Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NATION WIDE INTEREST 'to Telegrams From All Over America \v Congratulate Club and Ask for la information as to Formation of : hi Organizations. *i 'iirmiti.irhan?, Ala.. April 1 '>.? G b ill ;,0UU members enroile?! and v. .-niar.eiit oiiieers elected. the Bir- in Overall c!ui>, pioneer oru:an- il of iis kind in the I nited w c--; .tes, tmiay was making lir.al plans e; iv., a mass protest a^tinst the high d; cost of clothing. c< Friday. April I ?>, was officially set ti -as the date for "donning the denim" o J at ihe first meeting of the club in tl tr>e city court house last night. | cj oledsed themselves to put L <>:? overalls that day and continue to' vcar them until the prices of clothes: B take a decided drop. They will wear S; finr denims during working: hours1 tl and at such other times'as they may 0i oesire. j tl They will do business only with' f( tihti who wear overalls. jtl Alvin M. Douglas, former city! ^ j'j.iure of Birmingham, was elected . ti jpresident. and Theodore Lamar, sec- al ri tary. j ^ Mr. Lamar read letters and tele- a] g rains from practically every state \v 1 ? il-rt ir the union supporting mc mwc- <r, ?i?ent and asking for information as m to the formation of clubs. ! ]a Speakers at the organization were I bitter in their denunciation of the F high cost of clothing. "Americans have been in the habit' of laughing at the high cost of liv- i said Judge William E. Fort of i M the circuit court. "We have been lii i sitting idle as the prices of commodi- ! as ties have mounted skyhigh. Now is in the time to .do something. We must S< enter this movement with the resolve ?- ; ,. _ * tt to see it through. The question ox >\ cutting the business of one class of ac retailer and adding to the business of rs another should not he considered." aj NAMING OF BOARD j to MAY BE HELPFUL, as j f ( "With Official Estimate Lacking d< Number is Believed to be Hun- j ST dreds of Thousands. I L ^ ! p) New York. April 13.?Interest in ei -i*- ?i.: ftMl-oo nf rt?hpl linns c 1 itnt* nauuiiwmc sumto %??. ? railroad workers centered tonight in c< "Washington where union labor lead- tl" its saw a ray of hope in the appoint- 0] mer.t cf President Wilson's labor ol board provided to deal with labor h; disputes. ^Meanwhile. officers of the department of justice in Washington c< announce that evidence of activity of hi "the I. W. W. toward inciting and b? maintaining unauthorized strikes con- m tinued to accumulate and that they a * saw signs of an attempt to expand the m rail strike into "one phase of the m world revolution." w While official estimates were lack- ir ang, the number of persons who have been made idle by the strike, directly or indirectly, runs into the hundreds 1? of thousands. One hundred thous-,*c and were ^reported out of work in *)hio alone, and thousands of others 1? 11- r_ r? 1 ! tl "were inie m xeiuis.vj vaiwo. <mu , states with industrial plants continu-. * ing to suspend operations. i-v< Railroad officials, while admitting:c( 1 *he gravity of the situation show7 an ; }improvement in demoralized freight; ~~ and passenger service in the East, J which now seems to he the main battie ground, the strikes in the West ~~ apparently having subsided to a large extent. ,.' an.. ^ . . . ) L< rne first positive act of mterven- \ . tion was reported today from New j Orleans, where department of justice . - -*- i f agents raiaeci a sinners meeting ana arrested six leaders or. federal war- j O rants charging them with interfering with the United States mails. - ? ^ There was a growing alarm of: shortage of perishable food and coal j in the East, especially in and around js,e i t r New York but shipments continued to arrive though with increasing 4" irregularity. Tht* war department today made I available to state and municipal au-! (>thorities surplus supplies of frozen S i r ! .,,,,1 ?)< JL? 11 i'?V* ii i v Uv. r ; unu ?/c* v, i * * which have been held in storaee in a V , i ( score of railroad centers. Hundreds; j)( of motor trucks also were beinix ?.-i pressed into service to brim: food toi.1'" , . . : b< this ana otner Eastern cities. | v WILL GET ACTION 1*l; IN LAURENS CASE;*1 j ti Officers Confer With Governor on jfi Recent Crime. j ^ ' The State, 13th. Homer S. Blackwell of Laurens, j d solicitor of the Eighth judicial circuit, j ^ and Sheriff S. C. Reid of Laurens' J ? county came to Columbia yesterday! t for a conference with Governor i o Cooper relative to the recent killing .l of Joe Stewart, a nesrro. who was re- j, moved from the Laurens jail and han<red to a bridge. Governor Cooper it was in New York at the time the j 0 crime was committed, but has been in j constant communication with Soliei- 1 r Blackwell, who has been busy iiii the Gossett case the last two eeks. This ease was concluded st Saturday, and Mr. Blackwell jrried to Columbia yesterday foi conference. In Juu tre Laurens .nu- was commit-.'i I at the time llu ossett trial was practically unui'i a\\ the work of ferretin.tr out tosai tony which might Jeau iu ai-rc.-o u le Laurens case has been some hat retarded, but after the confer ice wilh the Laurens men yester ay, Governor Cooper said was jnliuent that a thorough investig-i on will be made and the case vig rously prosecuted. He believe: lese officials will have the active ant truest cooperation of the citizens oi aurens county. "After conferring with Solicitoi lackwell and Sheriff Reid, I *nr itisfied that the case will b< loroughly investigated a/id vigor usly prosecuted," he said. "1 knou le solicitor will discharge his dut\ ?arlessly. The sheriff assuves m( iat he has been continuously at wort at.hering testimony and will con nue to do so until the guilty parties re brought before the courts. ] now the people of Laure.is county id I am sure the officers of the lav ill have active assistance of al. ^od citizens to the end that justicc ay be done and the majesty of the ,w vindicated." RESIDENT F. M. DiXSON PREDICTS SHORT CROP Columbia, April 12.?Col. R. M ixson, president of the South Caroia division of the American Cotton ;ociation, has addressed the followijr letter to the holders of cotton ir )uth Carolina: "We are facing a late spring reather conditions are very much >ainst the farmer. The continuous rorv murh to the advant IJIIO CM. V. ? v* j - ze of the boll weevil. The lane' hich has been broken, will be run gether and packed, almost as mucl' ; it was before being broken. The ?rtilizer factories are hampered ir ?livering their goods sold?a very nail per cent has been shipped, very condition fore-shadows late anting- in the fuce of the fact thai irly planting and rapid maturity oi op is necessary under boll weevi editions if we are to make any line: like a fine crop. In fact in m> pinion we are facing not only an [her short crop of cotton but neaps the shortest crop in five years "Present conditions in Europe mnot continue. Christianity anc uir.anity demand that these people e allowed to go to work that the> ay have the opportunity of making living. A resumption of worl o'.ns n tr^mpndous demand for rav laterial. This, combined wit? eather conditions and boll weevi ifection, means a much higher prict )r cotion. The man who is sellinp )r present prices is in my opinior ising- ten cents per pound. It looks ? me that 50 cent cotton is assured s above stated Europe must be alwed to resume business. It is eithei wnrlrl must feed them I Id \J L 1<11V . - _ his we can't do. When this is done ju will, in my opinion, see 75 cen1 >tton. Don't sacrifice your cottor / rushing it on the market." Subscribe to The Herald and News 2.00 a year. 666 quickly relieves Colds and iGri ppe. Constipation, Biliousness, oss of Appetite and Headaches. 13-10t AN ORDINANCE rdering a Special Election in the Town of Newberry for the Purpose of Issuing Bonds for Enlarging and Extending Electric Light Plant of Said Town: Whereas, a petition has been pre nted to the Mayor and Aldermen o1 le Town of Newberry. S. C., in tht ords following, to-wit: To the Honorable, the Mayor ant Aldermen of the Town of New berry, South Carolina: "We, ihe undersigned, freeholders f the Town of Newberry, in the Date of South Carolina, respeetfulh etition your honorable body to or jy a special. election in said tow: >r the purpose of issuing coupcr OlKiS (>t SillO lOWn U) II1L' lUIHIUUk ?y. rrhteen thousand dollars, payable ii n years from the date of issue am earing a rare of interest not exceed lg five and one-half per cent, pe tinum, for the purpose of enlarging nd extending electric light plant o' lid town." Whereas, it appears that said peti on is signed by a majority of tin eeholders of the Town of Newberry . C., as shown by its tax books; and Whereas, Section 3050, Vol. 1, o ie Code of Laws of South Carolina 912, declares that it shall be th< ury of the municipal authorities o ny incorporated city or town of thi tate, upon a petition of the major ;y of the freeholders of said city o own as shown by its tax books, t rder a special election in any sue! ity or town for the purpose o ;suins? bonds for any corporate pur ose set forth in said petition. Now, Therefore, Be it Ordained b he Mayor and Aldermen of the Towi f Newberry, in the State of Souti "arolina, in council assembled and b, uthority of the same, that a specie} lection be, and the same is her:.-b ordered, held in the Town of New- , , berry, the polls to be opened at 8 : , o'clock a. m., and to close at 4 o'clock p. n>., on the 7th day of May, 1920, for the purpose of submitting to the electors ot said town who are duly . qualified for voting under the Con- < siitutioii and laws or the S ate of South Carolina the- p.uost ;en whether said boiids shall he ivaci {; !.cording i k ... 1 x : . ; . T > Kl'.V i il> i-< . . .i.i : Those voting a I ?a ; e: ct:on who * favor the issuing of bonds it. : ciih.rg ing and exceeding ch '? trie light plant . * of said town shall cast a ballot upon .! which shall he printed or written the *! words "In favor of issuing bonds for " enlarging and extending electric -! light plant" and those who oppose the 5 j issue of said bonus shall cast a ballot . 1 upon which shall be printed or writ1 ten the words "Againzt the issue of f; bonds ior enlarging and extending : electric light plan." j That the said election shall be held i in said town at me toilowing polling ^precincts: Ward 1, at Recorder's j Court Room; Ward 2, at Supervisor's . i Office; Ward 3, at Geo. C. Hipp's store, upstairs; Ward 4, at J. VV. ' j v> hue's stoie, and Ward i\o. 5, at < j Corley's Barber shop, and the followi ir.ir named persons are hereby appointed managers of sr'.id election: L! Ward No. 1?J. W. Eaihardt, C. F. " Worts, H. B. Wei is; Ward No/2?F. ; N. Martin, W. J. Swittenberg, R. H. [i Wright; Ward No. 3?P. E. Ander! son, J. W. Johnson, E. L. Tarrant; ': Ward No. 4-?A. H. Dicker:. Jr., E. H. "! Aull, C. T: Paysinger. and Ward 5? I.E. J. Bradley, J. E. Franklin, M. X. > I-adgett. Provided, Thai any vacancy [ that may occur in the board of nian'iagers may hereafter be filled by apIpointment to be made by the Mayor, lor acting Mayor as the case may be. j That the registration books be , opened for said election on the 10th day of April, 1020, and remain open l until and including the 2oth day of . April, 1920, at which time said books * n t i 1 . i snaii oe cio^ea. , | Public notice of sairl election and ' ' the opening of said registration books ; to be given by the publicatioh of i! this ordinance once a week for four consecutive weeks in The Herald and 1 News and The Observer, two news' papers published in said town, i Done and ratified under the cor; : porate seal of said town this the 6th i dav of April, A. D.. 1920. . I * EUGENE S. BLEASE, 1 i Mayor. i; Attest: T W rTIATniAV ! j o . f i v>uax j Clerk arid Treasurer. 1 AN ORDINANCE : . Ordering a Special Election in the Town of Newberry for the Purpose of Issuing Bonds for Improvement - ; of Streets and Sidewalks of Said r; Town: [ Whereas, a petition has been presented to the Mayor and Aldermen of " the Town of Newberry, S. C., in the r words following, to-wit: . "To the Honorable, the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of New*i berry, South Carolina: ' We. the undersigned, freeholders ; of the Town of Newberry; in the State j of South Carolina,' respectfully petition your honorable body to order a ? special election in said town for the * purpose of issuing coupon bonds of r said town to the amount of one hun. dred thousand dollars, payable in thirty years, from the date of issue r and bearing a rate of interest not ex1 ceeding five and orie-half per cent. [ per annum, for the purpose of improv. ing streets and sidewalks of said 5 town." ( Whereas, it appears that said petit t'on is signed by a majority of the ; freeholders of the Towji of Newberry, ' S. C., as shown by its tax books; and, ' | Whereas, Section 3050, Vol. 1, of "; the Code of Laws of South Carolina, :! 1312. declares that it shall be the .! duty of the municipal authorities of 11 any incorporated city or town of this ' State, upon a petition of the major: t ity of the freeholders of said city or i i town as shown by its tax books, to ) order a special election in any such city or town for the purpose of ' i issuing bonds for any corporate pur5, pose set forth in said petition. I No\\\ Therefore, Be it Ordained by i the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town | of Newberry, in the State of South Carolina, in the council assembled and r j by authority of the same, that a ! special election be, and the same is \ hereby, ordered held in the Town of 1 Newberry, the polls to be opened at 8 o'clock a. m., and to close at 4 o'clock ? % "?* 1 r\C%/\ < p. m., on the 7th day 01 May. | for the purpose of submitting to the s electors of said town who are duly f: qualified for voting under the ConstiI tution and laws of the State of South rj Carolina the question whether said j bonds shall be issued (according to -|law) as prayed for in said petition. , "j Those voting at said election who | ' favor the issuing of bonds for im! provement of streets and sidewalks of 1: said town shall cast a ballot upon ! which shall be printed or written the words "In favor of issuing bonds for 5 improvement of streets and side> walks" and those who oppose the : issue of said bonds shall cast a ballot upon which shall be printed or written t the voids "Atraimt the issue of bonds 1 for improvement of streets and sidef walks." i That the said election shall be held { in said town at the following polling - precincts: Ward Xo. 1, at Itecorder's ? Court Room; Ward Xo. 2, at Superr visor's Office; Ward Xo. 3, at George f C. Hipp's Store, upstairs; Ward Xo. 4, at J. W. White's Store, and Ward Xo. 5. at Corley's Barber Shop, and r> the following: named persons are here-i by appointed managers of said flection: f ? Ward No. 1?J. W. Earhardt, C. F. ,'Werts, IT. B. Wells; Ward No. 2?F. q N Martin, W\ J. Swittenberg, R. H. f Wright : Wrard No. 3?P. E. Anderson, s J. W. Johnson, R. L. Tarrant; Ward u No. 4?E. H Aull, A H. Dickert. Jr.,: r ('. T. Paysinger, and Ward No. 5? r> E. J. Bradley, J. E. Franklin, M. N. h Padgett i f Provided, That any vacancy that - may occur in the hoard of managers _ 1 . ? ^ -TV?r\ 4-11 ] r*rl nnTUlinf may nei t'm i-ci wc un^w y- nient to be made by the Mayor, or ti acting Mayor as the case may be. h That the registration books be y opened for said election on the 1 Oth .1 day of April. 1020, and remain open until and including the 26th day of I April, 1020, at which time said books shall be closed. Public notice of said election and ii:0 opening of said registration books to 1 e given by the publication of this ordinance once a week for four consecutive weeks in The Herald and News and The Observer, two liewspaue.-s published in said town. Uone and ratified under the corporate seal of said town this the Oth ii::v of April. A. ]>.. Iw20. "EUGENE S. li LEASE, Mayor. A;tost: .!. \V. CHAPMAN, Clerk and Treasurer. ANORDINANCE Ordering a Special Election in the Town of Newberry for the Purpose of Issuing Bonds for Enlarging and Extending Sewerage of Said Town: Whereas, a petition has been presented to the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newberry, S. C., in the words following, to-wii: "To the Honorable, the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of New berry. South Carolina: "We, the undersigned, freeholders of the Town of Newberry, In the State of South Carolina, respectfully petition your honorable body to order a special election in said town for the purpose of issuing coupon bonds of said town to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, payable in fifteen years from the date of issue and bearing a rate of interest not exceeding five and one-half per cent, per annum, for the purpose of enlarging op/I ovtorwlirio" si?vvf>?'.n'p of SJlifl town." Whereas, it appears that said petition is signed by a majority of the freeholders of the Town of Newberry, S. C., as shown by its tax books; and, Whereas Section 3050, Vol. 1, of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 11' 12. declares that it shall be the duty of the ^nunicipal authorities of any incorporated city or town of this State, upon a petition of the majority of the freeholders of said city or town as shown by its tax books to order a special election in any such city or town for the purpose of issuing bonds for any corporate purpose set forth in said petition: Now, Therefore, Be it'Ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newberry, in the State of South r?vnlinM_ in council assembled and by authority of the same, that a special election be, and the same is hereby, ordered held in the Town of Newberry, the polls to be opened at 8 o'clock a. m., and to close at 4 o'clock p. m., on the-7th day of May, 1920, lor the purpose of submitting to the electors of said town who are duly qualified for voting under the Constitution and laws of the State of South Carolina the question whether said bonds shall be issued (according to law) as prayed for in said petition. Those voting at said election who favor the issuing of bonds for enlarg1 i* -? ! J ing and extending sewerage 01 saui town shall cast a ballot* upon which shall bfe printed or written the words "In favor of issuing bonds for enlarging and extending sewerage" and those' who oppose the issue of said bonds shall cast a ballot upon which shall be printed or written the words "Against the issue of bonds for enlarging and extending sewerage." That the election shall be held in said town at the following polling precincts: Ward No. 1, at Recorder's Court Room; Ward No. 2, at Supervisor's Office; Ward No. 3, at George C. Hipp's Store, Upstairs; Ward No. 4-, at J. W. White's Store, and Ward No. 5, at Corley's Barber Shop, and the following named persons are hereby ?mprmp-prs of said election: ethyls*..b<.v. c __ Ward No. 1?J. W. Earhardt, C. F. Werts, H. B. Wells; Ward No. 2?F. N Martin, W. J. Swittenberg, R. H. Wright; Ward No. 3?P. E. Anderson, J. W. Johnson, R. L. Tarrant; Ward No. 4?E. H Aull, A H. Dickert., Jr., C. T. Paysinger, and Ward No. 5? E. J. Bradley, J. E. Franklin, M. N. Padgett Provided, That any vacancy that may occur in the board of managers may hereafter be filled by appointment to be made by the Mayor, or acting Mayor as the case may be. That the registration books be - 4.1,^ m+t, opened tor saici election uu uic avui day of Aprilx 1920, and remain open until and including the 26th day of April, 1020. at which time said books shall be closed. Public notice of said election and the opening of said registration books to be given by the publication of this ordinance once a week for four consecutive weeks in The Herald and News and The Observer, two newspapers published in said town. Done and ratified under the corporate seal of said town this the 6th day of April, A. D., 1920. EUGENE S. BLEASE, Mayor. Attest: .1. W. CHAPMAN, Clerk and Treasurer. AN ORDINALS Ordering a Special F ;ciion in the Town of Nev/berry txie Pur;? :e of Voting en the or A: Act oi" iae Legislature Authorizing Incorporated C:?:V . r.nc! Towns Assess Abutting I->rc:?erty Owners for Stress ar.d 5ia.iwa.ik Improvement: T*> Tl. / .... 1 \ Yi nereas, 1 iif .. t* 'v ini .-.win ,'i\ vi the State of Soul:i Carolina, ai its session in 10"ID, rushed an Act which was approved or. March 13th, 1019. as follows, lo-wit: Section 1. "Cities and towns may assess abutting: property for permanent street improvements. Be it enacted by the Genital .Assemb'v of the State of South Carolina, That any or all incorporated cities and towns of this State are hereby authorized and empowered to provide by ordinance for the payment of the cost of the permanent improvements of their streets and sidewalks by levying upon the mvn^rs of nronertv immediately abut ting on the streets and sidewalks, or parts of either, so improved an assessment in proportion to the frontage only of such property on such streets or sidewalks, or parts of either, so improved of not exceeding i?? the aggregate one-half of the cost of such improvements: Provided, Th; t no assessment shall he so laid upon the abutting property owners; until such improvements have been' ordered pursuant to such ordinance} upon the written consent, signed and liled with the City or Town Clerk, of not le.^s than two-thirds in number of' the owners of the property abutting! ? ? it. upon STOet, SKiewaiiv, or jJixtL m I fit her, proposed to be improved, and provision made for the payment by! the corj.v-ri-.to authorities o fsaid city or town of not loss than one-half of ! the co:ts of such improvement; times and terms of payment and rates of: ; interest on deferred payments of ; j assessments by such property owners, shall be such as may be prescribed by! ; ordinance. j "Sec. II. Use of Funds?That the; amounts of money raised by such' assessments, together with the amounts added thereto by the city or; town authorities from the city or; town treasury, shall constitute and j be kept as a separate fund, to be used j only tor the p'urpose for which it was, raised and appropriated. i "Sec. o. Assessments a Lien, En-! * /? n x - ^.1 lorcement anu ^onecuon?inai, cue assessments so laid shall constitute; ! and be a lien upon the property so! assessed, and payment thereof may be enforced as the payment of city orj town taxes is enforced: Provided, Such assessments be entered in a book kept by the City or Town Clerk, to 1 be entitled 'Assessment Liens,' stating the name of the owners, the location | of the property and the amount of the assessment and the time or times of 1 payment: And Provided, Further, That such lien shall continue from the ' date of entry on such book until the expiration ot five years from the date ' when final payment is due ana payable, unless .sooner paid. Upon default in the payment of any install-1 ment w deferred portion of any; assessments, at the time and in ac-j cordance with the terms and condi' tior.s rixed by ordinance, the total amount of any such assessment then j unpaid (including deferred install-J meats or payments and interest) j shall immediately become due and . collectible as city or town taxes are collected, and with such penalties and . as are now provided for the pay- j ment of such taxes. "Sec. IV. Entry of Satisfaction Upon a Payment?That it shall by or! dinance be made the duty of the City or Town Clerk to make entry of sat(isfaction on such 'Assessment Liens!, ' book as soon as full payr is made, and the lien shall be thereby extin-1 guished. ' "Sec. V. Sale and Pledge of Cer: tificates of Indebtedness.?That the j City or Town Councils of said cities and towns are authorized and empow. ered to issue certificates of indebted! ness showing the amounts of money 1 due to such cities or towns by prop; erty owners as deferred payments or installments upon such assessments, | and to sell any of such certificates of ! indebtedness or to borrow money by i pledging any of thorn as collateral | security for the payment'of such debt j or debts, and in either event of sale ! or collateral pledge of such certifi-: jcates,"or any of them, to pledge the i faith and credit of such cities or ? towns for the payment thereof, and : to guarantee the payment of same for. and in the name of such cities or; ' towns. J I "Sec. 6. Cities and Towns May 1 Require Notice of Transfer of Propnnu-t u ercy under juisn.? mat such j or towns, by ordinance, require the ! grantor and grantee, or grantors and I grantees, of any property, or part of 1 same, sold or transferred after such I assessment has been laid thereon, and j before such assessment lien has been i extinguished, as provided herein, to | file in writing with the City or Town j Clerk, within ten (10) days after j every such sale or transfer, fhe name ! of such grantor and grantee, or i grantors and grantees, an accurate ! description of the property sold or | transferred and the date of such sale j or transfer. * j i "Sec. VII. Act Effective on Ap! proval, Provided Not Effective in Any City or Town Until Adopted at Election.?That this Act shall be | effective f:om and immedately after i its date of approval by the Gover!nor: Provided, That the provisions of [ this Act shall not apply or become | operative in any city or town until: j submitted to the . qualified electors j thereof by the City or Town Council j for approval, and a majority of the j qualified electors voting on the ques-' ; tion of its approval vote in favor ! thereof at any general municipal election (whether called and held for that purpose only or not) when the i auestion of the said approval of said Act is submitted and Voted on sepa-' j rately and the oallots thereon deposit-; | ed in a separate box properly labeled' iand provided for that purpose, i "ec. VIII. Inconsistent Acts Re-i | pealed, Proviso, This Act Not to ! Apply to Certain Cities and Towns.?! j That all Acts or parts of Acts inconI sistent with this Act be, and the same tare hereby, repealed: Provided, The ! provisions of this Act shall not apply ! to any city or incorporated town i which has heretofore under special (constitutional amendment and act in pursuance thereof provided for the issue of bonds and assessment of ; abutting1 property for permanent street improvement. Whereas, said Act provides that the ame sh;'<]i be submitted to the quali1 vd electors of a town fo>- approval , before it becomes operative for such town. i - rr> ? r T_>.. ; f nv.UInJ "i\o\v, mcrpjyic, ijc 10 v^i.xcw by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newberry, in the State of South Carolina, in Council assembled 'and by authority of the same that a ! special election be, and the sam? is ! hereby, ordered held in the Town of j Newberry, the polls to be opened at I 8 o'clock a. m., and to close at 4 i o'clock p. m., on the 7th day of J.Iay. 1020, for the purpose of submitting ; to the electors of said town who are j duly qualified for voting under the ' Constitution and laws of the State of South Carolina on the question of whether said Act shall be approved and made operative in the Town of Newberry." , Tlio.-e voting at said election who favor the approval of said Act and favor its becoming1 operative in the Town of Newberry, shall cast a bal-, lot upon which shall be printed or written the words 4,In favor of ap proving ACl Ol l-ej;i!Jiai.u?c, auuiiM<*;:ig assessment of abutting prop erty," and those who oppose the approval of said Act shall cast a ballot upon which shall be printed or written the words "Against approving Act of Legislature, authorizing assessment- of abutting property." That the said election shall be held in said town at the following polling precincts: Ward Xo. 1, at Recorder's Court Room; Wai\l So. 2. at Supervisor's Oliicc: Ward No. at George C. Hipp's Store, Upstairs; Ward No. 4, at J. W. White's Store, and Ward No. 5, at Corley's Barber Shop, and the ^11 sinri vi tr n-ima/l novcAnc ovo liorfiKu 1 V/ilV/>? ili?, iiuiiivv* Mvicunu *4 appointed managers of said election: Ward No. 1?J. W. Earhardt, C. F. Werts, H. B. Wells; Ward No. 2?F. N Martin, W. J. S wittenberg, R. K. Wright; Ward No. 3?P. E. Anderson, J. W. Johnson, R. L. Tarrant; Ward No. 4?E. H Aull, A H. Dickert, Jr., C. T. Paysinger, and Ward No. 5? E. J. Bradley, J. E. Franklin, M. N. Padgett Provided, That any vacancy that may occur in the board of managers may hereafter be filled by appointment to be made by the Mayor, or acting Mayor as the case may be. That the registration books be ' opened for said election on the 10th day of April, 1920, and remain open > until -and including the 26th day of-' April, 1920, at which time said"books shall be closed. "Public notice of said election and the opening of said registration books to be given by the publication of this ordinance once a week for four consecutive weeks in The Herald and News and The Observer, two newspapers published in said town. Done and ratified under the corporate seal of said town this the 6th dav of April, A. D., 1920. EUGENE S. BLEASE, Mayor. . Attest: J. W. CHAPMAN, Clerk and Treasurer. AN ORDINANCE Ordering a Special Election in the . Town of Newberry for the Purpose of Issuing Bonds for Enlarging and Extending Waterworks- of Said Town: Whereas, a petition has been presented to the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newberry, S. C., in the * words following, to-wit: ^ "To the Honorable, the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newberry, South Carolina: "We, the undersigned, freeholders * of the Town of Newberry, in the ^ it n 1 ? - kn State 01 douin uaronna, resp'_^u.uuy petition your honorable body to order a special election in said town for the purpose of issuing coupon bonds of said town to the amount of fifty-two thousand dollars, payable in twentyfive years from the date of issue and bearing a rate of interest not exceeding five and one-half prtr cent, per annum, for the purpo^ enlarging and extending waterwc <s of said town." Whereas, it appears that said petition is signed by a majority of the freeholders of the Town of Newberry, S. C., as shown by its tax bocks; and, Whereas, Sectio* 3050, Vol. 1, of the Code of Laws of South Carolina^ lli 12, declares th^t it shall be the duty of the municipal authorities of r.nv incomorated citv or town of this -- -?/ - - jtr w State, upon a petition of the majority of the freeholders of said city or town as shown by its tax books, to order a special election in any such city or town for the purpose of issuing bonds for any corporate purpose set forth in ^aid petition. Now, Therefore, Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newberry, in the State of .South f Carolina, in council assembled and by authority of the same, that a special election be, and the same is hereby, ordered he^d in the Town of Newberry, the polls to be opened at 8. o'clock a. m., and to close at 4 o'clock p. m., on the 7th day of Mayj 1920, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of said town who are duly qualified for voting under the constitution and laws of the State of South Carolina the question whether said bonds shall be issued (according to law) as prayed for in said petition. Those voting at said election who favor the issuing of bonds for enlai-erinc and extending waterwbrks of saiS town shall cast a ballot upon ' which shall be printed or written the words "In favor of issuing bonds for enlarging and extending waterworks" and those who oppose the . issue of < said bonds shall cast a ballot upon which shall be printed or written the words "Against the issue of bonds for enlarging and extending the waterworks/* That the siad election shall be held in said town at the following polling precincts: Ward No. 1, at Recorder's Court Room; Ward No. 2, at Supervisor's WnvrJ No. at George C. Hipp's Store. Upstairs; Ward No. 4, at J. W. White's Store, and Ward No. 5, at Corlcy's Barber Shop, and the following named persons are hereby appointed managers of said election: Ward No. 1?J. W. Earhardt, .C. F. Wens. H. B. Wells; Ward No. 2?F. X Martin. W. J. Swittenberg, R. H. -wm Wright; Ward No. 3?P. E. Anderson, J. W. Johnson, R. L. Tarrant; Ward No. 4?E. H Aull, A H. Dickert, J/., ('. T. Paysinger, and Ward No. 5? E. J. Bradley. J. E. Franklin, M. N. ' Padgett Provided. That any vacancy that may occur in the board of managers I may hereafter be filled by appoint- I ment to be made by the Mayor, or j acting Mayor as the case may be. That' the registration books be opened for said election on the 10th day of April, 1920, and remain open until and including the 26th day of* April, 1920, at which time said books shall be closed. Public notice of said election and the opening of said registration books to be given by the publication 01 this ordinance once a week for four j consecutive weeks in The Herald and y News and The Observer, two newspapers published in said town. Done and ratified under- the co^ 1 porate seal of said town this the 6th day of April, A. D.. 1920. EUGENE S. BLEASE, MayorAttest : * J. W. CHAPMAN, y * , Clerk and Treasurer. I