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:&<kui foil all of MANNING'S MEXi i Burt Onlv a Small Select Circle Isj utilized for Establishing: a Sad j But lAmiislng Bureaucracy. Columbia, June 17.?"There are so' isany commissions, boards and coun-j ciJs in South Carolina now n'Hh more feeing formed, that there would be room in all these various organiza o rryart tor nnmhor ftf tViA fOV HVIid ivyi a uuiuwi v*v . amor's political friends and support ers scattered over the entire state, if fc would recognize more of them," said a close observer of South Carolina affairs today. "But the trouble l*n this regard is that most of the ap pointments seem to be made from anions: a very small nunroer ana therefore the places do not begin to ?ro around. "Take the civic preparedness com mission with its central state com icjttee and its 'battery of speak ers; the chairman of the registra tion hnarfK- the state council of defense; the state war councli or the jfced Cross, and the various other FISK" on youi antee that you hi dollar-for-dollar possible to buy. more than Fisfy jot sometning the Fish Tires Fc The Fisk F General Office ^ Fish Branches rtQ World's C Non Stoj Car The Standard Rail] SPECIAL OCCASIONS; \ June Ticket and Passenger Agents and C As information we wish to a< 'sions have been booked up to date ' during the month of June: Xaundry Association of the Cardie Independent Order of Red Men of ] North'Oarolina Bankers Assoclatic Hardware Association of Ncrth anc Southern Textile Association Baptist Chautauqua, or Assec We take pleasure in advising -and rumors to the contrary, th; t ~*V -season as in former years; tha* ne \ trictions whatsoever as to allu^ 1 "Lumina" will be open to the pu improvements have been made in he and in many respects the beach sea ?han heretofore. WJ. CRAIG, Passenger Traffic Maaa boards arid councils and commissions.! with a large aggregate membership. I and see how many different men have! been named thereon. There seems to1 be a circle beyond which the executive ; has not been able to go. in iaci una circle seems to be somewhat in the nature of a 'ring.' Sad Bat Amusing". J "Were the times not so serious," the ; gentleman continued, "it would really! | be amusing to analyze some of these appointments, for the edification of | hundreds of the very faithful whose i devotion and loud protestations of i loyalty have been passed by unnoticed. | I heard one of them on me train the | other day say that it seemed as if in his old home county in the upper I part of the state oniy tnree men seem ed to be known to the present adminis | tration in Columbia, and that his ob i s^rvatioc was that this county appear i e'1 be pqrticularlv 'fortunate.' if that ; be a fcvwa teiiu, in this regard, as ! in most of the counties the exist ence of only one man seemed to be recognized. Of the three men in the j county of which he spoke, two are ' on permanent boards, and these ( ' tire is a guar &ve the greatest value that it is When you pay prices you pay it Joes not exist. )T Sale By All Dealers Lubber Company of N. Y. s: CKicopee Falls, Mass. in More Than 125 Cities H??h Grade Complete tomobile* / UA-ttUlilH A AL'iV tU. PHONE 172. WBERRY, SOUTH CAROLJ^l 'oast Line road of the South Vrightsville beach, IN. 1917 onnections: Ivise that the following conven to be held at WriehtsvillelBeach las June nth-i2tk tforth Carolina " 13th- 15th >n " i9th-2isc i South Carolina... " i9th-2rst " 22nd-23rd ably " 27th-29th further, notwithstanding the report rightsville Beach will be open this government has not made any res ing the beach; that the hotels and blic as heretofoie; that material >tel accommodations and attractions, son promises to be more attractive T.C. WHITE | ,ger. General paseeage Agea on temporary \v?r emergency boards.] The other figures prominently ill about; everything that comes up, siate-wide or otherwise. In a number of other counties which I have in mind one particular man seems to be appointed on everything that comes along. And when 'conferences' are held liere, these are the men who seem to gather in Columbia and advise and readviso among themselves and with the gov ernor who calls them together. Bureaucracy ' "I had thought for a time that the idea was to have an autocracy In South Carolina, but I have about come to the conclusion that the policy is a bureaucracy, composed of a num tiritVi nfo r>f400 11 \r tllP I uer Ul uuicauo, mm ' isame predominant membership on j each?which gets right back to the old ! 'ring rule' which we had in tiie days before the Reform movement and the ! primary system. | "Many of the faithful whose merit ! has not been given recognition are kicking and kicking violently, but their kicking is as vain as it is i violent. For the king can do no wrong and has not his court been establish ed, and does not it meet at frequent in tervals in fhfi caDital CltV to issue appeals to the subjects, and to lay down the rules by which they are to abide? And are there not in ths city of Columbia the vice regents, who are in daily elbow touch, so that in every emergency ? and everything is 'emergency' these days?the tele phone may summon them Imme d;?f?ly to the council tabler surely the other Taction has been given full recognition. Wasn't PinhorHc of Hip Rftfnrm nar ty, called into the governor's office and asked to name six men known 'to be politically opposed' to the governor, for appointment on some of .these commissions, councils and boards (all inclusive) haven't four Reformers been named? They have and their names are there to show for them selves. They are Messers. John G. Richards, Eugene R. Buckingham, ~ ' -r-ri 1 ? O., Til Q,r UtlO t^ieitner auu unu w. iucj are good and faithful men all, and true and loyal Reformers, but truly they need to be as good men as they are in order to make up for the Re form party in personnel and the re presentation which it lacks in num bers. "One wonders what the state coun cil of defense >would have done for a chairman had not tne duties of the civic preparedness commission neen about completed before the state coun cil of defense was appointed. PossI bly however, Mr. Coker could have served as chairman of both, as he is a'gentleman of undoubted energy. It has been suggested, however, tnougli the suggestion has not been authenti cated, that maybe the delay in the ap l>ointment of the state council of de fense by the governor was in order not to overtax Chairman Coker by requir ing his services as chairman or ' both bodies at the same time. Lese Majeste. "Don't put me down as a critic of the personnel o fthe boards which have been appointed. My lamentation is not in that, regard?because it is lese majeste in South Carolina thus to criticize, even if one feels like it, as I do not?for I am not :n me frame of mind for criticism. My Lamenta tion is for the hundreds of faithful who have been ignored, even as the Reformers have been ignored. My sympathy is with them; my thoughts are of them night and day. I under stand that some of them were hope ful that a third regiment for South Carolina would be permitted, and that they might get a place rn the sun tnere. ?5Ut tne nope was vain, wiwi matter 'tentative schemes' by the War Department for the enlargement of the national guard of the advisabili ty of a South Carolina brigade to make up the auota of the proposed ninth division, to say nothing or tne advantages of a state brigade unaer its own brigadier genera!, which would represent South Carolina as a brigade of tht old Palmetto state? No third regiment for South Caro lina?no South Carolina brigade. Vain hope! Vain regret! Little Gratitude. "T Vivo about come to the conclu sion that a good many of these un rewarded 'faithful' are almost willing to venture the assertion that there Is very little gratitude in an autocratic bureaucracy. They have almost been put into that class in which it has heen attempted to relegate the Re formers. They dare in the pitiable plight, however, of being forced to view the handiwork as their own. while the Reformers can at least pro test with consistency. They are see ing the light though, and they re semble the Reform party ^'n one re spect right now?and that is, that they are laying their plans Tor the iuiure. me suucuug ia auuic, mjw ever?and, to add to it all, every now! and then some Reformer t>ot)s up and tells them, 'I told you so.' And with right good grace they admit it. "I started out by saying that if the' times were not so serious, the situa tion would be amusing. It really is | pathetic, and in future protests my suggestion is that the Reformers, out of the goodness of their hearts. include our additional protests for the 'faithful' whose wail is heard in the land. Let us extend to them a helping nand to ^j'UIUC Li.i.Cli.1 tiliuugii CliV/ vwi J\ OAiuu ow olJ an obscurity whicli they creat ed for themselves, ana through which they are walking alone sorrow fully and with halting and stumbling steps." Quite Easj "Well," asked the doctor, "how did yon find yourself this morning?" "Oh, quite easy enough," answered the patient. I just opened my eyes an<l heTe I was."?Exchange. TfhA Avoirdupois?"I'll bet you 3 plunks hat I can run around that track in ;ass than a minute. Has anyone got a tsopwate?" Wit?"You don't want a etopwat?k. fler! Who's got a calendar?"?Life. STATE COUNCIL DEFENSE ' i IS WITH OCT AM FINDS! , i _ For Maintenance of Militia, $30,008 I ior Liquor Constables, $.">0,000;, j and \o Money to Prepare for Troops, I 1 I Columbia. June 19.?For mainte-, ; nance of militia. $30,000. For maintenance of liquor consta-i bles (so-called "enforcement prohib-i I i: 1_... ?>\ O-A AAA j 11UI1 Iciv\ j So reads the appropriation bill of: ! 1917. ' ! ; And South Carolina is without a dol i lar to provide larger and adequate ! accommodations at the state mobiliza-j j ticn camp for the reception of the two ; regiments of national guard and other ; South Carolina trocps. i In the latter part of February, with j the war clouds lowering and the war i lighnings flashing and the war ttiun-j /Ini'f ?Aorin<r o "1 O ir !in/1 r>" rl ? r'' a r1 - ; ministration provided $20,000 more ! forthe upkeep of liquor constables; j than for the upkeep of the state's ! militia, and there is now* nothing it; j all for the upkeep of Camp Moore. Bad Business. The result is that Adjutant General ; ! W. W. Moore has had to appeal to j the department of the southeast, and, j I through that department, direct to ; i the War Department at Washington, (J for assistance in sinking wells and, building kitchens and mess halls for! the soldiers of South Carolina, who,; soon be on the fields of France, facing! German artillery, while there is a fund of $00,000 to provide for the salaries . and expenses of a small army o*! J liquor constables who are supposed to wage war upon "blind tigers"? and with what degree of success, ex cept in getting rid of the money, lias j already been fully reviewed in this j correspondence. ! About $15,000 has already been ex-! pended in the upkeep of the consta-: bles. The records show that of the! original $."0,000, available the last or February, when the appropriation j bill was approved, there remains oh ! hand today $35,192.43. The expendi-J tures have been as follows: Febru-jj ary 26. $134.45; March. $5,699.74; ; 'April, $3,271.40; May, $2,999.48; June,! ! through June 18, $2,702.50. This is i $14,807.57 in three and one-half' months, or just about at the rate of $50,000 per year. Fnnds i.Vsrain. And then the call came for a third regiment of South Carolina troops.! "* * 1 ^ J C+ of Q o wmcn WDUIU xiave given liic oiatg ; brigade, under a South Carolina brig-.' adier, the plea was made that South Carolina would have to equip such a' regiment until it was accepted in the, federal service, and that there were! i ro funds on hand for this purpose, j Quoting a Columbia newspaper which j j attempted to bolster up the govern- , or's excuses, "to raise a third regi-! : ment it would be necessary to have ! armories and equipment, and the state i at this time has no provision for such, a sten." That a third regiment could) have been formed in accordance with; the plan for the enlargement of the national guard is apparent?hut pov erty is the plea that was made. ! It was suggested today that some: of the $35,000 of the constable's up-; keep mone still in the treasury might: be diverted to paying the expenses: of the state council of defense and helping to put Camp Moore in. Qom- ! and sanitary shape for the South Carolina troops. Tiie state council of defense is without prom-! ises from a majority of the members of the general assembly that the next legislature will provide $15,000 for; the expenditures necessary to be; made in order that the council may: crpt. dn-vvn to work. It iwould take a! very broad construction of the appro priation act, however, to divert any! of the ".Drohibi. on ^orcement" moa-j ey, for the act provides, in making the j appropriation, that "should the ex-: igencies of any municipality ctr coun-j tv this state justify or require the prohibition laws now in force, and re-; contly enacted, that the governor c? the sta*e may spend in his discre-i tivn $50,000. or so mucli thereof as' may be necessary, to enforce state laws." "Extraordinary measures'' is a very appropriate expression, judg ing from some of the "extraordinary"; vouchers drawn on this fund in the past, already pointed out in tills cor respondence?such as buying /whis- j key, playing pianos in houses of ill-; fame, target shooting, pool games, tip-, ping hackmen and other thing3. Poverty-Stricken. Poverty stricken is South Carolina, with a $3,000,000 appropriation bill, when it comes to matters of vital im-, portance in the war emergency affect-! in? 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A71AK7A, OA. ?Fr'-t-'titi < "7- - nmm -iotisai is that all last year it prac ticed target and pool shooting, at the l state's expense, probably as a pre- , paredness measure in order to be able ! to pick off Germans at long range with .22 caliber rifles. 'While there is i no authentic information to that ef-i feet it is presumed that the liquor j which they purchased was of belli-! gerent quality and thai me music which they coaxed from the pianos "downtown," in the brilliant glow of the flaming red lights, was martial. The entire appropriation for the ! adjutant general's office mis year is $39,220, including the $30,000 for main tpnanro militia TrnJv it hoor> well suggested that the time is about J Fnr Ynur Rea< New Books by I $1.00 Copies for $1.25 Copies for Gilder & 1 VICTOR TO! 5 Passenger Touring Car compli gear steering control, electrical st and rear, dim and bright, electric 30x3^2 tires, with .con-skid on re beauty and full of comfort and ser she has it. 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