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LAWS UK IXC KXFOIICEI). Social Clubs are ISeportod to lie Without Liquor. South Carolina is facing a period of law enforcement as a result of the campaign promises last summer and the verdict of the people at the election which placed Richard I. .Manning in the governor's chair. And J* o va r? am- hoi n .w rp inose piuiiiisw iiv? vvl..n deemed by Gov. Manning. For the first time in many years, social clubs in several of the larger cities of t|ie State are without liquor. It has been felt for some years that k was perfectly legitimate for clubs, that is, bona fide clubs, to have lockers in which a member could store any liquor which he might care to have. The member had his locker and carried a key to it, and bought his own liquor or beer as the case might be, brought it to the club and placed it in his own locker. The club porters served drinks to members from their individual lockers, and all those clubs which observe this practice never sold liquor across the counter and only club members could get the benefit of the lockers. Thus the system grew over the State, especially in the larger cities, where the leading business and professional men formed the club mem-j bership. . Invents Storing. But under the new "gallon-a-j month" law there is a special pro- j vision preventing the storing of li-; quors in clubs, and it was because]' of this fact that the clubs of Colum-j bia. the .Metropolitan. Columbia, the: Elks and the Ridgewood Country! club, recently discontinued the per-J mission to store liquid refreshment j in individual lockers and the clubs i1 are now "dry." Nothing hut soft drinks, such as lemonade, cigars, andj1 cigarettes, and sandwiches, can now'' be had in the clubs mentioned. They took the action in renovating the lockers because these clubs will do nothing which is unlawful, for their' membership is made up of-men who; are law-abiding and the leaders of the community in all linqs of busi-i ' ness. And it is worthy of* note that! probably the overwhelming majority ! of the membership pf these clubs voted for Governor Manning, ^nd they are going to back up every siep he takes for law enforcement. "Reports from Spartanburg. Greenville dnd Sumter say that the clutfsj have removed ail intoxicants and have gone "dry." Similar action has ! been taken, it is reported, by the locker clubs in practically all the. other towns in the State. There has been no report from; the clubs in Charleston, but it is< presumed that they will follow suit > and remove all intoxicants. It is known that the administration con-; fidentlv expects this action. Lid to lie on Tight. j It is stated that several of the r.l-. leged "blind tigers" in Columbia antf elsewhere made a pretence of follow-! ' ing the locker system and had mem-1 ' bership cards, but it is claimed that j these so-called "clubs" have no bona' fide membership. However, they are j going to have to go out of business,1 for the "lid" is going on. not only in J s .Columbia, but throughout the State, j j 1 Gov. Manning is determined to stamp j out all and every form of violation of. the now rigiji laws of South Carolina, j The governor has said that he was j not responsible for the passage of 1 the law, but he is responsible for its enforcement, and he proposes td do ' his duty without fear and without favor. He is going to enforce the laws impartially, "letting the chips ' fall where they may." < It is expected that where the : mayors of the cities fail to do their h duty satisfactorily to the governor i in the matter of law enforcement he j will summons the sheriffs of the: counfies and put the matter up to < them. It is believed that in the case < of Charleston and Columbia a certain time ffll be given for the local officials to^nforce the law, and in j the event- they fail the governor will j probably put the matter up to the' ;f thov fa*] hp will very | dliClJUO, 11 v ?x... __ . probably remove them and put men in their places who will enforce the laws. This is his announced inten-' tion it is known. The governor will have nothing further to say for publication over his plans for law enforcement. but it is* known that he is bending his energies to closing up the illegal liquor dealers throughout the State, and is holding the sheriffs especially accountable for results. Just what action he will take in Charleston is not known, but there is a general impression in well informed circles that the governor is ready to move swiftly in the matter, and that his next announcement will be through results. Governor's Hands Full. With the situation in Charleston and Columbia, the trouble in Barnwell. where all the dispensaries have been closed indefinitely by the governor and where the grand jury has employed expert accountants to check the books of the old dispensary board, and the Kershaw county matter. the governor having summoned Sheriff W. W. Huckabee to show <;KTTIX(? THK KIKLDS KK.\m Presence of Stumps Itig Obstacle I mproved Mac hinery. I'nited States government repo show that in practically every far ing district of the country inconi per farm worker vary in almost i rect proportion to the number work stock employed, says the Pi gressive Farmer. In other won in Iowa, where each farmer has average of three norses or mu; against an average of about one t each farmer in the cotton belt, t <l\ihvuujc luiii.vi three times that in the South. T late Dr. Knapp believed that it possible for the Southern farmer increase his income S?>0 per cen and estimated that 1100 per cent, this increase could be brought a ho by the use of more and better hot power and farm machinery. Two and three horses or mules p farmer mean adequate, up-to-da labor-saving farm machinery, a: this in turn means the production larger crops at less labor cost a consequently increased profits. One of the most serious obstacl to the use of improved implemen has been and is the presence stumps, gullies, thickets and sm; patches, instead of broad, open fiel in which machinery can be operat most advantageously and profitab' Here. too. we have the reason wl some farmers believe improved ii plements don't pay, and why we s cultivators and harrows lying ca aside in the fence corners rusting at unused. The truth is that there are fc better investments tban wisely pu chased farm machinery: but it equally true that before this machi ery may l>e operated most profitab conditions must be made right. Tl: consists in the possession of adequa .horse-power: fields clear of stnmi rocks, gullies and ravines, and least fairly intelligent operators. None of these requirements is di ficult of attainment: none is an thing more than should be found < any farm making any pretensions being up-to-date and fairly progre sive. If you are not using labor-savii implements now is the time to beg preparing for them, for we belie the time is at hand when, witho them, you cannot hope to make yoi farm operations most profitable. Pr liminary preparations mean keepit persistently after the stumps uni they are a thing of the past: in su stituting wherever possible ti drains in place of the open fie ditch: in filling gullies and cleanii out thickets: in general, in having farm made up of fields instead of multitude of crazy-quilt patches. Perhaps It Was. In Washington, William Colli was once conversing with a man much scientific attainment. Tl scientist narrated in detail a seri of experiments he was conductii with the microphone. "The microphone," said he. "ma nifies sounds to the ear as the micr scope magnifies objects to the e.v the footfalls of a spider hea: through the microphone sounds lil the tramping of marching infantry "That is amazing," politely coi mented Mr. Collier. "This afternoon," continued t! man of science, "I heard a fly wal ing across the pane. The noise r sembled the hoofbeats of a cavalr man's mount." "Perhaps it was a horse fly." su gested the actor. . < _ ? cause before him on March 30 for a leged failure to enfor.ce the lai against liquor selling, the hands the governor are full. However, 1 is keeping a close eye on every cou ty and is in constant touch with tl sheriffs and other law enforceme officers throughout tue State. In several of the counties, notab in Saluda and Berkeley, the slier held a conference with all of tl magistrates over efforts to stamp o the blind tigers, and in Berkel county a certain territory ,s a ~^ ? .j ^ nn a t f\ Innl? u ft c Milieu IU ca.il vuc IV/ ?v/v*? and in this way a close watch c; he kept, and' it is hard for t "tigers" to break through such cordon or to run such a blockac Sheriff J. H. Lightsey, /of Hampt county, who is making a determin effort to stamp out illicit dealers u der his jurisdiction, favors the pi: of having a convention of mag trates and may call one of his cou ty. In those counties which ha the rural police it is not so hard f the sheriff to patrol his baliwick, b many of the counties have no polii and in this case it is well-nigh i possible for the sheriff and his def ty to keep down all violations, < penaiiy ynere sume swuuus ui i county are remote, as was point out by one of them. It is in su counties that the active cooperati of the magistrates and heir eonsl bles is necessary. It is believed that blind tigers w find rough sailing before juries, a with the possibility of facing a tei on the roads this "gentry" will ta to their lairs.?News and Courier. TURNS I'KSSIMIST. to English Novelist Delivers Heated l tteranee on the War. rts Eden Phillpotts. the novelist, in an id- article entitled "Neutrality and Mories als," published in the Daily Clirondi icle. says: of "One is tempted to ask just now *o- jf righteousness, by which is tinderis. stood the sense of honor, integrity, an and justice, has many friends left in les the chancelleries of civilization" or The writer refers to the recently be published "War Hook of Germany. >st which, he says, leaves neutral nabe tions quite unmoved, adding: 's "There is a single explanation. The to neutral principle is now tacitly pert-. mitted to enter the domain of morals. ?> and Christendom has determined tit that to protest against avowed evil, se even in the name of its founder, is a duty prohibited to neutral nations ei" during time of war. te. "We may control the individual od who preaches assassination, and we ?t may destroy him if he practices it. n(d but should a civilized nation proclaim her right to murder peaceful es citizens and their wives and burn its their houses over their heads we ?f must be dumb, be he president or *11 pope or hereditary monarch, because ds to assert that such methods are con eu trary to rignteousness^ ana oeiong 10 '>' a period of man's evolution now far h>' past is to commit an unfriendly act against the State that practices them. ee s * =* * lSt "We are convinced that every highminded man in neutral countries must from his heart, deplore this w ethical downfall of a great kingdom r" j till now respected and admitted with 'sla good welcome to all the civilized n"jearthj imt while the man mourns j diplomacy decrees that the world of '*s men shall he dumb. "Wherefore? What right has this !s-1 discredited, stultified concept of high a*j diplomacy to come between a State and its honest soul? Why must the j privilege of uttering his faith which v~| we do not deny to the least of man,n! kind he refused to the monarch and to j the statesman-?to the leaders of men 's~ and nations, whose word under all constitutions is held to he the united word of those for whom they stand?" in .Mr. Phillpotts concludes: ve "Ex-President Roosevelt has publ,t licly declared that had the United lir States protested at first against the e~ threat of the German invasion of Belgium's neutrality this would have been respected, and no man is in a b" better position to judge than he is. le Is it too late to hope that the world's sense of honor may yet succeed where diplomacy forever fails? Cana not the highest human motives find a a friend whose voice is powerful enough to resound over the cry of dying women and children and reach the ear of this maniac nation before er she has added to the multitude of , her crimes against honor and justice,# truth and the sacred laws of life?"? es New York Times. "Never Touched Me." said Edison. o-_ The .March American magazine ocontains an interesting editorial ^ about Thomas A. Edison and a chronology of his life and achievements, prepared by William H. Meadowcroft, who for 30 years has been one of Edison's chief associates. The article is accompanied by a remarkak ble photograph of Mr. Edison. This photograph was rescued from the 0? thick of the fire which devastated the vEdison plant in December. The frame was charred and the glass covering the photograph was cracked __ and blackened by tbe lieat, dui tne il- picture itself remained unmarked, vs The great inventor, with characterof istic humor, scribbled on the marlie gin, "Never touched me." An exn tract from the editorial accompanylie ing the chronology follows: nt "On December 9th the huge manufacturing plant of Thomas A. Edily son, situated on the Valley road, iff Orange. N. J., was visited by a delie vastating fire which devoured buildut ings. apparatus and supplies, whose ey value can, at the time of writing, is- only be loosely estimated. >r, "The inventor watched the fire an with one thing uppermost in his he mind. What do you suppose it was? a What would you be thinking about le. under those circumstances, with the on labor of years, and nearly all you ed own in the world, going up in ruin n- and loss? an "Thomas A. Edison was intently is- examining the fire-resisting qualities n- of reinforced concrete construction, ve so that hereafter such buildings may or be truly fireproof, ut " 'There's a mighty expensive ex^e. periment,' he said, pointing to the m- blazing pile, out us a goou uuc. ?u- There will be a mobilization around ;s- h'ere tomorrow if that stuff cools off he, enough, and when those buildings go ed up again, they'll go up fireproof.' . eh "What an example! Especially in on these times, when so many show the ta- white feather and croak about hard times or bad luck or some kind of ill petty trouble or grievance? Here is nd the spirit and courage. Not a rm thought of the past! Xot a regret, ke except for the single life lost?one of his workmen who died doing his TO liUMJ RAILROAD. Commission Granted Savannah, Piedinont and Western I Sail way. Columbia, .March ?Another cause tor optimism was the issuance this morning by the secretary of State of a commission to the Savannah, Piedmont and Western railway, with a minimum capital of $30,000 I and a maximum capital of $3,000,000. The company proposes to build a railroad of standard gauge from North Augusta, on the Savannah river, to the city of Greenwood, a distance of sixty miles. This will connect the interurban road which covers the up-country with the city of Augusta, Ga., and marks another great stride lorward in the industrial and commercial development of South Carolina. The petitioners are: J. Peyton Clark, S. H. .McGhee, Kenneath Baker: Mr. Clark, of New York city, and the other petitioners being of the city of Greenwood. The road will use either steam or electricity. Under the commission the company is given the right of constructing a line of railroad front a point on the Savannah river orat or near the town of North Augusta, in Schultz township, in the county of Aiken. South Carolina, thence through said Schultz township, Langley, Gregg, = Shaw, in said county and State; thence through any or all of the fol-l lowing townships in Edgefield coun-j ty: .Merriwether. Wise, Pickens, j Shaw, Johnston. Elntwood, Blocker, i Collins, Colliers. .Moss, and through any or all of the following townships in Saluda county; Xos. 4. 6 and . 1 oil ,,t flit, till-' I "I . aim llUUU.mi (Hill ... un v. lowing townships in Greenwood county: Brooks. Kinards. FellowI ship. Xinety-Six. Phoenix. Callisen. Kirksev and Greenwood." { . ; The following statement appears in the petition: "That it is proposed that the said railroad shail either be constructed without the State of South Carolina, or to operate an in-' dependent corporation, or proposes to consolidate with some other road or company now incorporated, or hereafter incorporated, in accord-, ance with the laws of this State and of the United States, and. that it > proposes to operate said railroad asi a common carrier of passengers, j freight, baggage, mail and ex-1 press." H<>w Our language Grows. ! Language can be made in the li-: brary, no doubt, and in the labora-' ... j t'ory also, biU it is most often and, most effectively created in the work' I shop and in the market place, where; tire imaginative energy of our racej expresses itself spontaneously in! swiftly creating the lacking term in j response to the unexpected demands, j asserts Brander Matthews in Har-; per's. Nothing could be better, each j in its own way. then picturesque vo-j cal>le? like sorehead and loan-shark, 'wind-jammer and hen-minded, all of, them. American contributions to the English language, and all of them examples of the purest English. Henminded is an adjective devised by Air ilowells to describe those "women 'aho are so common in all walks! of life and who are made up of only ~~ one aim at a time, and of manifold anxieties at all tjraes." Scarehead and loan-shark are the products of ;he newspaper office, while wind-jamn or was put together by some Down East sailor man, inheritor of the word-forming gift of his island ancestors who helped to harry Armada. "Wind-jammer," remarked Prof. Gildersleeve, trained by his intimate knowledge of Greek, to appreciate verbal vigor as well as verbal delicacy. ' Wind-jammer is a fine word, l grant, and so is every Anglo-Saxon compound that grows and is not made." Hut a'l new words are not of necessity goods words. Ben Jonson, wi.o was himself a frequent maker of new words, displayed his shrewdness when ne declared that "Custom is the most certain Mistress of Language as the ruhlieke stampe makes the current money," adding as a caution: "But wc*e must noi be too free.tent wiih the mint, every day . corning." duty! Not a hint of complaint or | discouragement, but every power of ? thought and will concentrated on what he was going to do next. 'I'm sixty-seven years old,' he said, 'but I'm none too old to take a fresh start tomorrow morning. Nobody is ever too old to take a fresh start.' "Was there ever anything finer, more magnificently and truly American than this? Can the inspiration of such an example ever weaken? Can one ever forget it. or let it lose its power over us? We take this occasion to publish a chronology of Edison's life, showing the tilings he has achieved in the realm of physical sciences. We are grateful for them. But we are most of all grateful for the ideal standard pattern of American bravery and spirit that we see outlined in bold relief against the l^azing background of the Valley ! Road." ? ' / FRESH Florida Vegetables RECEIVED DAILY Heinz Dill and Sweet Mixed Pickles. Try Them. New CroD Irish Potatoes now on - M- ? hand. Order a peck. < Monogram Coffee, Fine Aroma, none better. Potsum Cerial Coffee. "There's a Reason." _ _ rj I Delk's Market Good Things to Eat Phone Xo. 2 1 ; g=j f THE'PRUDENTMAN"W!LL BEWARE 1 OFSMQDTH STRANGERS W/TH NICE 8 y ^ SEEMING ^z^SCNEMES If all of these schemes which "Smooth" strangers * i^a-jaiaAaLQ?o ^ IV/fol^arc" bUIIlt: d-IUUHU tU pcuuic ctl ^ ouon 51 V^Ub 1T1V11UJ 1'lU.liVi W M why don't.they KEEP them-themselves? m When a man is trying hard to sell you a proposition ' 1 there is something in it for HIM?that's a sure thing, Is it not better for us all to keep our money here at, home, invest 4n and build up OUR OWN Gommunify? The man who does this is prosperous. Make OUR bank YOUR bank :v^S We pay 4 per cent, interest, com- , pounded quarterly on savings depsits Farmers & Merchants Bank l enrhArdt, s. c. . j ^ . p Entarpris^Bank 5 per cent Paid on Savings Deposits. Bamberg, S. C. <i " onHBBIMHRBHHnHHMSnHHBsHnnBHHH .. ' FIGURE ON RIDING /S^fss^ with more comfort and ease? 'Jy\ &7lf t for your wheel will be in much aj? /2-?-r?> i fetter shape than ever when we J ?\? chine more than turning it over J f ItXfiL repair it. Nothing hurts a ma- \ ?: "n/|S\'l a U/m \ to fellows who only fool with I l/j the job instead of doing it. jj f / * We'll do what we have done. II i^mi Jj? / iv/// Our past work is guaranteed. J 1 ? I They can't beat us at the l'ac- g J. B. BRICK LEI Bicycles, Guns and Automobiles Repaired. Bamberg, S. C. M 1