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Hill H TOR senatorial back ! Augusta Ohraolcle TUalu , Uv^r Should Keep Out. (From Augusta Chronicle.) Although for l&i yeu*a The Ohronldo has 1hh<h almost a# much a South Our* ollna newspaper ?H a Georgia newtipa* per. it Iuik generally refrained from dabbling in South Carolina politic*; ex ?*ept, of course, when rhere wan houiu MKh iHJitio hi? ltteuselMu, w hose evil in liuouce lopped-over State Much ami, therefore? concorned us all. So. also, In the matter of u ?ena t or la I content involving a statesman, like Senator Tillman, who Monica an iiviuh to the nation as to the State which, for nearly a quarter of a cen tury. he h?w s<> n^ly repreaenUxl. Hven tlio recent Wisconsin senatorial pri mary, or the forthcoming Georgia *en a tori a I race, are not without luterest toN cltiaenfi of South Carolina, or of other State# of tho Union, involving as they do Immich that copeonn all, The Chronicle, therefore, does not hesitate to speak frCely concerning the Sou t b Carolina senatorial situation; uitd it is, moreover, In better, potilftyn to speak without partisan bias Gr ?elf tish iJolltfjiitf interest, perhaps, than If It were published on. the east, rather tbrtii on* the west, hank of the 8a ' " ? (t ? 1 v nun uh river/ To .^he (Throulele'tf ndud. the Rood people ?r Mouth Oaitollna uaed hot be concerned about a return to lllease tsm- ho far a* a seat In tin* United States Seoate 1m Involved ? provided they wlU leave the Job of carry tug HliMise to one roan, Instead of two; ami that man, of course, is no other than ypUf I'nclo lion Tillman. It is Tillman's seat in the Senate thut llleuw Is after and it in, per force, 'TiilmwJi'b Job to kett) hiiu out of it? ntu\ thin he can easily do. pro vided no' one steps in to divide the antl-iilease vote. That thin Is the com inon sense of the situation must bo ob vious. Bui there la still another practical side to the situation which the good poople of Month Carolina will do well to consider, ami it is this The Chron icle wishes to present. A State's influence in national af* fairs, aside from the individual abil ity of its representatives in Congress ? and fn this latter resjaH't South Caro lina for the most part Is well forti fied? is neasurod almost entirely by It# place on the Important commlt teea of OongrfoH. Only long service and hard work In the Senate and Hvuse can win audi committee places for a State's Representative in Con gress. Kvery one at all familiar with for up-to-date and HIGH class itiiu ? y y. 58'Vi"^iex 15^: ? * jtyi-Wv VISIT THE STORE OF G. L. 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Washington knows .thin to bo a fact. Why, then, might we ask. should South Carolina wish to gamble with her chairmanships on importaut con grensloual commit to***? Ia?1'm consider the matter in Its practical surilca tion : South Carolina now- has two of tho moat important chairmanship* in Con gress- naval acktra in the Senate ami agricultural in Jim House. Ah chair man of tho Scitate naval affairs com mittee, Senator Tillman has had a powerful hand In shaping tho naval policy of tho country, and he may justly elaim a largo share of credit for the magultlcoat showing made by the American navy in the present emergency.^ As chairman of the vastly Important agricultural committee of the House Congressman Ivever has been one of the truly valuable leaders of that body, / But, pfatto, change ? and. lot's see what happens: If Congressman Lover should run for tho Sonate this time, one of these |K?werful committee chairmanships would inevitably bo lost to South Caro lina,- for Mr. !x?ver could not expect to hold his congressional seat White running for tho Senate. Kven if Mr, Iiever should be elected to the Senate, ho could not lie placed upon the Senate agricultural committee, inasmuch as Senator SmH'h, of South Carolina, Is already an Influential member of thts committee; so that Mr. Ixyvor's years of ooqperlottoe on the agricultural com mittee erf the House would be of absolutely no Value to him In the Senate. The best ho coujd hope for would be a place at the very foot of the I >canocru tic members on the naval committee of the Senate, the chairman ship of which great committee Sen ator Tillman now holds; but which chairmanship would be thrown away would the people of South Carolina make the anlxftiko of retiring their old ?'war horse". Or to look at it another way, if Senator Tillman and Congressman Lever both run, and1 Tillman is defeat ed by Blease. or by I^ever, both chair* uaanshlps will be lost to the State of South Carolina. , Many people, it Is understood, ar? encouraging and pushing Mr. Lever into the Senatorial race on the plea jgjS^Senatoe fftftowt "without an aggressive campaign". And thin, they say, Senator Tillman ,Is not In physfcal condition ''to taAkcrftl though be Is eleerty physical cob dltion to attend tohls exacting and Im portant duties in the Senate every day. in the week. This is the Columbia, Site's slogan ; a position, it eetCda to us, prosnpted move by partisanship than by either patriotism or practical politics. But let's see about this. If Tillman Alone cannot beat Blease, will Lever's candidacy insure Bleasfes' defeats Will .it not, rather, complicate the situation, divide the anti-Blease forces and thus ^ Insure Blease's election? With Till man and Ixwer both lit the race, which one is likely to be In the second race .with Blease? Many thousands of old Tillmanites, who voted for Blease for .governor against Manning, might not vote for Lever against Blease /or the Senate. Would not Lever's entry into the Senatorial race, if it should causc Tillman's defeat, so enrage tho Tlll xnauite*. that t^ey would not support .Lover In the second primary? Obviously, Senator ^Tillman believes I II. 1. 1 "II I alt theee thlugs or he would uot now l?0 landing /or roetoctlotf, because, as we haw every reason to believe, the cm imi n really wishes to retire to private life ; hut a sense of duty to hi# State, us well as to President Wllaon and the nutlon, prompted him to unit hU people to return hhu to the Senate this one more time. Four year# ago Senator Tillman Imde the people of South Carolina farewell, telling them that he would not ask for reelection again. There Is no doubt that he was sincere in the ?ta fo ment then made. Hut ho has ajhwe given 4 he very lx*st of reasons for his change llV,purpoae; reasons that must a!}>peul to the common sense luul patriotism of the good people of South Carolina, Does anyone doubt the jxitriotlsui and good judgment of the old Senator himself? If they do, they do m?t see things as this entirely dls interested newsi taper s*?w them. To our mind, nothing Is clearer than that Tlllmnp against It lea *0 will beat the latter very l>adly ; In fact, there can hardly Ite any doubt as to the outcome uf such a race. To tie sure, I/ever against Bloase alone might t*>ut him ; but, certainty, there Is a larger element of doubt as to this. It may tio Oiat had Senator Tillman never offered for ijv elect lou ? on account of Mease's pro noun eed - German views? -J4>ver might have beaten htiu. ltut since Senator Tillman has offered, there would seem to he nothing foy the lllHM'ty'lovUlg, Gerinan-ha^Ihft people of South 'vtorollna to dp but to re elect him. And this The Chronicle la pretty confident they are going to do ? provided Mr. Ixwcr keeps hands otf and i refuses to complicate the race. There .can ibe no doubt that Mr. Lever will go to the United States Sen ate some day, provided he does not make a political blunder at this tltuo, for he is of Senatorial size and has hatl the experleuqp in Congress that fits him for such a {promotion ; but it he mukes the mistake of entering the Senatorial race now against Tillman, he gamble* with precious things ? the most precious things that Mouth Caro linians now have. What then, Is Mr. Lever's plain duty? Is it not dbvjou*? The Chronicle, which Is an ardent admirer of Mr. Lever, has< every confidence ? that this sterling young statetratap will not fail to per-; eelve this .duty and that ha *41V faith fully and patriotically perform It, as he haa too much 0ood sense to be misled by people who have more of *j partisan than patriotic purpose to ?serve. ' . Tribute ?Mtospect* Permit lis to say a word about a man whowe life meant much to the cause o f Airtloch (immunity. Kev. S. I). Yates who received the call to his reward . from a life, of faithful ser v lee on March; the * 5th, 1019. Rev. Yates wafl'ft inun of strong convlctlaiv and great st.rengrth of char acter. He was one of the leading spir its In the organization of AjiUooh Ixxljj:e. 2ft3 A. Fr and M. ; Richard Kirkland Council J. O. U. A. M. and the Farmers secret association of this section. And whereas, <ixxl In lUs ^11 wise providence has called away our dearly bolov<*l brother Rev. H. I). Yates on March the 8th, 1918. lie It * resolved : First ? That we bumbly submit to the will of .our Heavenly Father taqowlng that * he doefh all things *v<eH. vSc^iond That In the removal of our beloved brother wo have lost a good conscientious worker and capable of ficer In brother Yates and One to whom every one looked itpon as a Christian officer and trusting that our loss may be Ms eternal galu. Third That these resolutions be spread, on the records of the Junior Order, the Masonic: Order and the Farmers Association.,. A. .OQPy sr.nt to the' county papers and a copy to the berf?&ved family whom our hearts go out for In dectpest Itgmp&thSf- ? - f J. E. Campbell, ; I). W. Joye. "I). 8, Trapp (Vymmitfee ' Urge* Use of Irish Potatoes. (kdinuhia, &. C., April 8th ? The Irish |K>tMo situation In Houth Carolina is improving, that Is the price In being forced <lown' to uu attractive figure. There are hundred* and hundreds of bushels of Irish potatoes still available In this State. They are l>elng used to u large extent In large communities, but many small communities have not availed themselves of the attractive prices and the patriotic service of eat ing Irish potatoes that do not keep so weH, and thereby conserving the mow sdlld food -stuffs, pu rticu la rfy wheat and coru. N The. food administrator at (Jolumbla will be delighted to advise any com munity or'*nark<Tt whore Irish potatoes can be bought at very reasonable fig ures, and the administration cannot too strongly urge the use of Irish po tatoes because they conserve other foods'; because they relievo the mar ket of an over-plus . before the new crop Is available; becauwo Irish pota toes are very wholesome and appetiz ing; and because the use of Irish po tatoes encourages the further product ion at home raised food-stuffs and saves the money that tfould ordinarily be spent for the purchasing of wheat flour, that is largely bought from out ride o? the State. . ? ?? I ? I? ? mamrnmm n ? ? ? ? . ? Trucks and Roads. v ' Observance of the country roads these bakny spring days leads to the conclusion that the number of trucks used for hauling Ixtween towns and from farm to city is rapidly increas ing. Further casual observance calls attention to the fact that these track* play havoc with the roads. The auto mobile truck will soon be recognised as a nerenslty otf modern life, In coun .try lis well a* in the city. Within the next generation it is destined to work a revolution in local transpor tation. And the truck will emphasise and drive home the lesson that first j in the Hst of coming necessities Is good roads. Without good, permanent roads, built to stand up under heavy UAUltem the farmer's truck will lose most Of its value. PoQjarm nnd city the most practical public lnvpntmonf. that can be made, now and in the fu ture. In this state ties In road oudd in*. .?*/?" s. .. . . , There ta Hta t> a 'tfck* a> an at rmcti dtst*wfTU a pnt y cms*. ALLIED LINK HOLDING Monday's Pre** Report* Showed Na Gains For (Jmiwmw. Tht> enMiv allied UftO Itt ltoiglujn anil Km two is holdlitg Arm, Nowhere have the German# been able, notwithstanding the great nam liers of men hurled against It, espe cially that iiortlon In Flaiulon where tho Itiittlsh are hold fug forth, to gain au I nob ground. Field Marshal Half's order that no more grouud lie ceded 1* i-txUll.v U*lng compiled wltli, as In attested by I ho thousands of Ger nuin dead now lying before tl?o tlrlt lsh positions southwest Of Vwvh, whore It is tho ambition of the high German command io break through and envelop f Field Marshal JHalg's foixxvs and gain an oi*vji highway to ward the KukMhIi channel. Northwest of St. M lhiol the Amor I*' can t r\H>i?s have been compelled to wit list-ami a series of nor* is tent as saults. smtiul in intensity only to those delivered by tho GormuuB against tho llrlGsh in Flanders. And the honor* at tliu oud re*U*l with tho Amor los its, who met the ft>o at every style of lighting ho offered anil de cisively defeated him. Along the front hold by the French Sunday saw nothing of greater import awe than reciprocal bombardment* on various Hectors, Lho troop* of both side* remain log in their trenches. Likewise, in Italy the l>lg guns weie doing most of the work, although at several point*, enemy patrols attempt ed to carry out divisions hut met with no eucvews. . . ' AUNfcuove JCgllHO, northwest of Ar I mentlefes. where tho Germans nw en ! deavbrlng to drive their wetlge In farther in order to outflank Ypro*. fhe> iM-avh-st tlghilng has taken pliace. Throughout Saturday night and Sun day battle* of a most obstinate char acter took place, the German* throw ing thousands of men Into the at tack, notwithstanding their wastage In killed or wounded. Several times the village changed hands, but at last re ports the ItrltlHh were still In posse** sl6n of it and holding tenaciously un der repeated German onslaught*, Nowhere along the eight-mile front where the Germans are trying to drfre tttouifa. .jM&KO&n Wulvettfham and taW tbr^t*em*jsr~is# with any taxing but repulse, and Die price they have paid for their attempts to breach the British line - lias been enormous, (hi ho sector .have * they bwn able to sUruiohnt the atone wall of the defense and, for the moment at letist, there seeina to be justification for the hope that? the turu in the tide erf tho battle U at hand. ? i, -? i \ Sooth Carton*'* Rank. Of, *11 the mat** in the Union, the 1 State ranking ? (1) loweat In vohin teeita for military service; (2) lowest in the puKshase of war suvinj|s Statryps ; (8) lowest in expenditure per capita for ptfbHc education; (4) neart to the lowest In illiteracy, is South Carolina. Sixteen and one-half per cent of the men drafted for military service in Npartanbtirg county could not xign xtheir names. Any intelligent citizen can see the close relation of all these facts. The trouble is .not hard to find. . 'Sooth Carolina has neglected To educate her j)eople. ~ I*et us face these facto like men ahd take decided steps to wlp* them put. I propose to plan a mooting here | in Spartanburg, May 10th, Confederate Memorial Day, at which the candi dates for governor and /or the office of superintendent of education be In vited to speak on the subject of wcHool attendance. Worthy citizens of South Carolina should support no candidate wtio Is WttmUP 16 ToF matters stand an they are. . . . Frank J$vans, Spartanburg, S. C? April 0, in Spartan - burg Herald. ? If ive could see ourselves as others see us what a diaagreeable old world this would be for us to live in ! WhftJ Your Bond Will Accompli**. $18,000 invented in Liberty lloniH will equip Hi) Infantry (uitalllon with rifles. $50,000 will construct a base luxjpl tal with ftOO bodte, or equip an lufta try brljrade with pistol*. $100,000 will buy tlvo rotnba t air planes, or<plstols, r I ties, and half a mil , Hon round* of aiuuiuiUtlou for an lu fa it try regiment. i i.ijUr.il ? Teachera Kxanilnation. The Spring Kfcamlnatlou for t??ati? ors will l>e b?M In the Court HoU>ie at Camden, Prldu.v Mtiy Jtrd lx>Klnnti?K at H:JK> a. ni. ***> IVaehorH are searco and It 1h ur| it* that every eligible iwittdb who c$a templates teaching should qualify la this examination. 1. .1. McKeiulc, Sui*. of Education. Tk " permits unre stricted choice- ? Born garments are correctly fashioned, faultlessly fitted and ; skillfully tailored- ? And Born {moai allow a substantial ~ saving on y our clothes ... bill for the ; u, ? year. % ( Rwdmnt Born lUmUr) < JONES CASH STORE V ' W. L. Jonas, Mgr. Uigoff, S. C. P|ant your money in Our Bank and watch your balance a - > gi how IF YOU DONT PLANT ANYTHING. WHY NATURALLY NOTHING WILL GROW. YOU CAN START A FORTUNE TO GROWING WITH ONE DOLLAR/ YOIJXL NEED THAT MON EY SOME DAY. ? \ ^ * , " THE 8ARMER 18 WILLING TO WAIT FOR HIS CROP TO .GROW. ARE YOU NOT WILLING TO PLANT A FEW DOL LARS AND UBT IT GROW? IT 18 A MIGHTY COMFORTABLE FEELING TO HAVE A rAt BANK BOOK IN YOUR POCKET. TL. E- . u .? I The First National