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(Bfrr d^ram (gfrjatririr Published on Thursday by > \ STRICK11N PRINTING * 0. 4 1 Cneraw. S. G I J. N. 8TRICKLJN, Editor and Manager. A;. Successor to the Cheraw Reporter 1 which was established July 9, 1886, V and entered as Second Class matter PP at Cheraw, 8. C. inii rmfliim The object of the primary law in South Carolina was to fulfil a promise made by Tillman, that if the Constltitution. of 1885, containing limitations upon the right of suffrage, was adopted, that no white man, however illiterate or unqualified* should be deprived of the right to vote. In / other words, it was a scheme to evade the provisions of the Constitution, to Induce the people of the State to adopt such provisions. WM Its practical effect was to permit every one, with no otber qualification, if white, to participate in the selection of all officers elected by the people. This object seems, however, to be the only one reached, as it was entirely useless and unnecessary, for purpose pi preventing negro domination, which had been practically settled and disposed of yearB before, and of which there was no more Jeopanfr than of the bubonic plague. The increase in numbers of voters caused by the primary has certainly accomplished no ^good result in this State. Some ,counties have continued to .. send good representatives and some good state officers have been elected, but they or perhaps better would have been elected without the primary BVRtem * anH ff ia hawnnJ ? ??? ? % ?o WW VUU WU VI ut CI ^ > that the trend has been downward with increasing rapidity. Why should persons not entitled to N vote, be allowed the privilege? Votk lng is the exercise of one of the highly * r'<""Tfu?# fflp ~rJ the Conatltution certain;'prerequisite* are laid down, with which every good ' Citizen can comply and should be made to comply before enjoying the 1 j , privilege. The object of voting is to exercise sovereignty. All governments are composed of ' the governed and the governing power, which may be a man, a parliament, I a congress or a legislature. The stronger the government the less ' liberty, the more liberty the weaker the government, and liberty must be ! restrained to give the government 1 any forfce, and the force must be re- ! Y " ^trained to give the subject any libt erty. 1 L If the object of the primary be to ! ft encourage the poor and illiterate i A white man to better himself, it cer- : A tainly fails of its object, as he is de^ft ' prlved of no real right of suffrage but does his voting in the primary ^B without any incentive to acquire ^B either education or property, while the negro, realizing that he cannot ^^B vote without being legally qualified ^J^ft is doing his best in a great many Instances, to so so qualify both hlmB A self and his children. ^^^B During the last ten years the well to do whites have become better off, and the poor and illiterate mucfi worse off. In 1900 70.1% of the peopie lived in rented houses and in 1910 BH|^B 69.4% were still renting, being prac.tically no gain, and it is harder in South Carolina today for one 4rh6 has nothing to get something than ten years since. Lands are muh higher on/1 OA n rn tLrt ** ? ? In v-uc iiuuiuci icno limits I ake up a living. r said in the daily press, jbably no state in the manhood suffrage is so plete as In our primaries. no bar to its exercise rlctions about It are so aud Is invited and hospited. ry languishes in corrupie of the people who do >w to uee the ballot be he use of it by the adopary rales that govern the every other state in the avery civilized state on jthe general elections, ? safeguards Which the Will t*. to ym **ove I \ - V - ? ?; J' r - , Vy *' . ' / a v V ? ? -jp criticism and the Supreme Court lu R a recent case^cailed the attention of/ the public (to the laxity of voting an01 want of compliance with the law, aiyd tl in the primary it is far worse. ; w A man who is not legally qualified ol to vote under the law ia not allowed ill to sit upon a jury which is changed ei with trying a negro for stealing a bi horse. Why? / Yet such disqualified men can/ place C in office their candidate for any office a! in the gift of?tbe people, who nan nul- tl ify the action of a hundred Junes. A Often a state officer is elected be- o; cause the choide of a primary, when t< the majority of the qualifled voters P are opposed to him, but &fe helpless, is being thus deprived of ^he right of n selecting those wild shal^ govern the w Slate and 'protect thq^ lires and tl property. The only argument, which r< can be offered for tlio present condition of the primary is, that we b must not prevent any wjiite man from b vntinc I f VAtlnor U'Afc-. ? ?* ?4 ?* " * 11 c,. ... .uviu6 "tie u rijinc, waicn " would brjng to th?' voter some result, to which he is entitled, there might n be something in thin position, but the right to vote is a privilege and never has any government undertaken to say that a'.l grown men can vote, without fur the., qualifications. It is no hardship upon one who does not 'a know and cannot appreciate the resuit of his action, and there is not a' any one. why is not able to qualify v< himself for /the legal right of suf- ni frage, who As competent to exercise *e it without Anjury to himself and to others. / iE When tie Constitution of 1895 was adopted if was provided that all white ^ men, w^b could explain a section of we i^uiwutuuon read to them, should a< have tie right to register and vote. ai and ttys privilege was to remain open for tjo years, so as to give every one, who desired it, the opportunity of luting himself ptherwise for the suff/age at the termination of this t0 period. li' The only way human beings have ar of judging is from results, and the re- m suit of ->the primary experiment as ar y*ied in this State for the last ten or fifteen years is an all-sufficient answer to tta cuestlon? ,? la fchall we continue the tpresent pri- CI mary system? I / tfc ycitixen advises that nothing wosld so help to beautify the city al a* careful attention to the parkings, rl motrievards. as they probably are ^ moie commonly called. street can be attractive when tbes^ spaces between the sidewalk and; street era lp't (W* v tv &i u n 111 weAis, But if they are kept well st< sown to grass, 'and this co kep* nicely mowed, the most unpre- an ten&U8 of streets can be made beau- by tiful\ a little shrubbery, well cared ?? tor ?ds ornamentation. There are, of con-se, many citizens whose civic c*' pride Imakes such a suggestion of needlcn, but the movement for a cleaner V\nd more beautiful ci'.y this summer \houii be carried in'o every nook and corner of 'he town. Will ' u j co you do yoHr part? of pu If the nowsnapers of Fouth Care- to Jina will just jet the candidates con- d duct tteir ovn campaigns this sum- th mer. there wiq be some big surprises ( in e'nr# tbn - ? ... ? "lorning alter the prl- | mary, but just iet them continue as they did two an^ four yeais ago, and tu ?well there will be the same old sick a] crowd. lu I I Ti Whales live to b&400 years old. says bi a scientist. A whal% would be a good th thing for a man to \<uy who bates to ai part with a pet aftei he becomes at- te tacbed to it: V-? In TlluHi". v?'v" uuu v, ncn vorK says that Jury duty Is good for t|? nerves. As- }n sociation with Juries. )>y inference. ^ may explain where the a\erage lawyer gets his nerve. \ V ai "Slices of raw onions scaWred about y< the floor will tnVe away ftie odor of El fresh varnish." says an excm?pge. One D, must hate the smell of varnish to do a ar trick like that. # V j bc Real estate in New York ts\vnlued ^ at $10.4(0.?fto.000. hut it Is no\ now owned by the thrifty Hollnndei\ who originally bought it of the Indians for a handful of glass heads. ^ \ ai According to one writer, there i . not enough husltniids to go ip-omul in England. This iiii'.v explain the nttf.' ^ tude of the men over there. They'^b ^ tfmlii ttiev'd he outvoted. The Chronicle Is $1 per year. Sub- *< scribe now before the price la raised, i ? < ?Ad Work Began?Bonds to k? I Muck interest was shown thro ut'thls county when i* was lea iat UwCjC&pltal-to-Capltal Hlgl ould be put under the supdrv; f government engineers but tha a ally establishing the route) a si r road and above hlghwaters i b selected. The direct Hue from Chera\ amden and Columbia practically llels the Seaboard dnd it was f lat one of the new roads propose Ulgator township was In direct f the most desirable route. A1 >r township bud voted bonds for urposes and, as Its entire terr i high and splendid road bull laterial easily accessible. .the i as considered ideal and is n< lirty miles Shorter than the pr< aute through Darlington county A splendid grade and the bet uilding material have been f< etween Cheraw and tfce Allif ne. On this part two bridges e required; only one bridge wi: eeded in Alligator township. Supervisor King is already-at 1 etween Cheraw and Patrick; anc gator township bonds are adver >r sale May 19th.. These bonds isued under Act of the recent lature. They bear 6% interest; tempt from all taxes, State, co ad municipal; and run for 1 Bars without option of prior ient. The Act requires the counl ?vy an annual tax on property in gator township sufficient to pay iterest as it falls due and also ide a sinking fund to retire >nds at maturity. ? As this is a high clas? security ivantageous sale ought be m iu me nuarn reports mat lnqu iceived Indicate that a numbe; ds may be expected. As supervisor Sherrlll has arrai >r the part of the road in Che wnship, it is ^expected that the re route win soon be open to tr id that another season our por ay rival any between Washim id Atlanta. Friday seems to be one of the p r days in the history of the Pan inal. It is entirely fit. Columbui te fashion when be discovered u ? fa Tiie dc|Mirtmerit of agriculture c urui lis a bit by telling us of tbi vul in A merit :! of a bug which oks onions. We're offering oddi le onion. V Keep Bowel Movement Iieguln Dr. King's New Life Pills 1 jniach, liver and kidneys in hea ndition. Rid the body of poi. d waste. Improve your comple flushing the liver and kidney; t more relief from one box of ng's New Life Pills than any n ie I ever tried," says C. E. Hatf Chicago, 111. 23c., at your Drug Constantinople'^ III Luck. Herbert Vivian the other nlghl ded to an extraordinary supersti innected with the famous wild < Constantinople. These dogs > pposed by many to bring good the cttyv and though a dog seined unclean by all good Mosb ey were well treated by the p ce. Rllt Ihp nnn'PM thnf Ko moved the dogs to an island wl ey were allowed to die in awful re by starvation, and with their ppearance has departed the { ck of Constantinople. Certainly urks have fallen upon evil ti it whether the wild dogs hive :ing to do with the fact is q lother matter.?Westminster tte. idlgestionl Can't Eatt No Appe A treatment of Electric Bii creases your appetite; s digestion; you can eat everytl real spring tonic for liver, kidi id Jbtqjmach. (.roubles./ Cl'ea: >ur whole system and you feel lectric Bitters did more for Mi Peeble's stomach troubles IV medicine he ever tried fl. >ttle today 50c. and $1.00 at rt/ggist. Bucklen's Arnica S r Eczema. If the earth thinks it can sbak< te Panama canal It might as ^deceive itself. Harvard university is to have a srgarten. After all. it Is the 1 lings In the world that count. * Kansas City has estahllfi'.ied u r ?hoo| of gardening, Skir.ie college ?> open a 4m.v class In ihir^lary. ? $35,000.00 rned 1 , K BOND ISSUI t. In iort must Sealed bids /or the purchase of a ? issue of S35.000.00 Road ImnrovumRr t tu " " - ? - par. Bonds will be received at the Stat ound Bank of McBee, McBee, S. C., unt 5(j noon May 12th, 1914, by the Board ( line Public Works of Alligator Townshii jjga. Chesterfield County, S. C. This Is a road is8ue of Coupon Bonds, dated Apr Itory due April 1st, 1954; dcnom [ding nat,on $1,000.00; interest 6% per ar .gute num. payable annually April 1st, r jariy Hanover National* Bank. New Yor ;sent City. ^ The assessed valuation of propert it' of wlthin the township returned for taj ound es is $483,520.00 (1913). There is n 'ator otber br?nded indebtedness. 'will These bonds.are being issued unde I] the direction of Messrs. Caldwel Masslich & Reed, of New York, whos ivork aPProving opinion will be furnishe I the succesful bidder without chargi tisbd Delivery of bonds will be made i , are Cheraw, S. C.. or New York City witt Leg- in ten days after acceptance of bid. arg Each bid must be accompanied b unty a certiflfid check upon an incorporal forty ed bank- to the order of G. T. Hortoi Treasurer, for $800.06. Forms udo ty"t0 which bids may be made will be fui i Al- nlshed up?n application to the abov , attorneys or to the Secretary of th Board, and all bids must be in con proaU formity with the requirements herei: stated. , The right to reject any and all bid a(j Is reserved. irie; w- l- mccoyr o{ Chairman. McBee, S. C.. laed or^er ?' Oie Board: LORAN A. KERR,' en_ Secretary, avel Cheraw, S. C. tion " 100 opuama ?K?T QUALITY ENVELOPES wit! < set your name and return address print a on ed on Uiem^ sent post paid for o^ cenS 9 on ? Na matter who you are, what youi business, or where you live, you shouh r se an envelope with your name an. iteej ??=""" iiuureH8 ior every letter yoi 1th mail. son' i he envelopes we give you are xior. ' aft quality white. The return car, j. "i " ' 'ill appear as follows: Dr After fttfe days return to iedi- JOHN HOWARD JACKSON leld R. P. D. N. 1, gist. CHESTERFJELD, S. C. You mnv clip the following blanl and write just what you want on th I n lines, and return to tro with 35c ii tic silver or' stamps, and the envelope lop? Svill be mailed to you Che day afte ver?- the order is received. lire1i' After five days return to ?ms " opu- * da^ nerr tor dis ;ood the Write your name on first line; rura mes. r0ute or box number on second, am aay" postoffice address on thid line, am ,u"e mail to THE CHERAW CHRONICLE, 3HSRAW, 3. C. titel tters Medical Mem. ' "I should think the doctors would b 1 n?' afraid of taking whatever their pa aney happen to have." n^cs ?You must have a funny doctor. ""e never heard of one taking anythlug bn f? T cash."?Houston IU>st. than Pt n A True Heroine, vour **,,r 't*eil 11 true heroine is a woit , an who could talk back, but doesn't. 'a v? Chicago News. ? off weU ? FOR RENT Two connecting office rooms in little new ^?8t building, fre lights, water and heat. See us for rates. tight Cheraw Insurance A Trost Co. inuj ' i ' \ ' IE. 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