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J R Coggesl all, Esq, of Darlinerton, candidate for congress- i I man from this district, was here one day last week among- his!1 friends. ji i The first tobacco of the sea-11 feoncame in Saturda}\ Messrs J J j' Daniels and Melton Collins are the two hustling- farmers who J ied off. The first tobacco is as j1 treat event as the first cotton | Ind the planter who opens the Iiarket is regarded as a prize tinner. This lot of leaf was ought by Mr L A Winston. I It will be of interest to the Iiends of Mr Nolan Motley to j arn that he is now in South j frica buying tobacco for a big- i J lpany. The other four broth-11 are here and play a big part f ie tobacco business of this ket. ?ssrs Rodgers & Wells are ng upward of four hundred 1 and cucumber baskets a :< and yet the demand is notj* The bean crop is about over 1 ucumbers are pouring out;1 ' perfect stream. Four to!1 eu car loads of this stomach-11 e-maker go off daily and yet; ickle factory would not be j < ed upon to run on short j - M| irs. Saturday this vegetable 1 HI bringing $1.50 to $1.75 per ' H Hisket in New York. HB^MrSW Gowdy is enjoying 1 ^^^Timself in Florida. F The Woodmen of the World I observed their annual decoraW . tion day last Sunday. Rev S J 1 Bethea conducted services at 1 K. \i_., v. ?,1 ( WLUC I'il p US I tliun.il aim V Va sermon to the brethren and 1 B friends. Afterwards the graves ( W of Sovereigns R D Rollins, HE I I Morris and II C Godwin were 1 | visited and covered with beauti- ; I ful llowers. This is a beauti-1 < 1 ful and touching custom andj1 W will appeal to all who remem-i L mmM/WMitMH iMMEF Silks ilks at prices that will make notice. Black Taffeta and wanted. vv\v\w\v\v\ / ) EMBROIDERIES 31 tT.ent of all kinds of dainty deries to please the ladies' ^L^'S ME j who do not permit the seliish j exactions of the hour to sraoth- j er the ties of brotherhood and | affection. i t Mr James Henry Rice, Jr jwas : here Saturday in the intesest of : our friends of feather and tin. j He tells us that the warden at! Effingham has "bagged" thirty- j three for netting out of season. It may be of interest to the readers of The Hecord to know j that one of the accused is a ! candidate for a high office.. This protection of birds and lisli i is one of tlie most important movements ever undertaken in this State. The birds are the ' farmers' best friends, but their : value is not appreciated as it' should and will be. Several car loads of cucutn- j bers went off Monday night. This means, say fifteen hun-! dred baskets. Put them at 50; cents net. The returns toot up | $750.00. Not so bad for one! day. In addition to the net| amounts received by the growers, it means $150.00 to the pickers, $105.00 to the basket factory, some hundreds to the railroad eompany and the commission merchants and some hundreds to the fertilizer men, and so on. The benefits reach an army of people. Mr D M Epps and little son spent Sunday and Monday in Charleston. W. L. B. Installation Services. At a recent meeting of Harmony presbytery Rev Messrs A. R Woodson, E E Ervin and W S Porter, with Dr J S Cunningham, were appointed a commit-j tee to install Kev A C liridg-man, aewly elected pastor of Indiantown church. Rev Mr Woodson will preach it 4 p m on Saturday next, June 20; and on Sunday, the 21 inst, :he installation services will be aeld. The public is cordially invited to attend. A Card From Mr Thrower. Editor County Record:? Al ow me to say through your coljms that I will not reply to Mr Hamlin's card in your issue of the 11 inst because I cannot jonsistently with my profession deal in abusives to retaliate. I will give Mr Camlin ill opportunity to prove his :harges before the proper tribunal and at the proper time. W H Thrower, Harpers, IS C., June 10,1903. i WVWVVftf tYMY^V!YYW ^ m/ ? H * * Vs .* WE A' Dryg A 4 . t: *11 ? - Yoi! iri, Qua :k dies .all iu^ES. wi. *.ost pru t WASH At greatly ced prices. It ERCANTI! MAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAA' CDDRT PROCEEDINGS. A Light Docket and an jity Short Term. j i The court of general sessions'" for the count}- of Wilhamsbureconvened on Monday morning at 10 o'clock with His Honor, John S. "Wilson, presiding judge. So-! licitor J B McLaughlin and i Stenographer L E Wood were present. The following1 bills; were handed out to the grand . jury, in-whiclKrue bills were | jounu: Lula Nelson, house-breaking'; and larceny; Willie McCrea, burglary and larceny; Daniel i Davis, larceny of live stock; Benjamin Hanna, alias Ben Ilanna, aggravated assault and battel}'. The solicitor allowed Lula Nelson to plead guilty to petit' larceny, and she^vas sentenced i to pay a fine of $30, or be con- j fined at such labor as she could 1 do in the county jail or State! penitentiary for twenty days. The case of the State vs. Julia Ann McBride indicted for larceny ot live stock, who was convicted at the March term of the court and who was granted a new trial, was called for trial, the defendant being represented j by ? L Hirsth, Esq. The jury found a verdict of guilty and j she was sentenced to the State nonitontinrv at filirh l.lhor as 1 ?*?j -- ? she could perform for a term of j one year and pay a fine of $1.00. Daniel Davis was arrested j on the charge of larceny of! live stock. He pleaded guilty j and was sentenced to hard labor i inssssssssssea t = CHI s CHEAP! fl TWO CAI 8 MULEi i 8 n 5 will arrive Jai 10 Finest that ha: market this sea Come in and 2 before they are 8 M. F. h f) KINGSTR yyvyV'WyWfWTVVMwyyyvy EGA IN JUT OUR STOCK OF js and Clothing iinly look good, to you. " let us show you. Low and Tan. Gents', Lasizes and best quality. Compare our prices :es, quality considered. GOODS will pay you to see this line. LE CO., K UWAAAWAAAAAMM.W,MA*> in the penitentiary 1'or a term of six years. The case (/" the State vs. ?\ il- j lie McCrea, indicted for bur^-J lary and larceny, was called.! On arraignment he pleaded not guilty. The jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to, hard labor 011 tne puonc wonts i ot the count)' or in the State j penitentiary for a term of five j years. McCrea was represented | by K .J Kirk, Esq. The case of Benjamin Hanna,1 alias Ben Hanna, indicted fori assault and batery of a high and | aggravated nature .and carrying j concealed weapon was tried, j He was found guilty and sen- j tenced to hard labor in the State penitentiary for a term of eight years. Slocum AnniversaryNew York, June 15.?Today is the fourth anniversary of the burning of the General Solcum, an excursion steamer, on June 15, when over a thousand women and cnildren perished. Memorial services will be held by the survivors and relatives and friends of the victims. Captain VanSchaick, who was in charge of the General Slocum,is now serving a ten-year sentence in Sing Sing prison for criminal negligence. A lot of men who are always talking about their willingness to die for their country are too lazy to go to the polls and vote to save it Title, Mortgage, Bill of Sale, Lien on Crop, and Lien and Bill of Sale combined blanks for sale at this office. 2-13tf ssesssssesssg EAP = 8 CHEAP! 1 I LOADS 8 ? 8 ORSES 8 nuary II, 1908.5 s been on the u son. f) look them over(J all gone. 5 IELLER 8 EE, S. C. f) *vwwwy>vwvM'?vywwTV^ SAL! Clothing We are offering our entir ing at a close margin of pro: sizes and guarantee tit ancf fat WWV\WV\V\V\5 GROCERIES Of course we keep the that can be bought, all guar Pure Food Law. FREE DEL1\ limits. Let us serve you. jngstree, WHERE AR? WE DRIFTING? Appropriations Outstrip Revenue and ? nt.k.. r.^k Va?. idAtfS niguer tdbii icai Editor Coi"xty Record:? From the standpoint <A a layman it would seem that the time has fully come for the vot-; ers of bouth Carolina to call a halt and reflect just a little before casting their ballots again for members of the house and the senate. Well, why do I say so? Just let me have your attention for a little while and I'll try to give good and sufficent reasons foi this assertion. What has been done about biennial sessions of the legislature? Was not that issue set- 1 tied by the voters at the ballot boa? That alone would have been a saving- of fifty thousand > dollars a year to the tax payers. Do we need this saving? Let the voter answer that for himself. Secondly, did not the people of the State speak out almost to a man and demand the repeal of lien law? Did they get it? No Well, then, what did they get? Be quiet and listen and I'll tell some of the things they got. We got two new judicial circuits at a cost of about twelve thousand dollars and we got all the salaries of the State officials or a good part of them, raised. We got to pay those stolen State bonds again instead of letting those who were under bond pay them. But that's only about seventeen thousand dollars. The people can pay that/ ( Well, what more did we get? We got all the appropriations'] to the State colleges raised and ; en mantr nthur pnr?rnr?riations 1! O\S U1UUJ VbliVi that time and space torbid their mention. But one thing I do want to call the attention of the voters i to, and here it is: The taxeable value of the property of South ' Carolina in round numbers is about $270,000,000 and a tax levy of 5 1-2 mills would realize 1 about $1,417,500 on this. Add i from indirect and other sourses < $175,000 and you have the total < of the State's taxi's, which is < CM IOC AAA Wall f lio f 'o o n ft C11) kiiui o u. aivv little sum?we get trom taxa- < tion, but where does it go? I would like to give you the items, 1 but The Record is not large enough to furnish the space, i but will say in round numbers j the last session of the legisla- ] t u r e appropriated 1,600,000, ( which is $165,000 in excess of the total taxes, if all are collected. How does that come at you? Now, we are paying interest WWVWWtrtWWWX E! I I ' j e stock of Clothlit. Vrt have all ^ ?ic- ! 5 | I *" , \ ? 4 <*. . ! < best and cheapest ^ anteed under the i /ERY in corporate i s. c. | on bonded indebtedness of over $600,000, besides interest of about $200,000 on agricultural stock and Clemson college perpetual stock, making a total of ? L CftllkA AAA ' % iM4>A?An4 tlUUUl ill UIICIC3L luai - I Ave are paying every year. Now isn't it time, yea high time, that the tax payers stop and con- , sider where we are drifting? 1 f. Don't let the liquor question be ' the uppermost in your mind when you are considering men. We have that a local issue now and it need not be an issue at all. That can be settled.' outside of the primary, but rather let us look to the cutting down of expenditures. So that some day we may have lower taxe3. Why not? As the taxable val ure of; our property increases why should not the levy de- .j crease? Now, Mr Editor and fellow voters, I mention these things . '";J so that we may stop, think and consider. We hold the key to the situation. Shall we use it or do as we have been doing in the past?plow on and let the other fellow run our government and we foot the bill? Just let cotton go down to seven or eight cents next fall and you will hear the greatest boul about taxes that you have heard in a long time. May it not be so? ^ Very respectfully, J Davis Carter. Leo, June 13, 1908. Morrisville Matters. .editor county kkcoki)?je.iiclosed find cotton bloom. The Srst bloom came on the 12th inst. from a four-acre patch planted on the 7th day of April, and from which I hope to make a bale per acre. The crops in this neighborhood are very good, labor being more plentiful than last year. The farmers kept Gen Green under control and the outlook for a good crop is very good, if the season holds out. I don't think the farmers of this community will have to buy any corn another year, and if we can get ten cents or more for our cotton I don't think there will be any old accounts to carry over. ^ , Now, Mr Editor, I want to see the seed cotton license reduced from $50 to ?5. I don't see why the poor farmer has to pay $50 for the privilege of selling a little seed cotton in order to get change for picking cotton. The "writer and his old friend, Mr James F Chandler, will soon have some ripe melons. Farmer. Morrisville, June 13. * J -Li ji '