The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, September 11, 1914, Page 7, Image 7
PRESIDENT WILSON WILL NOT
SPEAK DURING THE CAMPAIGN
He Declared His Intention of "Stayon
the Job" Because of the
International Situation.
Washington, Sept. 6.?President
Wilson today announced he would not
make a speaking tour during the coming
campaign. He declared his intention
of "staying on the job," because
of the "unlooked for international
situation."
The president made known his intention
in a letter to Representative
Doremus of Michigan, chairman of
the Democratic congressional committee,
who had written asking whether
he would make a speaking campaign
this fall. The correnpondence was
made public at the White House today.
"America is greater than any party,"
the president wrote.
"America can not properly be served
by any man who for a moment
measures his interest against her advantage.
The time has come for great
things. These are davs as hie *?? *>?
destiny of the United States as for
the other nations of the world. A little
wisdom ,a little courage, a little
self-forgetful devotion may under
God turn that destiny this way or
that. Great hearts, great natures,
will respond. Even little men will rejoice
to be stimulated and guided and
set an heroic example. Parties will
fare well enough without nursing, if
the men who make them up and the
men who lead them forget themselves
to serve a cause, and set a great people
forward on the path of liberty
and peace."
To Tell of Work.
Despite his detrmination to make
no speeches, Mr. Wilson will "take
loccasion as opportunity affords to
state and perhaps restate to the country
in the clearest and most convincing
terms I can command the things
which the Democratic party has attempted
to do."
The president asked that congress
"remain to do their work if necessary
and pressing service and hrinir it to a
successful conclusion." He said, however,
that he saw nothing to keep congress
in session after the emergency
work was finished.
The president's letter follows:
"White House, Sept. 4, 1914.
"My Dear Dr. Doremus: I have
read your letter of September 1 with
n keen anpreciation of its importance.
It appeals to me as the leader of the
party now in power with peculiar
force and persuasiveness. The close of
a very extraordinary Session of congress
is at hand, which has, I venture
to say, been more fruitful in important
legislation of permanent usefulness
to the country than any session
of congress within the memory of the
active public men of our generation.
A great constructive programme has
. been carried through with the approval
and support of judicious men of all
parties; and we have abundant reasons
to congratulate ourselves cn
the record that has been made during
the busy 17 months we have devoted
to our great legislative task. Certainly
in ordinary circumstances, if we
were free to disengage ourselves for
the purpose, we would be warrant^
now in directing our energies tc a
great campaign in support of an appeal
to the country to give us the
encouragement of its endorsement ?;t
frVio fliihimn olonfiAnc
"We could pro to the country with a
very sincere appeal in which there
leed be no pretense or boast of any
kind but a plain statement of things
ictuallv accomplished which ought to
be, and I think will be, entirely convincing.
It is a record which shows
us at peace with all the world; the
questions which plagued business
with doubt and uncertainty and irresponsible
criticism out of the way,
though fully settled and disposed of;
the apparant antagonism between
government and business cleared
away and brought to an end with the
plain reckoning accomplished; the
path for sure-footed adjustment clear
ahead of us, prosperity certain to
come by means which all can approve
and applaud.
Look into Future.
"Moreover, there is a programme
of another kind ahead of us to which
it is inspiring to look forward? a
programme free from debate except
as to the best means by which to accomplish,
what all desire. The great
questions immediately ahead of us
are the building up of our merchant
marine with all that means in the
development and diversification of
our foreign commerce and the systematic
conservation and economic use
of our national resources, subjects
much talked about but little acted upon.
There are other pieces of constructive
legislation waiting to be
done to which we could turn without
any controversy except, as I have
said, as to the best ways of doing
them.
"I believe that ways can be found
to do these things readily enough if
the country will give us its generous
support and trust us to do them;
and it would have been a genuine
pleasure to me to ask to be giver,
again colleagues such as I have had
in the two houses of congress during
the present memorable session. I
trust there will be many occasions on
which I may have the privilege of
calling the attention of my fellow
countrymen to the fine and unselfish
service rendered by the present representatives,
ready at all times to' reord
to any appeal that spoke convincingly
of the public welfare.
"But in view of an unlooked for
international situation our duty has
taken on an unexpected aspect. Every
natriotic man now ought to 'stay
on his job' until the crisis is past and
ought to stay where his job can be
best done. We ought to do whatever
is necessary to keep us in close and
active concert in order to relieve in
every possible way the stress and
strain put upon our people during the
continuance of the present extraordinary
conditions. My job, I know
now, can be done best only if I devote
my whole thought and attention to it
and think of nothing but the duties of
the hour. I am not at liberty and
shall not be, so far as I can see now
to turn away from those duties to undertake
any kind of political canvass.
Responsibility is Great. <
"In the present emergency I am
keenly aware of the two-fold responsibility
I am called upon to discharge; .
the responsibility which devolves
upon me as president of the United
States and the responsibility under
which 1 am laid as leader of a great
political party. Of course, the whole ]
country will expect of me and my 1
own conscience will exact of me that !
I think first of myduties as presi- 1
dent. The labors of congress have a ]
natural and customary limit; the ]
work of the houses can be and will I
be finished; congress can adjourn, i
But the president, especially in times
like these, can not turn away from
his official work even for a little <
while* Too much depends on his ?
keeping all the threads of what is oc- ,
curring in his hands. i
*'I therefore have reached the conclusion
that I can not in any ordinary ]
sense take an active part in the approaching
campaign; that I must re- i
main here to attend to the serious <
work sure to fill the months imme- 1
diately before us months that will 1
carry with them obligations, no j
doubt, of the most tremendous sort. ]
I know that you will feel similarly
about your own obligations; that s
members of congress, too, without 1
distinction as to party affiliations, will 1
feel they must remain to do their
work of necessity and pressing ser- <
vice and bring it to a succsesful con- I
elusion. I
"I shall no doubt take occasion as
opportunity offers, to state and per- <
haps restate to the country in the s
clearest and most convincing terms I
can command the things which the
Democratic party has attempted to i
do in the settlement of ereat mips- i
tions, which! have for many a long ?
year pressed for solution, and I ear- 1
nestly hope that they will generously <
open their minds to what I may have
to say; but I shall not allow my eag- <
erness to win their approval of my 1
earliest desire to be granted by their <
suffrages the support of another con- t
gress to interfere with the daily per- c
formance of my official duties or dis- 1
tract my mind from them. The rec- i
ord men make speaks for itself. The 1
country can not be deceived concern- 1
ing it and will assess it justly. What c
it chiefly expects and demands and
what it will certainly be most surely <
won by is the performance of duty r
without fear or favor and without re- i
gard to personal consequence. r
"And certainly this is a time when 1
America expects every man to do his i
duty without thought of profit or ad- f
vantage to himself. America is great- 1
er than any party. America can not ?
properly be served by any man, who t
for a moment measures his interests T
against her advantage. The time has *
come for great things. These are
days big with destiny for the United
States as for the other nations of the '
world. A little wisdom, a little courage,
a little self-forgetful devotion
may, under God, turn that destiny
this way or that. Grea^ hearts, great
natures, will respond. Even litle men j
will rejoice to be stimulated and
guided and set an heroic example, j
Parties will fare well enough without .
nursing, if the men who make them
up and the men who lead them forget
themselves to serve a cause and
set a great people forward on the j
path of liberty and peace.
"Cordially and sincerely yours,
"WOODROW WILSON." (
ARMY OF BELGIUM ]
RALLY FROM DEFEAT 1
<
Men Now Are Tougher Than at Slart (
And Constitute Menace \
to Germany.
London, Sept. 7?A dispatch to The ?
Evening Star from Ostend says:
"The different units of the Bulgtan <
ai*my have been collected from all '
over the country, even from Nanpir 1
and south of the German line. The
volunteers have been reorganized, bet- i
ter officered and better armed.
"The total losses of the army have |
not been published, but except at i
Liege these were not large in comparison
vrith the losses of the Ger- <
man, French and British armies in <
France. The Belgian army taking in- <
to consideration the toughening which
the men had during the last month, 1
is now possibly more fit for active 1
service than it was at the beginning
of the war. The morale is still unim- 1
paired. 1
"The burgomaster of Liege is still 1
demonstrating his inability to pay the <
fine levied by the Germans by trying '
to find the money in Brussels and 1
elsewhere while the richest men in
Brussels continue as hostages for the 1
vment of the demand on the latter
city, which situation is Drovinc more
embarassing to the Germans than to
Burgomaster Max who continues to '
protest the impossibility of the city's
raising the fund."
MANY ON WAITING LIST.
f
915 Applications for Admission to *
Clemson College.
Clemson College, Sept. 7.?Up to 1
September 1, 915 applications for ad- '
mission have been received. All over |
850 have been placed on the waiting *
list and can be accomodated only in
case some of those whose applications (
have been accented fail to come, or to
pass successfully the .entrance exami- *
nations. J
As many applications were filed before
the outbreak of the European '
war there is no telling what effect 5
the resulting financial stringency will *
have upon the attendance. It is like- 1
ly that many on the waiting list will '
get a chance this year to enter because
of the inability of some on the (
accepted list to raise the money to (
meet their expenses.
KAISER AT THE FRONT. s
|
Said to Be Making His Fifth Trip. !
London, Sept. 7.?The Telegraph f
says: "Emperor William has joined c
the crown prince's army and this is c
the emperor's fifth appearance in the
actual theatre of operations. c
"The armies of the Duke of Wuerr- r
temburg and Crown Prince Frederick t
William have long been operating to c
Sain a foothold on French soil. They 1
ave now crossed the Meuse and have ^
come to grips with ten French army <
corps." v
t
GERMAN CORPS REPORTED
AS BEING CUT TO PIECES
Allied Forces Under French and
D'Ammade Said to Have
Gained the Victory.
London, Sept. 7.?A Boulogne dispatch
to The Evening News says a
telegram has been received from Gen.
Pau announcing a victory by the allied
forces at Percy-sur-Oise. The
Imperial Guard under Crown Prince
Frederick William is reported to have
been annihilated by the German farce
which opposed them.
The Evening News dispatch says:
A telegram has been received from
Gen. Pau announcing a victory Pv the
allied forces under Field Marshal Sir
John French, commanding the British,
and Gen. D'Ammade at Percy
sur-Oise, about 25 miles north tf
Paris.
' The allies were drawn across the
loithern line with the centre of Per:y.
The English troops were on the
eft and the French on the right. The
former had in front of them the Imrerial
Guard under Crown Prince
Frederick William.
"On both wings, it is reported, the
lilies were succesful. The German
eft was held by the French and reared
to the nprth.
"The Imperial Guard, who were orlered
to surrender, were annihilated
iy the British. It is reported that
:he crown prince was in their midst."
The British oflical bureau has revived
no confirmation of the message.
The official bureau says.
"Gen. JofTre's plans are being steadly
carried out. The allied forces,
icting on the offensive, have been
successful in checking and forcing
back in a northeast direction, the
German forces opposed to them."
The news contained in the French
jfficial communication that the Gernans
had fallen back before the vig>rous
advance by the allied troops on
he line from Nanteuille to Verdun inlicates
that the Anglo-French forces
lave got on the flank of the German
right wing, which passed bv
Paris, and was marching eastward to
oin with the crown prince's army
:oming south.
It has been suggested by military
jxperts that Gen. von Kluck's movement
to the south was taken as a
natter of precaution before the movenent
by the allies from the coast.
!t is possible this new army has
eached Nanteuille-le-Haudouin thus
retting on Gen. von Kluck's flank,
["he engagement took place Sunday
ind that evening the Germans began
heir retirement.
SEWS FROM THE EAST
liAtlTKS SPECULATION
s Turkey at War??One Interprets- j
tion From Berlin is That I)ecla- ,
ration Has Been Made.
Washington, Sept. 7.?The strand- 1
ng of the British crusier Warrior, re- !
jorted today to the German embassy 1
n a wireless message from Berlin, J
;onight remained a mystery. The mea- 1
lage read: w !
"British crusier Warrior strandW
probably as a result of fight witwj
jrusier Goeben while escaping fronl
ihe Bosphorus." m
Diplomats were at a loss to explain I
:he Berlin message. It was said that;
f the Goeben had been allowed to
leave Turkish waters to engage the
iVarrior it would be a direct violation
if Turkish neutrality, if the ship still
flies the German flag, and virtually a
declaration of war. If the ship wasi
inder the Turkish flag, having been
sold as rumored, it would constitute
i direct act of war.
No indication that Turkey had dedared
war was received from other
sources. A Rustem Bey said no declaration
of war had been made.
Great Britain had been expecting
a declaration of war from Turkey, it
was said, for many days. The embassy
here, however, had no official
information as to the Warrior.
Officials here displayed much interest
tonight in the report of the general
engagement in France along ah
extended battle front. The feeling was |
eneral that a decisive battle was in [
progress but official dispatches contained
no news of the hostilities.
Military observers noted tonight
that Meaux, the place east of Paris
where the general engagement began
today, is where the German headquarters
were established on September
16, 1870, and the orders issued for
the investment of Paris.
KERMIT ROOSEVELT GOES TO
SOUTH AMERICA FOR TRADE
Sent by a Big Pittsburgh Bank 10 (Jet
Business for Uncle Sam.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 5.?Representatives
of several large Pittsburgh
loncerns are now on their way to
South America ports to investigate
.he possibilities of capturing some el'
the trade of that continent. Tins action
was taken as a result of eO'i.rts
>y the National City Bank of New
W.rk to open branch banks in P:ienjs
Ayres and Rio de Janerio.
It was learned also today tha*., ai
result of the action of the federal
reserve board in granting tin New
ifork bank permission to open Nianvii
tanks in those cities, that the .unit
Already has sent three represuitaives
to South America, one of whom
s Kermit Roosevelt, son of former
President Theodore Roosevelt.
Th6 National City bank has been in
communication with Pittsburgh concerns
with reference to the possibilities
of establishing trade relations
with the South American continent,
ind the establishment of branch
5anks in the two leading cities of
Snnfh A'marioa it !o iKniiirhl will
>rove a great aid in opening up the
commerce of the country to the Unitid
States. ,
Some of the large Pittsburgh con:erns
say there has been inquiry already
for various articles from forjign
lands, as well as inquiry f?r
oal by Spain and Portugal. Some
arge steel orders have been booked
vith South America, a recent one
?aling for a big amount of rails which
vill be made at Homestead.
I Nervous? j|
^ Mrs. Walter Vincent,
(g)| of Pleasant Hill, N. C., -Eg)
C\J writes: "For three summere.
I suffered from P|SS
^?J nervousness, d r e a d f u 1 1^^
pains in my back and
(*)| sides, and weak sinking |(g)
spells. Three bottles of
Cardui, the womar's
tonic, relieved me entire- '?L j
y* ly. I feel like another
(?)| person, now." |@
M TAKE
I Cardui i
JS The Woman's Tonic pi
For over 50 years, V?L
yn Cardui has been helping
?)l to relieve women's un- \(m\
?y necessary pains and j&k
ai building weak women up 1/2?
s^J to health and strength.
V* It will do the same for ?^1
?| you, if given a fair trial.
yF So, don't wait, but begin
(?)| taking Cardui today, for |@
X J its use cannot harm you,
and should surely do you
good. E-72
MRS. LONGSTREET A BANKRUPT
Midow of Famous Confederate General
in Tangle of Debts.
Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet, widow of
General Longstreet of the Confederate
army, filed a petition in bankruptcy
in the United States court here today.
She gives her assets as $10,200
in real estate in Gainesville, Ga., her
home town, and her liabilities as $22,236.41.
The Longstreet homestead in
Franklin county, Georgia, was to
have been sold this week by the sher- j
iff of that county to satisfy judgment,
hut the bankruptcy proceedings stop- j
ped the sale.
Mrs. Longstreet is at present living
in Atlantic City where she went for
the benefit of her health. She formerly
was postmistress of Gainesville,
Ga., her husband having held
that office until his death. She was I
lot appointed by the Wilson adminis-1
'.ration because, it is said, of her ac-1
ivities in endeavoring to defeat Hoke
Smith. As postmistress she received
i yearly salary of $2700.?Trenton, 1
J. Dispatch. |
F ^What's wheat worth now?"
f "It all depends," replied Farmer
Corntossel, "on whether you're raisin'
it or usin' it fur food."?Washington
Star. I
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Menu Changed Dally
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Half Stew - - - 15c
Whole Fry - - - 30c
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teed against redut
Touring Car
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Further, we will be able tc
in our factory production,
purchasing and sales depai
put of 300,000 cars betwee
And should we reach this
the buyer's share from $4
August 1, 1015) to every
!now Ford car between Aup
j For further particulars r?
profit-sharing plan, see the
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HOME AT LAST."
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Cut Your Cost <
Look at your lamps?exami
looped lamp wastes your
petting the light you 01
the wasteful loope
Shelby Ms
And triple your lii
They stop the leaks,
telephone here and let i
candle-power with SHE
At Very Lo
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MAY SHII* GOODS TO UIVEKPOOI
NOW VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
It was announced yesterday thai
unaer certain provisions me ?>ouinern
railroad would a^ain accept ship
ments to Liverpool, England. This if
taken to mean that the ocean com
merce is a^ain opening up and if si
it will mean that in a short time cot
ton will find its way across the waters
and the farmers can expect i
better price for the staple than now
prevails.
It was announced yesterday thai
the Southern railroad will aceepl
shipments to Liverpool, under tht
provision that the route for th<
freight will be made out, through th<
railroad and the steamship company
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ATIONAL BANK *
?nt C. C. Sanders, Cashier *|?
-it r pi us $135,000.00
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IARK IN PROFITS I
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4 to Aug. 1, 1915 and guaran- M
rtion during that time: 1
$490
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all cars fully equipped,
ites of America only.) J1
i obtain the maximum efficiency II
and the minimum cost in our
tments if we can reach an out- II
n the above dates. I
production, we agree to pay as
0 to $00 per car (on or about I
retail buver who purchases a II
r. 1, 1914 and Aug. 1, 1915. i
'garding these low prices and I1 i
nearest Ford Branch or Dealer
GARAGE
GADBERUY ST. ||
of Candle Power
ne the inside carefully. Every
money and keeps you from
.ight to have. Replece all
d lamps with thrifty
izda Lamps
jht at no extra cost.
Come here, send here,
is help you cut the cost of
1LBY MAZDA LAMPS?
west Prices?
' NOW!
laiuvvart L.U.
varc People.
% 4 a , A ^
t r ^ ^ 8| - >i
^te?7iTii jniPii? awn
. direct to England and that the shipr
ment be given the stamp of approval
by a commercial agent of the company.
1 The embargo is therefore soniei
what less severe at the beginning of
- the war and cotton shippers are hopes
ful that in a short time the staple can
- be sent to the looms in England.?C'o)
lumhia Record.
Mrs. Whittier?What delightful
manners juur uau^nier lias.
r Mrs. Biler (proudly)?Yes. You see
she has been away from home so
t much.?Smart Set.
t
"I like the way that man looks."
i "Why, he's positively uf?ly."
i "Yes, but he's looking at me."?
, London Opinion.