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aljc tfmutitj |Ueotk ] a_?? v'4 YQLXXVI." KIMSTBEE,'SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 191J NO. 45 I ? WE NE i" * -Start the New Year rig! w iin Pmr of Vtnmp SPP W Iud* jjuj at xiviiiv* ... Lftt us prove it. If you wi Cultivators, one and two-h< Materials, such as. Sash, D ?jyjhii ini^???r???? Coffins and Casket , # FORECAST OF SESSION nr i rnici iTIIttC ur LCUIOLAIUIIL WHICH CGNVENED T4JESDAT ? SOME POSITIONS TO BE FILLED ?OTHER MATTERS DISCUSSED. Columbia, January 15 (Special):? The South Carolina General Assembly convened Tuesday at noon for its annual session. Just how sfbrmy the "40 days and 40 nights" will prove cannot be forecasted. There is much legislation facing the Senate and House of Representatives, j but thyj launching of a war between i onti.Rlpfl^p factions i ^UIC 1| IJUC auu uuW may seen at any moment and when this happens, if it does, there will probably be little else done. Ttj^two Houses were called to order at noon, Lieutenant Governor Chas A Si^fch of Timmonsville, president of the Senate, wielding the mallet, "V^jvhjjeJn the House James A Hoyt, clerk, declared the body in session. The Senate speedily organized and 1 got to work, but the organization of | | the House required more time. Mendel L Smith of Camden, twice [ elected Speaker of the House un-! opposed, must appoint a chairman J of the Ways and Means committee, as Lowndes J Browning of Union did not offer for re-election to the House from his county. Dr George Dick of Sumter is ranking member of this important committee and he will probably head it. Shortly after the convening of the two Houses the Governor's annual message was read. The election of a United States ?enator will probably take place '? aAooiAn TKic urill Kn eany iu mc acooiuu. una ..... perfunctory, as Benjamin Ryan Tillman, selected at the primary.will be the only candidate balloted Other elections will probably come up early in the session. Two Circuit judges are to be elected, a successor Perhaps a burglar or a f homeJyut if they should, t IS money and valuables. l)o mlook the stable after the la money where preparation mtecting it, not only iron I from your own extravagu lour* hands. I Do YOUR ban I We Pay 4 per cent intere 1 FARMERS & MEE "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" i . A LIE" AB that institution. Judge sease seems to be unopposed, Three candidates are in the field from the First circuit: Solicitor P T Hildebrand, Orangeburg; Octavus Cohen, Monk's Corner; L S Connor, St George. Two former Sheriffs oppose Capt D J Griffith for superintendent of the penitentiary?Hunter ot Bamberg and ? Long of Union. The inauguration of Cole L Blease for his second term as Governor will take place at noon Tuesday, Janua ry 21. The announcement has been made that Pink Caskey.a magistrate from Lancaster county,will administer the oath fo Blease. The ceremonies will be held in the hall of the House of Representatives. A number of important bills will be introduced in the opening days of the sitting. One of the most interesting, and one that is sure to provoke a fight, is Senator Hall's compulsory education bill. The Cherokee Solon has said that he will wage an active and persistent fight for the proposed measure. The Governor has announced that he will veto any compulsory education bill that the Legislature may pass. A liquor measure of some kind will be proposed. From Charleston comes a cry for high license. - A member of the Charleston delegation ie PvntWed to introduce a bill providing for a high license law in Charleston county. It is said that an effort will be made to have the entire State included in the bill. The report of the State dispensary auditor. submitted at this session, will show that dispensaries in the seven "wet" counties of the State sold about $5,000,000 worth of whisky during the past year. The suggestion of Senator Tillman as to safeguarding the primary sys tcp9\ ONETT ire has not invaded your hev would get all of your > not be one of those' who orse is gone, but put your shave been made for proi fire and burglary, but nee. It will be SAFE in king with US. st on savings accounts. A XTrrcs T3A "VXT LAKE CITY, S.C. 1 :VER "TEU ht. Buy goods of Quality fr hat you get and get what yoi 1 ?- :n c IJ follow tne aoove you win i Drse Plows, Disc Plows, Harr oors, Blinds, Lime, Cement, r~i Kinj to Judjre Copes, resided, and Judjfe Thomas S Sease. Three directors for the State penitentiary are to be elected, with a aurerintendent for om us. To succeed we must p 1 see. We sell the best in ev* ind that it will pay you. C. R ows and many oth?" Farming 1 Nails, Plaster- etc. Remembe: fstree hi 1*71 1^, ? nuiC5aic aiiu tem hat aroused much interest, and undoubtedly friends of the senior SenatorVill be prepared to make a fight for a measure providing for a remedy for present conditions. F R McMaster.the Slate Insurance Commissioner, would introduce the State of South Carolina into the insurance business. In this he provides for the State a system of insurance as used in Wisconsin. State officials have completed their annual reports, and these contain many recommendations. Among these, suggestions from E J Watson, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry, are important i as regards labor conditions in the State. An interesting figure in the Sen- I ate will be John L McLaurin,former < United States Senator. McLaurin was elected, without opposition, to ' succeed the late Senator Green of < Marlboro. McLaurin has announced ' that he will be neutral as regards the expected fight between the ] Blease and "anti" factions and that J it will be his imhitinn tn hrinc th? , two forces together. Of the 44 members of the Senate, 28 of them, including the holdover 1 Senators and those re-elected, were ' in the Upper House during the last 1 term. In the House of Represent- 1 atives 90 new members elected last, 1 November are seated with the 34 1 re-elected. J Brian Bell. ' . I Smcill Farmer Can ISe Good One. ' The man witfi one horse and one | pig needs as much to study how to 1 feed these animals and needs to care ! for them just as faithfully as does j the man with a barn full of stock. , The horse and pig rray mean more|i to the first man than whole herds pS Com] \ You have heard of, a quality of our goods, becai to you personally and as 01 With our complete sto< Buggies, Wagons, Farm Ii position to give you exc prices prevail in all depart is here a-plenty. ; Let us figure with yon ments for the season of 19 seed. We have just recei Valentine Beans, prowr b1 THE CADES MERC/ Cades 11 LET" US PRINT YOUR LI OUT THE C lease you. A chance is all we ?ry line. Does quality count emember, this is the time of; implements too numerous to 1 r that we are the people with irdware Retail Dealers and flocks to the other. So, again, it is just as important for the man with a ten-acre crop to buy his fertilizer to advantage as it is for the man with hundreds of acres. And, if he will study the subject, he can find light here a help to 1 '?oo hn nnll V*a geiurg aaeau, juai cm ik ?... .??? here a hindrance to his progress if he is guided only by guesswork or mere force of habit. So, once more, the man with only a few acres of land can care for that land, and feed and fatten it, and make it profitable to cultivate, just as readily as can the man with thousands of acres, and he needs to do it ?ust as much. In short, the way for the poor farmer to become a well-to-do farmer is for him to be a good farmer. He can be a good farmer, too. He "" ?- ?* Ka oKlo fn Hn 017. Will U(JL, OX tUUISc, m. uv>v wv arything just as he wishes, or to follow the very best methods always. Few people are. He can certainly pay attention to the essentials of irood farming and do what he does well and for a purpose.? The Progressive Farmer. ' We can never, in a commercial way, secure the prices we ought for our products until undesirable kinds , are weeded out. No wonder we are Dot able to sell cotton directly to the mills. Each farm has several varieties, and each public gin handles dozens and hundreds of varieties, mixing the seed so that it is almost impossible to have any pure seed after the first year. The writer was badly taken in by an honest farmer : who sold cotton seed of what was a 3plendid big-boll cotton five years before, but mixing at public gins had so degenerated it that half of the stalks should have been pulled up,?E W Dnbbs, in The Progressive Farmer. StMtotBfcCiiMair TTTi l Mercantile pany nd are interested in, the I ise of what quality means 11 ur customer. zk of General Merchandise, 11 nplements,Etc., we are in k ellent service. Tempting | ments and money saving ft , I i on your fertilizer require- :j 13, as well as your bean ved a shipment of Black y D. M. Ferry & Company, sell at prevailing prices. INTILE COMPANY, ?, s. c. | 5TTER or NOTE~HEADS - A iOODS WE ^ ask. Cut down the cost of ' with you? It pays to buy tl year to start the "ball". Yo nention. C. Also a full and c the goods. All that we ask i CO# We I,. MAKES FINfe SHOWING. Farmers* and Merchants' Bank of Lake City Earns 25 Per Cent. Lake City, January 11:?The annual stockholders' meeting of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank was held in the K of P hall Wednesday at noon. More than sixty-five stockholders were present, representing a large majority of the stock. The report of the cashier .showed at the end of the past year deposits _ r % AAA til *i i f *?r/\ r\f\s\ 01 $^D^,uw,wun a capuai 01 *ou,uuu and surplus and undivided profits of over 525,000, nearly 25 per cent on the capital stock being the net earnings for the year just closed. It was decided to increase the capital to $75,000 for the present by issuing new stock to the old subscribers amounting to 20 per cent of their present holdings and selling new stock to the amount of $15,000. During the past year the bank paid out dividends on the first of July and first of January of 4 per cent each, and and additional 3 1-2 per cent on the first of January. The following were elected directors: J C Young, M D Nesmith, B W Stewart, Chas M Kelley, S B Poston, T J Cottingham, J D McClam, W A Coleman, S M Askins, Arthur M Parker, Jr, and J S McClam, after which in the meeting of the directors the officers were re-elected as follows: J S McClam, president; S B Poston, vice president; T J Cotting 1 Learn to D The little man who has a hi Establishes His Cr Has Safety for His Pays His Bills Business Man A -I T AT _ AT cc\ I Ana is inure Yoti are invited to open 2 We Have SAFETY DtF The Bank Cade.? .ajntttexitc we can furnish at the lowest possible pr handle the best of everything in music, with you. . Railroad Fare Paid to ^ Out-of-Town Customers. $ 'A'! Siegling Mi 243 King St, C - . < SELL! I living. Get the best from te best, it's the cheapest, u will need Stalk Cutters, omplete stock of Building is a chance. "1 ead--Others Follow. . ,v * ' ham, cashier; S D Rickenbaker, assistant cashier; Eugene Johnson, bookkeeper and C J Rollins, manager the Johnsonville branch. THE BANK OF KINGSTREE' Has Annual Meetlna of Stock holders?Prosperous Institution. ? The Bank of Kingstree held its annual meeting at its banking house Wednesday, January 8, a majority of the stock-holders being present. The report of the president showed the net earnings for the past year to be $11,579.15. A dividend of 8 per cent was declared and the balance passed to surplus, increasing the surplus oflthe bank to more than $30,000. The past year has been the most prosperous in the history of the bank. The loans and discounts at the annual meeting showed: $213,119.82; deposits,$176. 838.10. The officers and board of directors were unanimously re-elected and a vote of thanks extended them by the stock-holders for their efficient and successful services in the management of the bank's business. The officers of the bank are as follows: D C Scott, president; J A Kelley, vice president; F W Fajrey, cashier; N IM/esesne, assistant cashier; W W Barr, teller. The prosperous condition of the bank,as shown by the annual report, evidences the confidence enjoyed by this popular institution. 0 Banking ' ink account i > edit, 1 Cash, with Checks in a j ! ner '1 The Little Man.'' ,. in account here today. 'OSIT BOXES for Rent, i of Cades, ] 5, s. c. | 3- 13ST IvdIXTSIC ziitew ices, or on easy terms, if desired. We and it will be a pleasure to correspond ? Piano Tuning in the Country at Reasonable Rates. isic House, :?*: ,. ? harleston, S. C. . w .