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Vtugalqo river again. i Write# of Amendments, Conven- \ tions, "HwUu" and Voting. , (By Jno. K. Au(J) Columbia, Oct. 25.?At the general ' election to be held on next Tuesday, November 2, the Democratic ticket in South Carolina will of course be elee' % ted without opposition. The usual light vote is looked for, notwithstanding the fact that twenty-eight amendments are proposed to the fundamental law of the State?4he Constitution of 18U6. Twenty-six of them, it is true are of "local" nature, their very number showing one of two thingsCither that South Carolina needs a new constitution, one that does not require twenty-six amendments at one time to suit local needs, or that the amendments themselves are unnecessary. The counties and the communities affected, however, through their representatives in the general aasem^-hly, have expressed their deliberate judgment that these local amendments necessary, and the people of the entire State ure called upon to vote >? ?--r-~? amendments to the fundamental luw affecting counties, townships, towns gnd school districts?questions about which nobody except the people of the particular counties, townships, towns mv- and school districts are in position to express an intelligent judgment. For this reason it is altogether probable ______ that the people of the State will votft these local amendments without fur-ther question. r. y There are, however, two amendments of State-wide import?one to make the terms pf members of the house of representatives four years, instead of two, and the other to except the Tugaloo river from the constitutional safeguards placed around the rights of'the State in and upon boun#. dary streams. The amendment to make the terms' of members of the house of representatives four years instead of two simply carries out the policy adopted by the State when the terms of the governor and other state officials were made four years instead of two. , The Tugaloo river amendment, in the judgment of a good many people who have looked into it closely, and put it under a microscope, is loaded with dynamite. It simply exempts ? the.Tugaluo river from, the provisions of the section of the Constitution providing for South CfirsttTra*5 Concur-1 rent jurisdiction over' boundary streams, and keeping these boundary streams as "common highways and forever free." Nobody wants to put anything in the way of power development or any other kind of legitimate development, but for the State to surrender its jurisdiction on a river bordering on the State?a boundary stream?seems to he going rather far. It has been pointed out that there is a way to get at the.proposition and permit all development of which the! stream is capable, without a gratui- j tous surrender of a part of the State's I sovereignty over a portion of its ter ? ' ritory, at*the behest of ? power company?and a Georgia power company, at that. Surely, it is urged, in as important a matter as eminent domain, affecting the very sovereignty of the | State, where a constitutional amend-: ment is necessary in order to permit | of power development, there should have been some safeguards thrown around the proposed amendment, to protect the rights of South Carolina ' and of the citizens of South Carolina,' and the interests of this State. But! the way the amendment is proposed.: the State would surrender its concur- j rent jurisdiction over this part of its k < territory. It is the deliberate judgment of those well posted upon the juwtion that it would b* totter for the next leyiilature to device some manner of permitting the development of the potential power of the river, by #ueh legislation, constitutional or otherwise, as would protect the rights of South Carolina?and this can only be done by killing this proposed amendment at this election, and starting over again. In connection with the coming generul election, it is interesting to speculate upon the situation which would confront the Democratic party oh November 2 had all the democrats except those who voted for a candidate who received only a few thousand votes, stayed away from the polls. For instance, Mr. Duncan, of Columbia, and Mr. McMahan, of Columbia, received a very small vote. Had all the voters except those who voted either for Mr. McMahan or Mr. DuncAn stayed away from the polls, then Mr. McMahan or Mr.? Duncan would have been the nominee of the Democratic party. In recent communications published in the Columbia State, Mr. W. W. Hall, former editor of that paper, and now at the head of the department of journalism at the University of South Carolina, says that "this year, purposely and with deliberation, although I had enrolled on the club list, I stayed uway from the polls on election days and did not vote." Of course it is a self-evident proposition that Mr. Hall's failure to vote meant a half vote for the candidate who got the least number of votes?unless Mr. Hall's vote would have been cast for that candidate, had he voted. Enough half votes of the kind Mr. Hall cast, to all intents and purposes, by his not (J0?ting a vote in the ballot box, would have made the tail-ender the Democratic hominec. Of course Mr. Hall not haying votod, took no oath to support the nominees of,the party, though he did place his name on the Democratic club roll. Mr. Ball, it will be recalled, says he "bolted the Bryan Democratic organisation in 1896 and am rather proud of it," and later in discussing the present primary system, he asks, why not organized parties or factions, within the primary, substituting their nominees to it?" All this has brought about a considerable amount of discussion and -speculation throughout the State. Had Mr. Hall voted in the primary this year he would have had to "solemnly swear that . . . . I did not, in the general election of 1916, vote against the regular nominee of the Democratic party as declared by thv State or County executive committee afteV having become a member of a Demonatio club." It will be recalled that the State convention of 1918 put this in the oath, due to the fact that some 1.200 people in the State, in the general election of 1916, had voted against Mr. Manning for governor, and it was during this same year of 1918 that former Governor John Gary Evans, then chairman of the State Democratic executive committee, issued his address excoriating "bolters." It is true that the oath was limited to the 1916 "bolt" of some 1.200 people?if these 1,200 voted in the primary, or had previously enrolled on a Democratic club book?and no mention was made of those who "bolted" in 1896, or in 189*, or who participated in the Haskell movement. Had it included the. "bolt" of 1896, it would have caught Mr. Ball, according to his statement. Had it included the ' 'Haskell bolt" and'the "holt" of 1894, it would have caught a good many others now prominent in the councils of the Democratic party. In 1916 and 1918, and along about the time of those campaigns, there were Mtveral convening held In Columfbit, which had all the earmark* of "organized parties, or factions, witjiin the primary, submitting their nominees to it." These "convention* of the Reform party," as they were termed along about that time, were pretty severely denounced by those of oppo site political faith "within the primary." Nor did any one of these conventions succeed in getting its candidate across in the primary. The principal figure in South Carolina politics around whom the?e "Reform Conventions" centered, is now in the United States senate, but the year he was elected?two years ago^there was no sign or the whisper of a "convention." Anyway, the general election is almost here this year, without sign or gesture of opposition to the Democratic nominees, and the school of journalism down at the University of South Carolina, in the future training of the future journalists~of the State, has not yet shown enough Influence upon the politics of South Carolina to have any appreciable effect towards the abolishment in this State of the Democratic, primary, or towards the nomination in that primary of an otherwise tail-ender, by keeping away from the polls enough Democrats to guarantee the nomination of this otherwise tail-ender. Three Hishopviile Boys Hurt Returning to Bishopville from Rock Hill Sunday night Carlisle Rogers, John Free and G. W. Thomas, Jr, were painfully though not seriously injured, when the automobile iiMvhich thdy were riding left the road and turned over. The three young men were returning home after having accompanied several young ladies to Rock Hill where , they are attending Winthrop College. The accident occurred about five miles north of Kershaw, just as the car was making a wide curve......Just how the accident happened is not known. Young Rogers, who was drivi ing the car, says that he felt the car leaving the road, and was conscious that the wheels were in the small ditch. About that time something iiappened and he does not remember anything else until after he was outof the car. An automobile belonging to"H-.?W? Woodward had carried some of the young ladies back to Rock Hill, and was returning to Bishopville just be* hind the wrecked car. The driver of Mr. Woodward's car says that he is sure the young men were not going over thirty-five miles per hour, and that their speed was safe under ordinary circumstances. All three of the young men --were more or less cut about the face und hands, and considerable blood was lost before they reached Bishopville, having been taken into Mr. Woodward's car and rushed home. Young Rogers was considerably bruised, about the body, while Free had his knees right badly hurt. Thomas seems to have been the luckiest of the trio. The car, a practically new Buick,belonging to G. O. Rogers, father of Carlisle, is almost a total wreck, although it was returned to Bishopville Monday morning by Mr. Rogers under its own power.?Bishopville Messen- j Ker. Jury "Regrets To Report."Aiken, October 20.;?Reporting- to Judge Marvin M. Mann today, the Aiken county grand jury investigating the lynching of the three Lowman negroes by a mob early in the morning of October 8, expressed regret at its inability to obtain evidence against any persons sufficient to bring indictments and asked for more time to continue the investigation. In the report the grand jury stated the body had been working -diligently since having been assembled to conduct the investigation but without result so far. Judge Mann commended the jurors for their efforts and urged them to continue the investigation. After making a number of presentments regarding routine county affairs, the jury went into process subject to the call of the court or the foreman, Brooks J. Boyston. Appointed Game Warden Oscar S. Porter of Lancaster has been appointed game warden for Lancaster county by Governor Thos. G. McLcod, having received his commission last Monday. Mr. Porter succeeds James C'lyburn of Kershaw, who j has held the appointment during the j past two years, Mr. Porter previous to the appointment of Mr. Clyburn, had served as game warden for " a number of years.?Lancaster News, t ? Blanev Parent-Teacher Association. On next Friday evening at eight o'clock the Parent-Teacher Association of the Blaney High School will entertain , with an oyster supper for 1 WW benefit of the ' ******* cake will be .-Miwd ami Hallowe'en gaaaes will be played. A csrdial welcome is extended to all. BBTHUNB SCHOOL REPORT I lienor Roll For The First SitQ^Veeks Period of the Session Bethune, S. C., Oct. 26.?Firnt six weeks period of school session shows those who appear on the distinguished list, moans all pupils making 90 or above on scholarship, attendance and d'. po? tment. Proficient list includes pufiis making an average of 85 and above on scljolarship and 90 or above on attendance and deportment: Grade 11?-Distinguished: Sarah Lee lleustiss, Lavin Severance, Gladys ! Maker, Lucile Hilton, Thomas Smith, Gordon Watts, Alvin Clyburn; proficient: Blanch Gardner, Thelma Cas-j sady, Ernest McLaughlin, Claudino Gardner, Lee Morgan, Neil Truesdel!. j Grade 10? Distinguished: Kitty Best, Olga Brannon, Margie Josey, Sara Hammond, John Neil McLaurin,' Charley McCaskill, Willene Estridge,: Kathryn -Truesdell; proficient: John Baker, Boyd Copeland, Jake Catoe, Cecil Estridge, Rosa Lee Fields, Dorothy Parrott, Louise Gardner, Sedley King, John Edwin King, Clara Hough. Grade 9?Distinguished: Betty Kelly, Allene King, Margaret Squires, proficient: Emily Blackmon, Lonnie McLaughlin, Max Stogner, Iva Mae Brannon, Rebecca Elliott. I Grade 8? Distinguished: Edna I Stokes, James King, B. F. Estridge, Margie Parrott, Margaret Ilearon, Clifton Seyerance; proficient: Bernice Fields, Burrell Best, Lola Grace Catoe, . Frank Hamrhond, Malcolm King, Oradell Holland, Mable Mangum, Leon Jones, Lawson *Horton. Grade 7?Distinguished: Elizabeth Stogner, Elizabeth. Ralcy, Margaret Truesdell, Mittie Davis; proficient: Elizabeth Baker, Eddie Noland, Paschal McLaurin, Eldon Smith, Eva Mae Hunter, Mary Brannon, Minnie Eddins McKimfon. Cirade 6? Distinguished: Ruth Jones; proficient: Edith Clyburn, EloEstridger Ola- Gardner, -For-bis Morgan, Effie Mae Parrott, Mary B. Radcliffe, Josephine Smith, Lena j Elliott/ Grade 5?Distinguished: Elsie Mae Hammond, Tressa Mae Hyatt, Thelma Davis; proficient: Carman Blackmon, Ida Outlaw, Lottie Outlaw, Marie Fields. Grade 4?Distinguished:^ Frances "Girrciher, Prestorr Jones, Sarah/Ruth McKinnon, Mary Ellen McLaurin; proficient: Keith Gordon,' Lawson Brannon; Myrtle King, Dalton McLeod, Lois Mae Polk, Doris Shaw. Grade ? ?Distinguished: Nancy! Tompkins, Ruby Davis, Clarence! Heustiss; proficient: Oneida Outlaw,' Johnnie Brown. -Grade 2?Distinguished: Earle Jerman, Barr Gardner, Sarah Parrott; proficient: Carroll King, Billy Boy King, Elizabeth Brannon, Marguerite Jones, Ray Gardner, Bethune McLaurin, Richard McLaurin, Vernon Fields, David Watkins. Grade 1? Distinguished: Robbie i i Newton Marion; Proficient: Juanita Pate, Ava Shaw, Lavin Jones, Jack Gardner. Shamrock School? Distinguished: Price Baker, Kvelyn Elljott, Nancy Ruth Hilton, Irene Taylor, Aileen Hilton, Lewis Lee Neil; proficient: Mary Baker, Ruth Railey, Dorothy Elliott, Rosa T.ee "Hhison, Otfs Elliott, Leonard McNaughton. Timrod School?Distinguished: Ila B. Mangum, Grace Horton, Hattie Mae Mangum; proficient: Barnwell Mangum, Myrtle Horton. When the teacher of a 70-pupil school at Short Creek, Ky., opened | the watejr cooler Tuesday morning she found that someone had put sulphuric acid in the water, supposedly in an effort to poison the children. Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd of North Pole fame, has intimated that he might attempt a flight by airplane to the South Pole. ' Negro V ?oi#SS Peld Sumter, Oct 19.~Eloise Edwards, negress of Rembert, was lodged in thy county jail Monday afternoon in connection of the finding o'f the body of a two- or three-day-old infantr near the home of W. A. Shuler for whom the woman had been cooking. The arrest * followed tbeT'coYoheFs Thqueat-.held ii\ r? the morning. The coroner's jury re turned a verdict which stated that it believed from the evidence brought out that Eloise Edwards was the mother of the child and thfct the said child had either been murdered hy her or by some one ejse with her full knowledge and consent. ? ;. j . . T. ^ Postmaster General New/^carrying out the policy of protecting the mails against bandits, has given out the information that 2,600 tnarinea will be used in the service. The men will by armed with riot gun* and be inetructde to shoot quickly. Batteries Are you satisfied with your present battery? If not, trade it for a new one. It will pay you to get our exchange price before buying. Do you like our line of goods? Prest-oLite Batteries, Columbia Hot Shots, Ever Ready, Radio B and C Batteries, Crosley Radios, United States Tires, Spartan Horns, and R. C. A. Radiotrons. The Standard 6-volt 13-plate Prest-oLite Battery $13.95. In rubber case. g- l Hasty's Battery. Service 1 Cor. Church and DeKalb Streets ] 4 V. ?t? "-V - Vt t.*- . - "j-h I a :i r riL;-,: ;v^ ,;;v f ,- ^A;vav~ * f' 1 \ 1 1 fl' Progress and Approval For Dodge Brothers, Inc., 1926 already stands out on the calendar as a year of unprecedented progress and success. From Janu^ryto date saleshave exceeded any previous year's total by a margin at once im-prcssive and significant. New engineering records have been established by p succession of major improvements extending back to thcfirst of the year. Never has Dodge Brothers Motor Car ranked so high in public favor. Never before has it so richly deserved the world's r;ood wilL ' . v* * x v> ' - 'Wi Sport Roadster - - $1020 Touring Car - - - 904 Coupe - - - - -966 Sedan -. - - '* 1005 * v Delivered DeLOACHE MOTOR COMPANY. . Camden, S. d. . Dodge Brothers motor cars V , ' A Like riding on the magic I * - - yaffil New and Magical MOTOR FUEL & I S T A NDARL- OIL CO Mf A N. Y ' Itfiwl <7 J