The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-15


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Irby and simms appear to have put
Richards In a hole by daring him IL
tell how no voted In 1910 and 1912,
sfnce he In 30 eager to tell how he ex-
poets to voto this year. Richards
dodses the issue by saying that it is
point Of sacred honor with him not
TO tell how he voted In past elections.
c. A. Smith. who Is trying to make
afew votes by riding the old prohibit
ION steed. Is annoying Prof. Ciink-
scales by reminding him that. al
though he claims to be a prohibition
ist. he In straddling the fence on the
question and seeking to make friends
of both prohibitiorlists and liquor
men.
All of the candidates, both Blease-
ties and Antis are lighting Manning.
and as they can find nothing to say
against him as a man and citisen. they
endeayor to create prejudice against
him by harping on the fact that he
10 a successful business man and
banker. This In truly a serious charge.
In view Of the fact that he is q sue
cessful farmer and was elected pres
ident Of q bank because he had made
. success an q farmer. II II Is a po-
htical crime to make money as a
farmer and to establish q reputation
- . successful business man. Mr..
Manning In guilty. but why the voters
should be prejudiced against him oil
this account 10 inexplicahie.
The iaw-abiding people of the state
desire . law respecting and law en-.
forcing governor. The first name
that majority Of the voters think of
In this connection Ia Manning. But
for local pride and local affiliations. to
which the other candidates appeal
and on which they count. Manning
would receive an overwhelming ma
jority Of the anti-Blease vote In all
the counties. and even under existing
eonditions he will receive a better
average vote In all sections Of the
state than any other candidate.
'The war news is so conflicting ana
confusing that II In impossible to form
satisfactory conception Of what Is
actually taking place In Europe. Ger
many claims to have won continued
successes In the campaign I'm Bel.
gium and to have sustained COM
paratively insignificant losses: that
the German campaign is working out
m planned and that the invincible
German army will sweep everything
before II when the appointed time
for general forward movement ar
rives. On the other hand reports
from French and Belgian sources as
sert that the German invasion Of Bel
gium has been checked and tremen-
dous loss inflicted and that the
French invasion of German territory
mas been a succession Of minor VIC
tories. the German forces abandoning
their fortified posts and retreating be-
fore the French advance. The only
reasonable deduction that can be
made from the maze Of confusing re.
ports Is that both sides are manoeu-
vering for position and that no bat
tie Of importance has yet been fought.
In respect to the operation on tho
Russian frontier the outside world Ii
completely I'm the dark. the reports
thus far having been fragmentary and
Of doubtful authenticity.
The ofhcial announcement from
Washington that there is no reason
for the material advance I'm prices of
foodstuffs and that the big advances
that have been made are the result
Of the grasping greed Of provision
dealers who are trying to take ad-
vantage OF the war situation to multi
ply their profits. Is In line with our
a