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VOL XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1909. N0..4S
aJEVIEW AN!) FORECAST
? - OF LEGISLATIVE WORK.
NOTHING DOING TILL AFTER ELECTIONS
-THE PROHIBITION EIGHT?THE
LIEN LAW 4 LIVE ISSUE.
The Capitol, Columbia, January
IS:?At uooh on the liih instr.nt
the Genera! Assembly met and each
house remained in session long
enough to organise, then adjourned
until twelve o'clock next day. An
account of the organization has,
already been given in Tin: Kk' oi:j>.
The committee assignments of the
members from Williamsburg was asj
follows:
Mr Bryan was placed on the fol
lowing committees: -Sericulture,
Roads, Bridges and Ferries and,
Claims. Mf Calter was given a'
place on the following committees:
Ways and Means, Mines and Mining j
and Federal Relations. Mr Graham
was assigned to the following committees:
Public Schools, Hospital for
the Insane and Engrossed Bills.
^ It will be noted that each one of j
our representatives was assigned to
at least one committee of importance,
the committees 011 Ways and Means,
Agriculture aud Public Schools
ranking among the most powerful
committees of the House.
Senator Bass was made chairman
of the committee on Contingent Accounts
aod was also made a member
of the following other committees:
Enrolled Bills, Penal and Charitable
Institutions, Immigration, Penitentiire
and T?na?1c KriflffPC Anil Pr>rrif-S.
JjUUVI HVMMUj w ? ? ?..? ?.
The committees of the Senate are
not made up by the president nor by
^ the Senate, but by a caucus of all
4 the old senators, except the few of
this class v\ ho are opposed to su?n
an undemocratic and unfair method
of selection. This plan appeals
very strongly to such as wish posii
tions t.:at will attract attention to
I '"themselves and to such as desire to
8 escape work, but is very subversive
of selection according to litnes.s.
Very little real work has 'been
H done up to this time. Invariably
the first part of the session is wasted
in loitering and adjourning and
, then ccmes a perfect spasm of mdnstry
and the session which began
i in the most dignified leisure ends in
a hurricane of hysterical rush. During
the week iust ended the session
?? w
of neither house avt-raged an hour a
tday. As early as Thursday the
lower house, passed a resolution to
adjourn from Saturday to Wednesday
noon.
Several bills have been presented
in both branches of the assembly
but no measure of importance has
received a vote and it is more than
probable that there will be nothing
decisive before next week. The in
auguration ceremonies will be the
feature of Wednesday, and then the
Sections will claim first place until
they be oyer. It would break all
precedents were the assembly to
aettle down to earnest lawmaking
until after the candidates and their
f friends shall have been gotten out of
the way; and it would be the part of
wisdom to get through with the
election as early as possible.
1 For the chief-justiceship, made
| vacant by the resignation of Jostice
Pope, the names of Justices Jones
and Gary will be presented. For
associate justice about a dozen men
have been mentioned?too many to
She here noted. The outlook appears
be at present that the race will
HHftbe narrowed down to Judge Watts,
Judge Hydrick, Judge Gage and
Hon T P Cothran and Hon J P
Caiey.
Liquor and the lien law will again
be the two leading subjects for
"billing, brawling and bull-ragging."
Several bills on both these
matters have already been presented
in the Senate and also in the House.
As to the first the real fight will be
CATARRH m HEAD, i
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MR. WM. A. PRES5ER.
I "K 7TK. WILLI AM A. PLKSKKIl. 17/ ;
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I have been -i:UY.-:n_r fr ?i:i ? : .t *rh <
ill tlio head for the pa.-t two i.. j
and tried" innuin? rab <* so-caibd r ;ne- I
dies without avail. Nohih' kn v,- !, ; v t
I have suffered, not only from the (lis- , (
ease its* If. but from mortification wi:< n (
in company of friends or stranger-. j'
' I havt*u<ed two bottles of your :nr*d- ' 1
icine for a short time only, and it 1 j
effected a complete ir.eJIcal cure, and i 1
what is better yet, the disease lias not
returned.
I can most emphatically recommend j
Peruna to all sufferers from this disease."
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Read This Experience. i
Mr. A. Thompson, Box ftT>, R; R. !., j
Martel, Ohio, writes: 14When I began
jour treatment my eyes were inflauph,
nose was stopped up half of tlie time, c
and was sore and 6cabby. I could not y
rest at night on account of continual "
hawking and spiti ng.
44I had tried several remedies and was
about to give up, but thought I would j
try Peruna. .
44After I had taken about one-third of
a bottle I noticed a difference. I am ]
now completely cured, after suffering t
vith porrh fr.r pichtppn
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"I think if tho^e who art* *?ttii<-ted
with catarrh would try JPcruna they
would never regret it."
Man-a-lin an Ideaf laxativ?.
between local option and State-wide i
prohibition. Those who advocate)
the latter are strong and active and I
claim (hat they have a majority at!
both ends of the Capitol. On the i
other hand, some of the mo3t earnest'
and level-headed prohibitionists of
the State, among them Governor
Ansel and Mr C C Featherstone, are
firm in the opinion that a State-wide
prohibition law at this session would
be a fatal mistake because premature.
And so it goes. Just what
will be done, one cannot even con-!
jecture at this stage.
One or more bills to repeal thei
lien law have been introduced and
there is sure to be a desperate effort! j
to pass at least one of these bills.:1
As happened last year, the bill toj<
repeal may be killed by the very I
senators who professed to favor re- 1
peal. The professions were "for' 1
campaign purposes only." It should
be kept fixedly in mind that there j c
are three separate and distinct liens c
on crops?the landlord's lien for i
rent, the landlord's lien for advances j
on/I movrtKonf'o lion fnoil porrooo V
auu but UltlV/UMUb O UtU 1V1 HU TUliVtO^ ^ V
T? these should be added a fourth,?c
the chattel mortgage, by which a . a
lien ou crops not even planted at r
the time of execution may be created.
Our supreme court has .declared; r
that a chattel mortgage on crops' ^
not planted will attach and become e
a valid li^n as soon as the crop! j
comes into existence. Therefore,!\
what will be accomplished if the r
merchant's lien be abolished and the v
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chattel mortgage remain as it is? ^
This il the rock on which those who \
declared in favor of repeal went to \
pieces.
The improvement of our insur- e
ance law is the object of several ]
bills, and radical and much needed
changes in our school laws are receiving
considerable attention. The trend
of events is that our entire free
school system will, within a few \
years, be completely revised. r
Following Governor Ansel's re- ^
commendation a bill providing capital
punishment for assault with
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intent J" ravish has byn presented
ltd will probably beconv* law.
Senator l'.i*s 1ms introduced tnree
.ills upon 1:-!i aiul game. These
hills are on behalf of the Audubon
Society and have for their object
:!u* strengthening and improving of
jj,. present jlaw.s, Tiie substance of
:hem will be given later.
Tlie members of our county delegation
were all present at the ope ting
and they nrc in good health and
it their post. W J. B.
TWO PREli. \T riOLKLES OF EVIL.
Jverprodc 'ion ol Lotion and the Sale
of Liquor.
Editoi Cor nt v Rkcoud:?hist
i word about tiuck farming and
obaeco.planiing. I hear that a
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jreut many < '?ir large cotton
planters wi \ieir attention
his year maini. ^und tobacco.
There are sev j ; barns
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;oing up in this comm. '.'id it
s probable that the farm . . Tlar>ers
and Rosemaiy will go into truck
aising extensively.
The price of cotton is advancing,
jut don't be deceived. You know
:he rule is for cotton speculators to
idvance the price every year about
slanting time to make farmers buy
nore fertilizers and plant more
;atton. And they fool the farmers
'OOP oft^r vear with the a.HTlf* old
;rick.
Let us plant peas, potatoes, truck
ind small grain, also tobacco where
ands are suited, and soon our people
will be independent of the speculators
of Wall street, who hamper
the price of cotton up or down
:o sujt themselves.
Mr Editor, I have read with in.
*rest your Harpers' correspondent's
news on the whisky question. I do
earnestly hope that some plan will be
carried out to rid our county and
State of the sale of ^whisky. It is
die most disgraceful traffic we have
:o contend with, as in his heart every
jne knows.
Let all the prohibitionists of Williamsburg
awake and put their
shoulders to the wheel aud drive
from our midst this blighting curse.
Red Coox.
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A BIRTH DAY PARTY.
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jl'llttU ui Liuie rum cuiujf luciudcivca
at Lanes.
Lanes, January IT;?Mr and Mrs
E J Parker entertained quite a
:nimber of the little folk at a birthlay
party last Tuesday afternoon
from '3 to 5 o'clock in honor of the
ifth birth-day of their son. Master
Whitfield. /
After amusing themselves with
)ut-door games on the lawn the
:hildren were invited in the dining
ooin. The table was prettily dccorited,
the color scheme being red and
>lue.The birth-day cake in the center
>f the table was beautifully dressed
ind illuminated with five candles in
ed and blue.
After partaking of cake, fruits,
luts and candy they engaged in
arious games until the shades of
vening appeared, when after thankng
their little host for the pleasant
lours and wishing nim many happy
eturns of the day, they returned
lonie, some saying that they wished
>irth-days came oftener. Mrs Farter
was assisted in the entertainment
>y Mrs W D Bryan of Taft.
Master Whitfield was the recipiint
of many nice presents from his
ittle friends.
Carlos.
A Dollar Bill
With your name and address, will
ning you both Jeffersonians for the
lext 6ix months. They are both
ive wires. You can't touch them
vithout getting a shock.
The Jeffersonians,
Thomas, Georgia.
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BENSON NEWS BL'DGET.
(W. n.HJnslallalioa?Changes inSciioni
Faculty-Farmer I'nion Elects Officers.
Denson, .Tanuorj' 10:?The lo!
cal lodge of Woodmen of the
' World will meet January 27 to
I.
j install the newly elected officers.
They will extend an invitation
i to Solicitor Stoll and others to
be present. The Cedar Swamp
Camp is in its embryo state and,
! needs enlightenment on the subject
of Woodcraft. This will be
a public meeting1 and it will be
worth the while of those who
' con to attend.
The community regrets very
much chat Miss Dora Hinnant,
the accomplished music teacher,
had to give up her position in
the graded school on account of
the injury sustained by ha*, ing
her buggv^overturned, as was!
mentioneu in The Re< ori> a few
weeks ago. Vp. hope erelong:
she will completely regain her |
former activity.
The new piano bought from M '
A Malone of Columbia was in-1
stalled by Mr McVeigh, hisI
salesman, last week.
The Farmers' union met lasK
week and elected the following
officers: President, W T Phillips;
vice-president, J H Tisdale; secretary,
S Y Tisdale; chaplain, J
S McCullough; escort, W D Phillips;
business manager, W E
Snowden.
Messrs J Y McGill and John
Scott McGill took a trip to
Manning one day last week on
business.
The farmers are very slow j
about getting to work this year. |
That there will not be as much f
commercial fertilizers used the
coming season as last is the
opinion of many of the farmers,
at this writing.
More tobacco and less cotton
seem to be the plan to lessen
the acreage of the fleecy staple,
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ill uiuci iu ui .nj; ui-hjul ututi
prices.
Dr Isaiah Tisdale is spending
some time at home arranging his
business for the new year. We
understand that Tisdale Bros
are planning a new industry to
add to their lumber business, j
viz., a shingle mill. This will!
supply a long felt want in this |
section.
Mr Clarence P Snowden of In- !
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diantown was a visitor among:
relatives and friends here last
Sunday.
Miss Carrie Lander of Creenwood,
a granddaughter of the
late Dr S Lander, in whose hon?>
1 milflp pAllorro V)oe ! + c nnmo
VI iJttUuvi vvuvwv uug ivo J
has accepted the place in the
school made vacant by the resignation
of Miss Hinnant.
Mrs Lucile McCullough, who
resides at Nesmith, came up to
see friends and relatives for a
day or two last week.
Mesdames Josina and Beulah
Chandler have moved to Kingstree,
where they expect to make
their future home. W. E. S.
A Horrible Hold Up.
"About ten years ago my brother
was 'held up' in his work, health
and happiness by what was believed
to be hopeless Consumption," writes
W R Lipscomb ot Washington, N
C. "He took all kinds of remedies
and treatment from several doctors,
but found no help till he used Dr
King's New Discovery and was
wholly cured by six bottles. He is a
well man today." It's quick to relieve
and the surest cure for weaK or
sore lungs, Hemorrhages, Coughs
and Colds, Bronchitis, LaGrippe,
Asthma and all Bronchial affections.
50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by D C Scott.
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LAKE CITY NEWS
AND NOTIONS.
SECRET ORDER INSTALLATIONS-LONG
DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE?
COM.FRMNG POSSUM.
Lake City, January 1^:?At
the last regular meeting" of Lake!
City Lodge of Kniglits of Pythias
the following officers .verei
installed for the year now cur-!
rent, to wit: Chancellor Com-!
mander, W L Bass: Vice-Chan-j
celler, J) K Motley; Prelate, B El
Cooke; Master of Work, E J
Wilks; Master-at-Arms, Mack
Webster; Keeper ot llecords and
Seals, J D Sidgletary: Master of
Finance, W L Askins; Master of
Exchequer, .\ Brown; Inner
Guard, J W King"; Outer Guard,
L A Thomas. This lodge now
numbers in the neighborhood of
a hundred members and is growing
right on.
J) Gordon Baker, Esq, of Florence
was in town last Friday on
professional business.
lioad Engineer Graham was
here Saturday. He says he is
rapidly laying h;s plans and
getting matters in systematic
shape for prosecuting the duties
ot his office.
J I) Gilland,Esq, of Kingstree
was noted on the streets a tew
days ago.
The Lake City Telephone Co
has entered into a contract
with the Southern Bell Telephone
Co, under which the local
exchange will be connected with
the long distance system. The
connection will be made right
away. This will put all local
phones in direct communication
with'the outside world, which
it were needless to say, is much
desired and will be an immense
convenience.
The many friends of l)r L 11
Johnson and his bride?and
there is a host of friends of both
here?wish for them the kindest
and most beneficent that this
life can gire.
Mrs (r F &talvey and little
boy reached here last Thursday
from Moultrie, Ga.
Mr D U Knight was in Wilmington
a part ot last week on
business.
Mr Geo C Haselton is now as- J
sistant cashier at the Hank of!
Lake City.
Mr 1) E Motley was called a
few days ago to the bedside of
his mother in Virginia. She was
taken suddenly and seriously
ill.
Mr Simon Peston, a sprightly
youth who runs a farm and a
mercantile business at Half
Moon Hluff. made us a oleasant
call one day right lately.
Mr and Mrs H G Askins and
children came up from Kingstree
Sunday and spent the day
in town at Maj S M Askins's.
Why are the 'possums so lat
this winter? We have had the
honor?yes,distinguished honor
of sitting in the presence of four
cooked ones since the frost cast
the leaves of the autumn trees
and without exception they were
literally encased in oil. What is
the cause? Was it the mild
autumn and bountiful crop of
'possum dishes, or was it nature
preparing for a hard winter?
On Tuesday evening, January
12, 1909, Lake City Camp, No
268, WOW installed its officers
for the coming year as follows:
C C, D E Motley; Adv. Lt, A
Weaver; Banker, B Wallace
Jones, Jr;Clerk, J L Richardson;
Escort, J M Godwin; Watchman,
J A Cook; Sentry, J J Matthews;
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Manager, II C r'ulraore; Physicians,
S ]i W Courtney and W L jjB
Whitehead.
After the installation, Hon P
II Stoll, from Kingstree, made
a very impressive talk on the
good of the order, which was
very much enjo}-ed by all present.
At the conclusion of Mr
Stoll's address all were invited
over to a vacant store,where an
elegant supper was spread.
Each of us can truthfully say Vm
that this was the most important
part of the occasion. The
committee deserves great credit
f - n'*,r mToTM-tU in if ttt n c
1U1 HI V. ?> UJ ? N- i J VlliU^ ft MO
arranged. The "Choppers"' are
under obligation to the youngladies
for their excellent services.
About 12:30 the crowd
began to disperse, not knowing
whether or not they would be
able to get home.
W. L. K
A Splendid Show at Thomas Opera
Honse. .
The Mason-Newcomb Stock
Company, which is playing a
week's engagement at Thomas
opera house, has gained a reputation
as being one of the best
shows of its kind that has ever
visited here. The plays of this
company are dramas of the high
class order, and every part is
taken splendidly. The specialties
between acts are without
doubt the best ever seen on the
local stage. Kingstree theatre
goers should congratulate themselves
on having secured such
good attractions for the entire
week. Tonight will be presented
? Air rri i anf 1.
d M CdlClil LUUltUj -ui uuiu vuvi
tied "A Girl of the West," which
the management assures us is
one of the best in their entire
repertoire, There will be an
entire change of play and specialties
each night,
Saturday night for the amusement
of its audience this company
is going to give away tcP"
the person holding the lucky
number, a real, live white baby.
This baby, is not unlike other
children, for it cries, eats and
sleeps ana is perfectly healthy
in every respect. Numbers will
be secured at the door every
night as you pass in. So every
one save their numbers, for it
only cakes one to draw the prizeThere
will be a special matinee
Saturday at 3:30 for ladies
and school children. This play
is especially pleasing, and has
gained quite a reputation for
this company in the large cities.
"His Country Sweetheart" will
be the play for the matinee, with
an entirely new line of specialties.
Prices for the matinee will
be, 10c for children under 12 and
20c for grown people. There
will be no reserved seats. The
doors will be open at 2:30 so
the first to come will secure the
choicest seats.
3 cans Flat Iron Corn 25c.
KEDI'-k & Redick,
1?21?It Lake City.
Yfsitors from Connecticut.
Mr J II Burgess of Mouzon,
who is attaining wide celebrity
as a trainer of bird dogs, is entertaining
a party of Northern
sportsmen. These visitors have
taken out regular licenses and
will spend a couple of weeks
bird hunting under ciceronage
of Mr Burgess. The party is
composed of the following: Fred
J Wolfel, Wm Patterson, Guy
Orr, Dr Chas B Keeler, Woodlock
and Alan Patterson, all of whom
reside in New Canaan,Ct,and are
substantial business men. These
gentlemen are heartily welcome
and we hope that they may oe
so pleased with this favored
portion of the Sunny South as
to eventually make Williamsburg
county their permanent
abiding place.
18 pounds granulated sugar ;
for $1.00,
Redick & Redjck,
1-21-It Lake City,