Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(igt wRaltftwan ani jk?1|ttt Publish**! Wednesday ami Saturday ?BY? 08TEKN PUBLISHING COMPANY slMT1U, 8. 0. Tcrnw: ?l.ftO per annum?in advance. Advertisements, Ohe Square first Insertion .. . .91.00 Every nubiiequent insertion.(0 Contracts for three months, or longer will be mude at reduced rates. Ail communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of reaped will be chanted fer. The Sinn'? i Watchman was i'ound wr La ls&0 and the True South on in 2.MI. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulatlcn am. Influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertis.n. *MSgMMaJ?LsM IIOH80N MIMLKAD8 PEOPLE. SVnator Tlllman Exposes Ml ?t?te- ; ments Almut President. To the Editor of Tho News and Courier. Home days since the editor of the Itock Hill Kecord sent me a ropy of Capt. Hobson's speech at I Uu k Hill, and I see he is delivering the same speech at other points in the State. The Hecord asked me to give it the fucta and I wrote the en? closed article as Senator Sheppard. of Texas, had given me tho facts. If you care to do it I will be glad to have you reproduce it in The News and Courier. Youra sincerely, B. R. Tlllman. Washington. D. C. April 1G, 1918. Um u r to The Hecord. Washington, D. C, April 11, 1918. To the Editor of The Record. Rock Hill. 8. <\ Dear Sir: When yours of April C came I immeditaely got busy and culled on Senator Sheppard, of Tex? as, the leader of the prohibitionists In the senate, to furnish me the facts, which he kindly has done. He says. "It Is not true that President Wil? son could by a stroke of the pen put complete prohibition In force through? out the United States. When the use of grain for whiskey was stopped by the Food Control Act. the president I was given no power to stop the sale of the enormous quantity of whiskey in bond, which constitutes several years' supply for the United States I#. therefore, the president should ex? ercise his power of stopping the brew? ing of grain for beer, which is given hhn und?r the Food Control Act, he would pu: the country entirely on n whiskey basis. T' The President has within the last few months limited the amount o j Bruin which can l><> consumed by brewers to 70 per cent, of that UOOd by them In 1917; and has decreased the ulcoholic content of beer to 2 3-4 per cent, thus diminishing the amount of grain required for its man? ufacture. He has limited the amount of barley that can be used prior to the next crop to the amount already mailed. "The president has stated that he believes this is as far as he should go at present, in view of the life-long | habits of vast masses of laboring peo? ple In the more populous sections of our country. He holds that to stop the use of beer ir. these sections at once would cause disturbances which he fears would seriously hamper him in the conduct of war. "In view of the fact that this is the position of our Commander-in-<'hief I am standing firmly by him, and so are the overwhelming majority of the leading prohibitionists and prohibition organizations of the country." Senator Sheppard also furnished me with the enclosed memorandum giving the positon of the food admin? istration on the use of grain for brewing purposes. It Is therefore olTlclol. It will be seen that Mr. Hoover and those working with him are entirely in accord with what the president has done and is doing now in regard U , making beer. Inasmuch as Capt. Hobson Memi J willing to make assertions which are! not in accordance with facts and say.* that the breweries in the United States are owned by Germans and j that these Germans are furnishing J money to further the German prop-1 Uganda in this country, I mako bold |g say it is Capt. Hobson's duty as a ' patriotic American to make affidn vita and prosecute any German brow er whom he knows is "giving aid anc comfort to the enemy." I think it would be far more in keeping with patriotism for him to do this than to go about the land directly and In* d*ractly abusing our noble president My own feeling is this: "To hoi) with all German sympathizers, anr thank (Jod for Woodrow Wilson." Tho Germans, although fighting ir. France arc at our throats, and those who are not for us .are against us. I think Capt. Hobson Is engaged m J might small business. Prohibition I* being enforced In South Carolina as never before and the people ought no1 to tolerate any such talk. Certainly ttiey should not pay to hear it! Very truly yours, B. R. Tillman. GEN MAURICE HOPEFUL JfSWft 1HOM FRONT MUCH MORE ENCOURAGING. Withdrawal to Now Lino Made as Germans Continued to Shell Empty Trenches. L<uidon, April 17.?"The news iavt night and today is better" saya Gen? eral Maurice, in his weekly talk with the Associated Press correspondent. "As mentioned in Field Marshal Haig's communique we made a With? drawal to a new line in the Ypres sa? lient. The withdrawal was decide.1 upon on Sunday. It was carried out partly on Sunday night and complete.; on Monday. It la regrettablo military necessity which forces us to give up i ground which wc wen at such heavy cost. On Tuesday the Germans were still shelling trenches which we had left the day before." "1 returned las', night from Fiance," said General Maurice at th<$ outset of his talk. "The situation yes rday was veiy anxious. The Germans had taken I adleul, Metcren and Wytschaetc and had brought four frt. h divisions into action against us. If the enemy could have maintained that pressure there |06K< d to be vital danger to the ridge of heights which includes Mount Xcmmcl and which is the backbone of our defense In the northern por? tion of the battle front. But the news last night and today is better." General Maurice then referred to the British counterattack in the neighborhood of YVytschaete and the British withdrawal in tho Yprcs sa? lient and continued:) "Preparations for shortening our line In the Tpres salient were made some time ago and the deolsion to carry it out was reached before the fall of Baillcul owing to the danger offered to our positions in the salient from a flanking movement. L \ "What of tne whole battle situation? Our army has been going through a very severe strain and that strain hau been reflected at home. The situa? tion has had its critical moments and still la decidedly anxious. But re? member we have accepted the prin ciple of a united front and must ac? cept the consequences of that princi? ple. 'The British army is playing the role which it often played before. It 1m fighting a Waterloo while Bluehcv Is marching to the battle field. Mul? tiply the battle of Waterloo a hun? dred fold and the situation at noon In that battle corresponds to ?j^ltuation now in the groat world battle. "'.'ho Dritiah a-. ..;.- j.. uhlcr a ter i.'. le hammering bat providing Biuch tr la marching t > the battle field there is no reason for discouragement. "The enormous task which the British army has performed and still Ifl performing may be shown by a few figures. In this battle of Armen tlores the Hermans thus far have en gaged 28 divisions and since March 21 they have engaged 126 divisions. "Of these the British army alone has engagod 7'.*, the French alone have engaged -I and the remainder 23, have been engaged by the British and French together. "Of this German division which the British engaged, 28 have been I fought twice, and one thrice, j "it is unpleasant business standing jthe hammering but so long as we can Instand It the only Question to be asked Iis: 'What is happening to Blucher. ! What has become of the reserves?' "Although the French army is larg? er than ours we have taken the strain of these battles off them. There is no rOaaon to be in a state of despair if the situation is regarded from a broad point of view." Women's Council of Defense. Mrs. Nina M. Solomons, chairman ol the Woman's Division of che Sum ter Cannty Council, of the South Car? olina State Council of Defense, has received the following letter from .Mrs. F. Louise Mayes, chairman of the Woman's Division of the State Council of Defense. To the County Chairmen and De? partmental Secretaries. The quarterly meeting of the Wo? man's Division, State Council of De? fense will be held in Columbia, S. C . April 23rd, at the Jefferson Hotel at 2.30 P. M. Dr. Howard Anna Shaw, Chairman of the Woman's Committee, of the National Council of Defense, w?ll address this conference. She has a message for each County Chairman and every woman in the State, there? fore, it is very important that you at? tend. Your railroad expenses and hote. bill for one day will be defrayed by Council of Defense. Be sure to .at? tend and induce as many to go with you as possible. Dr. Shaw will speak in the evening at the Columbia Theatre at 8.30. Com , and hear the message Bhe bring! to the women of South Carolina. Please have the notice of the date of her coming put in your county paper. Faithfully yours. F. Louise Mayes, Chairman. . atCRtt DIG BUYKilS. IN I si *i r..::. j _ J School Chiklien show The Was?In- I vest Their Money In War Savings jc| Stnmpt!?Moat Agencies Inactive, A<1<1 to Dig Buyers: .Mary Kilon Buber.$100.0010 11. P. Buber. 100.00 ! t "Oh? well, of course it la right for 111 rich people to buy that man) stamps they c:in afford it you know; but ofle course, I can't <io anything like that;! just couldn't possibly afford It: it .1 { ilie . hiocdy, yc;u l:novr< GPK ?oi.1 v/i.ui to help tho BOVfrtt* .iCi c O?t, ami will do ail I ran, ail II buy a Thrift Stomp; here's tho |Ua ter." r. c. v. Pckgjsjfisj. Canip Dick Anderson? r. G v., has lected the following delegate i to at ?n the Re-Unions at Tutori CMdSw ioma and Abbeville, ?s. <\: Tulsa- n. w. Mahooey, i>. J. Win* od II. Mlchaux. AhbcvlHo?W. J. Ardio, !I. V. It.-.u <.n hii I T. m. IMtrhard. VICTORY'S FOUNDATION The industry and the thrift of American farms, American factories, American shops, American homes?the indus? try and thrift of every citizen in the land?the industry and thrift that invest in Liberty Bonds?this is the sure foun? dation of American Victory. "We must lick or be ficked" Thi& Space Paid for and Ccntributed By RALPH Ii ILL Why All Wool In Your Clothes XJERE are some of the reasons?because all wool wears longer than cotton and wool mixtures; because it holds its shape better; tailors better and stays stylish. Because of these things, a 11-wool clothes save time, labor, materials and money; and right now our c lintry needs those things. That's why we sell all wool clothes and why you should buy them; they're best for you and what's best for you is best for us. T5he D. J. Chandler Clothin Hart Schaffner & Maix clothes an*, all w? ol; they're made and priced to uive you ihe best clothes values to be had. If you dtii/t thiiik ><>ti net such value. y??u iei yo?jf money bad*. Prices range from $25 00 to $45.00 Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Ciothcs.