Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HKTIIKA AMI MM MAKDS KK.II I I'lsiiriiH' at Charleston .Meeting lint No Damage Dour. <. Kioto SuiiilnyS New* atid ' tiiifli'i') Tin1 attacks l-iHtifmaiif ClovernoK Andrew* ,1. Mctbea, candidate for <iov iM'ti'M* ',,,s befit making from prncti cajlv I'vrry slump State wince i In' Walludla ami ( Jreeuville meetings 'on t hi' connection .of Major .Jo||U (J. Kit-lilt) ils, hi* "Kcfortu ' apponent, with Co)e I.. Hlease, culminated here yes terday in a fisticuff between the (wo <andidate*. .Several blows were poised ? p fiy PUeh of the belligerents, but no i'iih unities resulted. The audience which bad dwindled from about ? I "?<> to approximately 7"i wan not very excited over the incident. Several of the crowd, including a po lice officer and Sheriff Martin, rushed ! cm the stance of the Hibernian Hail, ] where the meeting was held, and as- j sisted Acting Chairman Thomas 1'. i Stoney separate the two lighters. Al though the audience was exceptional* l> -mall. ? 1 1 m- to the dftj meeting, it wni demonstrative, particularly w hen any one of the candidates spoke dis paragingly* of the candidacy of HIcunc. Koliert A. ( 'ooper, candidate for (lover nor wa> given an ovation when he com menced his address ami the other can didates also were liberally -t applauded. When Major Kiehijrds. who preceded the I .ii'Utenant (Joverotir, the last speak er. had linished Ids presentation he went into the audience, ami .Mr. Hethea eaiit ioiied him that. 'lie had better re main. Mr. Kichards too1< ;i seat in front nf fhf" *tnge nnmmpfinlfd by ii f lirmt" w ho rc<|Uested Jiiin to leave, the hall, which lie refused to do. Mr. Itethea t hvli referred to .Major Kiehard>' reiterated assertion that the war was not an i-sitc and stated, o I hat he' vvo'uld ' ncudpt the ohallcngo and show that it was t lie greatest is?ue before the people of the State and of the Nation: that it was made au issue mi South Carolina bv the l'oinaria and Filbert spect die* of Hlease mid was brought into the unbernatorial cam paign when IWea.se and Richards in dorsed ejtch other's candidacy at Wag erier a few weeks ago. He then cau tioned bis hearers to vote for men against whom there is no suspicion of disloyalty. lie then charged that the utterances <>f 'Hlcii<c at l'omaria upd Filbert were disloyal because they had been uttered three and one-half months after the declaration of war against (Jer tnan.v by the. I'nited States. He read the Wilson letter against Hlease and mi ill that t?b?' Provident had no com punction in telling what lie tbought.^of the Hlease speeches; that lie had not Mdestepped and c?pii\;oeated and hesi tated. as Major Kichards bad done when ti<* iciwnt^ly hod ii >?k ?hI him if lie either endorsed or repudiated t !??? utterances of Hb-a?o in (h<? two ' notO.?. rjous speeenea, < > 1 v i 1 1 k (>><? highest praise |o i In* son of Major Richards who hud volunteer ?si in flic service ami is now wearing tin I.liaki, .Mr. Miid , "I lluink Major ' Riohitlds for the Hike of his >.0 ti " " lie gut no further. being interrupted h,\ the "Reform" candidate, who rogc uml warned him to keep, the name of hi* -son out of the con tro verity, stating that there w?* such i? thing H? Mr. I Set iiea going too far. Major Richards took hi* seat uud Mr. itofchou wont ou with his reference to (lie l'omnrla and Filbert speeches, stating that Mr. Rich ards, was at 1'omaria and lie presumed that he endorsed the apecchos by his applause, Major Richards attain rose and, shaking bis finger at the Lieuten ant < joveinoi", issued another warning to which Mr. lietheu. took exception, saying that lie was "not feather-logged and would not run." Stating that ho would compel him to make his charges more specilic, the "Reform" candidate came upon tile stage am) placing him self mi the left of Mr. IJcthoa said : "Now make your charges." After a short verbal exchange. Major Rieltards said; "Nou arc a liar." With the passage of the lie, Mr. lle th^a. quick as a Hash, struck at Major Richards, hilling him in the upper part of the body, apparently on the temple. Mr. Stoney got between the two men, as they were hitting at one another, grabbed Richards, forcing him -hack, and then turned and shoved Hcthoa aside, "Severn | h Itiwx "Were pas>so(l"l>eT\veon T Tie I wo candidates in the niclee, oyer (he head of Mr. Stoney. The three, men struggled, over to the right side of tho -ta go, when members of the audience jumped on the stage and assisted in sep arating the belligerents, who struggled to get at each other. Following their separation Richards grabbed up a chair, swung it over his head and started to ward the group holding Mr. Ret hen, when the chair was 'grabbed and Rich ards persuaded to leave the hall by his friends. Following the. incident Mr. Rcthea in cool and caloulated language contin ued his speech in which lie excoriated Hlease in plain terms. Kay Caught in Spuin. Washington. Aug. 1"?. ? Robert Fay. v\ ho was convicted of placing bombs on -hips carrying supplies and troops to Kuropc and who escaped after being sen tenced to the Atlanta penitentiary, has been apprehended in ' Spain, Secretary Lansing announced today that he i? being brought back to the Fniteil States under the ^extradition proceedings. LKK COHNTV NKWK I VV ? I (c|iiH of Intriftt (JalliHtil From MhIi 1 up villi Vindicator. ' . . I The member* , of t he local military company planned m little surprise I u ??t week for their former captain, W. *!.?] Scott, now ranking major of tlt? iu-W 1 regiment. Monday afternoon ju-t after j roll rail. Cnpt. < 'arne* asked Major Scott to coiuf forward. At the kiiiivi! t j tin' Mr. C. It., K u Hi t,i Kti*p|M<il from the rauk*. crossed to til** Hide of the armory ami returned with u largo hat box. lu a few appropriate words he presented to the Major, in behalf of each ami every mem ber of the company, an army hat. ii reg ulation cap ami a pair of shoes, as a token of tb?ir appreciation of hU tnux* v icesj ami au expression of the happiness they felt in his promotion. A marriage of much Interest to their many friends wan that of Miss Mary Moore and Jasper Karle Wither! nxton, of Vanceboro, N, at the home of the bride'* father, 1.. A. Moore, Friday af ternoon ut 4 :?S0 o'clock. Tin" Hoy's Agricultural Club Work in charge of Mr. I.. L. Maker as Slate Supervising Agent, has Increased from 1,'2(M) boys in lOlfl; to more than members in llUN, necessitating n larg er force foe the conduct of the work . which consists of the Hoys' Corn Club, t lie Hoy's IMg Club, the Hoys' Wheat Club and the Hoys' Calf Club work. Mr. <?. F. Sutton and Mrs, S. M, Cassady, *?f Leslie, Ga.. came out on business trip last week They say tlley are very much pleased with their new lionres in Ceorgia and w ) i i 1 e 1 1 1 1 ?> 1 1 nv ? ? the boll weevil the farmers are making just as uiueh money raising hogs and cattle ami planting peanuts as they did when it was all cotton, Mr. and Mrs, 1*. Kilgore. Mr. and Mrs. J. II. pen and l>r. ami Mrs. A. C. Itaskiu left Tuesday in automo* biles for (iroeliville and Chick Springs, for a stay of U week or ten days. The crops along the road from here to Darlington, in fact wherever we have been in Lee, Sumter and Darlington counties are promising for a bountiful harvost as we have ever seen. l*rof. W. C. Pearson, special ussist ant in the Hoy's l'ig Club work, and his wife, of Hirmingham, Alii., have arrived in town and will occupy part ? >f the home of Mrs. J. C. Uhume. We ? ' we 1 com e -these ? strangers ? to ? our ? tow-n and hope they will soon feel ?t home with our people. Mr. ami Mrs. J as. M. Smith took a few ?lays vacation last week. ?Mrs. Smith stopped with lier st.ster at Rock Mill, while Mr. Smith went on to bis ? ?Id home at Lancaster and then on to Salisbury. X. t "... to visit his step-mother whom ln> had not seen in eighteen years. The editor of the Vindicator was in 1 >arlingtoii it fi'w "lavs un<? uud in talk inj? p> mie of I lie business men eoii ntfted' with iiiiif til' lilt- hank*. lit' w'U* it. Ill that alreiiiily f?>?- this tobacco so#- , Mill ll|( 1 1*4* t lilt II ll#VO Im'I'II til" |ti>-*)it'i| in (lit* J birliugtoii hank- as siir |ilns |i|t?i)c,\ f 1*0 11 1 the tobacco crop l?.\ the >iii a 1 1 fanner^ of ih? county. That i i rude was just n>. hri*k ill midsummer ) ' ' 1 as during 1 lii* cotton season. WKITKK TO HIS A I NT , Kuniii'i' Camden Hoy Tell* of Ills Kv pel'ieilce oil danders Fields. Malcolm Vaugban, a former Camden boy, \vlii i enlisted 'fr^m Atlanta, <?a., and is uow seeing service as an ambti lancc driver' in Flanders, litt^ sent bis aunt Mrs. Ueboeea Huckabee, of tljds county, tbo following intereKtiu# lettw tolling of bis experiences. It was dated Somewhere in France, .hint- .'50th : How sweet of you to hnvt' been think ing of mo all these days, ami I lion to liavo w rltteu inc. From these fearful plains of Flanders 1 send you my* deep est t banks. A soldiers greatest pleas ure, I think, is tin- receiving of mail. Mud viiui1 letter was such a complete surprise that I enjoyed it all the more. In making me think of you vividly again and my few days in Camden last suin nier your letter gradually opened up to me tlif vis^i of all my Carolina child hood, all of which took up many hours which would hiive otherwise been with .no further distractions (ban the cau; nonudiiig. So you will sc? at onto bow vtM\\ luippy ymi have unade n>?>. ( Mir lift- is so irregular, we work a ft'W weeks at top speed until we' arc exhausted, then wo are given a fort night to .sleep In. uftei* which we go into extreme action again. There are no books' to read, no amusements, only the omul pees ecu t iigouy of war, and sometimes we are very nearly* "done up'* from homesickness and fatigue. Our letters we earr.v on our bodies ami read and reread them like the testament we have also. If 'do not think it saeri ligioiis t?? say that the letters are more procJous to ns in the long run. though we would not be without the bible. At lirst such pain and suffering as I witnessed battered down the faith in <5od 1 had had before. And for a long while I walked like a human animal in the dark. Since then, how ever lias conic, a firmer, higher faith which can never be taken from me aud I think it truthful to say that 1 feel Closer to (Jod today than ever before in my life- I am Pot bragging about this, simply stating it because I think you. my ailut. would b'' pleased to know it. As .viiu nmy have hoard from pupa F was stationed in I'aris until Novem t bor. Jind as we wore not very bony at that time I hud the opportunity to visit most of the places of. interest in that beautiful city. In November we went,, to the front in Alsace near (he Swiss border. From our <*uni.p we could see the Alps mountains every morning, and we nearly froze, too.* before the winter was over. In the spring, when t lie < Senium drive began, the French di vision to which we were attached was sent to Amiens (where 1 sa\V the aw ful retreat from that city) was later posted as reserves back of Arras; and when the battle for the channel ports began our division took the line on the hottest Contested /front. It- was our division, indeed, which stopped the (Jer ni.au> by rapturing Keniinel village near Kemuu'l Hill, but (Jod knows we luid to pa\ the price in blood for stopping. True they lost heavier than did we. and often their 'dead were piled up seven deep to serve as breastworks for their attacking part. Itut we lo-t nteii a I so. . maii.v men and ? so'nio of them were little nion tluiu boys, wefe n>.t as old us I iiin. ' ?li tliose were terrible days ! We M-rved t here only eleven days. for at the end < f that time we were prnc tin-ally helpless from tatigue I ? n t -noli another eleven days I never want to e.\ periell'e. I ,e-s thail thirty liollfs of sleep in that time, working day and night 'behind the steering wheel of an ambulance, over roads v\ 1 1 i ? -ft w?*re ;i veritable hell <?f ,/hrapnel and high e\ u!?>si\? -hells, m iid. worst ? ? I ii ! I . v i x ii>, "-?'?*? ? 1 1 i \ e day* of mustard mi-. We w ? i e !l|so hungry most ? > I the time d.ue I t the 1'act t hilt ill) ; ell icl e v wlliell ? < ? il I d lie spai'etl rtl'le h.illgolg "P IllUllltlons rather than fo.nl i?ur bn-? was ]??? ell I ed 'ill the eolil pa t a t i V ? ! \ -U !*l I \ of a graveynnl loit there Was Ho peaee of mind to l>.. fioiml there i..r \m> (ouhl not hide fl'.Jll the - i U ll I of lliose dead men's bo.lie- . mangle.! and torn he V olid dev. I ipl i..|i (If I-IMII-SI- []?? . ..||]ll Siiilit "I th'-xe Fren. hni' [, w ho h.ni i died uloi iou>l\ made me \.-i\ ylad t Ii :? t ; Auierie.a ha- :it la-t awaked to th? -. I lioii-n..-- of i lie situation. Willi lin- j sia oiii of tli inting t h .? onl.v w a i we < M 1 1 end ill" war 1- b.V uivilia I hefli I -I. .Il a -oimd heating that they will J er.v fo| peaee. And We will do |t ' War a na-ty hii-inc--. and n..ho.i\ i likes m. I5nt iiermanv will imd that ! I nele S un i- not (o he -ne. red at '1 here jire over a million Sanunie- in ; France now. one sees them every win t. . i mi\e.| with the Hritish and the French , a- well as lighting by t In-m-el \ And the brilliant manner in which they lur. ? I established o:tr arms, partioularl.\ along the Mill-lie, makes II- all proud t.. |... I American- And the allied soldi. i - are louder in their praises of them than are we i l he v Kti?\v their ^ j* I \ ?i t : ? ? n i nea i i. people at home tnti-t net be worried hy the enemy gam- which are made at such -a' r : t i ? ?? that r vietories ?re empty and tin \ km a it j a-- well ns we iki. When I return home \... mn-r |. t i me come to -ee y.oi. and amble down those ?piict country road- I knew in my boyhood Your letter has made me remember them keenly. Thank you so much for ii . k- j know they will add to my ??.. n.fon | am sending f,,r them today. British Casualties. I I -ond'ni. Aug. 14- Hr.ti-h ? a-,,n!t.. - j rejMirted iti the Week ending today t.?- I tailed S.G'Jft. compared with an aggie. I g?te of UNfW r. i*..' fed if: the previous j week .1 K HI a liken 1 hi p. of Florence, died j of heart trouble while hnthtng in Black1 ? 'reck near Florence Svjdap WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Thrift Stump* cost 2A cent* ?at 11 and draw no Intei e?t Yo.j ran buy them from your letter carrier, either city or rutai route at the poat office or your Lank You wlli be given a raid to pattl* them on. Thl* touts nothing. There nre spa< en for lt> Thrift Stamps on thin > nrd. When your card la full, take it to sour poat office or hank any time, with a few cerita additional and your card will be exchanged for an interest-bearing War Having** t Certificate worth |6 on Jan. 1. 1923. 'fhl* glvoa voii 4 per cent Interest compounded quarterly. Tou can buy tO War Having!* Certificates at one time They wfll coat you M2.40. and their face value at the time of re I 4empttoo. January 1. lftit, will be $1?> War Savings Certificates may bo registered at any pott office i of the First, Second or Thlrd? Class. | War 8avlnga Certificate* may ba converted Into cash at the post office whore Issued If you &?*<1 th? mon#y Tou wW get {?tereat. too. At about 8 per cant. TAY the Hand That Would Hoard the Pennies? Guide It to Patriotic and Profitable Investment The childish instinct tends usually toward aaving. But to this instinct must be added a purpose in the saving. The mere hoarding of coin pleases a child's fancy, but it does not teach the lesson of thrift. Teach your child his first lesson of patriotism by making him a factor in aiding the government, and his first lesson of investment by placing his money where it earns interest Thrift Stamps furniah the government with money for carrying on the war. They earn 4 per cent interest Replace the penny bank with a Thrift Stamn Book, llMllllulliill ItcgillH Nftl(elH*?\ James {,. Ilauuahan reported at the Stnii' penitentiary yesterday at uoon tu begin a livo year sentence imposed by Judge Memminger l??t -January* lie wa\ convicted of manslaughter being charged with tin' killing ? ?f I .on wood Shaw, a I- year old boy . t ? 'I'ho 1 u? 1 lost | his lifi .in an automobile wreck, Mi. Ilaiuiabau is widely known in. this Stad' and popular among bis frieuds. K. < V Harden, indicted jointly witb I lannaban and declared guilty received a two year sentence but lie bas been granted a -reprieve of .'to day*, lie will be due to re|N>rt at tbe penitentiary September 1 1I unless there is further interference by the process of Juw or tin- governor.- Thursday's Htate, Tu Our Frlendi. Youi; kind expressions of sympathy during our recent bereavement Are deep ly appreciated and gratefully acknow ledged by .1/11. liOWery and daughters. I Manning Ave., Sumter, S. 0, r"r~" Transporting Our Troops. p ? ' The world has been astonished at ,the great number of American soldiers trans* f ported to Kiirope in the last half year. The number now approximates 1,500.000. ami the loss of life in transporting them ha* been almost infinitesimal. The success >v j t li which we have moved our troops from the scattered camps in this country' and across .'{.(UK) miles of ocean to (he battle front is great evl ?deyce' of American efficiency. We have ? not only surprised our enemies, we have -ituprhiuil.. uur friends aud our selves ? The Mritish controller of shi)>ping. Sir Joseph Maclay. speak** of this move ment across the sen a? "A transport miracle." We have been inclined to at tribute this achievement solely to our Navy and our shipping, buj the Itritish controller speaks in high praise of the h share the American railroads had in the work. lie kays.; "If the American railroads had not 5 been operated with success the whole i transport movement might have failed, because it was essential to quick trans portation', < that) the troops should be ready for the ships." l>i rector (leneral McAdoo seems jus tified in his statement that while the development of the policy of the Kail road Administration requires time, prog ress lias been made toward the goal. "The Reaton Why." \\. A. Thorns Stgok 1^^! ? in- ttoey lire niul all metllehie. Tlu?j w,/ \i\>, ami th? fotnl hill <l?nvn. f a raust' for every tffect, tva (nilie ami the t'ftoct remove \ The Poultry HeuwUfts arv^ made t<? rotteve ?u tbe Fowl family such ax Qholen m uwl make* the Ileus lay. 1 The 11 (>K Keim.il y will keop off the Cholera, and if tltf1 *li*t stagey wllV.cui* (o j* Don't forget to ktvp ou hi^ tie of FarvU' Colic Itemed y f0r - It 1* iO Himyle with (Iroin*,, child ean give It. Also a bottle rla' Healing Kenaily for (>S llniLsea on man or tiea*t. Tbe. fail. " * " ? . ? i These vemetllos are alt ^ to you hy your dealer, to t loii, or yow' money hack. ~M Maile hy <>hl Kentucky Ma,;J lug Co., PaUurah, Kentucky. 9 For sale hy Spring & shamxiM ilon, $ C. adv. COLUMBIA LUMBER! MANUFACTURING I MILL WORK I SASH, DOORS, BLInJ AND LUMBER 1 PLAIN & HUGER STS. PW*1 COLUMBIA, S.C. 1 DR. J. W. SHARP Veterinary Surgeon and DnNI I make a specialty of Surgtrrj Dental Surgery. Office Pbone 169 CAMDEN. S. C. Dollars Come Hard Dimes Go Easy! Stop the going of the Dimes. Tfiev will aid in the coming of the Dollars. Itemember that Dimes make Dollars. Save the Dimes. Open a Savings Account at once at this Bank. 1'hen watch, the Dimes grow into Dollars. Also watch the Dollars multiply. An*l th*\v will he here when vow need them. * -J Loan & Savings Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C. * KNOWN QUALITY j Vou -i^1? VIS,BLE GENEROUS quantity 1,imJ of lioth of these when you buy from p BRUCES viiarante?,! T "l''" merchandise put out by ? ?? )f> .lust as represented. what !,thlS. >OU .are absolutely certain: you fret "'i this basis?" '"r ^an't you give us your tra<Je Bruce s Pure Food Store) I f i PHONE 66