Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PRIMARY IN OTHER STATES. is Mont: ( losk.i y QVARDBD Til \n in mis KTATK, Their IjMWm ttotcrnliig Contest for l' < i i v Nominations far More High! and Kill? Inn l Ii.iii Tltosc of South Carolin??-In Most i?ne Must In IJuallrled KUi lur to \ u(?> in the l*rlm?ry. W itfhlngton. Aug. 1?.?A careful Investigation ,,f primary law rcgulu is now in effect In South Carolina with those of other States will show that In but few States, so far at discovered by The State's correspond? ent, are the safeguards as lax us in South Carolina. While there Is no State-wide pri? mary system in North Carolina at the present time, many counties have ?topped the old convention plan and It la quite likely that In the course of a Jew yean* the entire Stute will he under the primary plan At present in those counties where the primary ta in force It !? necessary to live in th%, Stete two years, in the ce tty M days and the ward of precinct 30 days All taxes must lie paid prior to regis? tration. The elector must be quali thwt to \otr in ihe general election before being eligible for primary. In Georgia to vote a man must be over 21 years of age, must have resided in the State one year next preceding the date of the election, in the county six months, and must have paid ?II taxes aseeaaed. Such payment must have been made six months prior to the date u| the elec? tion. The State has property g?Uli cation and gradfather clause. The voter must be qualified for the gen e-al election before voting in the primary and likewise qualified for the primary before voting in the genera) election. A voter in Alabama must he a male over 21 years of age. and must have result-d In the State one year and in the county three months and in the ward or precinct 30 days before date of election. The State also has poll tax, educational and property quali? fications. The voter must be quali? fied for the general election. In Mississippi a voter must be qual? ified for the general election before voting in the primary. Me must live In the State two ye*. I and in the dis? trict or voting precinct one year. He must have paid all luxer- due for two years prior to Kebruurv 1 of the year In which election la hebt. While there gf no property qualification It Is neces? sary that the voter be able to read the names on ballot which he votes. A strict requirement of th*? Mis- \ sisaippl law Is that it Is i.ecessary to he registered four months before date of election. lake Mississippi. Florida requires that one must be a quudflcd elector for the general election before he shall have the right to vote In State pri nuiriea Must live in State one year, in county six months, and payment ul all taxes Is prerequisite of registra? tion. Registration books close II days befor? elf tmn. In Texas residence of one year in the State, six months in the county *.nd 30 days In the precinct or ward is required. Must he qualified fof the general election and take an oath to support nominee of party. To be a legal voter in Tennesse,, one inust be 11 cili/en of the State for one year before the election in which he propoae* to Note is held. He must h'\r r< o'.d iu county lu which he propose* to vote for six months prior to the election In those counties wi ere registration is required he must be duly registered In his voting pre cine and must present a certificate of registration with receipt for poll tax for the year preceding the elec ti..n The poll tax ceases to come due ufter voter reaches a0 years of age. He ause of the fusion element now in control of machinery, the law is not i (ear as to the qualifications in the general election to be eligible for tbe primary The State Democrats are now working on tin Improved pri III ?r> law Kentucky to ld ils llrst primary un d*r the new law during the present month. Its staun*, requires that in addition to ipi nil qeeimcatloni pre* scribed, the same qualifications of electors shall ipplv us are now re? quired in generul elections?that Is to say one must hi qualified for a general election hefofO he can partici? pate in a prlmar\ In precincts where registration im required no elector, ex? cept those entitled to he specially reg? istered, ahllll be entitled to vote In any prlmarv unless he Is registered In the regisi rat ion I.k of tin- pre etteel for the preceding year, as athl latins with the part] whose ballot he offers to Vote. Thin State also requires voter lo he male, over II years of sue and I nat? uralized ettleea or Halted Ma tea He must have ii\c,i one rear in las state. nix months in the county and must have resided II days iu the VOttfSg gewettet t. in l ill la horns one must he a male cltl/.eii of tbe I tilted Slates of II male wt Indian AeOCekt o ei .'1 >eais of age-. Who has resided In the State mir year, in the county six monlhi and in tiie election precinct :10 days next pree ? ding election at Whlotl party Of? fers to vote. He must be qualified for the general election before voting in the primary. Louisiana requires that tht party be a registered voter over 11 years of I age. He must nil out registration certificate In the handwriting of the VOtar, showing his age in years, months and days, the voting precinct, etc., or \( he can not pass the etlu cational test he must be assessetl with OVer $.100 worth of property. No one ran vote in Louisiana unless he has paid poll tuxes lor two years preced? ing the election. In no case is this waived. The voter must be qualified for the general election. All males who have lived in the State for upwards of one year and of the legislative district of Baltimore city or the county in which he may offer to vote for six months next preceding the election) shall be entitled to vote in Maryland ah iHons. While the efforts of Demo? cratic leaders in Maryland are to' make it necessary that one be duly qualified for voting In ? general elec? tion before be may participate in primary, there is no ironclad rule but it is ?mite likely that Rieh a con? dition will he brought about in tht near future. The State's correspondent has, with? in the past few days, talked with not less than half a hundred members of congress senators and representa? tives?and the above IS a detail as nearly accurate as it is possible to make It of necessary primary qualifi? cations in the different States as here set out as nearly as the those inter? viewed could remember without hav? ing copies of their laws before them for immediate reference. No attempt has here been made to' do anything hut to give the facts as they were given The State's corre? spondent. Taking the various laws j altogether, there would appeur to bo j several points which the South Caro? lina lawmakers might adopt. Fof instance, In addition to the safeguards which at present are supposed to sur? round the primary, one might be re? quired to be qualified elector and ; forced to secure his registration cer- | tidcate and poll tax receipt before, the election. That is what every State In the Union which has the prl- 1 mary system at all is either now do? ing or preparing to do in the near future. It Is the only salvation of the primary system, the only means of making the ballot what it ought to be, and the only means of insuring a fair vote and honest count. If the primary is to stay the safeguards sur? rounding it must he tightened in South Carolina. There is a way to do it. Require registration certificates and poll tax receipts as a prerequisite to taking part in an election,, require voters to be eligible to participate in general elections before they are eligi? ble for the primary, and, in nddition to this, enforce to the letter of the h\W the corrupt practic e act so rigid? ly adhered to in other States. With that done, the primary will stay. I'lsn.ui NEWS AND VIEWS, - I>ry Weather Hurting Crops? Pro* tructcd Meeting Well Attended?1 Other News. I'isgah, Aug. 18.?It looks as If we will have some dry weather for a while, Cotton is deteriorating very last. If it Reap! On light Will be the word that can best tell what the Drop Will be. Fodder pulling is now going on. In tin- absence of rain the corn will be fine. The meeting at I'isgah churc h last week was Well attended all the time. Visitor! from different sections at- i tended from day to day. Rev. S. B. HatHeld aided the pastor and his sermons were e arnest and Impressive I and were highly appreciated. He is one of the visiting young ministers. Miss Alma hradley presided tit the organ through the meeting and the c hurch \c-ry highly appreciates her services. Rev. T I* Cede has gone to Rich land eounty to engage in a protra> t ed meeting. He is in muc h demand for meetings. A meeting is going on at M< Leod'i church, it will probably continue during Ihe week. Mr John T. Watson and family and Miss M. OHn Hawkins went to Kish opvllle Saturday to visit relatives and friends. Miss .lane- Kimme- ed Wlsacky is visiting the lamlly of her uncle. Mr. c; w Minore, Mi Wiley Mel.i. cd' B< thum . Who has be? :, visiting lure, returned home Saturday accompanied i>> ins daughter, Miss Ada Very little interest li taken in ihc dispensary election tomorrow, Many have said they arc- md going tee Vote The killing of Peter Williams Sal orda) night at Item be rt was caused b) this miserable ami poisonous blind Ihrer imported stuff called whiskey. I'eter wafl ? good negro when sober, ? ??it ugh \\h?n drinking. Sometime ago he got ia/\ on it and marls lost his hie Ii out its elh ? ts W.*VTat*e>oTf. To a figure spare, a sleepless air, Troubles and cares not a few, ?du a salary email, a nightly squall? And behold ?als Father of Two. TEACHERS FOR 1913-1011. The following is a list of the names of those who will teach in the white public schools of the city for the session of 1913-19 14: First grade, girls, Miss A. M. Gra? ham. First grade, boys, Miss A. 1). Rlch ardson. Second grade, girls, Miss Olive Williams. Second grade, boys. Miss Virginia Paul. Third grade, girls, Miss Lydia Richardson. Thll . \rade, girls, Miss Mary Rob? inson. Third grade, boys, Miss llarrietto Herbert Fourth grade, girls, Miss Jennie McLeod. Fourth grade, boys, Miss Grace Handle. i Fifth grade, girls, Miss Beulah Wil? son. Fifth grade, boys, Miss I. H. Mc Nally. Sixth grade, girls, Miss Ruth liar rington. Sixth grade, boys, Miss Nannie j Hodges. Seventh grade, girls, Miss Kathleen Wright Seventh grade, buys, Miss L. K. Robinson? High School. First year, girls, Miss Louise Yca don. First year, boys, Miss Elizabeth Hepburn. Second year, girls, Miss L. C. Mo Laurln. Second year, I oys, Miss K. A. Wil? son. Third year, girls, Miss M. L Brun-| son. Third year, boys. A. 10. Merrimon. Fourth year, girls, L C, Moise. Fourth year, boys, c\ A. McBrlde. Miss B. W. McLean will be the sup? ervising principal of the Washington School and director of penmanship for all of the Schools. Miss Marion Satterwhlte will he the i director of art for all of the schools Mr. L. C. Moise will be principal of the Hampton School and director ol music for the Hampton and Calhoun Schools. Mr. C. A McBrlde, in addition to his position as teacher of the 4th, year high school boys, will be principal of the Calhoun School. Mr. A. F. Merrimon teacher of the 3rd, year High School boys, .will be the Commandant of cadets In the Cal? houn Scbiad. In the girls' high school Miss Yea don in addition to the work that she will do with the nirls of the tlrst year of the high school, will teach the English and History of the 2nd year high school. Miss McLaurln, teacher of the 2nd, year high school Kirls, will have the Arithmetic and Algebra of the 1st, year high school and the Botany and Geometry of the 3rd year High School. Tin* girls of the 2nd year high school, who do not take Latin, Will have Botany this year and they will recite with the girls of the 3rd, year who do not take Latin. Miss Brunsoti, teacher of the 3rd year of the high school niris, will have l In- Latin of the 2nd year high school and the Commercial Course of the girls of the 4th year high school Mr. Moise, teacher of the girls of ./e Hh year of the high school, will have the Latin ol tbe boys of the lib \ear and these will recite ;?t the Hampton School. Mr. McBrlde, teacher of the Fourth sear high school boys, will leach the Latin of the 3rd year while Mr Mer rlinon teaches the French of the 4th year. The s iperlntendenl will teach the Creek of the 3rd and Lit yean of tbe boys' biuh school. Miss Katherlne Moses, who has been connected with the high school for several years, has been grunted ' i ?ear's leave of absence. hTe schools will report on the 3rd Monday In September, the fifteenth, ill,) Money In Tobacco. Some facts of Interest t<? land uwn era ami farmers throughout the luwei part of South Carolina are given i:i the current issue of the Georgetown Times. Under the management of Mr. Louis A. Beaty, the Times has de? veloped into one of the liveliest und moat progressive of county newspa? pers and it is waging a splendid fight for agricultural progress in George? town county. Its present campaign to build up the tobacco industry in Georgetown carries conviction. This is true because The Times does not depend upon sweeping generalities but hacks up its claim that George? town is a tobacco county with num? bers of concrete examples easy of ver? ification. For the benefit of farmers In other lower counties who are thinking of trying tobacco some of the cases cited by The Times are worth reproduction. The first of these relates to the ex? perience of Mr. M. A. Barnes, who farms in Georgetown county near Rhems, his farm being fourteen miles from Georgetown. Since the estab? lishment of a market at Ilemiigway he sells his tobacco there. Formerlv, i says The Times, he hauled all the way to Lake City, the trip requiring two nights and a day. "Even with the handicap of that long trip," it is stat? ed, "he made tobacco pay. The open? ing at Hemingway has given him a nearer market, meaning more profit from his tobacco." This year Mr. Harnes planted four acres In tobac? co. He estimates that he will get from this four acres as much as he would have gotten from twenty acres of cotton, with less work and lets trouble. In an experience of fifteen years growing tobacco he declares that he has never yet lost anything on a tobacco crop. He is thoroughly I pleased with the way in which he has come out this year. Last week. ' for instance, he sold a one-horse load ' Of tobac co for $180.10. It was not j his best tobacco and he would have! been satisfied with a return of $8 for the load. Another Georgetown farmer, Mr. L. J. Powers, of Carver s Hay, expects to realize as much from three acres which he has planted in tobacco an on fifteen acres of cotton, with less work. He says that the crop of peas whic h he intends to grow on the land In which tobacco was planted will pay the cost of the tobacco crop. There are fifteen tobacco barns in Carver's Hay now. The Times esti? mates that the number will be dou? bled before next season. How profitable tobacco can be mad* is further illustrated in the exper- 1 lence of Mr. H. H. Chandler, another' Georgetown county farmer who re-! cently carried a two-horse wagon load i of tobacco to Hemingway. "The load came from selected stock from fout acres of land. He had taken pains with the selection of seed, with the cultivation of the weed, with the grad? ing, and all other details. When the sale had been perfected and all ex? penses paid, Mr. Chandler had, cash In hand, $700?for one two-horse load of tobacco! That represents the value of fourteen bales of cotton at $fio net, or the product of about twenty-eight acres of land. And Mr. Chandler had made it on four acres of tobacco with still other loads to be sent to market j from the same land. Mr. Chandler is planting cotton to pay the farm! expenses. His tobacco will give him all clear profit from the farm." The Times quotes 'an old tobaccoj grower," one who has made thirteen [ crops in the neighborhood of George town as, saying that he can grow to? bacco successfully at an average price of nine cents a pound, and that he would prefer to grow tobacco at even eight cents to growing cotton at ten cents. Prices In the m irkets nearest to Georgetown tobacco growers range from twelve cents to forty-five cents and fifty cents the pounds. The Times expects to see a new im? pulse given to tobacco-growing 111 J Georgetown county and it is arguing forcefully for the establishment cd' a tobacco market in Georgetown. We hope that it will be successful. The farmers of Eastern South Carolina arc realizing more and more how advan? tageous tobacco-growing can be made It has been a wonderful stimulus to the prosperity of counties like Horry and Williamsburg.?News and Cour America's Prlvlleje. Our country should never forget what a proud privilege and what an inestimable blessing it Is not to need and not to have big armies or navies to support, it should seek to Influ? ence mankind not by heavy artillery, but by good example and wise coun? sel. It should seo its highest glory, not in battles won but in wars pre? vented.?Carl Schurz. Practical Flower Holder. A simple and practical tlower hold? er Is made of green rubberized silk, the shade of natural leaves, and is outlined with a green wire When worn, it effectually prevents tho pene? tration of any moisture to the gown. The wire edge permits of shaping the holder to tho bouquet proper, ami tho latter is then attached to the corsage oi whatever el?? deslrsd. THE LOST SIXTH SENSE Animal Mysterle* Tliol Indicate a S|*i rial Sensibility. The pigeon, although taken hun? dreds Of miles away, is liable t?. find its way back to its dovecote; the swallow, returning from its winter quarters in Africa, crosses tin- s<>a, and once more takes possession of these long Journeys, is tit or is it the influence of the changes in the climate ? It is useless to talk of sight and of Changes of climate when a cat re? turns home from one end of town to the other, threading its way through a labyrinth Of streets and alleys that it sees for the first time. And it is not sight that guides my mason-bees, especially when they are let loose in the mitist of a wooden country. Their low flight, two or three yards above the ground, does not allow them to take a panoramic view, or gather the "lay" of the land. What need have they of topography 7 j They hesitate only a short time; they start in the direction of the nest, del aite the screen of chains of hills that they cross by mounting the slopes at no great height from ! the ground. Sight enables them to avoid obstacles, but it does not give them a general idea of their road. Meteorology has nothing to do with the case; the climate has not varied in those few miles of transit. T ) explain these mysteries we are driven, therefore, to rely upon another mystery, a special .sensibility that is denied to mankind. In strange coun tiv, a sense, so foreign to our or? ganism that we are not even able to form a ' conception of it, guides the pigeon, the swallow, the cat, the ma? son bee, and a host of other animals. Whether or not this sense is mag? netic 1 shall not undertake to de? cide; I am content to have contrib? uted, in no small measure, to prov? ing that it exists. Why is mankind deprived of it? It would have been a fine weapon, and of great service in the struggle for life. If, as men of science contend, the whole of the animal kingdom. Including man, is derived from a single mold, the original cell, and has evolved itself in the course of time, how comes it that that wonderful sense is the portion of the humble few, and that no tra<-e of it is left in man, the culminating achievement of evolution? Apparently our pecur sors were ill-advised to let so mag? nificent an inheritance go; it would have been better worth keeping than a vertebra of the coccyx of the hair of the mustache. Does not the fact that this sense has t.ot been handed down to us point to a Haw in the pedigree? I sub? mit the little problem to the evolu? tionists, and I should be interested to know what those who talk of the protoplasm and the nucleus have to say to it. HUMAN RECIPE '? 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