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""" ' LEXINGTON, 3. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 1918. ! No. 2 > VOLUME No. 48. ' . - CANDIDATES FOR G( SPOKE T Por four hours and thirty minutes an audience of 500 sturdy Lexington 1. ians, most of whom were voters list ened to a steady flow of oratory on : ~ J-T ' last Saturday. It was by iar me f largest audience that has yet greeted J the candidates for State office this . summer; and it caused the speakers-! to sharpen their spurs. The audi ' -ence, however; entirely different from 1 other years, sat immovable thoughout and was unusually 'stingy' in the way of applause. The meeting reminded j one more of a patriotic rally than a political gathering. The candidates themselves appeared to think so; for1 all of them, with the exception of the two candidates for State superintend' ent of education, Mr. Swearingen and Mr Rector who came last, devoted the 1 greater portion of their small allot ment of time to a discussion o f the war, and its awful consequences to J the country. Neither of/ the two last candidates even mentioned tne great conflict, they catching the idea that* the audience had had quite enough. On*the great war issue there appeared to be no difference; and, while the several aspirants twit' ted eachoher about other things, ther? was not a single charge that any of the candidates in the party were not loyaL On the other hand, each ex pressed the belief that every man in the party was behind the government : and behind the boys who are doing j the fighting in the trenches. Several of the candidates for gov ernor, among them Mr Richards; Mr Bethea and Mr Cooper, differed on: the question of the war being an ; issue. Mr Richaards declared that ; there was not a man, woman or childj in the State, so far as he knew; but"m-iin are with the government to the ! flutter end; and said that it was a re!" flection upon the manhood and intel] ligence of the people of South Caro k- Jina to assert that the war is the lead ing issue; &nd especially so since there mre so many t other questions of vital interest that should be con sidered, Mr Bethea said that it was the teeming question of the -hour, j and so did Jtfr. Cooper; but neither, intimated or charged that Mr Rich ; ards was not sincere or that he was j not patriotic to the core. ; The Aeeting was called to order promptly at 10:30 o'clock in the! , bbunty court house, Judge C. M. I /?r.Ty,nnrQf,v ^mmtv chairman i . . UUU, UCiUVMUWO .v.,- , presiding. -After a few of the can; ' didates had spoken and. after the; court house had been filled- to overSowing, the meeting was ' adjourned! to the court house green. Candidate* for Governor John Madison DesChamps, *" the. first candidate for Governor to speak,; came out squarely for "Old Ben" and said that.Congressman Lever' had.act J cd wisely in withdrawing fronu the senatorial race when he did.. . The speaker took a shot at the Kaiser and predicted victory for the Allies. ' ; . \ John T. Duncan, the second candi date for governor to speak, paid his m*nall of his ODDO E& - L W 2/4V.VW?..V A A :V;_ ' . r.ents to the delight of the audience; and then went into a dicusrion of his i famous "system." "One of the big gest things that the system has done this year," said Mr; Duncan "is to de clare that Ben Tillman must be re elected to the United States senate or the country will go to the devil." The P speaker claimed credit for the price of cotton going to 35 cents by helping to oust the system. He said he was going to keep hammering away, and predicted 50 cent? cotton this fall ?with the system wiped out of ex istence. Attorney General Weepies, seek ing promotion to the governorship upon the splendid record he has made as chief counselor of the State, ably C* iiu f V.V W> ? VIJ J/4 VOV il WVU UiO to the audience. Mr. Peeples touch ed upon the great European conflict." pledging hir loyalty to the govern rhent in unmistakable language. He then launchjjjinto a discussion of the tax questioijSwhich, he said; is becom ing more and more burdensome with each succeeding year. The attorney general declared that the people are beingburdened with taxes to support useless offices some of which are not worth the paper upon which the acts are written. He declared that, if elected, Tom Peeples will be the gov ernor of all the people; that he would help those in trouble using the same mercy and justice which Almighty "God intends for one man to show to wards his fellovrman. At the same IVERNOR f 0 LARGE AUDIENCE, i! I ? time, however he would see to it that! " ! n all laws are strictly enforced. He; promised the farmers to use all of his j * power to help them in their labor trou!r - - - i 11 _ j j \ bles, it elected; ne wouia enaeavur io| have a law passed that would hold a: laborer and one that would make it i f possible to bring a laborer back if he j ran off from his contract. Mr Peeples | \ closed by inviting the people of Lexj" ington to make the governor's office! and the governor's mansion their! headquarters for the next two years, j commencing next January. Just call * for Tom Peeples?he will be there. s Maj. John G. Richards said that it j T is always a pleasure for him to come j * to Lexington and thanked the people j ( r for the confidence and respect they! had reposed in him; and it mattered jc not whether he was elected or defeat * ed, he would always feel proud of tha: ' esteem and affection. The speaker r briefly reviewed his work as chairman < of the South Carolina railroad com! * - - - - ' < /? iT mission and said that his wliole Hie? ix both public and private?was an open) book He stands open ^nd above!1 board for law enforcement; but is un,c alterably opposed to the appropria c tion of $50,000.00 for law enforce!^ ment?for the governor to use in i sending men over the State, when it j, is the duty of the sheriffs and other j j peace officers to enforce the Iqjvs of the State. It is a reflection upon the sheriffs and a reflection upon the peo pie of South Carolina. Maj. Richards j next took up the burdensome tax que? j tion; and was strong in his denuncia: 11 < tion of increased levies by the genera*! assembly. There should be a ctirtail! ment and there would be a curtail1 ment if he is elected governor?if he | ] has to use the veto power to do it. He j' said that land assessments had been!1 raised from $3.19 per acre to $5.431 r\av wVnrb was uncalled for and i rvi ? useless. The whole country should;, use the strictest economy in times i1 like these, said Maj. Richards. He; ] was the first of 'the candidates tor make taxation an issue, he said; but I all the others- are now falling in line. 11 By adopting biennial sessions of th^ ' general assembly, which he favors j: $100,000 dollars could be saved each! year; and by doing away with the:1 State board of charities and correc;1 tions another large sum could be sav |1 ed to the taxpayer. Favored the; adoption of free text books in the:J schools, which would mean the sav I ing of hundreds of thousands of do! 1 lars to the people. Maj. Richards; told of his efforts in behalf of free scholorships to worthy boys and girls and how, after three years- work in; the general assembly, he had succeed; ed in establishing 124 cholarsbips in Winthrop and 124 in Clemson. Maj Richards twitted Mr. Cooper about. the latter's plan of making boys and girls pay back to the State the cost of their education. Mr. Richards closed with an eloquent appeal for the boys lighting: across the waters, declaring:; however, that the war is not a politic al issue in the campaign of 1918 in South Carolina; for there is not an American citizen in South Carolina who is not for America,-.even to the shedding cf his life blood. The Hon. Andrew Jackson Bethea the next speaker, devoted the great er portion cf his time in a pariotic en deavor urging at the outset conserve tion of foodstuffs and appealing to1 the farmers to pay greater attention to diversified farming as the only| salvation of the people at this time.; Mr. Bethea said he was in favor of preparing now for the return of our! boys after the war had been won. A| serting that the war was the only great and vital issue in the campaign, the speaker said it was the busines of American citizens to speak for America and her Allies. He said he did not doubt Mr. Richard's sin cerity upon the tax question; but he did not think that he could effect any decrease. The lieutenant gov ernor said that he had a hundred or more relatives in the army and he war- endeavoring to serve his coun try as best he could. . Robert A. Cooper of Laurens was the next and last of the candidates for governor. The Laurens candi, date at once went into a refuta tion of the charges of Mr Richards! with reference to reducing taxes. Mr. Cooper said he did not for a mo! ment question the honesty of Mr Richards; but he did not believe it j could be done without crippling the, institutions of the State. Further, more, he said Mr. Richard's estimate i JEN. TILLMAN DEAD United States Senator Benjamin tyan Tillman died at 4:20 o'clock his morning at his apartments in the :ity of Washington, following a ;troke of paralysis on last Thursday. I?he funeral and burial will be held at 3enterville, Edgefield County on to * - > -1 1. norrow aiternoon at o uiuciv. jl?c vas 71 years of age. The death of Senator Tillman leav ;s only three candidates in the race or the Senate?Cole L. Blease of Co umbia; N. B. Dial of Laurens; and fames F. Rice of Anderson. RAST-FORT. Holy Trinity Lutheran church was; he scene of a simple, but very impres; live marriage service, on Sunday afj ernoon June 23, when Miss Rean j tfary Fort became the bride of Lewis | )liver Rast, of Swansea. Promptly j it six o'clock the bride and groom mar < :hed down the middle aisle to the j trains of "Lohengrin's Bride Chorus, j rhey were preceded by little Miss i Gladys Kneece who was flower girl 1 They were met* at the altar by the j rroom's nastor Rev. T. A Shealy, who, >erformed the ceremony. The church which was crowded with he relatives and friends of the young ! :ouple, was decorated with pot plants; ind cut flowers, Carlisle Rast presid' ;d at the organ, playing Mendellson's; >Vedding March after the Ceremony, j Just before the appointed hour, j Vliss Jimmie Fort sang "A Love Song| >y Hastings." The natural beauty of the bride was leighteried by her wedding dress of white georgette, with touches of em Droidery in palest blue and silvers.! tfer hat was of georgette, also and! ;he carried an armful of white camaj dons and ferns. - | After the ceremony at the church i nany friends gathered at 'Sycamore! Slope' the home of the bride's mother i :o extend their congratulations. Wedding cake and fruit punch* were served. Mr. and Mrs. nast leit Dy auto late; in the afternoon, for an extended; trip. It was their intention to go to; Washington, D. C. in their, car and, from there to more northern pointsi by train, The bride who is the elder, daughter of Mrs. Lessie H. Fort, has^ spent all of her life here, ller father, v/as the late Capt. J. C.Fort, who was; the founder of (Pelion. She was grad j uated from Limestone College, being5 the youngest member of the class of j 1916, receiving besides her A. B. de gree a diploma in Piano and one from the Minnie Davis School of History.) She is very musical, and is the author of a number of creditable unpublish, ed compositions. The groom is the only son of Mr. i and Mrs. W. B. Rast Since his graduation from Wofj ford College, four years ago he ha? been associated in business with; his father, being junior member and manager of their manufacturing enterprises at Swansea. After July 10. Mr. and Mrs. Rast will be at home to their friends at Swansea. - ? Hugh S. Crosson, son of Dr D M Crosson of Leesville who has been with The Murray Drug Company in Columbia for the past several years. is now in the army and is stationed at Camp Jackson. Drafts Crosson. another son of Dr. Crosson, is in the last draft and will likely be called in the near future. FIRM NAME CHANGED. Notice is hereby given that after1 July 1st, 1918 B. A. Wessinger will! 1 ? . i - i.t._ i Dccome a paruier in me uusincss merly conducted by J. S. Wessinger at Chapin and will continue to do business at the same stand under the firm name of J. S. Wessinger & Son. All obligations of the former busi ness will be assumed by the new firm. _ j of the cost of a session of the gener al assembly was inaccurate; that it only cost $59,000 per year; that the State board of charities and correc tions cost but $13,000 per year and saved the State more than it cost by making those who are able to pay in the colleges. Mr Cooper said he could see no honest way by which to curtail now. He pledged his support to law enforcement; said that the war is the paramount issue in the cam paign and will continue to be the paramount issue if he is chosen gov ernor. Junius T Liles and Geo W Wight man, for lieutenant governor; John K Swearingen and Victor Rector for State superntendent of education, ad dressed the voters. All of them made splendid efforts, and the g-eater par1: of the crowd remained to hear them. TIMMERMAN AGAIN WRITES SENATORS ABOUT WHEAT. In our issue of June 5th we publish prl n 1 p+.t.pr from Solictor GeorP'p Roll Timmerman to our United States Sen ators and representatives in Congress from this district in regard to the mi] ling of wheat by farmers. Since that letter the federal food administration has issued a new regulation allowing farmers to mill a supply sufficient for their needs until October, and allow ing them, to store a years supply of wheat but the rule does not permit the producer to sell any of his supply to his neighbors to be ground into flour. We publish below a letter Afcritten by Solicitor Timmerman to the Sena tors n regard to this latter rule.?It is as follows: - June 27, 1918. Spnatnr E D Smith. Washington, D. C. Dear Senator: When I wrote you under date June 1st in regard to wheat conditions and regulations governing the milling of the same by the producers of it, you were kind enough to manifest an in terest in procuring some relief for the farmers .affected.In the last few days I have noticed though the pap ers that some good has come from the efforts made and that the farm crs will be allowed to have ground into flour a suppy to last them until October 1st. Another very serious question arises, and that is: What is the farm er to do with his surplus wheat, all that he has in excess of enough to sup ply him until October 1st? A state ment was carred in the papers to the pffpet. ihat. "hp will bp allowed to keen enough wheat to supply him flour for the entire year, if he has it; but as stated in my former letter, and as is well known here and elsewhere, it is utterly impossible for the farmer in this territory to preserve his wheat so as to have it ground in winter mon ths. The statement read by me also says: "Farmers will not, at the pres ent time be permitted to sell wheat to their neighbors to be ground intc flour." In case one has a surplus over a year's supply, what is he to do with it? The farmers generally with whoir I have talked do not object to goverr ment regulations, in fact they expect them but they had honed that the go\ ernment would hit upon some rule which would permit them to have their years supply of flour milled be fore the weevil attacks the grain, anc further that they would be permittee as soon as possible, to make dispos tion of any surplus which they mighl have over a year's supply. A large quantity of wheat in this territory will become useless for milling pui poses, if it is kept too long. If you can do anything- further ir this matter, it will be appreciated. ] hope you understand that I *navt no disposition to interfere with th< business of someone else. But I fee i the times and conditions wa< rant every loyal and interested citizen !.: do!"V i.Il he can; either by action o j;.;; c Jo.: h> aid the government. Yd.th !J.h: personal regards I am Sincerely yours, Oeoge Be*.] Timmerman. PEAK RAISES $116.00. Our attention has been called ti the fact that in publishing the amoui ts raised by the different towns i] the second Red Cross drive. Evidentl; this amount was included in the Ch; pin report Peak Raised $116.00 an< we gladly make this correction. CITATION NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Lexington. i By George S. Drafts, Esquire Pr< bate Judge. WHEREAS, M. D. Corley mad suit to me to grant him Letters o Administration of the Estate of am effects of Preston S. Corley. THESE ARE THEREFORE to fit and admonish all and singular the ki: dred and Creditors of the said Pre . ton S. Corley deceased, that they b and appear before me, in the Cour of Probate, to be held at Lexingto] C H S. C. on 17 July 1918 next, afte nnMirutinn hor^of nt 11 o'clock in th forenoon, to show cause if any the; have why the said Administratis should not be granted. GIVEN under my Hand, this 2 da of July Anno Domini 1918. Geo. S. Drafts, (L. S) .Th-obate Judge Lexington Co. S. C Published on the 3 day of July 191 in the Lexington Disnafch News I \vee':s. FARMERS MAY GRIND WHEAT TO DO ONE YEAR. Washington, June 27?Upon com = i plaint of farmers of South Carolina I that the recent modification of the . regulations governing the grinding I - f 1 1 ? r\?-i I oi wne&t uy jLcumei^ vaawaa [ to grind a three months' supply did | not remedy the situation, Represent ative Byrnes today had a conference j with Mr Hoover and succeeded in in ; ducing him to issue an order permit ! ting the farmers of the south to grind ( ; a 12 months' supply of flour. This : supply will be determined by allow i ! ing 12 pounds of flour per month oer | C; person, dependent upon the farmer j f: including tenants. si COUNTY CAMPAIGN MEETINGS.! ! The following has been fixed as ai_ i schedule for the County Campaign | ! meetings at the last meeting of the ; j County Executive Committee. | jj j Gilbert August 14th. j tl Pelion August 15th. j ]( Swansea August 16th. In ! Brookland August 17th. j 0 ; Chapin August 21st. ; H Pine Ridge August 22nd. Summerland August 24th. i Pledges of candidates must be filed; j 1 n' either with myself or the Secretary j ^ ! of the Executive Committee at Lees' i , {J j viile, S. C. by twelve o'clock August j . j 13 th. j C. M. Efird, Chairman Exe | j* * cutive Committee. . : e i LEXINGTON GINNERS TO MEET.! | At a recent meeting of the South j c I Carolina Ginner's association held in ir I I Columbia June 17th it was decided ir ; that the quickest way to get the gin (t; i ners organized would be to have each; a | county form a similar organization j c and Mr. F. S Evans president of the | s< I statp ocanization has reauesfed me to' a " , _ ask the ginners of Lexington county o to meet at Lexington* Monday July, | 8th for the purpose of effecting a county organization- Jas. K SwygertJ ;i " la ! MEETING AT CONGAREE p | BAPTIST CHURCH There will be a protracted meeting i held in Congaree Baptist church at p '! Styx, beginning July the 14th the( second Sunday. Rev. M. F Alien pds" 1 tor of Oliver Gospel Mission of Colura;v bia will preach at 11 a. m. and Rev. I ^ 1 Burt Todd pastor of Riverside Bap ^ ' j tist church Columbia, will preach at * ' i 8 p. m. Also every service during the 11 ! week. The public is invited to at c J | tend. All visitors cordially welcome. ^ '(OPENING BOOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION. " 1 -Notice is hereby given that Books ; of subscription to the capitol stock of ^ ] i The Hartley Mercantile Co., of Pelion * ': S. C will be open at the store of Hart * i lev Mercantile Co., in Pelion. on Fri ^ i - - - - - ... . < - ' day July 5th at 11 o'cick m the lore 1 ! noon. IMM 1 Fred G. Hartley i J. Albert Hartley, j INCORPORATORS. ENROLL NOW * The cnollment book for Gilbert r r y Democratic Club is now at loor Hays c ! store and will remain there until July t 28. All voters at the Gilbert pre r cinct are ur^ed to enroll cn or before : the above named date. IRMO GOES OVER TOP t 3 The Irmo district in the recent War ( i Saving. Stamp drive was the first in i the county to "go over the too/' The V apportionment havin.tr beer, over sub a scribed more than $.11,000.00 beiiu i raised. 1 ! UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CARO. S LINA. ' _ - I " I 1 J C_i ocnoiarsnip ana ^uirauwc tions. j The exeaminations for fchf award c vacant scholarships in the University i of South Carolina and for admission c of new students will be held at the f county court house or. Friday. July e d 12, 1918 at 9 A. M. Applicants must t i not be less than sixteen years of age. ; e When scholarships are vacant after i n July 12. the will be awarded to those 1 s making the highest average at exam i e ination. provided they meet the con \ t ditions governing the aware. Appli n cants for scholarship shouici write to r President Currell for scholarship exe amination blanks. These blanks prcy perly filled out by the applicant. II i-linnlrl K^i with P**f?i5idpnt FllV rell by July -r?. y, Scholarships are worth $100, free. ! tuition and fees, total $ir>S. Next session opens September IS, 1918.'1 \ For further information and catalog 8 ue, address THE PRESIDENT, S. ('. UXiVERSITV. Columbia S. C ANNOUNCEMETS . . GEORGE BELL TIMMERMAN FOR CONGRESS THOS. G. McLEOD BISHOPVILLE, S. C. CANDIDATE FOR MEMEER OF CONGRESS SEVENTH DISTRICT I hereby announce myself as a andidate for reelection to Congress com the Tth Congressional District abject to the rules and regulations f'the Democratic Party. A. F. LEVER 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Recognizing his ability and feelTg* confident that he will represent le people of Lexington County fearissly and sincerely, we hereby anounce the name of Dr. L. E. Dreher, f Leesville, as a candidate . for the louse of Representatives. FRIENDS. S. E. Smith, farmer?business lan of Swansea, hereby announces imself a candidate for re-election to le House of Representatives from .exington County, subject to the rimary rules of the Democratic party r.d as before "A farmer for farm/ rs. Recognizing his ability and speial fitness to represent his County 1 the General Assembly; and, believlg that the lower section of the eoua" y should be represented, we hereby nnounce Mr H. D. Shumpert as a andidate for the House of Repreentatives from Lexington County, nd pledge him.to abide by the results f the Democratic primary. FRIENDS. Having been solicited to make the ace, J. Brooks Wingard is hereby nnounced as a candidate for the louse of Representatives in the com-ig primary election. He will be gorrned by the rules of the Democrattc 'arty. V In recognition .of his -splendid' Set : J .,^,1 C^a ivrs xtmiucittu wit- tvuiiy a.i*u uvon uring his two years as a member t?f[ he House of Representatives from .exington County, we hereby an ounce Hon. T. Haskell Shull as a andidate for reelection, and pledge inj to abide by the result of the dem cratic primary election. ~ FRIENDS FOR COUNTY TREASURER. I hereby announce myself a candc [ate for re election to. the office of" iounty Treasurer and promise aa aithful service in the future as I lave rendered in the past. I pledgo nyself to abide by the rules of the )emocratic party. C. E. Leaphart. FOR AUDITOR Recognizing his ability and special itness for the position, we hereby anlounce Mr. D. L. Shealy as a candilate for Auditor of Lexington Conny. and pledge him to abide by the esult of the Democratic primary*. FRIENDS. I hereby announce myself a canlidate for Auditor of Lexington Coun y, subject to the rules of the Demo ratic party. E. W. Burnett. FOR PROBATE JUDGE Recognizing efficiency service and 'aithful oerformance of dutv in the iastf we the Many Friends of George 5. Drafts announce him as a candi iate for reelection as Judge of Pro >ate for Lexington County and pled te him to abide by the result of the democratic Primary. For Cotton Weigher I hereby announce myself for reelection to the position of Cotton Weigher at Swansea and pledge myself to ibide by the result of the Democratic jrimary. If reelected I promise ninpst -fflitlrfnl epmrp u< I endered in the past. )d. John V. Hutto. I hereby announce myself a carvdilate for/the position of Cotton Weigh* ?r at Swansea and pledge myself to ibide by- the result of the Democratic primary. If elected I promise honest and faithful service. H. BENNIE WILLIAMS. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the position of Cotton Weigher at Swansea and pledge myself tr\ hv fVt o iYif* : ratio primary. J. G. Sharps. J J