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* ? fimnttj Record. VOL. XXXI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1916. NO. 28 A VICTORY FOR LAW DECLARESMANNK STATE NOMINEE SAYS HE CONSECRATES HIMSELF ANEW TO WORK OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. Columbia, September 12:?Reiterating his policy of law enforcement, stressing the supremacy of the constitution and appealing to the thousands who heard him to burj past differences and live together ir a spirit of brotherhood for the good of South Carolina, Governor Richard I Manning at the call of a multitude, delivered a patriotic address from the portico of the State Capitol shortly after eleven o'clock tonight. When it was seen that Gov Manning had been renominated by t comfortable majority the thousands of cheering South Carolinias watching the returns, headed by the Harvest Jubilee Band, marched to the State House and loudly called foi the Chief Executive. It was difficult to hear the Governor's words as crashing cheer after cheer wellec upward from joyous throats. Since early afternoon a crowd numbering hundreds of persons and gradually growing into thousands, throngec the streets. ^ ^ Anxiety soon gave place to joy K when it was seen the majority ol W Governor Manning, gained early ir the evening, continued undiminished When it was realized that Governoi Manning was renominated, joy reigned unbounded, and as county after county showed in the Manning column unrestrained cheers crashec into the night air. After Governor Manning's majori ty was assured hundreds of Man ning and Cooper men, many o1 whom were accompanied by theii wives and sweethearts, went mt< m the executive chamber and shool hands with the Chief Executive Throughout the night Governoi Manning received hundreds of tele grams and telephone calls congratu lating him on his renomination many of the wires being from dis tant States. Shortly before midnight Governoi Manning sent the following tele gram to Robert A Cooper, of Lau rens: "Permit me to express mj profound gratitude for the supporl of you and your friends." When the returns began coming in tonight it was early seen that th< Cooper people had lined up solid foi \ Governor many and that the deflec tion to Mr Blease predicted by Blease leaders did not materialize and Man ning men tonight were enthusiastic in their praise of the Laurens mar and his followers. The following short speech was (Just Through I Loa RAN , Look At Thei Pure The King Hard I "The Popular 1 1 Kingstree, - feS:' delivered by Governor Manning to-! night and he put heartfelt feeling in its deliverance: i "The returns indicate a victory for the constitution and law. At? such a time a sense of profound 1 gratitude to Almighty God fills our ' hearts. I have never seen a time * when the people of South Carolina: . were more stirred over an elect%n. ' It is a victory of the people in sup- j port of the consititution and the en r forcement of law. ? "It shows that when the people. I realize their duty and when a real! danger, a crisis, confronts them, J - they meet it as true patriots and settle it aright. Splendid work has been done by the citizens and their work has been rewarded by success. If this victory is assured, and I be lieve it is assured, we must see that i bitterness and strife are subdued: > and allayed and that we must all as I citizens of one State and as breth-1 j ren in a common cause unite in the j ' great work of upbuilding our State i ' and in making higher and better I ?ho rasters nf nnr citizens. > "I consecrate myself anew to this I great work and pledge myself to j i your service." i : ' RELIEF OF FLOOD VICTIMS. Second Allotment of Funds Is Received at Charleston. ! ' The second allotment of flood re- \ 1 lief funds, requested of the war de-! partment for this State some time p ago, has been received and will be 7 ready for distribution as soon as re7 ports from the counties arrive, j Previously letters were sent to the various counties in the State asking that they send reports relative to employment. This was done for * the purpose of equalizing the funds among the counties, and no funds of r the second allotment will be sent * out until the United States army| c engineer, Major G A Youngberg, | " knows of what money is needed in r each county. ? Pay rolls are coming into the engineer's office, .but some are not 9 . made up as well as they might be. A circular will be sent 'o the local! r authorities in each county in charge . of the flood relief work, instructing . them in the way pay rolls should be , made up and sent. One part of the I circular says: "All pay rolls covered by Federal funds must be accurate, r complete and in such condition that , they will pass the auditor, for the . war department, of the treasury department." The end of the circular , states that everything in it "must be complied with. Otherwise pay . rolls cannot be honored, and payk ment will be delayed till errors have been corrected."?Tuesdays'$ Atws j and Courier. Unloading a Car d of ion.a n More You :hase warp fnmnanv VVUIV VU1IAJIUU1J g lardware Store" I - South Carolina E HSV RBP^B* ' iue| :appa SMfai3MplSpMj^BS^BB GOVERNOR RICHA Richard I Manning, Governor <>f 5 the Democrats of this State Tuesday. 137,000 reported up to this mornim 4,725, which seemed sufficient to insui Commissioner James Cansler of Tirzah at last fulfilled his ambition, being no ton by a majority approximating 25,0(1 The gubernatorial race, which it early developed features in marked c( first primary two weeks ago (Aug ning, Mr Blease led by large pluralitie necessary to election on the first ballot that time, as has been pointed out, an< the final accounting came. Throughout the night Gov Man- [ ning held a majority, at times running as high as 5,500, and the substantial portion of this lead he retained until the managers closed up for the night and the votes ceased to come in. Of the 45 counties in South Carolina, Gov Manning carried 2d with i apparent certainty and lost 17. [The! two others?Georgetown and Ches-1 terfield?are so close as to be doubtful. According to the returns now in hand, which seem to be sufficient, Gov Manning carried Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Chester, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Edgefield, FairA/%1/] T?1/\?>An/iA rifAAn trvl 1 a r\r\Y\ _ liciu, nuxciKCi uicciiviuc, uiccuwood, Hampton, Jasper, Kershaw,' Lancaster, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, McCormick, Orangeburg and Williamsburg. Mr Blease carried Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Charleston,Cherokee,Clarendon,Horry, Laurens, Lee, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union and York. I New Tobacco Record. Winston-Salem, N C, September 13:?A high price record was estab lished on the leaf tobacco market here today when the average price reached $18.08 a hundred pounds. Z T Bynum, supervisor of sale3 for the .t . I ? past 39 years, reports that .prices this year are the highest in the history of the market. G E Webb, editor of The Southern Tobacco Journal, pr~hiets an average of 20 cents a pound on this market for the year, or 5 cents higher than the banner year, 1913-14. Mr Joseph RWalker will conclude his services at the Episcopal church here next Sunday and return to the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn, to complete his theological course. Mr Walker is an energetic worker, an able preacher and possesses a most pleasing personality. His departure is deeply regretted by the entire community. W aKf'/ * rV^MHnim ma KU I. MAININliNCj ;outh Carolina, was renominated by Out of a tn al vote of more than ?, Gov Manning had a majority of re his rer.omination. For Railroad .perennial candidate for that office, minated over Albert S Fant of Bel10. had been predicted would be close, jntradistinction to the results of the st 29). Then, from the begin s but could not secure the majority ;. The majority was against him at i it was against him Tuesday, when PLAY BALL We all need exercise in the open air. Why not play the good old American Game of Base Ball. It's the most healthful game of all. Get a supply of DIAMOND BRAND BASE BALL GOODS. Get up a Team. It will be great fun and exercise com-1 bined. Call and see our supply. Let us help you select the right kind of Bats, Balls and Gloves. We guarantee them to give satisfaction ? they're the best made. * k N yk. " Kingstree Hardware Company Kingstree, - - S. C ??? i i LAKE CITY CHRONICLES. Raising Broom Corn?Local Bits ol Interest about Town. Lake City, September 12:?Mr H N Merritt cut his patch of broom corn last Friday and sold it at so much per pound. He had about one acre,which he planted and cultivated as an experiment. Of course the amount of proceeds cannot be ascertained until the crop shall have been weighed when ready for shipment. However, estimates of the weight of the yield indicate satisfactory profits Mr A M Parker, Sr, father of our Mr A M Parker, Jr, died at Flat Roek,N C.last Thursday,after an illness of about one week. His old home was in Georgetown,but he had been at Flat Rock several months and was buried there. Two sons are officers in the U S army, one being now at New York and the other on detail duty in France. The third one lives here and is a large cotton buyer The Lake City graded and high schools opened Monday for the fall term. The number of pupils present for enrollment was 454, exceeding the previous record bju something like fifty. The exercises were attended by numbers of the patrons and friends. All the teachers? fourteen?were on hand ready for work. Mr W M Severance spent several cUys the early part of last week at Moultrie, Ga. He says that Moultrie is certainly a fine town?wide, wellshaded streets, handsome stores and the loveliest eyes. Mr B A Cook came up from Kingstree Tuesday and spent the day in town. Mr W E Nesmith of Kingstree was in Lake City Monday. Dr A H Williams spent the latter part of last week in Colleton county, in and around Cottageville. G F Stalvey and W H Whitehead, Jr, local barristers, were in Florence Saturday injthe master's court. Mr W W Burrows of Leo spent Monday in Kingstree and did some talking there in behalf of ol$-time political friends. Ashton H ^Williams. Esq, was in Florence Monday on business. Mr J L Stuckey has gone to Hen dersonville.N C. His health has been poor quite a while, and he is seeking relief. There is some complaint among the farmers about the scarcity of labor,and this scarcity is attributed to the fact that the local tobacco plant is working several hundred hands. -to iprottffocl ARE YOU uUlNG TO LEAVE SHOJLU YOU DIE? DIE EVERY MAN MUST. IT I PILED UP IN THE BANK TO M WILL NOT BE IN WANT WHE THEM. VAIID OCCT J TPP TNQIIRANPF CAUSE A GOOD SOLID BUSINE TO YOU WHILE YOU ARE ALIVE BANK WE PAY H PER CENT INTER! Farmers & Merclia ("ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Authorized by Federal Reserve Board to Act a r^BBHBg3BBgBaiggE2E fl J. W. COOK DEFEATED FOR TREASURER. R. B. SMITH RECEIVES NOMINATION BY SMALL MAJORITYGRAHAM DEFEATS KINDER. The second primary election was held throughout the county Tuesday. Everything passed off quietiy and a good vote was polled, the majority of the voters casting their ballots early in the day. anoruy aner ur punuix piatcs closed, returns from the various polls began to come in by phone to the court house, where the same were tabulated and published for the benefit of the large gathering of anxious voters and their respective candidates. By 9:00 p. m. complete returns from the county had been received. Bulletins were wired in by the News and Courier and The State which kept the crowd posted on the results of the State election. By 10 o'clock it was evident that Governor Manning had a safe lead over his opponent. .1 WpsIpv r,nok was defeated for re V ?? election to the office of Treasurer by Robt B Smith. In the county contests Sheriff George J Graham was re-elected Sheriff over H U Kinder. H J Brown of Cades was .elected Coroner over his opponent, T J Spring. J W Stewart defeated W Halzy Baker for Magistrate at Hebron. The unofficial tabulated returns from the county will be found on page 3 of this paper. HOUSE DESTOYED BY FIjRE. Flames Claim Home of VlckCaldwell Sunday Morning. A fire which practically destroyed the residence of Vick Caldwell broke out here shortly after midnight Sunday. The fire originated in the interior and four rooms were ablaze when it was discovered by Night Policeman Mcintosh. Mr Caldwell and his family were away from home at the time. Their entire household effects were destroyed, j The residence was owned by L C Montgomery and was located on East Main street, near the canal bridge. For a time the residence of Mrs P F Wolff was in danger, but the efficient work of the local fire department soon overcame it. ? wire nnu onoi nc.ltlcso S HIS DUTY TO HAVE MONEY AKE SURE THAT HIS FAMILY N HE IS TAKEN AWAY FROM , ; IS MONEY IN THE BANK, BE SS OPPORTUNITY MAY COME WITH US. EST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. nts National Bank, LAKE CITif, S. Cis Administrator, Executor, Trustee and Registrar. , - . --r..