Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' ' ' ... ' Farmers & Merchants - ~mi d 3 % o /-\^ ' prompt and (artfal attention. We VTLli |B reapectMy loScit ytnr deposits ^"tCtSS; t7-<mo? 1.1 It I,II t AJ* ^"rs i.aiuSL , . === %> . OL XXI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 21,1907. NO. 8 # 4 - ^ ... >''^H POSITIVELY Every= j thing We had in the way of Dry Goods Dress Daces, broJderies, B to ' ? was boaght bp fore the recent sharp advance in prices and we ean la five our castoaers (he beaefit of 'he differeace in price. The lines we carry could scarcely he bought today for what we sell thea, hat we hare aot lacreased tip price on any article hat actually aarkrd dowu a aaaher of things. It yon wait a swell pair of Shoes see oar "Kin Qui" * M *? tA ..J * t AA ifr mca ?i 9d<?rv Ftr ladies aid ehildrei we eromneid tke \ " -Brand Shoes. W. I...iu Aikor.b.tD^Nraipi) if W r VIBVI ? .. Slors, bit ilrsr are oar *?sjters. H> iarlt.- attrition to oar ewgait liirs of Dress Shirts, Hosiery and Underwear for; 3!?a. Wonn and (hildrra. Stylish Low Collars I " Sitka" and' Bryson" are perfect fitting I collars, and tbeir good lines of style keep I them constantly in demand FOR THE CORLISS-COON COLLARS which are world famous we are exclasire agents. Latest effects Id lace curtails aid cirtaii material, also we bare a lot of 75c. Roller shades marked down lo 40c. Keep warm by buying one of: onr blankets?they are all wool] and more than a yard wide. Laces and Embroideries. Aew Stock 5c laces and embroidery going at 3 I-2c: 10c quality going at 7c: 12 l-2c going at 9c. We bare the goods and our ' prices are right. Give us a call. j Deople's j Mercantile ! Company.,1 KINGSTREE, S. C. ! No Display Advertisement Changed Unles J WHY PAY TAXES^??Ja?1?_ ; 0* * J On Land You Don't Specially Need? J : DON'T YOU THINK t * ?s? * It would be tfood business to sell ? * some of your land and invest your * ; monev5 ; : DO YOU WANT TO SELL? ?; j No matter where located we can sell ?! j for you and it w ill pay you to see us * I Qfrrtll Rfnc Real Estate Brokers, ^ ^ I y juts. vu?j ivingsiree, o. v, *, w ? i ^WUHW Wl IlliWrtWW *** * * 3 fcofiriTCN E| * is not established .in a day X 0 fin (Hinm ^as enJ?ye^ ^ie confidence of X X UU L/IUIU after year. ft | O .3i3ea,scm.s "W3a.y v V We ke?p the stock in every way suited to the needs of the c m- it O rounity. Tcc best of every thine Is carried, the assortment is large, W X the attention perfect and the pnces JU~T RIGHT. If you are not Q V already familiar with our way of doing business, we think wo ean V O make it profitable for you to become acquainted. W 0 =HEALTH SECURITY== g X DEMANDS PURITY and STRENGTH IN THE DRUGS X V YOU USE. X X m m m j is a Licensed Pharmac:st, do'ng a legal busi- A y Tip I III U a n | ness in the drug line and we insure safe \/ O Lir UUr&AllL (^ru?s? sa^e compounding and safe prices. Q X PI | VtttltflM You can make no safer investment than to do X y business with us. %/ ! 0 |Qfl7 Means more patrons for our store, \f\f\l x O I-JUI The person who runs can read this. I JUl Q ' X Complete line School Books and Stationery X X ?always on hand.? X O krrnnl fnr Perfect Cigars (Havana made) Q O flP6(11 lOl Montagu's Chocolates and Choco- Q Q O late Bon Bona. Q | X You are always welcome, ^tart off this new year by coming to X { X see us- Respectfully you?, X K J. B. DMKANT, g i O Physician and Phannacist, v q - lake city, s. c. x llooooooooooooooooooooooooc' I Cash is Economy.j I . ? i ! ??mm ??? , j At this season the mail behind the pocket book is the man who holds the reins. If it's a H ors<? or Mule you want |j we can fill your need. In BUGGIES, WAGOAS, BAR- ! A ESS, LAP ROBES. HORSE BLAXKETS all tho IipsI tin flip niarkpt j we are headquarters. VISIT OUR STABLES, TELL US YOUR WANTS AND WEJ'LL DO THE REST, F. C. THOMAS i 3Zija.gstxfee, S. C? AS to COBDty Dispensaries. you listen to all the smooth . , things that the devil is promptThe State dispensary is dead! , , F ing people to say you will be That awful chain which for years , . ? . . ,, , A. . J,. , deceived into allowing a county has been around the State bind- , , , . , .. dispensary to be opened in Wiling" the individual membership , " Tr ... . ,, . .A ? 1 liamehnror It this le nilnir^rl it to be partakers m the accursed .... .. , . r , will be a disgrace upon Will-j business of selling whiskey . , , , A. , .. , , . u i lamsbur* ten thousand times whether or not, has been broken. ? . ,. _ , . . worse than the State dispensary, Each county must now assume , r J ' the responsibility of saying for the that thePers?Tnal whether this murderous bnsi- "spous.b.lity .s greater. Let . . .. , ,, us be up and doing. The eneness is to continue as a lawful f b business or not Williiamsburg, ni> 1S at work. i i. -11 . n Prohibitionist. what will you dor You can no longer blame B. R. Tillman for ?? making you a bar-keeper. When Tone the liver, move the bowels, .. ? *i ? *i , cleanse the system. Dade 8 Little the devil ai s one way ie is Liver Pills never gripe.?Sold by sure to come in another form. If \y L Wallace. is Copy Reaches Us REVIEW OF THE WORK OF LEGISLATURE. OUR LAKE CITY CORRESPONDENT GIVES EXCELLENT SYNOPSIS OF IMPORTANT MEASURES ENACTED. The Capitol, Columbia, February 18:?Yesterday, Sunday morning-, the senate and house of represenatives exchanged * *t'?\ ?-*? ? ftiL' 4*^11 '1 ?/l IHCSSd^O, gu * ri-< ivii miu the assembly adjourned, and two hundred very weary men sought their beds while other folks were entering upon the exercises of Sabbath day. No other lawmaking body in America transacts its business with that stately pomp and digniti d ceremony with which South Can* lina's legislature pri ce, ds in its duties, and the men who had part in the work of the utsi six weeks were impressed that tin* pomp and ceremony, if ever appropriate, was peculiarly so in closing hours of one of Jie most famous legislatures ever com en* ed within this State. It was indeed a history-making body of a history-making people Taken as a whole, it is doubtful if the State ever assembled a stronger body of men. In i' were those whose names will ?" ^ * Y* t li^t c|/I . JJU UU?I1 1U III.-5 1UI V KJ\ VUV OIUI of Hie greatest statemen 01 our common-wealth. This estimate is based not upon any single act, but upon the sum t ?al ot the work accomplished. Of course, some things were done that it were perhaps better had they remained unaccomplished, and there were doubtless matters of im]?ortance omitted, but judged by the net results the session must be pronounced an eminent success. Qf course the abolition of the State dispensary system and the institution of local option in the control cff liquors stands above everything else as the stone which caps the pyramid ot work. Saturday afternoon the final vote vas taken, and this writer lying upon a sofa to which sickness had consigned Him_ mnde one of the twentv three senators who nailed dow n the coffin lid that covered the dispensary corpse, while only 8 were there to say nay. In the other end ot the capitol Representatives Bryan and o'ause joined the 68 to 28 who did the same work in the house, and only bad health kept Hon. Kellahan from handling a ham mer in the last ceremonies. Governor Ansel approved the act Sunday morning before leaving his office and immediately notified the State that the old order of things had passed away. The law went into effect at once and today all dispensaries are closed, all dispensers, boards of control and the State commissioners are out of office and throughout South Carolina prohibition reigns absolute. To state what will take place in Williamsburg under the Carey Uathran act win give a ncueiaj idea of how the law will operate in counties which have not voted out dispensaries. The governor will appoint a board of control composed of three men, one named by the senator and representatives, one by the county board of education and one by the intendants of Kingstree, Lake City and Scranton. This board, after giving bond of $5,000 each, will select dispensers, locate dispensaries, buy the liquors, and control J by Tuesday, Noon, Prec _ _ generally the dispensaries of the comity. They may or may * not buy from the liquors now in 1 i, the State dispensary which will S be in charge of the commission I that will be appointed to wind i up the State dispensary. Bids I r must be sent sealed to the n county treasurer after advertise- p ment. The county board will n have the liquor analyzed and t tested. The profits will be divided as follows: one third to g ordinary county fund, one third n | to school fund or roads and c | bridges and one third to the n 1*1 ?:11 ? lOWn. LIIJt? will, iu a. wuiu, uv. j the working until an election be v .held resulting against the sale, h Elections may be held oftce in v four years at the same time as fixed for general elections. This a year, however, an election may p be held provided one fourth of a th^ voters petition therefor n before May 1. At the election the question to be decided will ^ be whether we shall have pro- a hibition or county dispensaries.- b No doubt the law, as is always 01 the case with all important acts f< when first enacted, contains a defects which time will disclose n and to remedy which future tl legislatures will be called upon. S It is probable that the new n board will be named right away c< and the 'county dispensaries b will be opened within ten or o tiff ten. days. o There were not as many wild cat bills introduced as usual r< and the acts passed number f< fewer than in quite a while. In all, the output was two hun- fi dred only. 1; When "local measures are tak* p en out the laws of general in t< terest may almost be counted c on the fingers, vet every one is ! b of some moment. jt< ! The act to investigate freight ie ' rat"j> and discriminations, though j fi ! having.special reference to the i a 'conduct of the railroads to } wards Charl.q^tpn, will open up jo cne eilXire niaucri auu let 111 ~ light upon the whole subject! f' and will doubtless lead to some r relief from the terrible exac'ions (a and extortions of common car- j t: riers throughout the country. j b ! Winthrop College gets the;^3 practice school at last. This carries an appropriation of w ' $20,000 to supplement $25,000 given by a private individual ^ for the building of a model school house in which the:ri "practice" part of the teachers,1 $ course will be carried on. Mention has already been .J1 of the high school measure ap- j propriating $50,000 for the!0 establishment of high schools. le An act went through provid-i^ ing a uniform method of issuing bonds by school districts fori building school houses and other [ I improvements. This removes, 1 ? | trie necessity iui ?pcv.id> av.is iui j such purposes. The law limiting the hours of! g) labor in cotton and woolen mills ; ^ to ten hours is of little personal | interest to this county, but it K is a matter of prime importance j to many sections of the State. t Confederate veterans were re- e memberfcd in two acts. One sets M aside a fund to defray the ex-1 j| penses of annual reunions and M creates a commission to take a . charge of and disburse the same; p the other appropriates $250,000 j for pensions and $5,000 for arti- c ficial Kmbs. f Provision was made for a $10, J 000 statute pf John CCalhoun in s< Statuary Hall, Washington, DC, h and a monument to mark the a grave of General Tbomas ? Snmter. \ :eding Date of Issue. "Bucket shops'" are prohibited >y a bill that seeks to effectualy put a stop to this form of gambling1 and which will accom: dish the object, if enforced. The violation of leases and ent contracts is the subject latter of one of the best" acts assed. Under this law if a lan leases or rents lands and hen fails to enter upon the perormance of the contract, he is nilty of a misdemeanor and: lay be punished in the criminal ourts. It is not unusnal for a lan to rent land the first of the ear and then along about April,. ^ a _ ^ i _ a . r ai i j men u is too late xor uie lauu? r 3rd to secure another tenant* :alk off and leave the place. The pay of jurors is raised by nother bill, and still another irovides a way Of forcing the ttendance of jurors upon mnicipal courts. A bill was enacted into law rbich prohibits the manufacture nd sale of adulterated or mis- ^ Jg randed or poisonous ordeleterius foods and drugs. This law jllows the general lines of the ct of congress passed last sumler ard is intended to make tiat act effective within the tate, and is really one of the lost important of all measures onsidered and will, if enforced, ave a most beneficial effect upn the health and pocket-books f our people. I he sale of cocaine except on1 egular prescriptions is strictly Drbidden by another act. Mnnicipal authorities are urther authorized to condemn md for drainage and sewerage urposes. Heretofore many a 3wn has been Seriously handi appcd in its efforts to improve ealtli and comfort by one or ivo stubborn and narrow mindd persons who could?see no nrther than their own ends and ims. ' Mr Bryan's bill to authorize ur county commissioners to orrow money from, the Sinking und to pay the $11,000 debt on oads and bridges went through nd became law. Mr. Bass in roduced practically the sanje ill in the senate but Mr Bryan's f. '"< aving "traveled" faster, went hrough and of course the other ' > ras then withdrawn. The commutation road for Ji 11 iumsburg was raised to $2 or 'r i mr days. Some other counties ^ aised to $3.00 and a few to evert 4 * These are the most important leasures that were enacted into iw. Of course there were many thers but not of sufficient inWst to take up the space of this aper. W. L. B. ^ Delinquents. The following paragraph was ;nt ns by an esteemed subscriber to 'he Record with the request that ; be published. We take pleasure i complying: "In the beginning God created he heavens and earth, then the ditor aud the liberal advertiser? rhich was all good. The next day : snowed, and He created the man *ho does not believe in advertising, notber who does not take the home ? u? ?t.?A aptl LUCli iiC 1 CO beVI, X ?1C U ?UC evil got into the molding room and rented the man who takes the paper or 'several years and fail to pay for it. Lfter he he had completed that orry job and had a few lumps left >e created the excuse of a man w^l ettles his subscription by inform^Jp he postmaster to mark his paper J refused.