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VOL! 37.?No. 20 CHESTERFIELD. S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1918. $1.00 A YEAR IN advanck "? STATE CANDIDATES SPEAK ir TO LARGE CROWDS HERE al - * cl Wednesday was a great day in & Chesterfidld. It wae the day eet w aside by the State Democratic party ^ for the candidates to present their ^ claims and qualifications to the voters s] of Chesterfield county. Add to that h< the announcement that Ex-Governor 31 Cole L. Blease had advertised that c' he would be on hand to hold a speaking of his own and^the combina- p< tion to draw a crowd was here. And r< ithe crowd was here.^ The meeting was called to order by ^ M. J. Hough, Esq., chairman of the county executive committee, in the Courthouse auditorium, but the room cs % wafc soon found to be too crowded and in maay could not enter, so the-meeting ft waa adjourned to* the Courthouse cc yard. * The candidates for railroad com- 01 missioner were first to be heard. Mr. w A.' R. Richardson, of Columbia, was 14 the first speaker. Mr. Richards&n de- m dared that there were no issues in* 04 his campaign but a choice of men, 1* . v/ that it was the privilege of the voters w to decide between {hem. He Baid ^ that he was running on his Own rec- 18 ord and not on the demerits of his opponents. He pointed to his record as game warden for the State as evidence of his executive ability. ^ Mr. D. L. Smith spoke next and re# ferrcd to his record in the legislature, -calling special attention to his effortr, ^ on behalf of educational matter* Wn -- - ... -- ' " proud of the fact that he has two sons now in service both of whom are under 21 years of ape. ^ The third speaker was Mr. J. T. Lo Vowell, of Columbia. He announced V, ||] himself as full-blooded American, 10(J per cent: loyal to the Democratic party and" a whole-hearted supporter \j. , of WoOdrow Wilson and McAdoo. He claimed to be especially fitted for the office of Railroad commissioner beS2! cause of his thorough knowledge of railroud mattors from the ground up. He capable, he said of supervising the bridges and inspecting roads and rolling stock and could prevent wrecks " ^ by his knowledge of these technical matters. Safety first should be you. j motto, he said, and he would be abb to put that motto into effect. He al J. so had ideas for the greater comfort ?V( of the traveling public. He claimec to be the only laboring man among the cundidutes for that position. . H. II. Arnold and J. T. McLaurir j were not present at the time but came ,j in later and spoke at the end of the pi proKrum. Lieutenant Governor The next speakers were for Lieu tenant Governor. , Mr. Octavious Cohen, from Monck's ^ Corner, was not present and a letter from him was read by the County Chairman. Mr. J. T. Liles, of Oran^ebur^, Wa* ,r introduced. He was introduced by Mr. J. Clifton Rivers, who spoke of .Vl him as the former speaker of thi House. Mr. Liles suid that as speak- " _ er he was always fair to all faction?, ' that he never wore any man's collar ' He said he had never supported 1 Blease. He advised his voters that .ll if they were Koing to vote for Blease r they should vote for Wi^htman for Lieutenant Governor as he was the fiaukeut and rankest Bleasite he s knew of. Mr. Liles said he had been of service to South Carolina. Said I he had worked hard, for the State Cotton Warehouse, for the elimina- ^ rtion of cattle tick from the State and V) P ht>linv0<l urn nntu Kau? Kot* schools as a result of his work. Ir> closing he pleaded with his hearers not to vote for any man for any office whose loyalty is now in queo ?Q tion. Pie said if the loyalty of any 1 candidate is now in question it is his ^ own fault and voters should not take any chances. o Mr. G. W. Wightman, of Batesburg, was also late and spoke at the close u of the meeting. ^ Stat* Superintendent of Education ^ The candidates for the office of g State superintendent of education .g were then introduced. Mr. Victor E. Rector, of Darling- ^ ton, spoke first. Mr. Rector came on the platform talking and lost very .few seconds while there. Ho said it r, 'is now time we were beginning to get ready to do things we are going to !< yhave to do. A very large part of our ^ f ^ boys grow up to become farmers and Ci. i k OIIVUIU UC OUJUDICU VU I ^ their needs as prospective formers. I '' wLg Girls should be taught in school the I things they are going to have to do ^ later in life. He did not favor a let c jn^ ting down in the important matters of -1 Hp. classical education, but he wanted ' teachers who knew the needs of farr. mers and farmers wives, and he had 'l ' striven us a ir ember of the legislature for the teaching of agriculture v in the country1 schools. He would >1 hove the childrer) taught better meth- ?i ods of doing the necessary things, tl better conveniences at home and on > the farm. We1 can revolutionize /I things and improve our methods of i< living if we try. I turned the trick n in Darlington,-where I studied the n W needs of the pedple in agriculture, o] f' cooking and sewing. We got .out of 01 the rat and great progrees was made d< I i all these linos; people were bette: ble to live a good life- Has heh lair of Agricuture in Uuniversity o outh Carolina. He said he felt hi air qualified to give the people, a iperintendent of education, wha ley-need. Mr. J. E. Swearingen was the nex leaker. He spoke of the first visi e made to Chesterfield ten years ag< nd of the great strides Chesterfieh junty has made in education sinci lat time, of the big gains in whit ipulat:on mr.de by this county ii scent years and of the greatly im roved educational advantages th< lung children now havo. * Chester eld county, he said, was the fourtl >unty in the State to vote a schbo ix levy on "in every school distric i the county, 'fie spokq of his figh >r the rural graded school law an< jmplimented* Senator .Lanev for hi ork in aiding that measure He fav ed the compulsory education -lav ith Borne modifications. He admitted j had made some mistakes in his ad ihistration and had displeased soini ;ople. Said if he granted every re lest that had been asked of him h< ould now be in the penitentiary, ant at the only man who makes no mis kes is a dead man. t Attorney General The speakers for the ofllce of At rney General were next heard. Mr laud N. Sapp was the lirst speaker r. Sapp reminded his hearers thai ! had opposed Hon. W. F. Stevensof r Senate but did not hold malict rainst Chesterfield county for vol g for her favorite son. He said ir this race there are no issues, onlj choice between men. Hi appealed his hearers to forget ites and ism: id vote for candidates on their owi erits. He claimed that he was thi ily man in the Fifth Congressiona istrict who said more than two years :o that we had already accepted lough insults from Germany. lit id thfit he believed all the people ol >uth Carolina are loyal. Mr. It. P. Reurson followed Mr ipp on the platform. Mr. Wolfe was be the next contestant for the ollicc Attorney General and Mr. Seurson Id his audience that he did not want I tne votes* but he did hope that tljc ople would see'to it that the Sap{; d not rise too hij?h and lhat they [)uld also keep the Wolfe away frorr e door of the. Attorney General's lice. He referred his hearers tc essrs. Lancy, Rivers and Odom, with horn he hud served, as a legislator e said there is only one man in ihlic life whom he will follow ab lutely and v ithout question, and at is Woodrow Wilson. Said, he it m partisan but is not a supporter ol >le Hlease. Mr. Wolfe said that he had opposes tiding the canvass at this time on count of the war und its demandt i the people, hut the democratic irty thought otherwise and he was ith it. Said he had always worked r better schools and as Attorney eneral his interests would stilT be ith educational matters. He said at Barnwell county claimed to have corner on legal talent, that three torney generals had already come om that county and that Searsor ught to be the fourth. He Hwtn'i ink this ought to be; that then good timber in his county. Commiiiioner of Agriculture. Mr. W. D. Garrison was the firs! eaker in the race for Commissionei Agriculture. He cited his experi ice as a farmer in various parts ol c State as evidence of his familiari with conditions over the State. H< ferred to his education at Clemsor i evidence of scientific preparatior >r the duties of the office. He re rred to his work in reclaiming lane at was under water and make i! oduce as high as 70 bushels of corr the 'acre. He also spoke of hii cperience in conducting an agricul iral experiment station. He saic at since all the wealth of this coun y comes from the soil the farmei entitled to the best in the land. Th< irmer should get his share of th< oftts of his labor first, he said, an< tose who live off the farmers shouh me second. He favored the cottoi *ading law. Mr. B. Harris, of Anderson follow I next. Mr. Harris said this offic< >es not teach scientific educatioi it ha# to do with enforcing law; tat the legislature enacts. He spoki ' the pure food law and its benefits f the gasoline law, that come unde lis office and of the gathering of in irmation for the benefit of the far erft. Said he'quit raising cotton 31 ;ars ago because it was not proflta le. He said the free negro was th tuse of low price of cotton. Mr. H. T. Morrison, of McClenville as the last speakr for Comntissione f Agriculture. He said he was no i the race of his own accord, but a is request of ihany friends ,?wh< lought he ought thus to offer his ser ices to the people because of hi ualiflcations as evidenced by worl b had been doing for and with far lers of the State. He urged co peration among all cotton grower f the Sbuth. He urged the furthe avelopraeut of the State warehouse As preparation for the soldiers when they return home he said the state should buy up all that great unoccupied tract of fine but uncultivated Sea Island cotton territory along the seaboard and present it to the soldiers on their return. Governor. Mr. John T. Duncan, of Columbia, was the first candidate for Governor to speak. Mr. Duncan said he did not need an introduction to the people of Chesterfield. They knew him and knew to look for him to tell them the truth about things from time to time. He said all the people are patriotic except a miserable dirty little few who are handling German spy money. He paid his respects to the "lying newspaper," saying it depended upon who was turning the crank ns to who they supported and what they said. He expressed no Jove for either The State or The Record. He said The Charleston American wouldn't tell the truth to save its soul. , "Today Blease is pissing the feet of Presid<yit Wilson after disgracing US- V- ?11? " u- ?> J % liimoviA oiiu hid lauuiy. no suiu j Blease had handled enough German money to be in jail where*Baird is; that he had the audacity to advocate the shooting of officers by the men in the line. He was rough on Man. ning and also Cooper. Claimed that his votes were counted fqjr Blease in his own home town. He said in conclfb t sion that he did not have any jokes l to tell but he had four jokes with , him on' the platform and that they . were the other candidates for goveri nor. r Mr. John G. Richards was the next I speaker for governor. He spoke of i his record in the legislature . In i twelve years he was never defeated i and never in the second race. Had all ways stood for what he conceived to ? be the best for all the .people. He I said the war* is not an issue in South ; Carolina politics, because we are standing behind our flag. All South Carolina stunds as one man. Taxation is one of the great issues. He i said the rights of the people are [ imperiled. That he was a reformer i in 11)14, fighting for reforms. "I say '.axes can be reduced," he said. "I s would kill the State Board of Equili? /.ation. It is taxation without reprer sentation. The State Board of Charii lies and Corrections should also go." i He attacked the law enforcement > fund and said the existence of that i law is a reflection on the people ot South Carolina and the sheriffs of i he State. He attacked the expenses - of the Manning administration. Said I he is the author of the present scholi arship bill and attacked Cooper's ideas f on the subject. He said in conclusion that he had only one son and that he I is now serving in the army, i Mr. Andrew J. Ik-then, now lieuteni ant-governor, was introduced as the : next speaker in the race,for Goveri nor. Mr. Bethea said he was standI ing in his own shoes, and hanging ' onto the coattails of no man. He ; endorsed fte administration of PresiI dent Wilson. He was interested in better educational facilities for evcrys body. He did not favor high taxes but > he believed the taxes coftld be more i equitably distributed^ so that the rich L and the poor should share its burdens ' alike. He challenged Mr. Richard's assertion that the war is not an issue. He quoted Mr. Wilson to the eiTect that all other questions are trival and ^ negligible. He did not wish te stir up factionalism but said that Blease and Richards had started it by each ^ interfering in the others race to com" pliment his friend. "I've said that 5 no man ought to be elected who has 1 not always supported President Wil1 son and his policies. He is the most " potent influence for good in the world ' today. He is the great and inspired apostle of Democracy." He then 1 quoted some of Mr. Blease's now fa* mous statements about the blood of ~ our soldiers being on the head of ' President Wilson and Congress. ' "Why does Blease come here to speak r this evening? I'll tell you, because Bill 3 Pollock if in another section of the - State. If Pollock were here you could ' not drive Blease here with a regi' ment of soldiers." He said he be1 lieved 99 per cent, of Blease's followers were loyal, but he told them if they supported him they may live to e be ashamed of that act. This war is i a challenge to the American ideal, a s challenge to the stars and stripes. b Mr. R. A. Cooper was the next k speaker for Governor. Mr. Cooper r said he deplored division and that we - ought now of all times to come to gether. A man not 100 per cent, bc5 hind our army today has no place in * public life. All we have and honor. b is now in France. I did not become a convert after the war.* 1 wou'd i, have voted for the war resolution. We r had no alternative but to accept tho t German challenge. Go tell our solt diers over there that the war is not o up issue. Tell him you are going to reduce taxes while he is away. Our s suldiers have a right to expect eduk cational system when they return that will help them learn new occupai. tions. Many of our boys are coming s home disabled and will need to learn r all over again how to earn a living, k The government will match every t' ?111mm 1 it* i ' f dollar the State spends on this line.' I am not in favor of high taxes but do not believe you can expect a reduction in. taxes. That talk is old political stuff. Blease promised to 1 reduce taxes when he went into office. He reduced them from f900,000 to , $3,000,000. Maj. Richards can't do it either. He said he would do it with his veto. We had a Governor who could use his veto but taxes went up just the same. I believe in better teachers and better schools with longer terms. The speaker said he was opposed to the present scholar hin law Ka<*nu<a (ha uihAlaMhin ??? must go now to the boy who already has had the best advantages. He wanted ft arranged so that the hoy with the poorest opportunity could have an equal chance. This could be done by the State lending the lad the money until he could finish school and begin to earn a living at better wages than he could have commanded without the education. This is not charity he said, and the poor boy does not ask charity. Mr. Cooper said he has never and will never support a man not behind his government. He said he would use his every power to hasten the day when our boys in France shall return home victorious. He said it is the duty of the Govesnor to enforce the law, that it was possible to misuse the governor's pardoning power. He stated that he had been misquoted on that line, that he had never said he would not issue a pardon but that he toould not issue a pardon even to his friends unless the facts ' in the ca <e warranted it; that the ' ' } pardon was to correct errors which might happen in the courts. Mr. J. M. Deschamps gave a very entertaining lecture as usual.* He claimed to be the only original diedin-the-wool. Ben Tillmanite in the crowd. He said they had tried to get him to announce his choice as between Dial and Blease but he had no choice to make. He said that everything he has and is are laid at the feet of Woodrow Wilson. He talked about taxes, announcing that he was for high taxes, explaining that the taxes would come out of thu man best able to pay it. He endorsed the Statewide Compulsory Educational law. AMERICANS AND FRENCH CONTINUE TO GAIN American troops fighting north of the Ourcq River in the SoissonsRheims salient have enlarged their brilliant victory of Monday at Sergy, where they cut to pieces divisions of Germany's picked troops and took and held the village against counterattacks. Notwithstanding continued heavy opposition by guns, machine guns and large numbers of the enemy, soldiers from the Middle Western and Eastern States drove their line northward from Sergy Tuesday for a distance of about two miles and were resting at night on the slopes approaching the woods beyond the town of Nesles. Where they stood at last accounts the Americans formed the apex of the long line running across the salient. While the bitter fighting was in progress between the Americans and Germans the French troops on both sides of the fighting front also moved forward for goodly gains northeast of Ferc-en-Tardenois and east of Sergy. DR. SANDERS KILLED IN FRANCE The following telegram was received yesterday by Mrs. Millie Sanders: Washington, D. C., July 31, 1918. Mrs. Millie Sanders, Chesterfield, S. C. We regret to jnform you that it is officially reported that Lieut. F. B. Sanders, of the medical corps, died July 24th, accidentally struck by a shell. McCAIN, Adjt.- Gen. Dr. Sanders, who had not been in Chesterfield very long, but had quickly gained a host of friends and admirers, was one of the first to volun teer when the government called for physicians to go to the front. He was married to Miss Millie Douglass, the daughter of Sherriff D. P. Douglass, only a short time bfore leaving for France. All Chesterfield feels this lose keenly and the profoundest sympathy is expressed for Mrs. Sanders. THE TRACTOR SCHOOL A large number of South Carolina < farmers attended the tractor school * conducted last week at Orangeburg under the direction of Clemson Col- t lege. 1 The demonstrations of the various types of tractors was highly gratify- ? fog. It is realized that farm machin- < ery and improved methods must be < utilised in 8outh Carolina if this ? State is to cope with labor shortage. < Among those to attend from Chesterfield county were Messrs. R. B. 4 'Laney, Wilson Laney, O. A. Sherrell, Dr. D. W. Gregory, W. J. Tiller, Ed. I Miller and Messrs. Grant and Baker. Several from Chesterfield county 1 signified their intention of buying 1 tractors immediately. j i 6416 cures by removing the fcause.25 i 4 * ... \ ro REPORT IN CHERAW E) AUGUST 1 AND AUGUST 6 I , The following 26 white men are to report in Cheraw August 6th pre- St paratory to leaving for Camp Wads- Wl worth on the following day. B1 John Herring no Spofford Baker Henry Jordan Tracey Smith James E. Davidson Bundy Fincher re Andrew J. Helms bu Herrfas P. Funderburk wa J. Avener Griggs Leon D. Funderburk 1 Junius M. Gardner J. Frank Wilks Doll Adams tei Harmon Turnage . Frank Brock mc Quincy H. Campbell James P. Terry ^ Hector Currv * tin Thos N. Campbell Wm. G. W. Terry Willie C. Eason Clarence Catoe aaj Mardy Gulledgc tQ( EJarl Adams jjg Birdine Gainey William Grooms rjR ,* Jno. F. Byrd He Vester Jordan wa Henry F. McRae ^ia Roland Goodale ^ ?' thi The following 57 negroes have bo ieen ordered to report in Cheraw bo \ugust 1. They leave for Camp 8?' Wadsworth on August 2. wa Bud Miller rei Howard Purvis r'fi Robt. Jackson thi Whiteford Threatt vc Livan Pcgues P? Walter Kendall afl Lindsey Wright to Zack Lowery be David McQueen of Sam Buchanan ari Henry C. Brewer Lemuel S. Watkins tin C. Arthur Jones Se Mack N. Jones If Richard Ellerbe PC( Angus Horton ?annie Johnson . <lis John McNeil inf Randolph Wright ex Thos. Luckey thi Rob't. Ellerbe be Carl Jackson c*r> _i i uuu. 1\UIU Du David Brewer be! Willie Baskins at bu Vanue McManus of Eula Blakeney Emanuel Robinson to Charlie Blakeney * thi Ganson Funderburk Sei Richard Jones wh Zannie Mulloy art William McComb inj Wise Wilson oui John J. Joiner caj Robt. Haynes Ross MeHo ?n vjt Calvin Edwards 'jUj J. W. Aaron Bittle ' br< Tobe Woods Horace Sellers George Williams Price Little Iat Henry Campbell ths Stancil Myers on Willie Roberson ] Major Roberson we Cork Sellers ] Edmond McQueen Tei EzekieJ Marsh Su Hes Melvin Da Walter Pegue$ ] Venus Womack apt John Williams Mr Flemming McCall ] Will Mack Rh Andrew Ingram aft Elliott McMillan .Tflmna Po le> William Soon J U. L. Brewer on< Samuel McCoy Da Joe Jackson Willis Streater ov< Cleveland Polton teT Tom Caple Walter Kendal|. Harrison W. McManua Boye Rorie '01 John W. Stegall FTAy ? John W. Threatt. Wannamaker Watson be Cary Fountain mi NURSES WANTED The government is calling for 25,>00 women from 10 to 35 years of ige to volunteer for nursing service. This training will be for two or re< hree years, and all expenses will be >aid by the government. This call is as urgent and as serious is that for soldier to enlist in the irmy. Wounded men mast be nursed ind civilians back home must be tak?n care of, if this war is to be won in t- - ' - * - ne cause ox righteousness. gj To every women who esn go the ou fovemment says, "I need you." Let secrifteo not selfishness be the ilogan of women today. WU1 111 who will volunteer hand Ch heir namea to Mrs. Joe W. Hanna at |n| led Cross headquarters. There full C. nformation will be given them. | The government requests that this lotice be redd in all churches. ' no 1 C-GOV. COLE L. BLEASE MAKES SHORT SPEE A large crowd lingered after ate speakers were through i lited to hear Ex-Governor Cole ease, whose coming had been unced since last week. When Mr. Blease began speak 4 o'clock it was evident that 11 had some friends who w aciy to cheer at every opportun t it was not the same crowd i ,s is the same Blease as of yore. 1 ease showed unmistakable signs hting a defensive battle. He thanked the people of Cli field county for the fine vote tl d given him in the past, and idiately began to attack those c lates who have not enough se: discuss issue and so spent tli le abusing him. He then denied t is dead and spoke of times wl i opponents thought he was d< t he proved to be very lively, d in 1912 they said he pardoi > many and in 1918 the charge loyalty. He then endeavored to set hiTns ht with his hearers on that cco i said when war was declared s opposed to it but at once oflfei i services to Gen. Crowder and tl it offer was repeated again wl ngs looked dark. He said he 1 ught and paid for Govemnv nds and War Savings Stamps, id when his land at Camp Jack: is wanted by the Government fused to sell it but gave it o :ht to Uncle Sam. He then s it Wade Hampton, Alexander ? nson and Robert E. Lee we(e Bed to the war before it began 1 terwards gave magnificent servi the Confederacy. If a poll co taken he was sure that two-thi the South Carolina boys in my were for him. If the vote is counted right t r?e, he was sure to be elected to naie. - ah we need is a fair cou we get a fair count the comir ople will come into their own." The speaker them entered intc icussion of government aid in bui f of good roads and favored pending of money in that way sr than for rivers and creeks, lieved^the government should* se nimum price on cotton at 35 cer t let it go as high as it would, lieves in a low rate of interi t the chief issue now is the winni the war. He then touched upon what seen him a very great peril and one ? reasons why he should be in 1 nate when the war is over. die si en the negro soldiers retifrn tl : going to cause trouble by demai r the ballot and South Caroli ght to have a man in Washingl sable of meeting tjy*; situation. I going to entfttge in s Operation, said the speaker a it then it rained and the cro >ke and ran for cover. BROCK'S MILL Come on Mr. Farmers with yc e gardens so we can help the be it are over there to keep the Hu the rurv Mr. Lacey Davis spent part of li ek in Hartsville, S. C. Mrs. Roy Teal and children, of n< ill's Mill spent Saturday night a nday with her sister Mrs. \\ vis. Mrs. Ben Hunt, of near Pine Grc >nt Saturday night with her parei and Mrs. Will Davis. Mr. Tom VIockovan and Mr. Moa ines went to iviorven last Saturd .ernoon. Mrs. Isabella Roscoe is spending v days this week with her soon| Miss Mabell Vlockovan spent wh e day last week with Mrs. Mo vis. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Teal motoi er to Chesterfield last Saturday i noon. Mr. Will Davis carried a load e melons to Cheraw last Saturdi It was a mistake about Mr. Sta: rd Davis being at Badin, N. C., at Hartsville S. C. The girls o wthis section seem interested about the bob cat. ist be sick again. Best wishes to The Advertiser. JNTRIBUTIONS TO RED CRO The following contributions to 1 id Cross War Fund have lately b< [reived: E. C. Crawford $5.0( I. J. Davis, Jr.. 3.Of W. T. Davis .. ! l.Of Smith Ellis 1.2E NOTICE I hereby forbid anyone to hi use or clothe my 13-year-old b is Lowery, who has left home wi t permission. SILAS LOWERY FARM FOR SALE Good 2-fiorse farm one mile fr esterfield Courthouse. Good bui rs. Desirable location. Apply P.,MANGUM. 666 contains no alcohol, arser r other poisonous drugs. HON. W. P. ODOM MAKES , % CH REPLY TO EX.-GOV. BLEASE '1 the When Mr. Blease's speech was sudand denly cut short by the rain, and the 1 L. crowd began to scatter the people ^ an- were invited upstairs where the Hon. '3 W. P. Odom was introduced and dei"K livered one of his characteristic rough he a'nd ready speeches in which Mr. ere I Blease was handled with out gloves, ity. When the house was well-fllled Mr. n?r Charles L. Hunley, chairman of the Mr. County Council of Defense, introduced the speaker. Mr. Hunley was heartily applauded when he delivered ics- a brief but energetic appeal to paley triotism in introducing Mr. Odom. m Mr. Odom began his speech with an the question: "Do you know where nac Cole L. Blease ought to be today? In iejr Hamburg, facing Pollock. Blease is afraid of Pollock or he would be len there." It is true, said Mr. Odom ja(j that Wade Hampton, Alexander SteHe P^enson and ^ec wero opposed led war ^ut no^ one word wcrc they 8 heard to utter against it after war was declared. I will convjct Blease out of his own mouth that he made disloyal utterances several months after this country wus at war. He then rp(j referred to the famous speeches of ^ ^ Blease in which Mr. Blease denounced the President and congress and said , he didn't care what sort of a country lad u -- - rrc uau ii nt were tu lose nis me. ivir. j|( Odom then paid his respects to The jQn Charleston American, the only daily paper supporting Mr. Blease, as "that dirty sheet that has bcerf twice disaj(l barced from the mails for disloyalty and whose associate editor is now under indictment by the United States but K?vernment-" "Do you know a man of doubtful ces patriotism," asked the speaker, "who rtjR is not going to vote for Blease? No, the ^ou no*"" There are three classes of people who are'going to vote for Blease, they trre those who are under ^ personal obligation to him or think nt" they are; the very stupid ones who do not know right from ion * wrong, and the disloyal bunch, and ( if the German soldiers who ravished the Belgian and French girls couliL Ljic vote, and the Germans who cut otT the breasts of those ho'n.t**."8 women ra- *. and bayonetted little chiJdren could t vote they also would vote for him. It would please them to know that jjc' Blease was elected to the United ;gy States Senate. Ajfain the speaker referred to the manner in which Mr. Blease had abusI eel the President and said but now he f is a friend to the President and would tyie go to him and' sayt "I am the Senaaid *?r ^rom South Carolina and I am with you." Blease is not a fool but he made a mistake. When the war lna first broke out he thought it would on be popular in^nutirXarolina tor uX v OWtfUOO the President, but he found the people loyal and now 1 bet he in v would give $20,000 if he could take w j back that Filbert speech. News of the death of Lieut. Sanders had been received and Mr. Odom announced that fact, paying a high tribute to the character of the brave man who had fallen. >ys ins How are you Koin^ to face those boys over there when they come home ast ^OU 8en<' man Blease to the Senate? asked the speaker. Your State will not be represented, it would iar be misrepresented. , 11 I don't believe much in deathbe(f repentances at best but this man wilt, have to remain ut the mourner's ^ bench a long time before I will believe in his repentance. , In closing he exhorted his hearers 'de .. , ... if there were any present who had been disloyal to any extent to ^et. ritfht and vote ripht. 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