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SBi^ Cotintfl ! VOL XXI ^ KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROUNA, DECEMBER 26, 1907. NO. 51 1 PEOPL p-V SX We bought quite heavily! for wi.:ter and *still have a! great big stock on hand. In . I; . order to reduce stock we offer i Rg// I NFWS LETTER F80M WASHINGTON. CUIHT ETEITJ If JUTNML ? iM TEKJT CMBEBEBIRTI MIEf PAKAilAPSS. Washinotojt, December 28: Democrats throughout the coun try will regret the recent fhrafcH fight which occurred in the bouse of representatives between Messrs Williams and DeArmond. H Both are men of advanced years i MM who have von the respect of the! country by their long and creditable service in the bouse and; that they should have so far for-1 gotten themselves as to have I .erigaged in a rough and tumble " "^iSght is to be sincerely regretted. . The immediate occasion of the quarrel was a misunderstanding between them * regarding the | committee assignment between the two men for the position of Democratic leader. Mr DeAr* mond made an earnest fight for | Ni the honor during the fall and L Mr Williams won out Mr DeI < Armond thought that as Mr WilI liams bad been elected at the ft primaries of his State to the sen* ate, he might stand aside for B some other member of the house B when it came to the honor of B Democratic leadership, while BBrtlr^Williams was unwilling to HJKonclnde his career in the low-j HHBm" chamber with less honor SBBthan he. bad enjoyed for some HBWjtime past. It is expected' that; these men, both of whom are es- j sential to the best interest of j the Democrats in the house, will be brought together by friends and that remembrance of their encounter will be hashed up in so far as that is possible. An instance of Speaker Can& lion's absolute domination of % the house is afforded by the case of Representative Burton and the committee on Rivers and .* ' naroors. ueiore ine noose met Mr Barton, who is a good Republican, by the way, announced publicly that he would not S, again be chairman of Rivers Harbors, which is a most L; arduous position and which he has filled with great credit thmnirh several concresses. Mr Barton fell he had earned a I {dace on the important com* I^Snittee on Ways and Means Hwwhich has to]do with the making By of the tariff. He had, however, figf expressed sympathy for the tar* iff reyision views of Secretary Taft and that was enough for Mr Cannon. He notified Mr Barton that he could not have a place on Ways and Means and that unless be served on Rivers and Harbors again he would be deprived of all committee as* signments. Mr Burton sought to secure the support of some E'S it I Gre the following special inducements. Boys Suits well worth $l.?c at $1.20 1 , Peopled of bisdRepublican colleagues in a fight against the speaker, bnt thsy were all so afraid of Cannon's displeasure that they would not join with him and consequently he is again chairman of Rivers and Harbors while Representative Longwortn,the Prsident's son-in-law, gets the Ohio vacancy on Ways and Means. The refusal of the New York county Republican committee tc endorseGo ve rnorHugbes for the presidency constitutes a severe et-back for the presidential boom of that executive. The fact is that lfr. Hughes, who u really a resident of New York city and in sympathy with all the hatred of President Roosevelt which the Wall street gamblers and the railroad manipulators ieel toward the president has been making insinuations ir his speeches which reflected discredit on the president* and -whirh ahnnrori tmw Httle he WSfi in sympathy with that form oi Republicanism, which is almost Democracy, for which Mr Roose y^U stands. The governor wa* misled by the intensity of the hatred of Rposevelt among hie associates and thought it quite safe to throw mud at the max wfiom they all hate. That h< made a mistake is clearly shows by the action of the New Toil committee. Most of the Re publican politicians still hat< Roosevelt and they bate Tatttoo, but they are too smart to make the mistake of thinking that the rank and file of the party hate them. The opinion is freely express, ed in Washington that Hughes is, or soon will be, oat of the presidential race. Secretary Cortelyoc, whose entire strength lay with the bankers whom he has so largely befriended, has L! ll >iLJ r__ mnueu wiuiurawu xiuw uxc race and the result is that Taft now seems to be the man whom Mr Bryan will have to beat This is perhaps unfortunate, for Taft is the strongest man the Republicans can name. With a reactionary candidate, such as Hughes, Fairbanks, Cortelyou, Foraker or Cannon, Mr. Bryan would have an easy race. The Ammerican people, regardless party, will not stand for the old Hanna style of Republicanism and that Is what these men stand for* On the other hand, Taft will ran on a platform consisting of tbe Roosevelt policies, most of which Mr Roosevelt borrowed from Mr Biyan, and it will make Mr Bryan's fight all the harder. The question be* fore tbe people willbe: Do yen want the originator of these policies, William J Bryan, or do yon want the heir to the purloiner of those policies, made somewhat more conservative by a Republican education, William HTaftf It will be a case of Bill against Bill, Big Bitl Taft - vV: l v : > . . - >'? \rf Vfi MERCA1 ?at Reduct $ 2.00 Value * 1.60 2.25 " 1.85 > 2.50 " 2.20 | ?.00 2Jo| Yours for an ] Mercar and Big Bill Bryan, tor both]< men are big, each in bis way. Senator Tillman made a pow- ; erful and conservative speech in 1 the senate this week, one which ; contained many pertinent questions bard for the Republicans to answer. The fact is that Secretary Cortelyou, in his anxiety to help the bankers, has I CHEAP! CAE L01 HORSE Ah Come in and lo( It wnnt cost VO ; 3 see them J M. F. H ' W KINQSTRE <6969696969693 ^ i ? ? * i 1 I I. A i | A A 1 | i 1 UlLUi. IwmwmnwwTw DuRant'sE I is now headqu School Books Sch I Your EYES examined a and errors of refr This is done by u< crnnA ihphpctai ??VV^V) VKV ? ? ;t invented linsti C Eye-work in th< : ? straining, no guess ; for examinations at : ? spectacles and glass \t' J. B. Du : PHY8IOIAN AND j: LAKE on i V ., ... V' .? , , ... \ NTILE ion in Pi 3.50 " , 2.75 4.00 " 3.25 4.50 " 3.75 Honest Deal, itile Co :learlv violated the law and the Republicans know it. They appreciate that they have no defense against the Democratic arguments and they wince at the prospect of the debate which rill come after ubristmas. Mr. Tillman will have more to say on this same snbject and so will many other able Democrats. "creSTl U) OF |< I fTTT/FIS | .b 4.U Anar V) i1 J IS. IB Id 11 UVtl jl I u one cent to J; ELLER *' E, S. C. W wwvvvvyvvwvwvyyvwyv?! )rug Store a: < arters for all ||| 3: J ana ;; t tool Supplies- 1 ? nd all visual defects 3; \ action corrected. 3: t *e of the Bye- 3 J 0 id most recent 2:1 rument for 3: a t world. No 3: J ing. No charge 3: * present and all 3- ? es guaranteed by 3: c RANT, 111 PHARMACIST. 3 : " rv, s. c. J ~ 1 COM rices. Our line of dress goods we li are selling at actual cost, re member we also carry a nice 1 mpany. KNOCKS KINGSTKEE J TO BOOST UKE CUT. J b FLUENCE TOES' CtttESPUBEYT n IKES RECKLESS STiTEIERTS tEFLECTMG ?1 KIRiSTIEE a Lake City, December 19: A * movement for the establish- J ment of Lake county, to be ere- ^ ated entirely out of the north- 0, ernpartof Williamsburg, cnl- u minated in a mass meeting here ^ last nig iii iikuucu uy iwv iiuu* ^ ired ot tbeleading men of Lake 2 Oity district. Committees were appointed aud finances were provided to carry forward the icbeme. Williamsburg county, is she stands, has 991 sqoaro tc niles of territory, or 91 more p< jqare miles than required by at |aw before a division can be d< nade entirely within boundar- u es of the old county. Willi ams- gj burg has an assessed valuation n )f about four and a half million lollars, or a million more than ~ .s required to maae county ai vision possible. There is a ' population of 86,000, thus leafing about 11,000 in excess of the minimum. Every requirement lies wholly within Williamsburg territory, so the divorce directly concerns no oth. er county. The advocates of this movement put forth as their . reason for action, the faot , that Lake City is the most bustling, most rapidly building and, best all ?.??? knoinaoc fnvn nf anna I U(^ J ^ai VMOAUWO0 tVVf M W? j 3ize in the lower section of South Carolina. It is the berry ind trucking center and the to jacco center of the State. The vhole country surrounding is } 3rosperous;in fact, the northern ;; ialf of Williamsburg pays. two ; birds of ^he taxes of Williams>urg county. Lake City in to- ; Lay's financial stringency, has ? wo banks where is on deposit J in aggregate of over 1200,000. t 'It is an admitted fact that t jake City, in tbe course of a j 'ear, does twice the business | hat Kingstree does. Two- t birds of the white population J if the county lie within tbe f lorthernhalf. Lake City it a |i rhite man's town, there is not . single foot of land in this ;; 1 own owned by any negro, and ; h?r? am nn nwrm holes-in-the- ' ralL No business enterprise ;; f any sort conducted by any ; egro. Not only white suprema- ;; ybut white 'entirely0 seems y be the unwritten law here. ;; At a recent lot sale 40 lots rere placed in the hands of ome founders and a dozen new ';;, oases are on the way. New ;; J iterprises are coming in, one ; F the most important being the t itablishment of the Lake City J ews by Hartwell M Ayer and * :ewart Starr of Florence, r t. Starr will move to Lake IPANY. ineof groceries. The above is no fake but lonest facts. I :-c y ity Jan. 1, when plans will be ntinto execution. Lake City acked np this newspaper prosct like they are proceeding to ack np this new county move* lent, with cash pledged. The citizens propose to build court house and jail cost' free o the new countr and nearly 8000. out of the 18000 desired, as been pledged;and at a meet* of citizens next Monday rening at 7:30 in the auditorial of^he new school house it is spected to raise the full $8000, tc. Florence 7V?w. December J 0. ? ^ Cvdtf Thaiks. The family of W D MoClary beg return their sincere thanks to the ?ple of Goordini for their kind Mention shown towards as at the >sth of oar beloved father. Be isured, dear friends, that jour mpathetic kindness win always be membered,. The Family, >** """" 'J : 111 mm IN uun * ' ' - - /$ :& \ NEW STORE :: ; [ We are now in our big new store on Academy:: Street near the Postoffice ;: A > and would be pleased to \ have our friends call on;; o us. ;; We have in stock at all : it , times a full and most!' comDlete line of every-1 v Y thing usually found in a t modern store, and our I prices are lowest evert known in Williamsburg county. I SAVE MONEY i BY SEEING US BEFORE j BUYING ELSEWHERE t I * JSEron!. VH191 m vH: f rhe Bargato Specialist. | Kingstree, ; < S. C.