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Commenced Business Ec. HEPACIF10 ROBERT NORRIS, General Agent AULL LIBRARY ACT. 302 School Libraries Established Un der its Provisions. According to the reports sent in by the various county superintendents of education to the state superinten dent of education, 302 school libraries have been established under the pro visions of the Aull library act, passed by the recent legislature. State Su perintendent Martin thinks that this is doing very well indeed, inasmuch as the law has been in operation but four months and many of the schools closed soon after the money became available. He says that this work will receive renewed interest and effort when the schools open again in the fall. It will be noticed that the counties of Darlington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Florence, Greenwood. Marlboro, Rich land, Spartanburg and York have the full twelve allowed under the provis ions of the act. and several of the others will soon reach the limit for this year. Several county superin tendents reported that they could raise more than twelve. Superinten dent Elmore, of Spartanburg, says that he thinks that his county would raise fifty by the close of the year if the same conditions should apply to all over twelve. For Richland twen tv-three libraries have been establish ed, the trustees having advanced the money for the extra ones. A prom inent citizen of Darlington county donated enough money to help the twelve most needy schools in that county, and that will make twenty four for Darlington. The establishment of the small li braries has given an impetus to the r;ovment for improved school li braries and better equipment. The state superintendent hopes that the library law will be continued with its provisions enlarged and extended, and he believes also that it will lead to son-e legislation for better houses and equipment. The following shows the number in each county: Abbeville. 7: Aiken. 7; Anderson. 5: Bamberg. 3; Barnwell. 7; Beaufort, 3; Berkeley, 2; Charleston, 2: Cherokee. 3; Chester. S: Chesterfield. o: Claren don. 9: Colleton, 6: Darlington, 12: Dorchester. o: Edgefield, 12: Fairfield, 12: Florence. 12: Georgetown. 1: Greenville. to: Greenwood. 12: Hamp ton, 5: Horry, 5: Kershaw, 7: Lancas ter. 6; Laurens, 12: Lee. 9: Lexington. 5: Marion. 4: Marlboro, 12: Newber ry. 8: Oconee, to: Orangeburg, 12: Pickens, 4: Richland. 12: Saluda. 8: Spartanburg t2: Sumter. 6: Union. 6: Williamsburg. 3; York. 12. GOLD NUGGET. Discovered in New South Wales Holds the Record With 64~o Pounds. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "I have just been reading an ac count in a newspaper about the find ing of a large nugget of gold in an Australian mine, and the writer calls it the largest nugget of this metal ever unearthed. It weighed 152 pounds and sold fo.r a trifle over $35. coo. and this shows that the writer was mistaken in his assertion. for many larger nuggets have been found." Mr. Gustave Raacke tells me. "The largest nugget ever discovered was at the Byer & Holt. claim. Will End. New South WVales. on May 1o. 1872. That single piece of gold ':eighed 640 pounds and was about 4 inches thtick. 4 feet nine inches long and 3 feet 2 inches wide. Its total value, after the baser metals had been e-xtad was S8Anon. and still holds Mearly Forty Years Ago. Not the largest-not the oldest but, by reason of its peculiar legal organization, the strongest life in surance company in the world. L The Pacific Mutual Life writes in the plainest terms the most lib eral policy sold. Its ratest are no greater than those of other Old Line companies. In taking life insurance it is not estimates (guesses) that the peo ple want but Guarantees. Our Guaranteed values, writen in the policies, are greater than the guarantees of any other company. To find out all the good things w.e offer send date of birth to, or, call on Over Postoffice, Newberry, S. CG the world's record, unless the infor mation I have on the subject is de ticient. and I don't think it is. As a rule. large gold nuggets are very, very seldom found. and generally about one is all that has ever figured in the history of a single mine, with the exception of the Canadian Gully. Ballarat. This mine started in a most .nsatisfactory-appearing locality, and after working down a few feet the prospectors themselves were begin ning to grow somewhat dubious, when. on Jan. 20. 1853. they struck a pocket from which they took a nug get-weighing 93 pounds that brought the finders $22.35o. The camp went crazy with excitement. but two days. later. at an additional depth of 7 feet another nugget weighing 84 pounds and selling later for $20,325. was tak en out: This established a new record, and the mine was surrounded after that for days by a crowd of interest ed spectato s. hoping against hope that another discovery would result from the workings, and for once anticipation was not dis appointed. for on Jan. 31, just eleven days after the first nugget had been unearthed. a third was brought to light, that weighed 134 pounds. and sold for $32,360. One may readily picture the mental condition of those miners after the third rich prize, and the consequent reflected excitement in the camp. Australia. you know. has always been the land of nuggets. The Oates & Nelson find at Nonnelly. in i88o. was extracted from the roots of a tree which the prospectors had decided to remove only because it interfered with some work they con templated on the surface, and not be cause they thought there was any gold beneath it. This nugget weigh ed 189 pounds and a bank bought it for S5o.ooo. Another almost acciden tal find was the 'Welcome Stranger.' taken from a shaft at Bakery Hill. June 9. 1858. The prospectors were just about to abandon their mine in disgust. for the working had been productive of little gold. when their picks unearthed this lump of gold. which weighed 184 pounds. and sold for $4.30 With only two excep tions. all of these nuggets were lar ger than the one about which I spoke first." The Maid's Evasive Answer. Philadelphia Telegraph. Strange as it may seem, there is a public man in this city who is blessed or cursed with a tender conscience that worries him in small matters as well as in great. Among the things that he cannot justify to himself is the bidding a servant to say that he is not at home wvhen in reality he is inside his house. At the same tiime he is not. able to receive the many visitors who call upon him, and his only resource was to give instructions that polite excuses should be given. Upon one occasion such instructions were given to a maid, an Irish girl gifted with the readiness and good wit of her na tion. "Then I'm to be saying, sir, that you're not at home?" the maid in quired. "No. Mary. no!" was the reply: "'that would not be true. ff any one Ishould ask for me. yo must just put him off-give him some evasive an swer. you know." "I'll do it. sir. never fear," was the maid's reply. Mary w~as as good as her word. That afternoon a person of impor tance madec his appearance, and was dulv ser away. The faithful maid reported a circumstance to her em ployer. "What did you do. Mary?" inquir Ied the latter with some trepidation. "Oh, I iust put him onf sir, as you told me. I gave him an evasive an swer." "What did you say?" "Oh. sure, he axed me if the boss was home, and I axed him. 'Was his grandmother a monkey?' A Common Sense Fourth. The abandonment of the plan for a "sane" Fourth of July celebration in Chicago does not necessarily im ply that there shall or will be an in sane celebration of the national holi day. The executive proclamation gov erning the discharge of fireworks is intended t. prevent accident to per son and to safe-guard property. Ti parents will exercise re:sonable sup ervision over juvenile celebrants in stead of relying upon the police force the provisions of the proclamation can be so enforced that the number of fatalities and explosives can be greatly lessened. The parents of Chicago can make it possible for this city to have a common sense Fourth of July cele bration if they will. Dr. C. J. Moffett is a graduate of nedidre and has as much right to prescribe for the sick as any physician, and gives to mothers his "TEETHINA" as the best remedy they car use for their teething children. "TEETHINA" Aids Digestion. Regniates the Bowels. Over co es and Counteracts the Effects of the Sum mer's Heat and makes teething easy. From Chicago. "The lady is from Chicago?" "Yes." "Married?" "Yes." "'Long?" "No; often." Chamberlain's Colic, .Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This remedy is certain to be needed in almost every home before the sum mer is over. It can always be de pended upon even in the most severe and dangerous cases. It is especially valuable for summer disorders in children and never fails to give prompt relief. Why not buy it now? For sale by Smitl's drug stere, New berry; Prosperity drug company. Prosperity. The baby does more to cut down the business of the divorce court than all the grown people combined. Cured of Chronic Diarrhoea After Ten Years of Suffering. "I wish to say a few words in praise of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy." says Mrs. Mat tie Burge. of Martinsville. Va. "I suffered from chronic diarrhoea for ten years and during that time tried various medicines without obtaining any permanent relief. Last summer one of my children was taken with cholera morbus, and I procured a bottle of this remedy. Only two doses were required to give her entire re lief. I then decided to try the medi cine myself, and did not use all of one bottle before I was well and I hav,e never since been troubled with that complaint.: One cannot say too much in favor of that wonderftul medicine." This remedy is for sale by Smith's dIrug store. Newberry: Prosperity dIrug company. Prosperity. Small Boy (who had become inter ested in coin collecting)-Papa. what is the rarest coin you know of? Papa (sadly)-A twenty dollar gold piece. my son.. W\hen bilious take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. -For sale by Smith's drug store, Newberry; Prosperity drug company. Prosperity.I "You wouldn't believ'e me," he said. "if I wvere to tell you how much I love you." "Oh. well." she replied. "why should you be afraid as long as you don't put it down in writing?" One Lady's Recommendation Sold Fifty Boxes of Chambelain's Stomach and Liver Tablets "I have. I believ'e. sold fifty boxe" of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver 'Tablets on the recommer.dlation of one lady here, who first bought a box of them about a year ago. She nev'er tires of telling her neighbor< and friends about the good qualities of these Tablets."-P. M. Shore. Drug gist. Rochester. Ind. The pleasant purgative effect of thiese Tablets makes them a favorite with ladies everywhere. For sale by Smith's drug store. Newberry: Prosperity A FEW OP SEVEN Ezxract from f "I had impure blood and tetter. Your medicine cured me sound and well." William S. Winn, New Weston. Ohio. "The only doctors I have had in my family for ten years are Seven Barks and Globe Pills. They are the best doctors in the world."-G. W. Kitteman, Silver. ton. Mo. "I had four attacks of bilious fever. I tried many remedies with only tempo rary relief, until I resorted to Seven Barks. After one bottle I felt as g,)-d as ever I did."-Wade J. Shepard, San dersville, Ga. "I have not had a doctor in my fam ily since I have been using your medi cine (Seven Barks)."-Annie Aillis, Pow hatan, Ark. "Seven Barks is good for more dis eases than it's recommended for. I could not get along without it."-Mrs. E. A. Hamilton, Sarahville, Ohio. "After using two bottles of your Seven Barks my wife was entirely cured of rheumatism."-Frank B. Carman, Brook lI. N. Y. "I feel satisfied that if anything will prolong life it is Seven Barks and Globe Pills."-Wm. 1. Hancock, Ogden City, Utab. We could use several pages of this s original letter in our possession, received I There is no evidence of merit deserved we settle all doubt, if in the reader's mind, is to gist. and if you do not find it al! we claim ully refunded by the druggist you bought LYMAN BROWN. Pharmacls SOLE MAYES' DR NEW IT Dotr Said. I Con!d~ N: Mia%t Whiskey Cured3 ' ' attribute mv h-inT aie awl str,,nz rnd) wr-l testiliMlial is publiahed in g,od faith anud gu Duffy's Pure Th%- (ireat-Consumpt is used by over 1,000 doctnrs and hospitals e cure for consumptiou, coughs, colds, grip, 1 tarrh and all diseases of throat and lungs stomach trouble; nervousness, malaria and low fevers, and for all weakened, run-d< diseased or wasting conditions of body, br, nerve and muscle. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey not only dr out disease germs, but builds up new tissues enovates the entire system .It aids digest nriches the bloo d, stimulates circulation, tV p the heart, quiets the nerves, and nouri nd builds up the body so that it will throw nd prevent disease. At thi" medical convention in Albany A Lfl NG DOCTOR SAID: "I would rather h~ uffys Pure NMalt Whiskey to cure consu; tion and diseases of the throat and lungs t ll other medicines in the world." And the< os present agreed with him unanimously. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is invaluable tired-out, overworked, worried men, delic ervous women, and sickly children. It3 otes health and long life, kesthe old yom udy makes the young strong. It is absolutely pure, contains no fusel oil, overnment as a medicine. This is a guara CAUTION.-When you ask for Duffy's P.rs nscrupulous dealers, mindful of the excellene mitations and malt whIskey substitutes, rhi hich, far fronm relIevIng the sIck, are positivel; get It. It is the only absolutely pure Malt WI' ualities. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Is sold I ook for the trade-mark, the "Old Chemist," o s unbroken. Beware of refilled bottles. Sold by all druggists and grocers, or )uffy Malt W~hiskey Co. Roches.ter, New Y< or Sale in all South STOP AN~ Wanted purchasers at our sto and up-to-date furniture and Iopened in tils city. Room suit and all kinds of stoveware, C SWindow glass from 8xio to 36 stock of wal1 paper. featber beds sell you these goods cheaper tba IShelley, Dean S' Newberry Hardware Co 'hiskey -_ Morphinie __ HabIt, . Hbt Cured by Keeley Iristitu .3- LaySt r 1' 0. Box 75, Columbia. S. INIONS OF BARKS )ri.dnal Lefferte: "For two years I had indigestion and dyspepsia in their worst form. Five bot ties of Seven Barks entirely cured me." -Robt. Downs, Laura Furnace, Ky. "We write to inform you of a miracu lous cure effected in our neighborhood. William Woodell had a very bad leg-al most mortifying. Ten or twelve _physi ci:.ns treated him and failed to effect a cure. Eight bottles of your Seven Barks cured him. You can use our names as witnesss."-H. S. Wall, E. G. Barnes, T. A. Pounds, J. T. Poole, Archer Lodge. N. C. NOTE-Seven Barks has made many such records in severe cases of blood diseases. "I have used Seven Barks for the past twenty-one years."-Mrs. Annie Robin son. Folsom, Iowa. "Doctors called it catarrh of the stom ach and bowels. He is better now than for fifteen years. He owes it all to Seven Barks."-G. W. Viles. Collinsville, Ill. "I have used Seven- Barks for past twenty vears. It has saved me many doctoris' bills. Have found it a most ex cellent remedy for indigestion, loss of appetite and kidney troubles."-L. A. Ames, Prospect, Me. ize in reproducing short extracts from rom enthusiastic friends of "Seven Barks." cannot produce, but the quickest way to buy a 50-cent bottle from your home drug get your money back. It will be cheer of. , . - - New York City. ny UG STORE. t Live, ut iLffys Pure a !:-.ora:'.es and Wes Re durd to -. Gk.:ton, Sut Your .. :.ul Remedy Built Me Up r, I Gai%ed 60 Prunds," Says Cra Riley, CG=tesvill, Pa. r. Yvar yel. a;;o I was a mere skeleton. I had beon i, poor hmdth since childhood. The doctors told me it was-cousumption and that I coi!d not ~et weU. As winter appeached rmy cou::h_b..e:i.o more sever' and my condition so iis dat L h:. l number of he$1rrhr.1-j, and my w-Ioht was reduced to less than ninety Pondils. "I first learned that DufTr's Puro Mn Whi'key was;,axd f or consumption tlruti rea,iig c:e of your advertise ments in a rhI:,ade1phia,>ap;-r.Thnm miy:s the matter ipy with ourlocal druggistand he reco:nn eded your whiskey as such agrand curo for consumption that I bc-,an takin it in October and continied its use throughi: out the witer. I be-%in to improve at once and wit;:in three months I waz curet of awful consunitvn. "I am glad to tel you now, after a lapse of noarly four yea rs, that I am in perfect health and wei:gh over 150 pounds. I I to your wonderful Malt Whiskey." This ranteed. Malt Whiskey ion and Throat Cure, . xclusively as the one complete and perfect bronchitis, asthma, pleurisy, pneumonia, ca ; indigestion, dyspepsia and every form of all nwn ves /W and -on, fofr ate andsth an steonly whiskey recognized by the itee. Malt Whiskey be sure you get the genuine. of this preparation, will tyto sell you cheap ch ase put on the market fr profit only and y harmfpl. Demand " Daf's" and be sureyo iskey which contains meicinal, healhgvn n sealed bottles only; never in flask or bak. the label, and be certain the seal over the cork lirect, $1.00 a bottle. Medical booklet f.-'. >rk. oroina Dispensaries DREAD re for the cheapest line of new ouse furnishing goods ever s; Beds. Dre uers, stoves, pipe * ~rockery, Glasstvare, Lamps, * inches Don't fail to see our and feather pillorts. We will* any one in Newberry. & Summer,: s. Old Stand, Main St. igarette _|_ All Drug hnd Tobacco Habit, -I Habits te of South Carolina.