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LEVER'S ENTRANCE IX RACK ! AS VIEWED BY REFORMERS.; Columbia, May 2.?The political developments of the past 24 hours, in- i eluding Congressman Lever's an- j nouncement for the United States sen ate, have confirmed and strengthened the unity of the Reform party whicii i is standing solidly behind one sena-1 t-orial candidate, and have shown up j 'he weakness of the opposition, of! which Mr. Lever's announcement, fol- j lowing close upon the heeis of the Democratic club meetings Jast Satur- ! day is virtually an admission. There are now four anti-Reform ; candidates in the senatorial race., They are: Senator Tillman, who i~ j seeking reelection: Congressman A. j F. Lever, who is surrendering the! chairmanship of the important house j eommittee on agriculture in an effort j to oust Senator Tillman and take his ; place; Mr. X. B. Dial, of Laurens, a j prominent business man of the Pied- I mont, and the Rev. J. E. Mahaffey, of j York. The bars have been let down, j and other announcements would not ! . come as a surprise. i Were >Tot Pleased. i That the Democratic club meeting-; ; on last Saturday were not satisfactory to the anti-Reform faction, is shown j "by Lever's announcement. Senator j Tillman did not show such strength j that the anti-Reformers were willing j to risk him against Mr. Blease, an;I j +Vi n hnw>!oH trin nf ATr* T AVPr tn Rnnfll i itui x ivu u va ?'** ' V* v v K/w%?v?> Carolina for yesterday's conference, i followed by his announcement last | night, was the result. The entrance of Mr. Lever into the race will have the effect of dividing the anti-Reform vote between him and the senior senator, with some votes, of couse, go mg to ine two omer candidates on that side of the fence. Whether or not Mr. Lever will be able to develop sufficient strength to give him a lead on that side over Senator Tillman remains to be seen. At this time it apnaaro vorv miifh as if \Tr T^fiver is 7rs about the same position as that occupied in the gubernatorial race by Mr. Robert A Cooper, of Laurens, m 1914. A factor in the politics of the state, he is entering a race where the lines have already been drawn by two well-defined political factions, and the supreme difficulty which he faces is to get into a second race, it tnere should be a second primary. With the Reform ranks intact, except, of course, as a candidate on the other side might draw a few votes here and there on account of personal friendships, and with the anti-Reform faction split, the principal interest just at this time is as to how much inT?narlo \Tr> T.ovor ou-rt mnVo unnri wTlflt would otherwise have "been the Tillman following. Anti-Keform Press. A number of the anti-Reform newspapers and a number of their political leaders are already committed openly to the candidacy of Mr. Tillman, and will continue to support him. Mr. Jinman nas oeen one 01 me mosi prominent figures in political life in South Carolina for the past 28 years He still has some personal following and he has had committed to him a large percentage of the bitterly partisan anti-Reform influence. How miifh of that follmvinsr ran Mr. Lever take over? For it is to the anti-Reform faction, now led by Mr. Tillman, that Mr. Lever must look for his strength, in the hope of being able to wedge Senator Tillman out of the way and go into a second race with Mr. Blease, in case Mr. Blease should nr?t ho alantarl n-* thn fivct lidllnt \Tr* Lever can only justify his entrance into t*ir? ^pce on thp ground that Senator Tillman should be displaced; that the senior senator is not tlie proper man to represent South Carolina in the t'nited States senate at this time. Either that, or he must contend thif the anti-Reform party, under the lea } ership of Tillman, was practically defeated before the campaign opened. * a,i 4 A i4 <?iiu liiai ue irui iuiu trie ru.ee iu u j to save a sinking ship. Mr. Blease. the Reform leader, had no further comment to make tod;\ upon the recent developments. In his statment given to the press last night he said that Mr. Lever's announce ment strengthened and confirms his opinion as to his success this summer, and that this success could not he affected by the addition of candidates or the reduction of candidates. This statement by Mr. Blease is in line with the analysis of the situation as here given. The Lever announcement is simply the disclosure of the wide split in the anti-Reform ranks. Charlestonian Writes Blease. Mr. Blease this morning receive-! from a Charleston boy, a captain in the army, "somewhere in France," fighting for the nation's cause, thitAT* T/.li C V* AXrc tlin lUiiv./ 11 ouv n ^ i?v ** terest which even his friends far removed from present political scenes, are taking in his candidacy: "Somewhere in France, April 11, 191S. "Dear Governor: Here T am, and my only hope is that I do my bit well. Sorry won't be with you to help in your fight this fall, but when we ar? PREDICTS (GREATEST BATTLE IMPENDS, Both Si?Ies Have Drawn up Their Ful! | Reserves in Preparation for the Tremendous Strode Which May Last AH Summeer. Washington, May 2.?The greatest battle of the ages impends on the western front, military experts predicted here today. The full reserve of the allies and j the enemy, it was stated, have been ! drawn up in preparation for the tre- j mendous struggle. It is estimated that the Germans have available z,t>oo,uuu men. Agamsc this number, it is said, the allies will be able to throw in at least 2.675,000. The brunt of the fighting will occur along the 50-mile front with Amiens as its pivotal point, the lin-3 of battle extending all the way from the sector north of Ypres to a point U til Ul A! JIICIUU CO. And because the German army must j go forward if it is to save itself, and j because its present position will not | long remain tenable, prediction is \ made that the gigantic battle will be ; fully under way within three or four \ days. Weeks may be consumed and longer before a decision is reached. Striieple in Two Theaters. The struggle, it is foreseen, will > I center within two main theaters, th > j j one in Flanders and the other on the j j shell-tern plains of Picardv. Coml- j j dent assertion is made by the ex- j j perts here that the British will re- ( j tire no further, though even now, as j ! some see it, the preluae to the new! ; Flanders battle is being heard in the ; i!1 ? J? mio? I f | uerman arxiiery acuviy m mai, . j ter. French and Americans, it is lis- j [ dicated, are at the forefront in the 0 i other theaters east of Amiens. Haig's t ! ! in ofota/i 10 nn nrin- ! ^ j LUI it 10 O tu tV/ U y AO v. r f j cipally of British and British colonial 0 | troops, some French veterans and a ^ j fair number of American auxiliaries.! * including ambulance, engineering and * signal corps units. j * The situation to date, military ex. M perts here contend, can fairly be de- 1' \ scribed as a victory for the allies, in 1 j that the enemy's effort to repeat the ' !l spectacular drive of von Kluck's armv , h i j in 1914, has been effectively checked.1 ! while, on the other hand, the enemy's j o j position has been rendered more ar;(' v j more precarious. Political conditions r in Germany as well as the military 11 situation at the front, it is pointed out I t have contributed impulses in the en- e j emy command compelling another at- q ! tempt to break through. ! . Speeding up America's Troops. j c i American troops are going overseas ! ^ i fit-a Hmps faster than they were, due \ ^ .to the decision to brigade theni wi\ j the British and French. When so ! brigaded they will be armed and fed ; 1iitVI/IVI ' I by IH6 service w im nuiui mv,,. I Though done primarily to keep uni- t : form the lines of supply to the battle c line this step will save four-fifths c*. the shipping space required for transi ' port overseas. j Americans with the British wi l j , shoot English rifles and eat English ! food. So as with the French. They \ i will be protected by the artillery of the divisions in which they serve. c 1 Thus all that America will have to | ftirsish will be the men. Germans Three to One, i t j The need of men was exemplified to- ^ day by a high British authority who ( declared that tabulations in his po<- . ssession showed that the Germans out . numbered the British three and four i to one in the recent attacks. Thesf:1 ] i attacks, he declared, will keep up VI , summer, because the Germans have , set their hands to the plow and can ^ ; not turn backwards. '< | Every available British reserve unit, he says, has been used and others ai^ ' rouring across the channel. He says f * . t'-nt should the same pressure be ex- ] orted on either the French or the 1 , American sectors available British re- * J serves would be rushed up without s : question of the gallantry or efficiency i of the defending units which might i 1 need them. j < : t I through over here I'll be back and Wi! will clean up in "Teat shape. j 4,When you write Sam Nicholls { again tell him I'm in France. "This is a great game if you don't a I weaken, and I like it fine. Am well < . fed and very comfortable, tliouon i ; busy. Can't tell you any more than s i that < ! i "Kindest regards, from your friend.' s The entrance of Former Senator c j John L. McLaurin into the guberna- ! torial race was not unexpected. It s j was known that Mr. McLaurin was c ! considering making the race either r i for the senate or for governor, mis i j announcement is not expected to i ! atfect the present lineup to any great \ j extent. Mr. McLaurin announced ( j some time ago that he was "in the ? j middle" of the road, unfettered by i f 1 factional alignments of any kind/' and f it is presumed that he will make the l race for governor as a non-factional ? candidate. The gubernatorial line- e up, however, will in all probability s remain practically the same as it was ] before. ( During the. period of the War, we will not pel an American Mid yet Marvtl M.ll it wet* us purpose i* to supply the local neexb. of c < "> . r?: n it it, or our Government, aith Jlour u:iJ.fccd. DO YOUR BIT. Help the Government by saving the freight on wheat and flour. Relieve the railroads of this unnecessary congestion by establishing in your community one of n-nnrTc.rfT.i AmpHpan .Midget Mar 1 licon u vuuv. * v.. w vel Roller Flour Mills. And Make Money,Too $150 to $1,000 per month can be mnde with this permanent, substantial and dignified business. This wonderful self-contained roller .1:1 i.-; i- Viiuli'jnir.i:;^ milling. M;:l:e.s splendid Hour at a better y:eld than the Government requires. One man without previous milling experience c::n ran it successfully. Small cost, sma.ll power, easy operation enables it to rn. ke a "Better Barrel of Flour Che-ip^r." You c;m sack your flour under our nationally advertised brand "FLavo." Our Service I>epartw ______ /\ m??nt Inspects your prod " ""****?# ucts o;.' h month free % and keeps you up to Ft" quality. Sizes of tn.ds l"rom 15 to 100 barre.'s P'-:r 'h'-y- ^ou can start with rho snr>ll if fc? fSuVH >'ou have 52,000 to ln1^1 vest. . - ..'.I on 20 days' J Write for our catalog End fcjKiw'HBL vi expert-nccs of sum-ssful own' r>**c' Aivf flw. Tfnifi?{I S?"3teS? Anrlo-African Mil! Co. &&3gb?&a& 670-576 Trust. BIdg. Owensboro, Ky. (216) VARIOUS A>D ALL AftOOT. A writer in the Associate Reformec 'resbyterian, writing of Erskine col ege's contribution to the leadersni] f the South, has this to say of one o he Baptist lealers of Washington, D "We think of Dr. J. J. Darlingtoi f Washington, of whom the lat< udge Brawley of Charleston is re >orted to have said: 'He is one o he profoundest lawyers who ever ap ton rod hpfnrp me.' "?BaDtist Couriei "he Newberry relatives of Dr. D&r ineton will be pleased to read thi rice little compliment, and so wil us many friends in this his forme tome place. Edith Storey will act the characte: f '^fOl Ton^a in " :">d 'airi " ?\hi'l vii' ne pr*ted at th-2 < \v.iifsdav. A frontier. of :he wes f ; ef r.-? ago >s the it"'e :>i' action in 'h's s:v>\ viiiH ab'e.; lidith Storey j i>~ a! !wr r.es! ^his hotel, around which the life o he little raining town of El Dora I :r-nters, is dwelling place, gamblini touse, saloon, village store, post-of ice and vaudeville theatre. Plans for Clinton's big jubilee da; >f May 11th are being successfull vhipped into shape and everythin; >oints to a record breaking crowd i; 1 ' ? <lnv HPho cno!) K* lie iUi ciic ua;. . . ^4*^ .T of the day will be Dr. George ? >omer of Xewberrv, one of the ables nen in the State. He will deliver )atriotic address, and everywhere h ias spoken recently he has bee greeted with large audiences and th lighest praise. The committee fee hat they have been very fortunate i securing Dr. Cromer. In addition t his fine address there wiil be a bi parade, floats, music by a militar jand from one of the camps, a bi >aseball game between Newberry an Clinton and other interesting fea! ires.?Clinton Chronicle. A colored subscriber from Newber ow living in Co x Crove. Kansai ?Ptftus -Means?says he likes Tn ierald and News. Good for Pettu: jet us keep it up. It's a long way t \ar?sas. but The Herald and New jets there all the same. You will have with you Wednesda Uice Joyce at the opera house. Sh vill be the "Business of Life." Arv t will be some business believe ut ^nd also will come the seventh epi - - - / ttrnu ^ T7*^ y* htV? Olie Ol 1 lie EJclftlC 5 ?<Vf, III v? iuv^j everybody more or less is interested After Memorial day, next Frida: ome* OV'tannunt week, beginnin; he following Friday. The whiskev permits are falling o* n Newberry to a very perceptible ex ent. A Columbia citizen has brought sui igainst that city for severe injur, aused by a fall given him by a ba lana peel We hope he will gain hi suit and set well paid. Somethin ju^ht to be done to break up the in ;ane habit, of throwing fruit peelin, >n the street. An Arabian Night's dream is th itory of Mr. Carey Larned. wealth: lubman. and Tessa Fayne, former in locent country girl, who have jus >een married. The romance of the ty s the result of a most thrilling even vhieh them together. See it at th< >pera house Thursday. "Innocent' Progress" is the name of this heart gripping, thrilling and masterful Tri ingle photoplay which features elf ike Pauline Starke, the fairy of th< screen. Many night scenes were tak tn in the most exclusive residentia ;ection of Los Angeles, wnr.'jerfu ighting effects having been obtain 'd in the filming of the picture. h'HK Hi;3)PATH 100 I'KR ! KNT i".:o(;KA>r i i "Full to the Brim/*?Sp?ind Your Vacation af Ifouic. i ? First Afternoon. ! Introductory Exercises: Cojicrt?The Croaitan Orchestra. Children's Hour.? In charge o i ! Children's Worker. First Nniprht. ! Concert.?The Croatian Orchestra. | Lecture "The Sunny Side of Life." ?Lou J. Beauchamp. Second Morning Children's Hour Second Afternoon. ! Grand Concert.?Alfred Hiles Ber ! gen and Assisting Artists. i Second Nhrht. i j Grand Concert.?Quartet. ! Lecture "Business and the War."? | Frank Mulholland. Th rr<f Wornmir. i """ "" Children's Hour Third Afternoon. i j Concert.?Violin and Piano. Lecture "Rebuilding fir*- World. i Chancellor Geo. H. BradTord. Third \iglit. i Grand Concert.?Miss Margery Max well, soprano of Ch'raco grand o:??r:i j company, with Assisting artists. Fourth Horning. Children's Hour Fourth Afternoon j Baritone recital?Knight MacGregoi | (bcotch Baritone with rianist.) I j Lecture "Economies in the Home.' -: ?Mrs. Christine Frederick. II Fourth Night. 1 i Recital in Scotch Costume.?Knijjh* ^ I MacGregor. ! T.pptnrp ''Thp P.hpftprhnflrd nf K!n. 2 1 " | rope."?Sir John Foster Fraser, F.R. f'G.S., London, England. .! Fifth MJornlnjr. . | Children's Hour -1 Fifth Afternoon. 5 j Concert.?Chocolate Soldier Orches i A itra. ' "j Lecture "In Other eMn's Shoes."| Onev Fred Sweet (Chichago Xewspa r perman.) i] Fifth Msrht. e , '"The Chocolate Soldier''?Light Op ' era (Complete production by compan* c I of 3^, including orchestra.") Sixth Morning. " ! Children's Hour L I r% j CT1AIJI ?1UU IHMPIU ~ ! Concert.?Chicago Orchestra Band Exhibition of War Posters of the A1 ! lied Nations. Sixth Night. y ' | "Circus Time in Fairvland."?J: v Charge of Children's Workers, jj! Lecture "A Soldier of the Skv."j'C'apt. George Frederick Campbell. Seventh Afternoon. > i ? : Concert.?Dunbar's Orchestra. ? ; '"The Man Who Stayed at Home.".Clarissa Harrold. (Thrilling readin ! cf War Plav Showing Ramifications o It ' " , German Spy System.) ^ j Exhibition of 100 Raemaker's Wa Cartoons. Seventh Mtrlit, rj i Dunbar's Re\*ne, Featuring th g i i ; Grand Parade of the Allies. V1 ,i ? *! COMING ;j 100?|, Redpath 1 n_..i * uiduiduqud a __ 7 Vacation 7 Days ' I I s | Chocolate Soldier ^ i 30 People 1 Miss Margery Maxwell | Soprano?Chicago Opera Co. t j Dnnbar's Review y | With Parade of The Allies 1 Sir John Foster Fraser rr' Famous War-writer and Leeturei Capt. Frederick Campbell ^ 1 T- Iprn nf T?n\;rj1 THvincr Pnrrw Mrs. Christine Frederick v. I Kxpert War-cime Household Kconomies f Croatian Orchestra 3 i Native Tanibarica Orchestra t; P! Raemaekers Cartoons ' j s | Many Other Big Attractions Season Tickets $2.50 and War Tax ! Tickets Now on Sale Newberry May 17-24 T ' The political campaign lias started : j j . | in Newberry, two candidates for mas istrate coming over the toj) of thr; i hills with a leap for the trenches in ! ! i fhft valleys. Watch (he woods tor \ t , j the shelling out of the polite and ; i friendly aspirants for the various po- j | ! sitions. i ! | Next Monday will be the beginning I ; of the first week ot' the civil court, j , to be followed the succeeding Mon- j i day with the beninning of the second ! [week, unless called off as was til's j '! previous term. If carried on. this j j court will }>e held during the wee1" ; i for die chautauqua. j j The call is made for about 300,000 ! i additional men for the month of May. j ! Of this number South Carolina is t' ; i ! j furnish 1.000 for Camp lackson an' j 2SS for Camp Wads worth. As soc: ' as Newberry's quota is announced we j will publish the number. . I j Magistrate ('has. W Douglas is j jannounced as a candidate to succeed! i himself a< magistrate for Xos. 1 and ! j ' I S townships. I i j CJI^nn Sims, colored, was prose- j ! oufed for malicious trespass by Mil-! j ton Cole, colored, and the trial v,u| i r<rd Friday before Magistrate C. W. i 1 ' ' Douglas. -Attorney T, W. Tones rop- i ! relenting Sims. Surveyor F. W. Hig-, J gins appearing for the State. Mr. Hig- : j 'jins having been a survey on Cole's ? i r? 11 | tvereafly I ! i I- ! - j 1 - i W w w m m m While they i j sell a two Lighf, wo] for 59c. I m + * -? a limited si ??? Mayes' Book $ The House of a " 1 j?",K I "Give if to me, Please, Grand I daddy." j "Why Bobby, if you wait a bit for it you'll have it *r\ ohinu {ftfitfprf" t | iW WEt/V/, [ / I "Poo-pcoI That's no argument with j I WRfGLEYS 'cause the fiavor I lasts, anyway!" I ?After even side. .!;:ry being denand.'d lowing served as jurors: 'f-w| Mayes, foreman: Bunyan Ringer,^ James Epting, Frank Lomicack. Ha- I good Clary and Jake Boozer Acting I nwvpr Hitrsrlns seemed to up a. ^ pretty trood plea for t;ie prosecution* H but Attorney Jones downed him. h;s client Sims was b charge. JBL Mr. L. M. Player is announced al a candidate for magistrate for TownV ships \os. 1 and 8. Victory is a IH Question of Stamina I Send-the Wheat Meat Fats Sugar B rfte fuel for Fighters jfl ..... .^-,-^ T-^,on *nMivSTDAT!ON { t.Mih:; M nit..-' rw . m Flash light I fl last I will y| cell Flash i rf? i nn H rtn $i.uu, m have only 1 ipply. t Variety Store j fhousand Things 1 'SiaSkfi< : I 'tr^ _/ teeth. I ' f LHCcHII, appetite. I digestion. I Ji* ^ i M