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The Holt County sentinel., 1918-11-29
ISAItOR'S life
IS CHANGED BY
NEWSH|P RULES
Traditions Upset by Shipping
Boards Regulations.
Jack NOW GETS RIs RIGHTS

Ancient Mariners Would Riot In "pavy
JoneS Locker" Could They Know
Present Provisions for Comfort Of
Men Of American Merchant Marine
--oood Food, Bed, Bedding and
Bath-"Donkey ereakfssp Goes,
but "Aii Hands on Deck Remains.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-11-29

For Sale.-A few choice Duroc
Males, and q few Gilts. Also some
Il C. Rhode Island Red Cockerels.
H. b. TERHUNE & SON,
Forest City, Mo.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-11-29

For Sale.--1 yearling Holstein
Bull-pure bred; / Duroc Boar, IA
months old, registered. These animals
are No. !.
J. II. LARK, Oregon, Mo.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-11-29

Paid Jp in aivunc" for Tho Sem
t.ucl--tucio Sam wants IL that way.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-11-29

millinery Bargains Al, trim.
med and untrimmed Hats al
greatly reduced prices. Step in
and look them over. Your
chance 10 buy cheap.
MRS. E. 4. NElHE1lANO.
Oregon. Mo.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-11-29

incompetence with the Mayors
Proclamation, closing atl cath
erings during The epld, mic. th'
Protactcd Mee'ing st the
Christian Church to begin 0ecem.
Der 1. has been pos,ptnto IN
dednetely.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-11-29

lohn Whitcd, died at his home in
Forbes township, on Saturday last,
nov. 20, at the age Of 33. Funeral
s"ryicos were held Monday Of this
week.
On the 10Th his wife died in St.
Ju cph hospital, and the body brought
10 Forbes for burial ON Wednesday
th, 10Th inst.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-11-29

The Craig Leader announces On
ID Jth VI Mrs. l.. i. Parker. wife q
L'y. l.. l.. Parker. which occurred a
Rochester. Mimi, ON Friday, Nov. I,
NNur she had been under mcdicJ
'" atnont. The remains were take
TO- Lebanon, Mo-, her home for buria
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-11-29

No hunting allowed on my farm
after this date. GEO. X. MURRAY.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-11-29

Dr. Frank johnson. formerly prac.
t,ing oStcopa,hy at Maitland. died
uf influenza. in France. on October
10th. He was serving in n hospi.
'al unit, and died in a base hospital
iI.t back Of the firing line. His wife
was in the millinery department q,
the l'road Guagc Millinery Store
ut Maitland, but Of late has been n,
her home in Bethany. Mo.
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Record Of Current Happenings Col
Ieeted from Various Sources.

There are now 81 ships under way
at the Hog Island ship yard at Phila-
dcIphia.
The National Fraternal Society OF
the Deaf is holding its convention in
Philadelphia this week.
Rev. Frank Eckerson. an American
missionary in China, Is reported to
have been shot to death by Chinese
bandits few days ago.
Five hundred horses were slaugh-
tered in Vienna, Austria. last week for
food. The horse flesh retails at 81 n
pound.
Tho legislature of Georgia has rati-
fed the prohibition amendment to the
Federal constitution. The amendment
has been ratified by thirteen states.
George Holden. "a years old. COM
mitted suicide in Philadelphia FRI
day, Just few hours before he was
to go to Camp Greenleaf as a draf-
tee.
The Avenue Trocadcro OF Paris, has
had its name changed to bear the
name of President Wilson. The name
plates on the avenue are to be chang
cd before July 4.
In a statewide roundup in Massa-
chusctts last Thursday, by Federal Of
ficers, 5000 slackers were arrested.
There were nearly 1000 arrests in
Boston.
Five American bombing airplanes
made a successful raid on Conflans.
Germany. Thursday night and after
dropping many bombs on the rail-
why station. safely returned to the
American lines.
According to German officers cap
tured by Americans in France. the
German soldiers are being told that
the Huns have captured New York
and are marching toward Philadel-
phia.
The unidentified bodies of AZ VIC
tins of the circus train wreck near
Hammond. Ind. were buried last
Thursday. The engineer and fireman
of the troop train. which ran into
the circus train. are being held under
bonds on charges of Involuntary man
slaughter.
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kERENsKY STILL HOPEFUL
Russian Leader Says His Country
Will Come Back.

London, June 26.-AleXander kc-
rcnsky. former premier Of Russia. IL
on his way To America. He expects to
sail within n week or ten days, when
he has concluded his conference In
London. where he arrived incognito
four days ago.
Kcrcnsky is declared to bc In bad
health and has been In retirement in
London. few Russians being aware OF
his arrival, though nc has moved
about quietly. comforting with promi-
nrnt Russians in England over tn"
necessity OF allied assistance In Rus
sia. His presence, Of course, was
known TO tho government.
Kcrensky's mission in England. and
the purpose OF his visit TO America
is TO inform the people Of the two
countries, especially the influential
Russians, OF the exact condition In
Russia with n view to procuring allied
aid for that country. NJ. Nabokoff,
charge d'affairs OF the Russian en-
bassy in London. told the Associated
Press today.
NJ. Nabokoff was the first person to
greet Kerensky upon the latter's ar
hz rsnk
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NO.. SO

help him in any way. and has not so
much as given a dollar TO Boards
family-for Beard Is no longer useful
to him.
This spring. when | learned that
there was n concerted effort all over
South Carolina 10 get me into the
race for governor as a Blcase candi-
fdatc. | declined. knew that ] could
not. under any circumstances, allow
nv name TO be used in connection
with this man who was n traitor 10
his party and an outspokcn enemy OF
the government In Washington.
TIE public will recall my correspon-
dcnce with certain Blease members or
the Anderson county delegation. In
which refused to ally myself with
| I'lcasc.
] | knew had great work ahead
OF me-a work that was bigger than
factional politics-and refused TO ally
myself with either the Blease or the
anti -Blrase faction. choosing rather to
enter the campaign as free man ana
4 supporter OF principles rather than
'isms.
This letter was probably put into
the hands OF Cooper by Aull nj the re-
quest OF Blcase. for secret use against
me.
Cooper doubtless thought that
lSlcase and Aull were helping him.
hut their real purpose was to get
Cooper TO do their dirty work. rs ne
has. knowing full well that when |
learned or II, would expose Coopers
sncaking trcachery and destroy him
politically. They hoped by this
scheme TO destroy me. and to use me
as a means OF destroying Cooper,
leaving the field tn Richards. their
| only hope OF power.
The scheme has failed. The trrach-
cry has served only to unmask Cooper.
and has given me the opportunity TO
expose Bleasc nj an earlier date than
| expected.
What reward John Aull hoped for
do not know. | feel sorry for him.
| for he IL q good boy when away from
the malign influence OF Bleasc.
expect To join the campaign on
Tuesday.
John Lowndcs McLaurin.
Bcnncttsvillc. :. {.
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addressed to Capcrs.

addressed to Capcrs.
or course the letters were never
mailed, for the whole proposition was
silly. but Aull took the matter seri-
ously and felt sure that he was keep
ing Blcasc informed and that l5lcas'
would sooner or later expose his hand
AS my secretary. Aull very proper!
filed and preserved carbon copies ol
these letters. The original | destroy =
ed as soon as Aull was out OF slgnt'
They had accomplished their work rs
soon as they had fooled Aull and
through Aull led Blcase nearer to the
trap.
The whole course OF Blcasc at this
time was dictated by his belief that
Hughes would be elected president.
While the Republican state commit l.
tee was in session at the Jefferson no.
tel. in Columbia, was In the office OF
Blease. He told W. l.. Beard to go Ia
the hotel. see Dunk Adams. who was
Republican state chairman. and tell
him to put the name OF Cole l.. Blcase
and John l. McLaurin on the ticket
as delegates at large. offered no OBJ
lection in the presence Of Blease, hut
as soon as Beard left. followed and
caught him and told him that he must
not use my name and that | would
have nothing TO do with II. TO MAKE
doubly sure, called Adams on the
phone and told him that II Beard
mentioned my name about any propo-
sition il was without my consent.
Blease had an interview in chi
cago paper in which he predicted the
election of Hughes. He used TO wonder
why no one attacked him about II.
He really believed that Hughes would
be elected, and he fully expected 10
control Federal patronage in south
Carolina. But while he hoped for
much from the Republicans, he was
shrcwd enough to hold on to the
Democratic party. and shove Beard 10
the front as the ostcnsiblc leader ol
the independent movement.
One day | had to 20 TO Washington
and New York on business connected
with the Federal Reserve board and
the insuring of stored cotton, and
took Aull with me. He was familiar
with the details Of the warehouse
business and | had need OF him.
In Washington We saw John Ca
pcrs. What transpircd there will bt
explained by the following letter from
Mr.. Capcrs:
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LAW OFFICE-EVANS BUILDING
Suite 501-i
Washington, ID. c.

June -, 1918.
Hon. John L. McLaurin,
Benncttsvillc. sc.
Dear McLaurin:
| was amazed at your inquiry II
you had written me n letter In the
iall Of 1916, saying the state could be
carried for the Republican party II an
amount equal to n thousand dollars Ia
the county could be provided.
do not believe you ever Thought
such n thing possible. although you
have had no experience whatever III
the Republican party.
have had n very pleasant expert
cnce with the party in national affairs
for over twenty years and n very sad
and discouraging experience with it,
affairs in South Carolina. As re-
suit of which. ! know that the state
could not have been carried for In,
Republican party in 1916 for fit!
thousand dollars TO the county. or III
fact, for any other amount. ! do not
know the date or the contents OF the
COPY OF n letter Mr.. Aull Is said tC
have in his possession purporting tC
he n copy OF n letter written TO mt
by you in September or October
1916. Nor do | know the date or con
tents of the original Of which II Is al.
legged he holds a copy. do not fnc
any such letter in my files, after ar
exhaustive ea1956fnna nafs s r. 1h8sNa Id Ian,
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erooKs take their : place.

morning | read in one Of fDo
papers that five people had ii. rob-
ID. This was my last visit to Lon.
don. | stayed about two days anJ
took the train at Waterloo station FOL
Southampton TO catch my steamer
for America.
The voyage across the Atlantic Was
very pleasant with little or no sea-
sickness that saw or heard of, ar
irving outside New York hay or har-
bor about sunset where we anchored
for the night. We were some dis
tancc from. but in sight, of Concy
Island and hundreds Of passengers
stayed on deck until late looking nj
the beautiful fireworks and wishing
they were there. Starting up the bay
next morning. two tugs ran along tho
side Of our vessel. hooked on and
piloted us slowly and safely to our
dock. II Is unbelievable what these
little vessels with their rapid chung
chung" can do: they seemed to pull
or push our mighty steamer where
they pleased. We soon tied up to the
dock. left tho steamer. awaited ouI
turn to have our baggage examined
and went to Broadway hotel That
afternoon left New York. reaching
home next afternoon. feeling we'll paid
for my trip and have been feeling
satisfied ever since.
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FRESH Air and MethuseIah.-Dr. v
TT Bowditch declared at a meeting O.
the National tuberculosis Association
irf Boston last Saturday that Methu.
selah was the first noteworthy person
to- give lasting proof Of the virtue Of
fresh air and that he never would
have lived to be more than 900 years
old II he hadn't been a pronounced
crank In the matter Of ventilation.
The idea Of Methuselah, says the doc
tor, was to make the floor of his abode
the earth with the shy for q ceiling
and the uttermost limits OF the world
as the north, east, south and west ex-
rosures. so to speak, Of his domiclle,
How DR.. Bowditch gets all the de-
tiils from the founder Of the life ex-
tnsion society he does not tell. Surely
10 didn't find much information In the
BOX Of books, for there isn't much
tlere about the champion old boy.
Wien he has time 1t Is to be prsd he
Will explain how Noah. gr.hoson OF
lethuselah. happened to be cut of in
ue flower Of his youth at the tender
&c Of $50. Also what indiscretion
saned out the life Of Jared who had
oily reached his 962d birthday when
sfhered to his fathers.
Doctor Bowditch has sprung a most
II teresting suggestion on the Ameri-
CT people. Building material is
diadfully high and union labor is
apsaht and horribly expensive. Be-
sfs nobody can live comfortably in
Icf or town now servants are SO
sfce II you keep house and elevator
rtners and other servitors 80 insati-
ae for tips II you live in hotel or ap-
atnent house. II there is real virtue
ifhis Methuselah method let US all
tie to 1t. Everybody can be his own
lflord and nobody will have to pay
r and everybody can laugh at the
q man In winter and the ice man in
stmer. And at the plumber all the $
round. But where does old DR..
Rditch get his information? That's
vt we desire to know. And why did c
d Meth's pet and grandson Noah a
up the reservation, build a three .
SPY structure for his ark instead Of
dg fatbottom boat which would be r
e!er to construct and where he would ),
less OF the fragrance that came d
"a the animals that marched II
ord Noah's famed liner two byi p
t-Commerce and Finance. E
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fast LEARNING TIE GAME
Atmosphere Of Training Camp HOrt
Military.
HEH BECOME SOLDIERS QUICKER.
Comments and Observations Which
Seem to Indicate that tho Peaceful
America Of Eighteen Months Ago u
Gradually But Surely Rising to ar
Appreciation Of its Now RESPONSE
biIity,
(Passed by the Censor.)

| (Passed by the Censor.)
sCorespondence The Yortvills Enquirer
Camp Sewer. June 24-Nine months
have come and gone since was
drafted into the military service. Nine
months service in the army Is jus'
about long enough for one to come tt
n realization of the fact that he knows
| just enough about the army and
things military to know that he
doesn't know anything. And that Is
exactly the way / feel about 1t. There
Is something new to be learned every
day and II one remained in the SER
vice thirty years 1t would be the same
way. That Is what some OF my SOL
| dier friends who have been in the
game ten or fifteen years tell me-
and / guess they should know what
they arc talking about. They say that
after q man has done one or two
bitches" (enlistments) soldering with
him becomes n habit, part OF his be-
ing and he couldn't be satisfied out
side the army had he all the wealth
OF n Crocsus and cntrec to every So
| cicty in the world. That may be true.
too, though / have my doubts. be-
cause | don't love the life and don't
believe | would II | did a dozen hitch
cs, which. of course, | will do provided
the. war lasts that long. Under pres
cnt conditions with Fritz trying to
Hunizc the world. wouldn't be out Of
the game of putting n crimp in him
for all the money and all the position
and every other consideration known:
but the minute he hollars "calf rope
and there's peace on earth and good
feeling among men again, that very
minute do start to raising cain to
got out OF here.
All Of which is by way Of introduc-
tion to some comments and observa-
tions that I want to get out Of my
system comparing drafted men of to-
day with those of nine months ago.
They arc much the same. and yet In
good many particulars they are diff
ferent. The average drafted man who
is being inducted in the army now.
knows more about military life to
start with than did the average
draft man who began doing his bit
along about last September and octo-
her. Likewise the civilian popula-
tion generally knows more about
matters of a military nature and Is
more interested in this war TIN they
Ere sou 8; 3nq :ul l...rs. ,ss's - =.
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pc fourth Liberty bond act, to pro-
Y for an additional $4,000. 900, 900
1war purposes was introduced in
tihouse on Thursday afternoon by
qrman Kitchin Of the ways and
rps committee. This raises the to-
pr bond authorizations to $4,000
goo. A new revenue bill is being
Ihred by the committee and this
pected to raise an additional Ss.-
Doc. 900.
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AulI got into such shape as 10 mako
further travel impossible, and
brought him home and made the New
York trip later.
Anyway, had accidentally secured
what wanted-a disintercstcd wit
ness to the fact that the campaien
manager and chief lieutenant of
ficasc had appealed to a prominent
worker In the Republican party in an
eHort to get funds to finance n bolt,
And l knew that with this proof |
could face the people OF South Caro-
lima and expose this arch traitor and
dTNe MIN forever from the councils
OF a clean and decent democracy.
Blease has ability. He could have
Deen great leader and could have
done great good. But he chose to
prostitute his ability to gain an hour's
applause and crafty an Unsuitable
ambition for power. Once he was
king. Now there are none SO low as
to do him reverence.
II may Interest the people OF South
carolina to know what Blease did TO
beard. In the fall Of 1916 Beard fin.
ally put out an independent ticket for
the general election, prompted and
urged to this course by Blease. There
appeared no chance OF the success OF
this ticket. however. and Blease drew
away from 1t. Concerning this mat
ter ! have a letter from Beard, under
date OF March Is. 1918. in which he |
says that Blease put out and even
named the Bull Moose" ticket OF
1912, and concludes: "Blease encour-
aged me to put out that ticket at the
following Q916) general election-l
which you again advised me against.
Then he got cold feet and left me in
The lurch. Now he has deserted me-"
No man In South Carolina has served
blease as Beard has. Beard was his |,
oodyguard In 1910, protected him on
he stump. and was always at his
'eck and call.
Blease claims to stand by his
rtends. Beard Is in the penitentiary
oday as the result Of following where
3lease led. and yet, as I can prove by
seard's letter, Blease has refused to
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nn1s the trenches, tHc piShS
noyels and a little Of everything. He
lhows something about the manual OF
,Iam and squads eastin'" before he
'lbnes to camp and We fellows VINO
Ic3ne last year didn't.
There are. Of course, hundreds OIL
texcptions to the description above
and there are hundreds of rockies
couing In who are just as green as
anyirookie ever was. They are In the
/ minority. though. For instance. there
Ia q fellow over in one OF the infantry
outfits at Sewer who has been In the
infantry game six weeks. He was
J put In a tent with four old heads
that Is, four fellows who have been In
the army long enough to learn few
tricks of the trade. They told this
rookie when he came in that 1t was
the duty OF every new man coming
into a tent to act as tent policeman
for Q period Of three months after In
duction into the service. The duties
OF a tent policeman consists Of making
lup the beds every morning according
to regulations. sweeping the floor and
Arranging all tent furniture in an or
derby manner daily. seeing to 1t that
there is a fresh bucket OF water on
hand all the time and doing other
sdch chores.
Every occupant OF a tent Is. OF
course, supposed to be q tent police
mAn 30 far as his own corner and inc
tent generally is concerned. Since all
four of the fellows in this perticu-
lar tent, however. solemnly assured
the new man that they had acted ms
tent policeman for a similar period
after first coming in. he took It rs n
matter of course that nc should be
cf,embermaid for the outfit for n like
pafiod.
Every morning after revcille nc
makes up each bunk In that tent
sweeps the floor until 1t Is slick as
glass and sees to 1t that there Is q
fun water pail. He's got six weeks
longer to 60 and the fact that In the
pdst six weeks he hasn't gotten on tc
the bull they are putting over him Is
evidence OF the fact that he's a rooki'
n rookie still. Other fellows in tho
company have dubbed him Ut. T..
meaning tent policeman. rs n nick
n3ne and every once In a while ht
asks some soldier why they persist ir
cabling him "T. p"
Most of them, though. are coming IT
with q smile and the smile Is grow
ingt with their length Of service. Yer,
few lof them are like young fello"
from SAlabama whom I ran into at
mastering Office the other day.
had) stopped there to tack up sig1
ny1 two on posts around directing tn
tention of soldiers to the fact tina
is absolutely necessary that we Gu
Il food waste lest we all be hungr!
b fore the scrap is over. He wa
tn lre to give the mastering officer In
fol nation about himself-that Is. hi
Maine and address, his occupation II
ciTnSiife and other like information.
,ehfS,l. lad" I inquired In sympa
S&A6SSSz1srs because he appesFe'
- an6 TIED and -trna'hi.:
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49, poo,,s NJ South Carolina:

To tho People of South Carolina:
wish to prove to you. by letters
ond the testimony Of responsible men,
that r A. Cooper. who Is openly lhe
eubernatorial candidate OF Manning
and the Manning crowd, and yet Sc
crctly an ally of Blease. Is coward
and n character assassin who operates
under cover of darkness and behind Il
mask of hypocricy: and to prove iur-
ther that Cole l. Blca'" Is traitor W
the Democratic party and wouia sen
Il for n money price-ns he was ana ~
IN spirit a traitor to his country.
7 entered this campaign as candi-
date for governor of South Carolina
with the intention Of rendering three
distinct services to my state. NO per-
sonal ambition could have tempted l'e'
hut there was work to do, ana no
other man able to do the work wouiu
nut his hand to the plow. and
First. l desired to perfect anu
.mnIify the state warehouse sSs'e"'
that / gave to South Carolina. -.
Secopd | desired to rid the state ol
,,saIesa EXPENSES, and TO lower taxes
80 have become unbearably hen'y
l. throuph the carelessness and follS oi
| those who have been the power pe-
hind the state government. osr,
Third | desired to strip the mash
| from Cole l. Blease, expose mn
before the people as n sell
IJemagogue without scruplc or hotoi
and disbar him forever from the couh-
ellis of q free, clean and intelligent oc-
mocracy. ..,oh tho
lack of the wisdom and fairness tiiat
should be the possession oi man "'s
enough to be governor oil sta'e' M
A. Cooper has pcrcipitated my ex-
nosure OF Blease and In so DONG eN-
posed his own real character.
When this campaign began, cooper
ANNOUNCED on the stump that NJ
would not criticise another candiu"te
and a few days later SAID that Nv
would not have the office II ne mao ~
win It by the faults of his opponents
instead OF his own merits.
This was n high and fair Statement. :,
and he gained credit by II, put ~
was hypocritical. 1t was MASK u
cover the real man, for SINCE lhen
while apparently friendly WIN me- II.
has been slipping around behind my
lback and showing to some OF his sup
porters a letter given him by n weaF
land bitter man, imputing to me q
lcrfme of which l am not, and couie
lam infnrmed that the letter, gtver
'1tc-COopSstt,e 1uu.2s = R Au0 OF SeRI
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/ william Cumming Story, for

e. William Cumming Story. for
y director general Of the Daugh-
fof the American Revolution. has
indicted by q New York grand
On charges of grand larceny.
larceny and conspiracy. Mrs.
claims the charges are the
Of q disgr,intled treasurer of an
fixation Of which she Is now the
t,rer.