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So Akfalt and fwl Z. H. AULL, ZITR. Entered at the Postoffice at Nevu berry, S. C., as second class matter. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,go5. First Principles. We are glad of a recent editoria paragraph in the Observer becaus it has given the Danville Bee occa sion to give forth a brief but com prehensive statement of the princi pies which form the basis upon whic the democratic party was foundec Note the quotation: "The Federal government shoul, not be asked to do anything for th states which they may do as well fo themselves, and ithe states should nc be asked to do for the people any thing that they may do as well or bel ter for themselves. This is a princi ple which, we believe, it is safe t tie to in a government like ours. I there was a more decided disspositio to be guided by it, we would be les governed as a people than we are nov There would be less clamor for mea ures which s'hould never be enacted. I - generally conceded that we wer govrned too much and the excess c government is often due to the fac that we do not depend enough upo ourselves. It is not a proper func tion of the government to help th people in their business, though has been involved in such a departur from its true mission for a number c years. It is the business of the pec ple to suport the government and t look only for such regulation as wi insure,order." This is democracy, and it is we for all of us to recur occasionally t first principles. The fathers in the1 wisdom drew well marked lines bt tween the sta.te and federal powei and provided that the national shoul not trench upon the state authorit: It did so, and a bloody war resulte< This assumption of right, where n rit existed, with. the consequence it, should be solemn warning to law-makers ever2 where against the aggressions of pov er There are rights which the state never delegated, and haying never de gated, reserved. Equally, there at inhlerent rights in the citizen; some< which even he himself cannot alienal and upon which government must n< trespass. "The world is governed tc .much," for government has no bus nies with the citizen except to s< that 'he observes order, regards ti righits of his neighbor in life, libert; property and the pursuit of happinesi conducts himself without offence 1 others, attends to his own affairs ar bothers nobody else. This is ti essence of democracy and tihe ma who does rnot believe in these princ pies -is not a democrat, no matti what ticket he votes, or w'hat 'he cal himself.-Charlotte Observer. .The above article needs no con~ men't except >we might say "them my .sentiments." That we are go errged too much there can be no doub That we attemp too often to a tend to our neighbor's i.s also tc distressingly true. We are crying .tc often to regulate the conduct of oi neighbor by legislation, instead of t those means and methods whic would direct him in the right patl There are too many efforts at that les islation which says "thou shalt not It is right if he is interfering with- tf ,righ.ts or privileges or property< some one else to say "'thou shalt not, but so long as he does noc int.erfer with the rights or privileges of an one else and does not give offense t others and attends to his own bus: ness and bothers no one else it is n 'business of the law to interfere wit him and 'by doing so does not prc more the general weal and does nc .mend the ways of the one the mis guided law may be aimed at. Rea the above. It is good doctrine an -sound. A Quiet Town. The State a few days ago headed -news item from New4berry a quit town, referring to the action of th city council in refusing to grant a 11 cense to a skating rink in the roor recently used by the dspensary. Thi action was taken by the council, wv presume, not 'because it is opposed t a skating rink but rather because th room in question is under the hote' A skating rink per se is airight. An quiet town and does not care to have I its slumbers disturbed. If it cannot be made so by the mor al suasion of the good people of the community the city council will make it so by ordinance. The people must be good and quiet. In fact, it would be a good idea to have the curfew rung at eight thirty every evening and call all the children under eighty years of age to their respective homes and any one found at large upon the streets after that hour be taken be fore the mayor to be dealt with; ac cording to the ordinance in such cases made and provided. Make it a felony and the penalty within the dis cretion of the mayor for any child under eighty years of age to be found upon the. streets after eight thirry in r the evenings, such finding to be evi dence against such child for vagrancy and to 'be sentenced to such penalties as the discretion of the mayor might dicta-te without the right of appeal to , the city council. A few evenings ago fithe city council passed an ordinance forbidding the running of trains witih in the city limits at a greater speed than six miles an hour and that no I I ocomotive whistle shall be sounded within the corporate limits of the e said city, another evidence that we are a quiet town. The requirement to make the trains slow up somewhat when they get into the city is a good one. They frequently come 'into the e station at from thirty to forty miles e an hour and over road crossingswhere e there are no flagmen. Mr. Childs will have to take the grade out of his track over he4 at the depot and 0 stop taking a running start from tihte trestle, or put a fielp engine here, or put fewer loads on some of -his 1 freights. 0 If we really want to have a quiet r town why not have an ordinance like this: s Be it ordained by the city council d in solemn session sitting that after r. the passage and posting of *his or 1. dinance the 'Mollohon whistle shall o not be allowed to disturb the rest of es the citizens of the community from a four a. m. to six a. m and that .these . other whistles around the. city and - t;he annoyning bells are hereby de . clared a public nuisance, and shall no - longer be allowed to whistle and ring e under the penalties which shall in fsuch eases be made and provided 'by e city council. >t - Be it further ordained that no jack o ass shall be allowed to bray (we ;- mean the four legged koind) or bull e to bellow within the corporate l-imits e of the said city, under the penalty of being subject to banishmen.t. s; We really like to hear the whstles : and bells of conmmerce and industry. d They act like lullabies upon us and te we can sleep ta-s .sweetly as a child. .n If we keep on piling up laws it will i- be better just,to publish a list of those r things we can do. s -_________ The State in pu'blishing letters from ~ the bankers in different sections of s the state had nothing from Newberry. ~ We mention this in no spirit of criti t cism but simply to say that Newberry t has progressed more in her banking o facilities in the last twenty years than o in almost any other lines. And yet, ir the fact that all -the banks prosper and have large deposit accounts1 h shows that there must be prosperity - in other lines. For nearly twenty - five years Newberry 'had but one bank and it did the banking business for e a large section of -the country from here to Greenville. It was very sue cessful and yet during the time of its e monopoly the deposits were not as y large as they are today with three other banks in the city, two at Pros -perity and one at Whitmire. Ac cording to the last published state ments of the several banks they carry ~deposit accounts subject to a check of t about one and a quarter million. -That, it seems to us, is a very good d showing in a community no larger d than ours, and with good banking fa cilities in all of t'he adjioning counties. The remarkable 'thing about it is that whenever a new bank is or a ganized the others increase their de tposit accounts. We are deighted to e see their large deposit accounts 'be -cause i-t is evident that there is mon 1 ey in the county and that the people s are becoming more prosperous. Eleven cents for cotton to the pro dicer will make all lines of business rore prosperous but a high price af rit leaves the farmer will not help N f All of the Latest an Our Dres4 mings sh< tion. We patronag berry, Ci be convinced th .e & G.e "Dispensaries May Become Bar rooms" Under this ~caption the News an, Courier of Tuesday writes an editor ial and calls attention to section 2 of article 8 of the constitntion of this State. Under the organic law the state is not inhibited from the sale of whiskey by the drink nor of its sale between sunset and sunrise and "it could on the premises. The News & Courier is correct when it says: "Licensed barrooms can not exist under the constitution; that is clear. Dispensary-barrooms, one and vhe same, excep-t as to ownership, it seems can exist under it." The News and Courier seems to think that it has discovered something new. As a matter of justice we would call the News and Courier's atten tion to the report of the proceedings of the state senate published in the Sunday N.ews of February 12th, of this year, from which. we make the following extract: "Senator Blease made the startli.ng proposition. that constitutionally, tfhe state can sell liquor by the drink in dispensaries, or it .can provide that liquor can be .sold after hocurs. He quoted i.rticle 8, section. 12, of the' constitution and shows that accord ing to its provisions the state can not license anyone to sell liquor by the drink out of hours, but by the terms of. this section the state can execute th'is power and privilege." And from the:Sta-te of the same date we find the following: "Senator Blease made the 'state ment that the state of South Carolina could sell between sunset and sun rise and conduct the business like the barroom system if it wished. He' interpreted the constitution as not preventing tihe state from doing this but preventing it issuing license for it. He thought that under the law, al though there could be no license to. sell between sunset and sunrise or to drink on the premises, that the state of South Carolina could break any of their stipulationa through their municipal or county officers." So it will be seen~ that Senator Blease raised this point in the senate last February and there seems to~ be little doubt that he is correct. NOTICE OF SALE. On Friday, October 27th, 1905, at 1o o'clock a. m. we will sell at pub lic auction in front of the homestead, the estate of Mary Ann Monts, de ceased. Terms of sale: Cash. W. C. Shealy, John M. Schumpert, Adms. Very Low Rates Via Southern. To Washington, D. 'C., and return on account of American Bankers as sociation, October 10-13, 1905. One fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. Tickets on sale October 8th and 9th, final l.imi-t October 15th., with privi lege of extension for an additional ten days on deposit of ticket and pay ment of 5o cents. To Chicago, Illinois, and return on Acon Nm+aional Baptst Convention, 14ALL(C Latest WeaN d Stylish Dref 3 Material ar >w rare taste appreciate t e of the ladie. ty and Coun at we are Right on Quz S. MOv Statement of th The Commercial Bar At the Close of Buine RESOURCES. Notes discounted. . . . . . $299,790.71 Furniture and fixtures . . . 3,051.93 Due from Banks . . . .. . 93,741.96 Overdrafts. . .t....... 2,887.68 Cash and cash items.... 29,212.81 $428,685.09 STATE OF' SOUMM CAROLINA,4 COUNTY OF NEWBEBRY. I, J. Y. McFaU, Cashier of the aboi statement is true to the best of my knoi Sworn to before me this 2nd day of ( Correct-Attest: Jno. M. Kinard. T,, w. Floyd. W. H. Hunt. ELEVENTH C Choice Teqi JUST RE adwhile it lasts goes f Best Patent, Cotton, Best Half Patent, Cot This makes eleven I short time. W hile we are doing i are also leading in Dry ing, Millinery, &c., &c goods, carefully selec Baltimore, and want e' see for themselves and are headquarters and tl all kinds goods at very pay $40300 for Sewing drop head $17.93, gua high tone, 12 stop Orgal Choice Western Seed Thousands of bargair Almost impossible to m .MOSE] October 25-3!, 1905. One fare plus 50- cents for tihie round trip. Tickets on sale October 23rd., and 24th., lim ited to return leaving Chicago not laTter than November 5th., 1905. For furt-her information, as to rates, schedules etc., call on J. P. Shealy, NOTICE OF FIN:AL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned'will make a final settle ment as Administratrix on the estate of A. Y. W. -Glymph, deceased, in the Probate Court for Newberry county on the 1oth day of November, 1905, a.t o'clock a. nm. and will immediate ly thereafter apply for final discharge as administratrix of the said estate. All persons 'holding claims against he said estate will present the same duly attested by said date and all per sons owing the said estate will make payment. Mattie K. Glymph, A dministratrix. LOODS res in the 3s Goods id Trim of selec Le lib.eral 5 of New= ty. Call and ility and Prices IER Co. e Coudition of & of Newberry S. C. w, September 30, 1905. LIABILITIES. Capital stock. .. .. . $50,000.00 Profits (Less Expenses Paid) K398.64 Dividends unpaid. .....- .686.00 Rediscowts .A....... 15,000.00 Individual deposits. .....328,600.46 $428,685.09 re named Bank. swear that the above vedge and belief. J. Y. McFALL, Cashier. )ctober, 1905. JNO. C. GOGGANS, c. c. c. P. AR OF THAT, lssee Flour CEIVED, or - - - $5.25 ton, - - 4.45 iundred bbls. sold in a ;he Flour business, we Goods, Notions, Cloth .We are brim, full of ted in New York and ,rybody to come and be convinced that we he proper place to buy bottom prices. Why Machine? We sell good ranteed; good Walnut n $50.00. Oats, sacked 56 cents. is in our immense line. ention them all. LEY BROS. OPERA HOUSE Earhardt, Stewart & Wells, M'grs. TUESDAY OCT. 10. A MUSICAL TREAT Murphy and Mack THE GREAT SINGING SHOW Mlone's Wedding With MAUD SUTTON L'ew---All Noew Beautiful Sce oery a Prtty Gt ALTHAEIR OWN ORCHESTRA Prices 25, 35 and 50 Cents Seats on sale at Gilder, Weeks & Hunter's.