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NEWS AND HET-RALD, WINNSBORO. S. C. J. FRANK FOOSHE Editor and Proprietor. PUBLISHED WEEKLY TREBMS. IN ADVANCR: One Year,................$1.50 Six Months......................... .75 Wednesday, March 14,1906. Dr. D. F. Houston, an alumnus of tne University of South Caro lina, is soon to be installed presi dent of the Univerity of Texas. Thus one of the younger universi ties in one of the largest states pays a very high honor te one of the oldest institutione in a much smaller state. It was the South Carolina College; it is now the University of South Carolina and not the South Carolina University. Let us get the name right and write it as it is. If institutions could spsak, they would cry aloud against being called by some other name. Did you ever stop to think that year in and year out the best friend that you have in a business way is the home merchant? Then do not go running off to some other place or trying the mail order houses till you have given him a chance to supply your wants. After he has failed, there is time enough for going elsewhere. But in the very large majority of cases, you will find that he will not fail. Supt. W. H. Hand of the Ches ter Graded school has been elect ed associate professor of peda gogy in the University of South Carolina. Mr. Hand is one of the very foremost public school men in the Palmetto State and this historic institution is to be congratulated upon securing his services, though the public schools can ill afford to give up such a leader to the higher insti tution of learning. Another very happy choice for the same insti tution was that of Mr. Jno. P. Thomas of the Columbia bar as associate professor of law. It is not quite here yet, but then it is near enough to le it be known that it v-ill soon be here, the time for pianting rsorgbum, and that preparationzs should now be making for the planting of a sufficient quantity of this valuable forage crop sh that there may be green food in abundance for all stock in the summer months and that there may not be wanting a plenty of good dry forage during the fall and winter months of an other season. It is interesting to note that it is getting very common in any agriwultural notes, urging the raising of all home supplies and food stuffs, that this valuable crop comes in for special mention. This is simply because the large pre j udice that formely existed against this foreign crop is rap idly dying out in the light of the increased knowledge there is through actual experiment of its real worth in helping the farmer to have an abundance of good homna.raised forage, both green and dry, for all his stock. In another column will be found some- figures taken from the books of the county treasvrer, which unmistakably show that the tax machinery of Fairfield county needs tightening up. While the treasurer has collected $1200 taxes on polls and property not returned, it is very probable that there would still be a good deal more taxes to collect, if returns had been made as required by law. It is not worth while at this time to worry about who is responsible for these gross omis sions the past year, for it will be recalled that, owing to peculiar circumstances last year, the present auditor could not be held entirely responsible for the same; nor have we any figures to show whether these omissions were any more last year than formerly. What is of vital concern at the present time is that all who are charged with carrying out the provisions of the law in regard to returns, do all that is within their power to prevent these serious irregularities occurring again. The returns of the present year are now in the hands of the town ship boards of assessors and it is their duty to report all parties who have not made returns, be they property-oyvners or mere polls. Not only is it their duty to have them listed, but also to add the penalty of 50 per cent as required by law. One good dose of penalties now will be sufficient for years to come and there is no other remedy that will have the desired effect. Let the law be carried out. The listing of property in the wrong school district has frequently in the past been the occasion of much confusion. The township assessors by going earefully over the returns, that have been much towards correcting an irregularities that have hitherto >btained in this respect. It is very important from every stand point that property be listed in the right district, and especially is this true of polls, as the taxes 11 collected from this source go to the district in which they are paid. As this is the year for the 1 revising of the assessments on real estate, the county board of equalization should spare no pains to make an equitable ad justment of same in accord with valuation put upon all other pro perty. Certainly the value of real estate is decidedly more than it was four years ago, when the former returns were made. With the increase that should come from this source, there ought to be a decided increase in the value of all taxable property in the county. By seeing that all property both personal and real is returned and that at a vakia tion that is fair and just, the boards of assessors and the board of equalization have it within their power to do much towards increasing the revenue of Fairfield. A Letter from Louisiana. Mr. A. R. Thompson of Hoss ton, La., in remitting for his subscription to the News and Herald adds the following in teresting nutes in regard to the improvements that must be going on in his old home, as judged by the improvement in the county paper, and also makes some in teresting comments on the possi bilities to the Southern farmers, if they will only take advantage of the situation, that is theirs by not planting too much cotton. "How rapidly the years go by. I am much pleased at the im provements in your paper, which gives Lvidence of prosperity in your section, and I trust that it may continue for years. The farmer has the whip end of the siuation, if he can only be induced to use it; but I am afraid that ten-cent cotton will prove irresis tible and that they will try to put all creation in cotton this year. We made almost a failure in this section last season, but have our flints picked and will try again." Winnsboro The Place. Winnsboro's marchants are now :very brsy getting in their stock of spring and summer goods and within the next few days will have everything in full read-ness for'their many cus tomers- Their offerings this sea son will be more tempting than ever before, for they have been making it a point each year for the past few years to bring a larger and better selected stock each season. This is a matter that has been frequently com mented upon by all who trade here, and the result has been that they have been drawing more' largely of the trade of all sec tions of the county. There will be no trouble for any and all to get all their needs in these vari ous lines supplied right here; there will be no need for mail orders or going out of the county for goods. All in all there is no better place in this section for the people of Fairfield to do their trading and they will find this most especially true this season. Watch for the announcements of the Winnsboro merchants and do not fail to come this way for any of your wants in the way of spring and summer goods and ten do not forget that all your wants in every other line can be supplied right here too. Finley Again Chosen. At a meeting of the South Car olina delegation in the hoase held a day or two ago, saysa Washington corresponden', J.-.p resetative Finley was chi seu succeed himself as a membr . the national congressioual c an: paign committee from do ti b Carolina. Mr. Finley h-e red. resented the State on the cmnnrmit tee for several yearse, and t bough there has been a consideroble shaking up in some oIf the dele gations, the South Carolina men have thought that no cbange was necessary in their ranks; conse quently they have selected Mr. Finley to serve during the next two years. The duties of the memers of this committee will be quite difficult during the com ing campaign, when both Demo crats and Rep ublicans will be striving to secure control of the house. Mr. Finley will no doubt discharge the duties required af him in a first-class manner as lhe has done heretofore.-Yorkville Enquirer. Afflicted Withi Rheumatism. "I was and am yet afflicted with rheumatism," says Mr. J. C. Bayne, editor of the Herald, Add ington, In dian Territory, "but thanks to Chamn berlain's Pain Balm anm able once . more to atttend to business. It is the best of linima~nts." If troubled with rheumatism give Pain Balm a trial and1 you are certain to be more than pleasedj with the prompt relief which it affords. )ne application relieves the pain. or sale ny Obear Drug Co., and all nedicne dealers. JANDIES AND FRUITS-Call The Vegetable Garden. Too many otherwise success ful farmers devote too little at testi )n to the garden. One-half acre of land can be mose profit ably used for the home supply of; vegetablEs than for any other pur pose, for the intellgent and in-I dustrious gardener can on it pro duce all the vegetables a large! family will require for a whole.i year, and something can be had out of it every month if the lans have been rightly laid and the labor properly done.-Hartsville County Messenger. The best way to rid the system of a cold is to evacuate the bowels. Ken nedy's Laxative Honey and Tar acts as a pleasant, yet effectual eathartic on the bowels. It clears the head, cuts the phlegm out of the throat, strength ens the brouchial tubesrelieves coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, etc. Sold by all druggists. Man For the Job. An Englishman claims that he can measure the one-seventy mil lionth part of sn inch. He should be employed to report daily pro gress on the Panama canal. Florida Times-Union. "We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in fee] ings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best." Life never can be reck oned by its years.-President Harper. The best safeguard against headache, constipation and liver troubles is De Witt's Little Early Risers. Keep a vial of these famous little pills in the house and take a dose at bed time when you feel that the stomach and bowels need cleansing. They don't gripe. Sold by all druggists. A Cheraw doctor has discov ered that the ankle is placed be tween the foot and the knee in order to keep the calf away from the corn.-Hoss Editor in The Carolina Citizen. "This is the first time you have been to prayer meeting in a long time," said the pastor of a colored congregation. "I had to come," replied Mr. Erasmus Pinkley. "I needs strenght'nin'. I'se got a job white-washin' a chicken coop an' buildin' a fence round a watermelon patch." "Noah's wife," wrote a boy in an examination, "was called Joan of Arc." Water," wrote another, " is composed of two gases, oxy gen and cambrigen." "Lava,"said a third, "is what the barber puts on your face." "A blizzard, de clared another child, "is the in side of a fowl."-New York Trib 'une. WANTDD-To Buy One Hun dred Bushels of Peas.-M. W. Doty. FOR RENT-My new four room cottage on Moultrie street Winnsboro. AppLy to F. M. Gadsden, Rockton, S. C. F OR SALE.--100 bushels Florodora Upland Long Staple (cotton Seed at $1.00 per bushel F. 0. B. Ridegeway, S. C. Plant the cotton that there is money in. Got 15* cents for my 1905 crops, and sold it on a falling market. Send cash with your order. J. J. McEachern, Longtown, S. C. WANTED-To buy old United States and Confederate stamps; also old foreign stamps. Ad dress us with particulars. Ban nister Stamp Co., Georgetown, S, C. 2-7-6t FINE FARM FOR SALE--974 acres in Fairfield county, suita ble for farming or stock raising. Very cheap. The Carolina Land Agency, Greenville, S. C. Sale of Personal Property. At the late residence of Miss L. R. Macon, deceased, near Strother, S. C., at 1] o'clock A. M., on Saturday, March 31, 1906, I will dispose of and sell to the highest bidder, for cash, all the personal property beionging to the estate of said deceased, Miss L. R. Macon. D. C. JAMES, 3-14-2t Executor. ANecessityWhen Trave i ng Toothacha Rhteumatism 41 3 MI~oo PROPERTY NOT RETURNED. reasurer's Books Show Collection of Taxes on Property and Polls not Returned. With all the precaution there s by law for the proper return >f all property, it would seem hat it would be well nigh im )ossible for any of it to go un ssessed. In the first place the tuditor goes from place to place ,n the county to give every one he opportunity of making their returns. While he is on his counds, his office is kept open all bhe while so that people coming to town can have the opportunity f attending to this all-important matter. The returns, as made, are then put in the hands of the township assessors, who a r e obarged with putting on the books the name of any persons in their respective townships who have not made returns, and adding a penalty of 50 per cent for their failure to make said returns. The county board of equalization then goes over all the returns. The auditor is required to furnish the school trustees of the respec tive districts with a list of ali polls, returned from said district, and the trustees are then required to add the names of any polls not found thereon. With all this machinery complete r e t u r n s should be had. But they are not, at least so far as Fairfield county is concerned, as is shown by the following figures from the books of the county treasurer. The first column gives the number of the school district and its loca tion, the second the number of polls who have paid their taxes and for which there were no re turns, and the third the value of the property not returned, on which taxes have been paid. Prop District. Polls. erty. 1. Feasterville 44 $ 4,416 2. Woodward 27 4,415 3. Gayden's 5 1,167 4. Wateree 11 160 5. Bucklick 15 2,171 6. Bear Creek 12 993 7. East Ridgeway 6 812 8. Smallwood 12 1,396 9. Greenbrier 54 701 10. Horeb 13 110 11. Jenkinsville 11 2,683 12. Stevenson 22 1,277 13. Rock Creek 9 984 14. Winnsboro 61 2,985 15. Monticello 8 445 16. Ridgeway 18 9,263 17. Mossy Dale 5 9'15 18. Bethel 10 480 19. Dawkins 9 400 20. Mitford 14 2,954 21. Buckhead 4~2 4,102 22. Longtown 20 1,756 23. Rabb 5 380 24. Simpson 15 1,496 25. Salem 6 523 26. Stover 5 480 27. Long Run 7 465 28. Hickory Ridge 6 595 29. Cedar Creek 3 15 30. Blythe wood 26 3,647 31. E. B,ythewood 3 417 32. Walla~ceville 2 735 508 $53,360 From the above figures it can be seen that the treasurer has collected 508 polls, which were not returned, and taxes on prop erty with a valuation of more than $50,000, the taxes on which at an average levy of 13j mills would be more than $700. The total amount of taxes collected, for which there were no returns, is fully $1,200. Do Not Be Imposed Upon. Foley & Co., Chicago. originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations are offered for the genuine. These worthless imi tations have similar sound.ing names. Beware of them. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a yellow package. Ask for it and refuse any substitute. It is the best remedy for coughs and coldsb: McMaster Co. The Printing Office. The printing effice has indeed .rvda better college to many h oy', has graduated mare usefal Lud conspicuous membersi of so eiety, has brought more intellect (out and turned it into practical, useful chauiseis, a wakened more minds, generi ated more active and elevated thoughts, than many if the lt. rary colleges of the country. A boy who comamefrces in suchi a school as the - printing affice, will have his talents and ideas brought out; and if he is a careful observer, experience in is profession will contribute more toware an education than :an be abtained in almost any >ther manner.-Ex. Indigestion is much of a habit. Don't get the habit. Take a little Kodol Dyspepsia Cure after eating and you will gJui belching, puffing, pE.lpitating rnd frowning. Kodol Digests what yu eat and makes the stomach sweet. Sold by all druggists. The White Stone Springs Hotel ,vas burned Sauday. This was a ine property and the meeting >ace of the associations of this nd neighboring States. It i ery likely that it wsll be rebuil nd that on a laager scale than ormerly. IONEY TO LEND. -1 have some money to lend on real estate security. Q. W. Rags dnae 1..31 9t MONEY TO LEND-on 1eal *4 estate. A. S & TV. D. Douglas, attorneys. LOST-The shawl lost at the musical at Mrs. Woodward's * residence has not been re turned. I shall be under mavy obligations to the ladies. who were there with shawls, if they will examine and see if they $ have the wrong one. A shawl left that evening is in my keep- e ing and will be returned to the 0 lady who claims it. Mrs. T. H. 3 Ketchin. Clerk's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 0 COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Andrew J. Mobley and Nathanial F. Mobley, a lunaiic, by his Guardian ad litem, Andrew J. Mobluy, and Clarence W. Mobley, Plaintiffs, VS. The Winnsboro Bank, Defendant. In pursuance ot an order of the 4 Court of Coninion Pleas made in the above strted case, I will offer for sale before the Court House door in Winns boro, S. C., on the FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL next, within the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, to the highest bidder the following described property, to wit: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying and being situate in the;County of Fairfield and State of South Carolina, containing 350 acres, more or less, known as the 'Peters Place,' on waters of Little River, and bounded on the north by lands of J. S. McKeown; on the east by lands of Calvin Brice and lands formerly owned by Misses M. and L. Woodward; on the south by land of Lewis (reer; and on the west by lands cf Nathaniel F. Mobley." TERMS OF SAI.E. One-third of the purchase money to be paid ih cash and the balance on a credit of one and two years, in two equal instalments, with interest, paya ble annually, until the whole debt and interest be paid, to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises sold; or all cash at the option of the purchaser, and the pur chaser to pay for all necessary papers and for recording the mortgage. JOHN W. LYLES, March 10, 1906. C. C. P. Plant Wood's Southern-Grown Watermelon and Cantaloupe Seed if 3 on want quality, sweet ness and the best melons. that it is possible to grow. Northern or Western-grown seed doesn't begin to compare when you consider the quality of the fruit produced. ,Wood's Descriptive Cata'ogue tells all about the best hinds to plant. Mailed free. We are Headquarters for Cow Peas, Soja Beanz, Sorghums, Millet Seed, Ensflage Corn, Alfalfa and all Southern Seeds. Write for prices and Descriptive Catalogue. T. V. WOOD & SONS, SEEDSMEN, - RICHMOND, VA. ~Dra wing Power i 8 Of Big Ads. i phin is one of the most suc conr. He sells property from aineto Californla and has uil upan enormous bual -ness by advertsin. In an ad ,dress befote the Spainz club of New York he said: S"I am a S:-m beR~ever in big atZa. Like all big things, ~the big ad. nttracts atten tion and producca an im-* Spresstion through its size, a.n impression which is en- . tirely separate and apart # from that produced by hts contents, an imprisalon .$ which can b~e obtained no .4 .-other- way. S "Furthermore. the man with Sthe l1ggest ai4. gets the erodit for having thm biggest business, z.and for "that resson a ,prettg la.rge pereutage of thee ptih~e - iwill patronizie him. They be~ 51 must be the best; otherwise it would not be the biggest." The Retailer azid Advertiser says.: "A merehant eannot have ' l too much publicity.- It is the breath of life to merchandising. SWithout 'lt a busine'a cannot grow; it cannot evena exist With inereased publicity comes Sa corresponding Increase in growth. And while pubficity . continues to expand there is no e danger of reaching a period 2 when the business will stop growing." We have notieed that the big advertisers in this paper do a big business. If you would increase yours try the same means. T. K. ELLIOTT, JAM.ES Q. DA TIS, Pr's5;(lrll. Cashiier. * T. W. LA UPERDA F. 11. G. JOR D AN', 4 Vice.Prsic~clit. te ak 1Cbe Winnsboro kank. Capital $100,000.00. Surplus;,-,So,ooo.oo. WINNSBORO, S. C. The good old Quaker once said to his boy: -Nathan, it is not what thee rtads that takes thee smart; it is riot %% hat thie( eats that miees thee fat; ner what he earns that makes thee rich, but what ihee SAV1%S."? This saving-habit rcav be acouired tlrough the steady use of a Saving- Account in our bank. THE WiNNSBORO BANK Pays 4 per cent on deposits in the Savings Department. 2 per cent on deposits in the Commercial Department. SUNBEAM COFFEE. Another shipment just in, 5-lb. cans for only One Dollar. Try a can and be convinced of its superiority, Everything in Canned Goods Meats and Vegetables. Let me sup ply your wants in this line. Karo Syrup in One Gallon Cans. Mighty nice. Remember that my stock of,,Heavy and Fancy Groceries is always Fresh and Full. Have your orders filled here. S. C. JOHNSTON. BIG SALE OF MATTING. Big Stock of Matting at close prices. Be sure to come here before buying. Carpets and Rugs all at prices that will make it worth your while to call here. Can please you in a Cook Stove. A geod as sortment to select from. A carload of Pine Shingles just in. Building material always -in stock. J. 0. B OA G. Do You Need d Mule? Then come here for it. You will find just what you want and at prices that are right. Come to see me biefore buying. M. W. DOTY. Beans! Beans! Fourteen of the most approved varieties of unch and Pole Beans. Fresh and well selected :ock. Plant ou'- Beans and have beans in abun ince throughout the year. We have handlcd Lan dreth's Garden Seed for the st 15 years and have a fully supply suitable for this. cality. Landreth's Onion Sets. Seed Irish Potatoes from a reliable seed house.. Golden Dent Corn. Amber and Orange Sorghum Seed. Lucerne Seed. Lawn;Grass Seed. Now is the time to plant Tomatoes in hot beds.. *y Landreth's Earliest. Early Cabbage Plants. McMASTER COMPANY. Phone No. 9. Under Winnsboro Hotelt