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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,
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r The Lord loveth a cheerful live r
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s Noveml
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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.
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' Record office. Satisfactioi
- sured in both quality and p:
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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
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?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
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ft\ ca
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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.
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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.
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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."