; LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 1. 1918. No. 45.
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. 1 fflBMQ^HKBB^Bn H
Candidate for F
If Strong Assurances of Eli
^HBBpRace.. His Action is Pr
||F of the New Draft L
' JI beg to announce that I have this j
f| $?bmmattee, written notice of my with- j.
-^Crawal from the race for Probate
flgN|ge- for Lexington County. This ac
lotion will probably be a surprise to my!
. / friends but I hope that they will un- '
:iorstand and 'appreciate my position !
ifpstid' decision. ' All of you know that ]
P^-fcur Congress .has just recently passed
| it new draft law including all men bewj.
' - ? ft #TfVx lATTT
B^ORteen uie ages or is to -to. iu? ??-n ,
has become effective since the First;
primary and has complicated a-great
Ipptany matters. When this campaign |
; opened the age limit was 21 io 31,
.garni many of the high officials in!
Washington gave out statements that,!
in their opinion, the la^ would not
?|#e; changed any time soon; but since
^ that time, conditions have changed
%ad the law has been altered to meet
- the new conditions. I will soon be 35 '
: v*: atfd when. I entered the race, I was"
. just as much out of the then limit as
g was either of the other two aspirants
. for this office. Since the First primary
i./-I have had sufficient assurances to
l- . warrant my election on September 10
But I take this view of the situation: j
myAelection, I would have to rey?SigiL
the office or else claim exemption
en the ground that I was an office
*2 .holder?and that is more than my ;
"V. sense of patriotic duty can stand for.
if someone benefits by my withdrawal
who should not, the loss will be doub- (
ly accounted for later; for, ab I see it,
welfare of the country is of far
greater import than a county office.
IjThe people who know me best know
I am no "quitter": my policy is
fight-a proposition to a finish?and
? is Just what I intend to do in a
?PSSi#er field where there are greater
r' ' " opportunities for public- service: and
jjpl want to say to my opponents that I
am no slacker! $ II
!|g> This war is going to put every man
to a supreme test, and those
dodge and hide will be weeded out j
i^and put on the garbage heap where
fv they belong. I have no fear but that;
J 11re people of my county win approve ;
*? my course when they view it from
the stand-point of a man rather than :
^ from the eyes of a weakling! I consid- ;
?r the;man who will stand behind an
office door and thus evade the plain
duty of serving his country in an acv
tire position buc little better than an
r> - slacker and with no more courPplain
coward! As I said I
l the campaign opened, I
without the age limit, but
tes on the stump, I stated |
I was ready and willing!
ver and wherever my [
id. I re-state that to-day, ~
thdrawing from the race
'eason that I will not live
grma of standing behind a
door when my country
or men to fight the bat- '
f. This is no time for
K the world needs men
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W:"':
SHEALY,
'rebate Judge,
ection, Withdraws From the
ompted by the Passage
aw Since the First i
Vants Nothing
With the
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dry Man
His
ltry.
of large calibre?men who can forget
small things and do big things?men
of strength, courage, conviction?men
who are big enough to be citizens of
the world and brave and true enough
to fight for the salvation of the world!
I entered the race with clean hands,
and I leave it so. I am sure that my
friends will not think that I received
any compensation for withdrawing?
and t have no concern over my political
enemies.
This war is a big issue. So far, il
has been carried on principally by
the young, single men, and I think
that that- is right so long as it does not
become necessary to call out the others.
And, mark you, the young men
are not afraid, and we are going to
fight it out to a victorious conclusion;
but it does seem to me to ^e most
ill-becoming in those who know they
will not have to go to question and
criticise the loyalty of those who will
be called.
" I thank my friends most cordially
for the confidence they have reposed
in me. and for the honor they have
bestowed upon me in the past; and, I
hope, that when the dark clouds of
? - '' - J ? " x"U cnn
war iiav c rout'u awujr anu uic ?u?shine
of peace has spread over the
world that we may again be able to
join hands and forces in the cause of
good government in Lexington county
and South Carolina.
My convictions as to my cburse are
fixed. When it comes to a question
of holding myself and my fortunes in
obedience to the patriotic demands of
our country, or the gratification of
persona! ambitions, there is but one
choice, and that choice 1 readily accept.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
CYRUS L. SHEALY.
Lexington, S. C., Sept. 4, 1918.
($URT TO OPEN
SEPTEMBER 18.
The Court of General Sessions for
Lexington County will open on Wednesday
morning, September 18, with
Judge Jas. H. Peurfoy of Walterboro,
presiding.
There is an unusually large number
of cases to be disposed of at the coming
session.
LESTER MTTJVER GOES TO CH A RT \
Mr. Lester C. Miller has accepted a
position with the Chapin Auto Co. and
has already commenced upon his duties.
Mr. Miller is an experienced
and sucessful automobile mechanic,
and that he will make good in his new
field, goes without saying. For the
present, Mr. Miller's family will remain
in Lexington.
ALL MEN BE
President Wilson Signs E
Million AmericansNext
Thursday,!
Washington, Aug. 31.?All men j "
from 18 to 45 years of age in the con- 11
tinental United States, except those in j I
the army or navy or already register- *
ed, are summoned by President Wilson
to register for military service on
Thursday, September 12.
i Machinery of the provost marshal
general's office was set in motion to
carry out the second great enrollment
under a presidental proclamation is- \
sued soon after the president had e
signed the new man power act extend x
ing the draft ages.
It is estimated that at least 12,778,- C
758men will register this time, coTn-pared
with nearly ten millon on the f
first registration of men from 21 to 31 J
on June 5, 1917. Of those who enroll j
now it is estimated that 2,300,000 will j J
be called for general military service, I
probably two-thirds of the number J
coming from among the 3,500,000 or
more between the ages of 18 and 21. X
General March has said all registrants
called into the army will bk in d
France before next June 30, swelling
the American expeditionary force to C
more than the 4,000,000 men expected
to win the war in 1919. The last to
be called will be the youths in their t:
18th year, but those of that age who
desire and who have the necesasry e
qualification may be inducted into
service on October 1, for special tech- e
ncal or vocational training.
Registration this time will be con- $
ducted as heretofore by the local
draft boards. All federal State, coun- j
' ty and municipial officers ar.e called
upon to -aid the boards in their work j
to preserve order and to Ground up
slackers. All registrants will be clas- j \
sified as quickly as possible under the !
quqestonnswre system and a drawing; 7
wll be held at the capitol to fix the ; 7
order of registrants in their respec- j
tive classes. (
The provost marshal general's esti- , ]
mate today places the number of men j
under 21 now in the army at about)
245,-000 and the number of those,
from 32 to 45 at 165,000. - - .j.
j. In a proclamation issued intmedi- j
; atelyafter he signed the new man- ; j
t power bill authorizing extension of i
i the 21-31 draft ages, the president j (
! called on the younger and older men I
l to enroll on that day with local draft ]
boards where they make their perma,
nent homes.
It is the call to duty to which every : (
I true man in ..the country will respond I
- with pride and with tho consciousness A
that in doing so he plays his part in !
vindication "of a great cause at whose | ]
: summons every true heart offers in '
r supreme service." " I
: The hours of registration will be i <
: i from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. and all State I
' and local officials are called on to j i
i j make, immediate arrangements for ^
> | maintenance of registration places on
! that day.
; j All men within the new ages, wheth '
' j er citizens of the United States or not (
[; must register, unless they are diploi
| matic or consular representatives of
I foreign nations. J ^
' I In case of illness arrangements for 11
tardy enrollment may be made with j
, local boards, and men who expect to 1
; be absent from their homes may regjister
by mail, sufficiently in advance;
that the registration record reaches 2
' the board by September 12. If a man j
has no permanent residence, he is to I
j register at the place he is on Septem- !
1 her 12 and those out of the country i
? ,,fnrnll
! on mat aay are i-cmuucu ^ .
! within five days after their return. ! *r
j At least 13,000,000 men will place ( |
themselves subject to call for war ser- *.
\ ice under the new regulation, it is1 ^
estimated, although only those with
out dependents, in good health and ' *
, otherwise qualified for arduous duties
J of a soldier, are tcf be taken first. !
Youths in their 18th year will he j
! placed in a separate group, the war,
i department has announced, to he sub-'t
i ject to a special educational program j s
'and will not be called until the sup- '
ply of other available men in the ;
i new classes is exhausted. This does;.,
r
' not mean that their calling will be
; long deferred, however, inasmuch as t
i it has been annouced that all men in
! the new registration accepted for gen- 1 (]
oral service will be under arms by
June 30, 1919. The man power bill t
j makes no specific provision for sepaj
rate classification of 18 year old boys, j
j and war department plans for their *
treatment have been made on execui
tive initiative.
!
JULIAN MILLER RE-ADY TO <i(>. 1
Ensign Julian C. Miller, second son J r
| of sheriff Sim J. Miller, who recently j 3
| fnished as an ensign in the Navy j
( Training School at Norfolk, is now 3
: stationed in Philadelphia, where he is
I helping to get a new shjp equipped 1
1 ready to move overseas. In writing j \
j to his father, Mr. Miller states he is K
' ready, willing and anxious to "cross j f
the pond," but would like to come | y
home before going, Julian Miller is r
j one of the most populai young men c
to go out from Lexington t> fight for <3
' his country, and his friends, predict a h
I nt fntiirp for him. * f
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,TWEEN
lili Caliing Up Thirteen
-Must Register On
September 12.
REGISTRARS FOR
COUNTY NAMED
BATESBURG?E. V. Cullum, Chief
2. J. Hite, McKinney Hartley, B. P.
Whitehead.
BOYLESTOX?T. Haskell Shull,
'hief; W. Crosson Sease.
BROOKLAND?H. J. Buff, Chief,
lamp Caughman, P. J. Wessinger,
esse V.; Roof, Lee Hook.
BROOK?D. J. S. Derrick, Chief;
. J. Seastrunk.
CAYCE? Albert R. Taylor Chief;
ohn E. Davis.
OHAPIX?J. H. Roberts Chief; R.
Vr. Fcick M. P. Lindler.
CROMER?Lewis Sox, Chief, Yoer
Cromer.
CROUTS STORE?John W. Crout,
'hief, J. Ansel Caughman.
EDMUND?Julian Sharpe.
EFIRDS STORE?Hugh S. Ballenine.
GASTON?Perry Goodwin, Chief;
311i0t E. Martin.
GILBERT?Ioor Hayes, Chief; D.
2. Hammond.
HOLLOW CREEK?John L. Hallaan,
Chief: Henry Price.
HUFFMAN'S MILL?Boyd F.
Jerry. V ,
IRENE?S. Emerson .Shealy, Chief;
>. U Shealy.
IRMO?John W. Hook, Chief;* Olie
A. Dreher.
LEESVILLE?Henry Bodie, Chief;
>r. B. S. Mack, Elmo Shealy, Berley
J. Shealy.
LEXfXGTOX?Chas. E. Taylor,
'hicf; D. I. Wingard, J. W. Nipper, J.
2. R. Kyzer.
LOWER FORK?John H. Shealy.
MACEDONIA?rMartin L. Wheeler.
MAGrNOLIA?Eusebius Wingard.
MJM'S?Silas Clark.
PEAK?James B. Addy, Chief W.
J. Suber.
PELIOX?L. W. Wise, Chief; Fred
3. Hartley.
POOLES MILL?C. C. Justus, Chief
2. A. Poole.
SAMARIA?Henry J. Westmoreland.
Sandy Run?W. H. Wannamaker,
ZThief; Wm. W. Furtick.
ST. MATTHEWS?A. Rudolph Osvald.
STEEDMAX?Boyd Hall, Chief; A.
3. Quattlebaum. ,
SUMMIT?R. O. Shealy.
SHEALY'S STORE?Jno. W.
Sharped
SWANSEA?H. E. Rucker, Chief;
fV. B. Rhoden, B. E. Williams, Samlel
J. Derrick.
There wil be a. meeeting at the
?ourt House here at 11 o'clock on Fri
lay morning the sixth, of the Chief
Registrars for the county, for the pur)Ose
of receiving instructions regardng
the Registration on Sept. 12th.
tOY II. THOMPSON
JOINS THE COLORS.
Roy H. Thompsor, for the past se<:ral
months general manager of The
Uito Service Station, left on Sunday
or the University of South Carolina,
vhere he "will take the ipechanical mil
tary course preparatory to going into
he thekest of the fight. Mr. T'nomp
on is an expert mechanic and knows
he very minutest details in the inakeip
of an automobile. He is also a
'oung man of undaunted courage,
rue to himself, true to his God.
The Auto Service Station will coninue
under the same name. Mr.
'laude Thompson, brother of Mr.
toy Thompson being in charge.
The firm has had a splendid busiless
from the very beginning, and the
uesent manager expects to receive
he continued patronage of those who
tish high class workmanship at reas
cable prices. Read the new announ
ement of the Company elsewhere in
his issue.
IR. W. P. ROOF, JR. WINS
FAIR COLUMBIA BRIDE
The following announcements have
teen received in Lexington:
"Mr. Milton Kimball Glenn aninunces
the'marriage of his daughter,
drs. Ira Glenn Evans, to Mr. Wade
5ickens Roof, Jr., on Saturday, the
1st of August, 1918, Columbus, Ohio.
The foregoing announcement will
>e received with deligthful cordiality
n Lexington where the groom is well
mown and where he has a host of
riends to wish him well. He is a
oung man of character and fine husi
less attainments: and since going to
'olumbus several years ago has made
mite a ronntntinn for himself among
tis employers and business associaes.
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iSTATEMENT BY
THOS. H. PEEBLES
|
Candidate for the Short Term for
the United States
Senate.
I wish to say to the people of South
Carolina and my constituents that I
am grateful for their confidence, evidences
by their liberalsupport, which
have placed me. as a candidate in the
second race for the short term for
United States Senate.
I wish to call to the attention of
every person interested that the record
will bear me out in ever having
stood four-square on every issue ?and
principle that has been advanced by
our Government in this time of strife,
having been profoundly in sympathy
with the Allies^ from, the incipiency
of hostilities. I have been deeply
concerned since the cloud of war has
hdvered oyer our great nation, and
the record will show that immediately
upon-a declaration of war I tendered
my services to the President and
nation and from him I received this
acknowledgement:" "The President
thanks you cordially for the good will
which prompted your kind message
whi^-h has helped to reassure him and
keep him in heart," and since have
> reassured my position and "sincere interst
in.every way possible, as is furter
evidenced by the following letter
j addressed to Mr. John Lowell, Chairman
of the Special Committee for
War Service, Washington, D. C., on
June 17, 1918:
"I am in receipt of your letter of the
15th inst, enclosing information card
which is herewith returned.
"I wsh to say that I am in the campaign
for Governor of this State, but
nevertheless I stand ready to answer
the call of my government at any time
I may be needed. I will serve in any
11 rl a oa f Ar nnlv m v
uapatliy auu nut uw ow ivi vi..j
actual expenses. I would be glad to
do so for nothing if I were financially
able to support myself while in the
service."
I wired Hon. Wood row -Wilson,
President of the United States, on
April 6, 1917, as follows: "Since a
state of War has been declared between
the United States of -America
and Imperial German Government, I
extend to you my services in any capacity."
This telegram, expresses my
l position now as well as then.
This record is not shown as a matj
ter of defense for my position needs
no defense and any statement or inj
sinuation to the contrary by any man
! or set of men is wilful, deliberate and
j untrue. I further wish to add that I
1 am not running for an office that will
I detain me long from the service. The
j term of office I now hold as Attorney
I General of South Carolina, to which
! I have been three times elected, will
; expire in January next, and that of
the short term in the Senate will
expire on March 3rd next, and wheth
er elected or defeated it will only be
: a short time before 1 will answer the
! call of my government under the recent
Draft* Act and will be with the.
j boys who have go-ne forth in this
j great cause, and will do my part then
l and there for my opponents and those
! against me in this election as freely
as T will for those who are with me
and hove been with me in this political
ambition: and 1 am proud to say
that the time has come or will soon be
at hand when ) can don the khaki in
defense of our Government and this
"great cause for humanity, freedom,
liberty and justice.
I In the discharge of the duties by
I the one elected to the United States
! Senate it is encumbent upon him to
j cooperate and exercise every power to
laid the President and the' nation in
. every effort to carry forth to a successful
conclusion the great undertaking
before the nation and the allied
j world. I am heartily in favor of send
ing every available man in America
; as went forth the ancient hosts of the
T 1 4.^ 1 ?;~ ovirj iintn
XJUI'U, IU IJIUln auu i?.n~
j the cause of humanity, and I wish to
! reassure the people of South Carolina
j that my efforts wlli he set forth with
i this sole purpose in view, returning
from the seat of the Senate to the
army to do my bit as a soldier in ac!
tual service, which I feel will he a
} greater honor and for a nobler cause
i than any other in the sight of God
j and man.
; As to the other issues, the short
! time in the Senate would doubtless
j give no opportunity to bring them to
I OLD VETS ENDORSE
| JUDGE DRAFTS FOR
! JUDGE OF PROBATE
We, the undersigned Confederate
Veterans, comrades Gf George S.
Drafts, want to say to the people
of Lexington county, that George
fought with us nearly four years
and there was not a braver man or
better soldier in our company. He 1
was always present to answer every
roll call and to willingly obey all
commands. We believe he has been
.just as faithful in the duties of the
office cf Judge of Probate' as he"
was in the war, and we, the surviv
ing few in his company, want to en
dorse his re-election,
P. H. Caughman, Captain.
A. L. Hook, T. E. Wingard.
W. M. Buff, T, S. Harman,
J. M. Caughman, G. J. Wingard.
G. M. Corley, H. P. Roberts,
J. E. Mathias J. S. Corley,
J. W. Sawyer, N. F. Corley,
L. E. Senn, W. A. Caughman,
D. M. Hook, G. E. Roberts,
Joe A. Taylor, W. C. Leaphart,
G. W. Kyzer, I. A. Lindler,
Henry E. Drafts.
Judge Drafts Thanks VotersTo
the Voters of Lexington county*I
want to thank the voters of .
Lexington county for the big vote
which they gave me on August 27th
I appreciate the confidence you have
. -*
put in me for the last twenty years
as Judge ot Probate, and I promise
if elected, to give tne same, honest
service. Nobody has ever lost a
' "* ~ " ,%'V *' *4 -V ' ' " * 'K'~- ' V * * A* . '*
cfcnt since I had the office, nor ever
will by me. When tho Lexington
Savings Bank failed I lost about
jse en hundred dollars which be1
1 J Av.y-d-1 n y>o o *v>in At?e ond
lUli^eu i.u Uijjimna anu. militia, auu
gentlemen, I went down in my
pockets and made every cent good.
The records in the office show it.
I have always tried to do what was
right, When I was only seventeen
years old my country called me and
I shouldered my old musket and
left home to fight for what we
thought was right. I served faithfully
in the war until my general
surrender at Greensboro, N. C.
To-day the country is calling for
men from eighteen to forty-five to
fight, and I wish I could go, but I
am too old.- The government
wants everybody to fill the place
wherever is best.fitted, and since I
am too old to shoulder my gun
again, I am asking you to keep me
where I am. I think I can fill the
rvflfipp as e-ood as any mar..
O'
My opponent is a young: man
about thirty-five years old and is
able to do active military service,
i could he not show his patriotism
best py going: to war as your boys.
; have done? Would it not be bet|
ter for him to be running to a recruiting
station rather than be running
for an office which will exempt
him for the next four years ?
| Are you willing to take this office .
from an old Confederate Veteran
who has fought his share? Your
vote will answer.
Again, I want to thank you for
i the confidence you have placed in
me in the past, and if 1 am elected
j I will try to do the right thing as I J
i have-always done, &
Respectfully.
GEO. S. DRAFTS,
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a successful conclusion. They can be * .
properly presented and concluded in ;
, due course of time. As to this, r wish
to reiterate that I believe in sup-porting
labor in its legal efforts and
ble. Also, that some enactments*
, should be made to adjust the condi|
protectng capital in its lawful invest
nients for they go hand in nana ana
: their intercourses should be compactions
of labor confronting the farm|
ers and others, and that the allot;
ment allowed dependants should be :?
1 handled through the various Local
j Boards and withheld from those who k*
| refuse to work on account of having
j this donation from the Government.
J The farmers and homes in South CarJ
olina are feeling the effects of the inj
dependence of those who are sharing
j in this bounty. I do not believe in
j deprivations or injustice, but I do bej
lieve that the "Work or Fight" system
'should apply to every able bodied man
and woman in America today.
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