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Donald Ringer, 10, under fenteace t death for a murder committed in 1094, has had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the Nebraska board of pardons. The <boy claimed in a personal appeal to the pardon board that Ave confessions he had made were not true, and plead for a "fair deal Just once in his life." NOTICE OF DEMOCRATIC PRL MARY ELECTION Notice it* hereby given that a primary election for the nomination of Democratic candidates for United States Senator, Congressman, State Officers and County Officers for Kershaw County will be held at the respective voting places in Kerthaw County on Tuesday, August 81, 1020. The polls will be open from Eight o'clock in the morning until Four o'clock in the afternoon. No person will bo allowed to vote save those who are duly qualified, under the rulea and regulations governing the Democratic primaries and whose names appear upon the club roll of the precinct at which they present themselves for voting. The polling places have been designated and the managers appointed by the County Executive Committee and they appear below: Abney?L. K. McCaskill, L. S. Williams, W. C. Gandy, Cleatus Taylor, Vote at Kirkley's Mill. Antioch?D. K. Stokes, Boykin McCaskill, C. W. Shiver, L. A. Shiver. Vote at Antioch school house. Bethune?-K. T,. Estridge, Frank Lee, M. M. Baker, Baron Lee. Vote at Town Hall. Blaney?S. E. Ross, F, A. Nelson, J. G. Kelley, Mrs. A. T. Simpson. Vote at A. K. Ross store. Buffalo?B. 8, Catoe, R. F. Sowell, H. T. Catoe, C, A. Johnson. Vote at Buffalo school house. / Cassatt?-T. A. Spears, Sr., If. M, Walters, Oscaf Gardner, Henry E. Gardner. Vote at Henry E. Gardner's store. Charlotte Thompson?E. D. Workman, Eugene Pearce, Charlie Bruce, J. E. Sowell. Vote at Charlotte Thompson school house. DeKalb?S. C. Truesdale, J. J. Owfngs, Nie Workman, J. E. Horton. Votb at DcKaWb school house. Dolby's Mill?W. L. Kinard, A. K. Brown, Ernest Kirkland, George Arledge. Vote at Camplbell Store. Enterprise?R. L. Stokes, L. C. Marshall, Rufus JMoseley, J, S. Duns. Vote at the Luther Moseley place. Gates' Ford?B. A. Brown, S. B. Horton, Ed Baxley, L. S. Brown. Vote at school house. Gumlberry?A B Walker, J M Huggins, L. T. Bradley, C. J. Baker. Vote at Gumberry school house. Hermitage?J. S. West, J. J. Munn, G, B. DeBruhl, W. J. Hasty. Vote at G. B. DeBruhl .store . Kersharw?Marion Jones, J. A. Whitley, D. K. Hough, Paul Jones. Vote at W. R. Taylor's store. Lockhart?J. V. Baker, Jesse Owens, Lee Horton,. Wesley Boone. Vote at Jordan's store. Lugoff?G. E. Watts, J. A. Roseborough, Luther Jones, H. A. Ralbon. Vote at Rosdborough store. Liberty Hill?F. B. Floyd, R. C. Jones, Jr., W. C. Wardlaw, W. C. Perry. Vote at Mackey-Joncs store. Ned's Creek?Enoch Roberts, Earle Craig, S. R. Johnson, W. A. Johnson. Vote at School House. Oakland?L. L. McClaughtln, G. B. McCoy, J. H. Watkins, Wesley Outlaw. Vote at Oakland school house. "Pine Tree?J. E. Brannon, W. W. Horton, Arthur Hyatt, H. H. West. Vote at Midway school house. Roland?L. L. Barnes, D. C. West, Ousie West, L. S. Spears. Vote at West Mill. Raley's Mill?J. E. Mangum, J. E. Davis, Carson Rodgers,, Amos West. Vote at Raley's Mill. Raibon'B Cross Roads?J. C. Ford, Cary Branham,. Latham Gettys, Dannie Rabon. Vote at Rabon's store. Salt Pond?N. P. Gettys, H. E. Moore, W. L. Branham, H. R. Boykin. Vote at school house. Sandy Grove?S. B. Hall, H. C. Stokes, W. H. Ratcliffe, W. S. Stokes. Vote at Sandy Grove church. Shamrock?I. L. Williams, A. J. Elliott, C. P. Blackmon, T. J. Baker. Vote at Shamrock school house. .Sheppard?G. S. Rodgers, F. J. Tidwell, Sidney Moseley, J. B. Langlcy. Vote at Langley's store. Three C's?Rdbert McGill, T. H. Your>g, Claude Bell, T. B. Fletcher. Vote at Three C's school house. Twenty Creek?A. D. Dowey, William Bass, G. S. Ray, B. T. Rabon. Vote at Hinson's store. Wateree?Frank Murphy, W. W. Davis, B. T. Davis, D. F. Barnes. Vote at club house. Westville?L. C. Clybum, W. F. McDowell, R. Cox, R. H/Young. Vote at Westville school house. Shaylor's Hill?L. D. Holland, R. M. Drakeford, J. R. Horn^by, R. L. Smyrl. Vote at school house. Swift Creek?B. C. Truesdale, Willis Boykon, W. A. Boykin, H. D. Boykin. Vote at Truesdale's store. Harmony?G. A. Dowey, F. M. Maddox, J. E. Abbott, J. L. Paschal. Vote at school house. Camden?W, A. Clarke, Smyrl Halsail, Eugene Moseley, M. L. Smith, Jr. Vote at court house. At Clubs having more than Fifty names the Australian Ballot system will be observed. The especial attention of the Managers is called to the rules and regulations governing the conduct of the primary which rules will be found printed on the inside cover pages of tho,.enrollment book. At Precincts where voters from more than one Township cast their ballot the voters will give the managers the name of the Township in which they reside and the managers will write the name of such Township on the poll list next to the voter's name. One of the Managers or some member of each club will call for the boxes, tickets, etc., which will be ready on Monday, August 30th, at the offices of-the Chairman. fL H. HkLTON, Chairman. Mendel L. Sfoith, Jr., ^acretary. HOW lVjislatueb may look Horn# Observations In U? CmmUm CaMMstw Have TmvrrM. - .n (By John K. Aull, Special Chronicle Correspondent.) Greenwood, Aug, 22v?Getting away from Columbia on a trip through different sections of the state, almost, on the eve of the first primary on August 81, just to take a glance at the general situation, it appears that the people of the Piedmont are taking more interest in the election than are those in other sections; but that even up here, in Newberry, and Greenwood, and Greenville, and Anderson, and Oconee, and Pickens, and Spartanburg and other heavy voting counties, there is a considerable lack of interest in election of members of the general assembly, as compared with the choice of a governor or United States senator. The people, cry "reform"?as to what kind they want they are divided?and then forget all about electing' members of the general assembly. 4 * One would think that a governor or a United States senator could give a tax on Coca-cola, or keep it off. This is not true of all the counties, or all the people in these counties; but it is true of enough of them to wonder if a majority of the people have as yet given any .serious choice to the members of the next two houses of the genreal assembly. And there will of necessity be a legislature composed largely of new members. Some of the strongest members of thd(T^st general assembly are not candidates for re-election. Starting with the Officers, there will be a new speaker and a new president of the senate, Speaker Brown being in the race for the United States Ben Ate and Lieut. Gov. Jackson being in the race for governor. Either Senator T. B. Butler of Cherokee wilk be the senate's presiding officer, or ^Representative James O. Sheppard, of Edgefield, will wield j-he gavel in the upper body, these being in the race to succeed Lieut. Gov. Jackson. There will be a new chairman of the ways and means committee of the hous^, Chairman Carroll D. Nance being in the race for governor. It is understood that Representative W. W. Smoak of Colleton and Mr. G. L. Buist Rivers of Charleston will be candidates for this position. Representative Smoak is a newspaper publisher. He was a member of the house 1917-18, and from 1923 until the present. He was the author of the "pay-as-ypu-go" road act of 1924. Representative Rivers, who was in the world war, and has served only one term, is a lawyer at Charleston. The race may narrow to these two. For the speakership there loom up the candidacies of Representative John K. Hamblin, of Union, whd formerly served on the judiciary committee and as speaker pro tern., and is the oldesi member in continuous service; and of Representative James H. Sullivan of Laurens, who has served in several public offices, including superintendent of education of his county and postmaster at Laurens. In Richland county there will be a clean sweep, so far as the offices now held by the members is concerned. Senator Pearce stated that he could not longer afford to give time from his private business interests to his legislative duties. Representative Jeff D. Bates and J. C. Covington and Mr. J. H. Hammond are seeking the senatorial toga. None of the other members of the house is seeking election. There are two women in the race?Miss -Tressie Pierce and Mrs. S. Evelyn Lester, who have been in prior county ra^s. They are bringing them out on the soft drinks tax down there?when they can?for some of them, like some of the state candidates are pretty much gun-shy. In at least one county?Calhoun? there is no opposition. The senator is a hold-over, and the lone member of the house, Mr. Gressette, has no opposition. Over in Cherokee they have a race that is a surprise to the natives?the | surprise being in the entry of Editor Ed H. DeCamp in the race for the contest, after thirty years or more of quiet newspaper life. His opponents are Mr. Henry C. Moore, of Gaffney, now a member of the house, and Mr. Richmond Stacy of Gaffney. There have been some lively flings at the county campaign meetings, and there promise to be some more that are livelier. In Chester it should be noted also that there is no opposition in either the race for the house or the senate. Senator David Hamilton is not a candidate for re-election, and Representatives YVestbrook and Abell have no opposition. Up in Greenville county they have injected a "Greenville ring," as well as our old friend and stand-by, "the Columbia ring." One member proved by another member thai he was not a member of "the Columbia ring," and the war waged among fouT as to whether they were members of the J "Greenville ring." Your correspond ? ^ ? V .. - nt is not axacUy cltwr u to the meaning of either "ring," haring beard ao many definition# that tbay have all become conflicting, and not having been asked to join either. Representative C. E. Sloan, "the Mountain Lion," was in the battle, however, and there Is the proof that it was a lively battle. The aenator holds over, and tnere are eleven candidate# for the six places to be filled ?five being for re-election, and Col. A. Foster McKiasick having declined to enter the race. Over in Spartanburg they have three in 4he race to fill the vacancy caused by -the death of the late lamented Senator W. S. Rogers. These three candidates are Messrs/ L. A. Odom, S. T. Lanham and J. B. Grey. There are fifteen candidates for the house to fill seven places Only two are for re-election?Mr. Dewey D. Foster and Mr. Walter S. Wingo. Mr. Jesse W. Boyd, who has taken a prominent part in the legislative proceedings, is not a candidate for re-election. > Crossing the Piedmont section over into Pickens, they are pitching some vigorous jstuff there. Pickens* only two representatives?'Messrs. W. E. Find ley and Jubal O. Williams?are both pitted against Senator John E. Craig for re-election. And they are Jn a general wrangle over many things?roads particularly. And incidentally an invitation to compare his moral conduct with his opponents while in office has been sent forth even into the mountains by Representative iFindlej^;' and his hearers were left to wonder what he meant. At one of the campaign meetings in Pickens county one of the candidates for magistrate told his hearers, it is reported, that if he were elected he would rise to greater attainments, rivalling the achievements of Ben Tillman and Cole Blease. There are several candidates for the house, who seem to have been pursuing the even tenor of their way. , One of the outstanding figures which will be missed from the house will be that of Representative. Mendel L. Smith. Judge Smith told this correspondent that he had given the matter serious thought; and had decided that, with his private practice, he could not give his legislative duties the attention they commanded, Judge Smith was a former speaker of the house. Then he was elected circuit itiAarsi which hd mimid to mUv World war, where he held the repk of lieutenant colonel. He was with the forM in France, and crossed the Rhine with the army of occupation. Returning, he entered the practice of hit profession, and was elected r^o the legislature. He says that he may not be through with politics?that he may again aspire to public office. Vn Darlington Senator S. Joe Jef* fords is being opposed by Former Senator Frank A. Miller. For the house there are a number of announced candidates. Up in Abbeville Senator J. Howard Moore has opposition for re-election in Mr. F. D. West, of the Abbeville Press and Banner. There are several candidates for the house. In , Marlboro, county Senator R. L. Vreeman, editor of the Pee Dee Advocate, who was in the house for one term, and is rounding out four years in the senate, will be opposed for reelection by Mr. D. D. McColI, now a member of the house, and a former member of the senate. '\ Across over in Dillon, Hon. Ji H. Manning* Dillon's first senator, who served for eight years, is a candidate against Senator R. S. Rogers and for the house Mr. Joe P. Dane, encumbent, is in the - race with Mr. L. M. Rodgers, a former member, and Mr. Frank Roger^ Ellerbe, of baseball fame, and a sfm of the late Governor Ellerbe and brother of Mr. Earle R. Ellerbe, state railroad commissioner. In Marion Senator Maxcy . Harrelson holds over, and there are several aspirants for the house. Up in Anderson Senator Fant is not a candidate for re-election and Representative Joe M. H. Ashley and Mr. G, B. Greene, of the Anderson bar, are candidates to succeed him. For the house there are a number of candidates, including three preachers. Several of the present members of the house are candidates for re-election. It would be well-nigh impossible to go into an eptire list of the candidates, or what is going oil in the county campaigns. In some counties there is considerable interest; in others there is a general apathy. And yet the people fight over which candidate for govW^or favors a certain legislative measure?or which one is for a Coca-cola tax or against it. The people may wake up before the UiUpgg ? i* voting comes. Afterwards it will be too late. The members of the i general assembly who are to be elected on August 31 and two weeks thereafter will make the laws under which. South Carolina must live. Pleasures of Spall Towns There is more than one privilege and pleasure about living in a small town. One of them is in going in your shirt sleeves; another is in sitting on the shady side of a business house in' the summer time, and the sunny side in winter. If you want to speak to a friend three blocks awayv you can yell and squall at him and you can carry on a loud, hollering conversation, you can always find a place to park; you can turn ground in .the middle of the block; "you" Tiave lots of friends and when you are with one of them, you can talk about all the balance; you can keep up with everybody else's business except your own, and a many, many others but they are too numerous to mention. But you can't enjoy these things in Caffney because it has passed the smalb town stage.?Caffpey Ledger. ?1 ?* - 1 - - u iiis - 1 , i 'wmmmmemmBmeBss; -Deatli Penalty for Stealing Over in China where a civilization was established and maintained many a century before Columbus discovered America, the sentimentalists, uplifters and sob-sisters have not found a permanent perch in society when it corned to dealing with the criminals. A news story in the New York papers tells of the way they handle thieves in the Celestial Empire. Stealing is one of the crimes that calls for the death v penalty. A naval recruiting officer just back from the Orient, in a recent interview says that he witnesscd the execution of 14 Chinese. They were executed 4p four minutes^ and four seconds in Pekin?all charged with stealing. This drastic punishment foir stealing if adopted in America would pftt A.Atop, to so many holdups and burglaries, and at the same <time force a-large idle population to go to^.work. Giving the death penaltu|yMj?&i end to thoso who wreck seem crude and barbaric to bfflOlKer-day civilization, but in some ;_tespects the Chinese civilization that has weathered thousands of years has the edge on ours.?Spartanburg Journal. 1 r .. ' -T- -?- j ? f !???| Finding a Fortune I The beat way to find a fortune is to follow the example of the great majority of those who have created fortunes by their own endeavors and save systematically, deposit Regularly and invest wisely. CAPITAL $mW0JD Loan & Savings Bank 4 Per Cent Paid on Savings deposits ' ' 1" i m . - - 3 . - .. . ' . ' NANCE IS THE MAN o * ' . ":~~z*T. *"". . " Who Has Stood Between the People and Higher Taxea t a .S&isr.i .''#& CARROLL D. NANCE Of Laurens Candidate for Governor? READ THE RECORD: NANCE is the man who stood upon the floor of the House of Representatives and said: "Not another mill shall be put on farm lands and the homes of the people." "* No additional tax went on. Instead the state property levy was reduced, .--rip- ' : NANCE is the man who, as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, found the means of adequately financing the state government and supporting its hiiman- ~ itarian and educational institutions, at the same time providing the ways through which the necessary revenues could be raised without placing aiKadditional burden on property. 1 . *** NANCE is the man who led the fight for a fair distribution of the tax burden.THE LUXURY TAX f is a tax burden which no man need pay unless he chooses. It is not a compulsory tax. The revenue it produces Relieves the burden on farm lands and the hopi^ bi The people. There is no choice about the property tax. It is compulsory, Nanee W-4ieves that~essentials"3hould receive primary consideration and protection, and realizing the unprofitable condition of agriculture and that the farms and homes have been bearing a disproportionate share of the tax burden,, took the lead 3ft the legislature for the enactment of the luxury tax now in force and effect in Sou^h CarOlina.-7~ |" - %< ' ? 1 111 1 1 ' ' ' ^ I I II I ' ' , , . | I ,1, ?W?>WW?www? -Nance is the man who last winter introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of the State Bank Ekaminer. The need of such an investigation has been strikingly revealed in the light of subsequent developments* t . - -.1 r' \ % NANCE HAS ISSUED A CHALLENGE / - ' / ' ' * ' v mi To the critics of the Appropriation Bill which he as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committed engineered V.'i 1 through the 1926 Legislature, Nance has flung the gauntlet, chailenging these critics who, speaking :&i generalities, denounce the appropriations as extravagant and assert that large sums of money could have been saved to the taxpayers by cutting down the amounts appropriated, to specify where tfcey would have applied the priming knife and to state for the information of the people what specific items they would cut. <} THIS CHALLENGE REMAINS UNANSWERED i j . . *" . I *. t ' 4 R It is easy enough to criticize, but only constructive criticism is of any value to the people: The challenge is renewed. Those who denounce should be willing to specify. As Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of'the House and as such Charged with the responsibility of providing for the support of the state's institutions and for adequate maintenance of the state government, Carroll D. Nance discharged his responsibility fearlessly and impartially, at the same time standing flatfootedly for a distribution of the tax burden which, instead of working hardship upon the farms and homes of the people, made possible kh actual reduction of the state property tax. ~ 1 Such is the record of the man. If his critics have any constructive criticism to offer Let Thrm Nance Is The Man For Govern<^j^g|j| |