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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
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