The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 19, 1914, Image 8
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AssWeejce LMrnt Attentively, hut
Olm Ultlr App4au.se to CamltdatCH,
Who Htatr Their Ctatsm to Support
?4 People
The candidates fur county offices
spoke st Delsell Friday, the largest
precinct In the county outside of the
city of umter. and were hearu by
the greatest number of voters which
has attended any of the csmpalgn
meetings The audience was not en?
thusiastic, as was the one at Ftembert
os the previous Tuesday, but It lls
tatisd attentively to the candldutes
state their claims for the suftrsge of
the people. a
The features of the meeting were
the continued attacks on each other's
record by Messrs. Clifton and F.pps.
asd their defense of points where
they had been attacked. The attacks
ware more comprehensive than at
SSd preN iou? meeting, but not quite so
bitter as they were at Privateer and
Bhiloh Mr. Epps brought out two
?aav points on which be considered Mr.
CTMfton's record vulnerable. Clifton's
voting to establish a steam beating
plant st the colored college at Orange
burg and his voting against paying for
work done by stenographers in the
tssrestigatton of the State Insane Asy
hssa. Mr. Eppe denied a report that
he had been seen at the Country Club.
Mr. Clifton denounced Mr. Epps'
statement that he bad voted against
the race track bill, saying that If Mr.
?pee could show where he had voted
against this bill or opposed It. he
would withdraw from the race. He
stated that Mr. Epps had not done
htm justice in stating that he Had
voted for the steam heating plant, tor
he had not mated that thirty other
ane sabers of the senate bad voted for
the bill, whereas only one had voted
against It Mr. Belser In bis speech
r*lled Mr. Clifton to task for not
keeping the record straight, saying
that Mr. Clifton had mixed his facts
as to the commutation road tax bill,
at which he waa the author, with
the tax collection bill of which Mr.
tfpps was the author.
I The speaking took place In a grove
asd was presided over by Mr. M L.
Moore, president of the Dalxell Dem
~ itic Club.
* The first speakers were Messrs. R.
L, Burkett, who announced himself
s candidate for re-election as magis?
trate, and W. R. DuBose, who told of
hie fitness for the office and promised
faithful attention to Its duties.
Messrs R. E. Wilder, for auditor.
D. C. Wtsllace, for treasurer, T. E.
Richardson, for judge of probate, un?
opposed officers, made their usual
W. J. 8eale. candidate for coroner
was the nest speaker. He was follow?
ed by 8. W. RafTteld and D. W.
Owens for the same office.
W. 8. Thompson made his usual
speech. Mr. Pitta made bis plea for
re-election as a business proposition.
Me stated that he had Intended mak?
ing Improvements on the road to
Dalsell. but had been called to make
a sew road to Shlloh so that tobacco
eosld be brought over it to the Sum*
ess tobacco market. He had doss
this as the request of citizens of that
section and of the business men of
?umter. who were entitled to this con
. slderstlon. as Sumter paid thirty-five
per cent of the county taxes. He
agsln demanded that Mr. Thompson
prove his charge that I^ee and Clar
esdon county roads were better than
those of Sumter county or retract hU
charge.
1a E. White made his usual an?
nouncement.
Messrs. 8. D. Cain, former superin?
tendent of educstion. snd Dr. J. II.
Haynaworth, superintendent of edu?
cation, made their cuatomary speech?
es, asking the ?dectlon* of the best
. man te the office.
R. D. Epps was the first of the can?
didates for the senate to speak. He
again went over his record In tho
house, referred to bills he had work?
ed for. saying that cvcr> bill he had
Introduced during the past session
went through successfully. He again
referred to his antl-ltleasc letters and
declared that It was only the extreme?
ly Ignorant who did not know that
the Phil pplnes were further from
Africa than we were, this being In
snswer to s ststement made by his
opponent st a previous meeting that
be had taught a negro school.
In opening his attack on Mr Clif?
ton's record he stated thst he had ex?
amined the se iste journal and had
found that Mr ('Mfton had voted on
fifty meaaures am. had not voted on
thirty two measures, whi? h had come
up for action In the senate during the
past session He did not see how Mr
Clifton could cons|atentl> attack htm
for not voting on two measures, when
he was himself guilty. He atated his
position sgslnsl whiskey, denying a
fslse report which he said had been
circulated around Humter that he hud
been seen st the "Country CtsjhM
with some friends of his drinklmt
and carousing. He said any such
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statement was "a malicious lie. anil 1
ilarc any man to repeat it before my
face." This statement was greeted
with applause ami someone in the uu
(Uence cried "Hurrah, that's the way
to talk." He mild that some questions
could not be answered "yes" or "no"
and the Fortner hill was ono of them,
giving his reasons for not voting on
the bill, ns heretofore. He said this
hill had been 'pussy-footed" through
the senate and there was no record as
to how Senator Clifton bad voted on
it. He again charged that Clifton
had opposed the anti-race track gamb?
ling bill and had voted against it and
Secured un amendment postpon'ng the
time for it to become effective. He
did not believe that this represented
the will of the people whom he repre?
sented.
He referred to the State park being
400 to 500 acres and not 30 acres as
Clifton had stated. He charged that
Clifton had voted $7,&00 for a steam
heating plant in the State College at
Orangeburg "so that Cuffee might
comb his hair by steam heat," ap
plruse and laughter greeting this
statement. He said $500 a year would
have been saved if the bill to rent to
the State offices in the Union National
Bank* had been passed.
He wsnted to know why Mr. Clif?
ton had voted against paying the
stenographers who took testimony in
the Investigation of the State Insane
Asylum and asked Mr. Clifton to ex?
plain his reasons. In closing he said
that he had always stood for law
enforcement and asked that any re?
ports which were being circulated be
brought to him. so that he might
hxve a chance to answer them.
Mr. Clifton stated that Mr. Epps was
Indeed a strange kind of politician,
if he entered a race for office and
did not expect to he bothered by such
reports, but he denied that any or
tbese reports bad ever emanated from
him, nor could Mr. Epps trace any
of them to him.
He belittled the work of Mr. Epps
in the house, making light of the im?
portance of the bills Mr. Epps had
Introduced and worked for. He did
not call Mr. Epps to account for
not voting, but for asking to be ex?
cused from voting. He had never ask?
ed house to excuse him from vot?
ing snd if Mr. Epps or anyone else
could show where he had he would
withdtaw from the race. He said
that hsj had never been to the coun?
try clt.b except one time, when he
was Invited to a barbecue and Mr.
Epps was present at this time also.
He had not then gone into the club
room proper.
?He referred to a report which he
said had been spread around Dalzell
that he had made statements) re?
flecting on the integrity of citizens of
the community. He most emphatical?
ly denied that report and he wanted
everybody to know that be denied It.
He read a statement from L. D.
Jennings, who was opposing him In
this race, he said, In which Mr. Jen?
nings stated that he was with Mr.
Clifton at the time he was alleged to
have made the statement and that
he (Jennings) would have heard it
had it been made, and that Mr. Clif?
ton had made no such statement. At
this point there was applause and
someone called out "Hurrah for
Clifton."
He most emphatically denied Mr.
Epps' statement that he had voted
against the anti-race track gambling
bill and said that he would with?
draw from the race, If Mr. Epps
could prove that he had. He voted
against an amendment to the bill, as
had Senator Carlisle, the author, and
numerous other senators.
Fe stated that the legislature had
no legal authority^for voting to rent
offices in the city for State officers
and he would vote against such a bill
every time. In referring to this he
expressed an opinion that ho would
be re-elected. He explained his vote
for the steam heating plant for the
negro college, saying that the com?
mittee which had Investigated the
matter had recommended the appro?
priation, as the college would go to
pieces without it. He again referred
to Mr. Epps' course on the Fortner
hill) and his voting for the appropria?
tion for the negro State fair. He
brought out Mr. Kpps* record og the
dispensary bill, referring to his char?
acter as one of "vacillation, excuse
and evasion." He again charged that
Mr. Kpp* had voted to t ut out the ap?
propriation for the old soldiers home
at Columbia, a hill which Bleat) had
vetoed, hut realizing that he was
wrong, had borrowed money for the
same purpose.
K H. Heiser was the llrst of the
candhlatcj for the house to speak.
Ho referred to his trip to Washington,
from which he had Just returned,
In behalf of the farmers in thlsl
crisis brouifht on h> the Kuropea n
War. He told ,,f what had been done
snd what the men at the conference
were trying to do feg the cotton reis?
ers. He went OVOf his record, point?
ing out bills he had Worked for for
the benefit of the county and of the
State.
lie called Mr. Clifton to task fat
not keeping his records straight, say?
ing that the ways and means commit*
tc? consist ing of twenty-two men had i
llTftljitnil the need of ofllCM for]
State ofllecrs ami hail recommended
the renctal of the oltlees, ai a lavlnu
to the State of $8,000 a year, R savin.;
which had been lost by the veto of
the Governor and the refusal of the
Senate to pass the bill over the Gov?
ernor's veto. He had voted on the hill
on the report of the committee and
thought it good policy to savo the
State, if possible, lie claimed to be
the author of the commutation road
tax, which Mr. Clifton belittled, but
M this bill put from $S,000 to $10,000
a year in* the county treasury for
road building, he thought this a meas?
ure of importance. Mr. Epps, he
explained, was the author of a tax
collection bill. He said Mr. Clifton
must keep his facts straight, before
ho attacked other members* of the
delegation not opposing him.
He went over his work for the wa?
ter power tax bill, which had failed
of passage in the Senate, and his ef?
forts to get a direct school levy taJ
back Into the county. He then went
over other bills he had worked for.
Mr. A. K. Sanders would represent
the agriculturists of the county, not
a single representative having been
elected from the county since the sep?
aration of Liee County.
He referred to his previous experi?
ence in the house. He stated in
reference to a report, that had been
circulated, that he had at one time
gotten registration certificates for ne?
groes in order that they might vote,
that it was untrue. He had al?
ways destroyed these certificates
when they came into his hands.
Mr. D. D. Moise asked his hearers
to Investigate his private life, as he.
had no public record, and see if he
was not worthy and if he was, he
asked their votes on election day.
He had always striven to be a builder
and not a destroyer, lie claimed
credit for starting the tobacco grow?
ing movement around Sumter. He
favored a simplified land registration
system and the teaching of domestic
science and agriculture in the public
schools. Mr. Moise secmea^ tg be
very popular with his audience and
received liberal applause.
Mr. J. C. Dunbar went over his
platform of rural credit system, land
title registration, fish protection laws,
a cotton "warehouse 3ystem and com?
pulsory education.
Dr. Qeo. W. Dick referred to his
find election and his work in the
House since then, until ho was now
chairman of the leading committee
of the House. He did not seek any?
body else's place, but he wished to re?
fill his own place, referring to the
possibility that he might be chosen
JAPAN SENDS ULTIMATUM.
WITHDRAWAL or ALL ARM KU
YIISSIXS is DEMAND MADE.
Considered Highly Important to Ho
move Causes of All Disturbances in
the Tar Rasi?Must Safeguard Al?
liance With Great Britain.
ToykOi Aug. n?.?Japan sent an ul?
timatum to Germany Saturday night,
demanding withdrawal of German
warships from the Orient and the
evacuation of Kiau Chan and giving
Germany until Sunday, August 23, to
epmply with the demand. Otherwise,
the ultimatum states, Japan will take
aetlon.
The general expectation here is that
the ultimatum will be followed by
war.
Takaakl Kato, Japanese foreign
minister, simultaneously With the dis?
patch of the ultimatum, conferred
With George W. Guthrie, American
am ba sad or, and made to him ? broad
statement calculated to assure the
United States that American interests
in the Far East, would be safeguarded
and the integrity of China upheld.
Owing to doubts whether commu?
nication with Berlin were assured,
Japan to insure the arrival of the ulti?
matum forwarded to 1 ?erlin by six
channels, Including Washington, Lon?
don and Stockholm. The government
also notified Count von Hex, German
ambasador to Japan, and likewise
retarded the time limit for a reply
Until August 23.
Count Okuma, the Japanese pre?
mier, today invited the peers, news?
paper men and leading business men
of Tokyo to come to his office at noon,
at 4 and at 6 o'clock, respectively,
when he made known to them the
terms of the ultimatum and an?
nounced that he would give the nego?
tiations In connection with the alli?
ance.
speaker of the house, if re-elected,
which olllce, he said, would be an
honor to Sumtcr County more than
to him personally. He always favor?
ed appropriations for rural schools
and had worked for the establishment
of a rural police system.
He also advocated the employment
of a rural nurse, to care for and
aid those in the country, Who needed
such assistance. He asked the sup?
port of all who thought that he had
done his duty and done well for gum
ter County.
A recess was taken for a barbecue
dinner at about 1.80 o'clock. The
dinner was served for the benefit of
INQUIRY INTO FOOD COST.
STATE AM) FEDERAL AUTHORI?
TIES AT WORK.
II' DcttlerN arc Pound lu lie A it ill* in i
|y Increasing Prices, Courts May'
Proceed to Prosecute.
Washington, Aug. 14.?Legal forces,
state ami federal, all over the coun?
try got Into action today, carrying
out President Wilson's suggestion for
an investigation of whether food
prices are being increased oil the pre?
text of the European war and for
criminal prosecution if that Is found
to be the case.
The national capital led the cam?
paign with a grand jury Investigation
to which commission merchants,
wholesalers and retailers, buyers for
hotels and restaurants were sub?
poenaed and citizens having evidence
were invited.
Reports of other Inquiries begin?
ning In many localities by United
states attorneys ami State and county
authorities poured Into the attorney
general s office. Special agents of the
department began their search for
evidence of manipulations or other
methods of price fixing and Secretary
Redfleld sent detailed instructions to
agents of the department of com?
merce on carrying out their part of
the investigation.
After a conference between Presi?
dent Wilson, Attorney General Mc
Reynolds and Secretary Redfleld, the
attorney general said he was consid?
ering the conspiracy section of the
Sherman anti-trust law as the only
existing statute to cover the situation
and, that he would not be able to re?
port whether additional legislation
were necessary until after receiving
detailed reports from his agents.
President Wilson, officials said,
aroused by what he considers wholly
unjustifiable Increases In the cost of
food, is giving his personal attention
and encouragement to the investlga
tion.
Consideration of several congres?
sional resolutions for Inquiry was
blocked in the house today by parlia?
mentary tactics.
Miss Alleen Brad ham Is visiting rel?
atives and friends in Winnsboro.
the school house by the people of the
neighborhood.
After dinner a collection was taKcn
up for a sick lady of the neighbor?
hood, something over thirty dollars
being raised.
MILLIONS 10 FIGHT
hermann to mi:i:t allies prom
basle to maastricht.
Battle Front -2? Miles and Oi>or.i
UottM Would Have Varying For?
tunes. Experts Say.
Paris. Ajig. 15.?Conditions under
which the great battle between the
I Germans and the allied forces probab?
ly will be fought are made the sub
Ject of an oilicia1 communication is?
sued by the French minister of war
today. By its development and the
nature of the ground over which the
battle will be waged, the communica?
tion says, this vast engagement will
differ profoundly from battles of oth?
er times.
"By reason of the abandonment of
the attack which the Germans plan?
ned against Nancy," says the. commu?
nication! 'our concentration has been
carried out with regularity an<t ir. ?ts
entirety, and thus the whole of the
French army will battle with whole
of the German forces with the ex
C4 ption of those German troops con?
centrated on the eastern frontier of
the Empire.
" Tiie violation of the neutrality of
i Belgium has extended the Belgian and
French lines to the frontier of Hol
I land. The next battle, therefore, will
be from Basle to Maastricht with
several millions of men on each side.
"It is tins enormous extension of
the effectives and of front which will
characterize the battle and it will be
profoundly d iff rent from all other
battles.
"When two adversaries engage in
a battle along a front of from twenty
to thirty kilometres (13 to St miles)
the engagement is characterized by
two features?it is rapid and imme?
diately decisive. With a front ex?
tending over 400 kilometres (220
I miles) it is not likely to be the same.
"It would appear impossible from
all the evidence that one of the ad
I versories would be able to gain de
jcisive advantage upon this front of
10(1 kilometres.
"The operations along so great a
line would have varying fortunes. Wc
will have an advantage at one or
I several points; the Germans will have
an advantage at other points and the
line of battle will continue to be
modified until one of the adversaries
succeeds by co-ordination of move?
ments and mass of effort in gaining
some point, the superiority of which
Will dislodge the adversary's front
1 and mark the end of the first battle.
BAGGH AMD TIES 1914
4 The tillers of the soil are to be congratulated upon the magni?
ficent prospects for all crops, which we sincerely hope will con?
tinue, so that our agricultural friends may reap a rich reward as
the result of their year's labor.
Our business is largely dependent upon
the farming class, when they prosper, we pros?
per, and we feel very grateful to them for the
loyal manner in which they have stood by us
for many years past.
You will soon be looking around for the
wherewith to cover your cotton, as the indi?
cations point to a reasonably early crop and as
usual, we are well prepared to take care of
your wants in this respect.
We have all grades of bagging up to 3 lbs.
per yard. Our Globe brand is a rewoven fa?
bric, but free from holes or any imperfections
whatever. It will make an ideal bagging for
persons running public gins, as it will serve
the purpose equally as well as the new goods
and costs very much less. Our Dundee brand
is doubtless familiar to you, as we have been
selling it for many years. In Sugar Sack bag?
ging we handle nothing but standard goods,
which we have in 3 and 3 lbs.
Our experience has taught us that second
hand ties are unprofitable as well as undesirable,
so we arc offering nothing but standard new
goods. We carry a stock of both bagging and
ties in our warehouse in Charleston, from
which we can ship you direct, thereby saving
the local freight from Sumter to those for whom
hauling would be inconvenient. We are pre?
pared to make shipments August U\t payable
October L?ft without interest and you can de?
pend on our prices being right. If you have
any doubt as to that, it will be a pleasure to
quote you. Soliciting your inquiries for this
or any thing else in our line.
O'Donnell 6 Co.,
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