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E. H. AULL, 3DITO1. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as second class matter. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER io, 1905 The Tax Question. rflhe Herald and News observei that Mr. A. W. Jones, comptrollei general, is advocating a plan b3 which property could be assessed foi taxaton at its actual value and b3 which it could be more equitably val ned as among the counties. That i. he favors some legislation which wil accomplish 'that result. 'Ihiase per sons in Newberry county who recal anything of the ca-;paign i this coun ty last summer and in 1902 will re call .tlat rthe editor of this paper ad vocated the same thing and when ir the legicia+ure we introduced and en deavored to pass a bill which had thi! purpose in view, bit. it was a very diffi cult proposition. We agree with Mr Jones -that the property in this s;tat< is much nearer worth $6oo,ooo,ooo thar ts present assessment of $210,000,000 Some law should be passed to remed] this evil. The constitution says al property should be assessed at its ac -tual value and every man when he re turns ihis property for taxation make: affidavit that he has put it at its ac Ut. tual valuaition, but he really mean, about 4o to 60 per cent of its actua value. The state board and the railroai board of assessors when they come -c< take up' the assessment of railroad bank and facbory property assess it a about 60 per cent. of its value. Whi should they do this? Because it seem to be generally understood that every body else does it. One of.rthe results of our advocac, -the plan to have property assesse4 t its actual value was that the peopl %put us down as a high tax.advocat ad sent -ow tax advocates to the leg slature with the result that taxes ar it igher tod'ay tihan they were before It is difficult to get the people to un derstand the difference between th 'levy and dte valuation. The averag legislator spends more time :crying t< get something he thinks hvill be pop nilar and reelect hi'm than he does ni Erying to do 'tiat which is best for thi people and equitable among all th people when it c.omes to the mat:te of taxation. And 'yet-if we could ge te valu'atiori increased we could the1 reduce the levy. It is a big and an important questio1 Sand there is more room for reform il , tthan anything before the people c t'his state today, reform which -wil benefit the people. It is not often- tihat the editor or: niewspaper is. called upon to publist ~his own bankrupt notice but such i Sde case with the editor of this papei Ee does not wish .the public to -rhink~ however, that he lhes been brought t< ~ bankruptcy on 'account of bad manage refit\ of 'his newspaper business, bu ldesi'res it -distinctly understood tha it .was 'the endorsements for the In 4 dependent Cb'tton Oil Company whick was represented to be perfectly soun< at the time, which has caused ihim t g~o into bankruptcy. . His stock los was large, it is true, but that was no suffcient 'to bring about .insolvency v'One thing, 'however, he has gaine lately, and that is experience and; plenty of it at tremendous cost. Al h dough crippled, he is still in tdhe rinm and will come again. The Darlingtoi -News will run on as usual -and the of lice will not be closed on account o ~ban kruptcy proceedings.-Darlingtoi News. -We are glad to know that the losse sustained by MVr. Kollock do not af fect his newspaper. We sympathiz< with him in his losses. The News has always been fearless ndoutspoken in its editorial utter. an'ces for 'the things its editor conceiv ed to be right and for the best in , terests of 'his state and its people. H< has never knuckled to the powvers tha' be and i-t is gratifying to know thad hi~s newspaper plant is not affected b~ the heavy personal loss Ihe has sus 'paned- in the failure of the oil mil: plant. Full of Interest. The Newberry Herald and News -de serves the praise and support of the people of that enterprising city if for .ion purblised yesterday in connectiol with the eighty-first Synod to be con I vened in St. Paul's Church, Newber ry, this morning. The articles4are ful of interest and some of them are real ly important from the standpoint o church history.-Greenville News. The dispensary was voted out o Spartanburg on Tuesday by abou seven to one. The *dispensary will b< voted out of every county wher there is an election called, or veri nearly so. The legislature should abol ish the state dispensary at the nex session and let each county have w.h:a it wants provided by the constitution There are counties in which a licens< system would be preferable and ther; are others where we believe :the dis pensary would be the best system. A Pee-Dee Clemson. We regret to see people of the Pee Dee advocating another state colleg in that te.'- : of the state. Th state has as many higher institution of learn-ng as she can care for an with the raflroad facilities we hav now a cotole hundred miles do no amounr to anyfhing. If anything is to be done Clemsoi should be given more dormitory roon in order to accommodate the 20 young men whD were turned awa: . :his fall for lack of room. To do thi would not require any ad~ditilona . teach..ing force or equipment. What the state needs in an edi I cational way is to have our syster better articulated so that the gap be tween the common school and the col lege could be filled. But no mor higher institutions supported iby th state. Don't Need It. I has been intimated that probabl: Solicitor Cooper would ask for an ex r tra term of .the criminal court in De I cember. It is true that a few case were continued on account of Iri:e a: sence of some of the attorneys in th - case but there is no go:od reason an no demand for an extra court. It oost the county several hundred dollars t - hold an extra court and the count Sis in no condi,tion 'to incur extra e:S .oenses for extra courts and justice wi )not sniffer by letting the casesth -w-re con'tinued wait 'over f.or the rea 1ular term. 'No, Mr. Solicitor; the f Snances of ou~r county 'do not want an Sextra counts and extra -courts neve raccomplish much in Newberry an t way. A great many of the Republica states went Democratic on Tuesda: 'They 'generally get back in 'the Repul: lican line oni a presidential year. ..A Chamber Of Commerce. -rnIhe Augu'sta people and 'busines men have gone to work to raise $1o ooo a year' for -four years 'wi'tih whic to -organize a ch'amber of commerc :ro look after Augusta and 'her intel ests. That is the spirit that 'builds town. Do you suppose we could ge ten or a 'dozen men in Newberry t sto into an organization and form chamber of commerce and agree t pay $20 a year for four years for th purpose of -arousing -thie Newberr spirit. That is wh'at 'we need and 'w know they 'are here if sJome live ci:t! zen would just get 'them togethe: Who will do it? Don't 'all speak a once. 'Newberry is building now a never before. Help it along. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of; Newberry. fCourt of 'Common Pleas. Thomas WV. Davis, et al., Plaintiffs Against William W. Riser, Jr., Defendant. Partition. By an order of the Court herein, will sell 'before the Court House a Newberry, S. C., the first Monday i1 December, same being salesday, a' that tract of land, lying and 'being sit uate in Newberry 'C'ounty, S. C., con taning One Hundred and seventy four acres, more or less, and bounde< by lands of W. W. Riser, J. G. Miller Eduard Scholtz, Mrs. M. E. Gillian and Mrs. A-lice John'son. r[erms of 'sale: One 'half cash, bal ance in one year, with in'teres't froer date of sale on the credit portion Purchaser to pay f.or papers and re -ording of same. H. H. Rikard, Master. NeT-erry.... C.," No.r eth. 90ne e*eeeeAeeeFA All of the L Latest and Our Dress mings shov tion. We a patronage berry, City be convinced that e I2 A Firw-2a ssH ir Cut a first class White Barber J. H. Haji & Barber Shop, the place to et it. The Dwarf Tree. Two travelers .are said to have seen 11 on the Mountains near Cape Horn a Ii .tree.which was only one or two inches 1 high, yet had roranches sprea'ding out four or five feet lon-g the ground.I tMASTER'S SALE. >State of South Carolina, County of Newberry.c 0Court of Common Plkas. Charles J. Purcell, Plaintiff, Y ~Against S Sidney J. Domin.ick, Mary Lee Dom inick, Emma Irene Dominick, DaisyDe tE. Dominick and Peter F. Baxter, .Defendants. SBy an order of the Court -here^in,1I will sell before 'the Court House at Newberry, S. C., thie firs-t Monday in December, 193 same being sales day, all that tract of land lying and being situate in Newberry County, S. C., containing Three Hundred and Thirty-Ninse acres, more or less, ano bounded by lands of Jno. D. 'Pitts, the Estate *of J. H. Williams, Mrs. Sue Smith, Dr. J. 'McIntosh an.d tracts Numbers 3, 4 and 1 of wlhat is known as the J. C. Hill Place as will more 'fully appear by a plat thereof made by Jas. F. Glenn, August 5th., 1893, 1J jand on file in the -case, Mayer vs Har mon. . Also, all thalt tract lying and being =. situate in the Coun.ty and Stat~e afore- afore said, containing Two Hundred Forty- *mwel Four and Four-Tenths Acres, more or less less, boun'ded by lands of or formerly by C -of Est-ate of 3. W. Rhodes, Estate of by k .Dr. Clark, Jno. Brooks and Richie Smit Place, Hunter Place and Kinard Place, three -as will more fully appear by plat made Bo by Jas. F. Gbenn, Surveyor, anid on fie in said case. Dick Also, all that .trac:t of land lying and bein situa in 'the County and State Te: atest WeavI Stylish Dres Material an v rare taste 4 ppreciate th of the ladies and Count we are Right on Qual .MON and Thave, in a first at popular prices, sh Lower Main Street, ru N ewberr pital stock paid in r lus . . posits . . . - Ve do business on bu~ Ve xtend every con h safe and sound bar ur per cent. paid or Department Fil Burglar Pr< . JMcINTSH,. President. said, containing Six Hundred and p e and One-Half acres, more or fb: hounded by lands of 0. Klettner, 'ci arson Creek, by Anderson Place, ci inds of Laura Mayer and P. C. a 5, said trac:t being made up of d -tracts known as Tract No. 1, n ks Workman Place, Tract No. 2. pi ds Pastrre Tract, Tract No. 3,ti Quarter Tract. .m-co .a le: One-Third of tihe D Es in the s oods d Trim Df selec e liberal of New= y. Call and ty and Prices. rERp Co. 4- e ass Ba'ber Shop by ould be appreciated. ar Southern Depot, is y, S. C. . $ 50,000.00 .25,O000 . . 235,000.00 ~iness principles. sideration consistent ~king. deposits in Savings e Proof Vault. Of Safe. *J. E. lNORWO0D, Cashier. irchase money -to be paid casih, ibaI 3 lance to be secured by bond of pur iaser and nmortgage of premises sol.d, edit portion payalble in 'two equal nual installments with interest from te of sale at eight per cent per an im until paid in full. with leave to irchaser to an-ticipat" the credit por >l in whole or in part. H. H. Rikard, Master. Newberry, S. C., Nov. 9, 1905