The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-08

the legal means for handling such
people.
CO. Lastly, the automobile has greatly
increased the facilities for clandestine
prostitution. The bell boy in the hotel,
conniving with immoral women and
'1ustful men, present a problem unsolv-
able under our present laws. Therefore,
I ask you to follow the lead Of the fed
eral government by making the princi-
| Piles of the Mann white slave law oper-
ative intra-state.
Conclusion.
I believe that our country is now
righteously aroused, and stands ready
for great endeavor. But the enormous
resources behind this endeavor, the
wealth of men and materials, must be
brought together by careful thought,
and then the fine spirit Of the country
can be put into deeds. This for South
Carolina is your task, gentlemen of the
general assembly-to bring the resources
of our State together so that everything
we have and everything we can do can
60 to help our men in beating down and
overcoming our enemies. Who are our
enemies-the Hohenzollern and the
Hapsburg9 Yes, they and their known
supporters. These enemies will find our
soldiers before them in increasing num-
bers, and we may feel confident that a
certain fate awaits them. But shame
less as have been the deeds of these ene-
mics to human freedom and decency,
and as unblushing as has been the obedi-
ence of their men, We have some enemies
nearer home. Let us deal with them
as our sons will deal with those in arms.
These are enemies without the excuse
of blood relationship binding them to
the Teutonic cause-they take no risk
in battle, they lack the physical cour-
age Of the kaiser's avowed retainers
and followers; they are sneah-thieves
far from the front, probably taking
bribes from Germany, trying to DO be-
hind our armies what they dare not do
in the open.
A year ago there was divided opinion
as to our entering the war. Some OBJ
,, iected to taking our soldiers three thou
sand miles away across the sea, even
though our honor was at stake. DO not
forget that before we entered the war
nineteen American ships were sunk by
the German submarines, and two hun
dred and twenty-five American men, wo-
men and children ruthlessly submarined
and murdered. Germany then issued an
order closing the seas, which order would
have closed the zone through which
passed two-t thirds Of our export wheat;
dve-sixths OF our hog products; six-sev'
enths Of our beef products Could SIX
and a half million farmers, could the
twenty million toilers, could the one
hundred million people of this country
submit to this action2 Could our coun-
trymen have maintained their self-re-
spect had they submitted to such out
rageous conducta But for our entrance
into the war France and England would
have finally been crushed. The English
navy and the French and English armies
standing between US and our enemies
would have succumbed to Germany.
With these armies and navies out of the
way the Atlantic ocean would have been
under Germany's control, and open to
their ships of war and ships of COM
merce. We would have been attacked
and our country invaded on the coast,
through Canada on one side and Mexico
on the other. This was Germany's hope
and her plan; the Zimmerman note re-
veals the far-reaching intrigue and
treachery, and the attempted. marshall
ing. of many forces; against. ,us. Civil
zafffoTn zzsf6o9Tn iittssssif Vas threatened. To have