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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918 t
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McLAURIN retires. ,?
John L. McLaurin, after having k
failed to "raise hell," as he declared 0
was his purpose at the Greenwood *
meeting, and having, as he says, n
failed to interest the farmers of ?
South Carolina, whom he desired to s
serve, in a movement to make the ?
cotton raised in the South a liquid *
asset, has ret'ired from the race for ^
governor of -South Carolina, and v
j once more, and for a little while, is s,
Bgua private citizen. . K t.
John L. McLaurin is a man of ^
p great ability. He has made the misg
take of not knowing that as a politi- ^
cal factor he has been dead in *
' . South Carolina these twenty years, k
^f ' Nevertheless, his day of usefulness
P'i. in South Carolina was not over had o
P,: \ ' hp desired to serve the pepole whom h
- he professes so much to love and to ^
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m'.-. : desire to assist. a
Mr. McLaurin has evidently de- ii
5v ceived himself. There is no man in n
v. ___ South Carolina who desires office g
more than he does. There is no t<
jg^t>. man in South Carolina who has s<
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itJT OVIiVCH aaiuci bv tvuig uuvn. J.UVAV ^
: .V ia no man in South Carolina of his a
^ ?V. education and breeding he has done b
Pay as many things as he has done, who ir
.1"has bowed to as many gods, and t<
g&r. swallowed as many "isms" as he has h
In the attempt to be a political fig- s1
?& ? , lire in the state. But his political ti
%** '}/ epitaph had already been written. d
McLaurin is terribly mistaken in K
??fv-.\ the assertion that only through the is
?U;!y government can the farmers of di
? South Carolina, and of the South, w
. secure the things which they need w
IsM for financing the cotton crop. Noth- h
|p-' ing should be further from politics. C
S&m ' If the government has ever made tl
anylrody rich, or provided a means h:
'&/. * of getting rich, we have not heard si
M.k;''\#of *** ^e handling of the cotton fi
icrop, the securing for its recognition ti
, as security for the advancement Is
of money, and other matters perV
taining to the handling of the crops ri
' of the South are matters of business 'a
and not of politics. The people of tl
' the South need not look to the poli- li
jjs^V ticians to secure for them that as- C
:c\ sistance which they so much desire, tl
0X-: Wh&n they have confidence- in the a
business integrity of the business
men of this section of the country, tl
- and handle their business affairs si
jjfe';\ a through business methods which t(
have made for success in other tl
lines they may hope for the things a
which they seek. But as long as a li
few politicians, seeking office, are li
their spokesmen they may expect to v
. remain hewers of wood and drawers a
rbv/' water, to sav nothinc: of being t
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jj\'. members of a faithful organization h
supposed every two years to come t
IK' to the assistance of a few faithful e
demagogues who, since we came to v
know things, have promised all and b
lip"-,- given nothing. h
If McLaurin desired to serve the^v
. people, he fell from grace when he v
sought office for himself instead of t
adopting business methods for the
accomplishment of his purpose. He c
KjA should have sought relief in the i
court of finance rather than in the .t
political forum. , c
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IIS DEATHBED REPENTANCE.
We have' heard all our life the disussion
about deathbed repentance.
>ome ofthe preachers have pointed
o the thief on the cross and argued
or it, while others have told us that
he doctrine did not apply in these
atter days where the opportunity to
ie good had come to a man all these
rears before he was stretched on
he cross. Some of them have read
o us that "my spirit will not always
trive with man,? while others have
uni that'
While the lamp of life holds out to
'burn,
The vilest sinner may return", etc.
It seems that our own . Cole beongs
to the latter branch of the
hurch, becaus^ after having told
he boys that ne was not "a'skeered"
if Wilson, and after having had
hem shout themselves" hoarse at the
iravery of their noble leader, he
ias now about-faced and is one of
iur most loyal Wilson democrats,
ilthough his ersjwhile friend, Col.
Cheshire, says that Cole "wished to
iod" that Hughes would be elected
resident. ,
We have all seen the time in the
ountry, though, when a man was
ibout to be called before the judgaent
seat, or supposed he was. The
aithful old women, and all the oljl
aaids, gathered, looking solemn, but
till hopeful, each bringing her, favorite
remedy to heal any and all
:inds of ills. . Col. Bill McKinney
if OrppnwftoH +hlH 11s that he took
he whole menu on one occasion.
Veil, Brave Colte has of late been
aighty sick. In fact he has been
ace to face with political death for
everal weeks, and on last Saturday
he faithful oldv women, including
hat charming old maid Johnnie
Lull, attended at his bedside at Litle
Mountain, in Newberry County,
rhere Cole looked political death
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quarely in the face. They all had
heir remedies, but just which one
; was that told Cole that the only
hing which would land him in f)oliical
heaven was a full tablespoonul
of Wilson Tanlac, we do not
now.
Whether he kicked much or not,
r whether it was necessary'to hold
is nose we have not been told, but
re do know now that Cole too^ the
ose. He appeared early this week
1 Manning the most rearin' Wilson
lan in the whole state. The little
irl about whom Col. Dial has been
ailing:, who made, over 100 at
:hool on all studies is no longer in
Cole is 490 per cent Wilson
nd is still coming. He tells the
oys that when he gets up to Washlgton
he is going to vafk right up
> the president and tell him that
e i$ an American Senator, he
;ands behind the country in the
me of war, and is with the presipnfc.
tooth and toe nail, to finish.
[ore than this he tells us that if it
i. necessary he will put the presient
in the race for the third term,
hich Washington declined, and
ill stump the United States for
im. ; Think of it friends! That is
ole talking' He intends to take
le president by the hand and tell
im so. He is to take that hand,
neared with the blood of all the
resh young manhood of this coun*y,
and tell the president all this.
; Cole "a 'skeered?"
More than that, he will raise a
*giment, and himself go to France
nd personally spank the Kaiser on
le back steps of his home in Bern.
So said Cole as he lay asick.
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UIU H?A2> X ICU. HC 10 UlJllixig 1UA
le people to forget all he has said
nd done.
But one of tne worst things about
lese deathbed repentances is, that
ametimes the fellow doesn't go up
3 heaven at once, but is left on
lis terrestrial sphere, here to strive
little while longer with old sin.
row a man who has never had region
before, and who gets it ?n
rhat he supposes is his deathbed,
nd then is left here below, has a
errible responsibility thrown on his
ands. He is forced to live up to
he religion which he has so recently
mbraced, or the boys may think he
ras in iact " a SKeerea. oomeumes
ie tells his wife all the bad things
ie has done in life and is still felt
nth us then, and he has to conince
her afterwards that he was
alking "out of his head."
Now one of the things, in this reent
conversion, which is puzzling
is is this?what if Cole should fail
o land in heaven through his relent
conversion, and be left here
amongst us Wilson men, with all |
these brave and loyal utterances
"all balled up in his hand" as Col.
Pat Roche would say in a set-back ^
- game? Would be still .play thei
hand, and would he still be vjjlltngf
to take the president by that hand]
of fris Covered with all the^inrocent;
blood and tell him that he was with;
him, and for the third term?
If he didn't would the boys think 1
he was just "a 'skeered", or would;
he persuade them he' was talking
"out of his head?" .. !
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McLAURIN GIVES UP
RACE FOR GOVERNOR |
Discouraged That Purpose Seems;
Misconstrued?Farmers Spurn
-Help.
(The State, July 16.)
The State last night received!
for publication from John L. McLaurin
the following . communication,
"written from Richmond, Va.,
hospital, and dated July 14:
To My Friends: I see no good to
be accomplished ;by my remaining in
the campaign and desire to release I
you from such obligation you may
feel as to my support.
I am discouraged that my purposes
seen so sadly misunderstood
and my motives so wilfully misrepresented.
What is the use when only 18
minutes areallowed to present great
issues?
I did not offer as a candidate because
of any personal ambition. My
desire was to serve. Primarily, it
was my hope to unite a conservative
element in both factions upon
a program for building a system of
finance based upon cotton, which
would render our section forever |
rich ana independent.
I have given ten years of my life
and spent much of my means in
spreading the propaganda. Its fruits
are visible on every hand, but I despair
of ever making faction ridden
South Carolina a leader in a great
movement of this kind and shall
make no further attempt so to do.
Let me state the proposition clear
|ly: Section 13 of the federal reI
sprv-p act. nrovides not ohlv for the
I discount of notes secured by receipt '
j for cotton on storage, but also for "
| discounting securities, where the
j proceeds are to enter into the pro- '
j duction of the crop. This means
j that a note secured by rent or a :
j crop mortgage can be discounted at J
the federal reserve bank. It is done 1
now, but not for farmers, few of '
them know these facts. All that we '
j need is the machinery and it can be
I more easily provided than the presi
ent system, which I presented after \
the failure of the Wade plan.
The warehouse is merely a funda- 1
mental incident in a system of fi- 1
nnace. The real basis is the con- (
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version of all serurities which rep?
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resent cotton either made or to be
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j made into fluid assets which will J
ipass current in the money markets.
When you do this the marketing ^
j question will logically solve itself
i and it can never be solved except
by the firm establishment of a sys- .
tern of credits, where the pound of ^
! cotton is the unit, and as good in i
one man's hands as another's. It ;
will never be done by voluntary or- (
ganizations; it ca nonly come thru ,
j the government ,and to secure that ,
political control is necessary.
However, as the people are more |
interested in other matters, I see no ^
reason for dragging myself around
- +? Violn
tne State in a vain ciluib w
people who do not wish to be helped
i Being a side show to a third ilass \
; country circus does not appeal to .
i me.
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"John Lowndes McLaurin." i
ROWLAND CAMPBELL
IN ABBEVILLE
| A Large Audience Hears Young
1 Man's Experiences at Front?Red
Cross Benefits to the Extent
of Thirty Dollars.
"War news hungry" is the best
way our'language in its poverty can
I describe the present appetite of the i
! American people. Abbeville Court
I House was filled Tuesday night
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| wnen iVir. xiowianu ^ampueu, uie
I Anderson boy, returned from the
J front, delivered his illustrated lecj
ture on the war. The occasion was
: arranged for the benefit of the Red |
j Cross and Mr. Joel Morse introduced
the speaker.
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Rowland Campbell, known to
many people of this vicinity, is a
young man of boyish countenance
and youthful statue. Talking rapidly
and without any attempt at elocution
,he presented his experiences
one >after another and rarely rose
above the conversational. '
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Volunteered in French Army.
The young man began by telling
how he happened to precede America
into the conflict. It was during
those years when war between this
"mintrv nnrl flermanv hnnc in the
salance, he said, that he and two
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iohipanion students in the University
of Chicago began to consider
low they could most quickly see active
service. The American ambulance
service, designed to bolster
up the inadequate French organization,
offered them that opportunity.
So they sailed for France to
aecome ambulance drivers. However
tvhen they arrived, a French officer
met them and persuaded them to
2nter the French transportation and
supply service, which was represented
as. being the more important
at the time. His duty was to drive
barb wire, trench mortars, or any
thing desired up to the front lines.
Tells of Experiences.
Naturally, many experiences fell
to the lot of the young truck driverA.t
the end of three weeks, he had
been offered the Croix de Gifrre foi
unusual service and had refused it.
The reason given was that French
soliders, who had been in trenches
fo^ three years, deserved it fai
more.
In illustrating the American spirit
he stated that he was driving along
a road under such bombardment that
Jack Johnson shells were falling at
the rate of twenty a minute, each
tearing up great holes in the ground
DesDite this, however, twelve Ameri
cans were seated at the side of the
road calmly eating sardines! II
was not his purpose to dwell on the
horrors of the war, yet he could nol
help mentioning that all said about
the barbarity of the Germans was
true. He himself was in a hospital
when it was bombed by Hun aircraft
and that same hospital was the victim
of nine such attempts while he
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Kitchen is
ou go through a:
stimmer of heat?
ie that makes you just rea
le, with a Detroit Vapo
discomfort?
men all over the country
it Vapor Oil Stove. Ode
sofhtelv safe, wond
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[?j| Burns kerosene just
I better, too, becaus<
the heat just as you
We have a numb*
of Detroit Vapor Si
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i was in the sector.
i Inasmuch as the meeting was ar
' ranged by the Red Cross, Mr. Camp- j
bell said he desired to state what he
;knew from personal experience re-j
i; garding the organization. While
1 over in Georgia, he said, a man actually
had the audacity to ask him
if the Red Cross was on the square.
This ignorance was pathetic. Ab|
solutely no better use could be made
: of money at the present time than
, to invest it in the Red Cross. For
! one thing, the Red Cross has canteens
all along the front and this
is one of the greatest conveniences
enjoyed by the soldirs.
While in the midst of the lecture,
the room suddenly became dark. The
ten o'clock hour of prayer proclaimj
ed by the mayor had arrived. In
the adjoining Opera House, music
ceased. And an audible breath of
prayer could be heard toward the
| left.
Lantern Slides and Display of Relics:
[ Mr. Campbell brought many pic
. ture slides with him and attempted
; to portray actual war Conditions on
ij the screen. Many of the pictures
.! he had taken himself. It is against j
, the law for soldiers to take such j
pictures. But he and his two com-|
panions carried cameras neverthe-i
I less. If necessary, two of them would'
entertain the stubborn French of-]
llficer, he said, while the third, took!
' the picture.
'I After the slides had been shown,j
many relics collected on the field of
'j battle were displayed. Among them:
I were gas masks, helmets, guns, J
j shells, and a German machine gun.!
Considerable excitement was caused
!by the exhibior suddenly firing sev'jeral
blanks from a pistol. While.
'j doing this several weeks ago before j
j a North Carolina audience, Camp-1
bell accidentally wounded himself. I
! New Spirit.
: "When I sailed out of New York!
! harbor," he said, "several young men j
; with me stood up and saluted the:
: Statue of Liberty. I remained seat-j
i ed and thought it foolish. But Ii
I came back a new man. I realized
; the value of being an American
When I sailed into the harbor of j
i New York, I stood up and saluted |
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want it.
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nvp? on exhibition:'
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FITTERS T>50.Cfl
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that statue. The French and 'British
soldiers have unqueustionably demonstrated
their bravery. But somehow
I feel, now that the American
soldiers, are in it, that they are going
to be just a little bit better
than the rest." *' ' .r' f*.
Red Cross Benefits." fl|
Mr. Campbell expects to return
to the front as an American aviator. BB
He is a relative of Mrs. J. L. Hill m
of this city. The Abbeville chapter 19
of the Red Cross benefitted to the HI
extent of $31.50, the gross receipts
being over sixty dollars. B88
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ABBEVILLE PUTS 9
OUT THE LIGHTS H
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off for one minute each night at Hi
ten o'clock so that you may engage
in prayer for that period of time, j^R
for our boys that are in the army BH
and for a victorious conclusion of H
the war. SfiB
"Now, I, Mayor of Abbeville, do MR
hereby call upon the citizens of the Hfl
City of Abbeville to engage in hQI
prayer for one minute each nighf at Hp
ten o'clock, for our boys that are in
the army and for a victorious con-^R
elusion of the war for human free-^H
dom in which our country has en-^H|
fered- J- Moore Mars,
Mayor."
By thus adopting the silent min-HDj
ute every night, Abbeville has fol-HH
lowed in the footsteps of Green-^^B
wood, Chester, and many other cit-^H
ies in the state, which had already^BB
adopted the plan. It is hoped that^^Q
thus the people might be brought^^H
to a more profound realization ofHH
the real significance of the war and^^H
that greater patriotic devotion^^H
might be inspired. nUjfl
LIQUOR CASES. BH
Commissioner Williamson held
preliminary in the City Council of^^J
fice Thursday morning in the case^^H
of the United States vs. Zeke QuinnHB
Laura Hunter and Mary Smith^Hm
charged with selling blockade li^^H
quor at a Fourth of July picni<^^H
near Latimei'. All the defendant^Hfl
were bound over to the next tenflHj
of the court at Greenwood. .