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el ate VOL.gXL. NO. 91. NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY. MARCII 18. 1904. TWICE A WEEK. S1.50 A YEAR WILL BORROW IN APRIL. The State Spends' Its Money Before It Is in Hand-Will Borrow Up To Legal Limit. Columbia. .March TO.-It is rath er a curious conientary upon the finances of the state that the borrow in of money- will have to begin as early as April. This (toes not mean that the state is embarrassed or that it4vill not meet its just an( proper obligations, but it means that the state .spends its money before it is actually in hand. T he expectation is that the state pensions to Confed erate soldiers will be paid during the latter part of April. and when ever these pensions are paid the state will have to borrow. The statutes allow the borrowing of S200.ooo. with which to meet the payment of pensions. and at least.1 half. and very probably all, of this fund will have to be borrowed and interest paid on it until next year. Moreover, it will not be long before the state will have to borrow more money. as it will not have sufficient monev on hand with which to meet current expenses, and at the same time meet the July interest on the State debt. The state will have to borrow money at a greater rate of interest than it is paying on its! bonds. By next January the state will have to borrow up to the legal limit-$5oo.ooo--according to present calculations. The Appropriation Act carries more money with it than hereto fore. and the new methods of raising additional revenue-the franchise tax, the dog tax and the, like-will not be available in time to avoid the maximum amount of borrowing. STATE EXECUTIVE COMMiTEE. Wil Meet On 22d to Call Democrafic Con vention and to Provide for Prmary In the Late Mr. Croft's Distlct. Gen. Wilie Jones, chairman of the state democratic executive com mittee, has issued an official call for a meeting of the committee, to be held in Columbia. in the secretarv of state's office. at 8 p. m. on March' 22 for the purpose of calling a state convention. which is merely a mat ter of form. and the principal busi-, ness is the ordering of a primary in the 2d district. to choose a suc-, cessor to 'the late Hon. George XV Croft, and fix the dates for holding the same. -Governor Heyward has issued an official order for a general elec tion on .lay 17. this being made mandatory hv the state constitution. The 2d district is compo)sedi of the counties of Aiken. B3amberg. Barnwell. Beaufort. Edgefield, Hampton andl Saluda. seven in all. and the arrangement for the can Lvass of these counties by the candi-' dates and the fixing of the dates for the primaries, for there will be more than one, is a rather difficult task. It has been suggested that the committee fix the first primary for March 31, and the next for LApril 19. and the third, if another flbe necessary, for May 3. This would 5give all candidates time to arrange Ffor their canvass, and the last pri Fmary would be held on May 3, which is the required two weeks be fore the general election. So far there have been no furth er announcements. and the list pub lished recently about covered all of the men who were thinking of en tering the race, unless Mr. Croft's son decides to become a candidate. Graham-Harmon. Mr. Willie Lee Graham and Miss Hattie Harmon. both of the coun tv, were married at the parsonage of the Bethlehem charge on March 6th_ by the Rev. L JL Long. NEW DISPENSARY BOARD. Seems Tney Will Require Stricter En forcement of the Dispensary Law. Soveral Resolutions Adopted. The State. lher were 37 liquor drunimers: in the city last week. that being the the occasn (.f the purchase ot whiskv fur tie next quarter. The d cinnsarv law savs of this mat ter: "The said directors of the di pensary shall not purchase any li quor of any person, in or corpora-- i tion. who shall solicit any orders. either by drummers. agents, sam ples or otherwise except as herein before provided." In accordance with the terms of the law the board has adopted the: following resolutions: "Resolved. That the clerk of this board is here by instructed to notify all distillers and liquor dealers competi.g for business with the dispensary. that the board will positively refuse to consider bids from any firms who are known to "solicit" business with the dispensary through the State dispensary officials as provid ed in section 557 of the dispensary law. and that a copy of this resolu tion be sent to each firm bidding for dispensary business. with the re quest that they govern themselves accordingly. The law as to the sending o. bids and samples that the bids must be filed with the State treasurer and must he opened in public by the board and that accompanying said bids there shall be a sample of each kind of liquor offered for sale containing not more than half a pint each. and the sample is to: be kept by the commissioner until the purchased whiskey arrives and is compared with the sample. If the purchases fail to correspond in any respect with the samples. the seller shall forfeit to the State a sum not exceeding the value of the liquor. The new board; has shown a dis position to keep a strict rein over the agencies through which the stock is sold. The following reso lution was adopted: "Resolved. That the clerk of this board is here by instructed to forward a copy of tie dispensary law to each dispen ser in -the State. with instructions to strictly comply with sections 566. 567, 568 and 569 of said law." Section 566 is that which re quires the written application for liquors. This sec..on also requires the applicant to the state that he is not a minor or a drunkarti. Section 567 requires the cour v auditor to keep the request ho k n file in his office. Section ;68 requires an oath of the disDenser that he has atended to the matter of requiring written aplications and that he has turn ed over to the auditor all of the ap plications submitted. Section 569 requires the county board to revoke the commission of any dispenser who fails to require applicants to sign for the purchase and the deposed dispenser shall be1 indicted by the solicitor. This sec tion also 'penalizes dispensers for purchasing liquor otherwise than from the State dispensary and for adulterating the product of the big gin mill. J. H. TILLMAN IN THE RACE. A Number of Candidates Announced to Succeed the Late Congresman George W. Croft. A number of candidates have an nounced for Congress in the Sec on District, to succeed the late Mr. Croft. Former Lieutenant Gover nor James H-. Tillman says that he will ~be in the race. Hon. L. J. 'Wil liams. Hon. S. G. Mayfield, T. G. Croft, Esq., a son of the late -Con gressman Croft, and others will MIMNi GRAND SPR Every department filled up Spring Campaign is sounded. \ and we are going to do them. ! a berry who visited the great Dry G lieve I am the only one who is geti at either dept. I have received mo than the next three largest stores of wide-awake buyers have lear for bargains. The values quoted here are I Black A fifty foot display of fine BI do credit to a city five times the si 5 pcs 46 in. Nub Voil from all FrE sale . . . 5 pcs 46 in. Voil, very new and dr per yard 5 pcs 38 in. beautiful black Voil, sale . . . . 2 pcs 48 in. silk flemish Voil beat sale . . . . . Anything you can ask for in de Paris, Crepe de Chine Etemini Serge and Brilliantine. Silks Of 50 pcs Taffeta Silk all shades and black and white the 5oc kind for.............. 29c 5 pcs 36 in Black Taffeta guarantee not to split worth $1-50 for this sale......... 97C 2 pCs 36 in Black Peau de Soie worth $..o for this week................... 9Sc A big lot of Wash Silks to go this week af cut prices 2 cases 36 in Percals new spring styles worth ioc to go at...................... 6c 2 cases 36 in Dress Ginghams new spring styles worth ioc to go at... .......6....6c i case 36 in Curtain Swiss, beautiful quality and worth i5c to go at........... 1oc 2 cases 40 in White Lawn short Lawn worth 12+ and igc the yard, spccial for one week and only 12 yards to each customer.. 9c 00 pcs fine White Persian Lawn worth 20 and z5c to go at only................ 14c MI MNI Cheapest Store on Earle. -- Mit. HAVIuurs HAL.UQNATION. Havird came mn conversatior No Grounds for saluda Man's Appeal to orders to shoc Governor for Proteetion-BIs Home an his path," etc. Armory. there are three barrelled shotgi sixteen-shooters A dispatch from Saluda to, the i Mrs. H-avird, News and Courier says that in ac- called to the cordance with Governor Heyward's of firearms in't directions Sheriff Roden went chalantly rem; down yesterday to the home of P. readv for 'em: B. Havird,. the~young man who re- M~r. Havird': cently called on the Chief Execu- mind years ag< tive for protection, and after a. self. thorough investigation, among Mr. Mr-. WV. H. Havird's neighbors the conclusion county. a larg< is reached that Havird is the vic- know~n citizen. time of an inexplicable hallucmna-: three of his ribe tion. her. Being in1 In plain English, the opinion is jury is giving expressed that Havird is he rdering trouble. on insanity. The situat. .: be--____ comes more pitiable still when it is Tlpo known that the wife is in as bad, Tlpo or even worse, condition mentally Please add1 thanthe had dated Tanuary: kUG H'S. IV DIPLAY chock a block; the keynote of the Ae have been promising bia things m the only Dry Goods man in New oods Markets this season and I be :ing in any new goods. I can prove re Dry Goods, Millinery and Shoes in Newberry combined. Thousands ned that Mimnaugh's is the place )eyond competition to buyers of Goods. ack Dress Good and Silk stock would ze of Newberry. nch weavers worth $1 .00 for this .73c, essy worth $1.39 for this sale . . 94c ll eaves, worth 75c, for this itifuf blaclk worti $I.75 for this . . . $1.19 a black Dress Goods Stock, Crepe e Melrose French Batiste, Henrietta All Kinds. - !oo White Bed Spreads to go this week at only ............................... 49c 2oo White Bed S-,reads the $1.50 kind your choice this week.............- 98C ioo White Bed Spreads the *$'.75 kind your choice this week ..... ....... $1.39 ioo White Bed Spreads the $2.oo kind A your choice this week............... $1,59 300 doz fine Hemmed Huck Towels the i5c kind to go at only................. 9c 2oo doz find Hemmed Huck Towels every thread Linen and worth 25c each to go a leader this week for.................... 1IC 2 cases Poe Mill Bleaching full 36 in wide and worth ioc the yard special for one week............................ 7c cases Androscoggin Bleaching worth toLay at most stores ioc to go this week ~ fo WG H'S Wholenale and Retail. to Saluda today and ing new subscribers: stated that he had 126 M. A. Carlisle. office. t anyone "crossing 20-3 WV. Y. Fair. Res. or fou sttdouble 69 WV. P. Smith, Store. is-and two or three 31 S. H. Zimmerman. Res. in Havird's room. 12 R. D. Wright. Res. when attention was 59 C. E. Summer. Res. mmber and variety 83 Jno. Hutchinson, Res. heir bed room, non- 125 James Caldwell. Res. .rked: WXe are let 'em come.- 22-2 T. 0. Stewart, Res. ;mother lost her 84 Mrs. M. S. Glenn, Res. >and drowned her- 180 A. P. Pifer, Office. 7 B. E. Downs, Res. Kempson, of this 58 Western Union Tel. Office. farmer and well- 151 Jas. A. Bradley. Chf. Insp. a few days broke H170 (Pay Station) Newberry Swhile logging tim- Hotel.R.Y evl.Rs shi considerabl Speak wvith your lips close to the transmitter. _________Report all complaints to tele e Suscrber. phone No. 160. e usrbr-Southern Bell Telephone :o your directory & Telgraph Company, [5 194 the follow- R. G. Spearman. Mgr.