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HONEST PRIMARY PURPOSE OF BILL Address at People's Forum By Representative Rittenberg. , ' SAFEGUARDS ARE DESIRED Spirited Talk After Speech?Some in Aadience Citing ObjecI ' tiens. (Monday's News and Courier) " The rottenness of the present primary system in South Carolina, and k remedy which he proposed in the form of a bill he expects to introduce i? the Legislature this month, formed the topic on which Representative Samuel Rittenburg, member of the House from Charleston, last night addressed the People's Forum at Alva Gage Hall. The- Hall was well filled, and a feature of the meeting was the lively discussion which followed Mr. Rittenberg's address. An interesting feature of this discussion was the number of very free confessions of fraud committed in former primaries by those who discussed the subject. Throughout the whole discussion there was no attempt to smooth over the' fact that frauds of one sort or another were perpetrated by practically all who had anything to do in a partisan way with primaries of recent years in Charleston. At the same time, all who spoke protested their sincere desire to have these conditions reformed, and the spirit* of the confessions seemed to be that what had been done had been done in selfdefense and because "the enemy" was using similar methods. Blames System for Frauds. Mr. Rittenberg began by citing numerous examples of fraud in recent primaries, taking instance at random from those which had come under his netice. He said he was not blaming irsua woaia una some way around/ The point he wished to emphasize, haqrever, was that his bill, or one like it, would not permit the frauds that are now practiced to be committed, and would make it very much mo-e difficult for crookedness to be practiced than it is at present. Mr. Rittenberg then explained briefly a bill which he has drawn up with the idea of submitting it to the legislature at this session. It provides for the appointment of registration boards, allows any man who has lived in the State a year and the county ninety days to register, provides that each man shall sign his name when he shall* present this at the polls on election day and endorse It in view of the managers, after which he will be handed a numbered ballot, which he will vote in a closed booth, alone. Other details of the Australian ballot system are provided For. i Th? hill nlsn nrAvif4oa fKot fUoeo shad be no electioneering of any sort within one hundred and fifty feet of tke polling place, though it provides fully for representatives of the candidates within the polling places. Another feature of the bill Is a Corrupt Practices Act, which forbids any candidate or any persons for a candidate to spend more in his election than one-half the total jpmount of his salary for the term of the office r which he is running. It makes election frauds punishable by a large ne or imprisonment. The principal feature of the Corrupt Practices Act, said the speaker, was that it provided that if it is shown that a successful candidate, or anvnn? in his kohnlf has spent more than the permitted sum, the successful candidate will forfeit the npmination and will also be ineligible for running at the general election to follow the primaries. Strong Hopee For His Bill. Mr. Rittenberg, in discussing the bHl in general, said he was glad to be able to say that one of the most prominent members of the House of Representatives and one of the leaders of that body, had offered his support for the bill, and he said he had strong hopes of seeing his or a similar bill enacted at the coming session. The principal cry against his bill, he said, woull be that of "red tape." Replying to this, he pointed out that his bill contained twenty-seven sections; that some of the primary election laws of other States covered two hundred and three pages. He said .he had not only tried to boil down the I ROT baking: ABSOLUT! Insures i delicious, and By the use of Roy! great many more ari readily made at hor licious, and econor variety and attractr The' * Royal Baket containing five receipts for all and cookery, free Baking Powder , anyone for these things, but the system which made these frauds possible. As long as there are election laws under which frauds may be committed, he said, frauds will be committed, for there will always be men u ever/ community wiiobb interest lies in securing office, by fair means or foul, and who will use every trick to (gain their ends. His bill, he said, would prevent any ?t the present frauds from being committed. Whenever the safe manufacturers improves safes, burglars improved their methods of opening. Therefore, he had no doubt that whether this or any other bill was enacted those who wished to commit !aws of fifteen States in preparing his bill, but had also tried to put in provisions calculated to meet conditions peculiar to this State. From the standpoint of the voter, he said, there vvas no red tape in his law. All the voter would have to do would be to sign his name in registering, or make his mark and have it witnessed, receive a certificate, endorse the certificate at the poll and mark his ballot. The use of the Australian ballot, he said, would no doubt be effective in doing away with open bribery, since under the secret voting system the briber could not know whether the man he bribed "delivered the goods." Wants Honest Primary First. He urged all interested in securing an honest primary law to speak to their legislative representatives about it, and to write to friends in other counties and ask them to urge their representatives to vote for a 11 containing the Australian ballot and other features designed to prevent election frauds. He said he was not biased in fpvor of his bill and that he would vote for another if another were introduced tat he believed better than his own. However, when elected \o the Legislature he had promised the electorate to devote his efforts to securing an honest primary law and he would carry out his promise jn one way ^r another. The speaker consumed about half an hour, but the discussion which followed lasted almost twice as long. The discussion was spirited and interesting and has seldon* been livelier at any Forum meeting. Some of the audience pointed out objections they saw to the proposed bill and the speaker attempted to answer these objections. In addition there were some who asked questions concerning features of the bill which Mr. Rittenberg had not read. JONES VILLE JONESVILLE, Jan. 6.?Most of the college folk have returned to their various schools since the holidays. To Winthrop: Misses Marie Jeter, Lila Black, Madge Free and Irene Gore; Clemson: Sam and Charles Littlejohn; College of Char- i leston: Davis Crawford, Randolph! Mason; Woman's College: Miss Elizabeth Littlejohn; Draughon's Business College: Mortimer Sams -and Ernest Bevis; Davidson: Walker Porter; Red Springs: Misses Ma^y Porter and Alice Breneche and to Landrum High School, Miss Dora Lipford. Mrs. Hugh Little and children of Marion.. N. C.. are here nn a vioif the formers parents, Mr. and and Mrs. J. E. Lindsay. 1 Mr. Frank Crawford, of Atlanta, spent several days here with his mother recently. Miss Inez Spears has accepted the Sulphur Springs school and began her work there Monday morning. Ensign S. Haddon Geer received a telegram Saturday night to report at Norfolk Monday morning. This wcs earlier than Mr. Geer had expected to leave. After spending two weeks at home, Mr. Joe Free left Tuesday for Ashland Ky., where he has a position as chemist with a large concern. ine many friends- of Mr. J. E. Lindsay will be pained to hear that he was taken suddenly ill last Wednesday and was quite sick for several days but we are glad to say he is now improving rapidly. Mr. R. Lee Kelly has resigned his position with the S. G. Gault Co. and will be associated with his brother, Mr. E. F. Kelly, of Union, the real estate and insurance man. Mr. Kel ly will have charge of the office here. Miss Carrie Alman will not return to her school in Lee county, but has decided to remain at home. Miss Frances Hicks of Greenville, has taken charge of the mill school here formerly taught by Miss Hattie IT A T KAL j POWDER ELY PUKE the most healthful food il Baking Powder a tides of food may be ne, all healthful, de meal, adding much /eness to the menu. and Pastry Cook,** . ! hundred practical J kinds of baking t Address Royal F] Co , New York. j I Walker. Miss Hicks and Miss Walker having exchanged positions, so Miss Walker will be with the Ot| taray mills school in Union. Miss Pauline Crawford was the guest of Miss Dorrie Lee Wells at White Stone several days last week. Mrs. Mitchell, of Greenville, spent last week-end at Dr. and Mrs.W. O. Southard's. , Misses Hartley and Smith have returned after spending the holidays with relatives in Coleman, and A mo*-. icus, Ga., respectively. Miss Williamson arrived Satui*day from her Christmas vacation spent in Lancaster; and Miss Barton came in Sunday evening from Rowesville. Miss Eva Ellerbe, who has been the guest of relativqg in various places in Marlboro county, returned Saturday. Mrs. W. W. Wood and children spent Christmas at Clemson, returning last Wednesday. Dr. Gettys and family left Saturday for South Georgia where he has purchased a plantation. The teachers who spent the holidays at home, have returned to their duties in the school-room are: Miss Emmie Sams to Bishopville; Miss Eila Sams to Clifton; Miss Marie Littlejohn to Ninety-Six; Miss Elizabeth McWhirter to Barnwell; Miss Madge McWhirter to Smyrna; Miss Carrie southard to Columbia; Miss! Bell Free to Leesville; Mr. A Ni| Littlejohn -to -Piedmont High school, and Miss Rachel Littlejohn to Camden. Misses Maude Gamer and Ina McNally of Union visited relatives and friends in town last week. Miss Isma Gault is at home after a stay of several days in Union. Mrs. J. L. Wells, of Forest City, N. C., was the guest of htr sister, 'Mrs. J. R. Littlejohn during the Christmas week. Mr. Wade Pridmore has moved his family to Wilkinsville, in Cherokee county, where he will engage in farming during the present year. The Tidies M iflfiinnorv Qnpiofv r\f (the Baptist church is observing this week as the week of prayer and selfdenial for China. MAGISTRATE GRANTS BAIL FOR GURGANOUS Telephone Lineman Charged With the Shooting of Milton Hite May Secure Freedom. T PYTMHTOM T?~ A H* :~i? vi a uaii. ?. ma^iavruie Augustus H. Blease of Batesburg, yesterday signed an order granting bail to Walter E. Gurganous, the young Southern Bell telephone lineman, who is charged with the shooting of J. Milton Hite, the prominent Batesburg young man, on Saturday night, December 6, and who has since been confined in the Lexington county jail. The amount by agreement between Solicitor George Bell Timmerman for the State, and J. Brooks Wingard for the defense, was fixed at $1,000, the bond to be approved by the clerk of court of Kershaw county and also by Frank W. Shealy, clerk of court for Lexington county, The bond was forwarded to Kershaw last night by Gurganous's attorney, whprp it in p*nppfpH thnf if urtll Ko executed, it being understood that relatives of the young man residing in Camden have Consented to arrange the bond. Mrs. Ella Belle Hite, wife of J. Milton Hite, who is charged with being an accessory to the shooting of her husband and who has since been confined in the jail upon a warrant sworn out by John G. Darby, chief of police for the town of Batesburg, is without an attorney and so far no efforts have been made to secure her release. She has made no statement for the public as to how her husband was shot, neither has Gurganoua, except to say that he did not do the shooting. CORN GLUB WORK WORTH MILLIONS Smith Entering New Era of Agricultural Production, Declare* H. Q. Hastings. Atlanta, Ga.?(Special.)?That the Boys' Corn Club movement means a great deal more to the South than the aYerage citizen has ever dreamed, Is the conclusion presented in an interesting Interview by H. G. Hastings of Atlanta, chairman of the agricultural committee of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and manager of the Georgia State Corn Show, which is presented annually In the stato rant. tol building. "We are facing," says Mr. Hastings, "an era of agricultural production such as the world has never before witnessed. Every year since the first corn club was organized, the movement has seen more than remarkable growth. One yoar> -record has become insignificant when that of the next year doubled it; and by that, I mean that many more boys have gone into the work and have vastly increased results not only by their own efforts, but through inspiration to fathers, brothers and neighbors until millions of dollars have already been added to corn production in the Soutn. "And yet this is but a forecast of what is to come. There are now being organized as an outgrowth or the corn club work, Three and Four-crop Clubs. The boys will plant oats and cowpeas on their former corn acre, thus diversifying their crops and refipwlntr tho coll ? ? n ui>? a uww acre will be taken for corn cultivation. in some sections cotton haa been added to the list, on a third acre, and the i<ourCrop Club boys have already gone to work. "Another outgrowth of the corn club is the Pig Club. Southern boys have learned the truth of the story of the unsuccessful farmer who sent to a more prosperous neighbor to buy a shoat. The neighbor sold him the shoat, but with it presented him. a sack of corn. 'You have got the shoat under your arm,' he told the farmer, 'but I want you to remember that the hog is in the sack." A Tribute to the Old Year, 1913. Old year, the parting time has come, The time when we must say: Good bye to you and shake your hand And speed you on your way. TU^U 131.- -* - t* c u iiK.e to see your stay prolonged, But all too well we know, Your time is up, your limits reached, ' And therefore, you must go. t Yni>e been a very friendly year, Considering all things; Ybu've journeyed with us hand in hand, In all our wanderings. Through days of storm and days of calm. You've always with us gone; And oft at night you've with us watched For the coming of the dawn. With you we've seen a winter go, And heard the robih sing; With you we've fondly gazed upon The beauties of the Spring. With you we've seen the summer come With all its wealth of bloom; Ana witn you we have wandered through The gardens of perfume. With you we saw the autumn tinge, The leaves in c^ors bright; And you were with us when the frost Spread wide its deadly blight; And when the winter came again It found you still our friend, Though weary, faint and tottering, And waiting for the end. Twelve months ago we welcomed you When you were young and fair; But now, your once straight form is bowed, And whitened is your hair. The time has come for you to go, And we can only sigh And shake your hand and sadly say Goodbye, old year, goodbye." Telephone. MeKINLEY CHARGED WITH SAFE BLOWING Spartanburg Grantl Jury Finds True Bill Against Recently Paroled Yeggman. , SPARTANBURG ** Jan. 6.?The Spartanburg grand jury today found a true bill for burglary and larceny against William McKinley, alias "Dayton Scotty," alias John Kenney, the leader of the Nolan-McKinley band o? yegg men, which operated in this State in 1902-'03 and who was paroled by the governor on Thanksgiving day, after serving part of a ten-year sentence for robbing a postoffice at Montmorenci, in Aiken county. He is accused of breaking into "the Store of Renard Frey at Fair Forest on the night of December 10 and attempting to blow open the safe with nitro-glycerine. He will be arraigned for trial Thursday. IWHEN TH ===== 4* Received its charter as watchful care of the Gove the conduct of its affairs. THE CITIZENS NATI ing under its well establi the friendly supervision ol GOVERNMENT, will alw J ty for its depositors. J We respectfully invite t J large and small. J A good rate of interest T miTVTC ^ V/Wil AO* | Citizens Nat * UNION, SOUTH * STATE, COUNTY AND | Columbus a ! Wag t None Beti + | Farm Im ! of all j T M I Peoples Si pAT^Ii ? Strong and Dura Give steady, \ Easy to lighl clean and rev smoke. Don'1 in the wind. At dealers everyv STANDARD OIL C Washington, D. C. (New Jersey) Richmond, Va, BALTIMORE Norfolk. Va. Seriously [ Consider It ? When about to call or recommend an Undertaker?you can not be tos sure as to his fitness. This means more than one can imagine. We have but one standard of service and appointments?"the best." The expense is a matter of your own desire. Bailey Undertaking Co. Phone 106. day or nieht. for prompt service when in the county. | ] Miss Jessie McCann, the young settlement worker, who disappeared i from her home in Brooklyn a month < ago, was found at Coney Island. The body haing been washed ashore dur- < |ing the heavy storm of Friday. i IIS BANK 1 * * a National Bank, the rnment was extended to * ONAL BANK, continu- * ished ideals, and under f the UNITED STATES J ays be a source of safe- T he accounts of all, both J paid on SAVING AC- $ * ionalBank ? [ CAROLINA. 4; CITY DEPOSITORY $ ind Webber % g% n ^ t vli^ I ter Made % %%%%%%%%%%%% & plements % Kinds ! * | apply Co. | For Fishing, terns Camping, and Hard Use under All ible Conditions. >right light L Easy to irick. Don't t blow out Don't leak. uhere I 1 COMPANY J? Charlotte. N. C. Charleston. W. Va. Charleston. S. C. Monuments and rombstones In Fine Marble and Granite from quarry to customer for less than you pay for inferior goods sold iiiiuuyn ayviiis. Sailey Undertaking Co. Anderson will entertain the "he-oes in gray" this summer and the lates fixed are May 19-29. The wise married man does not sare to keep his wife guessing?she night guess right?Georgian.