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SPATlTANBIRU MAN' SHOULD 1W E A1.-E1) Serious Troubke Narow ly .\verted at. Stormy Congressional Camipalgi Meeting Held Iiere Last Niglit. (Spartanburg Journal, Aug. 16.) After holding a quiet and extreme ly peaceable meeting at Chesnee yes terday morning, the candidates Gor congress from the Fourth Congres sional district came to Spartanbirg last night and when they spoke on South Church street a near-riot de 'eloped, due to the now justly cele brated Geilfuss case and the fact that the Spartanburg baker resented what David B. rraxler, of Greenville, can -didate for congress, had to say aiout him. Mr. Traxler paid hb resects to! the Spartanburg man in no uncertain terms and notwithstanding the' fact that he was menaced by bodily in . jury, he continued to flay A. Gellfuss and those who aided him in his re cent trouble until the conclusion of his address. H. Ougust, a pawn broker, tried to interrupt the speaker, but was soon silenced. The crowd was almost solidly with Traxler and received an ovation. It is prolble that le was givei more applause in Spartanburg last night than has been accorded all the candidates put to gether since the campaign ktarted. For several minutes the crowd of about 1,500 Spartanburg people, Which was almost unanimously anti-Gellfuss, wats in an uproar while Mr. Gelliftss vainly tried to reach the stand from I which Mr. Traxler was hurling epithet after epithet at the local baker. Sher iff W. J. White rushed into the crowd and seizing Mr. Gellfuss by the arm forced him back from the neigborhood -of the stand. For several minutes the Spartanburg baker attempted to re ply to the Greenville candidate, until Sheriff White ordered him to keel) quiet. At the conclusion of his speech, Mr. Traxier was given an ovatio several hundred voters going up to the speaker's stand and congratulat ing the Greenville man on his stand and assuring him of their sympathy. The meeting was altogether a Trax ]er meeting. The difficulty aroso immediately af ter Mir. Traxler launched into, hi; attack on the local baker, which came after the candidate had been speaking about 25 minutes. As soon as Mr. Traxler mentioned tle Geilfuss case. Mr. (lilfuss hollered from the crowd, "It's a lie," and started toward th speakers' stand, hollering, "I'll get We ar Cleveland' Mould Boa Guy L. Co Clinton on Wherev Tractor is icdes work is done i Cleveland Tra in running ove EV PHONE 357 ._m."' Mr. Traxler repiled, "If you don't stop, I'll beat you." Mr. Gellfuss conitnued to advance, but at this juncture Sheriff White grabbed hold of Mr. Geilfuss and pulled him back, at the same time warning him to keep quict. Mr. Traxler then continued his speech, hurling vitriolic shots at the baker. Mr. Gellfuss continued to yell at the candidate, uttil the chalirmtn of the meeting advised the audience and Mr. Geilfuss that it would be best to keep cquiet and urging for the can didate a respectful hearing. Mr. Traxler then continued his at tacks on the local baker, denouncing him In stirring terms, amid the pro longed applause of the crowd. He de clared that what Sam Nicholls should have dope was to "hang Gellfuss to the first telegraph post and turn the two soldiers loose." This meeting has beon running along peacefully, and the first sign of Interruption was from a d--m German. Will I stand here and be insulted by a mani who says he is not a German, because he was born in Charleston? No, he declared. Mr. Gelifuss at this time again at tempted to Interrupt, rushing forward towards the speakers' stand, holler Ing at Mr. Traxler that "I will get you if I ever get you off that stanid." .\Mr. Traxler repiled that lie would meet him then if he wanted to, "and I'll heat you, too," he exclaimed. "I low about Norwoodl's money?" someone in the crowd hollered. "I haven't get any of yours, Geilfuss," Mr. Traxler re plied. 'That wasn't me, and that shows how crazy you are." the baker retorted. "There are 500,000 Germans in America, and, Geilfuss is one of them," Mr. Traxler hurled at Mr. Gellfuss. I "The kaiser told Mr. Gerard when war was declared that he had 500,000 Geilfuss in America who are ready to fight for Germany at any time,"'he next stated. "Gellfuss ought to be in the penitentiary," Mr, Traxler said in concliding his attack on the. local baker. The aujdience which was the largest and most demonstrative yet met with on the campaign, cheered Mr. Trax 1er to the echo as lie vigorously at tacked the local baker. Time after time he was !nterrupted by the cheer of the audience as lie poured some empeially h ot shot into. tile Spartan hu rg buisiness man and apparently the rrowdrl was altogether with Ihe Green vil Ic (andidate. At the conclusion or rhie meeti hndrIreds rushed up and 1( shook hand1s, wit thie candidate. 1 prom, a crowd which was aplprently e pleased to ami Fi actor and will rd and McKay peland, betwee August 27. Al] FOR COMPA( ar you need power, I Il. Power when yot ise it for belt jobs. ctor lays its own tra< r soft ground, espec ERYBODY INVITE for Nicholls, Mr. Traxler soon secured an ovation. At the conclusion of his attack, on Mr. Geilfuss, Mr'. Traxler aunched an attack oa Bleascism, decring in vig orous terms that Mr. Nicholls should come out either for or against Blease. Some one in the crowd hollered that he knew whom Nicholls was going to vote for, Cole L. Blease, and Mr. Traxler offered him $100 if he would get Nicholls to say that. Ne was then asked whom lie was for, and he at once replied, "Nat B. Ial and Ilobt. A. Cooper." The Greenville candi date then called on Mr. Nicholls to declare himself, whereupon the in munmbent shouted, "It's none of your business." Mr. Traxler then scored the congressman for dodging the Is me, declaring that it Blease had done as much for him as he had for Nich oils he would stand up and declare him his friend. Horace L. Bomar, the first speaker, made his usual speech, again attack Ing the record of Congressman Nich Alls in unstinted terms. He was very strong in his patriotic utterances and 1 icorod the man who is disloyal. i-He iplealed for a united pepole and the Ipoper sippmort of tihe boys iI the I renches. Repeatedly ditriing his speech, Mr. H-omar was applauded by he audience, especially when he as ;alied the Incumbent's record on sup port of the president and appealed for upport in "winning the war and wvinning It worthily." I-e was given I round of applause when he conclud' d, after coming out wholeheartedly *n favor of nationwide prohibition. Fam J. Nicholls, the incumbent, ilso spoke along the usual lines, de ending his political record and de 31aring emphatically that he was be lud the presid'nt and had and would %ontinue to support him. le also de 'lared that lie was for prohibition, Ind pointed to the fact that he had ilways voted for prohibition when it vas considered by congress. He de 'lared that factionalism had no place n this campaign, and that it did not natter whetheri he voted for Blease r IDial, as both were his friends. He vas repeatedly interrupted by the -rowd, being frequently given a round )f oheers. lie was most liberally ap ilanimded at the close of his address. Mr. Traxler delivered his usua iddress lp to the beginning of the ;vlefuss difliculty. Mr. Traxler amr 'aigned Mr. Nicholls for missing 93 -o! cais and again paid hIs respects o the "Nicholls graveyard." iounce that we I give a demonsti Disc Plow and n Clinton and i[day (Election c T POWER--TI auling, grinding, till want it, where you Designed and constr ek, therefore it worli ially for plowing an( D. REMEMBER MOTO HUN PROPAGANDA SYSTEM DESCRIIBE) -New York Offielwl Tell of Thorough Hess with which (ermany Preparved for Iar. New York, Aug. 18.-A detailed statenment intended to show some ran iflealions of Germany's scheme to in chude America in a world Wide pro p1aganda campaign launiched even be fore the outbreak of the war was Is e110d tonight by Al.fred L. B3ecker, ileputy state attorney general who do 3Iared his department Is fast "weld ing together the evidence.' Geo. Von Skal, of New York, who worked under Capt. Franz Von Papen, military attache of the German em bassy, had been "arragned" with as Darly as 1909, ho has admitted, ac 'ording to Mr. Becker . "I happened to be in Berlin in 1908 Ind met the chief of the intelligence office,' Mr. Becker says Von Shal stated. "lie told me he hag often hought of me because if a war broke 3ut, 'they wanted to have somebody icre in the military attache's office who could be In touch with the Cpress Ind who coul d tell them what 1i1ghb J0 lone With the press." Von Skal, who is a naturalized auiirican, agreed to do the work as long as America did not become In 6olved in any war, according to Mr. Ilecker. 1i'vidence also has been secured, Mr. B3ecker declared, showing that Ger nany began propaganda work in Tntr key at least a year before war was de -lared on France and Russia. Sall Gurdji, now living in New York, but formerly of the Ottoman releg'aphy Agency, the official news rganization of the Turkish govern ent, was appointed by the German imbassador in Constantinople and of lered 40,000 marks to exploit German igency.- He later was offered 100,000 narks, but. refused both offers. ,Then according to Mr. Becker, he was sulifmmloned before the chief of po ice and nidered to close his agency vhich vas, taken over by the German igents. (1,urdji fled for his life and It ook all the skill of neutral diplomats In save the lives of his family. In America. Mr. Becker said, the wropaganda work was actually started i soon as Dr. liernhard Dernburg ar rIved here. .\Mr. Ilecker said lhe has raced $40.000 as paid in 1915 from Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic lestroys the malarial germs which are transmitted . the blood by the Mainrin Mosquito. ;'ee :oo Ac Troctor INI v'secured ti rat'n of this Ti tfieThiver PuIh Laurens, one lay.) IE CLEVELAN ing, sowmng, reaping want it, and as mu, ucted by a firm of :s perfectly over an' I tilling. FHE DATE, TUES] RCOA tile Joint accounts of Wr. Heinriloh F Albert, former financial attache of th( German embassy and former Anj)as. sador Von Bornstorff to alleged pro. pagandists. JAURENS LAY'S OPELATION NOT SUCCENSFL. "10 years ago I Was operated on foi aPPelndicitis and later operated again for gall stones. Neither did me any good and I suffered all kinds of tor ture since. Five years ago I took Mayr's Wonderfui Remedy and have felt no symptoms or pain since. All stomach auffererp should take it." It is a Bimnple, harmless preparation that romoves the catairhal mucus4 from the intestinal tract and allays the inflamn mation which camuses practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis. .One dose wil. convince or money refunded. NOTICE OF PRIMA RY ELECTIO.N. A primary election of the Democratic Party will be held August 27, 1918, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the following oflices: United States Senator for long term, (nited States Senator for short ;erm Congressman for the Fouth Congres sional District. Governor, lAieutenant. Governor, See retary of State, Comptroller General, State Treasurer. Adjutant General, *-tate Sit perintendent of Educalion, At 'ornyV Gen raI. Commissioner of Ag !iculIture. Commerce and Indistries, tailroad Colm im ission Or. Itepre,;entatives of tle lower house, umpervisor, Probhte Judge, County ;uperintendent o' Ndtureal lol County reasurexi, Andjor, County Commis 4ioners n d .\a;'gistratles. The electioA will be held at the poll Ing precinc hertinafter named in the respectiveAcldit districts, by the mana gers lerei'ftfter named. The managers shall open the polls at 8 o'clock in the forenoon and close them at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when they shall proceed publicly to count the votes. After tabulating the results, the managers shall certify the same and forward the ballot box containing the ballots, poll list and all other pa pers, except the club roll, relating to such election, by one of their number to the chairman of the county conmit tee within 3i hours after the close of the polls and said election shall be conducted in all respects according to laws of the State of South Carolina governing primary elections at i. cording to tile rules of the Democratic party. Tile following is a list of the poll ing places, witi lite names of tle Ilan agers and clerks appointed for each: I urens---l. I. Nickles. Albert Dial, 11. Mi. Wolff: It. A. ilabb, eerk. I anur en .\ ill- Rt. S. T(e mlet on, .1. W. lellams, .J. C. Cannon; Laamr Smith, Mlork. Watts .\li1-Joe Blak11ely. Alsey Cole ma..1. Pohll. Br1OwnVlee; It. 11. Don aIldson, clerk. Ora --0. L. Hunmer, W. .: .\lClintock, W. .1. Bryson; 1,. .T. lilakely, clerk. ie agency for t] actor with the rerizer on the fa and one half D TRACTOR , etc., you will find* has you want. WI nationally known ( r soil or road conditi DAY, AUGUST 27 IPAN CLI] Lalford-J. M. Fleming, C. L. Wal drop. J. V lAinford; Toy A. Drum mond, clerk. Pleasant Mound-Guy 'tmaIIIIn, Ed gar Karrett, Lce West; tlumbu Dur dette. clerk. Youngs-C. R. Bobo, W. It. Wilkie, W. W. Wallace; if. i1. Abercrombie, clerk. Stewarts-Arthur J. Hughes, C. B. Leonard, G. T. Cook; J. 1). Stewart, clerk. Cooks-lR. L. Cooper, Y. A. Edwards, W. 'W. Roberts; J. 13. Cook, clerk. Grays Store-M. E lmore Long, It. H-, Barnett, 0. C. Godfrey: F. L. McIntire, clerk. Thonipsons Store--R. C. Owings, L. A. Thompson, L. W. Gilliland; Ernest M. Garrett, clerk. Owings--J. T. Stoddard, L. L. Tem leoton, H. J. G. Curry; J. L. Gray, clerk. Gray Court-IL. Z. Wilson, C. I. Shell, W. H. Barksdale; .J. H1. Garri son, clerk. Dials--W. R. Harris, Ludic Aber cromble, Ben Campbell; Charley Me Call, clerk. Woodville J. E. Wham, A. S. Hold er, Haskell Gray; I). 1). Kellett, clerk. Shliloh---l. W. Boyd, t. G. Wilson, C. E. Wilson; .1. H. liellams, clerk. Hickory Tavern-J. L. Baldwin, W. D. Sullivan, Jr., J. A. Bagwell; Mack AbercronlbIe, clerk. Princeton-Ji I. Liagwell, J. Frank Davis, M. 1. McCuen; A. .1. .onro, clerk. Poplar P.prings1-T. T. Wood. A. E. 11111s. N. It. Wood, W. it. Dtvis. ele(-k. Daniels Sore--M. \v. Ifill, p. it. Ito ]lnd. W. J.- Maley; J1. C. Martin, clerk. Ekomi-~~O. C. 11111, J. 1. Culbertson, P. 0. Smith; M. E. McDaniel, Jr., clerk. Mt. Pleas.ant-G. E. Moore, W. T3. Mundy, A. F. Teague; 1. .\l. Cunning ham, Clerk. Tip Top--john W. Anderson, W. B. Sims, S. A. Taylor; H. L. Bagwell, clerk. Waterloo-J. M. Peauce, George An derson, Herbert Nelson; Rex LIanford, leerk. Cross Ill1-R. D. Nance. W. F. Mad den, .1. C. WorkmaiA W. E. Griffin, clerk. Wados--W. L. Wade, W. W. Watkins, J. S. Hill: W. S. Atchison, clerk. Mouintville-M. L. Crisp, F. F. Stokes, Clyde F. Smith: W. C. -Ilpp, clerk. lIopewel-.J. F. Workman, G. T. Brown, J. Roy Crawford; J. G. Young, clerk. lInton-lR. J. Copeland, Sr., Tandy P. .\liam, Ino. If. Nabors; T. D). Leak, clerk. Clinton Mill-I. Y. Abrams, E. M. R1id, 0. M. Templeton; It. .1. McCrary, ce I rk. b yd ia Mill-T. E. Boyce. H. Wofford, H. 1). Stewart; W. P". Johnson, clerk. Goldvill-AI. C. Hlunter, W. E. lla lock, [. IL. Simpson; Ross Doster Lean, clerk. Rlenno--Posey Copeland, S. W. Dean, T. 11. Weir.; J11o. (1ril1in Pitts, clorki. LangLston-- S. 0. Clark, IR .H. Glenn, .. W. Doni1on1; M. M. Poole, clerk. C. A. POWEII, Couiy Chairman. Wie Famous Oliver Slat rm of Mr. miles from the Cleveland ~en your field ~fficiency, the ons. It excels th NTON. S. C.