The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 22, 1918, Image 4
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1?<H>. The Watcnmun and Houthre
sow has the combined circulation an?.
Influence of both of the old papers,
and is manifestly the best udvei t.s.:,
medium in Sumter.
As we pri Ueted weeks ago the pea
pie of South Carolina ure not e\inchi'-;
much Interest in the political cam?
paign that is now in progress. Prae
thally all interest la centered in the
war. and while thousands will attend
meetings held to promote some
phase of war activity it is difficult to
biouM sufficient Interest In a politicul
meeting to get a hundred men to at
i' ml The war Is a live Issue and it
t< indies the Imagination, the patriot
in m ami th- I oi the people. \s h 11
th* campaign meetings are nothing
mote than a rehash of the threadbar?
arguments that office-seekers hi\'
been dinning into the ears of the
voters for these many years. The men
who are loyal to the ?0001 of Ameri?
ca and have no taint of Pro C i man
Ism, the men who firmly believe in
fighting to the last ditch to tnuk
America and Ihe world safe for de?
mocracy and a sale and decent abid?
ing place for honest men and pure
women, who are willing to tU;ht to
ii iVoe sum that this country will be in
:uture, an In the past, the cradle of
liberty and a free home for their chil?
dren, hum made up their minds that
they will not vote for any man
tainted with disloyalty, and they have
I itie tl? *? io g' e to heuring the
pleun of off.cj-hunters for voter. In
this time of great events when th
fate Sj| ? Ivih/utlon and the dominion
of .he world are hinging in the ha I
t nee. the same old stump speeche
sound petty and mi an
m 4 m
A -t-'rt |gOj been made In Washliv,'
ton on a round up or the little graft
er? who have been dabbling In com
missions on war contracts. It Is u
good thing to start a house-cleanit
and before it Is over it Is sincerely
to be hoped that all the grafters and
profiteers, big and little, will be un
gssjgesji and properly punished it i*
no more than one could expect that
them should be more or less graftinr
SJSjggg US when the govcrnn:' nt i en
gogedj in so stupendous an undertak?
ing as this war. While the birT men
and the honest men are devoting all
their time ami energies to the t. sk o:"
putting the country on a war footing
the grafters have an opportunit
to slip around under cover and do
their dirty work. All grafters are
traitors and they should be turned
orer to the military authorities to he
expedltously dealt with by martial law.
one
The Sumter Countv Council of De
fens* having decided that the Fourth
of July must be celebrated In Sumter
In a fitting manner placed the full
i u- den of responsibility upon tin
shoulders of Chdrman A C Phelps
und told him to go as far as he liked
Vomter county will have the biggest
patriotic celebration ever staged in
this section of the State. Tbe event
around which the celebration Pro?
gramme Is being built Is the address,
to go delivered by Hon. John C.
Fh? egen d, of FMge field, one of the few
Mg South Carolinian** who made his?
tory In the days of 1 ?7*? and the suc?
ceeding decade during which the State
rebuilt Its prosperity upon the ruins
left by Heconstructlon.
see
Reports from some sections of the
county are not encouraging in respect
to the corn crop, t Hd corn gcneralh
ha been injured b> the dry weather
und th* |. ck of ggtmti of soda will
Iiis ? gees the SOTOOl of reducing tin
vlrbl. Another fact that has not be< n
BsjfMosjsaft) eeaphnaessd ai the antntl?
01 acreage of com this year th n
I nt I.? com was planted and un
I? *?? there Is a larger noroOgS being
planted after oats than usual the com
crop of Sumter county will not ht I ui
t:. lent for local needs This is not
y satlsfaetorv pi ospect com'dm inn th
gSslc of the provision market.
\MI Hit \SH IS t.l ISM
National t?iiimlsincn Fighting In \l
?a< e on <?eriiian Tcrritor*.
Wnalungton. June II The war tie
piirtment aiithorl/ed formally toda\
the announcement of the fact that lie
Thirty-* ?< ond division. Nation t'
?In nds. gl now lighting in Alsace on
ItOgasea territory. Sinc?> the divls.on
lias been in action, and Its pies m .
Iiis ?s?en identified by the Cerman*
gefBsWl the fact to be dlsclost d.
MKETINU AT UlWslioito A
Yl.UY SMALL AI'lAIK.
Dial Makes Assault on iiutii Pleat
anil '1 Ulm.in, Scoring Them se?
verely.
Wtnneboro, June is. Pewci than
u?u of Pairueld'a voters mobllls
i hi re today for the opening ssrlsa
of tho atantorlal oampaiga. Only two
oi the tour candidates were heard.
benator Ttllman remaialag at his poai
In Washington, and bleaee giving no
intimation |oy telegram or letter t;>
tho county chairman as to the caus ?
of his abeenee, Beth n. B. Dlali o.
Lnurons, ami Jamea Francis Bice, oi
andei son, restricted themselves to the
margins of their typed statement. a
Utter from Senator Ttllman was read
by Judge j. k. ftfeDonald in which the
hi Bator explained that duiies la
Washington precluded his attendance.
He said he expected "to be abused and
villitied," ami also anticipated "every
scandal revamped." Senator Tillman
i \ inference also referred to the al
i? ged disloyal speeches of Co e L
DUase. It would be "an unspeakable
dlegiaCia" to elect to the [Talted Stale i
ssoets a nmn ho disposed to hamper
the work of the national adininistrn-'
tlon in the prosecution of the war.
Mr. Die?- was the first speaker
to be heard. The major portion of Mr,
Dice's address was embodied in ai
introduction of himself in a hiograph
leal setch. I'ls fi.thcr was a Con
:? deute /etera , oonseouently Mr
Dice w ill "ask for and shall e> | OC
the support of Confederate Voteraai
I heir sons and grandsons" Mr. Die
anee made a reply through the new
p p. i s to a criticism of the public
s< hools by the late Sam D. Jone-, In
Which the writer said he gave th?'
beet there was in hint in defense of
ihe public schools and the public
school teach era Pat this he win ''oak
for and shall expect the support o:
si I teachers and ex-teachers and shal
. si: for and expect the hearty sap
port of all -Dill' Smith's boys."
Although many construe;ive qu< I
tloni weft oonaldered by Mr, Dial, thai
p.it which gripped Ihe people wa
lllC dashing criticism of both Till
ii i) i Blease, Iis was running be
raUSS there were thousands of mei
S/he would not support either Till
.. n or Die.use. and on election dn>
Would go Bshlng and not vote at all
Ttllman'l chief talent was of a dc
MtractrVS character and he kept i.
the good grace of voters by vlllltloa
tion. Mr. Tillman was too feeble t<
make the campaign six years ago. and
be was toe fsebls to make the uu n
pelgn thjs I ar he was too infirm t.
be sen-ior from South Carolina, D\
oerpta were rsad from Blease1
aveeehei as pabllahsd In ths Die:.seit'
sewspaper in which the State Coun
oil of Dofcnea was dsalgnstsd as vh<
" '< na< il of Liars" and President Wil?
son called an acclimated Yankee.'
Purtlons of the Pomaria and Filb<
speeches were also read as published
:n the DlsaSS organs.
Senator Tillman's letter, addr< I ? c
to J. k. McDoneld, of this place, and
.??ad ut this meeting today, follows:
"June IS, 1918.
"Not being able to be In YYinnsbv i e
loday, am' believing it to be my duty
to remain at my post in Washington
where my vote or answering to m;.
name at a coll-cnil is sometimes o:
Rreat importance, i take the HbortS
of SSktag that yog read this Isttsr
to the voteri : sssmblsd. Pit ass saj te
?hem this;
"Neither personal ambition no:- Mi
anClal need Impelled me to ask fot re.
election. but a sense of duty al <a?
My family and some of my devoted
11 lends have ttrgsd HIS not to run
fsarlag that it WOUld injure my health.
I feel that 1 have grown Old in the se(
etas of the state, it my strength has
been spent it has been given for South
Carolina) ami to the navy ami the na
nun I am giving tin- hest that is in
ma now. i am physically strons
? nough t?? i ttend to my dutU ? ami the
i e? oid shows whether or not I inn
Otting result a Were I not able t<
ttend to my WOrk I would be glad | '
.et 0U1 Of the way because I hav
een too signally honored by the p
pl?* of South Carolina to want to
I mini myself on them were i a derc
Hot,
"f SapCCt to he abused and Vilified
t ut thai has bees v.oinn on th so
many years sad i have grown ace i
leaned to it. Rvery obi scandal an I
Blender that was ever hatched by en?
vy, malice or hate 1 exp ct to be re
vamped ami brought to life sgalit
Bach and every one of them, how
svsr h.?s been passed upon by the peo?
ple and the Verdict has a I way a been
my reelection, frequently without m\
sppecring on the stump or writing aw
letters, it those who are seeking mv
[ataee feel that they ess win it hy
theve tUCtlCS Ihey arC Welcome to gn
ahead. Ths Wives and mothers of th
sailors and soldlera and the sailors
ami soldiers themsclvca uuderetn
and sppreolats 'he character of itn
wnrl i sis doing hers snd ihe thin *.
1 have already done in the senate.
STATE ES OPENS.
si . VI N < . VN DI DA'
EllNOll ANXOl
\n;\ts
1'ntriotiftOI kcynoti
Views Conflict nsi
Chief Issue.
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H FOH (JOV
Nci: TI1K1II
<?r Meeting;, inn
to Campaign's
Barnwelli June i|?The campaign
r governor and ither state offices
for gov
opened here today
?peechea am) little
I y the audience ot*
with temperate
nthuaiaam shown
between two and
hioe hundred pe?s||is. The speeches]
ncre uniformly pattfatlc and breathed
?id* ut Wilson an. j
i he prosecution I
cooperation with Pi
his administration
Of the war.
thn 11. Kich 11 dj
Laurln, candidate
claimed that Ihe w/
Isaue of the cam
; ve opponents, Uo
drew J. Bethen?
i hampa, Titos.
T. Duncan admit
moment, contend
against milltorlsj
Importance.
C, N. Sap p. CO!
noral, aaid ti?at
fort t>*? i11loade t~%
campaign issue,'eV
pinion fully 99 pi
>;' the ; t?te is h#
trot Ion, tiiat info
that the war is a
be inlsundeistood
and .John it, Mc
for governor.
? is not the vita
i?n, while other
t A. Cooper, Aii
in Madison Des
eeplea and John
? other issue 01
that the wui
s of paramouni
late for attorney
resented the of
rente the war ai
said that in his
ent of the peopl
ind the adminis
\tion goitig on.
issue is hound to!
the outside WOrld
which does not unT%,? stand.
The lax questio I tOOll a large par
of the time of sot I of the candidates
iioh. it a. CoopefJIaeeertod that he
oould not promla) ?> reduce the tare
If progyegfl of ti Vtate shall con
tinue, Both Mr/*o?Aurln and Majoi
Rlchnrdi dlaput\rV that Ihere could
not he a reduction IP taxation. MI
McLourln said th|t the tax commla
lion was an effort in the right dlrec- j
?ion. but the fundamental theory o
which it i^ worklni la wrong. He sai I
i
that th" creation ot tbe commission
was tin ti ist intelligent effort made
'or the solution a th*' tax problem.
J, c nwearlngoPi ? *> the race to sue
eoed himself as state suporlntenden
of education, 1 i<i that Increased tax?
ation Is a good nvestment provide)
the money is wisely ;in<l economically
expended. The p<or people do not pay
taxes, he asserted Those who own
pi op< rty are the che:j who are assess?
ed heavily.
< r.KTIl 'K V I ALLOTMENTS.
First Series
Qttt*
pg Fourth Loan
PIC 25.
Washington ?
000,000 trens'iy
dobtcdness tdy
the first Insb ? i
ceding the fot ? ?
; ure ' ictober ? ?
nounced ton!*1 ?
fem a slight ? ?
be four! h lot ? ?
?lock of cei t ?
third loan \\.
more than two.
campaign open
The oertillcat
cent Interest. S
ments will he t
oral reserve bai
IS.-?The $760,.
irtlflcates of In
ered June 25 as
ol* a series pro?
lerty loan will mc -
Ihe treasury an
Ihe latter dale Of
on of the time o.
ffmuch as the Urs
r preceding th
?redeemable a lltth
reeks after the loan
will hear I 1-2 pe
ihscrltotlons and pay
Ivod through fed
ks up toSbily 2. Th
certificates are kempt from "taxes un
der the same r.
li sues in the pa]
Allotments q
11 lotS a i e as foj
Boston.
New York . .
Philadelphia .
Cleveland ..
Richmond ..
Atlanta . .
in
covering simik
subscriptions by din
rws:
.% 88,000,00
. 351,000,00
. 58,000,00
. . . . 58,000,00
. . . . 2G.000.0U ?
. . . . 22,000,000
< 'hlcago. 105,000,000
St. Louis .. . *
Minneapolis j
Kansas I'ity j
Deling .. .. j
Ben Kram is. , 1
Since blocl
be offered
about |6,.
(lOatl d. these
ably win stj
I auks anil
asked by See
?Hate S i-2
? < soure 'S e\.
base the oei
Washlngon
idinlnlat ratio
Penntor smit
to modify the
dolln i s the in
huul of parti
? < omen du t la
growers.
80,000,00 ?
. 28,000,000
. 80,000,000
1 8,000,000
. 58,000,000
it similar size are I i
? i\ two weeks untl'
0,000 certificates an
itrlCl allotments proh
l for other leaues
ust companies were
try McAdoO to appro
r e< nt. nf their groii
t IVO WC( 1(8 tO pill
ci tes,
lune 10. The railron i
w.i:4 today asked by
of Bouth Curolln
order making llfteon
klmum charge for shori
loaded c.ns. on th'
of ftoutliern fr?h
"1 be o?ir hi loni 1 to the peopl
nil no) to it ' i h.orj confl
ulh < 'ai ollnlaiis are go
lllf* In reeled me < un of Ihe can
ild iti h, If hi Is quoted correctly, l
ruin tbv with t)i
. esi lent nu ! he ndmlnl >' ? ? t m but
the oeopj I ? hoose \ > eje t him
I h nr'li t " ||>i 'I an mi. I<a'?'
?'. i: v r:'ei It I ' 'arolln.i we ;-|
must how B " h?Jv?dv to uhalevc,
action the 'Hers take in August."
I) HA Fl'ICD Ml'Vs <i;;)l',i.
Lei Sa Man Wlio is Called lulu Th
Army sunvr Lot?,
Columbia, June 17.
To the Chairmen of tin- County
Councils of Defense:
Some time ago the war department
issued orders to the exemption boards
not to induct farmers into the mili?
tary service until further orders. The
very serious recent developments in
the military situation 1ms made it
necessary to suspend this order. I am
advised by Mr. Bright Williamson.
? bait an.n of the Darlington county
exemption board, that out of the quota
of 54 whites just ordered from this
county there are only s available who
ire i ol farmers. Forty-idn young
white farmers will, therefore, have t?>
leave their tai n s ut once foe tin- scr
ice of tbvir country.
Tho government weil understands
the hardship which this will mean t>
::;any of tin se men, but the military
necessities are so great that nothing
!.<???? can now he taken into cons'.der
tion. The people at home, howevor,
ought to see to it that the crops of iii
[rafted farmers all over tin- State ar**
not destroyed for lack of work. Th"
patriotic citizens living In tho neigh
borhocd of any farm whoso manager
Or chief laborer is taken, should sec
that labor la provided to work th
crop.
The council of Defense for each
county should make it their business
to attend to this matter. The atten?
tion Of the people should be called to
the vital necessity of seeing that these
young men <lo not lose their crop
by responding to the call of the gov?
ernment. The patriotic neighbors am
friends Of thee men can and will as
cemble periodically to work thesi
crops If tin y understand the ncccsrd
ties of each case, and your Council o
Pi fense can dn no move valuable ser?
vice ; t the moment than to see tho!
his is done. I suggest that you ap
p? Int ;? neighboring farmer to repre?
sent tho Interests of each drafted
farmer.
1 would call alten: ion to the fac'.
that several thousand college and high
school students have just returned t..
their homes and that most of these
Ore keenly anxious to render patriotic
service to their country. Some o'
these can be used in this emergency.
DAVID R. COKER,
Chairman B. C. Council of Defense.
It sounds brutal but. as a matter of
fact sorrow really Is temnered by 'an
insurance policy.
-SUM' ? fc.R
TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
MOOK& BROS., Props.
IS NOW OPEN AND RE vi)Y
rr< i RECEIVE \N V TO IAC I >
I HAT FA RMERS MA V a/a 4 C
T< > STOR12.
Date of Opening of Market Will
be Announced Later.
let tie Put
ElECTR
LIGHT
Western Electric
POWI R AND LIGHT
?n
Your Farm
ASIC ME HOW!
FOR SM EE & CO..
Sales Agent* Sumler, S. C.
The Call For Enlistment!
UT EARNESTLY appeal
to every man, woman
and child to pledge them
seives on or before the
28th of JUNE
to save constantly and to
buy as regularly as possible
the securities of the Govern?
ment; and to do this as far
as possible through mem?
bership in War Savings So?
cieties. The 28th of June
ends this special period of
enlistment in the great vol?
unteer army of production
and savings here at home.
May there be none unen
iisted on that day!"
(Signed) Woodrow Wilsotii
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