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S E Biggest I Grocerief and Farm Supp NEWS AND HERALD WINNSBORO, S. C. FRANK FOOSHE' Editor and Proprietor. PUBLISHED WEEKLY 'Rmans, I ADVANCE : One T'ear,................$1----0 Six Months................u..-----..--.-7 Wednesday, August 8, 1906. It they were to have a clear ance sale of bad stock at the state dispensary, wonder how it would affect the showing of the assats of that institution. The action of the Southern Co.tton Association in calling its sc cretary, Richard Cheatham, to task for dealing in -cotton futures shomuld be an objedt lesson to the Soathern farmers that it is not to their best interest to have any couinection with bucket shops. It is said that nothing will ple~ase Tillman mbre than to have hi:s opponents scratch him in the commig primary. If that be true, there are a great many voters in South Carolina who are not going to deprive themselves of the privilege of keeping their voting records straight merely for the purpose of displeasing the sena tor. There is one question that cormes up before the voters of Fairfield county on August 28 which is free from sectionalism and fac tion~alism and that concerns every individual taxpayer in the county. IL is that of the issuance of bonds for putting the county upon aL cush basis. Hers every man should vote to the best interest cf his pocketbook, which is to voite for the bonds. If it is not to thie best interest of the Southern farmners for one of their representatives through the Southern Cotton Association in his own name or the name of any one else to trade in cotton futures, surely it can not be to their best interest 'to trade in these futures themselves. The bucket shop, aside from any moral wrong connected with it, is a menace to the best -interests of the producers of cotton and every state should enact laws against these gambling dens. The county campaign in Fair field does not open till Tuesday, August 14, and candidates have till noon that day to :file their pledges. In many other counties the campaigns have already opened and no more candidates can now enter. So far as county officers are concerned, it should make no difference when a county campaign begins, but inasmuch as members of the legislature are nominated in these primary elec tions, the time for the closing of entries in all counties should be the same. The State executive committee should by all means fix a date after which no candi dates for the legislature can come out in any of te counties. lt must be kept in mind that the election at which the propo sition of the issuance of bonds is to be held has no connection with the primary other than that the two elections are to be held CO N Oni Gu 'lour Bar lies. elections separate and with differ ent sets of managers,but in several instances the polling places are not the same and are in different directions. Only those who have been registered and who produce their registration certificates have the legal right to vote in the elec tion on the bond issue. It is ex trpmely important that this elec ion be conducted in strict con formity with the registration laws and that every voter express him self upon this proposition of such vital importance to the financial interests of Fairfield county. The candidates in the various counties are being called upon to declare in unmistakable terms their position upon the dispen sary. This is essential, and we want to see every candidate for the house from Fairfield make his po sition on this proposition fully known, and that too in no half hearted way. At the same time we do not want it to be forgotten that there are other issues upon which they should also declare themselves, as the whole welfare of the state of South Carolina is not wrapped up in the dispensary. [t is of no less importance that everything possible be done for the education of the rising gene ration, and in our opinion there is nothing that will count so much for the making of a more intelli gent citizenship and better indus trial conditions than a compulsory education system that wiil make parents send their children to the schools for which the state is making more liberal provision all the while. There is a greater danger that threatens the people f this* and neigh' oring states than that which may come through aving a compulsory system of ducation which will cei tainly amean .better educational advan tages to the children of white parents, who will not send thiem to school, while the negroes who ive on their farms have thieii hildren at school. It is that iin rying to keep the~ negro down they will be outstrippi d by the itizens of other ,.tat es in liter acy that they will. have to occupy lower place in the industrial pro gres:, of this whole country that is now theirs. Light is necessary for leadership. We also want to know of th andidates of Fairfield county, i they are willing to do something to secure better public buildings ere in Winnsboro. There is a possibility that the present jail ould be sold at a price that would enable the county to buy a new pite and erect a new building at a very little additional cost ver what would be realized from he sale of the present lot, if any at all,-and have by all odds a ore desirable building and one more adapted to the humane reatment of. prisoners. What say the candidates to this propo sition? Then too there is another. At resent the records in the court ouse are without any fire protec ion at all and their destruction y fire would entail endless ex ense upon the county in the way f suits in the courts for the years o come. Fire protection could e had for less than $3,000. Are hey willing to make an additional evy that would make this greatly eeded public improvement pos ~ible. . Surely they a're, willing to do his much to protect the county HUNJ y $3. aranteed as go gain ever befor< A. B, would come through the destruc tion of these papers. While they will not have any thing to do with the issue of the bonds for the paying of the pres ent indebtedness of the county and putting the same on a cash basis, as that will be decided the day of. the primary in a special election, yet it will not be amiss for them to advise the people on this very important question so that they may be able to vote more intelligently upon it-and we hope that their advice will be that it is the part of wisdom to make this issuance of bonds, so that the county's financial credit may be fully maintained. Let them declare themselves fully on all these issues both of state and county. Greenbrier Dots. One of the most pleasant occa sions of the season was a water melon party given to the young folk of the community at the residence of Mr. G. H. Stead man Monday evening, July 13. Mrs. W. P. Brown of Augusta, Ga., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Thos. Blair. Mr. E. D. Ron of Reddick, Fla., and Dr. Charles Jennings of Columbia spent a few days last week with their sister, Mrs. J. R. Curlee. Mrs. J. L. Robinson and chil dren are spending a month at Glenn Springs. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Steadman are visiting in Columbia. Mr. A. M. Blair spent last Sat urday in Chester. Mr. Pope Brooks, who was very seriously hurt some time ago, is now improving. Mr. Willie Blair of Columbia has been visiting relatives in the1 community. On last Thursday evening Mr. Ernest Blair was taken to the hospital at Chester for treatment. Although his condition is consid ered quite serious, there is hope for his recoverv. C. A ugust 7, 1906. Why doesthe sun burn? Why edoes t ru)osquito sting? Why do we feel 'inh.pp~y in the Good Old Summer Tim --. A uswer: we don't. We use De 'Viin's Wii(ch Ha zel Salve, an<1 these little ills doni't bother us. Learn to o ik for thi.' ii:0m on the box to get the g uiine. 'old by all druggists. Mrs. L~onia Whitner of Union is spending awhile with Mrs. Pettigrew. Mrs. C. M. Ladid has returned from a visit to 'her parents near* Wood ward. Misses Lillie and Belle Craw ford aro visiting in Chester county. Sex eral from this section at-* tended the picnic at Lebanon last Wednesday. I think every one enjoyed themselves. There will be a basket picnic. at Salem on the 10th inst. Ice' cream and lemonade will be served. Everybody is invited. Parties Wishing Wheat Ground will note that our mill is operat ing and turning out a good sample of flour on good clean wheat. Flour samples forwarded on ap-; plication. Railroad rates afford a cheap method to send to mill from a distance, and return ship ments are carefully made with promptness. The Ridgeway Roller Mills. 7-18-4t< I)RED XTE AT~= 5 Pe od as anybody offered i1 6it is al . Catl State Candidates in Winnsboro. The campaign meeting for the state candidates here Monday was well attended, there being more than 300 voters present. The speakers were all given good attention and the crowd was a most orderly one, the dispensary having been closed for the day. The meeting was presided over by Hon. T. S. Brice, county chairman, and the exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. C. E. McDonald. The railroad commissioners spoke first. Mr. Sellers staked his candidacy upon being a re presentative of the Pedee, Capt. Sullivan upon his record as a business man and having filled important positions of trust, Mr. Summersett upon his prac tical experience of many years as railroad man, Mr. .Cansler upon being from Tirzah, and Col. Wharton upon his having dis charged his duties faithfully during his present administra tion. Hon. R. I. Manning of Sumter led off for the gubernatorial can di dates. He emphasized L h e great need of providing most liberally for the education of all the people and he declared him self in favor of the state dispen sary with such reforms as would be effected by the Raysor-Man ning bill. He read a written statement of his views upon the Brice bill, which be would have changed so to have one--third of the qualified voters sign t h e petition for the election and then have the matter first decided in a primary before being sub mitted to them in a general elec tionj. Mr. Manning was well re ceived. Mr. .McMahan considered it a pleasure to be here in his home county where he has farming in terests. fl'e made a very states manlike plea for the better in dustrial education of the boys and girls at home and hoped to see an experiment station i n every county, teaching the prac tical problems of the nome and the farm. He favors the dispen sary rightly conducted. He was warmly applauded. Hon. Jno. T. Sloan took a good part of his time telling about his farming interests and trying to impress upon his hearers that he was more of a farmer than anything else. He proposed a monument to his all-sided caneli date, Mr. Ansel, to be in~cribed as follows: on one side "Liquor" and on the other "Prohibition", and on another "he died of an overdose of both". He is for the dispensary and thinks he should be elected governor be cause of his past services to the state. Col. Ansel proposed a monu ment to himself to be eiected of the votes that will put him in the governor's mansion. He tool spoke for eduction and on the subject of the dispensary reaf rirmed his rlatform of local op-J ion as bertween prohibition and ounty dispensaries and cited iumerous anstances of the snc essful working of the latter. p Hon. Cole L. Blease -declared] uimef very emphatically for the 1 state dispensary and then gave~ the rest of his time to showings .he nconsistency of Mr. Man iing's public record both on the lispensary, which until the last 1 egislature he had always voted 4 BARI NTI r Bar 's Second Pate i Winnsi gone. icart. other matters incuding his vote, repriman ding foi mer Attorney General Buchanan for the em playing of too many clerks in the engrossing department. lie was given considerable applause. Mr. Brunson, whose platform has no whiskey in it, made a straightforward and honest plea for prohibition, giving several il lustrations of the terrors of the drink habit. It takes more than the profits of the dispensary to take care of the criminals and orphans it makes. Mr. Jones discussed the whis key question in his usual he-ted style. Mr. Edwards again went for the Southern. The candidates for secretary of state followed. Mr. .. M. Mc Gown, the ~present chief clerk in the office, would have the office because of his experience and fitness for it; Mr. Morrison be cause of his ability to fill it and because of the repeated confi dence the people of his county have shown in him, he having filled the office of sheriff for six teen years; Mr. Ragin because of his former experience in the ofiice and his record as a representative of the people of his county in various positions of trust and honor. The drawing card of the .cam paign at previous meetings had' been the race for attorney gene ral, so at the time these candi dates were to come forward the whole crowd moved up closer so as to be able to take in all that was said by both candidates. Mr. Ragsdale led off with an attack upon Mr. Ly oQ for having drawn what he terms double pay and for having failed to make an itemized statement of his expenditures asi a member of the investigating committee, and spoke also of the futility of the work of this com mittee in having expended $21, 000 and accomplished nothing for the state. When he got through with his attack upon Mr. Lyon his time was up and so he did not have the opportunity of tell ing of his fitness for the office and giving his views upon the dispensary, for which he declared himself in sa simple statement. Mr. Lyon followed in a dignified and forceful speech, answering the charges of his opponent on all points. He said Mr. Ragsdale knew that he had been guilty of no wrong in accepting additional pay for his services as a member of the investigating committee during the session of the general assembly, that it was according! to legislative precedent, Mr. Richards, the leader of the dis pensary forces in the last house., having accepted similar pay, and that if he had acted wrong the thing for Mr. Ragsdale to do to get the courts to declare against * him was to make out an indictmenti and let him be brought to trial. ji As to the itemized statements of is expenditures they had all been appioved by the chairman >f the committee, who had been mpowered to disburse the money ~ ppropriated for this purpose I rnd who should be held responsi- f le, if he had paid it out to him >r any one else unlawfully. It 2 ooks like the work of the inves igating committee, which had ~ost only $15,.500, had amounted ( o something when as the result 3 >f tne same on one single count i he state had been saved $60,000 I >y cancelling the contraict of the t: )arolina Glass Company. He J Lelaed himself against the dis- 11 I1ELS rel. nt. Poro. Co pensary and stressed very vigor ously the fact that no grafter would vote for him. The candidates for comptroller general, Messrs Jones and Walk er, came next. Mr. Jones gave an account of his stewardship in i this office and Mr. Walker spoke of his fitness for filling the same, I having been treasurer of Green-' ville county for a number of years. Col. Boyd wants to be elected adjutant and inspector general because of his war record and Maj. Haskell of Columbia is as piring to the same honor because of his fitness for the same by vir- 1 tue of his military training at the i Citadel and his connection with military matters since. Mr. Jennings, whs has no oppo sition for re-election as state treasurer, had a few words of gratitude to the friends pf his home county, wh-. are always glad to see him. Messrs Finley and Strait, can didates for congress, were also present and showed their good sense by not trying to make any speech on account of the lateness of the hour. They will be at the speaking at Feasterville next Tuesday, when they will address the people upon the issues. Mr. Pollock's withdrawal from this race on account of sickness was announced by the chairma'rr Commercial Club Reception. - The reception of the Commer cial Club Tuesday evening proved a most delightful affair. The in vitation, that had been so gene-1 rally extended, was very largely accepted and so nearly every family -in town was represented in this most delightful -social gathering. It was purely an in formal affair and was all the more enjoyable because it was so free and easy. Every one counted it! a privilege to be present and take Dart in this opening reception of the Club to their friends in town. 3~ The Club rooms, which are now: - about completed in every detail, '( occasioned many kind expressions| from the visitors, who were, de lighted with what has been done ] in fitting up suitable rooms for V the men of Winnsboro to hold their business and social meet ings. These rooms are proving ( very attractive and the visitors to s town, who have had the pleasure of being shown through them, are delighted with this evidence: fprogress on the part of Winns An Open Confession About Stag Brand Semi-Paste Paint--"The Two for One Kind." Nfessrs. Hirshberg, Hollander & Co.: Gents-I have been using your. 'Stag" Paint for about six years,! Lud I can speak a good word fo t, and give it a good recommenda- Is ion. Yours truly, 3 J. H. Richardson, .e High Point, N. C. a The praises of Stag Brand semi-Paste Paint are heard every yhere, which fact is only due to he many sterling values that are ound in this paint. 0 For sale by Jno. H. McMaster I a Co., Winnsboro, S. C.y W$.00 for round trip from1 IN Jolumnbia to Old Point, Ocean A niew and Virginia Beach, Va. Lugust 15th, via Seaboard Air C] aine. The only line having two rains daily in each direction.! V. L. Burroughs, T. P. A., Co 1mbia, SR C. JR ine quick Wagons and Buggies. CAN DI DATES' CARDS. ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I am a candidate for re-election to he House of Representatives, subject x the action of- the Democratic pn nary. A. HOMER BRICE. The friends of T. S. BRICE nominate im for the House of Representatives, ubject to the action of the Democratic rimary. I hereby announce myself a candi late for the House of Representatives, ubject to the action of the Democratic ?rimary. W. W. DIXOI+; The friends of CHARLES H. LEIT iereby announce him as a candi or the House of Representatives, b ect to the action of the Democrtic rimary. ? I am a candidate for re-election (to he House of Reprerentatives, sub ect to the action of the Democra91c >rimnary. JAS. G. McCANTSC' COUNTY TREASURER. I hereby annonnce myself a can~i late for re-election to the office o ['reasurer of Fairfield County, subj t :o the action of the Democratic pri nary. A. LEE SCRUGGS.y AUDITOR. I am a candidate for re-election to :he office of Auditor of Fairfield .Dounty, subject -to the action of the Democratic primary. E. F. PAGAN.I I hereby announce myself a candi late for ithe office of Auditor of Fair ield County, subject to the action of he Democratic primary. PROBATE JUDGE. I hereby announce myself a can di late-'for re-election totheoffice of Jud ge >f Probate of Fairfield County, subject o the action of the Democratic pri nary. D. A. BROOM COUNTY SUPERVISOR. I hereby announce myself a candi Late for re-election to the office of upervisor of Fairfield County, sub-. ect to the action of the Democratie rimary. J. B. BURLEY. On the platform of permanent im-r, rovenments, better roads, good bridges, nd how to get them, .I make the race, or Supervisor of-Fairfield County, subs. ect to the action of the Democratic' >rimary. T. C. LEITNER. JOUNTY SUPT. OF EDU(CATION.A I hereby announce myself a candi-. late for the office of Superintendent of~ Education of Fairfield Cunty, subject o the action of the Democratic pri-. nary. T. M. JORDA. The many friends of C. A. RoBINsowN tereby announce him a candidate for . ~ounty Superintendent of Education, ubject to the action of the Democratic rimary. But Still in the Ring on Account of lavin g to Move. I can be found at the tore lately occupied by no. M. Smith, with an ntirely new stock. Come nd see me; it will pay - ou. I will have bargains r all. Don't forget the place pposite the' public well." will do my best to please Victor Records a n d eedles always on hand. ny make of talking ma-. iine ordered for you. H. LANGLEY, The Bargain Man. ' &