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\rZ~4rLV DEMOCRATIC | PUBLISHED EVERT ^HURSDAY. I B. W. BRADFORD, 1 ^Ed and Prop vB One yenr I. $1.00 Ml CorrMDondmce on cunait auolccts is Blnvlted, but no responilWlitty is as'wumed for the view* of comreanoBdenta. 1 On application to tht publisher, ad ycrtliln* rates are made known to . Tthose Interested. I 1 Entered at the poetofficcat Port Mill, 1 ^B. O.. as second class matter. r DECEMBER 6, 1906. ?? trnmrnfrnmrnm^mmmmmrnmmm?? ^ Anent Judge Dantzier's Decision. [I On account of his recent decision declaring that it was no violation of the law for whiskey drummers from other States to solicit orders and accept t he cash for their goods in prohibition towns of this State, Circuit Judge Dantzler has created a subject which is being much discussed by the press of this State. A majority of the writers We of the opinion that the decision will ? be reversed if the matter is carried to the supreme court for final settlement. A strong argument against the decision is that of the Times and Democrat, of Orangeburg, which follows: "If Judge Dantzler's decision is sustained by the higher court, the jug trade will increase materially in South Carolina, We do ' not believe that the decision of j Judge Dantzler will stand, asj the United States supreme court | has made some very sweeping j decisions in reference to the jug I trade in Iowa and other prohibi- I tion States. If a man can go' around and sell whiskey by the | gaiion, take the money for it and ,/ ship the whiskey by express to his customer from Atlanta, Charlotte, or some other place out of the st^te, we see no good reason why he could not keep his stock in Spartanburg, Columbia, or some other town in this State, aiWS sh^to it from there. It was ] held b.^Uudge Simonton that the originalf concerns in this State were ieirai so long as they were owned liy non residents of the State, biit the United States supreme ctourt reversed that decision. It teems to us that Judge Dantzlerys decision is along the jtime line. He decides that an agent can sell whiskey and take the montly for it as long as he ahips it from another State. If this is tthe law it should be changed ;kt once, as it discriminates agUinst citizens of this State in favor of citizens of other States. ' It is to be hoped that the "higher court will be asked to decide I the matter at the earliest moment possible, and that its decision will reverse that of Judge Dantzler. Increased jug trade means increased blind tigerism and lawlessness in those communities which are not closely watched by State constables. We join hands with the Times and Democrat when it says if this is law it should be changed. Prohibition in these parts is farce enough as it is. ? i Every citizen of the town should he prepared to have a say in matters which come up from time to time and which can be settled only by a majority vote of the residents of the town. Every public matter should interest every loyal citizen of a town, but suppose there are some who care naught for matters affecting others and neglect to qualify themselves to have a say in settling such matters. The j result would be that they would j be none the better or worse off. , individually, when the matter cleared up. But, on the other hand, suppose you do not qualify and a matter comes up, the adoption of which means a personal gain or loss to you, what are vou going to do about it? You would certainly act the part of an im-, postor by running around begging other yeople to vote as you would if it were in your power. We hone ! that none will be caught in this predicament. The books for municipal registration will be open until the 22nd, and you should call upon Mr. R. M. Hood, the registrar, between now and that time and get your certificate. Present your county certificate is all that is required. The United States supreme court on Monday handed down a decision to the effect that whiskey shipped into South Carolina cannot, under the interstate com-1 merce law, be seized in depots by State or city officers. Another blow to prhibition! If the Southern Railway would get a move on and run their trains a little nearer on time, some of the numerous wrecks prplpably be averted. I ' i . h L 1 V ' ' . *>' .4 - i Who ever heard of a country newspaper man owning 222 acres of good farming land? Something unusual, you will say, but 1 there is one nublisher in this sec- 1 tion who is toting this burden of worldly goods upon his shoulders. His name is Ed. H. DeCamp, and he publishes a mighty good paper : over at Gaffney, called The Ledger. But what puzzles us more is why a man possessing this wide. expanse of territory should have put up such an earnest appeal for shirts and bought cigars on credit before starting to a press meeting at the seashore recently. Truly, there must be men of many minds and unknown money in this old world of ours. Governor-Elect Ansel a few days ago announced the appointment of Mr. A. J. Bethea, editor of the Darlington Press, as his . private secretary. Now, if we are to have a third newspaper governor, and according to the old adage that "the third is the charm," we may expect somefrhinor liniiQiial fr-v rlnrincr the coming administration.. Mr. Leroy F. Youmans, attorney general of the State, died of concussion of the brain at his home in Columbia Monday morning at 3 o'clock. He was 72 years of age and one of the most prominent men in the State. The Times man has been asked why it is that the Southern Railway's night trains come so much nearer making schedule time than the day trains. Too many! We pass it up to wiser heads. If the Columbia State doesn't pave the streets of the Capitol City, we miss our guess. To Grattan This Honor Belongs. The State of Friday says: " 'Columbia' is the name of the first native born American of those brought over by Commissioner Watson in the Wittekind. 'It's a girl,' and she was born at 330 Tobacco street yesterday morning. The family name of the little one is Depotie and both mother and Child are doing well, j Columbia Depotie's father works ! at the Granby mill." No, brother, you're wrong! | "Columbia" loses this honor by j just twenty days. The first1 native born American .to the Wittekind immigrants, so far as we know, saw the light of day at the plant of the Charlotte Brick Company at Grattan the morning of November 9. The parents of the child, a girl, came direct to this place from Charleston and i have since lived at Grattan, where the father, C. O. Z. Bariog, is I employed. We could not learn j the name of the new-born Bariog. No Dispensary For Kershaw. The supreme court Thursday handed down a decision affecting 1 the legality of the establishment! of a dispensary in the town of , Kershaw in Lancaster-Kershaw : counties, says the State. The town of Kershaw is located j on the line between Kershaw, and Lancaster counties and when the latter voted out the dispensary an effort was made by the county board of Kershaw to establish a dispensary on the Kershaw side. This movement met with resistance by the people of the town, and when the board anno ineed that a county dispen-; ser had l>een elected, an appeal was mr.de to the State beard of dispensary directors to prevent the opening of the dispensary.' At the same time an injunction was obtained from the supreme court which restrained the Kershaw county board temporarily. Afterwards the supreme court considered the petition for an injunction! on the legal points1 raised ar\.'.. in an opinion given Thursday by Associate Justice Woods tne temporary injunction is made permanent and an act of the generd assembly is shown to dc iauicy. rne appeal for an in-1 junction vas made on the ground that the dection for dispensary by the Keshaw county board of control hal not been advertised 20 days previously, as required by law. ^ appears that there was an err^r in the first advertisement appearing in a paper published ifc Camden, but the I correction vas not made in time for the election. Justice Woods remarks tli k, it is easier to get 1 votes in an llection of this kind : by a board fian to secure signatures to a petition against an | election wbfch was afterwards j 1 presented, i'he point raised that1 the petition vas jg signed by citizens of bothponnties is dismissed in view of several decisions in which simlar questions were j raised. [ \ W,.Xkmiwell-McLees Nuptials Vfc the prettiest home wedding: Jk witnessed in Fort Mill, Miss J una. Earle Thorn well became the bride of Hpv. Richard Gustavus McLees Thursday evening: at the home of the bride, on Confederate street. The entire house was decorated in chrysanthemums, palms, ferns and potted plants. At exactly 7:30 Mrs. C. L. Link began playing the beautiful *15?we|. Song," and Messrs T T i /? /-i i i t u. x. x?ucer, 01 uoiumDia, ana i J. D; Puilp, of Winnsboro, unrolled the white carpet from the alter to the parlor door. Then Miss Frames Thornwell sang very sweetly the sweet song 1 'Answer.' ? From this the music was changed to the suggestive strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March. Rev. J. H. Thornwell, father of the bride and R. L. McLees, of Orangeburg, took their places in front of the happy couple. On each side were the bridesmaids and the groomsmen aijd at the immediate left of the bride was the maid of honor, Miss Mary Thornwell, sister of the bride, and Mr. E. Earle Thorn wen t a brother of the bride, who gave her away. At the right o\f the groom was the best man, Rty. F. G. Wardlaw. Dr. J. II. Thornwell performed the beautiful rintr ser vice, assisted by Rev. J. L. McLees, of Orange'burg.. The bride wdf gcwned in a lovely hand-etnbroidered suit of i white crepe de chine over white1 taffeta and wore a veil which, was caught with a pearl brooch consisting of 97 different yearls, j which is an< heirloom handed j down from sevei-al generations, j She also wore a diamond studded i watch, the gift of the groom and carried bride's roses. The maid of honor, Miss Mary Thornwoll, was gowned in a beautiful white Jap silk dress and carried pink roser. The bridesmaids, Misses J. Roberta Thorn well, Mamie; McLees, of Greenwood, S. C., ! Marion McCrary. Elizabeth Bean, j Eliza Horton and Katharine Bean, of Clinton,S. C., were all | dressed in exquisite white costumes and carried pink carnations. The best man, Mr. F. G. Wardlaw, of Greenwood, and the groomsmen, Messrs. L. T. Baker, of Colombia, Jas. H. Thorn well, Jr., . and Jas. D. Fulp, of Winnsfcoro; E. Earle Thorn well, of Darlington; J. A. Withers, of Worthville. N. C.; Lafar Lipscomb, of Gaffney, and Dr. J. B. Elliott, pf Fort Mill, j wore the conventional evening attire. The popular and sweet bride1 is a daughter of Rev. James H. Thornwell, D. D.f and Mrs. Plnronpn TVi/? " ? 1 ' - a "waweii, and is j a universal favorite in not only this community, but also throughout the whole State For several years she has been connected with her father in his office as grand keeper of records and seal for the Knights of Pythias in this State. She it} the sweet flower of Pythlanisro and among the people of the entire State she is known and loved. The groom, Rev. Richard Gustavus McLees, is known over the State in the capacity of evangelist of the Synod of South Carolina. He is the son of the late Rev. John McLees, of Greenwood, S. C., who for many years the beloved psiator of the First Presbyteriun church at that place. In the present room was the most beautiful collection of presents ever seen in this place. Among the most har.dsome presents were the chest of solid silver given by Dr. Thornwell's congregation at Ebenezer, the chest of silver given by the sisters and brothers of the bride and the massive solid silver seven-' branched candelabra, the gift of Monsignor Dennis O'Connell, rector of the Catholic Vniversity of America at Washington, D. C., who is a native of trfcs place and an intimate friend of the fnmilv ? - ""J of the bride, and the sterling berry bowl and spoor.g, the gift of the ministers of the lower part of the State. After the ceremory, he happy couple amid shower? of rice and old shoes, left on the 10 o'clock train for their futvre home at Greenwood. Among the visitors at the wedding were the following: Mre. P. T. Hague and Jennie Anderson, of Morganton, N. C., J. A. Withers, of Worth ville; Mr. Gas-! kin, of Flat Rock; Mr. Angus Orr, of Atlanta; Mr. L. Mac Kennedy, Misses Elizabeth and Katharine Bean, Fliza Horton, Marion and Emmie McCrary, of Clinton; Miss Mary Erwin, of Charlotte, N. C.; Mrs. J. B. Mack, of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Julia Stirewalt, of Moorcsville, N. C. i J. D. F, j * | U ( % & From the Pkilippbes. The Times in in receipt of a letter from Mr. Herbert L. Merritt, son of Mr. I. M. Merritt of the Point section of the county, in whish is enclosed a year's subscription to the paper and contains some interesting facts connected with army life in the Philippines. The letter is dated Fort Wm. McKinley, Rizal, P. I., October 24, 1906, and reads in part as follows: "Fort McKinley is the largest pbst that the American government has. It will accomodate tr aaa 1 j: -it j- i *i i u,uw auiuiers, an moaern Duna- | ings fitted with improved sanitary and sewerage systems. The city of Mapila is in easy reach either by rail boat or carriage? distance about 6 miles. "My old friend and brother soldier, Earl Cousart, was up last week and spent four days with me. You can imagine how glad we were to see each other. It is something very rare, you know, to meet an old home friend in this land of sunshine. Earl transferred when his regiment went home and will remain over until his time expires. He is in the ! fishery business down in the Southern islands and is doing well. "There are good opportunities over here for a man to make money. I am in the picturs business and have a nice studio. "The climate is very good, but if one is not very careful he will go crazy with the heat. You might say we have summer the year round if it did not get so awfully hot at times. "I like the army to a certain degree. We have almost everything that goes to make life pleasant, and yet with these com-v forts of life, and with due consideration of other things, there are times when I would like very much to be back in the "Fort." Soldiering is getting to be very strenuous these days: schools of all kinds, hiking, marching, hasty entrenchments, night attacks, manoeuvering, and field problems of all kind is the order of the day. 4 'James Crenshaw is a sergeant in the Tenth Infantry, stationed in Alaska. "There is very little cholera over here now. "H. L. Merritt, "Sergt. Co. D. 16th Inf." Pleasant Valley. Last Wednesday Mr. White Cousart had the misfortune of having one of his fingers split open by the gin saws. On the same day Mr. J. M. Harris was kicked by a mule. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Fotts at-; tended the Thornwell-McLees marriage Thursday evening Mrs. John Miller and children of Pineville 3pent Thanksgiving with Mr nnrl Mrc .T/\hn Poftnc? i Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Justice spent thursday with Mr. and Mrs Chas. Ross. Mr. Will Bickett moved to Charlotte Friday. Mr. Walter Hall now occupies the house vacated by Mr. Lee Bickett Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Patterson and Mr. D. O. Potts spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Patterson. It is reported they had a very large cake, but did not say exactly how much Mr. Potts ate. They were entertained by the phonograph Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harris entertained a few friends at a Thanksgiving dinner Mrs. Lon Faris gave a thanksgiving dinner to a number of children which was much enjoyed Messrs. Robt. ! and Fred Bickett, Oscar Faris I and Joe Miller of Charlotte, spentj Thursday with friends in this; community... . Mr. Jno. Pettus will move into Mr. Joe Bailes' i new house this week. Price of Cotton. The best price paid for cotton 1 on this market yesterday was 10.75 cents. Woodmen to Elect Officers. The annual election of officers for the local lodge W. O. W. will take place at the meeting of the i camp next Tuesday evening. ' Final arrangments for the annual banquet to be given on the night of the 14th will be made and it is hoped that every member of the camp will be present at the meeting. Card of Thanks. We, the undersigned, bake this means of extending heart-felt thanks to those of our friends who so kindly aided us in the recent illness and death of our darling little grand-son. May the choicest blessings of the Father reward them for their ; many acts of kindness, ivijlr. and Mrs, A. A. Bradford. Thev Must < V Everything la Dry In the future we wi Furnishings, Clothi In order to close ou December 10th, we Yard wide Black Taf] Fifty-six inch Broadcl Fifty^six inch Ashlani In fact, everythiu AT COST. Seeing is believing. McElhaney < SPECIAL NOTICES.! HORSE FOR SALE?A good family nniinal and buggy uud harness. Will soli at a bargain . W. B ARDREY. FOR RENT One or two good farms.] Apply to T. B. BEIjK. - ! 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