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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07
TIE REAL VOTE SLACKERS
BECAUSE of their activity and the nu

DECAtSE of their activity and the nu-
- mcrous novel aspects of the case, con
siderable public attention has been focused
upon the attempt of some 2S00 women to
secure enrolment Of their names in the
registration books.
Following the unfavOrable ruling OF the
registration commissioners. final step re-
mains to he taken. This is the hearing in
court of the right of these new electors to
vote in November.
But their case which. it must be con
Tossed. does not look promising, is entirely
distinct from that of thousands of other men
and women who. for one reason or another.
failed to register on the fixed days.
These individuals constitute different
class-citizcns who have paid STATE or county
taxes within n specified time. To accommo-
date such persons the registration commits
soncrs will sit every day on the sixth floor
of City IIoll until and including October y.
No excuse for the delinquency is necessary.
The sole required crcdcntial IS a tax receipt
dated not later than September .. 1920. and
within two years of the election.
The exact number Of slackCrs has NOT yet
been determined. but It is certainly large.
Proof of this is TO be found in figures Gov
cring al but forty three divisions, and
demonstrating that the male registration was
fnr below that of tho previous year. VIII
these men in any considerable quantity be-
lievc it worth their while to avail themselves
Of the days of grace? Precedent is in the
negative.
The names added by the registration com
missioncrs after the regular registration days
are seldom numerous. The punishment for
continued Indifference is temporary dis
franchisement. Women who have paid
taxes, including poll taxes. at the proper
time can qualify for voting by due ap-
plication at the City Hall. The men have
the same opportunity as Of yOrc for of
setting the delinquency penalty.
The attitude of these citizens will be at
least a partial index of the state Of political
interest in the community. although the COM
parativrly few women who have played in
hard luck and have so earnestly sought to
overcome it have stirred up most of the
agitation over the registration rules. 1t will
BE- easier to believe that these are oncrous
when the commissioners in special eleventh.
hour sessions are pressed. as they have never
heretofore been. by crowds of late comcrs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07
SUGAR: A MORAL

WITHIN a few weeks the Wholesale rate
w on sugar has dropped about 80 per cent.
Yesterday the quoted rate in the Boston
market was eleven and three quarters cents
pound. though Il week ago the rcfners were
saving that their product would not go
below sixteen cents for long time.
In Boston millions of dollars were lost
overnight by spectators and hoarders who,
in efforts to pile up fresh profits, lost most
Of what they made when gambling in food
staples was safer business than it is now.
Fortunes were made by the proftcers but
lately good many of these same fortunes
apprar to have been lost.
The profteer had his day, and II hur-
tuating figures in the general markets OF the
country do not lie this Is his night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

union made up Of tubs each one Of which
is leaning on the other so hard that they arc
all in danger of falling down.
The union Of independent sovereign states
is n union Of independent sovereign citizens
each prodting by his opportunities SO far as
he is able.
Those who want bicycles and can earn
the money required get bicycles.
Those who want bicycles and arc too in
doeut TO earn any money damn the social
and political system in which they are
compelled to live.
And the rest OF us have to carry them
along as so much dead weight
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07
THE GREAT LUNCHEON CRISIS

T-yvEN Providence, which is ineffably kind,
II is not expected to take care of people
Who will not take care of themselves But
Mr.. Hagedorn and the Fair Price Commits
sion, in directing campaign against what
they call medium priced restaurants, seem
determined to set an example to the higher
powers and provide some fresh lessons in the
new paternalism.
We didn't know there were any medium.
priced restaurants. But the Fair Price
Commission has expressed a determination
10 protect the saaried men and women who
have to achieve luncheons downtown, and
FOR that reason heated conferences are held
almost daily and the proprietors of the more
largely patronized eat and flee establish
msnfs are threatened with official reprisals
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. If no vice presidential candidate secures
n majority OF votes In the electoral
college the election Is thrown into tho
Senate, where the names of the two
candidates receiving the most electoral
votes are presented. A majority OF
senatorial votes IL necessary 10 u
choice.
.. Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Won Hum
boldt was II celebrated German scien-
tist ana author. He travelled widely in
South America, Mexico and Asia in the
early part OF the nineteenth century
Humboldt died in 1859.
g. deuteronomy Is the NTH book in the Bible
A. Reval Is the leading city Of Esthonla.
D. seGGr Da'o Is the present premier of
6. Antonius Stradvarus, the most famous
Of violin makers was resident Of
Cremona, Italy,
7. "Ad Valorem" duties are those levied or
goods In proportion to their estimated
value,
s. A sesta. midday nap or rest perIod in
hot countries. originally meant sixth
hour; and Is Spanish corruption OF
the Latin "sexta" sixth.
Q. Gilbert Fox, an actor was the first per-
son to sing "Hail, Columbia" in a
theatre at Sixth and Chestnut stree,S
Philadelphia, In 1877, The occasion
was the benefit OF Fox The song VAS
written in response TO woUa -
patriotic feeling which swept throu9h
the nation during the troubles with the
reNolutlonarE government of France
Francis Hopkinson fitted the words 70
the presidents March" W
10 The ocelot Is n feline quadruped of Car-
tral and South America It Is so,,,s
times known as tho tiger-eat ~,
leopard-cat.s ~ W
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07
THE WRONG END

go EFT into politics with both feet. snid
VI William II. IIager. of Lancaster, in
an address to the retail dry goods mon yes
terday.
There are better ways. however. than
that. Some people go into politics with
their hands and some go in with both feet.
Doubtless they get what they want.
But the men and women who will do most
for themselves and the country are those
who, particularly in this year, will 60 into
pVlitics with thclr heads.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07
The ShetIands Return to an Ancient
Industry

From the Westminster Gazette.
Central News correspondent reports
that the whaling season off the Shetland
Isles has been most successful Twenty
nine large and valuable whales were landed
last week at Olnafrth station, bringing the
catch for the season at that station TO 1GO
whales. while the seasons catch at Cola
firth, another station in the Shetland group,
MnS 13N
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07
Nav York World.

From the New York World
Soviet rule is said to be tottering-again
Possibly it is; but not because PetrOgrad
workmen have been drowning cOmmssaries.
Fourteen months ago today the Moscow
Pravda, Soviet organ, stated that "of 81, 800
men forming the requistion drtachmrnts
from June to December, 1913. 1909 we're
killed and wounded, by the peasants while
collecting the grain"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07
The decisiC

The decision Of the District OF Colai% Coainn
bia Supreme Court DENYING an inJnnD,"i.
to prevent Secretary Colby from, pro"STass Sas
eating the woman suffrage amendment an.
been affirmed by the District Court OF nIl 'gl
pcals. 1t is expected that the ants issN,t mh
go to the United States supreme I'm mi
nnnnf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07
What DO You Kno,U?
QUIZ

/. How many electoral votes are necessary
70 elect President this November?
2. TO whom was George Eliot. the novelist
married?
3. What Is a lighting ship" in the Ameri-.
can merchant marine?
4, In what year did Napoleon Bonaparte
invade Russia?
6. What Is the name given to work OF
sculpture overald with gold and ivory?
q. What Is cardoon?
!. Which has the shrilest tone, a flute, a
piccolo or IL clarinet?
S. What kind of q whale IL a cachalot?
. What is a caduceus?
10. What Is the chief city of Sicily?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

OF course we all realize that the reason
Comiskey handed out the extra cash 10 W.
players was not because they were hohes'
men, but because there was an even chhpoSs chhhpoS
that the dishonesty of Others had roUO'O
them Of their rightful dues.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

Hungary has given its veterans the right
to incorporate the word "hoss' (hcrol IN
the family name, thus giving legal iuStlhcI,i
ton for the ancient term Of affection 'olu
boss"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

OF course. everybody understood tIat
when the gentleman called for cheers ioI
George Horace Whartop hr had simply got
him mixed with George Pepper Lorimrr'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

The bootleggcrs must have overlooked
Center county. which. we are informed, can
find no market for its barley mash.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

Some Of Mr.. Mittcn's propngandiSls are
running true to the type portrayed by Marx
Twain: They punch in the presence Of the
paSsen cure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

Mayor Moore wants new cnnnI ior
New Jersey. All right. Wen stand for It.
so long ns it isn't deep enough to drown the
Delaware bridge.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

Chicago's health commissioner says =
baby born in the Windy City has BLACK
lung in three weeks. Very evidently trying
to steal Pittsburgh's laurelS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

Few people will object to n straight five.
cent fare when once they are convinced that
it Is both straight and fair.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

OF the political issues it may he said
that the pros have grown proSy, but the
cons remain con.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

Senator Harding still hopes that Hiram
Johnson and Herbert Hoover will settle
their differences in n glass of Root beer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

A prize hog at Dcs Moincs swine SnUs us
was registered at hotel in the Iowa 'oJs ,Ss
and occupied the best room. Though or a%'
fact has been telegraphcd the country oiu% Sos
we see nothing unusual in It, The piiE' "''
usually gets the best to be had.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

Pussyfoot Johnson appears anxious to
lose his other eye.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

An old lady Of seventy three in Ca,.ll, C.a,.
Gothic, O., has fallen heir to several million
dollars. a windfall of that kind Is pun
irritating. Think what it would have meant
TO her some few years bNck.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

Strikers who play jazz on the industrial
organ might with profit switch TO my
Country, 'Tis of Thee"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

We modestly admit that our flying re-
porter stunt is bird of an idea.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

The squirrel is now busy kitchen pO.
liciDg-putting nuts into asylum.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

The Russian Is approaching that degree
Of sickness that prompts the assumption OF
saintliuesS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

Even in the absence of nut brown ale,
sober October manages to paint thc cOun'
try red.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07

Why should the city have to rent any
| of its fire houses?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07
A FOUR-yENR PROGRAM FOR
pnUADEIpHIN

Things on which the people cSpcct the new
admin strntlon ~ concentrate its attention!
The DeidtOdre ,tcr bridge. "a,
drydock BIG enough TO accommodate the
largest ships.
Development ri The rapid bodSf system.
4 bni;dirg Tor the Free Library.
IN irt Museum.
Enlargement Of the tcGt"r supply.
Rorlcs 10 accommodate the pcpnidtton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-07
SHORT CUTS

The paper shortage may save us from
manor suitS
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MARLIN L. oLMsTED's career. in on,

M \hl'N T. 'lIMSlFD - career, IN on"
A'A rcSpCst was the most remarkable in
the history of central PENNSYLVANIA politics.
In the early part Of the last quarter Of the
nineteenth century he came from Potter
county, whore his family had exercised n
certain political influence for years, to take
n position in one Of the departments as clerk
at n salary Of something like $500 year.
lie was Il struggling young lawyer and
made the most of his chances to master the
details Of corporation law. particularly rs
it related to the various departments of
state government.
Like $. J. NJ. McCarrcl and J. T.. y.
Cunningham. and W. A. Magee in later
years. he settled in Harrisburg and opened
n law office.
lie acquired great wealth. was repeatedly
elected to Congress and died a multi mil
liOnairC
His manncriSm was greatly in his favor.
He was reserved. deliberate and low spoken
II" had an impressive way of discussing any
subject that carried great weight in his pro.
fessional work.
Months after his death a few years ago,
and after his executors had completed an in
N"htOrN Of his great estate and were ready
to "0mQIrt" their work, there was ac"i-
d"ntally discovered. am told. n mass Of
securities amounting TO something like
$2GO 900, of which they had had no previous
knowledge.
A DJUTANT GENERAL FRANK u.
"A HEARN. in addition to long and hon
orablC career in the military service of the
state covering a period OF thirty two years.
including campaigns in Porto Rico and on
the M"Nicpn border, has found time 10 ne
quirc an exhaustive fund Of information
along other lines.
Among other things he is skilled in Op-
tics. And his knowledge of this science is
not superficial at that.
In its technical details he is perhaps as
familiar with optomctrics as he is with
military science.
Not long since he found himself suffering
from certain minor defects of vision. In
stead of doing what was manifrstly the OBJ
vious thing hunting up an oculist and being
fitted with Il pair of eyeglasses, he turned
his knowledge to personal account.
lie examined himself with test lenses,
went through the usual formula of definition
and distance, wrote out prescription for
himself and then had pair of up to date
biforals manufactured for his use
Aud he is wearing them to this day.
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people are getting ready to come to
Wall street again. Just as soon as
the banks get the credit situation
cleared up a bit more the doors will
be opened and cheap money will be
the signal for speculative jamboree
such as the country has seldom wit
messed.
Hard Times Coming
The world is entering period Of
hard times. Everybody realizes the
fact that everybody wants one more
whirl at the stock market-just one.
The market may easily go lower,
for it usually hits positively new lows
with smash before turning upward
for long swing as Is in contempla-
ton. But once the upward swing
! is pronounced the gains are fast and
the traders who buy just before the
final break are usually most FORUM
ate. ny =.
That Is why so many experienced
spectators and investors are buying
now although they talk and expect
lower prices before they see big prof
| its In their long stock. The surface
conditions all indicate a declining
market, but when they indicate a ris-
/ ing one the stocks will be scarce.
The bankers who have taken advan-
tage of the credit condition to force
the liquidation of gilt-edged invest
ments that they have themselves in
many cases bought with the very
money they forced the unfortunate
sellers to repay to the bank have no
notion of taking small profits for
they, too, believe this is going to be
the last speculative opportunity be-
| fore the hard times come.
France will have to pay pawn brok
er rates for her new loan in the Unit
ed States, pecan rates, will drop, pric-
es Of commodities will collapse, brok-
erage concerns that have bucketed
their customers stocks will fall, some
banks will be placed in the hands of
receivers, along with. their profiteer-
ing customers who dragged them
down - both victims of the same
greed-and the railroads will borrow
untold millions of money. But the
stock market has forecast most of
this and in the big jamboree 1t will
be the one cheerful place where the
public can come and be persuaded
that things are not so bad as they ap-
pear.
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WALL STREET EXPECTING
RUSH IN SPECULATION

New York, Aug. 22.-Wall Street
expects one last, great rush by the
speculative public that sees hard times
coming and wants to recoup some OF
the money wasted in extrayagent ltv-
ing and lost in wild speculation. The
odd-lot buyers have already arrived.
They are the advance guard in every
public movement.
Wall street is ready.
Never before in the history Of the
world has the investor and speculator
been compelled to take into account
so many factors in addition to prop
erty value. This Is superlative
statement that sounds trite, but 1t is
a true one that cannot be emphasized
too much. If mere property value
were the only factor one could go to
Wall street and blindly buy the first
stock priced on the ticker tape. Even
those companies that are nervous a
bout new bond issues and reorganiza-
tions and possible receiverships are
rich in physical assets.
Factors Tat Count
That is why Poland, the pound
sterling, the rising crude oil surplus,
the credit congestion and the lack
of transportation drive prices of
stock so far from what their balance
sheets say they are really worth.
But those who expect an immed-
late advance of prices to follow the
Polish victories fail to give the other
factors due weight.
The managers of corporations are
thinking a great deal more just now
Of how to get back to a sound basis
of business than they are Of the cur
rent profits. They realize that the
people are watching them. Even the
government Of the United States Is
checking its wild orgy Of spending.
Very few persons have saved any
thing of their great war profits and
earnings, and they are now looking
excitedly to the stock markets as pos
sible source of fresh supplies of easy
money. The actual speculation has
not begun, but the atmosphere is sur
charged with it. The odd-lot buying
the last week has been Of phenomenal
size. It has absorbed all the specula-
tive short selling. That means that the
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-08-26
wHIsKEY SHIPPED
$; IS IN EGG SHELLS.

washington, Aug. 23-Eggs may
be all right to ship whiskey in but
rsbaggage snisshers must handle the
cases with care. At station in West
Virginia yesterday some Of the eggs
broke and It became matter for the
prohibition Inspector. He. found four
eases Of them.
The inspector reporting to the pro-
hibition commissioners office today
said that each egg had been carefully
s'blown" from the shell. After this
whiskey had been poured into the
shells and the apertures sealed with
8 cement.
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MASTERS SALE.
State of South Carolina
County of Dillon.


County Of Dillon.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
w. H. Smith, A L. Smith Mrs. Mary
(! s. Allen, Myrtis Smith, Vera Smith,
and B. M. Smith, Mildred Smith
and Henry Ellison Smith, by w.
H. Smith, their guardian, Mrs. II,
F. Easterling, by H F. Easterling,
her guardian, Sarah Smith by Mrs.
Mamie Smith, her guardian, Mrs.
Ruth Williams, Ralph Smith, Willie
Smith Pemberton, Hamilton Ed
wards, Leon Edwards, John L. Ed
wards, Ford Edwards, Eloise E.
( Harlee, e. B. Edwards, w. E. Ed
wards and c. H Edwards. Plain
tiffs,
Mrs. Sallie McCown, Mrs. Rebecca
Ellen, Mrs. Mary Wallace, Mrs.
Rachael Myers, D. w. Galloway, j.
A. Galloway, H L. Galloway, Mrs.
Florence Boney, H. L. Bethea, G. c.
Bethea, Mrs. jamie Gaddy, George j.
Bethea. Robert B. Bethea, E. c.
Bethea, Mrs Flora Bethea, Mar
= garet Bethea, John E. Henry D.
s. Henry, Jack Henry. Mrs. s. A.
Afford, Miss Ella Henry, P. G. Hen
g ry, Mrs. Florence Henry Bethea, T.
w Henry, Mrs. Caro- W. Pfaff and
John G. Bass, Defendants.
Pursuant to an order of his Honor,
w. H. Townsend. Judge Of the Fourth
Judicial Circuit, bearing date the 9Th
day of October, 1919, the undersign-
ed, as Master for Dillon County, will
sell during the legal hours Of sale, on
the first Monday in September, 1920
same being the 9Th before the court
house door in the Town of Dillon, in
the County Of Dillon, in the state
aforesaid, at public auction to the
highest bidder the following describ-
ed property:
x All that certain tract of land now
in the county Of Dillon and state Of
South Carolina, containing three hun
dred fifteen and pne-half acres as
shown by plat of r. A. Johnson,
surveyor. dated November 18th, 1870
bounded north by lands now or form
erly Of G. c. Wilmington, east by
lands OF estate of George Bethea,
south by lands of estate of F. M: Mon
roe. and west by lands Of estate Of r.
p. Hamer.
Terms of sale, Cash. Purchaser to
pay for all papers and revenue.
stamps. Any person bidding off the
said property and refusing to comply
with his bid therefor, said property
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NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Carolina,
County of Dillon.

County Of Dillon.
Whereas, petition signed by more
than one-third Of the qualified elec-
tors and like proportion of the resi-
dent freeholders of the age Of twen-
ty one years of Dalcho School Dis
trlct No. 21 of the county and Sate
aforesaid asking that an election be
granted in said district on the ques-
ton of increasing the levy for COM
mon school purposes by mills, has
been presentedSto the County Board
of Education; now by the authority
vested in us under Section 1741, Civ
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-08-26
George Warren For United
States Senator

An old-Fashionehd Democrat and
a man of the People, as indicated by
the enthusiastic reception with which
he is meeting throughout South
Carolina.
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will be resold upon the same or some
subsequent salesday at the risk Of the
former purchaser.
A B. JORDAN,
g 19 st Master for Dillon County.
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ASK ANY ONE WHO KNOWS HIM


He believes in the doctrines Of Cal
houn, Is opposed to any further CEN
tralization Of power in the federal
government, is an advocate Of tax
reform and governmental economy.
and denounces as traitor anyone
who does not have at heart the best
interests Of farmers and laboring
men.