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gg pe Countu gecorfc gg VOL. 35. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1920. NO 46 JJTTLE POLITICAL TALK CIRCULATING NO TALK OF ANYONE OPPOSING GOVERNOR COOPER?OTHER VIEWS ON PRIMARY $ v.. Mr. W. J. Cormack representative of the Charleston New and Courier at the State capitol furnishes that paper the following interesting political summary: Gri. it_ ? .l . /> i . usually wnen uie rrenerai Assembly meets in the year the primaries are held, there is much talk of a polities nature and maneuvering for position, but this session is an exception. However, fthe Legislature is young yet and there is plenty of time for the political bees to begin buzzing in the lobbies and around the committee rooms. "The only direct recent political announcement is the statement of Col. A. H. Marchant, of Orangeburg, that he will offer for Adjutant General W. W. Moore, of Barnwell, the incumbent, said this morning that he WUld be rn the race for reelection, on his record for the upbuilding of the Nation.il Guard. "There has been no talk that Governor Cooper will be opposed, and it is more than probable that he will go into the pnmary without a contender. It is a safe bet that no matter who offers, if aryone does, he will be given a second term. He has made a sane, conservative executive, has not indulged in spurts of radicalism and is intensely popular with all classes. Many of his friends complain that he does not get in the limelight enough. "The only opposition which has developed toward the reelection of Junius T. Liles, as Lieutenant Governor, Yho if he mils, as it is understood that he wili, is Octavus Cohen, an attorney of Charleston and Monk's Corner, who made a remarkable race for the position in 1918, without attending bi t two of the campaign meetings. There is some talk of Solicitor George Warren, of Hampton, entering th<? race, but Mr. Warren has made r.o announcement one way or the other yet. "No opposition has been announced or hinted at against Samuel M. 1 Wolfe, Attorney General; S. T. Carter, State Treasurer; Kut. L. Osborne, Comptroller General; W. Banks Dove, Secretary of State; Jno. E. Swearingen, State Superintendent of Education, and B. Harris, Commissioner of Agriculture Commerce and Industries, nor have these officials stated whether they will offer again, but it is more than likely that they will. "For railroad commissioner it is almost certain that Frank W. Shealy, of Lexington, chairman, will offer for reelection and it is almost as certain ' that he will be opposed by D. L. Smith, of Colleton, although neither man has announced his intentions. Other possible candidates have been spoken of for this position. "Tw the forum of national politics, an effort is being made to get out opposition to Senator E. D. Smith; of Lynchburg, who will offer for reelection. Senator Smith has made a good many active enemies in South Carolina and they want someone to oppose hira. Ex-Senator Pollock, of Cheraw, is the most probable opponent which Senator Smith will have to contend with, and it is understood that the Chesterfield county politician will make known what he is going to do in the next two months. Col. William Banks, of Columbia, has been approached to enter the race; during the past few days he has been offered the support of a group of men who claim that they can deliver him ... 20,000 votes. "Ex-Senator Christie Benet, of Columbia, likewise has been urged to run. Neither Col. Banks nor Mr. Benet have announced what they intend to do. "No opposition has boon announced against R. S. Whaley, of Charleston, Representative from the First district, but there are many men in his district who would be glad to see him go down in defeat, and the majority of these are members of what is known as the "Grace faction" in the City of Charleston. "In the Second district, James F. Byrnes, of Aiken, so far is without opposition for reelection, but as he had three opponents in 1918 it would not be improbable should he find his candidacy contested. "Fred H. Dominick, of Newberry, WHAT CANNOT BE DONE UNDER DRY LAW I ___ ; Many "Don'tS" For The Drinking Man?Pocket Flasks Barred To Travelers. Under constitutional prohibition it is unlawful: To buy or sell a drink anywhere ! except for sacramental or medicinal purposes. To give or take a drink anywhere ; except in the home of the man who owns it. To keep any liquor in storage anywhere but in your own home. -? 4 10 try to get sucn reserves uui. ui storage. To carry a pocket flask. To have more than two drinking residences?one in the country and one in the city. To restock your home supply when it runs out. To manufacture anything above one-half of one per cent in your home. To move your home supply from one house to another without obtaining a permit. To get this you must pi irtt* liiat -you came by the supply before July 1 1919. To display any liquor signs or advertisements on your premises. To buy, sell or use a home still or any other device for making liquor in the home. To buy or sell any formulas or recipes for home made liquor. T" mol/o o nroiont of a bottle of liquor to a friend. To receive such a present from a friend.?New York Post. o Fire Sunday Night Between eight and nine o'clock Sunday night fire broke out in the home of Mrs. Rosa Fulton on Mills street and in a short while the house, which was a frame cottage, with almost, its' entire contents, was burned to the ground. There beinjr few people on the street at that hour, the fire had gained considerable headway before it was discovered and the alarm given. The cooking stove and sewing machine were about the only articles saved. Mrl Fulton and her children were at church when the fire started. A defective flue i.s suDDosed to have i been the cause. undoubtedly will not be elected to j Congress from the Third district I , without a contest, although there is , none announced at this time. It is understood, however, the most prominent opponent mentioned against Mr. Dominick is Capt. Henry C. Tillman, of Greenwood. | "S. T. Nicholls, of Spartanburg, Representative from the Fourth dis1 trict, has announced that he will not offer for reelection. Capt. J. J. McSwain and D. R. Traxler, both of Greenville, will be in the race to suc. ceed Mr. Nicholls and, probably, Horace Bomar, an attorney of Spartanburg. j "In the Fifth district, no oppisition has so far developed to W. S. StevenI son, of Cheraw, but it is known that several gentlemen are most anxious W JUVUCU lUtli. "In the Sixth district, P. H. Stoll, I of Kingstree, who defeated E. J. Sherwood, of Conway, by a very narrow margin several months ago to succeed the late J. Williard Ragsdale as Representative, will be opposed by j Mr. Sherwood, and, probably, others. "Ed. C Mann, of Orangeburg, i who was elected several months ago as Representative from the Seventh , district to succeed A. F. Levevr, of I Lexington, when the latter was ap: pointed a member of federal farm ' land board, will be opposed by Hampj ton P. Fulmer of Norway, a member t of the House of Representatives from Orangeburg count\ and probably Solicitor George Bell Timmermann, of Lexington. Both Mr. Fulmer and Mr. Timmermann were defeated by Con: gressman Mann in the special election. Mr. Timmermann going into I the second primary election with ! him. "The next campaign promises to 1 be one of the most unexciting in many years, as there will be an absence of the well-known brand of factional politics with which the State has been cursed. Cole L. Blease is out of the running, with nobody to pick up his mantle. He is practicing law in Columbia these days and is not talking much about politics. OLD AND NEW BILLS BEING CONSIDERED MEASURE TO REPEAL LAW EX EMPTING BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATOIN KILLED Sessions of the House of Representatives this week have been confined mostly to consideration of bills or its calendar and with debating the measure to repeal the law exempting Duuaing ana loan associations. After a good deal of discussion the latter measure was recommitted, which means that it is rejected to all intents and purposes, by the decisive vote of 76 to 26. The argument against the passage of the bill was that it meant double taxation on the poor man who could erect his home by no other means than these organizations. Those who favored the measure were opposed to any class of business escaping taxation. Among the bills making their initial appearance in the House during the week was one. by Mr. McAdams requiring a Wassermann blood test and a certificate from a reputable physician saying that they are free from venereal diseases before a couple can enter into matrimony. The bill was referred to the judiciary committee. Another new bill by Mr. McAdams u-flo tViot roniiirintr all nersons under penalty to register their true names and addresses on hotel and lodging house registers. At the request of its author John W. Crews, of Richland, the concurrent resolution introduced in the House last Thursday, inviting A, Mitchell Palmer Attorney General of the United States, and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National Woman Suffrage Association to address the joint assembly tonight on the question of equal suffrage, was withdrawn from the files. Mr. Crews explained that he was opposed to equal suffrage but that he introduced the resolution at the request of prominent women of the State, who now asked that it be withdrawn. This resolution never had a I ^ knirtr. orlnntp/l I'licini'cr 1/1 UC1115 ?uv|/*vui 1 A bill was introduced in the House ' increasing the members pay from $5 a day, as at present, to $10 daily, beginning at the next session of the General Assembly. Mr. Berry, of Orangeburg, is the author of the measure, which was referred to the ways and means committee. The pay is limited to forty days. Another bill of interest was the one by Mr. Folk, of Newberry, prohibiting children under fourteen years of age driving motor cars in this State. Mr. Folk is likewise the author of the measure requiring all motor driven vehicles or those drawn by animals to stop before crossing any railroad track in this State. i The bill putting an poiicemeu under $2,000 bonds, so that when a person is unlawfully injured by them their sureties can be securities for demand was given its final reading in the House tonight and was passed to the Senate. o WM. S. CHAPLIN KILLED Shot In Back by Unknown Soldiei Near Columbia. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 19.?William S. Chaplin, superintendent of a business college in Columbia, was shot and almost instantly killed tonight at 11 o'clock by a shot fired by an unknown soldier into the automobile in which the slain man was rid'ng, according to other occupants of the car, Mr. Chaplin was returning with a ' n n slinnur j party OI inree ineimn Hum ?* at Lykesland, a small town twelve miles from Columbia, when the automobile in which they were traveling was halted by a soldier in the road near Camp Jackson, Charles W. Rice driving the car, is said to have stopped, but upon hearing a command started the motor again. Almost immediately one shot was fired, taking effect in the back of Chaplin, whc was sitting on the rear seat. He was driven to a hospital but died on the way. According to Camp Jackson military -police headquarters there is nc record of soldiers being posted or the road where the shooting tooli place. It is outside the military reservation. All the occupan's of tht automobile were well-known Columbians. CANE IS MENACED i BY MOSAIC DISEASE .THE GOVERNMENT BUREAU WARNS GROWERS TO FIGHT SPREAD IN ALL AREAS ., Washington, Jan. 20.?The Mosaic I; disease of sugar cane, the presence (| of which recently was discovered , I inLouisiana and other Southern , i Staes, presents a menace which calls ; for immediate concerted action on , I the part of the cane growers, accordi ing to the bureau of plant industry [ of the Department of Agriculture, , which has completed an extensive .! survey of infected areas. ., Cuttings taken from diseased stalks , invariably produce diseased plants, ,' and careless importation of diseased ,: seed cane is practically sure to in, crease the spread of the disease, in, j vestigations show. Consequently indifference in the matter of seed cane . | selections, the department scientists . declare, may result in very severe , I losses to sugar cane growers. There are at present a number of large cane areas in the United States not yet invaded by the Mosaic disease. Cane planters in these areas the department declared, should urge , the enactment of State legislation prohibiting the importation of cane , I into them from any source whatever . j until such time as it can be accom,; plished by an authentic certification , j of health. Such areas include the entire Bayou Teche district and the I parishes to the north in Louisiana, consisting of St. Mary, Iberia, Ver- j , milion, LaFayette, St. Martin, Acadia, St. Landry, Avoyelles and Rapides. Other similar areas are the , entire State of Mississippi with the exception of Bolixi, the entire State of Alabama except a small locality near the State line not far from Muscogee, Fla., the entire State of Georgia, except Grady county, and , the whole of Florida, save certain , limited regions. Where the disease is present in . mall amount, and in few well defined areas, the possibility of quick and complete eradication exists, experts declare. The cane in these areas should be ground during the present harvesting season, and the stuble plowed up. As a precautionary meas, ure, some crop, other than a grass, should be grown on the land for one year, after which cane may again be , grown with safety. I j THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION ! i Orangeburg Paper Favors Action by The State The General Assembly is in session. ' One of its important duties will be the consideration of the question of woman's suffrage. The eyes of the nation are upon South Carolina to see ' exactly what the Palmetto State is ' going to do. 1, There can be no liberal difference upon this vital question. The women ' of this State are as capable and as ' much entitled to participate in its regulation as are the men. Looking over the past, one wonders what part of recent political history do the men opposed to suffrage for women think would have been worse if the women had been voting. Woman's suffrage is bound to come 1 either now or shortly, and the only II debatable question in our mind is i whether the State of South Carolina ;! should give the right to its own : women, or ratify the federal amand; ment and wait for a national consti11 tution act to do so. Wc would prefer | to see women generally obtain the right to vote by State action, and i i thus preserve somewhat the authori' I ty of the State in such matters. I Advance press gossip from Colum' bia says that the federal amandment ''for women's suffrage is more than I I apt to be defeated. That's no groat > I harm from the standpoint of preserv | ing thp rights of a State, but the leg> I islators in favor of women's suffrage I should try to pass an act submitting " to the people of South Carolina an ?- amendment to the State constitution ; j giving the ballot to women citizens. ' Let the General Assembly go on record upon both phases on the women's suffrage question. > The quickest method of allowing ' women to participate in the elections > would be by the Democratic party al lowing women to vote jn its prima ries, remembering that in this State the Democratic nomination is equivalent to the election. But more regu FLORENCE OFFICE DESIGNED AS A DISTRIBUTING POINT n Pa. CA..?-AI D?A? f lurcui'c oticvicu i ui oct ci ai ncas* ons Chief of Which is Its Central I Location. A Boost For City The Florence postoffice has been designated a supply point for a number of second, third and fourth class postoffices in this section of the State including the following coun-| ties: Chesterfiejd, Darlington, Dillon, j Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Marlboro, and Williamsburg. This list includes seven second class postoffices, thirteen third class offices and one hundred and eight offices of the fourth class, from which are served 118 rural routes and more than a score of star routes. Florence was selected as the distributing point because of its location and of the efficiency of the force employed at the local postoffice. Its designation is the result of a visit made here and elsewhere in the district by the chief clerk of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, some months ago. On this visit the official gathered an immense amount of data regarding the various postoffices of the district. The supplies to be handled by the Florence office for distribution to the other offices include general office supplies, blank books, stationery, envelopes, in fact all forms of supplies used by the ordinary post office. Postmaster Chase is arranging now to take care of the increased responsibility placed upon his office. o SPANELL ACQUITTED Freed of Charge of Mudering Wife and Colonel Butler. Brownwood, Tex. Jan. 17.?Harry J. Spanell was acquitted in district, court here today of the charge of | murdering Col. M. C. Butler. It was the third time Spanell, a j music teacher, had been tried for I murder in connection with the slaying of Colonel Butler and Mrs. | Spanell while they were on an au- j tomobile ride with him at Alpine, Texas, the evening of July 10, 1916. o Bank Ends Successful lear Andrews, Jan. 16.?The stockholders of The Fanners and Merchants Bank held its second annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday. A statement of the banks affairs showed an i increase in deposits over same date j in previous year of 100%. The bank paid its stockholders an 8% dividend and passed up a nice sum to surplus. The bank enjoyed a very good years business, and prospects for the future is reported as looking excep-1 tionally bright. Immediately after the stockholders I meetinc. a meeting of the board of directors was held and the following officers elected: D. L. Moyd, president; J. M. Irby, vice-president; E. V. Anderson, cashier; H. B. West, assistant cashier, j ^ FREE RANGE IS DEFEATED Stock Law Ad voce tea Win In Georgetown Election Georgetown, Jan. 15.?Complete returns from the eighteen boxes in this county, in the stock law election held last Tuesday, show 403 votes for and 680 votes against free range, majority of 277 votes. The county executive committee having ruled that only those whose names were upon the club rolls could vote, the soldier vote was not counted. It is thought that had these boys been allowed to vote, the majotity against free range would have been largely increased. However, the expression of sentiment is considered decisive. lar would be the constitutional amendment, if adopted. The women will be voting in our elections within the next few years. The granting of suffrage to them is an act of simple justice, and a forward movement once under way scarcely ever turns back and abandons its goal. The women of South Carolina will soon be voting, either by national amendment or by the authority of their native State. Which shall it be? Let South Carolina do the manly and proper thing?start an amendment to the constitution now.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. NATION-WIDE LIQUOR LAW NOW IN EFFECT 1 DISTILLED LIQUOR IN BONDED WAREHOUSES PROMISE TO CAUSE TROUBLE I Washington, D. C., Jan. 16.?Naj tion-wide prohibition by constitutionj al amendment?the dream for years 1 of those opposed to the sale of liquor j ?became effective tonight at midI night with the department of justice J and the bureau of internal revenue, 1 the two government agencies en trusted with enforcement of the new basio law, ready to take action against all violators. The final step in the work of enforcing the new form of prohibition was taken tonight when secretary Glass approved finally the regulations to be observed by agents of the federal government. John F. Kramer, general prohibition commissioner, announced that he practically had completed selection of his corps of state commis| sioners and local agents, and had been notified by them that they were prepared to start tomorrow morning on the task of enforcing the amendment. There was little notice taken by government officials of the end of all licensed sales of liquor except at the treasury department where much activity was shown at the offices of officials connected with prohibition inforcement. Their task, however, was confined to the linking up of detail ed plan? for aiding local authorities in driving out the illegitimate dealer in intoxicants. Officials said they expected a multiplicity of legal and lesser tangles to ensue but they were making an effort to avoid as many of these as possible. Commissioner Kramer said he had a staff of nearly 1,500 men ready to begin their duties at midnight. About three hundred of these will work under the direction of the state prohibition enforcement officers while the others will serve much as did internal revenue agents before wartime prohibition went into effect. In a few states, the state directors have not been named but Mr. Kramer has delegated their powers to internal revenue officials, so the organization was regarded as complete. Mr. Kram. l i aaa aaa rnkuk er s Dureau nus fi,wv,uw mwi muvu to conduct its work until July 1. Treasury officials anticipated some trouble in handling the distilled liquors in bonded warehouses. It has been disclosed that in several cities, I large quantities of bottled goods have disappeared from bonded storage deI spite the vigilance of revenue officers. To avert further thefts, Mr. KramI er's staff has been instructed to guard i such liquors with extra care. o | NOW IS GOOD AS NEW Surgical Feat Nothing Short of Remarkable. High Point, Jan. 17.?His face terribly disfigured, nose blown ^way, jaw-bone and teeth destroyed when a shell exploded near him during the last German drive in France, Private John Hiatt, of Lexington, who was with the 30th division, today wears a face "just as good as the one he had hofrtro thp war." Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt have been vis! iting in High Point before Mr. Hiatt returns to the Walter Reed hospital, in Washington, to undergo further t treatment. J The restoration of the man's jawbone, teeth and face is considered J one of the surgical marvels of the war. Bits of skin and gristle from his body were used in building up a j new nose, while a silver plate was made into a new jaw-bone, jjfith a hinge, which enables him to chew his food with the same ease as he did before the shell exploded. Nearly every famous surgeon in the United States examined the work in restoring Private Hiatt's face. o (iet Your Vehicle Tag | Vehicle license tags have arrived J and are now being issued at the of! fice of the Clerk of Court. It is very | necessary that every person in the I county owning a vehicle should have the same properly taggea, as me rural police have been instructed to arrest and take before a magistrate any and all persons operating their J vehicles without this license tag. > ' v *O