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SkN iffld Xvi yms E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New -erry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Tuesday, Jaunary 8, i9o6. BUILD ROADS. Never have people been so able as now to buy good things but the time has not come when they should buy things they do not need. More than any other material thing they need good roads. Good roads are short roads to all kinds of improvement. We wish the people of this coun ty would build 40 miles of perma nent good roads across the co.unty. this vear. In that event they 'would build more next year. Taxation is the only way. We are likely to have "better times" than we now have.-Laurens Ad vertiser. Yes, if we could only get our peo ple started to building good roads. If we could only get Newberry county to build a good macadam road between here and Prosperity, a distance of only seven miles and change the .ocation in a few places so as to avoid so many railroad crossings and build it this year.we would soon see a great change in everything in the way of roads in this county. lust to get a. start of the right kind to see what it all means and the rest would be easy. Yes, by taxation. That is the only equitable way. But this would be a tax which would be a good invest ment with large dividends. It wouild be a good thing if the legislature should provide for the examination -and licensing of pub lic accountants.. The employment of outside professional examiners and accountants- to audit the books of corporations is extending and if there was a system of licensed ac countants, stockholders. might pro vide for.*examinations and auditing by one of these.--Greenville News. Better still the legislature should provide for the appointment of two or three expert accountants who would be in the constant employ ment of the state and whose duty it should be to check up the ac counts of all public officials just .as the govei-nment . of the United States provides for the appointment of'postoffice inspectors and national bank examiners, and not work until suspicion rests upon an office that it is short in its accounts. It would be a protection to those who are en deavoring to discharge their official duties honestly and a terror and a stay to those who might be inclined to walk outside the right path. There were several large short ages in the state and county offices unearthed last year. With the knowledge before them that were aliable to be checked up at any time by an expert the situation in these counties might 4e different today. It would be economy to employ such expert men even at a good salary. The legislative dispensary inves tigating committee has accomplish ed practically nothing. A report will be submitted to the legislature costing the state several hundred dollars for copying and printing. The committee announces that it will ask for another resolution giving the committee authority to require the attendance. This wvill come along with a lot of other dis pensary bills. Henry H. Rogers, vice president and director of the Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey, when asked by Attorney General Hadley whether he was a stock holder in the Stand ard Oil Co., of Indiana said: "I beg to be excused." But Hadley is from Missouri. The Newberry Herald and News celebrated the New Year by in creasing its size to six columns. The last number wvas especially readable.-Greenville Mountaineer. Et te Atlanta. Wouldst thou a discoverer and inventor of heroes and heroines allow a woman who danced with a king to be a mere vender QU thy sweet?? - The Legisla'ure. C The legislature meets today and as this is the second session of the t regular term ,both branches will : lose no time in getting down to lbusiness. There will be no officers:' to- elect and the calender brought over from last year will be taken up at qnce. Everybody seems anxious to know just what wil be attempted: in regard to the dispensary and it seems to be the general opinion that tl-e liquor question will con sume the greater part of the at tention of our law makers for the next few days. Conditions are somewhat chang ed since the legislature adjourned last February. Fourteen counties have voted for prohibition and the dispensary investigating committee has been at work and we suspect that a great-many of our represen tativ-e-s would be glad to have some wise man to tell them just where they are at. Then the tax question has been a muchly discussed recently. A strong t effort is being made to have all e property returned at its actual val- E ue. If the dispensary remains the' state board of directors and a li quor cornmission are to be elected. C The editor of The Heraid and C News will be in Columbia during C the session and will try to keep the t readers of this paper posted as to 1 general legislation and also as to g the acts and doings of our own representatives. We believe the time has come i when the lien law should be re- e pealed and something should be done to improve the. law as to farm contracts. The repeal. of the lien - law wil have a good effect upon the j labor qiestion. A1 A NEW YEAR STORY Pathetic Tale of a lian's Meanness and a1 . Woman's Broken Heart. Josephine (Rhett) Bacot. The light shown brilliantly forth from every window, offering to an. appreciative eye the extensive and very beautiful grounds. .The out line of each leaf was distinct, and even the simp)le gravel walks were made mysterious and poetic in the. effect. Carriages came and went. The rolling of wheels broke pleas antly the stillness of the night. The street waifs assembled at the near by corner to see what they could of the entertainment. Not mch could they see, however, as the cor ridors were enclosed and the mov ing assemblage was hidden from the view of even the most unscrup ilous of onlookers. One neighb)or was not so pleas mtlv interestedl. however. She clos A the inner shutters, not b)eing coni tent with the usual shutting of the ones outside, which the maid had attended earlier. "The last day in the year to have chosen to disturb *me! I suppose they do it on pur pose !" And when the band began to play some familiar air from the "Bohe mian Girl" she actually cried out: *"Cruel, cruel! I can't stand it !' For some time she walked rest lesslv up and down the chTamber, then, seating herself dejectedly, ex claimed aloud, (it was a habit fast growing on her) "I must be daft to dream they thought of me at all who does, or knows, or cares of my past grief. Tonight, alas, how lit tle past it seems ! Tears coursed each other down her cheeks till, brushing them rude lv off. she rose and fastened her door, caring not, at even this hour to risk a possible intruder-. Comn ing again to the fire, nowv burning almost reluctantly, as though it would not tempt her to sit up to night, she sat rocking slowly in front of it, with uinsec.ing eyes. H Ter thoughts wxent backwards not days, or weeks, but many v-ears. *She seemed to see a gay girl of sixteen, with laughing brown eves and soft sunny locks, and many gay companions;~ who came and went; but ever and again was one at her side-a tall, comely v-outh with fine frank eyes and genial voice and manners. Those two were always together. She teased and put him off again, and yet again, but one da h spokeatale frmm intensity >f feelings, but strongly and with effect. She felt that in him she ound her master. She could no onger hide it from herself, and tho roung, she was already a woman n many ways.. Her face betrayed ier before she uttered a word. A trange, new happiness crept over ier and made her shy as never be ore. It was he that insisted that ier parents be told, and their con ent asked for. She would have )referred silence for a while. "I wish I Cold( hope to be mar -ied immediately," he said, "hut. Alas. T have nothing but my pro ession; and though I believe I have egun well I am but twenty-two mnd I fear a year or two will pass )efore I can fittingly wed with one ,CCMI ais N'Otrsclf-llor wolll(l 'our parelits give their ciliseilt. Nor woul(l they have drealld i)f tich a thing. They liked him. It \as said that he would most likely WC e a Inal Of g reat epu1tatioll. lie had diie spledidlV :o far, bi)tli .A college and at his legal examina ion. His miaiden speech was deem d brilliant by able men: hut they 'reatly regretted the tim-1ing of his ddresses. Two years hence would ave been wiser and allowed their aughter, Bessie to see something f the world. and other men. ITow er, tlle\ adillitted the indScretlI(>l f li te otri ci1i s mc ogether w.as theirs, and they ctould lilt acqiesce in their :nn'unel n - qageenet. I le had '.m( ) fII :mmher state. as little known-and was told b anv that to succeed. he must nec ssarily iiiingle with men. go into ociety. All helieved in his billities. Bessie's parents were inong those who urged him to oin various. sociekies and make is powers known. Vhen nissing an evening with her he vavs assured her of the trial to him elf, and how gladly wotild lie giC ip all but for believing. it was the uickest way towards askir:g her to 1ame the day for their w~edding. Being gifted with eloguence and a ich fund of anecdotes, he wvas nuch sought for at dinners and en :ertainments of various kinds. Soon he became welcome every where. His devotion never flagged. The months passed happily. She became more and( more dlependlent >n hini for her happiness-studied, racticed and generally cultivated [erself that she might be a wife of whom he would have the right to be iroud-while his achievements fil ed her heart with pride. Her p)ar ants. too, were more andl more pleasedl with her choice. They of en had him to 'dinnier-to meed special people. (.ne of these enter tainments she recollected well to tight. It was on a New Year'. lay. it happenedl the conversation )ecame general. when somew ilk old 1( an amutsing stor)y ) Of11 aniler :loiigs undler the influence of li quor. It was so funny that all laughed. She was surprised at his looking so grave, and( afterwards asked hinm the c.ause. "My mother is an old fashioned lady," said he. "and such stories never bring smiles to her face. Ir fact, she can never seem to hear them. To her they seem tragedies I believe. . She would often amust you I dare say. She says, on<( need not be worldly if in the world hoever, and I want you to love her. she is a true gentlewvomvan. i: not stylish." Thle year that followed this con versation p)roved that lie needed hib mothers strong, personal influence She regarded him safe through his new ties, but alas! sweethearts ar< not always wise, nor was this one Accustomed always to s'eeing hei father take wine daily, she did not realize that though made to "makt glad the heart of one mian," it wvas often suicidal to another. It was not the fauht of the wine, but thc( weakness of the mnan. often an in herited weakness, which required all the force of a strong character to control. An uniscruplulous rival was at the side of her lover, one who envied him his talent and :harm. and left naughit uindone that :ould serve to wreck his career. She ;aw it all now as never before. iIe not over strong, tempted by late [ours, exhaustive mental work and with no one near to warn him, for she, who might have saved him, trusted to his sweetheart's influ 4 - ence. and alas, she was blinded 1 ignorance and inexperieclice of lii Until later lessie heard nothir of the habit fast growing upon hir The second New Year after the betrothal they went to a ball. su< as the one now going on next doc To her grief and mortification, a ter supper he came to her stagge ing, and but for the intervention a friend of both. would have caus< a scene. That night she could nev forget: had the stars fallen fro heaven. she could not have he more utterlly taken by surpris Her faith in all things was gor He had held. perhaps. too high place in her heart. Soon after -I was ill. The engagement was br ken, of course, and in spite 4f u gent. even pitiful re(nests. she h refused to see him again. Yea went by, her parents tol)k her tra elling,1. She w;-.- heatitiful and r ceived much admiration. but hi Cold reserve kept would-he SuitO at a distance. Sie liad. howev begun to cultivate her talents wi some interest. when the news of h old lover's complete reforniati( and marriage. after two years' ti of himself reached her. I lis wii she knew, to be a most luvely a1 charming woman. The facts we told her by a stran'er. in th1i wise I) was ait a dtinner in Rjihm last authmm. he sail. when a11h happened T can ne-Vr iorget. T 1e was ,ure.d to take wine ii vai On its )eiig repeated a fourth tin he said in a clear. manly voic 'Gentlemen. forgIve me for intr ducing personalities at snch a tin but without dling so you will i perhaps, understand an appare rudeness. With your permissior will portray a portion of my oy life. As a youth. I was. I belieN my.mother's joy. my father's pri even w ith all my faults. I lived see the day, when they wvould gla lv have seen me safely in' my gra -all .through the uncontrolled ta: for liquor-not the liquor; for ti is a gift from God:; only dangerc when the control is weak, the w not properly exerted a disea .Years went by. I thought, with 1 friends, that I had become a ho1 less dlrunkard, xwhen, thanks be Almighty God, there came a chan -suffice it to say, I wvas given t influence that enabled me to ex< my~ enfeebled will. xwhich allthoug (ormant or dead--for good. F miore than two years. no drop I passced miy lips, and should it. tra edy must ensue. Nowv. gentlem< that you knoxw the cause of my fusal, vou xvill, I am sure. exct. me from joining you-' For soi moments you could hate heard pin (drop," saidl the str-anger. "I : glad to sax-, in dleference to i\ Wise. not a man priesent lif ted 1 glass again throughout that dunn A month later- xve attended his w< (ing in a b)odly and. I believe. tru that that man is sober for life." Not a iremor had betrayed 1 feelings during the recital, but was observed that the tongue Miss Bessie Darno became ,m< and more bitter. She knexv it. xas hard that another had risl< and won what she had given ye; of her life to have had. Yet. had acted as she believed right the time. For none lives alone, 1 wife of a drunkar-d is not the oi one to suffer-and a woman m think not of herself alone-she 1 thought. This New Year's ball 1 brought the wxhole sad story b)a She went to her mirror and look long and sadly at the wrieck oi once beautiful face. "A complete xwreck, she sa "and hard andl eynical, too. .W. is the better for my hein g alixve night ? or who xxould caie shot I die ?" she half moaned: P>u ing her face in the cushion. wept bitterly. Then, for the fi tie in many a year, she sank her knees and humbly and carrne ly prayed to the Giver of All Go that a new heart mig-ht be given I xith the Newv Year. From that tit a change came over her life, a gradually it became knoxwn that all the homes of that town th< xas none wxhere more and kindi sympathy could be found than hers. The young were her espec favorites and many a timely h< did they receive from her. .1 - I . 4 35 ?er -h On The Prettie CLOAKS A aC.& eC. &1G. S. .Mov now offering t Ladies' and C e- and Ladies' Sk per Cent Redu< opportunity fo section tobuythE Quality, Low Pricf i. STAe >t. Of the condition of The Commercial it business, Decomber 30th, 1905. T RESOURCES. Notes discounted.................$358,74 Cn Furniture and fixtures....,... 3,05. e'. Due from Banks................. 49,40, 1e- Overdrafts.... ........... 2,74 to Canh in Bank............ 16,73 (1- $430,6.7 ve STATS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, te COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. j at I, J. Y. McFall, Cashier of the: usstatement is true to the best of ill Sworn to before me this 1st se. peg n Attest: Z. F. Wright, 0. B. .Ma eTHE PACIFIC MUTUAL he Its peculiar LEGAL organ rt Insurance Company in Amnerica ht the Greatest Grtarantees writtei or pany at less cost. Its non-part company doing business in this - Actual Result of a -e e ~ 20" YEAR DIVIDED a Issued in 1885 Ir. Age at Issue, 22 -l'ER "r. SETTLElD d- Total Ca (Being $137-oo more than paid ecr . Cash I it of (Being 59-3 per ceni re. Total Paid-u It ed What other Comn rs* he Call to see us. at he OffEce over Post OffEce. ad1 .New b :ed id. Capital stock paid i ho - Surplus . . . SDeposits ... he rst We do business or t' We extend every er with safe and sound nFour per cent. pai< nd in Department. er Burglar SJAS. INTOSII, Presidant . Celt Reduction st and Most Stylish No SKIRTS. ter Company are ieir entire stock of ;hildrens's Cloaks irts at 25 and 35 tion. This is a rare r the ladies of this best at Bargain Prices Our Motto; as, a Feature. E MER Co 'EMENT Bank of Newberry, S. C., at the close of LIABILITIES. t 95 Capital stock......................$ 50,000 00 L 93 Due Banks.......................... 616 77 5 10 Profits (less all ex enses paid) 32,777 78 Dividends unpaiT............ .558 00 1 80 Dividend No. 17.................. 2,000 00 S97 Individual deposits.......344,720 20 1 75 .-$430,671 75 above named Bank, swear that the above my.knowledge and bejief. J. Y. McFALL, Cashier. day of January, 1906. yrNGO. C. MoerGOGGANS, c. c. c. P. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ization makes it the STRONGEST Life .It is nearly 40 years old. It gives 1 in the Policies of any Insurance Comn icipating rates are LESS than any Qther section. ~2O Payment Life Policy, ID INVESTMENT l'ERIOD Maturing in 1903 4000o-- Arrual i'remium. S25.90 [ENT OPTIONS: sh Value, $655. in, besides t wenty years insurance free. )) )ividend, $307. of the total premiums paid.). p Insurance, $1710. pany is doing so well? ROBER T NORRIS, Gen'l Agt., Newberry, S. C, 6 erry, S. C. n. , $ 50,000.00 . . 25,000.00 . . 235,000.00 business principles. consideration consistent banking. i on deposits in Savings Fire Proof Vault. Proof Safe. J. E. NORWOOD,