The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-02-20
OUR PROSPERITY LETTER.
Uncle Bob Stoudenmayer and the
Ground Hog-The Primary
Should be Safeguarded-
City Needs More Places
for. Business and
Residence.

residence.
Prosperity, February 19.-ln 4
letter received from our friend and
former Newberrian, Mr.. \. NJ. WySc,
Of Columbia, he says: Il am sure
you may feel safe in accepting I'm
Gle Bob Stoudenmayer's description
of the ground hog as correct because
the one he helped dig out in Virginia
is Of the full breed while others
might have seen only the mixed or
cross breeds. The action of the full
breed is true index of the weather
on the End of February.' SO there
YOU are. Uncle Bob is vindicated by
one who knows It is up to the Doc
tor and others to show down.
The delegates from the Prosperity
Lodge X. Of P. are: Messrs. J. D.
Quattlebaum. 4. II. Kohn, G.. T.
Wyche, J. I. Bedenbaugh, G. Y. Hun
ter and C. NJ. Harmon. There will be
a number of the members that will
60 down to see the long form third
degree. AS for your correspondent,
he has gone the long form and gone
it all alone. We hope to be present
to enjoy seeing the othe" fellow go
"throueh.' We've also crossed the
hot sands of the desert of Sahara, but
we are glad to say that we still SUI
vive.
The coroner's inquest found that
Henrietta Summer came to her
death from a gunshot wound in the
hands of one Drayt Bailey. Sheriff
Buford went at once for his man and
soon had him landed in Jail. This
was a most dastardly deed and the
guilty one should feel the heavy hand
of the law. Our section had been
practically free from lawlessness' but
it seems we are not to be free from
it any longer. Let the guilty suffer.
We have said before and want to-
say it again that unless some safe
guards are thrown around our prl-
mary election the day is not far off
when our people will not be bound
by them and will 90 direct to the peo-
pie. Don't we recall the Walker
Speeele contest. Is there not a les
son here for us. Chips. You are
right. We note the following from
the State of February 18th and we
too say qualifications should be the
same as in the general election. In
fact. it is more important to have
these regulations in the primary
These reforms must come or the pri-
mary will have served its day:
Qualifications for Voters in Primary
The "sense" of the Ward Three
club that :: the qualification for the
primary shall be the same as IN the
general election.' - will, we hope. meet
with unanimous endorsement by the
executive committee. Columbia ana
Pichland are enrolled in the cause OF
honest elections and the plan OF al
lowing only properly qualified voters
to 90 into the primary is one OF the
surest guarantees against the RE
neating" and the form OF colonial
ton that have been experienced
here in some former elections.
There is no reason why man
shoull have a voice in choosing the
navrr and aldermen Of 1hlS city II
his citizenship is in doubt on his IN
terest in the community questionable.
r. no must conform to certain require
irpnt, in order to east hl:' vote III the
~e3cral election. the same reasoning
rconjrcs him to be equally qualified
70 vrte in tie primary. which Is the
zeal election. This year. when there
seems to be no likelihood OF sharp
contests in the municipal elections. IS
. GOOD time for tie executive COM
miJtec to declare positively against
lavitv in election methods and to es-
tab)is] rieid rules for fair and hon
o.t oloctions This will be a prcce-