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* <t> THE LAW OS TREASON ?> <? <$> <$> <$> <$> <9 Charleston American: At the meeting of the State Council of Defense, Mr. Coker is reported to have "read a short clipping from the account of the speech of Mr. Blease and blistered its author in phrases which smote with the powei of truth." He said: "I understand that even more trea sonable things than these were said. We must not allow such treason to grow up unchecked." Thus Mr. Coker has constituted himself a judge of treason. We knew he was a successful banker, farmer and merchant, and we have heard he , was a "dark horse" for Governor ir Cooper and McLeod can be sidetracked. But we did not know that he was a Federal grand jury and that he ceuid indict one for treason at a meeting of the Council of Defense. Fortunately for Mr. Blease the Cokers have existed for ages and in + Vj-o-f ttrrvo hoior &?IVXVJUt CXXliV/i> 111Cli VI mcvt fcjr W4u^ close to "the powers" had only to whisper treason, when lo! a head would ^fall into the basket. But many centuries ago men who loved free! Sflstitutions battled with their j verlords to have treason defined in! ?tat*t#ry form, so that in any crisis, j each men as the Cokers of those days fcwgkt not prove their own lcyaity; ky merely demanding the heads of! their fellow me*. J?udge Cooley, who pec-naps even Ike learned Mr. Coker will acknowledge ia a far better authority on treason than he, says in his learned work a constitutional law: "It is declared in the Constitution t&at ^reason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and com~ * * A.1 The provision is iaK.en irvm Statute of Treasons, 23 Edw. 111. before the passage of which, as the aactent common law was administered, it wa? in the breast of the judge*' Uy determine what conduct was trea Q& and what not, whereby creatures tyrannical princes had opportunity to create abundance of constmctiye treasons; that is by forced arbitrary coast ruction, to raise, offenses into the crimes of treason, which never had been suspected to be such. The Statute did not fully accomplish its purpose in England, as was proved fey the conviction and execution of Aigeraon Sidney, whose real offense ?? ** - fn urenment the qrfeftr&ry doetrinee w> * * were then KFtiar at the court; ,b i <A? wrongs ?f tfcat arbitrary period that hare ken areaged upon the perpetrators** If ft? attempt to revive constructive ^toaaaO* should be made, the ConstJWIIm by tills clause provided against It as tar as wa? possible." Tfeus it is clear that human nature V *>ot changed. "The creatures ?f tyrannical princes," are still here, who would like to "create abundance i ?f constructive treasons."* In order to show Mr. Coker, however, that there can never again t>e ft?y "Algernon Sitneys," we shall quote further from the same ollustreas author on the applied caes: "What is Treason? A mere con piracy by force to subvert the established government is not treason; hut ffcere must be an actual levying of war. (Ex parte Bollman. 4 Graach 75.) War however is levied when men 1 are assembled with the Intent of efj fecting by force a treasonable purine; and persons who then perform any a-ct. however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and i who are actually leagued in the jjen?ral eon*i>iracy. are to be considered traitor*. (See Fries case, <Wliart. , -> State Trials, $34, and the rotaminiou3 reports of Burr's trial). AM one is \, ? ~via.+/> tKA <*np?mie? o? the coun tnui^ivMv w try, and giving them aid and comfort, wfcen he supplies them with intelligence furnishes them with provisions / or awns, treacherously surrenders to them a fortress or the like. (Bl. ! Oob. 76, etc., and U. S. Cases cited.)" t ! It does not appear that Mr. Blease 3ms bee? guilty of any of these things. 1 He has cot levied war against his country, nor has he given its enemies aid or comfort. Undoubtedly he has and will levy war upon the gang that has plunged his country into an unJutt war, and he will giye anything I fcrat tomfbrt to the Cokers and their kind who would destroy the freedom | of speech that is to bring those gen\ telmen to the bar of the electorate ^ And that war will be won, not by the "silver bullets," which to Mr. Coker's ' conception of politics, like Lloyd | Goerge's of war. are all powerful, but *y the fairly counted ballots of an ( & wakened commonwealth. Not weaith, commonwealth, is the tribunI si to which the Reform Party%fll a'p? peal. and Blease will be acquitted of u treason at the polls. k 1 * 9 * Subscribe t? ? Eferali aad N?w?. j RULES ISSUED BY PROVOST MARSHAL j Columbia, July 31.?Governor Man-j ning today received the following tele-; gram from Provost Marshal General Crowder: ' Please send the following ruling to local boards, giving it widest pos-i sible press publicity: Ample time and; opportunity has now been allowed to j persons designated as 'members of I local boards to present any reasonsi i j they may have for not serving as \ j such. It is indispensable that the j personnel of those boards be perma-j I ???+ tjtr coptinn & nf the selectivei ' ilCUV* J V V *. - | service law persons designated to j perform this service are as effectively drafted for this duty as are the reg-i istrants who are to be selected forj military service. In the future mem-1 bers of local boards will be excused j from performing this scrvice only for i j the most urgent reasons, approved by j the governor of their state. "It is requested that the governor j closely scrutinize each case presented j to him, and that he recommend the j excuse of members of local boards j I ?1_ trroflf hardshin. IUlliy m oajcj wi. ? ^ "Unless the governor believes that the excuses presented are valid, substantial and controlling the attention! of the person should be directed to j seetioa 6 of the law, and in case j further refusal to serve the case should be reported to the nearest representative of the federal department of justice. "These instructions do not apply, of course, to members of boards who are to be removed tinder instructions from > the yr&r department." 0SE IN THIRTY KILLED. Greenville News. "What is the soldier's chance of getting killed in war? This question has provoked numberless replies. A good many have been led to believe that the soldier's expectancy of lite j after he gets to the firing line is about ten minutes. All sorts of statistics have been circulated, most of them notable for the short shrift they give. Roger fW\ Babson, the most eminent: statistician in the United States has i i : r.:?.(ie a close and exhaustive study] ~f war casualties and announces the i following conclusions: Under present conditions, where man power is being sr.ved, iio more, than one in thirty is killed. i Mr. Babson's conclusions are based on the mortality figures of the French army for the full three years of war. The present fighting ic not claiming | anywhere the number of dead record ed for the first two yoars. He says that most of the -wounds sustained in the trenchcs are clean cnt and of a nature that a few veeks in the hospital makes the snbjcct as fit as ever. Only three hundred thousand French soldiers have been discharged on account of wounds during the three years of the war. "Most of the wounds received in the trenches aie on top of the head, simply scalp wounOs. Practically crea^-j ing a wound is either fatal or slight,! with but few in between these two extremes." Mr. Babson's figures ought to afford! considerable relief to the American] military forces, especially those who! dread the draft. A good many of them j believe that to go to Europe is to die. I The Babson figures ought to cheer) them up, although the hopeless pessi- j mist will still insist that lie will bej the one man out of the thirty to be! killed. Constipation, if Neglected, Causes Serious Illness Constipation, if neglected, Wds j to almost innumerable coroi.. *ations affecting tke general heairh. biliousness for ynn, and at times became so bad I { would toco me unconscious. I have bee* } ?ound in that condition many times. ! Physicians did aot <nm to be abls to ! do me any food. I would become I woak and for days at a time could do ! ao worx. Not long- ago l got a box of Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets, and j after using tfcsm found I had never j triM aajrtAing tMt aciec in rjcn * 1 [ mtld and effsotiv* nuuinar. I belier* i I har? at last found tho remedy that sulta Bf ca??." Thousands of people are sufferers from habitual constipation and while possibly realizing something of the danger of this condition, yet I aeglect too long to employ proper curative measures unti4 serious illmess often results. The advice of all physicians is, "keep your bowels clean, and it's good advice. Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets are sold by all druggists, at 25 cents a box containing 25 doses. If not found satisfactory, your money is returned. ? Mltll. MEDICAL 09*, Elkhart, In* "V-fW PASSING OF THE |r BKOWX STONE FKOXTls i By Noble Foster Hoggson. President. s v Hoggeon Brothers, Builders. j 1 Like a man. a house may "Boast twoj 3 soul sides." But* surely the one with; 1 which it "faces the w orld" need not! i be repellent. However unintentional, j 1 this was unauestionablv the result ob- I i tained in the melancholy, unattractive, I : brown-stone front style of architcc- t ! tnre of the "oO's. Inartistic, in bad 1 ; taste, inside and out. and depressing t to a degree, this type of - city house ( < ' i was no doubt largely responsible for 1 that general exodous of home seekers when the apartment hotel first began to flourish?a migration which ha3 lasted almost up to the present time. c The atmosphere or hotel life, how- * ever, is not one to satisfy for long, j and finally the home-loving hearts ' grew restless, and the tide began to turn. But it was most confusing, this thought of going back; the memory of i the cold stateliness of huge formal ] I . M rooms chilled every hope of the possi- . .bility of a return to them. In a vague ^ way it was felt that something could i ^ | be done, but what! The ar.swer came: i * by remodelling! Then the way was clear. Through the art of remodelling i the formidable brown-stone front aws! i made over into a real city home; a : house usually more comfortable and < satisfying than one built new, in perfect harmony with individual needs ] and requirements. j The unattractive exterior was re- j placed with a facade of mellow bdick < nad stone. Old window oi>enings were ] closed here, and new ones opened ] there in groups of twos and throes, f ; Casement windows with leaded glass \ ?a legacy from tne days or roma.no*;, | \ beautiful, and* withal practical?j ] were hung in the place of the homely i two-paned affairs, bo largely respoa- ( sible for the blank characterless ex- \ pression of our city housae. <c I Window-boxes and shallow iron- j railed balconies with tfceir bright flow- < era and trailing ivy in Summer, and j conventional little evergreens flower- ; ed with the snow through the Winter) l Got What He Asked. ] A big Highland policeman, wiaen' going his round in Glasgow, set his! foot on a piece of orange peel, and came down heavily on the footpath. On getting himself up, Robert ex- S claimed: "Awd gi'e something to ket who put that skin there!" j 4-^1 T cri'n Vfi Cry ''o m O O TM^TT- I 1 li tc 1 i J J V? UA V ? |? VM J ny?" said a newsboy who was near; at hand. "Here ye are, mi maorie!*' said the lj copper. "It was nae other but iie 'peeler!'" said the youngster. And he disappeared around a corner. * Humane Officer?I trust that you feed your horees with punctuality. Driver?No, sir; with iay and oaU. ?Boston Transcript. "On what grounds did young Spend- j vr wvwi'wu. , "On the grounds that his father J would have no one to support."?Buf- ; falo Express. I ^W^n^ight 1 I When you need repair car trv our Repair Dei ? ? ly find the trouble and our statement. Mr. ^ charge of this departn* Satisfaction. Our bus: ice. Try us. I J. D. QUAT1 I Prosperity, nomhs. added stiil farther (Mstinetioa aid individuality to the house. Inside, the house underwent a mira.ulous change. Departed were the joastful cornices and plaster medalions, the heavy carvings, walnut ,vood-work and the colored marble nantels. The entire arrangements lad been changed; every room was ised to advantage, and through that irel'fab^e influence of individual :houghts. a spirit of home had been jreathed into the structure. Decora::ons were arranged to become the center of interest and yet so harmo nous a part of the general plan t&at hey were not conspicuous. The house was an artistic triumph rnm thA nlflr-mnms in the ton story ?where any amount of frolic could ro on unrestrained, with no grownup he wiser?to the most modern of ritchens, and laundry, in the white iled basement. Even the back yard, leld to be the most helpless of all the idjuncts of the city house, nonr apseared as a sylvan grotto in Summer, *ith its vine colored pergola, spreadng over part of the ground space, its fountain, flowers, and antique gtatu"So at last we have an old thing nsrfe new. a dismal Dlace made bright, i neve house full of homely comfort, ret the same spot that still whispers >f early ays," expresses it completely. There are many possibilities in the remodelling of the city house which fascinates and interests beyond any:hing the plannig of a new house may >ffer. And so it is that the "waste places" in our city blocks are being -eclaimed, and the day of the brownitone front is passing; and certainly :he day of drab arshitecture. W? are earning the beauties of civic derelop - * * ? 1 nent; that a thins :o dq usewu u? practical need sot &e aggrara&ngly lull Efen so prosaic a thing aj a louse ip. a city block meed sot b? dark tnd forbtddJag, but may carry a m?isag? of food chfter and friendliness to 5very pasaer-by/ gladdening, the ^hoart md eye with artistic design and color >nd bringing a little nearer "the cfty >eautiful" in Aaterfca. I Koolixnr?4Let us show you our gcarel roofing. Use it instead of the galvanized. Joknson McCrackia Co. 7-31-tf lbs. Crimt#n Clever Seed?For sale at 12c per lb-, delivered it Prosperity or Newberry, S. C. Also Burr Clover at SI.25 per bu. X. A. Nichols. Prosperity, S. C. Phon? SS04, Prosperity. 7-27-ltp Ifowers a&4 Rakes?Am advance goea ob soon. See u>b if you are going to 1 tAihi./UI u/rom-alhn f!rt d?r. i)uui*vh ?? 7-31-tf ?*r Sale?Fine *^ia*d Chiaa, pigs. Phone 45$2 or see Walter Buzhardt 727-41. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramos, Colic Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old Sores, Tetter. Ring-Worm, Eczema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally or externally. 25c fhi^fetTkej work done on your I tartment. We real fix it. Let us prove V. Bedenbaugh has ent, and that means I iness is to give serv rLEBAUM, I s. c. I A WOMAN SPEAKS. : i Help me, 0 <*od. to keep before my. eyes The larger vision of this war; to' i be I Inspired each day by noble thoughts! | that rise, ! Of duty, honor, country and of Thee, j Lest I forget, and think of onlyj j one Who goes from me, to see his duty j done! I Help me to think of war as one vast i ... l i _ ! w iKJitr ! Of human effort, struggling towards the right, ! Ever advancing nearer to the goal Of freedom from the iron rule of might, j Lest I forget, and in my sorrow see! ; Only the fa^e of him who goes from me! ! | Let me remember on the fateful day ! . _ ! wnen women sena taeir men a-i cross the sea, i That with brave smiles on trembling j lips they say, j "God bless and bring you safely back to me!" Help me, 0 God, in that black hour, I pray, Lest I forget to b? as brave as they! ?l\ew York Times. PrttatfaiL | -Has old Mr. Oilers am ear for music?" j "He has what I would call a good i : ear for the Hawaiian kind." ! "Yes?" I "It's one he can't hear through."? . TJi/lmiTVO'liam 1 irp.TTPT^> If] ! | Can Yoi _?J \7_ ana vet % ! 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