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m • M 1 ■us MS l» IT imw * r«n n ksisi siu ■ SPEAKS AFTH MEETING b} T\mr liMlt ('jUU MrMiajr AfU<r .IHal mmI MJnr* nnUhrd—IU*t. MkhAffy H^aHnic TrIU Auditor . Him the linibwl HU try* ()o«ld IUt© HUywl Omi of War. -A «taff corr©»pon(l©nt of The State th1> tepount of the York meet- uik Tim red ay: Wuet as miRratlnK birdi* in their aoaeonal flight iwterlook their winga and marshal themselves in wedge formation to heat down resistance, 00 Cole L. Bleaae Thursday marched w<th the other senatorial candidates foilowlfcg the itinerary as mapped *ui by the State Democratic execu tive comjnKtees. Filbert is only a few miles away from York and it was at that point the first of last August. 4 four months after the declaration of the war. that Mr. Hlease 1» said by Hleas- tte newspapers to ha%e said that he did not “rare what kind of an Amer- fcs * was here when he was dead and •rone It was the old old story Kven the wrtwnpapers which bars striven in awasoa sad owt of season to advenro hi* cease and defend his rocord had moi qnoted Him rorrortly Praetl* «*Ily Hti e«tire apeerh was ttrea to a dlarooeloa of HU alt Made 00 the Mr lUeea* wsa the loot •pwaSer satmdeeed W See reminded by J A Marten. r«*nal| * hsirsnoa (Hat «*. a •peeS*' vaa alleSwd Id mi* Health •a the mrtSre at the mt otraagih has been given far tenth the perfocamare of mj daty hers as a senator to the heel el mf ability " The meeting wae attended by be tween !!• had 171 ge races al though Blaaaa's cooUng had been widely heralded Reports were also current on the streets that the coen- ty had been circuit ridden by Blease loaders In an effort to stage a wild ly emphasized demonstration. It wai also emphasized here this afternoon that many of Blease*s moat ardent supporters in the county had Chang ed from their former political align ment and were not present. Mr. Blease gpt a round of ap plause when he Introduced and also at the conclusion of his speech, but the Mahaffy “clincher** neutralized much of the probable sentiment and t/he consensus of opinion in York is that the Blease demonstration was as Ineffective as a smoke bomb. In explanation of the newspaper account of his Filbert speech as pub lished Mr. Blease said: "I, at Filbert, was repeating my Pomarta speech In which I said that I believed that President Wilson and the members of congress who voted for ttie war would be held responsi ble for every American life that was loat In It. and if my soul Is to be lost I did not care what kind of an America they had after I was dead ind gone and neither doea your boy. The young man who reported that speech got a part of what I said and got it correctly, hat he did not take all of my speech and wo sensible man rosld sipect him le take It Thoes who for a mallriews parpens took a part el ita repen aed cee- demaed me fee It. lied aed knew I bey lied ** The Yertvtlt© Rwqalter I le Yert aed ee« el the deet Wtwees sappertera le lb# • tween ed Mr tiieeea as say tea 11 «w e» w • hevtee baee « qeete Sue eertwutf * I w so ee* < ebee I parbed sp a ( aed ssailed tba« Fvwi ed sesisei tb« ee# f teeseeeei dMasts* ad s>eeda steed *• esA«e beea le ee mss • V »e mp ib Cm 4 a# I te* ©he* mm tha prog roes of oar Wa have to convince the out side world that o«r lawa are Just and that t>tf will be Impartially admla- Utered before we can expect people to loeate la our bordara or hope for capital to be Invested here. “I announced over a year ago that I would be a candidate for this of fice. Several months since I gave out an Interview against Senator Tillman and later one against Ex- Governor Blease. “I do not believe in slinging mud, at the mine time I expect to present facta In this campaign with all the powers within me. ' “A mighty effort is being made by Senator Tillman and Mr. Blease to have it appear that the race le be tween them. Tillman having turned hie back on his old time followers, and having done nothing for many years to help the farming interests, well knows that a great number of them will not support him and he hopes that others he formerly abus ed will pick him up because he can cuss his political son, Blease; on the other hand, the ex-governor hopes If he can get In a second race with Tillman that a great many voters would not participate. This Is the only hope that either has of being elected. I have no part In their quarrel and the mere they dislike eech other the better I am pleeeed. A great many of the yoaag men of the State never saw Ttllmea. sad they won't vote for Bleaee "The older voters of tbo State re that the main plank 1* TUI • platform aed his greet •lojon wee reset lee la office roUtloe * * rot alien * He wee bitter agalnei ef- Bet few die aed ed !• the eeai are ©elp lee IS |l In the where the ai-govtmor made leeches to the same purport, boglnntag at Pomarta about inly 27, 1117. In thie speech ha Is al leged to have said. ‘In my opinion the only way to receive belief la to wlpt out of political existence the present powers, that be. 1 do not ask I do not ask you to share my opin ion and I am not speaking for any party nor for any body but myself. Every senator of these United States and every congressman of these United State# who voted to put this country into war, and at 4 the same time voted in that war bill a pro vision to exempt himself from the draft act, is a coward and will be eo known in all time to come.* “If you were to elect him to the senate, with whom rfould you ex pect him to associate, and what in fluence do you think he could wield? fluence do you think he could wield? At this meeting it is also alleged the governor said, ‘All of you who If you had ben members of cppgfesa would have voted for this war, hold up your right hand. All of you who would have voted for peace, hold up your hands/ Is this the spirit of a great leader? Will U encou rage our sops to go forward to vic tory? “In his Filbert speech he li quot ed as aaylng. *1 do not tee any rea son why we should go Into war. I was opposed to this war. If I had been a United fUatee senator or eon- greeeman I would have voted agalaet It and I believe aa roll glows ty ae I firmly believe that tb©re la a God In beaten that on the flap! Judgment day every Amorlean rfttaoa who . hilled la this war eft America a sell will be r barged am lost the pram- deaf wf the t'ettad ftuiee aad the members ef the rengram ef the flail ed atetos ©bo rated l©r N, as aa aa- saertfm m the etgbt ef Oed ef rm©a foaaa Amen DUE AND DICE SPEAK Brnaior TUimaa Honda Latter Ex plaining Hie Absence — Blease Neither Present Nor Heard From —Dial Makes Vigorous Attacks Upon Tillman Aa Well Aa Bleaae. The staff correspondent of the Columbia State sends the follow ing to his paper from Wlnnhboro after Tuesday’s campaign meeting: “Fewer than 100 of Fairfield’s 1,- 500 voters assembled for the open ing series of the senatorial canty palgn. Only two of the four candi date# were heard, Senator Tillman remaining in Washington and Blease giving no Intimation by tele gram or letter to the county chair^ man as to the cause of his absence. Both N. B. Dial of Laurens and James Francis Rice of Anderson re stricted themselves to the margins of their typed statements. A letter from Senator Tillman was read by Judge J. E. McDonald. In which the senator explained du ties la Washington precluded his attendance. Mr Rice was the first speaker to be beard. Tbe major portion bis addrooe was OMftedftod In an intro duction of himself la a biographical sketch His father was a Coo fed or ate veteraa UoasogaoeUy Mr Rico “oak for aad hs olaliopctcgltao ask for aad shall aspect tbo sap- pen ef Confederate veterans, ibolr ib© * A I am tf Y* n • •• • _ _ ■ mmgpkww ~ a i ~ MMHPM «©e oo*4k* mi #war e©4 a sans* a©» t ^ ^rwaug ga fmMea© ho asMgaa imp Mmsal^^^ ©MaM T S an ©e* ft© '©• keM© e©4 lb© aecSe to lbs bsa * ©W 00© 9%m mm *4 •# 9 «w tb©i ft w©» t. ©40000 w*%wroS we wW Oas «»o©*rv e* «owomm • wi ft*©© mm mi em*©e%j*r a • OM M* o mm — be© •»©»— X • < •© ee# ©** *«r«r iw %' © 10*©' Me wW © *«ft© ib© «©©*©© • leSfte© e©emg • be* mrXmtm >©m©©ae ©©• be © mkggaiad •©» See©* a«bo4©© w «mmm tb© tow If ftb© •©©©*«© fbift© i© 4© this a' Pftews© ©Si: Owetsaeee Shorn %©d ee oesif? aewei©* Tin me© ©©4 'If lawet©' Tit mmm • tb©«© 1 11 ©ef ib©©» ©©j rf b© ft© ©w* tb©©© t n li to Mr Vl+mmm U«1 ' how tb© I ©Mod W©eM© rxmbi Kevr eijiyvd umt mi ihm ©©r. Mr Mahaffy wee followed with rapt st'ent.on sad Hit words met with tsmaHuoas spplsue© He said: ’'Everybody knows that all of us he-© are oppoeed to the war Thia whele nation of our* 1* opposed to any such thing, but Mr. Blease fall- **1 to tell us how w© could have etayed out of this war. Now I want to tell you Just how we could have otayed out of thie war. Now 1 want trv home close to a church In which a protracted meeting had been go- Ong on for about three weeks. All the •chickens had been used up except one. Many of them had died hard «on hot days after running long In ilefense of their lives, but when the ^preacher arrived on this last day rather than be chased and captured /In such violent heat and have to die i at last, the remaining chicken walk- ivd in solemn mood and laid his head upon the block as the ax man came in sight, thereby saving himself *.7)uch trouble and vexation. “Now, of course, when our eno- .my got through with Belgium, then • devoured France, then Russia and ’England, of course America could Jiave laid her neck on the block ax 'the la«t good meal for a hungry ,forvjte. hut. fellow citizens, somehow v.w other America !• not built tHa! 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I kPf. aad > 1— -a • 9 1 ib t mm oa* pwmtbaaJ >»©©w wa bdtiaaai fwaMfcea© a*© ©ad b©*© baw© Ib ka# maat #©■©©# aad —w■ >©d • *b tb© •%©wa mi mm* pvwami baiiwaai adaua nal rwa©©rti«a© lb tb© pvwaabt earn- t*mmm tmmmrmi mimbam wf tb© pro© aal •mkdrwaw arw a wami ©f Ib© arbwli abwrw bamad ©blab ©fa at tvadad aad wae member ©f ©wr praw id©©t w cwbiam aad wa wwrw rlam "It baa b©ww ••gg©et©d that we •boald wait aad Ant bold ewme mlb- or offlc© or offlcea befora trylag aad runaiag for a major office, aweb as tba United fttatss senate In reply to thia aogpwatlon. wre rwfor tbo pub lic to the lata United Htatea Sena tor. A. C I^atimwr of Belton. Wyatt Aiken, former congressman. from Abbeville: and United States Sena tor Hoke Smith, of eGorgia, and per haps others, who. to far as we know’, never held any minor office or of fices before holding major office#. “In conclusion we wish to say and promise the public that we will try and endeavor to conduct our part of this campaign on a high plane and without mud-slinging. We wish to say further that whoever else may fail our country in thie the day of her trial he will not be a Confed- eYate soldier. We wish to say fur ther that whoever else may fail our country in this the day of her trial he will not be the son or the grand son of a Confederate soldier wlio fol lowed the flag of I^ee and of Jackson on the fields of the Old Dominion and of other States^’’ In his discussion of Senator Till man’s condition and Mr. Blease’e al leged disloyalty. Mr. Dial said-: “We have heard all our Hvea of the great and glorious State of South Carolina; Indeed, once our common wealth stood high In tha councils of tha nation and hs© hat been glorious both la tim©a of p©ec© a©d m tlm©e °f ©ar. but | meat rowflaww (bat tb tb© rwwaoaably aawr p©«< mmm? 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Lookout Mountain Irish Potatoes • Buy now, while yon can get them. Sound pure stock, $2.00 per bu. while they la«t. rf W. ,M. Donnie, Douglaavllle, Ga. For aal© One Geo. W. Fiffield En gine lathe. 10-inch siring, 6-foot cut with counter shaft and accea- soriea. • $135 f. o. b. Orangeburg, 8. C. B. E. Culler. Your Farm Subdivided. Properly Ad vertised, and Sold at Anction will bring you more money. Let ns show you. Carolina Realty Com pany, Raleigh, N. C. , Load Leaf Pine Timber Wrated at once for 'ash In any quantity. State price. Cash paid for red or sweet or tupelo gum logs. Cherokee Tim ber Co., Columbia 8. C. Look owl MooBtaia Irish For Fall planting Price $2.2S per ba. Instructions with order. No bugs. Don’t fall to grow plenty for kov* use. W, P Harris. Ow- logs. 8 8. Far Rags Iron Peas |I M per ^S Mlisd Paws |2 26 per ba tea mats per ba lews ow ordwra for 6k bm or mors 8ark©d Ib good sock a abd —bd poos fob Wan on Chock vttb order 8itpm©pi (©dad M rwrwivwd 8 W aAsam Waatww. O© FppaoO—st ©ore. i© bib©© ©rdera Mm >•••• qoeatMr ml abort sod lo©d Mof tomb©* bar f*afMm©Pl pm v* rmkbCMMd Mnu a©p- aavorpt ©mM mPM At •ppmie© ©rdera ©bd ho** pstswb VMa ©mt© ©f pb©P© ©a L 8 k Cm ( tmdsw 8 C •mp© irp mi wob 8wws kmai S m mm IS.' 1 * t 8 P •bopmwka wwait ©ftobMp —ski yrn a B tawoppp© % dMMfoMl mm ©m t a© ■ad «i m m m Cm mm a • r ef • *• M© :• h© ©w© a©© miMm fawm bsmi tnroMMb ©om m©4 Hwm MbHM© a kkm ib ©bssM tb© Ml ©t LA**v ft ^©d ad Mas© ©'M epr©a© dak ba MB to •t II •rpod bks IP wtaalbg tb© * -of I' Ho wa* igratofwl M© ©a© very foobi© abd proved «Hat I told yp« alt peers ape. tbpi Hla roe- dltlpp wee eot seek to offbrtlvoly bttopd to tb© dwtlee of kla ofAco aed tklo bo provad at Colwmbta by aeylbg at thbt time, kla Democrbtic ml leagues la tb© aoapt© refused him tha chairmanship of tha appropria tion committee, which he was enti tled to aceodrtng to the seniority rule, bees nee they thought the work would kill him. This honor was con ferred upon Martin of Virginia. So you see In what estimation he was held by his colleagues so long ago. “When Mr. Lever announced hie candidacy in Columbia, iimmedlate- ly a telegram was sent to him from Washington signed by every mem ber of the agricultural committee of the house congratulating him and wishing him success. There are 22 members on this committee; they are the direct representatives of the agricultural class of this country and have been in congress with Tillman from two to 24 years: they know him and his condition better than you and I and when they unani mously say he ought to be at home, do you need more proof? Further more, the Tillman-Manning corre spondence shows the governor thinki Tillman in his dotage and he ought to know because we have seen for the last four years where he fre quently vlMts Washington. We read that Mr. Blease la a r«r*nt speech bl Greeaville stated he was ©riglbblty opposed U the wav As we recall ©ply ©beat voted bgbibat war mead- If Mr MIbmw bad beaa by af pekap »• war, bpt tbwp epv a© wae H I© a ttwa far tb© vwterw mt tbit 8ts ! I ta tbe ©t-w • o row j a mw dtatee rowate wb© bee aw epwhew contemptibly of tb© aad of tbe proeftdewt Da yap think It In f©r the hlgheat laterswt of yo©r eo©. aad of your country to elect each a maa?" “Senator Tillman claims that It wo«ld be a mistake to make a change now because he le chairman of the navel affair* committee. This ie about the rankest nonsense one ever heard of. When he 1* defeat ed, Ex-Governor Swanson of Virginia a Democrat, succeeds him and a ma jority of the committee are Demo crats. In fact. It Is generally re ported that Swanson has been do ing the principal work of the com mittee for several years. Listen to Tillman's words In the senate on March l, 1917, when the naval ap propriation bill was being consider- ed'The senator In charge of the bill (Mr Swaneon) is at this time out of j the chamber. As the senator knows ^ my health Is poor and my memory also.* How often have the members I of the British and French cabinets been changed since the war? Even many generals in the field have been retired. There are 96 enators in of fice and very few voted against the administration on leading war meas ures. Do we not have chairmen of our church, school and other boards and yea. If one of thee# were to die or resign, would any one be unthink able ©sough to claim that oa that aerowat the affair* of that Ho© would gw td tb© LpT* wsw ©wr braib* a Hill© TNI ■be© tbe ty J R Ret bmrnm ©bto to b© ©• ■rp today bad atoa baMewtog R to to Weehtofiep. where my veto mt tbe ©aawer to my bam© at a rwll call I© aoasetimro mt great Imper il take thl* liberty mt aaklbg that yew read this letter to tb© vat* dad. Pi#©*© say to them thia: “Neither personal ambition nor flbaaetbl ambition or n©ed Impell ed me to ask for rsloctlon, bat a •ease of d«ty alone. My family and •ome of my devoted friend* have urged me not to run. fearing that It would Injure my health. I feel that I have grown old in the State's ser vice. If my strength has been spent It has been given for South Carolina; and to the navy and the nation I am giving the best that is in me. I am physically strong enough to attend to my duties and the record shows whether or not I am getting results. Were I not able to attend to my work I would be glad to get out of the way, be cause I have been too signally hon ored by the people of South Caro lina to want to palm myself off on them, were I a derelict. “I expect to be abused and villl- fied, but that ha* been going on these many years and I have grown •1 tbe If b MMtoMNMt R ka * • ~*a 8Mdf «t t< ferred upon the aged, feel le and in firm. There le not an enterprise in the United State# that would employ one of his age and condition to man age It* affair*. “Besldm. the people of our State do aot believe la Ilf# tenure la of flc© Tbe world I© rapidly rwtlfiag rsar*. diet*tom aad •©terrsft Till- me* Ik k maa of terns ability bat bM 1 ©leaf* base bee© ©e©d to dtotrpf aa dpot to *y©pi© MM dkepeamtoa m ka a a© ©» aad smmM aad aal to I MM ©p Q mi Mb© m ft©4 • *• •AM • * to mmm dapa 84dt Lade < vprow© Cwdapaat ©aa# CopPbf 8 c ©Bd MimwM Marrow Me ppm ewwe* ©Pi ©bM Vww tbe Ms to la Mm a* a Harp©— Wb\Idem FtoMiPp Into Mftorw LeewmeStroe ©ad on*to© lew oomaopp© to pmm- ue© Tweaiy «*t Mlto© bra©d e©w Ik to Mai la 6 k kdk Fwat mi rtpi© 8©m©ei Oarewa Otoe© Motol Ce© mpy. 8 c tod* * 1 9 * m m m ' 9, 4 H>a* a # , • 4 „ A _ dairy b©rd of Onru—y. Jar say. Hol©t©i©a. bap*, k ©iale*, j ©ad 14 ys©r^ol4 horroe. owe ©rors Ford horse gaeoine ©agta©. thrwksr. t cor* mill*. 1 billiard allag© ©ad •tovor machine, disk plow*. 2 horn* tur**r*. cnRtvbtors, corn and eotto© plantar*, etc. About kkk bushels cor*. 76 to Ikk tons of hay. fod der. 60 tons of th* fine stover, etc. If not sold privately will be sold at auction at the Dairy, December 17th, commencing at 9 o'clock. Terms of sale cash. S. D. Cross, Chester. 8. C. Dr. Garfield hga^ informed the country that it is facing a shortage of 60,000,000 tons of coal. accustomed to it. Every old scan dal and slander that was ever hash ed by envy, malice or hate I expect to he revamped and brought to life again. Each and every one of them, however, has been passed upon by the people and the verdict has al ways been my reelection, frequently without any letters. (‘If those who are seeking my place feel that they can win it by these tactics they are welcome to go ahead. . 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