The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 10, 1918, Image 1
V)LUMB XXXill- LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 10, 1918.
'fR[1I GAIN GROUND
BY SUDDN BLOW
Strike on Front of Two
Miles.
GERMANS PREPARE
TO STQIKE AGAIN
-("s1al 'Timne Between Oienslves 1i.n,
Expired aid Signs Indlente tI ht
Vermnns are Preparing for What
Ma)Y be leniest Blow Yet Delivered
French troops again have been
successful in a resum p1ion of the
"nibb!ing" tactics w.hich Ihe alli'l
(oiliand has followed, Wiile the
Germans pre!taIre for a nev llow. 'ilie
fighting activity on the westeri fronti ,
however, still is iucl localized. iFrom
thle eieimiy hlues Come o110 indicI lotins
-that Ike, Cermans are about to strike.
1111portait positions on a front of
two miles to a depth of two-thirds of
a mile and :50 pisoiers were taken
by tle Firenlch in lir latest. effort inl
lie regjon of Loigpont,* northeast of
'Villers-Cotterets. The sector on
which tihe gain was made is just
south of where the Freneli last week
made importantI local ga ins in the
region of St. Pierre Aigle and north1
ward for six miles toward lie Aisne.
No counter-attacks have been made
by the etiny. nor has he sruck
back at the Australians in their new
cisillons astride the Somime.
1Ru severai weeks the Germans
amve ' .een drili lig and instruttig
weecivnit anetaking divisions behind the
ermn ilines leaving tle froit post
hlons to be guarded by mitediocre
roops. German aerial activity has
decreased in the pat few days, and
it is probable the airmen also are
making ready for the next onslaugh .
The German artillery Ilre has in
creased to above normal only on cer
talin sectors.
It is not unlikely the enemy will
depend oil the element. of surprise in
ohe impending blow, as lie did on
March '.U and- .in the attack against
the (emin-des-)aes. While the
(erniuti have been spreading reports
of an attack against the British, it
Is now known they have not construet
ed defensive works on the front be
tween Soissons and Rlmiiis. ''lhe us
ual interval between etieniy offensive
movemienls has about expired.
tl4ntente airmen are keeping up ani
active bomnbardient of the area be
hind the German lines. British fliers
again have invaded Germany. (tropi
plag >mbs on Kaiser Lautern, east
.of M . and on Luxemburg. In aerial
fighting 1ritish and French airmen
have accounted for 25 German ma
clines.
Patrol activity and local operations
.are increasing in number on the
Italian mountain front. Otn tle low
er Piave the Austrians, it ia estimated,
lost 20,000 men killed, ,woundield and
prisoners in the nctionis last week in
wvhichm they were dr'iven back across
the river, relievinig somewhat the
pre'Osure against Venice.
-In western Albania Frenchi and
Italian troops are wit hstanding struong
counter attacks by the Aulstrianis. All
posiit ions have been im atied oii thle
heights of fbiln a and slighit prtogress
made elsewhlere.
Various reports of happenings ini
Ruissia In connection with, the iiurder
of Gcrman Ambassador von Mirbach
lack official confirmat Ion. Glermany,
apparently has not. yet acted. An ad
v'ance toward Moscow has niot. beeni re
portedj II hough thle Gecrmanis have
hiad. lt1 fotces of troops iiear Smno
lensk,~ miles wvest of Moscow.
Mi1. t, MLAI!RBIN'S C'ONITI'ON.
Phmysiefan U rges inmmediate TJreattmett
for Local Neiuritis.
'liennettsvlie, July 6-Iion. Jlohn L.
Mcijaurin reached TBennet tsville this
evening. Drm. W. J1. Cirosland, his phy..
sician, told yourt corresponident over
the phone in r'eply to an inquiry:
'Senator Mc~Iaurin is now and has
been for several weeks suffer'ing from
'looal neuritis. Any use of his right
arm, such as hand sliaking, gesticulat
ing, etc., aggravates the trouble. I
have adhvisedl him to go to a Charldtte
hospital for treatment, where he can
have special electric and massage ser
vicedn order that his t'olief may be as
HENET TO SUC'('EE .:
SENATOR TILLMIAN
Glovernor. 31ann11ing Appatuts CoI)LumbIIl
31 an . To (o flit) Prnimary. Ap.
poinie will Ask for Short. Term
Nomnination Ext.ending to End of
Session.
Columbia, -1111y 7.--Governor Alan1
ining yest erday appointed hib i'stie
Holnet, prominent attorney of Columbia
and elose personal friend anid politi
eal adviser of ithe governor, to be the
su1ccessor to fihe late United States
seniao r 1". It. Tillinan. In thait the
vacancy exten1ds throlglh approximate
ly (ight Ilontilhs anold as 11 appointee by
the governor could hold but sIx
m1onths, Mir. Benet will go before Il e
people and ask for the short term)
nomination. .\Ilr. Benect announced
thlat he w(uld go Inl tie primary ill
inidiateiv after tile apointment. 1ha(
bee'n made. Inl making tile appoint
menolt Governor Alanning said:
'.\y responsibility in appointing
*')Iator Tillman's "u1ecessor impres
vs mle d-eply.
"The occasiol cnlls for a mllan) of
full phYsical and mental vigor. who
enall een to Ithe peoil- (f our.
Stat e .lh, grav issues. of tihl wa
ad1(1 tho Csupeimle nevceslsity t111,1 every
sacrifice shol)d be made, who ("tnn
gain for the gove rnm entI tI I I full
support of our ('lizells, aid who
I(nows and (-,ll explain th colossal
task that confronts President. W'it
lol and llhis assistaillts. I have ap
pointv one11whose, sterlinv1; Ameriennl
isl 1i lindollibed, who is familiar with
llt and ll th eneds of the adiin
istratlon. and who will stand four,
slq1are and uindismayed lin support of
Ii v.a and !.uccessfu('-.Oitl Iand forcihle
conlclusiol of it.
"I have appointfed Christiv BHonet
of Columbia. Ile had his papers" prv
pared to enllist inl thle armly, and had
notifled the proper military oflicers
to that (fft , bIt I am justilled In
appohnting " him by tohe valuiablie wvork
te Call (1o."
Senator' Tillman was a lember
of tle National Democratic execu
live commlittee and a succvessor. will
likely be choseni ly file State DIlemo
clt Ic executive committee at the
speiLal 111veing Il Columbia ''u)esday,v.
The appointment of .\Mr. 1ielet wIll
lecessitate ills resignation a a mem
her of the board of r'egen ts of tile
State [lositlal for the IISale, 111d
also as a l1ember' of te State Couln
cll of Dfense., of which organizaition
I(, is ' vice chairman. Mr. Bene1t wIll
leave for Washington tollight, where
hie will be immediately sworn Inl.
Followilig hIs ippoIntmnit, AI'.
Bellet said:
"The honor that Governor ' Mlannin11g
has conferrIed o) lle I a g'eat 010
and th1e apollitIment Ilust bIe jilstilled
by 11y a(ts rath'er than by words.
"I will give 1my best In tile sen1ate
and oil tile stu111)p Inl sup)oI't of Pres
i(enit) W\ilson aid the warl.
"But 'Let not him that girdeth o
hiis harness h-oast himself as lie that.
imiteth it off.'
the rles of tile D~emocrat ic parIt y, for
he nomitnatloll for thle shorIt termi.''
TheI~ Ruilers of France, liglIuml, Italy
and( G4reece Sendl4 Messuages of Warmll
Appireciatloll of AmIlerlenn~ Ptiliey
,Washinigton, .July 8.-WVarmn lien i
menits to)' Amerlea and apprel'ciation)
(of its effor'ts Ill tile war1 for' world fr'ee
dloml are0 ex ressedl In Ind(leendence
Day mslssages to PresIdent WVIlson
from Prlestident Potnealre of Fr'ance,
KI ng Albert (If Itelgiuml, KIng Emi
manl0 (If Italy, in g Alexander of
(Ir'ece, Pr'Cesidet .enOal(Cl of Cuba
and( PreIer' Venizelous of Greece.
The11 mess5ae withi the prIesident 's re0
plies were made public11 toda~y at tile
state deparlitmenolt.
Priesident. P~olCineare 14a1( that thle
1''Fech1 and( AmeiIcan people1 In com1
muilnIon of thloulght wIi lCnremember tile
flghts of old that wonI liber'ty to)'
Amuerlea 0)nd hope for' tile coming of
vtctor'ies whIch wvIll secure for the
wVor1ld a jus't pea0ce. PresCidenft Wilson
In repl~y said1 It was fitting that the
annIversary of Amnerkean .Independ
nco D~ay should1( witness the fraftore
nitty of free peoples In the cause of
national self-dheter'mination.
Kig Albert thqn~fked the Amelean
pleople for their efforts to amneiiorate
the sufiferIngs of his strIcken people0
and expressed hIs admIration for the
br'avery of the American troops on
tile hattlefinldsao nrnnen
SENATORIAL RAC
Resolution Was Proposed
and John L. M'Laurin t
Names Should Not be SI
No net ion was faken yesterday at
the imleeting.- of the state exc et(' ive
cotimIttee in ColumbIa toward re-p
vning thlist inl fthe, ,eratorial r-ace
t) allow for lhe etaice of o1thct' cnn
didate.i following tle deathIi of ;ena
for Tillnman. Although the question
has ;een Ira'mhed inl the nuewspapers,
the uestion wa not ioplend inl the
coiventionU, so Ithe race will coltintie
with the .present et~'rantis, I.Messrs.
'ole I. Bleace, N. 11. Dial and Jamaes
P. Hicm.
A resiolutio wsas offered that Cole
b. ane::e ad .lohn 1'. Me.l.aurin he
ttmlmlone(d to Show cle why thteir
m1;i Ivs shoiiId not. be stricken from the
li.-t of candidates inl the primary bv
eatise of char.es that have been
brought t at thery conospir'ed to forim
llepulican party in this state and
hevaluse of l1lense's 'iretwial to attleid
MASS MEETII
Meeting Called by Cha
Held in the Court I
At Six <
Pursant to relittions adopted at
the meeting of the ('hamber of Comt
mvif'e londay evening, 'residen t \\.
L, Gray han called for a ltans Ieei
Ing of citzelns of the town and county
this evenling at six o'clock at which
sitable resolution s will be introduced
settIng torlh It thiice (tualieation.s of Mr.
N. 1. Dial, of thi; city, as a candidate
for the olice of United States Sena
tr. The matIter of etdorsiig Mr.
Dial's candidacy was takent u at the
mei(etoing \tonday night. wlei It wa.s
poInted oit by several members that
it was the dotty of Nir. Dial's friends
and business associaltes here to ac
fiaint those people of the slate w'to
do not already know im of the high
est imat Ion in wi hi he Is held here
and of the eonstructive work which
W.\R STA.M1S STIL ,1 A-:,11N G'.
Cash Sales of Shtimus Co Over Ite
liiintd red Thotsin iark Weeking
11-Kn Junte 29th.
War Savings Stamps are still sell
ing lively In La41urens cout ty. Since
lie report of last week additional dis
tricts have been licard from, adding
about Twenty Thousand Dollars to
the total of Five Hlundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars then tabulated. 59
of the 62 districts in the county have
niow been learl from. Tho thr'ee iiss
lng ones are 'ross 1ill Nos. I and ti,
and Jacks No. 1. There is still time
for these comulinities to get husy and
help make tie respolse froii Lau
rtens county unan1.Uimols.
The1( central cotmmtit tee is in reCelit
otf a letter of hearity thanks fronm St ate
Dir tector 11. U. lihe tt compIlimentIing
lie ~outt iy utpoln thle goodl wortk done
by thle larage forces ol' Canv asset's at ai
butsy Itie. 'The cash sales of stamp is
in thle coiunty had gone over Otne I lunt
died Thloutsatnd D~ollatrs for the week
endinig .June 20th.
A notable Instance of liberal and
htearty support at this war' measttr
comtes from the Banna Mill1 vIllage at
(Goidvil le. The popuilationt there do(es
not exceed( 160 Iteole at this titme.
TPhey bought $3,2t5 worthI of stamp is
duinitg thle campaIgn thuis exceeditig
a (utai of $20) per head. All the mill
peole~ evet'ywhiere showed a willinog
ness to hlp thle caiuse andc a detailed
report of what they did( will bo coim
piled5 for the state by theo chairman of
this department who is Pres. Mlehane
of the lietutbllc Cotton Mlills, of Cites
ter' county.
The wvar will end someday and from
out the loss and death and disaster
some benefits wvill stand out conspleu
ously. One will be a new sense of na
tionial unit y. Another will be thle uni
ver'sah habit of intelliget thrift. It is
a hard lesson, but. Americans are
slowly learning it. Thrift begins with
care In the spending of money and
ends with the purehasinig of Liberty
fiends and War Savings Stamps. Buy
them yourself and see to it that your
neighbor does, too.
Mr. and Mirs. Ernest Huff, of (Ireen
Villn. spent the wenee-nd in the city
E NOT RE-OPENED
to Require Cole L. Blease
o Show Cause Why Their
ricken From the Party.
IIhe canipaigl iceleitig, ara:11eed l:.y
tle comillittee.
1 I''ter (Gvernor .Johi Gary VIranls,
tbairmnan of lie coulinuittee, read a
-rre poech excorinting Illease
_11id v:tling u1onl lthe connnlittee to
take -onie action. After a lengihy dis
t'uesion h Iel coiiittee delided that it
wa.i .ithIlt alltIority to act but or
dered theruae O O th lirmlanl
printed in tlhe palwers; as a warning to
ti' i"lntocrats of the state.
The mnmittev de:idd to call
:1 envenionl f~or thev puirpose of, re
'i'*'1; the renatoria! priiary.
The 1nimarv for 2hie hor; term
I !!I b" h14.1l ol Ilie saile date as that
the long; I trilm.
.fohn Ga 'Irv nians was electrcl Na
fol al Deiioeratic execout iv(, comllim il
teeiaillti to sicceed the late Senator 1.
1P. Tillmnan.
NG FOR DIAL
rnber of Commerce to be
louse This Evening
TClock.
h, ha., carrid on ill thiis ection dur
in: his life.
IT' inteling is to e anl open af
w:ir, were every citizen of t lie county
i3: welComeld to come atlld pari'tiate.
A.\ stated by thos' who suggsted the;
' eling .ond:;y ev nig, it wad
Inled wvlitoutf .\lr. D)ial's knowled-oe
a;i without anly suiggestionl froin anly
hoyconn'ected with Is camlpaign-1.
\ hethler or, not .\r. Illial h m efwill
1:' prernt1 canilnot be st ated, as no
0,rewt invitation hams been exleilded to
hin and it is not a part of the pro
am as already laid out to have any
mal speeches. .\lr. Gray, in call
:i1g the iieetilg, how.eve, ha1 extel
,,I an Invitationi to any% citizen of thev
outy to cole and voice his senti
l'ents.
1ily healh Oilicer Passed A way ut
flospil 1-:arl.y '.ilndaly .1il1rning-m.
\\'illiam C. iltakely, city health ofl
I'r, lntssed away at the .1ulia Iby
ISantitariulm early \loilday morning fol
lowing a sickness of abolit a week's
du'ationl. .llt. ltIakely was carried to
lite hospital last week as a resu lt of
::t attack of appeidichitl and follow
1tting an oetati it I. was seenl that Iis
(ectlditlon was such that his recovery
was doubtful.
Thle ftitral servies were held .lon
!ay afternlconl at the rAWmons cemeV
tety, the se'vi(Ce being conduyted by
bi.; Iastor, Itev. W. L. .iulli'kin, of
thle Secondl .\let hodist churt tch, assist -
(ed bv R~ev. J. L. .\ebin. TheIi pall
hiearer's wer'e selectedI largely fromi
amon~i~g his asso55ciat:es ini thle (eit y goy
l'tnmntlit and ( fr'omi ietrsotnal friends.
Thhiey werte .\lay'or C. .\I. Hablb, AlIdert
men S-ex ton andillI ellamits, C ity Cl1er'k
J1. hI. W\orkman, .\essrs. ('olemoan,
.Johnt Swltzerct, A. L. .\ahafftey, Dion Ir
v in, and A. It. Sanders.
Theil (deceased is surtviv~ed by hIs
13y, chIef of pollee, and( .John ilakely,
oft New~ Orleans, .\I rs. M\ace .\I otes and1(
.\ilrs. JToe Ldlfor'd.
.\lr. Bllakely' wa's a man1 of' str'ong
Isntse of honor' and~ (1uty3. I i' was a1
verty poptla 131'(it izen amtiong all who
knew~ huhimtand took a1 grea3t dleal of
Iitetest in the welfate of 21he ('1ty. lie
was talway 3s to lbe counit ed (in in movlie
tmen ts fori thle elevat2Ion (if thle mornal
andl educational welfar'e of Ithe ('ity,
takitng ani active par12 tin suich miatters
as jiromot inlg thle Chiauttauq ua, sell Intg
Libherty lionds, solicitinog fun tds for
tile Rled Cross, Y. M. C. A. andC other
age ncios.
Promuoted to ('aptain.
Fri'ends5 here of Lieutenants J2. McC.
Bar'ksdale, of this cIty, and LeCon
Dodson will be gratified at the an
nouncement of thelir promotion to
captaincies. Another Lauirens boy
recently pronmotedI from the ranks to
Second Ieutenant Is Lieut. Harold
Washington, of the Mt. Olive section
of the county, who wvent to Camp
Jackson with an early increment of
elect men.
LOAI, (O.A A.\).lNT I Tlnvin I
VISIT ST.TE A).tlNISTA'I\ol
l'liiturn to 14a1rens .lich Encournged
Ot !v Ottloo for III( linerwt*.
.\lessrs. W. R. .\leCtien and Lamar
Sm ith, local fuel ad i inistr atrs, wont
over to iAnlderson Saturday afternoon
to confer with .Mr. It. B. (ossett, the
:tatev fuel ad:ni)nistr'ator, inl regard to
fuel sulpply for, this city. They were
aerompanied Wy .\ir. W. It. .\M&ig of*
the G.rens Gin & l''il Company, and
a representative of' The Adverir).
Tlle trip va.; ttade throutgh the coun
Iry by attu omoLile.
On theitr arriv:al at .\nder'son they
vwnt immedio(atey to the omec> of' .\ir.
s ) o hail jtst returned from
:I vo-merencev with Washington o11
q-ia ls. .\f'er going over the local sitti
lim thoroughOly anid receiving fromt
\ir. Kosset t a veiy frank otline of
thr du: ties :n11d reslolt: ihiliies of his
o i lice. ithe ltocal aidm iniist rators
Mtu.- away') very mu1ch0 encoutraged ov
itr Ihe fut(el -'t pply for the city this win
it(r. M1r. Gossilt stated that while it,
was nrobahl that the lproblem whicli
ow friti adininiatirion hal to rac
' com.ing wvinter would doubt less he
mOir'o dillien!t to solve thail last winl
k I, 1wh tell safc in stating that a
ueient surp'ly of coal woul1d be
fhomn!n: to01 preven any suffering.
Tl- lnolier' ot tlie admninistratlion, he
:a:i i. ha"d been to eicourage the mn
I!faituIIr inl indIuI S.t!'is wSNVit the I I IIv r a InII
111e :::nr-ial resotm-evs, to lay in large
'rilock of coal now so that when win
fir alpt'oneed tihe demland for ftel
fi'romi that source w.olid not he as heavy
as last wiater altil that Itransportation
farlit i' would not he taxed so Iteavi
.v hit im lo :Iw't thleir nieds.
tim the lli.-; requirement-11s paritly
mntl. he [liil o t, inl an1 einerge ncy
all Ihe available coal in tvansit coul
he divertrd from mnanufactitring plants
to domostic consumillers.
ur. lohl Ithe I ~auren adinin
istramrs ilia: a lag supply of run
of-the-mine coal was now available
for doiestit as well as nattfat'tr
ing purposes, In" it had been the ponli
i'y of his oftlee to discourage the pir
chat se of fit former for dotmestic pIIr
ioses because of the large waste on
tailed in) its Itse. The coal mintes have
been turning out mlore of the runt-of
lhe-nine coal than block coal b ecause
t hey claiimed tha lilthe margin allowed
by the government for the additional
(o0t of trin out the later was not
suttitient to cover it. Ilowever, .lr.
t;osstt said, sinve his rettrn frot
Wa.-hington te felt that the admins
tration Wottid take some action at. an
early date to remeldy this phase of ithe
situation and after that is done he felt
that an ait!le sIu))ly of liock coal for
dotmestic ilse would be fortlhcomi ng.
With this hope, he said, he was still
withholding his approvIa of shipment
of trti-of-tle-mttinte coal into this state
In qtuantities.
In answer to an inqtuiry from thlre
local administrators. Mr. (ossett stat -
ed tfhat an order hail been promulgat
ed frot his ottice fot'ridding th te sate
of coaI t) inilvidulals or grtups of in
dtividulrals except uplotn the wrttlen ap
provalI of t he local ad~min ist rators.
Th'iIs, lhe saidit, was done in thle lnt er
est of equabile distr'ibuttion tof the srup
11y It) he tradl atnd to treliev.e the lo('al
admltinist rattors of tmuch ctIIicism atud
con)fttsion. IIi'rafteri, thterefore, all
coat sle must1)15 go Ithirotugh Ite handits
of thre trtgul at author'zetd dealeris ex
ci'It where d~ spiecta Ipermiss Ion Is
grantd bt y Ithe local adtmin istrtatotrs.
Th'le tconferetite of the local adin -
was iiirelv In ftrmtalI antI resolved It
self toward thle enud inito a socIal meet
inug ini which the adtministrator' talk
t'l d c 3 very itrest ingly tf thle (1utiels
aind reispon~tsibiilit its of his offie anid
Its tramiltintions. l1e saId that he r'e
elvetd rnot Ice of alt coal that comelts itn
to thte state atnd that It was almost
implossilble fior atnyone to secutre a car
tf coal withoitt Ihis ktnowledge. Last
ytr thIte sid, alIt k indts of schemes
werte resortetd to by sotme pteopl e to se
citre mor'e coal than t he aditilsltrator1
atllotted to t hem hut thle schemes weree
very3 (uickly d tiscoveredl. In marny eas
cs, lie saidt, whtere It serived thle purtt-,
titsi' of Ithe atdmini)strta totr Ihese sch em
ctrs were allowoid to keep their' coat but
In neairly every caste htis omieo was
a-warte of the camte that hail been
played.
Mr. atnd Mt's. A. II. Owctns andi chil
tren, Mt's. Rt. HI. McDotnald, MIsses
hBruicie andt Jentnie McDonald arnd MIss
L~orise Zobel, all of Columbiha, spent
the week-end In the city with Mrs. J,
Hati Lltiin. '
COOP[R GIV[N OVA
TION IN 1H0M[ TOWN
Received with outbursts of
Applause.
LARGE CROWD
WAS PRESENT
D4,a11h of Isen. TlmnCast. (.loom Ov
er 31-Metinlg' Which lalts Devoid of
Sensa11tional Events. Ex-Senittor
3ianui1n1-11 was Alsent From the
Theoulla din fature. of, the slate
capitl nveting which was held
here last Wednesday was the ovation
teIdlf''ed to lmilert A. Coope-r, the
home can(idate for (overnor, both at
li' bgmnning and the en(d of his
speec. Th annouinceitnnt of, thIe
hatih of Senator Tillnan (ast a pal
of1 gloom over Ithle auditllenve, a large
:pro1irtion of whih heard of the
news for' tIh Irst time at the opening
oI Ile meeting.
The meeting adopted a resolition of
symlpathiy for the family of Senator
Tinian. Th'lle ollice seeker's at a Con
f< renve vel iinary to lie regular
nieigdrafted a resoluitionl, instruct
ing tleir hairman, Juius T .1,iles of
Orangeburg, to send a telegram of
con(iilene to 'Mrs. illmian, which
said: "The Candidates for State o0ti
5 (ex(end sympatihy and condolence
to yoll in your houl* of hereavelent."
The nieeting held ill tie court
'oo of tlie la'renls county (olllt
lmto', was attended by abuolt COO vot
ers. 'The roolin was packed to capacity
and the crowd extended out into the
corridors. As it is the home of Lau
rens' favorite soil, iobert, A. Cooper,
lhe rec(e ived a. rilemendolls ovation. He
was preseItell with t wo bolitiuts of
!!owv'ers at. the conclision of his
rpeech, one of which was from the
ilaraca class of the First. Baptist
church, which he taught. for years.
The other candidates were also gen
eroutsly applauded.
'T'lle candidates for governor again
stressed tle importance of the tax
(I iest ion. Thomas 11. Peeples said
tlat he could 1101 promise to redcie
the taxes as that was a legislative
flntioC bul, t hAI lie woOuld Llutedge his
right of veto if he found anything In
le appropriation hill which le
tlioight usless or extravagant. Ie
believed inl economical progress of
tle State government.
.ohn G. Hichards Said that lie Would
not only promise a reductiol 'A tax
ation even (liring the war, but that
he could ceartail expenses wiitoult im
pairing tlie institutions of the State.
Itobert A. Cooper denlied that he had
over said that Ile was "an apostle of
high taxes," bt would state that he
did not believe taxes can be reduced
duitring tile war, but rat her that they
wouhitll be inict'eased. If elected lie
woouId endleavo' to see lthat t here w~as
e'conomyiVli'~ rat iled ill all pr'ances of
thle State government.
John11 Madison D es( hamnps again re
iteratedl his belie' in highert taxatIon
to put1 the State ill the foretronit of the
commllonlw(alths of thle llnloll.
Antdrlew J. IHethIe(a agaill voiced his
beilief that the 01nly way to handle
the tax situoat ion was by readljustmnent
and~ C(Iltalizationl.
Maljor' hlichIar'ds andi~ Mr . Cooper
agailn .hoinied issuies to(dlay (iln the
scho111 lashp ((testiOll, thle fot'ter hie
inig fot' thle reten tion of thie system
and1( t he lattor foir a State loan tnd.
John11 TI. 1)u1ncani jaiId thie lariger' Part
(If is at tntoll to the "'system"' and
ex('ortia ted (Cole I,. ltase5 ini tile hIt -
terest. word's yet used'l (il thel catm
ta igtn for Mr t. Ulease's r'' Iepte ati -
wart utter~anices.
John IM. Swe(ar'ingeni, for' State su
JperinIt endenti ot' edtent Ion, with the
consent of hIs opponent, Victor E.
llector, sp)oke out of his5 utsual orderc
today In order' to ('atcht a tralin to at
tend1 thle funleral of Is uncle, Senator
Arnold, for' rail roadi ('omm0issiotier,
pre'(ceded thle gublernllatorI ial canld diates.
I ollowig the candidates for govet'nor'
J1. T. lilies and 0. W. Wigtm oan, for
leuteniant governtor, S. M, Wolfe, C.
N. Sapp and R?. P. Searson, for' attor
niey geeraI and II. Harris, W. D). Gar
r'ison and HI. Tr. Morrison, for comn
milssioner' of agricul tuire, comerce
and1( indntrs.ls spone