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I A DRASTIC LAW. Some Provisions of New Prohibition Law Worth Pondering Over^ 'ay a man (or woman) living in uth Carolina county which is .out dispensaries have in poson a gallon, pint, or gill of skey or other intoxicants without violating the provisions of the criminal code and subjecting himself (or herself) to a fine and imprisonment or both?the penalty for a second offence being imprisonment without alternative': The State says good lawyers and I perhaps judges are answering the question **no," but it is only during the last few days that the people seem to be awakening to this drastic construction of the law. There are Ithose who hold that the Williamsburg or Sumter or Bamberg lady who has "m possession" a quart of cocking sherry is no less amenable to prosecution and punishment than is a "blind tiger." In other words, the former dispensary acts were aimed at the manufacture and sale of intoxicants and not at having them in possession. The act passed at the last session of the General Assembly and approv-1 ed March 2,1909, after declaring alcoholic liquors "which if drunk to excess will produce intoxication'' to "he "acrainsfc the morals, cood health j and safety of the State" proceeds to say "That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association within this Stats to manu-j facture, sell, barter, exchange, receive, give awav to induce trade, deliver, store, keep in possession in this State, furnish at public places or otherwise dispose of,any malt,vinous, | fermented,brewed or other liquors or I beverages, or any compound or mix-1 ture thereof which contains alcohol i and is used as a beverage, and which j if drunk to excess will produce intoxication, except as hereinafter provided." In the act it does not appear to be I ^thereinafter" provided that any person may "keep in possession in this State" one drop of any alcoholic liquor r?f natnrp tn "make drunk yoome" when imbibed to excess,except B^roiunties haviDg dispensaries. The penalty for violation of the I act contained in section 11 and de claring violation a misdemeanor is a I fine of from ?100 to ?500, or imprisI onment at hard labor of from 3 to 12 I months,and for any second or aubse qnent offense, upon conviction, imI prisonment'of from one to five years I at hard labor without any alternative I At a picnic in Zarline, in AnderP^8on county, a few days ago Messrs J R Blake of Greenwood and Leg* I islator Josh Ashley among others I were speakers. The story goes that Mr Ashley spoke with his accustomed fiery eloquence and pith for prohibition, i and Mr Blake later uttered senti-! ments somewhat to the contrary, j Mr Blake then read from the act j already quoted. r*- Mr Ashley, in his gentle way, questioned the accuracy of the | inhibitions as contained in the print read by Mr Blake. "1*? you 'keep in possession within' this State' any intoxicating liquors?" inquired Mr Blake of the Honea Path Representative. The Honea Path Representative, jt is said, admitted that the jug aright not be wholly dry, whereupon Mr Blake read again the stern, riaexoi*able condemnation of the law. ^Whether or not the Law and Order League in the dry counties will I see to it that all the kitchen closets shall be searched by constables for cooking sherry and brandied peaches remains to be seen ?or it may be that astute lawyers will - prove that to "keep in possession any intoxicating liquors "withiu this State" is not the law as it is k^yitten. Had they "to keep in possession" provisions of the act been discussed Before the election, how would it have affected the voting? Was the law understood by the voters? Was it understood that to give away or "to receive" a toddy in a dry county would be a misdemeanor? Old papers for sale at The Record See. St RAN'i ON SKETCHES. I What the People of a Busy "Burg" I Are Saying and Doing. Scran ton. September Pro : tracted religious services, conduct-1 ed bv li'cv. J M Truluck, are in i progress at the Baptist church. Mr W D Matthews killed a rattle-1 snake Sunday near town that had I nine rattles and a button. This I species of reptile has l)ecome rare J in these parts. Mr S \ Welsh visited Sumter the1 first of the week on business bent. ! Miss Mary Weibre, a charming debutante of Savannah, is visiting her cousin, 3Irs I' M Lee. ; Miss Sue Smith, of the Hebron ; neighborhood, is a guest at the! Mis ses Welch's, Mr K F Rodgers visited her ; brother, Mr S P Kodgers, at Wilmington last week. J M Parker was in Charleston ; Monday looking after business' matters. Miss Barnwell of Adam's Run is! spending sometime in Scran ton at j her sister's, Mis 1) L Lee's. Mr P M Lee is at Union City, I Ala., 011 business. Mr W W Holiday of Lanes was visiting at the home of his uncle, Mr A M Cooke, the first days of the week. MrTB Johnson left today for FavetteviBeand other "North State" towns on a business mission. W M D McGee is on the police * _ i? T T :. iorce again, vice r> ij l^ewis, resigned. Mr and Mrs Charlie Johnson have . returned from a visit to relatives 1 in the up-country. Miss Maude Parker is with relatives in Florence. Miss Addie Cannon, one of the popular young ladies of the town, will teach at Caitersville the next school year. If you have a flower to give, give it today. One throb of gladness is worth more to the living than a wealth of costly blooms laid however tenderly above the dead. If you have a kindly visit to make, make it today lest another step in and lay his quiet hand upon the longing heart and still forever its fret and pain and power of glad response. In the city of the dead, in the silence of the grave, hearts are ' are never lonely any more. They have no heed or need. W E C. Appeal for Orphans We have been requested to publish the following on behalf of the several orphanages of the State: Attention is ealied to the concert of action among the orphan institutions of South Carolina with regard to a special work day effort Saturday, ; September 25, next. Thornwell orphanage, Codnie Maxwell orphanage and Epworth orphauage have definitely planned for the success of the ; day and are circulating literature upon the subject. We presume that j every orphan institution,of whatever size or under whatever auspices, will be glad to have its friends remember . it on this day. ; The plan is 6imple enough. Let every boy and girl, every man and ; woman, young and old, devote the j income of the day to the orphanage i of his choice. Some of the children < may pick cotton, others mar gather I up old iron and sell it, some will do < odd jobs, others will devote their salary or wages of that day to the care of the orphans. Coming down to the plain truth, is there any cause that warms the cockles of the heart like the plea for the fatherless? Let all the people join j in the work day effort September 25, ! and roll up a big amount for the or- ! phans, and forward the same to such j institution as each may select. ! I A Harry Up Call. j Quick! Mr Druggist?Quick!?A i box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve? J Here'8 a quarter?For the love of Moses, hurry! Baby's burned him- j self, terribly?Johnnie cut his foot < with the axe?Mamie's scalded?Pa can't walk from piles?Billie has boils?and my corns ache. She got it and soon cured all the family. Its the greatest healer on earth. Sold by D C Scott. PROFIT IN TOBACCO. Mr J Davis Carter Clears $138 67 per Acre on His CropTo the Editor of The News and j Courier:?Will you allow me space in he News and Courier for a short j talk to my many brother farmers. ; I 111 .-.in it im- Anininn I 1151, 1 >1111 cat IV J.-? UIJ V|'1M<VU] J from all the information that 1 have( been able to gather, that the farmers! of South Carolina want to become j more independent, but 1 fear that too many have fallen into the habit [ of planting cotton, depending entirely upon cotton alone to buy all else that they need. And the conse-1 jiience is the price is up one year j and down the next, and instead of becoming more independent. I am of the opinion that a great many are becoming more and more de- ' pendent. Now, brother farmer, j havn't you tried this plan of farm- j ing enough? Well, you are read? to admit tW at say you, what else can 1 d.. To this 1 would answer and repeat what has often been said before; that is, make more hog and hominy at home, and save tiie freight and the merchant's profit. Now, I am going to give yon a bit of my experience in planting other crops for money, instead of i cotton. Tobacco is my hobby, and j let me say here that 1 have travelled all over South Carolina, and believe from observation that we have the finest soil for growing tobacco of any State in the Union. Now, let me give you a little of my experience in growing tobacco: I have been planting it for a number of years, and have always made money ou it. Some years more than others. Now,I will give you some figures on this year's crop. I planted eighteen acres in tobacco last spriug. I used 800 pounds guano tobacco fertilizer per acre. Labor is hard to get here, and worth little when you get it So I count that, taking all into count, my tobacco cost me from the seed bed to the warehouse, all told, $50 per acre. Well, you say that seems like a costly crop. So it is, but I sold that crop of tobacco and finished delivering it on August 25 for $188.67 per acre, giving me a clear profit of $138.67 per acre. Where will you be at the close of the season, cotton man > Let me hear from you. -Now, Mr ? *jtor, lam just getting to where I \janted to Bay something iu the interest of tobacco, but my article will be too long. So will not say more at this time, but with your permission will continue this subject later. J Davis Carter. Leo, S. C., September 6, 1909. Gentle Jane. Wednesday morning, Gentle Jane Started in an aeroplane; "Ha!" said Gentle Jane, in glee. "It is now all up with me!" But the airship wouldn't work, And it fell with such a jerk In some river flowing south; LeavingJane down in the month. When an alligator spied lane, his jaws he opened wide, Saying in tone polite. "Do drop in and get a bite." Soon they tinkered up the craft; Jane got in and gavly laughed. Joy and gladne?s filled her cup: "Ha!" said Jane, "the jig is up!" As the wind grew stiff and stiffer, Jane's opinions seemed to differ, fhen a near-by cyclone showed: "Well." said Jane. "I will be blowed!" 1 But the airship, soaring by, [Jut a furrow in the sky; Passed 'twixt Mercury and Mars; Gentle Jane said, "Oh, my stars'." Onward went the aeroplane; Onward, too, went Gentle Jane, Ever darker irrew the nisrht? Gentle Jane was out of sight ?Saturday Evening Pout. Weak Kidneys Braa* mow trouble tku wether oriurf ihe body. The fanotioa of u? kidmara la to uptnU laorcaale atlt u< water la tha pamm of elrcuUtio*. ud to nmt? tkw ul LhalretteBdaatpolseaafrom teabody through < ika bladder. Therefore whoa the kldaera taooma dlaaaaad aad weak they aw aatoralle taable perform |helr^werk properfy.aad ( ra are tho reeult. It te i laperatlre that a prompt relief be afforded, ouch Is tmpeeatue aaleaa yea remove the DeWitfe Kidney and Bladder PiOs promptly eUmlaate polaoua from the eyotem 1 tad at the aame time aaake the kldaaya weU tad ateoug. Per Weak Kidneys, Baokaohe, la* ; Baauaadon ef the bladder aaa all artaary troubles De Witfe Kidney ud Bladder Pills are uneurpaseed. A Week's Treatment for 2k Money beak If tkey flail. For Sale by W L Wallace. Old papers for sale at this office. < -.-..v. ' A INSCRIPTIONS WANTED. Men of South Carolina Asked to Suggest Words for Woman's Monument. "What do the men of South Carolina owe to the women of the Confederacy?'' asks the Columbia State. The State then goes on to say that the funds for a memorial to be erected 011 the Capitol grounds have been raised. Sculptor K Welling- . ton liuckstuhl is now designing the' monument and the design, lias been 1 -i ? 1 .1.. ueciareu uut* ui me must uniaiiu ever prepared. On the monument just in front of the State house, erected by the women of South Carolina to the soldiers who died for the '"Lost Cause." are two beautiful inscriptions. These recite the valor and heroism of those "who, tuie to the instincts of their birth have glorified a fallen cause by the simple manhood of their live3 and their patient suffering, and in the dark hours of imprisonment, in the hopelessness of the hospital, in the sharp agcny of the field, found hope in the belief that at home they would not be forgotten." These were some of the words inscribed by the women of South Carolina on the monument to the soldiers. It is now necessary for the men of the State to Bend to the commis. 8ion in charge of the work of erecting a monument to the women of the Confederacy suitable inscriptions for the tribute to tfJ-ir self-sacrifice and devotion. The following has been issued. South Carolina Commission for the Monument to the Women of the Confederacy. Columbia, S C., Aug. 31, 1909. To the Men of South Carolina: Twto inscriptions will be required for the two large panels of the pedestal of the South Carolina monument to the women of the Confederacy. These inscriptions are desired to "declare to the world what these women of the South did to deserve this houonng.'" Each must contain trom 60 to SO words, perferably 60. The men of our State are cordially invited to suggest appropriate wording for theee inscriptions. Those deemed most suitable by the commission will be used. Suggestions should be 8ent to Capt. Wm E Gonzales, secretary and treasurer, Columbia, before November 1, 1909. C Irvine Walker, Chairman; T J Moore, C A Reed. J G Richards, Jr., Wm E Gonzales, Sec. and Treas. k Statement from the Umpire. Editor County Record:? Please allow me space in your valuable paper to correct a mistake in your issue of September 2 concerning- a game of ball between Rome and Choppee. The score stood 2 to 2 until the last half of the ninth inning, when Choppee made one more run, making the >core 3 to 2 in favor of Choppee, with still their half of the inning to play. No outsider blocked the ball; during the game. There is no team in the county j * ? v _ 11 i.1 iL ~ I that plays cieaner oan uiau iuc Cboppee club. Rome was simply outclassed. (Signed) Si Bruorton, Umpire. Choppee, S. 0., September 4, 1909. Sight Ob Bill Mountain. On a lonely night Alex. Benton of Fort Edwards, N Y., climbed Bald Mountain to the home of a neighbor, tortured by Asthma, bent on curing bim with Dr King's New Discovery, that had cured himself of asthma. This wonderful medicine soon relieved and quickly cured his neighbor. Later it cured his Bon's wife of severe lung trouble. Millions UeiltVC HO mc gicamii Throat and Lung cure on Earth, Coughs, Colds, Croup, Hemorrhages and Sore Lungs are surely cured by it. Best for Hay Fever, Grip and Whooping Cough. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by i> C S cott Old papers for sale cheap by the hundred at The Becord office. It May Be Pneumonia "A hard chill, pain through the chest, difficult breathing. Then fever, with great prostration." If this should be your experience, send for your doctor. You may have pneumonia! If your doctor cannot come at once, give Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. When he comes, tell him exactly what you have done. Then do as he says. No alcohol in this cough medicine. /. C. Aycr Co., Lowell,Mau. Keen the bowels in good condition. One of Ayer's Pills at bedtime will cause an increased flow of bile, and produce a gentle laxative effect the day following. j I : | Kingstree, S. C. j j High School lJcpeirtment\ ^ wr?/l f r\r* ^Allnrr^ Ar t At* R nc 1 n a" ^ Ti'fo ^ S uuya duu vjii ia cpui cu i vi vun^t vi i vi uuoiiivco wiu t S 1 ; f PURE WATER, EIGHT INSTRUCTORS, 3 | < HEALTHFUL LOCATION, FINE MUSIC DEPARTMENT. 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