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LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1917. NUMBER 10 G[RMANS DRAW ANOINER FOf Argentine Sends an Ulima tum to Empire. MASS MEETING DEMANDS BREAK If Iiperlid (Aoiernment's Appreciation of Iuxbu01rgK is Confirmed War Will be leclared by Repliblic. Govern. nent Auxiously Awaits (uernman Re. Sponse. Buenos Arcs. Sept. 22.--The Ar gentile government hias sent an ultI mattum to Germany. in its note thne goverlnmieit. de mands a formal statement from the German goveranment. of its attitude toward the behavior of its minister, Count von Luxburg and a repelition of the pronises mad respecting Ar gen I lila l shipping in connection with the ,oro settlement. The Argentine governmef las reveived no explania Cons) from lterlin si nce tlhe d Iselosires by tihe American secretary of state, exeept a verbal statement from 11aron von IDem Rssche-lnddenhausen, in der s ecretary of Ile (ernininni foreign 0111ce, iade thriough, Mr. .\olin., tihe Argentin)e iiiieir I to Berlill, which Argeintija considers insufileient. Thio Argentine forei gn miiii;teor made I stal'ement in the elaimblr of deputlies today relful-ding the situlation ani it was unliderstood that tlhe roll cats had prepared Ia resoiloin which1 they intended to lint roduire, decilring a state of war already mxi,is w'A'h Germany. The governiiimenat 1" alixiolsly awa%. li g Ie -rlin's res )11e befo re < i iding on a raptuwre of iclations or a declar atioln of war and acoerding to the foreign oilce, if thne Ge'rman govern ient's reported ePfpreciation of von Ljuxblrg Is conti:mIied, Argcntina will consider it an insuilt and declare war Immediately. If no comirmation of this report. is forthcoming only a rup ture of relations is likely. A declaration of war would result in a shake-up in the cabinet, several of the ministers -maintaining that no cause for war exists, although a ma jority of the ministers and the public generally are willing to follow the government even into war. A great mass meeting was held to day and thero was a unanimous call for an immedate break with Ger many. NATIVIE OF CROSS HILL FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONEV W. A. MeSwain, now Resident of New berry, Throws I1s Hat Into the Ring. Mr. W. A. McSwain, formerly of Cross -1ill but now a resident of New berry, has decided to enter the race for Insurance commissioner to succeed Mr. F. H-. McMaster, who has announc ed hisu determination not to offer for thne place again. *Mr. McMaster will return to the newspaper field, -being nttached to Tihe Columbia State. An other candidate spoken of in connec tion with the comnmissionershnip is S. M. Grist, of York. The followving eon eerning Mr. McSwain appeared in Thet Nowberry Observer: Mr. WV. A. McSwain of Newberry hasi acitd upon the advice of a number of fr'ienlsn to enter tihe race for insur ance commnnissioner~ to succeed F. H. McMaster. It is the simple truth tC say that Mr. McSwvain is qualified for insurance commissioner by chnaracter and experience, lie is '15 years 0f age, a native of Iaurens county, his boyhood having been spent on the -farm near Cross 'Hill, his early man. hood ,as a clerk in a country store, working up to position of manager; then an accountant for mnanufacturing and mercantile interests, Hie began the flre insurance business in 1906-and has .been continually at it since, most of the time and at present mnanaging a large agency that writes all classes of insurance. He understands the in auranee business from the ground up. His election to the offiee would in sure a capable and impartia'l admin istration of the insurance departmeni og the Mtate. Mr. H~ugh tAiken, who has been in Allentown,'Pa., working in a munitiont plant, returned to the city last week and left again Monday .for Davidson college to take itp his studIes for an other year. BY COUNTIES IN THE STATE Itlchland tie Leader-Fignures Com piled by Iilon County .ludge of Pro bate. Dillon, Sept. 22.-Joe Cabell Davis, judge of probatc for illlon county, Ims .Just complet(ed an1 interesting tab ulation of the number of permits is sued in South Carolina for the ir chase of liquor tinder the luart a monthi: law, passed at the last session of the general assembly. Mr. Davis' tabulatiol covers the period from April 25 to September 1, this year. The niunher of pernmits issued is giv en by counties an(d in each instance tle figures were secured. from the oflev of the probate judge, except ir ltichland county, where they were furnished by a state olicial. Comn pit ation of the statisties invol vedl some ex pelse and considerable work, but 01r. l)avs feels that the time an1 Inmoney were well spent. The ahnla tioin follows: Pecrmnitsa Abbeville . .... .... .... .... .. 50 i ken j .... .... .... .... .... ..702 Anderson .... .... .... .... ....2,101 IIkl 1)nb vrge ... ... ,...-- --- .... . . , ) ltarnw-vell .... .... .... .... ... ,293 lieaufort .... .... .... .... .... lierkely. .... .... .... .... ....171 ('alhioun................... Clarleston .... .... .... .... ..(,61 ('herokee . . . . . . . . . .$ . olon .... .... .... .... .... 375 l.rlieto ...... .... .... .....2.1.10 I )illon. .... .... .... .... .....21;) *hI th t .r... .. .. .... .. .. .. .. 1 1airfield.................... ...110 F )lo ce . .... ......... . ....... ....:I .lo g t w .... .... . ... . ... .:1.;211 reenville .... .... .... .... ... .irliiwood .... .... .... .... .... ,034 llampto n ........ .... .... .... .... llorry..... .... .... .... .....2,74 .asper ..... .... .... .... ......12 iershaw. .... .... .... ........106 Lancaster .... .... .... .... ..1,394 Iurens .... .... .... .... ......1,989 10e ........................ ...838 Lexington .... ..... .... .... ...11 .LeCormick ..... .... ............151 Larion. .... .... .... .... .... ..197 .arlboro .... .... .... .... ....440 'Newh erry..... ..................1,914 Oconee..................... ... ..42 Orangeurg .... .... .... .... ..1,291 Pickens. .... .... .... .... ......34 Richland .... .... .... .... ..2,352 Saluda .... .... .... .... .... ..210 Spartanburg .... .... ............1,100 Sumter .... .... .... .... .....1,726 aunion .... .... .... .... .... ..2007 W illiamsburg .... .... .... ... ..389 York .... .... .... .... .... ..265 OViElI 900 CARS REGISTERED. Clerk of Court Ilecelves List of Cars Itegistered In this County Upto Sept. 12th. The state highway commission mail ed to the clerk of court last week a list of cars registered in this county under the new automobile license law. The list is now open for inspection in the clerk's omeie. The list shows that a total of 905 cars wvere registered in the county, including dealers' ears and motorcycles. There were 11 dealers' cars, 18 motorcycles andl 876 autonmo biles. The curious fact has develop ed that some of the largest ears In the county pay .but a little more than the smallest, this being caused by the met-hodl of comnpu ting horse-powver whIch the law Drovides for. Local Cotton: Market. The cotton market has been on a jump!1 since the latter part of last week. The first of this week the sta ple was bringing as high as 24 cents the poundl, but yesterday there was a slight recession in price, the mnar ket dlrop~ping dIown to 23 3-4 cents. The farmers are not showing a disposition to sell, holding theIr Crop) for higher prices andl storing it in the warehous es. * * * * S S S S S S S S. S . * NEW ADDRESSES. * * Since the reorganization of the * * reginments at Camp Sevier, the ad- * * dresses of the local boys have been * * changed. Letters and other things * * to b~e sent t4 membiers of the old* *Traynham: Guards should be ad. * * dressed as follows: * *.Name .."..........................* * C'o. D, 118th Inf. (1st 8. C.) * * Camp Sovier, * * ' renvlls. .* "R[FOR" PARIY 1I CONMNIONM Would Have Convention o Straight Tickets In Derr ted States Senator on I it Also. (Cliarleston American.) Columbia, Sept. 19.--Not only iW tile idea of former Governor Ilease Tor.a convention of the leform party to nominate canditiates from 1 'nit tied States seInat or on down meet ing with universal favor among tile lIeforme.. but tihe anti-ileforIn par ly is taking up.the s-iggestion and sone of its ieilbers are IlUrging that it do like wise, ti:s having two straight, tick eta in th Delmceratic primary. TIIi. would recally lieall two white m1' a pIarties i i SoMuth Carolina recognizld hy thlie Inmerati party, and witliiin the parlt, jtst a ilere are now 1wo oaities i. fact, a11( it would amilouit. siiply to i Itc-ognition of conditions; as Ote ,e The Yirk Nevs, a straiglit-out ai "(Goveroril BIlease and thil so-called Iermpally ha;ve thrlown dtown the( aiiitt foi r ih e O mpi gn111111: of 1 P18. .iii a t ri .- his lfac Iion to I Itiou. 2ly org I aIiz so ;.; t(o colntl l tio ('.nh if l t w tin igs n xt .\pril 'i II to 1011 e t illdlil i ,:; Il'ie~ - - ir_ this ic:, : in 1r I t i:, I :: "c po o l11 t() h e i.- ai),Jarm utly ta.king 110 ie e:l and isi very little ceen eerled over \\ha1.1y Ilajilltn ill pooli lies nxi tumm r. Goverlior .\lanning h1.is stited tlha l e will not be a ncn didiate f at y rm. oill ad 11or i man is entlirely n~oncomlmuienitive as to his plans. Ini Ile imeantilie, it. is practically certain tiat .\lr. ilease will be a candidate for the United States senate, alnd ia convention or caucus of reformers will Pritactically iominate a full ticket, as tihey did in the .larch convention of 1890. We tiink t hose opposed to Illease and Bileaseism should recognize the fact that tiere are two distinct factions In this state and govern themselves accordingly. We believe that the an ti-Blease crowd should have county conventions and send delegates to Columlbia and nominate a full ticket from United States senator to coro ner to oppose IIlease and Bleascisn. The convention ought to write a strong, progressive platform and se lect its strongest and best men to represent the anti-Blease faction. "The state needs two parties. The present stato of political degeneracy In South Carolina Is largly dlue to the fact that It Is a one-party state. If each faction nominated Its own candidates and fought out the politi cal issues in a Democratic primary, we would practically have two .par ties In the state Instead of one. If a candidate were defeated as the nominee of his party or faction, It would not bring him the same hiumili ation as it now does when he is representing no one but himself and responsible to no fact Ion or party for the views expressed .and advocated by him upon the stump, so The News adlvoentes the plan 'proposed bly for mer Governor Blease and hopes that his opponents will accept the chat lenge, meet in Columbia, nominate a full ticket for all state and county ofilees to opose Blease andl Blease 15sm. The state executive committee and the convention wvhich meets in Columhia should put every safeguard around the election so far as to in surie a free ballot and a fair count. If a majority of the white voters of South Carolina want Illease and Bleaseism 't is the duty of the minom' ity to sula~it to the wvill of the .iezsplo andl n' if the majority is opposedi to Blease and I'haseism, they ought to scubmit without howling about fraud and the purchase of votes." The York News edItorial is exact'y in line with the interview of ofrmer Governor Blecase, published in Th~e Charleston American upon which the Newvs bases its suggestion. Meeting Still Progressing. The revival services being conduclt ed at the First Methodist church un der the leadership of 'Rev. Walt Hlol co'mbe continue to attract large con gregation twice a day. Ne announce ment haii yet been mnade as to the dura tion of the meeting. D[RS WNT l[ThOD Of NOMINATION F Both Factions Nominate ocratic Primar) From Uni )own. York Paper Favors C11i'ied out it would theiall in reality Ilhat in ny i nl 1 iltances hetier meICn cotild he obtained for ollice 1than ncl he lunde'r thle pr~e--nlt systemll---anld it wolih einrily' thle issils. V or instancev. r. A is a suht ant ia1,l busiess or pro oss"iloal m1111 and would makuhe an ex e(llnt 1:Uluber of the p(e1(ral assem bly, h.1t he will not file ls pledge and go into a hurldle rave, becals %(e per solally his do .:3ires do not run in the Inl' of politils, ihltpli he would he wing to -vwo .- oil in the hlouso or nll itx ; - rea ly X. waitled his ,el4o ., md j., I w:i alled 11p1on as i'm e'ii 44'*j hi. facit he woul d be willing 14) 1: h : ham s of WE <t 01)inl (rd(' to he of ulich 51 rrra i he ht uIl. [he Salle 11ilciple w'vold a1 ply to 1!' fill in of1 state of 'U )(f I tl two f actI i-s should mrt in conventioll each coul p 4'' rd i: -; V b t m:A Illo . who w'ol li "o ilto Ithe primary as cand il;, 1.14' .110111 nf*ill'i 1110a 1. ill 3W B,,'n. ii'r:-oni;il ities would ad w l by it'uet. 1w h r 1 n 1,.n'IW '.); Iuc ths v e 'iai s aolI( hav hven miade against Mr. IIle 'Thif p m wo., ld also 1 i minauaet. "Ialt is known as th1ie "lindsirable' calldidate" without ;utilvient. follow ing to .instify his making a rave, for It is hardly probable, after the two fa1(ions had iet in a proper consti flled convention and nominated their tickets, that any man wolId run al; an Independent because it Is to he presiumed that each faction would fine 111 solidly heh ind Its own ticket. Much time on the stump 'wou1ld also be saved, because there would lbe only two candidates for each office and every one would have an 01)1)01 - tunity properly to present his claims to the people. It may be possible, in order to car ry out the suggestion( that. it would lie advisable to amend tile present rules of the party, as, under the con striuction placed upon them by some11, a ficket within the party nominated by a convention would be barred. The rules, however, could easily be changed to ieet the situation, and even if they were not, they would be technically complied with, and two straight tickets put into the fleld. It would be far better, however, to make the rules conform, and to give each faction representation on the board of managers of election at each pre einct-two members each. ThIs would prevent fraud andl charges of fraud, andl the people would be satlsfled as to the honesty of the electIon. As a mlatter of fact, thle antl-reforml party, at. Its famous "elIminatIon" mleeting at thle Jecfferson hotel in the camplIalkn of 19141, in response to the dlemanld of the anti-reform press, -Put nmost of Its gubernatorial candidates out of-'the running. Tis was sImply the conventIon Idea in a negatIve form, and really resulted in the electIon of Mr. Manning as governor. The ruiles should be amended so as to allow the Refornm party, the antI Rleform party, the prohlbitlonists, an tI-prohibltlonlsts or any other party fto nlomlinate a ticket wilthin thle dhem cratic primary, where the dlIffer ence' could be threshed oult, andl then a united front pult in the general elec tIon, thus continuing to keel) out the negro vote as a factor In politI cal cioilt'ists hbetween whIte voters, That the Reform party, at least, is going to agree upon a straight tIck et, there seems to he lIttle doubt, The nmembers of the party are de manrding It, and a convention wIll be held to deter'min~e the course of the Party. Ieut. A. 0. Ilart has landed "some where', either in France or Enigland, accordIng to a cablegram receIved by his mother, Mrs. C. M. Clarke, yester day. On account of government cen sorship restrictinsn, he was only able to state that he had landed, no par ticulars as to the pert or country be invgiaven. 5EVERIAL VACANCIES IN STATE' LEISLA'TWlIE Wine Meiiier's, Ineluding . Speaker hloyt, Iline JIesigiled. Others Joinled the Army. 'Columbia, Sept 18.-Although the text session of the general assembly vill be composed of hold-over mem iers many new faces will be seen illong them as several vacancies must )p filled before it (0nvenes in .lann ry. Jalls A. Iloyt, speaker of the 10tosu has moved to Detroit. Mieh. enator \\. R. Ilogers, Jr., of 'Spartan meg lhas een idrafted; Senator J. K. 11 of G(;remnWood ha resigned; oil j ilmbers cf l't house have re 'eived (ommillisiols in the o1(iers 'eSrI've Cor p.; while three represt nta ives anid one seiator are nlow at Fort )gleullorpe, seiking loiio ls in 11e secold ollivrs' ro eerelve corps. Otileers of any other branlch of he s rvvice than1 s!at Im ilitia are not 'iile to hold seat ill he Ie i..laiture, t i hOieved. St( lion 21, \rticl Ill, if tho zlale cdlil!'i~ntioni pro ides that 'Ito lwr on ::i Ii elii'H ( oII a eat In 0.1, 0e rllV mbl ~i( while ho holds. :ny wi ier or pos ition ot pr it or trust 11'n r thit tr , ' it'd t ; I' \ rit-a. ol any (1f them" or under. ;Inw i i xvept oll vr: in I th" b ho -ho A i ls' tt'.re (orpis. :,nator 1!. ('. Ep s. iumwr Itar I'. letsailague, ICharles in and 1. I,. Smiithi. Gegetown, ale nw at lrori Ogle lor e. None of the ab~ove (xcept liepre sentativye 1101ton hats tendered11( his res5 Ignath i so far as known and it will lbe up to the house to deeide what am tiol finally shall be taken looking to tir' rini statement if t hey slou mid re Iurn before the exirat Ilion of their elv NI) FO l , . hI. l.dIdEN, Forimeiru -oal Poa eknawn Carged with Violation ofs the iPrhibllo Laws. .aes I1. Aladden, of ou nville, a former county irual 1xpoliceman, was arrested Friday near a negro church in Sullivan townsllip where a large Jhurc r me eting was in irogress, and lator released on bond for his appear ance at the nexi term of court to answer to three charges of trans porting and selling whiskey and hav ing in his possession more whiskey than the law allows. The arrest was made by Rural Policeman Abrams and Deputy Sheriff Koon. Hond was fixed In the sum of $1,000, half of which was on the three charges and the other half to guarantee the delivery of tile car on demand in ease of is convie tion1. The law in the case pirovides for 11he conlfiscation of tile car Onl convie tioni in addition to tile judge's sentence. According to informat Ion obtainable about the ease, Mir. Mladden was en gaged In transfer' work at. the negro mfeetIng, hauling theCm to and from the chunrchl and on pleasur1 ie trip~s. The Po lie offieers were present to maintalin nirder and had thir1 suspliins (1ireet ed towvard him whlenl It became evident thlat whiskey was being secured by some of tile negroes from somel source. lieI was followed by thle officers when lhe deliarted on 0one trip wvith a load of Passengers. At a short distance from the churchl they came uiporn hImo withI Is ear stopped)0( beside thle road. Ru ral Policeman Abrams told 1111m thlat thley hlad reason to believe that lie had m(ore wvhIskey In is ear thlan the law allowed and stated that they piroposed to search thle Car. IHe raisedl no objec tion and D~eputy Sheriff Koon (did tile searching, finding a quart and a pInt of whIskey underneath tile seat. Neith er of the bottles was scaled, andI both of them wvere full. The car and Its owner were brought to Laturens where ball was granted later In the (day. Mr. WV. RI. Richecy, attorney for tile alcused, statedl yesterday that hIs eli ent clalimed to be suffering from an allment that required a stimulant and that the whiskey wvas being carried for that purpose. Mr. Idlward McCrady, Assistant State Highwvay Engineer with offices Jn Columbia, spent the Week-end in the city with friendt. LAURENS MEN Off FOR CAMP JACKSON Fifty-Three Men in Second Contingent. LARGE CROWD SAW THEM OFF Fifty-Three Men. Constiluiing the See ouild Co itntinat. from Lau1 ren s Coun. Iy I'11N... thlie Draft. lai, Depart-ed for Trining'a1t, Iam, .lackson Slit. urdiy. Surlauh-tiv by friend4 and lelativcs lifty-thiwm mel constitilttog the see ondi n in at Iron this collity un1der hli, s i to draft law, eninihied at tIe i:im: : - tlion Saturday morn ii 41 for Couibia fromi whelie they a I*:r: ol. ' a hP ii be . T!'i ma1 lin nL .Lbiid 2 thIo ii. 1( . v e e v eyr ive filal it li i n from th loal OxemIptioll rd v- ' x tenI (..(or tll i.> the tat ionl by the mlenthersc. of the )oardl h th 111e Nn weri Pi ill J'. I I I i 1,1it .1. I ii l .L . alen 011 the c I I I t oi ; d- . an "d 1 wO *" d h l . t h e L e rl I ; L - . ; i t h ei ud e' r m like Li , '' call L;. i tt clina'.ion to The roll (u, hollor for the siconld in stalltelit is as follows: From Iairielns: James William Pow er. Johni C. Pitts, Will Prinev, Juil \\. C. 11%!, .1ohn Allii ltarksdale. Lau.. renis, Routeu 1: .\elvinl W. im sn ILaulens, Rollte 3: Geeorge .\I arion t% Ver den. ILaurlens, Route 4, Guy Moore. iaurens. Route 5: Reverly Clydo t ksdale. Laurens, Route 6: Eddie Lee Pitts, William Marvin PIt ii, Le land Floyd Armstrong. 'liIntol: . Irry W-infield VIe clier, Gus Mason Younog, lilarle A. Davidson, 'ihomas ii. Tioipson, Vernon Miles Mize, John Teel Ilogan, William lames Boiter, F1. Roy Waddy. Walter Jethro Morris. Fountain Inn: William Tinsley Stewart. Richard Bailey, Ben .ones Pearson, John Marvin Patton. Lanford: Franlii Pierce Drum mond. Gray Court: Walter Dial Arlmstrong, Albert Armstrong, 'Roy Calhoun Wal-. lace. Owings- Robert Enoch Hill, Robert L. Peden John D. Switzer. Cross Hill: John Thomas Wells, Gary Coleman Spearman, Irvin Golden fill, William It. Chandler. livan, Williamn Lewis Knight. Waterloo: .Johni Alnsel Poole, H-ienry Mason B~aldlwin, .1ames Osear Maddeon. Wire Shoals: Rufus Franklin Bag wetll, Charles II umbdrt Sullivan, Starn ley Stepp Reeks. Princeton : George Evart Taylor. Renno: Clyde I~ison Bobo, Pierce B3, G'oldville : Mann ('0r1ey. Ova: Robert Richard Traylor'. Watts Mill: Sam W. 1l1ll. Woodruff, R. F". [.: 'William R, Wall, Thomas Ezeli Owens. G U N (1LU11 NOTJES. Only Tw''o Shoots Per Month. V'acationi for Winter Months4. Dues Due. At. a meeting of the gun club Thturs-. day it. was decIded by the club to hold shoots Onl the firist. and third Trhursday in eachi month and to suslpend~ shoots entirely from Dec. 1st to April 1st. It was also deeldede~ to make annual duen of $2.50 per member. Thlis is now duo andl payable to the treasurer, Mr. D). lIL Swygert, who requests that a chec5k -be mailed him promptly. A big shoot wvill 'he held on Thanks giving Day, the main event of which' wvill be a t'0-target~contest for a silver cup. This contest is open to members only. Mr. D. C. Mci.eiurin left on Monday ror Florence where lhe will be conneet ed with the Southern Express Co. for a while. He expects to he transfirrecd soon to Cnap Jaickson at Columbia