LIVIES Feiani Death for lIrevolt, They Do Not Want, Inteesri of Nation Sacrificed. Washington. Aug. IS.-Ileld for Aus trian court martials, which probably will sentence them to death, 125 Polish soldiers and oficers who led an armed revolt in the Austrian army in Feb ruary have i9sued two appeals to the Polish people throughout the world asking them not to conipromise the freedom of Poland with the Idea of sectiring any alleviation of their pros pective tentlences, according to dis patcheQ received here today by The Associated Press. Th ofleers and men are a part of the Polish-Carpathian lion Brigade, which revolted last Feb ruary, seized arms and provisions and ma relied from ihtkowina into llessa rabia under the contmand of General Maller. Part of the force was cap tured, bit Ihe larger portion Is said to have been conisolidated Witi tle S-hoz-Slovak army. The revolt was udertal-ken dolih erately tl' i 1lish soldiers declare ;iI one of tleir' appeals, withi the hole of disruniting Austria and obtaining freedoma for Poland. "''The fear that torie'nts," neeold-1 ing to the text of file appeal to the Polish nation, "is that the.. d1 Polish st.rength. so vital to the success of our holy cause, may he lessened by the attempts of oir political repre :;entatives in the Austrian parliament to secure for us relief or Io avert file fate that awaits us. "it is therefore, in out' name and that of ottrt soldiers the;I we plead ardently with the Polish nation which has sirt'rouinded us with such moral comfort to take full cognizance of o1iur words and to dosist from ex ereisiig ally inulielce in olt Case On the Polish Parliamentary club in Als tria. If th- make any attempt to se CuIr'e ('oniessions for Its, it will be contrary to our wishles for we know that such concessions can only be had by pledge,. compromises and commit ments, which will make to the detri ment of the Polish nation, and the les sening or tihe strength in the battle for P'ol ish frleedom ando lindepiendenc~e." hE4IS'i'.lION DAY All Y'otung Min C'oming of .Age Since *..,Jnne 5th Munst 1tegister on August 24th. 3Most of Blegistrants bie ('alled ini Septembler. Washington, Aug. 11.-Rlegistration on Sati'day, August 24th, of all youtths wh'o have reached tihe age of 21 sInce the 2nd r'egisttration, last JTune 5, wvas ordoeredl today by Provost .\llal Gener'al Cr'owder' uinde'r a prioclamiat Ion by the President. The purp'Iose is to adid qiuickly to t he al most exhausted class 0one to meet armoy draft calls in Septemnber'. Aboiint 150,000 youn~g men~f will reg isltr. .\ost of them will inallfy foi' c'lass onie, and there'lfor'e will join thle armtiy prtobabily withtin a mnith after thei'rtnames ai'e recor'ded. There will be 110 new drtawing to es-. tablish the order of liability of thme new registrants. Tile provost mar'sihal general's ofilce announced tonight tihat tihe 1,200 names drawn for thme .June 5 re'gistr'ants would lbe suffleient to cover the August 24 registrants In the largest district in the country. Unveiling att Dials. A service flag In memory of the boys of Ilals Church whlo have gone to the front will be unveiled at the church Sunday aftertnoon at 5 o'clock, Prom inent speakers will he present to make addresses, The public Is cordially in vited1 NEW [R[NH BLOW T[N _IL[ FRONT French Hurl Germans Back Tuesday VITAL. SEC FOR IS MENACED Whole Elle!13 Position it Sossonis an(d 1; Aisne Menaced. Advanee of Two 31 114- Repo it(Ied In ('ontinu iton of Assault 31ade Northwest of Soissons Sunday Niht. (ly 'le Associated Press, Aug. 20.) Allied forces are again making 19-o. gress onl inportant sectors. F1ur tlher succes sful development of the pres 't operations doubtless will force the enimy to readjust his line at least 1" (ally if not over the entire front from Ypres to lheirns. French successes on a 20-mile front east and west of the Oise, are becom ing a serious menace to the German line from the Somme to Rheims, west of the Oise, Roye and tLassingny ap pear to be doomed. The British are at the gates of Roye, while the French have reached the western outskirts of Lassingny. The fall of these towns will imperil the enemy position at Noyon which also is being threatened increasingly by the French advance fver the high ground bet ween the Aisne and the Olse southeast of Noy 311. In F'landers the British have made dditaional aipreciable gains in the ys salient and tlie German situation within the salient appears more difil -ult daily. I)riving again.!t the head rif the salient the British have won -roui1d oil I front of nearly six miles ad enr(dI v hili le iipoirCia town or .\ltrviile, where the Clarence river, 'nters the Lys. Noyon fast is becoming the central point of a sal ient such as that which i e nteed 414a1ro (1 .\l ( ((o IidIr at Ith e beginiling of ite Pieardy offensive. I'ie stability of tite present German line from the Soimme to Rheims de perds grei4tl1 upon the holding of tile >oyon salient, whose western out posts are Itoye and b~issigny. British troops are reported to have reached Ihe railroad station in tile western iuiiuiris of Roye. rhe French have Irivel the wedge between Roye and la ssigniy to Freslieres, Cutting the maln highway between the towns. Ii ldditiOn to bteing threatened from Ale west Lassigny is being approach ud from the soith by General Hum bert's torops who have finally de ioichhed from Thiescourt wood. Aloig the western hank of the Oise and south of Noyon the French have taken Piiperz an( reached Dreslin :!ourt, to the northwest. East of the river toward Soissons eneral IMlan. zi has captu red more1 high grouund and has taken .\orsain anld has brought his total of prisoners to 2, 200, In tis oper'ation tile French not only menace the security of Noyon but1 relieve the pressure against Sois sons. F'rom thle heights around imain battery positions north of Sois Alorsain thley can hiombard the Ger soins which have been hlarassing the aillied occupiants of that city. If Marshal Foch can succeed in pinching off Noyon and advancing nlor'thward hle virtuailly will coni tile (Ger'mans to retire from the pres i-nlt liner north of Roye to)warct Arras and( will hlastenl If not forca a German .cat to the north of the Aisne be twveen Soissons and Rheims. Success arountd Noyon might be far' reaching but4 the t ertrb*ory is difftPI' l* ecaunse of the woold: andl 11ils andl Geriman resistance may conltinue stubborn. T'here' has been only slight activity ilonig 1the \'esle, tile French and AmIlerleans having enlarged thieir' holdinlgs north of tihe river by Blight idvances at several pois. There has been 110 change in tile Clerm~an tactics between the Ancre andl the Olse which might have been eixpectedi fromn tile applointment Of General von Biohen, wiho conducted tihe ret reat from tile Marne, to the su.. premell command in that area. Berlin lays that Monday allied thrlulsts wvest of Chaulnes and nlorthi of Royc failed wile the French wer'e repulsed in a vigorous battie between tile Oise and tile Aisne. Lo)ndon reports tile chleck ing of German efforts between H~erle ville and Lihons, west of Chiaulnes.