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SUPERVISOR SAMPLE SUSTAINS HON 1) ELECTION NO i Ueclares the Result as Made by (lie Managers?Thirteen Majority for Road Bonds N<>. i Township. As stated last week the election for the voting of a bond issuo of $40 000 for the building of good roads in Cromer township held on April 'J itrained m a majority ui j.i vua-s m favor of the bonds. And also thai certain taxpayers had filed a content in the election. Mr. Sample set Tues day of this week for the hearing. The [act authorizing the election requn-; 'ed that he order the election and that; receive the returns ana declare, ^results. The hearing was had lay in the court house. The ts were represented by Geo. r and B. V. Chapman and ^gide by Blease and Blease. 1 le of the township came bonds wearing badges jGood Roads" and they with them the NVhit le others, those oppos . did not wear badges here also and ready 'called his court to or [nutes after ten o'clock Miss Caribelle rt stenographer the pro-; >ceeded. her stated that he desired uw the name of Mr. . M.' the petition as one of the at Mr. Folk was op-; be bond issue but having' manager at Beth Eden ne did not feel that it was exactly prop-, l? 'Via ropnrH q d ! VI Ciirtl. UC SUUUIU gv m ivvutu . one of the petitioners to set aside the election. There was no objec-j tion and his name was withdrawn, j Mr. Blease took the ground that the result should be declared first ana then if there was a protest there would be something to answer. That no recount had been asked and no charge of fraud made and he did nc* j know what he had to answer. They \ only had the returns. j Mr. Cromer said that they took the j position that there had been no elec-: tion, that no one was required to' produce his tax receipt or to have his - registration certificate both of which j are mandatory under the law ana j failing to carry out this plain pro-j vision of the constitution and the ! statutes and the decision of the su j nreme court there had been really i no election. He read the law on the: subject. Mr. Sample said the parties were; called here to see if this was a valla election and they were here and he was going to have the hearing. Mr. Chapman then read the peti tion of contest. Petition of Contestants. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERVIS OR. Ex Parte Calvin K. Baker, James C. Duncan, J. B. Baker, D. L. McCullough, J. C. Seymore, C. H. Shannon. J. B. Cromer, C. M. Folk, S. W. Derrick, T. B. Carlisle, G. F. Ahrams, C. S.) Suber, W. W. Wicker, and other | tax payers or uromer ivwu?mp, ; Petitioners, j In He Bond election in Cromer Township j April 9, 1917. | 'NOTICE OF PROTEST AND CON-i \ TEST. To Hon. James C. Sample, County Su-I pervisor of Newberry County. j The above named petitioners, for i ;themselves and other tax payers of. Cromer Township, similarly situated j .respectfully show:. i 1. That they are taxpayers of fCromer Township, Newberry County, fVi?cs nntipo r?f nrotest and contest; auu vuio uw*vv w?. __ is filed in behalf of these petitioners and all other tax payers of Cromer Township, who were against the is sue of bonds voted for in the election in the said Township April 9, 1917. II. That, in pursuance of the re quirements of an Act of the Legisla ture, Xo. 277, approved February 26, 1917, you duly authorized an election to be held in Cromer Township, New-! ^on tho nnpctirm Of t9-I "UC1v^uunkj, vu ? . 'sue of $40,000 of coupon bonds by{ the said Township, for .the purpose! Use "Gefs-lt," Lift Cora Bight Off ?rsi?elfl, Loosezis-and It's Gone! Just like taking the lid off?that's kow easy you can lift a corn off your toe after it has been treated with the wonderful discovery, *Gets-It.'" Hunt the wide world over and you'll find nothing so magic, simple and easy as "Gets*2t" You folks who "0-0-!" EadCom and Stop Paia Quickly With "Get?4t" have wrapped your toes in bandages to look like bundles, who have used salves that turned your toes raw and sore, and used plasters that would shift from their place and never "get" the corn, and who have dug and picked at your corns with knives and scissors and perhaps them Meed?iust Quit these old and painful ways and try "Gets-It** just once. You put 2 or 3 drops on, and it dries at once. There's noth ing1 to stick. You can put your shoe and stocking right on again. The pain is all gone. Then the corn dies a painless, shriveling death, it loosens from your toe, and oIT !t comes. "Gets-It" is the biggest tell ing corn remedy in the world today. There's none other as good. "Gets-It" is sold by druggists ?ot-q 2Rc. a bottle, or sent on CVCl jr receipt *of price by E. Lawrence & Co* Chicago, 111. u Sold in Newberry and recommended as tbfi worlds best eorn ouje bf F. E. Way and W. G. Ma ye*. or' constructing: a:W maintaining n*< public roads within the said io^ii ship; and you duly appointed nciu agers for a polling precinct at \Vhit mire. and ii;v nageis for a polling pre cinct at Beth Kden to hold and con duct the saiu c'C'iion. III. That i:;c uuempted election was not man.:-cd and heid as :t> q:;irej by t]i?? con-rtution and laws of the State, but tnere were irregu !a uies in the following particulars. (at A great many of the voters .u !': * said eie: tion, probably a majo:. ' f fin. u pre not required by ti.; mi'miners to produce, and did 1101 ;: *od.:ec. regi-t rat ion certificates evi dencing tluit they were qualified elec tors; (b) none of the voters at the said election were required to pro duce. and none of them did produce, proof of the payment of taxes for trie preceding year, as required by law. IV. The petitioners ask your at tention to the affidavits of .1. C. Dun can, J. B. Baker. D. L. MeCullougn, J. C- Seymore, H. P. Baker, and W. H. Counts, hereto attached, in support r>f the allegation that the election was improperly an'd illegally conduct-: ed as set forth in the preceding para graph. j V. That they are informed tTiat you have received the returns of the said attempted election frcmi trie manag ers, and that on Tuesday, April 17, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, it is your purpose to canvass the returns and H^lare the result of the election. WHEREFORE, they respectfully ask: 1. That "before canvassing the re-? turns of the managers and declaring the result of the attempted election.' you consider the affidavits attached to this petition, that you give the pe-' titioners the opportunity to offer fur ther testimony in support of the alle gations of this petition, and that you notify the managers of election to oe present in order that they may have an opportunity to answer and rebut the allegation 01 uu? pcuuou i?. are so advised. j 2. That you declare the said at tempted election invalid and void, on the ground that the voters were not! required to produce, and did not pro duce, registration -certificates ana proof of payment of taxes, as requir ed by the constitution and laws or this State. GEO. B. CROMER, B. V. CHAPMAN. | Petitioners' Attorneys. Mr. H. H. Blease read the demurrer. The Demurrer. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COiU.YTY OF .VEWBERRY, OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERVIS OR. Ex parte, Calvin K. Baker, James C. Duncan, J. B. Baker, D. L. M<*Culk>ugh, J.i C. Seymore, C- H. Shannon, J. B.j Cromer, C. M. Folk, S. W. DerricK,! T. B. Carlisle, G. F. Abram9, C. ttJ Suber, W. W. Wicker, and other J taxpayers of Cromer Township, Petitioners, I In re, Bond Election in Cromer Townsnip, April 9, 1917. DEMURRER. To the Honorable James C. Sample, County Supervisor of NeWberry County: H. M. Miller. W. C. Rasor and W. A. Andrews, Managers of the Whit* mire Box in said election, and other taxpayers of Cromer township, in fav or of the issuing of bonds in accord ance with an Act of the Legislature Number 277, approved February 26, 1917, and who are in favor of up holding said "election. These contestees demur to the pe tition filed herein upon the following erounds: First: Because the Honorable James C. Sample, as Supervisor, un der said Act, is without authority to hear and determine I ills protest ana contest. Under the Act aforesaid, authorizing the tiding of said election, the said Supervisor is only made a minister-j ial officer; he is not clothed with any! judicial authority or .x>wer and that, the only power lie has. under saidj Act, ^s to declare the result of sald| election. ! Second: Because the said petition! does not set forth facts sufficient to instifv the Honorable .Supervisor to J ? ? declare said election illegal and voitt. It will be observed that there is no allegation of fraud or corruption in the conduct of said election; there is no allegation that by reason of the alleged irregularities set forth in a and b of paragraphs of said petition that there were a sufficient number of votes cast under such irregulari ties as to defeat the election, and that there is no allegation or shcedule or ? v-? Even though the whole petition was taken to be true, it does not set forth fects sufficient to establish that the will of the voters of Crom?r Township have been defeated in tae i election aforesaid. Third: That there is a defect ?t parties as appears upon the face or ; the petition in the following particu lar: the Commissioners, as set fortn v.o aforesaid, should be made 1U l~ulxs mv* ? parties to this contest, and not tlie | Managers of the said election. "WHEREFORE, These respondents j pray that the petition be dismissed | with costs. j BLEASE & RU3ASEL We hereby certify that the forego ing Demnrrer is meritorious and Is not intended merely for delay. Blease & Bleasc. Mr. Cromer stated that there was no charge of fraud. He said they held that no one was required to '? ? ?->ittyk-iti* taYw; and there was biiU>W vjl - ill fact no election, that the supreme court held that even the managers could testify that they (Jid not re quire the tax receipt to he exhibited contracting their return that there had been an election according to law, without blame to themselves. Mr. Sample overruled the demur rer. He said tney ami cwsomuiou w hear the evidence and declare the re sult and hfv was going to have the hearing. Mr. E. 8. Blease wanted to know what voters wbo voted were cot en title-! to vote so tliat they could ail s'. er :he charge. .Mr. Cromer said they charged that the election was irregular as to ail oi them. Our position i> that there v. ;? s no election. It was decided not to read the affi davits taat were wii.ii tae petition or to make them part of the recoru as the witnesses were present <uiu would te.-tify in open court. The lirst witness called was Mr. r. ij.incan. He said he was n t.ivj.ay-T in No. 4 township and thai he voted at Whitmire in this elec tion. He was not required to show his registration certilicate nor his tax receipt. He saw twenty-rive or thirty vote and he did not see any 01 them produce their registration cer tificates or their tax receipt. On cross examination by JVTr. E. S. Hleasc he said he was a qualified voter and that he had registered and had paid his tax. Can't name any 1 saw vote WI1U W t'l e iiui, quaimtu. vi\j ?... saw all wore qualified. But did not produce tax receipt. J. B. Baker said he was a tax pay er in N"o. 4 and voted in bond elect ion. Produced no registration certi ficate and no tax receipt. Saw aboui sixty besides himself vote. Thinn about one-third produced registration Vnf nrmo thp far rfSf^piDt. On cross examination he said tile election was fairly and impartially conducted. The managers were pai ticular with some and not with oth ers. I am qualified to vote. Have registration certificate and have paid my taxes. Saw nothing wrong. It W3.S B. suuctre nuuc uian .-j J. C- Seymore was a taxpayer ot No. 4. Voted in bond election. Pro duced registration certificate but not required to show tax receipt. Saw 100 vote. About 75 showed registra tion certificate but none tax receipt. On cross examination said he voted against bonds. Am qualified voter. Took the oath. Saw no one refusaa to vote. Don't know man who voted who had not paid tax. Will Bridges did not proauce ceruutaLo. nuimOJ did not show certificate. Don't know whether they had certificate or not, but they did not produce it. D. L. iVfcCullough said he was a taxpayer of No. 4. Produced regis tration certificate but no tax receipt. Saw 25 vote, all had certificates but none required to show tax receipt. On cross examination said he saw one vote from Union county. Gli iiam, understand he lives in Union. Don t know any one else. Far as 1 kilow it was fair election. I voted against bonds. I R. C. Carlisle said he was a tax j payer in No. 4. Voted at Beth Eden. ; Did not show certificate and no tax receipt. Saw about ten vote and oniy one showed certificate and no one ; tax receipt. ! S. W. Derrick said he was taxpay er in No. 4 and voted at Beth Eden. Did not produce registration certi ficate and tax receipt. Saw about 2u or 25 vote and none had registration certificates or tax receipts. All who testified were against thy bond issue. There was no charge or fraud and the whole contest was based on the failure to present reg istration certificates and failure .to show tax receipts. Those representing the bonds put up no testimony. Mr. Cromer made a short statement quoting the law and the decision or fHa minromft onn rt to show that ft was mandatory to require the regis tration certificate and to produce evi dence that all tax had been paid, that the managers could not take their opinion that these things had been done but is was mandatory that the evidence be there present at tHe tlmtj the election was being held. Mr. E. S. Blease made a short statement that there was no fraud in the election charged and that there was a fair election and that the wlli of the people had been registered and that the witneses who testified were against the bond isuse and that they all agreed that it was a fair election, and that the contestants failed to give the names of those who voted without producing the tax receipts and that, therefore, the result should Keep WeD TVi ftllAur fhft isons of undigested >d to accumulate in your bowels, where they are absorbed into your system. Indigestion, con stipation, headache, bad blood, and numerous other troubles are bound a frill era? K>en vrnir system clean, as thous ands of others do, by taking an occasional dose of the old, reliable, veg etable, family liver medi cine. Thedford's Mis. W. F. Pickle, of Rising Fawn, Ga., writes: "We have used Thed ford's Black-Draught as a family medicine. My mofher-in-law could not take calomel as it seemed too strong for her, so she used Black-Draught as a mild laxative and liver regulator... We use it in the family and believe it is the best medicine for the liver made." Try it Insist on the genuine? Thedford's. 2dc a pack age. E-75 bo lartfl as reiurwd by the mart agers. Mr. Sample said that there a higher court to review him and pas? on the !:w and he believed in tut* will of the people unci as a major."* had voted ror the bonds he would do clare the election in favor of the i.rnds by ;i i? ajority of tvotes a. shown b\ the returns of tin* man Tired aching feet feel re freshed after an application I of Sloan's Liniment, do not rub, it penetrates and soothes. j Cleaner than mussy plasters or ointments, does not stain the skin, j Have a bottle handy for rheu matic pains, neuralgia, gout, lum ha6rt icnrains strains tnothnrhf* bruises and muscle soreness. At all druggists, 25c. 50c. and $1.00. Sloan's Linimen K/LLS PA/n ADDED A >TMBEIi OF YBAILS TO HER LIFE I Says She Spent Hundreds of Dollars Fruitlessly. } i FUTURE SEEtfED DARK Says She Believes She Had One Foot' In the Grave at One Time. ! "Ppnnlp hr>fh vmincr and nUi whn' suffer with stomach trouble, would j do well to read the following highly i interesting statement given by Mrs.; Mary Gilliam, of 53 Riverside, Anaer-: son, on March 3rd. Mrs. Gilliam is of an advanced age. "I suffered from an awful case of indigestion," said Mrs. Gilliam, "anal I was so weak I could hardly walRj and really I should have been m I bed. My feet and legs burned all the time, my whole system was weaken-i ed and run down and I was very pale.; ! My appetite had left and I never be-i came hungry. My health had been, bad for several years. * j "Hundreds of dollars worth of med- j i icines had been bought for me but j ( none gave me much relief, and 1; . steadily became worse and lostj [ weight until I was skin and boneu j almost and seemed to be slowly starv : ing to death. ! "Soon after I started taking Tan- j i lac, my appetite returned and my j t stomach was strengthened and the! ! indigestion left me. Now I am eat- j ing heartily and my food is digest ! ed and nourishes me. I gained twen ! ty-iive or thirty pounds after I start ed taking Tanlac. The home-folks! . laugh at me now because I eat so 1 ! much. I was just about big enough' ! to make a shadow when I started j j Tanlac, but now I am ai my normal j weight. j "Tanlac is the finest restorer andi j tonic I ever used. It soon got me| ! strong enough to jlo my housework, -despite my years, and it is tne oniyi j medicine I ever took that gave me' ; permanent relief, and I guess it can ! be truly said that I had one foot in I the grave when I began taking it. ! Tanlac certainly is our stand-by | now, and both my husband and my self think the world of it, for I expect it gave me a number of years more of life." a Tanlac, the master medicine is sold by: Gilder & "Weeks. Newberry, S. C., Dr. W. 0. Holloway, Chappells, S. C., Ldt tle Mountain Drug Co., Little Moun tain, S. O., The Setzler Company, Po maria, S. Prosperity Drug Co., DrAcnoritv 5 r. WMtmtr* Pharni X A V/., , acy, Whitmire, S. C. AUTO SPEEDING MUST STOP. Plain Clothes Men Detailed to Bring Cases Against Speed Maniacs. Anderson Mail. The practice of driving automobiles recklessly and dangerously on the streets of the city must stop. So say the members of the city council. , The matter was discussed at the regular meeting of the council on Friday and it was left to the police committee to devise some scheme to enforce the traffic ordinances. The automobile people have been appealed to time and time again and there are still some who persist in violating the laws. The police committee met this morning and directed plain clothes men to patrol the city. They were instructed to rigidly en force the traffic ordinances and to enforce them permanently?not tem porarily or spasmodically. The speeding, as has been practiced on the streets of this city recently, is extremely dangerous. No further notice will be given the law violators?warrants for their ar rest will be the next step. This also refers to automobiles without proper lights and numbers and to violations of all the traffic ^ordinances, with special reference to the use of the cut outs. , / m:\vkkrky ki ns a wav WITH Kh'SKINK Lutherans Defeat Seceders by Score of Ten to One?3f oyer in Form. The State. Newberry. April 1?j.? fn n frame or baseball here this afternoon Nev\ ! orry defeated Erskine by the score of lit to 1. Xewberry knocked Grier (. t of the box i'1 the first and Thomij y- n. who replaced him. received tne s-ame rate in the sixth, when Blakeiy went in and finished the game. Mover ';ci>ed a beautiful game for .New berry, striking out 15 men. and allow ing only five scattered hits. Shealy, for Xewberry, hit a home run in tne first inning. Galloway of Erskine played a good game on third and {2.2121 If fi'ir t n oIca t\! good game at short. 1 Erskine 100 000 000? I ."> ? Newberry 500 301 100?10 10 2 < Grier. Thompson. Blaltely and Rog-| ] ers; Mover and Renken. ! . Parkinson-Falls. Tlie State, 17th. Tlie marriage of Miss Marie Vir ginia Parkinson to J. Frank Falls was solemnized at 7:30 o clock yes terday afternoon at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. B. B. Parkinson, 1222 Elm wood avenue. Only intimate friends of the young people and of; the family were invited and the cere mony, though simple, was a lovely one in all its seasonable spirit and charm. The house?reception hall, drawing room and dining room?was decorated in masses of snowy dog-j wood with white tapers burning soft-j ly among the blossoms. In the draw-! ing room a mound of Easter lilies and I fnliarrp nlnnts u*5i<5 prprfprl n<3 a O v ? WW -w ^ I ground for the bridal party, and aj strip of white canvas was spread as; a path for the bride and her attend-', ants. j The guests were greeted as they ar rived by Mrs. M. E. Beale of Rich mond. grandmother of the bride, and Mrs. W. C. Cathcart, and just before the ceremony a programme of piano numbers was played by Mrs. Charlea V. Albright and a vocal solo, "I Love You Truly" (Carrie Jacobs-Bond,), I was sung by Mrs. Stewart Hamilton. | The bride was attended by her sis- j ter. Miss Edith Conway Parkinson, who was lovely in an afternoon gorwu j of champagne charmeuse and a pic-j turesque straw hat adorned with pinK and deep gold roses; she carried a bouquet of pink roses. The only other attendant was little j. Miss Willie Davis, daughter of Mr. i , and Mrs. Lawrence J. Davis, who wore a dainty white lingerie frocfc , and carried the ring in the heart or1 a calla lily. The bride, an unusually i I pretty and picturesque young woman, j was most becomingly dressed in nt T-,rvo yl rrrn i- trimmflrt Trtrrc *tt pmr J IJ L I] LI . l.J'i.i U U. , BLACK WHITE TAN ADVANCE SALE OF For i Big Re (Jnautauq ?< 7 DAYS OF BIO Including the Great Cr A COMPANY In the Light Open OQi In arranging to inaugurate 1 local committee bought 1,000 SEASON TICKETS After the opening day no sea; than $3.00. For the single admissions to see the official programs. Season tickets are nontransfer family. The name of some membe in ink upon every season ticket. 1 a? a protection to the owner in cai Children's tickets admit child] inclusive. All children are admitl .vith Persian toucTies on collar and uffs and matched by hat. shoes and gloves. Her flowers were an arm LrOiKjiiet of bride roses. The ushers were Harold Archer* Vincent Halter, Roy Cannon and Wat er kuft'. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev. C. E. Burts, I). D., ;>as-tor of the First Baptist church, uul was followed by an informal re epticn. during which ices and sweets ivere served. An array of beautiful presents vvag ;et forth in the dining room. Mr. and Mrs. Falls left yesterday ifternoon for a .short wedding trip, ifter which they will return to maKe 'heir home in Columbia at the resi ience of the bride's mother. Mr. Falls is connected with th? Schofield Music company. Among the out of town guests at the wedding were: Mrs. Heale and Miss Iconise Beale of Richmond, rrandmother and aunt of the bride; Miss Marie Prierson of Lynchburg ind George S^'ittenberg of Xewberry. LUTHERAN LAYMEN KEET IN AUCfflm Executive Committee at Conference in Colombia Plans Convention Next February. The State, l?th. A. H. Snider of Salisbury, N't C., George B. Cromer and O. B- Mayer, M. D., of Newberry, Kenneth Baker 3f Greenwood and J. V. Sutton of Co lumbia attended a meeting of tne executive committee of the Laymen's Vfioeinnorv mnvomont nf th<a T,llthf>ra? church in Columbia yesterday. Sat isfactory progress was reported la all departments of the work and the committee instructed the general sec retary. the Rev. E. C. Cronk, D. D., d( Columbia to make advance prep aration for the biennial conventio* in Augusta, Ga., February, 1918. A number of famous speakers, includ ing John R. Mott and Samuel Zwem sr, have already been invited to an iress this convention. WEAK, NERVOUS OHIO WOMAN Made Well By Delicious Vinol Bello.fontame, Ohio.?"My blood wail rery poor?i was in a weak, nervous, run-down condition. I tried different remedies without benefit and one day cay druggist told me about YinoL I tried it and it built me up in every way ?blood, strength and nerves, and I tell my friends it is the best medicine on Earth."?Mrs. Eael Bbu^son. Vmol ** sharpens the appetite, aid* digestion, enriches the Mood and is this natural manner creates streagtfc. Complete formula oa every label. Gilder & Weeks, Druggist*, NewV berry, S. C. io^ dpath ua Week ATTRACTIONS ealore and His Band, I OF THIRTY a "The Mikade" > ? lj.:. .4- ? 4l.'. iv. mis onaaunqan urn jcttr uic These tickets/ill be^ sold white -.tbey^last, at $250 each.f ^ son tickets can be had for less the respective entertainments able except within the owner's r of the family mnst be written Aris provision is made primarily >e the ticket shonld be lost, ren aged sh: to fonrteen years ted t* tins eiaidr?!5 work free. _