The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 06, 1916, Page TWO, Image 2
IN DEFENCE OF
FORD PEACE PLAN.
CORRECTION OF ALLEGED MISSTATEMENTS
CONCERNING
THIS NOTED ENDEAVOR.
Washington, D C, December SlrIn
an article under date of December
25, Mr George E Miller, WashAnrwcnnnripnt
nf the Detroit
IllgllSil VV/ll^opvuuvM* V ? News,
calls attention to the deliberate,
concerted effort upon the part
of many big newspapers of the country
to cast odium upon the trip of
Henry Ford to Europe in an effort
for peace.
The Detroit News is one of the
few big papers in the United States
that haye shown a spirit of fairness
in the matter. There is missing
from the News the spirit of malicious
misrepresentation, coloring and
deliberate falsehood so much in evidence
in certain New York papers
and in papers uf smaller cities that
ape the big city's news methods?
, all apparently set upon a determined
effort to plunge the United States
into the great war, and to discredit
any effort that might shorten the
conflict. Mr Miller's story tells some
of the motives behind the attacks
on Mr Ford.
The article says:?A persistent
one could say wilful misconception
and misstatement of Henry Ford's
peace expedition is carried in the
press of the east and also brought
across the ocean in the British censored
cables. . Ford has deserted
and the expedition is a failure, is
the statement, accompanied with
editorial comment in which Mr Ford
is patronizingly characterized as a
generous soul, but ignorant. The
kindest thing some of these publications
find to say about him is that
he is a rainbow chaser with a good
purpose and a poor plan for its accomplishment.
The New York papers almost without
exception misrepresented the
character of the Ford enterprise
from the first. For this Mr Ford
was himself to blame to some extent
as he failed to issue a comprehensive
statement of his plan in the
beginning. Newspapers disposed tc
be hostile towards any step to end the
war took advantage of this to ridicule
the expedition and their example
has been very largely followed
on both sides of the ocean. The
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papers conironeu uy mr aim emu
munition interests have been thi
most persistent in declining to print
the facts at/but the nature of Mi
Ford's project.
Yet it would not have been diffi
cult for them to asecertain that this
big body of people carried abroad or
the Oscar II was not the real peace
commisson to carry out Mr Ford's
purpose. Though stated over and
over again that the ship was chartered
to attract the attention of the
world to the peace plan, and for nc
other purpose, this fact has been
studiously ignored. And because
the boys did not jump out of the
trenches the moment the ship arrived
in European waters, the whole
Ford enterprise was and is denounced
as a farcial failure. That the
Oscar II was the advertisement of
what is to follow has never been
stated in the eastern papers. That
there is to be a commission of responsible
men to undertake the
peace suggestions after the Oscar II
passengers have returned to the
United States has been carefully
omitted from the papers which exhibit
such apparent fear that Ford
may bring about peace.
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Ur Course me ruru eiut-i prist? uia>
be a failure. Of that Mr Ford
freely acknowledged cogntzance before
he sailed from New York.# But
it is not fair nor just nor honest to
dedounce it as a failure before it
has failed, and it hardly can fail
until the commission which is to operate
has tried. It is Mr Ford's
purpose to have this commission sit
for months and even years if that be
necessary. It is to be a body that
will ever try for peace until peace
is secured. This was stated specifically
to the eastern papers, but is
ignored by them in their attempts
to rush the announcement of Ford's
failure to the world.
Again much is made of the assertion
that Ford has abandoned the
peace expedition. Yet the eastern
press was informed repeatedly that
he did not know whether he would
go to Europe in the first place nor
wheter he would remain long if he
did go. There was doubt in Mr
Ford's mind as to whether he would
be of any service in Europe.
He did not believe that his personal
presence would be of aid. He
finally was persuaded to go, but if
he is returning now his friends who
have understood his views will not
that for an admission by
him that his peace plan is a failure.
On the contrary they will understand
that he can do more on this
side the ocean than on that.
The people of the world will get
their best opportunity to judge of
the calibre of the Ford enterprise
when they learn the personnel of
the real peace commission. That
An Old Ken
Since I Began
Taking Peruna
I Weigh 120
Pounds for the
First Time in
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My Lite, iviy
former weight
was 102 lbs. My
Mother who is
76 Y ears Old J
Had Grown so
Weak She coul<
She also took Pe
ier and looking v
The above splendid woman Is Mrs. Hat
She recommends Peruna to all housewives
Ohio, lor a free copy of the "Ills ol Life.'
has not been announced and cannot
be until the crowd from the Oscar
II has made the rounds of the neutral
countries. When the expedi"
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lion nnany lanus m me ua^uc mc
composition of the commission will
be determined. After that, perhaps
long: after that, will come the
time to judge as to whether Mr
Ford has failed.
DARLINGTON MAN SHOT..
Curtis Byrd Seriously Wounded.
Hope For Recovery.
Darlington, January 3:?Curtis
Byrd, a young white man employed
at the lumber company's plant at
Lumber, in the lower part of the
county, was shot this morning at an
early hour by a negro, Sam Wilson.
| Mr Byrd was shot three times, the
weapon used being a .44 calibre revolver.
The bullets were made for
a riflle. The wounded man is in an
infirmary at Florence. The negro
. has been arrested and is in jail here.
It seems that Mr Byrd left Lumber
this morning on the train from
; Bennettsville to Sumter, which passes
Lumber between 7 and 8 o'clock for
Montclare, to search for a negro
woman who had seriously cut an'
other negro on Saturday at Lumber.
I On getting to Montclare he located
' the woman and went to arrest her.
| Sam Wilson, who lived with her,
II fnllnwpd rhpm back to the station.
As Mr Byrd started back to Lumber
with his prisoner he inquired of
1 Wilson if he was going with them
1 and received an affirmative reply.
Mr Byrd told him to take the woman's
suitcase and bring it along and
to surrender whatever weapons he
had with him. The negro then drew
his revolver and began firing.
Immediately after the shooting
the negro fled. He was pursued by
Robert Winters, who succeeded in
' overtaking him and arresting him
after a chase of a fqw hours. The
Sheriff was notified in the meantime
and arrived on the scene shortly
after the arrest.
Wilson has told several incoherent
stories of the shooting, at one time
stating that he did not intend to
shoot Mr Byrd, and at another that
he did it because he was afraid. He
and the woman arrested early this
I morning at Montclare are both in jail.
While Mr Byrd's condition is serious,
hope for his recovery is entertained
by the physicians.
Baby Saved by Wireless.
Washington, N C, December ,".0:?
An unusual wireless message was
picked up by the Cape Hatteras Station
today and received such prompt
attention that a baby in all probability
was saved from death.
The message stated that a baby
on board a vessel several hundred
miles away was critically ill and that
the ship's physician had exhausted
his skill without avail and appealed
on behalf the mother to any physician
who might get the radio to prescribe
for the infant.
With the symptoms given the operator
at Cape Hatteras sent the
message to Dr Sutton, two miles
away; the doctor gave him a prescription
and it was dashed through
the air. A few hours later the operator
received another wireless saying
the prescription had been filled
and that the child had shown immediate
improvement, and was considered
out of danger.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
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FIRE DESTROYS NEW HOUSE.
Residence of M. E. Poston a
Hemingway Destroyed.
Hemingway, January 1: -The rei
idence of Mr ivl E Poston was burr
ed Thursday night. The fire ws
seen by people living next door, wh
immediately gave the alarm, but i
was soon seen that it would be irr
possible to save the house. Mr an
Mrs Poston were away from horn*
therefore the uoor had to be brokei
into in order to save the furniture
which was practically all removed
It was with great regret that thi
residence was seen to go up i
smoke, since it had only been con
pleted a few months, and was on
of the prettiest in town. Some ir
surance was carried.
RUB OUT PAIN
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the surest way to stop them.
The best rubbing liniment isj
MUSTANG
'LINIMENT
Good for the Ailments of
i Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
Qood for your own Achest
Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc.
25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers.
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tie Hamilton, of 918 Glen Ave? i>atoru?, a>.
. Address The Peruna Co., of Columbus,
INFLUENZA COVERS COUNTRY
Tbe Most Serious Epidemic Eve
Known In America.
Washington, January 3:? Ir.fli
i enza is spreading over the Unite
| States from coast to coast in th
! most serious epidemic ever knowr
taking a large toll in lives and caui
ing economic loss by incapacitatin
workers in all walks of life. R<
ports from public health service o!
j ficers, made public tonight by Sui
igeon General Blue, show that a
i ready the disease has created
; grave problem for many of th
j larger cities and is spreading to th
rural communities.
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INtW 1 UI ft, Ulliwa^u, x iiiioucipiiu
I Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Clevi
! land and Detroit reported the dii
ease widely prevalent. Clevelan
and Detroit each have propabl
100,000 cases. Of the larger citie;
Buffalo, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Sa
Diego, Dallas and Mobile reporte
no signs of an epidemic.
There is practically nothing th
Federal Government can do towar
aiding in the suppression of the ep
demic. It must be dealt with fc
local authorities, and they in turi
it is explained, are almost helplei
without co-operation from the pui
lie. Surgeon General Blue said ti
night he had called for reports froi
all parts of the country, with th
hope that publicity would tend 1
stimulate this co-operation.
Statistics on influenza are difficu
to obtain. t>ecause the disease is nt
classed as "reportable" in mar
CHItS. V^UIJSCLIUCIJ u,y lliwoi y? VI
public health officers were oblige
to send in information based I
some extent on their personal oi
servations.
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Stables. 9-28-tf
Jts* KIN6STREE
Lodge, No. 46
A. F.M.
meets Thursday before full moon each
month. Visiting brethren are cordially
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Fish always on hand. We
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Drinks, Crockeryware and
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If you spend a night in
town and miss Pendergrass'
Boarding House you will regret
it. Six bedrooms up
stairs and everything complete.
Our Restaurant is under a
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Hamlet, who will give you ?
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