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THE NB1
Dank
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FUOM SENECA.
)fflcera-Good Shows
>nal Mention. <
Seneca, Jan. 21.-Special: The
lombers o ; the Civic Association
yilr bear iTn mind the semi-annual
meeting, w h^iota. cornea early in Feb
ruary. Thi, ia the time for the elec
tion of offlo Br8} and a full attendance
is desired. ' .
Two splendid congregations wor
shiped at ?he Presbyterian church,
when the pa stor was at his very best,
and deliver? IQ two fin*, sermons. The
demand foi a larger house of wor
ship was ev ident, as the capacity was
almost taxe a, even at the night ser
vice. I
Tue friends of Mrs. J. W. Todd
are wishing the delights that will
attend her > i8it to Charleston, where
she goes sc 0n for the rest ot the
winter.
Charles V ern0r. of Richland, spent
Sunday^ in f je )eca.
- Mrs. TLuk. < ^, Vemer is expecting
a cousin, W niiam Phillips, of New
ark, N. J., Who will visit her en
route to Flt rjda.
Mrs. J. sj, i icrndon entertained
the Once-a week Club at its laBt
j meeting In t r0yal manner. A large
^tendance and a delicious sweet
?phrse wer< , prominent features, the
Attendance being the largest in the
.u'story of Lhe ciUb.
At a me ating of the directors of
The Cltiser 8- Bank a most satisfac
tory condit jpn 0f affairs was found,
and the fol (ming officers were elect
ed: PreMdtat, Campbell .Courtenay;
vice-president, Dr. W. F. Austin;
casMier, L. A. ^dwarda. D. W. Ed
wards, Tocioa, Prof. J. T. Potes,
ClcAnson, S.\N. Hughs, W. R. Doyle,
Hv. J. Lunne\, w. O. Hamilton, were
elected directors. Julius EdwardB
" 2 elected ' 1
Those husbdnds who failed to give I
their wives Christmas presents would
mah* a'rm^Y iCOinpy?m!se by taking
them to th( 8how Wednesday night.
The poor creature8 deserve a little
cona!Oerath; n at; times.
Williarn ooyle and daughter, Miss
Gary, of T<)Xa8f are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. H. F
Misses Pi
itt
m
Alexander.
ossie Shanklin and Leise
f Pendleton, spent Mon
jwith Mir? Carrie Hunter,
ed the dance.
fA<i. Mr?. C. K. Living
bo glad to know that she
Strlbling,
day nigh
and atten
...... WA tr,
eton wil
is improving
Several new residences will be
built in Seneca this siring. These
will be built by our belt citizens as
homes, and will be dit\|nct monu
menta to the town.
We were on a recent \islt to the
country and met an old ftiend who
was asking about Seneca\ friends,
among them "Red." our h\. J. S.
Strlbling. He was told that >e (the
doctor) "is wearing glasses,', and
the reply was "well, he's occuped!"
Glasses sometimes ?.ell a tale of pre
mature failure of eyesight.
The show, with Florence Davis, qnd
Elliott Dexter as main attract U.^H,
for Wednesday night promises Nh
draw the-largest crowd In the hiA
tory of the opera house, it is knownX
as a high-class concern and in "A
Question of Husbands" tho star,
Florence Davis, appears at ber best.
In Raleigh, where the company re- 1
cently showed, the papers spoke in
most complimentary terms of the
tone as well as the extreme excel
lence of the play. The manager, L.
H. Cary, ls( endeavoring to give our
-show-goers/a treat and they will
sho?^eir/appreciation in round
nut? ? \
fl /
fl Economizes the i
?I (j ter and eggs/; m
cake and pastry
lng, nutritious
d&soLun
This i ls the <
powder mad?
Grave Crean
Has N?
Tber* ors Aaa ?ad Phospaai
. iftWtiSric?, bat no booMk
aar foamy caa ai
Miss Mlnnls Kirkpatrick entertain
ed ber Sunday school class last Fri
day evening in a charming manner.
Games and delicious refreshments
were enjoyed till a-late hour.
In the squib last-week signed "Ed.
K. G.," we think we bear the voice
of Jacob, and are positive that we
see the hand of Esau.
Thu delightful play given by Wal
halla local talent in the Wagoner
Theater last Friday night has receiv
ed such high encomiuniB: that we ure
tempted to ask the company to bring
the show to Seneca.
And last, but not least, do 't for- |
get> the show to-night. Lay down
your papers, ye husbands and sweet
hearts, and take your best girls to
the show. A good laugh and an
hour's relaxation from business cares
will help. M. V. S.
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The Paro Foo? Law.
Secretary Wilson says: "One of the
objects of the law ls to inform the
consumer of the presence of certain
harmful drugs In medicines." The
law requires that the amount of chlo
roform, opium, morphine, and other
habit-forming drugs be stated on the
label of each bottle. The manufac
turers of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy have always .claimed that their
remedy did not contain any ot these
drugs, and the truth of this claim is
now fully proven, as no mention of
them is made on the label. Thia
I remedy ls not only ono of the safest,
but one of the best In ase tor coughs
and colds. Its value has been proven
beyond Question during the many
years lt has been in general use. For
sale by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J.
Lunney, Seneca.
KILLING NEAR DAVIDSON.
Son Kills Father With an Axe After
Dlsmite About Itislnu.
Davidson, N. C., Jan. 16.-A bru
tal murder was committed near here
this morning when Ezekiel Gregory,
a fan,-er, over 60 years of age, was
killed with an axe by his son Dave.
The murderer fled, accompanied by
his wife. Both were arrested near
Mooresville to-night.
The subslance of the sto 'y. gath
ered from the daughter of the dead
man, was that following an alterca
tion this morning in regard to rising1,
the son wont from the house into the
yard and defied his father to cross a
line drawn with the blade of the axe
in the earth. The father Crossed the
llpe, a blow was struck and the
daughter rushed out to find her fa
ther prostrate. The Injured man
did not recover consciousness. Greg
ory is in jail in Charlotte.
Willing to Dio ?for Thaw.
New York, Jan. 17.-One of the
two thousand strange letters which
have been received by Mrs. Evelyn
Thaw since Harry K. Thaw's trial
began, which was made public to
day, contained an ofter from an Ohio
man to substitute himself for Thaw,
and, lt necessary, be executed. The
writer imposed the consideration
that his family be paid $3,000,000
as soon as the proposed substitution
ls complete. His lettur covered six
hundred pages. He declared that he
L was a double of the prisoner In ap
pearance, and could take Thaw's
place in his cell by visiting him In
prison in disguise. The writer,
whose ?am? was not made pub
lic, said he had no special desire
to live, and was not afraid to die,
but made the offer In order to pro
vide for his family. The letter was
written coherently.
ise ot flour, but?
akes the biscuit,
r more appetiz
id wholesome.
Tbwdcr
ELY PURE
only baking:
2 from Royal
i Of Tartar,
Substitute
I? of Ll BM arista*** M(4 it
.ap*r regarding tb? naaltta
lora ta ?w ta??.
NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.
Death of Mrs. Anna R. Parker-Per
sonal?--Handsome Monuments.
Westminster, Jan. 21.-Special:
Prof. Ford T. Cox conducted services
In the Baptist church sunday night
by request of the pastor, Kev. J. R.
Mooro, who has been tinwell for sev
eral days. Prof. Cox is a graduate
of Furman University, and took a
three years' post gradu?t course in r,
theological seminary at Rochester,
N. Y., preparatory to entering the
ministry. While In the seminary his
health gave way, and he is now en
gaged in teaching with the hope of
recuperating for active duties tn his
high calling. He has charge of the
eighth grade of the Westminster
Graded School. As both preacher
and educator he is a young man of
great promise.
After an illness of nine weeks.Mrs.
Anna Reese Parker died at the home
of Capt. W, F. Parkor at half past
two o'clock last Sunday afternoon
in her 44th year. Consumption of
the bowels was' the cause ? of her
death. She was the wife of Thomas
Oconee Parker, and was a native of
Water Valley, Miss. Her maiden
name was Reese. She was an or
phan, and MUG reared by her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cox, of Water
Valley. She had been married about
twenty-five years, and came here
twenty-one years ago last November.
Surviving her are one daughter,Mrs.
Albert Campbell, of Shreveport, L'a.,
and two sons-Robert, aged 18, and
Will Frank, aged 10.? A sad circum
stance In this dispensation of Provi
dence was M.at Mrs. Campbell,, who
had been, by the bedside of her sick
mother for six weeks or more, wan
unexpectedly called home Thursday
on account of the critical illness of
her nuBband, and was not with her
mother when the end came. In the
death of Mrs. Parker there is a va
cancy in the home that can never be
filled. She was a woman of a kind,
amiable* disposition, and her many
friends deeply sympathize with tho
family so sorely bereaved. Mrs.
Parker was a-member of-the Presby
terian cb arch. At noon yesterday.
her bodv was burled in the cemetery
just Porosa tho street from where sho
died by the side of the cher
de v ?Mer, Bena ReoBo, .* ? Jived in
in i ?iney. Services v/ariK ?><iucted at
the grave by Rev. J. Sx barrell, and
assisted by Revs. A. P. Marett and
F. T. Cox.
Barne/ \ Norris, sonV \Mr. and
Mrs. FV' k Norris, ls ss 1 'ely sick.
A teragram from !.. \ Albert
Campbell Saturday stated . int her
husband's condition had some what
improved. He has pneumonia.
Rev. J. R. Moor?, the beloved pas
tor of the Baptist church, has been
indisposed on account of cold and
grip. He was able to fill his appoint
ment Sunday, and his friends wish
him a speedy recovery.
The Stonecypher Drug Company
are having their ?tore wired, pre
paratory to lighting with electricity.
The following deaths are reported
from the mill village within the past
few weeks: George Guy, a married
man; Miss Sut ties, aged sixteen; and
James Dowls, the fourteen-vear-old
son of Jeff Dowls. The bod- ? of Mr.
Guy and. Miss Suttles were interred
in the Old Westminster cemetery, j
The interment of young Dowls took
place at Cross Roads on Chauga last
Friday.
Mrs. C. E. O. Mitchell ls reported
very ill this morning. Her friends
hope to henr of an early improve
ment.
Rev J. L. Singleton will preach In
the Methodist church next Sabbath
at 3.30 p. m., and in the Baptist
church on the first Sunday in Feb
ruary at 7.30 p. m. ,
A. t rank Davis died in the East
End on Saturday night from the ef
fects of measles,and pneumonia. He
was a son of J. Davis and was
reared in the Unity section, above
Madison. He leaves a wife and one
child. Interment occurred at Pleas
ant Ridge cemetery on Monday.
C. E.-Gray, proprietor of the Oco
nee Steam Marble and Granite
Works, has erected for Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Matheson and Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Zimmerman very pretty monu
ments over the graves of their de
ceased babes, Gerald and Zelma.
Both have a statue representing an
angel with outstretched wings. The
statues are of imported Italian mar
ble, and were shipped from Carrara,
Italy. This is the first imported
marble placed In the new cemetery.
IThe next lyceum attraction will be
February 19.
Freem?n Hunter, of Toccoa, Ga.,
was here on business Monday.
Mrs. Cox, wife of William Cox, re
siding two miles below Oakway,
died on last thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Anderson re
turned yesterday from a brief visit
to Atlanta.
Mr. Lawrence, who resides at the
Shields Martin old place, fell from a
loaded wagon a few days ago, and
broke his collar bone.
The following are the appoint
ments of th- Westminster circuit.
Rev. .1. L. Singleton In charge: First
Sunday, Hopewell ll a. m., Nazareth
3.30 p. m.: Second Sunday, Westmin
ster ll a. m ,. Kook Springs 3.30 p.
m., Center, 7.80 p. m.; Third Sun
day. Center ll a m.; Friendship 8.30
p. m.; Fourth Sunday, Rock Springs
ll a: -n., Westminster 3.80\p. m.
We are very glad that cotton ls ad
vancing so rapidly, lt lacks only 2 V4
cunts of being the ?r!ce BO many are
holding fer.
Miss Marple Hall, the groat-gran rt
daushier Sf Mrs. Mamie/Johns, left
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* EMERSON SUKUENDEItS. ?
* _ ?
* Allen Emerson, who was sen- *
* ten ced to a life term in the pent- *
* tentiary for the killing of Thos. *
* F.' Drake on August ll, 1906,*
* but who escaped from the Ander- *
+, son county Jail, hos surrendered ?
* and ls now in the State penlten- .
* tlary. Emerson voluntarily sur- *
* rendered to Sheriff Green, of An- *
* demon county. *
last Friday for California, after
spending several months in Oconee
with relatives. Her mother, Mrs.
Lulu Halli resides at 1046 Tenth
street. San Diego, Cal. She is pleas
antly remembered here as Miss Lulu
label, formerly of Westminster. Llt
Ue Miss Hall is only thirteen years of
age and m perhaps the youngest lady
that ever started on BO lons a lour
ney from Westminster alone. The
distance from here to her destina
tion is over 4,000 miles. She will be
five days oh the road.
Frank H. Shirley Is here this week
after spending three weeks lu Ander
son and Picketie counties.
Paul P. Sullivan, of Madison, was
hero on business last Friday.
Anthony B. Stewart is now work
ing in the express office.
C. G. Jaynes, ol Walhalla, was here
Monday.
J. A, Collins informs us that he
has bought the Nicholson property
in Walhalla.
D. I. Mulkey will leave soon for a
trip to Oklahoma.
There ls n great deal of moving in
Wost m ins ter. It sure reminds us of
the play "Move Kitchen Furniture."
Miss Augusta Smithson has re
turned from a visit to her uncle, pr.
J. H. JOhhs, in Altanta.
Thar* will be preaching in West
End Chapel next Sunday night at
7.30 by Rev. J. J. Harrell. Public
cordially Invited.
Married, at tho Baptist parsonage,
on January 16th, at 5 p. m., J. F.
Geer, of Anderson, und Miss Beulah
Corine Poore, of Westminster, Rev.
J. R. Moore officiating. They took
their departure on train No. 40" an
hour later, for Anderson, where they
will make their home in the future.
J.- A. Collins, who. represents a
wholesale grocery house, reports,
corn and oats advancing, and meat
and flour a little weak.
Rev. S. A. McDaniel and family
arrived yesterday. A. L. Gossett.
r^jjr- -
Fever Sores.
Fever sores and old chronic sores
should not be healed entirely, hut
should be kept In healthy condition.
This can be done by applying Cham
berlain's Salve. This salve has no
superior for this purpose. It is also
most excellent for chapped hands,
sore nipples, burns and diseases of
the skin. For sale hy J. W. Bell.
Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca.
Hopewell Happenings.
Hopewell, Jan. 20.-We have a
flourishing school now at Hopewell,
under the management of Miss Es
sie Smalley, of near Deercourt, Ga.
She is an experienced' teacher, and
seems to be advancing the children
rapidly.
A number of young folks spent a
very pleasant evening at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Jenkins Fri
day.
Jordan Land and Miss Essie Smal
ley visited frlendB In . Georgia last
Sunday.
Wyatt Dawkins and Miss Nannie
Davis were the guests of Miss Alpha
^Jenkins one day recently.
J. E. Leverett and son, of Deer
court, Ga., visited friends in this vi
cinity last week.
MISB Maggie Alexander, a charm
ing youqg lady of Salem, ls spend
ing a week with her cousin, Miss
Lillie Land.
T. E. Davis has been on the sick
Hst recently. We hope he will soon
recover his usual health.
Miss Mattie Jenkins ls visting her
sister, Mrs. J. E. Leverett, near
Deercou vt. G*? ?
Mrs. J. J. Pickens ls visiting her
daughter, Mrs. J. F. Singleton, at
Walhalla.
Ellis Land has almost completed a
nice residence about one mile from
Hopewell church.
G. M. Singleton is erecting a nice
dwelling house about a mlle from
Chauga church.
Styles Harbin ls slowly recover
ing from severe Injuries received by
falling from a bicycle. Wo hope for
him a speedy recovery.
Misses Hattie and Mary Adams,
of the Westminster Knitting Mills,
spent Saturday night with home
folks.
The people of this community have
purchased a nice organ for Hopewell
church.
Rev. J. L. Singleton wMl preach
at Hopewell the first Sunday morn
ing at the usual hour, A.
A Care for Misery.
"I have found ? cure for tho mis
ery malaria poison produces," says
R. M. James, of Louellen, S. C. "It's
called Electrlo Bitters, and comes In
BO-cent bottles. It. breaks Up a case
of chills or billjim attack in almost
no time; and lt puta yellow Jaundice
clean out of commission." Thls.great
tonic medicine and blood purifier
gives quick relief In all stomach, liver
and ki .ney complaints and the mis
ery of lame baot. Sold, under guar
antee by ell druggists.
MATTERS IN COLUMBIA.
Senator Kuril- Writes Interesting
Letter on Timely Topics.
Columbia, Jan. 20.-Editors Keo
wee Courier: The annual session of
the General Assembly convened at
the Capitol on the 14th of January,
and naturally th? people throughout
the State are more or less inquisitive
as to what the Legislature will do.
So early in the' session a forecast of
what may be expected would be diffi
cult. The first few days, probably
the first two weeks, are usually con
sumed by the members In getting
their bills in shape to start into the
legislative mill, and then in getting
the committee work in shape for the
respective houses. While there are
very little results to the- observer,
yet the work of this part of the ses
sion is as hard as any. It lu usually
In the committee work that the real
legislation is done.
?he two subjects which have been
mont ?HKOIIHHP?I aty fay hy tho mem
bers has been the repeal' of the lien
law and the farm contract labor law.
It looks as though the Hen law will
be repealed at this session. The sen
timent ls very much stronger for Its
repeal than it was at the last session,
and the vote was very close then. In
feet if every vote for the repeal had
been held together the lien law, in
so far as merchants' supplies ls con
cerned, would have been wiped out.
There seems to have been a gene
ral misapprehension as to the effect
of the proposed change in the Heh
law. There is not and has not been
any bill before the General Assembly
which sought to repeal every provis
ion of wbat is known ns the agricul
tural Hen law, but only that portion
of ?.he law which permits advances
by other persons than the landlord
It is proposed to leave the landlord's
lien for rent just, as lt ls at present,
and to leave t ''s Hen for supplies
where they arc. -iade under the writ
ten contract just as lt stands at pres
ent. The change then will simply
require the tenant to ?et his sn nulle?
under a Hen from his landlord, or
the landlord to assign his Hen for ad
vances to the mei (-haili with whom
the tenant desires to trade. None of
these lawe ls without Its accompany
ing evils, lt will not be' questioned
[for a moment but tfcat the Ile 1 w,
as it has existed for a number of
years, has been very extensively
abused, and lt ls perfectly patent to
any scrutinizing mind that the pro
posed change will leave the law still
in a condition that lt may be taken
advantage of to oppress, the poor;
but it will have a tendency to relieve
!the present strained condition of la
bor for the farmers. It will give the
landlord, if he so desires, the abso
lute control of all labor on hts prem
ises, aiid lt will give the tenant who
ls worthy of the confidence and cred
it, a better opportunity to purchase
his supplies- at the lowest possible
price.
The decision of Judge William H.
Brawley, of the United States Dis
trict Court for this State, rendered
some time ago, has aroused a very
great Interest In the subject of farm
labor contracts. Judge Brawley held
flatly that no violation of any con
tract which was a promise to perform
certain services could be made a
public wrong or crime. This case,
which was decided by Judge Braw
ley, holding the law which provides
a punishment for the violation of
farm contracts to be void,' has been
carried to the United States Ciro Ht
Court of Appeals by writ of error,
and Is proposed to be thence carried
to the United States Supreme Court
by this State. This question has been'
thought to be of such great moment
to the Interests of this State that the
Attorney General is bringing the
power of the State to bear to have
Judge Brawley's decision reversed,
but there ls little ground for hope
that he will eventually be successful
In this since only one day last week
our own Supreme Court, sitting en
bane with the four Justices of the
Supreme Court and eight Circuit
Judges, by a decisive majority holds
this law to he unconstitutional. The
Supreme Co'ir't Justices were equally
divided, two for and two against sus
taining this law. But the Circuit
Judges have showi*' timi they were
strongly in favor ot declaring it void.
There are strong men holding opin
ons on both sides of this question.
To hold out any Inducement that this
or any other law dealing with this
subject will be sustained by the
Courts of last resort is to be base
hope upon a sand foundation. It
may be done, we oannot say, hut to
punish one class of individuals who
promise to do certain things has been
and will be an Innovation on the
ideas of liberty conceived by thc
founders of this government. It ls
contended with much force that there
ls no real difference between the in
dividual who promises within a cer
tain period to pay a definite amount
of money, and the Individual who,
within a definite period, agrees to
perform certain services, and it
would hardly be contended for a mo
ment that an individual who gives
his promisory note for the payment
of a sum ot money by a certain time,
If he falls to pay within the time that
he should be held guilty of a public
wrong. It may be that ths solution
of the problem ou thin line will yet
be found to be in the remedies af
forded by the Court o* Equity. If a
landlord has made such financial ar
rangements as that there ls a very
heavy and disastrous pending loss in
case ot ihr* failure of the laborer to
perform his part of the contract,
then the Court of Equity should de
cree the performance ol that coo
?
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tract. After a Judgment for the per
formance of the contract has been
obtained, the party refusing to obey
the Judgment of the court could bo
Imprisoned ??s for contempt. But
the remedies on the civil side of tho
court are too expensive and too slow
for the ordinary enforcement of
rights of this character. A better
and more effective 'solution of thia
whole Question, than anything yet
proposed, ls that the farmers hold
steadfast together, maintain their pe
culiar organisation,and require every
farmer, upon the application of the
tenant, to give a letter or introduc
tion, which will set forth his merits
or demerits, and permit no farmer
to be a member of the organisation
who will clandestinely or otherwise
employ laborers who have aol such a
letter of recommendation. This may
work some hardship for a short
while, but lt will soon prove of tho
greatest benefit to the farming inter
ests of any community. This is only
carrying out the rule of doing unto
others as you would have them do
unto you, I havs given thlB much
consideration to the laws peculiarly
affecting the farming interest of thc
country, because of the very numer
ous requests that have been made to
me for something along this line. K
shall vote for anything and every
thing in sight that has the semblance
of good In lt for the agricultural in
terests.
The General Assembly celebrated
Lee s birthday by ? visit to Win
throp College on last Saturday. Of
course everything at the college waa
In trim, and the photographs and
sayings of and about Gen. Robert E.
Lee wero prominent on the walls
throughout the college, also appro
priate decorations. Winthrop Col
lege ls one of the grandest institu
tions of tho South. It is commonly
spoken of as bel?g one of the finest
p.nd ?r>o?t ??efnl collagen there ls.
It certainly I? filling a much needed
place In the State. That is without
question, because of the great num
ber of young ladies who aro trying
to get Into Winthrop and aro turned
<-.7,T.y cvviy yearv There ara now
in the college above 600 young la
dies, and to a casual observer every
one pretty and healthy. The general .
comment of every one who sees these
girls ls that they never saw mien /a
healthy crowd of tj'rl?, There are
now about BOO girls In this institu
tion. There have been more turn|ed
away for the lost year thau could bo
accommodated. Oconee county -ls
fairly well represented in so far as
number is concerned, and splendidly
represented In talent by the follow
ing young ladles: Misses Gertrude
Biemann, Helen Fant. Eleanor Keys,
Frances Stribling, Irene Strother,
Bertrand Porrltt, Annie McMahan,
Margaret Morrison, Lucy Doggett,
Sarah Gurman, Kittie Furmah. Thoro
were eleven others of Oconee who ap
plied, but they could not get in on
account of lack of accommodations.
This ls u serious problem which con
fronts the Geno.ni Assembly to-day:
What Is to be done for the education
of our girls? It ls difficult to say
what the future may bring forth, but
If the demand for education in -
creases for the next ten years in pro
portion to the last ten years, college
accommodations will have to bo at
least double what they are to-day.
? if South Carolina does not provide
the means of a higher eduoatlon for
her youths.they will be compelled to
go to other States, where accommo- >
dations are offered, spend their
money there, form associations there,
which may take from us the best tal
ent which we produce. Winthrop .
last year had a total enrollment of
626. Last, year's expenses amounted
to 951,335. The estimate for this
year ls $72,195. In addition to this
amount the board of trustees aro
unanimous in a request to tho Legis
lature Lo build a ' new dormitory
which will accommodate at least 400
n ore girls. The cost of this dormi
tory is estimated to be $50,000, but
we have no idea that lt can be built
With less than $75,000 or .$100.000.
There are Btrong demands coming
from every source tor greater appro
priations, and greater appropriations
mean higher taxes. The Governor is
urging the Legislature to put on two
mills more taxes for the State gov
ernment. The counties aro asking
fdr more taxes for roads and brldogs,
end taxes now seem to be about as
I burdensome as the publie can stand,
i don't think that the Legislature
Will accede to the Governor's de
mand, because in .ny judgment lt ls
not a good business proposition. Tho
plan which is n' w pursued for pay
ing the government's expenses has
been in operation ever since I have
been In public life, and has been ap
proved by most Of those who hara
been Intimately connected with it.
it Simply means this: At present It
ls necessary to collect from tbe peo
ple of the Stato $J.?850,000 for the
puroose of running the State govern
ment.. This amount is required to
meet the obligations for ono year,
but tho amount rollected on the tax
levy for the yer.r 1907 t$ not suffi
cient to pay all the obligations for
the vear 1908, and the State has to
borrow about $250,000 to bridge
over tbe last two or three months,
say August, September and October,
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
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It Does the Rosiness.
E. B. Chamberlain, of Clinton, M*.,
says of Bucklen's Arnica Salve: "It
doea the business. I have used lt for.
piles and it cured them. Used lt fon
ohapped hands and it cured them.
Applied lt to an old sore, and it heal?
cd lt without leaving a soar behind.'*
25c. at all drug stores.