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MIANNING. S. C.. MARCH H. 1901i PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY StI3sCInPTION RATES: 0-ic vear .... .... ... ....... .. S:.x noriths ................. out months.--.....-. . --- xDVERTISING RATES: one square. cue time, $1: each subsequent 1 sertion. 51 cents. Obituaries and 'Trributes Respcct char;ed for as rexiuar advertisemcnt: Liberal contracts made for three. six and twelv Communtcatiosa must oe accompanied by tb real name and address of the writer in order t reneive attention. "%o communication o. a personal cnaractc will be published except as an advertisement. E ntered at the Postoiice a; Manning as Se; ond Class matter. CAPITOL CORRESPONDENCE. Senate Chamber. Columbia. S. C., 'March 1. 1909. After a seige of forty-sevej days the General Assem bly o South Carolina for the yea: 1909 has adjourned sine die. I was indeed a most remarkabli sessioni. notwithstanding thl number of matters involving in tense interest, there was not ripple of bitterness: all wa: serene, good humor prevailc< always. There was very little genera legislation done, because, in th first place. the legislators of ex perience realize that we hay now upon the Statute book enough law, in fact. more ,gen eral laws than are properly exe cuted, therefore to prevent mor laws being enacted was as muc the purpose of an experience legislator as it was the purpos of new men to get into the limE light by the introduction of neN biils, which in operation and ef feet would be general. What was done in this mos strenuous session of 1909? Nat urally this question is in man.: minds, and to the actors in th drama it will require time t gather up the details to ascertai what was done. Nearly all bill of a local nature were permittet to be enacted into law, and thi was accomplished by a rus' worked while the Prohibitio leaders were attempting to bloc lezislation to force the consider ation of the prohibition bills i, advance of all other bills on th calendar. Besides other importan bills had a place on the calenda far in advance of the prohibitioi matters. A motion was made dui ing the filibuster to devote on hour each session to local an< uncontested matters. Of course the Prohibition leaders realizei their efforts to block would be fu tile if this motion was adopted and at once set about to defea it, but the "previous question was demanded which force. an immediate vote, and a] of the members being mn terested in getting their loca bills through, the motion wa adopted by a large majority; hal the Prohibition leaders beeni giv en an opportunity to wield th whip over their followers tn probability is an adjournmen would not have been reached u: to now, and there would hay been but little or no local legisla tion. It was the taking up of th local bills which was the begir ning of the end of the House fi] buster. The Clarendon delegation i the House did not introduce man, bills, Mr. Scarborough's bill re lating to the punishment for certain heinous crime was killec because of there having been a ready a similar bill introduced b. Senator Wharton adopted. M Green secured the enactment c a lawaproviding for authority t issue bonds mn the amount of 810 000 for school district No. 2( (Pine Grove). This bill was ix: troduced by me in the senate a Mr. Green's request, originall for $5,000, but amended by ME Gree- in the House to $10,000( He was the aathor of the bill bu to more rapidly get it through started it in the senate. Mr. Dingle did not introduc any bills, but I relied greatly u on his attention to such bills as was interested in to see the were acted upon in the House my experience is, that unless th House members of the delegatio become interested and watchfu: it matters not how active a sent tor might be there will be nott ing doing, therefore it is absc lutely essential for the people ti have at least one man on th House delegation who knows ho' to legislate, and who understand the ins and outs, or intricacies c accomplishing results-anybod, can warm a chair and vote. Ou delegation got along harmonious ly, we had but slight differences the principal one was when w were considering the tax levy. M Scarborough did not agree wit: the rest of us about providing fo a part of the deficit, the diffe ence between us was. that w wanted to let the people pay th deficit in broken doses, and h was opposed to making any prc vision at all. Everyboboy know the county's debts must be -pai there is no avoiding it, hence i the judgment of the rest of th delegation, it was better to payi off in instalments than to allo' the deficit to grow larger, an then be forced to levy a tax t pay at one time with probably it terest added. The records credit me wit] amending a number of bills. tc gether with the introduction of Snumber of resolutions, and ver few of my amendments, resolt tions and motions were rejected I introduced the folle ving bill which have been et eted int law: A bill to provide for additiom bonds for school district No. 9. A bill authorizing the Sante Cypress Lumber Co., to build A joint resolution to pay mon-' ies due County Commissioners B. P. Broadway and C. B. Geiger tor ervices rendered. making it a misdemeanor to solicit or receive orders for in toxicating liquors and beverages in this State. A bilt to create a commission to dispose of the stock of goods on hand in the Clarendon and Laur ens dispensaries. A bill to empower the county commissioners to control the working of the chain gang, and to require all contracts and claims to be assented to by the board. A bill amending an Act to pro vide for the fees of the Clarendon Probate Judge to be the same as that of Sumter and adjoining -Counties. The bill relating to whiskey drummers a.3 passed, is not as I introduced it. The original pro vided for a license of 55.000, which was intended to be prohib itive. because under the inter state commerce law I have al ways been under the impression that the legislature had no right to prohibit their plying their bus iness so long as they made no actual sale by receiving the monev. but the legislature had the right to require a license tax. The measure was fought in the Senate last year, but I won out, and after it got over to the House there was some mysteri ous influence which kept it from coming up for consideration, notwithstanding I had promises Ifrom a .umber of House mem bers to force it forward. The bill died upon the calendar, and the liquor drummers were hap py. I re-introduced it this year, and immediately there came sev eral representatives of well know whiskey houses. together with some local attorneys to plead against this drastic bill, t urging it could only result in long and expensive legislation. That these oleaders had friends is no mistake and when they ) founc. they could not kill the bill 1 outright they emasculated it as far as they could, and by the shrewdly specious argument that the Prohibitionists voting for the bill committed themselves to 2 a high license system, had the efiect of illiminating the license - feature, and cut it down to what I I very much fear will be, if test ed, decided unconstitutional leg t islation. I hope, however, the r' bill will hold good, and if it does. I there will be no more visits from liquor drummers in this State, then the next move sbould be l to get the postal authorities to illiminate liquor literature and I advertisements, circular letters, - etc., from the mails. One of the Acts of general in t terest was the repeal of the ' lien law. I cannot see anything l of value in this proposition, if 1 the purpose is to prevent the - "hocking" of crops, it is ineffec l1 tive. because it does not make S invalid the mortgage of.. crops i before they become in existence. - As it stands, a crop can be mort 3 gaged before it is planted, and a that is why I contend that the t repeal of the lien law is a myth, ) and not what was den anded by 3 the resolutions of the farmers' -associations. I made a tight for the repeal of all Statutes which - r-ecognized the mortgaging of - croos not in existence, and suc ceedled in getting this amend 1 ment adopted one night, but the V next day the clamorers for the -repeal of the lien law got to a gether and had it reconsidered, ,and struck out, which proved -conclusively to my mind that the demand for repeal was more .- politi:-al than earnest. The leg f islature "stood pat'' on radical railroad legislation by refusing - to comply with the demands of a, .class, -Had it not been for the comn t plications brought about by the election for Associate .1ustice, If - am satistied there would not .have been a prolonged session, t no dead-lock, and no necessity [ for a waste of valuable time. The common free schools were given aid to increase the length of the school term. which malkes [ ig possible for those districts not able to secure the necessary .funds to get in position to get help from the State- This, in my 1 opinion, will be gradlually in ,creased from year to year, until -all of the oorier districts will have ample funds to better their -educational facilities. > Among the claims for overpaid Itaxes. from this county, were those of Mrs. E. M. Briggs and Mr.J. A. Richbourg. These claims f did not come to me, and with i which the Comptroller General c alone had intluence. The Briggs -claim he 2educed about one half, :, and the Richbourg claim was disallowed, because the law had .not been complied with. 'I re 1 ceived a letter from J1. J. Cantey, Esq., about this matter, but too -late for mne to take any action. I 3 turned the letter over to Comp troller General Jones with the request tha4t he write to Mr. -Cantey explaining the status. If this claim is just and it is put in proper shape I shall endeavor ito help Mr-. Ricebbourg get his money. But I want it understood t that I am not in anyway respon sible for the reducing of the 1Briggs' claim, nor the disallow > anice of the Richbourg claim. result iquor legislation was the reslt f acompromise. There inever -was a chance for State -wide prohibition, nor for State wide referendum. A State-wide referendum might have been adopted with some kind of a pro .vision to let all of the counties Svote on the question of "Prohibi > tion" and "County Dispensary," and those counties voting in fa ivor ot a county dispensar-y to be allowed to have a dispensary sys temn, but the Prohibitionists and a te extreme Local Optionists, r-coul not get togethe with the result that we have a bill provid ing for local option in the wet counties, and prohibition in the dry counties with the right in the dry counties, at the end of the four years from the time they voted dry to have another clec tion to say whether or not they shall remain dry. It is my opinion when the elee tion comes off in August in the wet counties, all but about five or six will go dry. I feel quite sure that Sumter and Williamsburg will both go dry, but should they retain their dispensaries, and leave Clarendon surrounded with liquor,it will create a demand for Clarendon to want a dispensary out back. It is also my judge ment that Charleston will vote dry, because, my information is, that the illicit liquor element in that city will vote out the dispen sary, in order to increase their own sales. I have been told by those who know the conditions in Charleston that it will be to the interest of the 'blind tigers" to shut up the county dispensaries, relying upon the impossibility of enforcing prohibition in that city I voted for the compromise meas ure. not because I liked it, but as the best I could et under the circumstances. The Prohibition leader in the senate, and the lead ers in the House did all in their power to prevent the passage of the bill, but in the opinion of many,they did not want any leg islation at all, and were simply putting up a bluff for future poli tics, and it is also my opinion, that had it not been for Rev. J. L. Harley the head of the anti saloon league, getting on the ground and arguing the accep tance of the compromise, the Pro hibition leaders of both House and Senate would have prevent ed all action and left, after a most harassing struggle, a complete water-haul so far as liquor legis lation is concerned. As it is now, the Prohibitionists have every thing to gain and absolutely noth ing to lose, and then when the general assembly convens again, in all probability their forces will be strengthened considerably because those counties voting dry, will through their represen tatives vote for prohibition. The matter of taxation has been a most perplexing problem, all, wanted to reduce the levy, but the demands from the various in stitutions under the state's care had to be comolied with. The county levy was slightly raised as heretofore mentioned. Take it all and all the session of 1909 has done very little harm, and some good. I am sincerdly glad it is over, in order that I may return to my routine laoors. During the present year I pro pose to give especial attention to our county government, if I tind that our county commissioners cannot under the present laws give us a better administration than we have been having, and, the fault is in the law, I propose to devise some bill by which we can have a county government better suited to our conditions and one which will give more satis factory results. In conclusion let me say, that in all my legislative experience have I worked harder, my com mittee assignments have kept me busy from start to finish, giving me but little time for recreation; in the senate chamber I endeav ored to make my presence felt in a manner that would redound to the credit of the county. My relations with the House delegation was altogether agree able, each of them was as anxious as I was to do their duty, and in all matters affecting the county we consulted each other, aside from county matters every mnem ber..of the delegation was inde pendent and exercised his best judgment. I think it due Mr. Green to state that although one amorng the youngest House mem bers, he has by his attention to business won the admiration of his fellow members in the House, they regard him conservative and useful. It is generally known that Mr. Scarborough will become a can didate for railroa~d commissioner, and from expressions heard from the various counties represented he will make somebody sit up nights to worry over the situa tion. One senator told me at a supper, he proposes to throw off his coat for Scarborough, and this means a whole lot, not only in the senator's county but in that congressional district. "A." A SPECIAL TERM. Should Governor Ansel order a special term of court for Clar endon, we hope he will permit the judge to try all cases ready for trial, and then dispense with the regular summer term. The summer term does very little more than try the jail cases any way, and in order to save the taxpayers of the county as much as possible, he might, should lie decide to order a special term, put in his order the trial of any cases then ready for trial. The cost of a special term would he about $1.000. and if the special term can be so arranged as it will take the place of theI regular term, it will be in the interests of the county. The~nI there is another view to take of this matter, which is, if the ac cused pleads for a change ofI venue on the ground of feeling against him, and it is granted, then the purpose for the special term will have failed. Hence, we say that unless the court is permitted to try all case, the county will have been put to a tremendous expense with the purpose not accomplish ed. But if all cases can be tried and if for any reason the Be thne case is postponed, the coulrt will go on to try such cases as would hae cme un in the! egular term a few weeks later. We have a deep and a sincere sympathy for the fnily of thec leceased Mims, an are as anx ous to see the culprit punished [or his dastardly crime, but we lave grave doubts of the wisdom )f a special term, inasmuch as ,he regular term is to follow so soon after the special term can be held. W. F. Clayton, Esq.. of Flor ance in today's News & Courier makes a r-tsping criticism of the recent prohibition Act of the general assembly. What he says is true, nevertheless 15 out of 21 Aounties are going to accept it. The great dispensary case has at last been argued before the United States Supreme Court, ind its decision will be awaited nxiously. The matter has gone as far as it can, and all Darties will have to abide the result. If the State loses. it means that the United States court assumes the jurisdiction to settle the claims. instead of the State. The Columbia Record has changed hands. Mr. James A. Hoyt. formerly Columbia corres pondent for the News & Courier, is its editor and manager. and being an experienced newspaper man, we predict for him a suc eessful career. Mr. Hoyt is a rood writer, and is well posted on the industrial, commercial and political questions of this State. He will give to the State a strong and clean newspaper. There is nothing which appeals to the average South Carolinian, than patriotism. The legislature provided for the erection of a monument to the "Women of the Confederacy," and the work of soliciting subscriptions to aug merit the appropriation has al ready begun. We want to see Clarendon have a prominent place in this picture, and before this year goes out let there be sufficient money raised to begin the work on this noble and wor thy cause. Any contribution sent to this 'newspaper will be ack nowledged in its columns, and forwarded to the proper source. Carolinians have now an oppor tunity to manifest their apprecia tion for the sacrifices made by the women for a cause the South held sacred. Iz:h cured in 30 tninutes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lot-ion. Never fails. Sold by W. E. Brown & Co. Druggists. Cotton Rivals. The New York Commercial. giving some interesting figures on Southern farm crops, remarks that unquestionably "cotton is king" still in the South-king of all her crops, individually. If we take them collectively. however, the figures tell another story, al though one in which the South must take quite as deep satisfac tion and quite as par'donable pride. That story is a wonderful one. As finally estimated by the crop reporting staff in the agricultur al department's bureau of statis tics as of the date of December 1, the corn crop of Texas for 1908 was 201,848,000 bushels, having a value of $119,080.000 at the farms; Oklahoma's was 122,230, 000 bushels, with a far m value of 862.342,000; Kentucky raised 84, 823,000 bnshels of corn valued at 855,135,000; and the corn crop of seven other States in Dixieland may be tabulated as follows: South Carolina is an easy lead er in corn production to the acre. Alabama being at the foot of the list in this particular group of Southern States. But there are. four other States with corn crops: to be added to this computation Maryland, West Virginia. Flori da and Louistana-the estimate for them in a lump being a farmt value of approximately $60,000, - 000 for 1908. Thus the South will et for its corn crop alone for 1908 at least $580,000,000. As for farm crops. however, we cannot stop at corn in the1 South after having crowned cot ton as "king." "There are oth-1 ers" What of tobacco, oats, win ter wheat and of hay, even--al bet the South sends out millions of her "good money" every year for northern and western hay? Without going into the details of these by States, the bureau-of statistics record of estimates dis aloses an aggregate of about 71, 000,000 bushels of oats raised in the South last year; about S4, 300.000 bushels of winter wheat;1 approximately 7,000,000 tons of bay: and the tobacco crop foots up nearly 532,000.000 pounds. So these five farm crops of the South for 1808, wholly apart from cot on. miay be summarized as to arm value in the following table: Corn.. ........... ......580,000,000 I Wiiter wheat.. ..... ....82,000,000C lav.. ............. ...... t6',000000 Lobaceo..... .... 54,000,000 Iats......... .... . ..... 39,000.000 T1otal.... .... ..... ....22,000.000 Let us add the Missouri corn1 rop, also her wheat, oats and potatoes-they have a farm value tggregatin g $145,000,000-and hen leap on for good measure he i-ice ratised in Texas and Ok ahoma last year and valued at c 317.00.000 and we have a total >f $1,014,000,000 for these the ~ arm crops of the South in 1908 t -more than one thousand mil ions of dollars! The. figures al nost take on's breath away. We repeat, cotton hasn't been mthroned down South. But corn, 2 vheat, oats, hay and tobacco are i ~hanging round the throne" right i ~lose already. -Greenvil le News. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs S ~uickly, strenathens the lungs and ex-! >els colds. Get the genuine in a yellow~ .ackage W. E1. ron & o Good Cotton for Poor Land. About two years ago Con tressman Aiken distri buted his nalz quata of free cotton seed. ;otne eighty half-peck sacks to he entire district. One of the rarities sent out was the "Shank >igh seed. This variety of cotton has >een variously cussed and dis ussed. One gentleman planted ,he seed on the richest spot of rround on his place and gave he patch every attention. He ,xhibited some stalks here in Abbeville that had grown higher han a man horseback could -each, and there was very little ruit on it It would have taken L hook and ladder company to iave gathered the little fruit hat was on it. But we are prepared now to ay that the fault was in the armer and not in the seed. The Shankhigh cotton seed Lre for poor land and- when lanted on rich land no amonia ,vhatever should be used. Patash tnd phosponic acid may be used n abundarce but no ammonia. Shankhigh is essentially a oor land cotton. Here is an liustrationL of what it will do, )n poor laud with just half a 3hance. In January. 1907 to Mr. J. K. Deason. of McCormick received i, gallon of Shankhigh seed from \fr. Aiken which he planted on >ne-fourth of an acre of poor Land using only twenty-five pounds of standard fertilizer. Ihrough the month of July the talk grew luxurantly but little >r no fruit appeared. His neigh bors passed by and laughed at him, and in time he lost hope himself, resolving that he would plant no more Shankhigh seed. But through August the fruit began to pile on and Mr. Deason picked 720 pounds of seed cotton ff of his little patch in the fall. The next year, 1008, he plant d three acres on poor sandy land with Shankhigh seed, and bhree acres of the same light and right beside it, with Triutt eed. He put 100 pounds of standard fertilizer to the acre under each patch. In the fall be gatbered 1047 pounds of lint cotton and 400 pounds of seed otton off the Shankhigh patch and he gathered less than 600 pounds of lint off of the Truitt patch. He is selling all of the seed he can spare at $1. per bushel. The department is not sending out any more of these seed as they change the variety very year.-Abbeville Press nd Banner. It is no Mystery. According to the Boston Herald. one of Mr. Taft's most aggres ive suppoorters, the "Mystery of 1908" is no mystery, but a very obvious fact. "for any one :an see that Mr. Taft's handling of the church question in the Philippines has won for him a great body of Roman Chatholic support." The Herald adds: "We take the usual vote of Boston to mean that the Catholics here were warm in his support. Three hundred more votes woald have given him the city, iotwithstanding the fact that Mr. Vahey obtained here a plurality >f between eleven and twelve bhousand! Thbe usual vote of the ity of New York must have a similar meaning and other great 3enters of population indicate similiar cause and effect. If the acts are as we suspect them to e, they must find general recognition. This was substantially our in ~erpretation of the result at the >eginning. Mr. Taft is to suc ~eed Mr. Roosevelt, not because ae promised to 'clinch the Roose elt policies'. not because he has romised , 'reasonable profit' o manufacturers, not because 1e was the inventor of govern nent by injunction, not because e approved the president's ac :ion in the Brownsville affair. iot even because of his personal ~uavity and charm, but because ~ertain religious elements on urely sectarian grounds were rawn to his support. Is this iot something that should give is pause?--Johnstown (Pa) Dem. DANGER IN DELAY. Eidney Diseases Are Too Dargerous for Man ing People to Neglect. The great danger of kidney troubles s that they get a firm hold before the uterer recognizes them. Health is ~radualy undermined. Backacbe, head che, nervousness, lameness. soreness, umago, urinary troubles, dropsy, dia etes and Bright's disease follow in aerciless succession. Don't nealect your :idnevs. Cure the kidneys with the ertain and safe remedyv, Doans Kidney 'ills which has cured people righ t here n t.his locality. Silas Bounds, 15 W. Pine St., Flor ce, S. C.. says: "Doan's Kidney Pills ae me great relief and I do not hesi ate to glve them my endorsement. The :idney secretions were highly colored, ften deposited a dark sediment and wee too frequent and painful in pass ,ge. My back ached nearly all the time .nd I had sharp, shooting twinges hrough my hips. I finally read about oan's Kidney Pills and began taking hem according to direcsions. They i-ed up to representations, soon stop ing the backaches and pains and re toringr my kidneys to their normal con ition. I am more than pleased with he results I obtained frcm Doan's Kid .ev Pills." Fr sale by all aealers. Price 50 en ts. Foster-Mi]lburn Co., Buffalo, few York, sole agents for the United states. Remember the name--Doan's-and ike no other. Notice of Disc harge. I will apply to the Judge of Pro ate for Clarendon County, on the 8th day of March, 1909, for letters of .ischarge as Guardian for Frances 1Epps and Italine Epps, former inors. JOHNY J. iPPS, (Guardian. Workman, S. C., February 15. 1909. MakeYsKisad BYCUrMRgh Thte Afanageiment of The Ti7me.s. will he'ecfter go over the lnctiling lists every week, and withoit fitrther noti.ce every siubscriptiolm inb ari'eats ove' on7e year will be stricken off. This is done lTh Com2hplimle6 with the vostal resitlations.So watch the label on The Times, it will tell yo& whwken yotr sm&bscrix~f~toln ex)ires. Nolicof 0I 01I P01 ISON PIo gil. Pursuant to an Order of J. M. Windham, Judge of Probate, I will sell at the residence of the late Ran some Hampton, deceased, in Claren don County, S. C., on Thursday the 11th day of March next, at 11 o'clock a. m., the following property: 3 head mules; one horse; one cow and calf; 3 yearlings; 600 bushels corn; lot fod der; lot hay; 30 bushels peas; lot po tatoes; 2 buggies; one one-horse wagon; one two-horse wagon; one mower and rake; one stalk chopper; 11 head hogs; lot plantation tools and farming implements, and one lot household and kitchen furniture. S. LEE HAMPTON, Administrator. Pinewood, S. C., February 23, 1909. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon, By James M. Windham, Esq., Judge of Probate. W HEREAS, Henry Boseian made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Mamie Boseman. These are th-erefore to cite and ad monish.all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mamie Boseman, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate. to.be held at Manning on the 11th day of March next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'elock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administra tion. should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 23rd day of February, A. D. 1909. JAMES M. WINDHAM, LSEAL.] Judge of Probate. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Charlotte Brunson, Dfary 'Watson and Lucretia Washington, Plain tiffs against J. A. Weinberg in his own right and as Administrator of the estate of Rufus Brunson deceased, Alice Harvin, Gamble Brunson, other wise called Minyard Brunson, Lot tie Brunson, Isabella Brunson, Samuel Gilliard. Sparks Gilliard, Lizzie Gilliard, Parnezie Gilliard, Fannie Brunson, Joseph Brunson, Willie H.' Brunson, Mary Eliza Brunson and Bettie Brunsou, De fendants. -Copy Summons. For Relief. (Complaint Served.)' TO THE DEFENDANTS above named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and reQuired to answer the com plaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the sub scribers at their office in the town of Manning, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of snch service; and, if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the com plaint:. To defendant, Gamble Brunson, otherwise called Minyard Brunson: You will take notice that a copy of the Summons and Complaint in this action has been filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Clar endon County, State of S.C. W. C. DAVIS, .?laintiff's Attorney. Dated January 19, 1909. YOUR HlOUSE. Then if fire comes you will be saved many a worry and MANY A DOLLAR. In this age of the world when the pro tection of a good Fire Insurance Policy costs so little. and the risk of fire is so great. i is simply poor business t go uninsured. E. C. HORTON, Manager. South Carolina. BERKELEY COUNTY. CLARENDON COUNTY. .Notice is hereby given, in accordance with the requirements of law, cnd especially of Section 34 Volume 1 of the Civil Code of South Carolina, that the undersigned intends to make an appli cation to the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of South Caro lina, at its coming session, for permis sion and authority to erect and main tain a proper bridge across the Santee River, from some .point on its property on the North or Eastside as may be of said river in Clarendon County, to some point on its property on the South or West side as may be, of said river in Berkeley County; in the locality of its Mill Plant: and connecting the said Mill Plant with its property on the oth2er side. SANTEE RIVER CYPRESS LUMBER COMPANY. December 5, 190S. Cures Colds! Prevents PneumonIa Dr. King's New life Pills The best in the wrld.rt Seed Potatoes! Seed Potatoes ! NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT IRISH COBBLERS AND RED BLISS. We have the finest Maine Seed you ever saw at 50c. per 'peck-( as cheap as the genuine article can be sold. Specializing as we have been for the past five years on high-. grade Garden and Field Seeds enables us to offer every year to our host of custorners throughout the county, IH 10181PRICE8 CON818IENifi 101OI0H 0111. We will also handle late varieties in Seed Potatoes when-the time for planting comes. Mingle with us on The Busy Block. Manning Grocery Co. This Space Belongs to D. HIRSCHMANN ATTENTION,_FARMERS! Etiwan and Plow' Brand' HIGH-GRADE FERTILIZERS For Cotton, Corn, Tobacco and all Crops. Made from the highest grade materials only.. Don't be induced to buy other fertilizers that you know nothing about because they are cheap. The Best are the Cheapest. Etiwan and Plow Brand Are the Best. You know it---stick to them. .Manufactured by* Etiwan Fertilizer Co, Chfarleston, S. C. A strictly Independent Factory. Insist upon youridealer providing you with ETIWAN and PLOW BRAND and then see how much better your crops are than your neighbor's. Milk Cows. We will have a car load of Jersey Cows, all fresh in milk, arriving March 5, .Car Horses and Mules arrived March 1. BOOTHHARDY IVE STOCK CO., SUMTER. S. C. BRING YOUR MJ OB 'W ORK iE TO THE TINES OFFICE,