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NEWS AND HERALD PUBLISHED WEEKL Y, -BY WINNSBORO PRINTING CO. J.FRANKFOOSHE, - - - EDITOB TKEMS, IN ADVANCE: OEe Year................--. Six Months.....................-- - -- WINNSBORO, S. C. Wednesday, March 22, 1905 Reducing the cotton acreage is the only possible way to bring about an increase in the price of cotton. However true it may be that the progress of the world hae been accomplished by men undei forty, yet it has remained foi one approaching the "chloroform' age of sixty to perpetrate th biggest joke of this or any othe age. In seeking to rob old age of its honors, Dr. Osler wouk add thereto. As a joker, he ha: no superior. With farming such a profitablh business around Newberry at the Hon. Hub Evans says it is nis assistance should be had it showing the farmers how the' can succeed despite the low prici of cotton. He should let the se cret out for the benefit of hil farmer friends in other sections for surely a system that insure such fine returns can not be lo cal in its application. While it has been printed i these columns more than onci before within the past two o three years, we are again print iug in this issuo "Spring", tha beautiful poem by Henry Tim rod, South + Carolina's sweetes singer. We trust that the teach era throughout the county wil atgleast read it to their school they would do exceedingly we] to have it committed to mermor; by their more advanced pupilk The committee appointed a the last session of the Gener3 Assembly to investigate thi ment of the'state dispen sary, issued a call for a] persons to give such informatioi as they may have as to irreg ularities, mismanagement, o corruption therein or of anyong connected therewith. In thi connection it might be interest ing for them to secure an explans tion of why five thousand dollar ($5,000.) worth of one half piu corn, manufactured by the Rich land Distillery company, wa shipped to Ridgeway in Decem ber and then ret- ipped to Col umbia. An expianation is i order. About four years ago whi] Mr. Marshall Moore, now su perintendent of the Barnwel Graded schools was studying i Germany, he wrote some ver readable articles to South Car olina papers, one among thes giving suggestions as to ho, county papers should be ruz For the past few weeks in cor nection with his school wor he has been editing the Ban well Sentinel. On account of cei tain utterances of his in regar to the chairman of the Stat board of control,, that gentlema is; invoking the assistance of th courts to show him how he mus not run his paper by filim through his attorney a suit fc libel. Mr. Moore will not re tract and will be found standin his groud like a man. Quite a stir has been made i the mill circle, in South Carc lina by the Buffalo and IUnio cotton mills reducing the hour of work from 11 to 10 hours pi day. We do not know enoug about the inner workings of th cotton mills to speak in regard t the wisdom of this action, but o general principles we feel quit sure that people who do indoc work can do more in ten hoar with an opportunity to take oul door exercise than they can i eleven hours shut in all the whil4 The experiment is going to b~ watched with interest as is quite an innovation in this sec tion. Should it prove tha the operatives can do as muc. in 10 hours as formnely 1 hours, it will be a step in th sohiution of may phases of th problem in connection witi South Carolina's great industry We have received an inquir; from the industrial departmen of the Southern Railway Comn pany as to commercial orchard and truck farms in Fairfield. W were compelled to answer tha there were no such industries i: the county. This ought not s< to be. As we have frequenti; shown before, the lower sectioi of this county can and does gros as fine peaches as any part o the State. The need is for som< one to go into the business on i large enough scale to induct others to fall in line. The suc cess of such an industry depend: upon enough going into it t< make naoshil, the astabb'shmani of a shipping point, which is the first essential in making it go when there is no local market. There must be enough fruit and truck grown so that there may be daily carload shipments so as to secure the best transportation rates and concessions. The more that go into these industries, the greater the probabilities of suc cess. In another column will be found a statement from Mr. Hood, the for-ner supervisor of Fairfield, in regard to the county's indebt edness. The expenses of the county for roads and bridges for the first two years of his admin istration, as he explains, were much greater than ordinary on account of the unprecedentedly heavy rains, a fact well known to all. All must also appreciate the fact that the court expenses are fixed by law and that there is nothing that can be done by the county boaid to lessen this expense. As to the outside poor it seems that the board has been and still is exercising a very liberal policy. There should be a def inite amount set aside for this fund each year, which should be large enough to meet the de maids of the most deserving ca ses. Beyond this the board shoud not go. With its present liberal and unlimited policy there is great danger of the coun ; ty being imposed upon, if such if not already the case. The expenses of the chaingang have necessarily increased with the increased number of pris oners on the same. For this 1 additional expense the county 3 should have as an asset better r roads, which is true in many - instaces despite the fact that they are still so bad. What the - county has for the chaingang e quipments is an asset to the - county that offsets the indebt edness to that extent. The point that Mr. Hood makes in regard to the decrease of the road tax is right to the point. What the county loses in days of work by this low tax being taken advantage of means the taking of that much out of the treasury for the payment for a similar amount of labor. This road tax should be increased to at least $2.00. -What Mr. Hood says in re gard to the delegation not pro. viding the necessary levy and the evil consequencs that must nec essarily follow such a policy is very true. It is not possible to keep a debt from growing when the outgo is more than the in come. What the delegation would have done could it have known the true financial condition of the county is another question. It~ is for his failure and inability to furnish them with an intel ligent and definite statement, giving this important informa tion, that Mr. Hood comes im Ifor the full measure of criticism 'that such a careless system of 'book-keeping is sure to bring sooner or later. And it is that the people of the county may know just where they are at fi ~nancially that it is so important that a thorough examination o: the books of all the county pficers be made at this time. The ac tion of the grand jury in this very vital matter is awaited wit.b interest. Would Win the World. A democracy spending hundreds rof millions on warships and forts or armies and navies, is enough gto give devils joy, If we spent one-fourth of this treasure irt schools and missions. the whole world would soon be ours in bnds of love and there would be Dno need of these en,gm.es of deatl sand destruct ion.-E'row Inaugura] address of Chares \. Datfex President LUniversit, ol Ciin cinati. Incredible t5rutoiity. It~ would have~ bee.n brutality if Chas. F. Lem1bo Sof Syracuse, N. Y , had not di. the best he could for his sufferies. son. "My boy," he says, cut ,~fearful gash over his eye, so I eapplied Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which quickly healed it and saved -his eye." Good for burns and Sulcers too. Only 25c. at McMas Ster Co.'s, Obear Drug Co.'s andc SJohn H. McMaster & Co.'s drug~ stores. Probably there is no girl on earth who is able to look un concerned the first timo she wears her engagmnent ring in Spublic. Raw or Inflamed Lungs Syield rap)idly to the wonderful aurative Sand healing qualities of Foley's H-Ioney anid Tar. It prevents pneumizonmi and 2consumption fronm a bard cold settled on the lungs, "My daughter laid a Sterrible cough which settled on her Slungs," says N. Jackson, of Danymile, SIll. "We tried a great many remedvies -without relief, until we. gave her Fo ley's Honey and Tar, which cured her. fSold by McMaster Co. It is said that General Oyama is taking pass after pass with the nonchalance of a re-elected state legislator.-Detroit Journal. Fr Coughs-Murray's Horehountd, MnMlen anr1 Tar. 2-c for lnare bottle. BUILD WAREHORSES. Goo Plan saggested by Warehouse com- I r mittee of S. C. Division of South- Was ern Cotton Association. ad. The Ware house Committee of I'y the S. C. Division of the South- Nasi: ern Cotton Association consist- chari ing of the following gentlemen: large Messrs E. W. Robertson, Colam- store bia; W. E. Burnett, Spartanburg; thing T. B. Stackhouse, Dillon; Leroy filled Svrings, Lancaster; B. H. Harris, item, Peudlcton; L. W. Youmans, so th Fairfax met in the office of the trusi Association to-day, and adopted TI the following rosolutions: parti Resolved Ist: That this Com- see t nittee recommend to every com- W munity in South Carolina, where agre( the necessity for warechouses wash exists, to build these warehouses hour through their own efforts, or by the c outside assistance if proffered, or to pl if possible to obtain, at a cost of noou from $800 te $1,20@ with a bold storage capacity respectively of the i from 300 to 1000 bales of cotton. Resolved 2nd: That we -urge upon the farmers the necessity of storing their cotton promptly A upon being ginned, in the stand- awa ard wasehouses, where they can a fi get negotiable warehouse re- chai ceipts, thus saving it from loss in weight and damage, and putting who it in negotiable shape so that stor they will not be forced to market to fi it except at their own pleasure, he as it has been demonstrated by sale the action of the New Orleans thrE Convention that reasonable price peo can be obtained irrespective of trad the size of the crop, by judicious wal marketing; and this can only be in g accomplished by an effective Spe warehouse system. wra Resci;ed 3d: That any by information as to construction or I outside assistance can be obtained cas] by communicating with the his Columbia oflice of the' Southern wO' Cotton Association. That a copy tim of these resolutions be filed in it u% this office, and that a copy be mei given to the president with the request that all the county papers publish them.-Columbia March 7, 1905. _ sol( For Over Sixty Years Cot MRS. WINSLOW's SOOTHING SYRUP Pal has been used for over 60 years by mil- the lions of mothers for their children Po: while teething, with perfect successs fed It soothes the child, softens the gumis allays all pain; cures wind colic, and is als( the best remedy for Diarrhcea. It will trei relieve the poor little sufferer immedi aely. Sold by druggists in every part , of the world. Twenty-five cents a Da bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. was Winslow's Soothing Syrup,'' and take unt no otpher kind. ole, By no means least among the .Ser fruits of the Spirit comes Temn- Dec perance, which means self-control Te~ for our own sake, and self-denial for the sake- of those who might a be tempted to their own de- has struction. Righteous law may and prohibit the open haunts of temptation as slaughter-houses for body and soul; but Bible tem perance gees deeper yet, when it forbids the use of that ensnaring beverage, which bites 1-ike a serpent, and stings like a viper.Ih -Rev. T. L. Culyer. For Coughs-at your druggists or direct from Murray Drug Co., Colum bia, S. C.-"Murray's Horehound, - Mullein & Tar.'' 2.5c. for large size bottle. Letter to J. C. Caldwell. Winnsboro, S. C. Dear Sir: Some think we take o. a good deal of risk in inviting complaints of Devoe lead-and zin-we authorize our agent to sell it under this guarantee: "If you have any fault to find with this paint; either now inJ putting it on, or hereafter in the we'r, tell your dealer about it. ~ -We authorize him to do what o is right at our expense." The following story tells how little the risk is: J H Asher & Co, hardware deal-~ ers, Rhinebeck, N Y, have sold Devoe from '76 to now; have sold thousands of gallons and have ~ had just one complaint in all this time. Three sides of a .house wdre perfe-ct; the fourth was as bad as tbree were~ good. Explanatiou-it rained the night before the fourth side was paint ed; and the painters didn't wait for the wood to dry. What is done in such a case? Whatever the dealer, who sold the paint, considers it fair to do. We leave it to him. He may not g do exactly what we should do i.f we were there; but we ar~e not j there. The best we can do i sto1 leave it tobim. Yours truly 31 F WDEvOE&C CO John H. McMaster & Co. sell our paint. For an Impaired Appetite. Loss o,f appetite always results from t faulty d:gestion. All that is needed is i a few (loses of~ Chamberlain's Stoma.ch ln Liver Tablets. They will invig~o rite the stomach, strengthen the diges tion and give you an app)etite like a wolf. These Tablets also act as a gen tie laxative. For sale by Obear Dru~ If a girl turns- a young man down it may save her father the trouble of throwing him down. I-las Stood the Test 25 Years. The old, original GROVE'S Tasteless Chill Tonic. You know what you are taking. It is iron and quinine in'a tast.-eleom. No cure, no pay. 50c. I Advertising Can't be Hidden. 2et a man the other day wLo draid no one would see his e seen such men before. In .vile the writer was once in ;e of the publicity end of a department store. As the used page ads, as a regular this page was completely with hundreds of s:mall from various departments, at each item was very unob ve indeed. e manager of the ribbon de nent said that no one would hose small items. a agreed upon a test. He d to sell Gc., Sc. and 10c. ribbons for 2c. for three s only one Saturday. On ther hand the writer agreed ace that item in a miscella s list without any kind of display. This is the way tern was set up in the paper: ash Ribbons-2 to 3 inches wide, worth up to 10c. a yd., 2e. s this small item appeared y down in the bottom half of ill page ad, he had every ice to win his money. 'hat was the result? His le department was taken by m. He limited each sale to ve yards, but in spite of that old 234 bolts (468 separate s of five yards each) in those' e hours. It took all the sales ple he had to wait on the e, and kept all the floor iers busy keeping the crowd ood humor while they did it. cial . cashiers and bundle ppers had to be fixed up near o handle the business. cost that man $50 in cold 1 to find out that people read ads. But the experience ld have been cheap at ten es that much. Incidentally, as the greatest ad his depart t had ever had. JudgeJohn H. Reagan. udge John H. Reagan, the surviving member of the federate Cabinet, died at estine, Texas, Monday, March 6th, aged 86 years. He was itmaster General of the Con rate States and in 1865 was acting as secretary of the tsury. le was captured with Pesident r'is May the 10th 1865 and Sconfined in Fort Warren il October. In 1887 he was ted to the United States ate, but resigned in 1891 to ome chairman of the :as Sta te Railroad commission. What is home without a baby?" often been asked. . "Peaceful .quiet," is the answer. 3ASTOR IA For Tnfants and Children. IKind You Have Alway Bought ears the ;nature of Drawing Power 3 Of Big Ads. W. M. Ostrander of Philadel Sha is one of the most suc .essful real estate men in the ~outry. Hie sells property a rom Maine to Cali'fornia and 3 aas built up an enormoeus busi- .4 iess by advertising. In an ad lress b)efore the Sphinx club of New York he said: "Il am a Srm believer in big -u ads. Like all 'big things, the big ad. attracts atten tion and produces an. m presionx through its 'size, in impression which is'en trely separate and apart ~, from that produced by it.s contents, an impression which' can be obtained no C other way. "Furthermore, the man w ith - e biggest ad. gets the credit 'or having the biggest business, a d for that reason a pretty arge percentage of the pfibli~ cill patroni::e himt. They be ieve that the bgest business - uust be the best; otherwise it vould not be the biggest. rh Reailer and Advortiser 'g ys: "A merchant cannot havse -( oo much publicity. It is the ' >reath of life to maerchandPiin. Vithout it a business can'not :row; it cannot evenl exist.~ Vith increased publicity comes corresponding increase in rowth. And while publicity ontinues to expand there is no anger of reaching a period een the business will stop rowing." We have noticed that thae big advertisers in this pa'"er do a big business. If you would increase yours try the c. same means. A MATTER OFHEALTH AKI POWDER Absolutely Pure MAS NO SIIBSTITUTfE Clerk's Sale. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. 3OURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Iartha Thompson and James Thompson, by his Guardian ad litem, Matilda Thompson, Plaintiff, against indrew Thompson, B r o o k s Thompson, John Thompson, Lula Carr, The DesPortes Mer cantile Company James Broom and John Bird, as trustees of The Church of the First Born, Defendants. In pursuance of an order of he Court of Common Pleas, made in the above stated case, I will >ffer for sale before the Court House door in Winnsboro, S. C., on the FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL next, within the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, the follow ing described property, to wit: (1.) All that certain piece, par cel or tract of land (except one acre on which is situate The Church of the First Born) con taining ten acres, more or less, situate, lying and being in the County of Fairfield, in the State of South Carolina, bounded by lands lately belonging to Mrs. Milling; south by the public road leading to Winnsboro; east by lands lately belonging to Mrs. Milling; and on the west by lands of Andrew Thompson, reserving for the use of The Church of the First Born the right of ingress and egress to and from the pooi situate on said tract of land. (2.) All that certain piece, par el or tract of land containing one acre, more or less, surround ing the church building of The Church of the First Born, which was set apart to said church by James Thompson, decaased, dur ing his lifetime, and which is now in the possession of the trustees of said church, together with the right of. ingress and egress to and from the pool situate on the tract of land first directed to be sold in this action. TERMS OF SALE. One-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash on the day of sale, balance on a credit of~one and two years from the day of sale, with interest from date of sale, at seven per cent per annum, to be secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises sold, or for al] cash, at the option of the pur chaser; the pgrchaser to pay for all necessary papers. JOHN W. LYLLS, C. C. C. P. F. C. Winnsboro, S. C., Mar. 15,1905. Trespass NotiCe. Parties are hereby notified that I will most positively enforce the law gainst allowing cattle and other stock o trespass on my lands. 3-1-4t E. T. GAYDEN. MURRAY'S IRON MIXTURE. Now is the time to take a spring tonie. By far the best thing to take is Murray's Iron Mixture. It makes pure blood and gets rid of that tired feeling. At all druggists. 50c a Bottle. Or Direct from THE MURRAY DRUG Co., IColumbia, S. C. ---OR Call on me. I can supply you t prices that are right. Bring me all your repair work. t will be done promptly and at easonable prices. I want your Furs and Skins. Millinery Ihur sday dl MARCH - SPECIAL DISI Pattern and TL ARTISTIC DESIGNS IN HK( MODELS FOR STJ DP. V. WdII A Second Shipr OF PURE BLISS l1 POTATOES for p] Former shipment are the very best s I have nice eatir hand. Call and buy from me Buist' the kind that grov Geo. R~ Just Ar SEVERAL CARLOADS 1pine, good heart) and DRESSE Also SASH, DOORS, MO A full supply of good H E Call on me for your wants i: THTSUIT. will look as good as new if yoy will have it cleaned and pressed. I am prepared to do the work for b< you at the most reasonable prices f and I guarantee satisfaction. By n having your suit cleaned and rel pressed it will look ever so much t better all the while and will last be so much longer. If you have not been in the habit of having your suit kept in good order, begin it - now and see how much satisfact- . ion there will be in the improved looks of the suit and in its longer wear. Give me a tifial. tf. W. Bose Durham. Notice to Magistrates. All Magistrates in Fairfield County are hereby notified that they must have their books with proper vouchers for approval at t1 e County Board of Commissioners at thle quarterly meet-I ing the ilrst Moniday in April, J. B. BU RLEY, 3-8-4t County Supervisor. Notice to claim Holders. All parties holding claims against t& Fairfield County, issued at any time previous to April 1, 1905, must have the same for approval at the meeting of the County Board of Commissioners the first Monday in April. J. B. BURLEY, th 3-84t C,anty Supervisor. 2' of fo Town Notice, tog H EVERY PERSON OWNING At dog or a hog is hereby duly notified tl and given fair warning, by order of th ao.that the ordinance levyingm a tax of one dollar on each dog, and Ithe ordinance requiring that no hog f shall be kept within the corporate e limits, will be rigidly enforced afters this date, February 28th, 1905. JNo. J. NEIL,p 3-1 Clerk of Council. floney to Loan. be I have made arrangements to nego-. A tiate loans on first mortgages of real Iestate in this county in sumis of not P less than $300, and payable in not less t e thana five years. The rate of initerest is eigl.i per cent. on sums under $1.000, ani seven p rf *ent. on sums of that amount or over. No commissions are charged. The i borrower pays for abst-ract and ex penses. J E McDONALD, Attorn1ey, FOR SALE.-High Grade Seeds. ca Field Seeds, Fertilzers, Farm '4 Implements, Seed Potatoes,ze Onion Sets, Vegetable Seeds; pa~ Gr'ass, Clover and Lawn Seeds. TI Write for prices.- Lo,rick & T,owrance, inc. Colnmbia, S. C. . Opening id friday, 30=31. )LAY OF tilored Hats.. iH GRADE TRIMMED ZEET WEAR. er &Go. nent==== ED AND WHITE IRSH anting has just arrived, ;old out at once. These eed to be had. ig potatoes on s Reliable Garden Seeds, . Lauderdale. -rived. OF ROUGH (long ieaf D LUMBER. ULDING, L ATHS, Etc. LRT SHINGLES. n building materials. 0. EBOAG. Registration Notice. Notice is hereby given that oks of municipal registration ir the town of Winnsboro are >W open at my office for the gistration of all persons in said iwn who are entitled by law to a registered. H. E. KETCHIN,. Supervisor of Registration. Overworked -KIDNEYS Murray's Buchu, Gin and Juni per is prescribed and endorsed by eminent physicians. It cures when all else fails. Prevents Kid ney Disease, Dropsy, Bright's Disease, etc. At all drug stores. $1.00 a Bottle, Or Direct from THE MURRAY DRUG co,, Columbia; 5. C. [otice of Municipal Elec tion-1905-. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN at pursuant to provisions of Article Chapter 49, Volume 1, of the Code Laws of the year 1903, an election r Mayor and six Aldermen for the wn of Winnsboro will be held in e town of Winnsboro, in the Town all, on the FIRST MONDAY, (the ird (day) OF APRIL. 1905. Notice is also given that pursuant to c provisions of Article VI, Section 09, Vol. 1 of the Code of Laws of 0:?, a Commissioner of Public Works r the town of Winnsboro will be ?cte d at this election; and also at the me time, pursuant to the provisions the Act of the General Assembly oviding for the election of Schoo -ustees for Special School District Nos at Win nsboro, in Fairfield County rrustee for said school district will elected. 1'he p)olls will he open from 8 o'clock Eh folwn gentlemen are sp in ted managers to conduct the said vetioni: John A. Hinnant, Longstreet mltt and Robert Bankhead. T. H. KETCHIN, -1td Mayor. Reliable Fertilizers. \is Agents for the Navassa Guano mnpany brancwh of the Virginia ro)lina'Chiemfeal Company, we offer caish sale a full line of High Grade amnat< and Plain Acid Fertili s: also Kainit, at prices that will v on to use these re)iable grades. [E RiUDGEWAY MILLING AND GINNING COMPANY. .1.9.t R. A. MEARES. Prons