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I CANDIDATES AT EHRHARDT. (Continued from page 1, column 6.) pie of the county, and believes that he will make the best sheriff the county has ever had. J. P. O'Quinn said he was not a native of the county, but had married here. He promised to discharge the duties of the office according to law, and further promised that he ' ^ -1 would live in tne Jan. ne ueuevw in enforcing the law with equal rights to all, and special privileges to none. He will do his duty to the best of his ability, and will not ask for reelection unless he makes good. I*robate Judge. sJV Jrobate Judge Harmon was the first candidate to speak for this office. He offers for reelection. He appreciated the votes of the people in the past. He said that he has done his duty conscientiously. He has had business relations with many people, and declared he can fill the ? office as well as either of the two lawyers running against him. He said he had been criticised for not staying in the office all of the time, but declared that the office did not warrant him remaining in it all the time, and the people did not have much difficulty in finding him. He said that he has held the office through all the years when it did not ff; ' Pay much, and thinks he should now have it, since it will pay something. He discussed the merits of his op> ponents in a light vein. ; R. P. Bellinger, an attorney, said this was his first public appearance in a political meeting. He has an ambition to rise and accomplish something for himself and the county worth while. The people want service and attention in the office, and if he is elected after January first his services will belong to them. It is one of, if not the most important, offices in the dounty, an office that requires knowledge of the law, ? as the legality of wills, etc., must be looked after, and important decisions must be rendered; and asked the voters .whom they thought the most suitable man for the place, a( doctor, preacher, farmer, merchant, or |flV' - lawyer. He has the ambition, the college education, and the legal trainu :. [ ing, and asked the people to look at W y t the- matter in a business light, and not as a sympathetic proposition. He ?a.n? '' urged the voters to select the most ,, competent man. J. J. Brabham, Jr., made no |pl speech, but promised the voters that if he is elected he will attend to the duties of the office. , F. F. Carroll, an attorney, said that the office of probate judge and master is the most responsible in the . county. It requires a competent officer to fill it. He has been before El y the people on former occasions and ||pv ? they all know him. Many people . have told him that he is the man fori \ ^ the place. He said that he is a law*0 yer of long experience, an? if the ^ voters followed Mr. Bellinger's advice Carroll would be elected, gjfo - S. Simmons does not intend to ?pA discuss any of his opponents. He does not believe that it will require a lawyer to fill the office, and feels thathe is fully qualified himself. He promised to do no one any harm, but all the good possible, if elected. H. W. Walker thanked the voters for their support four years ago. He ridiculed the speeches of his opponents?Mr. Bellinger's remarks were ^ - absurd, and Harmon has no record to attack. He said he worked the delegation to have the two offices combined, and now a whole drove of t *candidates want it. After January first next, said Mr. Walker, he will be glad to see everybody at the probate judge's office, and assured them they would meet with a welcome. Will attend to his duties at all times, |v; and the people will not have to hunt him up when they need him. Clerk of Court. P J. D. Copeland, Jr., present incumbent, was the first candidate for clerk of court to speak. This is his first appearance politically. He has served 18 months in the office, and ^ stands upon his record. He does not ask for reelection unless he is qualified. He said that he could not do j., all the work in the office himself, but he has a competent assistant in the office and is entirely satisfied with his work. He reminded the voters that the office requires one who knows the work, and he promised the people that if he is reelected their trust in him will not be betrayed. J. Z. Brooker was ^he next speak er. He did not detain the audience u-' long, hut promised, if elected, to fill the office to the best of his ability. He is a friend of all the people, and V*. x * he said if kind and courteous attention would reelect him, the people i <r" . would keep him in the office. J. S. J. Faust paid a tribute to the Confederate veterans, and said that all of the candidates for clerk of court were good men, but some were better than others. He paid his respects, in a gentle criticism, to several of his opponents, and read some testimonials as to his own capabilities. H. C. Folk said his record as master was before the people. He told 1 R i K v >* the voters that they should elect men who are honest, capable and faithful, reminding the audience that the first letters of these three words form his own initials. Has handled more public funds than any other man in the county not under bond, and his held more offices and done more work without pay than all his opponents combined, and has never been accused of being recreant or unfaith ful to the people. He denied that he wanted the office for his son-inlaw, stating that he had announced upon the death of Mr. C. B. Free that if there was to be an election he would run. He does not ask or want votes because of friendship or kinship, and would release any one from any such obligation. H. D. Free said he is well qualified to fill the office. He has been in the court house for many years, has been clerk to the county board and refers the voters to any of the supervisors he has worked under. If elected he will give the office his entire time. Any consideration given him will be appreciated. A. L. Kirkland said he was not a speaker, but if the voters see fit to elect him, he will serve the people honestly and faithfully. R. L. Zeigler, the last speaker for clerk of court, told the voters that he is in the race solely on his own account, and because it is a better job than he now has. He knows how to do things rather than tell others how. He believes in good citizenship, law and order and preparedness in a broad sense, not only as a nation, but as individuals. The boys and girls should be educated as a measure of preparedness, and he promised to lend his efforts to the development of Bamberg county. He believes in the warehousing system, not only for cotton, but for all farm products. He said he is the only man in the race who has never held office or received benefits from the public, directly or indirectly. House of Representatives. B. D. Carter, offering for reelection to the house of representatives, said he was proud of the vote given him two years ago all over the county, and especially at Ehrhardt. He has tried to discharge his duties as he saw best. The delegation has not accomplished anything stupendous, but the record shows that they have done well. He considers that it is the legislator's duty to exercise his best-judgment. He does not believe there has been any extravagance in the State government. He discussed the State appropriations, and stated that he voted for every measure that tended to improve the schools. The improvements to the State Hospital for the Insane consumed a large part of the appropriation, and Mr. Carter pointed with pride to the wonderful improvement that has been wrougnt, ana ne ciaimea tne nonor of having a part in this work, which he described as being one of the most important steps taken in this State in a long time. This money was well spent. Mr. Carter said he was not in favor of the State-wide compulsory education law, but did vote for the local option law. The State tax commission measure he voted agaiitst. This was a very important measure, but he thought at the time that it would put too much power in the hands of a few men. However, he hopes that the commission may accomplish something, and he would not vote to repeal the measure at this time. He voted against the insurance law, as he did not see that the law as framed would accomplish the results sought for; but with some modification the law may yet accomplish some good. He supported the primary law, helped to put through the Wasserman test law and the hunters' license law, supported the two-cent rate law, which was killed in the senate, and helped pass the employees' liability law. The county tax levy, said Mr. Carter, in 1914 was 5 1-2 mills, in 1915 was 4 1-2 and this year is 7 1-2, due to the dispensary closing down, thus causing a loss of about one-third of the county's finances. The usual levy was 5 1-2 mills, but owing to certain conditions the delegation felt warranted in 1915 in reducing it one mill, so the advance since the dispensaries were voted out is really but two mills above the average levy. He complimented the county upon its excellent financial condition. J. Wesley Crum, Jr., followed Mr. Carter. He thanked the voters for the handsome vote given him in the second primary two years ago, and he hoped that his record had been good in the house. He had been guided, in his legislative work by principle. It is his idea that all measures radical in their nature should be first submitted to the people, and in accordance with this be lief he voted against the insurance law. He will not favor any law for the State to go into the insurance business. He believes that this may be possible, however, in after years, as, at present, the State sinking fund commission is allowed to insure certain State buildings, and has accumulated quite a sum of money from this source. A law is now being agitated to allow the commission tc insure certain brick school buildings where the risk is small. By working up to the business gradually, he thinks sufficient surplus may be laic aside to warrant the State going in to the insurance business on a limited scale, but he is opposed to the State going into the business undei present conditions. He gave his rec ord in the house, and as a membei lrQvc onH pnmrmttpp U1 LUC ?* av? Q UUU * WVW He has fought continually for econo my, and he did not vote in a singl( case for any increase in appropria tions over the committee's figures He favors a rural credits law, bu not the sort of law enforced las year. J. D. Jolly, a candidate for th< house, said there are two many law vers in the legislature. He discuss ed colloge appropriations, free edu cation, the fertilizer tax, etc. H< said that very few needy boys anc girls ever get a fr^e education. H< accused the president of Clemson col lege and the "president of the fer tilizer company" of being in col lusion to prevent correct analyses o fertilizer being given the farmers Mr. Jolly is blind. State Senate. Senator J. B. Black, offering fo reelection, was the next speaker. Hi said that he had been on this plat form many times in the past. Hi complimented Ehrhardt on the prog ress the town has made. Senato Black said he had been all over th< country, and he believes that Bam berg county is the best section hi has seen. He thanked the people fo their past favors. He said he wa called the "bill killer" in the sen ate, as he thought the best interest of the people were most often servei by voting against bills. He actei with the Bamberg delegation in mos instances. Senator Black said tha he knew that he made some mistakes and if elected would probably/ con tinue to make them, but they wer never intentional. He always actei for what he thought the best inter est of the county, and he will alway vote as he sees best. He believes ii liberal pensions for the old soldiers and has always believed in gooi roads. He has nothing against th colleges, but, as ninety per cent, o the boys and girls never go highe than the common schools, he favor doing everything possible to elevat the common school system. He de clared that he is in combination wit) no other candidate. He asked th voters not to countenance last da rumors. He complimented the coun ty upon its financial condition, say ing that Bamberg is one of four cotU) ties in the State with no debt. H claims a share in getting the count in this condition. He promised th people that they would never hav cause to be ashamed of his life, eitb er public or private. B. W. Miley made the closin speech of the day. He is a candi date for the State senate in opposi tion to Senator Black. He said tha it was not his purpose to criticise hi rtnnnnant anrt assured the DeODl VJ/^/V/WVMV, IT A that he will not spring any eleventh hour reports, neither would hi friends do so with his consent. H stands for all there is in educatior He is a staunch believer in goo roads, and he said that he had don more in two years for this cause tha any other man in the county. H told of his record in the house, stal ing that he had the one mill levy pu on for permanent bridges. If he i elected he promised to carry on th good work he had started when h was in the house. He wants to up build Bamberg county, and if he i elected he promised to give the coue ty his best service. As the hour wa late, Mr. Miley cut his speech shori and said that he would omit man things he had desired to talk about. Riding the Newspapers Free. We believe in "economy," and i the right kind of "reform;" but w wonder if South Carolina is too poo to pay the newspapers to publish th | warnings sent out by the State boar of health about infantile paralysis "Rut what's the use in Daving: whe the newspapers do it for nothing? Very few persons have any ad* quate idea of the amount of "charil ! able" advertising the newspapers dc | and fewer still appreciate it. Maybe the poor fellows will ge j their reward in "the sweet bye an bye." That they don't get it her and now is largely their own faul in not demanding pay for their sei vices.?Xewberry Observer. But what do you think of churche that get up shows and entertain ments of divers kinds with an occa sional dinner thrown in for goo measure and who wish to ride th newspapers for free notices? 0 worse still, pick up some travelin show man who promises a percentag on the receipts provided the goo< sisters will get the advertising fret meaning of course that they are t ride the newspapers for it. Shoul the newspapers refuse to be ridde; then they are put down as narrow stingy, mean and irreligious. Is tha not going some??Greenwood Joui | nal. will be yours if you will makej? up your mind to save a littlej? 1 each week and put it in the! a bank. It is the only way'tojj , get ahead in this world, be-|9i L cause it enables you to start in^ business for yourself when the'<3 > proper time comes, and also in-J fl sures a comfortable and peace- j! ) STRANGE FISH IS CAUGHT. 9 ,r Filmy Curiosity Has a Tongue Like ' a Calf and Changes Color. I It remained for a Knoxvillian tc " show the people of Florida some; thing new in the way of fish. Dr. H. r J. Kelso, who, with Mrs. Kelso, is " spending ten days at Pass-a-Grille r Fla., hooked and landed a very beau tiful fish, the name or species ol " which no one on the island has beer 5 able to determine. A special in the Tampa Morning Tribune says: "Dr. Kelso and E. R t Burns, with J. A. Saunders as guide t had caught about 40 some-odd kingfish, and were on the verge of re 3 turning to the land when suddenly " the genial doctor hooked a Wampus - of some kind, and after a strenuous fight of at least fifteen minutes the - strange fish was pulled into the boat 1 It weighed fifteen pounds, and was - shaped a good deal like a pompano - and had the most beautiful scales - ever seen on a fish, being of t - changeable nature, varying from sil f ver to gold, and the most peculiai feature of the entire fish was iti tongue, which was exactly like ? calf's, with an oblong spot in the cen r tre, which was rough like emer: e paper."?Knoxville, Tenn., 'dispatcl - to the Chicago Herald. Read The Herald, $1.50 per year r ELECTION NOTICE, e For the purpose of nominating e candidates for governor and all othei State officers, congressman, solicitoi and all county officers, a direct pri s mary election will be held at th< - usual places of voting in Bamberg s county on Tuesday, August 29, 1916 , The managers shall open the polls ^ ^ ? 1 >1- - 1 3 ^.1 11 ^1 at s o ciock a. ill., aim suau ciust * them at 4 o'clock p. m. t For the purpose of holding saic t election the following managers anc clerks are hereby appointed: Bamberg?P. B. Murphy, G. A " Rice, E. F. Free, W. D. Rowell e clerk. 3 Clear Pond?J. B. Padgett, J. B Folk, C. K. Smoak, R. F. McMillan cl erk s Colston?G. W. Kearse, G. W a Beard, Jr., G. A. McMillan, C. M ; Varn, clerk. Denmark?W. B. Kittrell D. S Hartzog, D. M. Cox, Sr., I. G. Jen e nings, clerk. f Edisto?J. W. Webster, Aquilh r Drawdy, C. S. Herndon, B. C. Kin sey, clerk. Ehrhardt?J. E. McMillan, M. W e Rentz, I. D. Copeland. J. J. Hiers clerk. h Govan?B. P. Hartzog, D. W. Kit trell, J. B. Zorn, L. V. Williams e clerk. y Hightower's?C. J. Creech, A. B i- Hightower, J. H. Hartzog, L. W Abstance, clerk. Hunter's Chapel?J. G. Rhoad, J W. Wilson, J. W. Steedly, C. S ? Rhoad, clerk. y ? Kearse?L. A. Brabham, W. H e Ritter, G,. E. Kearse, H. W. Chitty clerk. e Lee's?H. B. Grimes, H. S. Walsh J. C. Kemp, W. D. Mayfield, clerk. Midway?B. D. Donald, W. E. Ut e sey, J. Y. Hicks, E. W. Duensing clerk. Olar?H. C. Kirkland, J. J. Brab ham, G. W. Cave, G. O. Barker ,t clerk. s After tabulating the result thi managers shall certify the same an< e forward the ballot boxes, containing the ballots, poll list and all othe s papers relating to the election, b: e one of their number to the chairmai of the county committee within 3i u hours after the close of the polls d The county committee will assembh e at the court house on the morninj a of the second day (Thursday) afte the election, at 10 o'clock, to tabu e late the. returns and declare the re > suit of the primary. Managers wil it please telephone, telegraph or sen< s by messinger to the county chair man, immediately after the votes ar< e tabulated, a full statement of the re e suit. The expense of same will b< )- paid by the county chairman. Th< s same managers and clerks will servi in second and third primaries if the; L~ are necessary. s The ballot boxes and ballots wil t, be ready for delivery to managers o v election on and after the Thursda; * before each primary election. Pleasi call at the court house for same. H. C. FOLK, County Chairman. n SUMMONS. e r State of South Carolina, County o e Bamberg?Court of Commoi Pleas.?British & American Mort d gage Company, Limited, Plaintiff 5. against Sam Copeland, J. O. Patter n son, C. F. Rizer, W. H. Ritter, Mrs J. A. Byrd, as Executrix of the Iks Will and Testament of J. A. Byrd deceased, S. E. Neeley, Bank o > Olar, H. H. Kearse, J. J. Wilson >, and Saltkeatchie Lumber Company Defendants. To the defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and re d quired to answer the complaint ii e this action, of which a copy is here t with served upon you, and to serv > a copy of your answer to the sail complaint on the subscriber at hi office at Orangeburg, S. C., withii ;s twenty days after the service hereof L_ exclusive of the day of such service and if you fail to answer the com L~ plaint within the time aforesaid, th d plaintiff in this action will apply t? e the Court for the relief demanded ii r I the complaint. Dated, April 8th I 1 A 1 /? 131D. g J. STOKES SALLEY, e E. H. HENDERSON, d Plaintiff's Attorneys. ; To the defendant, J. J. Wilson: '' Take notice that the complaint i] 0 this action, together with the sum ^ mons, of which the foregoing is i n copy, was filed in the office of th r Clerk of Court of Bamberg Countj S. C., on the 2nd dav of June, 1916. 1 J. STOKES SALLEY, I E. H. HENDERSON, I 9-26. Plaintiff's Attorneys. ful old age. Don't put this offjS until tomorrow, do it now. Enterpri 3 5 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Savi ; -tAA AAAAAAAAAJ 4*********** : jj Foolish and D 1 T THE MUTUi s Hnu.tt Phone cc C. A. 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