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<5hr (Ehpratu flUjrnnirlr Published on Thursday by STRICKL1N PRINTING CO. Cneraw. S. C J. N. STRICKLIN, Editor and Manager. Successor to the Cheraw Reporter which was established July 9, 1885, and entered as Second Class matter at Cheraw, S. C. BOOKS ARE >0W OPEN. Tuesday of this week the secretaries .of the Democratic clubs throughout South Carolina opened their books for the enrolement of voters, and will keep them open from day to day until the last Tuesday in July, which falls on the 28th of the month. All the club rolls heretofore existing have been called in and declared null and void. A complete new enrollment of voters is required for all who would vote in the August primaries. The task of enrolling one's name and thus qualifying to vote is a simple and easy one to all who are eligible to vote in the Democratic primary. Any white Democratc is eligible who is a citizen of the United States and of the State, who is 21 years of age (or will be 21 years before the general election next November) who has lived in South Carolina i? oAimf v civ 1 Ul IWU v cai O, IU 1UC vuum; axmonths and in the club district in which he offers to enroll sixty days. The applicant for enrollement must present himself in person to the secretary of his club, and write his name in full, his age, occupation and postoffice address upon the club roil. If he can not write he may make his mark and have it witnessed by the secretary, who shall fill in the other particulars. There will be full seven weeks within which Democrats will be at liberty to enroll before bebj^|fc,ut out ^ if jnf ? and provident Democrat will proceed without delay to fulfill this duty to himself, to his mind and his conscience. The great point is that every qualified Democrat is free to enroll his name or to have it enrolled, and if any should find himself debarred in the August primaries let him blame no one but himself. MEETING HIM HALF WAY. A hundred things hapoen every day that the newspaper man never hears about He does the best he can. keeps his eys and ea~s open, but he is only a human hain<y nrvt nmnicfMPllf nmn i present, or -mdowed with lh-? gift oi foreknowledge, and therefore cannot -foretell the occurence of an e\ mi. And vet you often wonder why this thing or that thing was not published. An editor always does his best to give all the news and is always glad to publish any item of general interest. So before you criticise an editor be sure that you have done your part in furnishing hini the particular item of news that you failed to find the paper. Either send the news to the editor or invite him to come where the news is. PLENTY OF TIME TO ENROLL. The Yorkville Enquirer is finding fault with the Democratic primary rules?because "it will be a tremendous job to get 140,000 voters registered in two months." It will not only be a "tremendous job," but an impossible one; for there are not 140,000 legal white voters in South Carolina. But there will be plenty of time for every voter to enroll. If a man cannot enroll in two months he cannot enroll at all. If 140.000 voters can go to the polls in OXE day. surely they can go to the secretary of their respective clubs and enroll their names in fifty or sixty nays?out* pei iui iiiiiuvc ??a easy as the other. Why try to make Democrats dissatisfied with rules that are absolutely lair to all and framed for the purpose of securing a fair election??Newberry Observer. i Electricity In 8urgery. - Electricity aids bloodless surgery by coagulating the blood wherever electrodes ure placed MULES, FARMERS AND POLITIC. IANS The mule is stronger than the man. Though the mule is stronger than the man, the man manages the mule. He uses him to his advantage. He puts a bridle and a saddle on him and rides upon his back. The man puts harness made of leather upon the mule, and by speaking to him and using the whip, induces him to walk and pull a wagon, while the man gets in and rides. The mule does much hard work, but of the money earned through the mule's hard work, the man appropriates it all to himself. The mule lives roughly. It feeds from a trough and lies at night upon the ground. The man eats good food from a table and sleeps in a soft bed. The mule is very useful to the man. The farmer is stronger than the politician. Though the farmer is stronger than the politician, the politician manages the farmer. The politician puts a briclc called "party loyalty" in the man's mouth, a saddle on his back and rides him where he will. He puis harness made of prejudice on the farmer, and by making speeches to him and feeding him taffy, induces him to walk and pull the politician into office. , The farmer does much hard work, but the money earned through the farmer's hard work, the politician appropriates to himself. The farmer becomes poor and lives but meagerly on a mortgaged farm; he sleeps on a bed of straw. The politician waxes rich. He eats fine food with silver knife and fork and sleeps on a bed of down. The farmer is very useful to the politician. When you hear a man sneering at the local paper because it is not as I big, cheap and newsy as the city papers, you can bet that he does not I J WI? In nooioK I bl^UitliU^r ail J UI UJO W cauu iu aooioiing to make it better, and that generally the paper has done more for ihimthan he has for it. The man who ""cminrn^ee The benefits arising from a local newspaper is about as much value to a town as a delinquent tax list. Seventh Annual Tournament of South ren Checkers Association. i ! The seventh annual tournament for he Southern checkers championship will be held at Cheraw on July 23 and 24. This is the blue ribbon event in Dixie checkerdom and bids fair to be the most succesful in the history of the Southern Checker association. President L. D. Parker of Salisbury, N. C., and Secretary S. S. Hallman, Spartanburg are boosters this year and with the able assistance of Win. Godfrey, chairman of the entertainment committee of the Chiquola club f Cheraw, there is every reason to elieve all records will be uroKen. To show that there heart is in the ight place this club has voted $10b or prizes and there should be six or eight $10 minor prizes besides those or first, second and third men. While the big event, is to commence on the 23rd the players of Xorth Caiolina and South Carolina are to engage in a team match on the 22nd. This will be for a trophy cup presented by Chiouola club to be contested for each year at Cheraw. In order to settle the question of who is champion of Xorth Carolina and of South Carolina it has been decided to have a four or six game series, between the two men making the high est score on their respective teams. In other words, to qualify for State honors you must be either first or second on your team. Anderson and Fishburne are not to be in this team matcK. In addition to the above there will e blindfolded exhibitions each day "nd an effort is beinir made to get the American blindfolded champion, Newell W. Banks of Detroit, to take in the tourney, in which case there will be an exhibition that is seldom s-en or two men. Banks and Fishburne. contesting six boards simultaneously without sight of board. William Da mm and Lena Good were married (recently at Listowel , It was a pood move for William, but no donbt the change of name will prove rather startling to Lena for a while. Who is W. F. Stevenson?; ( ( Mr. W. F. Stevenson is running for c Congress in the Fifth District. Most newspaper readers know something about him, but he has been abusy man and his contact with the district has ^ not given the people of the district the intimate knowledge of him that i they shouldhave. We propcre in a i few articles to do this. i He v.as :alsed on a farm and worked t in the field each year until he entered ?' college at the age of eighteen. He read law and taught school at the same time and became an active law yer in May, 1887. He was elected to the legislature in 1896, 1898 and 1900. ' He was elected Speaker of the House in January, 1901. and eerved until 'he quit the House for that time. On his election, one of the leading daily pa- i pers made the following comment: < "In the election of Mr. W. F. i Stevenson, of Chesterfield County ' to the speakership of the house yesterday the expected has happened. The expected by us at 1 least, although the result of the vote seems to have afforded sur- <' prise in other quarters. On the 1 18th of last May we said, 'We have before referred to Mr. Stevenson of Chesterfield County as one of 1 the rising men in South Carolina i politics. He has all the essentials 1 for success as his career in the 1 House of Representatives has i cV?/>wn TTr*r thp last tWO SeSSiOIlfl I < he has easily been the leader of 1 that body. M * He has never been defeated in any ' candidacy. He is a quick debater with an incisive manner, and a pe- 1 culiarly attractive, although awk- 1 ward delivery.'" 1 The statement that he has never been defeated has to be now qualified. 1 since he ran for Attorney General in 1902 and was beaten by a 6niall ma- ' jority. The Yorkville Yeoman said then that he was being urged to run for McLaurin's place and added, "Tfcor* te-no-doufet that-eandi- dates for Congress from -this the fifth congressional district would feel greatly relieved to see him In the senate." The Fort Mill Times of January 30. 1901, after a visit of its editor to the legislature, said of him: "Tall, slender and loosely made, with a thin crop of sandy hair, a stubby moustache of the same hue and a head that appears none too large, one is not apt to guess the ability of this remarkable man. In all South Carolina he is perhaps the most forceful speaker and debater, with perhaps one exception, and his elevation to the speakership was due solely to the recognition of his ability." So now having left the incumbent quietly in office for .sixteen years he asks for the opportunity to serve his State and the Nation a loyal lieutenant of Wood row Wilson. Having in four years reached the top in the House of representative? and having also developed and shown increased ability in Ihe subsequent years, both legal and legislative, we ask why he should not be given ar opportunity to do the same in th< House of Representatives at Washington? As a man says, who has i been present at every session of every ; legislature since 1900 and knows Mr i Stevenson and the other public men of the State from personal acquain- ' tanoe and observation. "He will put ' the ffith district on the map/' Look out for a continuance of th!c . Btory next week. , Even in as big a town as New York the merchants find it advisable tc organize for the promotion of trade The Merchants' Association of tha | city is perhaps the largest and mos* influential in the country. One of its latest "kinks" is the adoption of an emblem to be used as a paster, stamp, stencil or tag on all merchandise going out from New York. The design was chosen after competition and is the work of David B. Hillis of Brooklyn, a student in the Arts Student League, who was awar- 1 ] ded the $150 prize. ' Eggs can be successfully marketed | by parcel post, the Department of Ag-1 riculture has decided after exhaustive ' tests. ( 1 Announcements. Announcements will be inserted unler this bead until the primary at the ollowing rates: For Congress, $5; bounty and State, $3; Magistrates and Cotton Weighers, $1.00?cash to ac:ompany all cards. FOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce my candidacy or congress in the fifth congressional listrict I stand on my record as legislator n the State, as a supporter of Wood ow Wilson for nomination for presdency and of his general policy in he administration of the government ind legislation promoted. W. F. STEVENSON. ORDINANCE No. 101. Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Cheraw, And it is hereby ordained, That from and after tho naesRep of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person or association of persons to maintain any club, establishment or place of resort within the incorporate limits of the town of Cheraw where liquors are kept in "lockers," or otherwise, for the purpose of drinking the same, or where there shall be any system of keeping, storing, drinking, or giving away for drinking purposes any intoxicating liquors as defined in the laws of the State of South Carolina. That such place, or places, are hereby declared to be public nuisances and dterimental to the morals of the town and community; and any person, or persons, maintaining the same, or assisting in maintaining the same, shall be fined for each offense not over one hundred dollars or be imprisoned at hard labor on the streets not over thirty days; and each day such nuisance is maintained shall constitute one offense by each person connected with or concerned in the same. Ratified in Council assembled this 3th day of June, A. D. 1914. J. A. SPRUIL, Mayor. D.' L. TILLMAN, Clerk. DIAMONDS GO BY AEROPLANE New Air Line Will Make Gems 8afe From Robbers and Avoid Difficult Jungle Paths. berlm.?Aeroplanes will be used to bring diamonds from the mines of German southwest Africa to their shipping point. The air route will onve hnth time and monev. since it will at once do away with the necessity of traversing difficult jungle paths and of sending a troop of soldiers with each shipment to protect it from robbers. The imperial colonial authoritiei have laid out a flying field at Canbib, 160 miles northeast of Swakopmund. and experiments will be begun there next month by four noncommissioned officers of the African protectorate troops, who have been trained at Johannisthal and Mulhausen. besides transporting diamonds, the machines will serve to bring mail out from the interior and for military observations, chartography, etc. FINOS DIAMOND IN TOBACCO Edward Casieriin, a Laborer, Buys Five-Cent Package -and Get* $150 Gem With It Sussex, N. J?Edward Castcrlin, employed as a laborer on a farm near here, Is $150 richer ae a result of having purchased a five-cent package of tobacco. Tbe man opened the carion and drew out a large chew. Placing It In his mouth, he felt something hard between his teeth. He removed the tobacco and found in It a diamond. The 'rborer came to town and had It appraised by a jeweler. The stone was said to be north at least $150. Literature. Literature would pay better if there were not so many dead men in the business.?George Randolph Chester. "French Briar." "French briar" is produced in Blcily, Calabria, Corsica and of late years Algeria. But Few Do. Blessed be tbe man at tbe top who remembers those who steadied the ladder for him. Daily Thought However mean your life is meet It and live It; do not shun it and call It bard names.?Thoreau. I. E. fiSMMIEER ! SONS DEALERS IN Pure Drugs AND Medicines Have just received a large line of Sterling Silverware, Cut Glass, Fine China, Salad Sets, Chocolate Sets, Cake Plates, Nut Sets, Bread and Butter Plates, Lamps and lots; of other things selected from theI largest New York houses. We stock Lime Sulphur Wash for Spraying fruit trees. 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