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C||t ftfhttjjman an) *out|)ion. Wednesday aud Saturday. ?BT? OflfXN PUBLISHING COMPANY. ?UMTT2B. fJL a Tvttu: I IM* per enauua?In advance. ; It r ?rat lnesrtlon.$1.09 raeat Insertion.10 Oaatracla (or throe months, or will be med? at reduced rate* i union 11 one ?hieb tub private latereeta will be charged ta> aad t tbutse of reaped tor. iter Walihmaa waa found* m% tft 1MI and the True Southron In IfdC The Watchman and Southron ?aw has the combined circulation and of both *f the old papers. Ii sat aifsetiy the beat advertialag la tumter. Irby end Slmms appear to have put Richards In a hole by daring him Id tell how he voted In 1*10 and 1912, etnee he hi to eager to tell how b?> ex? pect* to voto this year. Richards dodges the Issue by saying that it Is a point of sacred honor with him not to tell how he voted in past elections. I a a C. A. Smith, who Is trying to make a few votes by rldini: the old prohibit? ion steed. Is annoying Prof. Clink scales by reminding him that, al? though he claims to be a prohibition? ist, he hi straddling the fence on the question and seeking to make friends of both proMhltio ilsts and liquor men. a e a All o' candidates, both Blease Ites and Antls are righting Manning, aal as they can find nothing to say against him aa a man and cltisen, they endea.-or to create prejudice against, him by harping on the fact that he hi a successful business man and banker. This Is truly a serious charge, In view of the fact that he Is a suc? cessful farmer and was elected pres? ident of a bank because he had made a success as a farmer. If it is a po? litical crime to make money as a farmer and to establish a reputation aa a successful business man, Mr. Manning Is guilty, bi t why the voters should be prejudiced against him on thi* account Is Inexplicable. 0 0 0 The law-abiding people of the Stati? desire a law respecting and law en? forcing governor. The first name .that a majority of the voters think of In this connection Is Manning. But for local pride and local affiliations, to which the other candidates appeal aad on which they count. Manning would receive an overwhelming ma? jority of the antl-Blease vote In all the counties, and even under existing conditions he will receive a better average vote In all sections of the State than any other candidate. r t < < ? ? ? I The war news Is so conflicting and confusing that It la Impossible to form a satisfactory conception of what is actually taking place in Kurope. Ger? many claims to have won continued successes In the campaign In Bel glum and to have sustained com? paratively Insignificant losses; that the Q?rman campaign Is working out aa planned and that the Invincible Oertnsn army will sweep everything before It when the appointed time for a general forward movement ar? rives. On the other hand reports from French and Belgian sources as? sert that the German invasiuai of Bel? gium hus been checked and tremen? dous loss Inflicted and ?hat the French invasion of German territory has been a succession of minor vie torles. the German forces abandoning their fortified posts und retreating be fore the French advance. The only reasonable deduction that can be made from the mase of confusing re? ports Is that both sides are manoeu verlna for position and that no bat tie of Importance has yet been fought In respect to the operation on tho Russian frontier the outside world Is completely In the dark, the reports l thus far having been fragmentary and of doubtful authenticity. e e o The official announcement from Washington that there Is no reason for the material advance In prices of foodstuffs and that the b|g advances that have been made are the result of the grasping greed of provision dealers who are trying to take ad? vantage of the war situation to multi? ply their profits. Is In line with our previously formed opinion. Instead of the prices of grain products and meats advancing rapidly on account of the war In Kurope. the prices should decline until there Is some safe and certain avenue of export to Kurope guaranteed. There may he a war lime demand f..r wheat, flour, corn, oats and mekta In the warring countries. but unless neutral ships are provided and trie safety of ocean navigation assured, these comm..tilt P-h will remain a drug on the American markets, for there Is a tremendous surplus crop of wh?at for export Ulli jrsar. If ths markets of Kurope are dote J, or even purtiully closed, the surplus will be left on the hands of the producers or dealers, and in this case the law of supply and demand would indicate lower prices in Ameri? ca, regardless of the fact that scarcity and high prices might prevail in Europe. COMPULSORY EDUCATION QUES? TION. Wlmt It Ha? Done for Maine and California. Greenwood, Aug. 11.?The world came to realise that the bodies of men should not be held in slavery and where the Individual failed to free his slaves, governments did it. This world has also realized that the minds of men must not remain in the sla\er> of Illiteracy, and so far as. this freedom can be given by attend-) ancc ut schools, the enlightened na? tions and nearly all the States of this union are removing the shackles that bind the citizen to a life In which he cannot figure up his earnings, read of the deeds of his fellowmen and the work of his God. From Maine to California, officials In each State write that compulsory education laws are advancing the cause of eduaotion and meeting with the approval of the people?often the very people who fought such laws. Hon. Payson Smith. Supt. Public Schools of the State of Maine, In a letter or May 28th says: "I am posi? tive that the progress of education in Maine has been favored by the exist? ence of a compulsory education law." And what about California? The State Superintendent replying In a letter of June 18th says in part: "Yes, the schools have made much greater progress under the compul? sory attedance law than they did be? fore. In this State the theory is that we must educate every child. Then there is one way to do this and that j is to see that every child attends school. He may attend a private school or he may get his education at home through private tutors. But he must get it. And we go further. We i give out the money on the attendance. The district that ke*?ps up a good at-, tendanqe gets more money than it , would if the attendance was low. This ] means that teachers and school offt- | cers and even the paren'.s and chil? dren do all they can to see that the children attend school." LETTER CARRIERS' MEETING. South Carolina Congressman Tells Them of Importance of Their Aid in Progress of Good Roads. I ] Washington. Aug. 12.?Talks on i good roads featured the session today \ of the National Rural Letter Car* ' rlers' Association, meeting in annual ] convention in the auditorium of the < New National museum here. j ( Congressmen Finley of Sotuh Car- j ollna and Hamlin and Shackelford of , Missouri each delivered un address, 1 snd P. J. Powell read a paper on , "Good Roads and Road Construction." , This was followed by a general dis? cussion. Mr. Finley told the delegates of the growth of rural free delivery in the , t'nlted States and its importance. He also told them of the part tb?. y were to play in parcel post growth. Congressman Shackelford talked of his good roads bill providing $25.000.-!, 000 for the construction of post roads. , News From Baker School. I < Buker School, August 11.?We arSp having refreshing i bowers after a long, dry spell. l.ale corn is nearly a failure. Cotton is cut off considerable. We had Mr. P. G. Bowmun to give us a tulk Sunday afternoon. Mr H. W. Beall is having his oats threehed out today and has made a tine crop of them. I hope to see the day when farmers will make more forage crops than they do at the present 1 time, and commence raising their own mules. I would like to sec every farmer raise it least one mule colt and see how j cheap It can be raised, and then 11 think the livery stables would not j have so many to credit out in the] Spring. Not that I wish the stable-j men any harm. It is becoming so! that a man can't farm and buy mules. J I Just a lltt'.e while longer we will I have the boll weevil here and we can't make cotton to buy mules with. After the election is over how will 'hose candidates feel that gets de? feated In the campaign, "The Mud Sllngers" ? How will they look meeting on the street and begging pardons of each ?Uber, and they will huve to do that, for insulting each othsr. If the candidates of the State Would go by the Golden Uule: "Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you," and if they have brotherly love one for another they would shake hands at the last cam? paign meeting and the successful ones would feel sorry their opponents did not have as good an office as they have. I wish the good people of the State would lirt their heurts to Qod and prav for Christ's sake that political affairs become better. 'WASHINGTON GOVERNMENTS PLANS ADVANCE PAST. American Representatives Authorized to Hire Vessel* to Bring Tourists Back to America. Washington, Aug. It,?The Wash? ington government's relief measures for Americans in Europe and plans of the Red Cross to send an expedition to the war zone proceeded rapidly today. American embassies and le? gations throughout Europe were au? thorized to charter ships in which to bring home American citizens. Plans to send steamers from the United States were abandoned because It was believed It would be better to char? ter neutral vessels at European ports. information received at the state department gave the assurances that the British order against the entry of aliens into England was not meant to apply to Americans on the conti? nent who are trying to return to the United States by way of England. Difficulties over the transmission of code messages between Berlin and Washington were removed when an understanding was reached with the British foreign office that the censor should not impede messages between the American state department and the Berlin foreign office or Ambasa dor Gerard, relating to the Interests of Germans in Prance or England. However, it was said, such messages were being blocked at Copenhagen, making it necessary to repeat thern by way of Rome. Red Cross officials announced there had been a countrywide response to the appeal for funds to finance the relief expenditures. Secretary Garrison tonight said he had decided it would be necessary to charter two or three ships on this side to make trips to certain Euro? pean ports for American refugees. Some American diplomatic repre? sentatives abroad, he has learned, will be unable to employ vesels be? cause none are available. An effort was made by Mr. Gar? rison to have n meeting of the gen? eral relief board tonight to consider his plan, but he was unable to bring the other members together. ANOTHER CASE OF PLAGUE. First Human Victim of Disease With? in Past Eleven Days in New Or? leans. New Orleans, Aug. 12.?The first' human case of bubonic plague within the past 11 days and the 15th since' the contagion appeared here on June 27, was reported today by federal health authorities. Diagnosis today confirmed the Illness of Mrs. J. ftiui, Aged 20, residing at 1835 Ihervllle street, as plague. She had been un? der observation for the past two days. The discovery of an infected rat to day brought tho number of rodent cases of plague to 51. NEGRO STOLE BICYCLE. lohn Morley, Said to Be Wanted In Columbia, Arrested Here. A negro giving his name as John Morley was arrested hero last night on the charge of endeavoring to sell a stolen wheel. He said he came from, Columbia and a message received by Chief Sumter this morning, in answer to his request of whether or not the negro was wanted there, was to the effect that th bicycle had been stolen,1 please to hold the negro and he would be. sent for at once. Morley last night tried ot sell the wheel for live dollars. Those he tried to sell it to demurred, sending out to Balph Hill's bleycli place to ask if: such a wheel had been stolen. The j negro became alarmed at this and Jumped on his wheel and tried to make a get-away, hut was caught by Officers Forbes and Owens and land? ed in jail. Costly Treatment. "I was troubled with constipation and indigestion ami spent hundreds of dollars for medicine and treatment," writes C. H. 1 lines, of Whitlow, Ark. "1 went to a St. Louis hospital, also to a hospital in New Orleans, hut no cure was affected. On returning home I began taking Chamberlain's tab? lets, and worked right along. 1 used them for some time and am now all right." Sold by all dealers. -Advt. Rod Cross Appen!? Washington, Aug, IS,?As president of the Bed Cross, Woodrow Wilson to? day addressed a letter to the Ameri? can people asking all possible assist? ance in reducing the distress and suf? fering Incident to the European con? flict Good Reason for His Enthusiasm. 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Gymnasium work is compulsory. The athletic work of Newr?erry College in late years has been foremost among the South Carolina Colleges. The religious life Is ideal, and the moral and spiritual welfare of the student is the school's chief concern. Certificates from accredited high-schools admit without examination."' A prepare- * tory school department for high-school under grad* equates. Next session opens September 17,1914. For catalogue and particulars, address Rev. of. Henry Harms? D? D.. V President, 4 Newberry, S. C.N Remarkable Cure of Dysentery. "I was attacked with dysentery about July 15th, and used the doctor's medicine and other remedies with no relief, only getting worse all the time. 1 was unable to do anything and my j weight dropped from 145 to 125 pounds. 1 suffered for about two months when I was advised to use! Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I used two hot-; ties of it and it gave me permanent relief," writes B. W. Hill of Snow Hill.! X. C. 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