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>?lbM?MI?M WW??? OB va Ot. DK A KI?/S STATEMENT Writes to Correct Alleged Er rors About Com. i?miett l?e. S C K. F. D. No. Apr. ll lOO?- ISdit?r of tho puocrat, BonuettsvlUe, S. C. eur sir: ?ustii tlu ixccutive com . ?ii il in ol r tlint sonio er . ? may bo cor ,VOU w Pooum ol aso publish tho Yours etc. Im N. Drake, ?sentut ion not thc executive .he first Mon ti was decided at a lair and lip of thc clubs .presentation at ion, would bc to t thc first pri sca rs ago nt i, as thc mern , and it was so mitloe. joting of said 2 o'clock, bul ded that all thc attend would .. and ns '.hen4 j rent import I, :uul that it were aux ! decided to, ?Ung between il not between ; bcCll staled. \. Drake. Chairman. cd to, which j week's Dcm *>ther pago ol' There was no .sent thc ioni se. Wc sini icts, as they n looking for lniittec. to got meeting, wc o baso, i .tion in the had been representation .year on tho primary two on tho old MI thc custom ell known that many more .tb rolls than t in the pri I from Major f thc members .10 were pros? wc saw Mr, bo street and lid not attend said that the iseel to be held mt it was held sloven o'clock, ettsville about t thc meeting ?ld when he ai >rmc(l by Mr. retar.y of the ) meeting had .lumbers ol' tho o got through and ?.rel back and do not lie committee took. On the dicve that thc dilation is thc teemed it prop blisli tho fact, ir readers, that nge in tho basis ii thc county thought it was xplain why ho lb at thc meet not ask us lo 1 >rako's letter .t ly i there is no al facts stated ?v ri tte ii for the locrnt which told before tito hat ?I 1 > r'.dcns nmittce, was not at tho mooting on that account. 2 That horotoforo tho old club rolls have boon used as tho basis of repre sentation in tho county convention 3 That this year tho voto in the first primary two years ago is to bo used as tho bosis of representa tion in tho county convction. Editor Advocate] THE CIVIL COURT Cases Which Will Come up This Week for Trial Hosier of cuses to be tried at April term of Marlboro court. At a meeting of the Har it was unanimously decided that no jury case be called after Friday and that only cases on Hosier be tried. .MONDAY. lOaslerling vs ICastorling; New ton, Liogors, Townsend ec Hamer for plaintiff, Hudson and Living ston for defendant. Tatum vs Hines; Livingston for plaintiif Townsend cc Hogers for defendant. Keilt vs l'?vans; Livingston for plaintiif, Townsend and Kogo rs for defendant. Gibson vs Stubbs; Townsend Al Hamer, Hogers ci LeG rando for do fondant. Monahuin vs Kx press Company ; Townsend ec 1 lamer for plaintiif, Har ron, Stevenson, .Matheson & Sic enson for defendant. Hearson vs Pearson; Wait for plaintiif, N?w'ton & Owens for de fendant. Tl KS DAY, Clio Ginnery Co., vs Western Union T. Co; Livingston for Plain tiff, Wilcox <S Wilcox for defen dant. C G Hruce vs A. C. L" H. li, Livingston for defendant, Wilcox ec Wilcox for defendant. S H Oakly vs Harris Bristow; Hogers & Hedland for plaintiff. Stevenson, Matheson ec Stevenson for defendant. WE ON KS DAY. .., ... xv, nug ers & LeG rand. THU USDAV. Horn! vs SA. .H., Il, H; Town send & Hamer for plaintiff, Mc iver, Stevenson, Matheson iVc Stevenson for defendant. Dean vs Weil; Townsend & Ha mer for plaintiff, DD McColl, Jr. for defendant. KID DA V. McLaurin vs A. C. L H., li U; Townsend cc Hamer for plaintiff, Livingston for defendant. Johnson Co. Sav. Hank vs John A Stanton; Newton cc Newton for plaintiff, Townsend ec Hamer for defendant. Stale of S. C., vs Cooper and A. C. Li, H. li\ Newton & Owens for plaintiff, Wilcox & Wilcox, Town send & Hogers for defendant, Teachers Examination. Tin4 regular spring examination for applicants for teacher's certifi cates will be held in tllO court house, at Bennettsville, on tho 3rd bYiday in May, which is the. 15th day of that month. A. L. lOastcrling, ('o. Supt. of ICducation, 89-02 A. I ?. Attention Camp Hena/ian No. 766 Tile annual meeting of Camp Hcnagan will bc held in the Court House on Saturday May 2nd 1008 at IO o'clock a. m. A full atten dance, is desired fis business of im portance will come before tho camp and oiliccrs for I he ensuing year will bc elected. Hy order of John H ( i reen, Commnndor. (I, D. Haste rling, adjutant. April 11 th 1008. Pain anywhere can be quickly slopped om-of Di Slump's Pink Pain Tablets i'alU always nu ins coiigOKtioii uunlura blood pressure. D' Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets simply Coax collei.ted blood away hem pain celliers, 'rin se Tablets' known by di newest n:S Dr Shoop's Head ache Tablets simply equalize thc blood circulation ano thc painn always departs in "'u minutes, .!<. Tablets 25 cents, write Dr Shoo]) Racine Wis. foi li ce package Sold l>> J no T Douglas, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Convened on Monday-C ases Tried to Date Thc court of common pleas con vened on Monday at 3 P. M. Thc time set was at IO a. m., but thc clerk, Mr. J A Drake, had re ceived a letter from Judge Al drich stating that ho would reach here at noon. The jurors were ex cused until 3 o'clock. .Judge Aldrich was sick last week and was unable to hold court at Chesterfield. All will be glad to know that he is out again and able to assume his duties. At ll p. m. court was called to order and thc docket sounded. Several cases had been settled and some more were continued for va rious reasons. Thc jurors were excused until yesterday morning at (.):;}0 o'clock. Thc following cases have been disposed ol': Lasterling vs ICastorling. The defendant .Mrs Ann Lastorling having died since thc commence ment of the action a motion was made to serve a supplementary answer. Thc motion was granted. Tatum vs Hines, scttcd. Keitt vs Stubbs, settled. Monaham vs The Southern Lx press Company, judgement in thc sum of $1,50 l'or thc plaintil? by consent. The. case ol' thc Clio Ginnery Company vs The Western Union Telegraph Company was ably con tested on Tuesday, and a strong light was made upon a mot ion for a nonsuit by the plaintilf. The motion was granted. Ct; Bruce vs A C DH li was continued. Oakley vs Bristow was contin ued on account of sickness of the defendant. The case ol' Crosland vs Gra ham was set for trial Wednesday morning but the death ol' Mr George Crosland Tuesday after noon after thc adjournment of _, ... ^. v. JU iv was .set tied. DELEGATES TO PR.ESBY1 ERY Which Meets at Cher aw on Friday Other Delegates Named Pee. Dec Presbytery will con vene at Chcraw on friday, thc Kev. A (? Buckner being modera tor. Thc Presbyterian church here will be represented by Mr 1' A McKcllar and Dr. Bunyan Mc Leod. Mr. J A Drake isaltcrnate. ' Thc Sunday school institute wiM i meet on Thursday at Chcraw and to represent the Sunday school of the Presbyterian church Misses [Olia McCully and Ida McHac were elected as del?gales on last Sun day. ( )n Wednesday tho y<?un? peo ple's society will meei in Clieraw. The session ol' the Presbyterian church on Sunday appointed Mr. and Mrs. D C McLaurin with Travis Pale and Warren Moore as alternates to attend the meeting. The session also appointed Mr. A (i Sinclair lind Dr. Bunyan Mc Leod lo attend the session ol' thc Presbyterian brotherhood a t Greensboro, X. C., on the luth and 20th ot' May. This will bc a great occasion and speakers of national prominence w ill lie in at tendance. Although the delegates have booti appointed anyone else can go who so desires and they should let I tr, McLeod haye their naines. Wan in Poor Llonlth E*or YenT lr, W. Kelly, of Mansfield, Pn" writes "I waa in poor health for two years, mit* forin? fruin kidney and bladder trouble, I spent considerable money consulting physN linns without obtaining any marked bono? lil, but wa? cured hy Kolay'u Kldnep (Jure, and 1 dentro to mb! my testimony timi ii may bo tho causa of restoring tin- health of others" liefu?o Hubntilutos. Reid & Co Slop?, itching inst.nilly. Cur CS piles, eczema, salt rhciuil, letter, itch, hives, herpes, scabies Dean':. Ointment, At any drue. Store. A total of 305 students were ex pelled from Clemson ,n.,,,.. r,., the April Fools day cs bout '100 arc left at flu TO THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEXT PRESIDENT The Pee Dee Advocate and the Marlboro Democrat aro going to send a party of six to Washington on the occasion of the inauguration ol' tho ?7th President of the United States on March 4, 1900. Three of the party are to be selected by the readers of the Advocate and the Democrat, The party will be composed of the following: 1. The most popular minister in Marlboro county. 2. The most popular public school teacher in Marlboro County, The most popular young lady in Marlboro county, 4. The person who sends in the largest amount for subscriptions to the Pee Dee Adyooat 5. The person who sends in the largest amount for subscriptions to t he Marlboro Demoora t;. The person who sends in the largest amount lor 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, .1000, the dale of the inauguration of President Roosevelt's successor. Tho parly will probably go to Washington a day or two in advance ol' the inauguration, so as lo witness the closing scenes of the present Congress, which will adjourn sine die on March I, 1000. The party will also be given a free trip to Mt. Vernon, Va., the old home of George Wash ington. There can be seen thc house in which tin; First Pr?sident lived and died, the furniture Which he used, the carriage in which he rode, the tomb iu which he is buried, and many other relics. Al Washington cnn be soon the beautiful Capitol, tho White House, Ibo U. S. Treasury, the Bureauof Printing and Engraving, where money is made, Statuary Hall, Congressional Library, Na ti ona1 Muse tun, Smithsonian Institute, Corcoran Art Gallery, and many other things of nat ional interest. A tri u will be taken to to the top of the Washington Monument, which is f>.*>f> feet high. Prom it the whole city of Washington cati be seen, with thc Potomac liver winding along irs border. 1. Euch person who subscribes for the Pee Dee Advocate or the Marlboro Democrat will be entitled, Cor each cent p don subscription? to one vote for each of the persons to he elected. If $1.50 is paid for the Advocate one year, the subscriber will be entitled to 100 votes for a minister, :i public school teacher and a young lady. Eighty cents for th; Advocate six months will en title I he subscriber to 80 votes. One dollar for the Democrat a year will entitle the subscriber to 100 voles, The votes must Ix? given in at the same time the money is paid. 2. Every agent of the Advocate or Democrat will be entitled to ns many votes as will the sub scribers whose subscriptions ne or she gets. An ageht who gets 1<? annual subscribers for the Advocate, will be entitled to I?OO votes. Ten for the Democrat will give him or her 1000 votes. Agents1 votes must also beseht in with the money. \y. A ballot wi be printed in each issue of the Advocate and Democrat, which, when cut out and rent in before the expiration of the dale 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 thc office before the expiration of the time printed in the ballot. 4. Those who nve b-fttMnor ?....... -, j ?. INO agent will be entitled to more than one prize. If the same person appears to be entitled I to more than one trip, then one of the trips wil given to the person who sends in the second larges! amount for the Advocate and Democrat combined. If the same person still seems to have two trips, one of thom will be given tor the third largest amount for both papers combined. ; 0, Besides being allowed the yotes indicated above, un i having a chance to win a free trip to the inauguration oi'the next President, all agents will I e allowed ten per cent commission on all money collected by them. This applies to renewals as well as new subscriptions. To be entitled to commissions, an agent must send in, at lirst, ns 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 fdr anybody. We do not keep subscription accounts 8. 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 ti. The contest will close at 0 P. M. on the filth day of February, 1909. The votes will be counted and the trips awarded by a committee of three citizens of Marlboro county who are also lo be elected by the voters themselves. There is a placo on each ballot for the names of Ihe cit izens whom the voters choose to count the votes. The time for voting for this committee will ( lone just a week before the regular contest. The ballots for them will be counted by the editors of the Advocate and Democrat,and the three highest will be declared the managers of the election. Their names will be published in the paper preceding the close of the contest for the free trips. In case any manager elected cannot herve, he or she will be allowed to name a substitute. This ballot, if in thc office of thc Pee Dee Advocate and the Marlboro Democrat, before 6 P. M. of Apr. 24, 1908,'will count as ten votes for each of thc following three persons to receive free trips to Washington and Mt. Vernon, to the inauguration of the next Pre sident 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 tor the following citizens j as managers of election, .of. .of. The ballots to be sent in with subscriptions have a little different form from the above. They are printed separately and can be obtained at the ellice by any agent or subscriber who will call or write for thom. The contest is now ott. Begin to send in your votes at once. The sooner you get your favorites in the lead, tho better chance they w 1 have of winning. Subscribers will be entitled to the same number of votes, whether paid at the ellice sent by mail, or paid to an agent. But in every case the votos must come in with the money, or elsa they will not be counted. Agents should go to work al once.A subscriber picked up here and there, every now and then will amount to a great tleal by the time the contest closes. ADDRESS, MIN & CALDWELL,