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|?R aa0 Jess. Entered at tbe Postoffice at Jiewberry, S. C? as 31?d class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOK. Tuesday, January 8, 191S. One of the most sensible orders or telegrams that we have seen or heard recently is one from Provost Marshal Crowder when he telegraphed that local boards were expected to exercise some common sense in their deliberations and acisions. Too often is it the case that this very important thing or factor is missing from people who are in positions f authority^ A statement was published in the papers that there are 50,000 slackers in this country. That is a pretty big \ bunch. Tlv$ legislature meets today. There is talk of a short session so as to save fuel. It would save a good many other things to have a short session of the legislature, but we ; are not. likely to have it. How does it strike you to double the assessed value of your property and at the same time double the tax levy for State purposes? That is about what the k?,/Jnra+ maona if PiirriPfl Ollt The State borrowed more money last year to meet current expenses than it took only a few years ago to run the government. Of course the State is growing, but the expense account is outgrowing the State. If there has been a session of the legislature since the establishment of Wintkrop college that we di'd not hear that fhpre was urcrent need of a new dormi tory and that hundreds of young women were turned away each year because there wa3 not dormitory room, we do *ot recall it. A whole lot of those girls who can not be admitted could not enter, the college class if there were ever so much dormintory room. If the State wants to do more for education, better furnish and equip better high schools and pay the teachers in the common -schools a better salary and run these sekools for longer terms. "VYinthrop is a good institution and has done a good work in the education of the girls of ,the State, but tnere is no use to xurn it into a high schooL t Under the government management of the railroads the passenger trains are being curtailed and chair cars and Pullmans are being taken off. Along with the Pullmans was the one which * ran between Charleston and Greenville. That was natural, we suppose, but we can not let the statement go unchallenged that the train never carried over an average of six passengers ? .-3ott Wo /In nnt Kolioro +V10+ flip rPP ord*will bear out this statement. It is about 011 a par with the statement of a railroad commissioner when this Pullman was removed once before, that he thought it was an interstate train. Or rather it develops about the'same knowledge of the facts. The last "time we were on this train evfery seat and berth was occupied, and every time we have been an it it had a number of passengers. But these are war times and the fuel and power must now be conserved and used to haul the necessities of life, and all luxuries and comforts must be cut out. We just mention this so that the facts may be kept straight as to the only Pullman we had coming this way. Several of the newspapers are talking about the service of the postoffice department, or rather lack of service. For several months we have been sending copies of The Herald and News to some of our boys are somewhere in France. Only th6 other day Mr. J. S. Bickley received a letter from his son, Lieutenant W. E. Bickley, in which it was stated that he had received only one copy of The Herald and News and received that some time in December and it bore dare October 3. The greatest trouble v?ith the department is it is too efficient, but it is an efficiency which does not give service, and it is the worst kind of efficiency. And we had a letter from our boy over here at Camp Sevier and he had not received a copy of thepaper for a month and it has been mailed from here regularly every issue that has been printed. But we have quit complaining and are going along trying to do our part as best we can and leaving the balance to take care of itself. That is all de can do. The post office department never has paid any Attention to the statutes of the congress. It has promulgated its own rules and regulations regardless of the statute law and'so far as the running of the department these rules and regulations have been in effect the law. I Continued From Page One GOVERNOR MANNING'S ANNUAL MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE i The Suffrage Question. In my judgment the question of granting the suffrage to women is one ths.t j should be under the jurisdiction of the j States, and not the federal government. The right of the State to regulate the suffrage is a fundamental principle of local self-government, and the State of South Carolina should reserve this right to herself. War. Let us turn now to the war. I do so with n full heart, and I know that, with | out any word from xne, the war presses ' upon your thoughts night and day. It is not my purpose to recount at length the. reasons for our entrance into it. They have been given clearly by onr great and trusted president. Each State must do its share in the unification of the nation, and so it is proper for me now to place this subject before you, as the law-making body of South Carolina, to the end that we may do with a clear understanding what I conceive to be our duty in placing this State and each county and township nnnn n war footing". j- Our country endured much and endured it for a long time before taking up the challenge so often and so wantonly flung in her face. We were challenged on the high seas by the destruction of our ships and the cruel, merciless slaughter of our men, women and I children; we were challenged abroad by assaults and indignities to our diplomats and consuls; we were challenged at home by the secret, malevolent agents of 'he ambassadors of Germany and Austria. But the challenge that moved us most, the one we have taken up without re-^ serve, was the challenge that Germany 11 ?* TOArlii. We i HdS Til 1"0\\ II ctl> 111U r* uviv ii I are not fighting for some small individual advantage; there is no such advantage conceivable that would be worth the cost. But, as President "Wilson has said with force and directness, we fight to make the world safe for democracy. Weighing carefull every word, but remembering the horrible atrocities in Belgium, Poland, Servia and Northern France, I say, too, that we fight tb make the /World safe for self-respecting and nipn and women, for I can 11UUVX Uk/iV not see how under a victorious Germany free people, who respect themselves and each other and live under a Christian code of ethics, could find a decent place to live. It is for these things and for these peoples that our sons "have gone forth to the war, whicl^ is now more than iiirec yeais old. Our men know its c -op", its rm.^nitude and its overwhelming hardships and horrors; and we know thai wLli unspeakable pride and courage the;)?the volunteers and selected men? have come forward as champions selected to do battle for us. Having counted the cost, they have pledged themselves to service and now they wait, watching eagerly day after day for their orders to "proceed overseas." Day after day, in small ships and large ships, in ships j taken from our enemies ana in smpo I built by us with urgent speed, our sol-, ! diers and sailors go to form a vital part of the mightiest army for the greatest cause the world has ever known. * In our soldiers and those of our allies lie the safety of the world and the preservation of our ideals of freedom, liberty and righteousness. Theirs is the great adventure, their is the supreme sacrifice, which are denied to us by age, perhaps by infirmity, by lack of training, j by civil position or by circumstance, i i-- I Yet these very reasons maite our uungation the stronger, and we, you and I,' are bound to increasing effort, to in-1 creasing thought by words boldly spoken and to increasing action by resolution | and self-effacement. We must see that they are properly fed and equipped, and j hold up their hands to strengthen their j arms while they fight. We must put j their home thoughts at rest. It is for! this and this only that we are extempt-1 ed. Permit me to say that I am a con-! scientious objector to any other exemption. The heavy task that confronts us calls for the united strength of our country and its enormous resources thai must go for the joint support of the armies of ^ "Rut these UUr (liliCd auu vx vf via resources, as well as our modes of thought and living, have been developed through fifty years of almost unbroken peace. We are not "too fat to fight'' and the battle we are now fighting we will win. The immediate task before us, who are the body corporate of the State, and before similar bodies in other States, and before the national congress, is to. give this spirit definite expression by converting these stores of great wealth timir ifciiufftnipil fthannels and 11 UiU tilUii turning them to martial purposes. Conflicting interests must be brought toj gether and the competitions which we { once encouraged as the life of peaceful trade must become friendly rivalries in order that the greatest good may come to the cause of America and her allies. The necessity is absolute and vital; the ' ask is gigantic, but it is definite. There' nvst not lie a mowrt lost in taking ] steps towards its ^fulfillment, and so ?'C must start now and make no halt intil our goal is reached. State Council of Defense. Not long after the declaration of a >tate of war those in charge of the government ?s affairs appealed to the State rovernment. for co-operation and organ'^ation. They realized that without a thorough organization in each State the for war WOuld be severely handicapped. | As a necessary adjunct to the work of t he council of national defense, and at its direct request, State councils of defense have been organized i n every State in the Union. The South Carolina council was organized in June, 1917, ind has accomplished noteworthy res'jlts. As appears in communications from the national council the South CarTanks anion? the first six councils in the country in excellence and efficiency of organization. Its work as the leader in patriotic publicity has been noqt influential. Patriotic meetings and rallies have been held in practically ev^ry school district in the State. The cT--h (' -?'in? Handbook of the War, issued by the council, has been declared by,tk&, national.connp.il.the finest issued 0 by any State. Besides Ibis major matter of enlightening and informing public opinion, the council has accomplished many things. Some of the chief of these are: The ; food registration campaign in co-operai tion with the women; listing and tiling I State warehouses; relieving Soidiers of National Guard from duty at railway bridges; having free demurrage reduced from 7J to 45 hours; organization of Four-Minute Men, and furnishing slides x ? ? ?% flutotArsJ* 0C!Cnutinf?A iU 11IU V iJI^ JL'lL'-l UH" uotnuiuuvv to recruiting officers, especially for the training camp; investigation of subject of military training in State high schools; aid and co-operation in anti| tuberculosis work among rejected draft men; aid and support of the work of the Woman's Council of Defense; aid and support in forming negro auxiliary, defense councils; investigation of alleged waste at South Carolina military camps; important work in the production and conservation of foodstufls; loan of the council's state-wide organization for the recent Hoover food campaign and the publicity of the last liberty loan, wherein South Carolina's quota was heavily over-subscribed. All this has been accomplished very economically. The general assembly will be request ed to make full provision tor tne increasingly important war work of the; councii. An act has been drawn up and approved by the council, lixing its s.aius and requesting an appropriation of $50,000, if so much be needed. A tuner account of the organization and activities j of the State council will be famished ; the general assemoiy in an ofticial report i to it from that body. State Troops. j As a corollary to the fctate council of I defense, provision should be made in a j substantial way for the equipment and j maintenance of State troops. This niat| ter having been brought to theattention - - ^ -? i .,,,,1 I of the department; 01 war uy mvscu an-.?. I other governors, who realized the need of a military organization to take the place of the federalized National Guard units, permission was granted, based on J a ruling from the judge advocate genI erai, to organize troops, which can be called into service by state and federal authorities but which can not be drafted and sent abroad as in the case of the National Guard. The department of war urged the formation of such troops. For the l?.3t two months the work of organization has been going forward, and today I an. in a position to say that a regiment of State'troops stands ready to answer such calls and some of the j companies have already been mustered in. These troops will be furnished with rilles by the Federal government, but the government's attention must be directed first-to the equipment and maintenance of the army and navy. It is -<.1 * vfi'i nrnvirio imperative, mea-iuic uai r for the equipment and supporr of such troops. The military code of South Carolina should be amended so as to make regulations governing these State troops and otherwise to conform to the national 1 defense act. Such troops will be.subject | to duty at the call of the governor as I commander-in-chief of the State's j troops. i Let us hope there will be no cause j for me or my successors to use troops, j but should occasion arise when such j forces are needed the hands of your State executive and the administrative | forces would be hopelessly tied without such troops to assist in t"r?e suppression [ of lawlessness, rebellion and invasion. , Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Eights. 1 Our jSational Guard, which rendered J such signal service on the Mexican bor| der and which is now in the service of the United States both at home and abroad, our quota in the national army now being trained, and our volunteers in the navy and other branches of the military service, should have their civil rights protected. I therefore recommend that a law be passed similar to the one considered by our national congress to the end that the families of those now or hereafter in the military service may not be discriminated against. In this connection I desire to call your attention also to the need of making ample provision for obtaining the vote of the South Carolinians in the service. Labor. The worth of our State will be measured this year by our man-power and by our willingness to set aside certain provisions, which though necessary in times of peace dre awkward barriers to progress and co-operation in times of ! This would seem to be a paradox, but the contradiction is apparent rather | than real, and is most clearly shown in the legislation regarding, labor which I now recommend. During the months preceding your annual gathering and culminating particularly in the recent action of the government in assuming control of the vast transportation facilities of this country, no proble?i has received more constant study th&n the handling of labor :in its connection with the prosecution of war. The doctrines of "Business as Usual" and "Pleasure as Usual" have proven false; in their stead we must learn and follow this precept: Eash one must do his or her task so that there may be no one guilty of vagrancy; the pleasures of many must be sacrificed for the good of the nation's supreme business?war, and the businesses of many must be adjust1 *- - i-nrrinm f<1 r flip same C'U LU lilU uu ir ^ w ? ...? reason. I therefore recommend that an act be passed providing for the assignment of able-bodied male persons, between the ages of 18 and 50, inclusive, not regular?ly and continuously employed, to work in operations carried on or directed by or by private or corporate employers, the State, the counties or municipalities, whenever, because of a state of war, the governor and the State council of defense determine such assignments to be necessary for the protection of the State and the United States. No person shall be assigned to work that he is not physically able to do, and each shall receive a wage or salary not less than that paid to others engaged in the same nature of work. Ample provision should ; be made for the enforcement cf such a statute and the governor given authority to employ such assistants and agencies as may be necessary. As this is an , emergency measure its provisions should be null and void within a reasonable time after peace is declared. J Upon the advice and consent of the executive committee of the State counj. eil of- defense and ugon the recommends I tion of the council of national defense, | the governor should be given authority | to suspend the State labor laws upon 1 the following conditions; as stipulated ! in a resolution recently passed * by the i council of national defense: i 1. Upon a notice from the council of ; national defense stating that a war ! emergency or that public welfare re| quires such suspension. 2. That such suspension should .be ! made only after public hearings had been held, reasonable notice (of not less _ than five days) of such hearings having ' been sent to the State board of conciliation and arbitration, to the plant, or; garization and employes in the'industry affecteji, and to the public by appropri itLt* liUl ictf in liiu picas*. j 3. That the particular provisions of i the labor law3 that are suspended and the length of time of suspension should j be stated in a permit to be issued by < the governor. 4. That permits should be issued for limited periods not to exceed six months and to be renewed only upon rehearings. 5. That all permits should expire two months after the close of the war. f 6. That the permits should be issued \ to individual plants and not to an entire ? industry; Provided, however, that no | suspension of outstanding regulations or J orders, herein provided for, shall be coni strued to apply to State laws requiring I installation of protective devices. I 7. That copies of all permits issued j rho.dd be posted in conspicuous places , in each factory or plar.t affect e>l, ove~ \!ie proper official signature. VVhiie these measures are radical deI/tuiTs from o::r accustomed prcce-hr** I am confident that even after a cursory study of the needs of the nation you will i agree with me as to their necessity. Each male person between the ages of 18 and 60 should be either at school | or college, in the military or naval servi ice. o- nt work. Idlers and loafers should not be permitted during the period of I the war. Vice Legislation. Another feature of the program of war legislation that I urge seeks to improve vice conditions. In no better way I cpn we prove o'ir loynltv to President | Wilson and to the federal government . thnn to deal with the vice problem feari lesslv and fundamentally. Moreover, ; our earnest (lesire to serve the citizenry ! of Soirth Carolina in constructive fashion can find no better opportunity. Accordingly, I ask you to pass five laws tn t thp le'cnl and institutional , facilities now needed to combat this evil. ? j (1) In the life of many a prostitute there was a time when reformation was , possible. The home antt neighborhood conditions were undermining character, the first step may v>T*en have been taken: but had the State then helped her in 1 her need, she might have been saved. But South Carolina, be it said to our | shame, hns left the uirl to the tender I mercies of the county jail, only to reap j a harvest of degeneracy, disease and I crime. A reformatory for girls would, therefore, still further reduce the supply of women available for immoral purnoses, and. consequently, for the spread of venereal disease. C2) Sooner or later, practically all prostitutes become diseased?sources of infection for countless others, ultimately of manv innocent wives and new-born babes. The confirmed prostitute is now usually tried in South Carolina in magistrates' and recorders' courts. She pays her small fine, or goes to jail to rest, returning soon to ply her iniquitous trade. To deal with such cases, I ask you further to define vagrancy, makin?^ it triable in the sessions courts. This is the simplest way we have of protecting our soldiers and civilians against the depredations of venereally diseased women, confirmed prostitutes. Such protection is of urgent economic and military improtance. To illustrate: (a) I)r. Williams reports that, to speak 1- ?Al. ? Avtin in 4* V> O Qf O f conservanvsay, mc paucuio m Hospital for the Insane, whose insanity was directly caused by venereal disease, cost the State last year at least $10,000. (b) Of the 2,010 conscripted men rejected from Camp Jackson after being mustered into, service there, 144, or more than 7 per cent., were rejected because of venereal disease in acute form. In fact, General Barth writes from Camp Jackson: "Fourteen per cent, of the colored draft were infected at the time of entrance, 4 per cent, of the white." (c) In one of the camp cities of this State the provost marshal writes thnt of the 23 young women under arrest at one time, all proved, on examination, to be infected with venereal disease. "This alarming proportion of diseased women among prostitutes under surveillance," 'k1 snvs " omiso for <?rave concern to the military authorities." (d) I)r. M. J. Exner, who made a special study of "Prostitution in its Relation to the Army on theMexican Border," reports that "the extent of the practice of prostitution is in direct ratio to its. accessibility. The most serious problem is in connection with the mobilization camps and home barracks. In the case of all the troops on the border, a vastly larger proportion of venereal lisease was contracted before reaching 'lie border than was contracted afterwards. This accords with the experience of the European armies in the present war. The reliable facts at. hand show that during the first eighteen months of the war one of the great powers ha<l more men incapacitated for service by venereal disease contracted in the mobilization camps ^han in all the fighting at the front." (3) To decrease further the supply of prostitutes by reaching the man side of the problem, I ask you to submit this year a constitutional amendment raising the age of consent to eighteen years. Tn a certain county in this State last fall, as related by a county officer, a i young fifteen-year-old girl, living in the ! f.imilv of her uncle, who was her sruard ian, became the mother of a child by this self-same uncle. Thirteen States have fixed the age of consent at eighteen years; so should we. (4) As long as so-called "respectable" people reap financial gain by allowing their property to be used for immoral purposes we may expect a continual, selfish, underhanded promotion of commercialized vice. Therefore, I ask you to pass an injunction and abatement law, similar to that on the books p.of tftfier States1? w provide \ ESTIMATES FOR. FOR LE VY NEA Schools and Colleges All Ask State Borrowed Million Columbia, Jan. G.?The appropriations j to bo asked of the coming legislature by i y the h^ads of the executive departments! 1; of the State government and State in- J e stitutions will amount of $3,442,073.71, J i' I as shown by the estimate filed with Comptroller General Sawyer, who to- a night completed a compilation of the 5 estimates for the general assembly y which meets- on Tuesday. This is an increase of over $539,208.21 over the ap- f propriations of 1917, and would require ? a levy of nine and three-fourths mills, i as against the 1917 levy of eight and t one-half mills. The appropriation bill for 1917 carried ( I $2,985,846.77. The revenue for 1917, ( i under the levy fixed by the general as- j * ; sembly, will exceed the appropriations | * : by the sum of $82,126. If all the appro-! ^ priations are made for 1918 as asked j v for, however, it will require an increase j s in the State levy ot' one and one-fourth i 5 mills. It was necessary this year to borrow! ~ about $1,500,000 in anticipation of the collection of taxes, and it will be neces- <> spry the coining year, according to the statement filed with the legislature by ' the comptroller general, to borrow a j f similar amount to meet the current ex-1 c I penses of the government before the t taxes reach the State treasury. s The biggest increase asked for is by (he department of education, for public * schools. The appropriation for this de- * partment last year was $444,100: This ; your $">(51,190 is asked for?an increase I of $117,000. j Winthrop college, which wants a new * dormitory, is asking for $216,244.40 this 1 year, as against an appropriation of * $130,972.41 last year?an increase of [ $85,371.99. 1 rni. i. 1 i. 1 _ 1- ^ J ? me next largest increase asseu lur is bv the University of South Carolina, which this year wants $185,957.80, as against an appropriation last year of $123,758.15. " The State Hospital for the Insane is asking for $41,496.17 more this year than last year. The total asked for this year is $616,496.17. ' N, milling II iii?iiwh B?TI?nr?m the legal means for handling such people. (6) Lastly, the automobile has greatly increased the facilities for clandestine prostitution. The bell boy in the hotel, conniving with immoral women and lustful men, present a problem unsolvabie under our present laws. Therefore, I ask you to follow the lead of the fed- I eral government by making the principles of the Mann white slave law oper- , ative intra-state. Conclusion. I believe that our country is now : righteously aroused, and stands ready < for great endeavor. But the enormous < resources behind this endeavor, the wealth of men and materials, must be < brought together by careful thought, < and then the fine spirit of the country ' can be put into deeds. This for South J Carolina is your task, gentlemen of the I general assembly?to bring the resources r of our State together so that everything ( we have and everything we can do can i go to help our men in beating down and overcoming our enemies.. Who are our j enemies?the Hohenzollern and the . I Hapsburg? Yes, they and their Known j supporters. These enemies will find our , soldiers* before them in increasing num- , bers, and we may feel confident that a , certain fate awaits them. But shame- j less as have been the deeds of these ene- j mies to human freedom and decency, < and as unblushing as has been the obedience of their men, we have some enemies . nearer home. Let us deal with them as our sons will deal with those in arms, j These are enemies without the excuse | j of blood relationship binding them to j j the Teutonic cause?they ta*e no risk j , Ill UclLilCj IIIU V ictcxx 11?u oxv:u?i v-vux- i j age of the Kaiser's avowed retainers j j and followers; they are sneak-thieves ? far from the front, probably taking I ( bribes from Germany, trying to do be-1 < hind our armies what they dare not do , in the open. ( A }rear agy there was divided opinion ( as to our entering the war. Some ob-j < jected to taking our soldiers three thou-1 sand miles away across the sea, even ! i though our honor was at stake. Do not! forget that before we entered the war j : nineteen American ships were sunk by j the German submarines, and two hun- j j dred and twenty-live American men, wo-; i men and children ruthlessly submarined, and murdered. Germany then issued an ] order closing the seas, which order would < have closed the zone through which* ? passed two-thirds of our export wheat; I < rive-sixths oi' our hog products^ six-sev- : j enths of our beef products . Could six ! i and a half million farmers, could the :: < twenty million toilers, could the ona ( hundred million people of this country g submit to this action i Could our coun- t trymen have maintained their self-respect had they submitted to such outrageous conduct? But for our entrance into the war France and England would have finally been crushed. The English navy and the French and English armies standing between us and our enemies would have succumbed to Germany, j With these armies and navies out of the ' A nnnnn Kll'O KnOTI r wav Hit: XVLiailLlV^ VV-ttkiJl nuuiu uu.v ?vv? , v under Germany's control, and open to ; h their ships of war and ships of com- ; ' merce. We /would have been attacked j and our country invaded on the coast, t through Canada on one side and Mexico ( on the other. This was Germany's hope j s and her plan; the Zimmerman note re-; ? veals the far-reaching intrigue and | treachery, and the attempted marshal- j ( ing.of maaj- forces; against,us. ^ Gprili- j i -zatforn itself tiirea^ened. To have 11 STATE CALL RLY TEN MILLS Increased Appropriations? and Half Last Year. The amor.nt required for elections this ear will, of course, be considerably arger than iast year?this being a genral eleeti n year. The increase in this tem amounts to $44,075. The South Carolina Industrial School ,t Florence is this year asking for $37,- a 00, an increase of $36,555 over last ^ ear. The State Colored College, the School ^ or the Deaf and Blind and the Pubfic " Service of Clenison college are also ask- j ng for increases ranging around twenty o twenty-five thousand dollars. The two State institutions located att Charleston?the Citadel and the Bout-k Carolina Medical college?are both asing for larger appropriations. Last year he Medical college received $39,836. | Niis year it is asking for $50,620. The Citadel wants $64,200 this year, as Lgainst $14,280 last year, an increase of m The State health department is asking * ^ or an increase this year of $27,080. Those are the principal increases isked for. The total taxable property of the state, at its assessed valuation, is $319,>37,972. In addition to the amount reeived by taxation,* the State has an esimated income for 1918, from other lources, of $351,050. It is upon these figures that the controller general bases his estimate that a evy of nine and three-quarters mills a vill be required for 1918 if all the sp)ropriations are made as asked for. afl What the legislature will do with the JTH ncreases requested, and with the whole natter of taxation, it is impossible to A predict. The estimates made by the comptroller general do not, of course, nclude such extraordinary appropria:ions as the $50,000 to be asked for by :he State council of defense; the $60,000 :o be asked for to establish a home for :he feeble-minded, and other requests rvhieh. if eranted. would rim the annrn / O J T X" Driation bill several hundred thousand lollars greater than the aggregate of :he estimates filed with the comptroller - j general. J Jno. K. Aull. M submitted would have meant the loss of tm jountrv, loss of liberty, loss of honoF. 3ur children, along with those in Belgium, Northern France, Poland and ?ther conquered lands, would have become slaves, and our women would have been compelled to submit to the bestial passions of the soldiers of the Kaiser. Our riyht. tn sharp in a frpp (rnvprnmPTit would have been lost, and militarism iirected by the iron hand of one man would have taken its place. Rights on . land and sea would have been lost; fl freedom and patriotism would have been dead. What more need be said to South ? Carolinians, part and parcel of America? We are proud of our country, jealoos 4^ Df our institutions, devoted to our lib?rty, and will die to defend our rights, Today our patriotism burns with a new A light, and our country stands united be- V hind our president and our government. rogether we will fight for all we hold lear till an honorable victory and a lastTig peace to mankind shall prevail. There are men who oppose our progress in the war, w*ho, to weaken our irmies, seek to delay their progress, to )lock the highways by which our armies are fed, or to hamper the high authorities responsible for their effi :*iencv. These men are not asserting their free-born difference of judgmentLet them remember that they serve in 5ne army or the other. Every man in America must give his whole-hearted ; support to our government in every way, or he supports our enemies by langing back, and is, therefore, fighting L'or Germany. These men are traitors, the Constitution giv-is them this name, md they should receive their punishnent. To the superficial observer it nay seem strange that we align our:elves with England, from whom we won )ur independence, and that England should not be side by side with France, A A1 r\ A /I lie ill ATI HP A O A rrt A Tl'if ll *VI A?y? rviiv nci^cu uo tuui, ?\j ouiiic; ? 1111 lucjjj >ries of the sixties it may seem strange i :o hail sohliers of South Carolina as sol- A liers of the United States. But all clears up when we recall when England op- fl pressed us, we foight her; when the Union threatened local rights we were W 'he first to take up arms, and now when V freedom everywhere is in danger we rush in with our hosts of united coun: rymen to join Britain and to join France in striking a death blow at that mighty tyraht who darkens the world, and is a world-menice. That blow will be struck and ;truck mortally. To make sure of it we nust do our part here, as our soldiers ,vi 11 do theirs beyond the seas. To this *reat work, with all its urgency, I now . :ommend you. May God give us the ] itrength, the vision, the wisdom and J he courage to do our dutv. M RICHABD I. MANNING, Jg Governor. POOL-OWEN Abbeville Medium. The marriage of Miss Mary Evinces Drtrvl A \T ATTrVs A*T?T? ^ U ' L UU1U U1 ilC? UCil J tU )f McCormick, which^| lome of the bride Thursday evenin^J * *reat interest ne young cuh 3wen taughtiH 3choool for n 1 . self to a larsj )f friends. I formation cfl liar lawye^