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THE PRIMARY REFORM. How to Get It?Final Article on the Subject. Few are found to oppose all primary reforms. Those against change cloak their purpose. They do not defend present conditions, that is a hopeless task. They stand oack and object to each change suggested, saying it will take the ballot away from the poor man or the man who cannot write. These objectors give no reasons for their charges, nor do they offer other measures. Men are expected to follow them blindly. Every man should do his own thinking'" about these primary changes. The troubles are before us, and known of all men who care to look. The remedies proposed are easy to understand. The Remedies. Record the poll lists at the court house before and after voting. Permit the voter to enroll on only one club list, and only in the precinct where he lives or works. Identify the voter at the ballot box. Where important requirements are violated hold another election. These safeguards are those advocated by experienced party workers , from all sections of the State. They have been gathered from discussions -I mont? on many occasiuu& uunu^ mau; years. Leaders in the legislature who oppose extreme measures came to a pretty general agreement at the last session to support a bill embody? ing these points. Let us examine them, taking the last one first. Hie Penalty. Penalties are seldom enforced. Why? Because they seek to punish, but not remedy?directly. The law says the manager who does not carry out the rules, shall be punished. But the defeated candidate doesn't care to prosecute him, the public is not interested enough to. Neither are out for revenge, nor seeking the unpleasant task of preventing future fraud by present punishment. eft" The candidates are interested in the immediate outcome, though. They and their friends will go to a lot of trouble to locate fraud if it will do them any good. Give them the ?o alAntinn trhanavor flip I'lglll IU <X 11CW nuvuvi v< law is violated in the important particulars and they will watch for irregularities like hawks. Then viola\ tions of rules will immediately defeat their purpose and become useless. Mind you, new elections would be held only when important, specified infractions of the law could be shown, not for trivial irregularities. This would necessitate making w- each step in enrollment and voting plain, and open, and recorded where all men may examine what has been done. To-day everything is so obscure that even where much fraud is proved, and more believed, it is about imj.' ' v , possible to upset an election. This power to upset an elecon would be a a weapon dreaded more than any punishment of managers now set > - down in the law books. Protecting the Lists. It is absolutely necessary at any kind of an election to have a correct , list of those entitled to vote. The club rolls should be made up some weeks before the election and sent to the county clerk of court. i-i- x- - r A. l ~1 ojiuriiy ueiuie me iue uiei ?\. 6hould send a copy of each list to the election 'managers of each club. After the election the county execu" fc v tive committee should send the rolls back to the clerk. This system allows the lists to be examined tyy* all interested parties, and opportunity to have names put on or taken off on proper showing, r:,: before the election. After the election any one may compare the voting list used with the copy kept by the clerk, and the failure to use the proper list becomes a matter of record. At present, even when the rules are carried out, and a poll list is used, it is about impossible, in the five days now allowed to check it up. How can a candidate in populous sections tell in f^ve days before the election whether the names put on at the last minute are fraudulent or notT The candidate is helpless. Identify the Voter at the Ballot Box. Managers in big voting precincts seldom know all the voters in them. When a man presents himself to cast his ballot and gives a name found on the poll list he is allowed to vote unless the managers know he is not the man he represents himself to be. The burden of proof i$, on the manager. His task is doubly difficult beI cause the rules allow a man to enL -^11 x . i i / r run ins name up 10 nve aays Deiore the primary in a precinct where he does not reside, and in as many precincts as he likes. He may move into the town of York 011 the 24th, have his name put on the Rock Hill poll list by a third party and vote in the latter town on the 30th. The law would be to enroll in person, in only one precinct and that, the one in which the man resides FLAGMAN SAVES DIXIE FLYER. Stops Fast Train in Time to Prevent Second Wreck. \ Macon, Ga., Jan. 9.?Three lives were lost and more than twenty-five persons injured, 6ix of' whom are seriously hurt, in a wreck of passenger train No. 3 on the (*? S. and F. Railroad, sixty miles south of Macon, this morning at 2.32 o'clock. Trailing in the wake of the wrecked train was the famous Dixie Flyer, the Chicago-Jacksonville train, southbound and a double disaster was only averted by a heroic liagman. The scene of the wreck was on Gum Creek trestle.. After the locomotive and baggage cars passed over a broken rail, the day coach appeared to have been lifted skyward, then over the embankment and a heavy Pullman ploughed into the rear of it. Directly behind this came the private car of Vice President J. B. Munson.#of the G. -S. and F. Railroad, and this, too, was carried down the twenty-foot embankment into the swamp. \ Pullman sleepers behind were only derailed. Above the cries of the injured and panic-stricken passengers came tlue shouts of Flagman F. G- Varner, nf Macon, himself badly wounded: Saved Dixie Flyer. "Lookout, the Dixie Flyer is right behind us," he shouted. "Help me out and I'll stop her." T. J. Pearson, travelling representative of the Macon Telegraph, helped Varner out of the telescoped daj coach and Varner with blood streaming from his many wounds and one afm crippled, ran back on the track and placed fusees and stood there with his lantern to signal the flyer to stop. He reached the place just in time, passengers say. Mr. Munson personally directed the removal of the injured, all of whom were taken to a Cordele hospital, some being transferred to Macon to-night. The track will be blocked for another twelve hours, and all through trains are being detoured. Dead: Carson Ingram, 12 years old. son of postmaster at Buckhead, Ga.; two negroes, names unknown. Seriously injured: Conductor Eugene Brown, Macon; W. H. Phillips, Alma, Ga.; Dr. V. O. Harvard, Arabi, Ga.; J. W. Weaver, Buckhead, Ga.; E. E. Brown,' Watkinsville. Ga.; F. G. Varner, flagman. Macon: T. E. Roberts, Knoxville, Tenn., face and head cut and bruised. HIS CONDITION" CRITICAL. Police Officer of Honea Path Has \ Fractured Skull. Anderson, January 11.?Policeman Hughes, who was assaulted while arresting J. L. fobus for drinking in the Chiquola Mill village, Honea Path, last night is in a critical condition at the hosptal to-night. An X-ray examination shows that his skull is fractured. It is said that he has n chance of recovery. Tebn? TJMUr, UnorViao twrk wllifp nuT P, f an1 ( jDiiio nufjiito, >.?v/ ? ???/ ? ?? ? the mill village, are in jail changed with the assault, which was committed with a large rock. It is said that Ellis Hughes interfered with the officer while he was taking Tob-.is to the guard house. Neither person will talk. Tobus was badly beaten in the face during the assault. Sale stables, horses and mules, buggies and harness. RIZER & MOYE, Fairfax, S. C. All kinds of ledgers and blank books at Herald Book Store, cheap. ? or works, and the voter should be given a card by his club, where he enrolls, to be shown at the polls. This card to have his full name and address, and a number to correspond with the club list. Upon voting, a corner of the card, or a coupon at tacfted to it, snouia De torn on so that it could not be used twice. Provision would be made for issuing duplicates where a card is lost, and for transferring a voter from one precinct to another when he changes his residence. These cards would bes issued to every Democrat now entitled to vote who could show his residence in the State and county and precinct the required length of time. In Conclusion. Here are outlined changes in our present system, not a new system. Only outlines are given. Discussions of details would take more space than these articles can claim. But they are designed to carry out these general ideas. No attempt is here made to take the ballot away from any class. Honesty is the aim of these changes, not disfranchisement. Whether wisely or foolishly. South Carolina has long since established the purest of Democracies. Such movements do not go backward. Uni vcisai wiuic liiciiiiiuuu ouinase uuix secured will never be relinquished. But it may be thwarted and crippled, and cheated by strong and well considered laws. LEGISLATOR. GRACE DEAD FROM WOUND. Atlanta Man Dies at Georgia Home. ! A Mysterious Shot. Xewnan, Ga., Jan. 12.?Eugene H. Grace died here at 1.45 this morn- i iug from the bullet wound he mys- < teriously rfeceived in Atlanta nearly ; two years ago. He had suffered from 1 paralysis since shortly after the ; shooting ocurred and had been in ] a serious condition for several days. ? Grace was wounded at his Atlanta 1 home in March, 1912. Police, summoned by a telephone call, found 1 him in a semi-conscious condition. 1 a* fho hncnitai hp aroused his wife. 1 liiC via* * w ?^ ? ?? ? ? _ _ Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace, of the shoot- 1 ing. .Mrs. Grace was found at the 1 home of Grace's mother here and arrested on his accusation. Later in < the same year she was tried on a I charge of attempted murder and 1 found not guilty. At the trial Grace was brought in- 3 to the court room on a cot and made 1 a statement that he had been shot by { his wife for the purpose of securing a large amount of< life insurance which he held. Mrs. Grace said at i the trial that her husband had been wounded in a struggle between them for possession of a pistol and that she had left him and gone to Newnan, believing that he was not seriously hurt. Soon after the trial Grace left his c Atlanta home to live with his moth- * er in Xewnan. His death, physicians said, was due directly to uremic poisoning which set in from the wound in the back. XEGRO is"KILLED. 1 ????* < Herbert A. Thomas Leaps Prom i Train at Florence. * t Florence, Jan. 12.?Herbert A. ( Thomas, a negro well known' here j and formerly an employe of the At- 1 lantic Coast Line restaurant, was so ] badly injured by jumping from a ( train at the Dargan street crossing < yesterday that he died to-night. The 1 coroner held an inquesi over ms body this morning. It seems that the negro got on the through train instead of the local and as he wanted ] to get off at Cartersville he undertook to jump from the train after it , was running rapidly in leaving the city and the fall that followed was , fatal to him. j The jury found a verdict in accordance with this statement. YOUTH IS ARRESTED. < Coleman Caudle Taken Into Custody ' at Easley and Sent to Jail. ] Easley, Jan. 11.?Suspecting Cole man Caudle, a white boy, about IS years of age, of being implicated in . the robbery of the Palmetto phar1 macy, which occurred last night, a , search warant was sworn out this ( afternoon and the small store which ] Caudle owns was thoroughly searched. The search did not disclose any J of the goods which had been taken from the drug store but a pistol and i watch which were stolen from the hardware store about a month ago were found on Caudle's person. Caudle has recently served an 1S i months' sentence on the county . chain gang for robbing the Easley , Hardware store of goods about two vears ago. Seeing in Caudle's store a new box of cigars which bore the brand < of those stolen from the Palmetto pharmacy and Caudle having been , before convicted of store burglary, a search warrant was sworn out. thinking that the goods might be found in the store room. Upon in- , vestigation of the store a pistol, ( which was sworn to and identified by A. L. Campbell as being one taken from his hardware store about a month ago, was found. Caudle was immediately put under arrest and upon relieving him of all personal goods at the city guard house a watch was taken from his pocket which was also identified by Mr. Campbell as one that was missing on the morning after his store had been broken into. As soon as necessary arrangements had been made Cau die was committed to the jail at Pickens. After the arrest of Caudle Chief of Police McKinney continued hunting for lost goods. An idea struck him and he went to the basement of the school building, located on the adjoining lot to Caudle's store, and over behind a large pile of coats a small stock of goods was carefully concealed in boxes and wrapped in a sheet. In this lot was found all of the goods taken from the drug store last night, with the exception of several packages of cigarettes, a case of overshoes addresed to a firm in Seneca, a box of harness addressed to Robinson & Thornton of this city. Both of these packages, it is believed, were stolen from box cars on the side track here; flash lights, soap, perfume and other smaller articles were among the treasures. There Js no proof as to whom the goods belong or how they were placed there. MAX KILLS HIMSELF. Sampson W. Smith of Saluda Puts End to His Life. 3 Saluda, Jan. 12.?Sampson W. Smith committed suicide at his home, ^ Bight miles north of Saluda, Sunday ifternoon by shooting himself. The t weapon used was a shotgun. He had arranged it in some manner so that i iie could pulL the trigger by means of i string which was found tied to his iiand and connected with the gun. 1 The entire back portion of his liead was torn off. Mrs. Smith left nome in the afternoon and went over ^ :o the home of her son nearby and t ivhen she returned home found her j tiusband dead on the front piazza. ] He had been a sufferer from 1 chronic rheumatism for more than 1 20 years and the presumption is that 1 ie fell a victim to melancholia. Mr. Smith was the son of the late j M. R. Smith and has hundreds of relatives in this county. He leaves ( i wife and a number of children. j The burial took place at the old i family burying ground this afterloon. 1 MAY clean edisto river. lloard of Engineers Will Recommend $35,000 Appropriation. 1 . C Washington, January 10.?Repre- j tentative Lever is jubilant today over ] ;he fact that the board of river and tarbor engineers, of the war depart- . ment, has reversed Major Howell, :he district engineer, and has decided to recommend to congress an ap- J iropriation of $35,000 to clean the channel of the Edisto River, from its j nouth to Orangeburg, snagging the 4 stream and removing overhanging < :rees. Mr. Lever has been working ^ Dn this proposition for several years ind has twice brought delegations to ) Washington from Orangeburg, Branchville and the section between 2 Drangeburg and Charleston, in the * sffort to impress the engineers with , :he need of the improvement work. \ Rather a Foolish Joke. j A telegram from Gaffney on Saturday says: ) "My intentions were not serious", 1 wailed Miss Floy Sarratt, one of j Gaffney's most popular and charming < poung ladies, to the smooth shaven. , handsome man who stood upon her I 3oor step and announced himself as Ihn Campbell, of Meridian, Miss. j Miss Sarratt had seen a letter sign- ' 2d by Campbell published in a maga- > sine a few weeks ago inviting cor- J respondence from young ladies, and in a mischievous spirit, she wrote to ! iiim. She received no answer and had almost forgotten the incident un- i ril it was vividlv recalled l>v Camn- ' bell appearing and stating that lie ; thought it was best for him to come here and bring matters to a conclusion as speedily as possible. Miss Sarratt demurred and insisted that she could not consider the proposition. explaining that she had no intention of marrying at the present time, and that he must look else- where for his soul's affinity. Although disappointed, Campbell determined to prosecute his suit, and 1 upon being invited by Miss Sarratt's ' mother he went into the parlor. Miss Sarratt, taking advantage of being left alone on the front porch, slipped away to visit a friend, and did not return home until she was sure her unwelcome caller had departed. In the morning the unwelcome guest dropped in at the office where Miss Sarratt is employed as a stenographer and presented her with a five-pound box of candy, at the same time confessing that he was not Campbell but a traveling man who had been induced to play the part by 1 one of her friends who knew about her correspondence with the gentle- ] man from Mississippi. I Miss Sarratt had been in entire ig- , norance of the joke being played upon her until the traveling man "let the cat out of the bag" and most i humbly begged her pardon for the part he had played^ in deceiving her. i 1913 town taxes are now due, payable to town treasurer.?adv. . , S. G. MAYFIELD. W. E. FREE, j MAYFIELD & FREE . Attorneys - at-Law BAMBERG. S. C. ! Practice in all the Courts, both State and Federal. Corporation 1 practice and the winding up of es- J tates a specialty. Business entrust- j ted to us will be promptly attended to. I NOTICE. I will be in the Sheriffs office every Saturday in January 1914, except the 1st Saturday, for the purpose of ' writing up . and reporting applica-* 1 lions ror an uomeaeraie soiuiers and their widows that wish to go before the County Pension Board, which meets the 1st Monday in February. And all those that are already on pension roll will please report in person or by mail. My postoffice address is Ehrhardt. S. C. C. R. CLAYTON. Pension Commissioner. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 20 1913. DOING THEIR DUTY t Scores of Bamberg Readers are Learn* ing the Duty of the Kidneys. To filter the blood is the kidneys' luty. When they fail to do tihis the kidleys are weak. Backache and other kidney ills may 'ollow; Help the kidneys do theif work. Use Doan's Kidney Pills?the testid kidney remedy*Bamberg people endorse their ieorth Mrs. Julia B. Sandifer, Bamberg, S. 3., says: "I feel justified in recomnending Doan's Kidney Pills and I am >leased to do so. 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Olar?Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 19, 20 and 21. Govan?Thursday, January 22. Ehrhardt?Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 26, 27 and 28. St. Johns?Thursday, January 29. Camp Hill?Friday, January 30th from 9 a. m. until 11:30 a. m. Kearses?Friday, January 30 th -AAA 111 i . OA crom 1Z:?5U UUUI t.ov y. ui. Parrell's Store?Tuesday, February 3. All dates not mentioned above 1 will be at the court house until February 20, 1914, after which date 50 per cent, penalty will be added to all personal property not returned. Each tax payer is urged, if possible, to make his or her returns in person and thereby save errors and trouble in the future. All male citizens between the ages Df 21 and 60 years are liable to a poll tax of $1.00. All ablebodied male citizens between the ages of 21 and 55 years, (except those living in incorporated towns) are liable to a commutation road tax of $2.00. . R. W. D. ROWELL, County Auditor. J. P. OTT, JR. 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