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A I | *) *V*ir 1 TUE5 NO t t ? ti t ? ^ 0 l ^ >^my^ 'AUG. 26 TENTATIVE DATE OF PRIMARY * Members Executive Committee Stress Need of Democratic Registration / * News and Courier ^ Columbia, July 29.?-A subcommittee of the State Democratic executive committee which met here today decided on August 26 as the tentative date for the first primary election for Congress from the Sixth and Seventh Congressional Districts and on,September 9 as the date for * > * -i i j the second primary election, snouia it be necessary. Assessment of the individual candidates was placed at $250. The dates of the itinerary and their route vlll be announced later. ( The date Of the general election will be fixed by Governor CoOper. It was thought that Speaker Gillett had A1- ?/%wfnrr? on^ VlO tffSS Jislc LI1JL?> UUt^ IV axx uiiy uv i??w ed to name October 7, but a telegram to Washington brought a wire from Congressman Stevenson, citing the constitutional authority of the Governor to fix the date of the general election. The Governor named October 7. Speaking Dates. The assesment of the candidates J was placed at $250. The list for candidates closes August 11, the day preceeding the opaning of the two itineraries, which are as follows: Sixth district. Florence, August 12; ^ ** * * ?*1 O ? TA it y Manning, August io, jcvmgotxcc, august 14; Georgetown, August 15; Marion, August 16; Conway, August 18; Dillon, August 19, and Darlington,August 20: Seventh district: Columbia, August 12; Lexington, August 13; St. Matthews, August 14; Orangeburg, August 15; Sumter, August 16, and Bishopville, August 18. John Gary Evans, chairman of the executive committee, told the members that there need be no fear of . the Republican vote endangering the * South Carolina Democratic party, as never before in the history of the State was it more firmly entrenched, provided the people went to the polls and vote in the general election. The only danger, he stated, was in the extreme lethargy displayed by the voter toward the general election. Some of the members of the committee, including former Governor Manning, however, were of the opin( ion that stress should be laid on the Democratic vote registering, partic a r & AUVA1>ICC ' I fflE LIFE DRAMA OF \ A beautiful girl is pi Big Smashing Scenes derful Cast. j , a? , ? *" <r W w \ V A*'?\ Mc* i i u I tt* > /M''. r$/i, XI Hfr-rSTr'^V^' ?i-->^? Vv ^?!^v T; r***^?r^v ?~~v,"? JP' ' ." N. > <i b?.v^ >j ularly at this time when the negroes of the State are doing everything possible to get a large electorate registered. The committee decided not to reopen the registration books as there * ~ ~ * - 1 TO. was not time for sucn procedure, u wan pointed out that practically all the soldiers already are enrolled and can participate in the primaries. A resolution by Gen. Wilie Jones, of Columbia, authorizing the executive committeemen from the Sixth and Seventh districts to tabulate the returns and declare the results in the congressional primaries, unless there was a contest when the whole committee would have to sit, was ruled ! out on a point of order. Ashley C. Tobias, Jr., secretary of j the committee, called attention to the amendment to the Australian ballot law, adopted at the last session of the General Assembly when the system was'extended from precincts in incorporated cities to all precincts having fifty or more voters and requested that the various chairmen of the county committees send him information as soon as possible so that would have no delay in preparing and sending out the ballots. Elections Important. Chairman Evans said that the j forth-coming elections are very im- j oe +V?o nr\-r>rrr-occ flip ' pui IdrilUj C40 Ul'w VWW VA VA* v United States is in the hands of the j Republican party, and if the Demo-1 , crats of the Sixth and Seventh dis- j tricts did not make a creditable ' showing there would undoubtedly be contests. He said that he had never seen a more determined effort made on the part of the Republicans to capture the reins of government, and as an effort toward this end they have put the most unscrupulous men in the United States in charge of their machinery. He quoted women of the auxiliary committee of the Na tionai democratic jiixecuuve vjuiimiHtee, as characterizing Will Hays, chairman of the National Republican party, as being a disciple of Mark Hanna, who believed that mony could j accomplish anything. He declared that these women said that their suf-1 ; frage sisters in the West are disgusted with the methods of the Republican party and are done with it. He issued a warning against 'inaeDendentism' which is already spring-. I " ' | ing up and declared "that the social 1 status of the State is so interwoven i With the Democratic party that a j i HOU UGUST ITVT DDirC A MILLION GIRLS IN SMALL TOWNS aced on the auction bloc! i?Sensational F ights?T Vfr'A, -y w$ 'fc8 ^%ff mm Wp ^.%S* :\x^ MA %) M^ ^5?"&ik *7 A/ / ^ ify ' ' .- -0>i-Wr- .^ ^ - ' J&t'iW ^14^* <*& R / y&i.v^S&S* < ALSii ^ri MOST PLAUSIBLE BEAUTY SEEN IN "AUCTION BLOCK." s 1 She is Rubye de Remer and She J Comes From Denver Via ] S Broadway. i ? (By Harriette Underhill.) ] She was born De Remer and christ- ! - i i ~ ^oll-rr I enea jttuDye, t>u jier name 10 ituuj I Rubye De Remer, even out in Denver, | ] where she saw the light of day 20 |1 years before Rex Beach saw her and j asked her to play the lead in his ; < "Auction Block"?because, he said, | she was the most beautiful girl he i: ever had seen. j; This is a bird's-eye view of the , career of Miss De Remer, of the !; "Mid-night Frolic" and the Rex j, Beach pictures who a year ago had j; never even seen thai magic street j called the Rialto, with the elusive j, rainbow at the end of it. I; If Miss De Remer's mother had j. known just how she would look when j; she grew up she probably would have j called her Pearl instead of Rubye, for she is divinely tall and, ch, most . divinely fair. She looks as though she were made of peaches and corn ; silk and bits of blue sky and pearls, all fastened together with crisp pink , icins:. Miss De Remer speaks of her beauty merely as an accepted fact, for which she is grateful, but feels that she deserves no credit. She seems totally lacking in conceit, in spite of the fact that she was selected to play the part of Lorelei Knight ; because she. was conceded to be the < most beautiful girl in New York. "Yes," she said, when we asked her if this was true, "I believe they did say something of the sort, but it would have pleased me far more if I , had been chosen because of my talent. I have no illusions on the sub blow at one is a blow at the other." He cautioned the members of the ; committee to warn the people against such movements and to stamp them out at the ballot box. The subcommittee appointed to dej cide on the dates of election and j ' other matters pertaining to the con- p j gressional races in the sixth and sev- j < | enth district is composed of Gen. |J j Wilie Jones, of Columbia, chairman;,* ; G. A. Guignard, of Lexington; J. A. j ; Berry, of Orangeburg; D. D. McColI, \ j of BennettsvilJe. and T. W. Berry, of j] ; Dillon. - ' < ?1 ^ 1 Si $gg!lgpp! ft tf II M ' JBKai*. -j* AMERICA'S BIG CiTD I l fpr the highest bidder, hrilling Adventures and A - 1) ;// 4%V,? r ^ 'hfAat&fA *W\ 4 '!iW/^: f\ $ <-5 /*XN&\> wi ^ ject, and I did not believe that I had J sufficient dramatic ability to play the exacting role of Lorelei Knight. [ told Mr. Beach so, but after tney ? had given me a trial they said to go ahead and they would take all the responsibility; so I did. I had previously made but one picture, and when Mr. Beach said that I would do I was 1 wild with joy and faint with appre- 1 hension, for my success means more to me than anything in the world. "When I came to New York a year ' ago, I came because I could sing and j I believed that I would never do very Ij murh in Denver. Well, as soon as 11 arrived here I lost my voice and j couid not sing a note for three! months. 1 would not ask for assistance and so when my funds grew low I went to one of the agents who supply the extra poeple to the big film companies, and almost immediately I found myself in front of the camera scared to death, of course, and not knowing a thing about make-up. "Five dollars a day, some days, 1 isn't affluence, but it does buy bread j anH n little butter, and then presently J I was offered the part of the good i. little girl in "Enlighten Thy Daugh- j ter." This was far beyond my fond-1' est dreams, and when it was finished no one' believed that was my first picture: Then success came knocking at my door, or, at least, a cessa- < tion of financial difficulties, which < snr*pess. And Mr. Zieg- , feld offered me Olive Thomas's part ? in the 'Frolic.' My voice returned, <; and, on top of all this, Mr. Beach chose me to play this wonderful part. ' 1 "I have worked hard, but I haven't , worked any harder than thousands of girls who never have any good luck . at all. I feel every minute as though , r nnrr>if unv- 'I am grateful?I do |. * uuguv vv , ? appreciate it/ so that I may be al- . lowed to keep what has been given to me by a kind fate which watches over girls who come from Denver to New York to seek their fortune." This picture will be shown at the . opera bouse, Tuesday, August 5th. Following extensive study of the subject, a Scotch scientist has decided that no trees are immune to . lightning, and that one kind is struck I is often as another. This year, for the first time, wo-' men are seeking election to town jouncils in Holland. i i RANSOM IS PAID MEXICAN BANDITS.! ? I I John West Thompson Pays Money to ' Secure Release of Son, on the j Advice of Carranza Government. j Washington, vJuly 28.? \cting j upon the advice of the Mexican gov- j ernment, John West Thompson, an j American ranchman living near j Mexico City, has paid the 1,500 peco& j ransom demanded by bandits for the release of his 14-year-old son, the state department was advised today. The Mexican authorities said they feared the bandits would murder the boy unless they received the money. 2. J ?4 Young Thompson was captureu < his father's n ich after the bandits ! had disarmed him and taken his! horse. Uurgent representations in j the matter were made to the Mexi can foreign office by the American I embassy at Mexico City. Secretary Lansing said the Mexi- j can foreign office had agreed to re- j fund the amount of the ransom and j to take measures for the capture and j punishment of the bandits. The kidnaping took place last | Thursday at the Thompson ranch, 30 j miles form Mexico City, and the boy was released on Friday. ? - <S> $> ATTENTION SOLDIERS. <S> ? <S> An earnest effort is being made to get a permanent record of every man who has been in the United States ! ? 1 I army or navy irom rgewuerzy wuu^.> The county authorities have bought | record books at considerable expense, and the Red Cross is paying for the work. This is to urge tevery man who has been in the service to send his discharge papers to Mr. John C. Goggans, clerk o* the court, New berry, S. C., as early as possible. Mr. Goggans will become responsible for these papers ai>d will return them promptly as soon as they are recorded. It is very desirable to have this i record on the part of the county as i future generations will want to know what part we took in this memorable struggle. It is equally desirable for the man as the discharge papers may be lost or destroyed, and ! it is very difficult to have them du- j plicated. This record will be per- j I 1 SI vvVvVtz+vv'.' ::?.*::. :y::::x>x* ?>%?& : ^:>:>>::::: :><: ' S H I manent, authoritative, and easy of' access. The work is being done with-* out expense to the soldiers, and they are urged to send their discharge pa~ pers while there is arrangement for - \ recording them. Please give this matter your im-~ mediate attention. J. W. Carson, Chairman Home Service Section of the Red Cross. President Harrison's Close Shave.. Leslie's. j President Harrison prided hiifc^ self on not taking any promises regarding office. He flatered himsife that in this, at least, there was not even "the smell of fire upon his garments." One day there came in the mail a letter from an oldtime Indiana friend, Enoch Fuller, of i Bloomington, asking for considera 1 tion of his name in connection with, i some federal position. He inclosed a letter written by Harrison when a member of the senate, in reply to j one Fuller had then written asking for some sort of federal office, say- . ing that inasmuch as the administra-.. tion was in democratic hands (Mr-. Cleveland was president) he was 11- x. ? -P~>. u,,* HOT a Die to uo any tiling j.ui, uuk .ded: "If the time shall ever come . when it is in my power to do so I will be glad to remember your desire."Mr. Fuller thought "the time" had come and so did I. When j[ handed Harrison his own letter he read it and remarked. "That's a mighty close shave." After the election of Hayes "Bob." Burdette, of The Burlington Hawkeye, wrote a humorous poem the conclusion ot which was? If I . were Rutherford Birchard; Haves? Birchard Hayes, Birchard Hayes; If I were Rutherford Birchard Hayes, I would say to the Hawkeye funny man: "Here's a three thousand dollar pup-pup-postoffice." If I had been Mr. Hayes I would have done just that thing; and I felt the same way about Harrison and Fuller. "When does this old Noah's Ark start?" "Oh, we're just waiting for the asses to get on board. Hurry up? please."-?London. Opinion.