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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
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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?;
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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
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AND
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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.
Fresh Garden Seed and Cabbage
Plants. We buy only such varlties
of seed as have proven sue|
cessful in this section.
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Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals,
Cash Books, Time Books
Trial Balances, Bills Payable
Memorandum and Order
Books, always on hand. Inks
Inkstands, Typewriter Papers,
Lead Pencils, Writing
Tablets.
AT WANNAMAKER'S
Box Papers, 10c. to 50c. each.
Pound Paper, 15c., 25c., 35e.
Envelopes to match.
FEVER MIXTURE
The most reliable remedy for
Chills and Fever?stops the
chills and stops them at once
?only twenty five cents per
bottle. Large bottle for family
use for fifty cents and one
dollar.
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T TTTT1TI m A % T ?
j-i i v xj jTw luniv;
Have you forgotten how
much good it did you?
Only 25 cents.
WANNAMAKER'S
COLD TABLETS
The he.st thing we know of
for a fresh cold.
Only 10 cents a box.
WANNAMAKER'S
TONIC MIXTURE
for weakness and poor appetite.
It will do you good.
It is a tine tonic.
Only 35 cents a bottle.
AT WANNAMAKER'S
Window Glass for Windows
or Pictures.
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Paints?in large or small
quantities.
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We are exclusive agents for
Eastman Kodaks and Films.
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Agents for Huyler's Candies.
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Ideal Fountain Pen?sold on
positive guarantee to give
satisfaction, or your money
back on request