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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
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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
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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
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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. ^
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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
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