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CHDIOATES TALK KU MEN WHO HEEK STATE OFFICES PHEACH IXiYALTY. Small Crowd Attends Meeting at lU au fort ?- IH?*Ctinmpa Itevotntuciids Himself Highly. Beaufort. June 20.?Another apa? thetic State campaign meeting was held at Beaufort tonight with an audi? ence of approximately 250 persons, about ISO of wh >iu were voters, lis? tening to the speeches of 21 candi? dates, George \V. Wighttnan and Oc tavlue Cohen, candidates for lieuten? ant governor, being absent. The most interesting incident of the ?? eetlng was the picturesque pluce of meeting. Under the mellow light of a nearly full moon, the candidates de? livered their addresses In court yard Of the armory of the Beaufort Vol? unteer Artillery and their voices mlng l?d wltht he chirp of the crickets. The Candidates tonight taking advantage of the patriotic attitude that Beaufort has shown toward the war, made speeches which dealt almost entirely ?ith the present crisis. John M. DeaThamps, the first gu? bernatorial speaker, came out for the universal military training nnd n higher education. He modestly de? clared that he was as well conversed In world affairs as any man in the State, had been called the equal of Wilson and could take his place at the peace table at the conclusion of the war with the greatest minds of this ceuntry and of the old world and dis? cuss the most intricate problems aris? ing from the struggle. That Is the kind of governor South Carolina ahould sleet It" a I.to claimed he was respon? sible for the election of Governor Manning, whom he praised as being one of the best governors that the State has had in the past quarter of a century and asserted he brought Senator Tillrnan into the race for re? election. John T. Duncan described the in? iquities of the "system" to the voters of Beaufort John L McLaurln made a purely patriotic speech, declaring that when the Lusltania was sunk he then thought that the United States should have entered the war, but had come to the conclusion later that It took the two following years of education and instruction by President Wilson to awake the American people from their lethargy and bring to them a realiza? tion of what the struggle means to the world. Thomas H. Peeples. speaking on his native heath, said that this was no time to inject factional politics into a campaign, but the people should stand united behind the government in the prosecution of the war. He said that one of the main missions of the can? didates for various offices was to tearh the people that America is "fighting for Christianity and mankind, that tin people of the world shall not be cru? cified on the cross of imperialism." John G. Richards again depreca'ed the assertion thai the war is an is? sue in the campaign. He claimed that In his belief all the people of South Carolina are lag j er cent. American He also made i patriotic address, pre? dicating that the war will be won by American soldo is Lieut Governor A. J. Hethea made an intensely patriotic speech and took issue with Major Richards on the war. Ha vlulmed that the war is the gre it overshadowing issue of the campaign Mr. Hethea was presented with a bou? quet of flowers tonight. He Is the second candidate to have bOOU given flowers on the campaign. Major Rich? ards was given a bunch at Hamwell Tueeday. Hot-, i' \ t'ooper said that a great monument should jrrcrt the bnvs ri khaki when they come from "over there" und it should be a vigorous ami efficient education.il sv?tem He advc cated a system wimti would asabodl bath the literary md the mdustnal branet.es of training Mr. Cooper promised if elected > srnor to be the governor of all tin people or be the governor of none pf the people. He said In had made no promises nor had he entered into a trade. Before he would do either he would go down in defeat fm a thirl time. B. Ii. A It NEY ItEMEYED. I-.He* Position of General < ouiiael of NoullM-rn Because of Alleged Un? patriotic Itenuirks. Washington .lone || It H Abney for many years general counsel for the Southern Haifa > at Colombia, has been relieved of fin position he cause his attitude inward tin- admin? istration did not suit Mr. M <? A doo. A short time ago Mr. Almev u approached In behalf of the Hed Cross He failed to respond and is said to have made unpatriotic remarks re Vsrdlng the matter, A report of what he said reached the authorities lore ?gel today It was announced that Mr Abneya resignation had been re|ii^t ed and accepted The name of his successor has not been announced. TWISTS AND SQUIRMS. HI.EASE TRIES TO CAMOUFLAGE DISLOYAL U TT FRANCES. Throws Rlame for Ant 1-American Sentiment in FMmmI Speech on Re? porter for Please Newspaper*?Mn luiffy Exposes False 1'osltlon. York. June 20.?Just as migrating birds in their seasonal flight interlock their wings and marshal themselves in wedge formation to beat down re? sistance, so Cole L. P.lease today marched with the other senatorial candidates following the itinerary us mapped out by the State Democratic executive committee. Filbert ie only a few miles away from York and it was at that point the first of last August, four months after the declaration of the war, that Mr. Please is said by Bleaseite news? papers to have said that he did not "care what kind of an America" was here when he was dead and gone. It was the old old story. Even the newspapers which have striven in sea? son and out of season to advance his cuusc and defend his record had not quoted him correctly. Practically his entire speech was given to a discus? sion of his attitude on the war. Mr. Ulease was the last speaker in? troduced. When reminded by J. A. Marion, country chairman, that each speaker was alloted 30 minutes, he declined to speak, saying the attacks made on him through the press ani other lies could not be answered in 15 of 20 minutes, and he refused to speak ' under the hammer of a partisan Democratic executive committee." As soon as the crowd had dispersed the Please forces called the audience back into the "open forum" in the court house, when Mr. Please delivered a lengthy address. He was opposed to the war and had he been In congress at the time war was declared he would have voted against America's entrance. He had no apology to make and no excuses to offer to any man or set of men for what he said at Pomarla, Filbert, Pickens and Chapin. If a free and un trammeled discussion of the war could be allowed during the months of July and August, he would be pleased to debate the issue with any man or men "they might send down from Wash? ington." "Let them take the bridle off," he said. Fully 90 per cent, of the people of the State were opposed to the war, the speaker asserted, and fully 75 pet cent of the boys from the State now in the war "belong to the Reform party." Although opposed at the out? set, all were patriots now. "Now it's war to the knife and the knife to the kilt." Any man who said or wrote that "Cole L. Blease ever utteted one 'vord against his country or committed one act of disloyalty is a liar." Mr. Please has something to say about Senator Tillman, but would not refer to him today. He will write the senator a letter, asking that certain campaign meetings be designated for Jomt debates between the two. If the senator fails to do this Mr. Hleuse will designate them and so notify Senator Tillman and "if Senator Tin? man's there I'll say them, and if he is not there I'll say them." Following the speech by Mr. BlOSJM the. Rev. J. E. Mahaffey. who recently announced his candidacy for the Uni? ted States senate but later withdrew, called out to the audience that he would in answer to Mr. Pleuse tell how the Fnlted States could have stay? ed out of the war. Mr. Mahaffey was followed by rapt attention and his words met with tumultous applause. He said. "Everybody knows that all of us here are opposed to the war. This whole nation of ours is opposed to any such thing, but Mr. Please failed to tell us how we could have stay?d out of this war. Now I want to tell you Just how we could have stayed out. I once heard of a country home clone to a church in which a protract? ed meeting had been going on for ahOUt three weeks. All the chickens had BOOS used up except one. Many of them had died hard on hot days alter running long in defense of their lh es. but when the preacher arrived on this last day rather than be chased and captured in such violent heat ami have to die at last. the remaining chicken walked in solemn mood and laid his head upon the block as the ax man came in sight, thereby saving himself much trouble ami vexation Now. of course, when our enemy ?rot IhrOOgtl with Belgium, then devoured France, then Russia ami England, of course America could have laid her neck on the block as the last good meal for a hungry brute, hut, fellow citizens, somehow or ether America Is not built that way." N. P. Dial of Linterts also got in i bold stroke today when he chal? lenged Mr Tillman and bis followers to get from President Wilson S state? ment that Mr. Tillman was a neces ?ary adjunct to the naval affairs com rnlltee as the president recently gave in the case of Mi LSVSI as esseiitl.il ON THE FRONT AMERICAN SOLDIERS NOW HOLD THIRTY-EIGHT MILES. The 1 Inns Have Found Out That It is Possible to Send American Troops to Europe. Washington, June 21.?American soldiers are now holding the fighting line for a distance of 38 miles on the \?'tfjtt>rn front, according to informa? tion given members of the house mili? tary COmmittt* at the weekly confer? ence today with Secretary Raker and March. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Marines Again Suffer Greater Ijoks indicating Harder Fighting. Washington, June 21.?The army casualty list contains 3S names today. Killed in action, 6; died of wounds, 1; died of disease, 3; wounded severely, 27; wounded, 1. Marines Lost Ten. Washington, June 21.?The marine corps casualties totaled one hun? dred and twenty-seven. Killed in ac? tion, 10; died of wounds, 19; wounded severely, 98. Arthur H. Sawyer, of Keywest, Fla., killed in action; Don? ald M. Plankenship of Rome, Ga., died of wounds; Clarence E. Curtiss. of Uoundlake, Fla., Charles E. Dill, of Elton, Ga., Lee E. Crawford, of Ma con, Ga., David E. Brown of Chamble. Ga., wounded severely. SPECIAL DRAFT CALLED. Nearly Nine Thousand Men Needed For Special Service. Washington, June 21.?General Crowder today called for 8,976 draft registrants quulitied for general mili? tary service to be sent on July lf> to various section schools for special training. The call will be held open for volunteers until July 1st. 1 to, the committee on agriculture in the house. "I know they cannot do it," Mr. Dial told his audience, "and I de? fy them to try to do so." Roth Mr. Dial and Mr. Rice kept up the drive on Mr. Tillinan's alleged decrepitude, each referring to the paragraph in the letter which Mr. Tillman la sending to each county chairman, which paragraph reads: "My family and some of my devot? ed friends have, urged me not to run. fearing that it would injure my health. I feel that I have grown old in the service of the State and if my strength has been spent, it has been given for South Carolina and the performance of my duty here as a senator to the best of my ability." The meeting today was attended by between 150 and 17."> persons, al? though Pleases coming had been wjdely hearalded. Reports were also current on the streets that the county had been circuit ridden by Please lender! in an effort to stage a widely enthusiastic demonstration. It was also emphasized here this afternoon that many of Rlease's most ardent supporters in the county had chang? ed from their former political align? ment and were not present today. Mr. Please got a round of applause when he was introduced and also a', the conclusion of his speech, but the Mahaffey "clincher" neutralized much of the probable sentiment and the consensus of opinion in York tonight is that the Please demonstration was as Ineffective as a smoke bomb. In explanation Of the newspaper ac? count of his Filbert speech as pub? lished here Mr. Please said: "I, ui Filbert, was repeating my Pomaria speech in which I said that I believed that President Wilson and the members of congress who voted for the war would be held responsible for every American life that was lost In it, and if my soul is to bo lost I did not care what kind of an America they had after I was dead and gone and neither does your boy. The young man who reported that speech got nj part of what 1 said and got it cor? rectly, but he did not take all of my speech and no sensible man could cx peet him to take it. Those who for a malicious purpose took part of his re? port and condemned me for it, lied and knew they lied." The Yorkville Emiuirer, published in York, and one of the most ardent Ph ase supporters In the state, report? ed Mr. Please as saying after having been cautioned that day to quote him correct ly: "I was never prouder In my life when l picked up a paper last April ami noticed that Fred Dominica; voted against tin- war. The Third congres? sional distiiet of South Carolina stands steadily behind him In it and there Is no man who can boat him for eon grees, "< >b, God, you p? opio don't realise what it means. Wall until you pick up the paper and read the casualty lists. They talk about a free AmcjJ ca. 1 don't pare what kind of an r America it is when i am dead and gone. Neither does your boy." GRAFT PLANS EXPOSED. METHODS OF CONTINGENT FE Fi CONTRACT AGENTS RE? VEALED. Department of Justice Finds Much Valuable Information in Examining i 'on-espondenoe. Washington, June 20.?Methods by which contingent fee contract agents in Washington suppressed competition in bidding on govern? ment war orders, inflated prices, ma? nipulated bids and even "double crossed" their own clients by repre? senting competing contractors, were uncovered today by the department of justice in examining correspondence seized in raids on the contract brok? ers' offices. Some manufacturers paid thousands of dollars for "purely imaginary ser? vices" of the contract agents who often turned over confidential infor? mation of bids to other clients or used them to enter lower bids in their own names, said a review of the findings issued by Assistant Attorney General Thompson in charge of the prosecu? tions. By representing several com? petitive bidders at the same time, agents sometimes boosted prices in the same way as a conspiracy would have done. To evade government regulations intended to eliminate men in bidding the agents sought to have manufac? turers consider the broker offices branches of the manufacturers busi? ness, supply the agent with lettei heads and authority to represent the conti actor direct. "Some letters to favored clients," Isaid the department of justice an? nouncement, "contained promises not to put In bids for certain other con? cerns represented by the agent, not put them in touch with the business If the favored client desired to bid. "Another favorite scheme was tt get quotations or options from sev? eral manufacturers who were thus eliminated from direct bidding. The agent with the advantage oi this price knowledge would then bit in his own name and if awarded tht contract proceed to fill it by exer? cising the option given by the manu facturer who quoted the lowest pric< to him. The benefits of competition were thus appropriated by the ageni instead of resulting in low prices tt the government. "Under another plan the agent pro? cured bids addressed to the govern? ment from several concerns. Thest prices were then communicated to the favored bidder who presumably pale the Kargest commission, so that hi could revise his bid before it was sub mitted to the government by the agent along with those of the competing clients. "In some instances the agents an said to have put in their own bid it , competition with their clients, thus playing sure for either a profit or r commission. "Letters sent to manufacturers b> the .agents recite the government'' tit sire that all contracts be made di? rectly with manufacturers and sa> that officials are frowning upon deal? ers, jobbers, and middle men, and foi this reason we are gradually discon? tinuing the practice of bidding in out own name. "They suggest that the hroker'f office be made a branch of the fac tory, handle all business in the manu? facturer's name, put on a commission basis, the business to he transacted or the manufacturer's stationery by the commission concern and all mail foi the manufacturer to be addressed tt: him at the broker's office. "They ask for a supply of the man? ufacturer's letter heads and statf that one of the first things they will tlo will be to circularize government purchasing officers, with whom wt are in touch.' " IRISH AGITATOR ARRESTED. If Abuse of England is a Crime TImmt are Other Criminals in South Caro? lina. Bpartanburg, June 21.?John Burns, an Irishman, aged 85, is heing held by the county authorities until a fed? eral warrant can he issued, charging sedition. The prisoner admits mak? ing hitter remarks against Fngland but denies disloyal remark's against the United States. BENEFITS SOUTHERN FORTS. Cue Discrimination Against Southern I'orts Removed by Government < null ol. Washington. June 21 ?A through freight rate Horn tie- Southeast to the West lower than (he combination rates hertofore in effect, has been ordered established by tin- railroad administra? tion, BRITISH < \sl U/l'V 1.1ST. I MISS Reported tor < hie Week !t8,*8fl London, June 21. ihitish casual ti? w reported foi the week ended to i*i > aggregate 36,420. BLEASE MAY BOLT. SO SAYS MR. DIAL IX LANCAS? TER SPEECH. Fatuous Candidate Scores Tillman and says Ex-Governor should Bo Rated Out of Paity. Lancaster, June 21.?Warning of a possible bolt from the Democratic1 primary by Cole L Blesse was given j here today by N. P. Dial of Laurens, i candidate for the United States senate, in answer to Mr. Bleuse's refusal yes? terday at York to "speak under the hammer of a partisan Democratic executive committee." The hour was critical, in the opinion of Mr. Dial, and reports were that the Bleaseites were j effecting campaign machinery throughout the State. 1 I warn every man who has a son or a brother in France or who wants to see this coun? try a better place to live in to organ? ize and be prepared for any eventu? ality." he said. The cry of fraud two years ago, J upon which Mr. Blease put much stress at the York meetings yesterday, also drew the Luurens county candi? date's fire. BleaM didn't protest the election, as the rules of the party re? quire. If he had done this and had placed the charges of fraud before the committee, he could have taken his case to court for redress, if the com 1 mlttee had not investigated, Mr. Dial said. If he did not have the manhood to do this, then the people ought to say to him as a man in Geor? gia was enjoined, "We want to hear nothing, but silence from you and damned little of that." Bleass had the habit of going around over the State calling people liars behind their backs, but "Nobody in the State is afraid of Blease." Blease ought to be ruled out of the ' Democratic party for his refusal te follow the itinerary of the senatorial campaign as provided by the execu? tive committee, particularly since Blease had been one of the loudest to proclaim the virtues of the canvass. "If any man can come and refuses to i come, he ought not to be considered by the voters, and any man who is not able to make the canvass has no business in the race." Mr. Dial again today defied Senator 1 Tillman and his friends to procure 1 from either President Wilson or from ) the' naval affairs committee a state? ment that Senator Tillman was es? sential to the committee. He also read again the story of the senator's en? feebled condition from The Literary Digest and quoted Senator Tillman as saying that he had not received the chairmanship of the committee on appropriations because the commit 1 teemen "thought the work would kill f me." Also, if the senator was equal to the duties Incident to the otlice, member of his o\fn family and his in 1 timate friends would not have stren uously urged that he stay out of the ' race this summer, as voiced by Sena? tor Tillman each day in his letter to the county chairman. The defeat Of both Senator Till? man and V.r. Please was predicted this summer as both had gained their po? litical preferment from the same fac? tion. They had for years worked in double harness and Please was "the political stepson of Tillman." loiter there was a divergence and "Senator 1 Tillman slapped In the face the very people who put him in Office." His hope for reelection now was from the ' people he "cussed" when he first 1 gained political ascendency*. "Now they (Tillman and Please) are both cussing each other and the more they * cuss each Other the better it suits me." The cry which went up from Sena? tor Tillman in his early campaigns was: "Potation! Potation! Potation!" ' The people were told that the ollices were monopolized; that "few otlice holders die and none resign." When he got In Office the cry of rotation was never heard again and Tillman be? came stationary. The senator had been in olllce continuously 28 years, which ought to be enough to satisfy any man's ambition. The L?nens man also took notice of the statement by Mr. DesChampS, candidate for governor, that he was advocating the reelection of Senator Tillman and would come to his de? fense whenever the senior senator was attacked. Bach man had his hands full with his own race, Mr. Dial said, and he would urge that Mr. Des? Champs go back to bis "third party" he set about to organize two years ago alter his defeat for governor. The Itock Mill candidate for govern? or had no place In tin- Democratic party and was only trying to "ride Into otlice" on Senator Till man's coattalls. Mr. Rice also got In some thrusts at the senior senator. TO the ques? tion, ?What shall we do with Cneh pen'.'" he would reply, "Retire him to his happy home at Trenton, just as the country retired George Washing ten, the Father of the Country, when he had served two terms as president." The Anderson county man did no* think he should be disqualified for tile office because he happened to be I orn in Virginia ami not in South AMERICAN HOST IN FRANC K GROWING RAPIDLY. Ges?. March Makes official Announce? ment of Arrival Overseas of Anoth? er Hundred Thousand Men. Washington, June 22.?Nine hun? dred thousand men have been ship? ped over seas General March told the newspaper correspondents at the weekly conference today. lit said that the Fnited States is today five months ahead of its pro? gram for placing an army in France. The additional hundred thousand reported safe in France since last week's conference is taken to indicate the rate of progress that is being made. Viewing the general battle situation on all fronts, Gen. March said that the Central powers again were being firmly held on all fronts. DIG REWARD FOR NEWS. Information That Will I^s-ntc Subma? rine Raw Will Win One Thousand Dollars for Informant. New York, June 20.?Authentic in? formation that will lead to the loca? tion of an actual German submarine base will bring the informant not only the honor of having performed a pa? triotic act, but a reward of $1,000. This offer was made here today by the commandant of the third naval dis? trict to stimulate the ambition of those likely to be in a position to ob? tain such information, particularly sea faring men. The offer reads: "The commandant, third naval dis? trict, 280 Broadway, New York, has bean authorized to pay $1.000 reward to any person who furnishes authen? tic information of any actual subma? rine base reserving the right to decide who is entitled to such reward and to apportion the rewaid if two or more persons find such information." AMERICAN CABUAI/nf LIST. Army Has Heaviest Ix>ss In Killed Since Army Got Into Battle. Washington, June 22.?The army casualty today contains one hundred and fifty-three names. Killed in ac? tion, a2; died of wounds, 26; died of accident, 11; died of disease, 9; wounded severely, 27; wounded, 2; missing in action, 15; prisoners, 1. Privates Fly Light, of Milbourne, Fla., James W. Ray, Pages Mill, S. C, were killed in action; Corporal Joseph F. Cely, of Eastely, died of wounds; Captain Mark W. Clark, of Atlanta, Privates Bammle Bell, Pensacola, Fla.. Heyward Dennis. Troy, S. C, Walter P. Kyte, of Columbus, Ga.; Sam R. Lucas of Kershaw, S C, and Wm. C. Parker of Macon, Ga., were wounded severely. Marines Iw>se Thirty-One. Washington, June .2.?The marine corps casualty list follows: Killed in action, 4; died of wounds, 15; wound? ed severely, 12. AIR LINE TO EUROPE. British Officer Predicts Flight> Across Atlantic Next Summer. Washington. June 21.?Big Ameri? can air and seaplanes should be fly? ing across the Atlantic to reach the front by next summer. Major General Branckner, of the British air ministry Laid today in a formal statement to the press. AMERICAN AVIATORS IN SERVICE Fighting With the Italians on Piavo Front. Italian Headquarters. Thursday, June 20.?The first American avia? tors to fly on the Italian front went today on a bombing expedition, and succeeded in blowing two holes in the new Austrian bridge across the Piave river. Carolina. He had been a resident of the State many years and cited in? stances of a number of men elected to public office in States in which they were not born. Congressman Steven? son, now representative of this dis? trict, was one. Hoke Smith of Geor? gia. Fnited States senator, was an? other. He also did not think the ludding of minor otlices an essential qualification. Ha had never been in polities, but neither had the late Senator A. C. Lottmer. He made an urgent pi 1 for liberal support of the public schools and for better wages lor teachers. The progress In pro? viding better schools and school facili? ties was commendable and he had never kicked when a levy was plac? ed on his property for school pur? poses. He was also vitally concerne I with the development of agriculture He had several farms and kne.v Whereof he spoke as to legislation in the interest of farmers. The meeting today was attended by 40 persons, including the candidate. No enthusiasm was shown and littla interest manifested. The meeting to morow will he in Camden.