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tWill Have To ?H Befo-You Vote m I n? MARVI NUMBER 14 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1*18. olume XXX. ( IIAICI>S LOYAL TO BLKASK. lie Will Vote For Former (inventor r Oflkf* of I'nUed SUte* Senator. Haft Correspondent of The Columbia State. alballH. H. ' C\, J??.v ltt.?Johu O. ?rjSi of Uberty Hill. candidate for ruoi\ before ?n CKnmee county aud of 'about 700 people here today iu luJitoriuni of the Walhalla grided declared hi* prefereuce for Cole L . p fgr t he United States senate aud il that he would vote for the forin v<.roor iu the August primary. (lol8iatio.il of Mr. Itlchard* wan .suit of au exehauge between him Lieut. <?ov. Andrew J. Betheg, au oaodldate for governor, who was )l?ting to get his opponents either dorse or to repudiate the reputed ancoj" of Blease at Poinarla on July 1017. iu which the former governor tried h* saying that the blood of American soldiers' slain in France (V ou the head of President Wilaon Ibr members of congress wh,o voted be war. ax an unwarranted sacri | the commencement of his speech lieuteiwirt governor requested Mr. remain ftn *bp Mtliqil py *yaie questions to ask him. Follow* a few preliminary remarks he read excerpt In question* *and asked: Major I$icharda if he indorses the jaients of and the words expressed \.Ie L. Blease in his speech at Po j* on July 27. 1017." ie question of Mr. Bethea was pre< J on the assertion of Mr. Hicharda ; the war is not an issue. Mr. Be. said that, lie had not made the is. but it had been raised by (Vie 1. *e and by him atone and it was un L , )o you mean to charge _either di? y or inferentlally," asked Richards', t 1 am disloyal to my country?" Mr. lea said that he merely asked the tion to bring out the Liberty Hill V attitude on the published utter f of Blease and certainly did not Re nor suggest anything against his It.v. believe every man in South Caro tid Kichardsf'v<,is loyal to his i try and I believe if ucc^ssary every of them, including Mr. Blease, will 'his breast ?to the enemy. I do noli tp theroais a traitor in South Caro If you want to bring up this kind jueKtion you should go to the right b>. the race for the United States jte. 1 defy you to do it and you *" you won t." With these words iards took his seat, v . . ? peating his former querry, Bethea that Richards had not answered (question. Richards then jumped to !eet pointed his linger at the lieuten Jgovemor and said : "I want to tell lieutenant governor that I have one and three nephews in the service have offered their lives to their try. The lieutenant governor is in (military age and I want to ask him he has not donned th^ khaki." atiug that he would not stand for. insults and insolent qustions of the tnant governor any longer* Rich* left the stand and advanced down side aisle. As the lieuteant governor ed again to the aiiclience and stated Mr. Richards had not answered his tiou yet, R. T. Jaynes. a YValhalla er asked Mr. Hetheu if any of the |3idates for governor espoused the e <>f Cole L. Blease. The leutenant rnor said that he did not know, but an account published in the Charles- ! American of last Saturday tellibg of Rlense meeting at Wegener last Fri* in which Mr. Ulejrfce was quoted as Jr>iiiK the candidacy of Mr. Richards which said there was tumultous ap se when Major Richards stated that former governor would be elected to., I ailed States Mcnatc. Mr. Bethea i |inc that he took that as an indorse t of the candidacy of Cole L. Blease dujor Richards, said. "However, there | lajor Richards; let him answer your rtion ' "What is wanted of me now?" ?'I Mr Richards as lie came back on Mand. "Mr. Jaynes wants to know <?u intend to vote for Cole L. Blease the i nited States senate." replied lieutenant governor.. P don't propose to let such a person lieutenant governor or any other j force me to declare myself, but if| AiHlionct- want.s to know I shall tall said Richards. There was sev from the audience that they "?d to know how Major Richards Y When Chairman J. E. Hopkins question a number of the aud s,r?od and Major Richards tolcl ? he would declare himself. He pre pi his statement by saying that Be h defeated candidate for gover ?n?l he wanted to injure Richards hoKter himself with' such tactics, ptated that he had joined the ranks h* ^pformers in 1890 and had stood fwervinH by those principles ever ^ He believed that the government Infting from the raasKes of the people ^r'' it belongs and is becoming domi-1 M h> tbe classes. "I believe Cole L. is the friend and the hope of the * tr<?n of which I myaelf am one," "HiUnued. "and between Mr. Blease ? and Mr. Rice In the race fbr nit*] State* senate, if Ood spares i * 1 intend to cast my ballot for M" R1*a9* ?<? August 27." As be *0 leave (he ?tage Mr. Bethea re Major Richards that bis ortfl <P?e*ti?tt has not been answered. *1 Propose to aaswer tbe lASolent ques N?:\V (.KUMAN DRIVE ICI14.I N American Troop* Played Great Part In Fighting ? Capturing Prisoner*. The expected renewal of tlu? Gerrnau offensive lu Franco has bigun. Fierce battles are iu progress ou both sides of the famous cathedral city of Rbeirns, which since the last offensive along the Maine haw stood the apes of a* sharp salient into the Gerrnau line. West of Rbelms the Germans with the pressure of large number of troops, the unleashing of which was preceded by a veritable hail of high explosives and gas shells, have beeu enabled to cross the Maine at several places. Fast of the city, however, they have been held for the smallest of gains by the teuaclous resistance of th?T defenders of the line. Altogether the two battle"tronts aggre gate about 05 miles iu leugth. American troops are lighting valiaut ly on the sectors they have been holding and at two points have met with notable success. At Vaux they not only .broke down a violent attack by the enemy but flrove him back several hundred yards and ouly returned to their former posi tions wbeu the advance of the Germans southeast of Chateau-Thierry across the Marne made thfL.rcoccupatiou of theh trenches of strategic value. Along the Marne between the town of Foasoy and the Uiver Surmeliu, where the Germans crossed the Marue, the Am ericans in a strong counterattack forced back the enemy to the right bank of the itreapi. At other points along the river they used to the greatest advantage their machiue guns against enemy elements which were crossing the river on pon toon bridges, killing and wounding many of them. In the counterattack near Fos soy between 1,000 and 1,5000 Germans were luaita prisoner by the Germans. The coptured contingents included a complete brigade staff. The French gen eral in command on this sector geut a congratulatory message to the general in command of the American troops. The Germans in addition to their tremen dous expenditure of explosives and gas shells used numbers of tanks against the lines of the defenders and also opened with numerous naval guns bombardment of towns and cities far behind the battle line, dropping upon thera shells from 10 tow12 inch pieces. i The details of the strategic scheme the Germans have in view have not yet been uhfolded. It seems apparent, how ever, that the main objective in the first stages of the offeudvc is the throwing of their lines southward on both sides of Rheirns, envelopiug that city and forc ing its capitulation. The gaining of the southern bank of the Marne hnd the straightening out eastward of their bat tle line toward Verdun also may be m the program of the German high t10?" mand. Success in these movements would be of great strategic value to the GTer mans if it is intended by them ultimately to attempt to drive on to l'aris. While the Germans are making their drive in the south the British around Ypres are pecking away at the German lines with success as regards the gaining of ground and the taking of prisoners ; the French and Italians in Albania are keeping up their spectaciilar drive against the Austrian* aud the French and Ital ians in the mountain region of the Ital ian theater daily are harassing the ene my, with patrol attacks of considerable violence and bombartfments. In Pales# tine Turkish aud Gefirian troops pene trated British positions north of .Teri eho. but almost immediately were eject ed with the loss of more than W)0 men made prisoner, including 200 Germans. ?' British and American troops now are in control of the entire Murman coast in Northern Russia, according to unof ficial advices. It i? through this terri tory that it is hoped ultimately to lend aid to Russia by way of the Arctic Ocean, lu violent fighting with the Bolshevik troops in Middle Russia, Czechoslovaks forces have captured the important city of Kazan which lies on the Volga l^ver, 430 miles east of Moscow. Birth Registration Necessary. The only way of keeping an official' rccord of a person's birth is by birth registration. It in probably the most important record in a person's life, be cause it is a proof of his or her legiti macy, his or her descent, his or her right to inherit property belonging to the fam ily, and his or her age for schooling, vot ing and marrying. It will not be long before a birth certificate is required fqr almost every kind of service and occupa tion. It is really' not safe to travel in any country without the legal authority of one's citizenship, which is supplied by a birth certificate. Meeting of Fadmers Tomorrow. There will be a meeting of farmers held at the Court House at Camden to morrow, Saturday, July 20th. Farmers, merchants, bankers and business ? men are invited to join in this discussion re lating to the cotton situation in Kouth Carolina. tions put by any such thing as you. sir," thundered Richards, as he shook his fiat af Mr. Retbea, who flushed up at the retort. Richards then left the stage. - "I don't blame Major Richards for not answering my question," Mr. Bethea told the audience as his opponent left * the building. A large majority of the audience did not appear to approve of the indorsement of Otto L Bleaae by Major Richards and Mr. Bethea tot * good deal of applause. The other candidates .departed lKtte fro* i their set speeches. OKHMAN IHtlVK HAI.TK1>. Kwciiy Muds |( Impossible lo Teur HU Way Through at Any Point.' (By Annotated 1'retw Wetlm'xduy ) The Germau offensive east aud wwt of Kheltns haw had the brake** vigorqus lv applied to it by the at rung resistance of tbe American, French Mod Italian armies. Nowhere has the enemy found it pos sible, as iu day# gone' by. to press for ward and tear his way through oppos iug positions to pointM of vantage chosen, as early objective-.. True, some gains have been made by tbe German*, but they are infinitesltphl when compared with those of other at tack*. Instead of in miles tlie.v may be reckoned almost . in yards. And from some of the positions captured the ene my has been ejected summarily under vicious counterattacks delivered by the American troops lighting alone as a unit and Americans fighting shoulder to shoul der with their French comrades-in-arms. Tacit admission that the euemy horde* have been retarded iu their assaults, if not halted, seemingly is contained in the latent German official communication which, in dealing with the fighting of Tuesday, awwru tn<u the allied troops on the Marne front have delivered 4 ? vio lent counterattacks" and that to the east of Hheims "the situation is unchanged." The claim made to any success by the Gcriuans is that there were "some local successes to the southwest of Whelms." 1 The successes of the Americans and the French give back to them points of strategic value on the heights dominat ing the Marne valley. The Americans alone recaptured Fossoy and Cresaney, cast of Chateau Thierry and at one point near Fossoy drove back the enemy across the river and took u number of prison ers. Aided by the French, the recapture of St. Aguan, Hill 223 and LaOhappelle Monthodon, sot lib of Dor(nuiis, was ac complished. Throughout the region lying to the west of Ilheims, especially south of the Mariuv the Germans made desperate at tempts -on various sectors to increase their penetration of the altied front, but where they were able to gain any ad vantage it was only a foot at a time, the French meeting their onslaughts with the greatest bravery and making the enemy pay dearly for every inch of grouud he took. Eastward from Hheims hard lighting is still going on almost to the western fringes of thc'Arkoune forest, but ap parently thff onemy here also is meet ing with ill success. Attacks attempted near Prunay and Uuippes came to naught under the French fire while further east, near C'rosnes and Tehure efforts to break the French line were repulsed with heavy losses. The ^German official communication, iu dealing with the fighting of Monday, says the Germans took 13,000 prisoners. The French on their part are reported, to have taken thousands of captives* and it is known that the Americans have made prisoners of between 1,000 and 1,500 Germans. In addition, tbe Amer icans. F/ench and Italians have inflict ed terriblo losses on the enemy by the accuracy of their cannon, machine gun and rifle fire. Although the allied troops seemingly have the situation well in hand, it is not improbable thtf the Germans soon will throw large numbers of reserves in to the fray. ' They are known to have tbousands>of these men behind the battle liue, especially northeast of Hheims. On the other battle fronts only minor operations are in progress, but on va rious sectors held by the British in north ern France and Flanders the Germans are carrying out spirited bombardments, which may be the forerunners of early infantry attacks. Ten Inchon of Hailstone;*. Raleigh. N. C., July 12. ? The most de structive ? hailstorm on record fcr this section of the state today elerted it# greatest violence around Holly Spriugs, a point 10 miles west of here, doing greatest damage "over an area about 8 miles xquare. AH crops were complete ly destroyed. Corn and cotton were strip ped. leaving only short stalks scattered over the former fields. The hailstones were of very large size and fell to ai depth of over ID inches. In some places it was sufficient to impede the progress of trains. Governor Bickett has order ed a state agricultural expert to visit the scene and advise the farmers as to what ran be produced. KIMKI) 1IY MdllTNlNU Kiev eft Old Ud Mel Urath Nf?r lirr?haw Monday. I.itfle .lames lloyt Jones, son ??f lir. 21 1 u I Mr!), John C. Jones ?>(" the Sund llill community, WM killed by lightning Monday evealuf. He weufc to (lit* or chard some time between ft and tt o'clock in the evening to feed some turkey* a fid failing to return to the house along jvtth three other little brothers who had gone for the (????, or to come 1 in later, bin abseuce vaulted warcti to be made fat, him and ho was found iu the otchard by his mother, where be had been feed-j ing the turkeys. It is thought that he was killed b.v a bolt of lightning some time in ad vance of the rain and struck In the Wood* nearby, settiug lire to the woods. He was eleven years of age and wan a bright and promising lad. The burial was In the Kershaw cemetery yesterday afternoon and the funeral service was <*ondueted by Kev. H. I?unu, pastor of the Kershaw First Haptist Church. News of the tragic death of th<dr lit He brother was phoned to (Inner and Kershaw Jones at ('-amp Sevier, but owing to the fact thai they were leaving at ohde for au embarkation port they oould not come to attend the fuueral. ? Kershaw Era. Fell From Scaffold. S. X,' Spaugler. a youug white man, was quite severely injured one day last week when he fell from a scaffold while working on the new bridge now being bultt across the river.. ' Ho was em ployed by Austin Bros., iu building the approaches to the main part of the stream. A scaffold he was working < ort gave way aud he fell to the ground, a piece of the heavy timber falling across ' him. At tirst he wan thought to be I fatally injured, his injuries being in ' terhal, causing hemorrhages. He was i carried to the CaMden hospital and had so greatly improved that he was able to leave Wednesday for his home in La Fayette, Ten n"/ His father from Ten nessee and a brother from Camp Jack son vgrre with him a few days during his confinement at . the hospital. This is the second accident to hap pen at this bridge since it has been under wa.v. (Hi March 9th, a negro giving his name as David Owens, was struck by a pile driver hammer and killed. The foreman, C, H. Foster, states that Ue made every effort to fiud the relatives of the. dend man but that tbey Could not be located. The negro gave his home as. Albania. ' A death certificate was procured and he was buried at the ne gro cemetery in this city. Carolina Ice Plant To Be 8old. By reference to a legal advertisement by the sheriff of this county will be noted that the Carolina Ice Co., a cor poration that has been doing business here for several years wijjl be sold un der proceedings brought by the Palmetto Ice Co., of Columhia, to satisfy a judg ment of $000. or more. This in part .explains the inability of this concern to ?have *ati adequate supply of ice on hand for Itn customers In Camden.' Death of Mr*. Hough. Mrs. Qtfeen Hough, widow of the late Captaiu Mosex Hough, of the northeast ern action of the couuty died Tuesday July J6th at the borne of her grandson Charles Hofton. Before her marriage ahe was a Miss Hilton. She in survived by the following children : Mexxi*. W. It. Hough and M. W. Hough of Cainden ; Frank Hough of Culloden, Ga., and Mrs. Alice Horto'n of the Timrod aectiou of the county. Mrs. Hough wax a woman of lovable disposition and had many frieuds through out tbe county. She wan a faithful member of the Timrod Baptist Church from whUtti place the funeral services occurred Wednesday, being conducted by her pastor the Rev. J. C. Lawsou. There wax an uuusually large attendance of relative? and frle^<l?"~*r The fuo^rRl: Well Known Negro Dead. Mingo Dow Brae cy. a well kuown young colored man, of Camden, died 8uuduy at Richmond, Va., where he was attending a seminary in that city. Hia remains were brought to Camden Tuea day and^mried from Mt. Moriah Bap tist. Church. He was a highly respected boy, being well liked by both races, and wax equipping himself for tbe ministry. Mr*. P. T. Villepigue and daughter Miwi Km ma nre visiting in Hummerton.'* Voters Must Enroll By Next Tuesday! Attention of State Chairman Evan* wan brought Tuesday to the fact that the act of the legislature of 1015 requires the club rolls to dose on the fourth Tuesday in July, and not "the last Tuesday" a* the rules of the party provide. Immediately he instructed Ashley O. Tobias Jr., Secretary of the Execu tive Committee, to send notices to the County Chairmen of the Demo cratic party in the State telling them that the State law takes preced ence over the party rules and that clujt} rolls would close on Tuesday July 23. The wording of the party rule No. 12 in: "On the la?t Tuesday," but the statute says the fourth Tuesday. The matter was brought to the attention of Solicitor W. H. Cobb, who is acting attorney general, and be gave it as his opinion that the statute undoubtedly governed, and that the club rolls must close nest Tuesday, July 28. The lack of conformity of the wording of the party rule to the statute is asesibed to the fact that the last Tuesday Is generally the fourth Tuesday; This year July has fire Tuesdays. ? . 1'KKI'LKS KKMAINN NII.KNT. No! a Very <Jood Day For Bleasite Can didates iii I'm* l>w City. Hy Staff Correspondent to The Columbia State. Florence, July 10. ? The big push of t ht* ttcuatorUI campaign gathered impet us here today aud Cole In BifPH, W?8 , completely annihilated iu the withering blast. Nat II. Dial ot Laurens, oppos ing caudinate, told the exgovemor to his tfeth that he was disloyal from th? erowa of hi* head to the Hole of hi** feet," With the charge from I >ial still ring ing iu the ears of the audience, Hleaae left the hall, refusing to speak ami giv ing the excuse that the crowd was small aud the incctiug had not been sufficiently advert isetl because of a confusiou Of dates in the published itinerary, although the court houHe wan tilled far beyond Heat ing ea|?aclty and u|rowd Stood about the entrance. Mr. Blease first went word to State Senator J. \V, McCown, county chairman, that lie would uot speak, it then began to be biutc4 aland that W. 1*. Pollock aud Kcnater Beuet k had driven Hlease off the atump on the opening day of the short term campaign, to which Mease's non-appearance would lend colur particularly when Hlease waa ou the ground and in consequence Hlease was prevailed on to liiake the explanation an to bis failure -tt? speak. - In answer- to Mr. Dial's charges of . disloyalty wliich Dial said Hlease conlinned by his silcuce when he yesterday at Manuiug refused to deny that he made the statements in question as published hi the Charleston American, Mr. Hlease said that he had already s|>okcu at other meet lugs in an swer to Poinaria, Filbert, Pickens- and Chapiu speeches aud had uothing further to say. He expected to have a meeting of his own iu Florence as he had been holding in other places. A second and equally diverting por tion of the day was Senator Christie Heuet's aud \V7 1\ Pollock's merciless lashing of Thomas If. Peeplos to the Hleaseite mast. Hy his refusal to an swer unequivocally Pollock's direct' question as to whether or not lie would support Hlease in the present cam paign, Mr. Peeples in sO fas as the Florence audience is concerned definite ly aligned liimselfv with Cole b. Hlease, and in stinging rebuke there were angry, calls to "Throw him out" mingled with a chorus of cries of "Slacker" and "pro Oerjnau". Senator Henet, who was the first of the short term candidates to follow Messrs. Dial and Rice, said there was to be no "pussy footing'* among his opponents. ' "They've gyt to come to the quilting," he said, and to sustain his argument he had two questions to put. The first was if either had bccu in congress at the time the ls?ue was to lie determined as to . Americau parti cipation iu the war would he have voted with Wilson for the war, the second was did they think the blood American boys would spill in France Will be on the hands of Woodrow Wilson. ? Mr. Peeples said he would have voted ffor the war as Henet and Pollock would and the blood of^Aineriean boys Would not be on 'Wilson's bands and the war was a righteous war for a holy justice. When Mr. Pollock wan introduced bo thanked God tliat. one' Blemioite had pro fessed religion, but every one who pro fessed religion did not have it and he. thought it best to lead Mr. Peoples to the altar. He then asked Senator lionet to stand, up. The query put was wheth er he would vote for I) lease in this cam paign, Mr. Itenet said Blease was un worthy of the vote of any man and the senator expectcd to denounce him from every stuinp in South Carolina. Mr. Peeples sought to evade the ques tion by suying he was not running nn Blcase's coftt tails. When asked for a reply of yes or no, he refused to answer and the court house was thrown in an uproar? of "slacker" and "pro-German" epithets. Continuing the examination, Mr. Pollock asked Mr. Peepb-H If ne'were a party or/had given his consent either publicly or privately to the u?e of his nume on the Blease ticket as published in the Charleston American last Sunday. Mr. Peoples hesitated to answer, but when pressed for a reply as to whether or not' he gave his consent, he said. "I do not refute it and I do not condone it." Mr. Pollock told t)?e uproarious crowd that Mr. Peeples by his silcuee had let the- people know wheiwb?- stood and by that snrnc silence had "not taken the position as a true American am Chris tie lionet b&s." . James Francis Bice was the first speaker today. Ho was followed by Mr. { Dial, who concluded his speech with his scathing denunciation of Blease. The attack today was built on yesterday** procedure at Manniog ,when Mr. Dial read excerpts from Blease's four mohtfcs after the war speeches ?4 called -6* Blease to deny the utterances if he did not aay them. Blease made no effort to deny them. "''-7. 7. This failure to deny when confronted with the statements was an admission of the troth, Mr. Dial said, And was the fin* time he had ever had positive evi dence of Blease's disloyalty ; and he waa now prepared to charge him to his face that he waa disloyal, "from* the crow* of his head to the sole of hit feet." The excerpts read Included the hold* iag of a , hand primary at Peoaaria fou4 months after the war becan and Amer ican hoys were going to Prance, calling far an abrupt ending of the war at that time. That the war waa an aadghteooa war and the way to get relief waa to get ^ VI, ' V.? MK NAM T. (1AKUNKK DKAD. Wan a Well Known mid I Ilflil.v Respect <:? d Citixcn of ISaiterii Krnhnw. Many people were saddeued when tke death of Mr. 8am T. tiardu^r was an nounced ou Haturduy morning. He died quite. suddenly of heart failure, Mr. (lanincr wbn for many years a notary public of the eastern section of the eoo* ty aud vii probably one of the beet known and uiost highly emeeiuod citi aena of that section. Many aro they who have beeu to him to seek wise counsel. He was bom uertr Flat Hock, t>ctobe? 3, IKl't, When about ten yeaw of age the family raoVed to Tilltrtl Ferry, when- tin* most of his life w?h apent. but for a good many yearn He has been a resident of Hethuuo, the mow town on the Seaboard betweeu Camden and Che raw. He leaves surviving him one brother, Mr. Lewis 10. Gardner, of Jefferson, aud five children ? one daughter, MIsh Hattie Gardner, and four son* ? Mr. Jesso M. Gardner, editor of the llethune Observer, aud Messrs. William, Hugh and Joseph Gardner. The fuueral was held at Pleasant Hill IhmtM church about tue miles from the town of Hethuuo at tl o'clock on Sua* day morning conducted by Hev. Mr. Law son of the Haptist 'church and Hev. J. Mr Korbl* of the Presbyterian church, " the beautiful Masonic ritual being used. A large crowd of relatives and friends were iu attendance at the funeral. Thfl burial was in the church yard. The pall bearers were> Messrs. Letn Baker, Henry Howell. Lee Mc.Naughton, L. W. Copclaud, 1<. W. West and J. B. Parker. rid of the powers that be, tliut every senator and congressman who voted for tin* draft .act and did not Include him s??lf would go down in history an a cow ard. that every soldier killed off Amer ican Moil would be charged to Woodrow Wilson and the senators and Congress* men who voted for the draft net as an unnecessary sacrifice of young Aiueri can manhood. That ho did not care what kind of an America was here after he was doad and goue, "If i lose my own so ill neither does- your boy." That at York three weeks ago, he had "no ai>ol ogles to make, no explanation to offer" and had challenged the government to "take the bridle off" and to ?end men from Washington during the months of July and August to debate whether or not America should be in the war. Mr.. Blease made no denial of the statements and today Dial came backl) ran ding him as a disloyalist of the rankest type. "When the ex-governor told the croWd he had not come to make a speech, there were answers from the crowd that "no body wants to . hear you." He was not applauded when he was introduced fol lowing Dial and only four or flVe clapp ed their bands when he concluded hi* minute or two speech. Mr. Pollock call ed the men who would indorse Blease to stand, nobbdy stood upt but every man, ? jumped to bis feet when the audience was asked if it would, repudiate aueli utterances by tbelr ballots. Mr. Benet prior to thi* had called for a show of bands of men who had a son or close relative in the army or navy, and possi bly 44) or SO raised tbelr bandit, and ma ny of Benet's patriotic utterances were roundly applauded. Corp. Sam N. Snow. reertiiCing officer for the United State* Army, was in the audience and Mr. Pollock called him to his feet and asked him to give tbo atti tude of the soldier as to Blease's war utterances, speaking as a soldier in all that the word implies. Corporal Snow said, "We do not want a man In the t"n I ted States senate who ban denounc ed Woodrow Wilson, the commander in chief of the army. The soldiers could not win in France unless the people back home stood behind them." The meeting here today was attended' by about U0O people which crowd waa ncccsaarily greatly reduced because of confusion as to speaking dates. Those who attended tbe meeting were distinct-' ly partisan in their viewa and was by no means hesitant in expressing them* The county has a voting poulation of 'more than 4.000. Blease carried the county in* 11)12 by the narrow margin of 41 votes. He lost the county by nearly 700 TOtes two years later and by more than 400 votes two years ago, How Lieut. Trotter Met Death. Extract from the letter of Lieut. L. Mel I Glenn, of date Jpne 25th, tf 16, to a member of the force -of The Anderson Dally Mall, The' letter was published In above named paper ' In issue of Saturday duly 13th, 1*10. "I have Junt received news that a South Carolinian, a close friend of mine and n member of my regiment I. lout. Trotter of Camden, gate up blO life while leading Us men against 'the frtHtr where my regiment - has been for the past weeh, I am told that he went over the top hi n veri table hail of bullets, a pistol hi each hand, far in the lend of hlo men, and Ida gallant soul! South Carotin* has lost a fenrftees sen. If any mere of ?a have tn go, nmy we bo permitted to go aa he lm* ****? o?r faee to | ta* >>>">> ***'