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BENNETTS VILLE, S, C, DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO., W. F. CALDWELL, EDITOR Friday, Feb. 14, loos FOR BIENNIAL SESSIONS. In looking"over tho work which hus beeil done ami tho time which has been wasted we can readily say tiiat South Carolina does not need a mooting of tho loishituro every year. And the present session of this body has only oinphasized this fact more forcibly than ever. In accordance with tie? law tho legislature meets on the second Tuesday in January which was the 12th of that Month this year. ll continues in session for forty days and that is the length of the time which they receive pay. They can continue the.session after thal, limo if they want to but they must servo without pay and we have yet to seo them doing that. Tho legislature this year, like most of the other years, has done partically nothing. We venture to say that they could have trans acted all business which was neces-1 .sary in two days at the most. Hut instead of that they have killed time in running over the state and In useless discussions- lt appears to an observer that they have ad jour ned on every pretext and in stead of staying in Columbia and finishing the wwrk and then getting back homo they fooled away the time, until, with only a little over one more week of the session, they I still have done nothing. The. ma jority of the states of the union have given up the practice, of ig their, lawmakers to meei . year and we think that it is lime for this state to join that >er. The laws are made ami ;ed so fast that the mass of .opie never have lime to know i is the law. In fact many of ? uui?>,,eau WHICH ua.! utica...,', 3 statute books. Hut then i s not surprising after one )VOr the field, frequent meetings of the ; legislature we actualy belive result: in more, harm than good. The j Governor could call them in extra session if such a course was ad vised. We. say let them meei, once. every two years. The meeting of tho legislature every year calls for a lot of money and this state can ill afford to pay out a pilo of money to have a crowd go to Col umbia and spend forty days doing nothing. We submit that it is time to change this obsolete cus tom. INCONSISTENCY OF SOME PA PERS. There nre some papers in the state of South Carolina which pro fess to be ardent prohibitionists and their editorial and news col umns are lilied with arguments against tho sale of liquor. Hut turn to thc advertisements telling whore and what brands should be called for. Now this thing has been making some of us think. If these afore said papers are really and truly prohibitionists, that is if they aro conscientiously opposed to tho liquor traille, then why is it that they take the advertisements ol' thc liquor houses? It is plain enough fact that these liquor houses pay good advertising rates and are not like some other adver tisers slow about paying. Hut for ft paper to tight against liquor in its editorial and news columns and then lake liquor advertisements seems to us to be inconsistent to say the least. In fact this sort of J)r Jokyl and Mr Myko policy kills whatever influence such a news paper may have had. Tob?4 con sistent in the light against tho li quor let them cut out tho adver tisements of the liquor houses and light tho trallie all along the line. Straddling will amount to nothing in thc end. Tho paper is known to bo inconsistent-to uso no stronger tenn-which will fight against tho liquor in its editorial and news columns and then pub lish tho advertisements of liquor houses. If they take the adver tisements then in their other spa ces let them advocate liquor and quit tho futile light which they are attempting to wage-apparently. Wo profess that this matter hurls tho cause ol'both sides and helps' neither tho editor, tho paper, nor thc people who take thc paper. The weather of the pasl few days should bc calculated to revive interest in tho matter ol' water nav igation. .4, ?o The lee King has boon displeased with some of his subjects, recently and has dealt out some tough times for them. ?.><?>>.< Atlanta was hard hit by tho ico king and now they aro complain ing of prohibition over there. Some pcoplo aro hard to satisfy anyhow. "A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds," sinus tho taxpayers when looking over tho workings of tho legisla ture. ?..?.?. We hope Attorney General Ly on will succeed in cm ching the rascals who stole all I.int money from tho slate in spite of tho oppo sition of politicians and liquor lawyers. MW .> <.> A large crowd of tho lawmakers spent lost Saturday in thc city-by. tho-sca and old Charleston received them with open arms. Wonder where, tho "Tigers" stayed while this body was in tho city ? <.??.??.> Senator Appelt stirred up a "hor net's nest" by that editorial of his in tho Manning Times on the hold **15o Sliro your sins will lind you ont," is well illustrated in the case of tho defunct state dispensary. The investigation draws out more proof of thc rottencss every day and we1 hope to sec it go on until thc theives, whoever they may bc, arc all caught and punished. -o+o Nolice of Opening Books of Sub scription. Pursuant to a commission issued to thc undersigned by Hon KM McCown, Secretary of State of South Carlina, under date of Feb ruary 11th, 1908, books of sub scription to the capital stock of the McCall Hotel Company will bc opened at thc ollicc of T K Mc Call in Bennottsville, S C, on Sat urday the 15th day of February 1008 at ll o'clock. TE McCall, I W S Mowry, > Corpora ll H Newton. ) tors. 7 Nolice of Final Discharge. Having Hied in the Probate. JudgGiS ellice of Marlboro county my final return as guardian of Si las M Spears, II ii Spears, W L Spears, Ii F Spears, Tilla Spears, Alton Spears and Forest Spears notice is hereby given that I will apply to said court on the 3rd day of March 1908 for letters dismis sary as such guardian. William Spears, 0*9 p. Guardian. Feb. 3rd lOOK. A weak stomach means weak stomach nerves, always. And this is also true of thc heart and kid neys, lt' a pity that sick ones continue to drug thc stomach or stimulate the heart and kidneys. The weak nerves, not, thc organs themselves need this help. This explains why Dr. Shoop's Restor ative has, and is promptly helping so many sick ones, lt goes direct to tho cause ol those diseases, Test this vital truth and seo, .Ino. T. I >ouglas, THE WEATHER. VERY &OUGH, Reports from Quarters tell o( Bad Weather. "Well, what's thc news tc asked the reporter as he st ? into the court house ol' one < otticials over there. "Not: much except bad weather ar grippe," was the reply. "Tl about all I know ol*."' And was tho same no matter win asked. Colds lagrippo, and'? sicknesses along with the weather is all that seems to Ix ring these days. The bad weather :-ecms to been pretty general all ov< country. Atlanta, (?a., wa hard. The sleet and freeze p telephone, the telegraphs lights, and thc street ears business lor a few days. Th? lauta Constitution tells < I'ree/e ami the havoc wh wrought, lt ays that th graph wi re.--and thotolophoi were down and that Atlant eui oil' ol' communication w outside World. .Mails could dcliverc ! in the residential ons regularly and the sit Hoi the poor was severe in in: stances. In other paris of the C< the sleet ami freeze held swi this state Sparlanburg, Am (J reen vi Ile and thc surrot towns were in the gras)) sled, forces and many wire; damaged. In Anderson the were put out of business ? several of the towns the kel lamps or candles had to beni account ol' the electric lights out. ? Hon not t s\ i I li> has had its 'share of the bail weather. Th? wave strucklhCrc on time and ?day morning found some sloe tho rain which was falling froze. Monday night the we; turned a little wanner but thc kept up and was followed on ) nesday by a disagreeable and /.Iv rio y Not 1.moss h i ol much kind. lt was said on Wednesday that several wagons had passed through j town containing tho household I goods ol' some people who wore moving. These are making ar rangements for this year and the incl?ment weather added some what to the work of moving. : Hut the Hennettsville lights are l in good working order and never mind the weather. The condition of the streets are somewhat ol' a drawback but then there is some consolation in the fact that some of these days soon thc sun will shine, and then there will be heard sighs for the waterworks so the dust might be laid. - 0*0 In Memoriam. Mrs. Amanda Carter, wife of thc late Capt. Daniel Carter, was born in 1833 and died December 26th 1907, aged 74 years, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Louis Cha vis in Hebron. Mrs. Carter was reared near Hurtsville, Darlington county, by liions parents, and at the agc of (iftcen joined tho M. IO. church, South, ami lived up to her vows. When stricken two yearg ago her faith grew stronger and bright* 1er and her hope for eternity was i built upon nothing less than Christ and His righteousness, consequent ly the. only pain to her in passing through thc valley of the shadow of death was the separation from j the loved ones ol' earth. She is survived by two brothers, ! Dr. .1. H. C. and .Judge L Wright I of Darlington county, one son, Mr. Oscar Carter, of Savannah, and two daughters, Mrs. Louis Chavis of Hennettsville, and Mrs. Kellie King of Hurtsville, She was laid to rest at Beauty Spot eomoteiy on December 27th 1007, Kev. ,J IC Rushton of tho Blenheim circuit conducting tho burial service. A Friend. G?UCULTURAL PROSPECTS. t erything ?omts io a Succesful Season. iusincss conditions, as far as mettsville and thc surrounding ntry is concerned, are very -d. In fact they are much the io as at this time every year tho financial panic only alt'cct ihis section slightly. 'Ians arc now being made for planting of this year's crops, ti li zo rs aro bein"; hauled and le ready and tho ground is lie put info shape. The fanners 0 boon busy ditching and clean oil' the. land which needed tkis d of treatment. It is said that 1 prospects for this year are very ght. In fact one said the other y that thc outlook for this year s better than usual. Like other sections of tho coun . Marlboro has been troubled by carcity of lab* Formerly there s no trouble in hiring all tho hi if bul the aspect is di lieront now. ' many the scarcity of labor in 3 past few years has boon caused littlo bv thc immense manu fae ring plants now under construc n in thc sont h. No longer relying on thc raising colton as thc sole means of live ned thc men of tin?, south lun e .ned their attention to manufae ing lines. ( hi rivers and creeks ter powers an1 being uti li/.ed thc purpose of furnishing clec iity which run the wltCcls of tories, light thc towns, and iply the motive power of vuri industrics over many an ex SO of territory. This has necd labor in developing these yari thihgs, especially in thc mat of construction, and tho negro thc natural labor. Higher fos were ofl'crcd than they were istomcd to receive and they icrcd around those undertak ; in large crowds, nother fact is too thut. thc ?ol 1 class have gotten more thrift n>e V : ' . i.,) ...v.. ^ i v..i(HA.l from their white noighbors. Thc recent financial depression has caused many of thc largo in dustrial undertakings lo suspend, at least for a time, ami hence there luis been turned loose on tho coun try a large, number of unemploy ed. These must have means ol' liv ing and they arc more ready to go work on thc farms, lt is said that this is one of tin4 most important reasons for tho present supply of (abor. Of course tho prices of the farm hand have risen with the price of cotton and this is an attraction which adds no small inducement to working on Ibo farm. The lien law has been discussed pro and con to show its effect on labor. -o+o Preaching at Shiloh. | Kev. R. A. Rouse, the pastor of thc. Marlboro circuit has asked us to make the following announ cement. ''Tbs first Quarterly Confci .once for Marlboro Circuit will be held at Shiloh, Saturday the 15th Inst. Let all officials attend this meet ing, Preaching Saturday ll a. ni, and Sunday ?'J p. m. Notice. The annual meeting of tho Far mers mutual Fire Insurance associ ation will bc held in the C. ll. Fob. 25th at 10:30 o'clock a. m. All members ure requested to at tend. Capt. Frank Manning) Pres. O.T. lOastcrling, Seety and Treas. 7 A. I). To the Public. 1 have bought ont thc beef mar ket of W ,J Baldwin and want your orders. All kinds of fresh meatSjOn hand and all orders will receive prompt attention. Your patronage is solicited. Respectfully, 7 Lamest Covington, FOR YOUNO OR OLD TUB UBHT FILL SOLD Rings Lillie Liver Pills PASSENGER SERVICE From Bennettsville via. Bcnncitsville CherawR. R.-Seaboard Air Line Ry Richmond-Washington-Philadelphia-New York I,ve Bennettsville I #ve Kol I? irk . I /VC Hamlet. Lvo Raleigh. Arv Richmond ... Arv Washington.. 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RI. i^agmiBAahaBttaftaaBB^ .Jp bi.ness I I expect to rebuild at once at my old stand where I w?ll continue business as heretofore. SAM J. PEARSON JEWELER. AND OPTICIAN. 5-8 I I Plain Talks on Fertilizers A Talk to Fruit-Growers You Use h. fertilizer of course, but do you usc enough ? The yield per acre, nnd the profit therefrom increases in far greater proportion than the cost of additional fertilizer. What is an increase in cost of $2.00 to JU0.00 per acre for fertilizer when thc returns therefrom show an increase of f>50.00 to $250.00 per acre? Thc big Magnolia Fruit Farms at Durant, Miss., tested thc well-known Virginia-Car olina Fertilizer in different quantities o n their straw berry crop. Result : when 1,000 lbs. per acre were used thc profit was ty^.m more per acre than when 50 0 lbs. per sacre were used. This is modern intensive cul ture, the method that is doub ling and trebling thc crops of all kinds of fruit in cither good or in poor and worn-out land all over thc country-and in good soil, too/ The yield will be according lo the amount of plant food you give your trees or plants - you can de pend on it. Thc better they are fed the greater ana more valuable will bc your crop. Fertil ize sparingly and you reap sparingly. The fact that over a million tons of Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer were sold last year proves them to be without equal. Every fruit farmer, no matter what method he now uses, should get the Vir ginia - Carolina Company's new Year Book or Almanac. It is free to all who arc inter ested enough to write for it. Address us to the nearest city below. ??&?k 3L VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. Richmond. Va. Durham, N. C. Norfolk, Va. Charleston, S. C. Columbia, S. C. Baltimore, Rid. Atlanta, Ga. Columbu8| Ga. Savannah, Ga. RiontRomery, Ala,N Memphis, Torin./' Shreveport, La, j