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Girding the Law. In the brief time that he has been governor, Wilson G. Harvey has earn ed frequent commendation from the press and public for his stem stand in behalf of law enforcement. The phrase "law and order," spoken in terminably in political compaigns and disregarded eternally in public office, is not a hollow generality for Harvey. He is putting solid qualities into it. His adamant refusal to con sider commutation of the death sen tence of three Columbia murderers was the first manifestation of such spirit; scrupulous trust of his pardon ing power since that time has indi cated "hat he is to be in truth a law and order governer. Yesterday Governor Harvey bol stered the law a little farther in a communication he addressed to the foreman of the Marion county grand jury wherein he protested against the granting of undue liberties to convicts serving sentence on county chaingangs. The case in question was cited last week in an editorial in the Marion Star, which declared: Several weks ago Thomas Turner and Mack Turner were convicted in the Marion county court, upon the charge of being accessories after the murder of Edwin White. The judge who presided sentenced them to the chaingang. They were placed under the gang, presumably as punishment for the crime they committed. It is now reported that Thomas E. Turner simply never stays at the chaingang camp, and never works; that he is allowed ;;o go to his home, unguarded, and that life is made easy for him. It is further reported that Mack Turner lias been seen act ing as guard over the other convicts, that he goes home frequently, and that he has been seen, more than once, gathering crops on his farm. We do not know whether these re ports are true or not. If they are true, there is something wrong. These men have been convicted of a heinous crime. When they shall have paid the penalty exacted by law, we shall not hound them, but if that penalty is not paid, and is made a joke of and held lightly by those in authority, we may as well tear down the court1 house and discharge the sheriff. Members of the family of the late Edwin White, in passing through the neighborhood, see Tom Turner, seat ed in a chair, in the shade peacefully smoking a pipe, and further on find Mack Turner gathering tobacco, like an honest husbandman. They feel that injustice has indeed flown, and that law is but mockery. _In this article .there is no hate and ^o idea of persecution, but there is an insistent demand for justice. The law has spoken and the law should be obeyed. These men should be freed, absolutely, or be made to pay the penalty exacted of t^em. Complaint has been made-will any action be taken? If not the people of Marion county should rise up in indignation and find the reason why. Such a case had also been reported in Anderson county in the instance of Will Hays, a life murderer, whom The Tribune declared had been per-* mitted to visit his family week-ends and "sip ice cream sodas and pink lemonade through a straw." The practice thrives or has thrived in many counties in South Carolina, growing out of the illogical and ob noxious system which permits pris oners to serve time in their native habitats. It is having a telling effect on th? respect for law, making pun ishment less reprehensible and law breaking therefore more attractive. Governor Harvey will do the state a distinct service if he will pursue the course he has begun in Marion County and insist upon. impartiality and strict execution of the sentences imposed by the courts. "Hard work" does not .mean week-end vacations nor the privileges of going fishing every other day. It means continuous confinement under the strong arm of the law with a sacrifice of pleasures which belong to those who obey the statutes. It is in the stengthening of pro cesses of the law which through in-> attention have been allowed to get into lax methods that will give the public grater respect for the law and the potential criminal greater fear.-Greenville News. Painting and Stenciling. Place cards, tally cards and invi tations made of good quality of pa per and decorated with simple or elaborate designs. Luncheon sets stenciled in oils on best quality of sanitas. All orders will be promptly filled and appreciated. Write me for further information. SUSAN ADAMS, Edgefield, S. C. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DK, PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL. a sur gical dressing that relieves pain and heals at "he same tine Not a liniment 25c- ^^Kna Ku Klux Can no Longer Mask. Georgia, the state that gave birth 4to the modern Ku Klux Klan, is hav ing trouble with the organization, if one to to judge by the newspaper ac counts. Governor Hardwick has in public addresses, called upon the Klan as there bave been many acts of violence. In many instances the acts of violence have been laid at the door of the Ku Klux. The Ku Klux Klan have devoutly denied the charge, and say that the acts of violence have been committed by those imitating 'the'Klan, wearing masks and robes that looked like the real thing. Our readers will recall that several months ago we predicted that this very thing would happen. Acts of violence would come, and the blame be placed upon the Ku Klux. We stated ths.t no matter how good the intentions would bring it into disfa vor. All manner of violence and in justice brought about by imitators will be blamed upon the Ku Klux. The very atmosphere of such an or ganization invites such a condition and creates it. The secrecy, the act ing under cover of night, the self ap pointed censorship established all unite in giving such a turn to affairs. The Ku Klux may, and we believe do seek to serve in the enforcement of the law. But the intent and the ac tual result are wide apart. So long as we have officers and courts to en force the law, just so long' will there be no need for such an organization. The present organization is not a help to law enforcement, it . is a breeder of lawlessness and encourag es injustices-many of them. If we had come to a situation wherein the machinery of government had fallen down and a state of anarchy reigned, there might be some excuse for such an organization. This is just what did happen when the original Ku Klux organization came into exis tence. But with laws upon the stat ute books that we enacted, judges elected by us, juries chosen by us and from among us, every courthouse in our country, it is a bit presumptuous for any organization clothed with masks and acting in secrecy, to as sume prerogatives that are above the courts and juries. Rule by night riders is bound to be poor rule at best and when the law is functioning there is no need whatsoever for such organizations. The acting "Imperial Wizard" has ordered the unmasking of the Klan in Georgia and we presume, the or der applies tc- other states as well. But he has refused to order the re moval of secrecy as to membership, saying that the question will be brought up"at the general convention to be held six months or a year from now. Nobody is to be informed as to just who the Klansmen are, that is, nobody on the outside. It is this very secrecy that is repulsive to sincere and thoughtful men. There is an air of implied cowardice in the secrecy that refuses to divulge the names of the members. And the trouble will not end by ordering che unmasking of the members. All that means is that there will be no parades by masked menv Think of members of the Masonic order hiding their mem bership iii the organization! Why, the very opposite is true;; the badge is worn proudly, openly. So far as we know there is not another secret or der that hides the identity of its members. If the Ku Klux Klan does not give publicity as to its members, it will not be long before every state in which they oprate will pass laws compelling not only unmasking* but the publication of every name of ev ery man holding membership therein. Governor Hardwick says that is ex actly what Georgia will do. And all the other states will do likewise. Union Times. Elect Good Magistrates. Much has been said this year a bout the importance of electing good men for legislature but very little a bout electing able men as magis trates. The News publishes elsewhere on this page this morning a commun ication from a resident of Green ville County calling attention to the need of choosing capable magis trates. We have been too prone to look upon magistrates' office as a clearing house for sundry routine matters and having no direct bear ing on che enforcement of law. That disillusion should be dispelled. In many ways the magistrates are the most important officers in the coun ty being directly responsible for the law observance in their respective communities. The public should in quire very thoroughly into the record of men who offer for the office and exact from them, as the writer of the communication suggests, a state ment as to their attitude upon law enforcement and particularly as re gards the prohibition law.-Green ville News. Suellen's ?rnica ?aive ?he Desi Salve Sn The World. CANDIDATES' COLUMN For Congress. I hereby announce myself a-can didate for the Democratic nomina tion for Representative in Congres from the 2nd Congressional District. JAMES F. BYRNES. For House of Representatives. I respectfully announce that I a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives from Edge field county and pledge myself to abide by the rules /f the Democratic praty. v S. T. WILLIAMS. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the House of Representa tives from Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide by the rules and results of the Democratic party. CLAUDE T. BURNETT. To the Democratic Voters of Edge field County: I hereby announce myself ?as a candidate for re-election tb the House of Representatives from Edge field county and pledge .myself to abide the results of the primary-elec tion, and to support the nominees of the party. If the citizens of Edgefield county will honor me with;: their votes, I shall conscientiously endeav or to honor them by my conduct and my service, as I have tried to do du ing the past term. I JAMES 0. SHEPPARD. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the House of Repre sentatives and solicit the support of the people of the county, pledging myself to abide by the rules of the primary election. J. W. BLEDSOE. Johnston, S. C. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the House of Repre sentatives from Edgefield county and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to. abide by* the re sult of the Democratic primary elec tion. H. H. SANDERS. For Clerk of Court I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court of Edgefield county for the unexpired portion of my father's term ,pledging myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic party. PAUL L. COG?JRN. _ % ? I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Clerk of Court of Edge field County and if elected I shall strive to make you a good and effi cient officer. I pledge myself to abide by the result of the democratic pri mary election. LUKE T. MAY. For Treasurer. I hereby announce taht I am a can didate for re-election to the office of Treasurer of Edgefield county and herewith pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic party and the result of the primary election. J. L. PRINCE. For Auditor. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the of fice of Auditor of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide by the result of the Democratic primary election. J. R. TIMMERMAN. For Judge of Probate. I hereby announce \hat I am a can didate for re-election to the office of Judge of Probate of Edgefield coun ty and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic party. W. T. KINNAIRD. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Judge of Probate of Edgefield county. I re spectfully ask for the support of the people, and will abide by the rules of the Democratic Primary. OTIS D. LAMB. For Master. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of Master in Equity of Edgefield coun ty, subject to the rules and regula tions of the Democratic party. J. H. CANTELOU. For Coroner. I beg to announce that I am a can didate for the office of Coroner of Edgefield county and solicit the votes of the people. I pledge myself :o abide by the results of the Demo :ratic primary election. J. R. SCURRY. For Magistrate. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of magis trate of the first judicial district of Edgefield county and solicit the sup port of the people in that district, pledging myself to abide by the re sult of the Democratic primary elec tion. GEORGE W. TURNER. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of magistrate for the First magisterial district of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide ?by the result of the Democratic primary election. JAMES B. TOMPKINS. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the position of magistrate of the first magisterial district of Edgefield county and solicit the votes of the people in said district, pledg ing myself to abide by the result of the primary election. J. S. SMITH. .1 respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election as magis trate for the Sixth Judicial District of Edgefield county. I have endeavor ed to discharge the duties in a man ner that would reflect credit upon myself and if the people see fit to re elect me, I shall endeavor to merit their confidence in the future. I pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. P. W. CHEATHAM. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of magistrate of the second judicial dis trict of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide by the result of the Democratic primary election. WALLACE W. WISE. Trenton, S. C. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for magistrate of the 7th mag isterial district of Edgefield county and solicit the support of the people of that district, pledging myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic party. ARTHUR M. TIMMERMAN. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for magistrate of the 7th magisterial disrict of Edgefield county and solicit the support of the people of the 6th district, pledging myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic party. JOHN W. BLEDSOE. I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the office of magistrate of the 5th magisterial district of Edgefield county and solicit the sup port of the people in said district, pledging myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic party. W. G. WOOD. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election as magis trate of the 4th judicial district of Edgefield county and solicit the sup port of the people in said district, pledging myself to abide the result of the primary election. J. M. HOLLAND. Colliers, S. C. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the position of mag istrate of the 5th judicial district of Edgefield county and solicit the sup port of the voters in said dsitrict. I pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic party. T. A. WILLIAMS. Cold Spring, S. C. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the office of magistrate for the 5th judicial district of Edge field county and pledge myself to abide by the results of the primary election. N. R. BARTLEY. Dr. Wellington Koo, the brilliant young Chinese diplomat, said recent ly: "Some men seem to think that we Chinese are a very childlike and very innocent people. They think we all exactly resemble the Pekin merchant of the story. "According to this story-and it is a gem-a Pekin merchant took a rather notorious foreigner to board with him at the rate of $20 a week. Six months passed, and the rather notorious foreigner had not yet let his host see the color of his money. "So at the end of six months the Pekin merchant thought the matter over very thoughtfully and reduced the foreigner's board from $20 to $10. He explained that thus, If the foreigner never paid him he would not lose so much money.'"-Detroit Free Press. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops tht Cough and Headache and works off the Cold Druggists refund money if it fails to cure E. W. GROVE'S s: -nature oa each box. SK THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. Is Depository for Public Funds of Town of Edgefield, of County of Edgefield, of State of South Carolina and of the United States in this District. The Strongest Bank in Edgefield County SAFETY FIRST IS AND WILL BE OUR MOTTO Open your account with us for 1922. 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I can't say enough foi it" Many other men and women through out the country have found Black Draught just as Mr Parsons describe? .-valuable in regulating the liver tc ita normal functions, and in cleansln| the bowels of impurities. Thedf o rd's Black-Draught liver med! cine ls the original and only genuine Accept no Imitations or substitutes Always ask for Thedfotd's. &s 1785 1922 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON Examinations at the county seat for the Edgefield County scholarship, Friday, July 7, at 9 a. m. Subjects: English grammar and composition, American history, algebra and plane geometry. Four-year courses lead to the A. B. and B. S. degrees. Special two-year pre-medical course. A course in Commerce and Business Administra tion is featured. Expenses moderate. For terms, catalogue, and illustrated folder, ad dress HARRISON RANDOLPH, President Ire King's Hew Disher 2LL? THE COUGH. CITES THE pi Edgefield, Laurens, Saluda, Rich land, Lexington, Calhoun and Spar- . tanburg, Aiken, Greenville, Pickens, Barnwell, Bamberg, Sumter, Lee, Clarendon, Kershaw, Chesterfield. The officers are : Gen. J. Fraser Lyon, President, Columbia, S. C., J. R. Blake, Gen. Agent, Secretary and Treasurer, Greenwood, S. C. -DIRECTOR.'? A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. CY A. W. Youngblood, Dodges, S. C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. J Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C. W. C. Bates, Batesburg,. S. C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, General Agent. Greenwood, S. C. Six Per Cent Loans. I .hereby announce to the farmers of Edgefild County that I am now prepared as the Attorney for The First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia, S. C., fo file ap plications for loans at 6 per cent straight. No commissions, no stock taken by borrower, loans promptly made, and easy terms. Don't confuse this bank with The Federal Land Bank. J. H. CANTELOU, Attorney. Edgefield, S. C., ^ July ll, 1922. g