I fr= Just received I i STRA neasures take I _ ___ - ?HOW NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS SHOULD BE REPORTED, SOIE POINTS TO PENCIL PUSHERSRULES WHICH, IF FOLLOWED, WILL HARE A GOOD REPORTER. H ' THo fnllAvino cmirip tr? onrrp. - "v ft ft-*? ? spondehts is taken from the Bennettsville Advocate. There is no better "schooling" for a boy or girl in style and expression than reporting neighborhood news items and noting closely the changes and corrections after the "copy" passes through the editor's hands. We hope that those who favor us with their contributions (and we have several valued loyal regular correspondents, as well as those who sometimes write "as the spirit move3 them") will take heed ' of the points indicated by our esteemed contemporary, as they will find the article well worthy of their attention. "1. Reliability. Be sure that what jou write is trne. uive tne racts just as they are. Don't guess at anything nor rely on your imagination. "2. Promptness. Send a report of any event as soon as possible after it happens,?as soon as you can get positive particulars. If a wedding occurs on Wednesday don't wait until the following Tuesday to send an account of it. Send it on Thursday or Friday, 01 better still on the same day it occurs, if you can get the facts uud write it up that day. As scon as one paper is pi in ted the w^^ipiiuters have to begin setting up type for the next one and thev want ti get the news set up as it happens, so as not to be over-worked a day or two before pnblicatiou. All matter should reach the office by early Weduesday morning, and no long letter should be sent in that late unless it is comethiug of unusual importance. A good plan is to send longer letters earlier, and short,late items by Tuesday night or by 'phone Wednesday morning, ' 3. Completeness. Send in every item of news in your community that would interest the public. Allow as little as possible to escape you. Marriages, deaths, accidents, public meetings ar.d improvements, new enterprises, changes in business or residence,social functions, visitors from or to places 60ir.e miles away, etc, should be reported. It is not necessary, however, to report the visiting of next door neighbors nor anything of usual occurrence, as for instance, 'John fc>mith went to Bennettsville yesterday," when Mr Smith comes to town every few days. ' 4. Conciseness. Give the news iu as few and as plain words as you cao. Give the facts, and give them fully, but do not waste words with rou ud-about introductions, apologies nor promises. Keep self in the back"ground and never use the editorial 1 " " iw.rar nnnnr in a npu'c 'Wt:. li euviliu Ul HI vvvm " ? letter.The editor himself is violating the rules of journalism if he uses it in a news article outside of the edit crial column. "5. Spelling, punctuation a n c! grammatical accuracy. While this will be the last point to be consider, ed. it will count for something, ai well prepared copy saves the editoi . considerable work. JDo not hesitate to send in news letters, however, because you are deficient in this re apect. C5In writing about any c-rent, as aiany names of person.' connected with it as possible should be given, and give the correct initials or Christian names if possible. It is impor|>ortant that names, esp- Hy uit 0 ?TO GOt from JJSS BR' * >n nnrl FIT T.I IAPANTFFH LADIES' YOURS common names, should be spelled correctly,'as the editor cauuot correct them by looking in the dictionary." ' Don't say "a party of young folks", or "several from here", went ' to such a place, without giving names and always give, if possible, a person's initials and where he or she lives. In lha Vrnnn riinprh AM IU* VTIVUy VHUIVUi Yoa may perhaps have been told before now that you were in "the right chnrch but the wrong pew," but here is an account of a man who was in the wrong church, and he was a preacher at that; but this occurred only in North Carolina: Rev Frank Raymon resigned as pastor of the First Baptist church at Waynesville to become pastor of the Baptist church at Clyde near Asheville* In addition he had charge of a small church at Rock Spring, some ten miles distant. On going to preach his first sermon there, it was described to him as a small frame building on the right-hand side of the road and he was told that J he would have no difficulty in finding it. Soou after dark he reached a church that answered the description and turned in to find the congregation gathered aud waiting for the minister. But this happened (o be the Methodist church. He took a back seat aud soon one of the deacons, thinking that he came merely as a visitor, asked him to preach. With no suspicion that he was not in his own church, the minister ani nounced the first hymn, read his [ text and began a discourse on the docrines of the Baptist chnrch. This was too much for the deacon, who asked him if he had not lost his bearings. When he found his mistake the divine beat a hasty retreat, leaving his sermon unfinished/ A short distance down the road he met ?-. 1 ^ 1 fl rtrtl* YT* V. A f rtl /I j SOCiai Ui U.S UWu UVSl/fVy miv (.viu him that they had waited for an : hour and had finally given him up. Hot Springs Ark., is no competition against Lippman's Great Remedy for the cure of Rheumatism. James Newton, Aberdeen, Ohio i says P.P.P. did him more good ' than three months treatment at Hot I Springs, Ark, W. T. Timmons, of Waxahatchie ! Tex., says his rheumatism was so bad that he was confined to his bed ! for months. Physicians advised Hot i Springs, Ark., and Mineral Wells' ' Texas, at which place he spent seven weeks in vain, with kuees so badly swollen that his tortures were beyond endurance. P. P. P. made the cure aud proved itself as in thousands of 1 other cases, the best blood purifier in the world, and superior to all Sarsa i parillasand the so-called Rheumatic Springs. Sold by W L Wallace. . ? 'i About Due. Mrs McGillicudy, thinking her I husband was rather late in coming , i home on Saturday with his pay, '! . a._ .1.. ?i _j._4: A_ wen: to mo ponce biuuuu 10 immune ' if he was there. 'l "Is my Pat 'ere?" she asked. "No," replied the inspector on j j duty, "but sit down; we're expectjing him every minute ? /'/!ila backache, inflammation of the bladder, rheumatic pains, etc. When you ask for DeWitt's Kidney and Blad' der Pills, be sure you get them. They are antiseptic. Accept no snb' stitutes; insist upon getting the right kind. Sold by D C Scott, M D. V )D CLOT OS. A FULL LINI Also have samples of TAILOR HI/ I TO DI CACC v u,L.r?oiU, LEGISLATIVE AFTERMATH. " How tbe Liquor Question Was Disposed of?Much Time Wasted?General Laws. (Received too late for last week's issue.) The Capitol, Columbia, March 1:?The Legislature finally adjourned at 3 o'clock Sunday, after an unprecedented session of forty-seven days. The last hours were spent in the usual work of conference and free conference and in ratifying acts. This has been the most tiresome session perhaps ever held, and the feeling of relief that it is now all over is simply immense. Time, whiih also means i money both to the members and I ? - , * i? to the State, was wasted witn reckless prodigality. The work of three weeks was scattered over seven. The only matter of more than passing interest acted on the last week was the liquor business.This subject was discussed three or four days in the Senate. Not a single new point was made; not a fresh idea was advanced, and yet they talked, ranted, messed, until an agreement was reached which resulted in the passage of a bill. On Friday a caucus of about thirty Senators was held. It had previously been admitted that the Senate would not pass the i House bill providing for State- i wide prohibition. Then efforts were directed to getting together on the best measure that could be passed. This caucus finally agreed to certain propositions that were embodied in a substitute bill which is known as the Cbristensen bill. Every member of the caucus pledged himself to support this agreed measure. When the vote was ' * A 1..11 ~ 11 tatcen on tne oiaie-wiue um cui but about nine Senators voted against it. This should not be taken as an indication that there I are only nine prohibition Senators. Not at all,for in fact, yery nearly half are prohibitionists; but those State wide prohibitionists who were in the caucus were bound by the agreement and in order to do anything on the liquor matter atall,supported the Christensen bill. After passing the Senate by about 30 to 7 the compromise was ac cepted by the House and will, when approved by the Governor, become the law of the land. (The full text of the bill is published this week.) An act which all, bnsiness men especially, should bear in mind, is the law reducing- the time within which to record papers from forty days to ten days. This act goes into effect May 1 of this year. Of course the dog received attention. The keeping or owning ing of a sheep-killing dog is prohibited by Senator Harvey's measure. One of the most important acts passed is that one which declares it a misdemeanor to " ' ' J /i. -1 1_ draw ana uuer any urait, cueca. or order where the drawer has not at the time sufficient funds to meet the same, unless he covers the draft, check or order within thirty days, Twenty thousand dollars were appropriated to aid the poorer schools, those which cannot run as long as five months. The act provides that any such school aiding itself by private sub HINQ W1 o SPRII IDE SKIRT # {scription, special tax or other j wise shall receive from this ap 'propriation an amount equal t< the amount raised in said man ner. f These measures, together witl those heretofore mentioned ii this correspondence, constitute about all measures of genera interest which were enacted int< law. Provision was made by oui /lalarrofinn ff\y nauin^ flip lima if u^i^abxvu ivi |/uj %. road claims of last }ear, anc this provision was made without any increase in levy. W L B. The Larfd Glow of Deem was seen ia the red face, hands and body of the little son of H M Adamt of Henrietta, Pa. His awfnl plight from eczema had, for five years, defied all remedies and baffled the best doctors, who said the poisoned blood bad affected his Inngs and nothing could save him. "But," writes bis mother, "seven bottles of Electric Bitters completely cured him." Foi Eruptions, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Sores ami all Blood Disorders and Rheumatism Electric Bitters i3 supreme. Only 50c. Guaranteed by D (J Scott. Wants and Needs. The moment the monthly salary crosses the bare necessity. line, that moment the horizon of wants begins to widen, says Harper's Bazar. For every dollar the salary increases the imarrinofinn finds fl nlflPP fnr X lUUg lUUbiVii M Y? J T-; $4 or $5. A great part of the demands existing in the world today are romantic. H<^v shall the imagination be schooled, where shall the line be drawn? It should be considered a part of morality to live withiu the income, but on every side there seems to be on attempt to'stre tch the $1,000 inincome to a $2,000 scale, the $2,000 income to a $3,000 scale, $3,000 i3 made to do duty for $5,000 and $5,000 is thinly stretched to the breaking point to simulate a $10,000 income. With every added (dollar the horizon of wants will widen unless the imagination is wisely schooled. Sadly do we need training to draw the line betweeu wants and needs. It Saved His Leg. "All thought I'd lose my leg,' writes J A Swenson, Watertown, Wis; "Ten years of eczema, that lc doctors could not cure, had at last laid me up. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it sound and well." Infallible for Skin Eruptions, Eczema, Salt Kheum, Boils, Fever Sores, Burns, Scalds, Cuts and Piles. 25c at D C Scott's. Odd as it may seem, three tongues are required in hitching a span oi horses to a wagon. Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach oi medicine. Cures backache and irreg ularities that if neglected might re suit ia Bright's disease or diabetes. W L Wallace. I J, D, GILLAND,) ? Real Estate Broker, \ ( KINGSTREE, S. C. \ } For Sale -The resid- i fence of the late W W i } Grayson, Esq, on North i } Academy street. A hand- \ rsome bargain at a very { ) low price. Call on me for \ ) price and terms. \ } If you need a bond of \ i oooooooooo< IPORTINE T READY FOR THE BIB \DOUARTERS FOR Gil iwmm AT Gt X Buggy and Wa X Harness, Build: 8 and Shelf Hard X AQ3VT FOR HcCORMI g HARVESTERS M | LAKE CITY HARD! g LAKE CIT 1 IN ADDITK { the large line of ira.wn,n r we always ca ( 2=3epa,ix IDep { for Watches and Jewelry is u i \ We want your business. I i i broken Watch or Jewelry a t \ SATISFACTION. ' \l/rv Win IncnA/*fnr > VV C die VV 411*11 lliopttiui 1 Georgetown & Western Rail , \ solidated Railroad. 3 air MAIL ORDERS Receire Prom ; c Stephen Thon \ JEWELLI } 257 KI.\tt STREET, CE ''W 'WW wwwwwwwww t ? p.p.p. Read what Nicholas Lai rrmrrr In Savannah aa\ r. V. LIPPMAN, Savannah, Ga.f Dear Sir:? Tor many years I consumed much medic my power to get cured of that terrible diseas< my health. I visited Hot Springs, Ark., with desperation I took P. P. P. (Lippman's gre tirely cured. In the eight years since that tii matism. P. P. P. did the work to my entire sati nent cure. i V" ' ? ' =S V. % / "- / PLES. . /I ?cus. r / ? _ ; v> . MUSIC 8 and Vocal g I J r Selections at 10c & ? niture | home, from the humblest ^ vide profits with you. ndert&kers Supplies ? cheerfully rendered jS re agents for & Candies ? ow you our goods. vCKLEY, ?' :ure Man" St R. S C. ? 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