The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 09, 1914, Page 7, Image 7
HONEST PRIMARY
PURPOSE OF BILL
Address at People's Forum By Representative
Rittenberg.
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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
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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
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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.
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