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=\ NoticeA recent ruling of the post-' office department requires publishers of weekly newspapers to discontinue all subscriptions; that are one year or more behind. We are allowed until April 1 to comply with this requirement, after which time all subscriptions not paid to April 1 1907 (or beyond that date) will oe cut off. We have no choice en the matter, being compelled to conform to the regulations of the postoffice department. Now, we ask all our subscribers who are in arrears and want the paper continued, to come up and settle their accounts before Anril 1. while those delin __I ' - vquents who do not care to have the paper any more will confer a tavor to notify us and at the same time pay what they owe for past service. We ask that prompt attention be given to this matter, as there is but little time for delay. ? Local and Personal Mr J G McCutchen has been elected clerk to the board of , county commissioners. Mr J W Josey, Melchers & Co's popular salesman, was in town yesterday on business. Miss Lester Kogers of Dillon is spending a tew days with her * w r\ i a r? jl i sisier, .urs r f oeinea. Miss Grace Van Keuren visited friends and relatives in Sumter and Greelyville several days last week. Charles Kin^, supported by The Kin?r Stock Co in the Ku rri . i7i rr 1 iviux ixian a.1 iuuuitis upcia house Monday night. Attention is called to the announcement of Mr J G McCullough for re-election to the office of county superintendent of ed, ucation. We are indebted to the courtesy of Clemson College faculty for an invitation to the commencement exercises to be held June 7?9. Don't fail to see Charles King as Sampson,the negro sheriff, in the Ku Klux Klan at Thomas nivm house Mondav nieht? ~ ? o Popular prices, 25 35 50 cents. We acknowledge with thanks an invitation to the commencement exercises of Winthrop College, which take place at Rock Hill, May 31 to June 2. The Ku Klux Klan at the Thomas opera house Monday night. No one should fail to see this powerful drama of Reconstruction days ? Popular prices, 23-35-50 cents. Messrs' P S Courtney, L J Stacklej', J B Alsbrook, L S Dennis, W M Frierson, Harry 11 iff, and W P Young were among the j Kingstree people who attended I the Workman school closing last 1 Friday night. The King Stock (Jo will appear at the Thomas opera house| Monday night in the powerful soul stirring melodrama of Reconstruction days, The Ku Klux Klan"?Popular prices, 25- j 35-50 cents. Our Enti For Cingstre< L W Gilland, Esq., went to Charleston yesterday, accompanying his sister, Mrs Louise Sherfesee and her little daughter, who have been spending some days in town with Mrs Sherfesee's parents, Mr and Mrs T M njllnnrj In the thunderstorm of Tuesday night, May 5, the venerable pecan tree in Mr J P Shaw's yard, near town, was struck by lightning. This tree is one of the largest in the State of the pecan variety and Mr Shaw estimates it to be over 300 years old. C K St Amand, Esq., of the Conway bar, spent several days here last week with Mrs St Amand and their three little ones. Mr St Amand lived in Kingstree several years and has numerous friends who are always delighted to give him the "glad hand." Again we must remind our correspondents that we cannot publish communications in the current issue when they reach this office later than Tuesday morning. The same applies to advertisers. We have made this statement time and time again, but it seems to do but little good. The Bamberg lady who gently tapped her husband on the shoulder at theskating rink the other night and said, "Love, it is growing late; I think we had better go home," is the same one who after getting home shook the rolling pin under his nose andsaid,"You infamous old devj il, if you ever look at that mean, hateful, calico face mackereleyed old thing you had your eye glued oa tonight I'll bust your coeoanut wide open for you."?Abbeville Medium. The entertainment at the court house last Friday night for the benefit of the monume nt fund consisted of several very pretty illustrated songs,moving pictures, a "short trip around i >j'> 1 _ ?11 nit? wunu uuu a nice luucmuu of stereopticon views. The attendance was quite good and several people who attended say that some of the pictures were the finest ever seen here. The songs were beautifully sung and each one was followed by a round of applause. Workman School Closing. The Workman school was brought to a close last Friday night. The commencement exercises consisted of duets, diai :^_ ^4^. tuyues, i ccnauuiis, ciw., aim each part was well carried out. The efficient and popular teacher, Miss Mary M Marks of Columbia, awarded six of her pupils handsome medals for most j regular attendance ann best scholarship. These medals were de- J livered by Dr U E Gamble with ! appropriate and very interest-' ing remarks, after which Mr. Archie Barron delivered a splendid address pointing1 out the good work of the school and the teacher. About 230 people were pres-! ent. j { spriF ire 5to( ; 4 *wr Ai The Ne) f \ e Dry \ MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES Celebrated by Veterans of Camp Press ley Last Saturday. ! < On account of its falling1 on c Sunday, Memorial day was celebrated here by Camp Pressleyj on Saturday, the 9th inst. There were about fifty veterans as- \ sembled in the opera house, r where the exercises were held, r> nnm Kor sntinle-1 UUU V11V*J1 UUUft Wl ff ?*w """f r"" mented by the ladies of the U. | D. C. chapter. Crosses of hon- j or were bestowed u^on several { of the old soldiers by the f?,' -:1 hands of the Daughters, yr> was one of the most intere< features of the.ocasion. The pupils of th.^ school sang, Mr vfy Maryland andj>ftit. ?eas- . ing effect and a very p. ~ay so- i lo,"Just Before the Battle, Moth- j er," was beautifully rendered j by Mrs L W Gilland. j The address to the veterans j was made by R J Kirk, 1-sq., of ( the local bar. Mr Kirk's address was a very tine effort and quite appropriate to the occasion. At the close ot the exercises ( the veterans marched in line to i the soldiers' cemetery and paid j their annual tribute of flowers to the departed dead. After a short intermission, the vets were a^ain formed in line and marched to the Farm- j ers' Supply Hall, where they ] were regaled with a bountiful spread. A unnanimous vote of thanks was adopted by the veterans of Camp Pressley for the hand- \ some entertainment given them < by the people of Kingstree. Mr J L Nexsen of Cades paid this office an appreciate^ i call this morning. When the baby is cross and hp i you worried and worn oat yon will < And that a little Cascasweet. the well known remedy for babies and chil- ] dren, will quiet the little one in a ] short time.The ingredients are print- I ed plainly on the bottle, contains no 1 opiate. Sold by W L Wallace: ? i Mr John Iiiha. Nining, la., says * "I have been selling DeWitt's Kid- t uey and bladder pills for about a ' year and they give better satisfaction than auy pill I ever sold. There , are a dozen neoDle here who have nsfd them and they give perfect satisfaction in every case. I have used them myself with fine results. Sold by W L Wallace. At any rate "Uncle Joe"' Ca nnou, if elected president, would surely s "bust" as many trusts as have been "busted" during the last six or seven years. j r FOR SALE. \ Brick in any quantity to suit purchas ] er. The Best Dry Press Machine-made \ X BI3ZCK:. ' Special shapes made to order, t'orre* 1 pondence solicited beiore placing your order?. W. R. FUXK. Read the Farmers & Merchants Bank's ad. this issne. / \ ards. i ;Ani ninii will In- |>ul>ished iiiupai^n at the fol owing tiiiii umcuunt does tot oxce words: Suite and 'ongrtssh ^McCountv cundilate f '* F<" kronerI hereby a elf as a canlidate for it ,t coroner for tVilliamsbir' subject to the emulation- ocratic primary. .?1 S Buffkin. Thank , my friends for theii support past, I recpectfully aniouni e i a candidate for re-elec;ion to .fice of coroner, subject to ;he r& the Democratic party. I im. eteran, havl ng served four ^ ? War, and during the term I have tried to do my duty, y ask your support in the nary. . j R K Gamble. | For Sheriff I hereby announce myself a candidate j n the coming primary for re-election ' jo the office of Sheriff of Williamsburg :ounty, subject to the rules and reguations of the Democratic party and ( pledge myself to abide the result of the primaries. I earnestly ask the sup- I port of the Democratic voters, and if ilected, pledge my constant efforts to iischarge the duties of the office to the i satisfaction of my fellow-citizens. Geo. j. Graham. j For Auditor. We are authorized to announce the j candidacy of j. j. B. Montgomery for e-appointment to the office of county Auditor, subject to the rules of the j Democratic primary. For TreasurerWe are authorized to announce the 1 :andidacy of J. Wesley Cook for re-ap- , ^ointment to the office of CountyTreasarer, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. * Qtinf Pil uoq fi An JL" U1 U U|l l/< UUUVMMVUi I We are authorized to announce the I candidacy of Mr J G McCullough for [ re-election to the office of County Sup-1 erintemient of education. Notice to Democrats. Notice is hereby given to all clubs uot represented in the County Convention, held on May 4, that they meet and re-organize on Saturday, May 30, each club electing officers and a member of the executive committee. Clubs reorganizing on that date svi 1 notify the secretary, giving names of officers and executive committeemen in order that they may be enrolled. Attention is call to ' the fact that under the constitution : * % * Ml t 3lubs not re organizing win nave iu join other clubs before they are eligible to vote in the primary election. D W Wolfe, A 11 Williams, Sec't'r. Pres. 3-7-^t Wanted! to help you own your home, business house, farm or to lift a mort- j tfage. CiAnpav'in?rent au(l pay ^tUp tur a home with the same money. The $1,000 Guarantee Investnent Home Purchasing Bond, ssued by the Southern States Trust Company of Columbia, 3 C, upon which they are grant- ; ng 0 per cent loans for 10] 'ears will enable you to buy or iuild anywhere or to lift your nortgage. Be your own land-r ord. Worth investigating. Do it now. Address W. C. Fckse, General Vgent, Columbia, S. ('. 5 7 tf I X X \ I -g tfoing -s < ays ~Vany ?iFE AMONG THE ROMANS Farm Work Backward-More About Soed Corn-Other News. RoMe, May, 11:?As I haven't ' seen anything in your valuable pap- J er in some time from the town of 1 Rome I will attempt to write a few 1 dots, which I suppose will be very ' scattering, as 1 have never written 1 anything for publication before. I I am a farmer and not a writer, but have always heard tbat a poor start is better than no start at all. < We have had a very unfavorable ( spring for our farms to get prepared 1 for planting and it still looks pretty ( gloomy for the farmers. Crops are unusually small, u poor stand of cotton everywhere and a great many have ploughed up the first crop and planted a second time, while .others have replanted extensively. The 1 cool nights and bleak winds are very h much against all crops and have * been greatly eouducive to cut worms and bud worms in our corn and to- 1 bacco fields, gardens, etc. In fact * almost everybody is behind with c work down here and labor very * 3carce and such as can be employed a is bard to control, being generally ' very alow, lazy and trifling and giv- c ing very little satisfaction to the em- 1 > 8 pio>cr. There is quite a lot of sickness in our community now, all cases of of which we hope for an early re- ) covery. Well, Mr Editor, 3ince reading the communications of Mr S O Eaddy, T K James, the "Old Sage*' and j others I thought all along that I i would suy something too, but as our < friend, Mr McCollough "hit on the * subject in such a noble and incom- \ prehensible manner to me" I finally decided to remain quiet in his favor, i But now as I am writing, I will tell < you how I select my seed corn and ( what I think about planting and ^ growing corn, 1 11 i i J ?- n.? ? l generally seieci my seen in oep- i tomber or October for the future year. I go into my field while the ' corn is all on the stalks aud select j the largeet and most perfect and < well developed ears, always gather- J I in Recei | A full line of II Spring- Clot Oxfords for n ; and children. a trial befo elsewhere ar vinced. r j. . er< \ i WM iM ====== I .M M # . ' I I ' Jj { M H i ?|j log about twice tne amount i tuiu& I will need. I put this in sacks and hang it up iu the top of the barn, never shuck until planting time in the following spring. This I select aiV seed from. Now, when I plant I put two grai08 in each hill, as we ilwuys kuow it is impossible to get i bushel of seed corn without some bad or damaged grains, and by plant., , ing by this method it alnuwt always ^ives a perfect stand and fully doubly Dave for thinning. And'now, Mr * * - " Editor, about multiplying the yield )f corn, I don't know how to tefyjtliers to do, but will give you my plans and probably it may benehfc )thers somewhat: No 1. Drain the land well, " 2. Prepare it thoroughly, " 3. Fertilize it highly, " 4. Work it faithfully. Now, in regard to working land, ny method is deep plowing for prepiration and shallow plowing for cul- t ' i ration. And, say Mr Farmers, please renember the old saying: ua stitch in ime saves nine," and let's see if we :ant make every move in our crop in -rtr I I k lime, wecouiu muse mure vivy ^ ind save a many a step too. Well, p Vlr Wolfe, I tbinjc I had better ring >ff, as I am a immature writer. But f I see this iu print and you so deire I will come again soon. Subscriber. ? Kinthrop College Scholarship and Ei~ trance Examination The examination for the award >f vacant scholarships in Winthrop Jollege and for the admission ot lew students will be held at the jounty court house on Friday, July - A 1 ' i. i, at y a m. Applicant* ujuh uui >e less than fifteen years of age. \ When scholarships are vacant after . ' Fuly 3 they will be awarded to those naking the highest average at this lamination, provided they meet the ionditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships sheuld vrite to President Johnson before ;he exannratiou for examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and 'ree tuition. The next session will )pen September 16, 1908. For for* her information and catalogue, adIress President D B Johnson, Rock Jill, S C. 5-7-8t ? , i 1 II ived I I up-to date ? hing" and jl len,women I Give us S rp hnvinnr id be con- l * ' a J /* 5. I [)N j m "i