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TILLMAN IN COLUMBIA. Save His Views on.the Dispensary Sit vation--Had Prepared No Bill, But Offered Suggestions. Senator Tillman was in Colum ia on Thursday, says the Colum bia correspondent of the News and -4Courier and gave his views to nembers friendly to the dispensary. He said 'he -had prepared no bill, bttt simply offered those interested the suggestions he made at Gaffney, Anderson, Edgefield, Lancaster, Workville and other places. He sug gests that the purchases be made by annual contract by some committee, a legislative or special committee is agreeable. He would have such a committee purchase by contract from the lowest bidder, first spirits and then whiskey from bond. Then he would have the state dispensary rectify or mix the liquors, blend and fix them to suit. He would buy no case goods of any sort or description, and then have the com missioner order out such liquor as was actually needed under the con tract and contract prices agreed upon for the year, and limit the or ilers to actual needs under penalty. IA number of the friends of a state idispensary have been talking over the situation, and it is likely that a ilf will te presented as the result. In the meanwhile there are scores of bills in opposition, and this is liklry to -mean confusion and com licatiori and sticking for pet meas ard, while the state dispensary ad vo&tes are working for one and only one bill. RA A BLIND TIGER. The Strange Propensity of a White Man Who Is Proprietor of One Thousand Acres in "Possum Kingdom." Down in the lower end of Green 1ile county, says the Greenville cor respondent'of the State, is "Possum Kingdom." From whence origina ted this -name there is no record in history, but everybody knows where the Kingdom is. There are good people and prosperous folks in that section, but alas, there are some ' others of an entirely different class and upon this latter bunch of man kind tl4e officers have waged war. All day in sleet, rain and wind the local members of the State consta bulary wended their way through mud and slush into every nook and corner of the kingdom, and the -search for illicit goods was by no means in vain. It was just the day to catch the tiger in his house. The weather was such he could not sell liquor out doors, and the officers, al ways wary, taking advantage of this 'fact, struck uponThursday as an ideal day to corral some big game. And they were not disappointed. The.biggest haul made was at the home of one Reuben Dorkins, a white man past middle age, whom the officers allege has given trouble :from the time the dispensary law was enacted. He owns more than i,ooo acres of the best land in that section of Greenville county, but his inordinate desire to sell liquor, the officers say, gets away with his good sense and he gets out of one "scrape" only to return to his old tricks. Why the owner of such val utable property-a fortune for half a dozen men-could engage in the nefarious traffic of dispensing block-ade liquor to the lowest class of his neighbors by the drink or any larger quantity desired, is more than the officers .can understand. But such is the mania of this man. The ofiicers found a complete bar in his possession, all the measuring pots, drinking glasses and general paraphernalia. Japs in Texas.. A Japanese syndicate has pur chased a tract of 1o,ooo acres in Bee county, in the San Antonio re gion and 300 Japanese families are to be settled upon it to engage in the cultivation of tea and silk, says the New York Tribune. The tea plant it has been demonstrated flourishes well in Texas, and mulberry trees grow even better than in Japan. There is reason, therefore, to hope that before many years the Japan ese colonists in Texas will be able largely to increase the wealth of thi country and to diversify its products by adding tea and silk 4c our exports, or at least diminish the amount which the United States buys of the Orient. The Japanes( who are going to Texas do not ex pect to form a settlement exclusive ly by themselves after the Chines< fashion, but will adopt Americar ways and customs, and becom< good American citizens. IStuck to His Theory. Arthur E. Bostwick, the head o: the circulation department of Nev York's free libraries, tells this stori to the New York Tribune about German professor of Jena, who be longed to the Haecklin school: "The professor got shipwrecket I off a tropical isand. As soon as th< ship struck the old gentleman leap ed overboard and swam ashore. "But no sooner was he on dri land than he turned and plunge< into the water again, and swan back to the ship. "He seized his stout wife in hi. arms, leaped headlong overboard and, despite his burden, agair reached shore in safety. "There the captain, who had al ready landed, said to him in ar amused tone: " 'Why didn't you save your wif< the first time?' " 'Ah,' said the professor, with a satisfied smile, 'I was bound to sav< myself first, you know. Self-pres ervation is nature's highest law.' Husband With a Good Memory. "I suppose every woman ha: times of regret for -the romanti< 1days of her honeymoon," says " very contented matron, accordinE to the Washington Post. "Wher I was first married I felt perfectl sure that we'd never forget to keel a single one of our anniversaries the anniversary of our first meet ing, of -our engagement, wvas startei out with so many to keep. The oth er day somebody asked me wha year I was married in and I posi ively couldn't tell till I'd stopped t< think. I told mny husband about it. " 'Just imagine my forgetting what year it was,' I said. 'Can yoi always remember ?' " 'Of course I can,' he said. 'I never forget.' "This touch of sentiment sur prised me so that I was on the poin of saying something very nice in deed to him, when he went on: "'The wvay I remember 'it,' h< said, 'is by the World's Fair. Tha was in '93-' Decidediy "Wili'." Miss Maude Adams has a favor ite story about a certain "Mis Johnsing," and an uncertain "Cul peper Pete," once known to her The man, says Miss Adams, wat an unusuallly bashful colored per ~son, and she goes on:. Pete became enamored of th< dusky maiden, and not having th courage to "pop" face to face, call ed up the house where she worked and asked for her over the tele phone. When he got her. on th< line he- asked: "Is dat.. Miss John sing?" "Ya-as." "Well Miss Johnsing, I'se got a most important question to asi, Iyou." "Ya-as." "Wil you marry me.? "Ya-as. 'Who is it, please ?" NOgne to Tare Dog's Place. A traveler was once passing or horseback through a backwoods region where the inhabitants wvere notoriously shiftless. Arriving at a dilapidated shant at the noor hour, he inquired what wvere the prospects for getting dinner. The head of the family, who had been absorbed in "resting" on a log in front of his dwelling, replied that he "guessed ma'd hey suthin Ionto the table putty soon." Thus encouraged, the traveler dis mounted. But to his ~chagrin, he found. the food to be such that he could not force himself to partake of it. Making such excuses as he could for lack of appetite, he hap pily bethought himself of a kind of nourishment that he might venture to take there. He asked for some milk. ' hymlkay oe Irawled the head or the house. y; "The dog's dead-died week afore last." d "The dog!" cried the traveler. D "But what has that got to do with it?" "Well," explained theh ost medi tatively, " the critters don't seem ter know 'nough ter c'm up ter be milk ed themselves. The dog he used ter go 'n 'fetch 'em up."-Youth's Companion. Noah's Mistortune. "I have always felt sorry for Noah," said the large-hearted man. "I don't see the need of it," said;b the man of the shrunken sympa- r, thies. "Look to me as if Noah ot J off pretty well." .0 "But just think of it. When the s waters subsided there was not a soul left for him to ask, 'Now. what did I 11 tell you?' ( Canaries. Some times a canary's coat gets a a pale, sickly yellow. Give him! d half an ounce of ground red pepper such as is used on your table and o let the bird eat it as he likes. In n a week he'll turn a beautiful orange 4s color. Bird lice are troublesome at a times. A pinch of powdered saffron v L I put under the wings will drihre away p the pests. Gravel in the cage every t day and a dish of tepid waterfor a i1 bath every other day are indispen- t) sable to the singers health and hap- I piness. a Resignae4 'Now," said the physician who is noted for his heavy charges, "I'l must take your temperature". "All right," responded the patient in a tone of utter resignation. e "You've got about everything else a I own There is no reason why you shouldn't take that too."-Paris Journal. Reassured. "You haven't married me just Sto spite somebody else, have you ?" she asked, looking anxiously up info! his honest blue eyes.t "No, dear," he absentmindedlyt replied. "I took you for your mon- e y alone."-Chicago Record Herald .There is a curious superstition inm Jamaica that if a death occurs -in the house all water in it is poisoned Iat once and must be thrown away, the reason given being that "death" cools his "sting" after destroying life in the first water he finds, and as no one can tell-death being in Ivisible-what jar he may choose it is safest to throw it all away. Care -ful people to save trouble even carry all xyater out of the house immedi-2 3ately before a death is expected. p f"Mviss Deepley does make some ofthe most inapt quotations," re-b marked Bragg. "Yes ?" queried Newitt. "What, for instance ?" ec "Well, last night I remarked that Ia I always avoided political discus sion because I didn't want to make - a fool of myself, and she said, 'One b, cannot paint the lily or gild refined jgold."~-Philadelphia Press.n "Can you tell me where there is a good doctor ?" "Well, there is a dead one downd in the nextblc. State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. By John C. Wilson, Esq., Probate a Judge.a Whereas J. H. Singley hath made suit to me, to grant him Let- S ters of Administration of the Es tate of and effects of G. Melvin Singley, with will annexed. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kin-p dred and creditors of the said G. Melvin Singley, deceased, that they~ be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry on Friday, January 19, next after publication thereof, at :11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Admninistraion should not be I ? ranted. Given under my hand, this 22 ay of December, Anno Domini, )05. J. C. Wilson, J. P. N. C. tate of South Carolina, County of Newberry. Court of Common Pleas. aroline Jones, Plaintiff, Against ason Jones, et al. Defendants. Complaint for Partition. By virtue of an order of Court erein, I will sell at public auction efore the Court House at Newber y, S. C., on Salesday in February, 906, all that lot or parcel of land, f which the late Joseph Jones died -ized and possessed, lying and be ig in that part of the Town ofi ewberry, S. C., known as "Gravel own," and bounded by lands of uilford Snowden, Dr. James Mc-! ntosh and the Southern Railway o., fronting 63 feet on -Street plat of which will be exhibited on ay of Sale. Terms of sale: One half cash and ne half on a credit of twelve ionths, with interest from day of ile with a bond of the purchaser nd a mortgage of the premises; rith leave to purchaser to antici-. ate the payment of the credit por on in whole or in part. The build ig on said lot to be insured and ie policy assigned to the Master. 'he purchaser to pay for papers nd recording same. H. H. Rikard, Mastei. Master's Office, Jan. ii, 1906. As to Pensions. I will be at the auditor's ofieW ich Saturday in January to receive pplications for new pensions. OW ensioners are not required to ap Iy. W. G. Peterson, Pension Commissioner. AUDITOR'S. NOTICE. Assessment of Real Estate and ersonal property for year, 1906. I, or an authorized agent, will be at e following places named below, for e purpose of taking returns of real state and personal property for the, ear, 19o6. At Newberry January Ist to 14th. At Whitmire Monday, January 15. ' At Maybinton Tuesday, January 16. At Glymphville Wednesday, Jan.17. At Walton Thursday, January i8. At Pomaria Friday, January 19. At Jolly Streer Monday, January 22. At Little Mountain Tuesday, Jan. 23 At O'Neall Wednesday, January 24. At St. Luke's Thursday, January 25. At Prosperity Fri. & Sat. Jan. 26, 27! At Longshore's Monday, January 291 At Chappells Tuesday, January 30. And at Newberry until February >th after which time a penalty of 501 er cent will be added against parties~ tiling to make returns. .While on the rounds my office will e open each day for the purpose of ceiving returns there. The law requires a tax on all notes, ortgages and moneys, also an in yme tax on gross incomes of $2,500 ad upwards. There shall be a capitation tax of >cens on all dogs, the proceeds to e expended for school purposes. Logs not returned for taxation shall at be held to be property in any of1 ie Courts of this State. All males ~between the ages of 21 id 6i years except Confedera-te so! iers, or those persons incapable of rning a suppor by being maimed; r from any other cause are liable to! all tax. Real Estate is to he reassessed this ear. Each tract or lot of land must e assessed separately, also state to sessor if you 'have bought or sold i real estate since last year. All property must 'be assessed "at s true value in money" which is con rued to mean "the sum of money r which said property under ordi try circumstances wvould sell for Don't ask that your property be ken from books the same as last tar. All property must be listced on -oper blank and sworn to. Name of township and school dis ict must be given. W. W. Cromer, Auditor Newberry County. 3rick! Brickfl For Sale by C.H. CANNON. THE PACIFIC MUTUAL LIF Its peculiar LEGAL organizati, Insurance Company in America. I the Greatest Gnarantees written in pany at less cost. Its non-participg company doing business in this secl Actual Result of a 21 20 YEAR DIVIDEND Issued in 1885 Age at Issue, 22 -PER $100 SETTLEMEEl Total Cash ) (Being $137-00 more- than paid in, I Cash Divid (Being 59-3 per cent of t Total Paid-up In What other Compai Call to see vs. RO1 Officeiover Post Office. STATE Of the condition of the Exchange Ba business, December 30, 1905. Publish General Assembly. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts.............$ 79,304 12 Furniture and fixtures......... 3,251 75 Due from Banks........... 11,616 89 Overdrafts ............. .. ....... 46263 Cash and cash items............ 23,505 44 $118,140 83 Personally appeared before me M. L. who swears that the above statement is and belief. Sworn to before me this 30th day of 10 Attest: Geo. B. Cromer, Edw. R. Hipp, C. J. jPrescriptior Which we use are withoute * We believe in PURITY. * We constantly preach PTL * We always practice PUR 3 cinies. * PURITY counts, and cou * Ask your doctor. *MAYES' DR1 I 14th Car, Mali Choice Teqi EXPECTED And we will make som Flour until Ist.January, some red hot prices on scriptions. We have pl goods, and are prepare Come right along and a will be convinced. Peo sell the goods at the pr does it make to you wh as you get the goods. MOSEI W HY GETI1 The RightE Satisfaction Gus Can you get any where Can youl ANY WIH GILDER S IjWmw.mmmm~~~=~ 'E INSURANCE COMPANY n makes it the STRONGEST Life t is nearly 40 years old. It gives the Policies of any Insurance Com ting rates are LESS than any other ion. ) Payment Lift Policy. INVESTMENT PERIOD Maturing in 1905 o- Annual Premium, $25.90 T OPTIONS: falue, $655. iesides twenty years insurance free.) end, $307. he total premiums paid.) surance, $1710. iy is doing so well? 3ERT NORRIS, Gen'l Agt., Newberry, S. C. MENT. 2k of Newberry, S. C., at the close of ,4 in conformity with an Act of the LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in.. .....$ 31,306.0 Profits less expenses paid.... 25 Deposits, vis: Banks.... .$1,457 03 Individual.....783,80788--$ 84,764 91 $118;14S spearman, Cashier of the above ]Wfnk, correct to the best of his knowlede M. L. SPEARM-AN, Cashier. ecember 1905. ee F. WRIGHT. [L. S.] N. P. ofS. C. Pureell. |aterioIs ~xception the purest grade. IRITY. ITY when preparing medi-t nts for much, in medicines. 6 UJG STORE. :ing 1,400 BbIs. lessee Flour TUESDAY, e Christmas prices on~ 1906. We will make goods of most all de lenty new, nice nobby d to do the right thing,. ~ive us a look and you pie say Moseleys can't ices. What differernce at people say as tong -EY BROS. NOT T AT rug Store? Lranteed!I more else? ~et as much ERE ELSE? :WEEKS.