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Ttye (Emintg yizznti published every thursday. at kjjsgstree, s. c. . C. W. WOUF5. Editor asb Proprietor. TERMS. SUBSCRIPTION' RATES.: "One copy, one year,' - - -? $LOO. One copy, six month*, - - - .50. One copy; thiee month*, - - .25. Subscriptions payable in advauce. ADVERTISING RATES: One inch, first insertion, 8^.00; each subsequent Insertion. 50 cents. ONttf. Ties and'f/ibutes of Respect over 2C) words charged for :.s leguJar advctyiseinents. Liberal reduction on t|dvertisfnr tiiree six and twelve ?W? , . months*' contracts. Cemmrtnidations must be ncsorapa/ried by the real name ajid address ofc the writer in order to r^eiveattention. No .fommunication of a personal nattae will be publishsd except as an advertisement. Address all letters and make all drafts payable to - % C. W. Wolfe, Kingstree, S.O. Thursday, JANUARY 25, 1900. MORE MON-EY WAISfcTt<U? T The present Legislature must; ? be regarded as a very benevolent organization, or else the spurt in the price of cotton this fall hag! given the farmer's children of the | State an exaggerated notion of herj financial ability. On every hand comes the unfortunate cry ol j < money! The amounts absolute Iv necessary ore by no means mod-' est in size. To begin with, there ; is an urgent request for funds to ; complete the State House. The j lowest estimate calls for $150,000.! Then every educational institute wants an additional appropriation, even the South Carolina College, which, with a yearly stipend of $25,000. advertises va-! cant scholarships through the medium of Court Bouse . doors. . ' . ' 1 ? ? :^i ^ When sucq an ecout/iuii-ui i?<magement requires an additional appropriation, there is little wonder that Winthrop and the Citadel also have to ask for more. ? The penitentiary would like to have $10,000- to make much need ed improvements in me prisoners j cells. There is a suggestion to sail the ''t ' ' * * present old barn like structure, and to the proceeds add money enough to give our modern up-todate chief executors a modern upto-date domicile, and so on. But the most modest of all, perhaps, i^the request on the part of ex-1 I constable Crawford, the slayer o! Mrs. oiewarr, iur an <iupii?pii(iuuu i to reimburse him for the money ' he claims to have paid, his law > vers for defending him. Many of the appropriations asked lor are based on veiy plausible and reasonable grounds. But the state treasury would have to be metamorphosed into King Solomon's mine's, or Treasurer Timcrman be endowed with the touch of Midas, to meet even a part of the demand. I The people UOil I wain iiiacs j piled up any higher, and we agree with them, whatever the agreement to tho.contrarv. -v. v. THS LIQUOK QUESTION. Probably in the minds of even znenpber of tlie Legislature, anc in faqt every one at all interested in the political affairs of the dnv. *11 other pending measures pale info insignificance before this all important question. It is the rock upon which all parties split,, almost every individual having: a I theory in bis saind, and scarcely | any two coincide in every particular. Just now there are: several bills belore the House.cm the subject, and more are likelv to follow. It J i is seldom that the majority of the ( people of the State agree entirely on one important question, and i never for long at a time. The Winkler bill conforms more nearly to the present dispensary; if anything, placing more power than ever in the ^machine." The obnoxious board of control is retained, and in fact most of the of- 1 fensive Jeaturesof the law em- | phasized. Then comes the well advertised Appelt bill, which, is!, neither move nor less than local , option. The third kfcllisthat introduced 1 by Senator Graydon, of Abbeville, which 1'ollows pretty closely the line of argument in the Governor's j message; and unless another comes , along more in keeping with the j pop liar idear this bill will have a pretty sona pac&ing:. or, ? icum, from the merits on the face of it, ( we think it deserves more consideration than the other two. I At this stage, however, it's im- i possible to.predict withany degree ! ot certainty the trend of popular f opinion. Albeit one thing may be 1 set down as reasonably certain, | prohibition and local option stand j j a poor chance before this Jegisia- 11 tare; and, for the present, at ieast,; < I ' the dispensary is here to stay. BIENNIAL SESSIONS. Last Tuesday, in the House of j ^ Representatives, when the owes- , i' lion of biennial sessions arose, j Representative C. W. Wolfe, of! this county, spoke vigorously in!' ~ I favor of the measure. Relereuee to his argument was made by the News and Courier in discussing the subject editorially the next ( day as follows: 1 The joint resolution looking to : the substitution of biennial for an- : nual sessions oldie legislature pass- ed the House 011 Tuesday by a vote ! of S3 yeas to 22 nays, or nearly fonrj' to one, and is now in the hands of j I the Senate, it it snail pass mat hotly the question which it presents will be submitted to the people next ' winter and their decision is well as^ i sared before hand. One of the ' members of the House stated during 1 the debate on Tuesday that "nine-|' tenths of his constituents favored j J biennial sessions,''and we think that < that is a moderate estimate of the pro-11 portion of votes which it will receive :i m all th^ counties. '-There is a pub-! i lie demand for the measure,*' as the 1i ninrnKfli- fiivfhf.r Si)itl And thr>! f caiii^ uic iiiiyvi xvu vu\. * >/% ?< } ?>.? ?..w . , assertion will be amply sustained by < the votes of the people as it was sus- j' tained by the votes of their repre-1 sentatives in the House. It is to be hoped, at any rate, that the Senate | will allow thc-m to speak for them- , J 1 selves on the subject, as is their right, . certainly, the advocates of the pro-; , posed reform are not afraid to sub- , , u it it to them, and its opponents j should not be, if they claim to' rep-1 ] resent public sentiment bv their op-! ^ posiuuu. , , However faulty may be the ac-j < iion of this general assembly in I >ther matters, it will earn honor < And lasting remembrance if it j A " shall lay the foundations for a good road system in South Carolina. We cannot Hatter ourselves on this point, try we ever so hard: in respect of public highways the State i3 horribly backward. Much has been done i-n some localities, bui it has been done by local ef tori?the State has not contributed to it> and by maintaining antiquated and inefficient laws has act- ! ually hindered it. The- time has come when the systematic im- ' provemenl of the public roads is a burning quest ion; when the peo- j pie,. awakened to their baekward?ess and their hardships, call npon their representatives for the aid ot the Stsbte in a great reform.? r Ihe Stale. A very hinh niche in the scroll of lame awaits tiie man who will' ] devise some means of making the 'n t ? Southern Express Company omenable lo the laws of this State. JL'his company has,. up to the present moment, appeared superior to- all law, and entirely above 1 the Stale railroad commission. We verily believe that the man who can make the Southern Exn.imrcinr Pontine itself to ! lawful charts and cease robbing die public will be accounted a public benefactor. The legislator who can make tlieni stay within . bounds will be awarded a monument and anything else he may iesire. This is the most soulless }f all corporations--equaled in I he United States only by the Standard Oil Company.?State. ? !J Say what you may about Sen-: if or Tillman, he has won the respect, if not the admiration, of his bitterest ervemies by the stand lie1 lias taken in congress in fighting j > trusts, monopolies and all other! ^vils that oppress the people. lie is not afraid to cross bats with the , brainiest ajid most experienced | i?'^n in Hnncrrpss. nr to tackle the -t ronirest moneyed combination ivhen the-rights of the people de-1 tnand it. They may jeer, laugh at and call him all sorts of ugly names, but in every boat he lands squarely on his- l'eet with his face to the foe. They can't down him.! For that reason he has inspired, [is it were,, his former opponents with conlidence* They have lotind j jut that he cannot be bribed (at 1 least he hasn't been so far) cannot! 4 be bulldozed or laughed out olY inv measure he may undertake.!'] ["or these reasons the people, we j believe,, are going to send him i ^ back to the senate.?Saluda Sen-j linel. 11 If the legislature fails to appro- priate Mie necessary funds to complete the State House it will neglect a most important, duty. For many years tins important struc-: ^ Lure, in its unfinished condition,; lias been subjected to the ravages! Dt. the decaying elements of na-j aire, and the time has arrived j when the building should be made t whole. Let us have no more patch ! 1 I work_ but a turn key job, and I hat as soon as possible. South I 'lamlina is. nhle to foot the bill. i The Freeman. , Excepting Governor Tillman, no man who has held the office of governor lias shown the backbone Hid bravery of Governor McS-wee J tiey, and we think he deserves the ! support of every temperance man:r in the State. Speaking for this | ^ newspaper we propose to stand:" lor his re-election. We are for' McSweeny against the held. Lock ,1 iut now for opposition to him r from those who oppose the re- I jtrictions of the dispensary law.? e Abbeville Press and Banner. i / > . % IA RAMONV 1 I Pepsi s || f U\ la Tasteless and fla areata ? U<j*> Favor and all BSaSai I Docs 5fot Contain Quinine Nor Other Pcttan. p Does Not Injnre dfteStoi W. A. Stcl4?ty & Son, Dime Box, Tex, say: "Bar 8 west wo n iva eve- handled. My son prescribes t' H the only tfhJtThni which a child can take withoat PEOPLE'S CHEAPIC <ew Mom., ^ GRANT, Mat, ?SSS63SSS3 JFavinf? opened up a General Merchandise l??is :orner of Main and Academy street*. 1 ask the onajje. 1 will endeavor to make pric.-s ami kee] ~ DRY GOODS, GR0CER1EE Spring Mattressi ror cash oi country proauce, such as corn, pea*, icaJI. ,^^LLST ^\ v ' Mir Wile me M BARG$ -wwvwwwwwwvwwvw* IN GROCERIES. D: LADIES' CAFI2S HATS, AND CI 3-?>-1so a, 3r-u.ll I Hardware, Crockery ware and fiat You furnish tl satisfy it. E. L. SM HK:KK t?i: A IKW HOLD i inxAii We are here to stay, therefore it is o ron age. SECOND* Our vehicles are all standard mat one to b? of good quality. rillKD Our stock.consists of young and str do not offer yoiv old and broken-dow 'QURTII We sell as-low down as we hontsl out our margin is reduced to roek bo Tl2.ort2.as <?z Bis \?Xr.STIf]iK, "OLD AND k Win taut Go, ^ Pa nf fllnno CfiHo W V Ul UI&Ui> 1U!H, Ik u PATRONIZE A RESPONSIBLE F iaving authority to issue Policies, make signments and cancell A Complete Rec Policy Contract at this Agency LOUIS JACOBS Kira-grstxee, SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY. Subscription to all'leading Periodic: eceived at pub'ishers' rates, thus saving e ? . . n 4 y. Uan at ute rosiomce. If a man isn't sober, he should The ? lever attempt to walk a tight ger tht ope. men, n< f there is suclt a thing as a spoil- The d child, it belongs to one of the some ti teighbors. hard. % % \ \ \ K Hi . . N - ? Chill Ionic I d to Cure Chine nmd rial Trouhlos. ! IV, '* nach Nor Effect the Jleariag. ion's Pepsin Chill Tonic Is the tin his practice,and says it Is injury to the stomach." leville, Tenn. 'ASH STORE ^ wger. ^ ^ rw ? 863 ine? in the old Racket Storepublic f??r ;i share of their patp goods to sua everybody m \ FURNITURE, 33, etc. hides, bees- wax, etc. Give nv lJ?R as oi fe{ kINS RY GOODS. , SHOES .OTHING. line of? wars? Glassness. ieneed, w I1TH. ur aim to seen re your pat-:e, and we warrant every one Horses and Mules. We a 11 hacks. ;ly cun. Year in and year ttom. s. c. "R!ED." ,ik Firs Ltsws k, ol Hew M coy. ?ES'DENT AGEftT a'teralions, transfers, asations. ret o f Local :s is IvGpt V Office.. , MM Dpi s. c. ? J als and Magazines will bexpense of remistwg ruon _______ $ smaller the caliber the bigj bore. This applies to at firearms. absence of sott water isnen's excuse for drinking