The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 31, 1918, Image 4
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ROBERT A. COOPER.
Short Sketch of Our Next Governor.
Laurens, Aug. 28.?Robert A. Coop
er who has been nominated for gov
ernor of South Carolina, is 44 years
of age, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
A- Cooper, both deceased. The Coop
er family lived in Waterloo town
ship, engaged in farming. As a boy
Mr. Cooper attended the public
schools of his community a few
months each year. When he reach
ed his 20th year Mr. Cooper arrang
ed to attend the Jones High School in
Greenwood county^ going one year.
This school at that time was taught
by W. P. Culbertson of Laurens coun
ty. At the end of the year Mr. Coop
er took the county teachers' exami
nation and obtained a certificate to
teach in the public schools and for
about two years he taught in Lau
rens and Greenville counties.
Deciding to take up?the study of
It j
law, Mr. Cooper came to Laurens in ]
.189 7 and read law in the office of
the iate John L. M. Irby. In a few!
j months he was admitted to the bar j
j and entered upon the practice of his I
J chosen profession. In 1899 he was
! appointed magistrate for Laurens. In |
j 1900 he was elected to 1 e legislature]
I and was reelected in . <02. In 1905 I
I he was elected solicitor of the new!
j Eighth circuit and for 12 years he I
j filled the office of prosecuting at- j
\ torney with conspicuous ability and
j courage. With an ambition to be of j
j larger public service to his State, Mr.!
j Cooper entered the race for govern-1
lor in 1914, receiving a handsome)
vote, and incidentally laying the j
j foundation for success which has
j crowned his aspirations at the end j
of the third race for the high office j
for governor.
"Mr. Cooper is the first Laurens
county citizen to be elected to the
governorship, though the late Chief i
Justice William D. Simpson, as lieu-1
tenant governor, succeeded to the of
j fice when Hampton was elected to
the United States senate.
Mr. Cooper, richly endowed with
natural gifts, has nevertheless been
and is a student, a liberal and broad
minded thinker, and withal an amia- j
j ble, companionable man. He is j
a member of the Baptist church and t
for several years has been a member
of- the board of deacons of the First j
Church at Laurens. In all public j
matters, county, State and nation, i
i Mr. Cooper has ever been ready to j
j render unselfish service, and for years
: he had been looked upon as a lead.- :
i er in this section. He is interested in !
j farming and has given much time ]
and means to the promotion of differ- j
ent enterprises of the city, with some j
of which he is officially connected, j
In 1914 Mr. Cooper lost his wife,
who was before marriage Miss Mamie \
Machen of Princeton, this county. A j
little daughter, now ten years old,
survives the mother. Last November j
Mr. Cooper married Miss Dorcas j
Calmes, a native Laurens girl who j
had fpent several years in Columbia, j
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NAT B. tffSXu
Brief Sketch of South Carolina's
Next Senator.
I-aurens. Aaig. 2S.?Nathanial
Barksdale Dial, nominated in Tues
day's primary for United States sen
ate for the term beginning- March 4,
1919, was reared on the farm five
miles west of the city, being a son of
the late Capt. Albert Dial, farmer
and banker and one of the leading
citizens of the county. The senator
nominated was educated in the pub
lic schools of the county and town, i
graduated from Vanderbilt University i
and the law school of the University j
of Virginia. At Vanderbilt he was a,
classmate of Senator Oscar W. Un- '
derwood, of Alabama, Senator Dun-:
can U. Fletcher of Florida and Jas.
C. Reynolds, now associate justice of'
the United States supreme court.
As a lawyer Mr. Dial-,, has been aj
hard worker and has been connected '
with many leading ca%es! However,
best work has bee ;?ong industrial
lines as a promoter and builder, and
no man in the upper part of the State
has contributed more to the sum to
tal of prosperity along these lines
th/in has N. B. Dial. He is president
of the Enterprise National bank
which he organized about 15 years
ago, and he is connected officially
with many other 'enterprises of the
city, being at the head of one of the
bonded warehouses of ' the city, the
first one to be built in' this part of {
the State. I
i. j
He was the pioneer in the develop- j
ment of the Ware Shoals water pow- j
er on Saluda River, and that splen- ]
did manufacturing plant and model j
mill town was made possible by his i
initiative and many years of strug-1
gle and hard work. i
!
Mr. Dial has been honored by h:s;
town and county people, having serv-.
ed a~ mayor of the city and having i
represented the county as State ex- j
ecutive committeeman, and frequent-1
ly placed on the convention delega-1
ticm. While Cleveland was President
Mr. .Dial was :ofCere d .a consulship,
but declined 'the honor he was not
financially able to assume the post at
the time.
In 1912 Mr. Dial entered the sen
atorial race against Senator Tillman
and W. J. Talbert and received very
fine vote. Not daunted by the failure
of his first effort, he determined to
enter the 191S campaign and laid his j
plans to this end.
Quartermaster Corps Xecds Stenog
raphers.
i
Washington, Aug. 2S.?The Quar- |
termaster Corps, which supplies the
soldiers with food and clothing and:
which has charge of seeing that they;
get their pay, needs a large number;
of competent stenographers. Capt. j
W. R. Robinson of the Organization J
Branch, Methods Control Division, j
announced today. Any stenographer!
who can qualify will be given $1,100 j
a year to start'with increase to
200 at the end of three months. Aj
few stenographers, with special qual
ifications, who can take dictation at
not less than 120 words a minute and
who have had some secreterial expe
rience have been engaged at $125 a
month and there is room for more of
this type.
Those who wish to qualify for these
positions may obtain information
at every postoffice in the country,
even in the smallest community. Ap
plications should be made to tho lo
cal representative of the National
Civil Service Commission with head
Guarters at the local posoffice Capt.
Robinson said:
"Living conditions in Washington
are more satisfactory than for some
time past, and it is apparent that the
situation will improve. Work has|
been started on enormous govern
ment dormitories to house 2,400 peo
ple and the Shipping Board has re
cently moved some 2,500 employes
away from Washington. The result
has been that the room situation has
been eased off a little and will, un
I doubtedly, be better in a short time,
as the new domitories are completed.
:?he cost of living- in Washington is
j atiout tne same as it is in Chicago or
! any ether city of that size. Satisfac
i tory room and board can be secured
j for not to exceed $5.") or S?O a month.
Additional expense will, of course,
vary with the inclinations of the in
j dividual."
The Baby-Saver in London.
London, July 25 (Correspondence
I of The Associated Press)?The man
reputed to'be the ^world's most suc
! cessful baby-saver has come to Lon
; don to save lives for the British em
pire and thereby replenish war's rav
j ages. He is Dr. Truby King, found
; er of the Royal New Zealand Society
for the Heii Ith of Women and Chil
dren, an organization that has re
duced the infantile dc-ath rate in
New Zealand from p.bout S5 in 1,000
to 48. The New Zealand government
has lent him for a year to the moth
er country to teach women here how
to care for their young.
"Every mother," he says, "ought to
be told the full extent of maternal
responsibility and privilege. The
i child may well ask of his mother?
when he comes to know what makes
or mars a human being more than
any other factor of life: 'Did you give
; me the milk which the good God gave
! with every mother, or did you rob me
! of my birthright.' "
I It is not, according to Dr. King,
; the poor and ignorant who fail most
j in parental duties. He adds:
"The burden of bearing children is
for the most part, taken up by peo
} pie who have the least means, and in
a large proportion of cases, they set
an example as regards natural nurs
ing and personal care?in two words,
complete motherhood?which is so
often shirked by those of ample
means and leisure. Civilized nations
are recruiting their populations from
parents who, relatively speaking, have
failed in the battle of life .from one
cause or another, and not from those
who have succeeded."
?U.UTKK COTTON MAll?^
iCorrected dahy At 12 o'clock Noou J
P. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Bum.
Good Middling 33 J.-2.
Strict Middling 33 1-4.
Middling 33. "' ' \]
Strict Low Middling 31 1-2.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET
Open High Low Close Close
Yes'dys
Get . . 35.30 35.64 34.90 35.00 35.25
Dec . .34.95 35.22 34,30 34.55 34.80
Jan. . 34.85 35.05 34.10 34.35 34.50
Illicit Distillation: in Ireland.
Dublin, July 25 .(Correspondence
of the Associated Press)?The tax on
whiskey, which has risen from ten
to thirty shillings a gallon, has great
ly stimulated illicit: distillation in.
Ireland, and there has been a great
addition to the number of cases of
potheen-making reported to the po
lice. This has always been a secret
hillside industry in Ireland. EMfrit
is extending to the towns. IiWRe
country districts barley steepeer in
sacks in a bog-hole .and malted on
the barn floor is the material used.
Dr. f-.nd Mrs. J. G. DeLorme and
children have gone to Murrell's In
let.
Good Crops in Ireland.
Dublin, July 25 (Correspondence
I of the Associated Press)?A bumper
j harvest is anticipated'in Ireland , this
i year. At the end of May the right
! amount of rain came at the proper
time, and all the food crops are re
i ported Ito be exceptionally promis
I ing. Winter wheat, oats, barley onJ
j rye are all doing excellently. Pota
toes will be particularly good. The
numbers of live stock have been
well kept up and it was a favorable
lambing season. Flax is poor, and as
it has been extensively, grown to pro
vide Belfast with linen for airplanes
this is a disappointment.
RETURNS PRIMARY ELECTION?SUMTER COUNTY
VOTES RECEIVED BY CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY OFFICES AND CONGRESS-AUGUST 27,1918
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Reids .
Salem
Stateburg
Shiloh
Taylors
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Wedgefield
Zoar
Soldiers' Vote
RETURNS PRIMARY ELECTION?SUMTER COUNTY
VOTES RECEIVED BY CANDIDATES FOR UNITED STATES SENATE AND STATE OFFICES-AUGUST 27,1918.
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