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m4. I iktak it *o«i4 to tottor
for you to coma lo Columbia and
ttoka that atatanaat than to yroiaul-
fato It from Andaroon It will bo
proporly takan cart of hara.
"Third. Nona of the nawapaper
men turoWed la aubsldlzad by a can
didate for governor, at you are, and
none of them la aupporting a man,
who. In the face of bln previous rec
ord, went to Washington after the
campaign of 1916, and offered to
^ carry the State republican If one
s thousand dollars for each county was
' put up by the republican committee.
If you want the facts, I have the
proof.
"Fourth. What the newspaper
men of Columbia want to know is,
why you don't have somebody here
to handle the stuff, if you want it
printed,- instead of pirating it next
day.
"Fifth. Another question: Who
is writing your editorials, anyway,
and why don’t you write them your
self If you have either the ability or
the newspaper acumen?
"Hespectfalty,
(Signed) John K. Anil."
**Copy to:
"W. J. Cormack. of the News and
Courier.
M P. H. M(Master, of the Celambia
State.
"Harold Booker, of the Columbia
Uncord
"Governor Manning **
On (to night of Jaaaary SI. 1
think It waa. tn reaversacton In Co
lumbia with me aad another man of
Columbia wheat nemo I dft net caae
le dtvwlgo without hia eenaeei. Mr
A ell. In dlar tauten hM laiaar. enftd
that the met to rtornat seta offer-
Inc In •carry tto
wee farmer Saeaur tohe fa Mel
tin Tto etto
to far haft.
hnfa mnato
>« el
toifailhi ft^ft in fagwy ft
tot fa
mato le the psbiie prfala fa _
fa the maasgemoat of tto ayatom
Mr. Cape^ may save hlmaolf tto
trouble of aoartblug aay files t« an
effort to fiad aay lettar a copy of
which I may hava.
Mr. Mcl^aarln says that la order
to win the sapport of the Bleaae fac
tion to his warehouse measure dur
ing the extra seaslon of 1914 he
agreed to make me hla secretary. His
letter la this morning's State Is the
first I had ever heard of that. Gov
ernor Blease called the extra session
mainly for the purpose of getting a
warehouse measure through. When
It came to him he promptly signed
It. Later Senator McLaurin came to
me and, offered me the position of his
secretary. I told him I was inclined
to accept it, but would first have
to consult Governor Blease, under
whom I then held the position of sec
retary to the governor, ftext day
Mr. McLaurin came Into Governor
Ble&se’s office and mentioned the
matter to Wm, in my presence. I
know from the conversation that en-
wued that lira was the first time Mr.
Bleaae ever knew of ,it. I accepted
the position, and for two years, until
I resigned following the Washing
ton trip. 1 gave Mr. McLaurin as
loyal and consclentloua service as >1
was capable of. If I was being used
as a tool to lead Blease Into a trap
I knew nothing of It; aad If I had
had any such Idaa that Baaator Me*
Laurta would use the state ware-
>use system for aay such purpose
I never would have accepted a p<>
•»t ion uader him. la tto ft rat ?.
Tto tel ter which Mr McLeurla
says eamehedy has laid him hi
■ft fa tto pamamftaa of M?
r. aad which to ghargeo that t *a*e
Mr reap we al tto rupasai ef
i earner ft twee |e a Mlee I w
tto udftar at tto A
fast Jaaaary aad ahieh had Mr
«toi Pare fwmiag ta mp aa
If ahlea I did Ml *•*•' 1
Aa
gfammam
Illy
aad t katw that tto
made aad which had
h. l nltrr Isnv .loutTr D.Vt or hsd m ‘ D fMiht
had plsyed sny double P* rt . « r number. At least three of tbs Oer
••TtklDC to do wllfc MJT OtMfclofton man ^ 4oWB plttBi .
conloroofo or »njr bolt from tko por- , , 0 Mrth BBd u t0 , o clotll
ty. wm obMlotoly .nd uDequWoeol- |B * , ht , wo Amerlf , ni hBd BO t ro-
y fslss, snd I wss getting tired ef lurned
d I‘" n . 1nt ® l , h * P 0,lt,c • , “•»*. The American ptloU credited with
Imitor MeLourln was etlr- nrlnjlnt down ot the Uerman
ring In the pot which he always eg are; wmlBm Hoorer of
hae handy. It neems. down In Marl- HarUTlllBi s . c . : Alfr . d A . 0rBBt .
boro. In order to put both Senator j) ent0II Texas, and John McArthur,
doLaurin and the Tribune on notice, |j U ff a i 0 y.
wrote the editor of-the Tribune i The x mer | can airmen* acting as a
about the time I calculated Senator p atro ui n gparty, came upon the en-
McLaurln was to start for Charlotte emy ihortly ftfter 7 0 . c i ock ln the
to give out his great political an- orning an( j j mm edlately attacked,
nunciation, and told Cheshire that | advantage of the offensive*
>t +*
ta to
■fall
north of Cbateaa-
with n Oer
cecair nano it ie
rwi oi ri ci
BUSINUS OROfS IICH
thought it would be better for him
;o come to Columbia and cer
tain statements face to fact) rather
than to be publishing them from
ong range, and also warifed him that
'none of the newspaper men involv
ed is subsidised by a candidate for
governor, aa you are, and none of
them la supporting a man who. In
the face of his previous record, went
to Washington after the campaign of
19U, and offered to carry the stute
‘Republican’ it f 1,000 for each coun
ty was put up by the Republican
committee."
That's all I said, and It was In a
letter to Cheshire, la which I did aot
tloa the aame of MeLaurta uor
of Capors. uor did I say aaythlag
MeLaurta aad Capore of which 1
teamed oaly this moralag Aa tto
matter la roairovoruy was tto tart*
deal tore ta Celumhla with regard ta
which tto aewepaper raaferoaro had
tatoa place fa tto efftee ef Ooeot
mm ft see tea • eeereSery pafftetpai-
ed fa hf tto ftewe aad Cwartov aad t r
aiate repreeeatatteee aad Sipeeif I aaHw
aad at ahisft Oaeoeaae Iftaaaiaa mat' I
od wUeC to fail weald to tto miwry J
fatffaftfa toaafti to pftfafaM d^MaM
ed a «wpe ef «to lectec %e tto •itf Oftb |
at tto ftetse
the Americans succeeded In getting
above their adversaries, and after
furious exchanges at an altitude of
more than two miles, drove the Ger
mans down a distance of a mile.
Two of the American aviators saw
one of the Nieuports, driven by an
American pilot, go Into a dive aad
disappear, but three American plloti
have. reported that they observed
tracers go through the fusillage of
three enemy machines within a few
minutes of each other, the plane#
crashing earthward.
The fighting was fast and furious
sad all kinds of maneuvers were
brought Into play. Finally the Gar
mans made off hurriedly.
When tto Americans returned to
their field they found that two of tto
maehlees of the petrol wore pleelag
*ni they have aot been heard f
•« far The nature of tto
meet wae set deweed hy tto aw
b«ll#< h«l#e to tie maeftloee wa«
strove i) times owe to tot freest
the gas uah. ewoctoe ewt a stmt
it tegs woe **• s wev«
Federal Trade < ommWon Files Re-
port. Furnishing Much Raw Mate
rial to Those Fighting for Higher
Taxes—Congress Hears Barrage of
Opposition and Support.
Investigations carefully conduct
ed have lead to the conclusion that
profiteering exists umong American
industries at the present time, due
in part to advantage being taken
of "war pressure tor heavy produc
tion," and in part to "Inordinate
greed and bare-faced fraud," tba
Federal Trade Commission onnounc
ed Saturday In a report to the Sen-
ate. - ;
Outstanding features of the report
are:
The heavy profit made by the low
cone concern under a government
fixed price for the whole country.
The heavy profit made by the
meal packers and allied industries
and by the flour millers
The trade tendency to
aad maintain prices against Che
femes of competition
■That federal commission
That praftmartag hy Amortean
alarming degree
That tto Mg five meal pafaseu
*n it laics
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Tto first
n Italy Frit
of staff, sanouaned SaUrdsi.
are not the force seat by
Pershing, bat consisted of ns
[pad from this country.
The troepe consist iai
ttary units, bpt # Include,
cial organisations, Gfctferg]
plained. On the whole, bow
made up mostly of
nnlts. Tbs combatant
he sent by General
vl on sly aniunmoed.
Genera] Marth had ho
ment to make ad to tto
her of troops shipped frefththf*
tty to France. Formal
ment, he said, would be
Surveying the ddtlfd
General March said 1
could bn said to bft
orable to the Allies. He
no comment upon the iodfcaPqpm
so impending German attndV?
The First National Atony
Onrrid Marini SJinOuacbd. It fa
Seveufy-seveath, raised to . 1
York, trained at Camp Upcoai
originally comaandsd hy Major i
J. Franklin Boll It wgp fa
across ander Major Oea
Five American dnUn'ae
had b#«n brigaded With tto
for traMlag *•’
Ong Prr.hiag •
i»( completed Oav of
lllh dlrtefan engfagghd ef
fa Mtonr * oXZm**
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fa pen7 *■ *>rd«c fa Mad ftfanne sets
ka trap Mr McLanefa steten that
l wrote tto lenera and retained cur
se tuples, hat that as anna as I wan
Mt wf sight he destroyed tto wrtgln-
ala.
This Is the firm time I have over
seen heard of trie writing any such
letters to Mr. Capers. He seems to
think that 1 have stated that I have
a copy of some such letter that be
wrote to Mr. John G. Capers fa
Washington. I knew absolutely
nothing of any such letter or letters,
and have never said or written that
I did, and I have no letter purport**
ing to be a copy of any such letter.
What made Mr. McLaurin think I
: was charging him with this is more
than I can understand. He may have
given me dictation for letters to
Capers, but I have no recollection of
any letter to CapeiA of any special
significance, and during my course
with the state warehouse system, as
secretary to Senator McLaurin, I nev
er tried to secure copies of any of
his letters and never mentioned to
a living sould any letter that he had
ever written to anybody;
1 am sorry that Mr. MoLaurin felt
that he was using me while I wss
his secretary as a tool to lead Blease
into a trap . If that was his game he
failed, because none of Mr. McLau-
rln’a letters were ever mentioned by
~ me to Mr. Blease or anybody eUe>
aad the Capors correspondence need
glen him a# further con cam an tar
aa I am affected, because f can as
sure hifa fafa I ton# to faff gf ggf j
of Um wm m? fu—Lacting gf way of
ft. Ills let lot fa Ito Cs tw*a* fa ese
1» w mntgfag fa Ito § « I oent toofa I
i pgfaggi ewd ftp pswdosUs. moai tsgib i *
ot Md fane tot goods Lwat. swwaod a
■fab ami sagged flfafaM
Pi wo ffetfag by tto geoueumowL
tto vnpntf so ye hws tended fa pew-
tougAaos of ito mfato
.fan oeeo fafa fa (Jagatwi
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(to confenefan ws fa how ho ana try
ing fa net s eery hud y c».e r •** * vd • * * s
Mm far hfa own pamnwal amMfaaaL
Ifartag tto oteelnn nf Ito gnnefal
ewwwbly Just passed there wae a
fisticuff bate eon a etatn official aad
a military officer, which waa really
more amusing than serious At the
request of Cloetnior Manning, who
urged It as a war measure of cob
cem to the state at the particular
time, the newspapers did not publish
It. snd 1 agreed not to mention It
because 1 was appealed to upon the
proposition that it might Interfere
with the securing of funds necessary,
to equip the home inilitia which was
an organization for the protection of
the homes of the state during the ab
sence of the national guard at the
front. Rightly or wrongly I yielded
to the appeal and said nothing about
it. Nobody had been seriously hurt,
anyway. A bloody nose comprised
about the entire casualty list.
The Anderson Tribune heard of
the affair and undertook to take the
newspaper correspondents of Colum
bia to task for suppressing the news.
la (to i cwweagUto. awma ta tto fm
cun nf ito main wafatogaa fafaag
Then to Mfan ggt actively aad npui
ty for Bleaae. aad mad# faggfaM flft
hla hnhalf. When Rleave waa do*
fee tod. to thoa drops Bleaae. Hn
then has petitions circulated asking
himself to run for governor, snd ta
reply to one ot thoae, signed by cer
tain members of the Anderson dele
gation be takes occasion to excorlat#
these gentlemen who had paid him
the highest compliment they could;
cuses out Tillman and Blease and
sets out to create a McLaurin fac
tion In South Carolina. He then has
the idea of running for governor.
Later he concludes he can beat both
Tillmar and Blease, and sets about
feeling his way towards an entrance
into the senatorial campaign. .Be
fore the lists close, however, he
drops back into the gubernatorial
fight and now in his latest political
address, if anybody can figure out
what he is driving at they can do
more than I can. I happen to re
call that in the campaign of 1914,
he sent Beard around the state, in
la a nil*# rwnm aumnwanen fa
jOrewiuf ftnetna. swrvwaadnd hf Re#
of America's farumnat Mfaatlata.
Giragnufaaa oat la mntfaa tto ap
paratus which to ssaerts will mark
aa apoch la (ho history wf artoace
Ftvo mea entered tho building la
which tho toots took place and oaly
thoae five know whether Garabed is
a failure or oua of tho miracles ot
•rlence.
Saturday night one of the scien
tists. whose name cannot bo made
public, declared It was impossible
to make any statement regarding
"Garabed" until the results of the
demonstration was in the hands of
government officials.
"Ie is impossible to say anything,"
he said. "The committee which was
present can say nothing whatever
regarding Garabed. Our verdict will
be forwarded to Washington and
anything that may be said about the
invention must come from other
sources."
would have paid no attention to iho interest of Manning, telling the
I won
tJ«B
this, except for the fact that I had
been noticing that the Tribune was
published a good deal of inspired
•tuff, which 1 was convinced was
basad upon financial considerations.
I had learned tba Inside of how ito
editor* had aocurad tho so-called
"ondoeaement" nf Bnaainr MrLaarta
far M—ranr hf cnrtala members nf
tto Aadnrtmi dafagaffB* Kean that
did anl a/fart ma. hasaaaa I dffai'l
swan Bat nfaag ntth aft (tons ottos
(»**#» I was rnmmmmtt saanevtnd fa*
faemasfaa ef dwanans fast a <##fa a aw
answwM fast ftfafa I wwa faw esnnm IfaM
dfaft 9ft hftft iftfa fan m a fan# fa ftfa I uni
mmm mmmm an** wwfan awd fafa fa! m»n
people that Cooper had promised If
elected to make me his secretary,
and that would simply mean a con
tinuation of t!)* Blease regime, when
he has admitted to me that he had
a i idaa that Cooper had ever made
such promise, hat that he waa doing
It for political effort la seen re tto
e>rtiwe of M *»*t*g
Aa fa Mr Mrlwarta's referewsn In
Senate Favors lairge Army.
In passing the twelve billion dol
lar army appropriation bill Satur
day the Senate emphasized senti
ment for enlarging the army beyond
the 3,000,000 men provided In the
measure, but declined while await
ing the War Depart men t’a new ex
pansion program specifically In di
rect tto Preeldeat tn raise aa army
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ttoir peel tloa aad eartrtos then hy J ed. ihat German
p/on*.• okich am wlltonl preen- g^t to hnch mw tto
dnaL**
While the price of floor has been
stabilised by fixing a price for
wheat and a maximum margin of
profit for flour, the report faows
that profits Increased from an aver
age of 12 per cent on the Inveet-
ment for the four years ending June
30, 1916, to nearly 38 percent in
the year ending June 30, 1917.
The report declares that unpre
cedented profits are shown in a sur
vey of the .packing Industry. It
says four concerns pocketed $140,-
000,000 in three years and that they
have "preyed upon the people un
consciously."
Investigation in the coal mining
industry reveals in the opinion of
the commission that edspite govern
ment price-fixing large margins of
profit have been made.
In the oil industry large profits
are now'being made in fuel oil and
gasoline, the industry being one
where the law of supply and demand
still operates.
Steel companies made abnormal
profits before the government fixed
a price for the product, and it la
■hewn that some have since made
uatisaa) ret urns.
la practically every one of the
•Cher la dual rtae covered by Ito rw>
port ll la ebowa
ntw
lion
OUR CASUALTKS M 381
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Total for Army ft 181; far
Corps 1,23ft :
Casualties In the Amemam
peditionary forces thus far t<
total 10,383, summaries Imnatl ijy
the War Department and i mwifan
corpe show. Of this number 9,111
were in the army and 1,352 ia thm
marine corps.
Killed in action (incfludtxig Kftft
lost at sea), 1,491.
Died of wounds, 479.
Died oJ disease, 1,287.
Died of accident and other
465.
Wounded in action, 5,924 f
Missing In action (inclu<Moir
oners), 385.
The summary of casualties
the marines, which also
list up to date, follows:
Deaths, 407; wounded, til;
hands of the enemy, 1;
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