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Shr ^tcccn!. "* i KINQSTflEE. S. C C. W. WOLFE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ? TERMS >UKS? KllTloX liAT?S: One copy, one year ? i J One copy, six monrhs ,o ; One copy, three mon'.s. . ? ... ">< : One copy, one year in advance 1 'k> i Obituaries. Tributes of Respect, . Res"lutions of Thanks, nrds ??f Thanks and all other reading notices, not | News, will be charged for at the rate j of one cent a word for ea<h insertion. 1 - i THURSDAY. OCT. 1. 1908. 63 The "Night Riders." A bigger menace than the boll weevil to the cotton producing States is the advent of the thousand-legged monster that has for many months terrorized Kentucky and Tenr.esisee, defying the law and striking at the very foundation of civilization? the "Night-riders." Already there are sporadic out breaks and threatened out-rages enoughto indicate that the trail of the serpent, after devastating the tobacco belt in the States where the slimy monster originated, ! I has extended itself into the fair! fields of lleecy cotton, and unless its onuard progress be arrested we must face the prospect of a j reign of terror that places the ? 1 1 law-abiding citizen at the mercy of a band of reckless and law defying midnight assassins. Such a condition of society is horrible to contemplate and strict watch should be kept so that when the scaly creature rears its noisome head it may be crushed out of existence. Bp We are gratified indeed to note that the Farmers' Union in many counties in South Carolina has already put itself on record as discrediting the methods of the Affl' ' onil XX? Ct 11 V ?> * 11 I^Ub'i lU^lO auu *vv w?av?v that this prompt action will have a wholesome and salutary influence in checking the spirit of lawlesness that is inherent among certain indivdnals in every community, who would welcome the opportunity to give expression to their hatred for law and their propensity for crime that is repressed only by fear of legal punishment. Stand to yonr gone, friends of the Farmers Union and law-biding people everywhere. No community was ever helped or up lifted by mob rule or a regime of crime and lawlessness. President Roosevelt has brought Upon himself sharp criticism by entering a controversy with Mr Bryan concerning Governor Haskell, until recently treasurer of the Democratic national committee. In this course of action the president exceeded the bounds of precedent and propriety and even decency, it might be added. Whatever the merits of the controversy over Haskell it ill beoomes the chief magistrate of a great nation to engage in a logomachy that in local politics might justly be termed "mud flinging.*' l-i - It was trjiiiifillly fitting that (i >wrn IlasJu-l! should resign ! as treasurer of the Democratic i I committee. A man holding this position should he above sus-! picion of affiliation with what, Tom Liwson terms "the system."'j Xo. "Anxious Inquirer," the Charles Wolfe who write the ''Burial of Sir John Moore,'' - . , .,1 is not lYiatvU to me eauor ox The Cot"nty Record. The oil that stills troubled j waters is not the output of1 the Waters-Pierce stills. Colonel Roosevelt has vet to j learn that to break a precedent' does not make a president. JOHN L McLAURIN. News and Courier Touches up ExSenator Satirically. Exhutning John L McLauno, ' Curly Headed Johnnie," he has been affectionately called, from the political grave, where he has rested quietly for six years, Willie Hearst appears in the unsightlv role of a | ghoul. Does not Willie know that, j We buried him darkly in the dead of night. The -odswith our goose-quills turning By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning? .Many a long summer uuu ter have passed, but we remem-! ber all about it just as though | it were yesterday. Mr M-^Lan- j nn, a bright, cheery, e1 young man, ran for the tuie and was defeated-oh, ago, though he is still youngish , and also very still. Then he blossomed out as a 'Farmers Movement man,'' and raked the' decks of the Oligarchy,'' In lSl'd, jas a bloomin' wool hat, he held! the field, or the stump, for Till-j man, even when Tillman (was it 1 in Kings tree?) rail away, and was j elected as a wool-hat Attorney iKo litflp ivretphes I judicial iv uviu w?v ?.v?.v of village banks and other bloodsucking corporations in order for the "move-MEXT." Then he was elected to congress over an Alliance candidate. Next, along ! with "Babe" Bailey and others, he discovered "Commercial Democracy." In 1897 be was appointed United States senator, and in the same year was elected senator in a primary at which one-half of the Democrats of the State voted. A little later the under-tow of the Commercial Democracy dragged him to the breakers of near Republicanism. He changed his vote, somersaulting gracefully on the question of ratifying the Philippines treaty. Aldricb, Elkins, Foraker and the rest lovsiawioan/1 Kiq nnrlv lop.kft IU?JY V/OI VOOVU UiS VM??T He sat on the knee, so to say, of Mark HanDa. The gentle President called him to his side and offered him tidbits?a judgeship in the far-away Philippines. About that time there was a i 8light commotion in South Caro- ' lina. Those same wool-hats, and ; with them the sometime hated , "An-tis" (accent on the "-tie," and ; pronounced "tize,") suddenly or- i ganized a "Society on the Stanislaus," aqjl as for Curly-Headed 1 Johnny, 4 ?/w4 conj.ofnna I f A C1IU11& U1 V1U 1VU him in the abdomen 1 And the subsequent proceedings interested him no more. The same is a true story of . the rapid evolution from a wool- ^ hat to a near-Republican. Mr t William Hearst could not have t stumbled on a more striking and c illuminating example to show that 8 the Democratic party wjH have j none of the Standard Oil Repub- a licanism. Mr McLaurin's alleged t lelations with Archbold were not * mspected, but his practical an- j aexation by the HanDa-McKinlev forces was known. His political a ibsequies, by reason of the latter, n ivere performed by the South n Carolina Democracy with a celer- | ty that would have violated the j n / "WHERE THEi THERE'S I Is an old ar true saying nothing does with more 1 in the matter money. E v should save of his earnin not what but what he makes wealt! j savings acc month with I Farmers and Bai cf Lak( proprieties had t. ey not been quiet as they were quick. Mr, McLaurin personally is a right j good fellow; he is amiable and j real smart, and there is in his / physical composition no lack of j sand," but his "jedgnient" is ; isily addh-d. ScMborrowing again from Charles Wolfe, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit tha:'s gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him. Hut little he^l reck if they let him sleep on ^ ' In the grave where the people have! laid him. Mr Hearst ought to be aware ii that in South Carolina, "the people rule."?yews and Couritr. Be sure to hear Mr La I'ieere in the Devil's Orchestra Monday night October 5. If you like music and comic opera you will be delighted with the Devjl's Orchestra Monday night, October 5. . ->T , Mutual Dislike. Brahms and Tschaikowsky, the famous musicians, met but twice. , On the last occasion Brahms was sufficiently interested in Tschai- J kowsky's fifth symphony to travel expressly to Hamburg in order to make its acquaintance. After the i performance the distinguished com- 1 posers dined together, and the conscientious Brahms frankly admit- \ ted that he did not like the work i at all, whereupon the usually meek ' Russian plucked up sufficient cour- J age to inform his host that the dis- | like of each other's music waa mutual. They parted on excellent ' terms nevertheless. ' ^_______ } An Introduction. "Long introductions when ti man , has a speech to make are a bore," 1 said former Senator John C. Spooner. "I have had all kinds, but the most satisfactory one in my career j was that of a German mayor of a small town in my state, Wisconsin. [ waa to make a political address. 1 and the opera house was crowded. When it came time to begin the ] mayor got up. 'Mine friends,' he t 3?id, T haf ashed been to introduce c Senator Spooner, who is to make a speech, yes. Veil, I haf dit so, und i be will now do so/ " Satisfied With Her Work. ^ It was noticed that the woman levoted many more hours to mirror 1 gazing than formerly. "I can't ^ ell," she said, with dreamy satisfac- q ion, "how many times I have E aught people, especially women, napshotting me recently." "I shouldn't be so puffed up about t if I were you," said the brute of , man. "It wasn't your good loftks hat attracted them. They were aking pictures of your dresses, so ^ hey could copy the best points in heir own clothes." "In that case," said the woman fter a moment's visible disappointment, "I feel more highly complimented than if they had photo- ^ Taphed me. Nature is responsible or me, but I designed my clothes ? irself." _ * lE'S A WILL, A WAY" i I id a very and in it apply force than of saving r e r y o n e some part i gs, as it is ene earns saves that j i. Start a :ount this ' | '1 ?. i I Merchants ik i City. P. P P,, Lippman's Great Rented] In ihe greatest blood purifier in th< world: superior to all sarsaparillas for tin* cure of Scrofula in its worst form (Joitre. Hip Itisoase, Sweilec Nfck Running Sore sand Sores in th< Eyes. r 1' I' u.akes a sure and permanent nip . Miss Ida Hastings, Savannah. Ha.. ?ay-*he was suffering all the torture of a terrible case of serotula. and n<; relief could be obtained until 1' 1' I1 ! ippinaM - (irt-at Remedy, was tried; ih- result was a complete cure. Reckling's name is a guaran tee for all tlie very latest productions in tine art and high grade photography. He wil be in Lake City October*, 9 and 10. Notice. Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners will hold its regular monthly meeting on Friday before the first Monday in Octo^ ber, the 2nd. All persons having claims against the county will please present same on October 2nd. S J SlNGLETARY, Co Supervisor. 10 1-lt SPECIAL NOTICES Transient Noti<$s will be Published In This Cojumn at the Rate of One L ent a Word for Each Issue. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents,' - - ~ . - j i tt : LOST?un airx roaa oeiween rvnigstree and Lake City on Friday, September 4. 1908, small gold locket, witfc initials "W C C", ana two pictures inside. Reward of Five Dollars if returned to office of iMO-tf The County Rkcorp. Lost?At hot supper at Mr McGill's Thursday night, September 24, one black fur lap robe, reverse side black with red flowers, green leaves, biased icross, yellow stripe. Suitable reward if returned to owner or delivered to Mr J Y McGill. It W 0 Camlin, Bloomingvale, S C. For Sale?Two vacant business lots opposite depot on Main street, one Eightmonths old jersey heifer. Apply to G Ollik Epps, Kings tree i0-l-2t For Sale.?House and lot in East Kingstree. Four room cottage ind out building. Lot contains me-half acre. Mrs C M Chandler )-24-2t Kingstree, S C. Administrator's Notice All persons having claims against he estate of J R Brockinton, deceased vill present the same, duly attested, to he undersigned, and all persons inlebted to said estate will make payment to C E Brockington, Administrator. 0-1-4t ? 2C Of yjsfv Kingstree Lodge Jli?f Knights of Pythias Regular Conventions Eve * y 2nd;?nd 4th'.Wednesday nights j Visiting brethren always welcome, Castle Hall 3rd story Gourd in Building. H. A. Myer, C. C. ' A. C. HINDS, K. R. S. I ? :?:?:?:?:@:?:?:@:?:?:?: ! DAI LIGHT ? . DRY GOi @ ? { ? \ ? 5 | [ Wa/A-Ot | and ? f Brown's Si ? f '? \ ? I 1 r*Wci Jgj THE OLD REL1 @:@:@ :?:@:?:@:@:?:@:?:@.< I Organized. Develoced an Principle of Conserva Along Progressive ! BANK OF WILL : IKINCSTREE. - - S< RESOURCES J: ?: .; Solicits a share of yc business, feeling con our ample resources rior facilities will n ;' ciation with us p< agreeable and profit; ; ! C. W. Stoll, Pres. E. C E. L. Montgomery. Asst. Cashi I ' ' '' : f ? | ?? ?? I O kstov Think How Muc I BY BUYI O K COOK STO Stoves that are 0 K with an i i buy in car lots, therefore you will range for Jess money than you can are the times the prudent buyer s COUNT. Give us the opportui ; you the economy. COHPLETE LINE OF We have in addition to the ah hardware ot all kinds, but for lack give you a list of what we do carr we have one of the most up-to dat< found anywhere, and invite you tc self. A welcome to ALL at our T farmers! JCVYYYYViOftOOOOOO stto/77 Watson's o Are Read By AH , Q THE WEEKLY X JEFFERSONIAN X Price $1.00 BOTH TOGETH V Per Year. $2.00 Per Yea X While these have the same pur X different in make-up. They make X ing and advocating true Jeffersonic V contain choice stories, serials and O interest every member of the fami ft At the time, when a Presidents X and all citizens are keenly intere X questions, no one should be withou O Address THOS. E. WATSON I . 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