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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-03
GEORGE MACKAY'S RELATIVES
GIVE UP HOPES FOR SAFETY
Ocala Boy Gave Life to Country
Letters Show in What High Esteem
He Was Held by Officers

Ocala, June ALI hopes that
George l.. MacKay, Of this city, re-
Gently reported as missing in action
on the French 'front.' might be a pris-
oner, has been abandoned. His fa-
Their, Mr.. George Mackay, is just in
receipt of letters from the War De-
Ipartment enclosing letters from the
colonel major and one Of Georges
companions which give no hope that
he is still alive. The following are
copies of some of the letters received
concerning this sad affair and will be
read with interest by the friends of
the MacKay family throughout the
State:
George MacKay,
Ocala, Fla.
My Dear Sir:
You have doubtless received word
in the usual official way that your
son George is reported missing. !
have such high regard for the young
man that I feel his loss very deeply
and knowing that time like this you
and his mother will want every scrap
of information about him that is
Available, I have procured what
could from both French and Ameri.
can sources and have furnished copies
to your son, Robert and Chazal to be
sent to you.
There is no further information
can add except that the identification
by the French soldier Berthoud seem:
complete.
All American soldiers in action ar,
required to wear the British ga'
mask in the alert position, hun.
around their necks and tied in plac,
across their chests. AS the canva
haversack in which the mask is car
ried is about nine inches square an,
three inches thick, it is quite conspic
uous. 1t is not worn by either til
French or German and it is certai
that your son and Moody were tn
only one in the action so equipped.
am sure therefore that the man de
scribcd by Berthoud was your son
I Whether he was dead or severed
wounded and what has become of hill
since it is impossible to ascertai
from here.
! If he was dead he will be buried b
the Germans near the place he fe
and his grave will be marked wit
his name, ETC., on a wooden cross.
he was wounded he will be cared fc
in the German hospitals and will
I course be held as a prisoner. | b,
\ lieve there is some method of procu,
ing information about prisoners he,
by the Germans through the Swi.
I government but do not recall whetl
! er it should be taken up through Il
State Department or the Red Cros,
that, however, you may ascertai
without difficulty.
| 1t may be of interest to you
know what I can tell you abo,
George McKay's. services. Shortly a
ter | was detailed to command Il
l17th engineer regiment, George can
into my Office in Washington scekiI
- service of some kind. | was tak,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-03
(By Willis ]. Abbott to Security
Leagues Campaign of Patriotism.)

League VI
In Ambassador Gerard's notable ac-
count of his life at the American en-
bassy in Berlin, prior to our entrance
upon the war, are many significant
statements. Perhaps none is more so
than the assertion credited to lady,
for whose veracity and gravity the
ambassador vouches, that the crown
prince assured her of his purpose to
provoke a war on his accession to the
throne, provided his father had not
done so first. Needless to note that
this patriotic purpose Of the son was
forestalled by the superior efficiency
OF the father.
But the prince went on to say that
his war would include an attack on
the United States. During the course
OF the controversy over the subma-
rines the kaiser turned on the United
States minister with menacing snarl
and the exclamation, Let me tell you
that after this war is over | will
brook no nonsense from the United
States And Won Tirpitz, then and
perhaps still the greatest power in
Germany under the kaiser and Won
Hindenburg, said CURLY that he ex-
pected after England was beaten to
her knees to use the German navy
against the United States.
could cite scores of individual eX'
pressions of German hatred for the
United States even before our en-
trance upon the war. But they
might be dismissed as mere gossip.
The incidents / have cited are digni-
fed by inclusion in an Ambassadors
memoirs. They leave no doubt that
the idea of conquest of the United
States was rooted in the German mind
before we flung down the gage Of bat
tle.. isf%
We are now in the war and it Is
incredible that Germany should win
1t. But as the struggle progresses
those well-meaning individuals who
opposed it-some of them were we'll
meaning though many were German
dupes and tools-will learn good
deal Of belated wisdom Had Germany
won this war, should it win now, the
spoilation of France in 1871 was as
nothing to what the United States
would suffer. Our outlying depend
encies would undoubtedly be snapped
up, Germany would COST us as suze-
rain of Panama and owner Of the Ca
nal Zone Some foothold on the main
land of the Northern Continent she
would unquestionably demand. II
might be some section of our OWL
territory, or she might content her
self with robbing England of sub.
stantial slice Of Canada, there to es
tablish a Teutonic outpost and de
velop it into base whence to de-
scend upon us once more when the
appetite for blood and treasure grew
again. And be sure it would grow
It was after only four years of peace
that Bismarck, chagrined by thu
seeming ease with which France hat
paid the three milliards he had ex
acted-an unprecedented exaction foI
that Unexplained to force new
war and get some more spoil W.
should become Germany's cow-to b.
MIXED of our wealth whenever Ger
man financial institutions grew hun
CRY. &7E
There has never been a time sin
the development of the lust for COZ
quest in Germany that the dismem
berment and looting of the Unite
States has not been a part of the pre-
gram of Teutonic aggression. 1t wa
not for nothing that the German
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-08-21
with which they answered the Blease

with which they answered the Blease
Blease." The Anti-Blease candidates
for county offices had a time of it, In
deed lot Of them were like some folks
today who do not consider it any
Dody's business how they vote. They
lodged the issue as long as they could
and then took their medicine. There
was little doubt then about the
strength Of the Rlease vote. But today
the wind blows differently. Candi-
dates on the Blease platform are
scarce and the interrogators are on
the other side. If there are any Blease
candidates Offering for Office in this
county they are very backward about
letting it be known. At a campaign
meeting in Kershaw county the other
day, according to the Camden Chron-
icle, out Of twenty-thrcc candidates,
fifteen declared themselves as sup
Dortcrs Of Mr.. Dial, FIVE were non-com-
mittec and three declared for MIR.
HlcaSe. OF the three that declared for
Mr.. BlC&Sc, one bore the same name
as the standard bearer Of the Reform
party in the gubcrnatorial race and
another bore the same name as the
sheriff whom Gov. Manning tcmporari-
ly put out of Office for neglect Of duty.
The strength of the Reform party,
calculated on the number Of candi-
dates it has been able to put in the
&cld. appears to be weak.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-08-21

were guests for awhile Of Mr.. and Mrs
w. NJ. Myers.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. *. Long and chill
dren. Edwin, Kathleen and Louise, Of
Pelzer, are visiting their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. b. Bolt.
Mr.. Nylcs Clark, Of Columbia Uni
versity, spent the weekend with home
folks and attended services at Lang
ston Sunday morning. Nyles is al
ways welcome back home.
Miss Sara Frances Glenn was re-
Gently in Clinton visiting friends. She
returned last week from Henderson
willie, n. c., where she attended a
house party.
Mr.. Carlos Boyd, Of Laurns, attend
ed the old soldiers reunion Saturday.
Miss Ruth Bolt is spending a few
weeks with her sister Mrs. Il. w.
Barksdalc, at Gray Court
Protracted meeting starts at Lang
ston Thursday night at eight o'clock.
Everybody come.
Mr.. Carroll Donnon, of Grccnvillc.
spent the week end with his uncle.
Mr. +. J.. Donnon.
Misses Minnie Lee and 1.orcc Don
non spent Scvcra, days last week with
their uncle al Boyds Mill, DR.. Donnon
Mr.. Edl Myers spent Wednesday
night with Mr. Josh (. Poole.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-08-21
Didlake.BIukply.

Friends and relatives have returned
from Star, Miss. here on the evening
Of the lst, at the Baptist church, the
marriage Of Miss Edna Earle Didlakc
70 Mr.. liayne d. Blakely, formerly Of
his county but now Of Knoxville,
cdifcc was simply but elegantly dec
GRATED for the occasion. graceful ferns
blending with the national cOlorS, as
bright lights threw dreamy radiance
into the church by two lovely maidens
in white, Misses Alma Loilin and Leliu
Didlakc, and awaited the arrival of The
bridal party. Just before this party
entered, the sweet solo 81 Love You
Truly, was rendered by Mrs DR.. a.
y. l.Olin, accompanied by Mrs. Mel
vim Nanzandt. The inspiring notes Of
the wedding march sounded by Mrs.
i. w. Slaton, was the signal for tho
approach of the bridal party. Follow
ing the wedding attendants. the bride
entered with her father. Mr.. Philips
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-08-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.


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Chevrolet Palmetto'Auto and Aces
Sory Company. 81
icmstitching ana Pichoting- Mail
orders filled promptly. Singer Sewing
Machine CO., greenwood. 3-it-pd
FOR Statehood gentle buggy horse
cheap. O. Is. simmons. o-lt-pd
F"r Shic-Nice Jersey COW with call
about eight weeks old. K. v lrby.
l'aurcnS, ,. I. oil
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hollar, WIN lhScrlplion ana Sold cross
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Miss Beatrice Babb and get reward.
5-lt
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-08-21
HOW THE WIND BLOWS.

Candidates may well be compared to
the little weather cock which the kids
put on the gable Of the barn. You
can tell how the wind blows by
watching the little contraption. You
can also tell how the political wind
blows by the candidates offering for
we may call 1t in South Carolina, gen
orally has the largest list Of "excmp-
lars" in the race and its representa-
tivcs are usually more outspoken in
their political views. We all remcm-
ber the numerous Blease candidates Of
several years ago and the confidence
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-08-21
GIRLSi WHEN SKIN
WITH LEMON JUICE

Make beauty lotion for Il few cents
10 remove tan. irrckleS, Sall0wncSS.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter Will supply
>ou with three ounces OF orchard white
for few cents. squeeze the juice OF
two fresh lemons into a bottle, then
put in the orchard white mad shake
we'll This makes quarter pint of the
very best lemon skin whitcner and
complexion btautiiicr known. Mas
sage this fragrant creamy lotion daily
into the face, neck, arms and hands
and Just see Now frcckles, tan. sal
lCwncss, redncss and r0ughness dis
appcar and how smooth. soft and clear
the skin becomes. Yes It Is harm
less, and the beautiful results will sur
prise you.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-08-21
Tho ouInlno That Does Nos Affect the Head

Because Of It's tonic and laxative effect. LAXA.
TIVE DROMO QUININE Is better than ordinary
Quninc and does net cause nervousness no'
:uGiny In head Rcmembcr ilc fui name ar'
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-08-21
What's the matter with the supply
OF Blcasc buttons this year?

OF Bleasc buttons this year?
The Advertiser expresses its thanks
TO the fire department and others who
made such prompt response to our
alarm Of fire Saturday afternoon
Thanks to them, the damage done was
negligible.
If it hadn't been for Gov Manning
we suppose Col. Roosevelt and John
Y. Duncan, with EX.-G0v. Blcase would
be in France today with their volun-
tccr armies. That man Manning is a
powerful fellow.
The Advertiser will more than like
~ reach most Of its readers day
late this week on account OF an acci-
dent in the prcSSrOOm. The local
news nfa,lcr in the paper was also
largely reduced this week for the
same reason. We ask the indulgence
OF our readers on this account.
Oar hope is that next Tuesday every
voter Will cast his ballot according
to the dictates Of his conscience. If
Tie candidates whom we support are
then elected we will b. gratified. If
rhcy are not. our regret will be that
we have not been able TO present our
case as it could be presented. Our
Judgment may be wrong, bat we will
be willing to abide hy the rule Of the
majority. Our belief Is that Dial and
Cooper will both win by a safe ma
j0rty.
Two letters given the press last
week should diSabuSc the mind; Of
conscientious Blcascitcs OF erroneous
Impressions which they may have aOt-
ten from Blcase and his newspaper
organ in regard to Blcasc's relation to
the administration and to the prcsi-
dent. 4 persistent campaign has been
carried on by The Charleston Amcri-
can. the Blcasc organ. to create the
iiIipl ''N"!Ci llldl bltdSt NOu!U Dt as
welcome to the administration i'm
WASHINGTON as Dial. The President
himself has spoken however, and says
II have not the least fear that they
the people Of South Carolina will
believe that Mr.. BlcaSc is or can be
friend Of the administration" That
clears uD the view Of Mr. BleaSp as
held in Washington. Now, what Of
President Wilson as held by BlCasc.
IN spite Of all that Blcasc says that
he will do if elected. what does Mr..
McLaurin, who has been an intimate
friend Of him say Of him. There is
not man closely associated with him
tBlaasc) who has not heard his Bit
ter donncatonS in private converSa-
ton, and who does not know his in
tense hatrc! G. President Wilson"
Outwardly protesting his loyalty to the
president bur down in his heart
nursing a fervcnt hatred. Is it rea-
Sonablc TO suppose that one holding
the views Of the president that Blease
does, can possibly render him un-
Stinted support?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-08-21

If it hadn't been for Gov. Manning
we suppose Col Roosevelt and John
Y. Duncan, with EX.-GOv. Blcase would
be in France today with their .vol,n-
tccr armies. That man Manning is
powerful fellow
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-08-21

The Advertiser expresses its thanks
TO the fire department and others who
made such prompt response to our
alarm Of fire Saturday afternoon.
Thanks to them, the damage done was
negligible.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-16
DEL LAWARE: BOYS co
TO TRAINING CAMP
Will Learn Field Artillery Work
at School at Camp Tay-
lor, Kentucky.

Camp DIX, Wrightstown, \. j., Sept.
16-Chiehv New Jersey and Delaware
soldiers from the Depot Brig adc and
other camp organizations are included IN
the detail who have won appoint mcnt to
the field artillery central officers training
school at Camp Taylor. Ky. They in
cludc Ernest \. Kemp, Norman Widdows,
v Andrews. Eugene Keller, Daniel
Depacc, Wainwright Blake, Lester G.
Schucknect. James r. Solar, Carl i Ward,
W. II. Lakeman, Joshua Egclson, A, ID.
Toomcv Samuel Schocnfeld. Burt Hans
koetteri:z. Henry W Moore, stanton
Leeds. Carlton Nichols, Britton \. .Evcntt
Milo c. Moseman. Walton g. Fitzgerald,
Clarence :. Maucr, Morgan Hand, Jr.,
Alton W Miller. Ralph ". Helmkamp,
Jabcz s. Woodward. Irving Williams, Jr.,
NJ. r. Dresser f. Schultz Harry r. Broll,
Charles ID. Morgan, Wilton Parrish, For
rest ". Andrews. Everett ID Custer.
David Goldberg. Fred W Brown, Robert
c. Loomis, Clarence Atwood, Stanley w
Hart, Frank S. Holmes and James "
Laird.
'''rhe sting Of death is teaching the
Boche we are on their trail This IS the
mes sage that has come back 10 Sand
stormcrs' Of the 3fth Division from
former companions in tho training camp
at Cody. who several months ago were
transferred 20 another division and have
now been at the front for several weeks
Tho San dston Division recruited
almost entirely from outdoor men holds
the American craftsmanship record with
divisional scores seven tunes better than
the recognized standard for range practice
and the ncwS OF how its former members
are Upholdlng Their reputationS IN the
trenches is today beng discussed with
finc relish by the NcstcrncrS who are I'M
patiently awaiting overseas orders
Letters hat have arrived from officers
tell of how American cnWl,oyS and plains
men with a division u was thCn impossible
10 identify began tn use thcir almost
magical shooting abilities tho moment
they were permitted - man jISt-linc
trenches Clcverl, concralng themselves.
crack shots. among them several indians
were soon picking off Germans NJ speed
never before Observed in that sector
Even back oi heir front line. where thcy
had considered themselves immune in
exposing their bodies the Huns felt the
first ticry zcphyrS Of the bias, that the
main -SandStorm DIVISION still 81 DIX.
is preparing TO lot loose In two davs,
according to German prisoners, taken
later. that particular sector has become
one Of tho most unpopular on the German
front. and the Hun soldiers complained
that the wild J lanks we're unfair in
the manner IN W hIch they kept 1T il.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-16
109 LOST ON SHIP
SUNK BY HUN Sub"
U-Boat Torpedoes British Steamer
With 900 Persons
Aboard.

London. Sept l6 The British steam
or Galway Castle Of 1888 tons gross,
has been torpedoed and sunk. She
had $50 persons on board
The Galway Castle left port for South
Africa on Tuesday, and was torpedoed
on Thursday in q stormy sea. Hun
dreds Of the passengers were rescued by
attending steamers, but twenty first
class, ten second-class, and ninety third
class passengers are missing, in addi-
ton to thirty-six military and naval
officers and thirty-three of the crew, q
total of 189
Ninety third class passengers lost We're
without exception women and children
The liner foated for two days under
charge Of the Captain and volunteers
The Central News account Of the sink
ing says tnat one of the lifeboats was
driven by a stormy sea against the
ships propeller and smashed. Among
the steamers passengers the account
adds, were Henry Burton, Minister Of
Railways Of the the Union Of South
Africa, who was saved and Major Rabtm-
tine, q member of the South African
Parliament, who is missing.
The passengers included 300 women
and children. The bodies Of three OF
the children, who had died were brought
ashore. The Captain and several Of the
officers were reported to have been still
on board the ship when she was last
seen and sinking.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-16
U-BOAT MISSED PREY.
Attacked British Liner 80 Miles
Off Atlantic Coast; Fog
Saved Steamer.

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 16.--A Brit
ish passenger steamship which arrived
here yesterday reported she was shclled
by German submarine eighty miles
off the American coast this morning.
Five shots were fired by the U-boat:
None took effect. The steamship fled
without returning the submarine fire
and ccaped in the fog.
The ship is in the transport service
and was bring home ninety-six wounded
Canadian officers. The first shell scream
ed across the starboard bow, struck
the water beyond and exploded The
captain altered his course and slowed
down. The second missile passed over
the port bow and the next three struck
the waves astern.
Though the ship was armed, the cap
tain ordered the gun crew not to re-
spond to the fire, determining to rely
on speed and the low visibility for escape.
As soon as the shells began to fall behind
he rang for full speed ahead and the
liner lcapcd away into the murk The
U-boat then ceased firing.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-16
u. S. TERRORIZES GERMANS
Planning to Flee All Country
Threatened by American Guns.

Geneva, Sept. l6.--The Mnelhausen
Tageblatt says expectation Of an Ameri-
can offensive in Upper Alsace with
heavy artillery which could destroy
towns in the Duchy of Baden is causing
terror among the population. The evs.cua-
ton of Muelhauscn and even all OF
Alsaoe il being talked about, the pnper de-
clares.
In a recent adress at meeting OF
the Ravarian Christian Farmers Union
the Bayarian Minister of the Interior,
Herr Won Brettreich, declared that IT
was not the military situation which
makes the period through which Ger
many is now passing ''the very gravest
and scverest period of the war" II is
due to the fact, he said, that "many
have become faint-hearted and have
wavered in moral firmness and the
resolve to hold out.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-16
ALFRED STEVENSON KILLED.
Twin Oaks Sergeant Losses His Life
in Battle,

Word that Sergeant Alfred Steven
son, Company O. NIB Infantry aed
becn killed was received saturday by
his wife, 0f Twin oaks, seen miles
north nf Wilmington
ITe bad ioid On ho battlefield for
twolvn houra exposed ~ zhrIl #ro.
Sergeant Stevenson a believed y
have been killed August 10. while dssh'1g
across m open clearing HE captain.
Edmund Lynch dlod ID the samc dash