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ETATB AND COUNTY TICKET* fTimglnti Ut W OiMlfctw T? B* Fated For Tuesday, Aifwt II Tuesday, August 81, is election da> throughout South Carolina. The polli will be opened at the various pre* cincU throughout the statp at 8:0C o'clock in the morning and throughoat the day until 4:00 o'clock in th< jtfteruoon, the voters will by theh ballots, express their choice lor tht various state and county officer* from among the candidates who art offering for the different positions Voters will prepare their tickets b> erasing therefrom the names of al for whom they do not desire to vott pishing in the ballot boxes the tickets thus erased. Following 14 a copy of the official tickets to be voted: TAKE YOUR CHOICE Governor John Q. Richards, Liberty Hill. L C. Blackwood, ^partanburg. John T. Duncan, Columbia. Edmund B. Jackson, Wagner. John J. McMehan, Columbia. O. K. Laney, Chesterfield. Carroll P. Nance, Laurens. D. A. O. Ousts, Greenwood. Thomas H. Peoples, Columbia. Lieutenant Governor i_l_ Thomas B. Bugler, Gaffney jf. O. SHeppard, Edgefleld. Centmitsioner of Agriculture J. W. Shealey, Columbia. R. H. Adams, Due West. Ben. J. Pearmen, Anderson. United States Senator Ellison D. Smith. ' , Edgar A. Brown. Aathaniel B. Dial. COUNTY BALLOT House of'RepresehUtivei U. S. Congress, Fifth District ZEB VANCE DAVIDSON W. F. STEVENSON ? ?v Solicitor Fifth Circuit A. FLETCHER SPIGNER Senate L. O. FUNDERBURK G. C. WELSH House of Representatives (Vote for two) LORING DAVIS NEWTON KELLEY ALLEN B. MURCHISON T. K. TROTTER Sheriff ; J. JL McL/EOD " D. T. YARBORQUGH Judge of Probate F. H. ARRANTS w. l. Mcdowell SAMUEL N. NICHOLSON Treasurer J. W. CANTEY ? S. W. HOGVE P. M. McCASICILL O. J. SMYRL JOHN & TRUE6DALE Auditor CAVITTE W. JORDAN B. E. SPARROW LEE M. WEST Road Superintendent C. P, LQRICK S. H. MKKLE HENRY &,MUNN Township Directors DeKALB TOWNSHIP H. G. CARR1SON, JR. BEN P. DeLOACH Buffalo Township T. F. HORTON D. M. KIRKLEY 1 Flat Rock Township J. H. SOWELL _ . Wateree Township EARL H. BjOWEN J. S. ROSS MAGISTRATES DeKalb Township W. L. DePASS, JR. J. D. SINCLAIR Buffalo Township (Eastern) J, fi, COPELANJ) 1 w. X McDowell CLARENCE C. PATE (Western) W. R. TAYLOR Flat Rock Township (Vote for two) T. C. FLETCHER L. P. THOMPSON Wateree Township (Northern) EDDIE BARFIELD C. A. BRANHAM R. J. BRANHAM A. J. VanLANDINGHAM (Southern) THOMAS C. JEFFERS JOHN D. NELSQN J. D. WATSON Prof. Pucker Dead. ' -Columbia, Aug. 16.?Elbert Marion Rocker, professor of law at the .University of South Carolina Bince 1910 and for ten years a member of the General Assembly, died at his home here this afternoon following an illness by which he had been incapacitated more or less for several months, Horn in Anderson in 1866, Prof. Rucker was at one time assistant United States attorney in the Department of the Interior, and for many years a practicing lawyer of Anderson. As a member of the State Legislature from 1900 to lOlQ* hft.was a leader in the fight which led to. the1 disestablishment of the State dispensary, and for two years was chairman io the House ways and means committee; In 1010 lip was elected professor of law at the university- - " ITT. v. ?' >. . . _? 1 "I ASSAULTS HOTEL KBEPBK i Nmtm Mmw, it Hotel, Strikes Mr, Wileon With Bottle i Monroe Johnson, o negro about 18 \ yours of age, was lodged in the city ' prison ssrly Friday morning for havI ing, it is alleged, made an attack . upon Mr. Ellis N1 Wilson, proprietor > of Hotel Camden. Mr. Wilson had r gone into the diuing room, which was ; dark, to,awake the negro, who was ? acting as^porter, to get ice water for i a guest. A fight ensued in the dark' , ness and the negro dealt Mr, Wilson r a blow across the head with a glass I vessel, inflicting bad cut's on his face i and head. i The negro made a dash out of the hotel af?d escaped into a dark alley. I Fred Moseley, a Camden boy who is a clerk at the Jerome Hotel in Columbia, was returning to Columbia from a trip tp Camden, and recognizing the negro walking in the road near Blaney, stopped his car and levelled a walking stick at him, telling him if he ran he would shoot. The ruse worked and Johnson was placed in bis car and brought back to Camden. Another. Killing at Horatio. Johnnie Young, negro of the Horatio section of the county, was shot and instantly killed; late Saturday afternoon by Willie Nixon, young negro farmer of Horatio. Young was shot three times, once in the .abdomen, once in the neck and once through the side. The shooting was done at close range and the negro was dead before he could-be moved. . The shooting occurred within a few feet of the spot where Grant James shot and killed Ben McBride two months ago. James was . cleared of the charge of murder against him when it was fought out that McBride had fired( several shots into James' store before James started shooting. No cause, other than the fact that Nixon thought Young had cursed him, can be found for the killing. According to wltnesses young walked up to a small group of negroes standing in front of Grant James' store and a little later Nixon came up too and said to Young: "Did you mean to curse me?" > Young backed off a few paces from the crowd and then Nixon drew his pistol and started shooting. He fired once, it was said, and after a short interval fired again and then a moment later fired twice more. Witnesses stated that Young was unarmed add made no move to,attack Nixon. No pistol or any other weapon was found on the dead man.-?Monday's Sumter Item. - i N. F. Walker has a record of 64 years with the South Carolina School ; for the Deaf and Blind at .Cedar + Springs, during 54 years of which ( (time he has been a director of the in- , stitution. In a recent report tb the board of trustees of the institution Mr. Walker stated that during the , past year there had not been a single ( death or a' case of serious illness . among the 337 students enrolled at the School. The British Government is trying to abolish slavery and put an end to human sacrifices in the Naja Hills ( region of .Burma. Freedom for 3,600 slaves has alreadjr been purchased at an average price of $1.25 a person. . Four and one-half inches of rain , fell in New York city last Friday night. Two or three of the under- ^ ground railways were so flooded as to , delay traffic for several hours on j Saturday. s .< ' 1 John Craig, building contractor of ? Asheville, N. C., lost his life Satyrday wheri he drove his automobile i into Lake Craig, near that city, while 1 trying to turn his machine on a nar- ' { row road. J TBMB EXTRA I ' ' i m I InviUtim AetmpU4 at WmUIIU, Cfcqrllta Tfcaima aad rU4m*mt '1 he Kershaw County .campaign I party accepted invitations to address | the voters of tl?e Flat Rock section t Weatvllle on Tuesday mpming and] the same afternoon at Charlotte I Thompson school bouae, formerly known as "The Terraces." The same line of speeches were de-1 livered at VViestville and the good I people of that section, as on former I occasions, served a delicious picnic dinner, prepared in gra?4 style to] the candidates and their friends. It lis said"this was one of the most enjoyable meetings yet held. At Charlotte Thompson the speak-'! i was from the large veranda and! was attended by a large crowd. Added to the party were the candidates I for magistrate from Deltalb Town-1 ship, Messrs. W. U DePass, Jr., and J. D. Sinclair; also candidates for I township director, Messrs. H. G. Carrion, Jr., and B. P, JDeLoache, who made claims to their respective offices. The candidates varied little] from their Wual speeches with the exception of Messrs. Funderburk and Welsh for the senate and MoCaskill for treasurer. These three candidates! teem to be holding the cenrter of at-| tention from the voters. 1 he candidates were apeaking by J invitation at Piedmont school Thurs-j day afternoon, as we went to press. I Candidates Invited To 8peak Here Mr. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., president! of the Camden Chamber of ,Commerce I has addressed the following letter to | each of the candidates offering for | county offices: "As business js suspended in Cagi-I den every Thursday afternoon, the chamber of commerce invites you to! speak to the citixens of -Camden on] Thursday afternoon ,August 26th, at] 4 o'clock, in Hampton square. We trust we may have the honor of your | presence." ~ I It is optional with the candidates! as to whether they attend this meet-1 ing, but we understand that most of them have accepted the invitation. This, however, does not interfere with the regular scheduled meeting to he held at Camden on Monday, August J 30th, unless called off by agreement j by the candidates. < '* V? GENERAL NEWS NOTES | Robert W. Fisher, 24, died iq Beloit, Wis., Wednesday^ as the result of be-1 ing hit on the bead several weeks 'ago J by her huSband with'a golf c]fa>. She stood too close to him when he was | making a drive. , ' 'r-- [, In order to raise revenue the gov-j eminent of Belgium has decided to place a special tax on visitors to the] country for -board and lodging, and J also on tourists who bring their auto-1 mobiles into the country. I Seventy-five persons, including men I and women, were, lodged. W the Omaha, Neb., jail last week charged] with violations of the prohibition laws. Twenty-eight federal agents I1 were engaged in the raids, and had j been gathering evidence for several j weeks. yjJ A London chemist told a congress! of chemists in London last week that! it is now possible to extract sugar! from sawdust, and that in recent ex- J perjments 65 pounds of sweetening] had been taken from 100 popnds .of! sawdust. v _ | Edward Peyton Weston, 88, noted! trans-continental pedestrian, was j found on the streets of Brooklyn*] N. Y., Inst Saturday suffering from starvation. He had - been . missing from his home ih Philadelphia. for several days.? t ! ~ One hundred and three workmen ire engaged in the manufacture of t>uggy whips in the Unite* f States.' ' rhe annual output is estimated at ?296,270. 0 r 1 ? tv ; - fa j *Mrr? ritt SMITH IN BANK CASK Tp AmM Uldtor M???r in Hand* U>| Affair* of Defuwt Bank Hon. Mendel L, Smith of Camden End Jamea R. Fowlea of Columbia, ave been engaged by the grand jury of KicMand county to asaiat Solicitor Spigner of Columbia, in handling the cane involving the affaira of the American Bank and Trust company, which have been before the grand jury during the paat week, and on which , the grand jury will report^ to the court of geueral aeasiona, which convenes on September 7. Announcement of this fact was made by W. F. Prioleau of Columbia, foreman of the grand jur^, laat night. Assistant counsel is necessary Mr. j Prlolqau stated, because of the mass; of complicated details which thq testimony at the recent receivership hearing indicates will attend any court investigation g>f the bank's situation. The selection of Messrs. Smith and Fowles whs made subject to the approval of Judge Townsend, presiding judge for the fifth circuit, and the approval of Solicitor Spigner* Solicitor Spigner's approval is given in a letter which Mr. Prioleau made public last night. " It is understood United States Senator Cole L. Please,' Claude N. Sapp and O. t. Graydon of the Columbia bar,-*have been engaged as counsel for some of the executive officers of the closed bank, in connection with legal phases of the bank's affairs. Mr. Prioleau, foreman of the, grand jury, last night stated that the grand jury would meet again when the court of general sessions convenes. The grand jury was in session several days during the past week, going over the transcript of testimony taken at the recent receivership hearing before Judge Townsend and the report of the bank examiner on the closed bank. Mr. Prioleau stated, that he hdd no statements to make with regard to the grand jury's findings. They were devoted solely to the documents before it, Judge ^Townsend having ordered 'a transcript of the testimony handed to the grand jury. Whether the grand jury will request an indictment from the solicitor in connection with the bank's affairs is not known. ?(Sunday's Columbia Record. Mark Matthews, 55, committed sui-' cide at his mother's grave in a Fort Valley, Ga., cemetery, on. Saturday. He had been in ill health. Hurt By * Ball Mr. W. A. Edwards, one of our good farmers and a mighty fine citizen, came near ' suffering serious injury from a bull in hiir- lot one day last week. He states thfct he had just entered his gate and heard a commotion and turned in time to a^s a bull charging at him. He attempted to kick the animal on the nose when he was struck on the thigh and knocked to the ground. Luckily the animal had no horns and Mr. Edwards escaped with only painful bruises which laid him up for more than a week. He said the animal hadi never | attempted a fight before, but he Is going to keep his eye -on him in the future. ] Coal was used for melting metal in Qreece in 300 B. C. . - ? ' i: ' Henry,/Tillman Settle* In Tampa. Judge Henry C. Tillman, - formerly of South Carolina, but who has lived in Tampa since the first of the year, in Tampfe sfhce the .first of the year, has decided to locate here permanent* > ly and yesterday opehed offices for j the practice of law. He recently passed the bar examination held at . Tallahassee in which only 24 per cent of the applicantsM^rere Successful. Judge Tillman is a son Of the late _ | Senator IJ. R. Tillman of South Caro- ,j I Una, who served his state in the sen! ate for nearly 24 years and was chairi man of the naval affairs committee [during the World war. ! Judge Tillman was admitted to the bar in South Carolina ii> 1906 and has I practiced his profession in that state since, except for the period of the j World war.^^^mP^WTrihune. ^ Mcdowell For Probate Judge a message to the democratic voters op mershaw county, both ladies /%t 1 *1 ^ a^d gentlemen v - ~ j,-j--, li is with a great deal of pleasure that I can say to ' you that as Probate Judge I have served you honestly faithfully and, I trust, efficiently. The various reports of the official accountants now on file in the Clerk's office of Kershaw County indicate that the conduct of the office hsl been that of efficiency. One of the re. ports says that the Probate office of Kershaw County is kept better than a majority of the Probate offices in V South Carolina. * More than Forty-five Thousand Dollar* ($40,000.00) Inheritance Tan. almost entirely on Northern property, has been placed in the State Treasury through the Probate office of KershaW County for the benefit of the taxpayers of Kershaw County and South Carolina. This tan was gotten only after a hard fight in the Courts as the owners of the property wanted the tax to go to'Northern States. Only one (other county of the ' State with all of their wealth-?Charleston?~has made . b^tor ?howinr. 1 havo given my earnest attention and my best ability to this office and upon this record I am asking your endorsement for another term, assuring you that your continued endorsement can but accentuate the honest endeavor that has beeti mine throughout former years. 1 will thank you for your support. Very respectfully,. w. l. Mcdowell I ODORLESS JEJ I Dry Cleaning I I PHONE 555 4 II I '-> ! |l I Camden Dry Cleanery I ft-- e.n, Mcdowell, I s _ >> < + .*> y.i . _ -.a I How To Make Money f{ THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO MAKE MONEY. ONE III IS BY SPECULATION: AND THE OTHER IS BY I SAVING. THE FIRST IS THE GAMBLER'S WAY I BY WHICH NINE PEOPLE OUT OF .TEN LOSE. THE LATTER IS THE SURE WAY BY WHICH II EVERYBODY MAY WIN. SAVE YOUR MONEY | AND TAKE NO CHANCES. (Copyrighted by Frank Crane) I The First National Bank Of Cagide^ South Cnrolina jfl