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STATE CAMPAIGN AT BEAUFORT The Meeting at Heaufort Has Plc. turesque Environment. Smaill Crowd Attended. -fleaufort, June 20.-Another apath etic State campaign meeting was held at Beaufort tonight wilh an audience of approximately. 250 persons, about 150 of whom were voters, listening to the specels of twenty-one candidates, Seorge W. Wightmian and Octavus .'ohen, candidates for Lieutenant Gov ernor, being absent. The most in 1tresting inciden-t of the meeting was the picturesque place of meeting. in der the mellow -light of a nearly full moon, the candidates delivered their addresses in the court yard of -the ar mory of the Beaufort volunteer artil lery, anad their voices mingled with the chirp of the crickets. The can didates tonight taking advantage of the patriotic attitude that Beaufort has sh Nwin toward the war, made speech j which dealt almost entirely with the present crisis. John .1. DesChanmps, the first gub ernatorial speaker, came out for uni versal military training and a higher education. le modestly declared that he was as well informed in world af fairs as any man in the State. had been called the equal of Wilson, and could take his place at peace ta ble at the conclusion of tie war with the greatest minds of this country and of the old world and discuss with them the most intricate problems arising fr m the struggle. That is the kind Governor, he declared, South Caro ,i' ma should e&ect. He also claimed he was responsible for the election of Governor Manning, w-hom he praised as being one of the best Governors the State has had in the past quarter of a century, and asserted that he brought Seniaor Tillman into the race for reelection. John 1 T. Duncan described 'the in BC Just r few n Come Several A few he I have tw iquitie of the "systei" to the voters of Beaufort. John L. AMclaurin made a purely pa triotic Speech, declaring -lint when the 'Lusitania was sunk, he then thoulght that the United States should have entered the war, but has come to the conclusion later that It took the two following years of education and instruction by President Wilson to awaken the American people from their' .lethargy and bring to them a realization of what the struggle meana Ito the World. Thomias H-. Peeples, speaking on his native heath, said that this was no Jtime to inject factional politics into a campaign but the people shotild stand united behind. the government in the prosecution of the war. lie said that one of the main missions of the candildates for various oflices was to teach the )eople that America is "flighting that Christianity and man kind and that lie Ipconlie of the world shall not l'e crucifled on the cross of Im pe rialism." John 'liehards again deprecated th( assertion that the war is ani issue in IPlc campaign. lie claimed that, in his belief, all the peo!hle of South Car olina are 100 per cent American; lie also made a patriotic address, pre dicting that 'the war will le won by American soldiers. -Liettenant Governor A. .1. lethea made an intensely patriotic speech and took issue with Major Richards on the war. He claimed that the war is the great overshadowing issue of the campaign. .\Mr. Bethea was presented with a bouinet of flowers tonight. Iie is the second candidate -to have been given flowers oil telh campaign. lajor Richards was given a hunch at lain well Tuesday. lohert A. Cooper said that a great monu ment should greet the boys in khaki when they come from "over there", and it should be a vigorous 'ind efilcient educational system. lie advocated a system which would ei bo(ly both tle literary and ilie induis 3Ceived, tw mabouts at once, b~ ine fresh milk rses and mules !very fie big D. trial branches; of training. .\Mr. Cooper promised, if elected Governor, to Le the Governor of all the people, or he the Governor of none of the people. Ie said he had made no iromises nor had ie cnteredt into a trade. itefore lie would (do either he Would go down in defeat for a third tiic. RED 'itOSS NOTEiS. The surgical dressings department of the Ied Cross completed on Mon day imorlilng its allotimieit for .lunte. This order which comprised 3165 ilve yard rolls and :100 cotion pads seemed rather formidable w"hei first received but the work has been rapidly and well done and Is finished a week be fore necessary to make shipment. Vlen the order for July is received not ice will he givenl and it. is hoped that there will be plenty of willing workers to fill it, for the department wishes tn set a high standard for eill 'lenay and .:romptne anS k(etp right 11) to I., it has been peI'm' itted viiec va'nirm weathier L'or the workers to wear vashl dresres without aprons bit it mas been decided that hereafter aprons will be requi red, even over white dresses. Thc Lautrn s departient loes not Wish to seemn arbit rary about nat ters; of tihi; 1:ind but ithle ret iest or ext reme eautioni come in "briefs" roi head(luarti'ers. IEveryone is in terested in the work being done by the IRed Cross, so chairmen of lranch vs and Auxilliaries are I rged to send hor~ts of what they are doin g to Mrs. M. L. 'o!opland, chairman of publicity. One hundred and nineteen iew m eme nrs; have been added to Ihe lied (I().'; chaliter i the past teni lays. .irn. W. 1'. Thom1.a son req uesIs that all who have lischield knitied article.i for the Pled Cross will send Ihiem in as; roon as poe.ssible. Ted (irons requir es boxes for shn ing (!hspci l wd ons, w.hich hav bee \very lord to get. The glass O CarS ru' These are xiy one, an ws cows that i on hand for sal< WT ar OYSg H . &~sfo a fa( tory Is leintg tIs great Cause by m-Aking and donat ing tle boxes. ,Junior Red ('ross. AlIss .\lary l lee iIlabb has beent ap pointed chairmanl of the Junior Red Cross, succeeding M. . L. Parkinson, who organiized Ihe Work in tihe Lan ren school. UAliss Babb has a record of twenty-th ree schools which have 111nior Chapters, representing a muem bership of abot two thousand. ''lese schools are Copeland. a larksdale, Cross -liill, Fleming, Hickory Tavern, urvys. Friendship. Cray Vourt-Owings, Lau rens City, Greenpond, Janutrens .\lill, Lanford, Prospect, Oak Grove. Ora, Riddles Old Field, Trinity-Ridge. San dy Springs, Shiloh, Woodrow Wilson. Wattv .\lill. Youngs and Waterloo. The articles made by the childrea are as follows: Pinafores, VS: pillow eases (19, comn fort pillows 20. fractulre 1pillows 120, refuipee garments -18, pro perty bags I.18, comfort bags (tilled) 1-39. The younger children have been very diligent in knitting wash cloths, ui wipes, so'uares for comfort and in sni.'iping cloth for the fracture pil lows. Miss Babb has lust taken charge of the work and is anxious to get a full replort from every Junior Auxiliary in the county. She is anxious for the chaiiien of these auxiliaries to write to her, for in many instances she hasn't their names and cannot write to them. She wlishes to get thoroughly in touch with the auxiliaries at once so that the childre caln work this silm mer'. Recent Real Estate Deals. iMr. 13. M. Wolff, real estate dealer, re)orts the following sales of realty made within the past few weeks: The American Land Co., of Athens, Ga., has Loughl a large tract of land Cot aiining t;1,0 acres from Mrs. I. F. Fleming known aIs lihe fllackwell place MwVen Ware Sloal:; ard liMack Sta .1. . lietit 'id has bou lt the. 41 a3 ee i 0,0 I hay it asid Cd ill take cost fo e or trade. or trade-chedi r .\IcCarley house and :i I ! ..ipton ' enville. W' rect. frot M i.s. 1. ,A'. i - ' of 11. \l. WWII, ha, bouiht from J. U., SpartaIburg. Mhea ly ot IhiIie !,o-k. S. "'., tI ) 11. N. .\0 .Wash -11,n haL '.:,1 .\l r G y pr1operty (;n the C. h \\. C. Mt R., W. C. Irbv's !'ournc nn' :;'vI"::t' I-; n :tud S ioth !-ri I reco, wh1- P the of lanid on) Soth t're :s lx fs cy "d Wicer b.uildinevs are .\r. 1111uS. ctd i .:4 ee . Baientine house and lot on t.rdon - Street from .\lr. J. S. E.moe, of SUBSCRIDE TO "THE AD\'EdlkTSER' THE UNIVERSAL CAR A ! tl ixtra -ttentionl to your For. c r a 'l adj ign now and then. will help io keep it in 1)rime condition and add to it a: ity -'o (erve You. Bring your Ford car hue Why I:kc any cliances? .et those vihlo kno. ho. Iho.' who use geuine Ford parts. tai-e carc of y(ur (ar. To be sure ol 14 ting thi hebtstr';ice fro11P our Frd (ar he s d Ford w('n1ar for ,it. P'rompt. auet~ionl ak sId. WAL ROP'S GARAGE Laurens, S. C N SSt r- ACV p buggies, ad a uggies I can get. 9e till you need it. S ~as the season is closed. * *0 U / TS VOLUME XxxIII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1918. U 9