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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-18
lever STEPS down
viii Re-entef Race For His Present
Seat.
PRESIDENT has SO ADVISED.
Interesting Correspondence - Which
Probably Explains Why Senator Till
man Sought to Suppress the Letter
in Which He Tore Things Up.


Congressman Lever has retired from
] the senatorial race. and has announced
his candidacy for recollection to the
place he now holds. In this connection
he has given out the following:
The correspondence between the
president and me speaks very plainly
and points very clearly to my duty,
which fulfill in seeking a renomina-
tion to the house.
Il express to those who have so 10y
ally supported my candidacy for the
senate my everlasting appreciation.
Il regret the embarrassment which
this action causes to those who have
announced themselves for congress
from the district. and to me-"
Tho Presidents Letter.
The letter from the president to Mr.
Lever follows:
The White House.
Washington, June Z, 1918.
Dear Mr.. Lever:
II know that sometime ago you SUBJ
mitted your name for nomination In
the Democratic primary election in
South Carolina as senator from that
state and that the last day for the
filing OF papers Is the 18th Of this
month. There now seems TO be very
reasonable assurance that no one will
succeed In securing the nomination in
South Carolina whose entire record
does not make II plain that he will
support the nation and the govern
mcnt with unqualified loyalty in the
vigorous prosecution of this war to n
successful conclusion. am writing to
ask.if this Is not also your own view,
and II 1t Is. whether you would not
bc willing to reconsider your decision
and to remain in the house where you
would continue to serve as chairman
Of the very important committee on
agriculture. It is clear to me that un-
less there are very compelling reasons
to the contrary you should do this.
:.'Thc past five years have been ex-
ceptionally fruitful Of legislation o.
vast Importance not only to agricul-
tural life and 10 the 50.0O0,000 of peo-
pie living in the rural districts. but
also to the whole nation and the world
rs well. There Is still, as you know.
important and critical measures press
ing for solution. The regular appro-
priation bill, not only providing for the
highly important activities Of the de-
partment of agriculture. but also con-
tanning an unfortunate proposal to
change the price Of wheat fixed in II
Rclamation issued sometime ago, is
ID pending II is important that this
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-18
DEFENDERS OF THE COUNTRY
Seleetmen Registered for Service by
onaI Roard No 1

Following is Il list OF the young men
of from II TO 81. under the jurisdic-
tion ot local hoard No. l. who were
registered for selectivc service on June
). The list Is reproduced from the
Rock Hill Herald:
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-11-08
OBITUARY

Mrs. Elizabeth Everhard Ream, a
daughter Of Jonathan and Catherine
Everhard and widow of the late VIM.
Ream of Wadsworth, departed this
life late Sunday evening, Oct. 27, 1918,
at the advanced age of 78 years, Z
months and 21 days.
She was born in Sharon township,
Medina County, Ohio, April 6, 1910,
and on the 31st of May following was
given to God in holy baptism. She
confirmed the parental VOWS when II
years Of age by uniting with the Evan
gelical Lutheran church at Loyal Oak,
May 80, 1857. She remained MEM
ber of this church until her. marriage
when she united with the church OF
her husband, the Reformed church at
the Townline, or more correctly, MT.
Zwingli Reformed church. Upon tax
ing up residence in Wadsworth in 1902
she with her husband, transferred
their membership to Trinity church OF
that village.
She married William Ream, Jan. 6,
1859, with whom she lived in happy
wedlock for over fifty-four years, he
having died Sept. 1, 1918. Their
home was blessed with six children,
five of whom were reared to manhood
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-11-08

who lived south of Western Star and
Lovina Snyder, the brides sister, OF
Easton. The latter has been dead
many years. Mr.. Dague resides at
Doyiestown. Five children blessed
this union and all are now living
They are Clarence, Charles and Clyde
of Wadsworth, James of Akron, and
Mrs. Ellice Kaufman of South Shar-
on, Mr.. Hartman was 70 years olo
on Feb. "a, and Mrs. Hartman was 81
on Sept. IL. Both enjoy good health
and their outlook on life is OF sun
shine as the years 60 by.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-11-08
New Man---New Equipment.

Weiss Of Whitmore Lake, Mich, Mrs.
Catherine A. Schlott, who came
from Loyal Oak soon after the death
of Father Ream in order to care for
her mother in her declining years, died
the 18th of July in this present year.
There are also three grandchildren,
one of whom is with the fightingforces
of our nation in France, one soldier
in training at Camp Gordon and one
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-11-08

and womanhood. and one Of whom,
Kent, died in infancy. The living
children are Orris R., and Park w.
Ream of Wadsworth, Attorney Frank
E. Ream Of Akron and Mrs. Ethel
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-11-08
Courtesy of Banner Press, Wadsworth

The above illustration is Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Moses Hartman Of Wadsworth,
who celebrated the fifty-ninth ami
versary of their marriage on last Fri
day, Nov. 1. On that momentous
date, for them, in 1859, Moses Hart
man and Catherine Snyder plighted
their. troth at the High church at
Manchester, O. The wedding was un-
ostentatious, the following relatives
being the only attendants: Jacob
Hartman and Hannah Everhard, who
were married two years later and who
now reside at Medina; Gabriel Dague,
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-11-08

lives in Akron.
Since the death of Mrs. Schlott,
Mother Ream divided her residence
with her three sons. She died at the
home of Orris Ream in Wadsworth.
Owing to the quarantine prevailing
against influenza, private funeral was
held Wednesday afternoon and burial
was made in Woodlawn cemetery at
Wadsworth.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-12
The World Must Be Made Safe for Democracy
Bv I. WESTERMANN, Professor of History,
University of Wisconsin
PT5ed under direction of State Council Defense

to it that the Belgian population, now
still hostile to us, shall adapt itself
and subordinate itself, if only gradu.
ally, to the German domination. .
He who remains in the country must
declare his allegiance to Germany and
after time must declare his allegi-
ance to Germanism (Deutschtum, the
superior German civiliZation)." Won
Bissing's memorandum (breathes
throughout the spirit of autocracy,
that Grass political brutality which has
compelled our entrance into the war
and will keep US in it to the end.
In the Baltic states recently con-
quered by Germany the heavy hand
and purpose of the German conquerors
have recently been shown. No atten-
ton is being paid to the desire of the
Let's, Lithuanians, and Esthonians for
independent and democratic statehood.
The German owners of great estates
there are in control. In Poland, Ger
many is basing her power on the
landed aristOcracy, a group of medic
val barons who will rule in their own
interests and those of their German
masters.
The programme of the German
militarists was, and still is, to break
forever the power of our sister DEM
ocracy of France. France must be
bled Whitei" Then England, that ma
ton of shop-keepers," with its liberal
institutions, must be made 3ubservi-
ent to German autocratic ideals and
be removed forever from the pathway
of the expansion and spread of the
| German rule
Should the Teutonic allies be sue
cessful and impose their will upon Eu-
rope, there would be no safety in the
world for the free and democratic col
onies of the British Empire Canada,
| New Zealand, and Australia have
been fighting for four years the fight
| for democracy-for our democracy as
their own. We know, now, that their
| fight is our fight.
Our own democracy, also, like those
| of Canada, New Zealand, Australia,
would be directly endangered. For
German imperialistic policy has aimed
| for twenty years or more at the con-
| troll of the South American republics
and then our turn was to GOMEZ!
After the Spanish-American war a
| German military attache, in explaining
| to an American officer the German
plan of conquest, declared:
Some months after we finish our
work in Europe (the taking of Paris
and the crushing of England) we will
take New York and probably Wash
| ington and hold them for some time.
We will put your country in it's place
with reference to Germany. The
Monroe doctrine will be taken charge
of by us . and we will take charge
of South America, as far as we want
to-"
There is no doubt as to the great is
sue involved in this war. The world
must be made safe for democracy.
| And now is the time for the demo-
cratic peoples of the world to fight
this issue to a finish.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-12
JUNGLE LAW.

Contributed by ROBERT HER
Leagues campaign of Patriotism
Through Education.)
Returning from Europe, cursed with
war, was more convinced than of
anything else in life that what is be-
ing slowly settled in that grim trench
land over there DOES mean some
thing to us-more, oh, SO much more,
than money or legal rights or SYM
pathy for bleeding humanity. Not
that I am especially apprehensive of
raid on these United States, the crum-
bling of our skyscrapers, with the ex-
action of colossal indemnities. That,
too, Of course, might happen if Ger
man arms were triumphant. if the
pax Germanica were imposed upon
beaten world.
But that is not to me the worst To
me the German peril does not lie so
much in her big guns, her submarines,
her "Prussianized war machine" 1t
lies in herself, in her image of the
world. If Germany could win even
partial victory under her monstrous
creed of applied materialism, illuminat-
ed as it has been by every sort of Gym
ical crime, with its reasoned defiance
of contract, it's principle of indispensa-
BILE seventies" it's military logic, etc.,
THAT must become the moral law of
all the world-the jungle law! In or
der to survive we must all accept this
law of the jungle. And of all the
PROSTATE peoples of the world forced
to accept the victor's new version Of
the ancient commandments proud
America would be the first. We can
not resist the fascination of success.
So the German ideal, the German
tyranny over the individual, the Ger
man morality-one rule for you and
me as individuals and another utterly
irresponsible rule when we get togeth-
er as a state-would be initiated by
us more than the German thorough
ness in civil and military organization.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-12
MRS. THOMAS J. PRESTON, JR.

meanings of the war and the necessity
for it's efficient and aggressive prosecu-
ton.
Mrs. Preston is at her desk in the
new offices of the Security League, 10
West FortyfOurth street, New York
city, daily, conducting the voluminous
correspondence connected with the
work of her committee, which now ex-
tends into every state in the Union.
In accepting the secretaryship, Mrs.
Preston wrote DR.. Robert NJ. McElroy ::
81 am happy in accepting this oppor-
tunity to work with the league. l can
think of no way in which l could more
surely contribute my share to the pres
ent needs of our country than by join
ing in the very important work which
your bureau has undertaken"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-12

On April 2, 1917, President Wilson
called together the two houses OF Con-
gress in joint session and asked that
war be declared upon the government
of the German Empire. In his ADDRESS
! he gave to us and the world the hgnt-
ing slogan of the United States:
THE WORLD MUST BE MADE
SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY" For to
the great experiment of democratic
government, the people of the United
States is unalterably committed.
In 1914 when the Archduke OF Aus
tria was murdered, the mobiles VINO
rule the Austro-Hungarian empire de-
cided to take that occasion to square
their long-standing account with
fServia. In this decision they were
backed by Germany's rulers whose mad
plans of increased power are now SO
well known. The basis of the hatred
of the Austrians for Servia was pollt-
zeal. The reasons for the Hungarian
hatred of Servia were partially pollt-
zeal, but chiefly economic.
AS far as Hungary and Servia are
concerned, this war is largely strug-
gle between a feudal land-hOldlng au-
tocracy and democratic, farming peo-
pie. The Servians were peasants
Eighty per cent of them owned land,
and titled the land they owned. Hun
gary, also, is an agricultural country.
But 1t is, economically, feudal state.
only twelve per cent of the Hungarian
people own farm lands. One one-hun-
dredth of one per cent of the total
population of Hungary controls thirty
one per cent of all its arabic land
The small group of forty feudal
barons included in this number con-
trolls absolutely the destinies OF the
20,000,000 of the Hungarian people.
Politically, as we'll as economically,
Hungary is a feudaI autocracy. About
six per cent Of the working classes
have the right to vote. Agricultural
laborers and apprenticed workmen are
excluded. But Servia was politically
democratic state. Every man VINO
paid three dollars year IN dlrect
taxes had the franchise. The SerVlan
king was a peoples king who sat IN
the National Assembly along with the
elected representatives of his people.
The Hungarian land barons are no
longer bothered by the competition OF
the free Servian peasants.
Even more clearly than at its be-
ginning the issue of the war stands
out today as a fight for democracy,
for the rights of nations great and
small and the privilege of men every
where to choose their way of life and
obedience" The future planned for
Belgium by the German militarlsts,
who are more than ever in control OF
Germany, is absolute proof of this.
General Won Kissing, the late Ger
man Governor of Belgium, left mem
orandum which has been published,
since his death, in German newspapers
and re-pubIished by our government.
What is to be the fate of the free
BeIgians? Won Kissing tells US:
"Ths policy of power -. must see
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-12
PRESIDENTS WIDOW
IN WAR WORK
Mrs. Thos. ]. Preston, Jr. For
merly Mrs. Grover CIeveIand)
Active Secretary of Security
League Committee.

Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr. (for-
merly Mrs. Grover Cleveland), who
was recently elected a member of the
Executive Committee of the National
Security League, the first woman to
be so honored, has joined the execu-
tive staff of the league as secretary
of the Committee on Patriotism
Through Education, through which the
league is promoting a campaign
throughout the country to awaken the
people to a realization. of the true
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-12
Where the Sea Is Black.

Apart from the various shades of
blue and green, the sea appears of a
deep red in the Bay of Loango, yellow
off the coast of Japan, white near Cape
Palmas, and almost black near the
Maldive islands.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-12
Duties of Criticism,

Justly to discriminate, firmly to es-
tabIish, wisely to prescribe, and hou-
estly to award-these are the true
aims and duties of criticism.-Simms.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-12
Where Waste Comes In.

"a lazy mans waste of time don't
mount to so much" said Uncle Eben.
what mounts up is de time it takes
a whole lot of other people to wait on
him."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-12
Cannot Be Repaired.

The loss of q friend is like that of
a limb time may heal the anguish Of
the wound, but the loss cannot be re-
paired.-Soutbey.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17
GERMANY RESORTS
TO BIGGER U-BOATS
AS TOTAL OF HER SUBMARINES
DNINDLES, SHE PUTS OUT MORE
FORMIDABLE TYPE, FRENCH
MINISTER OF MARINE WARNS.

PARIS. May 1.-THE steady de-
cline of German submarine effective
ness and the fact that the German
government is aware of and is con-
cealing this by grossly exaggerated
figures on sinkings, were illustrated
before the Naval Committee of the
Chamber of Deputies by George Ley
CUES, Minister Of Marine, who produc-
ed tabulated records to show that the
actual losses for April 1918 were only
26S,704 tons. the smallest monthly loss
for year.
Mr.. Leygues declared, however, that
the Germans were bringing out new
and more formidable type of subma-
rine, and because of this the Allies
must continue their vigorous cam
paign until we have cleaned up the
the sea as one cleans up trench. The
enemy is trying a fresh offensive in
which 1t plays for his last stake"
/ nj. Leygues gave the following
comparative table of tonnage actually
lost and that claimed by Germany to
have been destroyed in the last FIVE
months.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17

For sale by Mrs. Gamers Hair
dressing parlors.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17

1elts and water ices)' druggists for
medical purposes only, tobacco and
explosive manufacturers, manufactur-
ers OF apple butter, honey producers,
glycerine manufacturers.
The following are not entitled to
more than 5000 of the sugar used dur
ing the same period of 1917:
Condiment manufacturers, manufae-
'turers Of soda water, manufacturers of
confectionery. candies and chocolate,
manufacturers of soft drinks and
teTsrage syrups. bottlers of soft
drinks. fruit syrup and fiavoring ex-
tract manufacturers, manufacturers of
sw E pickles, chewing gum manufac-
turers. cocoa manufacturers. manufac-
turers of invert sugar, wine and GER
cal manufacturers, all others. soda
water fountains and sellers of soft
drinks.
The following are not entitled to
luse sugar:
I Leather tanners, manufacturers of
| non-edible products
| These rules and regulations shall
not apply to shipments or deliveries
on bona fide contracts enforceable at
law, made prior to May Is. 1918; nor
shall they apply to sales or deliveries
ito hotels. restaurants, boarding houses
or other public eating places whose
products are sold for consumption on
the premises nor to wholesalers or
Retailers in sugar holding a license
from the United States Food Admin
istralion. nor to bakeries and cracker
manufacturers holding a license I'M
Ider the United States Food Admin
listration.
The wholesaler or retailer shall
cancel Immediately upon receipt and
mail on the first of each month to the
Federal Food Administrator whose
name is signed thereto, all sugar GER
tificates received by him during the
preceding month.
ANDREW NJ. SOULE.
Federal Food Administrator fer Ga
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17
new RULES ISSUED
FOR Use OF SUGAR

ATLANTA, Ga, May 17.-After May
Is no manufacturer using sugar for
manufacturing purposes will be per
mitted to purchase sugar without the
surrender of an authorized sugar dis
tribtuion certificate issued by the
State Food Administrator IN the state
where the manufacturing conce-a ia
located and endorsed on The back h
the buyer
All wholesale and retail graeers il
Georgia are herby notified tat they
must not sell, after May is. to any
manufacturing concern using sugar
(see exceptions listed unless the
manufacturer delivers the necessary
certificates. These certificates viii be
issuel and may be secured from the
Federal Food Administrator. IA
Chamber of Commerce building, At
lanta, Ga This new regulation of the
United States Food Administrator
will affect many industries in Geor-
gia including all candy makers. soft
drink makers, soda fountains, etc
To secure these certificates the
purchaser must make a sworn state
ment certifying that the amount OF
sugar to be purchased will not give tbs
buyer more than his fair share of the
sugar then available for distribution
Certificates will be issued in the fol
lowing denominations; so pounds. 100
pounds, 500 pounds, 1000 pounds. 5000
pounds, 10000 pounds, and 10000
pounds.
Certificates will be issued from May
18th to July LIST in accordance with
the following percentages Ct the
amount users are entitled to as shown
ty statements filed with the Federal
Food Administrator
The following aye entitled to 100
per cent of the amount of sugar used
in the same period of 1917:
Preservers and packers of veget-
ables. catsup and Chilli sauce. fruit
and milk Manufacturers of jam.
jelly and preserves. meat packers. ice
cream manufacturers. Excluding ser
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17
WAS time TO LAUGH
AND OUR TROOPS DID

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 17-How an American
alarm clock kept the whole German
line guessing and caused the Germans
useless expenditure of large quanti-
tiles Of machine gun and rife ammu-
rition all one night was related to-
day
The americans had been trying for
scme me to draw the fire of certain
eLeuly units.
Leave Fritz to me, SAID happy
faced young American, who, putting an
alarm clock under his arm, disap-
peared into no mans land under cover
of darkness and fastened the clock to
/. q wire
Soon the alarm rang. whereupon
the Germans opened fire. The wire
had been so arranged that clock con
tinued to ring internationally, and each
time drew violent fire from the en-
envy Meanwhile the Americans rest
ed in their trenches, and laughed and
laughed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17

The munster asserted that ,Ge
nImser o. L boats sunk in the first
three months of 1918 was greater than
the number built
Referring to Vice Amiral Capelle
German Minister of Marine) state
ment in the Reichstag on April Il
that 100000 ton of allied Shipping were
sunk monthly, he said these figures
declined in April 1917, and in Novem-
Der fell below 100000. Since then they
have diminished continuously
In February, March and April, &C
cording to Mr. Leagues, 1928 French
steamers and 7SS French sailing yes
sells passed through the danger zone
and not a single ship was sunk. On
the other hand, the destruction Of L
boats was so great that the effective
ness of enemy squadrons cannot be
maintained at the minimum required
by regulations.
These results the minister ac,res5s
tied tc the close co-ordinatioz u 1os
allied navies, the intrepidity Q: c-
GERS and crews of naval and Ezr1sl
squardons, to the intensified 1sH q 133
methods and the employment q zs#
ones.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17
Relief from Eczema

Don't worry about eczema or other
skin troubles. You can have a clear,
healthy skin by using a little zemo,
obtained Of any drug store for S5c, or
extra large bottle at $1.00.
Zemo generally removes pimpIes, black.
heads. blotches eczema. and ringworm
and makes the skin clear and healthy.
Zemo Is clean, penetrating, antiseptic
liquid, neither sticky nor greasy and stains
nothing. Il Is easily applied and costs .
mere triie for each application Il b
always dependable.
. ThsE ". Rose Co. ceTssssA O
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17
, = y \ 4 y y = =
GARDEN SASS.
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s&S,9S gE :,
I cannot join the army, for the army
told me so,
Aad lots of men are heavier an
wiser
Bnt I'm ready for all corners with a
garden rake an hoe.
And I'm raisin' peas an beans to
beat the Kaiser!
The navy doesn't want me messin'
up pretty deck,
They've chased me out of each re-
cruitin' station,
But me an Herbie Hooyer's gonta
win the war. by heck,
An I've got the finest garden in
the nation!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17

81 am not at all soured as the result
of my three years experience" he
says, hut don't envy the other fellow
quite as much as used to. he has
troubles of his own. realize now
what tragedy it ia to be unprepared
to do any one thing well, and realize
what a king the man is who really has
the goods"