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. fhf <towutw fUtattl. KINGSTREE. S. C C. W. WOLFE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. _ Entered at the postottice at Kingstree. S C, as second dass mail matter. TERMS * U BS? RI l'TION R A T fi8: One copy, one year $1 25 One copy, six months J5 One copy, three monts 50 ^ One copy, one year in advance? 1 it) Obituaries. Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, ( ard* of Tlianks |r and ali other reading notices, not N?ws ill be charged for at the rate of nnp r -nt a wurrt for pad) insertion. THURSDAY* JUNE 17. 1909. ?? ' ???. Sanitary Safeguards. We are glad to note that the board of health ha? been (juickened iuto activity with regard to the sanitary condition of our town. At this season of the year sanitary safeguards are not merely ad\ yieablo but imperative. Health us an asset to a town is incomparbly superior to any other ad.vantage. rP..L-t. n n r. , .1 A Ifjal.Jl O n A C-tt. xanc u a*>a> muuu v?. terpiiee. zeal and enthtsiasin ail fall flat. Once le: the impression go forth that a community is unhealthy and it takes yeurs to undo the harmful effect. Kingstree is naturally a healthy town. Few towns in South Carolina are so advantageously situated as to elevation cr facility for drainage, and f< r the pas: fewyears the health record here will compare favorably with that of any municipality the same size in the State. But' we cannot allow sanitary conditions to adjust themselves. A careful, rigid inspection of premises should _ be er.forced and uo favor shown. Trie health of the whole community canr.ot be jeopaidi.ee' because individuals -? neglect their premises. Bet the town council proceed tc carry out promptly the recommendations of the board of health and spare no expense to enforce j roper salutation. What is tc he done should be done quickly. As Others See Us. Wild, oi.e fetio a p:;dc in 1::; work" and str:ios to achieve sr.ccess f01 the work'? sake, it is gratifying to receive commendation? not g;0c. and fulsome artery, but honest praise. E?? eckiliy pleasant is this prai?e when i: is bestowed by a fellc?>-craftsm.u ?a veteran whose opinion we kvid i.. high esteem. Theivforc we va'.i\- Lig: h the approving wcrb? Editor " liouse. cf Trie l:.eorg?tewr. Daily Item a..e > O.rticok: We are pleased to note the fact that tlw v i > eoj ie i Kingstjpe so appreciate trraide -i tsrd the ccitt. ... ti com! ret cf th. Hint: - they scart couul*.u'.i-.c;r.-I.::: :vccLt:\ made by a arrange: t establish another v- i ?; I.. 1 Brotiur Wclf ..vit . his i oue of * . . .. I .5 U be i'i . the -V.? te. l'he i: cowl always : jets ah art w* ! 3me ... / office of the t e .. : .. Item, and l : ' ? -.I:..':, spark!, j with i - it future as it has Ce we h&Ve euttl' i th. . Ct L. "i V.::.fills.' Oi . .1 i. v i:. C" tv ; . it of the iu'tlv!cca. :y prcrxotei; i; that if the c.: :ty *.v fv.r.:_l theie wiil be more money i:: r::e roads in that sect.c::. This meiit is fallacious and m'ileading. The culy possible way any mere money cuu "be put en the roads iii Rutledge county, should :: ever be created, will be- for the people to levy aii additional tax for road purposes. As the law now stands every cent of read tax levied in a township goes to the roads iu that township. How in the name of common sense then' can Kutiedge county get auymorej road money than its people pay j ! in taxes? ______________ The Rut ledge county commission met in Lake City last Friday and i accepted the report submitted by i the official surveyors. That is all the information we have been able' to get concerning the present slat- j us of the new county matter. Wei have not yet seen a copy of the ! map made by the surveyors, nor j are we informed as to the number j i of square miles to be taken from j Williamsburg county under the j new survey. We hide our time in patience, hoping that before the election is ordered we may be.al-j lowed this and other data necessary to present the matter fully1 i to our readers. I BETRAYED THEIR PARTY. i W. J. Bryan's Opinion of Democrats Voting for Tariff on Lumber. 1 The Democrats who voted against j free lumber have Voted to repudiate the national ! platform of the Democratic party; Voted to encourage the destruction of our forests; Voted to raise the price of one of the chief necessanes of life; Voted to tax a material that enters into a multitude of industries, i ami thus to place ail unnecessary burden upon these industries; Voted to tax the people of the ' whole country for the benefit of a | comparatively few owners of timber j lands; and Voted to tax a majority of their low:, constituents for the benefit of a minority of those constituents. To cast such a vote a Democrat . ...A must nave arguments mat nave not j been given to the public and must le j prepared to present these arguments ( i to his constituents, j The Commoner will give space , | (up to two thousand words) to any ' ; Democratic Senator or member of ' Congress who desires to present an j, 1 argument in favor of a duty on lum-1 ( 1 ber. provided he will in his article i answer the following questions: I First, is a platform binding? Second, is it wise to encourage the i i devastation of our forests? i i '1 hird, will the country as a whole lc Leneiited by a duty on lumber,1 and if so, how? 1 Fouith, how many of his constitu-. , c:.:s produce lumber as compared j with the number of his constituents.' who use lumber? Fifth, will he give the names of' the men w ho have by letter or in ; person urged him t?. vote for the tar-; ( : iff g:i lumber? !j The Commoner aho invites brief j ( ' letters from constituents who either i< apt rove or condemn the votes cast by ! j their Democratic Senators or L'on riessnivn. The Commoner believes i * I j t: a: the Democratic senators andj ( am' members of Congress who voted ; against free lumber have greatIv em-1 ! t barrass-d the Dunoerutic party,! gr< ath strengthened the Repnblican I part*.', and grievously wronged their 1 e Put it i* the desire of ! I The Commoner to do justice to all, 1' a:, i: thus offers spne-v to both sides 1 tha: ttie rea lers may judge for them-,' i ifter reading in* arguments1 p:v : t.J. ? />w,"* ('< > > -m\< ? . .\ervouMios. i properly tonir._ and feeding i the neryes with j?nr* blood which ' i d. .e by using T 1'i:? in] pniau's ' rea: licuitdy, the -t marvelous; cures of nervousness are inn ie, res- 1. Cuing health inniK-diatelv to the - i - t .. . ..,,.1 i T. CtllU >;iiu ;igcrovs in a litt!<- v. i.llc. r 1* P P *s snperi rt all Sarsapa- J P 1'P has its formula on every' i carton. _ j, Any physician will tell you thati, ' F P P is the best combination of i greeu roots and barks that was ever ! ] j put together for the cure of weak- 1 i nets, general debility and nervous- i | r.ess. It is a good tonic and the best , | blocd pari tier in the world. ; I For sale by W L Wallace. j .Mortgage, real estate, title | lien on crop, bill oi sale, agri- 1 -cultural lease and lien, mort- ^ gage personal property, bill ol sale and lien on crop combined i for sale at The Record o ffic e. i I H STATE AND GENERAL NtNS. H r?rrrrrrr??!?r^:t! Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale, | the venerable chaplain of the United . States Senate, died at his home in Roxbury, Mass, on June 10. Dr llale was 87 years old and had been | chaplain of the Senate for Sixteen I years. lie was a Unitarian preach- J er. Thursday morning, at Spring- j field, Orangeburg county, Mott L| Douglass, a young farmer, committed j suicide by shooting himself in the; head with a shot-gun. Douglass had previously attempted to kill himself by taking laudanum. lie left a note stating that the cause of his rash act was ill health and business trou bles. He left a wife and three children. Mrs Victoria Grillin was murdered j Friday morning in a most brutal manner at her own home iu Columbia and her body thrown iutoan old well on the premises. Five men have been arrested as suspects, three of them being sons of the dead woj I Gersham Fen del son, formerly of Hartsville, killed himself Sunday morning in Columbia because his sweetheart did not love him. Sam Hughes, a farmer living near, Conway, was drowned Mouday in j Bull creek, having fallen out of a1 ' ? gasoline launch. The Hartsville Mule Go's stables at Hartsville were burned early Monday morning, total loss $5,000. Two buildings and three headi *f livestock were destroyed. Dr John B McKeown, while in Columbia Tuesday of last week standing his examination before the State board of medical examiners, walked on. of a second story window in his sleep ar.d sustained painful injuries. Mrs Frances tolsom uievoianu, i widow of Foimer Presideut Grover Cleveland, testified that her husband Dever wrote the Brandenburg letter praising Taft and censuring the Democratic party. The letter referred to was freely used by the Republican national committee last year as a campaign document. Samuel Boggs, a well known farmer of Central, Anderson county, was killed by lightning on June 8 while ploughing in his field. The! same bolt killed the mule hitched , to the plow. This was the second man killed by lightning in Auderson within ten days. Lightning fired the strbles of Dr ! J B Bruce, in Greenville county, on June I* and destroyed tne buildings together with six horses. John Walleuburg, a prominent i citizen of Aiken, was recently fined i ?10 for writing a line or two a year | ego and enclosing it in a fourth j class package. After a spirited contest, Mobile1 Ala, was chosen as the neitt meeting place for the I'nited Confederate! Veterans. Gen Clement A Evans was re-elected Commander-in-chief* jf the veterans. The ninth annual convention of i the South Carolina IGnkers' association is now iti session at Wrightsville Keuch, N C. The convention met yesterday and will be in session! until Friday, June IS. Melvia Watson, the negro who kill*-! Air John tVatsoa of Green v.i, Horry county. 0:1 June 3 and ma le his ec ape, was captured Sat- : r.rd.ic an! i- now lodged in Conwav! o . | jail. There is no tiireat of lynch-1 ing as yet and it is believed that the, law will be allowed to take its' i course. At ^ Moines, Iowa, Capt John | L-1!tvmoiul of the Second Cavalry,! U S A,stationed at l'ort Dos Moines,; on Sunday, June 13, reprimanded; Corporal Lisle Crabtreeof the for-; liter's command for overstaying! leave of absence. Crabtree resented ; the reprimand by drawing his pistol i rnd fatally shootiug Capt Kay-1 oioud and wounding First Sergeant i J S Washburn and Corporal Such.: Then he turned the pistol to his ; side and shot himself above the j lieart, but is still alive. In Marlboro county on Monday a aegro named George Robinson shot rnd killed another named Sandy Purvis. Purvis and Robinson each had a gun and Robinson was also shot in several places. I At Aiken, on Tuesday, Ed O'Neal of Charleston drank laudanum j with suicidal intent on account of j beiug disappointed iu his love af- | fairs. In a personal difliculty between j Dr II A Edwards of Latta and | John Kir by of Dillon Tuesday Ed- j wards was painfully wounded aud I Kirby dangerously shot. l)r Ed- j wards claims self-defense. In its death agony a mule bit its' owner, a negro named Norris John-! son, on the leg so badly last Tnes- ! day at Salem in Sumter county, that I it is thought the limb will have to be amputated. m DEATH OF MR. F. I THOf' * A Stranger Wilhin Their Gat^ tree People Mioistered to H. * At 10:30 a m Friday/ Thompson died at the/ ^ hotel, after an illnes* v. days. Mr Thompson was ^ stranger in Kingstree, havim come here about six months asr Mr J W Chandler, the propriety of the liotel, knew him last year as a book-keeper for a Lake/ City tobacco warehouse at^S^ while here he kept the ho'tt books and wrote life insurance. Being1 an expert book-keeper, he had the promise of a position in one of the local tobacco warehouses when the season opened. He spoke of being- a native of London, England, and said he had a sister somwhere in Illinois. Other than this he gave no clue to relatives or friends with whom to communicate during his mortal illness. The people of Kingstree, proverbially kind and attentive to the stranger within their gates, saw that tlie sick man lacked for nothing and when the end came gave iiiin decent burial. Mr Chandler and his lainiiy also gave him unremitting attention. Drs Gamble and Jacobs ministered to his wants aud a trained nurse was employed when he became critically ill. , The manners and address of , Mr Thompson indicated the gentleman and those met were prepossessed in his Tim funarrjl c Nil Mplfl in the hotel Sa* .-ttioon after which thc\ ^ore the i remains to the v^^.iamsburg' cemetery where they were laid to rest "just as the sun went down." Colds that lung on weaken the constitution and develop into consumption. Foley's Honey and Tar cures persistent coughs that refuse to yield to other treatment. Do not ex- i periraent with untried remedies as delay may result in your cold settling ou your lungs. DC Scott. Pouring Prosperity Through a Puncture. j(L \\/ . : / \ Vl - Jt lr . ;? i ?J ^ f ! i -A ! J? ' ' >$L i I I lis* > A\" )?r y "r-*> 3 WL'iy^c u-\"<J Til Ever see a drunken man trying to i ] fill a bottle wi.h the bottom broken j out? It's a great waste, airi it looks mighty silly. c But it's uo more foolish and no more wasteful than for a sober man to expect Lis towu to till up with people s and bubble over with prosperity when ho Is continually pouring his dollars < into the wide world outside THROUGH THE MAIL ORDER IIOLE in the bottom of his home town. MORAL: ratronlze home Industries. ' ' ' k- ' ? . -,? "' '*\ ' '*S -J%fi Wil I Hand lasted \ ? r Bench made $5 and $ 6 IL The main point about Steadfast Shoes is the extraordinary shoe value *or ^ an(* ^?not on^ superior to the ordinary run of hjgh-grade % 'dfi$?3f shoes, but in leathers,* workmanship x<^<ws and exclusive style duplicates of made-to-order shoes costm? twice as much. Steadfast Shoes are hands< ^ I lasted and silk-fitted and in every way equal to the^ finest custom shoes. ym Let us prove this to you?can ana r * examine tne spring line. >The*newest ideas of the most fashionable shoemakers. Tans, patent leather ^and the stylish dull leathers. KOxfords and high shoes?a I ^HHKk style to%suit everybody. JH A Shoe for Gentlemen MiNirSMmi. utsc?csaocM^ta: 1 LTKINH, n. d BUTLER DRY GOODS CO.,, ? Kingstiee, S. C. 9 'BLACK BOURBON' 4-year-old "Kentucky Jack" Now at our Stable. Will be here until October 1st. jgj 8 2 0.00 m No Colt, No Pay. Come quick. KBFFIVVIIIF IIVF STflfK MMP1NV " LL1 T ILLftj Lilt U1UUI1 UUlfll Jllll) | Greelyville, S. C-. ^ W. K. MclNTOSH J. C. MOORE Fanners' Varduue, Kingstree, S. (J. TOBACCO PLANTERS: If you are looking for highest prices and best accommoda- ? tioos try the Farmers'Waiehouse at Kingstree, S. 0. We / wi'l have a strong corps of Buyers. Both the American and Imperial Tobacco companies will have representatives on our > market; also several independent eompmies will have buyers here. We will have with us Mr. A. M. Berry of Kentucky as Auctioneer, who is considered one of tire best 'hit ever sold Tobacco in South Corolina. rii.intMi?r vnn in advance for vour natronage, we beg to remain, Votirs vcrv truly, * Mcintosh & moore, Proprietors. CAROLINA PLUMB AND ROOFING CO., HARTSVILLE, S. C. We shall be pleased to give you estimates oil ail Tin liuotiing and Metal Work in Kingstree and surrounding country, also on Sanitary LMumbiug. i,k..v aur ,1'acl- -is la nrir>?? OUillitV. IT I' jjuaiau;^ vui ?v?? ?.?w ^? -j w All correspondence aud requests for estimates to be addressed to home >ftice or to care of Mrs. Nelson's boarding house, Kiugstree. We are considering opening a branch shop in Kingstree, if work will varrant. CAROLINA PLUMBING AND ROOFING CO., .; e-io-at hartsyiele, s. c. ' |