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j PAJLMKTTO POLITICS What 8mw of Tbtm Stand For And Why Tbry Stand With. Colombia, Jatt. 5, ? The advent of the second session of the Heveuty-sec oiid (Jeneral Assembly has revived discussion of the probable political sit uation next summer. Political prophesy la always dan gerous; at no time more ho thau ut the present. The great war in which America is engaged is rapidly up turning former standards, and Uiuw of this state aro passing through the leavening process. . However, oue lu controvertible premise may be laid down. No one opposed to this war or to the udiniulstration iu its efforts toward a victorious conclusion of this war need offer for political profer ment in South Carolina with hope of HlKYMMtf. * i&ich iwllticlan tuts to reokou with onto factor ; per ha pa before the uext cttmiutlgu tho American t roof mi in France will have offertHl valoroun and heroic tight to tho Germans, and out of ?uch engagement there might have arlaen a South Carolinian, exalted by during and oacrUlce, Incapacitated l>y Injury for further oervlce. Should ho conic hack to bin hoinc State and o/Ter for election to altuoaln auy otllce, there 1h little chance for lTlm being defeat ed by the "atay-at'homoH." Out of fhla ariaes ? predlctlyu. Tho Midlers fight ing the battle* of democracy on Ku* rope'H en?angulned neld? will be tho future rulers of the United States, South Carolina among theui. The pol Itlclaus of the present may uh well prepare themselves for the overturn ing of their order, No man In ssoutn Carolina at the VACATION DAYS By KIN HUBBARD Jist as Lafo Bud Wuz Startin' fer 8ilv?r Lake This Mornin' on Hi* Annual Vacation, Hia Canoe, Minnie, Wur Attached fer th' Costa o' His First Divorce. Jlpt as Lafe Bud wuz utartin* fer Sliver Lake this mornln' on his annual ?vacation his canoe, Minnie, wuz at tached fer th' costs o' his first divorce. ?Thus we're reminded that th' vacation .reason has, rolled around agin. Folks that has skimped along all winter on turnips an' watermelon pre Iservos are checkln' out ther savin's fer jftehln' poles, white shoes, foldln' cots, gasoline, cottage rent an' boat hire, ?while they allow th' easy payments on iplayer planners, sewin' machines an' [diamond rings t* lapse Int' innocuous [desuetude. Pale thin husbands are jborrowln* their own money on twenty year policies at eight per cent an* plan pain' t' git away an' train back t' ther ole forms agin. Dried up lawyers wearin' th' court room palor an' al ipaca coats are arrangln' the'r vacation |ltinerarie8 so as t' bump Into a few Na? jtlonal league games. Department {store girls are organizln' int' little jclurops t' giggle all th* way t' Put-in Bay er Mommoth Cave an' back. jYoung wives who have tided over the'r iflrst winter In harness are packln' ther [pasteboard suitcases fer extended vis Its back t' mother where they kin git a little sympathy qq' review th' past ?in peace, ? while flat-bred babies are shrlnkin' an' wltherln' fer th' open air while ther parents are tryin' t' mort gage th* golden oak davenport fer enough t* git t* th' woods. Whether you work er live with your wife's folks ther is no tonic like a change o' scene. Careworn stenog raphers who have held t'gether on doughnuts all winter should seek th* rugged grandeur o' th' mountains where they kin familiarise 'emselveH with tlx* commonest rules o' spellin' unobserved. Th' gnarled an' tired farmer, whether ho be o* broad er nar row means, should lose himself among th* stately sky scrapers o' th' conjgbst ed city, fer away from th' din an' clamor o' his panting* flocks. T' most o* us a vacation is only u change o' venue, but even a change o* venue removes us from th' same ole tiresome courthouse square, an* tlx' same ole tiresome delivery horses, an' th' same ole prominent citizens ? th' same ole speckled films in th' same ole nickel the-ater o' our dally lives. How quickly anything out o* th' or dinary awukens new interest an' causes us fer th' Instant t' fergit all th' petty annoyances o* th' daily grind. Th' sight a' some majestic mountain, th' sweet strains o' a Venetian band, er some strikin' bit o' architecture '11 often transform a crusty bookkeeper, er bring th' luster o' a new phaeton t' th' long dormant eyq o' th' steady em ployee. Even a new blond trimmer '11 quicken th' pulse an' cause one t* emerge from the beaten rut If only fer th' instant. Some folks act like they were put tin' one over on th' welfare o' th' com munity when they take -a. vacation. Titer's never any noticeable let-up In th' machinery o' business while some indispensable feller Is flshln'. Prog ress never feels th' vacation period, an* yet when some fellers git back from a little outln* they expect t' find des olation an' ruin. (Copyright, Adama Newspaper Service.) Be Sure of the Number Before Calling The telephone directory is issued at frequent intervals for the information and benefit of the telephone-using public. Every effort is made to keep this list accurate and up-to-date. It is expected that telephone-users will consult it before v- - .? ? * , * ' # ? ' ' * A - making calls. A call for - an incorrect . number causes delay and possible annoy* ance to a third party. Avoid inconvenience to all con* ceraed by looking up telephone numbers s in the directory before calling. Whin you TtUpbon * ? SmiU SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY A A. HOUGH, MANACSR. 4 , present tiro* offering for odb^e eta predict his election a year from now ;? but the relative strengtla of candi dates, announrt&d aud prosjWOttVCi at this time can be fairly accurately gauged. Cole. K Illease, who litis announc ed definitely for the United State* Senate, is not as strong as ho was when, he ran for governor in tWW. and was defeated. However, he Is not "dead" by any mean*, as some would perforce believe. He la alive Miough to be In a second race should the primary be held at this time, ?Jlther Senator Tllliuan, who. It seems assured will run if bis health per nio, or Congressman A. K, Ix>vcr, who will undoubtedly t>e In the race If be senior senator does not make It. an defeat the titular lender of the so-called "reform .party." The ex toveruor's speeches at Pomarla and '?Vllbert estranged some of his most u>werful lieutenants and consequently eakened him with the rank and file f the minority faction. Col. Nat It. Dial, ? <jf Latirens, is 'eflnltely announced for tne scnato ial toga, and he has considerable * length. Although the Laurens man as entered tilio race as a non par-1 Isan candidate, ycf he can be align <1 with the ant1-Illease faction. He xssurcdly will make a strong tight ? gainst Senator Tillman, should the lenlor senator run. Col. Dial will Midoubtedly get all the intensely bit - - cr antl-Tillmaultes or the 'lK)'s who vljl not vote for Tillman and who ire as strongly opposed to It lease, rills vote, along wlfr.h a considerable ?>crsonal following, will make him a formidable candidate. Among those who Have been sug gested as other possible candidates, but who have made no announcement, ?ire: It. Goodwyn Uhett, of Charleston ; I j. I). Jennings, of Sumter; W. P. Pol lock of Cheraw and Dr. (Jcorgo It. Cromer, of Newberry. Latterly, bow ever, I>r. Cromer's name ibas l?een re poatcdly mentioned as a candidate to Congreasmoifr 21* Dowl nick, of the Third District. It has been said that the perennial candi date, John . T. Duncan, of Columbia, will announce for the senate instead of governor this year. There arc live candidate* definitely announced for governor and two In por*4>oetlvc. Robert A. Cooper, of Laurens, stated Home time ago that ho will make the race, and he stands the best chance of being elected, al though Lieut. Oovernor A. J. Bethea has gained strength and is looming up. These two men arc strongly antl R lea so, and one of them will go Into the second race with a Blease can didate. Attorney General Thomas II. Peeples and W. A. Stuckey, of Blsh opvllle, have been aligned with the Blease faction, are the only ones of that faction so far definitely announc ed for governor, but Major John <J. Richards, chairman of the State Rail road Commission, will undoubtedly bo in .the race, and strong pressure is being made ou John L. McLaurin, of Bcnnettsvll^o, former United States Senator, by his friends In Anderson county to enter the contest. It is ex l>ected that he will offer. John Mad ison DesObampsrof Columbia, who can be classed as antJ-Bloase, has definite ly ehtered the race. Mr. DesChamps was in the race for governor in 1910. Of the Blease candidates so far an nounced, Attorney General Peeples ap parently has the edge on the other so called "reformers." If the primary were held now he undoubtedly would go into the second contest with an antl-Blease man. Mr. Stuckey, how ever, will make a strong race; he has mnounced that he will pitch his cam paign as the leader of the agricul tural and| labor elements of the State. He promises to make the fight inter esting, he asserts. John G. Richards, so far unannounced, is the choice of some of the leaders of the Blease fac tion and they will undoubtedly pre vail on him to make the race, and will endeavor to make him the standard bearer of the self-styled "reformers." Tohn L. -McLaurin, say politician^ who are studying the situation Is gaining ground in the Piedmont section, par ticularly since Lowndes L. Browning, of Union, who himself was a candi date for governor in ii>14, has endors ed him. Proctor Bonham, Senator from Green vllle County, some months ago was spoken of as a possible gubernatorial candidate, but lately this talk has sub sided. Should Senator Bonham enter the race, it will offer complications for the others as he is not only ex tremely popular In the Piedmont sec tion of the statf, where he served a number of years as solicitor of the Thirteenth Judicial circuit, but is a stump speaker of experience, ability and magnetism, and he would draw votes from both political factions. Claude N. Sapp, assistant Attorney General a Blease. partisan, has an nounced to succeed Thomas H. Peoples as Attorney General. Robinson P. Searson, a member of the House from Barnwell County, who baa been op posed to the minority aide of the po litical fence, but not an extreme fac tionaltst, alao haw announced. It In understood that Sam M. Wolf, former ly ii tufwber of U>e How* from An dcwori county, will make the race, The name of Samuel T. Esnham, mas ter of Spartanburg County, also has been prominently mentioned' for At torney Ocueral, (Jeorge AV. Wightiuau, of Saluda, who was defeated last year by Wil liam Hanks lk>w for Secretary of State, has announced for the name uf lice next year. Edward C. Elmore, formerly chief clerk for the Comptroller Ccneral has announced that he will op|K*?e Comp troller Ocueral Carlton W. Sawyer next year. . f Julius T. I. lies, of Orangoljnrg. chair man of tile ways and nun nit committee of the House, has made a conditional announcement for Lieut. (Jovehor. It is understood that l>r. C. 1,. Adams, of Columbia, who unsuccessfully op 1m>sisI the re-election ot' Elout. (Jovern or A. J. Met hea last yea r, again will make the race. . , Misslppl Mob Lynches Negro. lln/.elhurst, Miss,, Jan. 17. ? A mob of several hundred citizens- of llazelhurst headed, It is said, by the father of Miss Vera Willys, who was murdered near here late Tuesday, tm?k Sim Ed wards a negro, from the county Jail early this morning and burned him. Mr. Willys, according to the county olllcers, asked the privilege of iK>ur Ing on the negro the oil which was used to burn him. The lynching took placc west of llay.elhur.st, near the scene of the murder. The mob began Its endeavors to se cure entrance to the Jail about 11:80 o'clock last night and used crowbars and battering rams. Edwards was arrested early yester day after shoes found In his cabin near the place where Miss Willys was killed, bad l>een fitted to his feet, Wood was found on his feet. It Is said. Edwards confessed the crime to 12 men who entered Jils cell. ' An Anderson county farmer walked into one of the Anderson Imnks one day last week and deposited an even one hundred thousand dollars, accord ing to The Anderson Mall. TAX NOTICE Otllce of Treasurer Kershaw Co. Camden, S. G.f Sept. 2-1. 11)17. Notice is hereby given that the book-% will be open for the Collecting of State County, and School Taxes from Octo ber 15th, 1917, to March 15th, 1018. A penalty of 1 per cent, will bo added to all taxes unpaid January 1st, 1918; 2 per cent. February 1st, 1918, and 5 per cent, March 15th, 1918. The rate per <-entum for Kershaw County is as follows: Mills State Taxes 8 1-2 County Taxes f Special Taxes { 10 1-2 Road Taxes (. School taxes 3 Total ' 22 The following School Districts have special levies: School District No. 1 5 School District No. 2 4 School District No. 3 2 School District No. 4 4 School District No. 5 2 School District No. 0 8 School District No. 7 4 School District No. 8 4 School District No. 9 4 School District No. 10 5 School District No. 11 5 School District No. 12 7 School District No. 13 4 School District No. 14 3 School District No. 15 3 School District No. 16 4 School District No. 17 ? 3 School District No. 18 4 School District No. 10 4 School District No. 20 4 School District No. 21 .... 2 School District No. 22 7 School District No. 23 ....r 8 School District No. 24 ? .. 4 School District No. 25 ...... 4, Schopl District No. 26 4 School District No. 27 ? , 0 School District No. 28 - . ? 5 School District No. 29 4 School District No. 30 4 School District No. 31 ? - 6 School District No. 32 ...... 4 School District No. 33 .. 4 School .District No. 84 .. 8 School District No. 85 8 School District No. 30 - ? . 4 School District No. 37 2 School District No. 38 5 School District No. 89 5 School District No. 40 11 School District No. 41 -....? ...... 4 School District No. 42 8 School District No. 46 .. .. 8 School District No. 47 4 The poll tax is $1.00. All able-bodied male persons from the age ot twenty -one (21) to sixty (60) years, both inclusive, except res idents of incorporated towns ?>f the county shall pay $2.00 as a road tax, except ministers of the gospel actual*-] ly in charge of a congregation, teach ers employed in public schools, school trustees, and persons permanently dis abled in the military service of this State, and persons who served in the late war between the States, and all persons actually employed In the quar antine service of this Stale and all residents who may be attending school or college at the time when said road tax shall become due. Persona claim ing disabilities must present certifi cates from twO reputable physicians of this county. All information as to taxes will be fu;*ntfthed upon application. D. if. MeOA&KILL, Ooant/ ? ? V ALL HOMKM TO KKUIHTKK 6.S83 Families In Ker?h?w County iu?rt ?.021 lift v? K^jlhterMi C-olmuhia, S. 0? Juu. 15. ? Kffort will U\ made by the United Htwtes f?Hul administration to register all homes In Soutn Carolina lit I ho food conservation movement, According to an announcement l\v William Klllott, food administrator for this State. Dnrini! the campaign last fall more than 100,000 homes Joined the food administration fonvs by signing the pledge cards. There are nearly j <mx> homes In the $fate and every ef fort will he made to secure all for memltcrshlp In the United States .food administration. There *?re 2,021 families In Kershaw county registered as mcmlters of the food administration. Tlnero are 0, J1XM families In the eounty. All fami lies who have not Joined the food ad ministration should write Immediately to f h?? food administrator, Arcade building, Columbia, and secum the beautiful .window card, the kitchen ?ard and other Informartou which Is 'o he dlstrlhnted. The food adminls (ration 1? making arrangements for the wide distribution of Information ?hat will Ih? of value to every house holder. Those signing the pledge c.?n|s, merely promise to save food Insofar as possible, sp that America may lu> Mnvessful in ("he war. The food administration has receiv ed a limited supply of War Cook hooks and the homekeepers who ap ply first for membership will receive [ one of these books free of cost. "Food Will Win the War; Don't Waste it." Is the slogan of the United States Food Administration. The postal receipts In Columbia have doubled since the establishment of 4 'a nip .Jackson, tin* recvlpts for December 1010 Itelng $20,147.52 and | $41,351.14 for the same month In 1017. Eugene F. Douglas, one of the fore I most business men of Florence died I <? TL ^n a "hospital at Anderson*' {Saturday. 11c had gone to Anderson to attend the funeral of a relative when he was taken ill. ? ' " 1 ' " t" ? ' ?* 1 ? Notes From Rembert. ItemlKjrt, Jan. 14. ? Possibly not in the memory of the oldest i>ersou has such a cold ?i>ell of weather as wo have {Missed through since the 0th of December took pliw'e. As <n result of the Intense cold the oat crop Is dead and wheat Is severely Injured. This Is two consecutive years und Is a severe loss to the farmers as well as to the country at large when ev cry thing In the breadstuff lluo I* bad ly nef(M. There 1* a great deal of suffering In this country among the poorer classes at this time. Muny ihhh>1o have scarcely anything t?> live on and It U going to take I ho strictest econ tiny to llvo. Money haw scarcely any ,aluo compared with former years ex opt to pay debts and very fow |>eople liave anythluK to sell to help out ex penses. It looks as If we will I Hive i ho tight lug element# to feed a burden .vlth our own that will he hard to carry in this time of food shortage I'he sugar famine seems to have do coIoihhI all at oncej. Are they any more |?eople to uso It that what used to he? Then where Is all the sugar gon? to? The country seems to las badly demoralised and the worst Lh to ?oine, Nothing to I mac |>eaco on ami Jt now hK>ks as If tint war will go >11 nntll both sides are exhausted. The Russian government like Mexico ?ls 10 good ? nothing stable In' neither country . The usual moving Is going on. We have much colds etc as a result of the cold. During a burial service at Plagab hureh not long since the church took lire from the stove plj>e and came near burning. There Is no Insurance on the building. Saturday there was an examination In Camden for a carrier oil ltoute 1 from this olHoe. Mr. I>. J. Hatfield lias been carrying the mall for some time and ho haH done his work well. TAX RETURNS Notice Is hereby given that the Au ditor's oflleo will be oi>on for receiving Tax Returns from January 1st, 1918, to February 20th, 1018. All persona owning Ileal Estate or Personal Prop erty must make returns of the same within said period, as required by law, u* be subject to a penalty of 50 por cent. The Auditor will attend In person or by' deputy at the following placed in he County on the dates indicated for receiving returns : Jtoflnme January 14 and 15. Haley's Mill, January 10. .Power's School House, Jon. 17. Ktrkley1* Store, January 18. Kershaw, January 22 and 28. Weatvllle, Junuary 24. Liberty Hill. January 26. Stoneboro, January 20. Woney, January 20. All persons between the ages of 2i and 00 years Inclusive are required to pay Poll and Rood Tax, unless ex cused by law. All Trustees, Guar* dluns, Executors, Administrators or Agents holding property in* charge, must return some. Parties sending tux returns by mail must make oath to same before some officer and fill out some in proper manner or they will be rejected. W. F.RU8SBLL, Auditor Kershaw County. A Club Plan Resort near the Sartfield Coif Coarse. THIS LITTLE ONE JOINED OUR CHRISTMAS BANKING CLUB with only ?will ha Come in, - get Bank Books end put v^ur Children in ineClub ? -ofi. PUTTING YOUR CHILDREN INTO OUR CHRISTMAS BANK ING CLUB IS THE BEST FINANCIAL EDUCATION YOU CAN GIVE THEM. THEY CAN START WITH 10 CENtO CENTS, 2 CENTS, OR 1 CENT AND INCREASE THEIR DEP04OT THE SAME AMOUNT EACH WEEK. IN 50 WEEKS: 10-CENT CLUB PAYS $127.50 5-CENT CLUB PAYS 63.75 t-fPCNT CLUB PAYS *5.50 ; l- CENT CLUB PAYS 12.75 OR, THEY CAN BEGIN WITH THE LARGEST PAYMENT FIRST AND DECREASE THEIR PAYMENTS EACH WEEK. NO CHARGE TO JOIN-4ULL ARE WELCOME. The First National Bank .OF CAMDEN, & C