Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S. C. POLITICAL SITUATION DISSERTATION OX WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN NEXT YEAR The Candidates So Far.?What Some of Them Stand For And Who They Stand With. The near advent of the second session of the seventy-second general assembly which meets in Columbia on Tuesday, January 8, has revived discussion of the probable political situation next summer. Political prophesy is always dan gerous; at no time more so man at the present. The great .war in which America is engaged is rapidly upturning former standards, and those of this State are passing through the leavening process. However, one incontrovertible premise may be laid v down: Xo one opposed to thi^'Avar or to the administration in its efforts toward a victorious conclusion of this war need offer for political prefer ment in South Carolina with hope of success. ?7\ - * Each politician has to reckon with one factor; perhaps before the next campaign the American .troops in France will have offered valor'ous and heroic fight to the Germans, and out of such engagement there might have arisen a South Carolinian, exalted by daring and sacrifice, incapacitated by V' ' injury for further service. Should he come back to his home State and offer for election to almost any office, there is little chance for him being defeated by the "stay-at-homes." Out *of this arises a prediction: The soldiers fighting the battles of democi * racy on Europe's ensanguined fields vyill be the future rulers of the United States, South Carolina among them. The politicians of the present may as well prepare themselves for the overturning of their order. No man in South Carolina at the \ present time offering for office can predict his election a year from now, but the relative strength of candidates, announced and prospective, at ; in is uiiie can ue iamy attuiaici* p> V guaged. , For the U. S. Senate. , Cole L. Blease, who has announced definitely for the United States sen. /. ate, is not as strong as he was when he ran for governor in 1916, and was " ' defeated. However, he is not "dead" by any means, as some would perforce believe. .He is alive enough to be in a Second race should the primary be held at this time. Either i Senato^ Tillman, who it seems assured, will run if ]iis health permits, < . or Congressman A. F. Lever, who, ?v:. . undoubtedly will be in the race if the senior senator does not make it-j can defeat the titular leader of the so-called "reform party." The exgovernor's speeches at Pomaria and zf _ Filbert estranged some of his most powerful lieutenants, and consequently weakened him with the rank and file of the minority faction. Col. Nat B. Dial, of Laurens, is def0 initely announced for the senatorial toga, and he has considerable strength. Although the Laurens man - has entered the race as a non-partisan candidate, yet he can be aligned with the anti-Blease faction. He assuredly will make a strong fight against the senior senator, should he . .run. Col. Dial will undoubtedly g&t i all .the intensely bitter anti-Tillmanites for the 90's who will not vote for . Tillman and who are as strongly opposed to Blease. This vote, along W-; . Vith a considerable personal follow. ing, will make him a formidable cans';. didate. Among those who have been suggested as other possible candidates iu, - hut who have made no announcement are: R. Goodwyn Rhett, of Charles r -. v ,v ton; L. D. Jennings, of Sumter; W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, and Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, of Newberry. Latterly, however, Dr. Cromer's name has been " repeatedly mentioned as a candidate I to oppose Congressman Fred H. Dom. inick, of the third district. It has been said that the perennial candidate, John T. Duncan, of Columbia, will announce for the senate instead of governor this year. ? > W. Jasp. Talbert, of McCormick, who has definitely announced for the senate, is a strong Blease partisan and bitter political enemy of Senator y v Tillman. For Governor. m There are five candidates definitely announced for governor and two [. in perspective. Robert A. Cooper, of . Laurens, stated some time ago that he will make the race, and he stands the best chance of being elected, al[: though Lieut. Governor A. J. Bethea has gained strength and is looming up. These two men are strongly anti-BIease, and one of them will go *'i,\ 1 into the second race with a Blease candidate. Attorney General Thomi'/P' as H. Peoples and W. A. Stuckey, of Bfshopviile, have been aligned with the Blease faction, are the only ones of that faction so far definitely anV nounced for governor, but Major John G. Richards, chairman of the State p. .? 1. i' - ACQIITTK1) WOMAN KILLED. Lucy Marsii Fata]Iy Shot From Ambush in Kershaw County. Camden, Dec. 19.?Lucy Marsh, a white woman, was shot and instantlykilled seven miles east of Camden this afternoon, and her mother, Rebecca Marsh, was slightly wounded in the head from two loads of buckshot. Andrew Baker, a white man, has been placed in jail charged with the killing. At the last term of court, Lucy Marsh was tried for the murder of Mrs. Estelle Baker, the wife of Andrew Baker, and was acquitted by the jury. Both women were tenants on the farm of "Doctor" G. J. Baker, and this afternoon had loaded their household goods on two wagons and were moving away. Three eye witnesses stated that Andrew Baker lay in waiting behind a tree and fired two loads of buckshot into th$ backs of the two women. Lucy Marsh fell forward into the I v agon, dying instantly. Andrew Baker went on toward his home, wnere he was arrested a short while after by Deputies Bateman and Whitaker, tut he offered no resistance. When told that he was charged with the shocting he remained silent and has made no statement of the affair. No one has been convicted of the murder of Mrs. Estelle Baker and it is thought that the real murderer will come to light at t6e trial of Baker. Three-cent postage is all right, and we will pay it with a grin if it will help win the war. Still we can't help thinking there should be some way to extract a few dollars from the tons of matter carried out of Washington under the franking system. railroad commission, will undoubt edly be in the race and strong pressure is being made on John L. McLaurin, of Bennettsville, former United States senator, by his friends in Anderson county' to enter the contest. It is expected that he will offer. John Madison DesChamps, of Columbia, who can be classed as an antiBlease man, has definitely entered the race. Mr. DesChamps was in the race for governor last year. '' i Of the Blease candidates so far announced, Attorney General Peeples apparently has the edge on the other so-called "reformers." If the primary were held now he undoubtedly would go into the second contest with an anti-Blease man. Mr. Stuckey, however, will make a strong race; he has announced that he will pitch his campaign as leader of the agricultural and labor elements of the State. He promises to make the fight interesting, he asserts. John G. Richards, so far unannounced, is the choice of some of the Blease faction and they will undoubtedly prevail on him to make the race, and will endeavor to _i? u: J. 1 J A u ?c 4.1, ? juia.tv.tJ iiilu iue sictuuaru-ueaici ui me self-styled "reformers." John L. McLaurin, say politicians who are studying the situation, is gaining ground in the Piedmont section, particularly since Lowndes J. Browning, of Union, who himself was a candidate for governor in 1914, has endorsed him. Proctor Bonham, senator from Greenville county, some months ago was spoken of as a possible gubernatorial candidate, but lately this talk has subsided. Should Senator Bonham enter the race he would offer complications for the other aspirants; he is not only extremely popular in the Piedmont section of the State, where he has served a number of terms as solicitor of the thirteenth judicial circuit, but he is a "stump" speaker of experience, ability and magnetism. He would draw votes from both political factions. For Attorney General. Claud N. Sapp, assistant attorney general, a Blease partisan, has announced to succeed Thomas H. Peeples, as attorney general. Robinson P. Searson, a member of the house from Barnwell county, who has been opposed to the minority side of the political fence, but not an extreme factionalist, also has announced. It is understood that Sam M. WQlff, formerly a member of the house from Anderson county, will make the race. The name of Samuel T. Lanham, master of Spartanburg county, also has been prominently mentioned for attorney general. George W. Wightman, of Saluda, who was defeated last year by William Banks Dove for secretary of State, has announced that he will oppose Mr. Dove for the same office next year. Edward C. Elmore, formerly chief clerk for the comptroller general, has announced that he will oppose Comptroller General Carlton W. Sawyer | next year. Junius T. Liles, of Orangeburg, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house, has made a conditional announcement for Lieutenant governor. It is understood that Dr. E. C. L. Adams, of Columbia, who unsuccessfully opposed the reelection of Lieut. Governor Bethea in 1916, again will make the race.?W. J. Cormack, in the News and Courier. HAVE VGU A BAD BACK? If You Have, the Statement of This Bamberg Resident Will Interest You. Does your back ache, night and day; Hinder work; destroy your rest? Does it stab you through and through When you stoop or lift or bend? Then your kidneys may be weak. Often backache is the clue. Just to give you further proof, The kidney action may be wrong. If attention is not paid More distress will soon appear. Headaches, dizzy spells and nerves, Uric acid and its ills Make the burden worse and worse. Liniments and plasters can't Rpanh the inward nailsp at all* Help the kidneys?use the pills Bamberg folks have tried and proved. What they say you can believe. Read this Bamberg woman's account. See her, ask her, if you doubt. Mrs. A. D. Jordan, Bridge St., says: *'I had pains in my back and mornings when I got up I was sore and stiff. I was bothered by excess uric acid in my system and had rheumatic pains and dizzy spells. I used Doan's Kidney Pills with good results and don't hesitate to recommend them.'' Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Jordan had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. PI PORTABLE AND STATIONAR Y Engines aniTboilers w Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys. Belting, Gasoline Engines LAKOESTOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works Supply Store. AUGUSTA. GA. J. F. Carter B. D. Carter carter & carter ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW BAMBERG, S. C. Special attention given to settlement of Estates and investigation of Land Titles. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache aud works off the Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W, GROVE'S signature on each box. 30c. vvvvwvvwvv^ 1% v Until Further 1 X I gin rr T f Onl X | Wednesday; I Of Eac IFARMER t* BAMBE f ^ "^T wy T^" "^T T^f ^YT^Y T| i ^ENft | MINE! | Wk BAMSERG, V For W. P. ] <? lJamb* New line of fine sample box paper just I Hnr<sP? Mnlp<; ll IAAVM D II1U1W WE HAVE THEM I ! BBmmi ??Jii.iuimu imiiUJMM ODODBm^H I | Wp lmvp on hnnrl snmp pYt.ra niop Afiilps a/nrl Horses that 9 II we have just received from the West, and we are expecting B | another shipment in the next few days, so if you are going 9 I to buy one this fall we would advise you to come and see fi the ones we have now, as they are scarce and getting hard- fl er to buy and higher in price every day. Come to see us. ? BUGGIES, WAGONS, HARNESS I I We have a splendid line of Buggies, Wagons, Harness, [ J | Lap Robes, Whips, Etc. We have a number of styles in KB 9 T*> ~ ^ J XT ^ v* d /\ i-irv 1A rini4- TTAII TW A A VI rll A L H I-DUggies anu. jlj amess, <u_iu we can aun vuu. ??c uanuii; m only tlie best vehicles to be had, and our prices are always I 'm right. Come tovsee us; you are always welcome. I JONES BROS. I RAILROAD AVENUE BAMBERG, S, C. B H " i 11 -r^ ^ ^ ^ Notice We Will A ^ ^ )tton| Peace Talk and Saturday i a | I am peade to your feet. dont i II * y i. let your feet be cold. h Week f i I 1 WEAR SHOES I ! i GIN CO.! ? pp P p I ?j? I H WEAR SHOES THAT WEAR 8|| .IYVJ, O. I V I B WHILE ALL OTHERS ARE WORN B 1 VI H B OUT. M !>VWWWWWW g| GET STYLES THAT ARE STYL" ~ 4 ~* I B ISH AND THAT LOOK AND FEEL jB B AND WEAR LIKE SHOES OUGHT H I I THE PRICES ARE RIGHT I | &AL | | 1 RFNT7 & FFIHFR I I J/in % g i W, iwi/iai | | lfjdgj ggB | I ^ BAMBERG, S. C. p I J||| I I jjfBii, i^ wulubbI TH0MAS BLACK' JR | R. P. BELLINGER j DENTAL SURGEON. j ATTORNEY AT LAW X : Graduate Dental Department Uni- J MONEY TO LOAN. Sale By f ! versity of Maryland. Member S. C j Office Over Bamberg Banking Co. HERN DON j State Dental Association. I General Practice i. i Office opposite new post office and j ' V i over office of H. M. Graham. Office | ? ? hours, 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head a A a4a a^a a^a A A A A A A RiMRFRfi Q P Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA VVWWWWWV HAMKhKG. S. <- TIVEBROMO QUININE is better than ordinary ? ?????? Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor : received at the Herald Book Store. Read The Herald $1.50 the year. foriSw&JSS?Srw.geo#?CISf i -