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ANALYSIS OF KETUBSS IK PREVIOUS RACES Primary Election Figures From Other State Campaigns Throw Interest ing Side JLigiit on turrrnt Contest. The State. Speculation as to probable results of the approaching primary election are becoming rife as the day for decision draws near. For the benefit of those -who delight in juggling figures' on gubernatorial races, the following information is given. Cole L. Blease offered first for gov <-1 Ann/%. emor m ?yuo ctgitiusi bc?cu \jw^~ nents. The three leading candidates were LMartin F. Ansel, Mr. Blease and Richard I. Manning. In the first primary Ansel received 39,850, Blease 16,801 and Manning 23,008. A vote of 16,983 was distributed among the remaining five.. In the second primary Mr. Ansel was elected by a majority of 9,399. Two years later Mr. Ansel was op .posed for reelection again by the Newberry candidate. The total vote that year approximated 105,000, of "which Mr. Ansel received 62,867, or a majority of 20,767 over Blease. Mr. Blease was elected governor in 191-0, his leading opponent being 1 C. Feathers tone. The vote that year was 106,855. Mr. Blease received 56,2-50, Mr. Featherstone 50,605. The Newberry county candidate's majority was 5,645. Two vears later Mr. Blease was re elected, being opposed by John Duncan and Ira B. Jones. The returns tjhat year were unprecedentedly large, the count being 140,757. Th? majority was 3,329. The vote received was: Blease 72,043, Jones 66,548, Duncan 2,166. Ii the United States senatorial rice of two years ago the majority o ' E. D. Smith over nis mrre opponents was 11,731. The total vote cast was 132,801. Smith received 72,266, Blease 56,913, Jennings 2,258, Pollock 1.364. Only nine counties were in the Blease column in that election. These were Aiken, Anderson, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Georgetown j Piokens, Union and York. ? ? r* Arv_ A1 distinctly narrow margin arated the three leading candidates? lor governor in the first primary of j 19i4. Several days elapsed before it j oould be determined whether Coope^ j or Manning would make the second j race. Cooper received 25,053; Manning 25,397. Richards 26.S01. The loss of Newberry county, which is one of the counties of Mr. Cooper's judicial circuit, eliminated the La t rens county candidate from the running. In Newberry Mr. Manning re~ ?- 4 r a i -ceived 1,068 against Mr. coopers tot. An additional 345 votes would have placed IMr. Cooper in the secnd heat. Mr. Manning was elected over M~\ Richards by a majority of 28,870. Twc ; counties were carried by Mr. Richards?Cherokee and York. JfO GREAT DAMAGE BY FLOOD WAT'SKfc ?? Crops and Homes Snffer Somewhat by Eeason of Swellia; of Seneca Eiver. Asheyille, N. C., Aug. 14. No lives "were lost, as far as could be ascertained here tonight, by the breaking of the great dam at Like J'oxaway yesterday although the 30 foot wall of water that rushed d\;vn the narnr>-ar -mountain s-orees in o South Car- J olina wrought some damage to cropo fsiKI hornet V houses "srp vasfced tu"way. * Alter the waters left the passes, they spread considerably, according to reports brought here. At Clemson College, the 'Seneca river was swollen nine feet, but did n( appreciable damage. Thousands of fish released from the j lake were left stranded in small pooh along the rivers and on dry la-nd. The only damage reported at Toxaway "was the destruction of the $10,000 electric plant. George Armstrong of Savannah was in a launch less than half a mile from the dam when it went out. He escaped with difficulty by heading up an arm of the lake. rfiU'Tnw if ilk by the Yard. An Irishman passed a shop where a notice was displayed saying that everything was sold by the yard. Thinking to play a joke on the shopman, he entered and asked for a yard of milk. The shomnan, not in the least aback, dipped his finger in a bowl of mile and drew a line a yard long on the ^counter. The Irishman, not wishing to be x?a"ugiht in is own trap, asked th i iprice. " Iflve SAid'tlie shopman. <?*! ? "Prrtl it ?r?? T'll take it.' ?\.kl i " -jr ) ??~ WHY WOMEN WRITE LETTERS To Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. i Women who are well often ask "Are the letters which the Lydia E. Pinkham : Medicine Co. are continually publishing:, Igenuine?" "Are they truthful?" 1 Tin Ja tttnimnn tmn+o cmr?Vl ? " nujf uu rrviucu nnw buu? nvvir>,.u . In answer we Bay that never have we published a fictitious letter or name. Never, knowingly, have we published an untruthful letter, or one without the | full and written consent of the woman ! who wrote it. The reason that thousands of women | from all parts of the country write such j grateful letters to the Lydia E. Pink| ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E. Pink| ham's Vegetable Compound has brought i health and happiness into their lives, I once burdened with pain and suffering. | . It has relieved women from some of ; the worst forms of female ills, from disi placements, inflammation, Ulceration, irregularities, nervousness, weakness, ; stomach troubles and from the blues. It is impossible for any woman who is well and who has never suffered y);[fr to realize how these (()/ ff* Ul : poor, suffering wo- ^ \ J men feel when re- / / ^ TSy i j stored to health; I j I J I | their keen desire to r\ VT jk j help other women ^jj wno are sunenng as (gi jSBPZy Ik") they aid. tvBiAEP7NKHAl5^^,' FERTILIZER BILLS CAN BE REDUCED ! Fixation Works Would Exploit Lime Beds, Resource Not Heretofore Developed* j The 'State. i | The following statement ^as made yesterday fry the Columbia Chamber of Commerce committee (having charge of the nitrate plant campaigk "Doiring 1934 the fertilizer tax paid to Clemson college aggregated $263,064.09, which, at 25 cents per ton. s_ows that 1.064,256 tons of fertilizers of all classes "were used in 'South Carolina. It has been repeatedly stateed that the gross cost was $31,000,? - - - | 000, and that 60 per cent. 01 tnio amount was expended for the one item of nitrogen, a very -considerable proportion of which was- for mineral nitrate,- since .South Carolina uses heavily as top dresser and as >a sid-5 application for -cotton and corn, a3 well as in complete fertilizers. "If the government established a nitrogen fixation plant in Columbia. for the joint production of fertilizer and nitrtc acid, and all the available power were used for the production o' lime nitrate, at prices ruling befor3 the European war sent Chilean nitrate t> such high levels, the value of the product would be $9,000,-000 from 'Undeveloped South Carolina resources. If the whole of this product were used in South Carolina, and sold at the price named as the probable cost of produciflg lime nitrate with horse power at $20 per ton, to wit: $17.50 per ton, the saving to South Carolina farmers alone "would amount to $5,718,750 per annum. "Instead of $9,000,000 leaving the State that amount would remain here. Further, the $3,281,250 worth of lime nitrate would he that much new wealth as surely as if it were so much gold. In the enormous waste power of the Congaree, harressed to produce the vitalizing electric sparks, we would develop the philosopher's stone to transmute into -gold the base marl of: coastal plain, which in turn would make unproductive and unprofitable land produce wealth fourfold. "This is the reason why the nitrates committee of the -Columbia (Chamber of Commerce urges every farmer, every professional and business man to write to our senators anl representatives in Washington to support the movement to secure one of ! tnese great government pia.ui.s nu: [ South Carolina. Write today." | M-AXY IN KEWBEREY TRY SIMPLE *DXTlTRE Many New-berry people are surpris| ed at the QUICK action of simple j buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as ; mixed in Adler-i-ka. This simple ! remedy acts on BOTH upper and lowI er bowel, removing such surprising foul matter that ONE SpOONFUL re. lieves almost AjNT CASE constipation, sour stomach or gas. A few , doses often relieve or -prevent appen! dicitis. A short treatment helps | chronic stomach trouble. Tfre INjSTAiNT, easy action of lAdler-i-ka i i astonishing. Gilder & Weeks Co. '! druggists. rfovigorattag to the Pale and Sic&jj TfceOld 8ta?dBfd y flCTkrdti'CPtftherlng tonic GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives ou' Mal'uia.enriche it *>e blood .and builds nptfceny& lem. A true tonx For adults and dL-ldrtu. 50. ) BRASDE'fS INABLE | TO ACCEPT WOKKj j Has So Much Judicial Business ou Hand Tliat He Can't Spare Time. I (Washington, Aug. 14.?Associate Justice Louis D. Brandeis of the su- j preme court informed President Wilson tonight that because of the mass of business before the court he would v - Wl ? n t'c 'Do un&um u> iacce?j? WJLC yicoiu^ui. ^ designation to serve on the joint commission which will attempt to solve the difficulties between the United States and Mexico. Justice Brandeis conferred with the president and Attorney General Gregory. Later the following letter xrom Justice Frandeis to the president Wis made public at the White House: "My dear Mr. President: I appreoioto fhp nnnortunitv for hizh service I."- ~trc y W which membership on the Mexican commission would present. But upoi consultation with the chief justice 1 j find that the state of the business of ! the supreme court at the present time 1 to be such that it is my duty not to I undertake this important constructive ' task." The giving out of Justice Branaeis j I letter was the first formal announce- j rient that lie had been offered the post, although it has been known definitely that he and Secretary Lan-3 were "two of the three men selected b r the president for membership on the commission. The general understanding iiad A Statement A To Cc (Political A<h Mr. James C. Sample, County Superviso: iNewberry, S. C. 1 Dear -Sdr: A short while ago Mr. H. 'M. Boozer o County's finances, and in order that yoi formation from your office 1 showed you you were entitled to know about it not law, are open to public inspection. You have asked me to explain to you 1914 of certain extraordinary sums of use of in 1915. It is a fact that commutation tax was $5,690.00, of which $5,576.46 was paid o going to pay chaingang claims; where lected was $1,944.00, or a difference in 1 Shoals Power Co., paid the County $14,8 which might be caused by the ponding < lie road at Heller's creek. All of this across the creek and in making the fill 800.00, which was used for ordinary pui to Mr. Boozer when I gave him the sta that claims against County were paid . You have (asked me, if during 1914 so * > "< T X AV_? T were not soia, ana, it so, wii<?i tuey ur tion is they brought between $700 and will show the exact amount turned ove: will also show the exact balance paidth Power Co., deal. I am also asked if con from the County Home lands during 191 no record as to the number of feet anc of iany such lumber. You had no such extraordinary items to be absolutely fair and just to you and at your request. I am making mention o1 I hope the foregoing covers the infor you with any additional information tha' edge. August 2, 1916. Mr. Voter, you see from the above letter from Mr. Holloway that Mr. H. 'M'. Boozer had full information as to the deficiency of the funds for 1915, and to "be fair to me I think Mr. Boozer should have given this information with the figures he has "been giving out. I can not get around to j all of -the voters "before the election, is why I am sending this out through the papers. If you hear any rumors of a hurtful nature in regard j to the expenditure of the furds of j Newberry -county I will -consider it a j j favor if you will call to see IMr. Hollojway and ask him to show you the j records. He will take pleasure in showing them to you and you will find i / i that the rumor that was in circula- j i tion is untrue. I presume from the criticism of my | opponent in regard to the expendi- j tures of the funds of Newberry county, if he should succeed me the roads and bridges will be neglected, as, Mr. : . Voter, you know roads can't be work ed ana bridges can't be built without . the expenditure of the funds. I hiave , spent tbe money appropriated for this . purpose and have no apologies to i make, as I have complied! with the law. When you hear any one say that I have run the county in debt, ask him what I spent the money for, k and if I haven't complied with the IBavr. I have only this promise to make:. been that, r-otn .fustice Brandeis and Secretary Lane had acceptcd and there have been intimations that the justice's decision to withdraw was reached after Chief Justice White had interposed objections. There was no official confirmation of that however. ine crape nanger. Two warfarers were resting by the roadside. "This is a tough life we're leadin." mused one of them, "ridin' car trucks at the risk of our lives, gettin' chased b> brakeman an' cops an' dogs, sleep in' in barns and haystacks, an' eatin' the leavin's from other folks' meals. ?Trtni}e+ Rill unmptimps T think it's ' * I worse than workin* for-a livin'." "Hey, wot's the matter with you ?" i exclaimed his companion. "Woddy j mean by takin' all de joy out of life ' j m e'<S><S><5><e>,^<?'<$><5><S><e><^>^><$'<8><e>^1 <$> <?>! > > FOE ECONOMY'S SAKE <^l <$> <?>j I $ <?><$><?><?><$><?><?><$> ^ <$<?><? <$><$> 3-j Use borax! Borax saves 50 per cent, of laundrysoap. Borax makes soap do more, work at less expense. It makes bei- j ter, easier washings. The clothes last longer, too. Borax | is absolutely ,con-injurious. And its j cost is trifling. A 25c package of "20 Mule Team Borax Soap Chips" will do more cleaning than 50c worth of bar soap or washing powders. I S A. 17 tuniy nnunws 'ertisement.) ? r, btained from me a statement as to the j might know that I had given out ini a copy of this statement, as I thought ^withstanding your records, under the i the fact of the collection and use in money, which you did not hiva the i collected in 1914 to the , amount ol ut during that year, a good part of it as, in 1915, the commutation tax ooliavor of 1914 of $3,746.00. In 1914 Parr 00.00 to get a release from all damages :>f waters on the Columbia-Union pubmoney wtas used in building a bridge leading to the bridge, except some $4,*poses of the County, i explained this itement in which I said, "books show January 2, 1915." me mules belonging to the County ought. That is true, and my recollec$800. The County Treasurer's books r to Sim from this source and they e Treasurer from the Parr Shoals siderable lumber was nor cut and used 4. Such is my information, but I have i have, therefore, no idea of the value 3 of income during 191.?, and m order I your administration during that year, l these matters in this letter. mation desired. If not, I will furnish I may officially come within my knowlYours truly. H. C. Holloway. I I If reelected 1 "will do in the future as I have done in the past, work your roads and give to the people the roadways they are entitled to have. ] have not put the county in debt. The legislative delegation from Newberry has put it in debt by not providing to raise enough tuoney to meet the necessary expenses of the county, net to speuk ci the appropriation; which this same delegation made and L'v making admits that they hav3 n:t provided for the raising of suilicien: funds to inee* the abso: :tely necessary ex^c.::ses of running the county. Jf any one dou"::s this state m<mt 1 ask him to consult the county attorney, JVlr. H. C. Holloway, and the records 3f the office. A 4 1-2 mills levy brings in about $32,000.00. The appropriation hill carries $45,,500.00. Tfiis leaves a ueficit of about $13,500.00. I find it necessary to spend all th2 road and bridge money I can get hoM of as that is the only fund put in my hands except the county home fund and the chain gang fund. lAill the other funds are paid out by statutes. There are eighteen different items in the county appropriation bill. This is election year and don't pay any attention to everything you hear. R-tepectfully, J. C. Sample. SI 17 imA V I Carrauza Government Curious as to Cause. Mexico City, Aug. 14.?Carranza government officials today expressed curiosity over the delay by the United States government in naming the American delegates to the AmericanMexican conference on border difficul ties. Local newspapers published the fact that Secretary Lane and Justice Brandies had been asked by President j Wilson to serve on the 'American dele j \ gation. The war department reported vie -1 trries by government troops over bandits in small engagements in the 'States of Zacatecas and Michoacan. SOtfE CROPS INJURED >'o Yerv Heavy Loss Caused by j ; ~ wt ? - - Toxaway Flood. Greenville. Aug. 14.?Damage done I ; b> the water of Lake Toxaway in j Walhalla, Pickens. Anderson and Seneca was confined to the flooding 0. outlying territory, injuring crop* to some extent. These were the coun ties expected to be hardest hit. aHMMMMHMMHHHMMP/ M. ?II ! mtMUUl OFlii Ml 1% SHOE I D I A t* U -\A/U thin' I iJiWi " ^ ^ x- . sjj* keep youi &% TT 7"_ 1 k4 WdRfcf up ui The Bell Telephone is Ring up on the Bell. You may talk about your breath but it won' breath to talk into your B( Ring up old customers of prospects, there is no saves more time or expens If you haven't a Bell Call the Business office fo: SOUTHERN BELL T AND TELEGRAPH BOX 163. TO! j I SHIERUU For the high ! of young For Catalogue . mation address P. E. MONR< Leesviile !_ j Clemson College, Aug. 14.? rise in the Seneca river, due to tul breaking of the Toxaway C .in, wjm six feet below the recent flood stageB The river is now falling and th.e lege property is in no danger. I ?? Good Looks are EasyW Magnolia ISrB Balm. Look as good as your city cousins, hfl matter if you do Tan or Freckle AfagnojM Balm will surely clear your skin in&antfl Heals Sunburn, too. Just put a little your face and rub ii off again before diV | Simple and sure to please. Try a bot? J Isilk imnvAtmmAnf ' IU-U <xy diiv-i ut^iu uig once. White, Pink and Rose-Red ColoiH 75 cents at Druggists or by mail direfl SAMPLE FREE, H LYON MFG. CO., 40 So. 5tliSt.,Brooklyn, N.H in iiwin? Polishes i ITE-TAN - IO<t * SHOES NEAT | CO.. LTD. BUFFALO , N.Y. 1 H'l ? |||I f|f$ i the Big Ben of Business* a dull times 'till you loss t help matters, save yoin jll Telephone. r, then start on a fresh lis? quicker way ? none thatH Telephone, get one now.? - r rates. ? 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