The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 07, 1917, Page THREE, Image 3
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List L'M'lL i5)i
Persbhig Says I'. S. -tlust lia>e l'*
tieiiee?utviares it is Almost Impossible
t'or People i>&ck Home
fc to I ndei stand immensity oi
' tlie Task
Paris, Sept. 1.?Major Gen. Pershin^
who has remained in Paris clearing u
t2ie work at his old headquarters an
who is not going to field headquarter
until Sunday or Monday, declared ic
fe day in connection with the plans fo
f the coming winter that the America
people must learn the meaning an
value of patience and not expect th2
i the expedition forces landed in Franc
can be rushed immediately to fror
line trenches.
To put an inadequate, insufficient!
supplied force into actual comoai, u
said, would merely be making a mif
take, which the Germans unquestioi
ably have hoped and expected ti
United States wouild make. It is ti
. intention, rather, that when Americ
does take her 'place in the line, shou
der to shoulder with the other allie
next year, she will be fully prepare
fto go through the summer campaig
and. make the Germans feel the fu
) weight of her military power.
Immense Task
"While those of us who have full
studied the situation and who kno
w: d.t is necessary to be done," sai
Gen. Pershing to the Associated Pres
"'are anxious that the people ;
fcome strive to realize tne immensii
BE of the task in which we are engage
jj$?f and shall have patience and help i
accomplish that aim in the shortes
By possible time.
F "We came into the war without a
W army. So now we must build an ei
I tire new organization and build it j
f big and so strong that we can tai
our .place along with our Allies, wi
already have had three years time ai
experience.
Hard to Understand
"I realize how very difficult it is f<
the people at home to understand tl
war, to understand the effort that Il<
"behind the war. Our problems a:
greater than any <that France or Gre;
Britain had to solve, hut we are so:
ing them and -will continue to do so.
"It is impossible to create a va
lighting machine merely by the wa1
of a wand. I wish that it were poss
ble to do so and that we might i
k fighting the German Government th
If minute. We know that the only wj
$ 4rv n T?m'r' fc tn Ti o n
i' tv vut vroi uiuii ai uij xo g\/ uau
' mer it and keep on hammering 1
That is what we expect to be doii
with all our fresh strength and e:
thusiasm during next year's cai
paign."
TO PROBE ORDNANCE SCAfcDAJ
Hearing Begins Today?Baker Wan
All Newspaper Men PresentPraise
for CrOzfer
Washington, Sept 4.?The house
representatives is determined to g
-at the bottom of the ordnance sea
I <dal. Two resolutions were introduce
r to this end today. Representati*
f IMcLemore, of Texas, offered a resol
tion requiring the secretary of wj
to place before the house at the eai
iest possible moment, all evidence ai
V* a m o tt rwvc cacc? raoro t*
i 7 iiiiUl Uiaiiuu uc iuajr i vgui
||: lug the defective ammunition that hi
m toeen sent Dy this government to tl
J United States expeditionary forces no
in France." This was adopted unai
imously.
Representative Dent, of Alabam
chairman of the military affairs coi
erVimitto/1 a mo TO z^raot
OUUJOAAWVVM W AUVA V v*ov
measure. His resolution directs tl
speaker to appoint a committee
I seven from the membership of tl
military affairs committee to invesl
gate the supply of. small arms ammi
-nitkm sent to the American troop
He would have the committee empo^
ered to summon -witnesses and e
amine them under oath.
Representative Dent's resoiutK
was referred to the miliary afteii
committee, "which will report R bac
to the house tomorrow. It is expec
ed to he adopted Thursday.
j?u Gernan Agents!
The work of German a-genta i
jW spoiling the ammunition supplied 1
| the Pershing expedition may ?
OTUUlglll VUt WVJUJ. VI iun,(
: This contingency developed toda
H when, in response to the demands <
|i| congress for a full investigatio:
W Secretary Bak?r gave General Crozre
| chief of the bureau of ordnance, tt
f "highest possible pralae for his woi
and devotion and invited the public t
"h?wrr what he would tfll the eenal
-military affairs committee tomorrow
Tt was recalled that there have- "bee
-explosions at both the Frank ford a:
-s-enal ^nd +he small arras ammunitlc
rt Chester. It was rumored s
the time that German agents ha
fteen arrested Tt hag ar<*o T>een stat
"frankly l>v a man connects "^tth or
of the largest chemical manufactartn
<y>ncerns that his company had at tt
beginning of tho war a great deal <
t r
trouble in needing out superiruon::3
ents and others in responsible positions
who were either of German or of
known German sympathy.
J A dash of ammonia in a large mix- 1
i ture of chlorate of potash, it was
j stated here today, mignt De surrej.)|
titiously introduce:! and without De!
ing detected lead to the rapid detorSf
ioration of ammunition.
P Secretary Baker this afternoon sal.*
-' he would go before committee tos
morrow. j
Publicity
ir
"And I wish every newspaper man
u in Washington would be there," he
^ said :
it '
: The gravity of the charges made by
n ?/?T a*v* a?*a 1 r?
i\.eprt?st;nt<xny c iwcjucuivi t*
i house today is such that everyone con- j
' nected with the purchase of material
y i and making up the cartridges is eager ;
Le to have his sav. Mr. McLemore charg- i
j. i
; ed that makers.of ammunition had
| palmed off on the War Department! (
Le j material which the inspectors of the j
Le ; allied armies had rejected.
:a' >
; Secretarv Baker warmlv defended
I
1 General Crozier. He indicated the
ic ' t
j partment will see to it that the vet-;
i eran chief of ordnance, about whom
Tt I .
I many storms have ra^ed in the last
1 | few years will not be made "the
; goat." '
"General Crozier fats, drinks and
[y I
! sleeps with his job, said the secre*
! tary. "His ability as an expert can13
' not be questioned, nor can his devo'
| tion to the service.
it;
! "As a matter of fact I think thero
:y
J is no need of an investigation of this
is | matter. But as congress thinks dif.
; ferentlv. I shall give them the whole
3t '
j of the information we have."
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50 BY TELLING EXPERIENCES
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to ! Lena Bcrns, of Greer, JIakes Int(2!
teresting Statement
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ie ; Tonn? Seamstress Made Case of urTip'9
a_ j She Received And Profited j
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r. Greatly j
"Tanlae i3 a fine medicine for stoifc- j
ach trouble and it is a good general
gt tonic, too, and I'm glad to recommend
re it as such to anyone," said Miss Lena
; Burns, of Greer, S. C., in a statement
3e 6fl6 gave May 11. * i was trouoiea wren \
nervousness and weak spells before I
took Tanlac. I am a seamstress and
my work is very trying, and it brought'
[Z on my troubles. Indigestion trout 11 :
lg|m a lot and my appetite had lert m?. j
n_ I certainly was run down in health :
n_ and feeling badly when I began tak-1
ig Tanlac. I
^ "I decided to take a course of some j
medicine, and I heard so much about j
u Taniac I took it. The Taniac helped :
that nervous trouble right away ana j
18 soon I had good nerves. My appetite ;
came back and I gained a great deal
in strength and weight. Io got so I .
could sle&p well, too."
Taniac, the master medicine ia sold
et by:
Gilder & Weeks, Newberry, S. C~
^ Dr. W. O. Holloway. Chapnells, S. C.,
,e Little Mountain "Drug Co.. Little
Mountain, S. C., The Seizor Company,
u" Pomaria, S. C., Prosperity Drus Co.,
ir 3 C., Whitmire Pharm 1
acy, Whitmire, S. C.?Adv.
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d- PERMITS LOARBS
is TO REOPEN OASES i
hf>
\c | District Exemption Bodies May Go !
b- I Further Into Contests Which Have
Been .Decided
a. i .
Washington, Sept. 4.?E. H. Crowder ;
lc provost marshal general, today wired j
le the governor of South Carolina to in- i
or form the district exemption boards '
le I xn^x mey nave autnority to reopen |
j. cases which they have decided or to
permit the cases to "be reopened and
,s. the time extended by the local board3.
General Crowder savs that ordinarily
l
x_ this would not be advisable, bait the j
matter is within the discretion of the !
>n boards. Further, that after the date
rs on which a person is ordered to re
kV T>Ort for miTitarv /hitxr and fn/tnAfn.l
#xv ?- - j ? ~j mmw
t. into the military service of the United
States Buch cases can no longer he
reopened.
[0 j General Crowder says that the matto
ter of industrial exemptions is within
,e the jurisdiction of the district board.
To the district board is assigned th3
iy duty of adjusting the relation between
j industry and the military establishes
! ments in the localities. The law clear
r, ly contemplates that in a case the 1
te facts of -which in the opinion of the
district board indicate an exemption.
io an exemption should be maee. General!
te j Crowder says that if the statement?
v. contained in a communication laid tu
;n fore him by various parties to the
r- effect that district boards have refuser!
in to grrant exemptions on the srround or .
it j industry are correct there can be no j
id J doubt that thp hoard rminterprets tTio
?I lav.
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THOMPSON HANGED IS EFFIGY
Thousands Witness Spectacle anu
Shout approval?City Council
Praises Governor
Chicago. ;Sei:t. 4.?Mayor William
Hale Thompson was hanged in efligTr
by members of General Lloyd Wheaten
Post. Xo. 40. Veterans of Foreign
Wars, in Grant park, at the foot of
Randolph street, late tonight. This
is in the heart of the city.
Thousands of pedestrians and automobiles
watch^i the "hanging"
and made the city ring with their
cheers. It was one of the wildest
demonstrations ever witnessed in Chi
cago. Traffic on MThiran boulevard
the great automobile highwav of Chicago.
was blocked and cars in adjacent
streets were halted by the
crushing crowds.
City police were unable to inter
fer<\ becauc<=- +v,? ^ark ground is oni
of their jurisdiction.
PAiin/>il Snnnflrfs T,OwHPn
Praise for Governor I^owden to:
stopping the convention of the people's
council here was voted today dv
the city council sitting as a committei
of the whole. The vote to adopt tue
resolution of praise stood 42 to 5
Debates at the meeting were bitten
and the mayor was scathingly con
ciemned by some aldormame members
Following the city council sessior
there was a meeting of the federa
srand iury. Federal Judge Evans' in
structions to the jury were in sub
stance to "indict the traitors."
Vitriolic expressions and a near
physical clash marked the progress o
the city council's meeting.
"A" bunch of do?s?a bunch o
skunks." was the way Alderman Jam
e> B. Bowler characterized Mayo
Thompson and his adherents. Witt
c'enched fist? he charged on Aldermai
Michaelson. spokesman for the cit
- 1 ? -- A Z f n-o c nnli
^Qlll'lIUStrd liUXi* ex uu. it "uo V4n,
T>romr?t intereferen-ee by other mem
hers of that body that preventing <
rhv^i^pl combat. The council wa
wisrdpii ,hv 3 bir ^odv of nolire.
Tfv^n?t 9r? to be ^ent in CThlcasp
by Governor Lowdcn to prevent an;
furtherance of rvacifist . nronaerands
whir* it is thought may be foatere<
by the local administration.
WHE3T TEE ANSWER WAS BEAD
Effeet of Wilsoa's Reply on Pop
Recedict Is Told by Mgr. Cerretti
Rome, Sept. 2.?Dl jails of the Pope'
reception of President Wilson's repr.
to his peace note became known toaay
The docume-nt was handed at 12:3
o'clock 'last Thursday by the BritisJ
minister to the -Vatican to Monsigneu
Cerretti, attache to the secretary o
state of the Vatical. Mrs. Cerretti nn
mediately submitted it to the Pontic.
The Holy Father listened with su
preme attention to every word of tn
note ac It iras read to him Mgr. cer
retti, who translated it as ne read
taking painstaking care that not th
slightest modulation of signiflcanc
was lost in the translation.
As he listened, the Pontiff displays
a certain degree of perturbation ooi;
once, namely, when that passage "wa
read in which President Wilson state
in uncompromising: language the oni;
condition upon which a sacred pac
of peace is possible.
As for the remainder of the no?e
the potitf appeared deeply impresse;
by its sincerity and the lofty weai
it set forth. He seemed particular!;
struck with the gentle and reveren
tenor which marks the documen
throughout.
Mgr. Cerretti today denied report
to the effect that the pope showed de
pression and disappointment while tn
rote was read to him. The Pontiff, h
pointed out, is too enlightened, :o
well vers-e<l in diplomatic and politics
affairs to have supposed for one m
stant that his proposal would T>e rm
mediately accepted in all quf-tera
On the contrary Mgs. Cerretti indl
cated the Holy Father, well aware o
the shary obstacles in the road t
oAf nnf rwrimarilv to h^Toi fcliftfl
obstacles clearly defined so as to fin
a basis for negotiations looking to
ward their removal.
OpWoss from
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Folks Who Know
For malarial headache, Grange
liver Regulator entirely relieved in;
trouble.?J. Height, Wetnmpka, Ala
Had heavy headache. Vomit?
twice to six times a day. Four dose
>? Granger Liver Regulator made m
veil.?Loundas P. Briodley, Somez
Tffle, Ala.
Mother had sick headache. Grange
Liver Regulator did her more goo
than all the medicine she had take
before.?Pearley Davis, Pacio, Ala.
I never expect to be without it i
my home.?Jenie Usey, Gadsden, Alz
It is a gr^at saver of doctors' bUk
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?Loins n. neni, nmi-.^aviirc, An.
There is none better.?Dr. T. I
Cotbram, Alexia, AHu
All druggists sell Granger Live
Begulator?25c, Try it.
in Court of Com man Please
' STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Newberry.
A. J. Holt, Plaintiff,
I vs
i
Monroe Rice. Defendant.
Complaint
The plaintiff would respect Cully f
r show unto the Court: ! <
i | 1, That the plaintiff and defendant 1 <
(V'n and possess, as tenants in com- 1
i mon, the following described premis-,
! es. to-wit: that certain lot or par- '
/-pi nf land, toe ther with the improve
ments thereon, containing eighty-six j i
" ! (86) acres more or less, and bounded 1
: by th.' lands of Albert Anderson. js
. Thomas and other lands of tht* plair> j '
. - tiff, and others: and that the plaintifT
i is desirous of a partition of the same, j
i o That the nlaintiff has an estais ; '
!; of inheritance therein of one undivid- ! 1
j ed one-half interest in the fee tnere- I
! of.
- 1 3. That the defndant has a similar
| estate of one undivided one-half interj
est in the same.
4. That the above described lands
. j are all the lands in this State in ;
r J which the parties to this action own j
a' any estate, either jointly or :n com- j
? ? ~-n^ +Vio rxlainHff is In'orm
> IUUU, <2,11 U 111UI \.LX\s UiW.v...
I
. I ed and believes, no other persons have j
any interest or estate in the lanes ;
-' hereinbefore described.
i Wherefore the plaintiff demands i
i !
i ! judgment: (1) for the partition of trie ,
i said premises, according to the re- !
. i spective rights of the parties interst-1
ed therein; (2) for a sale thereof, l:
it shall appear that a partition thereof
cannot be made without injury to
. the owners thereof, and that the pro- j
j ceeds of such sale may be brought in- j
^ to Court and divided among the parties,
according to their respective
rights and interests; (3) tor tne costs j
r | of this action, including a proper fee i
Ll! for the plaintiff's counsel; (4") for j
^ i such other relief as may be equitable.:
H. H. BLEASE,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
1 I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
3 | County of Newberry.
! Personally appeared before me A. J.:
5 Holt, who being duly sworn says: |
| That he is the plaintiff in the forego'
ing case; that he has read said com1
plaint; and that the facts contained i
[ therein are true, except as to those
1 matters stated upon information ana j
| belief, and as to these he believes it!
' to be true. '
e ! Swt>rn and subscried to before me
| this 20th day of August, 1917.
| R. M. AUGHTRY (L. S.)
o : \C d Cri a t roto f A1? VAa.-K/vrr*Tr HiMinftr
IU1 nvniiAT"; WUUIJ ,
r A. J. HOLT. ^
i
0 ! To the Above Nomed Defendant., Mon-1
a ! roe Rico:
r | You are hereby summoned and ref:
quired to answer the Complaint in
i-; this action, which was on the first 1
I . . - 1
' day of September, 1917, filed in the
- office of the Clerk of Court of Come
mon Pleas for said County, and too
- serve a copy of your answer to the
I, said Complaint on the - subscriber
e hereto at his office in Newberry, S.
e C., -within twenty days after the service
hereof, (which 'will be after the?
i publication of this Notice for three
y i consecutive weeks), ej:c!**.-<"v of the
ra l /loTT . ??J 1 * '*
3 j uu,/ yjL ouui acivice; c'.iiu ii you iail !
s j to answer the Complaint within the j
y j time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this]
t1 action will apply to the Court for re*
| lief demanded in th? Complaint,
s,! This the first day of September,
I 1917.
s H. H. BLEASE .
j Attorney for Plaintiff.
II J* B: MANN,
I -Deputy (j. C. P. - - s
BRITISH ANSWER
TO POPE'S NOTE
Rome, Sept. 3.?It was reported in
? I
circles close to the Vatican tonight
th*\t the British government nag
drafted a brief reply to Pope Benedict's
peace proposals. The document,
it was said, will be hand'sd to the r>or?
u "
tiff probably within the next foriyf
eig-ht hours.
In well-posted quarters, the DeHe*
was expressed that England's re^
ply will consist in a reference to
Wilson's answer and that it will state
the ideas ami ideals ouflined In tne
American note are also those of Great
Britain.
ROOT SEES JfO
CHANCE FOR PEACE
r', - Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Sept. 3.?
"There can he no talk of peace and
II . I - - ! ^ ?
security or democracy witn Germany
y in her present position,'' said Elltiu
u Root, as president, in opening the
^ fortieth annual meeting of the Amene
can bar association here today. "If
' Germany had succeeded in what shs
H started out to do and come out with
r
^ her power unbroken, and we had been
a unable to defend our rights and Hae?
1 not hel Germany down in the last
j1 five months, her heel would have T>een
j. on ou-r nesk.
"We are in war and <:iie principle pf
* which we fight la liberty, independir
ence and our American country and
our 'American life." 5
NATIONAL ARMY TO GATHER
First Five Per Cent of .Men Drafted
Will Go to Mob^fizaiJon Camps
Tomorrow
Washington. Sept. 3.?Tomorrow
:he nation will pay tribute to the men
Df the first great national array w.lo
/ii Wednesday will leave their homes
tor the mobilization camps.
Parades and patriotic demonstrations
will take placr in every city. In
Washington President Wilson will
march at the head of the capital's
rlrafted men. while cabinet memoers
md senators and representatives also
will join in the parade.
Last Word from Crowder
The provost marshal general's office
this evening issued the following
last word for the mobilization and
EruidaiKje of the men who mobilize oa
Wednesday:
"The men will not be permitted to
take anything on the train except
light hand-baggage. Bedding ana
changes of clothing will not be allowed.
"The following articles should o?
taken: Soap, shaving outfit, .comb ana
brush, toothbrusn and tootnpowaer,
two bath towels, three hand towers
and six handkerchiefs. Two changes
of underwear may be taken !f desired.
There is no objection to taking co?lars
and shirts for wear on the journey,
but there will be no use ror thess
articles after arriving at the mobilization
camps.
No Suit Cases
"Since suit cases and handbags will
not be allowed for permanent use at
the mobilization camps, articles ma?
bf carried in bundles if so desired.
Civilian clothes will not be retainec
after arrival at mobilization camps
and may b? returned by express or
otherwise to the homes. If it is not
desired to make arrangements for returning
clothing, it is better to appear
in civilian clothes which it Is no1
wortl\jv*hiie to keep.
"To insure quick communlcatiofl
with his family the recruit is advised
to provide himself with postcards or
ctamrwvl onvplrmo?
Get a Hair Cut
"Before reporting to the local board
the hair should be cut very short, the
body thoroughly bathed and clean underwear
put on. The finger and to^
nails should :be cut short.
"Every effort will be made to preserve
the health of recruits at the
points of mobilization and to build
up their physique. The government
undertakes to look after the physical
well-being of the recruit in every p&?sble
way and carries out the work
"of military methods."
Approximately 30,000 men will Of
mobilized on Wednesday. They represent
5 per cent of the total of 687,000
drafted men, less the 5 per ceDt ol
eastern Pennsylvanian, Maryland and
the District of Columbia, whose mobilization
has been delayed becausa
their camp is unfinished.
On September 19, 274,800 men will
be mobilized. The same number additional
will be called out on October
3. The remaining 103,000 will
be ordered to camp at a date yet to I>
decided.
All the camps are sufficiently complete
to allow the mobilization or 5
per cent of the draft army, except
Camp Zvleades, AdmiraJ, Mr. It will
be ready by September 19, however.
.,V.- I ' I w J 'J- .-T-- _
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fl Suffer? H
1/4 Mrs. J. A. Cox, of Al- IXj
L/i derson, \V. Va., writes:
X/j "My daughter . . . sufS/j
fered terribly. She could
?/J not turn in bed ... the wyB,
l/J doctorsgave her up, and W\A
we brought her home to ?y|
die. She had suffered so w\A
SKJ much at... lime. Hav- WjA
JyJ ing heard of Cardui,, we ty4
Wy*. goimorner. m/i
oAonm
UMIIUUI
/a The Woman's Tonic ^
/Jk "Inafewdays,shebe- &/a
/T[ gan to improve/' Airs,
/j Cox conthucs, "and had Jx
/i no trouble at .. Cardui t/
curcd her, and we sin<* WA
its praise*: everywhere. 9y4
rA We receive many thou- w/A
/Jk sands of similar letters \/Jk
/\ every year, telling of the &/7
rrrwf rardm hasrinne for t/Tl
Y/y women who suffer iron V/%
Wy% complaints so common to W/4
their sex. It shot&i do Fyl
Sardiu00*1, t0?" E*7? fc/l
THE HERALD AND NEWS ONI
TEAR FOR C- **>.
[ BE> TILLMAX A>0
COLE L. BLEASK
! (ieuerally Accepted as Fact That Tm.
man Will Kun and Be Defeated by
Blease
Columbia. Sept. 2.?"The most significant
development of the people's
campaign now in progress in SoutH
Carolina," said a gentleman today vino
has been a close observer of conditions
in this state for the past quarter or a
j century, "was the form in whicli "orj
mer Governor Blease formed trie ques|
tions in his hand primary at Cnapa
| on Thursday: In Mr. Lever's own dls|
trict, in his home county and wltMn
! o fair -milae r\f Viic rrnmo Vi.a -nut tVx?
c* iv n luiivu vi iiiu \ywf uv. ^ uw *?**v
question square, whether or not H?
audieiice would have voted as Mr.
: Lever did, on the war issue. And the
j response was unanimous in the negative,
just as it was at Pomaria. Filbert,
Carswell ad Pickens.
About Fair Plar
| "There was another thing about that
| meeting which struck me forciJ.y,"
' he continued, "and that was Congreao\
man Dominick's declination :o
' an address in the district or anotner
congressman when that congressman
l was not present Congressman Doml!
nick has not received the same'fair
. I treatment in his own district?as mat,
| ter of fact, they have been bringing
j out-of-the-state congressmen to Mr.
. Domlnick s district. But from what I
have seen and heard, I don't think Mr.
Dominick has anything to Tear at tills
i time, so far as his political future in
| the Third district is concerned."
r; There have been very few develop|
ments in the political situation. It is
I expected that Lieut. Gov. Andrew
Jackson Bethea will be a candidate
i for governor on the anti-Reform party
; ticket. Mr. Bethc-a, when asked tor a
statement in this regard, said that he
had not definitely made up his mind,
but was verv seriously considering
? v
making the race.
i The anti-Reform party is sr'it into
t several factions, eoch of whici will
' probably have a gubernatorial candidate
in the field. It is thought, however,
that they will have only one can[
didate for the 1". ited States senate?
! Senator Tillman, unless Congressman
.Lever should decide to mafce the race.
i There has as yet been no statement
along this line from either Senator
. Tillman or Mr. Lever, but that Seni
ator Tillman will run, and will be <JeI
feated by former Governor Blease is
i
: generally accepted as a positive fact.
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FBATEBtfAl OBDEBS
BABBED BY BAKEB
Says I M C A Represents Protectants
and Knights of Columbas
[ I Boman Catholics
1 | Washington, Sept. 4.?In a letter to
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congressman wiuiam iccniey xiowara
! of Georgia, Secretary of War Baiter
has a final ruling that Masons, Odd
Fellows and other fraternal organiza:
tions can not be given the privileges
1 of erecting club houses in army camps
and cantonments, and says that the
previous order that the Y. M. C. A., the
' Knights of Columbus and the Young
; Men's Hebrew Association only can
! admitted to the camps to erect social
buildings and recreation Quarters .will
stand.
! Secretary Baker says that a general
misunderstanding has arisen on this
question. The department ha* been
flooded with requests from all so."ts of
organizations, religious and otherwise,
including athletic organizations, asking
to minister exclusively to its own
membership inside the camps. ""If we
let down the bars to one. vr? -would
have to take the same action with regard
to all," ?ays Mr. Baker.
He points out that the Y. M. C. A.
o nr? +Vick "K"ni?rh<-a r\t l(Vi] limhiK hnvp
somp years, both in this country and
abroad, been represented in army
camps, serving the soldiers abong recreation
and social lines without regard
to any question of membership.
The Y. M. C. A. represents the Protectant
denominations which, he says,
win constitute roaignt/iy 10 per cent #t
the new army, the Knights of Cotambus,
the Catholic denomiations, wtacli
will constitute 35 per cent. Neither
organization is to conduct its work on
any exclusive basis but for the benefit
of all the troops in the camps. MTr.
Baker says that no discrminaiion
aeainst any fraternal order U intend
ed, but it would be physically impossible
from the standpoint of space to
allow many different organizations,
r.u?ch as Odd Fellows, Knights of
Pythias, etc.. to he admitted. He suggests
that the latter, organizations
have a splendid opportunity in mln
istering to the recreation and social
needs of their membership in the communities
in the neighborhoods in
the military camps are located and
many hare "already 'begun' thi? ww*
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