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- .H.AULL. EnDrr. tntered at the Postoffice at New. Uerry, S. C., as second class matter. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1905. Widen the Sidewalk. One of the disadvantages from which this city suffers is the narrow streets and sidewalks. If the maltei had been taken in hand some twenty five years ago it could have been rem edied to a very large extent. Where ver it is possible now the streets and sidewalks should be widened. We un derstand that Mr. P. E. Scott will probably widen the sidewalk on Friend street about two feet. He pro poses to erect three brick buildings -fronting on Caldwell street, the cor ner one to be filted up for the post office. It would -be-a good time for the city council to confer with Mr. Scott and see if he would not sell the city about three feet more. -That would widen the street five feet which wouldmake it much better than at present though still too narrow. But Mr. Scott could very well give five feet and still have room enough for three store rooms. We make the suggestion and hope the council will take the matter up. With three and four story buildings going up the streets should be widen e'd wherever possible and before the -buildings are erected. Worth Repeatiga "Each child in Massachusetts re ceives an average of seven years' schooling, while each child in the United States at large receives only el- 4.3 years' schooling. The average earhing power of each person in Mas -sachiusetts is seventy-nine cents a day, -while for the country at large it is only %forty cents. The ratio is seventy-nine to forcy, the excess being thirty-nine cents per capita. It is tt be noticed that this result has been * reache.d by independent calculations both of Dir. Harris, the United States 'commissioner of education, and of Mr. Waldin, former chief of the Massa chusets biureau of labor. statistics Mr. Hill point' out that -this dailt ning cents per capita in excess of thi * average in the nation means $10oo year per capita, and $275,0oo,ooo0 year more than it would yield if the ~per - capita production of the state were no greater than the average throughout the country. This is twen * ty-three times the annual expense foi support and 'buildings. It is not neces saty to attribute to the schools thi: -vast excess of .production above th4 -- average for the country to prove t.hal they pay enormous material dividends H soihumble a fractcion as a fifth o: even a tenth part of this excess car be traced to schools, they are yet in vestments that each year return tc the state much pnore than their annua: cost. In :this connection it will -b found that while Massachiusetts por -trays such a noticeably large earning power for eac'h person, the school ex -penditures always bear a close rela. tion to 'the local earning power. A careful consideration of the table pre. pared by the -commissioner of educa tion may be profitably studied in con. nection with the Massachusetss re. port" This interesting . comparisor was made by the late Frank A. Hill In this connection it will 'be well t< consult the figures published in this issue as sent out by the -departrner * of education at Washington. Souti . Carolina is not at the 'bottom of th< list but she-is too 'far down. There is -still much ahead of us in this stat< in the matter of education. We nee< *to 'bestir ourselves. It Will Be Local Option. In his letter published this morn ing, Mr. Joel E. Bruns-on says: "re mains to be seen whether the prohi -bitionists 'will make further effort t< hold a state .conven:tion and mak< -their own nominations or not, but o this one thing I am satisfied, they car easily send the license candidate t< defeat. The man elected will 'be eithel a clean prohi'bitionist or a dispensary i:e." It will dey3end to some extent upor the action of the legislature when i meets next January whether the li qour question will be all-absor'bing ii *the campaign for state officers nex summer. I:t is in the power of th< liature to determine the questior so far as the state at large is concern ed by abolishing the state dispensary and leaving it to the counties to set tie their loc-al problems. And that would.be wise legislation. But should the representatives of the people shirk the responsibility of action and refer the matter back to the people, we think Mr. Brunson's forecast of the result is an error. The majority of the people of South Carolina are demo crats and as such they stand for local self government. When the issue is made they will. we believe, so declare themselves. It is not quite clear what Mr. Brun son expects a "license" candidate to stand for, but if "liquor" is ;the issue in the next state cempaign-we hope it will not be-the candidate repre senting the principle of "local option" will have the bes't of the argument. His position will be s:tronger than that of either -the prohibitionists or the dispensaryites. Again, the suc cess of local option will remove the liquor question as a state issue and we believe 'the people are heartily tired of it as such issue. Give the people of the counties an opportunity to 'determine for themselves.-The State. We agree with the State that the proper thing for the legislature at its coming session in January, is to.abol ish the state dispensary and pass a lo cal option law. That is, and has been, the posi:tion of The Herald and News for quite a 1ng while. The editor of this paper suggested to some mem bers during the last session of the legislature ,the passage of such a law, and a bill .was drawn with that in view, but the member who 'had it drawn tiever tntroduced I-, thinking, we presume, that the -dispensary senti ment at that time was too strong. By such action on the part of our legislature in January, the dispensary fight will be eaken ou'of the state campaign, and left to each county to set-tle for itself. T'his is where it should be left. County Cotton Association We desire to call the attention of the -farmers and those interested to the fact -that t!he County Cotton asso ciation will meet at Newberry .next Saturday. The president is very -anx ious that every township association be fully represented at this meeting. While the farmers have g'ained the victory up to this time, it is very im portant that t:hey should stand togeth er, and not lose 'the foothold attained. It is not desired that the farmers and cotton growers should take advantage of any other class, but it is import ant that they should stand together, and by so doing, secure a price for their staple crop which will give them a profit on their labor and investment. This can be done only by organiza tion, and as we have said repeatedly, this is the time for them not only -to gain the victory, but to 'hold the ground which they have gained. The price for cotton goods enables Kthe manufacturer to smake money from the raw matef"ial at even a high er price than is n'ow being paid for spot cotton. In fact,. we saw it sta Ited the other day that the demand for cotton*goods was strong, and tha-t the price was not -asked. The purpose for writing this para graph, however, is to urge a .full at tndance at the county meeting next 5 atrday. DISTiLL "Fine Wines, Whisk Quality and Fla ~Mail orders promptly Remit with all orders decline to receive Whis Establishec Lomnax Dis 24 South Atlani NEW VI All of thE Latest ar Our Dres mings sh tion. W( patronag berry3 C be convinced 0 C. & f. DESIRABLE, WELL IMPROVED REAL ESTATE. For Sale. I offer for sale, subject to the leases on the property, two of the most con veniently located and most desirable houses and lots in the city. "The Brown place"* on tbe corner of Caldwell and Boundary streets, con taining a half an acre, more or less, with a good two story residence 'with sevenlJarge rooms, besides large kitchen, pantry and two bath rooms, house in the yard, good barn and stables, good garden. The residence has electric ihts, water works and sewerage, and is the best p'rop rty in the city for sale. I also offer "The Metts place," on the same sqaare-lot about the same size-with the most comfortable cot tage on it in the place. It contains six large comfortable rooms, besides large kitchen and pantry, a two-room ser vants house in the yard, a good gar den and stables. The residence has electric lights, water works and sewerage, and is a delightful home. I improved both of these places for a home for myself, and my object in sell Iing them now, is to use the money to Ipay for the improvements I have put n these places and my present home, and to put the balance in my business which I have enlarged in the past six ronths, and which I hope to make still larger than it is today. If you want a valuable, convenient and comfortable home this is your opportunity. A.C. JONES. Newberry, S. C., Nov. 9. 1905. tilling Co., es, Brandies, Etc. or Guaranteed. filedion day of receipt as Express Companies key C. 0. 0. 25 Years. tilling Co., Pryor St., :a Ga. PALL SLatest Weavo id Stylish Dres s Material an ow rare taste i ) appreciate th re of the ladies ty and Count; lat we are Right on Quali S. MOVN THE EXC Capital - - - - BURGLAR PROOF SAF FIRE PROOF VAULT, uable papers. FIXTURES ATTRACT care of your banking business. Our Savings Departmet Allc est Compounded Semi-Alnt We are much encouraged so far, bu Courteous attention. Call and give: J. D. DAVENPORT, R C. CAR] President. Vice- Presi GEO. B. CROMLE THE COMMEF N EWBERR Capital . - Surplus . . . . Deoosits Almost 1-3 ( "Tomorrow" is a poor m By opening an account ir at 4 per CALL ON GED. I Where you will find lots of go Nabisco Wafers, Cheese Wafers, -Lemon and Zo Zo Snaps,. too numerous to mention. And Prepared Buckwheat in packages. Fresh Cr Raisins, Figs, Currants, Citron, A fresh line of Chocolate ( Phone 110. i Prescriptioil SWhich we use are without ex< * We believe in PURITY. . We constantly preach PUlF SWe always practice PURI'I * cies. * PURITY counts, and count *Ask your doctor. *MAYES'DRU Brick! Brick!! For Sale by C. H. CAN NON. j OOD :s in the s Goods d Trim >f selec e liberal of New= v. Call and ty and Prices CER co. r 3A3.& r'EE HANGE. .$50,000.00 E, Manganeese Steel. for. your. boxes and val IVE. Well equipped to take ws You 4 per cent Inter ally;January and July. c-solicit your business. us a trial. SLE, M. L. SPEARMAN dent. Cashier. t, Attorney. ~CIAL BANK , S. C. . . $50,000.00 . .$30,000.00 if ailli|on Dollars. an, ~ Start Saving Today. our Savings Department cent. 1. DAVENPORT d things to eat, such as Cheese Biscuits, 5 o'clock and Social Teas, and man&bother varieties Buckwheat in bbls. op of Maple and New Orleans Syrup. Dates, Prunes, Nuts of all kinds. andies just received. Milaterials :eption the purest grade.* :ITY. Y when preparing medi s for much,inedicines. G STORE. Dr. R. M. Kennedy, DENTIST. ewberry, - - S. C. OVER NATIONAL BANK.