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ENEMY IS NOW OUESSING
MARCH DECLARES THIS IS TIME
FOR GREATEST EFFORT.
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Advices From France Tell of Prison
< Cages Filled to Capacity and S.
R. O. Sign Hung Out.
Washington, Aug. 10.?Tljis is the
time for greatest effort; keep the
enemy running.
General March, chief of staff, summarized
thus today to newspaper
men the situation in France. Standing
before the great military maps
at the war department which show
clearly just where the German is being
beaten back, he pointed out that
the great battle front was rapidly being
straightened out from Rheims
to the sea.
"They have not yet," he said, "gotten
back to the original Hindenburg I
line where the Germans began his advances
this year. We still have some
territory to gain, -so when statements
appear that indicate the war is over
at this point, discourage it. .
"This is time for the greatest effort;
keep the enemy running. That
is the reason the United States is being
called up for increased man power,
that is the reason we want the
age limits for the draft lowered and
raised, to get more men.
Time to Hit Hard.
"It is no time to talk about the
war being over. It is th6 time to hit
hard.
"The greatest advantage of the
whole thing has been the change of
the allies from the defensive to the
offensive, which is a great military
asset.
"We have the enemy guessing now
instead of guessing ourselves."
From a confidential report General
March read the following account of
the situation on the British-French
front south of Albert:
"Allied troops found little opposition
and have captured more prisoners
than it is possible for them to
handle including a German general
and his staff, showing elements of a
surprised attack. British report their
prison camps back of Amiens so full
L that it is impossible to hold more,
f Allies have captured all the artillery
in this sector."
Describing the effect of the allied
operations, General March said:
"Surveying the battle line broadly,
you see there have been a number of
.places where we have been nibbling
. along the Vesle River acquiring a
foothold on the northern bank, but
have not yet attempted to go up the
slopes on the north side, where Ger?
man entrenchments are supposed to
... be. That part of the line has re?
mained stationary.
"As the line has become stationary,
Foch has kept up his pressure on the
enemy, working on the perfectly
sound principle'that when you get an
\ enemy going, you keep him going;
never give him a chance to recuperate
or thing it over, keep on hitting him.
Joint Move Made.
"On August 8 a combined British
and French force, commanded by
Field Marshal Haig, attacked on a
front of 20v miles, east of Amiens.
This terrain is flat, almost level, and
while some time ago there were small
lumps of woods, all of these undoubtedly
have been leveled by artillery,
so we can count that country
as practically level with very little
natural impediment to an advance.
There are a few valleys perpendicular
to the front of our advancing armies
instead of parallel to it, so that the
advancing troops can go right
through the valleys.
The enemy were apparently taken
by surprise and made no essential resistance
in the center, confining their
strong resistance to the flanks. Hitting
the big salient on a 13 mile front
we pushed it an average of eight
miles, and reduced it from an outer
salient to an inner salient. That gives
us a salient somewhat corresponding
" to the Marne salient and places the
enemy in a bad position. The advance
of the British and French at this
point runs up from the Montdidier
sector to Chaulnes. On the Flanders
salient the enemy on August 9 was
withdrawing on the southern sector
of the salient, south of Merville, and
British occupied that territory. The
general effect of these movements is
straightening out the line everywhere."
Answering a question as to the
Forty-second Division's record, General
March said:
'The Rainbow Division had its
combat training in the Lorraine sector
north of Luneville. . It left that
position to arrive east of Rheims,
where July 15, it helped break the
. German attack. When the FrenchV,
BLEASE REFUSES TO HEAR.
Leaves Meeting When Senator Buck
Begins Attack.
Conway, Aug. 8.?Cole L. Blease,
candidate for the United States senate,
completely capitulated and lowered
his colors here today before the
veritable cannonade of H. L. Buck,
State Senator from Horry county.
Blease's Sedan came at the conclusion
of a private meeting held in the
court house this afternoon when the
senatorial candidate had finished his
discourse, Senator Buck announced
to the audience that he had a few
words in reply to Blease, who immediately
started pushing his way
through the audience out of the
building.
"Don't go, Governor, take a seat,"
requested Senator Buck, who is a
man of small physique.
"I haven't the time," replied
Blease.
"Oh, don't be afraid; this is not
Pollock and Jennings," retorted the
Horry Solon.
"I'll attend to you sir, on August
27," replied Blease as he neared the
door, followed by John G. Richards,
"Reform" candidate for governor.
"Of course you will run, for you
are a coward," shot back Senator
Buck, who had mounted the table.
The ex-Governor and his escort
passed out of the building, followed
by many of their supporters.
Senator Buck amidst cheers charged
Blease with being disloyal, "a
traitor" and "a coward."
"He talks about leading a regiment
against the Germans," said the
speaker. "He could not lead any
thing but a retreat. What kind of a
soldier would he be when he lets a
small man like me run him? He's
'feather-legged.' "
Senator Buck looked up Blease's
Pomaria speech and scored the utterances
quoted therein. He challenged
Blease to make the same speech now.
when the Espionage Act is in force.
He said that when Blease made his
disloyal speeches he knew, being a
lawyer, that he could start treason.
"He cared only for the law and not
his country," said the speaker.
Senator Buck's utterances' were
greeted by ringing cheers from his
several hundred auditors. The crowd
which heard Blease numbered about
400 persons and was about equally
divided in political sentiment. The
ex-Governor made a calm speech, discussing
what he termed the issue of
the campaign. He told of his various
purchases of liberty bonds, war savings
stamps and the giving of a plot
of land and a ho.use at Camp Jackson
to prove his loyalty.
American counter-offensive was
launched, on the Marne salient, the
division appeared there shortly in relief
of other units. Our reports indicate
the following:
" 'In eight days of battle the Fortysecond
Divison has forced the passage
of the Ourcq, taken prisoners
from six enemy divisions, met, routed,
decimated a crack division of the
Prussian Guards, a Bavarian division,
and one other division and driven
back the enemy's lines for 16 kilometres.'
"
36,000 Prisoners, 600 Guns.
August 12.?The Germans have
materially stiffened their defense
against the British, American and
French troops on the Picardv front,
but they have been unable to stem
the tide of advance against them.
Unofficial estimates place the captures
by the allies at 36,000 prisoners,
including 1,000 officers and 600
guns.
Although the forward push of the
allies has been slowed down somewhat,
nevertheless they have made
further important progress from the
north of the Somme, where the
Americans and British are fighting
together, to the northern bank of the
Oise river, where the French troops
are engaging the enemy.
The Americans and their British
brothers in arms at last accounts
were pressing closely upon Bray-SurSomme,
aided by tanks and armored
cars, which indicated heavy casualties
on the enemy as he advanced to
retard their progress.
Across jLlie-- river the Germans
heavily engaged the British at Lihons
and its vicinity and at one point
pierced the British line and gained
the outskirts of Lihons. A counterattack,
however, entirely restored the
British line and the enemy retired
to positions east and north of the
village. Unofficial reports from London
have credited the British with
entering Chaulnes and the British
cavalry wth a penetration of the enemy's
territory almost to Nesles.
These reports, however, have received
no official verification.
THE PUBLIC 1
OF CO]
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N We want to reason in a reasonable
and kind way with those people
who may feel disposed to support
| Blease for the senate, and in doing
; so we want them to remember that
tin setting forth his public record!
we are doing so from a sense of du-j
; ty and not wth any desire to perse-'
j cute any man. Good people have
! been misled by him in the past|
I
land are being misled by him now,'
and we believe they love their coun-i
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try and their State, and should notj
support any man for public office?j
from coroner up?who is not saying !
and doing all in his power to sup-j
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port our government and our brave!
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boys who are offering up their lives:
on the battle fields in France for the!
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protection of the men and women |
and children at home, for everyone!
knows that with France and England j
out of the way Germany would have j
then attacked the United States. The j
kaiser plainly said as much to Am- I
; bassador Gerard. But we did not I
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start out to argue that point.
The record of Blease as governor j
is well remembered by all, or should
be. The State was kept in a continual j
turmoil during the whole four years:
he was governor, but an allusion to,
his unpardonable pardon record i
should be mentioned briefly. How |
he pardoned notorious criminals of'
both races, and open scandals about!
the sale of pardons became a stench
in the nostrils of people all over the1
country. Time and space will not allow
us to mention these many instances,
but no doubt our readers
recall them.
But let us speak more particularly:
of what he has said and done in the [
last two years. Two years ago, af-!
ter he was defeated for governor, lie j
said openly that his followers were j
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not bound to support the nominees j
of the Democratic party; he predict-j
ed the election of Hughes, the Repub- j
| lican nominee for president, and he,
I had been opposed to the nomination
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of Wilson. Just before the general
election he made a speech before an
assembly of negroes in Columbia, and
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! in that speech he assailed the Dem-1
ocratic party, being introduced by a j
Republican. The negro newspapers j
made much of his speech, devoting i
columns of their space to a report of
it. His organ, the Charleston American,
criticised President Wilson j
most severely and predicted that j
many people in Charleston would j
vote for Hughes, also stating that i
Democrats who participated in the |
primary could vote for Hughes with- j
out violating their oaths. John L?.
McLaurin charges that Blease endeavored
to sell out the Democratic
party to the "Republicans and that j
John K. Aull, who has been Blease's j
private secretary, went to Washing- j
ton and called on John G. Capers to
enlist his aid in the matter. If Blease
voted for the Democratic nominees
we do not know it, and we are not i
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charging that he did not, but we j
have not seen the statement made 1
that lie did. Certainly W. P. Beard.!
i who was running a paper at Abbe-1
| ville at the time, and who is now
j serving a term in the federal prison |
| for disloyalty, ran Blease's name at j
the head of his columns as an inde-;
pendent candidate for governor, and
votes were cast in some parts;
of the State for him. Blease did not
repudiate this action. Beard now accuses
Blease of wishing- to go into
the "Bull Moose party" and only de-;
sisted because he saw his supporters |
would not follow him, and that when ,
he got into trouble Blease deserted j
him. He says he "stands by his i
friends." Beard says that is the
way he stood by him.
John K. Aull, the Columbia correspondent
of the Charleston Amer- j
ican, also sent a dispatch to that paper
in September, 1916, when the
State Republican convention was in
RECORD
LE L. BLEASE
session, in which he discussed the
probability of a bolt by Blease. Remember
that Aull was his mouthpiece
and what he wrote had the
sanction of Blease. So much for his
Democracy.
At Filbert and at Pomaria, several
months after America had declared
war on Germany, he said in
his speeches that he was opposed to
the war; it was not a righteous war
but one brought about by money in
fluences; that he would displace every
senator and congressman who
voted for war if he could; that the
life of every American soldier lost
on foreign soil would be an unwarranted
sacrifice of young American
manhood and in the sight of God
their blood would be on the heads
of President Wilson and every man
who voted for war. He also made
a most sacrilegious reference to President
Wlson in one of these same
speeches. We haven't space to print
these speeches, but we hope you will
get them and read them. They were
printed in papers friendly to him and
the correctness of his published .utterances
has not been denied. While
other people were going around the
State defending the course of the
president and telling the people why
we were at war he was malcing
speeches against the war. Ask him
why he shut up after he had made
several speeches. Possibly he was
warned by the government that he
must do so or he would be locked up.
As late as July and August of last
year his organ, the Charleston American,
was printing editorials like
this: "This war was concocted and
started by England through her secret
agreeemnt with the heads of
the Entente nations." And again:
"We are in the war for the sole purpose
of saving England and putting
Englsh rule of the world in a firmer
and more remorseless form than ever."
This paper also stated that it
had not stood by the president and
alluded to him as.having lost out
at Princeton and it was only an accident
'that he was not a retired
schoolmaster. As late as last fall it
still spoke in most respectful terms
of Woodrow Wilson and alluded to
him as having a single track mind.
After this last offence it was again
debarred from the mails and John
T> P.rono hoH <rat Hnwn and nut as
editor before it was readmitted. And
it should never have been readmitted,
for it is the same shest it was
then, but it dare not say the disloyal
things of former days because it is
afraid. Yet this is the paper who
wants to pick a United States senator
for South Carolina. Are you
going to let it pick one for you? It
is* supporting Blease with all its
power, yet only a few years ago this
same Grace was making speeches
against Blease and was rotten egged
in Spartanburg during a speech he
made there.
Blease has never uttered one word
in favor of the war. He has never
said one word against the kaiser nor
denounced ihe brutalities of his legions.
Xot one word has he uttered
about the atrocities of the Germans
in Belgium and France, not one word
of encouragement for the boys who
are going to the front; not one word
commending America's war preparations;
in fact he has said nothing at
all except by way of criticism. He
has stated recently?for we want to
be fair with him?that when he is
elected senator he is going to President
Wilson and tell him that he is
with him to help win the war and
would support him for a third term
if necessary. But that is the sole extent
of his statements. Only a few
weeks ago he said he did not apologize
for his former speeches, and if
Washington would "take the bridle
off" he would debate the war question
with ar.y man they would send
LOCATES DEAD BODY IN YARD.
Finds Remains of Boy Thought to
Have Been Beaten to Death.
St. George, Aug. 10.?One of the
worst crimes ever committed in Dorchester
county was discovered by
Sheriff Limehouse this week at
Knightsville, in the lower end of the
county, when he received word that
a 15-year-old negro boy had been
missing for about two years and went
to the home of .Matilda Williams and
forced her to show him the grave of
the dead boy. It seems that about
two years ago the negro boy's father
and mother beat him to death and
fearing trouble buried him in the
corner of the yard. The mother
claimed that the father of the boy
was the one who committed the crime
but is said to have confessed that she
aided him in the work. Several days
ago the father hearing that the sheriff
had got word of the affair ran
away, but the sheriff succeeded in
getting the mother and she is now in
the county jail. Every effort is being
made to capture the father, whose
name is Lucius Williams.
down. Was that not throwing deI
nance in the teeth of President Wilson?
He made the statement that
he did not care what kind of America
we have after he is dead and gone
and stands by it. What sort of support
could the president expect of
him? He has not dared in this campaign
to meet his opponents on the
stump so that his record could be
exposed to his face, but he has dodged
the regular senatorial campaign
meetings and gone around the State
holding his own meetings, where
there was no one to oppose him. He
i poses as a brave man, yet he let
I Senator Buck run hfm away from i
| his own meeting in Conway a few !
!
J days ago and call him a coward. That;
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| is the report sent to two daily papers i
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| by a correspondent from Conway,
j and its correctness has not been |
! questioned. He went to'a campaign j
j meeting n Florence, and would not j
: speak because he said he was afraid I
j there was a frame-up to stab him.
Pollock and Benet were there. No j
i proof has been offered of any attempt j
] to stab him. He went around the i
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I State a few years ago with Beard and;
others as an armed guard. Beard
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came to the Bamberg meeting that;
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, year with two big pistols in his poc- j
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j kets.
j This in part?and we have not:
i gone into detail?is the public rec-|
j ord of Blease. We could write at!
j greater length, but the facts as stat-1
| ed cannot be disputed, and there is
I "nothing extenuate nor aught set
| down in malice." The record as
j made up comes largely from his
i friends or those who were his friends
1
| but have since deserted him. You
i voters who want to vote for the best:
I interests of your State and nation;
I frtT. +1-10 nrntootinn nf von r hnvs who
IV/i tliV |/1 V W-l,4V" V 1.
have gone to the front; for the protection
of the women and children
at home; who do not want to see
America made a German colony with |
German rulers over us; who want to
see the stars and stripes float proudly
before your eyes until those eyes
shall close in death; can you, honestly
and conscientionsly, be true to
your country and your loved ones
| and cast your ballot for a man with
a record such as this? Why did such
men as ex-Congressman W. J. Talbert,
W. A. Stuckey, Dr. Olin Sawyer,
John L. McLaurin, Lowndes
Browning and other prominent men
refuse to support him further? The
answer is because they believed
America was in a righteous war. In
what we have written we have tried
to be just and to say nothing harsh
that would wound the feelings of j
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any one. We love our country; we
believe Woodrow Wilson is a man
sent by God to rule in this great crisis;
lie is the greatest man in the
world today; and, feeling, as we do,
and knowing the grave responsibility
that rests upon each indivdual
voter, we have tried to do our duty.
May God help you to do yours. Will
you stand by Woodrow Wilson or
Cole L. Blease? The issue is plain
and you cannot evade it. Where do
I you stand? Your ballot will decide, j
CANNOT VOLONTEEI NOW
ENLISTMENTS SUSPENDED PENDING
NEW DIIAFT ACT.
To Preserve Industry?Orders Issued
By Secretaries Daniels and Baker
Already in Effect.
Washington, Aug. S.?Voluntary
enlistment in the army and navy
were completely suspended today to
prevent disruption of industry pending
disposition of the bill proposing
to extend the draft ages to include
forty-five years. Orders were issued
by Secretaries Baker and Daniels directing
that no voluntary enlistments
be accepted after today until further
orders.
The orders were issued after a
conierence Detween secretary r>ah.ei
and Secretary Daniels and were made
public after President Wilson had
visited the offices of both Secretaries
late in the day. It is not known
whether the visit had to do with the
enlistment situation, but just before
he conferred with the Cabinet officers
there was no indication that a
r
step of such drastic nature was contemplated.
Older Men Indispensable.
It was explained that the view of
the government is that many of the
older men are indispensable in their
present occupations, but the natural
result of the debate on the draft
t.
question is certain to lead to a rush
to the recruiting offices. It is regarded
as essential that men greatly needed
at home should be prevented from
rushing into the army under a mistaken
idea that they are certain to
be drafted, anyhow and prefer to join
the service voluntarily.
It was quite evident that plans for
applying the new draft age limitations
to the older men include a very
careful classification of each individual
to determine his position at.
home and probably a far more liberal
construction of industrial exemption
rules that has been the case.
Baker's Statement.
The war department's action was
cuiuuuui;eu m mc aiaicment
issued by Secretary Baker:
"The war department today has
suspended further volunteering and
the receipt of candidates for officers*
training camps from civil life. This
suspension will remain in force until
the legislation now pending before V
Congress with regard to draft ages is
disposed of, and suitable regulations
drawn up to cover the operation of ythe
selective system under the new
law.
"This action is taken in order to
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prevent the 'disruption of the industrv
of the country and the impairment
of the efficiency of the various
governmental agencies which would
follow the indiscriminate enlistment
of men up to the age of 45.
"It is the intention of the department
to present to the President for
promulgation regulations in connection
with the operation of the selective
system, which will make it truly
selective, and leave it to the government
to determine whether men can
be spared from their present occupation
for military service." v
PROUD OF S. C. SOLDIERS.
\faiAx IVfalinn \Vritp? TIlPV Will OiVft
Good Account of Themselves.
Greenville, Aug. 10.?Maj. G. Heyward
Mahon. Jr., of the One Hundred
and Eighteenth Infantry?the old
First South Carolina National Guard
?is back with his command at their
post of duty in France, after graduating
with high honors at a school for
line officers. The information has
been received by Major Mahon's family
here in a letter from him recently.
Major Mahon wrote that he stood
third in the whole class of officers.
The school was the highest school
for line officers in the service, and
several divisions w?re represented.
Major Mahon's letter gives some
interesting comments upon the South
Carolina troops in France. "Don't
worry one bit about the South Carolina
troops," he says, "they will keep
old South Carolina's name and fame
where it has always stood in all wars
since it became a State?second to
none. We have the finest bunch of
men in the allied army today, and
people higher up have said the same
thing. When the time comes to go
over the top?well, the kaiser has a
well known saying of 'Onword with
God,' but when our boys start their
move across No Man's Land, the
kaiser's army will go 'Backward without
God,' and go quickly."
Cigarmakers at Mobile, Ala., have
secured an increase of $1 a hundred.