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Bill CONTINUES AGGRESSIVE.
ATTACKS U AH ItHCOKn OF COLF
l. blfasf.
t slhoun Voter* Hour House Candi?
date*' llea for Support?Kind Ref?
erences to Till man.
St. Matthews, July 1.?Informa?
tion that Senator Tlllman was In all
probability on hia deathbed In Wash?
ington cast its sombre shadow over
ths campaign meeting for Calhoun
County here today Candidates for
the Cnited Stuten senate and congress
from the Seventh District referred to
the afflicted candidate only in the
moat sympathetic terms and his can?
didacy was not touched upon by eith?
er opponent.
N* B. Dial directed a sharp attack
against Blease on the war issue and
urged voters who had sons in France
to stand by candidates whose loyalty
had not been brought in question. Mr.
Dial also read a statement from Blease
in The Scimitar, formerly published
by W. P. Beard, in which Mr. Blease
said he was "not bound" by the pri?
mary oath to support the nominee of
the Democratic party in 1916 unless
he "saw fit." nor was "any other man
bound." It was for the voters them?
selves to determine whether the party
was to be retained In its purity, the
Laurens county candidate said. Mr
Dial held up the same issue of the
Beard paper and directed the atten?
tion of the voters to the independent
ticket as published therein, the name
of Blease. like that of Abou Ben Ad
h?m. leading all the rest. The paper
also contained a Urse cut of Blease.
Instructions to the voters of the in?
dependent ticket were alao contained
(herein "If you can t get the printed
tickets. Just run a line through the
name of Manning and write Blease
Instead with black Ink," was the ad?
vice given.
Mr. Dial also answered the state?
ment by Blease that Robert E. Lee and
Gen. Wade Hampton were opposed to
the War Between the Sections. These
men were opposed to the war before
It had been declard, but once It had
been declared no word was uttered
in opposition months thereafter in
different speeches as Blease had at
Pomaris. Filbert. Plckens and Chapln
last summer more than four months
after the American flag was being car?
ried with those of the allies in France.
Nor had any of these great leaders
asked that the South s Justification of
?nterlng the war be debated 16 months
after the war had been declared as
|lh>asc had at Yoik two werk? agO,
w hen he asked that the admlnisration
"take the bridle off" for a full and
free discussion of America's cause, at
which time Blesse also told the York
voters they might yet see he "was
right."
James Trancls Ulce of Anderson
said It was embarrassing to attempt
to answer the people who Inquired If
Blease were attending the meetings
and If not. why not? Mr. Rice said
he was following the Itinerary as laid
down by the State Democratic ex?
ecutive committee and that the voters
knew "as much as to the where?
abouts of that other fellow as I do."
Thomas F. Hrantley of Orangeburg.
George Bell Timmerman of Lexing?
ton and Thomas G. McLeod of
Ihshopvllle. candidates for congress
from the Seventh District, made vigo?
rous speeches and assaulted the can?
didacy of Congressman I>?ver without
abatement. The letters from Presi?
dent Wilson and Postmaster Hurleson
to Senator Tdlman that It was the
fixed policy of the national adminis?
tration fron? which it did not deviate,
not to interfere In a State campaign
among genuine friends of the ad?
ministration, and the subsequent hi
t??r* to Mr Lever of a somewhat con?
tradictory character, in which Mr.
l^ver was urged to remain In con?
gress, has caused a somewhat em- '
? Isrrasslng situation throughout th?
district, both candidates and voters
relng confused in the muddle.
The meeting today was attended trf
HO voters, the speakers being Intro?
duced t.v fgJu ?: BtgelOf, countv
chairman.
BOYtxn i in im vs
Idpool < oitoii Kxcluinge <> i| <??<??
Trading With GerSSSUUl.
Liverpool. July 1. At a general
meeting of the ?Mggdbtfl <?f the Liver-'
pool Cotton Exchange toduy it ? m
unanimously resolved, "no membera
?hall tr.i<l?- v ith Hi- present em-taie
of Great llritaln for a period of ten
years after the war."
POIl g<>\ I iinmi nt < I >\ i koi,
(aMnct MmiiImt? \d\orutc Taking
Over D-le^i iph Linea.
Washington. July I Serrefarlcs
Faker and Daniels and 1'ostmast* i
General Hurleson appealed h??fore tin
house commerce committee today In
?nipport of the bill approved by Pres?
ident Wilson authorizing government
control of the telegraph and tele?
phone systems.
OVER 200 ABOARD CANADIAN
\ Essel Tt/HNKO ADRIFT.
Only 21 Landed mo Far?Vessel ol'
11,12:1 Ton? Carried No Wounded at
I une of Sinking.
I^ondon. July 1.?A Teuton subma?
rine sank the British hospital ship,
Llandowery Castle, 116 miles south?
west of Fastnet, on June 27, the Brit?
ish admiralty announced today.
"About rD.aO o'clock on June 27.
116 miles southwest of Fastnet, the
hospital ship, Llandowery Castle, was
torpedoed by an enemy submarine
and sank in about ten minutes. She
was homeward bound from Canada
and therefore there were no sick or
wounded of 164 officers and men, and
she carried 80 Canadian army physi?
cians and 14 female nurses.
"Of this total of 258 only one boat,
containing 24 survivors, has so far
reached port. Search Is still being
made and there is a bare possibility
that.others may yet be found.
"It is to be noted that in this, as
indeed in al lother instances, the Ger?
man submarine had a perfect right
to stop ard search the hospital ship
under The Hague convention, but she
preferred to torpedo the Llandowery
Castle."
COTTON MARKETING FLAN.
Will Retire One Out of Every Three
Hales Front Market for Year.
New Orleans. July 1.?Retirement
from the market of one out. of every
three bales of cotton for a period of
II months and the offering In the
market of not more than 20 per cent,
of the crop in any one month, was the
plan for the gradual marketing of the
1SH8 crop urged upon producers of
the staple in a resolution adopted at
a meeting here tonight of the Cotton
States orTlciul advisory marketing
board. Representatives from 11 cot?
ton growing States attended the meet?
ing. The resolution, which was unani?
mously adopted, was Introduced by L.
B. Jackson of Atlanta, secretary-.
treasurer of tho board, and director
of the Georgia bureau of markets.
The board also reaffirmed its form?
er stand that there be federal control,
or price fixing of cotton. A commit?
tee of five members will be appointed
tomorrow to go to Washington and
consult with fOdOrOJ reserve board
othcials.
WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN,
About 60 Per Cent of State's Quota
Fledged.
Charleston, July 2.?The war sav?
ings committee for South Carolina,
Mr R. Goodwyn Rhctt, director, is?
sued the following statement yoster
day with relation to the recent cam?
paign:
According to incomplete reports re?
ceived at the headquarters of the
State war savings committee, South
Carolina had pledged about 60 per
cent of its quota In the intensive W.
S. 8. pledge campaign which ended
Saturday. Of tho Stute's quota of
$2(1,000.000 worth of W. S. S., $11,
945,343 was repotted up to noon to?
day. Practically Oll of the reports are
incomplete, and it is probable that
about $|,00t,00? remains to be report?
ed.
The coast section leads so far. with
71* BOf CSHt of its quota reported. Four
counties in '.his section oversubscribed.
CalhOUB county made a sensational
record^ reporting ISO per cent of its
qsjOta pie iged, and this county ex?
pects in a few days to account for
its quota for tho entire year, which
is $27",(Mia. Bamberg county pledged
12.". per cent of its quota, Dot ehester
III per cent of Its quota and Jasper
county 1"1 per cent of its quota.
Ch trleeton reached only 10 per cent.
Tin- piedmont and Pot Don sections
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are lied fat eseond pines so far, both
sections reporting II per cent of their
quota. In this section Greenville,
-p 111.1 ttburg and Anderson have the
distinction Of leading in gl OOS amounts
pledged, York county In this section,
pledged r#l pot cent of its quota and
Lnurens 111 per cent. Dillon and
Florence eeuntlee, of the Pee Dee nee?
Hon, pledged IN per cent. Spartan
burg has made a sensational limit club
? ?-!. OeOf III members being rc
ted The limit club Idei has met
v. ith success in most every section.
but particularly in the Piedmont.
The Central section is last so far
v.ith only ??> per cent of ItS quota
pledged No report has been received
' 1 i I County, in this section.
DU ftLADDKN DKAD,
lie ?fsj a DUHngnlHhcd Preacher and
Author.
Columbus. Ohio, July 2, Rev, Dr
Washington otedden, the nationally
known congregational minister md
author, died this morning as the re?
volt of a stroke of parnlyat* saed 12
J ears.
HOLLAND COURTING DANGER.
SAII> TO BE SENDING POTATOES
TO GERMANY.
If Netherlands OoiMIIBMOt Persists
In Such Action America and Great
Britain Will Act.
Washington, July 1.?Official an?
nouncement from the Hague that the
Netherlands government has agreed
to export potatoes from the new crop
in equal quantities to the belligerent
nations brought the disclosure today
of the fact that the Unied States gov?
ernment has information of Holland's
intention to export 50,000 tons of po?
tatoes to Germany.
Otllcials here believe that in ex?
pressing a willingness to export pota?
toes to each of the belligerents, Hol?
land is undertaking to disguise her in?
tention of supplying large quantities
of much needed food to Germany
alone. Shipments to Germany already
are under way, according to cable ad?
vices, the movement following closely
Upon the announcement in Germany
of the reduction of the potatoes from
seven to three pounds weekly.
To furnish Germany anything like
50.000 tons of potatoes, Holland, it
was said today, not only would be vio?
lating an agreement with Great Britain
to supply that country and Germany
each with 5,000 tons of potatoes gear*
ly, but also probably would be imper?
iling her food agreement with -.he
United States. This it was said, might
result in drastic retaliatory action. 1
TELEGRAPH STRIKE ORDERED.
President of Commercial Telegraph?
er's Organization Orders Men to
Quit Keys Next Monday.
Chicago, Juno 30.?S. J. Konen
kamp, president of the Commercial
Telegraphers' Unl^n of America, to?
night announced that he had issued
0 call for a strike of members of the
union employed by the Western Union
Telegraph Company effective at 7 a.
m. Eastern time, Monday, July 8.
The announcement declared that
the grievances to be adjusted are the
.* instatement of union men who arc
alleged to have been locked out by
the company and to enforce the
rights of the men to organize.
The announcement in part follows:
"The strike against the Western
Union Telegraph Company will be ef?
fective at 7 a. m., Eastern time, and
at the corresponding hour of ?5 a. in..
Central time, etc., Monday, July 8. Of?
ficial announcement of the time has
been sent to the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers and the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for
their information and guidance.
"The grievances to be adjusted are
those set forth in President Wilson's
letter of the Western Union Telegraph
Company as (l) the reinstatement of
over 800 Western Union employees
locked out, contrary to the terms of
his proclamation of April 8, 1918, and
(2) to enforce the decision of the na?
tional war labor board dated June 1,
1918 In this letter to the Western
Tnlon President Wilson asked ofllcials
r>f that company to cooperate with
him by accepting the labor board's de?
cision. This the company declined t
do.
"The strike against the Western
['nion alone || necessary because of
that company's determination to de?
stroy our organisation. As Americans
we have no desire to be subjects of
tyranny and this strike will be jus?
tified to the boys at the front because
of its purpose. It is the last resort
to preserve our organization from an?
nihilation."
AMERICAN CAStWI/TY LIST.
Army Lost Flglity-Hvc and Marine*
Forty.
Washington. July 3.?The army
casualty list contains eighty-live
names. Killed in action, 18; died ot
wounds, I; died of accidents, G;
died of disease. 4; wounded severely.
IS, and missing in action, 36.
Thirty-three Marines Killed.
Washington. July 3.?The marin?
corps casualty list contains forty
names. Killed in action. 33; died ot
S/OUndS, 1] wounded severely, 3, pv\.
rates Ran Brandon, ot Clearwater,
Pia., ami George A. Chandler, of
Waverly Hall, Ga., were killed In ac?
tion.
Hoover Will Not Cut Off Supply.
Washington, July I.?-Tentative
Igreemont was secured from Food Ad?
ministrator Hoover by senators from
the tobacco producing states of the
touth that the supply of sugar for the
tobacco industry, which Mr. Hoover
planned to euf In half would not be
'educed this year.
Paris. July In six months there
,v111 be two ami n-half million Anmr
cans on the French front, M. Andre
FardleU, head of the general com
n lesion for Franco-American war
natters, has declared to the editor of
ho Fed Journal.
BATTLE IN THE AIR.
william j. HOOVER DOWNS
GERMAN machine
American Squadron Composed of Nine
Machines Clashes With Same Num?
ber of Doolie.
With the American Army in France,
July 2 (Cy the Associated Press).?An
American air squadron composed of
nine machines had a thrilling half
hour fight this morning north of
Chateau-Thierry with a German liight
squadron of the same number. At
least three of the German planes
were driven down, plunging to the
earth, and up to 6 o'clock tonight two
Americans had not returned.
The American pilots credited with
the bringing down of the German
planes are: William J. Hoover of
Hartsville, S. C ; Alfred A. Grant,
Denton, Texas, and John McArthur,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The American airmen, acting as a
patrolling party, came upon the ene?
my shortly after 7 o'clock in the
morning and immediately attacked.
With the advantage of the offensive,
the Americans succeeded in getting
above their adversaries, and after flu
rious exchanges at an altitude of more
than two miles, drove the Germans
down a distance of a mile.
Two of the American aviators saw
one of the Nieuports, driven by an
American pilot, go into a dive and dis- J
appear, but three American pilots
have reported that they observed trac?
ers go '.Tirough the fusilage of three
enemy machines within a few minutes
of each other, the planes crashing
earthward.
The fighting was fast and furious
all kinds of manoeuvers were brought
into play. Finally the Germans made j
off hurriedly.
When the Americans returned to
their field they found that two of the I
machines of the patrol were missing;
and they have not been heard from
BO far. The nature of the engage
moot was evidenced by the numerous;
bullet holes in the machines which'
returned. One of the machines was
struck 13 times; one bullet grazed the
gas tank, another cut a strut, while
the fusilage was like a sieve.
INCOME TAXES IN SOUTH CARO?
LINA.
Siate Furnishes Nearly Eight Million
Dollars in Collections Under War
Revenue Hill.
Washington, July 2.?Taxes on in?
comes and excess profits for the fis?
cal year ending last June 30 levied
under the war revenue bill enacted by
congress last year, totalled $2,821,
114 0,801, the treasury department an?
nounced tonight in making public
revenue collections by States. Total
revenue collections from all sources'
were $3,671,918,236. New York led j
the States in income and excess
profit taxes with a total of $689,917.
031 while Pennsylvania was second
with $496,087,261.
South Carolina furnished $7,884,
7 10; Florida $4,639,717; Georgia $16,
230,1 19 and Alabama $93,174,938.
V. M .C A. WAR FUND.
Another Drive for $112,000,000 Will be
Started in Fall.
Atlanta, July 2.?More than live
hundred business men of the South?
eastern States met here today to com?
plete the organization for the coming
drive of the war work council of the
Y. M. C. A. One hundred and twelve
million dollars. The drive will start
In the fall. The quota for the South?
eastern department will be four mil?
lion.
NEW PROHIBITION ORDER.
Liquor May Not 1k? Served at Home.
Washington, July 1.?Furnishing
of liquor to officers and men of the
army within private homes Is pro?
hibited in new regulations formulated
by President Wilson and Secretary
Baker, and made public tonight by
the commission on training camp ac
tivitics. Dry zones around every camp
where as many as 250 men are sta?
tioned for more than SO days also are
established.
Heretofore officers and men were!
permitted to be served with liquors'
in their own homes or when bona |
fide guests In private homes outside
the government zones.
The previous order as to camp
zones affected only divisional em?
barkation, forces training ami a num?
ber of specified training camps for vn
rious staff corps. The limits of the
ilry zones, live miles except when the
camp is within a city or town where
the Hale of liquor Is legated and in
that case within one-half mile, re?
main as before.
The revised regulations were issued
upon recommendation of repreaenta
tives of the attorney general, the
ludge advocate general and the com
nlsslon of training camp activities.
SENATOR HUMAN DEAD.
KM) CAME AT 1.30 O'CLOCK THIS
MORNING.
Senate and House Will Adourn Today
M Mark Of Hespert?Committees
Appointed to Attend Funeral at
Trenton Tomorrow.
Washington, July 3.?Senator Till
man, of South Carolina, died at 4.li0
this morning. He suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage last Thursday and has
been unconsc ious since. He had
been a member of the senate since
1894.
Both bodies of congress planned to
adourn today and apponit committees
to accompany the body to the Till -
man home ir| Trenton, S. C. In accord?
ance with the request of Tillman the
funeral services will be simple. None
will be held in Washington, no stop
will be made in Columbia, and the ser?
vices will he held at Trenton tomorrow
at 4 o'clock. Tillman is the eighth
senator who has died since the Unit
ed States entered the war. It is ex
pected that Senator Swanson will sue
ceed him as the head of the naval at
fairs cominitttee, to which Senator
Tillman devoted almost exclusive at?
tention in congressional legislation for
many years. His death promises an
upheaval in South Carolina politics.
The senate, soon after it convened,
adjourned until Friday, over the 4th,
when Senator Tillman will be buried,
out of respect for their colleague. Af?
ter a brief eulogy b; Senator Smith, of
South Carolina, the senate also adopt?
ed resolutions for the appointment of
a committee to attend the funeral.
SAVAGES AMR LI A HS.
Amsterdam. July 3.?Th? sinking of
the British hospital ship, Llandovery
Castle, off the Irish coast on June
2 7th with a probable loss of more
than two hundred lives;was due to
striking a British mine in all probab?
ility, says a semi-official note from
i Berlin, received today.
MKSSAGE TO SOLDIERS.
London, July 3.?A message of per?
sonal greeting from President Wilson
will be delivered tomorrow Tay the
j American Bed Cross to every Ameri
: can soldier and sailor in the hospitals
! of Great Britain.
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BOOTH & McLEOD SAY:
Buy Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps
?FIRST.
Send us an order next, and iirst, last and all the time X
"Swat the Kaiser"
NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA j
or SUMTER.
THE fastest growing hank in this section. 1
Three new accounts a day for the rest
of the year, is the pace we set?and we
are getting them.
We want your business and have the ser?
vice you need.
The National Bank of South Carolina
C. G. ROWL?Nl>.
President.
rTTT^rTVTTT
F. E. HINNANT,
Cashier.
Thrift Stamps.
Buy
One
Each
Day!
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SUMTER, S. C,
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Every Thrift or War Savings Stamp
you buy is a lick at the Raiser ? and
what he stands for.
As an INVESTMENT they cannot
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