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? Countn Itcrafi KINGSTREE, S. C. C. W. WOLFE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One copy, one year, ? ? ? II.oo One copy. six months. ? ? - .5) One copy, three months. ? ? .25 Subscription payable i* advance. ADVERTISING RATES: One inch, rtrst insertion, $1.00: each ubsequent insertion, 50 cents. Obituries and Tribute?of Respect over loO words charged for as regular advertisments Liberal reduction on advertising made for three, six and twelve months contracts. Communications must be accompanied by the real name and address of writer in order to receive attention. No communication of a personal nature will be published except as an advertisement. Address all letters and make all drafts pavableto C. W. Woj.FE, Kingstree, S. C. THURSDAY. APRIL 18. 1907 If the other States wouli follow the lead of Indiana the trusts would soon be rmt out of busi " "** r ness without further legislation. One moral of the Thaw case that might be pointed out is this: Don't commit murder to protect the virtue of a member of a Fiorodora sextette. The ultimate conviction of Thaw, in spite of his taillious and a certain amount of mawkish sentiment, would be a great triumph of law and decency. The South Atlantic baseball league has started up for the sea8od and Columbia and Charleston have already anchored in the cellar?their favorite position. One George Bernard Shaw, playwright and critic, d'clares that Shakespeare is greatly over-rate J. George has one consolation, which is I hat three centuries after his demise no one will accuse him of !being over-rated. Col. John Temple Graves, the editor of the Atlanta Georgian, wants Bryan to nominate Roosevelt for a third term. Col. Graves -may be able to stir up a negro lynching in Atlanta, but when fee undertakes to pnt the Demoicratic party out of business he bites off a little moie thau he can ~ chew. The "unwritten law" doesn't -cut much ice in New York. In the much advertised Thaw -trial the jury failed to render a verdict, seven holding out for murder and five being in favor of acquittal on the ground of insanity. And this, too, in a case , whare the family are not only prominent but command millions of dollars. Had the murder takeu place iu South Carolina it is doubtful if Thaw would have even gone to jail. The damage suit industry is assuming queer phases. The latest development is in Uuion county, where a man has sued his neighbor for one thousand dollars and fifty cents damages on account of a hen. The hen crossed the I line fence and trespassed into the neighboring yard and was beat to death by the owner of the premises. Now the hen's owner wants fifty cents for the heu aud one thousand dollars damages for his laceraUd feelings. Final DischargeNotice is hereby given that on Thursday. May 9, 1907, I will apply to P M Brockiuton, Esq.. Probate Judge of Williamsburg County, for a final discharge as Executor of the estate of Miss IIC Henry, deceased. R H Footman, 4-16-4t. Executor. The New South. That magnificent landscape painting of some five centuries ago so pleasing to naturalists lias been transplanted. The wild haunts of the red men have given way to the homely abode of the whites, and Plymouth, Salem, and Jamestown have grown from stranded colonies into a steadfast nation. Severe taxation without tepresentation became a bane to free rights and each day the American troops rallied anew and mowed down by land and submerged by-^ea their British foe; Roosevelt and his Policies. For ihe president of the United Sta'es to take advantage ofjj I 4 his impregnable position aud cure- ] iessiy apply epithets when lie kn >ws ' they cannot be resented, discovers | | in his makeup a yellow streak 1 that is anything but admirable to r.ally courageous and fair-minded people. Emanating from the Rough Rider president, however, such couduct is not surprising to close observers of his acts and utterances since he came into public life. Despite hi3 emphatic and insulting denial of his relations with Harriman, few, if any, now doubt that the Republican campaign committee of 1904 extorted rast sums from the trusts for the "G. 0. P." and Judge Parker, the Democratic nominee, has lived to see his charges in that respect fully sustained. The Harriman letter came like a tomb-shel to Mr Roosevelt, and quick to grasp the fact that his erstwhile friendly relations with the "allied interests" were hopelessly severed, he denounces Harriman as a liar and seeks further to discredit his former friend by accusing him of hatching up a gigantic conspiracy to defeat him (Roosevelt) and his policies. We have never 6een where the president charges that this conspiracy is for the purpose ot electing a Democratic president, or that the fight would be directed against the Republican party. No, indeed. "It is to defeat my policies. I am the State," in effect says Mr Roosevelt. In several campaigns the Democratic candidates have charged that the country was drifting toward imperialism, which charge the Mr Roosevelt and his friends treated with contempt. Now the same i>... it _i.? t t- 1. i^wetrveii BT&B w perpetuate uio policies by electing a man of his selection. What more evidence is needed to substantiate the Democratic argument? Mr ^osevelt's policy of naming his successor, if adhered to, means in a few years that the president when he got < ready to retire would simply designate his son or son-in-law to sue- 1 ceed him without even the for- ; mality of an election. Thus re- | publicau America wouil lapse hopelessly into a monarchical gov- ] eminent. ' Mr Roosevelt has distinctly avow- ' ed that he will not accept a j third term nomination and he is < wise ia so doiug if the signs of < the times count for anght. We i do not believe he would run the giuntlet of renoraination by Irs | own party, aud if nominated, unless conditions change very materially by 1908, he would probably be defeated at the polls. Except a comparatively few personal admirers the people generally have had about enough of Roosevelt and Rooseveltism. Sheriffs Sale. The State of South Carolina/ wmiamsDurg county. ) Court of Common Pleas John M Nexsen, Plaintiff, v? Thomas Harper, Defendant. Under and by virtue of a decree of Foreclosure and Sale, in the above stated action, granted by the court of Common Pleas, bearing date March 29th, 1906, the undersigned will on the 6th day of May, 1907, during the legal hours of sale, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, before the court house door in Kingstree, South Carolina, the following described property: "All that certain piece, parcel or i tract of land lying, being and situate in the said County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, containing one , hundred acre3. This being the tract of lmd conveyed to the said Thomas ' Harper by R H Kellahan, January, AD, I 188*, and having such boundaries, reference to said title will more fully ex- 1 plain. Purchasers to pay for deed. G.J. Graham, Sheriff Wmsburg County. 4--18-3t. while the midnight strides of Paul Revere, as he rode upon his sainted ^ucephalous, burst forth, to echo and reecho through the ears of the nineteenth century and awaken again the bloody sixties. The fortitude with which our spirited soldiers fought against an overwhelming army of fully equipped Northerners is the greatest anomaly in the history of civilization. But that furious storm cloud ot Reconstruction has cleared away that we might see a far more dangerous frvri nrr im in /\lir VaPtf m! OH 11!^ u ^ ALA VUl ? V?J ? Today the negro population in the South is two-thirds that ot the entire population of the Southern States; and in South Carolina it reaches one and one-fourth majority, practically all of whom are without suffrage Surely it is seemingly an unpardonable misdemeanor up on the part of our legislators to disfranchise so great a number of our population. Let us see where we are and why any restrictions except age, insanity, immorality and convicted criminals are needed in such a democracy as ours. God in His infinite wisdom has given to every man the right to the enjoyment of all things, and why under the sun should any man or class of men withhold from any other man or class of men that which they hold to be a God-given right and privilege. We can scarcely deny that all claeco? iaH rnnHitinns of men. be they rich or poor, white or black, ought to be equal in the eye of the law. If we fail to administer justice to the race whom we have deprived of suffrage, we shall in the fullness of time lose power ourselves. I It is true that in the long years of God the strong cannot oppress the weak without destruction themselves. Remove the State educational qualifications of suffrage and you will have a nonpartisan negro race as well as a freed white race that will be a stimulus to politics and morals. Suffrage is a natural right; it is the prerogative of a freeman. Every man tf sound nature mentally and morally, and of full age, has a right to an eaual sha re with his fel lows in the government of the State of which he is a member. A citizen, says Aristotle, the philosopher and scientist, "Is one to whom belongs the right of taking part in both the deliberative and judicial proceedings of his community. Therefore, the negro is not a citizen. Money and knowledge are power, but since the negro has neither, he is without justice if he has not the ballot. By allowing the negro to vote it will lessen friction between the races, for he, knowing that his political ladder has abruptly ended and that he has been justly treated by Ins superiors, will forfeit his own vote. The above furnishes a mere glimpse of the true situation, and from a point justice we would be compelled to grant the uegro suffrage. But, men, we cannot; for in so doing it would multiply the manifold evils that are now pending over and hindering the progress of the New South. When the blasts poured out upon us by the Reconstruction were ended the cocoon fell from our prosperity and in seemingly less time than would re quire to tell of it we had passed into a newer world. With leaps and bounds the lesser modes of life gave sway to stronger impulses, and the individuals of the New South rallied around their star-spangled banner and became one people in unity and in God. The robust forests faded into boundless fields of grain, dotted with millions of flourishing towns and set off with long lines of argent rails that have no end. The rapids have broken the long darkness of the haunted nights with a myriad of incandescent lights The centralized capital of the w i? i i i! a iNorin nas oecomeso jocanzeu that the laborers of Southern fields are veiled irom the summer sun by dense clouds of smoke that surge from the chimneys of surrounding manufactories, while our eager financiers behold from their spiral window all the land and sea and sky filled with argosies of costly bales dropping down. In the midst of our rapid growth and progress our fondest hopes and aspirations are doomed when we behold the fate that hovers just overhead, and our existence becomes nothing when we dip into the future far as human mind can conceive and see the agonizing horror of a desperate race struggle. The master minds of American thought are dubious when brought face to face* with the solemnity of the situation. Every proposed solution serves but to add to the complex forecast, and the enigma asserts even graver aspects as the long years wane and sink into oblivion. However dark the way grows we must be patient and thoughtful, "lest we forget." There is a pregnant issue awaiting future generations, and the solving of the race question cVinll fhAir rnntrihntinn tn posterity. Whatever the conditions may be, whether we colonize them or transport them back to their dark and jungled continent, is yet to come, and not Until this impediment is removed as far awav as the East is from the West, may we hope to see the New South shine forth in all of her splendor and glory. K. A. Brown. Wofford College, '08. Lava may be blown into beautiful green-colored bottles, lighter and strouger than glass. They have rain in the Trans' vaal. The director of the Transvaal go\ernment observation reports: "Sufficient water fell during a recent rainstorm to cover the whole colony to a depth of five inches." Notice to Teachers. Prof. W K Tate. Principal of Memmiger Normal High School, Charleston, will add*ess the Teachers' Association at its nex t meeting in the auditorium of the Kingstree Graded School, Saturday April 20, 12 o'clock. Only a few of you htfve shown any interest in ;these meetings. It is expected of you to be leaders in such work, and your presence is wanted, if for nc other purpose than to encourage your trustees and others who desire better schools, and, I may add, better teachers in Williamsburg county. The public, and trustees especially, are invited to attend this meeting. J G Mccui.LOUGH, Co. Supt. of Education. Sheriff's Sale. The State of South Carolina,! Williamsburg County. f Court of Common Pleas. John M Nexsen, Plaintiff, V3 Mary Bradley, et al.. heirs at Law of Dick Bradley, deceased, defendants. Under and by virtue of a decree of Foreclosure and Sale in the above stated case granted by the Court of Common Pleas, bearing date March 29th, 1906, The undersigned will on the 6th day of May, 190?. during the legal hours of sale, sell at public auction to the highest bidder fo? cash before the Court House door in Kingstree. South Carolina, the undivided one-half interest of Dick Rradley, deceased, in and to the following described property: "all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, lying being and situate in Williams burg County, >ta;e of South Carolina, containing one hundred and thirtyseven ana one half acres, and bounded as follows: South-east by lands of S E Tisdale, South-west by public Road leading from Kingstree t<> Potato Ferry being on the North side of Black river. Purchasers to pay for deeds. G. J. Graham. Sheriff Wmsburg Co. 4?18-3t. r'? - VBBBH ~ " - ^ | Go the new 1 Daylight Store. . ? FOR YOUR SPRING GOODS. WE HAVE A ? 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P. i g g Cotton Planters, Guano 5 @ Distributors and. improv- jgj &ed Farm Implements at ^ prices to suit the times. 5 1 Complete Stock COFFINS &* scaskets. .. 3 : ? vi? ^ Will serve you day or night and furnish oar Handsrae Ifew Hearse. ^ I KINGSTREE HARDWARE COMPANY. $ , PERFECTION OF THE PHONOGRAPH. It has been nearly thirty years aince Thomas A Edison astonished the world by producing a machine with which the vibrations and tones of the human voice and other sounds could be recorded permanently and reproduced at will. Through Mr Edison's genius, that early Phobograph has been developed and improved until it is today practically perfect in every detail and is far removed from the original instrument and other talking Jiachlnrs. ^ The Phonograph of today is the result of many years of study and work on the part of the "Wixardofthe Twentieth Century"?Thomas A Edison. It is his most popular contribution to science and stands in the tront rank of modem inventions. In 1902 Mr Edison made two important improvements in his Phonograph. These improvements were the new high-speed, hard wax. Gold Moulded Records and the oew Reproducer. These placed the Edison Phonograph evea farther ahead of all its imitators. ? It has practically no rival today. The name "PhonosrraDh" is annlied to tha instrument as a whole and this ennci.t. of four distinct parti?the mechanism, the Recorder, the Reproducer and the Record. Each of these parts has many advantage* over similar paits of other machines. Edison Phonographs are made with the highest degree of mechanical skill. The workir anship is the beit thai money can produce and is the admirutiou of all familiar with mechanical 1 device*. Yet Edison Phonographs are extreme!) simple in their operation: a child can in five minutes learn to operate one. The five popular models are operated by spring motors, that Is, they have springs anu are wound up like clocks; these require no electrical connections of any kind. There are four other styles operated by electric current. These are used largely iu am..sement parlors, for exhibition purposes and where electric power is preferred. ITS MOST IMPORTANT fEATURE, The Reproducer is the most important part of the Edison Phonograph. It is this feature of the machine more than anything else that has made it famous the world over. This Reproducer has a small button-shaped sapphire point, highly polished, which adjusts to every Indentation of the record and causes every tone to be reproducer with remarkable fidelity. So nicely does it do its work that there is an entire absence of the hard and disagreeable.scratching sounds. The smooth round sapphire point of the Edison Reproducer does not renuln>phanirin? it dees not wear itself or the record with which it comes in contact. Consequently Edison G0I.1 Moulded records last for years. This is a feature that merits the most careful attention of the prospective purchaser. Possibly you have heard ' 'Talking Machines'' and have not cared much for them, but remember that there are machines that reproduce only sound and noiae; the sweetness and the perfect expression for which you prize music are reproduced only by the modern Edison Phonograph and the Edison Gold Moulded records. These qualities distinguish the Edison Phonograph from ail its imitations. Corns in and hear an Edison. It will conviuce yon that you cannot>fford to hpr without it The cost is so small that it is insigniflcent when the great merjt of the instrument is considered. WE SELL EDISON PHONOGRHS. THE CABLE COMPANY. P EVERYTHING KNOWN IN MUSIC. J. W. WALLACE, nanager. Cable Bldg, CHARLESTON, S C ' j