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TWENTY JMNTM YCAIt W. W. SMOAK, JR. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. —TERMB— M TBAft. $1.00 m WOXTBS 80c ran mouth !« *5c ALWAYS II AOVAICE. Published every Wednesday. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15, 1908. It’s 1000 feet and a little more, and Hughey’s gone, “Pinkey . He’ll be back though, we hope, ank expect. We wish to assure <>ur law-makers that they are l>eing watched and we trust their acts will bear scrutiny. Wt believe they will. ATTENTION, DEUNQUENTS: The folic w ing rulings of the Post master General jvill be of interest to our readers; RENEWALS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. j statement of our judgment as to the re^f friends and enemies of the lien law*, The reasons actuating tho.-e who have opposed A or favored the law have been in both ca»es self A rcasonab.e time wj!! be allowed interest. It goes without saying publishers to secure renew a!s of sub- that if men who require liens were scriptions, but unless subscriptions are expressly renewed, after the term for which they are paid, wifhin such friends of the farmers of w horn they required them, they would extend the credit without the- col- There are two articles on the lien law elsewhere in this issue, which we trust will be read by every reader of th» paper. One is a hte- tory of the repeal, and the other an editorial in the Union Times. Both are well written. The Charter for Walterboro expires this year, and will have to bertt&w* the legislature. L’txier the law as it now stands our cheif execu tive will be called “Mayor” instead of **Intendant.” And also the t.mm of the present cbhneil aspires this year. Thfe election will > hsM in May. Every citixen should register so as to be able to vote in this elec- tioeu We are in receipt of a complimen tary copy of Tlte Cotton 'Mills of Soabi Carolina bj August Kohn. ThkWaB a series' of letters written taTW News and Courier from Octo ber ^ December, a 190T. Now three months, triweeklies within six lateral. Almost invariably the the following period dailies within merchant has wanted to give the monts, semiweeklies within nine credit and expt»cted to profit by it. months, weeklies within one year, but has been unwilling to do so they shall not kbe counted in the withrut collateral. The only reason legitimate list of subscriber^, and why any farmer ever gave a lien c opies mailed on account thereof was necessity, the only reason any shall not be accepted for mailing farmer ever favored the law wa s at the second class’postage i ate of 1 necessity. cent a pound, but may be mailed at As to ..the subject itself, apart the transient second class postage from those who favor or oppose it rate 1 cent for each four ounces or and their motiv< s for so doing, we fraction therof, prepaid by stamps w i s h to say some things, affixtd. The right of a publisher 1. The lien law is an insult to the to extend credit for subscriptions to manhood and integrity of the his publication is not denied or It'was devised for slaves questioned, but his compliance or j ^ of it were unconacious ; noncompliance with this regulation l y extending the slavery of the blacks w ill betaken into cosideration in de termining whether the publication is entitled Ito transmission at the second class postage rates, The time tot this to go into effect was fike<i fob JaA. i, \ 1908 but.f in order to allow newspapers to have titoe to get ready for the new condi tion of affairs the time will be ex tended to April 1,1908. and at the same tune fastening it on to the poor whites. It was the first in South Carolina from f ’ e old time financial system in which hocor was the basis of credit. Every farmer who had any sense of honor has felt humiliated when he was required to give a lien. To this day the man who comes down to giving a hen resi zes and his neighbors realise that While our mailing list shows as I he has sunk to the bottom at last eo •at M V . \ di ten tW many paid up and in advance sub scriptions as any paper in the state not adhering strictly to the cash-in- advanoe system there are some sub scribers who will have to be drop ped from our list unless remittance be received by April 1st We trust that each subscriber on reading this “ '•“* " d ** If any ttwia arrears from April tet, wa trwritr tM*U worth reading nad In Hon. J. B» froia of tha i posted Legislature. He will keep as to the doings of bur 1 . Re eure to read teep posicu %rm *iW work deaa hr legislature. Wa shaU be gMd yon. Mr please not consider this as coming from this paper for we have absol utely nothing to do with it and ao alteraativf in tha matter. Tbs Postmaster General did act eotfsott m about Ibis change, bet we jgree with him, . and shall tndaaver coanplr with his ruling. ■If our paper is worth taki^S from wyd leading it is worth paring for, and thtfe all say to aa honest man—he wfl! pay up. THB LIEN LAW. This law, which has beta a 1, Ameadmeat sr repeal af read- law. 2, AmbdvsteiarprahihitlOa. • a mmtod mm fer reasal el Has law. A, Conervathm and good judg- smtlnMl MAMON AND MURDER. lamaMmaaga in psfpariag hit hmee to fhs grand jury of a law legUaturs fer yearn, is Uhsly he be the esuse af a real fight hi tha asxt Wa want to yva oar «g Theoae lone argument at ited to- f the theory is thus, how much worse! has been the practical work- ng of’the law te this f respect. As soon'as the merchant takes a lien on a fanner he begins to crack his whip end the’fanner begins to danee to thefmusic. If tho firmer 'labels he is haltered and dragged to court; if he doesn't work he is remonstrat ed with just in the spirit which the old slave holder dvowed toward hit 4*vea, the working of this lien law years it has occurrad to him that the" chief difference between thd 1h& merchant and the old slavt holder has been that the former differed from the latter mainly in that .the he waa witoout the sense of sibility and afiection for his slaves. Wa knowTthere "have' been many to this rule; but insist that the exceptions have been doe aa mosh the dutifulness af tha slaves as to ths** goodness of the If a merchant had a set of lienors who wtofted well ahd paid well ha same to have toward soom ssaaa af rssponsihittty and assM sort af affection. If his liners rwmuAOUPi im But *» tl fafiponibt, to Jwlce the International Clothes by the 1 price. There is nothing about them that is similar to .others—so comparison fi got place. Ther stand alone. Though popular priced they" are Car in advance ff those that coat you double. Tha difference lies in the fact that the International Tailoring Cow, ff New York and Chicago have different methods and are able to render service the highest order at a price that none can imitate. \< >< n< The tl. W; Cohen Store * * j • a _____ - “Th* Stem That AlwAyi Makes flood.” I »s^—ay^— Master’s Sales . The state of fiouth Osrolf aa Oolletoa Coaaty. la ths Ootmasa naas.. OMBlalNv. Aadaam ■ O Black, #. ah By rirtoe of the Dscrss af above Couit ftisAa» l wIIL sell st sabUe salary to- Heoss la Waltertoto. sa fsbrsary ant (Sriasy), al hMUS.ttoMtowtnaae> St^iutSSi tittotoa MmT Tm, Md it was dus to their goodness that the .it, H The State of teeth Oare>iaa TWf result was tha > ef aa storming tnefasss in taking af kwman Ilfs. in tha ia the poor man’s oaly collateral for credit. WKh ref crease to tMs point ws hove obsorvsd this plea has never i onerea oy ms poor man nue- sslf. It waa not dsvfltod by tha poor man for himself. Wa this or any other reason in its fetor The tow allowed as we have mid Bale by Order af the By VMM of m ord ate court. will mil at paMIe eatery, .efteu the Court Moose la Witter bars es tola Day ia February asxi(tid (dag) of in m. % 1he tendency of the was to harden a man. We a lien chant who saespod with much —ny af bmm left him. As ta the mcrite of tha lien as a collateral much may be said, but ws fosboar tomy it, ansept this, vis: Itfe vary pear csBatsral. It ntiks One It Hons Baglas and Boiler. H C Rayon O W Rayser. OsUatso Oonnty In tha Oommon Pleas H 0 Raysor, at. si, rr* w tarpapers. - ’ C. G. Header son ; Master. Jan. Uth.1906. Tha State af Booth Carolina OolUten County » i uouoaon vouniy » 2 hi the Common Pleas > H. C. Raysor. m Adsalntiftntor of Ito Batata of Q, W. 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