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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. The injured: Alon/.o Young
and Andrew Sears. Young was shak
ing primers when the caps exploded,
demolishing the battery-shop. His
left arm was torn off and Sears, who
was working nearby, received terri
ble burns. The loss to the plant it
estimated at $1,000.
Calling a thief a grafter these day*,
observes the Atlanta Journal, Is liko
calling si spade an infernal old shovel.
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