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* +% ^ ' r^-1 ; : FIRE INSURANCE COS. M | my' Pi I | I | jr| m/ I I I B IB I With our experience i? 1 VMIv ?4f 'II I DE Motley & Co Lake City SCJ J , V v I handle your business. ^ 4^ I VOL XXII JNA, DECEMBER 10, 1908. NO. 3^ | ^FOM WATSON TELLS HOW ^ THE PEOPLE ARE ROBBED BY HIGH PROrEGTiVE TARIFF?A GLEAF EXPOSE OF THE INIQUITOUS SYSTEM. '.^he Progressive Farmer, referr ing to Mr Watson's New Orleans ad dress, reports him as stating that the foreign spinners clear a profit of "r $9,000,000 on the American cotton they auuually purchase from us. The amount is rather more thai nine million dollars, Brother Poe. ' To beTrank with you, it is niue , hundred million dollars, . The foreigner bought, during th< year named, upwards of nine millior halpa rvf Amprionn cotton, navinff Ui v%"'vw Vk ***""* > 1/ o not quite five hundred million dol lars for it. He sold the rnanufac tared products?clotn and "sich''? for fourteen hundred million dollars, Five hundred from fourteen hun dred leaves nine hundred. Tidy sum to lose every year?thi: ?900,000,000! -i When is the cotton grower*to waki up and watch the way his Congress' man votes? Whe.i is the farmer going to lean how to compel his representative t< vote tor TaWs that will benefit th< / farmer? The official record reveals the atf ful fact that the steel trust, alone clears more money, every year, thai B the 10,000,000 agriculturists cleai |B in ten years. Why? Because the steel trust Wm gets congress to pass laws that bene W tit the trust. How does congres sional legislation enable the stee trust to earn larger protits in oti< "1 year than all the farmers can eari vin ten? By putting the lic?nse-fee of the foreigner who seeks to sell in oui ? - i :-L xu .4. market so nign mat uc wmuv ?*?. ford to pay It. The tariff duty which the foreigner has to pay at the ens. torn house, before he can offer hi; goods for sale in our country, is tin same as a license fee, paid for tin privilege to sell. Suppose a foreigner has to pai four dollars tariff duty on a suit ol clothes which sells in Europe for si: w dollars. The four dollars must Im ..^added to the six, and we American must pay ten dollars for the suit The foreigner cannot afford to sell i( to us for less. That being so, the Americai manufacturer can put a ten-dolla: price on his six-dollar suit of clothe: also. The foreigner cannot sell foi less than ten, without losing money, whereas the Ameiicm manufacturer can offer his suit at $9.50, cut th< foreigner out of the trade, ani stil pocket $3.50 more than the suit o: clothes is worth. t When the foreigner can afford t< H? bring his goods into our market, th< B^Kovernment gets the tariff duties. HHf When the foreigner cannot afford to sell in our market, the American ^ manufacturer has a moil opol y charges extortionate prices, and the Government gets nothing. I Thus the tariff keeps competitior out, breeds the trust and pillages V the millions who must buy the 3,00( I articles whose prices are artificially I jaqjted up and kept up Oy congresI gional legislation. I The prodigal expenditures of Con I gress?both the old parties being I equally guilty of sinful waste?hav< k^^Bcrcased the appropriations unti I Hie per capita cost of running th( I^^^Federal Government is about $1S per annum. To the average family F that means a yearly Federal tax of [ But you never see any Federal-tax Ik collector, do you? You see one every time you buy a plug of tobacco, BH every time you settle a store account, ^^Bevery time you purchase one of the ^HBhundreus of articles necessary tc ^^Hhome and farm. SB You bewail your fate, and say I t ' that "Times are hard of living increased." What have you del... ! times better? 1 , J Voted the Republican ticl' got half-a-dozen little package? garden seed, and a copy of a speec. that perhaps your Congressman di< not deliver? Or did you vote the Democrati ! ticket, and get six small envelope ' I t<iin!iic oTArdpii seed and a CODV 0 I ? ? a speech your Congressman made or one side of a question, when th i record shows that he voted on th , other? f! Prices high? Oh, no, they're not 1 it's the taxes that are high. Yot i ? pay the Federal taxes when you pa^ 1 those high prices for merchandise. 3| If you would compel your con - gressman to lower the tariff duties ! the number of foreigners who couh - afford to sell their stuff in our mar . kets would be increased,the prices o all kinds of merchandise would b more reasonable,and the Governmeu 3 would get a larger proportion of th price which the tariff compels all t f pay?for the foreign goods are th only ones which enable the Govern ment to get anything out of the tar i Jff The smaller the amount o 3 foreign goods that can be sold here f the greater the huge sum total o what our manufacturers get out o the tariff. * Ae long as there are any taril 1 duties, the people will have to pa more for dutiable articles than the t are worth, for the duty will alway be added to the price. But it i very much better to have low dutie j which will enable the Governmen to get the principal benefiit of th immoral tariff than to have dutie so nigh that foreign competition i shut out and the trusts hog th whole thing.? The JfjTn'siinimi. Lyceum Entertainment"! Gibeon Garl, Impersonator "jwas the lyceum attraction a1 ' | the school auditorium Thursday M night. A good audience \va; ; present, but the entertainer die ' i not come up to the standard o H excellence maintained by Mana cjger Montgomer}' since the be "! "(inning of the season. Mr Mont 5 gooiery has heretofore been very fortunate in his selection ' and every entertainment ha: given general satisfaction, ex 1 cept possibly this last one. r We are in a position to sa\ 5 however, that the failure t< p meet public favor was no faul > of the management, as we hap ' pen to know that a good pric i was paid for this attraction an< 1 Mr Garl's endorsements b; f nr#?>s and oublic were tfatterin; r~- j. indeed. After all, it is a matte ) of no small difficulty for on< ? man to entertain an audience ol two hundred or more for a cou I pie of hours and this may hav< i been an off night for Mr Garl. , Mr Montgomery has stil ? some good attractions bookec for the season and certainly hi i deserves a liberal patronage ii i: the future for the high class ) talent that his efforts have al J ready provided during the sea son. Masonic Election. At the regular communicatioi j of Kingstree Lodge-No 4G A. F M. held on last Friday night ' the following officers were elect ed, and installed for the ensu[ ing term: M H Jacobs, W M;LP Kinder . SW;G Ollie Epps, J W; K W Fulton, Treasurer; It D Mills Secretary; M A Ross, S D; J I Ross, J D; J W Cook and T J , Spring, Stewards; SC Anderson | Tiler, 9 .. ? r The Lord loveth a cheerful live r .1 v c\t LilC s Noveml f 11 cess in < 1 j On t fc; ni^lit an e reception \. i Mrs S li Pos. 11 men and yc/ - ! in the feas | was furnisl games pj, ' were prtf ^ Cocklield, '* ley, Eth Elam, Ly e Wall, Al^ . * Richardson, Di K L c Messrs D E Knight, 0 Prosser, Clary Poston, C D e non, Reese Cocktield. : Last Saturday night Mr Davis entertained several fr around liere in honor of ' Edna Davis. This proved exceptionally pleasant to * who attended. The few n.\ below, out of her many frit ^ were present: Misses Rob ^ Bradlev, Lizzie Elam, E r .. J Chandler. .Sue .Stanley, :>r b Cocktield, Messrs C I.) Can no s E Knight, W F Gannon, j s come and Whilton Cocktield ^ Below is the list of the & dents, according to grade Johnsonvilie IIi?rh school S \ made distinction in their v c for the month of November: Tenth Grade?Alma Chapi Ninth Grade?Ela Can Lessie Cannon, Juanita I la 1 den, Ola Spring. 11 t Eighth Grade?El tin? CI ; man, Ottis Iluggins. ? Seventh Grade?Nell 1); 1 Alberta Flowers, Albert I: r ' i ?ins. , Sixth Grade?Kenneth I " jfins, Wilma Huggins, Ma 1 Sprinjr, Wats Venters, W 1 Davis. s Fifth Grade?Cornelia C s field, Elizabeth Cannon, T1 Davis, Hern ice Davis, Leah 1 I dy. j Fourth Grade?Lucile Hoi t Averette Hollins, Marie Flow Third Grade?Blondell C e field, Allene Cannon, Gil j Davis, Irene Mullinix, E y Perry, Edna Pueryear. :r utltr.m'u.n UK? r i Bring your job work to ' Record office. Satisfactioi - sured in both quality and p: 1 W > w. n*fn mv f DUIinu ; \i> . ! THEY Hi iiif i ^ To make Hi GOODS Hi i(. Buggy in Hi per cent. < . ^ Come it self some H> \</ U ' H) ; Hi iv?. f. : Hi vW. N * ? 1 . v.;-,- .. . .. . ' I BLOW 10 LIQUOR DRUMMERS. reme Court Rules That They May j Not Take Orders in This State. >n Saturday, December 5, FA re came up before the State reme court the case of the te vs. L R Small, as the repmtative of a liquor concern, p man & Co. of Salisbury, X. a| The point of law involved ai whether or not under the ^ y-pothran law^^x/ ^.c imer has the ri? r.^^i^vhisl^7 r ; ei lv.nS j p town! ^ me as j 0 iiskeY I o< _ A. t x I ainai e] .1 sale se ,s lined ?Jc se went t, where the t( tion of tlie ^ A rehearing lr wand now v the State . a tr court> ai iron was' j and a ?e itV. RL, n, D i Bas- case *.?' j ing sides .?**. - tl stu- Messrs Carey J] , in framers of the ^au'- u ill ell | .ur o r vurey ui vicitens rcprc i cork senting the State and Mr T P i ' P1 Cothran of (ireemvilie the do- i ^ nan. fenaant. / I non. While the amount of liquor in " tsel- litigation was only one gallon, this decision is of far-reaching" e lia j importance ajid will no doubt ^ I seriously interfere with the:* ' I w V . business of liquor agents who I rU ' > are wont to ply their trade over J luor? the State, especially at this season of the year. e( lug- ? ii rena W. 0. W. Election. ! t< At the regular meeting of e( Kingstree Camp No 27, Wood- L' oc^" men of the World, held on Monliora day night, the following officers Ead- were elected for the ensuing ^ term: ^ lins, Thomas McCutchen, Consul \ t( 'ers. Commander: R 13 Smith, Advis-j0* ock- er Lieutenant: -J M Hrown, i bert Clerk; R D Mills, Hanker;' G 0' dith Epps, Escort; T J .-Spring, r Watchman; J W Gamble, Sen- jn ?T- try; W V Strong, Manager. a( 0 The Anybody can find/ out how to rl3 l as make money merely by paying a vis- w rice. J it to the mint. 0j ?^ n( ?eC^:f*:S-:CS-:f-:C% th !S CHEAP! r ? if\ n< tVE GOT TO GO I I I rti th room for FALL m . Will sell any jjj the house for 10 /f\ da ibove cost. 3J th i and save your- ff\ fa to. nv money. jjy tei /f\ lai = jf\ th EBLLBK g p? ft\ ca in re St. \ . I ; TyW-.. -' _ _ - . >1 , ' _ ,< 'sliiffsSu: - ? .'4.--Avip . J , . Jfc, v ,. i? -. V""' EWS AND VIEWS AROUND ABOUT HARPERS, RMERS' RALLY DAY-FRATERNAL ORDERS-RUIN WROUGHT BY RUM? A TIMELY WARNING. Harpers, December 7:?Our armers' Rally clay will be held i Harpers on Tuesday, .Janu y 5, 1900. All farmers of both rilliamsburg and Georgetown ranties are corcuaiiy inviteu 10 eet with us and help to make le day a success. We expect ) have some of the best speak*s of the county present. Hon hilip Stoll of Kingstree will e with us and make an address n a subject appropriate to the :casion; also we expect speak-s from the best truck growing ;ctions of the State. The object ot this meeting is ) organize a truck association ) promote truck-growing in lis section, also to stimulate lcreased activity in the cultiation of the soil and bring bout a stronger determination mong our farmers to properly evelop our splendid resources. Mr Editor, we wiL have to ccept your declination to make hat speech, but we can't ac? 1? ?c "^ui pica ui 1 utvuipc lcuv-y. pe, however, that you can .<e it suit to be with us any/, even if you are excused jm speaking. No effort will j spared to make the 5th day of anuary,1909,a red letter day for le farmers of this community, 'arpers will exert every effort ) make the day a success. I.ast Thursday night the Ilarers Masonic lodge met and ected officers for the ensuing ear, as follows: G W Camlin, WM:RM Hasden, S W: L A Ilodgerson, J W; i S Camlin, Jr, Treasurer; E K cKnight, Secretary;H C Talieast, S 1); PC McClary, J D; H ailenberger, Tiler. r * .i. i_ ^ ~ K ? j-iigu i leircsnuiciiis wcic .>ci \ 1 in the hall during the evenit,'-. The lodge extends thanks ) Mr G W Gamlin, who furnish1 the refreshments for the ocision. 1 Tlie Woodmen lodge gave a inquet to its menlbers and leir friends who were present Wednesday night. All who at;nded speak in highest praise the entertainment provided. Mr Editor, I want to call at* ntion of the readers of The kcokd to the effort that is beg made by whisky dealers to lvertise their deadly poison, ur town is being flooded with im circulars daily. Every man no gets nis man ui uus postfree receives a liquor circular iarly every day. I daresay le same thing happens at other jstoffrces oyer the county. Just link for a moment! When the eat harvest from these circurs is reaped by the foreign impires between now and the iw year no doubt the cost to illiamsburgcounty for whisky ill be far greater than all liv-j g expenses and taxes during e same interval. What a cry-: g shame! I daresay there ill be some poor little children ithout shoes to wear Christmas 1 y when there will be whisky! r the gallon in the homes of ose bare-footed children's thers. In the name of the ring God reflect over this matr before answering the circurs of harpies that prey upon e people with their miserable, lisonous stuff. See if you n't make your wife and childn happier with this money in?ad of squandering it for .. . '^fi r '* drink, I know there are a plenty of needy children in your neigh- , borhood who would cherish the day that you gave them the three to ten dollars in the necessaries of life that you would have wasted in drink. These | destitute homes would be made 1 happy, and when the holidays are past you would have the pleasing reflection of an act of If disinterested kindness, for "it is more blessed to give than to re: ceive" and "he that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.'* I hope these few remarks will be read in the spirit in which they are written. j ,, rl bOBSCRIBEB^ M TOCHERS' ASSOCIATION MEETS. 1 Jj ; Interesting Programme Rendered?'~ Next Meeting in Lake City. I The regular monthly meeting of the Williamsburg County Teachers' Association was held i at Kingstree High School build! Lng on Saturday, December 5, 1908, at 12 o'clock, Mr Colbert presiding. The minutes of the , last meeting were read and "approved, Disrnssion \*n 1? How is the ? .. best way to interest pupils of the fifth and sixth grades in common fractions'? was ably v led by Prof W L Bennett' of Scranton. Prof. Raymond N Speigner jfl , being absent, the second subject for discussion: How is the best way to interest pupils in history? was postponed until the ^ . v| next meeting. It was moved and carried that the next meeting be held on the second Saturday in January, instead of the first, and that the association hold its next- meeting at Lake City. A vocal solo rendered by Miss'Seltra Thorn was very much enjoyed by the teachers and visitj ing friends, also an instrumentai duet by Misses Minnie Bryan. Louise Parr. Eight new members were added to the roll, making a total membership of about 4a. | All teachers of the county are cordially invited to be present at the next meeting, which we ; expect to be more interesting than usual. Nellie Mae Montgomery, Secretary. FOUR ECLIPSES IN 1909. ' Some of Them Are to Be Visible in South Carolina. 1 v According to the almanacs for 190!) there will be four eclipses during the coming year. They will be equally divided between av.? 1 al.~ ? mi r , luc sun auu luc inuuu. liiree ui the number, total eclipse of the moon, another eclipse of the moon, total eclipse of the sun, will be visible in South Carolina, while the fourth, a partial echpse of the sun, will not be visible in this country. A total eclipse of the sun, which will occur on June 17, will be visible to the United States, with the exception of a small part of the Pacific Coast States. A total eclipse of the moon will appear, or rather disappear, June 3, which will also be visible in this part of the country. A total eclipse of the moon is scheduled for November 20 and or mill -J I , VVIJ1C1J Will UC 111 LIJC UUkUlC of a Thanksgiving- offering. This eclipse will be in plain view in South Carolina. "Throw physic to the (logs," he said. She did; next day the dogs were dead."