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T * VOL. 23. NO. 40. SEMI senatortTllihan SEEKS RE-ELECTION Announces His Candidacy foi Fifth Term in the Senate Tuesday. LEVER MAY OPPOSE HIM Leastwise That's the Reporl Out of Washington and Wash ington is the Melting Po For Politics. j Washington, D. C., March 7.? Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, . formally announced Tuesday that he would be a candidate to succeed 4 himself in the senate for a fifth term. In a statement, MY. Tillman saia: "Just before the primaries ir 1914, 1 announced that 1 would not again be a candidate. At that time the United States had not entered the war in Europe. In self respect we were forced to enter the war and we are in it to a finish unless we are to belie all our traditions and lose all of the rights, liberties, and inherited privileges, bequeathed to ui by our forefathers. Everything ha? been changed by our entering into the war. "The life of the individual is no longer his own. It belongs to the nation; and every man ought to be guided by that consideration alone by a sense of duty to his country. 'How can I best serve my country?' in the question patriots are asking themselves. Considering my owi case, the conclusion I have reached is that I can best serve my country by continuing in the senate. Having determined that it is my duty, I will not be deterred front asking for re election because of a statement I made in 1H14 under entirely dlf ferent circumstances." ? In his announcement Senatoi Tillman referred to his long service and of the time when he used to be ready whenever anyone threw a rock at the south to throw two back. He said he could claim some credit for the readiness of the navy to co-operate with the allies, and that with his ability to be of service to the country as chairman of the naval committee, he felt he would feel like a deserter in the face of the enemy if he got out. Will Make N'o Speeches. After reviewing his record in the senate, Mr. Tillman declares: "I do not believe the people of the state are in the humor for unnecessary political agitation this year. They want to win the war and they know the only way to win It is to hold up President Wilson's hands. Anv man pent to the senate now from South Carolina who would not sustain the President whole-heartedly would be a traitor to the best inteVests of our country, and utterly useless to his South Carolina constituents. "Although my health Is better now than it has been for many years, it is not my purpose to make any campaign speeches. In my opinion, it is more important for me to remain in Washington attending to my duties in the senate and in the " naval affairs committee than it is for me to engage in the mere bandying of words with any man or men upon the stump in South Carolina. 1 have enough faith in the good sense and patriotism of South Carolinians to believe the uppermost thought In their minds today is to defeal Germany. They know the only way to do that is to stand by the President. They know I have always stood by the President am) will continue to stand by him, and 1 therefore announce my candidacy for re-election." At the same time, Representative l.ever, of South Carolina, chairman of the house agricultural committee and author of the food laws, issued a statement saying he had been urged to make the race for the senate. but would have no announcement to make until he had further opportunity to ascertain his duty under the circumstances. It is understood that Mr. I^ever intends to enter the tight only If he becomes convinced that Senator Tillman cannot win over two opponents already in the field, former Governor Cole L. Hlease and N. B. Dial, a business man of Laurens. % hE L -WEEKLY. I NATION-WIDE FEDER^ ! Chicago, March 7.?-Formation of a national dry federa. tion. which will be composed of practically every leading prohibition society in the country and will be the biggest organization in the world oppos[ lng liquor, was announced here last night. William Jennings Bryan is president of the or[ ganization. Active speaking campaigns will be started at once. The three fundamental objects of the organization are ratification of the national prohibition amendment in the shortest possible time; suc( cess of the prohibition campaign in the six states which vote on the question in November, and immediate ' war Dro 1 hibition "to conserve the man i power and resources of the HUTCHESON AGAIN L \ TROUBLE EXPECTE Fails to. Have Spokesman Put tee?Puts It Up to (iovernm "Does That Mean Strike , Know," Hutcheson Kepli ' Washington, March 7.?Failing ! to get the approval of representa1 tivvs of the navy, the emergency 1 feet corporation and the metal trades unions, of his proposal to put a spokeman of the carpenters on I the wage adjustment committee in shipbuilding disputes, William L. I II - V. 1 -? ' uuiciirsuii, pivsiuum oi me nrotnerhood of Carpenters, announced that ! an appeal would be taken to President Wilson. "If lie does nothing, then we are through." Mr. Huteheson declared, "anil it is up to the government to keep the men in line." "Does that mean a strike?" he i was asked. i "How do I know?" was the an, Hwer. "They struck last time and i only returned to work in response to the President's appeal in the belief that the matter would be adjusted to their satisfaction." Huteheson said there were 50,000 i idle carpenters who would be put to work building ships if the work was available. He Ind'cated some of these men would find work in Canada by announcing that John J. McGee. of New York, has been offered the 4>ost of director of shipbuilding in Canada by the imperial munitions board, which asked hint to furnish 5,000 woodworkers and 6.000 iron shipbuilders. '4Mr. McGee has asked and received permission to accept the offer," he added, "and the men he wants doubtless will be glad to get the work." Hutcheson asked that the existing agreement between the metal trades union and the emergency fleet corporation be changed to provide for a representative, who was declared to be unqualified to deal with woodworking questions, because his experience has been only in the metal trades. General Manager Piez, for the fleet corporation, refused to consent to the change without the approval of the metal trades unions, with which it was nrade. The conference in which Assistant Secretary Roosevelt appeared for the navy, discussed the question for nearly eight hours, fhen adjourned without agreement or arrangement tor a continuance of negotiations. Previous negotiations likewise were unfruitful of results, the striking carpenters having returned to the shipyards when President Wilson declared the war program was being delayed and refused to see Mr, Hutcheson. The attitude of the metal trades I unions toward the conference was ipreosed by Samuel Oompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who said: "The carpenters presented a memorandum for proposed changes in the agreement between the navy, the shipping board's emergency fleet corporation and the metal trades unions. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Piez thought the proposition was unworkable and the metal trades officers believed it impracticable and even if adopted would prove cumbersome. "The carpenters desire to have a representative on the wage adjust- 1 AMfA LANCASTER, S. C., FF ITION TO FIGHT BOOZE nation." Included in a long list of governors, senators and representatives, who are expected to take active part in the work, are Governors Milliken, of Maine, and Whitman, of New York; Senators Kenyon, of Iowa, Sherman, of Illinois, Borah, of Idaho, and Sheppard, of Texas; Congressmen Webb, of North Carolina, Randall, of California, Fess, of Ohio, Barkley, of Kentucky, and Kelly, of Pennsylvania. National headquarters will be in Pittsburgh. Branch offlnoo ..-III ? ? uv?, nui uc upeneu immediately in Chicago, Washington, New York and many other cities. The federation has more than $100,000 paid into the treasury and several hundred thousand dollars pledged, it was announced. DEFIANT AND MORE D FROM CARPENTERy on Wage Adjustment Commitent "To Keep Men in Line." at Shipyard??How I)o I ies, "They Struck Before." ment committee in matters affecting them. The metal trades officers declared that if such a condition prevailed, when each of their own trade was un<ier consideration, they would want each of thent to ^it in. which would mean a large number." * BILL SIGNED ALLOWS SOLDIERS CAST VOTE I Governor Manning Affixes Signature to Act Which Allows Absentees to Vote lly Mail. I Governor Manning has signed 25 additional acts, passed by the recent general assembly. There are still a number of bills on his desk, awaiting his signature. The last batch of acts signed were mostly local measures, the chief exception being the one which provides for the voting of soldiers and sailors and those <|iiali-| r><wi ...... v^wis iu vuie in meir training I amps or wherever they he at the time of election. The act provides t.iat registration boards shall before turning in the books of registration to the county chairmen for correction shall enter on a page in each hook the names of those known to he absent together with the last known address of the voters, and department of service in which he is engaged. The county chairman is required to make a list of the absent voters, mail boxes. The "absent voter" shall record his vote and return to the county in which he is registered and at the meeting of the county board of canvassers the letter shall be opened, the votes counted and added in with the returns of the said county. At each cantonment or training camp within the State provisions are made for registering the voters on or before the 3rd Tuesday in July and ballot boxes shall be furnished to the cantonments for recording th? votes of the qualified electors. The act applies only to the period of the present war. ? REST ROOM IS FITTED UP BY COUNTY AGENTS Misses Creigliton and Craig Sow Have an (HTice to lie I'sed By ladles of the V'ounty. The home demonstration agents Miss Creighton and Miss Craig, have rented an office and fitted it up. In the B. C. Hough building. This of- i 111 " ..v*r ./c ui?rn every Saturday, and i any one wishing to consult with either of these young ladies, or to get information or bulletins may report there. This room is also to be used as a ( test room for women on Saturdays 1 and they will be glad to have nny 1 of their friends, especially the wo- 1 men from the county, to call on that < tlay, aud to make use of the room. < STER tIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918. AMERICAN TROOPS REPULSE GERMANS Another Surprise Attack By Huns in Lorraine Met With Usual Results. AMERIC ANS MAKING RAIDS Weather Conditions Are Bad But the French, British and American Troops Thrust Back Germans at Every Encounter. Again the Germans in Lorraine have attacked the American troops and again they have met with defeat. Notwithstanding the heavy snow and the previous repulses they had met with in their effort to penetrate the American positions, the enemy Monday night in the Toul sector essayed a surnriae atfnok in #>nn_ siderable force. The American gunners and riflemen were quickly after them, however, and they were forced to beat a hasty retreat to their trenches. Later, the Americans themselves in the same region took the initiative into their own hands and, sallying forth as a raiding unit, penetrated German positions and brought back a number of prisoners. Had weather generally prevails along the entire western front, but nevertheless the Australians have again raided enemy positions near Warneton. which lies to the southeast of Ypres, and taken more prisoners and several machine guns. This was the second venture of the kind on the part of the Australians in as many days in which the enemy losses have been fairly high. British Itrpiilsc Attack. The Germans, after having heavily bombarded the British lines west of Lens Iii 11 ncho.i or. ? - . n, mil I lie British easily repulsed it. inflicting heavy casualties on the Teutons and taking a number of prisoners. As in France and Belgium, the weather conditions on the AustroItalian front also are extremely bad, with snowstorms in the mountains and heavy rains in the plains. During breaks in the storm, however, patrol parties have been active in the mountain region and artillery duels of considerable violence also have taken place on various sectors. In Dittle Russia the Austro-Hungarian forces are still going forward against the Bolshevik troops, driving them hither and thither with the purpose of restoring "order" and security in the Ukraine^ In the north although German official communications previously announced that hostilities against the Russians had (eased, an unofficial dispatch from Petrograd dated Monday announces that Narva. 10(1 miles southwest of the capital, has been taken by the Germans, who are reported to be continuing their advance toward Petrograd. In addition, a German airplane is said to have bombed Petrograd Monday afternoon and Zeppelins were seen a short distance outside of the city flying toward the capital but were driven off by antiaircraft batteries. Advices From Petrograd. Still further advices from Petrograd indicate that the Bolshevik councils propose to use the time intervening between the signing of the neace treaty with Germany and the date set for its ratification, March 1 ?, to evacuate the capital, destroying all stores of provisions and war materials which cannot be removed and possibly to organize a red guard army to defend the country against I the invaders. Sir Kric (JediieR, the first lord of he Hritish admiralty, in an addressto the h^use of romtnons. spoke op timistioally of the successes that are being achieved by the entente allied warships, which he said, were destroying underwater boats in increasing numbers. "For some months," said Sir Krle, "we believe that we and the Americans have been sinking submarines as fast as they are built." Hrakeman Injured. Urakeman Stack, of Camden, was the vicitim of a very painful accident while coupling cars here Tuesday night. A coupling lever struck him breaking his jaw and knocking out several teeth. He was given treatment by local physicians and left for his home Wednesday. New SUBS MEN IN SECOND GO INTO (J M A.J OH PETERSON FAILS 11 TO APPEAR IN COURT 1* Raleigh. March 7.?In the ease of State vs. Maj. George L. Peterson, involving the charge of embezzleing funds of the North Carolina national ? guard as property and disbursing officer, Peterson was called and failed to appear in the superior court yesterday afternoon, and an instanter capias was issued and requisition di- ( rected to be procured from Governor Bickett on the governor of South Carolina, where Peterson is on the quartermaster's staff in the cantonment at Greenville. His lawyers asked a continuance and told the court the military authorities at Greenville had declined to grant Peterson leave ja of absence to come to trial. His ol $10,000 bond is entered as for- U] feited. He has paid the state v/ me ?<,auu alleged to have w been unaccounted for. [( CONDUCTOR FENNELL IS "c KILLED AT GASTONIA ei n< ni Kunaway Cars Demolish Caboose in () W 11 i? li ('. Ai X. \V. Conductor fii Was Sleeping. ''' tl Gastonia, March 7.?Conductor I... d A. (Gus) Fennell, of the Carolina A: n Northwestern railway, was instantly st killed shortly after 7 o'clock last al night when a string of heavily load- ni ed runaway cars crashed into the r< caboose of a northbound C. & N. \V. tt freight which was just on the eve of ni pulling out. lie was off duty, hav- t< ing brought his train from Cnester. cl and was going to Lincolnton to snend n the night with his family. si He had told some of the crew that she was feeling had and was going back to the caboose to lie down. He l< had been there but a few minutes when a heavily loaded coal car carrying several other cars with it left its moorings near the old mill n and came at a great rat*' of speed ti , down upon the freight. The caboose j, was crashed to splinters between th? fi coal car and a heavy steel car just w in front of it. Ii Kennell's body was badly mangled, a and was extricated with difficulty, n The body was removed to a local un J dertaker's and was sent today to A Lincolnton. bis home. He leaves a <l wife and several children, fondue- a tor Fennell was -t years old and had <1 been running on the C. & N. \V. for t< ituom zu years. n Ills brother. Pete Fennell, has '' been an engineer on the same road a for an equal or longer period of al time. He was widely known all n along the line from Chester to Lenoir. ch MANNING SKKiKSTS THAT CHILDItKX AID IIOAItDS *' ci Columbia, March 7.?An urgent p, appeal has been made by Governor j1( Manning, in personal letters to the w chairmen of the various local ex- n emption boards of the state, to have jj, completed at once, "as a matter of aj national necessity," the occupational ar cards of registrants. The governor af, requests these chairmen to call or citizens generally to assist, if' th' teachers will not co-operate, or. i necessary, to ask superintendents o' city schools to close such schools foi a day and have the pupils to mak< out the cards. i + AI'STHA MAX HA 1<M?T IX S. C. ONHV FOK I'ltlM AItlK' Columbia, March 7.- The law re quiring the Australian system of ba1loting applies only to primary elec ofl tions, and the constitutional require- er, ment of payment of poll taxes six ge months before an election applies ^ only to general elections, according to an opinion rendered by Claud X Sapp. assistant attorney general, tf co F. J. Farham, of Union. The opln st? ion says that, therefore, municipa in corporations holding primary elec ^ tions will have to conduct them ir accordance with the Cothran ac? Pc providing for a system of Australia! po balloting. The poll-tax provision wi would not apply to primary election* ae held under rules promujgated 1 ta party machinery. an CRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR DRAFT WILL CE GRADUALLY 10 NEW DIVISIONS WILL BE CREATED Ixpected the Call Will Come Sometime During Month of April. ALL ABOUT 800,000 MEN hese to Be Taken from Class One at Intervals During the Year to Complete Organizations. Washington, March 7.?While a rge number of men will be called lit during the present year to fill p the army and complete its organation it was learned last night that ar department plans do not call ir the creation of any additional disiotis in lit 18. The announcement mcerning the second draft expect1 soon from Provost Marshal (Jen al Crowder may outline the manpr in which less than 1,000,000 ien?probably not much in excess f 800,000?are to be summoned radually during the year to comlete the existing organizations. Delay in the announcement as to le next draft is understood to be ue to uncertainty as to which lethod of alloting quotas to the ates is to be followed. The sente already has passed and the house lilitary committee has favorably sported an amendment to the law > hase the quota on the number of len iu class one, instead of upon the >tal registration of a state. This tiange is regarded as certain to he lade, but to avoid further delay hednles of allotments under both rstems have been prepared at the rovost marshal general's office ready i go out as soon as final action is ?ken. Second Call in April. As to the dale of the second draft, lembers of congress from agriculiral sections have been practically ssured that no withdrawal of men rom civil life was contemplated hich would embarrass harvesting. I has been indicated, however, that relatively small number of men lust be called tr? ?tio ? - ... ...v . UIUIS prior 10 un?* 1 and the process may start in pril, when equipment. clothing and uarters will l>e available. The men re needed to till up to lull strength ivisions slated for early departure Kurope and also for field army :irps troops not attached to divis>ns. The replacement detachments lso must go forward at an aceelerting rate since American troops are ow actually holding a sector of the rench front and men are being illed or wounded in action every ay. The completion of the full proam of the war department without -eating any additional divisions robably will absorb in the neighbor* >dd of fiou.uun men. The extent to hich it has been necessary to inrease artillery quotas throughout e army and to add special units of 1 sorts has surprised every officer id accounts for the existing shortfl'S li> 1 1" -? ?* ? * , ... .. .?<!**: exit-Ill. * 'OULD GREATLY EXTEND AERIAL POSTAL SERVICE i-opose Airplane I'ostal Route Prom Washington to Atlanta, Coniit'dinn Five Army Camps. Washington, March 7.? The postIce department has under considation a project proposed by Reprentative Hell, of Georgia, to estabth an airplane postal service be<een Washington and Atlanta, to nnect Camps Greene. Wadsworth, vier, Lee and Gordon with Wash gton and the southern city. Mr. ill, who is a member of the house stoffice committee, says the purse is to link these southern camps ith the postoftlce department's rial mail service that is to be eshlished soon between Washington d New York city.