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A POLITICAL SATIRE. Sarcastic Dissertation on the Subject of "Cards of Thanks." Editor County Record: We are compelled reluctantly to take issue with you upon the card of thanks problem. You are entirely wrong. We have much to be 'thankful for. and we should proclaim our thanks from the house-top. We, w ho are out of politics and only expected to increase the majority of the fortunate candidate, join with the defeated candidate and are thankful for his defeat; and our thanks in many instances would be more sublime if the successful candidate had besu defeated also. We join the defeated candidate in thanks at his discover}1 of so many unblushing liais in his county, whose cheeiing words urged him to action and whose votes increased the majority of his oppon ent. it is certainly a tiienie 01 thanksgiving to know the shortcoinings of our neighbors. And now that our country is passing towards monarchy, it will be in fashion to trace our ancestry; and the man who can go back with his family tree Annauius and Suphira, will certainly be entitled among the "smart set," a place among the peers. We are thankful that no railroad commissioner has ever been known to succeed himself in this State. Six years of passes for himself and family, with occasional champagne suppers furnished by the obliging corporations, whose fealty to those who serve them is as marked as their short-comings to the public?yes, we are sincerely thankful that the jw*>iri DfT railroad commissioner is left: %%~r o und our thanks are boundless when we see the verdant aspiiaut for control of the bloated corporations walk lip and take the oath to serve two masters. We feel assured that at the end of six years, he will feel himself so in love with the office and the railroads, that he will give us the opportunity to be thankful for his defeat. We are thankful that the men who sent around pictures of themselves as political capital are defeated, and we feel assured that a look at the picture in many instances decided the recipient to vote for the other man. We are thankful that those who wrote their own eulogies and gave them to the press at so much a square, are now looking over the railing, as it is an indication that all sense of modesty has not departed from the State. Yes, we say especially in election periods, send forth your thanks, make the atmosphere ring with them, and be thankful ''4 that our neighbor, the defeated candidal , has learned much of experience to he used in the next campaign to down his successful competitor. Weare thankful that enough "niggers" are left to pick the cotton crop from the harvest of lynchings, and that a few survive the nimble pisroi. We are thankful that we live and have three square meals a day, and above all we are thankful that election.? come only ouce in two years and would be more thaukful if the distance was increased. So you see, Biother Wolfe, you are wrong not to encourage the thanks mania. A Looker-on in Vienna. Florence, S. C., September 19, 1904 W- C. T. U. Convention. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Carolina will hold its Annual Convention at Manning, S. C., from 8 p. m., September x ' ^ -1 - t- ?^ All /lnlftrrittao nv _ zy, 10 VClOUtrr A. XIII uvurgoicc c.\pecting to attend Avill send their names to Mrs Joseph Sprott, Manning, S. C. Mrs S M D Fry, National Corresponding Secretary of the W. C. T U., will be with us throughout the convention. This is an unusual honor and will add greatly to the interest of our convention. We earnestly urge every union to send us as many delegates as possible. V, . Reduced rates applied for Delegates inquire at home office. MksJanie HerbertHayxes, President South Carolina W. C. T. U, m When troubled with constipation try Chamberlain's Stomach and Li ver Tablets. They are easy t' take and produce no griping 01 other unpleasant effect. For salt by Dr D C Scott, Kingstree; Lake City Drug Co.,Lake City; Dr W & .Lynch, Scranton. THE GALE AT SALTERS. J Barn Blown Down and Buggy Shed and Buggy Demolished. (Writtwi for last week's is-ue.) S.vi/rKiiS, September, 15.?This : I place was visited by a wind; ' and rain storm Tuesday night, which ' [ was very severe during the night and ; continued until about twelve o'clock j Wednesday. Mr Walter R Bryan's j ' large wagon shed and fodder barn ; i were blown down. There were tlireo wagons under the shed at the. time. | His mill shed was also blown down A negro preacher's shed was deniol- j ished and his buggy broken up. J Fences were laid low, trees uprooted and cotton blown down and whipped j to pieces. The election passed off quietly. i A larger vote was polled at this precinct than in the lirst primary, 40 | votes being polled at the 1st and 4? at the 2nd primary. The merchants seem slow about buying their fall stocks of goods. Mr and Mrs J A Ferrell have re- j turned from St Louis, where they I have been taking in the World's Fair. j They were very much pleased with j their trip. Cotton is opening fast. The Salters Ginning Co. is ginning about 15 bales per day. They have a thoroughly equipped outfit; it is up-: to-datein every respect. The cotton crop in this section will be cut short about 40 per ceut. Mr L B Dutchcr of Chicago.who has been experimenting with the rock ou Mr J A Ferrell's land on Black river ; for about two years, shipped a car! load to Charleston last week to be ground into fertilizer. X. AS TO ROAD BUILDING. Mistakes of Oar Road Makers Pointed Out?Drainage the Key to SuccessEditor County Record:? I wish to call the attention of onr County Supervisor and the commissioners to the following extract fruui a recent bulletin on the construction of earth roads issued by the Department of Agriculture: "Drainage is the key to success in making earth roads?Water is destructive to roads, especially dirt roads; theiefore drainage that will at once carry awav rainfall is abso-! lately necessary? Drainage alone will often change a bad road into a ! good one.'' } In many places water settles sevi eral feet deep along both sides of j Iour roads for long distances, and! I ? I ! sometimes, for want of a better j route, takes the road-bed itself as a j drain to the nearest creek. I have: no idea that jur road-builders doubt , the truth of the statements quoted I 'above. Why, then, will they con-[ | linue to heap dirt or clay or mudi 'into the roads before first taking! j the water away? Indeed the; ! contest seems now to be whether the j road overseer will be able to pitch mud high enough to keep the water from crossing over! If the work thrown away in this manner 011 many of our roads had been used in putting a good ditch 011 one Side and cross ditches in the low places there would be now at least a good foundation on which to build. In well-kept farming sections the j road-beds are usually dry enough.j and need only grading; but where they run through long reaches of I flat savannahs and ponds it is an absolute waste of labor to attempt to build them up until the water is taken away. In such cases this continued piling of dirt not only docs ; no good, but 011 the contrary, much harm, as it a<_ds to the slop and increases the depth of the bog. According to the way I see it, in many places our roads would be better unworked if they are not to be drained. I wish it understood that what I say here is not intended to reflect , especially on any particular "administration", for I see 110 difference in ; the method pursued now, and that j of several years ago. I even venture I to compliment our present supervi' j sor on the good work he is doing in 1 the well drained sections. J. G. McCullough. [ Benson, Sept. 20, 1904. ' The cashier should be known | by the company that keeps him/ null UMaaacrrirr'miir Wnniii Timw?ita? Why You Should Study Law in the South Carolina College. In the first place, it you have decided t<? practice law in South Carolina, tin: advantages of going to tile Soli I !l Carolina (.aroli ii. College are ion-pint uThere you will form as-u nations ami Lie* that, will strengthen joe. tli roughout ihe State during y% ur entire life. Should you wish to enter upon a political, Jlife you will have staunch friend.- in every town 'and hamlet of the State? friends in all of the professions and walks of life, ami friends who are alive to a keen appreciation of what it is to be a true and high-toned p< litician?a politician in truth and nor. as the name is now too often, with reason, interpreted to signify. In the second place, Columbia is an ideal place for a law school. It is the capital of the Stale, and its central situation makes it easily accessible from all part< of the State. During the winter students have ample opportunity of seeing the practical workings of governments, 1' gislative, executive, and judi cial. Here are held annually two terms of the Scpreinc Court, three terms ot t he Circuit Court. and two terms of the United Suites Circuit and District Courts. Lectures are delivered u> tl e Law Classes by. eminent members of the bench and bar. During the session of 1903-1904 lectures were delivered in the following order by Associate Justice Eugene H Gary (two); United States Judge Charles H. Simon Loi. (two); Associate Justice C. A. Woods, Judge W.C. Bcnet, Mr. Robert W. Shand, Mr. Wiliiam II Lylcs, United States Judge William II. B raw ley, Mr. J. W. v arcy, and Mr. S. J. Simpson. In the third place, die Law Faculty is particularly strong. -No < ne can expound the princi tiles of the law with greater strength and clearness than Joseph Daniel P-pe. the D?an of the Law Faculty. J'rof. It. Mean Davis (dead, alas!) was the clear, forcible expounder of Const itutiona! Law Constitutional Law Cases, and International Law. His place will be ably tilled by Prof. Gordon B. Moore, who comes to the College with a widely established reputation for great strength of character, for ureal mental ability, and for wonderful success in leaching. Adjunct Pofcssor M. 11. Moure is a lawyer engaged in active practice, and brings to the class daily liis fresh experience from the uftlce and the courts, He, too, is an excellent teacher, and a man of literary taste and thorough culture. Again, the course of study in tile department is full and the opportunity for parallel retidiuj; on the daily lectures ample. The I ollege has an excellent law library, and the library of tiie Supreme Court is clo?e at hand, and open for use; and, since a lawyer must read widely, ihe general library of the college?and there is none better in the South- is of great value to the law student. With all the above named advantatages. law students cannot rio better than to pursue their studies at the South Carolina College. HOY'S WILD HIDE FOR LIFE With family around expecting him to die, and a son riding for life, IS miles, to get l)r King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. 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