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BENNETTS VILLE, S. C. DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO., W. F. CALDWELL, EDITOR Friday, Fob. 7, 1008 BY PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE. This .year is campaign year and everything from the President ol' the ll ni teil States down to tho smallest oftico holder is to he e lected. Although the regular open ing of tho campaign is some months oil, still polities arti on the move mid candidates are coming out of the woods and announcing them selves along with their platforms. ^",th us of Marlhoit) the, elec tion of the state ollicers and the county ollicers are the principal things of interest. That the pres ent Governor and almost the en tire set of state ollicers will be re elected is well nigh a forcgonocon clusion. And that is all right. They have made good records ami deserve another term. One. of the principal things is to vole for the best man. .Maybe the best man isn't as w ann a per sonal friend of yours as another candidate but that should not be an excuse for not voting for him. Vote lor the best man every time and you will be satisfied. One suggestion we would oller, when you vote for n man for oflico be certain mut ?juro that the mali practices what lie preaches, l$0 sure that fco is himself a living example for the principles for which he asks election. And in this don't be deceived by talk. Be certain and then, if he is the best man in the. race, vote foi- him and get all your friends to vote for him and do all you can to get him elected. Ile will make a line olli cer no matter what the ollicc for which he asks election. This is thc time to be thinking of such matters for election draweth near and it behooves the cit izens to bc up and doing. LETS HAVE FIRE PROTEC T?ON. The destructive lire which visit ed this place last Friday an ac count of which appears in another place in t h c s e columns-has taught the need, indeed if any m o r o lessons along that, line wore needed, ol' some means of fighting liri1. Wo need lire protec tion and our people should see le it that they have lire protection. The insurance companies will be lighting shy of us if we (lon*! gel some means ol' lighting a lire and they would be justified in doing SO. A property loss of between $150,000 and ?200,000, besides thc amount pf sti tiering and oilier loss which can't be valued by dollars and^ccnts should malee people lake cognizant of the fact ol' thc lack of lire protect ion. The Stench ?'rom the Thaw I rial is only equalled by thal from thal old State dispensary, The I legislature says thal they have now gotten down io work. Well il is a 1)0UI tillie. \\ e are now having quite a va rjoty of Avetither, Kuin,snoW, wind. s|col and yvhtii hoi are all having li .say. Plenty doing in those par!-, now, A suicide in one town, a inurdei in another, and a big liri- in an other is certainly coining som". Tho Ibgl.slatUl'O refused lo pass: prohibit ion law l?ut we predict thal after thc next eh ction piohih?lioi will go through willi a whoop. Il is gratifying lo know thai lin t rial ol' I lan ;, Thaw is over al lusl. The odor from this i'ihh\ ero\v< has beena stench long enough, 'lie* assi nation ol' thc kirig am crown prince ol' Port neal arg?es thai tyranny's rule brings 'us own punishment on Hie head ol' thc rulers. After deliberating over twenty five hours tho jury in thc enso of Hurry Thaw who was on trial for tho second timo for tho nm riler of Stanford White, returned a verdict of not guilty on tho grund of insan ity. He was committed to Mat tewan asylum for the present. The Slate is a Bryan paper and ! tho News and Courier a Johnson paper. Now can't both have their own way? What about Bryan for Prcsidout and Johnson for V ice President? We don't belicvo thc \ State will have any objection to this ticket, but can't speak for the News and Courier's altitude. Wo havo heard many compli ments on tho improved Democrat and wocortainly appreciate them. One man said last week in renew ing his subscription, "I found more reading matter in thc Dcm ocrat last week limn I have ever seen before and 1 am certainly pleased with it. l'ut mo down for ; another year." Marlboro County is away in tho : lend when it coin?s to producing cotton Why we had so much last year that wo just left sonic over to I begin .'mother year on. Wo will not be trebled with labor, the lien law, plowing, hoeing and tho like. ! Wo just have tliis standing in , tho field already open while others aro having to work on their crops wo can got ours al leisure. Wo j chal longo com par iso < with any other county in thc State along 1 this line. Another subscriber was talking and among other things said, "I read everything in tho Democrat including the advertising. I always , look for tho advertisers for then I; ' can know where to gb when I want anything and L know who has it. 1 never think of buying from a merchant who doesn't ad-1 vcr Uso. I always go lo those who j advertise for I feel like that is tho > place and 1 tell you most people; aro like me." Wo refer to this to! j show thc value, of advertising for ; when it comos to that tho Demo crat is tho placo and thc medium. : j Its circulation is on the increase, it is being improved every day, and advertising pays, so get busy, ? -o+o Legislative Doings ( lol u m bia, ?Jan. 31- -Thc I louse today agreed to adjourn tonight until Tuesday, PJ o'clock, and the night session tonight is to make , up for tomorrow. So many of the members ure needed ?it homo on 1st Monday in February, it has always been a custom to adjourn over Until Tuesday after 1st Mon day. Well, yesterday, tho 1 louse by ll Vote of .?I to 0?; failed to pass prohibition, but many of those who voted against prohibition slated that their counties favored prohibition, but that they had been elected herc on local option and did not feel that they would bc warranted to vote for some other'system without having been so instructed, They know that lhere is n demand for prohibition in this slate, and they know that three fourths of thc members who rel urn here next your will come hero pledged for prohibition, and they want to defer action tl) the primary us such will give them an eXCU.SC lo come I >|ICK. I heir const il uenls should say tO theil), 'Why did you noi vote for prohi bition when you had un opportu nity lo (lo so in the logi.slai lire of lOOsr 1 believe Hie hill on tile calen.lar to submit the (|tie.stion of prohibition or dispensary lo the 1 people this .M ar will p?s.s, I pre fer for it to be separated from thc 1 primary, so thal personal influence of Candidates will be eliminated. I fool .sun- that South Carolina will vote prohibition, 80,000 ma jority. The house (oday passed ' "free sci.I books hill" itliowipg all poor children to secure toxi books nt the state. It passed i<> I <'?i<l rodding bm their was opph . sit ion. 'I he 1 lovoro proposed amendment to the constitution, to qualify (lie beneficiaries of free school i nit ion was debate ! and d?bale adjourned until next Tues day, 12 o'clock. I believe that tho "Kershaw Compulsory Educa tion bill" will pass tlio House. Ful some [reason the authors of tho bill are holding it back, while lt is at tho top of thc calendar. Yesterday I called up my bill No. SOO which was on page l? of tho Calendar, to "prohibit public drinking on passenger coaches, on railroad trains in this state.'' This is the identical law that obtains in North Carolina. I adjourned de bate until Pi o'clock today. lt was reached today and I allowed il to come up. To my surprise one member moved to "strike out the onacting words of the bill" which ol' course necessitated a speech fromme. 1 felt all that was neces sary was to explain the bill Mid 'point out the merits ol' the bill alter some discussion, oil an aye and nay vote I won by '.IT to l<>. Several members congratulated mc on my success. Who has not been annoyed and disturbed on excursion, slate fair, or other pub lic occasion pull their bottles out in passenger coaches, in tho pres ence ol' ladies and drink publically before them? This bill w ill put an end lo this it does not pro hibit a man taking a drink in the. smoker, or the dining car, or closets etc. The law works well in North Carolina, a copy of the bill w ill bo posted in all passenger couches in South Carolina, and the penalty is sufliciont to prohibit this public disregard and disrespect of Indis and gentlemen while traveling on our railroad coaches. Of course, no gentleman will publicly drink in thc presence of ladies, and this law is , intended to force these toughs and mon destitute of re spect for ladies to refrain from their obnoxious habits and indul gences while in tho presence of ladies. I fesl sure that the. hill will pass tho senate without oppo sition. Some of tho members have en joyed tho wrestling matches pulled oil" here in the theater hall but 1 know that my friends at home wil be. surprised to learn that 1. have not attended the theater one single time since I have been in Colum bia. Not that I object to these plays, for I believe them to bo ?leVating and educating, but I have been too busy, have had per sonal and public duties lo attend to t and I am almost astounded at thc fact thal 1 have not patron ized those public amusements, My friend and colleague D D McColl, who has been (pi i te sick, has recovered sullicicntly to re sume his seat in the House, but went home la>t night, where lie could more fully recuperate. K ve rv body are speaking ol' and sympathizing with Judge Hudson in Iiis great loss hythe re cent lire. Rcs pi cl fully, .1 Proston ( libson. -o+o Was in 1*001' 11 oui I li Vor Years Im W, Kelly, of Manedcld, l'.i . writes "I WM in poor heal Iii fer two yearn, mil? fcring from kidney and bladder trmihlo, I relent KOiiH?dornblo money eonniitling phy.-i elana without obtaining any marked h?no? lit. but wan cured by Poley s Kldnop Ouro, ami I deni re lo add my testimony thal it nifty bo ibo cahl?c of restoring tim health of. otlicra" ltofuno substituted, Itoid & Co, Notice. KiStalo ol' Mary Wallace. All parties holding claims ol' nn,\ ki d against the- estate ol' Miiry Widlnce, deceased, aro hereby! not ?lied that tin-:, inusl present them duly attested within the time pro scribed and parties indebted lo said esiaie by account or other wise are leiptiied lo make imme diate payment lo tho undersigned. .1. R. Townsend, Qualified Kxceulor. .lan. 28th 11)08, ;?-s. ANNO?]K?P/IE^T ! .j t ' ! ! inko IIIH nictlio?! ol' announcim.' tc ti tlio peuple ol .Murlhoio o'anity il-til .Stevcir on, Milt neroli ci Sicvci-on, v I ov linn eirnooM'd iil'VV, I1' S ovoexoil ntii| P. S M 11(110*011 Ol (?li ciaw - ami W. M S'. vcieou ol'I' MIII OI ,ville, la e|y ,,1 Diirlidl.'tO'i, 11 . v . fipOb'! I an niftier in Hen lionsville ^ iii pia.-lid' in S-a.1 h'cdoriil Courts, Ufllc.0 luM'oual sim) nt Ptaiilci > National li nk Building K b II iry 20. 1907. The Lien Law. Editor Advocate: I feel that I would be recreant in my duty to : my fellow citizens, especially the j poor white, did I not give express* ! ion to my opinion in regard to the operation cf this law, which, at tliis time is provoking such acri ; mullions discussion. I note with congratulation, that, all men who arc competent to form an intelli I gent opinion ol'the question are ivory pronounced in their approval of the law. I would not give the opinion of A .J Matheson, tho big hearted, wealthy, patriotic, practi cal statesman and successful plant er for the opinion of all the impe cunious lawyers, nows paper edi tors, el id omnc genus, who do not pay laxes iwen on twenty-live dollars worth of real estate. Men of Ibis class should not be allowed to discuss such weighty problems, only men whose, agricultural in tc tests are imperilled, can with propriety, take part in the discuss ion of a problem of such momen tous gravity. Like Mr. Matheson, I am so situated, as to fully appre ciate the necessity of thc law to the laboring class, as 1 own one of the larg: st, most valuable, ?md, 1 might add, best, org?nico planta tions in the banner county as es tale, which from its fertility, its solubility, its eligibility il is known . far ?md nour, as Beauty Spot. I run the place on thc tenant system and have for many years very suc cessfully. My land annually ap preciates in value. I am paid live or six, 500 weight bales of cotton to the farm of 25 acres, have never lost, a pound ?md the merchants . with whom they trade aro gentle ( mon and charge no more, for ad vances to them, on the lien law, limn they do to nie and are promptly paid for such advances, lt is a piece of the basest slander of tho merchant to say they charge exorbitant prices. My tenants have prospered to such extent, un der the law, that they lun e acquit' : ed property both personal and j real. The plantation last year made j over XOQ bales, with suHlcient for age, con? etc You will lind no I happier people anywhere or better citizens. Many of these people have boon willi nie 29 years and hincas comfortable homes, with ' work ami driving ?mim?is, as von will see anywhere, Beauty Spot i only two miles from the incorp? rale limits of our beautiful county seat, Bcnnctfsvillc, which rellccts so proudly, tho enterprising spirit and business capacity of A .1 Math eson. Although SO near, the sherill hus never been to (ho place of Hoi - chilly. Most of my tenants cann to me very poor, but by means ol the wise provision Iliade hy om legislature iii thc enaccmcnl of th? lien law for ibo poor, aro indepe (lent happy, moral and honest peo pie. 1 see no apology for a I'Cpeil of (he lien law. In my opinion, i Would be tho most direful disasle i hat has ever happened to the stale Tho legisla til re could bettor occu py its tinie, in prp\ iding for th comfort of our Confederate veter ans in their declining years. On of whom, I say it wit h shiime am hi o ti Mention, was a bogger on th streets of C(>>.nilibili ibo other day A Confed?rate veteran, a beggar on tho st roots of tho capital cit, of South Carolina, tho mother o ?SCCC.SSion. O t?mpora ! () more.. Another's lifeless body was norn from u poor hons ? farm wit h cross of honor pinned on his lift less hotly and buried in tho potter iield. Plenty to engage (ho at ten i lion of the gr?ai assembly than ri pealing tile onl.\ hiv. thal makes i possible for the poor w hiles lo ox isl al ?ill. This maller of compel mg landlords lo work their land with hired labor was tried, alto Hampton b?ciim? governor, tl tl ? wits such a disastrous failure (lui the lieu hov became \\ neeessilv Tho (Mil j ic ?po for our people is i thc wisdom of tho South, il cum to tho rescue ol' lax payers in th past ?md i fool sure it will m .-.land idly by now and not reliait ihis cover! and dastardly attack o the liberties of their follow eil zens. lt C, McIntyre, llenuty Spot. Plantation. .Jan. 22, 1008* J J 1 LAND FOR SALE. 87 3 io Acres six miles north oset of Hod Springs nod 1 milos from main liuo of A Ooust Lino Itailroad. Tweuty aoros olearon Timber mid wood will poy thc expense of clearing. Prico $2,000. To rms Cash. J. T. BOSTICK, Doo. 20, 1907. lied Springs, N. 0. JOHN T. DOUGLAS. Notice of Final Discharge. v Kstato P. B. Moore. Having filed in the Probate Judge's office of Marlboro county our final returns as executors of the will of P. li. Mooro notice is hereby given that wo will apply to court on the 21st day of Pcb. 1908 for letters dismissing as such ex ecutors. J. B, Pipkin, B. E. Mooro,' Emily IO Mooro, Jan. 21, 1008. Executors. 4-8 - When tho Stomach, Ho.irt.or Kidney IOTVOS got weak, then thoso organs always full. Don't drug ibo stomach, nor stimula to tho heart or kidneys. That is simply a mako shift. Got a prescription known to drug (lints everywhere as Dr. Snoop's Usstora tivo. Tho ltstorativo is prepared expressly for theso weak insido nerves. Strength/' \ tiloso nervo?, build thom up with Dr ShooV._y Restorative-tablots or liquid-and seo how quickly help will como. Freo sample test sent on revuest by Dr. Shoop,H .oino, j W?B. Your health ie surely worth this sam. I plo test. John T. Douglas, Druggist. - NOTICE J. Has opened his jewelry business next to Union Savings Bank. I expect to rebuild at once at my old stand where 1 will continue business as heretofore. - - SAM J. PEARSON - = JEWELER. AND OPTICIAN. 5-8 fe ? i re? M i To Oui FIENDS AND CUSTOMERS ki to the Friends and Customers of Claude T, Moore Wo have purchased tho business of Claude T. Moore and are now localed at his Old Stand. The lire "pul us to the bad" lor a little, while but we arc now prepared todo a larger business than ever and to give you tho right goods ai the right prices. Weoxtend our thanks for aid receiv ed during the lire and assure you that same is appreciated by us. Wc will lie open for ! usinessat the former stand Of Gland T Moore on Sat urday february 1st. Wc want all our customers ami friends and all ol' Claude T Moore's customers and friends to continue to trade with us and got tho best groceries ai tho cheapest prices. If you want anything KTo. IO hey Will bo delivered at your home. Again thanking our friends and asking for a con lance of their patronage, wo are