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FOR STATK CANVASS. Prohibition Leaders Name Steetiu ( oiiuuiUic iO, inorougn ? a::it>a:gii Organization o, the campaign i be couuucteu mis summer 1'or ti puipo&e oi cuir.>iiig uie siuie iur pn hibition at ine special e.ect.oa r>e; teinber i4 was cousiuerauiy advati ed at a meeting 111 Columbia iu: week. A steering committee w; paruy formed w ltn .\lason DuPre, < Woaord co.lcge, as cnainnau, ti Rev. C. r.. liuris, L). L?.. ot Columbi; as vice chairman ana D. A". Kob;i son, oi Columbia, a? secretary, an there was erected an executive con niittee to have direct charge oi ti canvass. Oilers ot cooperation no; several associations were receive and a number of experienced can paigners tendered their services. D. W. Robinson, secretary, issue a statement as toiiows describing ti: day's vvora: "A conterence of a number < those interested in the prohibitic movement was held this day at tl Y. M. C. A. building in this cit; Among those present were George 1 Cromer, Newberry; the Rev. J. 1 'Harley,"' Spartanburg; R. O. Purd Sumter; C. F. Rizer, Olar; Ala Johnstone, Newberry; the Rev. J. 1 Alahaffey, Batesburg; J. Fraser L: on. the Rev. C. E. Burts, D. D., F. i Hyatt and D. W. Robinson, of C< lumbia. Dr. Cromer acted as chai man and Mr. Robinson as secretary, "It was determined to place tl" management of the movement in tl: hands of a steering committee, coi sisting or' at least one member iro: each county. This committee hi not yet been completed, but anion those who have agreed to serve art Walter I. Herbert, Spartanburg Jesse W. Boyd, Spartanburg; W. I DeLoach, Camden; A .Mason DuPr Spartanburg; George B. Crome Newberry; Geprge Warren, Ham] ton; Howard B. Carlisle, Spartai , j burg; J. S. Moffat, Due West; R. ( Purdy, Sumter; W. P. Hamrick. Ci lumbia; C. C. Featherstone, Greei wood; J. L. Harley, Spartanburg; 3 R. McDonald, Walhalla; E. C. Ri< gell, Batesburg; N. X. Burton, Bate burg; C. E. Burts, F. H. Hyatt, . Fraser Lyon, Columbia; D. M. Cro son, Leeseville; D. R. Coker, Hart ville; C. F. Rizer, Olar; E. O. Wa son, Bamberg; Alan Johnstone, Xcv berry; C. E. Graham, Greenville; 1 H. Watkins, Anderson; Jesse L. She ard, Anderson; George Bates, Ban well; C. D. Epps, Sumter. Mason DuIYe Chairman. "From this steering committee i Mason DuPree, of Wofford colieg was elected chairman, C. E. Burt of Columbia, vice chairman, and I W. Robinson, of Columbia, secretar; "There was also selected an execi tive council to have direct charge < the work of the campaign. This con mittee consists of J. Fraser Lyoi Columbia; the Rev. J. L. Harle Spartanburg; D. R. Coker, Hart ville; the Rev. K. G. Finlav. Colun bia; J. K. Breeden, Manning; C. 1 Rizer, Olar; Robert McDougall, Ci lumbia, Columbia, together with i M. DuPre, Dr. Burts and D. W. Rol inson. "The Intercollegiate Prohibitio league, the Woman's Christian Ten perance union and the Woman's Pri hibition league tendered their se vices to the committee and will c< operate with it most heartily. "Among those who have expresse willingness to assist in the campaig during the summer are: The Re Z. T. Cody, D. D.. Greenville: Tho G. McLeod, Bishopville: the Rev. I O. Watson. Bamberg: R. O. Purd; Sumter: the Rev. E. M. Poteat. D. E Greenville: the Rev. J. S. Moffat, I D.. Due West; C. C. Featherston Greenwood: W. F. Stevenson, Chi raw; the Rev. S. A. Steel, D. D.. C< lumbia; the Rev. Lewis >1. Ric Union: W. Anderson Clark son, C< lumbia: A. W. Summers. Orangeburs S. G. Mayfield, Bamberg; .Josepn McCullough. Greenville; George 1 Cromer, Newberry; the Rev. C. I Burts, D. D., F. H. Hyatt, the Re' A. W. Blackburn. Columbia: John ( Clinkscales. Spartanburg. Voting Qualifications. "In view of a recent article in re erence to the registration of vote: for this election, the conference di sires to say that it is not necessai to have a new registration certificat provided the voter has a registratic certificate dated in 190S or subsi quent thereto, and also has his U receipt showing the payment of a taxes for the year 1914. It will n< be sufficient that a party have h nnll tav rorpinf If hp owns DTODe ty, he must also produce all his pro] erty tax receipts. "Those who have not register can do so on the first Monday in Jun July and August, at their respecti\ county seats: but all are urged t register early and not wait until tl last opportunity, as August will t the last opportunity. If any one h< lost or mislaid his registration ee tificate he can and should apply I the county board of registration an obtain a duplicate. It will be nece sary to have at the election both h IS MOST ( I IUOIS CITY. ig Cons aniinojle !!a> Tluec unlays a I i. | Wnk ami Si ;i svi> at Twelve. o j Constantino} le, r Staiiiboul. as ;e! the Turk calls iiis metropolis, is a j-; iiiucli discussed city just now, says [j- Answers. But oi its important lorc-'eign quarters, Pera and (lalata, the ?i stay-at-home Briton hears little. j is j Oalata is separated from Constanji tinople proper by the Golden Horn, to and lies principally between the two a,; bridges which span thai worid-ial j mous waterway. d | Formerly tliese bridges had capl-1 tains and crews exactly as it they le! were ships. Later they bechnie rein j niarkable tor 'their shops, beggars id i and dogs. Shops, beggars and dogs| i- have none, but still the bridges are j objects of intense interest to toe :u j suangei. le I In Galata may be found a sort of! | Petticoat Lane in full swing every j if: dav of the w eek. But. unlike our | | m j own Sunday market in the east end1 le of London, the venue is shifted each v. j morning. For example, the indis1.' cribable bargaining and din is to be L., found on Thursday at Pershembeh. y < which means the Thursday market, .n j Dealers in second-hand clothing 2. j have a more or less permanent reny-j dezvous at the Big Bazaar of Louse L j market?an appellation more apt i- | than delicate. r-j Pera, which is modern Greek for! , | "beyond," stands on the hills behind i ie; Galata, which in a double sense it ie! looks down on. considering itself the; i- j superior suburb. Both are despised i tu ' by the real Turk, who, if he wishes; is to tell you that another Turk has ,g gone hopelessly to the bad. will say, j ?: I "He has gone ro Pera." wore correct-1 ;; ' ly, "to Bey Oldu." for the Turks re).! fuse to recognize the Christian desig-j e,! nation of either Constantinople or; r, j its suburbs. p-j A stranger stranded at Pera might; i-1 possibly go hungry; but it would be ). j his own fault it he thirsted. Elab-j 0- orate drinking fountains are in near-1 1- ly every street. ,1. There is a superabundance of post-; i- offices?but no postmen. No letters; s- are delivered. Each European powJ. er has?or had?its own postoffice. s- Thus one calls at the English estabs lishment if expecting letters from t-jhome. at the French if correspond-1 v-; ence is likely to arrive from Paris, I. j and so on. r- Three Sundays a, week are observ-i i- ed in both suburbs?Friday by the j Turks, Saturday by the Jews and i Sunday by the Christians. And three ^ I distinct calendars are used. This; ' i year the Mohammedan is dating his j ' j letters 1333, the Jew ">675 and the I s, I .j Christian, of course. 1915. ' But the inconvenience of using ' ' three' different calendars is slight ; compared with the bewildering meth^ od mostly used in computing the, ? hours of the day. A watch which a. i kept correct time on the shores of; ' the Golden Horn would be, some-, j what paradoxically, rather an er-: 7 ratic timekeeper, according to the i A 3 J 1 - * J nrnanTLMr'h I SI3.HQ3.ru i&lQ uu*>ll u? ui^vu . )- . I ^ For as 12 o'clock is reckoned always) to fall at the exact moment of sun3 set, one's watch has to gain or lose, a few minutes each day, according' in i to the season of the year. l3 Race Nicknames. - I, an American, descendant of El-1 ,d der Brewster and of Stephen Hop-1 n kins, writes a correspondent, stood j v in a crowd by no means Americans i ? in this sense today and watched the j 9. r -May day labor parade go past. I v heard: "Those are 'wops. Herei i come the' "kikes,' " etc. -) It wasn't ill-natured, but it was e more or less scornful, an expression s_ of difference. Yet the Socialists la-1 0_ bor to express brotherhood of all e mankind and the May day celebra-l . tions is especially a reminder of the r. international. And those who spoke ^ were wearing red carnations and | 3 waving red flags. I thought of the ^ Dane in Ernest Poole's "The Harv. bor." who was called a Swede and ; 3 who. on the intervention of an interpreter, succeeded in saying that he would rather die than be a Swede ?he was a Dane!?and that the f- working people could never do anyrs thing until they forgot race prejue dice and pulled all together! ">' 1 wish to suggest that some one e. with time and talent for such organi'n zation should start a movement to e- abolish derogatory racial nicknames" ix from our common speech. They must 11 exercise an influence on our unconJt scious mental processes that is far is from thinking and enlightened peor pie: they have especially no place in American speech, and they are one of the subtle minor influences toward making possible that horror^ war.? I e. New York Tribune. re . . :o county registration certificate and ie rax receipt for all taxes for 1914. )e "The conference is very anxious to is have a full vote and to that end der sires all persons to qualify themselves to by registering and voting. We deid sire that this election shall be. as s- fully as possible, an expression of is the will of all the people." SAW SlMIKi: HO.MHAUJjMKXT. i mice Lieutenant Teii> ol First Bat lie <>i uie War. i i.v, Hali.-iit.. e Levi's ol WeJnes (lav, April 1 'J, publishes the follow ing interesting account 01 the bo,11 barcln.ent 01 Fort Suniter. as seen i>; Frederick T. Crate, who look pari ii j hattie and who is now a lieutenan of police in the Maryland nietropo i lis. His statement that the signa gun which opened tiie bombardmen of tiie fort was tired 011 Mount Pieas ant differs from those of others wh< I took part in tiie engagement am who assert that the signai came iron James Island. Lieut. Crate is quot ed as follows: j "At the age of 19 1 enlisted in tin ; Confederate army at Baltimore March IS, JS61, and was immediate 1 ly sent to Charleston. S. C.. for duty Upon niv arrival there I was detailec to duty 011 tiie lightship at Rattle snake Shoals, Cooper River, an< Wappoo Cut. After being on tin ship several days 1 was promoted t< sergeant and placed in command 0 the ship. My duties were to block ade the boats going in and out 0 Charleston harbor. I was relievec I from duty 011 the lightship severa days before the firing upon For sumter ana piaeeu on wnai was mei termed a floating battery at John': Island. The battery was a smal scow, which was constructed on tin scale of a fort. It was manned b; about 100 men and several larg< cannon. There wer several of thes< floating batteries in the harbor, hav ing been placed there by Gen. P. G T. Beaureguard preparatory to tin attack upon the fort. Beaureguard Ordered Firing. "On the day of April 11. IS til, or ders came from Gen. Beaureguart for the batteries to be prepared fo action at a moment's notice, and t< start firing at Fort Sumter when ; cannon was fired from Mount Pleas ant, on Sullivan's Island, a short dis tance away. When this order wa circulated among the forces it creat ed much excitement among the men All during that day the cannon wen swabbed, cleaned and loaded read; for action, and when nightfall arrived none of the men went to sleep They were too much excited to sleei and sat in their quarters wide awaki during the entire night awaiting sig nal to open fire. "At 4 o'clock^ April 12, the signa came. There was a blue flash 01 Mount Pleasant, followed by thi deafening roar of a gun, and th< bombardment was on. Fire Not Returned. "Major Anderson, who was in com mand of Sumter, did not return thi fire until 6 o'clock. The darkness o the night hampered the fire of th< Confederate forces to a great extent but when the day broke they got thi range and threw a deadly volley o shrapnel and shell into Fort Sumter Major Anderson, while he was'flret upon from all sides, fought a gallan battle. He refused to surrender, ant fought throughout the entire day ant night, but was forced to surrendei April 13, at 12 o'clock, and leave ih< fort. Gen. Beaureguard, in consider ation of his noble stand, allowed Ma inr indersnn tn leave the fnrt wit! .?M?V.wvrM vv ? ?V ~ side arms. "After the surrender of Fort Sum ter I was placed in the fort, where remained several months, until I wa: transferred to a neighboring post, 01 ; James Island. Anderson, in his de fence of the fort, had reinforced th< walls with palmetto wood, on whicl ; our shells had very little effect Later I was transferred from th< James Island battery and placed ii a company at Fort Moultrie. Afte: being there for some time I wai transferred to Morris Island Battery While stationed there our batter: was attacked by Gen. Sherman dur ing his "march to the sea.' We wen defeated and driven back on Jame: , Island, where I was made a prisonei [ of war and taken to Hilton Head There I was held a prisoner unti | after the close of the war, when I shipped on a tramp steamer am j went to New York from where c-ame 10 tsaiumore. Goods Returned. Once an old darkey visited a doc tor and was given definite instruc tions as to what he should do. Shak ing his head, he started to leave th< office, when the doctor said: "Here, Rastus, you forgot to pa; me." "Pay you for what boss?" "For my advice." replied the doc tor. "Naw, suh; naw, suh; I am* gwine take it," and Rastus shufflet otu.?Exchange. Worth Trying. She kept chattering away when h> was trying hard to follow the per formance. "Did you ever listen to a play witl your eyes shut?" she went on, ag gravatingly. "No," he replied, out of patience "but suppose you try listening t6 i with your mouth shut."?Bostoi Transcript. LODGE MEETING. 1 Bamberg, Lodge, No. 3S, Knight ?!' Pythias meets first and fourth | Monday nig! r? at 7: :>0 p. in. Visittie: brethren cordially invited. -i H. L. HI NX A NT. .! r auceilor Conunander, \ F. C. AVER. Keeper oi Records and Seal. i The Quinine That Dees Not Affect The Head . Because of its tonic and laxative effect. LAXATIVE BROMO QOIXINEis betterthan ordinary - Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor : ringing in head. Remember the full name and 1 loolt for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c. ; ?. H. HENDERSON Attorney-at-Law RAMl!EKG. S. C.. 5 General Practice. Loans Negotiated JOHN F. FOLK 1 1SEAL ESTATE, STOCK, BONDS Heal Estate for Sale. 160-acre farm, 2 miles from Bamf berg. 94-aere farm near Midway. 290-acre farm near Hunters Chappel. j 1 house and lot. Bamberg, 4 rooms, j j 1 house and lot, Bamberg, 6 rooms. S vacant lots, different parts of Bamberg. 290-acre farm near Ehrhardt. j 2 dwellings and lots in Ehrhardt. 4 vacant lots in Ehrhardt. a " 2 desirable lots in Denmark. 353 acres near Howell's Old Mill. - Stocks and Bonds for Sale. 10 shares Bamberg Cotton Mill stock. b 13 shares Peoples Bank stock. - i DamI. :? snares iLnieipnse doui\ siutn. i V - Bond and Mortgage Ileal Estate j ] Value. r $400. S per cent, interest, due in 5 3 years. i Communications from parties hav ing real estate, stocks or bonds for - sale solicited. - JOHN F. FOLK e Winthrop College. SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. * The examination for the award of ^ vacant scholarships in Winthrop Cole lege and for the admission of new - students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 2, at 9 , a. m. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When 1 Scholarships are vacant after July 2 e they will be awarded to those maka ing the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for Scholarships should write - to President Johnson before the exa amination for Scholarship examina" tion blanks. ' 1 ~ -? ! ?? 1 A A I scnojarsnips are wurm ?iw auu 2 free tuition. The next session will open September 15. 1915. For fure ther information and catalogue, ad, dress Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, f S. C. ; RUB-MY-TISM 1 Will cure your Rheumatism 1 Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, r Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and 5 Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insec s . Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in ternally and externally. Price 25c. 1 Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, " GROVE'S TASTELESS chi'l TONIC, drives out i Malaria .enriches the blood .and bnilds no the system. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c 3 ! NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In re Estate of Mrs. Jane M. Rizer, deceased. All creditors having claims against 1 the above entitled estate will file the . same, properly itemized and verified, a with the undersigned as administra trix of said estate. MRS. G. W. M. KEARSE. r Administratrix, s Olar, S. C., May 11th, 1915. 3t. - S. C. Boosters Special To s r San Francisco, Cal. Leaving JUNE 18,1915 Persons using this train will celebrate SOUTH CAROLINA DAY At PanamaPacific International Exposition - Which has been arranged by the (Jov2 ernor for JUNE 28,1915 Southern Railway - Has be^n selected as the official route A get-together movement under t auspices of Chambers of Commerce of j the State for South Carolinians to travel together and become better acquainted. boosting their communities enroute and taking part in the exercises at the Exposition South Carolina Day. Stop-overs and attractive e side trips going and returning. . Make your arrangements through your local Chamber of Commerce, or address i W. H. CAFFEY, D. P. A., CHARLESTON, S. C. Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how long standing, 1 are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves I Pain and Heals at the same time. 25c. 50c. $1.00 fprnumfmaem gaaaawMMMM? ? "Time will show you ^hP|^ j . 1 the wisdom of \QSJ? 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It i lights instantly, and gives you a big volume of heat, easily regulated ' ^ just by raising or lowering the wick. ;H|| It is easy to operate, easy to clean, : y] and easy to re-wick. 2,000,000 J women say it's "gas stove comfort j with kerosene oil." Ask your dealer to show you his NEW PERFECTION line? I stoves wim one, two, uncc anu four burners. Note particularly 1 ^ NEW PERFECTION OVENS, J especially made for use on these .|j stoves. Ideal for roasting and - ; :'l baking. Use Aladdin Security Oil j or Diamond White Oil to obtain the best results in oQ . | Stoves, Heaters and Lamps. Ij PERfLOnUN I I STANDARD OIL COMPANY I i " I Washington, D. C. (New Jersey) Charlotte, n. c. Norfolk, Va. (BALTIMORE) Charleston. W. Va. 9 Richmond, Va. * Charleston, S. C. fi / Water nan's Ideal Self-Filling Fountain Pens at Herald Book Store, $150 up. j