The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 13, 1917, Image 7
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% j It a cock and bull story In
of history to the effect i
|r battle of Fontenary the
B household troops of France advanced
R to the front, and, halting, said to the
Urltish: "Gentlemen, will you be so
good as to fire first?" It would seem
as thougb Champ Clark and Jim
Mann were so laden with political
B chivalry in our day that they would
B emulate the military chivalry of the
I legions Marshal Saxe led to glory and
P to victory, more than a century and
a half ago.
There was the Hon. Mann beseeching
the Republican governor of New
York to call a special election to fill
a vacancy on the Democratic side of
the house of representatives before
the Sixty-fifth congress should convene,
and the Hon. Clark, not to be
outdone by the Republican chieftnin,
hoped the Democrats of the New
Hampshire legislature would insist
on a change of the law of that State
so as to authorize an election to fill '
the vacancy in the congressional delegation
fram New Hampshire prior to '
April 16.
There is nothing wrong in such 1
chivalry. It Is good policy, and what
is good policy is good politics. The
famous Yankee philosopher wrote: 1
"Never a magnanimity that fell to
the ground," and it Is true. There
might be some objection to pairing
those two districts because of a pretty
well grounded expectation that
both will return Democrats at the
special elections. 1
There was very little doubt that
the Democrats would organize the
Sixty-fifth congress. Whatever else
the Republican party may be. and it
is a heap of things, mostly bad, the
Republican party is not a fool, and it
would have been a fool thing for that
party to jump in and grab a part of
the big load of responsibility now
resting on those in power. There was
a deal of fool talk about a "coalition."
We have never done that 1
thing that way In our country and
there is no likelihood that we ever
shall do it. We are not built that
way.
The followship, that amounts to !
chumship, existing between Randall
Clark and Jim Mann savors of the
beautiful. How much of it, if any,
is due to a common aversion is not *
quite clear. More likely it is the
fruit of a common mediocrity. Champ
was born a sophomore, lives a annhn.
more, and will die a sophomore. Jim {
was born a plodder, lives a plodder, '
and will die a plodder. When Champ
in a burst of fervid patriotisim declared
in an ecstatic speech in conKress
that the second election of
Crover Cleveland to the presidency
was the greatest calamity that had
overtaken mankind since the fall of
Adam, he brought down the house.
When Jim contended that congress
should edit, or censor, the roll of
guests at a White House luncheon, h?was
guilty of an asininit? little lean
in degree than what Champ had said
ot the man who had establishedhad
created in fact?the national
credit.
Wh?n I first got to this town Sam
Randall was the Democratic speaker
and Pig Iron Kelley the titular
leader of the minority, though Garfield
was the real leader of that side.
From the same State, there was little
difference in the political views
of Randall and Kelley. The speaker
was an old Whig and a Democrat in
nothing in the world except his opposition
to the Southern reconstruction
policy of the Republican party.
Kelley began public life a Democrat
and a free trader, and became the
stoutest champion of robber protection
of his time. He was a Greenbacker
too. and would have ceased
thA PAinAffO n f V* or^ld !#
It had been in his power. He would
have substituted the printing press
for the mint.
But there was no fellowship, or
chumship, existing between Champ '
and Kelley such as maintains between
Clark and Mann. They were
not built that way.
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The six years that Mr. Carlisle 1
was speaker the leadership of the
minority was "In commission.' so to ?
speak, as they sometimes put the 1
"Great Seal" In Rnrtand. P.eed was ?
the real leader, but MeKlnley, His- 11
cock, Borrows and Cannon also led, *
though old Pig Iron Kelley was yet
the titular leader. The latter, '
_ though the "Father of the House." *
was densely ignorant of the rule-, '
and even when his party was In *
power and a tariff bill was on foot, *
he could not get along without a f
lieutenant, and generally MeKlnley *
was the lieutenant. r
In 1890 the Democrats availed
themselves of the fine opportunity to
make a stupendous mistake. They
CHIVALRY jY
oyard. * s
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had the biggest majority in the Fifty- d<
Kbcond congress any party ever had In tc
any congress. The victory was won E
on the tariff issue, and Roger Q. J'
Mills typified that victory. He was ei
a Roman, was Mills. He could have oj
been speaker by the promise of a m
single chairmanship. The practical w
politicians had no use for Mills, and li
by the exercise of "practical" methods e?
the speakership was bought for Chas. bl
F. Crisp and nald r?>r
. .. ivn tuuiruian^
ships. There was not u Republican ai
in congress who <lid not rejoice be pi
cause of the victory of Crisp over 01
Mills more than any Democrat re- rc
joiced over the majority that party S1
had in that congress. And why not? d?
It was a defeat for that "Old Guard" st
who had made the tariff the issue? m
Morrison. Carlisle, William L. Wil fc
son and Prank Hurd. ai
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The four years that Crisp was j,i
speaker he and Tom Reed, the ml- cc
nority leader, were at daggers p,
drawn. It was a personal even more al
than a political aversion that Beparat- to
ed them. iKaeh studied to humiliate n,
the other and both were good haters. tv
And the antagonism lasted till Reed G|
succeeded to the speakership of the h?
Fifty-fourth congress and Crisp be- a,
came the leader of the minority, di
Soon thereafter Crisp died and Joe hi
1.alley became the minority leader, je
in which position he miserably failed cj|
as did Jim Richardson, his succes u
Bor. hi
It was not till John Sharp Wll- hi
liams got the leadership of the ml- tr
nority that the Democratic side fi(
found out that it was alive. John
Sharp had more sense than any o. fM
'em. As a statesman and as a
leader he was in the class of Reen 0|
himself. As a debater congress has hi
rot seen his match Bince Allen G. rf
Thurman. d'
To John Sharp Williams is due a $
heap of the credit for the fact that hi
Bince 1910 the country has been to
Democratic. rr
Washington, April 7. pi
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RULING HANDRD DOWN gi
ON NKW LIQUOR LAW. bl
iuuuij uuiciiUB ana oiners interest- pf
ed in South Carolina's quart-a-month aT
law, which becomes effective on Cj
April 25, will read with interest the tj,
following opinion, rendered by
Claud N. Sapp, assistant attorney
general:
April 7. 1917.
Hon. L. G. Hell. Judge of Probate, .
McCormiok, S. C.
Hear Sir: Your letter of the 5th i
Inst, to the attorney general in ref- s
E-rence to your duties in connection i
with the enforcement of the law !
relative to the qpart-a-month act has i
been handed me for attention. n'
In reply thereto I beg to advise that R
dl
the affidavit required to be made un!
tc
der the provisions of this act may be !
made before any officer of this 8tatei?
Fi
who is qualified to administer an |
aath, but if made before the Judge
5f Probate issuing the permit, he ma/
^hnrve and collect a fee of tw?oty- .
1 Ci
live cents for administering the oath. L
You ask to be advised as to wheth- ^
sr or not under the provisions of this
?ct citizens of the State of Georgia
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would have the right to order and _
I co
eceive within this State the amount
co
>t liquors permitted under the provisions
of the act.
so
In reply thereto I beg to advise Vj
hat there is no direct or specific proilbition
of the right of citizens of;
mother State to receive within this > rn,
State the amount of alcoholic liquors
jermitted under the act, yet the nj
vhole tenor of the act seems to be ve
in effort to localize, as far as possi>le,
the receipt of liquors permitted f?
o the locality of the person receivng.
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Section of the act requires all per- co
ions desiring to receive alcoholic liluors
to apply to the Judge of Prolate
of the county In which they reide
and file with him an affidavit
hat he has not received any like I,*
lermit during the same calendar
nonth.
Section 9 of the act prohibits any m,
terson tram receiving any alcoholic an
Iquors shipped to hhn within this Qf
Ifate event at the office of the com
non carrier transporting same near-1 tQ
st the residence of the consignee,
1 ami, therefore, of the opinion no
rom a construction of the act as a ?jt
'bole that it was the intention of the
pglslaturo to restrict the receipt of en
lcoholic liquors, allowed under the{t^,
erms of the act, to citizens of this a?
Itate and would, therefore, advise tri
hat you issue no permits to non- rfr
esldente of your county. on
Yours very truly, Ha
CLAUD N. SAPP, inl
Assistant Attorney General. cai
CTOMOBIDE OWNERS
MUST REGISTER CARS.
Id accordance with the act, approv1
February 20th, 1917, creating a
tate Highway Department, every
wner of a motor vehicle and every
paler in motor vehicles is required
? register with the State Highway
ngineer on or before the first of
illy, 1917. The law provides that
ich owner of a motor vehicle and
ich dealer in motor vehicles shall
lake application to the State Highay
Engineer for registration and
cense. The State Highway ,Engin-j
?r will furnish these application 1
lanks on request.
The law further provides that on
nd after the first of July that any
arson who drives a motor vehicle
a, or along, or across any public
>ad, or street, or highway in the
:ate of South Carolina, sha^l he |
?enied guilty of a misdemeanor and j
kail be punished by a fine of not
ore than $25.00, or imprisonment '
>r not more than 15 days for each i
id every offense.
The State Highway Engineer is:
ixlou8 to register these motor vecles
as fast as possible, and to
mse as little Inconvenience to the|
lblic as Is possible, however, there |
e about 30,000 cars in this State
i be registered, and to register this
umber of cars will take at least
^o months of time. As there are now
ily about two and one-half months
jtween now and the first of July,
id as no one will be allowed to
rive a motor vehicle on the public
Igliways after the first of July unss
duly licensed and registered, the
>ate Highway Engineer desires to
rge every owner of a motor veIcle
and every dealer in motor veIcles
to make application for regisation
at once in order that his of:e
may be able to complete the regtratlon
of motor vehicles by the
r?t of July.
rh i registration fees for owners
' motor vehicles will be 12 l-2e per
urse power, based on A. L,. A. M.
iting. The registration fees for
ealers in motor vehicles will (be
16.00 for each make of motor vecle
sold. It will not cost any more
register a car now than it will to
gister the same car during the last
art of June. Every owner of a
otor vehicle is urgently requested
i write to the State Highway Enneer
at once requesting application
anks.
The registration and license fees
lid to the State Highway Engineer
e in lien nf all *
UHISI OlllH", III U III" j
pal and county licenses for the en-1
re year of 1917.
J. ROY PENNELI,.
State Highway Engineer.
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ME HI CANS SEIZE
MUNITIONS SHIPS
'hooner Hound For Mexico Captured
by V. S. Destroyers.
San Diego, Cal., April 10.?A mu- '
tions carrying schooner, bound for.
Mexican coast port, was fired uRon
id captured by two United States,
>rpedo destroyers, it was learneo
might from authoritative source#,'
ive shots were fired at the vessei 1
hen it attempted to escape and th?
dp was then beached. Severa.
kousand rounds of rifle and ma-,
line gun ammunition were taken!
>oard the destroyers and landed at
Pacific coast port.
The patrol boats sighted the
hooner Monday southbound off the
ast of California, and following a j
urse inshore. The warships gave
iase. and when the captain cf the;'
hooner saw that capture was ine-i
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table, he is reported to have at- j
mpted to destroy his ship.
The ammunition was taken off by
otor launches from the destroyers,
le identity of the captain and crew
the schooner has not been rented.
Persons in a position to know the!
11 details of the action intimated I
at the ammunition was taken
oard the smuggler at two P?i>ifi"
-- I
ast points by fishing boats. ||
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MICII GASOLINE CAPTt'RKD.
lunrh Commanded by Germans
Taken on Georgia Coast. ]
Atlanta> April 10.?A launch I
?nned by a German-speaking crew <
d carrying more than 800 gallons
gasoline was captured several days
o off the Oeorgia coast and token i
Fernandina, Fla , according to a t
ter received here by Charles B. Ar- t
w, State game and fish commisiner.
The capture was made by a revue
cutter, Mr. Arnow said, adding
it it had caused much speculation
to whether or not there was any
ith in reports of German submales
in the Gulf of Mexico. Only
e of the German crew spoke Bng- j
h? Mr. Arnow said. He had no!
'ormation to ahow where they
me frotn.
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GIVES IT CREDIT FOR" [j
SAVINGCHILD'S LIFE
Tells of "Most Awful" and "Most
Wonderful" Things He Ever
Saw.
"BLEEDING TO DEATH."
"We Had About Given Up
Hope," Says Father, Expressing
His Gratitude
For Aid.
"I believe Tanlac just saved my
daughter's life, for she was in an awful
condition when she began taking
it and the doctors had said they had
tried their last remedy," was the,
highly interesting statement made
by Mr. O. T. Ferguson, of AnderBon,
in the endorsement he gave Tan- [
Ian
uu rouruury z?m. "My daughter
suffered from a very bad ease of
some trouble that was like bloody
diorrhea. She bled continually for
five months despite all we could do.
and she suffered agony, too. She
was just bleeding to death, that is
the only way I can describe it, and
the loss of blood had sapped her
strength until I had to lift her in
and out of bed.
"We had doctors attending her
and they did all they could, and finally
they said they had tried their
last remedy, and I could not say that
she was any better than when they
started treating her. We had about
given up hope and I had begun to
fear that my only child would never
get well.
"My mother-in-law had been urging
me to try Tanlac for my daughter.
and at last I bought a bottle, as
the doctors had said they had done
all they could. When the bottle had
been taken she was in pretty good
condition generally and wonderfully
improved. She gained a lot of
strength, too.
"My daughter's trouble was the
most awful thing I ever heard of,
and the way Tanlac helped her was
one of the most wonderful things 1
ever saw or heard of. My daughter
was put on the road back to
strength and improved health by
Tanlac, and she soon was able to be
up and doing light work around the
house. She is in good health, and It
is all due to the good Tanlac did 1
her." i
Tanlac, the master medicine. Is
noia exclusively by J. V. Mackev ?
Lancaster; Peoples Drug ft Grocery
Co., Heath Springs; C. O. Floyd.
Kershaw.?Adv.
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MEXICO IIKinLES TONCil KS.
Heavy Penalty For Slander, Libel
or Falsehood.
Mexico City. April 10.?A decree
was published today providing a
punishment of a fine of 50 to 500
pesos or imprisonment from one to
eleven months for slander, libel or
the issuance of false or distorted information.
The decree will go into
effect April 15 and will remain in
force until congress passes laws defining
the limits of freedom of
speech and the press.
Newspaper heads ere held strictly'
accountable and all their employes |
who handle news, including the
printing staffs, provided they are I
cognisant of its character.
The decree prohibits malicious ex-J
presrions calculated to excite hatred
of t.ie authorities, the army, Na-j
'io'ial Guard or fundamental intuitu-,
lions of the country. It also prohib-?l
its manifestations against friendly
nations, their heads or their legitimate
representatives in Mexico. The
publication of news which the an
horities decide is against the public
.rood is forbidden.
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lllt.V/IL LINES IP
(.KKMANV.
London, April 10.?Diplomatic reations
between Brazil and Germany
mve been broken off, according to _
rhe Evening News.
Reuter's Rio Janerio correspond- =
nt also announces that Brazil has
-evered relations with Germany, ?
Brazilian interests in Germany will
be taken over by Switzerland, the
'orrespondent adds.
ca
Rio Janeiro, April 10.?At a cab- CI
met council today it was decided
hat Brazil should serer her rela- 4
Ions with Germany. '
A Negotiable ImtrunMni _
"What you studying thereT"
"Law."
"Dry, ain't H?"
"Not when you like It. Just now 1
"Not when you like It. Just now I
an learning all about negotiable In- 1 A
struments." m
"I dunno much about law." said his 1
roommate, "but 1 do know you are j I
offered mighty little when you try te J
ell a mandolin "
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OPENING OF
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DEPARTMENT *
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during the past from the
patrons of our store for
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2? tents [ Arc on Sa,e Now- n,!,? ,he
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1Y OUR BLOOD WE LIVE
If you tire easily, are subject to cold hands or feet?if you
itch colds readily or have rheumatic pains?your blood or
rculation is probably at fault and you need
SCOtTS EMULSION
OF NORWEGIAN COD LIVER OIL
/ A which is nature's easily-assimilated food, to increase
DTOh your red corpuscles and charge the blood with liferyr
sustaining richness. Scoff's c reates warmth to throw
O off colds and gives resistance to prevent sickness*
(JL No Alcohol in SC07TS. Every Druggist has if
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