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(M I) TIMK roi iiK s ?w Hff for (iovefMor in Koutli r?r? 1W liii* lu 1881 opulb faroHnt ba* bad many a toot rtjltJtal eowtM. Fact la, *ln* xcldom hi?H any other sort. Nhe dwnn't al wtv* have a at all, but If she w|f. |( KOOU tMromca a hot on,. 0?r 4,(> not know how to fan mjiticK III any other way. -jhls > ?jt r It looks a 8 if wo aw ?W>( itolajc to MY# WW*. lK?Utl<???. It takes two or more candidates for governor to waki' a real. Hw CMlteat In Mouth <iArollna???L'ior candidates don't t^OUIlt. It >yus thought wlmi the govt>rnor's mdary was raised 66 2-8 |H?r <Hvit a year or #o agt>? from *8,000 to $8,000? tbire would l?e a mval werainlde for it itiii nobody seems to eare for it twugb to make the race, and Gov eruor ( 'ooiH-r will tie iH'i-niittcd u> draw i in- ^ lu i\y of $5,000 a year for uutptfr ,.r K lin .Maybe there would be a qon ^t for It this year, but for the well know ii fa ft that Mr Cooper l* a hard iii.ui 10 beat. i low many bittor political buttles tbls State ban bad for governor! The utona renter In Houfch Carolina >oii tlcs is the gubernatorial office, lie for*- tlie war two governors not while.' tbey were Jw office killed men in duels, and another governor was the' author ??f the code duello, since the1 war and since the duello passed out of voj?u?\ vlteuiwratiou and abuse, bill, lasga to and slander have taken tbo place <?f the duel and It Is no Improve ment either. I But all gubernatorial races a'ro not bitter. A political race meed not bo personally hostile, though it may be I very close and eager and active,. There! was Hint kLnd of a contest in .1882 lie ' the , State cv<*r Knew - both lmd .Ihuu hit'li officers In tbo Confederate urmy -rOenora I .lolin Brattou of York and Qnte'ral John I). Kennedy of Kershdw. For weeks and mouths no one else was conldered ; the entire StAto was' divided between the two. lit (hat day nomination wax um(f& by convention. Men In I In- same offices arid business bouses, am I even lu the same homes, were divided between Brut ton ami Kennedy: hut there was no hard feel ing about it? only guessing mid dls hip aiid iK'ttlng. That year was the only 'time I ever bet on nn election? -a nomination r?th- i <r, liui it meant the same thing. My) choice was Kennedy, and I felt sure ' Jie would win. One day I ""was ex- ' pressing this opinion quite' freely in! a street crowd and said I would "bet" | Kennedy would be (nominated. Major C. B. Hulst in his quick <way asked: "What'll you bet?" "A hat," said I. The major took out hi# pencil "and a pad and wrote: "Wallace bets Buist a hat that Kennedy will be nominated ! for governor." We signed It. 16d W, I T. Tarrant witnessed It, That was a very foolish bet on my part. I was betting at great odds-1 Kennedy against the world. But I was young and enthusiastic then, and had more pride of opinion than I have now, Rlnee J have made so many mistakes. Tlie convention c\ame on. Bratton and Kennedy were about evenly matched. Neither could get a major ity, and so Mere was a /deadlock, which was flnaaly broken t >y bringiug In a "(iark ]lor8e/, Hugh g Thonip6o of Columbia. I had not heard the re nut when the major *a me stumping ?long on his wooden leg and walking ?tick., mud said, "I'll take that hat."1 How so?" I asked. Then he told one 4hat somebody had got a telegram that "iL \',on,P8on bad been nominated, l hat's all right, major," said I. ?Tve lost. Hut you know what kind of a ? J,0" 'l11** 1 You take this Mil and buy it yourself." Then one ^JJbl bujMh^very best Stetson for five dollar*. Rut the major continued to wear the wtmo old hat he liad been wearing, and I tfot five dollars worth of sewse out of t ho transaction. Hugh Thompson was an Ideal man. Ho had lK>en superintendent of the Citadel, afterwards principal of the toys' high school in Columbia, and was elected State superintendent of education of the "Hampton ticket" in 187C ? n ikI u\i s a capable and efficient man and thorough gentleman and scholar in all these positions. And Jie uinde a very excellent governor, too, serving one term and the larger part of a second, when President Cleveland appointed him to a lucrative position, assistant secretary of the treasury." He never returned to thta State, dying when be had reached about middle "fe or a little beyond. Major Riust was & Charleston lan. He was an original charcter; somewhat punctlllioua In manner, and as brave >s Julius Caesar. He lost a leg In ?to war of the sixties. He came to Newberry after the war and opened a atnall grocery store on Main street, where he conducted a small business 'Hitll his appointment as trial Justice wine time after the redequptlon of the Ntate from radical rule, Miany amus ing stories were told about him but uooe to id* discredit, for he was ? ro?n of absolute integrity. S|?_ied a to?*1? Hfo here among strangers, but h<k wag game to the -last and waa at highly respected by al wbo knew him well.? w. H. Wallace in Newberry Ofcservffr. - ? police records of I^oodon show that every day in the year an average thirty gtTta are reported missing U* *1* British metropolis. K0RK1UN HORN AND NKOROKS v' f 'l' % : ?$, ?*? > ' .Matte MP Principal LUt of Draft Kvudera Washington, June 80.* i^rolyu tnirii iiicit and Southern negroes comprise the majority of 1 113 forthcoming draft deaeiter list <?f IT8.000 name* soon to lie published *?y t 1m? war department, official* lo charge of the draft records -aid today. Olerka now arc bony completing the final checking of the d^rtcrM1 names In or tlor to avoid all t+oaidhle errora. When Issued for publication, It was ?u-uouuccd. lints will lie prepared in alphabetical order for each of the I, 04ft drttft distills where dwnorit are reported. The preponderance ??f the f>?r lull names aiy those or men fr >m Indus trla/ centers, names of Uusslan. lt?al Ian Polish, Japanese, Chinese, and Mt?x? lean origin iircduailint tliite iteooiHlliiil to localities. Approximately so per eeut ?'f llw? nanus listed for Tonus and Ail/.onu are those of Mexicans; Ccorgla with the VurguM number of n^iuea for auy Southern slate, has a list made up of 90 l>er cent negroes. A suprUlug in?r lion of m^mes on the list .< of Northwcs tern states ait' those of Japanese and Chinese. I'hiiadelplffa. Itostou and Jv'ew York districts are '^presented wltli_large Knsslan, Polish and Italian nnmherx. The list now mvirlng completion Is that 'finally, sifted dowu* from the 23, (fllO.OOO original war-time registrants. A total of 48t),00S were reported as j draft deserters originally by 1he dlf I ferent states. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ENROLLMENT NOTICE, The books of enrollment for voting lirlhft TEfpiofrntle Prima*-? EWHep \xfll be opened by the Secretary of each Club On or before the first Tuesday In June, 11)20 at the residence of the Sec retary of each club or at such place as may be designated by the Executive Committee. The books shall remain open until the fourth Tuesday in Jufy, ;svhich is the last day of enrollment. Each applicant for enrollment shall, in person write upon the club roll his full name and immediately thereafter li^s age, occupation and post-office ad dress, and if in a city or town shall write the name of*tlie street and fcbo number .of the house in which he re sides, if such designation exist in said city or towifc. If the name be illegible the Secretary -shall write the name be neath tfie signature of the applicant, if the applicant cannot write he may make his mark upon the roll, which shall be witnessed by the Secretary, oi\ other person having the custody of the roll, and fhe Secretary shall fill in the other requirement* The enrollment Committee shall consist of the Secretary of the Club, the Oouuty Committeeman from each club, and the president of each club. If the President or Secre tary of the Club shall be the County Committeeman in any club, then the two members shall choose a third member of the enrollment committee. The boundaries of each club shall include that territory nearer to the voting place pf such club than that of any othef club. The territory of the. Camden Club shall include that in the incorporate limits* and that territory lying nearer the Camden opera house than the voting place of any other club.. All residents of the City of Cam den entitled to enroll on a Democratic Club sbal be permitted to enroll on the Wateree Mill Club, provided such par ties live nearer the Watere Mill voting place than the Oamden opera house, the voting place of the Camden Club. The enrollment be 21 years of^age, or shall. bwome so before the succeeding General} Elec tion. He shall be ft citizen or the United States and of this State, and shall ha ve'3 resided In this State two years and in this county si* months prior to the succeeding ueneral Elec tion, and .in "the OlubiDIstrlct 60 days prior to the first primary. Attention is particularly called to the fact that the State law requires each party en rolling to write his name in full, with his age, occupation and address. This must be done in every instance and must be done in person by the appli cant. In this County the registration books arrived too late from the State Committee in some instances to fee opened on the day1 designated, trot these books were sent out to the dif ferent clubs by the County Chairman, at the earliest possible moment I The following are the names of the clubs wkh the voting place of each, which voting place is to be used to calculate, the distance of the voters residence and to determine the club to wliioh he shall properly belong. The names o* the ?eore**Tiee, with the names of the President, vice Presi dents and County Committeemen, so far as reported to the County Com mittee. TT " Antioch ? Gumberxy School House, I. P. Holland, Pres, J. J. Campbell, Vice JPres, Z. L. Player, Secy., I. F. Holland, Bx-Com. , Belle HH1 ? Trapps Mill, A. M. Mc CasklB, Pres, W. F. McCa skill, Secy, 8, B. Stokes, Ex Com. No Vice pres., reported. Bethune ? Town Hall, N. A. Bethune, Pres., J. A. MoCs skill, V-P, J. N. Mc Laurin, Secy., D. T.' Yarbo rough, Ex., Oalir - Blaney ? Postofflee, 3. T. Ross, Pres.. W. L. Miles, Secy., 8. Bx" Com. No Vice Pres., reported. Buffalo ? Loekhart ' and | Kershaw Gross Roads, J. M. Sowefl, Prm., O. A. Johnson,, V-P, W. J. MJtngnm, Secy., ^fSkiSvfiMnt book for Omdoo Olirti Cream Oini.-y Mill < t cod* Stotv, C. J. Mc K#U*le, Vrm., II. u Smyrl, V-P, 1>. J lb)**. Set ?>.. g, <\ Bose, Kx. C\?m. IM>y*? Mill -OitupbeH's Store, M, l>. Peak, Pres., H A. Martin. Vice Pres. J. M. Sorter, Seey,, A. K. Kennedy. Ex Com. . v 1 J K'Kulti , School I louse, w. A. Kd wards, Pa*,. J. M. S|Kknv?, V lV, S Oi ImuscIhi, s.v.v,, r. B. Ogburn, Kx. Com, Enterprise? School llouae, Vv. L. Honey, it t, Pres.. A. M. Hall, V l?? Eu gene Lee, S*ojr., J. S. 1 >111111, Kx Com. S. A. I.. IH'IK.t, II. 1,. Drtvis. Pres., II. s, 'lUoui|ks<?i, Seoy., Alex Shaw, Kx Ootu. No VU** 1'rcn,, repot ed. Harmony-Harmony Churcb, T. M.j M atldox, Secy., T. M. MeCftdtUl. Kx OOW, No Vice fafii., re|Mvrted. Hermitage? Office Hermitage Will, W. A. AuOwson, tfret., B. T. Hasty, V-1V,! W. '4\ llasly, Secy,, W. A. Anderson, Ex Coin, Kershaw .1. ('. Mawv, Pres., J. A. M,( asklll. VP., I). B. Fletcher, Sw? J. 0. Massey, Kx Oom. ' Liberty Hill lWoffUie, F.' B. Floyd, Pros., L . P. Thomson, Socy., N. S. Richards, Kx Coin. No Vice Pres., rt'i>orted. Let'khart School House, L. J. Jordan. Pros,, O. R PHts, V P., J, S. Sturgls, Se?-y? M U Stover, Kx Com. Logoff --Logoff Supply Co., Store, Jas. Team Pres., llenry Ray, V-P, Jon. Ral><>n, Jr., Seey., L. I. Gulon, E* Com. Neds Creek ? J. I. Bowers, Pres., V. A. Humphries, VP., T. W, Bower*. Seey., li. F. Rolwrts, Ex Com. Oakland-^-School Houae, W. H. Mc Cusklll, Pre*., W. N. Hondrlx, Y P., F. P. Hum piles. Seoy., and Kx Com. Pino Tree? Beaver I)am Si-lu>ol j House, J A. >V<Yti' W. Hor(- 1 ton, Sivy., \V, N. .West,. Kx COm. No Vice Pres., reported. j Haleys Mill? Rnlcys Mill, W. C. Raloy, Pres., W. L. Rodgers, A' -P.. Amos West, Sec.v.. J. B. Munn. Kx C'onO UalHuis Cross Road* ? J. A. Rahons Store, Dannie Rahon, Pres.. Gary Bra n ham. V-l\, B. A. Rabon, Secy., : J. S. Ra<>on,HxOom. Roland ?West* Mljl, W. F>. West, Pres., O. S. Taylor, Seey., L. L. Bow ers, Ex Coon. No V lee Pres., reported. SI wt m rock-? School ? Hou9e, II. "T. Johnson, Pros,. T. S. Williams, V-P., J. F. Bak6r Seey. L.J. Baker, Ex Com. Sliaylors Hill Piedmont School I5UY the right kind of Furniture and you need buy but once in a Lifetime. ? ' ? .? />.; ; - <'r' . ; ? v. : ?' * ' "? ? v; ? ' ' ? Let us show you the kind of Furniture you'll be proud to own. f* . * V a "Lifetime Furniture" ' ' ? . - ' ? J? :>?? ' ' ?. /"-v' ' V.;- -V' Columbia, South Carolina House, 11. L. Smyrl, Pres., R. M. Drake ford, VJ?.T W. J. Drakeford, Secy., h L. Young, Ex Com. Stockton? Schopl House,. O. W. Am nions, Tree., \V. R. Gardner, V-P., A. G. Clark son, Secy., B. M. Pearcc, Ex Com. Swift Creek- Boyklns Mill, B. H. JJoykin, Pres., B. C. Trueadel Secy., B, H. Boykin, ^ Com. No Vice Prea., reported. ~ ThW4 C's-^Hclkwl. House, IV "IT Young, Pre*., J. S. Biirfleld, Vice Proa., J. Robert Maglll, Seey., J. II. Bar field, Kx Com. | Twenty Cheek ? Jv L. fTTiwon, Pres., I E. B. BarfleW/Seey., M. B. Braithnm, Ex Com. No Vice 'Pres., reported. I WestvtH? ? R. 1 4. Bolls Store, J. C. Hilton, Proa., O.M\ Arvfhouy V-P? B. O. Wlil taker, Mecy., J. O, Hilton, Ex Com. \Vutom? Mill? IV J. Truemlell, Pre?,, W. T. Ptayerr Vic? Pres., J. O .Shlrtoy, Secy., J. J j. Wlllinms, Ex Coin. NT, M. Johnson, Chairman, . i?. A. McDowell, Seoy.? Kersliuw Oo. Dem. Ex. Com. June 7, 102#. True Goodyear Economy in Tires for Small Cars Built into Goodyear Tires for small cars is a high relative value not ex? ceeded eve{i in the famous Goodyear Cords on me world's highest priced automobiles. % ? Manufactured in 30x3-, 30 x3Vi' and 31x4-inch sizes by the world's largest tire factory devoted to these sizes, every detail of the work done on them is marked by extraordinary skill and care. If you own a Ford, Chevrolet, Dort, Maxwell or other car taking these sizes, assure yourself true Goodyear mileage and economy on your car by visiting the nearest Goodyear Service Station Dealer. Go to him for Goodyear Tires and for GoodyearHeavy Tourist Tubes; there - is no surer means to genuine tire sat isfaction. ? - -T *23^ nm Goodyear Heavy Touriit Tubes co?t no more than the prica you are asked to pay for tube* of leM merit? why rUk cocdy cashSga when tuch sure protection ii available? $A3 0 30 x 3V4 ?iz? in waterproof . T.