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s t SEED E MOTLEYS CO.. ; /,4W ^%,r% /~\ /~\"^. I WE REPRESENT I , | I wK^Le ,? | (l| |l|> ULlllT Ultl fl : A?fSfe,i I insurance you makej no VI H ^L/ IC Vll H B B.^/1^ ^^Ll A ?t-> all kinds of insurance cheer-* mistake in allowing us to Ulytfaagga^ ^ j?? >^W fully given. t handle your bu>ine?s. ? ( Mr y ^ y ^ *DE Motley & Co Lake City SCj ? ? * ? ? v ? 1 ? ? ?? ?? VOL XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1909. NO. 5fr ^ ^ - V^An *\"n? * %% /-%" ? A.i'Vx 11 =Dr I KINO QUALITY jl nice line of TIES Ik P THE FORTY DAY RECORD BROKEN 1NB STUl THE SOLONS SIT-THE FEW ' BILLS PASSED MAINLY OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE. The Capitol, Columbia. February 23:?The Assembly of 1909 has broken the forty day record previously maintained for ten years- The limit was reached last Saturday, when, according ?jf\ to precedent, adjournment ought H to have been reached, but this is the forty-third day and the p end is not in sight yet. At the beginning the Senate went to work with the object of getting through in thirty days, but the House has upset all hopes and intentions. For three weeks that body did as near nothing as it was possible to do: and even when a pretense of being in session twice a day was prac^ *ima \rac wactpH in IllCCU, ILJC .III1V "UO MV.V.VV. ... discussions that did no particle ;of good but lengthen the board v bills Under our laws all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House; therefore the all - important appropriations and supply bills must start in that body. These bills were not sent to the Senate until last Thursday. The committee reported promptly and they were on the calendar for second reading Friday. Under the rule forbidding second reading before the printed bill has been on the desks 24 hours unless by unani mous consent, Senator Otts, who declared it his inten^.tion to force a vote on the prohibition bill, by objecting, prevented these bills from receiving second reading in time to adjourn Saturday. Hence it "V^will be seen that the House in , the first place and Senator Otts in the second place caused this prolonged session. ^ In another respect this legisHi lature is unique and that is this: H although more time has been consumed, fewer measures of HE general interest have been acted upon than in a great many 9 yjrears. Matters which would Hrhave been seriously considered T by patriots and real statesmen W^ have been ignored and the time devoted to local matters and a very few larger subjects which are supposed to be of wide significance for political purposes. The many days given to debates on the lien law and prohibition was so much time absolutely thrown away. These matters 1- \ : o o o o .o -,o. o <oiy Good and STAR 15RAM) J , "all up-to-date." The Pe have been discussed so long that there was no excuse for further talk. The bill repealing the merchant's lien has passed both houses and when signed by the Governor will become the law. This act will leave the landlord's lien for advances and the chattel mortgages just as they are now. An effort was made in the Senate to make invalid a chattel mortgage executed before ihe crop is up and grpwing, so as to make effectual the repeal ot ihe merchant's lien, but this effort failed. The repeal bill goes into effect January 1, 1910 and thereafter chattel mortgages, with all their ad van. tages to one side and disadvantages to the other, can be used j instead of liens. The state wide prohibition j bill passed the House last week ; by a safe majority and is now ; on the Senate calendar, and it is largely a matter of conjecture whether it will be considered or not. That every every effort possible will be made by the! I prohibitionists to have it con-j jsidered is certain, but it is -a j | question- which side is in the j I majority. The appropriation j and supply bills may be taken . up and passed and the liquor i question pushed aside until next: session, or one of the referee-1 iflnm m#?ncnr?c mccorl flnlt-l I V*. M Ui I AJ V. It U 1 V. O I'U.JOVU. V/1II y time can settle the outcome. The bill requiring railroads to take up mileage on trains passed second reading in the Senate. That part fixing the rate at cents hat was stricken and the only feature remaining is the lb"1 1""" MULES! Mill ? Mr. Farmer: X 1 . uo you neeu a young- mule?< come around t load that I pei I can PLEASE and the price < M. F. H i <?i^oX?><o^?X?^?X?><?xoX?i><?><?>$< sj Clot A SPEC sHOKS; TIES and SI " anything you 3ROOEI iople's Me Kingstre !?vW5mm#wMWmmm?v\wi?^ mileage books, and under this the companies may sell the (r\f d>)" inctaflfl r?f ? )(! tllll il/1 ?JJvU UIOIVUU v/? >uv price at which the books which are exchangeable for tickets are now sold. This means an increase of 25 per cent. If this bill passes, the mileage books j may be withdrawn from sale1 arnd all, including the drummers I who are asking for the measure, I will be required to buy tickets.; There was a decided feeling in I the Senate that the mileage mat-1 ter should be let alone as it is. The railroads have stood by the bargain, and all are riding at 1J cents except those who are wil ling to go to the little trouble ! ot exchanging mileage tor tickets and these tratel at 2 cents, i " All matters of local interest i to tee people of Williamsburg have either gone through or have proceeded far enough to be safe. The magistrates' law is being changed by the addition of a magistrate at Ilebron. As soon as this change goes into effect, the appointments for the entire county will be made. llotli branches of the Assembly adjourned Saturday, the Senate to Tuesday night and the House to Wednesday night. Of i course all our members went I home, but must come back, how- j ever much they regret the nec-i essity for doing so. W L B * Seed Irish Potatoes, any kind, i prices right. Wilkins Wholesale Grocery Co. 2-18-3t Few men who have not earned it ever have commanded success. IS! ULESI j nice, smooth good straight I 3r a pair of mules? If so, | o my stable and look at a carrsonally selected in the West. YOU, in Mules and Horses, ind terms will suit anyone. ELLER hin g at IALTY. 11 IM S: LION BKANJi DESIRE IN THE RY LINE srcantile G e, Si C. msmmmmmm USE CITY LACONICS. Paragraphs Pertaining to People and! nnnmloAii 'lino nuiuiobuiuco. Lake City, February 23:?The school,'the banks and the dispensary were closed Monday. There was no celebration of any kind nor other public observance of the birthday of i the "greatest American." The fanners are going ahead with j their work, breaking land, clearing trash, getting out manures and haul- j illg fertill?ers. On account of the! unusual deficiency of colu up to this ' date, much apprehension that bad' bad weather will come later on isj felt. Some are of different opinion and declare their intention of proceeding iii March as if April were at band. s .More tobacco will be planned in this section than ever. We have reports of new barns going up all around here. | During the thunder storm last Friday Mr Durk Johnson and his mother, living near here, felt the effects of the supercharged electric atmosphere and were stunned. * 1 Messrs J P Matthews & Co arei |extending their stoie house by an ' j addition of some forty feet in the! j rear. Mr II V KppsM new brick store on Main street is going lip right along. When completed it will be one of the handsomest and best business buildings in town. Capt W II Welch, the veteran conductor who died in Sumter Sunday,was a brother-in-law of Mr J M Sturgeon. Mr G L Sauls will leave here earlynext week for Washington to attend the inauguration ceremonies. He will make one of a party of a thousand for whom a stand along the moat desirable part of Pennsylvania avenue has beeu secured. The induction of Taft into office will be a brave sight. There are no new developments connected with the disappearance of D'E Motley. The insurance business of D E Motley & Co is being taken over by L A W inston & Co. Mr J H V Gaskine has opened a grocery store next to Mr J M Truluck's stables. Mr A E Hill is fitting up his tobacco flue factory next door north of Sauls-Baker Co's establishment. | The local freight, which should have reached here by two o'clock Saturday afternoon, arrived at 12 that night owing to the congestion of fertilizer trains betwoen here and Charleston. This will give an idea of the tremendous amount of commercial manures that will be used this season. WLB. ' id Shoe SHIRTS; CORLISS* I Dmpany DEATH OF A. C. L CONDUCTOR. , I Had a Number of Friends in Williamsburg County. Sumter, February 21:?Captj Frank Welch, for 2H years con Ka A f I n n 4 1 ('m c f ' UULLUI UI1 UIL auuuui. vvuci Line, died this afternoon at 3:20. For eighteen months or more he has been incapacitated for his duties on the road and lias been confined to his home. 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