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JFLOO RLE A I)K K K ITT HI V:. SPEK1H ON WAR RESOLUTION i The following is the full text 01 J *he speech of Congressman Kite-Inn ?n the war resolution which wasj ( passed by congress last Friday.. We: < publish it so that those who have t been criticising him may. see just | < what he did say as reported in the j t ^ongression Record. It expresses our j ' views on the subject better than we s could. Of course now the die is j i cast and we are all standing by the i country ami win ucieau uu. *?..j Kitchiu is congressman from Xorth Carolina and is the democratic floor leader of the house: Mr. Chairman, in view of the many assumptions of loyalty and patriot ism on the part of some of those who favor the resolution, and insinuations j "*>y them of cowardice and disloyalty ! -on the part of those who oppose it. \ offshoots, doubtless, of a passionate j moment, let me at once remind the; house that it takes neither moral nor j physical courage to declare war for -others to figh:. (Applause.) It is> evidence of neither loyalty nor pa triotism for one to urge others to get into a war when he knows that Jbe himself is going to keep out. The depth of my sorrow, the inten sity of my distress in contemplating the measureless steps proposed, Goa only knows. The right and necessity of this momentous resolution are ad -dressed to the individual judgment of j the members of the house. Too grave ' 3s the responsibility for any one to . permit another to stand sponsor for ; his conscience. Profoundly impressed with the ; gravity of the situation, appreciating "to the fullest the penalties which & - war-mad moment will impose, my , conscience and judgment, after ma- 1 tare thought and fervent prayer for ' rightful guidance, have marked out . clearly the path of my duty, and I ] "have made up my mind to walk it, if ] I go barefooted and alone. (Ap-i ] pi3.Use.7 l nave cuuie iu mc u?uuuuv-| j leg conclusion that T should vote j against this resolution. (Applause.) j z -If I had a single doubt, I would with j profoundest pleasure resolve it in ( favor of the view of the administra-1 \ tion and of a large majority of my: j colleagues, who have so recently A honored me with their confidence, l < >now that I shall never criticise any $ member for advocating this resolu- <; tion. I concede?I feel?that he casts t his vote in accordance with sincere i conviction. I know, too. tnat ior my t vote I shall be 'not only criticized, i "but denounced from one end of the c country to the other. The whole t yelping pack of defamers and revil- u ers in the nation will at once be sicK- j ?c( upon my heels. i d My friends, I cannot leave my chil dren lands and riches?I can not f< leave them fame?but I can leave ii them the name of an ancestor, who,! mattering not the consequences to o timself, neTer dared to hesitate to k a ? , _ ( fi and Other Se- ? lect See<J. |jj . ' vlereland Big Bole $1.65 bii. ! ]? . Dixie Wilt-Resistant $1.75 bu. c Moss's ImprOTed $1.58 bu. \ * ooliette 1 1-2 ineh staple $1.75-bu. s Hartsyille No. 0 Long Staple $1.75 C Webber Long Staple No. S2 $1.75 t fee. l Telvet Beans recleaned $1.90 bn. Beans 90 cents peck. Our Seeds are extra fine. All kinds of Garden Seeds. F. MASOX CROI k CO. Orangeburg, S. (% Winthrop NOTED EDUCATORS?Son a series of lectures--Dr. G Dr. C. Alphonso Smith, Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, ident of N. B. A., author Shields, President of v e Community Motion Pictu Balliet of New York Univ frage Association; and ma COURSES OF STUDY?Full Superintendents and Prini Teachers, and (5) those 1 FACULTY?An unusually la ers of education in this" ai SPECIAL FEATURES?Den model school, rural schoo' sori methods. County b? force for all teachers who nal examinations. T Tvtil-prl-airimpntc Pictures, Personally conductec ming Fool with filtered water, Board and I The best accommodations celled. For further informati Jo his duty as God gave him to see c' t. (Applause. > . c Half the civilized world is now a; s slaughterhouse iu: uuman beings. = rhis nation is the last hope of peace j e >n earth, good will toward men. 1 c im unwilling for my country by stu-' c utory command to pull up the last ; c inchor of peace in the world and e\- c : : ~ ?.;-n rho lr?no- ni<rhf of n. ^ o 3 ~ ? n ? -- , world-wide war the only remaining; v >tar of hope for Christendom. 1 am : ' mwilling by my vote today for tills ! t lation to throw away the only re- J -l aiaining compass to which the world f ?an look for guidance in the paths ot j t right and truth, of justice and hu-j *' nanity, and to leave only force and j Dlood to chart hereafter the path or | nankind to tread By passage of this ! 1 resolution we enter the war, and the i t I r universe will become one vast drama i Df horrors and blood?one boundless stage upon which will play all the evil spirits of earth and hell. All the' demons of inhumanity will be lex loose for a rampage throughout the world. Whatever be the future, what ever be the rewards or penalties of this nation's step, I shall always De lieve that we could and ought to have kept out of this war. Great Britain every day, every uour,. ? for two years has violated America a J j rights on the seas. We have persis-1 \ tently protested. She has denied us! ? not only entrance into the ports or' ? the central powers but has closed to j ( us by force the ports of neutrals. Sha \ has unlawfully seized our ships ana i our cargoes. She has rifled our ( mails. She has declared a war zone ? sufficiently large to cover ail tne ports i \ af her enemy. She made the entire N'orth sea a military area?strewed it with her hidden mines and told the j neutral nations of the world to stay j out or be blown up. We protested. So American ships were sunk, no j American life was destroyed, because .ve submitted and did not go in. We iept out of war. We sacrifiecd no lonor. !v\? surrendered permanent y no essential rights. We knew that ;hese acts of Great Britain, thougn n plain violation of international law ma of our rights on the seas, were lot aimed at us. They were direct-! >d at her enemy. They were inspired' )y military necessity. Rather than >iunge this country into war, we vere willing to forgoe for the time g T onnpni-orl fhat POUTSe ! < > -W? ? ?* - .CI hen; I approve it now. Germany ; s leclared a war zone sufficiently largei c o cover the ports of her enemy She t nfests it with submarines and as j r he neutral world to stay out, t^oujii j p n plain violation of our rights ana i j >f international "law. We know thai j 0 hese acts are^ aimed not directly ai | i ls but intended to injure and cripple i f, ler enemy, with which she is in eath struggle. ' J ^ We refuse to yield; we refuse to! oregoe our rights for the time. We a nsist upon going in. * j g In my judgement, we could keep! 3 ut of the war with Germany as we! - ept out of the war with Great Brit-in in, by keeping our ships and our citi-j J pus nut of the war zone of Germany! J s we did out of the war zone of ^reat Britain. And we would sacn ce no more honor, surrender no lore rights in the one case than'in he other. But we are told that Ger- j lanv has destroyed American lives' r-hile Great Britain destroyed only j } roperty. Great Britain destroyed no' j imerican lives, because this nation j :ept her ships and her citizens out , if her war zone which she infested ( vith hidden mines. But are we quite J ure that the real reason for war witft i Germany is tfte aestruction 01 lives, < ls distinguished from property, thai' i o avenge the killing of innocent j ' American lives war becomes a duty?, 1 Mexican bandits raided American ] :owns, shot to death sleeping men, i svomen and children in their own j ^ homes. We did not go to war to; J avenge tl?ese deaths. We sent an; ] armed expedition into Mexico to Tiunt | * 1ER SCI College, Rock 1 June 19th to July 27th, 1917 is of the most famous educators of tli . Stanley Hall, President of Clark Ui >rofessor of English, United Stages J superintendent of Public Instruction ; Dr. Henry N. Snyder, President o American Soortsman, author; W. 1 ire Bureau, department editor Youtl rersity: Dr. Ar^all. Shaw, Preside! ,nv others. I courses of study will be provided tc ripals, (2) High School Teachers, ( Wishing college credits. rge faculty has been secured, compos id other states. lonstration work with children in all 5 I problems, kindergarten practice, an Dards of education are authorized to do satisfactory work in this summer Out-of-Door Plays, Musical 'Con 1 Excursions, Large New Gymnasiur Large Athletic Field thoroughly eq Vlatriculatiou Fee for the Entire Sess A t?lace for health, recreation, info on write for Summer School Bulletin D. B. JOHNSON, President Rock Hill, S. C. 9 own and punish the?e bandits. Away iut from the American border trie oldiers of Carranza, of the Mexican ;overnment. which we had reeogiiiz d. met our soldiers, shot tho Amen an flag from the hands of an Amebi an soldier, shot down to the deatn iur soldiers, and Carranza, insteaa if disavowing the dastardly act, de-, iantly approved and ratified it. Yei ve did not go to war to avenge the biVlJll WAV V/4 4JlmVI . . VW ? | he insult and tlie assault on the! American flag. !'\Yie were svillin^ tjj orego our rights rather than plunge> his country into war while half thej ^orld was in conflagration. [ approv ed that course then; I approve it now. Why can we not, why should we lot, forego the violation of our rights, >y Germany, and do as we did wituj }reat Britain, do as we did wit.'i Mexico, and thus save the universe rom being wrapped in the flames otj var i 1 IlitVC liuycu ciiiu ajcu iuut | hod would forbid our country goingl nto war with another for doing thaii viiich perhaps under the same cir-j ;umstances we ourselves would do. ; Are we quite sure that in a war] vitli Germany or Japan, if our fleet vas bottled up, helpless, and our ships of commerce had been swept rom the seas, all our ports closed >y the enemy's fleet, imports of fuel ind food and clothing for our people tnd ammunition for our soldiers were lenied, with our very life trembling n the balance, we would not, in the ast struggle for existence, strike ourj rnemy with the only weapon of the ;ea remaining and in a manner vio ative of the international law? Would me contend that under t! e circum stances our submarine commander should permit the landing at the ports )f the enemy arms and ammunition vith which to shoot down our brave! American boys when they had it In j heir power to prevent it? wouia **e demand of our submarine com-1 nanders that they give the benefit j >f the doubt to questions of interna-j ional law rather than to the safety1 >f our country and the lives of our >wn soldiers? War upon the part >f a nation is sometimes necessarj1 md imperative. But here no inva-j lion is threatened. Xct a foot of our erritorj; is demanded or c oveted.! ;o essential honor is required to be) acrificed. Xo fundamental right !s1 LSked to be permanetly yielded or J uspended. No national policy is j ? mil. cnvorpin- i M VVWWV \A? A 1 \/ f' l> V * VM1 V* ~? y is questioned. Here the overt act, i uthless and brutal though it be, is lot aimed directly at us. The pur-j >ose of the proposed enemy is not; ur injury, either in property or life, j "he whole aim and purpose and ef ort are directed at a powerful ene-I ay with which she is in a life and j eath struggle. The causes for which we are now ! ,sked to declare war could have been, ;iven with equal?nay, greater?force J 0 days or 10 days after the first step j Auto-Intoxication Causes Deatn Do you know why you hav.e sick leadache, diabetes, neuralgia, rheu natism and liver or kidney troubles? [t's because you are being poisoned )y products of your own body. Your >rgans 'of elimination are not work ng properly. Waste material that 1 1,1? ?? '" ;noma De nirown uuo is xvwu<vu x> poison and intoxicate your system. That could not happen if the bowels svere kept open with Granger Liver Regulator. This splendid preparation is purely vegetable and non-alcoholic. Demand Granger Liver Regulator at your drug store?25c a box?and take 10 other. There is nothing "just as ?ood." -iOOL Hi!!, S. C. Le United States will give liversity, editor and author; *aval Academy, author; of Pennsylvania, ex-pres P Pnlle^e: C. O. D. Foster. Chairman fof i s Companion; Thomas it National Equal Suf ) meet the needs of (i) 3) Primary and Grade ?d of specialists and lead grades in the high school, .0. Jectures on ine aujuic-v renew certificates now in school and take the fi lpanies, Educational Moving a, Regulation size filled swim uipped. sion $32.00. rmation and inspiration unex taken by the German array in its march towards Paris. Tiiey existeu then. The house and the country should thoroughly understand that we are asked to declare war not to protect alone American lives and American rights 011 the high seas. We are to make the cause of Great Britain, France, and Russia, right or wrong, our cause. We are to make tnti. , uuarrel our quarrel. iVYJe are to help fight out. with all the resources in, men, money, and credit of the gov-; ernment and its people a difference between the belligerents of Europe to which we were utter strange^. \ Nothing in that cause, nothing in that j quarrel, has or does involve a moral j or equitable or material interest in I or obligation of our " '.""T.n'ient or j our people. To this program every impulse o?: patriotism, every sense ui nguL, e> ery reeling of humanity, everj senii-j ment of loyalty, every obligation or! ' duty within me combine in forbidding | ! my consent until the government and 1 j its people, through its rightful anui ! constitutional voice?the congress otj the United States?have clearly spok- j en, in the passage of such resolution; as is now before the house. Then j and then only will it become the pa-j triotic duty of the member of the house and senate to merge his indi vidual judgment and conviction intt? j those as declared of his country, as j | it will become the duty of every j j American, in and out of congress, to ' make the judgement and conviction I ' of hig country thus written into stat-j ute his judgment and conviction, i I (Applause.) The voice of law will | command and a patriotic duty will demand loyal and earnest and active submission and obedience. Until > then each should have and does have I the inherent right, and it is his boun j den duty to himself and to truth, to I vote his conviction. I ' | I can conceive of a brave, loyal, | devoted son of a father who contem plates a personal d'fficultv with an other begging and persuading . him to refrain, even condemning and pro testing in vain asrainst his ni'onosea I step, but when the final word is spok en and blows are about to be given, I takin? off Ms or"* < with all of his soul and might in de fense of that father. When this nation, as it doubtless will today, speaks the final word through the congress, I trust I will be found in relation with my- govern ment and my country emulating the example of that son. (Applause.; TWO AIRMEN FROM i THIS STATE ASKED >"aYal Recruiting Stations Reoues'pd: to EUllSI Tmw ^umuer ivr aeiviro ?Will Be Trained in Florida. The naval recruiting office in Washington has instructed the re cruiting offices in South Carolina to recruit two men for aeronautic ser vice from this State. The men will | be sent to the aeronautic training j school at Pensacola, Fla., to oe taught I in the art of flying. The course gen-! erally includes 18 months of instruc-; tion. However, those who are espec ially adept may be given duties whicn involve actual flying In six months. As soou as aviation duties are assign ed to a birdman his pay is increased .nO per cent and promotion after that continues. HOW THIS MOTHER Got Strength To Do Her Work Fair Haven, Yt.?"I was so nervous and run down that I could, not do my housework for my little family of three. I had doctored for nearly two years without help. One day I read aboi t ; Vinol, and thanks to it, my health ha i been restored so I am doing all my housework once more. I am telling all my friends what Vinol has done for me." ?Mrs. James H. Eddy. i Vinol is a combination of famous tonics which we guarantee to build up the weak and run-down. j Gilder & Weeks, 'Druggists, New* j oerry. s. u. HANDS, ARMS, UMK ASLEEP ! And Was Run-Down, Weak and Nervous, Says Florida Lady. HaHIas r arilni 1 lit wwiuva v* wu wu? Made Her Well. Kathleen, Fla.?Mrs. Dallas Prine, of this place, says: "After the birth of my last child...I got very much run-down and weakened, so much that I could hardly do anything at all. I was so awfully nervous that I could scarcely endure the least noise. My condition was getting worse all the time... I T T Votp-V AK 1 ivuc vy x uuoi. uayc icuci vi I would soon be in the bed and in a serious condition for I felt so badly i and was so nervous and weak I could hardly live. My husband asked Dr. about my taking Cardui. He said, 'It's a good medicine, and good for that trouble', so he got me 5 bot tles... After about the second bottle I felt greatly improved.. .before taking it my limbs and hands and arms would go to sleep. After taking it, however, this poor circulation disap nooroil "!wtt 0+ ron crfh Mma TlO fV tr A.IX.J kJUl i^k*VAV WSJ me and I was soon on the road to health. After the use of about 5 bot tles, I could do all my house-work and attend to mr six children be Bides." You can feel safe in giving Cardul a thorough trial for your troubles. It contains no harmful or habit-forming drugs, but is composed of mild, vege table, medicinal ingredients with nc bad after-effects. Thousands of "women have voluntarily written, telling ol the good Cardui has done them. II should help you, too. Try it. E 74 KII>S FOR COUNTY SUPPLIES 'i ire County Board of Commission-! ers solicits sealed bids, based on de- j livery at Newberry, S. C., to be filed. with the undersigned not later than! 10 o'clock, a. 111., April IS, 1917. for j the following supplies, the board re- ! serving the right to reject any and' all bids. Bids to be made 011 saia j supplies as a whole. The supplies! to be called for at any time within three months from April ISth. 10 lbs. Brown Mule tobacco. 4 pairs of plow handles. 600 lbs. fat back. 7 barrels first patent flour. 225 lbs. sugar. 30 lbs. coffee. } 75 lbs. rice. 75 lbs. grits. 1 case octagon soap. 1 case soda. 6 5c boxes black pepper. 12 boxes lye. 15 boxes vrashing powder. 24 gals, syrup. 65 gals, kerosene. 3 sacks salt. 1 doz. boxes Matches. 45 lbs. Butter beans. 45 cans tomatoes. 1 doz. hamestrings. i uu?. piu*. suuveis. 8 heel bolts. 8 heel sweeps. 8 clevise and pins. 12 pairs traces. 8 hoes. 200 lbs. nails. 1 cotton planter. 14 pairs overalls. 14 work shirts. 1 do/., spools thread. 1 card rice buttons. 59 yards ginghams. 49 yards white homespun. 1 case axle grease. Separate bids for the following: 80 suits fcr convicts (coats and pants): 80 suits of underwear (shirts and drawers). J. C. SAMPLE, County Supervisor. Ap9-12-16. SOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the j estate of Humbert Aull in the Pro- ! bate Court for Newberry County. S. O. on Tuesday the 8th day of May. 1917, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and will immediately thereafter as? for my discharge as Guardian of said estate. E. H. AULL, Guardian. 4-6-4t. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. I will make a final settlement of the estate of B. F. Corley in the Probate Court for Newberry County, S. C., on the 24th day of April, 1917, at 10 o'clock 'in the forenoon and will im mediately thereafter ask for my dis charge as Administrator of said es tate. All parties holding claims against said estate will present same U V tV/U. w. I. HUTCHISON, Admx. With tWill Annexed. NOTICE. In compliance with as ordinance: passed by the City Council of New berry, S. C-, March 27th, 1!)17, in ref erence to washer women I will be at police headquarters on the 18th day of April, 1917, from 8 a. m. to 6 P. Southern Rai Th<? Official U. C. V. Washing! From Newb Rounc In Proportion Fron Tickets on sale June 2 June 21. Privilege of e? pUSllill^ l/icxvcis aiiu [/ajiii The Southern Railway al preparations to handle ed to attend this, the Gr< Through coaches and Pu be operated on all regul Columbia June 1, 2 and J Double track and Auto nal System?Safety Fii beautiful and historic se and Virginia?The Battli Make your Pullman re: hotels and boarding hous S. H. ft Divis m. for the purpose of accepting ap plications for permits to do washing. Have your street, name and number as this is necessary in making appli cation L. M. PLAYER. Health Officer, Newberry, S. C. 4-10-2t. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. BY W. F. EWART, PROBATE JVDGE: WHEREAS, J. D. Wicker made suit to me to grant liim Letters of Admin istration of the Estate and effects of H. Frances Cline. THESE ARE. THEREFORE, to and admonish all and Kindred and Creditors of the Francis Cline, deceased, that and appear before me, in of Probate, to be held on the 17th day of rmKlioaHnn Viprprvf at 1 the forenoon, to show they have, why the saU tion should not be grai GIVEN under my h( day of March, Anno W. F. EWARr XOTICE OF SPECIAL t IV vrH-PrWPY Ci WAA PURSUANT to the ferred upon the Trustees ry School District, an been ordered by them to will be held in said at the Court House, in the Newberry, on Tuesday the 1? of April, 1917, on the question of ing annually an additional tax of two mils on the Jollar on the taxable property of "* d School District, for the current expenses of maintaining and equipping the Schools in said School District. Those voting in favor of said ad ditional tax will cast a ballot with words "For Additional Tax of Two Mills" written or printed thereon, and those voting against said additional tax will cast a ballot with the words "Against Additional Tax of Two Mills'' written or printed thereon. The poll will open at 7:00 o'clock A. M. and close at 4:00 o'clock PtoM. Joseph H. Hunter, C. B. Martin and T. Roy Summer are appointed Mana gers to conduct said election. W. A. McSWAIN, W. G. MAYES, L. G. ESKRIDGE, J. Y. JONES, GEO. S. MOWER, Trustees of Newberry School District. Mar. 20-Mar. 27-Apr. 3-?Apr. 10. grows 28 inches lens: says May Gilbert whose picture is shown here. Every one can have nice long hair by using EXELENTO POMADE which is a Hair Grower, not a kinky * 1 erwsl** art A hair remover, it iecus roots of hair, cleans dandruff and stops falling: hair at once, and after using: sev eral times you can see the results. Try a box. Pric* 25c by mail on receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Writ# For Particulars EXELENTP MEDICINE CO., ATLANTA, GA. IWAT*\?7 Ci??f Am IWdJf JjfdlGlil Route to the REUNION ton, D. C. erry $10.65 i Trip n All Other Points to 7. Finarreturn limit [tension to July 6 by de g fee of 50 cents. Svstam is mnkinp- unusu (the large crowd expect satest Reunion ever held. Ilman sleeping cars will ar through trains from 1. >matic Electric Block Sig rat Line. Through the ction of North Carolina e Field Route. servations early. List of <ori am rnnnoof )CO X Ul lUOll^U Uii i IcLEAN, ion Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C.