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VOL. XLII. NO. 44 NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY MARCH 3, 1905. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YE kR Special At HAIR In order to i Spring Goo A ruary 28, a Sbe had at Dry Goods, Dress I lot Black Dress Goods Serges and all the newes $1.25yd., for I lot 42 in. Mohair, Shark 5 . yd., for 1 lot 38 in. Fancy Mohair per yd. 1 lot 4 yds. each, Fancy S1 $3.50 each. 1 lot 36 in. Poi de Soie, lim for . I lot 39 in. Balck Taffeta, 14 yd., for . 1 lot 36 and 32 in. Jap an< per yd. Positively n H Al DATES OF PRI11RIES FOR SOLICITOR FIXED MEETING OF STATE EXECU TIVE COMMITTEE. Primaries to be Held on March 21 And April 4-General Elec tion on April ii. At the meeting of the state demo cratic executive committee. held in Columbia on Wednesday night, it was decided to hold the primaries for solicitor in the new eighth and ninth judicial circuits on March 21 and April 4. The general election will be held on April II. When the committee met Mr. C. L. Blease moved that the dates above mentioned be adopted and this was done. Before this, however, Mr. D. L. Sinkler,of Charleston, was giv en the floor. He said that while he believed that the point spoken of in regard to the poll lists in Charleston had been well taken, he believed it best not to raise the point and he was willing to let the poll lists of 1903 stand for the primaries. Mr. Sinkler was satisfied that he had the law on his side and was so advised by the attorney general. The ruling practically throws out all who have moved to Charleston since the poll lists were used and those who 'have become of age since then. The withdrawal of the point, however, settled the matter, and Mr. J. F. Ril ey. of Charleston offered the follow ing, which was adopted: "Whereas, it is necessary that the state democratic executive committee should take some action to enable the county of Charleston to take part in the democratic primary to be held on M- . 1903, for the purpose of se Iec.ang a solicitor for the 9th judicial circuit, composed of the counties of .Charilestnn o1eton and Beaufort: 10 Days, & HAVIRD'S, Bi introduce to ds, we offer f t 9 o'clock, a! HE RIGHT P Goods and Silks!' Eliennes, Mohairs. f t weaves, worth up tc . . . . 87c. skin, etc,, up to 85c. r . . . . 57c for Shirt Waist Suits . . . .48c. 3 irt waist Silks worth -td . $2.39 ited, worth $1.65 yd. . . .$1.15 limited, worth $1.35 1 I Hab. Silk, all colors f . 48c. c o Goods Charge( "Resolved, That in Charleston county the qualifications for voting t the primary to be held March 21, i9o5, shall be that the voter was qual ified to vote at the primary held Au gUSt 28, i9o4. The various counties represented in the two districts are as follows: Eighth-Saluda, March II; Newber Laurens. Newberry and Saluda. Ninth-Charleston, Beaufort and Colleton. The dates arranged for the meet ngs are as follows: Eight-Saluda. March II; Newber ry. March x3: Laurens, March 15; Abbeville, March 17; Greenwood, Mfarch 18. The various county chairmen of this district will be requested to ar range for the factory districts. Ninth-Charleston, March II; Walterboro, March 14: Beaufort, March r6. All pledges must be in with the chairman by March 1o at noon, and a rule was passed limiting the various counties to an assessmesnt of $25 per candidate. This was satisfactory to Charleston. The state committee will furnish the tickets and there will be no state assessments. The candidates mentioned . as fol lows: Eighth-E. S. Blease. 0. L. Schum pert. R. A. Cooper. F. H. Dominick, D. H. McGill. Fraser Lyon and W. P. Green. Ninth-W. Turner Logan, W. St. Julien Jervey and J. E. Padgett. Those present at the meeting were the following: A. W. Jones, Abbe J1. R. Clay. Aiken: C. B. Free. Bamn berg: WV. D. Black. Barnwell; J. F. Riley; Charleston; T. J. Cunning ham, Chester; Thos. Martin, Beau fort: J. W. Hill. Colleton; J. D. Biv ens. Dorchester: T. H. Kitchin. Fair field; D. H. Traxier. Florence; J. WV. Doar, Georgetown: J. G. Richards, 5ale of Ne aginning Tues the buying p or 10 days, b ! a part of tf 'RICED STOR One lot 36 in. Bleach ng, as good as the best or 6 I-4c. Ribbons, Embroide ies and Laces at 12, O and 4 I-2 cents the rard, every yard guar Lnteed to be worth louble.. 2,000 yards A. F. C. 3inghams, worth 1Oc., or this 10 days sale at >nly 8 cents the yard. 1, no samples CL Jr., Kershaw; T. B. Crews, Laurens; W. A. James, Lee; D. J. Griffith, Lexington; W. A. Brown, Marion; C. L. Blease, Newberry; Robert Lide, Orangeburg; W. T. O'Dell, Pickens; Wilie Jones, Columbia; J. C. H. Roach, Saluda; A. Moses, Sumter; J. W. Ardrey, York. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Supreme Court Holds Dispensary Di rectors Have no Power to Close County Dispensary. Columbia, March 1.-The supreme court this morning ordered that the state board of dispensary directors had acted illegally in the matter of closing the .dispensary at Elloree, and that according to the Brice bill and other provisions of the dispensary law the board had no right to order that dispensary closed, and that until a vote was taken which would decide the question the dispensary at that point should remain open. The case was one of the most interesting ever argued before that court and the de cision has been awaited wifh much interest by those who have given the law a study and are seeking remedies for present defects. Last December the board, by a vote of two to one, ordered the dispen sary at Elloree closed. Messrs. Boy kin and Towill voting to close the dispensary and Chairman Evans vot ing against the closinig of the dis. pensary. on the ground that the ac tion was illegal. Afterwards Dispen ser T. M. Weeks decided to test the question and employed Messrs. Lide and Moss. of Orangeburg, and Mr William Elliott. Jr., of this place. tc argue the case before the suprem< court, a temporary order having beer issued to hold open the dispensar) unltii the case should be decided. The case was argued in January be. fore the supreme court on the ques w Spring Ian, Feb. 28, at iublic our stoc eginning Tues ie many real E. White and Colored A center table piled high with W, and colored, worth up to 40c 1 lot white and figured P. K.'s 20c, yd., for 1,000 yds. Persian Lawns, w 35c. yd, for - - 1,000 yds. Persian Lawns, wor yd., for - - - 2,500 yds. India Linen, worth yd., for - - 2,000 yds. 40 in. India Linen, lasts - - - - 5,000 yds. best Shirting prints, yd., for - - - 1 lot 40 in. Sea Island, worth 6 it during this 10 I pensary could be closed up under the Brice act without a vote of the entire county and a levy of one-half mill tax on the county, which in plain words took away from the board the right to close up any dispensary without action being taken first by the county board of control. The decision rendered this morn ing practically sustains every point raised by the petitioner and says in conclusion: "Apart from this alleged power by the board of directors of the dispen sary it is possible that at some time a decision of thi-s kind would set at naught the will of the people as ex Ipressed by representatives of the people legally chosen. As we have b'fore remarkd there is no pewer giv en the state board to close a county dispensary and the demurrer is over ruled. As any further consideration of the case is not desired on the mer its of the case, we grant the petition and the action of the state board of December 14 is null and void." This practically means that the dis pensary at that place and in the coun ty will remain open until an election under the Brice law is held. HOW MUCH IS NECESSARY? Will the State be Forced to Borrow The $50o,0o0 Allowed by Law or Only $200,000? The Columbia correspondent of the INews and Courier says that the ques tion now being considered by the state treasurer and those who man age the finances of the state is wheth er or not the state will have to bor row the $3oo,000 allowed by law, or whether it wvill only be necessary to borrow $200,ooo of that amount. The last session of t'he general assembly changed the law so that it would not -he necessary to borrow in a lump - sum, and on account of this change -lit is possible that the state can get 'Goods Ba. nR' :k of New i iday,Feb- t values to Wash Goods! sh Goods, white ., for 23c. worth up to , . 12 1-2c orth up to - - 19c. h up to25c. up to 15C. 1 c 9c. as long as it 8 1-3C. worth 6 I-2c. - -4 J-4c. l-2c. yd., for c. )ays Sale. ID'S I along with less borrowed money than usual. Last year there was a provi sion in the law which made it abso- - lutely necessary to borrow the full $2oo,ooo for pensions, and unless this was done it was ruled thatnoneof that sum could be used for other purposes. As a result that sum and $300,000 was borrowed, running the total amount np to that fixed by law-$5oo,ooo This year there is some money on hand. estimated at $225,ooo, and there will be some more received from the various county treasurers before the time for the paying out of pensions arrives. With this it is thought that only a small amount may have to be borrowed to pay this appropriation, and that it will not be necessary to obtain another loan until-later in the year. The half mill increase in the sate tax fixed by the general assem bly will raise about iio,ooo more than the usual revenue, and it is thought that the franchise tax will give an addition $1oo,oo0, which may make up the deficiency. It is the opinion, however, of those who are studying the matter that at the end of the year the state will have borrowed about $35o,ooo, although this will be paid back by January of next year. The matter will be of general interest to the bankers throughout the state and the finan, cial report of 1905 will be of great importance for those who lend mon ey to the state. NOTICE. All persons having claims against the estate of John J. Mayer, deceas ed, wvill present the same, duly at tested, to the undersigned of his attor ney, Fred H. Dominick, on or before the 15th day of March, 1905 and all persons indebted to the said estate will make payment of said indebted ness on or before the said date. John M. Suber_ Administrator.