The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 21, 1918, Image 1
V tU'v" ~XXXV LAUkdeN89 SOUPFH CAi4OLINA, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21,1t918. NME
,OUNTY CAMPAIGN
OPEN[ .0NDAY1
The First Meeting lcid at
Clinton
LAST MEETING
HELD TODAY
O(dndidates Opened at ('linton 31onday
Night and Spoke Yesterday 31orning
at Laurens and in the 'Ei'eninrg at
Watts 3111lls. Gray Court ''odaiy.
With several hundred voters )res
ent, the first meeting of the County
Campaign was held in Clinton lonlday
night. The ipwking was held on the
public square in the "open air" and
was pres4led over by Wilson W. Har
ris, secretary of the local Democratic
club. A large crowd gathered to hear
the candidates present their claims and
qualiflcations and listened attentively
to what they had o -ay. All of he
speaker:; were well received and were
accorded some applause following
theil' addresses.
House of Representatives.
D. L. Boozer, candidate for re-elec
tion, was the first speaker. lie thank
ed the people for the sup)port given
him two years ago and said that he
had tried to do his duty as a represen
tative. If elected, lie will do his very
best, and has no apologies to make for
is record. ie defended his vote on I
the "bone dry" law, the 6 per cent
interest bill, and said that he had al
ways been on the jo).
It. Dunk Boyd said lie was glad to
be in Clinton for he had always re
celved a spledid vote at tilrip han1ds.
He stands for the iuphulilding of the
country schools and em1plasizedl the
need of education. lie said that the
time demanls broad-minded men as
represeltatives, men that are loyal and
true and who- will -give their whole
hearted suppor't to the prosecution of
the war. lie said he had never cast
his hallot during all his legislative
career for tile sake of gaining votes
at home. ie says that there are too
nany ofices and will stand for econ
only.
Jack I. Davis was on his "native
soil" and received a -big ovation from
his home folks. Ile said that the para
mount issue now is loyalty to the gov
ernment, that Ipersonal amlbtions
should be side-tracked. lie wants a
better price for cotton, favors educa
tion. opposes free scholarships and
would substitute the state loan system.
Te said that the cotton exchange
should he put out of business and that
farmers are needed today as the peu
Ple's r: :uatives. If elected, he
will do : est to make a fair and
trulthfti I-reieantative.
S. It. Goegans said tile big jo) on
hand was tile winning of tie war. He
wants a better school system, stands
for an honest and ecollomic adminis
trationl of the law. 'lie cited Is form
er record in tihe leginlatture and said
he had endeavored to do his duty. He
favors the scholarship' loan system,
good roadls, liberal pensions for tile old
soldiers.
.1. HI. lust I gave a sketch of is early
'life and then launched into a criti
cism of the county government, Hie
criticised the increasing of the rural
p)oice force and said it was unlneces
sary, that the offce of r'oadi supervis
or recently created was useless and a
waste of the ipeople's money. Heo said
the automobile license law ia unjust,
and that the creating of all these new
job~s and omfces means more money
from the taxpayers, lHe stands by the
governlmenlt in all war measures, Hie
deplored extr'avaganlce and said that
if elected he would do his best to
"help stop the holes in thle leaks''.
D). T. Kinard sploke of hlis fitness and
education anld said he had spenlt 19
years in schlool work. He is a farm
er and working man and will repre
sent all the people fairly, Hie favors
the loan plan of scholarshipasno tihat
all boys and girls can have a chance,
favocai supp!emnentary schools, good
roa'is, and an adjustment of the school
system. lHe said that ho was a Simon
pure, 100 p'er cent Demi.-.rat and stood
squarely behind the government in its
prosecution of thle War, He prom
ised fleient service if elected,
J. H., Laurens said it was the first
time he had ever' offered for -an omfce,
He told of ils early clays spent in the
cotton mills and that is advantages
bad been limited. He favors a broad
BLEASE CANN(
FRII
Spartanburg, .ng. 15.-Pre!
ter to Thomas If. Daniel, Washi
tanhurg Herald, In response to
view oil the setatorial race I i
Governor Cole I,. lileae is a ea
"l1.et me say that I have pei
South Carotiuna will judge rightly
have not. the least fear that they
(anl be a friend of the administr
is already written and It Is a liii
('OLE L. BILEASE
SPOKE iEltE MONDAY
Large Crowd Heard Hin in Front of
the Court House and Gave Him
Generous Applause.
"I have never denied I opposed this
war and I never expect to deny it",
said Ex-Gov. Cole L. Blease early in
his speech delivered at Laurens Mon
day afternoon in referring to the
charge that he has been disloyal and
in explaining his position as to the
war. "With 1900 years of teaching in
the churches and Sunday schools" it
seemed to him that the diplomats of
the nations could have gotten together
and arbitrated to avoid war but con
gress had voted for war. As proof of
his loyalty he had bought $2,6.-0 worth
of Liberty Bonds, all the savings
stamps lie colld afford, had let the
government have .11 acres of land, and
a six-room house at Caip Jackson
free or rent, had subscribed $50 to the
lRed Cros and had t wice offered to raise
a regiment. bit had been tired down
hy Adj. (;n. Crowder at Ohe inst ia
lion of thaI "red headed peckerwooid"
Who occuiples the governor's chair in
Columbia. As for his sipeecies at Plo
maria and Filbert he had no apologies
to make.
The crowd which heard Ex.-Gov.
lBlease was considerably larger than
the crowd which heard the senatorial
candidates on the 8th. In -the crowd
were many from outside of Laurens,
some coming from as far away as
Saluda county. Newberry had a dele
gatlon, as did Anderson, Greerville,
Spartanburg and Greenwood countics.
For lack of s lace, in ilie couirt house,
tile meeting was held mitside. rlase
sipporters were ev ideeit!y please; with
the !nlmtsiasm for their leader and
Dial su.ipporters expres, 'd i.i'ves
as hei-ig metustled Witi the '!ay. .A few
observa.lo.is, htowe'--*, mnight serve to
indleat! +.I . t emlper '1o ..rowd The
spea k-'l atr' ved on the train from
Newberry and drove in a transfer to
the public sqtre, where he alighted
and went. alone to the nOhce of W. R.
ilichey, Esq. Remaininag in .Mr.
Richey's office until the time of speak
Ing. lie wvas escorted by Mr. Itichey
andi two oilier gentlemen to the southi
side of the cout ho iue. where tbe
lie walked up on the steps several mten
yelled "Hurrah for Colie". There was
no other perceptible demonstration ex
ejpt handshakes and personal saluta
tions. Going into the court house and
coming out again after it was decided
to htold the meeting outside, Mr. flecase
was introduceed by a Mir. Putnam from
ithe tippetr part of the county whom
fewv people seemed to know. Mr. Put
natm introduced the speaker as "one
of the most prominent men in the
State andi the next United States sen
altor". Mr. Blease aroso to speak
aid silence from the audience. ills
fir'st applause came when lie referred
to Mtr. Dial as the "ipecac" which his
opponents had to swnllow after the
death of Senator Tiliman. His adi
drtess was !)unctuatedi with applause
from time to time. He spoke aboutt 35
minutes. HeI was genetransly ap~plauid
ed at the close of his speech. Hfe was
not borne away fr'om the meeting on
the shoulders of his friends.
Mr. Blease's speech was along the
same lines as his othier recent speech
es. He charged that the state execut
tiv'e commIttee tried to open the pri
matries ini order to let somebody else
in tihe race besides him and Mr. .Dial,
buit finding that they could not do it
"they" dleeided to take thteir "ipecac"
and supplort Mt'. Diai. Not finding any
thing else to use against him, his op
ponents charged hiim with disloyalty
and this he answered as pointed out
(Continunr1 on Tast nane)
GINNING PRICE FIXED.
3iilnimum of $i.50 Per Btle Set by
Food Adminit4rtion.
Columba, August 13.-The Food Ad
ministration has fixed the price which
may be charged for g.ining In South
Carolina. This fixed price becomes of
fective immediately, and is as follows:
For ginning a bale of 500 pounds of
lint cotton or less, $3.50 per bale. For
each additional 100 pounds of line cot
ton. at the rate of 70 cent,, per 100
partinds. When bagging and ti es are
fiutnished by ginner, $1.50 additional.
The farmer shall have thl privilege
or fitrnihing lils own bagging and
lies.
Rystem of education, advocates free
standard text books, the loan system
for sciolarships by which all may have
an ev(dal chance, liberal pensions for
the old soldiers, good roads, and Pcon
amy. lIe opposes the $50,000 fund for
the enforcement of prohibition, and
said that if elected he would go te
Columbia as a free agent fighting for
what Is right.
W. M. Nash spoke of the world war
and said that the struggle Is one for
humanity. lie said he had been ac
cused of being disloyal which was un
true for lie had helped the government
in all its calls. With our men gone
to the war we must be economical at
home and help to bring It to a speedy
and successful end. He spoke of the
value of education and said that It
should be fostered. The farming in
teresth today need esl)ecial attention
and we need to send men to the leg
Islature who will represent the work
Ing people. Tie advocated the ware
house system for the storing of eotton
and said that it should be fostered.
Jas. 11. Sullivan said it is time to
send eeficlent men to the legislature
-men who know and can pit bills
throught l-men who can till tle bill. Ile
Spoke of his eduational iualilleations
and told of lils record as Supprintend
ent of 0dMucation whiele has been one
r~f progres.q. lie fought for vocational
tdtcation and knows the needs of the
schools. Mlen ate needed In the leg
lilatture, lie said, who know what a
"sam roller" Is. lie will ask for
Splace on the Ways and Means com
rnlttee In order that lie may thorough
ly familiarize himself with the state's
needs. The world Is calling for emfi
:iency lie said, and there Is important
legislation ahead. lie spoke of the
liportance of our living the princi
ples back at home that our boys ate
ighting for at the front. le touched
'm the labor question and saId that a
law should bet passed compelling the
negro women to go to work.
Supe~rintendent of Education.
Graves L. Knight said that only 2
per cent of the riral school population
aver -o to college and only 12 or 15
oer ect. get as far as the high school
rlepartimen t. Ile had had 22 years'
1xperience as superintendent of
iehiools and knows the free school
system thoroughly., He Said the
small schools need aid and sugges
tions in arrt'anging their work, and in
selecting their lIterature. He said he
had the endoi'sement of the pteople
where lie has setrved and gave several
Instances-of sonme of tho splendId wor'k
uccompl ished tinder his sutper'intend
ncy.
Rlalph T. Wilson said he had studied
the dutIes of the omee befor'e lie an
riounced. The qualities necessary are
u practIcal man, business-like. whole
time to the omce, and a man of vi
slon. lHe measures tip to these re
riiteinents and Is eqlutipped for the
101). He stands for a progressive adl
minIstratIon of the omee. ie told of
his qualifleations and~ lisa record as
[ieand of the (ray Couirt-Owings school.
Suiperv isor.
S. S. Farrar was the fir'st spoaket'.
le thatnked the voters for their suti
port before and asked for it in the
30ming race, If elected, he will need
heclp andc advice for' it is a big of
rece. Hie told of his having built trall
roads, bridges, cotton mills, etc. He
said that due to scarcity of labor' the
ahain gang will soon he a thing of the
past and there must he some other
;ystemn of r'oad work, lie said he Is
Itted for the job and has the ability
to prod1u. - the goods. In closing he
said, "It has been reported that I said
lie man who votes for Cole Bleaso is
Pro-German and a German sympathiz
ar". This is an infernal lie and I
would like to meet the man who start
ad theo report and tell him so to his
H. B. Hiumbert, the inbumibent,
thanked the people -for tJieir support
(Continued on last Page)
)T BE
ND OF WILSON
Adeit Wilon ilas addressed a let.
ngt-on corrospondent of the Spar.
a request for an expresolon of
ionth ('arolina, In which Forner
ididate, in which lie say:
*fect contidence that the people of
in the senjatorlal contest, and I
Sill belie(ve that Mr. Itiense is or
Ition. The record of his opinion
le late to expunto it."
IN C-ORT HOUS('E FRItDAY
Conserving of Health as a Patriotic
Duty Slogan of the Meeting.
Conservation of health as a patriotic
dtuty to win the war was the theme of
the public meeting held in the court
house Friday afternoon under the aus
pices of the Council of Defense. The
meeting was presided over by Mlr. R.
',. Hughes, chairman for this county,
and he was assisted by Josiah 1hinter,
chairman (it it ciid division of the
county council.
The colored people of the county
irned out. particularly well for the
meeting, several hundred of them be
ing present. About a dozen or s(.
white people attended.
The lleeting was to have been ad
d1essed by Dr. West on, of Columbia,
hut lhe was preveited from coming on
accoiun i of a railroad wreck. Prof.
Youig, of tile school for negroes at
irmo. made an inspiring atppeal direct
ed a (iieniariy lo the colored part of
tihe aul.iiuc , iPisen4t to us every pe-.
(au1tioll to reduce the agencies which
binig onl disease and to follow ihe ad
vice of physicians In overcoming that
what. has already been contracted. Ile
-Ated the vast number of cases of so
oial diseases found among tile sol
diers that had been called to camp
and showed that this great menace to
the armies of the iTnite(d States had
been reduced by proper treatment and
that it. could Ibe reduce dsimilarly
among the civil p6pulation if sinilar
care were taken. tie urged that ev
ery man, woman and child should hold
periodieal consultations witi their
physicians so that such diseases could
he treated in their early stages when
they were most easily cured. Touch
Ing on infectious diseases, such as
tIphoid fever, malaria, etc., ie told
that these were caused by germs car
Ned hv flies and mostitoes. tie char
acterized these two insects as among
man's greatest enemies. Screening of
the homes and cleanliness in the home
and outhouses he pointed out as best.
means of overcoming these agencies of
disease. It is a patriotIc duty for -v
P1ry person to lbe healithy, lie Raid, so
that the full force of t he nat ion couild
be utilized in overcoming the Germans
in the great conflict now going on.
Dri. W. i. t)ial, who cdme in durilng
the meeting, made a few extempoiran
couis remarks endorsing the advice giv..
en by Prof. Young, urging screening
and cleanliness in the homes. "if you
want to raise flies" lhe said, "dlon't
raise them at home but build you a
special place down on the creek and
raise them thero. The home is no placo
for them."
.\r. WV. D). Byrd, county food admin
tstr'ator, was present and gave his en
dorsement to the work for health un
der'taken by the council of defense.
On a hand pr'imar'y taken by .1 osiah
Ilunter, neariy all the ipeoplte present
agr'eedl to begin at on1ce on (lie plans
outlined by the speaker's by at least
having their t'rmises ('leaned up.
Those whto (did not 1h0(ol u thoir hands,
lie thought would "have it (lone."
The exercises wei'e closed with sev
oral patriotic and1( religious songs lead
by a choir of colored people.
.Japan 1llee Mohs iturni andi Loot.
Tokio.-Thie disturbances over the
high price of rice ar'e reported to be
subld~ing except in north .Japan,
where they appar'ent a are spreadtig.
Mobs have butrned several houses at
Sendat. The rice exc'hange annoiinc
es that .30 houses wer'e burned in the
I~sumiye profecture on Thursday.
Miss Pauline Terry, of ilockingham,
N. C. is the guest of Miss nEtis nas
CLAUDE BROWN WO'NDED.
Dritish Red Cross Nurses m) Kind le
Doesn't Care How iong He Stays
ill the Hospital.
Claude .1. fBrown, 4on of Mr. and
Mrs. G. 11. Brown, has been recently
wounded hi France, according to an
intiresting letter which he wrote to
his mother, Private Arown entered
fhe service in April and is attached to
the 119th Infantry. lie was wounderd
In the foot by shrapnel while In ther
front, ilte tronches on .Inily 22nd, a
llec of Ira pnoy abou',t I of an inch
inl diameter entered ithe ,ill of his
foot anil comling out1 neai' his heel. "It
lsn't a had woiud." he says. "I am
in a big hospital where Ithere are
'lnty of 4ed (Cross tirls 10 eare for
me nd4 111y nre So if' kind I dn7t 111mch
c(r' ho' ln" I sI ly ll-re. I)on't wor
ry about re for I'll soon he well."
1OlIS PI'T N ATION
REFOllE, Of N LIVIES
Feiani Death for lIrevolt, They Do Not
Want, Inteesri of Nation Sacrificed.
Washington. Aug. IS.-Ileld for Aus
trian court martials, which probably
will sentence them to death, 125 Polish
soldiers and oficers who led an armed
revolt in the Austrian army in Feb
ruary have i9sued two appeals to the
Polish people throughout the world
asking them not to conipromise the
freedom of Poland with the Idea of
sectiring any alleviation of their pros
pective tentlences, according to dis
patcheQ received here today by The
Associated Press. Th ofleers and men
are a part of the Polish-Carpathian
lion Brigade, which revolted last Feb
ruary, seized arms and provisions and
ma relied from ihtkowina into llessa
rabia under the contmand of General
Maller. Part of the force was cap
tured, bit Ihe larger portion Is said to
have been conisolidated Witi tle
S-hoz-Slovak army.
The revolt was udertal-ken dolih
erately tl' i 1lish soldiers declare
;iI one of tleir' appeals, withi the hole
of disruniting Austria and obtaining
freedoma for Poland.
"''The fear that torie'nts," neeold-1
ing to the text of file appeal to the
Polish nation, "is that the.. d1 Polish
st.rength. so vital to the success of
our holy cause, may he lessened by
the attempts of oir political repre
:;entatives in the Austrian parliament
to secure for us relief or Io avert file
fate that awaits us.
"it is therefore, in out' name and
that of ottrt soldiers the;I we plead
ardently with the Polish nation
which has sirt'rouinded us with such
moral comfort to take full cognizance
of o1iur words and to dosist from ex
ereisiig ally inulielce in olt Case On
the Polish Parliamentary club in Als
tria. If th- make any attempt to se
CuIr'e ('oniessions for Its, it will be
contrary to our wishles for we know
that such concessions can only be had
by pledge,. compromises and commit
ments, which will make to the detri
ment of the Polish nation, and the les
sening or tihe strength in the battle
for P'ol ish frleedom ando lindepiendenc~e."
hE4IS'i'.lION DAY
All Y'otung Min C'oming of .Age Since
*..,Jnne 5th Munst 1tegister on August
24th. 3Most of Blegistrants bie ('alled
ini Septembler.
Washington, Aug. 11.-Rlegistration
on Sati'day, August 24th, of all
youtths wh'o have reached tihe age of
21 sInce the 2nd r'egisttration, last
JTune 5, wvas ordoeredl today by Provost
.\llal Gener'al Cr'owder' uinde'r a
prioclamiat Ion by the President. The
purp'Iose is to adid qiuickly to t he al
most exhausted class 0one to meet
armoy draft calls in Septemnber'.
Aboiint 150,000 youn~g men~f will reg
isltr. .\ost of them will inallfy foi'
c'lass onie, and there'lfor'e will join thle
armtiy prtobabily withtin a mnith after
thei'rtnames ai'e recor'ded.
There will be 110 new drtawing to es-.
tablish the order of liability of thme
new registrants. Tile provost mar'sihal
general's ofilce announced tonight
tihat tihe 1,200 names drawn for thme
.June 5 re'gistr'ants would lbe suffleient
to cover the August 24 registrants In
the largest district in the country.
Unveiling att Dials.
A service flag In memory of the boys
of Ilals Church whlo have gone to the
front will be unveiled at the church
Sunday aftertnoon at 5 o'clock, Prom
inent speakers will he present to make
addresses, The public Is cordially in
vited1
NEW [R[NH BLOW
T[N _IL[ FRONT
French Hurl Germans Back
Tuesday
VITAL. SEC FOR
IS MENACED
Whole Elle!13 Position it Sossonis
an(d 1; Aisne Menaced. Advanee of
Two 31 114- Repo it(Ied In ('ontinu
iton of Assault 31ade Northwest of
Soissons Sunday Niht.
(ly 'le Associated Press, Aug. 20.)
Allied forces are again making 19-o.
gress onl inportant sectors. F1ur tlher
succes sful development of the pres 't
operations doubtless will force the
enimy to readjust his line at least 1"
(ally if not over the entire front from
Ypres to lheirns.
French successes on a 20-mile front
east and west of the Oise, are becom
ing a serious menace to the German
line from the Somme to Rheims, west
of the Oise, Roye and tLassingny ap
pear to be doomed. The British are at
the gates of Roye, while the French
have reached the western outskirts of
Lassingny. The fall of these towns
will imperil the enemy position at
Noyon which also is being threatened
increasingly by the French advance
fver the high ground bet ween the
Aisne and the Olse southeast of Noy
311.
In F'landers the British have made
dditaional aipreciable gains in the
ys salient and tlie German situation
within the salient appears more difil
-ult daily. I)riving again.!t the head
rif the salient the British have won
-roui1d oil I front of nearly six miles
ad enr(dI v hili le iipoirCia town or
.\ltrviile, where the Clarence river,
'nters the Lys.
Noyon fast is becoming the central
point of a sal ient such as that which
i e nteed 414a1ro (1 .\l ( ((o IidIr at Ith e
beginiling of ite Pieardy offensive.
I'ie stability of tite present German
line from the Soimme to Rheims de
perds grei4tl1 upon the holding of tile
>oyon salient, whose western out
posts are Itoye and b~issigny. British
troops are reported to have reached
Ihe railroad station in tile western
iuiiuiris of Roye. rhe French have
Irivel the wedge between Roye and
la ssigniy to Freslieres, Cutting the
maln highway between the towns. Ii
ldditiOn to bteing threatened from
Ale west Lassigny is being approach
ud from the soith by General Hum
bert's torops who have finally de
ioichhed from Thiescourt wood.
Aloig the western hank of the Oise
and south of Noyon the French have
taken Piiperz an( reached Dreslin
:!ourt, to the northwest. East of the
river toward Soissons eneral IMlan.
zi has captu red more1 high grouund
and has taken .\orsain anld has
brought his total of prisoners to 2,
200, In tis oper'ation tile French not
only menace the security of Noyon
but1 relieve the pressure against Sois
sons. F'rom thle heights around
imain battery positions north of Sois
Alorsain thley can hiombard the Ger
soins which have been hlarassing the
aillied occupiants of that city.
If Marshal Foch can succeed in
pinching off Noyon and advancing
nlor'thward hle virtuailly will coni
tile (Ger'mans to retire from the pres
i-nlt liner north of Roye to)warct Arras
and( will hlastenl If not forca a German
.cat to the north of the Aisne be
twveen Soissons and Rheims. Success
arountd Noyon might be far' reaching
but4 the t ertrb*ory is difftPI' l* ecaunse
of the woold: andl 11ils andl Geriman
resistance may conltinue stubborn.
T'here' has been only slight activity
ilonig 1the \'esle, tile French and
AmIlerleans having enlarged thieir'
holdinlgs north of tihe river by Blight
idvances at several pois.
There has been 110 change in tile
Clerm~an tactics between the Ancre
andl the Olse which might have been
eixpectedi fromn tile applointment Of
General von Biohen, wiho conducted
tihe ret reat from tile Marne, to the su..
premell command in that area. Berlin
lays that Monday allied thrlulsts wvest
of Chaulnes and nlorthi of Royc failed
wile the French wer'e repulsed in a
vigorous battie between tile Oise and
tile Aisne. Lo)ndon reports tile chleck
ing of German efforts between H~erle
ville and Lihons, west of Chiaulnes.