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T K AN OPEN LETTER 70 MR. STARR. It. B fi. CHANDLER tOMtS "0 tUE DEFENSE OF THE BUSINESS MEN OF MIME Editor Uuuuv Keuoril: Will yon allow uk space iti your columns to tliaith. yon fur your nmii>y defer.s^ of the busiuess men of Rome? Mr Sum says that on account of trie opposition of certain men at Rome to tiie "wool iiat boys"' going to Lak<- City, whcie goods- arc sold go much cheaper, good roads arc not wanted,so that cotton may be hauled to Ijake City; but that their desire is to keep Johnson township bottled up uuder the control of a few men, wlio are afraid that this new county movement will "uueork things." Now. Mr Starr makes this indictment against the business men of Rome and then bus the audacity to say that he doesn't know whether his informant wa> right or not in his charges. Mr Editor, we have but three white men in the Rome section that are renters and in justice tc these gentlemen I demand of Mr ~ a fttarr the name of the renter that gave him bis information. Perhaps it was a "nigger" renter that gave Mr Starr his information, as it takes a Yankee to discover a "nigger iu the woodpile.'* Mr Starr, in justice to yourself, though you be a Yankee, give me the name of your iuformant that you may prove that you haven't discovered a "nigger in the woodpile. * Mr Editor, the business men of Rooie are W C Hemingway & Co, Wilson aud DuRant Brothers. As you have said,there are no better men in the county or i>tate than these orentlemen are: law abiding citizens. * honest men who run their business on business principles and have the conhdence of ail the reliable citizens in Johnson township, Williamsburg countv aui the State at large. I say, without fear of contiadiction,though we live a Way of! from the railroad, I can buy goods as cheap here as any man car. at Lake City or any other town iu the county. Mr Editor, the assertion Mr Starr has made that the business men of Rome are trying to "bottle up" Johnsou township to keep the "wool hat boys" from Lake City is false: but I do say that the business men of Rome and Johnson township have bottled up Johnson township against * * c. __ 1 l * _ _1 ] i ivir ciarr anu ins siauueruue wugur. We as Southerners won't allow Southerners to insult us, much less a Yaukee. Now, Mr Starr, come out like a man and give me your informant, as we have nigger renters in the Rome section, and prove you haven't discovered a ''nigger in the woodpile.'' B BChandler. Rome, S C. August 19. KILLED TWO BIG RATTLERS Railroad Men Have Narrow Escape From the Snakes io Barnwell. Mr C R Wheeler, who was up the road in Barnwell county yesterday, tells of the killing of two large rattle snakes near the railroad where the Section hands were at work, and one of the men narrowly escaped being bitten by one of the reptiles as he was trimming down some bushes right near where the snake was ly ing. After they had beeu killed Mr Wheeler took the rattles home with him. One had 1(1 rattles and u button and the other had 11 uud a bu tter . ? Florence Tmcx% J lufitsf 20. 'Twa> a Glorious Victory. There's rejoicing iu Fedora, Teuu. A mau's life has beeu saved,and now JDr King's New Discovery is the talk of the town for curiug C V Pepper of deadly lung hemorrhages. "I could cot work nor get about," he writes, -'and the doctors did me no good,but,aft'-r using Dr King's New Discovery three weeks, I feel like a new man, and cau do good work again." For weak, sore or diseased lungs, Coughs and Colds, Hemorrhages, Hay Fever, LaGrippe, Asthma or anv Bronchial affection it stands unrivaled. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial Bottle free. Sold and guaranteed by D C Scott ; LAKE CITY NEWS AND NOTIONS.; j SOUIH CAROLINVS CORK CROP-PROFITS ! IN POULTRY PRODUCTS -PERSO AC ITEMS. Lake* Citv, August *^4:?Mr J L Stuckey went to Norfolk, Va? . Wednesday of last week and upj to this writing has not returned.! Mr and Mrs J L C Moore have gone to New York tor several, ; days. Mesdaraes (J M Kelley, J Fj Kickenbaker and J M Truluckj are in Newark, N J., on a visit. ; ? , j Mr L M Belk recently spent a day in Georgetown on business; and pleasure combined. Mr and Mrs G F Stalvey have ^one to Bucksville, S C-, on a ten day visit to relatives. Mr U S Baldwin returned home Thursday from Whiteville and | Lake Waccaraaw, NC., where j he has enjoyed himself for a week. Mr J M Truluck was in Rich? j mond the latter part of last! . week. ! Miss Margaret Adams of Wili son, N C., is here with her i brother, Mr John Adams. There is another railroad man 1 in town. He is stopping at Mr ' L G Atkinson's, having arrived a few days ago. Miss Alma Strange of Allen dale is spending some time with Mrs W H Cole on Dansing street. Messrs E W and Eugene Yates are at Home with Mr J J Snow, j Misses Ethel and Anna Fitchett have gone to their old 1 home in Virginia. Mrs A P llatchell of Elim, visited in town a few days last] week. It is worth a ride of fifty miles to see that corn field of Mr A J Moore's. Good judges say that five acres of it, which are a little better than the rest, will make a hundred bushels to the acre. A few days ago a well inform ed Virginian who had just gone over a good part of this State, remarked to this writer that he had never in all of his lite seen such corn crops as we have in South Carolina, and asked: "What has caused it?." The reply was: "One dollar and ten cents and Mclver Williamson." The reply has been submitted to a number of the most levelheaded men of this section and , they all declare that it is the proper answer. The extremely high price of Western corn gave our people an idea of the market value of the grain and McWillinincnn trju/rVlf lie hnw X>V? I the South Carolina soil could be | , made to rival the rich prairies j of the West. Who is the truly great? Is not the man who ( makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before the genius of his time? A man of this section who could not rent his place for; more than $5.00 per acre,! planted tobacco and made $34 per acre net profit after the j expenses of every kind and des- j cription were deducted. A country merchant near here last Jinuary and February sold eggs which returned to him in clear checks $201.00. This is $50.50 per month for eggs alone. Who says the lien is unworthy t *1 Af lAa'i ' KJ1 UUULt . W L B Cured Ha? Fever and Summer Cold. A S Nusbaum,Batesville, Indiaua, writes: "Last year I suffered for three months with a summer cold so distressing that it interfered with my business. I had many of the symptoms of hay fever,and a doctor s prescription did not reach my case, and I took several medicines which seemed only to aggravate it. Fortunately I insisted upon having Foley's Honey and Tar. It quickly cured me. My wife has since used Foley's Honey and Tar with the same success." D C Scott 1 ... \ , | THE BAKER'S NILE MEETING. Some Speeches Made-Editor Appelt's Comments Apropos the Occasion. There was oil hist Friday, August Id, at Baker's mill, in the extreme edge of Sandy Grove township, a mass meeting. The matter discussed was the new couuty proposition. J. A. Lesesue. Escj., was Claren don's lone representative. Kingstree. Lake City and Olanta were represented bv several speakers, Several good speeches were made, and our friend Dr A II Williams, of Lake City, we are told, lambasted the Manning Times editor, but just would not tell the people how much money had been raised to build a court house and jail. The Doctor is a splendid fellow, a man of highest character, and we would be delighted to have him a citizen of Clareudon's county seat. He has a county seat hobby; all of us are hipped on some subject; our friend Williams' mauia is gold and more gold; to get it, he imagines he must have a county seat where he already holds large interests, and, therefore, neat onrarnl mnnfha ho h?Q nor. I vut |/aov ovi wiui uiviivuw mv mmw , mitted himself to be the other end j of a comet, commouly called a Starr. Dr Williams' speech at Baiter's mill was so severely eloquent that we have been uuable to find out what ne did say, other than to make disparaging remarks a^out The Times editor, Oh! well, almost any good man who finds himself caught working in a bad cause will get pettish, especially when he is twitted by adversaries. It is all right for Doctor Williams to look around aud jump upon the absent ones; we can stand it, but all the 6ame we would urge our friend to move to Manning where be can gaze opon one of the prettiest court houses in the State.?Manning Time*. ADVERTISER AND EDITOR Efbics of Tbeir Relations Viewed by a Space Buyer. Edgar T Smith, formerly a banker iu Youugstown, 0., later manager of the Boston Traveler and now a proprietor of the Hotel Navarre, New York city, spoke receutly through the columns of the New York Herald on the ethics of the relations between the newspaper and the advertiser. UI don't want the editor to agree with me," said Mr Smith, "when I advertise my hotel in his paper. All I ask are results showing that it pays to use the advertising columns of his paper. "It is cutting off one's nose to spite one's face for one to stop successful advertising because the editor criticises one's pet hobbies. Eveu if I were criticised personally I would continue advertising just the same so long as it increased my business. A more absurd proposition was never heard of than advertisers withdrawing from a newspaper when it happens to disagree with them. It is simply preposter ous ior uusiuess uieu, uu uiatici uu? wealthy anil powerful they may be, to attempt to suppress editorial sentiment or dictate as to the management through the business department. "People are quick to see through tricks and subterfuges." Didn't En?y tbe Editor. The editor of The Lamar (Ga) Democrat doesn't believe that farmers envy town folks. And thpn he tells this story:? "A shrewd ?ld farmer stepped into this office the other day, when about all of the machinery happened to be running. He went back into the rear end of the shop and spent some time looking things over. 'That machinery back there must have cost a pile of money,' he remarked as he rofnrnofl fr? trnnf Wp arlmifct.Pfl that it had cost a good deal. 'Yes,' he said, 'and you've got to get a dollar out of this man and a dollar out of that one to get it back. Besides, you got theni folks back there to pay, I'll tell you, so far as I'm concerned, I'll take farmin'!' " Tributes of respect,obituaries, cards of thanks and all communications of a personal nature, not news, are charged for at the rate of one cent a word. IT'S A GOOD PLAN TO I ( vi-it all the salesrooms |] ( i available and not decide I 4 which piati?> to buy until I / yoi' have seen them all. R 4 We'll take our chance j| J B then on your buying a i| j Stieff | j The best Piano ( to be had for as j little money as a \ good Piano can ( be sold. ! Direct from maker to ^ user, without agent's or ^ (middleman's profit. J Every cent of the price I you pay is aecc?unt?->UiuJJ|^ ] in the instrument itse. XX 8 ; I " Chas. M. Stieff , Manufacturer of the Artistic Stieff, Shaw, and Stieff Self-Player Pianos. : SOUTHERN WAREROOM: 5 W. Trade St. I J (Charlotte, - N. C.I C. H. WILMOTH, I : Manager. I /Uontinn tlii< nunPf.1 I * 1 ?' : Registration Notice. ! The office or the Supervisor of Reg istration will be open on the 1st Mon- day in each month for the purpose of registering any person who is qualified as follows: \ Who shall have been a resident of the State for two years, and of the county one year, and of the polling precinct in which the elector offers to . vote four months before the day of | election, and shall have paid, sii months before, any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read and write any section of the constitution of 1895 submitted to him by the | Supervisors of P gistration, or who I can show that ' lwns. and has uud all taxes colb :taole on during tne present year, property in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or more. J. Y. McGILL, Clerk of Board Registration NoticeNotice Is hereby given that the books of registration for the Town of Kingstree, S C are now open in the office of ilie Kingstree Hardware Company on Academy street of said Town, for the regi>tration of all voters and qualified ' electors within the limits of the Town of Kingstree, S C. who, under the laws of tlie State Have tnerigni 10 oecuiue qualified voters within the limits of said Town. Applicants for registration must, wlien applying for a certificate of registration, present his certificate of registration from the Board or Supervisor of Registration of the County entitling him to vote at the polling precinct within said Town, ana must offer proof of Lis residence within the limits of the Town for four months and the payment of all taxes assessed against him due and collectible for the previous fiscal year. C C Burgess, Supervisor of registration for the Town of Kingstree. August 11th 100'J. 8-12-rf. Administrator's Notice. . All persons having claims against the estate of Frank Scott, deceased, will present them, duly attested, and all persons indebted to said estate will make payment to the undersigned. John Scott, 812-4t Administrator. Sheriff's Sale. By virtue of an execution to me directed I have levied upon and will sell for cash for taxes on the first Monday in September, the 6th, before the court house door in Kingstree, S C, the following described lands, to wit: 100 acres more or less in Sumter township belonging to D R Cook and hounded as follows: North bv lands of J L C Cook, On LUC HiHSt uy lauus'u fiuju uc luwin., on the South by lands of Norman Young, on the West by lands of Warren McClam. Purchaser to pay for papers. George J Graham, S-19-3t S W C Kingstree / CAMP NO. 27. I* / 1st and 3rd Monday , " r II In each ^ W7Sil month. *v,' *< WjrJSJ] Visiting choppers cor dially invited to comi \< >'jSlcrT^ jCKy up and sit on a stomp or hang about on the Thos. McCutchen, 27 12m. Con. Com. 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Treasurer or anv position of trust in ^ ; the most reliable companies in the country. ^ r Kingstree Insurance, Real Estate and | f Loan Company, 5 > Office at Bank of Williamsburg. Kingstree, S. C. < _ _ ? W. K. MclNTOSH J. C. MOORE V t y. x a Farmers' Warehouse.' * ' . Kingstree, S. C j TOBACCO PLANTERS: If you are looking for highest prices and best accommoda tions try the Farmers' Waiehouse at Kingstree, S. C. We will have with us as strong a corps of Bayers as any otlier market ia the State,also Mr W P McGill will be connected with us this season and we are going to make it lively for both Farmers and Buyers. Come to see us. Thanking you in advance for your liberal patronage, we beg to remain, Yours very truly, Mcintosh & moore, * y J Proprietors. i ' IvCEZEX 1!??E JSiJI C? A T/^ T HI? V2? 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