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SPARTANMBRG GR[[T .8TATE MPAIGN[RS Elimination Conference is Scored by Mendel Smith OVATiON GIVEN * HOME CANDIDATE 4inkscales (GiIven ani Ovation iI Home Toi of Spartnmburg and Cooper Rteceived wiith Cheers. Audience One of the Largest, iI tihe Cai'mpammignl. Spartanburg. August 8--An.ovation was given John G. (llinkscales, candi (late for governor, whenl lie catnte foi ward today and welcomed his com petitors to Spartanburg. lie asked the chair1ian to divide his timlae among ils iloponemints. lie was given another cm.ation by the 2,000 people. The dem onstration lasted seveial minIutes. Mr. Clainks(ales said: ""ldes anld IVelow Citixenls: By a.gr'eneimet a.1ining time candidates for gPOvt'i'n , when we reachI the honme town of onme lie deillies to make a . sech, hitt divides his tiime among his OPPOInItts. It gives milt, pleasure, tifoC' re, to ask tihe' chairnman to di vid. the time allotted to mne among tihe other candidates aind I bespeak f'or themnn a piatient, attentive' and respect fll hearing." .uh T. . tmi':nnin discunssedI what in <iAls "the systemn. tolling time iople that "l)ncan is tin witle man's hople." W. C. Irby dlar'ed any onl(- to take(( is rcord 1a1n show tiham he did not :a for. law annd ord'r, saying some p opl' na'irly split ithnein sidi's hollow 11. for law andm1i ordler because they 2tiougiht it 1)oltar an und d drgeal is t . ll, hit the Spartanhnurg street rail vay an tlayed motl mnnereNVrs. tll ."tacked Alnn.11ing, Cooper, Rlichards and N1. 1,. SmithI for thi effort:, inl establishinmg tie inmigntrtratioln bureau. (d said ihn didn't believe Richards Can be mammined down tine throats of any mnny cotton mill finenlds." Ite was given applause. IRi'Ihard I. Mainning advocated the gove I'nmnIn'mlt doilig all in its power to einable the farimers to borrow ioney at low nat es of lintemrest so tine farmers ean mold cotton for better prices after the European war. tie stands for lo "at option Compulsory education and for a striet buIsiniess adimin mistrationi of thi state's affairs. Mlr. Manning cmii phasized "Bleaseismi as tihe issue of tine capmimnaigI. tie denounced the par don record df .ov0'ernor Blease, and 'alled oil the people to "wipe oit tinis disgrace fronmI tine state, and said the peoPle were going to call to account those who had brought about tihese tomnditions, and called on tihe people to Wit aside factionalism an( come to gethCr and save the state. He was given prolonged applause. .ohn I. Adger Alutlaiy also spoke. John G. itichards was r'eceved with chee'rs. He commended Prof. CliIk scales for making a nimily race, draw ing applause. ie advoaentd fate text books for poor ciildire n and said ,oumm thn Carolina had nom donme her duty by the ceounntr y schools. lie opposed compulsory edlitntionl and declared that time Constitutional Convention of lsnCs, doilinatind antdi controlled by sCalawags ani negro('s, wans hin onty 'legislativo body whii1i had declaii for comipilsory edueation. Ills ems ton..aIry declaration thmat he wans goling to v'ote fori Ptlease foi' tihe semnate drmew ('h eers fr'omnn th Incjileasei totllowerms, Chinarmles ('arroll Simnmas asked for fan r mlay, sanying tin hand been a fr'ind fr ('ole Ittease for' years, atntd as soon as .lmhn Rlichards, a recent comnvert, sp n': Is :*oum bea:i n tatling '' HIe said ,nnly a flcase mnan nwilt bte elected gov imanor. lIeI sa'd inr. par'ty om' Inn l'ac Wrion coumld bnecomen gr'eat wihl t urnned dowmn its famitfu frmiends amnd took nup coin v('rts. .\n'. Si inmms excoiatedt M\a Jo" It icharid s, saystig Ihe mad bieen a prohm.ibiti onist, a dispe'n.sarnyite aind tnow a local otioinist, al ways chnasing inanjor'itIe's, lie eaist suspnini('on and doubt on Nm'. lielhard's' Itteas'sm, teli lng time peolie hnn hand Conne innto thne TBlease camnnn bunt ''won't he tan it d '~ti banck into tine othnen' as sooni as ihe is elected?' tie saidn .\lrn. R linhanrdis mad uecured tint repcani of it' ien law to tdestrnoy thne imn(eendence of' thet ormallt farmern'a, annd tied In break jun thne t'noI mor ntgage Iaw to put thne smanI farm ner's batck itnto Ithe' t'luit('hns oif t~he big fairmeis. tie tilt terly ant tanthent thsin mcer'ity of .\n'. I ichardin's lteanstismn, gettinag amiuanei when hne ('harles A. Sininth askedt inromotin 01 n his retord ami antitanked agai nst tine ''el iminatlin'' imove'mient, time C'olmnbia afternmoon inew spaplen' ('oopneri, .\an - aninig andn (inkscali's, andnt atgain Coin ilend that tnrohibtionn shoutild the sub itted'( to thte ipennol attaiking tine comnpn i usny i'duination antivoc(ateIsH ii rec'' eil soime alltaunse. I r'egret,"' said .\I. I,. Smn~ih, "'thn necessli3'tynt renftriing to a matterci hner'e wic'i shnonud tnt imuinossibn!t un tier suneh aI lemioernaty ans ours, andii in a state' whe(rn th' prninmry is so mutchn prnizet. I hnan' ' r('rn('e no an attt'mpit on thInn part if a few pneopnlo, supptedi'(n by3 a fe w mnlnespapers, somen of whoemn seemned t) bne fair' anmd hnonest in 11urp'ose. to dic'tat i o It)heI )n'mo ematit' volters of' thnis stat' thirm c'hnoicet. Sn.oh efforit bears n'venry chra er ist ic of clIrque amnd boss n'mle. Thnny have vii'tianly aantinn o the Inople inm the P'tildnman t setlienon that'n ynou should h not f'ven (onsideir inertain ('andtidat Ies im tis ramon, thnnoug, youa hnave never' hadl tint opp~ortumnity tof seeing orn hcanr lng thlemn. Thie Aike'n unit, addressed to thle Aintl-I leanse mnmbmen's of tine .State Comveintion, couild niot surnvivye thno overwhinning semintint of touir 'peotle again st thne effort. Thecy met -and resolved thmait tine necessity tid inot exist for smuch action, and in tism eview I want to tsay that I heartily concuri. Scarcely hatd this conference andjouitrned before a circular letter' was Ment otit f'rm .tine same source atnd ridd~?said to the same parties attempt .ing to acctmnuchu in thIn maenned what they publicly proclaimed -that there was no necessity for. In this lotter the attempt to eliminate !my good friend, Dr. Clinkscales, who was placed in the originai list, anal sug gested concestration upon the other two, whoiui the people of Soutlih Caro lina, who stand for fair play andi a siuaro de.al, will eliminate in the Au gti.t plnltlAly. So far as 1 am conl cerned personally, I am trying to inake a light in which results worry me but little, and if elected governor of thi; stiti I want to be the governor of the whOlI. )ople)1 and not the pet or l&:vorite of any cligne or ring rule. I have no juarrel with the ihlic press. Oil the contrary, I have from a Sense of duty publicly defenide(d it in this campli.'.. While I am not c111apa ble of giving advice, Or is such 1mly purlpose. 1 (O wish to say here that the newrlpaiers who are attempting to promiIote the elecilLation process and reommoJInild who should. occupy first place among the chosen few, are not doi'ng any good for the cause of Anti lI ea.*isil in this state. Trust the, eIlO. geitleIen, and let them choose alter a free hearing. Let us not act the fool at the wrong m1111e." lie said Mr. Clinkscales had since been eliminated. that lie saw a circular let ter at Gaffney yesterday advising tile Anti-lllease people to centre on Coop er 11d Manning. .lMr. Smith's decla ration that he would not issue pardons drew rousing c(heei's. lie called for a hand priiary from those who thought life and prop orly were as safe as they wvere four years ago to hold uip their hands. Five h an(1s were raised. Then Ie cale( for those who did not think lil", a1.1 property wero as Safe to hold up thel I hastl. scores weit il) and111 a mighli.: cheer broke ott. Lownides .1. Biowning dlnouiCd tle "elinillto s.' ad( (alled ateititil of his so (loing it W.l1tood, and Said the whol hlan was bgi to ('limilnate all of the Anti-Illease CLdid(lats ex eopt .lMr. .annili. "th frieiid of tle '..ankers and imnolev interest," and scored his record inl the (eneral As Cleors gret(d iobert A. Cooper, 11le last spImkier. .lr. Coop(eri Said ie iropose( to gt t'he olice on his ow\ n 11oid a n not by\- pulling others down. III Said of the criticis.ns of his stand oii compulsory 0(1)edation tha0t lie voted for ani aIIemenillill t to the child labor bill, nioviding -he 'faelities 1Wr compulsory edlealtionl, 1111d stood( then Just where he stands now. .\lr. Cooper said lie and Mr. lirowning were the first to oppose the elimination conference, and that Mi. C. A. Smith did not say a word against it until they had elilinuated him. lie again iiisisted that enforcement of the law Is th p1raniuiit issue of the campaigil. Mir. Cooper prollised if elected governor to see that the law breakers with political pmlls will not get inmmnity. The speaker war. vig orously cheered when he closed. The meeting was held in ilock Cliff Park. D)r. S. T. 0. Lancaster, county chair:nan. presided. The audience was one of the largest of the campaign. News and Courier. Just received another shipment of High Grade llefrigerators. Our lin1e is n ow complete In ll it sizes. C0111. ad select yours while the ine is (om1ipletc. *4 *** * *. * 4* * *** *4 * COLD POINT NEWS. 4** ** *** ** * * * * Cold Point, Aug. 10-We are hav ingi niee showers and crops ure looking n11ch better than they (id a few weeks Igo. Mr. N. .1. Wheeleir and wIfe, after ;pending a few (lays with thle formler's r)iothecr, Alr.x II. F. Wheeler', have re urinedl to their home in Greenwoodl. di's. J. Guy Urown and little son have >een spending several days in this 30m'muinity. Shio is very pleasantly 'ememibeired here, having spent part >f hei' girlhood here. Mir. Moses Madden has shipped four undr'ed crates of canttulouipes this veek to North Carol Iha andi other inints Mr. W. Y. McNeill, our' obliging mal tarieir, narrowly escaped serious in-; jury Satur'day when hIs motorcyele sollided with an automoble at a suud len Iun i in the road here. lie re 3eived a few scratches lint securedl a !iorse( aiid coninuii(ed h Is journey. Messi's. Geor'ge liryson and Gary Rll(armian wer'e rcenti guests of Mr'. Franuk WVorkman1 i. .\ir. Thomas D~uncan, of Watts Mill, ias retu ued home after' spending a week with hioimetolks. Mr. .James Munday Is spending a fewi lays with~ Mlr..J. C. Nelson. Quite a crowd went from here to the old150(1 (olie's reun~iion ait Quakeir Sat tirday. All r'ep)ort a pleasant day. Mr i. E. Shiawi Cunniiin gham retur n ed1 to Cliintoin Sunday03, having spuent a few (lays wIth Ils rmlotherl. Mie.'irs Mansel Owens anid James ('hardy attended services at Mlt. Pleasant Suinday. We arie pleasedl to note (hat Mr'. J.il. II. luin ter' offers for .siuperintendent of' eduent11ion. ~Mt. Pleasanit school owes much to the diligent andI efmeientl services of Mr'. Iilnte'r, both as a painstaking teaucheri andl as a wlide awake truteed(. 1te'mrkable Cutre of DyHsentery. "I was attacked wIth (dysentery abot IJuly 1 5th. and~ used the doctoi's mediclno andi other remedies with no relief, only gettIng worse all the time I was unable to do aaything and( my weight' dr'oppled from 145 to 125 IJounds. I suiffered foir about two months when I was adhvised to use Chemberlain's Collc, Cholera and D~iarrhoea Remedy. I used two hot tles of it and It gave me permanent relief," writes -B. WV. Hill of Snow M11 N. C. Fors-mi e by1 allar, TIUULLING STORY OF BATTLN OF LIEGE. (Continued from Pago One.) "The Belgian attack from the in tervals between the forts was ener getic. The German movement soon was checked and the engagement then be came an artillery duel, the Belgian guns having a deadly effect on the German forces. "A (lerman column attacking Fort Harehon spread out into a fan-shaped formation to the extreme right and flowed around the fort. It mado. for the city, but a Belgian reserve bri gade delivered a prompt counter at tack and threw the Germants back in great disorder. Their losses were cloriliOus. "'he German heavy artillery fire was concentrated against Fort Barchon, but seemed badly directed. The heavy Belgian artillery dominated the German fire and destroyed two of their heavy guns." "The German central column at tacked Fort 1vegnee. The Belgian reply was two actions-artillery cross fire from Forts Fieron and Barchon, supported by a counter attack by the Belgian infantry. The lerman ad vanceV was1 stopped. "At this moment. Gen. Von Emmicl1 sent a flag of truce. demandig suir tender. lie inforied tite commandant, Licut. Gen. Leman. that if he ((did not surreinder iimediately a Zeplin d irig i W1ould 1(1dr1)op a n explosiv e upon the leadquarters of the general staff. "'Thll efsal was as sitm iamry as the request. The fire from the forts re opened Ilheavily, and tite offensive also was takin by tite lielgians. The Ger ianF abandoned their position and re tired for a iistance of six mines. The leigiati troops followed up 1their ad vantage without delay and the (er nan retreat was accelecated. "Theisecond part of the German at tack was being carried out upon the southeastern defense. The Gxerman troops sought to make their way be tween the Belgian positions on the Iuy :;idc. They also attacked Forts Boncelles and IEmbourg, but they en countered entanglements and were ap preciably retarded. They continued their advance and made a direcet at tack which failed. Their losses were heavy. "The Belgians defending the inter val numbered only 1,500 and they fell back a mile and a quatler. This was a critical moment. Gen Leman threw all his troops, which were not engag ed, upon that part of the defence, and 15,000 men massed against the attack. It was night and fierce bayonet fight ing ensued. The enemy was held back. "In the obscut rity there was some confusion and one small German of fleer wore ait undress cap to deceive the Belgians. lie spoke English. To complete the deception, his men car ried their rifles at the shoulder. They got to within fifty yards or general ichadquarters when the Gendarmes recognized them and opened firc. Vio lent street fighting followed and the Germans wetre driven out of te city. Gent. Leman then transferred his head rluarters to one of the forts." IV-VEft-LAX tones tip the sy-tem, stimulates fte Liver to work in harm ony with the other organs. Guaranteed to giv'e satisfaction. Rays l'harimacy. * * * ** * ** ** * ** *** * * Protest From M'r. Nicholls. * S'partanbmurg, S. C.. August 6. 1914. lEditor Laitrains Advertiser: Lautretns, S. C. I wish to pirotest against the unreca sonable action of the county chairman, in bxing the. itinerary for Congtress. I utnderstand that Sam Lancaster, Mills Mooney and Mr. Sarratt of Uni Ion, met in the ofilee of Sam Lanham for the puirpose of fixing our congt'es sional campaign. I had addressed these gentlemen in a letter, asking that we have at least thtree meetings in each county and I understand that i. Batrrait insisted upon this, but was overruled by the other two, who are both supp~orters of Congressman .Iohnson. I hiave been tunable to get Congress man .Johnson to agree on campaign meetings, where we could all three he present and address the voters of the distriict andi it is of course, to htis advantage to huave ns, jew carfmiaign meetings as possible. I wish to ask the general public, if it is fair to Cetonel Duncan and myself, to re cjuirwe us to pay two hundred andi fifty dollars to enter this campaign and then limit its to four meetings, when candidates for the Legislidture and other ofleors are given a greater nium ber of meetings in each county and pay a great deal loss for entering the race. I do not believe that the people will sanction the action of the couTi ty chairmen, for I believe that the vot era wish to hear all three candidates discuss the issues in the campaign. Sam J. Micholls. WAR! WAR!! BUT DON'T GET FRIGHTENED! The United States is all right and business will go on as usual. You have to have some goods and we are putting for cash all of our Summer Goods at prices that you can't pass up--especially if you need them. Everything in Underwear to close. Everything in Clothing to make room. Everything in Millinery at give away prices. Everything in Summer Dress Goods must go. Everything in Ladies' Suits at farewell prices. Everything in Summer Straw Hats to clean up. Everything in Ladies' Dresses cheaper than ever. Everything in Low-cut Shoes and Slippers (Want the Space) Call and get our prices and you will be happy over what you have saved. COME! Davis-Roper & Company LAURENS' BEST STORE WHEN IN TOWN VISIT THE MOVIES! Every Day an Attractive Day TWO BIG FEATURES THURSDAY-CAMPAIGN DAY "The Great Aerial Disaster" In which Aeroplanes and Airships play conspicuous parts. * Friday, August 14th "The Day of Days * One of the Famous Player features. A thril ling story of adventure in New York which everybody will like. THE IDLE HOUR 5 CENTS AND 10 CENTS U Shows Afternoon and Night