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AS TO THE GAME LAW. Letter from Pres. Taylor, of the Audubon Society. Editor of thoIDcmocrat. -Thoro seems to be a pretty general im pression in tlie state that some change has hoon miulo in the ?ramo law. In some instances it is stat ed that no birds are now protect ed, and 1 would bo very glad if you would make it known through the col urns of your paper that there has been no change made in the bird, game and fish laws ol' this state except two very minor amendments concerning tho season in Lexington County and making a close season for the opossum. Thc Audubon Society will shortly have printed copies ol'all the Bird, Game and Fish laws for distribu tion ami we wish to warn all par ties that violations of the laws will bc prosecuted to tho, fullest ex tent. Wc arc obtaining convic tions every week. Our Secretary is very active at prcsont and is se curing memberships at the rate of j ten or fifteen a week. AU those desiring to join thc Society should send their membership fee of live dollars ($5.00) to thc Society. The. annual dues are one dollar ($1,00.) Yours very truly, B. F. Taylor President. Got a sample of Linnonottc get it at Mittles Store. 84-85 A I) CLIO NEWS NOTES. Cotton Still Being Picked in Some Fields. Personal Notes. Clio, March 0. --Cotton picking and stalk cutting still confines in some of thc fields. Miss Pearl Stanton, returned from Latta, where she spent some delightful days with friends. Thc cotton seed mill is going with a rush- Mr, Alva Newton linds all he can do weighing seed and delivering meal. Mr. Thad Newton is out again Idling the Marshals place but has to usc his stick to walk with. Mr. H H Monroe has so improv ed that, he rode out Friday and spent some time at thc stores un business. Mr. Dargan Stanton spent Sun day with his Mother am) returned to his home at Ked Springs, ?. C. The New Dixie Lyceum Bureau is giving some delightful enter tainments at the Sc hool Auditori um, 'flic performance Thursday night was ol' a high character. 'flic wintry days of February gave place to the wann spring days of April when March caine in and we have a week of real gardening weather. Mr. Alex. C. Mcliao has been Spending a business week in Virgi nia returning Sunday night. Mr and Mrs D (J. MeT.aurin of BonnOttsvillo have been spending some days in town with his afflict ed mother. We acknowledge with pleasure tho receipt of tm invitation to the Laymens meeting next Sunday at thc Auditorium of the Murchison school building Beuuettsville to bc addressed hy ruling elders Gov. Martin F Ansel, and ll L Smith, President of Davidson Co liege. Wc naturally expect a great lite rary treat in these addresses. Where is Linnonettc sold? At Miltie's Store. 84-86 A D Notice of Court. Notice te hereby giveri that thc court of general sessions for Marl - boro county will be held at Ben* netlsville, beginning on Monday, March 1(>, IDOS, :?t IO a. m. .Ju rors, witnesses and others interest ed will govern themselves accord ingly. ,1. A. Drake, ? lerk. 81-86 A. D. Civic League Meeting . On tho afternoon of Feb. 26th, tho regular monthly meeting of tho Civic League was hold at tho home of Mrs. C V Townsend. A very small number was present, only eight responding to tho roll call, but these few were deeply in terested in the work on hand and (luring tho hour some important measures for the betterment of the town were brought up, discussed, and disposed of in a satisfactory manner. Thc first report of the afternoon was that of the treasurer, Mrs. ll L McColl, in regard to tho work that is being done by the League on the Murchison school grounds. She stated thal '230 plants had been bought and set in the vacant pla ces in the-hedge. Mrs. Townsend also reported that twelve nico trees had recently been set out on the grounds. Thc treasurer stated that during the past month $15.83 had been spent in improving and beautifying thc school grounds, showing thc deep interest of the Civic League in this lovely square with so many possibilities for beautiful development. A kind of fer from Mrs. Matheson to fur nish the League with canna bulbs, to be planted on thc grounds, wai gratefully accepted, and a commit tee was appointed to attend t< planting the bulbs. Thc next matter discussed was one that has been before the Lea gue many times and is thc one tba lies nearest the hearts of the mern hers of the League. "How to ge thc streets clean and how to kee] them so," apparently almost ai impossible thing. lt was reported that the. matte of procuring regular refuse rece fi tades for tho streets had bec thoroughly investigated and it wa found that a neat, strong wir basket with a good cover and a attachment for fastening it to telephone pole could be procure at a cost of sixty cents each. Al ter full discussion it was decide to purchase at once twenty haskel as an experiment. If they prove success on the streets as a tras receptacle, thc League will Ol clea vor to place one at every poi sible needed place. A commit ti was then appointed to request tl mayor to insist upon thc strii enforcement of the ordinance i regard to paper, trash, etc., boin thrown upon the streets, and 1 also request him to provide, ft the removal of the Collection < trash from thc street baskets aft? they shall have been placed. The street committee reporte that thc petition to the town eon: eil in regard to changing the naur of two of the streets had bet submitted, but as yet nothing hi been heard from thc council. Tl committee in same petition mat the urgent request that the com eil instruct the proper ones have the pavements in front stores swept clean on Satur di nights in order that the stree may be neat and attractive to tl Sunday passers-by. This com m i tee was continued with instru tions to again urge the matter u on thc council. Il is a matter great regret and disappoint me to the few earnest members of tl Civic League that thc name every woman of the town is not < its "active list" and that of evei man on its "sustaining list." Tl work that the League is doing one that is greatly needed for tl health and beauty of our grow ii little town and it should appeal the. heart of every one who ca the town home. Any one won be welcome as a member and it hoped that many new names rhi be enrolled af tin1 next meetii which will be held on the four Tuesday afternoon of March thc home ol Mrs. C 1? Townsen The membership fee for eith ICtivc or sustaining members indy one dollar a year. A. T. 0, -0*0 Why is there no substitute I Linnonotte ' Ask em at Mitti Store, * 8<f-8u A PROF. JAMES R WEBSTER Noted Teacher in Voice, Pipe Or gan and Violin to Come Here. The choir members of tho Pres byterian church are trying to get Prof. dames R Webster, of Pa., to come here to organ i/o and teach classes in voice, pipe organ and violin. He is a graduate in voice and pipe organ and can also teach violin Up to the eighth gl ade. The chances of gelling Prof. Webster are good and it is ex pected that he will be here by th a loth, which is tho da.v sot for lay men's Sunday and will help in tho music for tho occasion. it will also be recalled that Gov. Ansel and President Henry Louis Smith, of Davidson college, are to bo the principal speakers on that occasion and the presence of Prof. Webster to help with thc music would be very gratifying. -o+o The School Funds. Supt. Kasterling bas apportion cd to the various districts thc school funds received up to Feb. Lo. The funds from thc various sources for this year and last year arc given below: 11)07 1908 3 mill $11,531.79 S 12,21 T.90 Polls 2,780.00 3,042.00 Dog tax 457.00 485.00 Special 8,717.37 9,641.74 Total $23,492.16 ?25,385.64 -o+o THE THRI0E-A-WEEK WORLD In the Presidential Campaign Year. More Alert, More Through and More Fearless Than Ever. HAD IN EVERY ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY. A President of tho United States will be elected this year. Who is bc and who is the man whom he \\ill beat? Nobody yet knows, but the Thrice-a-Wcek edition of the Kew York World will toil you every step ami every detail of what promises to bc a campaign of the most absorbing interest. It may may not tell you what you hope, but it will tell you what is. The Thrice-a-Weok World long ago established a charter publica ti on of news, and this it. will main tain. If you want thc nows as it really is subscribe to the Thriee-a Week edition of thc New York World, which comes to you every other day except Sunday, and is thus practically a daily at tin price of a week I v. T ll E TH RICE-A - W EEK WORLD'S rcgulay subscription price is $1.00 per year, and this pays for 166 papers. We offer this unequalled newspaper and Demo erat together for one year for $1.80. Thc regular subscription price of the two papers is 82.00. This great offer will only hoi foi' a limited time and scud in your names at once. This offer is open also to old subscricr.s who renew for one year. 6 AGE NO BAR Everybody in South Carolina is Eligible Old people stooped with su Hering, Middle age, courageously lighting, Youth protesting impatiently ; Children, unable to explain; All in misery from their kidneys. Only a little backache, first, ('ornes when you catch a cold. ( >r when you strain the back. Many complications follow. Urinary disorders, diabetes, Bri cut's disease. Doan's Kidney Pills (aire backache Cin e evosy form of kidney ills. ,1 W Powell, propretor of agon eral store and coal, wood and iee dealer of Waverly, living at 5010 Blanding st, Columbia, SC/, says: "My son has been afilie ted with kidney and urinary trouble from childhood, being unable to control the secretions especially when asleep. Since using Doan's Kibney Pills ho luis entirely re covered. For sale by all dealers. Price 50c. foster-M il bu rn Co., Bulla lo, X Y., sole agents for ihe Uni ted Slates. Ucmcmbcr tho name I loan's and take no oilier. TO THE INAUCJURATlOlf OF THE NEXT PRESIDENT The Peo Doo Advocate and the Marlboro Democrat arc going to .send a party of six to Washington ??ii the occasion of the inauguration ol' tho 27th President of tho United States on Mandi 1, 1909. Three ol' the party are io be selected by the readers of the Advocate and the Democrat. The party will be composed of the following: 1. Th*1 most popular minister in Marlboro county. "2. Th?? most i sp ular public school teacher in Marlboro County. :5. Tin1 most popular young lady in Marlboro county, 4. The person who sends in the largest amount for subscriptions to the Peo Deo Adyocate f> The person who sends in tho hugest amount for subscriptions to the Marlboro Democrat ?, The person who sends in the largest amount for subscriptions to the Advocate and Democrat together. Each of these persons will be given free railroad tickets to Washington and return, so as to include March 4, 1909, the date of the inauguration of President Roosevelt's successor. Tho party will probably go to Washington a day or two in advance of the inauguration, so as to wituess the closing scenes of the present Congress, which will adjourn sine die on March 4, 1900. The party will also be given a free trip to Mt. Vernon, Va., the old home of George Wash ington. There can be seen the house in which the First President lived and died, the furniture which he used, the carriage in which he rodo, the tomb ia which he is buried, and many other relics. At Washington can be seen the beautiful Capitol, the White House, the U. S. Treasury, the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, where money is made, Statuary Hall, Congressional Library, Na tiona' Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Corcoran Art Gallery, and many other things of nat ional interest. A trip will be taken to to the top of the Washington Monument, which is 555 feet high. From it the whole city of Washington can be seen, with the Potomac river winding along its border. Conditions of the Contest 1. Each person who subscribes for the Pee Dee Advocate or the Marlboro Democrat will be entitled, for each cent paid on subscription, to one vote for each of the persons to be olected. If $1.50 is paid for the Advocate one year, the subscriber will be entitled to 150 votes for a minister, a public school teacher and a young lady. Eighty cents for thi Advocate six months will en title tho subscriber to 80 voten. One dollar for the Democrat a year will entitle the subscriber to 100 votes, The. votes must be given in at the same time the money is paid. 2. Every agent of the Advocate or Democrat will be entitled to as many votes as will the sub scribers whose subscriptions ne or she gets. An agent who gets lo annual subscribers for the Advocate, will be entitled to 1600 votes. Ten for the Democrat will give him or her 1000 votes. Agents' votes must also be sent in with the money. A ballot wi be printed in each issue of the Advocate and Democrat, which, when cut out and sent in before the expiration of the date printed in the ballot, will count as ten votes for one person in each of the three classes in the contest. These ballots will not be counted unless they are in t he ellice before the expiration of the time printed in the ballot. 4. Those who are getting up clubs should send in their subscriptions and votes as often as pos sible. It is not necessary to get up a largo club before sending in the names, money and votes. Eachfagent will be credited with every cent sent in, and will get the beneiit of the total at the close of the co?.test. No person will be counted as an agent, however, till he or she sends in at leastjjthree subscriptions. 5. No agent will be entitled to more than one prize. If the same larson appears to be entitled to more than one trip, then one of the trips will b given to the person who sends in the second largest amount for the Advocate and Democrat combined. If the same person still seems to have two trips, one of them will be given tor the third largest amount for both papers combined. 0. Besides being allowed the votes indicated above, and having a chance to win a free trip to the inauguration ot'the next President, all agents will be allowed ten per cent commission on all money collected by them. This applies to renewals as well ns new subscriptions. Tobe entitled to commissions, an agent must send in, at hist, as many as three subscriptions. After that, one or more may be sent a time by the agent. 7. No subscription will he taken on credit for anybody. We do not keep subscription accounts S. The votes received by each person will be published in each issue of the Advocate and the Democrat, revised up to the close of the proceeding week '.). The contest will close at 6 P. M. on the fifth day of February, 1909, The votes will be counted and the t ri ps awarded by a committee of three citizens of Marlboro county who are also to be elected by the voters themselves. There is a place on each ballot for the names of the cit izens whom the voters choose to count the votes. The time for voting for this committee will .loee just a week before the regular contest. The ballots for them will be counted by the editors )f the Advocate and Democrat,and the throe highest will be declared the managers of the election. Their mimes will be published in the paper preceding the close of the contest for the free trips. In case any manager elected cannot serve, he or she will be allowed to name a substitute. This ballot, if in the office of the Pee Dee Advocate and thc Marlboro Democrat before 6 P. M. of Mar. 21, 1908, will count as ten votes for each of the following three persons to receive free trips to Washington and Mt. Vernon, to the inauguration of the next President of thc united States: Rev. pastor of the.church teacher in the.school young lady residing in. This ballot will also count as ten votes for the following citizens as managers of election, .of. of of J The ballots to be sent in with subscriptions have a little different form from the above. They ire printed separately and can be obtained at the oilice by any agent or subscriber who will call ir write for them. The contest is now on. Begin to send in your votes at once. The sooner you get your av orites in the lead, thc better chance they w I have of winning. Subscribers will be entitled to the same number of votes, whether paid at the oflice sent by nail, or paid to an agent. But in every case the votes must come in with the money, or else '.ley will not be counted. Agents should go to work at once.A subscriber picked up hete and there, every now and then viii amount to a great deal bv the time the contest (doses. ADDRESS, FREEMAN & CALDWELL, BEKTKTETTSVIIJIJE, IS. O.