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j Print | pers are print ed cost of pre This i I after October four pacjDS wt of it so high v In ore one dollar pei paid up now subscription i Wo w the offer to i ! tisement so c ! If yo:. 1S13. and ret I If yo'j ; page, and pai If you for them at al AUSTRALIAN PLAN UNDER RECENT LAW J Will Be Enforced in Conway, j Aynor and Loris August 27th VOTE AS BEFORE AT RURAL PLACES Strict Regulations in Cities and Towns Provided by Act. ? u The democratic Primary election /or the year 1918, wil be held on August 27th, for the election of County Auditor, County Treasurer, Judge of Probate, and two members of the House of Representatives; also at the same time the nomination of a candidate for Governor of the State and Lieutenant Governor and far the Untied States Senate. There was a new law passed at the 1918 session of the General Assembly adopting what is known as the Australian ballot system for Mouth Carolina; but the law does not apply to any voting precinct not located in an incorporated city or 'town; so in Horry County this law only applies to Conway, Aynor, an<l Loris. The sections of this now law which are of interest read as follows. An Act to Kegulate the Conduct ol Primary Elections. 1 Section 1. Booths at Primary Elec teions?Not to Appy Outside Incorporated Cities and Towns.?Be it en acted by the General Assembly o! the State of South Carolina. That i* every primary election of this Stat< * there shall be provided at each poll ing precinct one booth for each 10 enrolled voters, or majority frar'ioi ijthereof. The booths shaii be mud of wood, sheet metal, or any o he suitalfln substance, shall he not Irs 'than 32 inches wide and 32 in he deep, and (> feet 0 inches hi^h, .Vj; Pay in J paper is higher n jw than a fair ;ed is shorter than ever in the hi )ducing a newspaper, we need n< s one reason, perhaps the stronc 1st. 1918. to SI.50 per year, i 5 were paid one dollar per year I ve feel that it is a reasonable rei ler to keep the raise in price fro year for as many years in aclv; until Jan. 1st. 1319, you can pa from Jan. 1st. 1S19 to Jan. 1st. ill stand whatever hardship ther >ay now in adva :ce at the rate iverybody may s;e and later can i have not already paid your su lew for as many years as you lit i want to you can call and we v id for three, four, and some as i have been one of our family, st I times. H. H be provided with a curtain hanging from the top in front to within three feet of the floor, and shall have a suitable shelf on which the voter can prepare his ticket: Provided, The provisions of this Act shall not apply to rural voting precincts outside o"! incorporated towns and cities. Section 2. Polling Places.?The j polling places shall be provided with a table for the managers. The poll - I shall be provided with a guard rail so that no one except a.; hereinafter provided shall approach nearei than , five feet to the booth.-* in which th? voters are preparing their ballots. Section 3. Tickets.?The ticket shall be printed on clear white paper ^ in the usual manner, but shall have ^ a coupon at the top perforated so arte be easily detached. On the con-' pon shall be printed "Official Pallot." Club Ward No. " The numbers shall run seriatim for each club. There shall be bU per cent, more ballots than there are voters enrolled at each polling place. Section 4. Preparation of Ballot. ?The managers shall be responsible for all ballots furnished. When -a . i. . U,. ...lm 11 l>r. a voter prescuis ihium;ii hu .->h?.?h ./ given a ballot. The manager in charge of the poll list shall enter the number of the ballot next the name of the voter. The voter shall forthwith retire along to one of the booths, and without undue delay prepare his ballot by scratching out the names of the candidates for whom he does not care to vote. No voter shall remain in the booth longer than five minutes. After preparing his ballot, the voter shall present himself to the manager. His ballot I must bo folded in such a way that the number can be seen and the coin . pon can be readily detached by the manager without in sue way ing the printed portion of the ballot I' If the voter is not challenged, ami takes the prescribed oath, the man ager shall tear off the coupon, put - it on file, stamp the ballot, and the - voter shall deposit his ticket in the I box, and sjiall immediately leave 1 the polling place. If a voter shall 2 mar or deface his ballot, he may oh tain one additional ballot upon re' turning to the manager in charge of 1 the ballots the 1 a;lot so marred or defaced, with the coupon attached r The manager in charge of the poll .< I shall eh an ire the number of tie .? ballot on his rv>ll list. an?l plac? the (Jefaevj on a file. N> votov _ . Advance? grade of writing paper was befc istory of the world, and the price )t .mention the great increase in jest one, why we have been comi nstcad of one dollar as it has be for it; and paper was as cheap a guest and ne subscriber we are m appearing hard and sudden. \ race as he p'eascs, and we can c m ns two rinlarx anv time hefnrt 1921. e is in it on those terms and ma of one dollar per year. They a mot complain that we put the pr bscription in advance, you are \ (0 at the rate of one dollar per) /ill show you the number who I" much as five years in advance v ay with us on. always remember The Horr I I. WOOD\A w shall bu given a second ballot until t he has returned the first one ?* I the coupon attached. ; ( Section 5. When and How Voter i I May Be Assisted.?No person shall j ' be allowed within the guard rail except as hereinafter provided. If a vot< r cannot read or write, or is physically disabled, and by reason th reol' did not sign the enrollment book, he may appeal to the manager for assistance, and the Chairman < of the Managers shall appoint two of the watchers representing differ- < i nt fractions to assist him tn preparing the ballot: Provided, after the voter's ballot has been prepared, the watchers so appointed shall immediately go behind the guard rail: i Provi led, further, That if there be no such watchers available, the Chairman may appoint two byslandi ei's who are qualified electors to assist the voter in the preparation of his ballot. j Section (>. Admission to Polling Places.?Prom the time of th?' open: ing of the poll until the announcement of the result and the signing of the official returns, no person shall be admitted to the polling place except the managers, duly authorized watchers and challengers, the Chairman of the Executive Committee or member of the Executive Committee appointed in his stead to supervise this polling place, persons duly admitted for the purpose of voting, police officers admitted by the managers to preserve order or enforce the law. Provided, That candidates for public office voted fori at such polling places may be pies-j ent at the canvass of the voters: Pro | vided, Canvass of the vote sshal! be j open to the public. Section 7. Interference With Idee-. \ ^fmns.- If the watchers or officers of! t'h?Voa* who are admitted to the. polling pia.'-'N- by the managers s hall i i interfere with the managers or o'o-j struct the voting, it shall be the .'utyi of the managers to suspend the election until order is restored, or as may be provided by the rules of the j party. No person shall be allowed to approach polling places with; verity-five (25) feet while p lis ai open e<i, other than the per >ns !? rein provided for. " Section K. Manage* to \t\-vn' for Ballots.?Upon th clos- of I election, managers si. a * unt 4 ? the Executive Committe > for !| haij lots delivered to them, and make the following returns: (a) The number and Save ;re the war. The supply of ma 2 of it is not likely to go down ( the cost of labor, inks, gasolir pelled to ask our subscribers to en for the last twenty years, is dirt then. New when the pap sure will biame us. ve are allowing each and every lo this any time from now until 2 October 1st. 1918. and we wi ike the change gradual. Hund re coining in every day and doi ice up without notice to them. welcome to come in to-day. or /e ar. lave already called since we b< vhile the price is low. ing that the Herald intends to : y Herald /ARD, Edi >f official ballots furnished to each ^ollintf precinct, (b) The number ul official ballots spoiled and returned >y voters, (c) The number of official sal lots returned to the Executive Cfommittee. (d) The number of official ballots actually voted. SIMMONS FOR RELIEF j (Complaint Not Served. Court of Common Pleas. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. VV. H. Stone, Administrator of the Personal Estate of Nelson Thorn- j as, Dec'd., Plaintiff, ~VS~ , I Annie Lyde, Bearon Chavis, Reclic Chavis. Mary. jDewitt, Sarah Cha- i vis, Rebecca Morrison, Annie Al- I bcrt, Alice Albert, Amanda Swcen- j oy, Retha Newman, Willie New- j man, Quincy Newman, Mellen C. Newman, Alverna Sams, Sallie1 T?inn T^T infr ?i r\ /1 IlArntUn T xr/l f* */ an*; i\ cvuvt ? uui 9 Hen's at law and distributees of Nelson Thomas, Dec'd, together with any other person or persons who claim to be such heirs but whoso names are unknown to the plaintiff; Burroughs & Collins Company, a Corporation; Robert W. Moore, and Stone Brothers Company, a Corporation, Defendants. TO THE DEPENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, which has boon filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Conway, S. C., within twenty days* after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to rnswer the complaint within the 'imo aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the eliof demanded in the complaint. July 8th, A. I). 1918. H. H. WOODWARD, . Plaintiff's Attorney. TO Dorctha Lyde, and Sarah Chavis heirs at lav/ and distributees ol Nelson Thomas, Dec'd., togethei with any other person or person* who.claim to be such heirs, bul whose names are unknown to th< plaintiff, Absent Defendants: ! TAKE NOTICE That the Com plaint in the foregoing stated actior and the Summons of which the fore going is a copy were filed in the of . t Money iterial for making paper on wh wen after the war. Regarding le, repair parts, rollers, and pa; allow us to raise the price of Fifteen years ago when the pai er is eight pages, all home print I reader to pay now at the presi October 1st, 19J8. For instam II credit your account with two reels of subscribers have taken ; ny it. Wc decided to run this I on any day between now and i egan to publish the littie notice stand for the whole people and TOR fice of the Clerk of the Court of | Common Pleas in and for Horry County, at Conway, S, C., on the 10th day of July, A. D. 1918. W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.) C. C. C. P. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. ?1 O ' CHILDREN'S KIDNEYS No Conwav Mother Should Neglect J the Little One's Health. Oftentimes weak kidneys cause great annoyance and embarrassment to children. Inability to control th" ! kidney secretions, at night or while i at play, is attributed to carelessness! and too frequently the child is pun- j ished. Parents having children [ troubled with kidney weakness would ; do well to treat the kidneys with a j tested and proven kidnov remedy. 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Y.?ad o M O B K T' IT N OS X E E I) E D. | The Burroughs School ha.- now reached the place where it i> in position to do great work in the education of the boys and girls of this entire section. A problem which the trustees have to solve just now is i the raising of more funds with which to run out. All of the funds available for the. last term were used up and there is a deficit of about on" 1 thousand dollars. Unless more rev , I, enue can bo had another term yvill result in making the deficit more than double that amount for the reu* son that wages of teachers it is said L will be higher, and there will no ^ doubt be a greater expense in all departments of the business end of - the school. Already the rat> of ta:ci ation is high and the trustee' Will ho - doubt find some way to solve the - p.roblem. < ' *? % I I ich newspa- I the incrcas- I ' >te. 9 the Herald, I icr was only I and the cost ?1 er.t price of I ce if yon are | more years' | advantage of _;<1 ^ larrio o H\/or. i I HI V-J vs CI'H V V/l ~ M October 1st, I on another I what is best I 1 v HflW THFY MMF i i v v v mm I w W IVIk j FOR STATE OFFICE > j On the official ballot for State offices of the primary elections August 27 the names of the can*Ii- * dates will appear in the following > order: (Vote for one and scratch the oth- i ers.) ' For United States Senator. (Short Term.) CHRISTIE PENET, THOS. H. PEEPLES, ' W. P. POLLOCK. y For United States Senator. 1 COLE L. PLEASE, N. P. DIAL, I JAMES F. RICE. For Governor.4 ANDREW J. DETHEA, I R. A. COOPER, , J. M. DESCHAMPS, JOHN T. DUNCAN 1 JOHN L. McLAURIN | JOHN G. RICHARDS. For Lieutenant Governor. OCTAVUS COHEN, j J. T. LILES, 1 C \V WlfiUTMAM ,, . VT ? Vf? I * ] For Secretary of State. : | VV. B. DOVE. For Comptroller General. CARLTON W. SAWYER. For State Treasurer. S. T. CARTER. w For Adjutant General. W. W. MOORE. j For Superintendent of Education. ' VICTOR E. RECTOR, ' I J. E. SWEARINGEN * For Attorney General. CLAUD N. SAPP, R. P. SEARSON, S. M. WOLFE. For Commissioner of Agriculture* I Commerce and Industries. W. D. GARRISON, I B. HARRIS, \ II. T. MORRISON. For Railroad Commissioner. H. H. ARNOLD, t. j. Mclaughlin, A. A. RICHARITSON. D. L. SMITH, L j. t. vowell t o ? Speaking at a uncheon at Newport, Monmouthshire, Premier Lloyd George emphasized the importance o! the pushing back of the Gemmnfc from within gun rang.* of the Amiens railway.