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II s. Wlies was visiting y browns
yftie. PENNSYLVANIA, hst sunday He
mas resigned ihis pos ion
~ III tfte c.Irshops gof the Z. y! aud
issgoine 6SfhcSr' d B atBrowrss
5yiiie ii tEkes q Job as bfalk man.
Tgis SEX iafe an . tter Mrs Grace
iKsliarS Has return from the hosp ital.
having recoYo cred from q successful
operation. s
Misses sGeldie and Belma Trippett
were spending the weekend with their
aunt, Mrs. G. r. Hal.
Earl Holbert has gone 10 Pennsyl.
,vantA to work: a week or. two and II ne
likes e win move his family in the
near future.
Miss Margaret Bowers was visiting
her parents ion iPricketts Greek Sun
Mrs. Jennie West and daughter.
Nellie. Of Catawba. are keeping house
for John Huffman.
Mrs. yadie Hartley is sick at her
aunt. Mrs, Dora sIIouit, here, She went
to the hospital last week and was top.
Grated ON and returned to Mrs. Hoult's
She. Is better. ct present writing,
Jas. %. Brown, who has been working
for, the Monongahela Railway Co. since
the first of the year, returned this
week to work for the B. e. R.R-
Lloyd McElfresh, who went to work
for the b. & o. in the shops . couple
a weeks ago. got hurt bye iand car
Monday. His foot was badly lacer:
'ated. He was treated at Miners Hos.
a % ~ K b ~ b D v
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR.
Road BUILDING.

CATAWBA, March 16.-lEditor
West Virginian,l-=D holidays we
noticed In your valuable paper the
buy in FairnlOnt" campaign, asking
why the people did not buy in Fair
mont and keep the money at nome. or
course us farmers thought that was
the right thing to do. Now ] think
that 1t is bad rule that will not work
out at both ways. In reading your pa
per see that all OF the contracts for
building our new roads and your
streets arc all given to some one out
OF the county and out of state and
nearly all OF the material comes from
either states. Now us farmers think
that we have enough rock in our cou1l-
ty to build all OF the roads We have
10 build and that there are people in
Marion county who ought to be able
to contract their road and get more
Of our own labor at home. do not
see what would be wrong with MIR.
Robert Tolbert doing lots OF this work
and keep the money at home, II the
merchants wants to keep what little
money the farmer has to Hspend at
home think 1t would be well 10 try
and keep this money at home.
I also see that all of the contracts
for buildings OF any size go to people
out of town. Now this does not speak
very well of the people OF Fairmont to
so out OF the State to get some one
10 do the work.
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pital and CINE home. 10 70 able 70
eeto Ill of the house at last report
Harry West. Of Bechwood, was Wis.
ting Ills stater, Mrs. Barley. The last
lot Inst weee
The sfots editorial caslses people
!iieFe 10 feeail few Sents ago when
aiehf iur d dry FSfrmont caused llio-
long Democrats hero ID become SO
DISCUS ted With tle Fines editorials
that SOME fkt6ppeti their paper ana otn.
ers threatened to % Ii.
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-. q 10 81. is. . H
SCRIPTURES ON THE MATTER.
BARRACKVILLE, March 17.-[Edi=
tor West Vfrglnian.1 There is death
in stagnant waters. Agitation is nee
essary to properly aerate and purify.
The present agitation over "amuse-
ments" as INDUCED In by protested
Christians will result In good. One
has given us the law on the matter;
but none have appealed to the Divine
standard, the word OF the Lord. The
editor OF the West Virginian is 10 be
commended for his utterances. The
note of warning against the awful fol.
ly and worse than waste OF time o..
teaching tho childrens in school to
dance, should be heeded. Had ] chill
dren in such school, ! would feel
that my profession as Christian iB
highly insulteN by fragrant skepticism
and would seek a remedy. Well has
W. L. Coiguitt said: "It Is hard enough
for children and older ones, too, to
overcome the wiles of the devil In this
age without having these temptations
placed before them, and especially by
being taught such things'in the public
schools" And he might have added,
"Dy uAfll6 hlulUaI IIie 'HuuIS GhLekotS y
Of worldly and carnal amusements
placed before them in the Easements.
OF the church houses and INDUCED in
by church members" Perhaps in
some church entertainment" Is where
the school teachers referred to got
their first lessons! And 1t may be
that they are but preparing for better
and more entertaining and more prof.
liable Church entertainments" Who
can say that such things are wrong In
school and with the children, and right
for church members?
However warm a friend one may be
to tho category Of amusements, none
will dare TO shy they belong IN the
works OF tho Spirit, They do not
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Mlners, Local ReInstated

/. CHARLEsToN,W. Va, March IL
National officials Of the United Mine
workers of America announced that
the Oakley local, which was suspend
ed from the organization one year ago.
has been reinstated to full Fellowship
with District No. II.
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Hkifs 10 10 ii fest. Ia stock md made to order.
Wa build everything 10 the net6t boat line from
. "runabSat' "a Trained deck cfdlIet.e
R. c. PRICE & CO., llattf Boat BHRdeFs
Foss d Fsdstal ST., Nath sids riitshuEeH. p.
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white he hasn't sustained as much
asiapkln bruise to date, Willard is GER
ltaiiis 10 leave the ring March rs with
d cauiihowered wallet,
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Tilly Walker Of the Browns, com.
plains of . charley.hprse. He QUOTA
cop an outfield berth III a gallop.
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according to! an eastern writer the
yApplebyS broth rs are running amuck
1T billiards. Next we'll read about
SCapablan6a's sizzling chess play.
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ThefJoe Tinker School Of Baseball
lnstruction has been incorporated at
Springfield, Ill. Students will be
taught how to eat green peas with q
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MARCH BRINGS OUT uNsIoHTLY
SPOTS. HOW TO REMOVE
EASILY.

The, woman with tender skin dreads
March because it is likely to cover her
face with ugly freckles. No matter how
thick her veil, the sun and winds have
a strong tendency to make her freckle.
Fortunately for her peace Of mind.
tho prescription. othine double
strength, makes 1t possible for even
those most susceptible to- freckles to
keep theft skin white and clear. No
matter how stubborn case of freckles
you have, the double strength othine
Should remove them.
Get an ounce from your druggist
and banish the frecltles. Money back
II it fails.
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Toteda win at least have lighting
chance to win the "A. pennaut with
jBreanahan, owner, and stovall on first
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Sure sign of spring-Ed Walsh re.
ports 10 White Sox. at Mineral Wells,
Texas. prohouncing his arm At for an.
other season OF bench warming.
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s; 81 RT NOTES I!

Despite a heavy snow Willard took
d long hike yesterday. Returning he
said he felt immense, He also looked
.Iikeythe side OF a house. *
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MARLIN, March t7.-A iangling,
ltinnYi racket disturbed the quietude OF
Marlin5when John McGraw dismissed
stsf FeeSin foF n aa M SeSgsa M l
decorate a dozen or more with the
Order OF the Can in the next few days,
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CONES OUT IN TIE WASHING.
Who knows?

Strange, strange, how it all
comes ont in the wash. When
some nineteen years ago the
Hon. John L. McLaurin, then a
member of the United States
senate, boldly took a stand in
favor of ship subsidy regardless
Of the policy of the Democratic
party Of that day. The Yorkville
Enquirer was one of the few
papers in the state that backed
him up. The Charleston Post
was with him, and so were the
Charlotte Chronicle, Bamberg
Herald, the Manning Times, the
Greenville News and two or
three others. But the News and
Courier and the Columbia State
we're against him, and the latter
paper did not hesitate to heap
sbuse on The Enquirer for its
position. And practically all of
the local politicians were against
the editor Of the Enquirer. We
remember now how on one occa.
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TIE WAR SITUATION FROM DAY TO DAY

ANOTHER FIVE YEARS OF WAR.
The return Of peace to Europe
seems indefinitely postponed. AS
day succeeds to day and the
struggle goes on, its end be
comes less and less a subject for
logical speculation. We know
that all of the belligerents are
longing for peace. They have
said as much. They are weary
Iof wasting their material sub
stance and their manhood in a
conflict doomed from the begin
ming to end in a stalemate. The
belligerents have named the
terms of peace upon which they
would conclude hostilIties. Yet
no advance toward peace has
been defrely made by any one
of the powers in arms. They
seem waiting for some neutral to
step in and proffer the olive
branch Of peace.
Such a condition leads natur
ally to two questions: What
would Immediate peace in Eu-
rope mean to the world gener-
ally? What will happen if the
war carries on for years-ive
years, say-to Europe and our
selves?
With the latter question I am
principally concerned.
We have seen what the war
means to America. It has re-
vived memories long dead-rac-
lal antipathles that should have
remaired buried-and stirred in
to life policies which were bet
terleft unmentioned. With ev.
cry day that the war continues
these evils will increase.
What, however, does it mean
to Europe? Can Germany or
France or Russia or England
sur i've five more years Of this
Herculean struggle. Which of
them is in the better position to
come out OF it victor. These
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sion when Mr.. McLanrin was ex-
pecting to come up to this county
to make a speech, one of the local
POLITICAL bosses threatened that
if be did so, he, the local politi
cal boss, would see to it that Nc
Laurin was rotton-egged. And
we rememb Der how a certain other
politician, now holding a high
public Office, went to the late L.
M. Grist and tried to convince
him that this editor was running
The Yorkville Enquirer by back
ms McLaurin, and how the late
L. NJ. Grist told that gentleman,
well my observation is that
Senator McLaurin has more
sense than all the rest of you
put together" But leaving all
this aside, would it not have
been fine if Southern Democrats
had followed Mr.. McLaurin ir
these days IN his efforts to build
up a merchant marine by means
of subsidy? We would now be
able to place our cotton pretty
much where we should please,
and we would be conducting a
splendid trade with all that por-
tion of the country which is not at
war, and our cilizens could be 60
ing wherever they pleased with
out having to travel on the armed
vessels of belligerents.-
vile Enquirer.
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True loyalty does not consist
of getting out in public and
Shouting to she-winas OF the
glorles Of our country and how
we can lick the world with our
hands tied behind rs.
We have a few such ''patrl
oss," bus they have never set
the world afre and we never'ex-
pecs to see them fighting for
their country. When bullets
are singing and shells are
shrleking such patriots" are
usually found industriously fish
ing in financial waters far to
the rear.
WHAT ne need is patriotism
that lmpels q man to love his
eoantry for what it is and for
what i6 hes done for himself and
for the rest of mankind. When
q man is imbued with this brand
of loyalty he will give even lie
itself for his country when the
need arises, and he will have no
self plaudits to hurl at his fell
low men in glori6cation OF his
own acts. He will not dispense
wind.
We have many just such true
patriots right in our own midst,
but they are quietly pursuing
their daily routine, hoping and
praying that the government
may steer the ship of state safely
through the troublous waters
without loss of honor or dignity.
Today they are simply loyal
citizens Of the republic. Tomor
row they may be heroes who
have fought and died for their
country.
Who knows?
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ally, it makes absolutely no diff
ference to me what is done. II
the county-to county campaign
is abolished. I shall arrange a
personal schedule aud speak in
every county in the State. and
issue a challenge to each aud
every man in the race for Gov
ernor to meet me at that time
and place. If any fail to appear
I shall read the challenge and
proceed to criticlse him and his
politics just as if he were pres
ent. l will have to do this to
reach the people, because GER
tain newspapers. notably the
Colum bia State. will not publish
auythiug from me unless l pay
for it, as was evidenced in the
cam paigns of 1910, 1912 aud 1914
and even lately, ip my Boston
speech, and in my platform. !"
a few DAYS ago. If they pu bll>h
a cold, malicious lie on or about
me, I have to pay to get their
own lie corrected in their pip per.
That's fair. isn't it? So, do
away with the campaign and the
unknown nan, who becom.'s a
candidate, will have the same
chanc. to yas HIS views before
the voters Us II snow bill will
hav,. Of not melting in hades.
Therefore. rs | say, personally
it would not inj ure me, but would
be great injustice to the voters
IF the State and al outrage up
on their rights, ana 1t would al
so b. a great injustice to the un-
known candidates for the couu-
tv-to cJunty-clmp sign to oc
abolished.
| am sorry to have taken so
much space IN my reply. lIld
you are ut liberty to publish on.
Iy such parts of it, as you see
it,, I have always heard It said,
1t aiu't no ha m to run when
YOU is scared" SO, if the other
side is scared" I presume it is
no harm for them to run from
facing the people on the ros.
trum.
lam receiving the most en-.
couragiug news and am satisfied
that we will win /, glorious vic.
tory this year. regardless Of the
schemers and their henchmen.
Very respectfully, |
Cole L. Blease.
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1t now looks as if Governor
Manning will keep the new
booze act pigeon hoIed Why this
delay? It's pity he didn't see
the insurance fraud act, and one
which looks like ruinatIon to
the people of South Carolina, as
he looks upon tie great two
quarts a month law.
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How's This !!

We o1er One Hundred Dollars Reward Tor
auy case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured h'
Halls Catarrh Cure.
We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last IS gears, and believe him perfectly
honorable in ali business transactions and imam
cially able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm. -
WEsT 4 TRCax, wholesale druggists. Toledo. O.
WALpINC. KISNAN & MARVIN. wholesale drug
gists, Toledo, o.
Hairs Catarrh Cure IL taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by ali
nruycists Testimonials free.
HaII's Family Pills are the best
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are questions which equally con

are questions which equally coa'
Germ US.
The great factor in the the
present day life-in war as in
peace-is manhood.
This has not been developed
by her opponents as Germany
has developed it. Germany can
consequently disregard the Gen.
sus figures of her enemies. They
are six to one against her. Yet
she has the advantage. She has
raised her sons to be men.
The financial and economic
situations in the various bellig.
erent countries will play an ever
increasing part in the determi'
nation of the war. Germany is
solid here. When she prepared
| for the inevitable war that was
to be forced upon her she did
not overlook the 0nancIal or
economic factors which would
necessarily enter therein. The
So called "blockade" Of Germany
maintained by Great Britain. is
really a blessing to her-and
British authorities admit the
fact. 1t contains her money
within the realm, and compels
her to be selfsupporting. She
can continue this process inde6-
nitely. On the other hand the
Allies are buying abroad, and
sending out Of their countries
the meney which Germany is
holding at home. The extent of
their purchases in this country
alone will bring them to bank
ruptcy before the end of five
years.
The same applies economically
Germany began in the begin
ming to husband her economic
resources. She went tie the ex:
tent of forbiddiug children to
pluck "pussy.willows" from haz
ell trees that the hazel-nut crop
may not be lessened. She has
not overlooked a single item on
her economic calendar the con
versation of which could assist
her in bringing to a successful
conclusion the unhappy strug-
gle forced upon her. The les
sons taught by Germany have
been accepted tardily by France
and Great Britain. Another five
years of war will find Germany
as strong economically as she is
today. and France aud England
both worn to the bone.
The possibility is that France
will soon beout of the War. The
French people are spirited and
heroic, but they cannot be ex-
pected to carry on forever sacri-
fcing excellent Frenchmen" in
a cause that eventually will
bring them nothing. The sue
cess of the drive through Verdun
or the Champagne might not in
conceivablv incline paris to a
s'separate peace"-despite the
contract insisted upon by Sir Ed
ward Grey, Frances betrayer.
Were France to Withdraw from
the war the disposal OF Great
Britain and Russia would be mat
ters of simple arithmetic.
The great test in a prolonged
war is thorough prep .redness.
The German people, foreseeing
what eventually would be thrust
upon 1t, prepared for the coming
in every way. It pre-.
pared net only military-for
which it has been challenged on
every side, but economically, It
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I am absolutely opposed to a
uewsps. ger campaign.
Now, as to your first question.
as to nv idea in reference to the
abolition of the county.to county
campaign this year, I beg to say
that my first idea is that it is a
scheme because some people are
afraid to face their records in a
coun:y.to. county-campaign. My
second idea is that it is an effo rt
on the part Of certain newSpa-
pers to give them the opportun-
ity to publish any kind of a lie
and then refuse to publish the
correction when the demand is
made on them. as has been fire.
quently done. l presume that l
would have less to lose by abol.
ishing the State campaign than
any other man personally be
cause I am thoroughly known
throughout the State of South
Carolina, even to the children,
every body knows me and know
what I stand for in politics.
Therefore, it would not be ne
cessary for me to 20 .roua
over the State stating my post
ton on public questions, not on
ly in this campaign, but in all
others, to deprive them Of the
privilege of meeting the people
face to face and it would certain
ly be manifestly unfair To the
people Of the State to attempt
to deprive them of the privilege
of seeing the candidates face to
face. of Judging of what nanner
men they are and of hearing
them express their vsewsperson
ally. The old crowd who used
to control South Carolina would
meet in their county seats. Tx
I'D a little slate: go into a con
vention and force it down the
throats of the people, whether
they wanted it or not. and If the
people protested, they would be
told, ''if you don't support this
ticket the niger is liaole to
come in" Then, the State
crowd would meet in Columbia
at the Columbia Club, take a
few drinks of mean liquor, light
up cigars and fix up d Slate for
all State officers, 60 into a self
packed convention and nominate
it, their ticket, and force the
white people Of the State to sup
port them. This was broken up
in 1890, and every white man in
the State, poor or rich, was CIV
en- the same privilege to say
who should hold these public
Offices. This has worked re.
[narkably we'll aud successfully
and the only reason they can
give for changing the plan is to
give to certain would be bosses
the right to name the officers:
thereby depriving the people of
that important and high privi.
ege. I do not believe the peo-
pie, as a whole, wish this done,
md they should go to their clab
meetings. and elect only as de!e-
gates men who favor a free and
,pen discussion of all political
,uestions and allowing all white
nen the privilege of voting in
he primary. To abolish the
county to.counly campaign mean !
he destruction of the primary
md the return to the rule Of the 6
Id time olicarghy or so called
ristocrats. AS I say person.
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Those dinged submarines are
stirring up a hellofa commotion
among the other monsters of
the deep.
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trained the nation not alone to
be soldiers, but to be Germans.
It developed to the highest de
gree every factor in German
life essential 70 the defense of
Germany. It stands today the
most puissant people in the
world.
The war. probably, will not
last another i've years. Germ
any has not yet loosed all her
lightning. The submarine has
not been played to its full pos
slbillties. Aircrafts have been
worked only to small percent
age of their abilities. When the
full force of German ingenuity
in destruction is brought into
play against the Allies the wal
will be over. "War is He'll: y
said an American General. and
if forced to it, Germany will
make the present war a deeper
He'll than Sherman ever dream
ed of on his march to the sea.
Should the war go on for an
other five years, however, or an
other ten, Germany cannot be
beaten!
She has the men, the money
and the material to fight as long
as the Allies like to carry on the
struggle of attrition.
Our efforts should be directed
consequently to bringing to the
earliest possible conclusion a
conflict which we can already
see must end in no advantage to
any one of the beIligerents and
the prolongation Of which means
to ourselves and to all other
neutrals nothing but the abroga-
tion and invasion of their rights
of free intercourse one with an
other.
Let US have peace.-New-
Yorker Staat Zetung.
slEAsE AND TIE CAMPAIGN MEETINGS.
Col. V. B. Cheshire.
Editor, The Farmers Tribune,
Anderson, South Carolina.
Dear Colonel:-
I am this day in re-
ceipt of the following communi
cation:
Anderson, S. c., March Z,
Hon. Cole L Blease,
Columbia, S. G.
Dear Sir:
WHAT'S your idea as to
the abolition of the County to
County campaign this year?
Are you in favor ofgoing before
the people as heretofore, Or of
having a newspaper campaign?
Are you opposed to the county
to county campaign?
A prompt answer will be ap
preciated.
Yours truly,
Y. S. Cheshire.
Editor, The Farmers Tribune.
In reply thereto, if you will
excuse me, I will take the ques.
tions up backwards.
AS to your third question, l !
am not opposed to the county to
campaign, but favor it.
AS to your second question, / |
I'm in favor of gong before the
people as heretofore, and expect |
20 do so, county-to county cam. !
oaign or not: as the act of polit. j
cal henchmen cannot bride my
'ongue or prevent ne from
'peaking to the people of South
1
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A FEW WORDS

Department. Being
the world Ne
enabled New Styles weeks ahead OF Others
the Creators Style
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jBl,snED EVERY WEDNESDAY
LOYALTY WITHOUT wIND.

True loyalty does not consist
OF getting out in public and