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THEDA BARA CARMEN SENSATION OF 4 s Film World O " ' ' i " ?|,KT CN llAVK PKACK." A X'Uiion Wani* Thiiif* 1*4 Aloiif In Iho ttlai* for m Whilr. I say It reverently, And an appro |M>H to the UU'OAteMHl |M>lltlcul aglta tlOii fur <???d 'h sake 'ft us havtv lawe. Surely this Is an hour, when war shake* the earth. In forgot tluit a mail is a iK>lltlcal and to ronieml>cr that ho is a patriot 'I'll.- writer was not a supporter utf the pnt+eot :<MK!lipnlil of t In* gnbennithrlal mansion, hut voteO for him at Hie last moment as a mat tor of policy. as the host solution of a perplex!!)# problem that thou confront ed ns, and with tin* hoj>o that the strife and hltteriiofcs t h m t were causing ho much unhandiness among our '|a?oplo might be abated. That Iio|h? has to a gratifying decree, laiui realised and for a ,v?v\r in more no one can gainsay that tin* old state ha* enjoyed a pe rlod i?f comparative quiet. free from ?l>eotaeul*r performance In ottleta! |M? *ltloi? and disgusting vit U|>oratlon. Whatever may he said <>f the merits or demerit* the present admlnlstra lion, contrasting It with what li before, we who love |>ea<e eati well say, "I. el well enough alone," No one ran deny that the present admlnlstra . thai has heen a olean one. animated with a denire to do the Is-st |>osslhlc for our peojvle. There may he some sore si*?ts here and there among I hone who look ui>on the government as a kind of magnliled and glorlthvl soup kitchen, and are dia lled to he ugly because they or their friends didn't get Nomcthliig out of the treasury In the shape of a Job for self or friend. Koine pot scheme has failed to materialise and so the dlsap|>ointcd refuse to he comforted and they go ahout gh?efully sowing se<sls of dissen tlon and talking; how uni>opular Man nlng is. l>einagogy lives and moves and has Its heiug l>y such an evil spirit manifested hy such men. A little co terie of such Is re|x>rted In several counties not large in numbers or <-?>n splcuons in brains, but forceful in lung power. A smooth talker with oily tongue and an eye to the sjh>IIs noting that the >oup kitchen denizens nre 4|u! Jf formidable ptyxivd* to* trim' his |<olll lull Ml IK t.? r./il.li ?'\ri> . I.i. . and fruino* 1U# platform iat tnUijiub. know ing thiil to get 1 1?*' vofea he muat |M'iUlU>i' UlltJU NOlne hyuclit. Tl||) teacher. i ti?* editor, the the preacher, the afnfeMmau, are urging the |mm?| >!?? in season, out ?>f season to do NOllll't hlllK f<" ( !>?? Mate to pllt SI HIM' tiling Into It thrift. InduMry, tlon. lif litroUMii ss Hut' nt,?te the ways and methods of tin- demagogue. Tl*?* qucMion Is put to tin* voters, "What woutd you like tin* state to <lo fo r you.'/" ami forthwith proetHMis to prom Ik4? tin* lni|?o.Nnll?h?; -tnori* a lid .better [schools. liberal tensions. liberal sup port for state Institutions and the rest jof It, all culling for money, and yet he promise* Invariably a r<Muetlon of taxes. There Is the ahHiirdlty of tho whole business. and It Is such a glar ing lot of claptrap that the wayfarer, thouuh a fool ought to see the non sense of It. I.et the thoughtful and patriotic jh>0 ple i?f the commonwealth rebuke this latest attempt al continued agitation and turmoil and turn our minds to more wholesome thoughts and i?enoe ful aggressions, and let us give the pre sent powers that he a fair trial. Two year* ago the houeat yeomanry of tills state asserted itself and turn ed over a new leaf. They did it again when they struck the shackles of their liquor slavery and raised above our heads a Hag without a liquor stain. I.et us have peace for two more years at least and think of something else than thin everlasting din din of m?UttCH.~ T, P. 11., in Tho IVe l>ee Advocate. JlennettsvJUe. Honor Roll Lugoff School. Following is the honor roll of Lugoff School, taught by Miss Daisy Yarn, for month of March: First grade?- Evelyn Ward, Jemcl Hahon, Chalmers White. Second grade ? John Lee, Edna May Dewltt, Juuim McCaa. Elbert Dewltt. Third grade ? Victor Ward, Roykln Uosboro, Allie Amnions. Fourth grade ? Jack Hammond, Tho mas Uosboro. Leila Wilson. Seventh grade ? Alberta Hammond. Evelyn Cunningham, Lorena HabOn, Thomas White. The Chick Springs hotel pro|>crty In Crccnvllle county, was sold under re ceivership holdings at public auction In < Jreciivllle Monday. The p^ojierty was bid in by Jesse W. lloyd, an at torney of Spartanburg, who represent ed tln? bondholders. The resort will probably be oj>c rated this summer. TO CtlOOHK DKIJCtiATKH S(N>N. County ('(HivmtliHiM Anftemble at Coun ty Seat* M?y Ih<. Columbia. S. April 0. In accord liner with the <1 i rtn-t primary law, imxs ed by tin* (iencral Assembly at it* Hou ston Iii 1015 the Democratic voters of South Carolina will meet in their re KjMH'tlve club places on or l?e fore the fourth Saturday In April and elect del egates to the county convent Ioiih, which assemble 111 tin* various county scats on the first Monday in May. The clubs will elect ofllcors and one delegate to the County Convention for every twen ty live voters or majority fraction thereof, bused u|m>u the uumt>cr of votes polled In thj? llrst primary of 1014. The clubs will also elect a iiicuiIkt to represent them on the county Demo cratic executive committee. The rules governing the Democratic party as drawn up at the State Con vention In 101 1 were enacted Into law at the session of the < iencral Assembly in i015. This puts It beyond the |K?Wer of the c< kjn I iik State Convention to amend or modify the existing provis ions of the present rules and regula tions of the party. However, It does not preclude adopting additional rules and regulations which are not In con flict with the statute law. Tin- principal feature** of the law governing organization of the clubs for the primaries every two years provide that each voter must sign his full name on the club rolls. The i>ersonal en rollment provision Is considered one of the strongest safeguards of the prima ry, and although Its adoption created strong opposition, It Is now an accept ed principle of the party and lta wis dom was justified in its workings* two years ago. The county conventions will meet at noon on the first Monday In May at the various county seats and organize, elect the county chairman, chooso del egates to the State Convention and elect a member of the State Democrat ic executive committee. The county conventions will also transact such other matters as might be of interest to the various counties. Each county is entitled to twice as many delegates as It has repre?cnta tion in the (Jeneral Assembly. The Democratic State Convention will meet lu the hall of the House of Representatives at noon on Wednesday, May 17. It will be called to order by John (iary Evans, chairman of the state Democratic executive committee. The Convention will be composed of 3.10 delegates. - The main business before the Con * ' *. volition will l>e tli?* election of four delegates til larg^ to t !?*? National Dem miatu t'oii\i-niluu lu St. Loub. ikfi clcci lt?it <>f a member of 1 1?<? National Democratic executive committee. a |k> hM li*n now held b> I'ullwl States Sen ator iv K Tlllnui it. the election of a State chairman. now held b> former ?: t ioverjior John (iarv l-ivaiiH. ami the making of such rules tftul rcgulat loirs governing the party primaries ami the conduct of the campaign as it mav s<-c fit I The delegates from the various Con-; gresslonal districts will eaueus <luriiiK the day and elect two delegates from each district to the St. Louis Conven tion. This will give South Carolina 18 votes In the national Democratic {fath ering. The fight to ahollsh the county-to county canvass of the candidates will he one of the main struggles to conic before the State Convention. If the canvass Is not abolished there is etvery reason that It will 1k* safeguarded and amended. The complexion of the "lllg Four" to st 1/ouis Is beginning to attract some attention. It Is customary to send the two United States Senators nml the (J over nor. The names of Sen ators Tillman and Smith, (Jovernor Manning, former governor John <?ary ICvans, state warehouse commissioner John L. McLaurln, former governor Cole L. Mease. Christie Benet, Sena? tor Alan Johnstone, Congressman Ix? vcr, It. (Joodwyn llhett, of Charleston, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States j Solicitor Robert A. Cooper, former governor M. F, An sel, are among those mentioned for the delegates at large to the National Dem ocratic Convention. South Carolina will undoubtedly in struct for President Wood row Wilson and his administration will bo henrtllv endorsed by the Palmetto I>emoerats. As this was one of the original Wilson States the South Carolina Democrats will be given a place of honor at St. Louis. With the club meetings only two weeks off general apathy on the part of the i>eople Is the outstanding feature of the general situation. The indiffer ence has never been more noticeable and It seems now as if the organiza tion of the clubs and the conventions will Ik? purely formal affairs and there will be an entire avoidance of anything like factional contests or partisan pro ceedings. ? W. F. Caldwell, in News and | Courier. Plans are under way for the con struction of cheese factories In Oconee and Pickens counties. frknch unr houw firm. ? * Heavy Assault* by Germans Still Mwl Stubborn Kehlhtiuic*. Without imuiko the German Crown Prince, taking advantage of t lit? evac uaton of the Hethlncourt salient by the French and tlfe occupation of that position b.v the Germans, has thrown several divisions against the new French line, hut so rnr has been un able 'to break through at anj point. | The bombardment of the whole front west of the Meuse is of Increasing in tensity on both sides, Germans mov ing down aioiiK the Haucourt Hethln court line, attacked the French posl tioiiH south of the Forges 11 rook.. Here they had to face full fury of the French gun*. which <^>st them heavy losses. The French front along the strategic sector extending from l>e Mort Ilomme to Cumleres remained unmoved, and further attempts to assault it were arrested by the French curtain of fire. The French still hold their jxxdtlons in the Calllette wood, which has been the Kone of heavy fighting, and against which German attacks are being di rected daily. The last remaining mine crater t?ken recently by the Germans from the llrlt Ish at St. Kloi has been recaptured by King George's men, who also were able in their attack to establish themselves In German trenches running southwest from the crater, . j From the Dvlna River to the lower Strlpa there has l>cen sporadic fight' Ing between the Russians and the Ger mans; Considerable activity by the airmen of both sides also has been shown. Near Komora,' in the Prlpet marsh region, a German attack launch ed by means of boats, broke down under the Russian tire, while on the lower Strlpa the Russians captured a German trench and held it ' against counter-attacks, inflicting heavy cas ualties on the Germans. In Asiatic Turkey the Russians have penetrated to the region of Dlarbekr, Armenia, while in the district of Bltlls several Turkish attacks have been re pulsed. ttouth of the Lake Urumla re gion the invaders apparently are com ing up with the Turkish main forces, the latest official report announcing that in engagements fought with large nund>ers of Kurds the Kurds were sujh ported by regular Turkish Infantry. In Mesopotamia the British, in their efforts to relieve their compatriots, be | seiged at Kut-el-Amara, attempted to break the Turkish lines, hut failed, ac cording to n British official communi cation. The floods still are badly ham pering the British movements. Till* Kalians have lienetraUu vancod AuHtrlmi trenchea In t ha tC| Ut?UX Spoionc, and hnro gjj" ?fire with their yuns the town of ^ donaz/o, hi the Sujjana Vaih?y, jeimrtk Otherwise ?m the AuNtro.j lan front there have Ihtii only ^ hard incuts? , Six llrltlxh ami two neutral NUt* < ? one of the litter a Norwegian t the other Spanish ? h,?ve met wttfcj HHter as the result of mines or u pedoes. Five of the vessel* had y ill the American trade. Wedded at Dalutt. A quiet wedding was celebrate] the home of Mrs. Romberg in the a rell section, at eight o'clock Than night, when a few of the Mathf the contracting partlew assemh}^ Avltness the union of Mr. Hobw| ItrogdoA, Jr., to Mrs. Annlo D, t hert. The parlor was profuaely beautifully decorated with eat flo, and potted plant# and the bride c*j a bouquet of genuine orange bloc* M Iss Kosallo Itombert presided ?t piano and played the wedding and the beautiful ceremony of Methodist church which made the man and wife, was led by He*, f, Klwell, their pjintor. After the ceremony had taken p| tli?* guests were uinered into the (og room, where i sumptuous it waa served. The out of town g were Messrs. II. (?. I?rog<ton and ^ Arlal of Columbia. The happy <u will make their home In the D| section. ? Sumter Herald. WILLIAM FO} Production Supreme Theda Bj "CARMEN1 Extraordinary Visualizatkl of Universal Appeal li] Undying Attraction Direction of RAOUL A. WAIfl AT MAJESTIC Thursday, April 20th j 10 & 20c RETIREMENT SAL] offering my entire stock of FURNITURE & HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES at such prices which are bound to interest you. .7 V. This Sale Began on April 13th and Lasts For 30 Days Every piece of my stock will be sold in that time, including: BED ROOM SUITS, BUFFETS, BEDS, BUREAUS, CHAIRS, PARLOR SUITS, SEWING MACHINES, GLASS AND CROCKERY WAR? It is an opportunity to furnish your home cheap. If you don't get this stock it will be sold to a busi ness firm and you'll have to pay regular prices. Why not avail yourself of the opportunity now. DON'T WAIT. COME EARLY AND GET YOUR PICK BEFORE IT'S TOO TEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT OFFERED ON ALL ACCOUNTS SETTLED IN THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS A MERCHANT IN CAMDEN FOR 36 YEARS W. GEISENHE1MER M * CAMDEN I S.C. II