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Volume 20 CHERAW, CHESTERFIEL^ COUNTY, S. C.. MAY 25, l?16 Number 30
II. S. PEACE MOVE '
MIGHT SUCGEED
I
"FIGHT TO END," SAYS FRENCH
Dispatches Probably the Strongest
That German Censor Has Thus
Far Permitted to Pass Over
the Wires. <1
Berlin, via wireless to Tuekerton, J <-*
N. J.. May 21.?There is a feeling v
here that if a strong neutral, sueli as <1
the United States undertook to nego- * '
tiate iK'aee. it might succeed. h
Diplomatic circles regard the recent tl
statements of President Poiucare and "
Sir Edward Grey as the oi>ening guns ei
in an informal discussion of peace,
though the expressions from the Allied
leaders, when ranged alongside tl
the German Chancellor's recent Reich- 1;
stag speech, do not appear altogether jh
conciliatory.
No decision lias boon reached here as o
to whether any official reply to these s<
statments will lie made public by the ti
German Government, though it is i>os- s<
slide this will lie done. One official
with whom I talked today declared
that making pence at this stage of the ei
war would be no nuvre difficult than a
adjusting the recent German-American 'XJ
submarine dispute. lie liointed out, f<
however, that 110 belligerent can pub- c?
liciy state definite terms of peace while
informal discussions continue with ei
each side making drastic statements of d
what it intends to accomplish as the k
result of the war. f<
Dutch Believe All Want Peace
I have just returned from a visit to
Holland, where I found that Dutch- m
men believe the English, French and fc
Herman i?eople all desire i?eaee. The ti
general impression in Holland is ibat 1)
the time for a decisive victory fur ol
either side has passed, although each T
f the belligerents may attempt a te
Summer offensive. k<
The Dutch think it is America's duty dt
to act now, and that the time is ripe
to bring the belligerents together.
One 'diplomat said that if the peace th
talk now in circulation continues for ri
a few mouths the belligerents will se
-f?i - rj' ' ^ 11
to bring them together in peace agree- ha
ment by October. Iti
, Asquith Said to lte Favorable.
The general impression prevails in
Holland that Premier Asquith and si;
Chancel lot* von .Itethmann-Hollweg P.
might make peace, but that the Kltcli- in
ener-Xorthcliffe group in England, ii
with President l'oincare in France, la
are anxious to continue the war. Hoi- st
landers declare that one reason Eng- w
land does not want peace now is be- ei
cause she believes that Herman sub- in
marines cannot lieliave, and that as w
'oilg as the possibility of tlie I'nited tl
>isites breaking oft' relations with tier- T
many exists Kugland would Ik* fool- 1:1
ish to make lnwe. el
The Dutch, however, regard tliis as
only an excuse set up by that group
in Kngland which wants a continuation
of tlie war.
Hollanders Want 1. S. to Lead.
The Hollanders are outspoken in
their regard for America. considering ^
the United States their la-st friend.
They desire that the United States (
lead the way for iieaee. feeling that
u
it is our duty to end the bloodshed.
To my surprise, souije Hollanders a
asked me when the Herman people Nv
are going to start a revolution, liecause
of the food situation. Although (
meat is scarce, although the shortage
may increase, the proposed new Hoverniuent
bureau to regulate the sale
of meat in Germany will provide liva- A
ble rations and prevent food demonstrations.
So far there is no indication
that any demonstrations at all
equaling the Irish uprising are likely
to occur.
MAKES FREE TESTS
/ l NDF.lt RECENT ACT ' t!
I
I t|
State Hoard ot Health Cares tor Many
l'atieuts?Cases of Rahles
Increase.
I'
Columbia, May 24.?Reports from
the State board of health indicate an
(t
increase this year in the number of
patients being treated for rabies. (
Since January 1, 129 have taken the
full treatment with 20 others now t
being treated. Two cases have been (
lost, which is the normal proportion
according to statistics gathered from (
wide areas where the treatment has
been given. One patient died ductile
treatment w:i- iiietlV-etivc. Tlii- | ^
Ing treatment, while with another > v
total number trc-ated last year was j
247
-H. ?
Forces in the laboratory arc busily
preparing orders ot' tyi>hoid vaccine.
which is in urgent demand just now.
During the month of May approxi- I ,
inately 3,000 ampules have been sent i ,|
out^ which is about the number or- ! ?
dered for the four previous months, j,,
Another duty imposed upon the t
State board of health by the recent j c
legislature was that of making the _.
Wasserman tests gratis. Since April j ].
1", 15ti of these tests have been made, j \
iERDlN RATTLE ENTERS 4th
MONTH
TEUTONS HOLD TO SLOPES
iaiser's Soldiers Must Continue Onslaught,
or Abandon Idea Taking
Verdun?Blood-Soaked Summit
and Sister Eminence
Form Key to System
of Fort's Defeuse.
l'aris, May ?The battle of Yerlun,
the longest and most bitterly*
untested individual struggle of the
rar, enters on its fourth month toay.
The Germans, with characterstic
patience and stubbornness, are
ammering at Dead Man Hill, where
tie most furious and bloody lighting
f the three months' conflict lias takii
place.
A Dull Dog Grip.
Clinging desperately to the trenches
nat they have wrested from the
Tench oil the lower sloiies of the
ill, the Teutons have hurled 00,000
len. hacked by 00 batteries of guns
f all calibers, forward along a
ven-mile rrunt rrom avocouix wooa
? the Meuse in a desperate exort to
.'ize the coveted suiuiuit.
(jlermans Heavy Loss.
As has heen usual in this war, when
ither side launched a well prepared
nd strongly-delivered offensive, the
eruians have succeeded in gaining a
toting in the French first Hue at a
>st of severe losses.
However, judging from the expedite
of the past, it will not he a
iflicult task for the French to dis?dge
them hefore they are able to
Mow up their advantage.
Await Another Offensive.
Both sides will return to their forler
positions to wait another ofnsive.
That the (lermuns must cou-1
nue their tremendous onslaught on
end Man Hill, or abandon the idea
f taking Verdun, seeius obvious,
his blood-soaked summit and its sisr
eminence, Ilill No. .'104, form the
?y of the whole system of the Verm's
defenses.
Looks Blue For Germany.
The tire from their batteries flanks
e Dounaumout Plateau across the
rer. Without the undisputed i?osssion
of thii uliitnmii iHltHni ?*t
r aWe" tfiat no atTaclT on Verdun
is any chance of success,
ritish Keinforced By Kussian Cavalry
Are Again Advancing.
The situation generally on the Rusiin
front remains unchanged. The
ritish operating" against the Turks
.Mcso|M>taiuia gradually are drawig
near Kut-el-Atnara. where a
irge number ??f their officers and
ill being held captive. The British
ho have been reinforced by Russian
ivalry now have reached the region
aniediately south <>f Kut el-Amaru,
ith th(. intervening territory between
lent and their objective clear of the
urks . except for some small rear
iards near the inaction of the Shatt
-Ilui ami Tigris Rivers.
Iiousaud I. S, Marines And Nine
Vessels Now at San Domingo.
Washington, May 24.?Hear Adliral
Caperton reported today that
iree companies of marines with arllery
had arrived from Haiti and
een landed at the Dominican capiil.
He now has about 1,0UU marines,
n artillery unit} and nine vesselrs,
ith which to enforce order.
OODKKil ANNOUNCES $10,t>00 IN
AWARDS TO 1916 RACING
CHAMPIONS
. A. A. Is Sole Arbitrator and First
Second and Third Speed Champions
Will he Chosen by its
Itules.
looririfli Silvertowns or Any Other
Make of lire May be I'seU.
Akron. ??.. .May gu. (Special j Alliough
i iixidriili Twin Cable Cord
iii-s are already ?lie aecei?ted tire of
lie racing driver, and are bought and
aid for in every ease, a generous reoguition
of the selection by outright
urehase by drivers of racing cars of
lie Silvertown Twin Cable Cord Tires,
or use in contests under no influence
f money consideration for so doing,
as just been announced by The B. F.
ioodricl. Company.
The American Automobile Associaioti,
the ofticial association of car
wners of this country, has prepared
ales to govern the determination of
lie actual chaiupiou for the sole arliirator
regarding such award.
The Silvertown Cord Tire is uulorsally
recognized as the tpye of coiitrin-tion
injuring 1h*s| results in simed
on tests and is almost universally
sed by raeing drivers. There is no
cisoii why the Cooilrich Comimuy
lioiild extend any award lor the puriose
of inducing the use of the Sllver.
I I Tiro mill if
IIW'II I Will '
!? ? * ii.>i. I.iii yiv? < < utriidit williuiit n
Iriuji tk'?l t" it " ; ny kiwi whatso vi-r.
t i thousand (Mini's divided bewci'ii
ili?* authoritatively determined
linni|ii<m. the second and third in orler
irrosjjective of tl>e make or
vind of tire that may he used by said
v inner*.
FORMER GOV. BLEASE
BEGINS HIS CAMPAIGN
Formmer Governor Declares He is in
Race to Serve State?Attacks
the Administration.
Lexington, May 21.?Cole L. Blease,
ex-governor and candidate for governor
in the coming campaign, addressed
a large gathering at Rikard's
new Hour mill, eight miles from' the
county seat, yesterday. The former
governor was applauded frequently.
Mr. Blease declared that he was
j not running for governor now because
he wanted the job, but he was
running because he was representing
the great band of reformers which
was organized in 1800, and because,
at a conference of the followers of
this movement held in Columbia, at
which there were 2(52 representative
South Carolinans present, he was
called upon again to lend the light for
the i>eople. He said that he had endeavored
then as he had endeavored
Itefore, to get another to take up the
cause; but to this they would not
nn,v rimiiimr he
ilUTUC tlliu lir n <?.- HV11 ? ?frnnse
he felt that he eouhl lie of
service to lite people not to himself.
Mr. Blense declared that, no living
man knew the reasons which moved
him to resign as goverhor four days
liefore his term expired, hut one of
them was to give the Raptists of
South Carolina an opportunity to have
It said that one of their host and
greatest men, the late C. A. Smith of
Timtuonsville. had ;hcen governor.
Law and Order. ^
Mr. B lease charged that more white
women had been assaulted by negroes
since he left the governor's
office thau in ten years before; 14
more white men have been killed by
negroes in South Carolina since he
guve up the governorship than before,
ami yet, he said, people talk about
law enforcement and accuse the
Blease administration of lawlessness.
All this crime is not being perpetrated
by "Bleaseite, convicts" either; for,
he said only two of the enormous
number of 1,575 that received pardons
or paroles from him had since gone
wrong, according to the best information
obtainable. The speaker
teu in South Carolina are committed
\>y his political opponents, not his
admirers. He said that a day or two
ago he was asked by a man if he
would turn out the convicts as he
did before if he were again elected
he replied that he would not because
they were not in the penitentiary and
ou the chaingangs to turn oui?ne
had cleanel things out during his
four years in the governor's office,
he said.
Six convicts had received pardons
or paroles from the present governor
on Friday, he said, and, according to
the reports they were pardoned at
the suggestion of the pardon board,
to whom strong petitions had been
made; but during his administration
he bad no need of a pardon board and
he went down to the penitentiary and
opened the gates. The law then; as
now, provided for a pardon board and
he gave these positions to his friends,
but acted purely on bis own initiative,
he declared} saying further that he
was governor, "and even my bitterest
enemies won't deny that fact."
Mr. illease said that the present
governor is not the governor of the
people, but the "acting governor controled
by corporate interests and born
with a silver spoon in their mouths."
l'leu for Education.
Th? sneaker made a stronir anneal
for education, asserting that the hope
of the country depends upon the education
of the boys and girls, lie
scored the legislature for what he
termed extravagance in its appropriations
to Clemsou, Wiutbrop, and
other higher institutions, and for alleged
inequality in the distibutiou of
public funds to the rural schools. So
body 011 earth knows and nobody will
ever know, he said, how much money
Clemson college gets. He said that
the average country boy anl girl
could never reach the point where
they can enter these colleges and that
the free scholarships are handed out
to the rich?to those who are amply
able to pay for their chillreu's schooling.
Mr. Blease said that when he turned
Dr. Dabcock out of the asylum his
opponents declared that uo other mail
could till his place; that the insane
had been treated unfairly and the
asylum itself ruined, but as soon as
tho other forces came into power,
they put iu a man who used to be secretary
to the state board of health at
a salary of $1,800 a year at the head
of the asylunij with a salary of $6,000,
more than the salary of the governor,
Ho said that the present superintendent
of the asylum lives in a house in
the city of Columbia and practices
medicine every day "and they told you
that Dr. Dabcock was the only qualified
man for the place." The speaker
said that there was uo stronger
Bleuseite iu South Carolina today
ban Dr. J. W, BabcocL
Attacks the Legislature.
Tlie legifllature was scored for
creating new offlceB, among them the
State board of charities and corrections.
"If an? man can show me
where this office has done a dollar's
worth of good I'll vote for that man
for governor," he said.. He charged
that the secretary of the board receives
more than the governor of the
State, adding {he amount for expenses.
The former governor charged that
there are two men in the State holding
commissions under the present
governor as constables who have
never made a raid in their lives. One
of theese, he iWd, works in a cotton
mill and resifvet $3 a day for being
constable?all to build up a political
campaign.
He declared that he would not attack
any man's personal character
during the campaign, but he would
take care of himself in the event his
own was attacked.
The hegd of the State convention,
Mr. Gle&se said, was one of the leading
corporation lawyers In the upcountry,
being attorney for the Western
Union Telegraph company. The
country, being attorney for the Western
Union Telegraph company. The
IJlease i>eople offered the convention
a farmer instead, but he was "turned
down" for a corporation man. He
said that the Reason be suggested
<!ov. Manning l as a member of the
"big four" to the national Democratic
convention was because he respected
the governor's office, not because he
has one grain of respect for Richard
I. Manning.
He hooted at the idea of saying
that factionalism was dead, charging
hat the present administration carried
everything Its own way by the
tise of the "ste^m roller," showing the
Strongest sort Of bias and prejudice.
Mr. Blease said that he was glad
that the convention had turned down
the request of wt warehouse commissioner,
for a-place on the programme.
He said that he- had told Mr. McLaurin
to' feRo^tthe campaign this
summer. He Mnself, he had promised,
wwould aopounce tram eveiy
something ..? /TSSSRhouse they
Ivould wait afteij the others had
spoken.
No Place for Factions.
In conclusion, the former governor
1 it. i. X i. n tn tlta
SSI1U 111JI r II WH> a uiKgiavc i-uv
State to hear people going around
talking about "Bleaseism" and "Manniiigisiuthat
there is no such thing
in existence, and it has no place in
South Carolina. "I'll ask no man for
a vote, I am honest about that," he
said. "My only desire is to show the
people of my State what is going ou;
1 care nothing about your votes. The
whole matter hinges itself ou one
question: Are you for the people or
are you for the corporations?the
luio^icyed intersts?"
At the conclusion of the former
governor's speech, Claude N. Supp. assistant
attorney general, delivered a
strong address. He came as a representative
of the attorney general's oflice,
in the absence of Mr. Peoples,
who was detained at his office on account
of important business matters,
it was announced.
The meeting was presided over by
George Bell Timmerman, who was introduced
to the audience by Senator
Sliarpe, who suid that he was not
strong enough to stand the strain. Solicitor
Timmermun introduced the
other speakers, but before doing so,
made a brief uddress, announcing his
cwn candicacy for reelection to the
office of solicitor cf the Elect nth circuit,
a position he hus held fci 12
years, lie renewed the promise he
wade during his iirst caudiacy, the
promise to serve the people by discharging
his duties without fear or
favor.
Col. E. J. Wutson, commissioner of
agriculture, who hud accepted an invitation
to make an address, eould
not be present. Col. Wutson seut a
note of regret by T. P. Huffmau, in
such condition that he eould not
speak above a whisper.
ANJiOl'JiCE CKUISE
FOlt >AYA1 MILITIA
Four Divisions From This State on
Battleship Illinois?Leave
, July 15.
i itinerary for the annual cruise of
the South Carolina naval militia was
i announced in a letter received yester
, clay by the adjutant general's office
. from the navy departmen. here are
. 2uu men and officers in the four
I 'divisions of the naval militia.
, The four divisions have been order,
ed to leave Charleston July 15 by rail
. for the navy yard at Philadelphia. On
i July 17 the divisions will embark on
i the battle ship Illinois and proceed to
i Mock island on the new England
. coast. The five days at sea will be
- given up to drills and manoeuvres.
Two days will be spent at Newport,
r It. I. The divisions will return to
Charleston the latter, part of July.
" 1
FRESHEN! WILSON
IN CHARLOnE
OCCASION BIG SUCCESS.
A Crowd Estimated At Between 75,OOO
and 100,000 Atten 20th May
And Hear Nation's Chief.
Charlotte, N. C., May 21.?The greatest
event in many years in North Carolina
was the visit of President Wilson
to Charlotte yesterday to attend the
celebratiou of the 141st anniversary
of the ^signing of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence, which
preceded by nearly one yeur what is
Known as the Declaration of American
Independence. Mr. Wilson was ac-i
compaued by Mrs. Wilson, Dr. Grayson
his physician, Secretary Tumulty,
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan
lels, Congressman E. Y. Webb, and
Senator Overman.
The President was in a happy
frame of mind and while his face
shows the anguish of care and anxiety
under which he has labored for
months, his smile is pleasing. He took
ft deep interest In all things about
him and the parade was especially
pleasing to him. He appeared much
interested in the floats of the Corn
Club boys, the Tomato Club girls,
and other farm products. These
drew from his solemn countenance
many smiles of approval from the
President of the United States.
Mr. Wilson's speech, which lasted
less than an half hor, was as follows.
President Wilson Speaks.
Jlr. Wilson said:
"Your Excellency, ladies and gentlemen:
"It is with unaffected pleasure that
I find myself in the presence of this
Interesting company today, for I have
come back for a visit all too breif to
a region very familiar to my heart,
and the greeting of whose people la
peculiarly' welcome to me.
necessary when we get together in
! celebrations like this to take counsel
together with regard to Just what it
is that we wish to celebrate. You
will say we wish to celebrate the mem.
ories of that time to which we look
back with such p'.ide, when our fathers
with singular wisdom of counsel
and stoutness of heart undertook to
set up an independent nation on this
side of the water; but it is very much
* ??? ol\,\?il<l I'uminrl
/more luiponuui mui ?c ouuu.u ~
ourselves of the elements with which
our forefathers dealt. There were only
three million citizens in that original
republic of the United States of Amer*
ica. So there are one hundred millions.
It is u long cry bacc to those
modest beginnings; a great period of
time not only, but a great period of
profound change, seize rates us from
that time, and yet I would remind you
that the same elements which were
present then that are present now.
"What interests my thoughts more
than anything else about the United
States is thut it bus always been in
process of being made ever since that
little beginning and that there have
always been the same elements in the
process. At the outset there was at
the heart of the men who led the
movement for independence a very
high and handsome passion for humau
liberty and free institutions. And yet
there luy before them a great continent
which it was necessary to subdue
to the uses of civiluzatiou if they
were going to build upon it a great
state among the furnily of nations. 1
beard u preacher once point out the
very interesting circumstance that our
Lord's prayer begins with the petition
of 'our daily bread,' from which he
drew the inference that it is very difficult
to worship God on empty stomach
und thut the materlui foundations
of our life ure the first foundations.
What I want to call your attention to is
that this country ever since that time
has devoted practically all of its attention
to the material foundations of
its life; to subduing this continent to
the uses of the nation, and to the building
up of a great body of wealth and
material power. 1 find some men who
when they think of America do not
think of anything else but that. But,
my friends, there have been other nations
Just as rich und just as powerful
in comparison with the other nations
of the world as the United States
Is, und it is a great deal more impor
taut that we should determine what
we are going to do with our power
than that we should possess it.
Origin of America.
"You must remember, therefore,
the elements with which we are dealing.
Sometimes those of us who were
I torn iu this part of the country persuade
ourselves that this is the characteristic
part of America. Here more
than anywhere else has been preserved
a great part of the original stock
which settled this country, particularly
that portion of the stock which
came from the British Isles (I gun
not meaning to exclude Ireland.) And |
then I liud a great many of my friends |
who live in New England imagining
that the history of this country is
merely the history of the expansion
of New England, and that Plymouth
Itock lies ut the foundation of our institutions.
As a* matter of fact, my
fellow-citizens, however mortifying it
may he to them or us, America did
not come out of the South, and it did 2
not come out of New England. The
characteristic part of America originated
in the Middle States of New
York and Pennsylvania and New Jer- ,
sey, because there from the tirst was }
that mixture of populations, that mix- (
ture of racial stocks that mixture of ,
antecedents which is the most singu- j
lar and distinguishing mark of the ,
United States. The most important j
single fact about this great nation t
which we represent is that it is made t
up out of all the nations of the world, j
I dare say that the men who came to .
America then and the men who have ,
come to America since came with a t
single purpose; sharing some part of (
the passion for human liberty which ,
characterized the men who founded
the Republic, but they came with all ,
sorts of blood in ther veins, all sorts
of antecedants behind them, all sorts j
of traditions in their family and na- ,
tional life aud America has had to
serve as a melting pot for all the diversified
and contracted elements. What
kind of fire of pure passion are you going
to use in order that the mixture
that comes out may be purged of its
dross and may be the fine gold of un.
tainted Americanism? That is the
problem. (
Elements In the War.
"1 want to call your attention to
another picture. America has always
been making and to be made, and
while we were in the midst of this
process, apparently at the acme and
crisis of this process, while this travail
of soul and fermentation of elements
was at its height, came this
great cateclysm of European war, and
almost every other nation in the
world became involved in a tremendous
struggle which was what, my fele
^ elethe
very thing that has been going
on in America? It is a competition of
national standards, of national traditions,
and of national politics?political
systems. Europe has grappled in
war as we have grappled in peace to
see what is going to be done with
these things when they come into hot
contact with one another. For do
you not remember that while these
processes were going on in America
some very interesting things were happening?
It was a very big world into
which this nation came when it was
.born, but it is u very little world now.
it used to take us many days to go
from Washington to Charlotte in those
days as it now takes hours. I heard
an Irishman say if the power of steam
continued to increase in the next 50
years as it had in the last, we would
get to Charlotte two hours before we
left Washington. And as those processes
ot inter-communication have
been developed and quickened, men of
the same nation, not only have grown
closer neighbors; but uieu of different
nations have grown closer neighbors
with euch other; and now that we
have those invisible tongues that speak
by the wireless through the trackless
air to the ends of the world, every
man can make every other man in the
world his neighbor and speak to him
upon the moment. While those processes
of fermentation and travail
were going on, men were learning
ubout each other, nations were becoming
more and more acquainted with
each other, nations were more and
more becoming inter-related and intercommunication
was being quickened
in every possible way^ so that now
the melting pot is bigger than America.
It is as big as the world. Ain
what you see taking place on the other
side of the water is tremendous?
I had about said liual process by
which a contest of elements muy in
Clod's process be turned into u co-ordination
und co-operation of elements.
Processes of War Stand Still.
"For it is an interesting circumstance
that the processes of the war
stand still. These hot things that ure
in contact with each other do not
make very much progress against
each other. When you cannot overcome,
jou must take counsel. See
then, ladies und gentlemen, whut a
new age we have come Into. I should
think that it would quicken the imagination
of every u tin und quicken the
patriotism of every u an who cared |
fur America. Here ia America we
have tiled to set the example uf bringing
uh the wold t^ether upon terms
uf liberty aud cu-uperatiuu aud peace,
aud la that great experience that we
Uave beea ^uiag tUirougli America
bas beea a sort of prophetic sample
of maakiad. Now the world outside
i America; has felt the force uf freedom
the forces uf commoa aspiration, the
forces that brlag every iaaa and every
aatioa face to face with this question,
"What are you goiug to do with your
power? Are you going to translate
METHODIST WOMEN
AT KINGSTREE
TO GEORGETOWN IN 1917
llrs. W. L. White Chose a President
?Addresses and Other Interes
tiny Proceedings.
Kings tree, May 22.?The annual
neeting of the Woman's Missionary
Society of the South Carolina Metholist
Conference, which opened its session
in the Methodist Church here
ast Thursday, came to a close last
light. The sessions were the most
nterestlng and instructive ever held
?y the organization and much interest
was taken in the meetings by the
adles of Kiugstree. There were present
atV the) -meeting sixty delegates
liid thirteen officers of the Associa;ion,
who were delightfully entertained
by the lady members of the MethonAttirrnfrnfinn
VlPrP,
not vvu^kvgutAwu
The welcome address to the Society
.vas delivered Thursday by the Rev. D.
A. Phillips, presiding elder of the
Kingstree district, and was responded
to by Mrs. S. J. Summers.
Prof. N. Gist Gee, of the Sanchow
University, China, addressed the Society
in a highly interesting manner.
Prof. Gee hus been engaged In missionary
work In China for a number of
years aud his knowledge of affairs in
the Orient is wide and varied.
Friday audSaturday's sessions were
chiefly devoted to the transaction of
the Association's business, reports of
the various committees, election of officers,
etc.
Sunday's sessions were of a devotional
nature. The annual sermon was
delivered by the Rev. G. T. Harmon In
the forenoon. In the afternoon an address
was made before Uie Society by
Prof. Ernest Epps, and Miss Beil H.
Bennett made the dosing address last
night The sermon by Mr. Harmon
yesterday morning was an able discourse
on the subject of missions, and
was listened to by a large congregatioj^^^^^MgMj
rasiHiig year were elected as follows:
President, Mrs. \V. L. White; first and
second vice presidents, Mesdaines W,
II. liudges and G. E. Edwards; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. it L. Kirckpatrick;
recording secretary, Miss M.
E. Hamlin; treasrer, Mrs. J. P. Me-.
A'eill; superintendent of stvdal service,
Miss Annie JShuler; superintendent
of publicity and mission study,
Mrs. W. L. Glaze; superntendent of
supplies, Mrs. J. L. Minims; editor
woman's department in Bouuieru
Christian Advocate, Mrs. A. E. White.
District secretaries were: Charleston,
Miss M. E. Hamlin; Florence, Mrs.
C. E. Exuin; Kingstree, Miss Ossie
Epps; Marion, Mrs. Walker Floyd;
Orangeburg, Mrs. S. J. Summers;
Sumter, Miss Jessie Curtts.
. Oeorgetwon wus selected as the
place of meeting in 1917.
it into force, are you going to translate
it into peace and the sulvation of
society V Does it not interest you
that America has run before the rest
of the world in making trial of this
great human experiment, and is it not
the sign and dawn of a new age that
the one thing upon which the world is
now about to fall back is the moral
judgment of mankind. (Applause).
There is no liner sentence in the history
of great nations than that sentence
which occurs in t% Declaration
of Independence (.1 urn now referring
tu tlie miner declaration ef Philadelphia,
net to the Mecklenburg Declarations
in which Mr. Jefferson said, 'A
decent respect for the opinion of mankind
makes it necessary'?and 1 am
not now quoting the words exactly?
'that we should state the grounds upon
which we have taken the important
step now asserting our independence.'
A decent respect for the opinion pi
mankind'?it is as if Jefferson knew
that this was the way in which mankind
itself was to struggle to realize
its aspirations and that, standing in
the presence of mankind, this little
group of three million people, should
say, "Friends and fellow-citizens of
the great moral world, our reason for
doing this thing we now intend to
state to you in candid and complete
terms, so that you will never think
mat we were merely throwing off a
yoke out of iinputlenee, but know that
we were throwing off this tiling in order
tliat a great world of liberty should
be open to man through our instrumentality.'
.
Voice of Humanity.
"1 would like, therefore, to think
that the spirit of thia occasion could
be expressed if we imagined ourselves
lifting some sacred emblem of counsel
and of peace, of accomodation
,und righteous judgment, before the nations
of the world und reminding them
of that passage in Scripture.. 'After
the wind, after the earthquake, after
the fire, the still small voice of humanity,"
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the Chronicle Is only a year,