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Death of Mr. C. M. Williams Death has deprived Edgefie county of one of its best, very bei citizens. There were but few lil bim of his day and generation. ^ refer to Mr. C. M. Williams wi passed away Sunday afternoon his home in the Cleora sectioi For more than a year be has be' in declining health, being a gre; sufferer for many months. Vi welcomed death as a relief to h: ?pain-racked form. Under all circumstances, in wi as well as in peace, Mr. Wiilian proved himself to be loyal and tm to every duty and every trust When but a mere boy of tende years, near the close of the Civi War, he offered his services to hi country and donned the Confeder ate uniform. All down throng! the years since the close of the wa he has made his value felt as ? sterling citizen-not obtrusively o ostentatiously but in a modest, re tiring way. He served Edgefiek ?county two terms as county treas airer, making the people a faithful, conscientious public servant. H< was an indulgent father, a thought fal neighbor, a public spirited, pa triotic citizen. Would that Edge field county had more like him, Mr. Williams was not a man oi much speech, attending always tc his own business, yet he was a mao of sound judgment, broad vision and decided convictions, always having the courage to stand by his convictions. Nothing was ever un dertaken for the good of his com - m unity or for the benefit of the .county or otate that he did not wil lingly have a part. He was always in the class of volunteers and never bad to be drafted into any form of public service. Mr. Williams talk ed freely of his readiness to face death, having accepted Christ as his ?Savior. Mr. Williams' wife died about twenty-five years ago, while his .children were small, but he devoted ly careel tor them as a mother and father would. They are now all ?grown men and women and are an <honor to him. He leaves five daughters, Miss Eliza Ann Wil liams. Mrs. W. P. Branson, Mrs. W. H. Morgan, Miss Alma WU Hams, Mrs. C. L. Norman, and two sons, J. O. and H. H. Williams. The fanerai was conducted Mon day afternoon at Gilgal church by .the pastor, Rev. P. B. Lanham and the interment took placo in the Gil gal cemetery. Card of Thanks. I wish to^ thank the people of , Edgefield county for the compli I mentary support given me in the i recent election. Though defeated in the race for ; County Superintendent of Educa tion, I am glad I made the cam paign. 1 was cordially received and very kindly treated in every community I visited, which fact is evidence to me that the people of our county are above the average in culture and refinement. In the campaign, I did nothing or said nothing that could give of fense to my opponent; or in any way, take advantage of him. There fore I have nothing to regret. 6. F. Long. Card of Thanks. . I desire to express any sincere ap preciation to the people who gave me such splendid support in the recent prindary election. I am also grate_ ful for the many courtesies extended me in all parts of the county. I shall never cease to appreciate the kindly consideration that I received at the hands of the people in every section of the county. W. G. Byrd. Vot early on next Tuesday and at tend the big land auction sale of the old Dr. Prescott plantation. A free barbecue will be served on the ground prepared by an artist. Ladies are es pecially invited to attend this sale. SOUTHEASTERN REALTY CO. Card of Thanks. I am deeply grateful to my peo ple for the nice vote they gave me in the recent Primary. I take it as an endorsement of my efforts for the boys and girls of our county, and I shall try to show my appre ciation by the very best service of which I am capable. W. W\ Fuller. Card of Thanks. N Edgefield, S. C., Sept. V, 1920. To the Voters of Edgefield Coun ty: I wish to thank the voters of my county for the handsome vote given mo in the first primary and ask a continuation of their faith on Sep tember 14th. very respectfully, A. A. Edmunds. Vot early on next Tuesday and at tend the big land auction sale of the i old Dr. Prescott plantation. A free barbecue will be served on the 'ground prepared by an artist. Ladies are es pecially invited to attend this sale. SOUTHEASTERN REALTY CO. - Executor's Notice. State of South Carolina, County of Edgfieeld. Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to the estate of Mrs. Annia F, Ouzts, deceased, will make payment to the undersigned. And all persons holding claims agaist said estate will render all accounts of their demands duly at tested to tbe undersigned. ALBERT G. OUZTS, Duly Qualified Executor of the Will of Mrs. Annia F. Ouzts, dec'd Sept. 8-3t. Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ COUNTY OF EBGEFIEDD. Charles Cochran, Plaintiff, Against William Cochran, et. al.,-De-, fendants. Pursuant to a decree in the above entitled cause, I shall offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bid der before the Court House, Town of Edgefield, County and State aforesaid, on Salesday in October 1920, the same being the 4th day of said month, between the legal hours of sale the following describ ed realty, to wit: All that piece, parcel or tr?ct of land, situate, lying and being in the County and State aforesaid, containing Seven* ty-Six and 31-100 Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of C. C. Fuller, Edgar Reynolds, Ches ter A. Stevens, Willie Stevens and others. Terms of Sale Cash.-If purchas er at said sale shall fail to comply with terms thereof, within one hour from the time of said sale? said premises, upon direction ' of plaintiff, or bis attorney, will be re-sold on said day at the risk of the former purchaser. Purchaser to pay for papers and ; stamps. -?%'.] ? J. H. CANTELOU, - Master, E. C., S. C. Sept. 6-4t. _J_ i Vote for Mauldin I am very proud of the large vote given me in the primary on August 31st, because that vote was the reward of the clean campaign I conducted. I do not want the office of Lieutenant Governor, nor any other office, if to obtain it I have to employ other than the fairest and cleanest methods. Though born and raised in the populous Piedmont section of South Carolina. I never appealed to any sectional feeling and any insinuation to the contrary is ab solutely false. My opponent continually and adroitly drew that line by insinu ating that I was doing so. The proof that it was drawn for him is that every low country county went for him, while the Piedmont county, as usual, divided. Though as member of as many fraternal orders as my opponent, I never listed those membership in any literature 1 distributed, nor referred to them in any speech or private campaign conversation during the campaign, no did t wear any insignia of any of them. *I would scorn to ride into office on fraternal order mem bership. I respect too highly my membership in the orders which have admitted me to their ranks to seek to use them as stepping stones to office. I did mention my service as a soldier in the Spanish-American and World wars, not because I thought that double volunteer military service at the call of my country qualified me for cfvic office, but because it was a guaranteed of my patri otism and because one of my opponents often said on the stump that other things being equal, the voters ought in casting their ballots for any office to give their preference to the man who' had risked his life in the uniform of his country. Are other things equal as between myself and the opponent with whom I run over the second primary? I have had legislative experience, and he has not, and unless the governor should die in office, which God forbid, the service of "the lieu tenant governor is wholly legislative. I was elected to the legislature from Green ville county from a field of 21 candidates, by the largest vote ever given a candi date for that office jn Greenville county. Being a farmer as well as a lawyer 1 knew the needs of the farmers and could serve them in the legislature with my knowledge of law. I was so helpful in warehouse legislation that the farmers com posing the warehouse association of South Carolina invited me to make the race for lieutenant governor in 1918, which I would have done had not my service in Europe that summer made-it impossible. My opponent m the most general terms says that he is in favor of labor. I was the only candidate who made specific declarations satisfactory to labor and fair to capital. I did this at the first campaign meeting iii Columbia and at a number of other meeting during the campaign. I have never been a corporation lawyer, and have always been supported by the votes of the working men of my county. They know I am their friend-because I have proven my friendship to them. 1 have not been a factionalist, and have not appealed to any factional feeling or prejudice in this campaign. We can never have the needed harmony in South Carolina it the divisions of the past are to be permitted to determine the votes of to-day. My opponent preached harmony on every stump, and yet, so far as I am able to observe, is the only candidate in the State campaign who has sought to profit by reviving the bitter factional antagonisms of the recent past. I want the vote of every white Democrat, regardless of his past factional line up. Oscar K. Mauldin (POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT j ''.'.'Ti'., * * ' . - . . Smith-Blease Alliance Formed in Desperation As Political Expedient Polities Makes Strange Bedfellows A Direct Charge by George Warren and an Expose of Smith Tactics the People of South Carolina Should Know. 1 charge a direct collusion between former Governor Cole L. Blease and Senator E. Dr Smith to defeat me for the United States Senate. This alliance, made in utter desperation, was effected and put into operation as an elev enth hour effort to overcome the sentiment which had been created during the campaign io my favor. This campaign I was determined to make, and did make, without appealto factionalism or factional prejudices. To demonstrate this fact, thousands of voters of both the so-called factions gave support to my candidacy. On August 18th, and signed by former Governor Blease, with hiaT personal signaiiurcof *'Cole," letters were prepared, pledging Mr. Blease's support to Senator Smith for re-elec tion, and mailed out during subsequent days to reach the personal friends of the former gov ernor as an eleventh-hour appeal to factionalism. This letter was circulated by hand as well as by through the mails, and used at the polls by workers for Smith. Acknowledging receipt of a letter from Mr. Blease, dated August 6th, Senator Smith, a few days later expressed in a communication to Mr. Blease his appreciation of the permis sion to use the Blease letter. During the time of the mailing out of the hundreds of letters, on the verge of the elec tion, the reputed campaign manager of Senator Smith, District Attorney Francis H. Wes ton, a long and bitter enemy of Mr. Blease, whom the latter has repeatedly denounced, was a visitor to the office of Mr. Blease. The sequence of events leading up to the actual mailing out of the Blease letter need, in my opinion, no further explanation. Another method used in the desperate attempt to elect Senator Smith was the circula tion around the polls of reports that I was Bleaseite, these being circulated among strong anti-Blease men, and that I was running on a "wet" platform, financed by the liquor inter ests. This, I charge, was a deliberate and premeditated distortion of facts. : I am in the second race. The fight is on. My fists are doubled. I am in the fight. And I will win. GEORGE WARREN. if:. . -.. . . 1 ?. ? -1 p ;. ? ? . ' ? . i. .. .; I Why This Appeal to Factionalism Except to Save Senator I Smith From Defeat? HERE IS SOME MORE-HOW if WAS WORKED: (LETTERS, TELEGRAMS AND AFFIDAVITS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM EVERY SEC TION.OF THE STATE SHOWING THAT TACTICS SIMILAR TO THOSE MENTIONED IN THE FOLLOWING LETTER WERE EMPLOYED BY SUPPORTERS OF SMITH.) , .*, . ? . ? . - . . - Mr. George Warren, Olar, S. C., September 1, 1920. Columbia, S. C. Dear George: . Numerous campaign lies were circulated on you all over this part of the state at the" last minute, and it looks like this was intentional, so you could not answer. One was that you were against prohibition, but it strikes me that the one and best plan, and the most damaging in its effect, was planned and framed up by Blease and Smith, or their friends; for J?lease wrote to every friend he had in this part of the state, and I imagine he did the same thing all aver the state, saying that he did not tbink a new senator could do anything for the people, and to vote for Smith. This was signed, "Yours in Love, Cole." Then the day of the elec tion couriers were out all over the county to say that you were a Bleaseite, so you can clearly see that the plan was to get the Bleaseites, though Blease influenced direct by letter to vote for Smith, and then circulated the report at the last minute, without a chance for you to answer, that you were a Bleaseite and that those who hated Blease would vote against you and for Smith, thereby giving Smith Blease votes as well as anti-Blease vote?. Now if you want them I can give you more than one letter that was sent to people at Olar, and also to other parts of the county. Yours truly, (Signed) C. F. RIZER. THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING Honorable Cole L. Blease, ? Columbia, S. C., August 9, 1920. Columbia, S. C., Dear Sir: ? Upon my return from Lynchburg I found your letter of August 6. I have read it very carefully and fully appreciate the motive that prompted it. I also appreciate your kind permission to use it. I thank you very muoh for your expression as to my candidacy. Very sincerely yours, \ (Signed) E. D. SMITH. The 36,000 Warren Votes were gotten on the merit of the man and on the Issues of the Campaign, not by 'Political Trickery, not by Compromise, nor through Appeal that would invoke the slumbering spirit of the Old Factionalism, the old Animosities an4 the Bitterness of the past of a Darker Day in South Carolina. Let us turn our faces, we who are men, we who believe in fair play and open dealing in politics as well as in business and in our social inter-course, let us turn our faces to the dawn of the new day and meet the issue squarely, honestly, courageously. It lies plainly before us. It will be determined in the second primary on Tuesday, September 14. It is simply whether, to save one man's political fortunes, the electorate of South Carolina ,will approve of and become a party to the compromise made and the tactics employed. I did not start this revival of factionalism, but I expect to be in on the finish of the fight in victory, because I shall carry on with a clean fight to the end. GEORGE WARREN' I NEITHER SENATOR SMITH NOR MR. WESTON SAY l? THEIR STATEMENTS AS PUB LISHED IN THE PAPERS ANYTING THAT CONSTITUTES A DENIAL OF THE FACTS AS I HAVE LAID THESE BEFORE THE PUBLIC. (I caution my friends against further eleventh-hour frame-ups, reports or de nials of this statements.) (POLITICAL ADVERTISEENT)