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$1.50Per Yea CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1908. 'Palmetto Affair* .The News of SoUfi Carolina in Condensed Form Compulsory Law For Education Columbia State. 'One of the most interesting of the bills to be debated at the coming ses sion of the general assembly is the proposed compulsory act. There were two of these bills, one by Representa tive Aull of Newberry and another by Representative Kershaw of Florence. It was decided to report back a sub stitute bill taking ttome of the fea tures of the two and merging them with a few amendments. As there has been considerable dis cussion over the merits of such a law the text of the bill to be brought uj} in the house and senate will bo of in terest. It is as follows: "Be it enacted by the general as sembly of the State of South Caro lina: "Section 1. Every parent, guar dian or other person in the State of Smith Carolina having control or cMrge of a child or children be ? tween the ages of 8 and 14 yearo shall be required to send such child or children to a public school for a ?period of at least 12 weeks in each school year, at least four weeks of which shall he consecutive, unless such child or children are excused from such attendance by the board j of school trustees of the school dis- i trict in which such parents or guar dians reside, in their discretion, upon its bein^: shown to their satisfaction that the bodily or mental condition of such child or children has been such as to prevent his or her or their at tendance at school or application to study for the period required, or that such child or children are taught 411 a private school or at home, in such branches as are usually taught in primary schools or have already ac quired the ordinary branches of learning taught in the public school*. "Sec. 2. For every neglcct of such duty, as provided in section 1 of this act, the person offending may be pun ished by a tine of not exceeding $10 or imprisonment not exceeding ten d a vs provided, the person so offending shall not be prosecuted except as provided in section 3 of this act. "Sec. 3. The hoard of school trus tees in the school district shall, at the time of appointment or election of teachers each year, appoint one of their number, whose duty it shall be to ascertain all persons that he may deem to be violating this act, and no person shall he prosecuted until rea- j sonable warning has been given, as provided in this section, and only by order of the said board of trustees, and on oath of the member of such board who has been appointed by such board to prosecute the same; provid ed, that if the person so offending shall agree to comply with the pro visions of section 1 of this act, the case may he discontinued, or sentence suspended, in the discretion of the magistrate issuing the warrant. "Sec. 4. Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of tho board of school trustees of any school district in this State that the parents, guar dians or other persons having controi and charge of any child or children in attendance upon the public school of said district, in accordance with the provisions of this act, are unable to procure sui'ahle books, stationery, etc., for such child or children, it shall be tho duty of such board of school trustees to procure, or cause to bo procured, for such child or child ren, all necessary books, stationery, etc., the some to bo paid for out of tho fund of said school district in tho same manner that other claims Magistrate Resigns. Governor Ansel has received the resignation of ,T. N. Glenn, magistrate at North* Augusta. II r. Glenn has hern made postmaster of that town and liis resignation was necessary by reason of the law forbidding any cit izen holding two offices at the same time. Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Sumter, Special. ? The Farmers' Hank and Trust company's annual statement shows a gratifying /finan cial condition foe the year 1007. A comparison of the statement , with that of December 20. 1900, shows the addition of nearly $15,000 to the surplus fund. One year ago the cap ital stock of the bank was $00,000, and the last installment of the ad ditional stock was not paid until July 1, when the percentage of prof its on capital is really much greater than appears in the statement. An Accidental Killing. Snmter, Special. ? Nick W. Brit ton, while handling a ph.tol Tuesday night accidentally shot in the head and im mediately killed a colored man named Hugainnie Washington, near Brogdon Station. An official investigation ex onerates Mr. Britton of any inten tion to shoot Washington. Mr. Brit ton is very much depressed over the against the school district are now al lowed and paid; provided, that all books, stationery, etc., purchased un der the provisions of this act shall be deemed to be the property of the school district, to be under the caro and control of the school trustee! when not in actual use. "Sec. 5. All fines collect cd under the provision of this act shall be paid into the county treasury on account* of the county school fund for the dis~ trict in which they are collected. "Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the county superintendent of educa tion in each county of this State to cause this law to be published in so?ne newspaper in his county, if there be one, for four consecutive weeks, annuallly, for a period of two years, the expense of such publication to be allowed and paid out of the peneral school fund of the county. The board of school trustees in each school district shall cause to be post ed, annually, for a period of two years, in three public places in their school district, notices of the re quirements and penalties of this law. "Sec. 7. This act to take effect September 1, 1903." The original bill provided that the law should go into effect September, 1907, but its continuance will run the time up one year. Physician Kills Himself. Gaffncy, Special. ? A damper was thrown over the Christmns festivities when it was learned that Dr. J. C. Thorn, of Gaston Shoals, had com mitted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Dr. Thorn retired ap parently in his' usual health, but about 10:45 he told his wife that he was oppressed by the weight of the cover. She suggested that he'throw some of it off. He thc^p arose and went into the next room. His wife, hearing water dripping on the floor, asked him what was the matter. He replied, "Come and see." As she entered the door he sank to the floor, dying in a few seconds. Dr. J. N. Nesbitt testified before t lie coroner's jury that he came to his deatli by hi? own hands, and the jury's verdict was in accordance with this testi mony. Dr. Thorn was about 40 years of age and had been doing t lie prac tice at Gaston Shoals since the work commenced at that place. lie leaves a wife and two smaii children. He was a native of Arrowwood, Spar tanburg county, and formerly prac ticed his profession at Cowpens. It is said by the people who knew him j best tli%t he was addicted to the use of morphine. ? Mysterious Killing. Sumter, Special. ? Coroner S. F. Flowers returned Tuesday afternoon from the Stateburg neighborhood, I where he investigated the death of Walter Rlanding, colored. The ne gro was the owi^r of a store and was found brutally cut up in his store. No one appeared to know any thing of the affair, and Coroner Flowers did not empanel a jury. From all appearances the murder was dotio for the purpose of robbery, as only OS cents was found in the store and the deceased was said to have boen doing a good business and to be well off. The body was terribly mutilat ed with gashes inflicted with a hatch et and knife that were found near the body covered with blood. Accidentally Shoots Nephew. Aiken, Special. ? While taking part in a dove drive near Aiken '.Friday B. F. Tyler accidentally shot the top of his nephew's head off caus ing instant e'eath. The dead boy was the 12-year- oio son of ('. A. llum jphrey, of Atlanta. Tyler afterwards I tried to kill 1. 1 nisei f. Death of Mrs. R. S. Agnew. Aiken, Special. ? Mr. H. S. Agnew, i an aged ami highly esteemed citizen of this city, died Monday morning at the home of Mrs. 1). L. Johnson, whero she had resided for several years past. Mrs. Agnew was S."> years old on last Tuesday. She had lived in Aiken for a greal part of her life and was highly regarded for her kindly Christian character. She \va.> Inn aunt of Mr. O. C. Kdmondston of I Aiken and she has a number of nieces and nephews living in Augusta. Robbery Near Darlington. Darlington, Special. ? The house of Mr. J. A. Walker, near the city lim its, was broken into last week and $07.50 in cash, a watch valued at $10, and about $25 worth of clothing were stolen. Mr. Walker and hi<< wife were at his store, which is sit uated about 50 yards from the house, where they were busy selling goods, when the houso was broken into and the things mentioned were stolen ^ All GEORGIA IS DRY Dvery Saloon in theStatQ Was Qosed On January 1 THE NEW LAW WILL BE OBEYED Georgia Enters Prohiition Column When January 1st Rings Its Bell on Salo of Ixtoxicating liquors ? Law Very Drastic in Its Prohibi tion and Prevents Keeping or Giv ing Away of Liquors. Atlanta, Ga., Spccial. ? With the advent of the new year the law pre venting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor passed by the last session of the Legislature be comes effective, making Georgia the first of the Southern States to be placed in the prohibition column. The law is very drastic K its prohi bition and prevents the keeping or giving away of liquors iu public places and imposes a tax of $500 on clubs whose members are allowed to keep drinks of an intoxicating na ture in their individual lockers. To Test Legislation. Notwithstanding the passage of this law there is some agitation to have it declared unconstitutional, and it is known that a prominent firm of lawyers has been a^kod to test the merits of the legislation. This action may be brought in the United States courts in the course of the nexi month, and it is asserted will be based on the fact that the constitu tion of Georgia specifically provides that all revenue irom liquor licenso shall be used for tlio school fund. This matter has been under consid eration for some two months and has bc|on in the hands of the best con stitutional lawyers in Georgia. Sev eral million dollars are involved in a property loss in the State by the operation of the prohibition law. It is estimated that Atlanta alone would lose in license taxes $135,012 and that the property value of saloons and breweries here which will go out of business on January 1st is from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. For the rest of the State the property values involved are about $5,000,000. It is estimated here that 10,000 persons nre effected in the way of employ* ment in the State and that Atlanta alono has some 1,500 persons who will lose their work when January rings its bell on the sale of intoxi cating liquors. Law Will Be Enforced. That the prohibition law will be enforced there is no question. This is not the country of the speak-easy, and when the polico 'have their laws they enforce them to the limit. Governor Smith and the city court officials have been frank in their statements that they intend to en force the law and that no fines would be imposed for the illegal sale of liquor, but that prison sentences would follow the violation of any part of the prohibition act. One pe culiar feature of the law is that even the incorporated clubs are allowed to provide intoxicating drinks for their members, either with or without food. A man may have a locker in a club and keep whatever he pleases in this locker, but a club having such lockers is subject to an excis? iax of $500 a year. Another feature of the law is that a man may not even in his club invite a friend to join him in a drink. The only way he can evade this is by leaving his locker open that nn acquaintance may have, access. Several of the dubs in Georgia have taken out their excise tax license and are pro viding lockers in their rooms, but many of the more prominent have declared that they will go one bet iJr than the law and prohibit the keeping of liquor within their doors. Tax Rate May Increase. Tit const i f n I ionnl law of Geonri* in its provision for school mainten ance is very specific, according to one Atlanta lawyer. The question now arises where the funds for the main tenance of the public schools will come from, and it is said that a con fliderale increase in the tax rate may result. Mir,s Kinr^r's Body Found on Bank of Creek. Michigan City, Tnd., Special. ? The body of Miss Etnogenc Kinncr, of I'cnn Van, N. Y., who disappeared from Michigan City on December J 11th was found on the bank of a crcek in a wild and unfrequented place. She had taught school at Yonkers and nt Nvaek, N. Y. Over study had caused nervous prostration and she came here a month ago to i recuperate her health. It is supposed that she lost her way while out for ! a walk and perished of cold. Killed Over Mess of Chops. New Orleans, Special. ? Edgar Pra { dos was shot and killed by his brother, Milton, after a quarrel over ' a mess of chops which the mother of the young men was frying for Milton. Edgar threw tho chops through the window. Later Milton shot him, claiming self-defense. A knife with tho blade open was found in the band of the dead mant (Communicated.) Aiken, 84 &V Dee- 14, 1907. To the Democracy of South Carolina; I nill stand as a candidate for the United States Senate in the primary next summer. I do not place my candidacy o:? the ground alone that I have been so licited to run, but squarely state that < I would be proud to represent the I poopic 0/ the Palmetto Slate in the greatest Council of the Nation. 1 nip not ashamed of tho canvass for that high office," which I made in 1D02, and although the environments of that race prevented me from reaching higher than the third jdaec, yet the friendships then formed, and the experiences then realized, induce mo to appear before you again and ask your suffrage. Whether 1 am worthy or not is for your determination. For over a quarter of a century I have been actively engaged iu tho counsels of the Democratic party; fighting for tho rights of the people and I invito scrutiny of m^ record. Immigration. I know of no burning 4 ' Issue ' ' that will havo to be discussed or fought over by those who may enter tho race. The present incumbent, Mr. Lati mer, has ingeniously endeavored to raise an "Issue" (for what purpose ma/ be learned hereafter). He has put up the Immigration quest inn as a man of straw and vociferously and urgently I10 has torn him to piec<V, hoping to lind some one who will come out r.nu oppose him on issue. / Surely it was not necessary to take a free trip at the expense of tho people, and upon tho uppointement of Mr. Roosevelt, across the briny deep to ascertain the i'oct that the good- penile of South Carolina, "na tive and to the manor born;" and also our good citizens of "Foroign Birth," aro opposed to indiscrimi nate and pauper immigration. WI13 then howl about it? Better let more work bo done in Congress to pass stricter laws to safeguard the exclu sion of the "Undesirable," such a" aro now a 'menace to tho North and West. (Jive us such Federal laws as will enable the South to properly adver tise its resources, and bring to us home-seek c is; with right principles, and capable to build up our wa?te places; and not interfere with our labor on the farm* and in the mills, and keep out the undesirable. That is whet we want. The Bureau at Columbia. Why should an attack be mndo on the Bureau at Columbia, and why should it be abolished, because t lie Junior Senator and all of those who may oppose him are in favor of only "desirable imi ligrnnts?" Even if the good men in charge of it desire to bring in pauper immi grants, they could not do so, bo cause the Federal laws, as well as the Act creating the Bureau restricts it. Tho effort to decry, the' Bureau is simply an effort to create an issue; but such abortive efforts will not mi-lend t he people. They will think, and they have a plenty of time to think by next August. That Bureau was formed for more things than to look for "desirable immigration." The Act says: "That a State De partment of Agriculture, Commerce and Immigration is hereby created, which shall be charged as far as pos sible with the Execution of the work usually devolved upon a bureau of Immigration, n bureau of Agricul ture and a bureau of Publicity. " Give it a trial, before tearing it dtmn. The pcopic of tho South aro calm ly solving the race question; and they will solve the immigration ques tion too, by their good common sei?sc, if not stirred up by those who de sire to create political capital. Why Attack Charleston? Because we aro opposed,- and op poped in the( fullest extent to "unde sirable immigration," why pour cold water on the development of any in dustry which would come to the port of the metropolis of our State? Tho country people will not. be misled by that. Let her hove, nay more, help her to get lines of steamers, not only from Triest, but from Bremen, from Liverpool; and elsewhere, especially when we are told the Southern and Coast Line are giving her rates, the same as Norfolk on exports. The more lines of steamers she has, and tho quicker she gets them, the bet tor will be the faeilitios to export lo Europe the cotton and other products of the farmers and manufacturers of the Slate at large, and the better prices the producers and manufactur ers will get. Coo 1 Roads. Thero are other things we will tr.1V about as tlio race grows, mid wo need not go into them fully now. For instance, we all want ' 'good roads. " ? Kvcry person favors that, and any law thai will help on that line, and the sooner, exercising those State ^rights which wo love so much, we pass Stato laws to build roads, the sooner we will pet them, for I fear if we wait for fruit from " tho bill*' which we havo been promised au a iaw, since 1903, we will never get Federal aid. That bill! It must bo rotting In the pigeon hole of some .Chairman of the Senate. Why not call it out *nd have it discussed, and let u* have some practical illustration* of how much the people of South Car olina would (ret out of it anyhow t The Currency Question. He who may represent the South in either house of Congress in t lie near future, must be ready to cope mtiI! and push urgent issues. The present emergency on us in the mon ey market, which necessarily affects the price of cotton and manufactured goods, as well as stocks, shows the necessity of prompt 'Currency He form." It is a shame that some Fed eral statute is not enacted allowing the banks to issue emeigency cur rency on an offieieub and sef,s basis, [t is a terrible spectucle to behold the entire business of the United States it the mercy of the magnates of iVall Street,- and the Secretary of the Treasury, on the question of putting currency into circulation. The gov ernment ought to rule Wall Street, and not allow it to rule the people any longer. The inelasticity and in efficiency of the Currency system is as great a detriment to business, as a failure of crops, for it reduces the value of all crops, and Congress ought to proceed quickly to furnish some remedy 'for the relief of the recont depression in prices in the country. - And some permanent method ought to be adopted to meet future trouble. Congress should rise above partisan |>olitics in this matter. It will not do to say that a remedy cannot be found, as an nounced by Mr. Latimer in his hist interview. Tfco people demand a penn?nent remedy. Many of the States, notably South Carolina and Georgia, by stringent statutes have demolished the busi ness of the Hucket Shops within our borders, and kept a good deal of money at home for legitimate pur poses. Congress l?v. Federal statutes, even to the extent of fire and im prisonment ought to demolish the greatest of Hucket Shops and divert tho money, which goes into illegal st-ock gambling, to the avenues of honest trade. Tariff Reform. We havo heard of ''the tariff" all our days; but if there ever was a time jvheq the Democrats, and espe cially those of the South should move forward and demand tariff reform, and that immediately, now is the time. All throughout tho North, there are many people inside of the Hepublican party, "who are ready to join the Democrats in an effort to rectify the fearful burden that rests on the people by indirect taxation. It will not do to allow our people to be lulled to sleep by appropria tions for local improvements, and to acquiesce in the eiirielimeut ot tlie Robber Barons and Trusts, who fas ten, becauso of tho existence of a system' of protective duties. It is the settled policy of t lie Uni ted States to make appropriations to maintain the rivers and harbors aud great water ways of the land; such as tho Mississippi river, and our har bors ami rivers, and every dictate of reason justifies the building of the great Isthmian canal, but we should regard with a great deal of suspi cion many of the chimerical sugges tions to build up private enterprises at the expenses of the National (lov ernment, for it would prove too great a precedent to perpetuate the tariff, and to roll up a big l'und of money in the treasury, wrung from the peo ple by indirect taxation. Tight Centralization. We are also told by the President that he has "turned on the light," and we are glad he has brought to light the rottenness that exists in high places, but we niusl not be de ceived by t lie no uneertaiu and im perative call he makes to give the Federal Executive greater power, even to centralization, lie wants not only more power to manage and control the implements of Inter state Com merce (and there is no objection to that), but he wants to bend ami twist the Inter-state Commerce clause of tho Constitution, so that the Feder al Executive should ben enabled to seize upon and regula'e even the] intra State activities arid to subject the products of her soil, tho labor and output of her mills and mines, all to the touch of the Federal powoy. The Drainasc Question. The irrigation of arid lands in the West by Federal aid, seems to have become a lixed policy, like 4I10 im provement of the great arteries and harbors of trade, mid logically it fol lows that the drainage of the swamp regions of the South ought to b* placed upon same basis. We should not hesitate to invoke Federal aid to exterminate malaria and to develop the agricultural wet lands, because health as well as prosperity is in volved. and the Federal precedent is established. We should insist on the minimum of cost to the land owners. These are some of the questions which v.- ill interest the people in the Senatorial canvass. 1 have 110 particular organ among the papers of the respected Press of the State, to sound my praises and I simply ask and hope to receive a square deal from them all. and the same I ask of the people. Ever since 1 began life as a poor, strag gling practitioner T have lead an ac tive and busy life, ami have endeav ored by industry and orderly meth od in work to conduct my affaire. If elected by your votes to the Sen ate, I shall strive by that same en deavor and orderly work to deserve your "well done." I shall not seek this office through abuse and mud slinging as to other candidates, nor shall I strive to feed you oil 44 Almanac jokes." but shall hold myself ready to meet all legiti mate argument that may be made and to conduct the canvass on that high plane which should bceome gentle men who seek to represent the proud old State in the United States Sen ate. Kespcetfullv. D. S. lIKNDKUSONy Killed by 8"Year-01d Son. Stroudsburg, Pa., Sperial. ? Mrs. George II onshilt, of Scrantou, u.is accidentally shot and killed here by her 8-vear-old son, Lewis. Mrs. llconshilt, who was visiting her father, Samuel Kdinger, was talking to a friend over the telephone when her son, who had been shooting at a mark with a llobert rille, ca:ne into tli* room and. pointing the weapon at her, pulled the trigger. The bul let struck Mrs. llconshilt in a vital spot and she lived but a short time. Prominent Virginian Dead. Winchester, Va., Special. ? A tele pram from Staunton announces the death of Col. Uriel L. Boyce, of Boyce, Va. Colonel Bayc.e was 73 years of age and was for many yfcnre a leading tigure in Virginia. Born in Missouri, he served with distinction in the Confederate army. Later he practiced law in Winchester and when the Shenandoah Valley Kail* .road was projected became its chieJ? 1 counsel and later the president until the line was absorbed by the Norfolk & Western. Two Injured in Explosion at Powdex Mills. Dayton, O., Special. ? The third ex plosion in as many weeks at the King Powder Mills fatally injured two em ployes. 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