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* ?br lambrrg ^rali $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C,, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1922. Established in 1891. County Goes 7 One Agains The official figures on the election j of last week showed that the oppon- j ents of Cole L. Blease, candidate for j governor, received almost exactly two j votes to the former governor's one,! j the totals in this race being: Blease >....565 j Cantey 13 . Coleman 38 Duncan 23 Laney 257 McLeod :..790 ( The official figures give Mrs. Be^sie Rogers Drake a plurality of votes cast in this county for state superin- . tendent of education, with Mr. Swear- , ingen and Mr. Hope coming next, in the order named. The vote for ( these candidates was: Mrs. Drake 372 Hope 301 Seay 97 ( Seigler :...152 Swearingen 356 Mrs. Wallace 229 Jackson was easily the choice for], lieutenant governor, the vote being: Adams 306 Jackson 799 v .Owens 325 Comptroller General Duncan received a flattering vote in Bamberg county: Duncan 1,232 i Gooding 465 Craig and Marshall came near splitting even here for adjutant and inspector general, the vote being: Craig 880 Marshall 819 For secretary of state, the incumbent, Dove, went far ahead of his opponent, the vote for this office being: Dove 1,049 Dozier 651 B. Harris was likewise, the favorite for agricultural commissioner: Harris 1,036 Wightman 622 Following is the vote for attorney general: * , Eubanks 466 Winter 346 Wolfe 862 First Bootlegger?"How's business, Bill?" Second Bootlegger?"Fine, fine. I've got two new mayors and a dis^ trict attorney on my payroll, and two judges, a chief of police and a prohibition officer are ready to sign up next wees. ?me Laoeraior. BLEASE DID NOT ] Mr. Blease lias m for governor this yea a reduction of taxes the state tax commi: see if he will do what 1 and all we have to go governor. He vetoe propriations which anything, but he did during his term of ofl ed governor in the fa' into office about the i 1911. He was gov< 1911,1912,1913, and the figures of the sta 1910 1911 1912 * 1913 1911 The record shows fore he was governor 5 3-4 mills, that he d going into office bu" same, and the last ye; the levy was raised t v went out of office in he didn't reduce taxe lv raised them, what v %/ ' him now? The state this year, and our p great reduction whe their taxes this fall elected governor the} to be raised next vet * record, and there is than this of judging t of the above facts th lower taxes had bette yk for Blease. * too to t C LBlease Denmark Xews. Denmark, Sept. 2.?An attractive ?vent of the summer was the shov er ;iven by Miss Virginia Hutto at the lome of Mrs. Jean Shillitto Wednesiay afternoon in honor of Miss Pauine Ray, whose marriage is to take place the early part of September. The home was beautifully decorated ;n cut flowers and potted plants and iuring the afternoon punch follow3d with ice cream and cake was serv3d. About 30 guests were present. At her country home near Denmark Mrs. C. ?. Guess entertained V?^ Vnnntr Wnmen's Rook club Tues-1 lilt; X w . day afternoon, complimentary to her sister, Mrs. Algie Guess, of Rock Hill. Five tables' were arranged for the game and at the conclusion of the play a frozen course of salad and ;ream was served to the 20 guests present. Mrs. Tom McCrae entertained Thursday afternoon at her home with a rook party and a delightful time was had by all present. A frozen fruit salad with other dainties was served. Mrs. Osteen and daughter, of Florence, are visiting their father, H. C. Rice. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Chitty have returned to Fairfax, after, a ^several weeks' stay with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Garris. Mrs. "White, of Greenwood, is*visiting home folk in Denmark. Miss Emma Moss, of Norway, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Turner. Mrs. R. L. Zeigler, Misses Lina, Annie and Margaret Zeigler are visiting Mrs. Goudelock, of Union. Miss Ruth Pou has returned to Livingston after spending some time with Mrs. Seay Hope. Miss Christine Riley, of St. Mat-, thews, is visiting relatives here. Jasper Sojourner, an instructor of the Richmond 'academy of Augusta, Ga., is visiting here after a tour of the north during the summer. Mrs. Herbert Christie and children are back from a visit to Macon, Ga. Mrs. W. C. Murphy, first woman * * ' ? + n norrir sheriff in ArKansas. rcm&ca lu van; a gun. I Mrs. M. C. Mandell, first woman in New Mexico to run .for the United States senate is the mother of six j children. REDUCE TAXES ade his campaign j ir on a platform of and opposition to ssion. Now let us lie says he will do, I by is his record as ! d a few small ap didn't amount to I not reduce taxes j ice. He was electII of 1910 and went niddle of January, ! ernor four vears: %/ j 1914, and here are ite tax levy: | 5 3-4 mills | 5 3-4 mills 5 3-4 mills 5 1-4 mills | 6 * mills j; that the year bethe state levy was id not reduce it on t it remained the ar he was governor jj r> siv Tiiills. Hleasp I January, 1915. If ; ?/ 7 \! is then, but actual- f can you expect of s levy was reduced >eopie will see the n they go to pay , but if Blease is r may expect them ar, judging by his no fairer method \ man. In the face ie man who wants not cast his vote 4 THREAT 0 The following ap] ville Enquirer as a 1< agraph in its issue ? 29th, 1922, this issr returns from the pri "Two more i the strain will 1 the primary is as to what is g in the genera year remains t< The Yorkville E: Blease newspaper f is supporting him t the above is unnecei a threat to bolt the; the Democratic non election, then we fa English language, said: "An indepei a radical." t Anti-Blease N. Inert Charleston, August 31.?Witt only eight boxes missing, polling a total of probably nto more thar 1,000 votes, the virtually complete returns from last Tuesday's Democratic primary election developed the fact yesterday that E. B. Jackson, ol Wagener, has been nominated foi lieutenant governor in the first primary over his two oppinents, E. C L. Adams and Jennings K. Owens Mr. Jackson's majority is close to 5,000. The practically complete figures ir the governor's race do not differ ma1 " * ? 1-1^ j rrUi | tenany rrom mose puunsuea m xu* News and Courier of yesterday. Witt 172,712 ballots accounted for, anc probably 1,000 not heard from, the vote stands: Blease 76,855 Cantey 1.509 Coleman 3,622 Duncan 1,810 Laney 22,988 McLeod 65,928 Total 172,712 AntHBlease Majority Grows. The boxes heard from yesterday added only 1,372 to Mr. Blease's vote over the totals previously reported but gave Mr. McLeod an increase o: 2,243 over his total as published yes terday and Mr. Laney an increase o: 2,027. The majority against Blease went up from 15,560, as printed yes terday, to 19.002. There has been a good deal of sur prise that the vote was not large) on Tuesday, the weather having been fine. With a total enrollmen of 226,581 it was thought by man: that the vote might go considerably beyond 175,000, which was generally fixed as a minimum, but the politica apathy which has been general thi: year seems to 'have prevailed to th< extent of keeping more than 50,00( enrolled voters from the polls on oni account or another. Working for a Full Vote. McLeod supporters will work ac tivelv in the second primary to brinj out as full a vote as possible for the runover on September 12. Genera confidence of his success as the out standing anti-Blease candidate is ex pressed, but the Blease forces ar< claiming that their candidate wil win, and for McLeod to overcome the Blease lead and be elected, as Man ning did in 1916, it will be necessary to bring out at least as large a vote as was cast in the first primary. Lieutenant Governor's Race. It will be noted that the total vote cast in the race for lieutenant gover nor is 20,000 votes below the total ir the governor's race. No explanatior of this discrepancy is offered. It noi infrequently happens that a discrap^ ancy of this kind occurs in electior returns but in this instance the dis crepancy is rather large. Voters o! course can scratch all the candidates in any contest, or none, in either ol which cases the ballot would noi count as to that contest. It is noi known, however, in what way the j light vote in the lieutenant goverI nor's race, as compared with the gov1 ernor's race, is accounted for. The j figures in this contest are also be F A BOLT. peared in tKe Yorkjading editorial parof Tuesday, August ie also carrying the mary held that day: weeks of it and >e over so far as * concerned; but oing to happen 1 election this ) be seen." nquirer has been a 'or many years and oday. Comment on ssary. If this is not < primary and oppose' linees in the general il to understand the Wade Hampton ident is worse than tajority ased to 19,002 l low those in other state contests. As reported, with eight boxes misl sing, amounting probably to around 3 1,000 votes, the figures for lieutenant - governor stands as follows: t ; Adams 38,557 E Jackson 78,646 r Owens 35.155 Total 152,358 Other State Contests. No change is indicated in any of the other state contests. Mrs. Drake i gained somewhat on Mr. Hope, but - j the run over for state superintendent ?I of education will be between Mr. l I Swearingen and Mr. Hope. The fig1 i ures for Mr.- Hope and Mrs. Drake *; are: Hope 37,275 Mrs. Drake 35,122 There was no change in other state contests. W. Banks Dove, incumbent, being nominated secretary of state; Samuel M. Wolfe, incumbent, being nominated attorney general; Walter E. Duncan, incumbent, being nominated comptroller general; B. Harris, incumbent, being 7 nominated commissioner of agriculj | ture, commerce and industries, and ,! R. E. Craig, being nominated adjuf tant and inspector general. E Laney Will Vote for McLeod. At Chesterfield Saturday Senator Laney gave out the following signed _ i statement: r "As I have been approached for a y statement as to my attitude in the t next primary, I wish to state that my , position was well defined in my j | speech at Allendale in the recent j campaign, in which I stated that I 1 never suppyted Mr. Blease. .The g principles advocated by me were in a line with, those expressed by Mr. Mc) Leod and I expect to vote for him in a the next primary. I take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation to those who supported me in the recent primary. "I (Signed) "GEORGE K. LANEY." r I 5 McLeod Sues Charleston American. 1 Charleston, Sept. 2.?B. F. Mc" Leod, of this city, today filed in the * court of common pleas a suit against 3 the American Publishing company * and John P. Grace for damages of 3 $100,000, alleging injury to his char' acter and business reputation in this 71 sum through the publication of an 3 j article in the Charleston American on August 27, 1922, headed "McLeod Still Lying and Betraying Charlesi ton." The plaintiff alleges that the '! article in question is libelous and 1 quoted headlines and excerpts from 1 the article, which is of considerable t length, as a part of the complaint's J text. i; ,m in wm j The latest thing in counterfeits is I ja green diamond. The peculiar tint of >! the genuine gem is said to have been t copied successfully by the use of t radium, and large white stones of : cheaper quality afford the material on } which to work. Fortunately, the - smaller gems do not allow enough profit to warrant treatment, and it is 5 only the wealthy who can afford to buy those that are large enough. Lower C, Pond Fairfax News. Fairfax. Sept. 2.?Miss Helen! Lightsey has returned from a visit to Savannah. Miss Hazel Youmans has returned from Walterboro where she attended a house party. Miss Eddye Lee Gray is visiting relatives in Darlington. Mesdames Hoffman and Walker Smith entertained with a party Wed nesday, complimenting the latter's sister, Miss Hollis, of Newman, Ga. Miss Hazel Youmans has as her guest this week Miss Margaret McDaniel, of Andrews. Miss Hazel Knopf entertained Friday night in honor of her guests, Misses Lucile and Jennie Hiers, of Hampton. Extends Time for Tax Payment. Columbia, Aug. 31.?Walter E. Duncan, Comptroller Genral, announced tonight that after obtaining the concurrence of Governor Harvey he had determined to extend the time for the payment of taxes until September 15. Mr. Duncan stated that the reason the extension was not made until October 1 is that there are many obligations of the state to be met by Treasurer Carter during the latter part of September and money from taxes will be needed then. 5*5*. /* ' \... . >. The Comptroller general has received many requests during the past few days for an extension because the farmers are now in the midst of their harvesting and marketing season and have no ready cash. The law allows the comptroller general to ex tend the time for the payment of taxes by and with the consent of the governor. A freight car fumigating house with a capacity of 14 railway cars at a time, has been put into operation by the Federal Horticultural Board. It is one of several such houses maintained to prevent the pink boll worm from entering the country. OUR In the recent pi people whose nam the Democratic clu a$d of this niimbei berg county did n< of suffrage. These sent voters are la their sentiments, y o-n/1 in/li -f?nT?nr> f T CU1U I I m I I I VyX U. -JL- . ten to the polls, an< he accomplished ty the part of those w the course pursued nor. This is no ti: ! of your business, b ery man and woma go to the polls and sured if those who ; out and vote, but \ pie neglect this sa< cast your ballot bu1 bor does likewise. Tou mothers wh up, it is your duty terested in the fut you want him tolgi man, Do.you doul to who the illicit bootlegger will vot the prohibition lai ! temptation remove( for T. G. McLeod,; is against liquor an self, an official me and teacher of a lar Tou want law and stand for prohibit! ! when he was gove I shows he did not i do it now. Motliei j cred trust which ha ! on you. It is your c i feel assured that y< good of South Car much lawlessness t present governor is I it. Let us have a who will continue ' HHaMnnEaMMBHnaBiaBaM V sioner, Fish 'rate Run Over All of the contests in Bamberg county were decided in the primary election of last week, except the dis- ' trict commission for the lower district, in which Hunter and McCormack must make a second race, and magistrate for Fish Pond, in which Hill and Jolly run over. The official figures did not change the result in any particular, although they placed Yarley in the column of elected instead of doubtful as magistrate at I Ehrhardt. THe result or an otner contests was announced in our last issue. The following is the official totals for thd various candidates for county offices: House of Represntatives. Kearse 1,161 Riley 557 Supervisor. 1 Hightower 213 Kearse 328 -Smoak 1,172 Lower District Commissioner. Hunter 565 McCormack 664 Zeigler 466 Upper District Commissioner. Collins .... 558 Tant 1,141 * ' Magistrate, Fish Pond. Carter 50 Hill....' 67 ; 1 Jolly 66 Steedly 42 Magistrate, Ehrhardt, Copeland $6 Kinard 49 Yarley 151 * Magistrate, Bamberg. (Dickinson 348 Rentz 109 Magistrate, Denmark Gillam 175 Ray 191 Magistrate, Olar. Gunnells 243 Morris 140 Adele P. Hughes, of Cleveland, Ohio, has the distinction of being the only woman manager of a symphony orchestra in America. DUTY. imarv nearly 50,000 / %J %J 7 es were enrolled on b lists failed to vote, * nearlv 500 in Bam- ' I * l )t exercise the right ) stay-at-home or ab- ! rgely anti-Blease in et they are apathetic his vote must be gotI this result can only 7 organized effort on ho do not agree with by the former goverme to sav it is none * ut is the duty of evn who is qualified to vote. Victory is asare enrolled will turn we can't win if peo2red duty. Not only t see that your neigh- ;j <Sfr 0 have boys growing to vote. You are inure of your son and X)w up a clean, sober I bt for one minute as liquor distiller and :e for? If vou want %/ v enforced and this 1 from volir bov, vote %! 7 a f21rr?ic+iQn man TT-TIA LA. \yili XIJ UAtii-L JUIV S d is a teetotaler him-. I . mber of the church ge men's Bible class. order. Did Blease j on or law and order ;rnor? The record ; :lien, neither will he .'s, the ballot is a sa- | s been conferred uplutv to use it, and we ou will use it for the olina. There is too unong us now. The j > doing much to stop j man to succeed him the good work.